Together, Kerster, Xiao Mu, and Monica arrive at the Chamber of Commerce Headquarters in Mister City, where they meet Princess Lolita.

"Lolita, you're here too?" Everyone was excited to see Lolita, especially Xiao Mu, who couldn't wait to hug each other immediately. Lolita was helplessly hugged by Xiao Mu, and blushed a little shyly. However, Xiao Mu didn't succeed for long, and was squeezed away by Monica in the next second, "Go, go, you go in first with Cast", drove away Xiao Mu strongly, took Lolita's hand, and chatted affectionately.

There was also Feida, who had come with Koster, and the three of them had not seen each other for a long time, so they began to talk at the door of the council chamber.

And Kester and Xiao Mu entered the hall first, only to find that almost all the high-level leaders of the business alliance were already waiting here. After a period of running-in at the headquarters of the Business Alliance, the leaders of various countries have determined their respective statuses: King Lucius, Duke Terra, Duke Mosat, and Duke Carman, also known as Little Mu, are the current surviving monarchs of various countries, while the rest of the countries are currently in the city of Mister with King Manning's youngest son Lori, a duke of Karlin, a duke of Carthage, and Queen Guarman is busy rebuilding the kingdom of Southern Madur, represented by her uncle Ambassador Rodrin. In addition, it is estimated that this will still be the Duke of Kosok on the street.

These were almost the same members of the first meeting after the retreat to Mister City, and over the years, the nobles who had lost their land had adapted to life in Mister City, but they still thought about their own land. So this time, when Kerst had achieved great results in the north, everyone showed up at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.

When Koster entered the hall, led by King Lucius, everyone present "snapped" and applauded, which was naturally dedicated to Koster who had reclaimed the territory for them. Kester sat down embarrassed, but was dragged onto the podium by King Lucius, "Tell us about it, Koster, you have done a beautiful job in the north." ”

Kerst looked around and found that his old boss, General Calvin, was also in the back of the crowd, and he suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he should not be in this position. However, the encouraging smiles of Xiao Mu, Lucius, Grand Duke of Tra and others in the audience made him gradually calm down.

"This operation was very successful, and the results were great", Kosster just said this sentence, and the audience crackled and applauded again, in fact, Kosster himself knew in his heart, because Kosok and Carthage were now basically under the control of the merchant alliances, and the nobles who represented Kosok and Carthage naturally had to applaud themselves. Manning, White Harbor, Carlin and other countries that have not yet been recovered, they are also looking forward to it. "We overestimate the will of the Desik to fight, and many of the officers in the Desik Dispatch Army in the north have no intention of fighting because of the chaos in the Desik country. ”

"We have received a message from you, and you can tell us more about it. Lucius motioned for everyone to stop the applause and let Chester continue.

"General Florian and General Jim, the two Desik's only remaining golden wolf heads in the territory of the Merchant Alliance, have mixed thoughts. It seems that they have the idea of becoming kings on their own, but mid-ranking officers such as General Hedley, who surrendered in Newton Bay, hope to save the main force of the dispatch army and go to Desik to rescue their families. Florian's meaning is that he wants to sign a peace treaty with us, so that he can concentrate his forces on the defense line of the canyon to guard against the attack of the Magic Empire. ”

"Hmph, signing a peace treaty, they are really too naïve, you know, they are stepping on our Manning's land, your White Harbor land, and yours, yours, your ......" The young Ronin Manning on the side stood up angrily, and pointed viciously at everyone's noses, "We will never make peace with them until we spit out the land we occupy and compensate us for our losses." ”

Kester looked a little embarrassed on the stage, he was actually in favor of temporary peace talks, but he also knew that the nobles of those northern countries were still looking forward to taking the fief as soon as possible. Fortunately, King Lucius, the current leader of the Merchant Alliance, helped him out of the siege in time.

"Lori, we have to eat one bite at a time, and we have to solve the current ** annoyance. ”

King Lucius was not idle during this time, and now he was the master of the main strategy within the Business Alliance, and his ideas coincided with those of Koster. Caster took back control of the Northwest Three, thus increasing the area controlled by the Shang Alliance to three more countries. These three territories located in the northwest border are barren and barren, but they have one of the biggest advantages over the three southwestern countries, that is, they do not border with the Magic Empire.

