One day after the end of the Battle of Pure White, the entire French kingdom was plunged into an unprecedented storm.

After the capital "Tyles Domain" was directly occupied by Okad, the "Fedorovich Domain" and "Willitas Domain" in the south successively expressed their deference to Okad. The inhabitants of these two realms are more loyal to the lord family than to Elrios himself. After receiving Okad's promise that "the name of Elrios will be preserved, and that they will not interfere in the internal affairs of the two families", the resistance of the two territories is not strong.

On the night after the battle, the Lord of the Clouds and Mr. Kim descended on Empedocles and suppressed the mages in the realm who refused to obey them. The Empedocles were nominally the private property of the Council of the Mages of the French State, with no consuls and no ordinary mages allowed to build strongholds at will, and the resistance of the two men was extremely limited. Subsequently, the Lord of the Clouds decreed that a new capital would be established here.

At the same time, in the name of the new chief mage of the French power of Elrios, the Lord of Yunyong sent a notice to the remaining Gorgias, Alkutas, Northlands, Lyukipos, and Philori realms in the Elrios Nation, demanding that the consuls of the five major realms immediately pledge their allegiance to the new regime. Except for the Gorgias who took the initiative to contact him, the rest of the territories did not reply. The vast majority of Blue Sky and Blue Sea level mages chose to retreat.

In the face of the disaster, some people chose to surrender, but there were also many people who tried to inspire everyone to continue fighting. "Chief Vane was killed by a brutal sneak attack before the war began, and Nicholas himself was not that strong", "Nicholas relied on Yun Yong's defection to barely win, and he himself was seriously injured", various half-truths and half-truths circulated among the Elrios mages.

In the end, no matter what means Nicholas and the others relied on to win, he would not be able to force everyone to obey with the power of the legendary mage alone. If the ordinary army of Okad is unable to swallow up the remaining main forces of Elrios, the hearts and minds of the entire French state may change subtly. This is exactly what the "resistance" believes.

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In the camp of Elrios.

The messenger sent a letter of surrender from Okad's side. Along with the letter of surrender, there was a notice from the Holy See asking the soldiers to lay down their arms, and an order from the "new chief mage" Sham, the Lord of the Clouds, asking the soldiers to abandon the battle.

Originally, the generals didn't want the soldiers to see the documents, but the soldiers quickly learned the contents. Wei directly used a catapult to "smash" the three letters into the Elrios military camp directly, most of the sacks were still open in mid-air, and the paper scattered in the wind flew everywhere.

Originally, Wei's first plan was to show off his giant projection and shout directly to the Elrios army. But when he thought about it, let alone the enemy, even the Okad side, including himself, was heartbroken by the domineering of Speaker Nicholas.

Excessive intimidation is counterproductive. The Speaker's naming had already pushed him to the forefront, and he didn't want to come across as crude and stupid anymore.

Lévy sent dozens of low-level mages to use spells to copy these documents. These poor Yunhai level people copied thousands of letters in a matter of hours, and even the last trace of spiritual power was squeezed out.

Wei was very dissatisfied with this: it was so troublesome for him to even send a flyer......

The mages of the Elrios Army were also reprimanded: even such pieces of paper can be shot in casually, what if the fired object has poison or curse on it?

In any case, the contents of the letter of surrender soon spread throughout the barracks. Thanks to Elrios' literacy rate, if the same method had been used in the Okad barracks, I am afraid that it would not have had such a significant effect.

……

The content of the letter of persuasion written by the scribe Wei from the perspective of Okad is relatively long.

Elrios did not perish, and Okad had no intention of destroying this ancient and great nation. The country is sick, and the Okadians just come here to get what they deserve while cleaning up her rotten parts.

Glory belongs to "Elrios", not to any legendary mage. The greatness of Elrios lies in the wisdom of all the Elrios, not in a single king or chief.

Many years ago, when the Kingdom of Elrios was replaced by a French power, there were suspicions that Elrios would never recover. However, the strength of the French state once reached its peak after the death of Elrios.

Even in the last few hundred years, Elrios has lost territory more than once. In foreign wars, Elrios suffered repeated defeats. And the Errios gradually learned their lesson, and no longer had the idea of dominating the continent by force. As a result, every time the Errios adhered to the peaceful course, the country was able to revitalize in a short time. And those chiefs who insisted on the war went to ruin one by one.

The spirit of Elrios is contemplative, not brute; The Imperials defended their territory with their swords, but Elrios defended knowledge with swords. Obeyed by the new Chief, Elrios' legacy lives on.

Nearly half of the territory of Errios is already subordinate to the new chief. What good is it to start a bloody civil war at this time?

The new Chief promises that every Elrios soldier who has made a wise choice will return home safely, and that they can continue to serve themselves or be discharged from the army and change careers. Stubborn resistance will come at a terrible cost – think about it, even if you are willing to die a glorious death, your family will be affected by your resistance. Is it really worth it for your parents and siblings to lose their future in a new country because of your momentary bravery?

……

The other two letters are simpler.

The letter of the Lord of the Clouds succinctly issued an order to all officers in his capacity as the new head of the Mage Council, asking them to lead the army through the giant portal to Empedocles, where he was.

