It is undeniable that the two major developments mentioned earlier were indeed bitter and tiring in the early stage, and many people couldn't persevere at all, gave up halfway, and ran back to their hometown to live their original life.

But most of these people, after a few years, regret it, because those who went with them and persevered have gained a new and better life.

Some people who missed it, or didn't catch up, hope to harvest their own new life from this large-scale development.

This will be a new round of racial and demographic integration of the Eternal Night Leader.

In this regard, from top to bottom, there is a deep confidence.

Not to mention that they have rich experience in this matter, they believe that those highlanders have no way to refuse a better way of life.

In this area, they definitely did much, much better than the original ruling class of the Huayu Plateau.

Not to mention that the time is pushed forward by twenty or thirty years, even if it is more than ten years, the annexation of a military leader is definitely a major event that causes a major earthquake in the entire Ashane continent.

For now, it did not stir up too many waves, except for a burst of celebration within the Eternal Night Army, the other forces reacted mediocrely, neither sending congratulatory letters nor excessive condemnation.

Except that in the eyes of many people, it is only a matter of time before the Eternal Night Army Leader annexes the Huayu Plateau, the strength of the two sides is there, and after any force develops to a certain extent, outward expansion will become an instinct.

Then their eyes were attracted by another thing - the Holy Aether Holy See was officially reorganized into the Holy Aether Empire, and St. George Pope became the founding emperor of the empire.

The interests involved in this matter are far from being annexed on a lonely Huayu Plateau.

This means that the rights of a quarter of the territory of the Ashane continent are facing a new reshuffle, and everyone is racking their brains in order to keep their rights, or to gain more power.

Including the Witch Society, which was driven to the North Island of the Twin Peninsula.

They are desperate to reclaim the South Island from the Aether Empire.

They know it's their last chance.

If not, before the Papal Empire has a firm foothold, the South Island of the Twin Peninsula can be recovered.

Not only will they not have a chance to take it back in the future, but even Beidao is afraid that it will be difficult to keep it.

Having dealt with the Holy See for so many years, the witches of the Witch Council know very well that those fanatics of the Holy See are a bunch of madmen, and Pope St. George is the madman of the madmen.

Before the Holy See had full control, it had already formed the Sword of the Holy Aether and waged war against them for a hundred years.

Not to mention that now that they have a unified regime, they will not be allowed to peep at their side.

will definitely spare no effort to eradicate them, even if it is a price that does not match the harvest.

It won't be long before a new Armageddon will definitely break out between the Witches' Order and the Holy See Empire, and then you will either die or I will die.

Many people on both sides have similar realizations and are preparing for this event.

......

Vantaa Hill City.

White Tower.

After Pope St. George proclaimed the establishment of the Papal Empire, Archduke Christine officially surrendered to the Eternal Night Warlords on the eve of the official surrender.

The main leaders of the Witches' Order were all summoned.

"What is the purpose of the president's temporary convening of the Supreme Secret Council to summon all of us from thousands of miles back?

Unlike most of the secret elders who live in Vantaa Hill City, she spends most of her time adrift at sea, and it is not easy to participate in a secret meeting between witches.

In addition, she was previously limited by the conditions of maritime communication, and she did not participate in most secret meetings, and she accidentally caught a cold in this kind of secret meetings.

Now that the matter is in trouble, I was urged back by an urgent letter from 800 miles, and I will inevitably be dissatisfied.

"You can sit still, the Holy See has completely torn its face and replaced the royal family of Lancelot, we have no last respite, of course, we have to plan for our future, good life, you and your fleet are also part of the secret meeting, if the part of the secret meeting on land is lost, your fleet will be a rootless duckweed floating on the sea, will fall into continuous weakening, sooner or later will go to decline. Elder Sophia comforted from the side.

One of the two is in charge of the most powerful force of the witches' secret society, and the other is in charge of the intelligence department, and there are more opportunities for cooperation and contact, and the relationship is closer than that between other elders, and they naturally speak a lot more casually.

"I thought something was going on!" Elder Cynthia shrugged, "When that unlucky guy Laurie fell from the sky for unknown reasons, the Lancelot royal family was already dead in name, and it was only a matter of time before they were replaced by the Holy See.

No, it should be Laurie's idiot, who believed the slander of St. George's hungry wolf who eats people and does not spit out bones, and when he fully cooperated with the Holy See, he was already doomed to today's fate, everything is to blame, and we are only indirect victims.

On this matter, we have already reached a consensus, what I am doing is also preparing a retreat with the highest safety factor for you and me, you should give me enough support, so that I can do my thing with peace of mind, as for the secret meeting, you can just open it, and when you have the result, notify me that it will not be, just like before.

I have never expressed any objection to this matter, let alone refused to carry out your decision. ”

"The Elder Cynthia in my memory has always been brave and good at fighting and never flinching, how can you be so concerned about the great retreat plan this time? Could it be that your fleet has been scared in the last battle. Elder Patricia, the leader of the hawkish faction of the Witches' Society, asked in a strange voice.

"What did you say?" Elder Cynthia's fiery temper was on the line, her long blue hair was windless, and a surging tidal aura surged on her body, "Old fellow, you don't have a weird yin and yang here, the last battle was lost by the army, what does it have to do with our fleet? Even if we are held responsible, we can't catch up with us."

As for the Great Retreat Plan, it was also decided by you at a top secret meeting, and I was not invited to participate in it last time.

I'm just carrying out your resolutions.

If you're unhappy with the Great Retreat plan, why didn't you bring it up at the last top secret meeting?

Now tell me a strange thing about one of my executors?

Aren't you slapping yourself in the face?"

