Chapter 447: A Dilemma
Ye Huan is a man who is not an angel clan, and of course Rena of all kinds dare not dare to say it, at least before Chen Jianken accepts her. She wouldn't say it.
Therefore, Esreina stood up for a long time, but did not say anything, but talked about him left and right. Trying to change the topic, but in front of Howard, who knew her character well, of course, this small trick would not come in handy, but it made Howard suspicious.
Acereena was brought up by Howard. In his impression, this baby granddaughter has always been a flamboyant person, and it is rare to have such a listless and frightened appearance.
So he sighed deeply: "Esrena, have you done something wrong again?"
Acereina lowered her head again, but remained silent. Howard thought for a moment, and suddenly asked in a stern tone, "What exactly did you do?" Is it so wrong that you need to convince your people to join the alliance to offset your mistakes? ”
Acerena couldn't help but be shocked when she heard this, raised her head and argued, "Grandpa, no, there is no such thing!" How could I possibly use my people to do this."
Howard said angrily: "Then you can tell me clearly!" What exactly is your so-called private reason? It's getting more and more unpleasant. How can the future of the angel clan change because of your personal reasons! You are like this, even if I have the heart to entrust my clan to you, how can I let go of my heart! ”
Because of these words, Acerena was stunned for a long time.
After thinking about it for a while, she was sure that her grandfather's tone had loosened.
So she looked tentatively into Howard's eyes. He whispered, "Grandpa, do you mean you're thinking about letting me take my clan to the Alliance?" ”
When she asked, Howard was shocked to realize that he had unknowingly recognized Acerena's revelation of his true thoughts, but he still refused to admit it: "Don't change the subject, tell me quickly, what is your so-called personal reason!" ”
"I don't want to say it!" Acereina shook her head vigorously. "But grandpa. I can assure you that I will never put the Angels in trouble for personal reasons, and in everything I do, of course, some of them are for myself, but more importantly, I am thinking about the Angels! I'm pretty sure of what I'm doing now. It can make the life of the clan better in the future! ”
Howard was even more suspicious at this time, and he really couldn't think of what Acerena was hiding, but he also knew that if Acerena really didn't want to say it, she was afraid that no matter how hard she forced her, she wouldn't say it.
It seems that she can only inquire from the angels who have planted beside her.
Howard thought so, and then started to have a headache again.
Lately, some members of the clan have become more and more restless. Howard knew that someone was secretly working on something to try to change the state he had managed so hard to achieve.
He didn't really approve of Acerena's idea. But he also didn't want to be too intimate with the Empire. He just wanted to maintain the current loose alliance, and return the relationship between the Angels and the Empire to the pattern that it had before Catherine came to power.
At the time of life and death, he didn't mind letting the Angel Clan obey the ancient oath to help the Empire again, but on the other hand, the Angel Clan could not become a thug of the Empire's foreign aggression.
Due to fertility problems, the population of the Angel Race has always been scarce, and in history, the population of this race was only nearly 500,000 at the time, and there were only tens of thousands at the least.
Over the years, there have been wars and turmoil, and the Angel Clan, which had been recuperating for a while, was once again greatly injured. A large number of adult angels died in battle, and the population of the angel clan is now only less than 200,000.
Among them, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. The number of adult angels has been drastically reduced by the war, and now, not only are male angelic warriors going into battle, but even many female angels have to take up arms.
And among the angels, there are fertile. But it can only be these adult angels, who go to the battlefield and are not only likely to die in battle. There is no way for them to get married, have children, and reproduce offspring, and if this situation continues, it is conceivable what kind of future the angel clan will have.
But now the empire's rejection of foreign races is becoming stronger and stronger, and enemies are made everywhere, and finally a talented Empress Catherine has been forced to step down.
Howard knew very well that with the approach of the new emperor and the regent, maybe another war would break out in a few years, and he would not be able to get rid of the angelic clan of the empire at that time. And a lot of bloodshed.
So it's weird that Howard isn't in a hurry.
That's why he's after Hunger Serin leaves. In a hurry, he summoned all the clansmen from the emperor's ** team, for the survival of the race, he is now eager to match all the young men and women in the clan into pairs, fortunately, before the war. Add some more people to your clan.
If there is a good place to go, he hopes to leave the empire with the angel clan, like the hill dwarves left the empire back then, away from the land of right and wrong on the continent of Erathia, and be alone from now on.
