Dim shadows continue in the night, outlining the edge of the courtyard, and the walls reveal subtle nuances against the fire.

After turning off the magic channel, Caesar couldn't help but shake his head, what happened to the Voyage Fleet was just a trivial matter for him, but some of the attitudes revealed by Blackthea were not insignificant.

The Blackwing Empire has been a long time since its founding, and it has become a powerful multi-racial nation as Caesar had hoped, but being strong does not mean being inclusive, and although the Blackwing Clan can coexist with humans, they never consider humans to be members of the empire from the bottom of their hearts.

This can be seen from Blackthea's attitude of calling human captains "cheap and miscellaneous", and this also represents the attitude of most of the core clans of the empire.

The emergence of this situation is actually related to the original decision of the Black Dragon Emperor, when Caesar did not have any reference cases, and could only cross the river by feeling the stones, so the privileged clan plan came into being, and the strict and high-pressure hierarchical control and class antagonism created a three, six, nine, and high and low.

This plan worked very well at the time, in fact, until now, there is still no problem with the privileged clan plan itself, but the empire has ushered in a transformation with the development of the industry, the functions of various industries have become more and more refined, and the abilities of monsters are not enough to meet the needs of the kingdom, so more and more capable humans have been promoted, such as the Minister of Shipping, Corvet, the Captain of the Ship, Crondo, and the Minister of Propaganda Barrett.

Their hard work and loyalty have earned them a status in the Empire, but they are not recognized by the top leaders of the Blackwing Clan represented by Hogg and Nero, nor are they given the respect they deserve, so the hidden dangers they bring cannot be ignored.

Intimidated by the power of the Black Dragon Emperor, it is unlikely that they will be disobedient or rebellious, but passive sabotage is almost inevitable, even if Caesar replaces all the departments that have problems with new candidates, but if the root contradiction is not resolved, as long as a period of time, similar problems will appear again.

In the current situation where the sun does not set on the Empire, Caesar must not allow such a mistake to occur, he must stabilize people's hearts, both internal and external.

On the second day, under the orders of the Black Dragon Emperor, a plenary meeting of the imperial high-level was held in the royal court.

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At the same time, in the eastern region, thousands of miles north of Eladia, a war broke out in the Zedi.

Zedi Kingdom, the mainlanders used to call the dwarves who ruled the place in this way, but the Zedi Kingdom is not a country, never has been, in fact it is more like a military alliance, consisting of three different dwarven kingdoms, the Red Keep, the Grey Keep, and the Iron Keep.

The history of these dwarf kingdoms is probably older than people can imagine, as early as the orc period of the Second Age, they have stood on this land, but compared to the orcs, the dwarves are more intelligent and judgmental, so in the era of the rise of mankind, the ancient dwarves did not break out into large-scale conflicts with this new race, but after several contacts and comprehensive judgments, they chose to follow the trend of the times, gave up their large chunks of territory, and retreated into the Zedi with the other two dwarf countries to form an alliance to continue to live.

Therefore, these dwarves who seem to be one have different histories, different ancestors and different customs, and their country is actually not called Red Fort, Gray Castle, or Iron Castle, but has its own name, but the pronunciation of those dwarf languages into a long and complicated lingua franca is too awkward, so there are these pronouns.

After a thousand years of alliance, the seemingly harmonious appearance of the Three Castles Kingdom is actually tense.

In the Zedi Alliance, the High Mages and wealthy merchants are basically members of the Red Keep Kingdom, and the Red Keep people consider themselves to be the descendants of the Moradin blood of the dwarven god Moradin and the undisputed royal family, and firmly believe that the Red Keep is the mainstay of the Zedi Alliance and should occupy the leadership position.

The Ironkeep Kingdom was formerly known as the Warhammer Clan of the Second Age, and their ruler, Prince McNee, was the most powerful warrior in the Zed, and the Ironkeep Dwarves, like their king, were born with extremely strong physiques and claimed that they were born to fight. This country provided more than half of the army to the military alliance, but was considered "reckless and unreasonable" by the Red Fort.

In order to restore his former glory, the Iron King is still working on his ideals, striving to forge the Three Castles into a complete and unified empire.

In addition, the dwarves of the Grey Keep ruled by Prince Attas, who spend most of their time in the foundry and underground, and are known for their impressive blacksmithing, and the "Halberd of Attas" named by the Prince himself is one of the most powerful legendary weapons of this era.

Now that the "alien threat theory" of Emperor Enrehir the Great is well known to the world, when the orders and requirements of the Empire of the Immortal Empire arrived in Zedi, there were political differences in the Kingdom of the Three Forts, and the Red Fort had close contacts with the Empire of the Eternal Sun, and Prince Maran believed that he should immediately respond to the proposal of the Empire of the Immortal and reach an alliance.

However, the Iron King of the Warhammer Clan showed a tough side, he considered it a disguised submission, and if the Sunset Empire wished to ally with Zedi, he should invite the Three Kings to the capital of the Sunset Empire to meet and negotiate with each other, and instead send a high-spirited messenger to come, which was an insult, and he refused to accept such an "order".

The two clan kings argued, but Prince Atas remained silent, saying that it was for the Zedi Kingdom to cut off contact with the Black Wing, but in fact, it was for the Grey Fort to cut off contact with the Black Wing Empire, because neither the Red Keep nor the Iron Fort had anything to do with the north, but the Grey Fort was different.

After thousands of years of habitation, the local mineral deposits of the Zedi have long been exploited by the dwarves, in the past, the forge of the Grey Castle had to constantly import expensive raw materials to the trading city-states, but after the new trade relationship was reached, the Black Wing Empire would regularly sell minerals and batches of forging parts to the Grey Castle at relatively low prices, in addition to food, summer grass drinks, elegy cards and other daily necessities needed by the Grey Castle people.

Their partnership doesn't stop there, the Black Wing Empire will ask the Grey Keep to design the drawings of the standard equipment, and some new material tests are also completed in the Grey Keep, and at the same time, the North continues to provide the Grey Keep with high-paying job opportunities, and they have also jointly developed new armor for the Dog Demon and the Orc...... All in all, the two sides have built a deep friendship in a short period of time.

"In any case, this trade relationship cannot be severed, unless the Sun Never Sets Empire can give my people adequate compensation." Prince Atas thought.

No one could have imagined that a war would start simply because of a difference of opinion on the matter, but everyone was stunned when the flames of war raged throughout the region. Even the empire, the initiator of the matter, never expected that things would develop in this direction.

The diplomatic situation is only the fuse, the internal contradictions of the Three Castles have reached the point of irreconcilability, thousands of years of alliance, all patience, grievances, and concessions all broke out at this moment, the covenant was torn up, the banner was trampled, and the dwarves with the same appearance but wearing different armor began to kill each other.

Eventually, when Prince Maran's magic, the Iron King's hammer, and the heirloom halberd set the night sky on fire, the collapsed furnace turned into a never-ending flame with the help of the elements, and Zedi was completely destroyed and became a Jedi that could not survive.

There was no winner in the Civil War of the Three Castles, and the warn-hearted dwarves parted ways and took different paths: the King of the Red Keep led his noble mages to the Sunset Empire, confident that they would be treated in the Magic Empire. McNee and his mighty Warhammer clan have announced their independence from the Zedi Alliance and have migrated to the most open and tolerant of the Middle.

Attath and the worst losses of the Dwarves of the Grey Keep set out on a long, long journey to cross half of Eladia to visit the Emperor of the North, whom they had yet to meet.

Black King.