The letter from the Holy See provided by the "prison master" made a painful tone, "accusing" Nicholas, although he had good intentions, but used too strong means. The war must stop, and the Holy See will "supervise" Okard in rebuilding the pure white city. The letter calls on believers to remain calm and not to be carried away by hatred.

……

Around noon.

"Surrender? It's ridiculous. ”

In the newly built tent, Natasha crumpled up the thousands of words of persuasion and threw it on the ground, not forgetting to step on her feet.

But what made her desperate was that the other three female soldiers in the tent all looked at her with indifferent eyes.

"You're an Imperial," said a dark-skinned female soldier, none of the three letters mentioning what to do with the Imperials, "and you're not in a position to dictate us." ”

"You ......"

"Natasha," the other beautiful female soldier with short ear-length hair shook her head, "You just introduced yourself and said that you have several brothers and sisters in the Imperial Capital, right?" ”

"That's right. So what? ”

"If a war here would cost them their jobs or even be expelled from the imperial capital, would you still be willing to fight to the death in this kind of desperate battle?" Said the short-haired female soldier.

"And what about you?" Natasha was a little moved.

"If my battle would cost my father and cousin their office in Gorgias, I would never fight such a fight," said the short-haired and beautiful female soldier with a sense of pity, "and we didn't join the army for the sake of gambling." ”

"Angry?"

Natasha felt her blood rush into her head. She...... How can it be......

"Listen, my eldest lady," she said angrily, "this is war! Your capital is under attack by the enemy! How can you abandon your compatriots who died in the war......"

"Nonsense!" The beautiful female soldier also stood up, "Of course I really want to save those people, but it wasn't for nothing!" ”

"You're a soldier! If you're afraid of death, big miss, why don't you hide at home and drink black tea? ”

"I'm a mage's daughter, not an imperial she-bear like you who only has muscles in her head!"

"Hey, that's enough...... behind the short-haired female soldier with her ears, a slightly stronger female soldier began to persuade her companion. She kindly agreed with Natasha's point of view.

"You two, stop arguing yet!" The dark-skinned female soldier also noticed that something was wrong.

It's late. Natasha and the short-haired female soldier with ear-kissed ears glared at each other, the air filled with the smell of gunpowder.

"She-bear?" Natasha's voice was hoarse, "I'd rather be an unintelligent brute than live in the same tent as a despicable traitor like you." ”

"Then you will die, Imperial," the short-haired female soldier with her ears did not give an inch, "the commanders will understand. Just hand you over, and we'll ......."

Natasha finally couldn't take it anymore. She shook her fist hard.

A heavy punch slammed into the face of the ear-length short-haired female soldier. She took a few steps back, a long trail of blood coming out of her nose.

The short-haired female soldier with full ears was stunned for two seconds. Both of her companions were stunned.

"How dare you!"

With an angry roar coming out of her mouth, she lunged at Natasha.

"I'll see how tough you are, eldest lady of the mage family." Natasha also broke free from the strong female soldier who tried to hold her and faced her opponent.

……

Outside the tent.

The Supreme Commander of the Front Forces, General Erickson, and the Unicorn Knight Captain walked into the women's quarters.

"I didn't expect it...... We still have that option, Nikki. General Erickson said.

"It's all thanks to Mr. Cliff." Nikki, the captain of the unicorn knights with a cold temperament, also has a smile on her beautiful face. She has a great talent as a warrior and mage, and is the idol of many female soldiers.

"But...... Retreating from the south to the Empire, this is a difficult road. General Erickson said in a deep voice.

"It's better than breaking north." Captain Nikki shook his head.

"The Northlands are my homeland," General Erickson said, "but I can't guarantee ......"

Suddenly—

Two scuffling figures rolled out of a common tent beside them. One of the female soldiers with short ears desperately tried to break free from the other's restraints, but was quickly pinned to the ground by the other party, and her fists beckoned to her face one after another. The female soldier kept shouting in the lingua franca with an imperial accent, and General Erikson, who was born in the north, could only understand half of it, and the loudest word was "traitor".

"Enough!"

Even if she's really a traitor or a spy, she can't be dealt with like this. Captain Nikki let out a loud shout and stepped forward quickly. The two female soldiers who chased them out of the camp were stunned when they saw the two commanders and commanders staying at the door of the camp tent with black faces.

"Give me - sober up!"

Nikki's silver armband glittered with a pale light, and with just a slight force, the two were separated. As an arcane knight, with the blessing of magical equipment, her strength is not at all lower than that of ordinary secret warriors.

"She ...... first" The short-haired, ear-length female soldier struggled to get up with a little bloodshot on her cheeks.

"I wonder how you Elrios deal with traitors." Natasha said loudly.

"Looks like we're going to make an announcement." General Erickson

"Enough!" Nikki said, "I don't know what your contradictions are, but here, the only thing you have to do is follow orders!" Come on, take them down and lock them up......"

She suddenly changed her mind.

"Let them finish our decision here." Captain Nikki said "gently".

Elrios will never succumb to Okad.

War...... But it's just getting started.