But such an idea is clearly unlikely to come to fruition. The large number of imperial ** troops in the surrounding area of the hermitage of the Fu envoy clan has already shown the attitude of the empire in this matter.
The Angel Clan is too powerful, but it is precisely because of their amazing combat effectiveness that they are even more unable to sit idly by and watch them leave and move their spears, and the weeping force cannot be used by them, they would rather destroy it so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy and become a big trouble for the empire in the future.
And it's about the majesty of the Empire. An empire is an empire, the majesty of the strongest empire on the continent. It is not to be challenged, even if it is as strong as the angel clan, it will not work.
The new emperor went to power, and the angel clan defected. On a political level, the new Emperor Alexander and the regent Kendall could not tolerate such a situation.
So what Howard can do is extremely limited, and the pressure is even greater, and it is very hard.
And the sudden fall of some people in the clan to the side of the empire made him even more emaciated.
But Acerena's approach was a sight to behold.
Perhaps he was the only person on the continent who was not part of the Hammondale Racial Alliance, but who knew so much about it.
He knew very well what was going on in the Evermont Islands, that the Alliance had never left the mainland, and that many of the things that were happening on the Solo Peninsula today, and that the men he had planted around Acerena would not only keep Acerena's safety, but also his eyes and ears to find out everything about the Alliance.
And what surprised him the most was that from the information sent back by these angels, he clearly found that these angels were unknowing. In fact, he has slowly recognized the concept of that alliance. From time to time, there is a longing for the future and a sense of pride in being part of the alliance
What a terrible power of tolerance and assimilation.
These angels sent by themselves are still like this, and the situation of those angels who volunteered to go with Acereina is even more conceivable.
Those things he had said to Acereena earlier. It's just his temptation, the purpose is to see how much his precious granddaughter is affected by the other party.
The results are undoubtedly quite striking.
In fact, Howard has always been not very optimistic about the future of that league, but now, he is right. The alliance has changed greatly, and even gave birth to meeting Chen Jian. Also go to the league to see the idea.
If that Chen Chuang is really as wise as Acereina said, if the people in the alliance are really as united as Acereina said, maybe they can really do something.
After all, their strength has increased several times in a very short period of time, and for now, this is the case. It seems that the alliance still has a lot of potential for development.
This made Howard feel a little bit of a gamble.
After all, even if the angel clan is really divided, it is not a good thing, at least there is one more thought. If there really is anything on the Empire's side, it will not cut off the bloodline of the Angel Clan.
But think about it, the two sides may face each other in the future. It was difficult for him to make up his mind, because he knew very well that the current situation in the clan was not entirely up to him, the patriarch, and he might be able to take most of the people away, but there would definitely be many people who would choose to stay.
He was very clear about the relationship between Jian Chen and the empire, not to mention that the old generals under Jian Chen, who were before Catherine, did not have much affection for the current empire.
The philosophies of the two sides are so opposed. In the future, if the alliance can really gain a foothold on the mainland. There will definitely be a conflict with the Empire.
Is it possible to let the clansmen on both sides fight to the death on the battlefield?
This is really contrary to Howard's original intention.
After thinking about it for a while, Howard still decided to meet that Chen Jian first, and then he did the same before he made the decision to let the Angel Clan fully support Catherine.
He asked Catherine out, and the two talked for a long time, and finally he was impressed by Catherine's personality charm and made up his mind.
Now, he is also doing so, for the way he sees people. He was very confident. He wanted to use his own eyes to confirm if this man was really that reliable, and if he could entrust the future of the angel clan to the other party, as Esreina said.
"Esrena, help me ask Jian Chen to come out, I want to meet with him and have a good talk."
Howard's words startled Acerena, who was feeling rather strange that he had been frowning and pondering because he had not spoken.
"You want to see the President?" Puzzled, she asked, "Why?" ”
Then she suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted: "Grandpa, do you mean you?"
"Don't be cranky". Howard's eyes widened. said angrily: "I just want to see if this man is really that good!" If he's a deceitful, I'm going to bring you and the rest of my people back!" I can't let my people just follow a hypocrite and be deceived by him."
Instead of being angry at Howard's words, Acerena responded with a smile. Then he asked, "Grandpa, when are we leaving?" It's not close to the alliance here, and you've been away for so many days, doesn't it matter if you have anything to do with the clan? ”
Howard snorted: "Who said I was going to the Alliance, I asked you to ask Jian Chen to come over, not that I wanted to go over to see him!" Acerena couldn't help but be dumbfounded when she heard this: "Let the president come over?" How can this be?.