On the first day of March in the year 600 of the Imperial calendar, Manfred von Kastein, the only vampire supreme ruler officially recognized by the Empire, signed a vassal deed in Utbad, the main city of the Imperial Province and Stir Province, which reads as follows:

From now on, the supreme ruling power of the Silvania region ruled by the Kastein family belongs to the empire, and all military actions other than self-protection must be reported to the supreme commander of the imperial ** team, which is responsible for treating it as a rebellion, and the imperial ** team has the right to stop it at the first time, and if the circumstances are serious, the empire will try to take sanction measures.

Vampire undead creatures are not allowed to appear within the Empire without an order from the Supreme Commander of the Empire. Vampire envoys will be escorted by the Imperial side each time they enter the Empire, and their entourage must not exceed ten people.

Of the four vampire legends, one must be stationed in Aldolph every year in order to deepen the exchange and understanding between the two countries.

During the vassal period of the contract, the empire will fulfill the obligations of the suzerain, protect the integrity of the vampire's existing territory, protect the interests of the Kastein family from being violated, and send troops to aid as soon as it is invaded, during which all military expenses will be borne by the Kastein family. In the war of the Empire, the Kastein family must enter the war unconditionally.

Appendix 1: The Imperial Great Wall Project, starting from the city of Waldenjo in Eastern Silvania, passing through the Imperial City of Essen, the provincial city of Ostmark, and the castle of Lauken, and ending at Norden City in the province of Oster, will be jointly established by the Empire, Dwarves and Vampires. The Casstein family had to bear eighty percent of their labor force as a punishment for the defeated nation.

Appendix 2 (not to be announced): The alliance can be lifted after successfully resisting chaos, chaos will be destroyed, and no race will be spared.

Appendix 3 (not to be announced): The original Torrent Pass Dwarf City (ruins), Torrent Pass, Oakhammer Town, and Carragher will be rebuilt by the Empire and the Iron Chisel Dwarves.

Appendix 4 (Top Secret, either side announced that the two countries would absolve all the above treaties without authorization) After the Chaos Invasion, the empire of the captured cities outside the Oster Line will not reoccupy it, and the Casstein family can decide the direction of development at its own discretion, and the empire will not interfere without authorization.

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The entire contract signed can be said to be a great insult to the Kastein family, Manfred almost didn't turn his face on the spot when he read it carefully, but he still endured it when he saw the last one, beyond the Oster Line is the entire Kislev country, if the Kastein family can gain a firm foothold there, then they can still rise again after the chaos passes, although the process will not be easy, but there is still hope, for the prosperity of the family, Manfred finally signed his name on the magic contract with a heavy burden. After that, it was a simple non-aggression pact with the dwarves.

The signing ceremony ended with cheers from the residents of Utbad City. From today onwards, the border provinces close to the Silvania region no longer have to worry about the ghosts of the undead and can sleep soundly at night. Of course, not everyone is happy, more people are still very resistant to vampires in their hearts, but when they heard that vampires will help the empire build such a long defensive line, everyone temporarily suppressed the hatred in their hearts, and now the living undead are more useful than the dead undead, and there is more trust in Zhang Hao and the country, believing that if there is another war, the empire's army can quickly crush these evil creatures.

A month later, Zhang Hao ushered in the envoy of the Casstein family in Aldolf, and what Zhang Hao didn't expect was Isabella, which made him have some bad premonitions.

"Your Royal Highness Prince Lee-Roald, are you not happy to see me?" Isabella changed her original leather coat, wore a gorgeous dress, her hair was curled, and she wore a black parasol, and followed the Imperial Guard to Zhang Hao unhurriedly.

"Of course not, I am only a little surprised to see Lady Isabella so soon, it seems that Your Excellency has fully recovered." Isabella is no longer the helplessness and hysteria of the Silver Seal battle, and it is not good news for Zhang Hao to regain the composure and composure of the vampire queen who seems to have everything in her hands.

"If you can recover, you have to thank Your Highness for your kindness, otherwise the entire Kastein family will become history." Isabella did not shy away from talking about the shame of her family, which made Zhang Hao frown in his heart, either Isabella was completely relieved, or an extremely dangerous plan had already appeared in Isabella's heart. Zhang Hao really wants to slap himself when he wrote the contract content at that time, but he really has nothing to do.

"Let's stop standing here and chatting, come with me, today is a special day, and Your Excellency is really here." After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he mounted his war horse, and then led the way, and the death knights of the personal guard team beside him still followed silently, but gave way to the left side of the road so that Isabella and the guard knights could walk side by side with them.

"I did my homework before I came to your country, and as far as I know, there are not many days to celebrate in April." Isabella rode a skeleton horse covered with armor and followed Zhang Hao slowly, after all, it was okay to let Isabella get closer, but it was difficult to sit on it.

"Today is the Inheritance Ceremony, and the twelve people, including His Majesty the Emperor, will be blessed by the Guardian Knights." There is nothing to hide about this matter, and if you say it, you will say it.

"The Twelve Guardian Knights of the Sun Throne? What about the Sun Throne? ”

"Cold salad." How could Zhang Hao tell her that he had fused the throne.

Isabella stopped talking after hearing this, but watched the changes of Aldolph with great interest, in her memory, Aldolph was still the same as a hundred years ago, and now the city is more prosperous and majestic than in memory, and the credit for all this is the young man around her, Isabella has never been so interested in a human being, which is one of the reasons why she strongly asked herself to come as a messenger after regaining her senses.

The two teams walked all the way from the city gate to the Grand Palace, and the inheritance of the twelve knights was not made public because of His Majesty the Emperor himself.

"Your Highness, this lady?" After Zhang Hao and Isabella entered the palace, they were intercepted by Rick's guards, after all, Isabella was riding a skeleton horse, and Rick's guards didn't dare to let them go without asking.

"This is the envoy of the Castenin family, Her Excellency Isabella von Kastein, the legendary leader of the vampires, rest assured that with me, no one can disturb today's ceremony."

"Good day, Your Excellency, although you are accompanied by His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the regulations, you are not allowed to ride a horse, carry any weapons and space items into the palace."

"Is it just for me?"

"Except for His Royal Highness the Prince and the guards, no one can pass through."

"Got it, take it." Isabella dismounted, placing her belongings in the box held by Rick's guards. Seeing this, Zhang Hao also dismounted and walked with Isabella. Isabella knew that Zhang Hao did it on purpose, but she didn't break it, and continued to follow Zhang Hao indifferently.