Now that the Magic Empire is aggressive on the border, and under the threat of a large number of magicians, Lucius has to think about a way out. "The nobles of Southern Madur, Kosok, and Carthage should return to their homeland as soon as possible, and organize the civilian population to restore state institutions, organize reserve armies, and grow food. The sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth corps that Kerst had incorporated in the north should complete the reorganization as quickly as possible and enter a combat-ready state. ”

According to Koster's thinking, the work in the north needed to be completed within three months, so that more resources could be invested in the south. Lucius perfectly replicated his idea that they were to form a second line of defense behind the Desik Dispatch as soon as possible, in case the Desik Dispatch collapsed under the attack of the Magic Empire.

In the south, the situation is much more complicated. Lucius looked at Monica, Lolita and the others who had just approached the council hall gently, and said with a smile, "Princess Monica, may I ask what you think about the threat of magicians. Everyone here knows that your Kaman family is the descendants of the Great Priest after all. ”

"What can I think, come and kill a magician!" Monica said nonchalantly, Xiao Mu and Kester, who were listening to it, rolled their eyes helplessly, and Kester reached out and poked Xiao Mu beside him, and Nu Nu mouthed.

In desperation, Xiao Mu had to get up. In fact, on the way here, he had already communicated with Monica about this matter to a considerable extent, but the words changed a little when they came out of Monica's mouth.

"You must be curious why the Magic Empire has been established for less than a year, and magicians who were originally a rare product on the continent have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Actually, I would say that there are not as few magicians as you think, they have always existed.

After the end of the First Continental War, the Continental Convention only forbade the appearance of dark mages, and did not bind the noble families in any way. The 1,200 nobles of all ranks and the 3,000 knight lords who were divided after the end of the Continental War were not bound by the covenant, in other words, they were all qualified to pass on magic to future generations. ”

"You mean that these magicians have always existed?" asked King Lucius.

"Of course, mages exist, otherwise, where did I inherit my healing skills. Xiao Mu smiled, "So, after the establishment of the Magic Empire, no matter what method they used, they did find the magicians in San Jose and Desik. In other words, many mages appear in front of the Magic Empire on their own initiative. It has to be said that Merlin's call is quite tempting. ”

"Yes, he's basically elevated the status of a magician to a pretty high level. Of course, these magicians are willing to support him, and when the magicians support him, they support him on behalf of a large number of nobles. That's why he was able to integrate the forces of San Jose and Desik so quickly. Although the new magic empire is still a relatively empty shell, the rudiments of the state are basically there. King Lucius nodded secretly, thinking to himself.

"Duke Mu," King Lucius raised his voice suddenly, "and what do you think we should do about the current situation, in the eastern battlefield, our soldiers are now facing a real threat from magicians. The report in my hand has already mentioned that they have seen terrifying magic monsters on the battlefield, and small spiritual storms have also appeared on the battlefield. ”

Xiao Mu was silent for a moment, "There is no good way, but there is good news." ”

"Oh?" said this, and everyone present sat up straight, wanting to hear what the good news he was saying.

"In the territory of Kaman, I have asked nobles of all levels, elemental awakeners or mages themselves, to come to Mister City as soon as possible. In fact, there are now more than twenty magicians in the camp outside the city. ”

"Really, what about other countries, are there too?" asked King Lucius.

"At the time of the signing of the Continental Convention, there were about 4,000 nobles in the sub-feudal feuds, of which more than 1,000 were knights and lords, and 3,000 knights. Many of these people are defectors of the Magic Empire, the most typical of which is me and Queen Nanmadol. Our ancestors themselves were at the top of the Magic Empire, so I believe that there should be a similar situation among the nobles of various countries. ”

For the battle between magicians, if the gap is not particularly large, so big that a super magician like Merlin, the rest of the people can generally only check and balance each other, and the real battle still has to be solved by the soldiers themselves. So Xiao Mu's idea is very simple, as long as the magicians in the territory of the Shang Alliance are recruited, it is enough to meet the needs of the front line, after all, a magician of Merlin's level has more important things to do.

"Duke Mu, leave this matter to you, recruit the elemental awakeners in the territory as soon as possible, and send the magicians to all sides of the battlefield. King Lucius nodded.

Seeing that the topic had been finished, Koster on the side raised his hand and signaled, "General Koster, what else do you have to do?" Lucius said with a pleasant face.

"Lolita said that in San Jose and Desik, there are still magicians who are unwilling to submit to the Magic Empire, and I'm afraid we have to help them too, after all, now that there is one more magician, we also have one more strength. ”

Lucius's eyes lit up again, "You're so right, I'll leave it to you, Kester, get in touch as soon as possible." We're also going to build our own mage troops. ”