At this time, Duke Nick also looked at Duke Enxi, with a modest smile on his face, "I have been in the Prime Minister's Office for the past few days, waiting for your arrival at any time, my friend." ”

"I would prefer to go to the Prime Minister's Office later to catch up with you. Eun Hee nodded in return.

"My Chancellor, Count Stu Gara, told me that the trading port of Yekjar could be developed and operated by us... I think that's a good idea. "Emperor Laubert gave a condition.

Duke Enxi's eyes lit up when he heard this, but soon, as if he had thought of something, he lost interest in the matter, and he casually complimented: "It is indeed a good idea. ”

"Hehe!" The emperor smiled slightly, he was not stupid, he could naturally see Duke Enxi's perfunctory, and it was perfunctory for him, but the emperor didn't care, and ended the conversation with Duke Enxi after smiling slightly.

At this time, the Emperor looked at Count Ron next to him, "My brother, it's a pleasure to see you again, where was the last time we met? What kind of tavern is it?"

Count Ron bowed down and kissed the Emperor's ring and said, "It's the 'Wind and Frost' Tavern in El Ruk Castle, when we were on our way back to the Imperial Capital from the Drake Mage Tower, and while resting at the 'Wind and Frost' Tavern, I received an order from my father and the military headquarters, so I retired and returned to the Crane Territory. ”

"I thought you were going back to inherit the duke's title... Well, I mean, the old duke is okay?" Laubert was about to follow Ron's words, but forcibly changed the subject halfway through.

"He's fine, it's just that the orcs of the Western Continent have invaded again..."

"We'll talk about the orcs tomorrow, my brother. Rawbot interrupted Ron, "Trust me, I know the purpose of orcs better than you do!"

With that, the Emperor took two steps back, glanced at everyone casually, and said, "Today, what we have to do is to have a good drink, and now, the wine in the cellar of the entire Lion Castle is yours!"

"Are you sure?, my Imperial Majesty, it's dangerous to challenge the men of the Twak Highlands. Duke Gna patted his big belly and said.

"Wine is a must-have item for every crew member, just like a lady's perfume. Duke Enxi said with a smile.

"Of course, the Emperor never breaks his word!" laughed Laubert.

"So what are you waiting for?"

...

While the Emperor Laubert was holding a celebratory banquet for the arrival of the five dukes and the Earl of Ron, the city of Cullen also welcomed an important guest, the messenger of the old Duke of Bogue, Viscount Clerens.

The Cullen Territory, the western territory of the Locke Empire, has been ruled by the Cliff family for generations, and the northwest part of this land is bordered by the dwarven Lordan bunker in the northwest, and the southern part of the territory is bordered by the northern territory of the Naron Forest Elven Kingdom.

This vast land next to the Lordan Mountains was first carved out by orc ancestors, and according to legend, five hundred years ago, this land was inhabited by many intelligent races, such as goblins, minotaurs, elves, werewolves, and even dwarves who prefer to live on the ground.

Later, with the rise of the orcs, other intelligent races in the land were driven out, and the minotaurs were incorporated into the elven kingdom... Goblins and dwarves fought for control of the Lordaan Mountains in a cramped bunker, and eventually, the goblins were defeated and began their long migration.

The fate of the werewolves was even more tragic, they migrated to the current Hoko Islands with the help of the elves, thinking that they could live a peaceful life, but two hundred years later, they were driven out of the Hoko Islands by the pioneer team of the Locke Empire.

So far, it has not appeared on the continent of Ailan for almost two hundred years, and many scholars speculate that the werewolves have perished.

...

Three hundred years ago, after the 'Great War of the Three Races' initiated by the alliance of human tribes on the Suke Plain, the orcs were driven to the Western Continent.

After the Great War, Cullen's vast territory was rewarded by Locke the Great to one of his important generals and one of the leaders of the major human tribes at the time, Shad-Eli Cliff, the pioneer of the Cliff family.

Because, at that time, the legion of the orc wolf cavalry was defeated by the heavy infantry led by Xia De Eli, and the reason why the dwarves were able to form an alliance with the Locke Empire was also because of the friendship between Xia De Eli and the dwarves.

However, Locke the Great not only gave the land to the Cliff family and his clan, but also to the dwarves.

This is a small means played by Locke the Great.

At that time, the reason why the Human Tribal Alliance was able to quickly form an alliance with the dwarves was not only the friendship between the dwarves and Shad-Eli, but also the Cullen Territory promised the dwarves by Emperor Locke.

However, when Locke the Great finally defeated the orcs and became the most powerful overlord in the continent of Alan, the great emperor regretted it.

He didn't want to give the promised Karen to the dwarves.

After all, Karen leads thousands of miles of fertile land and is fully qualified to turn the dwarves into a second orc tribe, a powerful tribe, a tribe that can threaten the powerful empire established by Locke the Great!

Can't let this happen, that's what Locke the Great thought at the time.

However, the emperor did not want to tear up the treaty, because it would likely lead to a direct war with the grumpy dwarves.

Locke the Great was very tired from more than ten years of war, he did not want to solve the problem by force, besides, the war with the dwarves was meaningless, except for the loss of his soldiers, there was almost no profit to be gained, and at the same time, the people and soldiers who had suffered from more than ten years of war did not want to have another war.

For the sake of the fragile empire and hard-won peace that had just been established, Emperor Locke found his most trusted minister, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Patweed...

Thus, at the suggestion of the wise Prime Minister, the Cullen Territory became the extremely tribal domain of the Shad-Eli Cliff family.

And the Duke of Shad-Eli was not surprised by the Emperor's decision, and he seemed very calm when dealing with this matter, as if he had been prepared for it.

First, he had his army occupy several strategic points in the Cullen Territory, and then, in the face of opposition from his subordinates, he went alone to the Lordan bunker to negotiate with the dwarven kingdom of Nuvat.

...

The details of the negotiations were known only to Shadyilai and King Nuvat, and the content of the terms signed later was only known to the Dwarven Bunker and a few high-ranking members of Shadyilai and his tribe at the time.

However, three hundred years later, the Cullen Territory can roughly deduce the content of the transaction between Shad-Eli and the Dwarven King, because today's Cullen Territory is almost integrated with the Lordan Bunker.

In every village, town, and city in the Cullen Domain, you can see groups of dwarves, some villages and towns are almost all composed of dwarves, and you can even see entire dwarven patrols in the main city of the Cullen Lord.

Similarly, in the Lordaan Bunker, humans can be found everywhere, and the goods of the Locke Empire are sold to the most remote underground cities in the Lordaan Bunker near the Death Swamp region.