"Of course I raised my objections, I raised them last time in a secret meeting, and I will still raise them this time. Patricia said with anger on her face, "No wonder the wars between us and the Holy See have been repeatedly lost, and I think the root of this is here, because you are afraid of death, afraid of sacrifice, every time you fight, you can't gamble everything, you will naturally be pressed and beaten by the enemy." ”

"Elder Patricia is simplifying war. Without waiting for Elder Cynthia to speak again, Elder Sophia retorted, "The courage you mentioned is only a part of the war, personnel supply, logistics equipment, and the external environment, which one does not play a vital role?

In this respect, the faith of the Holy See has even more demagogic power, and the slightest display of miraculous power will make the foolish peasants, become their fanatics, and raise their weapons against us. ”

"I don't agree with Elder Sophia's view. Elder Erin couldn't help but join in the controversy, "The bloodline that the elder said restricts the development and growth of our secret society, and this threshold is not drawn by ordinary people, but by ourselves.

Because we unconsciously think that we are superior to others, and that it is those of us who stand on a high place to move the world forward.

Intentionally or unintentionally, the number and strength of ordinary people are ignored.

Forgetting that we are the few in this world.

Don't deny it, there is a living example right before us. ”

"Elder Erin's example isn't what the Eternal Night Leader is talking about, is it?" Elder Sophia asked rhetorically.

"That's right, it's the Eternal Night Leader. Elder Erin nodded, "Looking at their rise and development, it is the victory of ordinary people. ”

"Hahaha...... Elder Sophia laughed loudly, "Elder Erin seems to have given an example that is completely opposite to his conclusion, in my opinion, the rise and development of the Eternal Night Warlord has always been in the hands of a few, more precisely, in the hands of one man, the young lord.

You will analyze their development trajectory in detail.

The expansion of the Eternal Night Army Lord's swelling and development was disconnected from the young lord?

Including the most recent one, it didn't start with the young lord waking up from his slumber.

In the past five years, they have maintained their own situation without shrinking, but they have not made great progress as they do now.

At best, most people are attached to her.

There is nothing wrong with the decision made by our secret meeting to use warlocks to lead ordinary people, but there is no outstanding person like Sean among us who plays a key leading role.

We failed to bring Lady Elena and Lord Sean back to the Secret Society, and letting them go their own way was the biggest failure of our Secret Society.

I remember that Elder Erin was very helpful in letting things go. ”

The accusation in Sophia's words is clear.

The implication is that if Elena and her son Sean were brought back to the Witches' Secret Society and cultivated by them, all these things created by Sean should belong to the Witches' Secret Society, and their situation would be greatly improved.

"The causal theory that Elder Sophia said is not valid at all, it is true that Lord Sean has achieved the Eternal Night Lord, and it is also the Eternal Night Commander, as well as his unique exit at that time, that made him, if he hadn't stayed in Andes Crater and stayed among the Andis people, do you think Lord Sean still has a chance to rise?"

Erin also aggressively asked, "Don't put your own responsibility on the hypothesis, the secret meeting has fallen to the current situation, everyone here has an unshirkable responsibility, including myself, we must face one point squarely, in order to find a better way out." ”

Sophia snorted, "I would like to know where Elder Erin said there is a better way out. ”

Erin replied without hesitation: "It's time for us to face ourselves, figure out our strengths and weaknesses, and position ourselves."

Compared to the Holy See, our faith is not pure.

Compared to the Warlock Alliance, our academic component is not specific.

Compared to the aristocratic families, our methods of governance are not perfect.

Our own structure has natural defects and is not suitable for development and growth.

In the past, we were able to survive in complex situations, but now with the simplification of the situation, the political situation that allows us to take advantage of it no longer exists.

Don't talk about the Odin orcs, you and I both know that cooperating with them is just forced by the situation.

We have been using each other since the beginning, and the racial differences between the two sides doomed that we did not fully trust each other and fully integrate together.

Do you really want to see those filthy orcs using our technology to invade our homeland?

Even if you can accept it, most members can't accept it.

When the time comes, we will truly be betrayed and separated.

As for the Great Retreat plan, it is just an extra layer of insurance.

What if you find the golden continent of the elves?

Do you naively think that those elves will easily accommodate us who are unknown?

It is more likely to cause a new war.

What do you think are our chances of winning a war with an enemy we don't know anything about?

Our hope is not in the west, but in the east, always in the east. ”

"East, Commander of the Eternal Night?"

Not only was Elder Sophia, who was arguing with her, surprised by Elder Erin's argument, but the attention of the other elders couldn't help but shift, showing a listening look, which was a completely new argument.

Although the path she said was unrealistic, it at least deserved their attention.

"Yes, it is the Eternal Night Commander, the current future situation of the entire continent is very obvious, that is, the Theodin Empire, the Holy See Empire and the Eternal Night Commander are divided into three parts of the world, if nothing else, the first thing that the Eternal Night Commander swallowed the Huayu Plateau was to announce the founding of the country.

We're stuck here, and it's only a matter of time before we're swallowed up.

Don't pin your hopes on the Eternal Night Lords, for them, the Twin North Islands are an enclave, and even if we give them them, they may not take over, let alone go to war with the Papal Empire for us.

On the contrary, it is more realistic for us to package the valuable manpower and financial resources of the Twin North Islands to lead the Eternal Night Army to lead the East China Sea.

As for the hungry wolves on the sea, as long as we operate them well, not only will they not stop them, but they will open the way for us at sea and escort us to the East China Sea.

After all, after we left the Western Seas, they not only dominated the country, but also took the territory we had vacated for themselves. From Elder Erin's clear conditioning, it could be seen that her idea did not come from a pat on the head, but was well thought out.