Cecilia had a few days of relaxation since the end of the first meeting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Thea, too, has been by Cecilia's side all these days. On the one hand, it is because of Cecilia's profound knowledge and strong strength, and on the other hand, because Thea has not had a friend who can speak since she was a child, so in contact with Cecilia, Thea felt the meaning of the word "friend" for the first time.

As the most legendary magician of the Maggie Empire, Thea. Maggie has long been highly anticipated by the entire empire, and the royal family has groomed her as the heir to Sebal. If Thea hadn't fallen in the future, she would have become the next dean of Maggie's Imperial Mage Academy and the owner of one of the Twin Star Mage Towers.

As a result, Thea will never have any friends who can be considered "close".

Even the word "friend" has become a luxury.

All of this is due to Thea's amazing magical talent and great strength, which has become a symbol of Maggie's empire since Thea defeated another genius magician who had been on her level by a wide margin three years ago. Saibal also directly asserted that Thea's future will never stop at the ranks of sixteenth-order superpowers, and is definitely expected to break through the traditional limit of the eighteenth-order.

With such high expectations, Thea's pressure can be imagined, and she spends almost all of her time studying magic.

In a way, Cecilia's public defeat of Thea was largely a relief for Thea - thanks to Thea's somewhat subtle emotional intelligence and self-esteem. If it were the magic genius who was defeated by Thea three years ago, it would probably be "I tried so hard that I couldn't beat you, a woman who has been sleeping in a coma for a long time!" "Do you know how hard I've worked over the years? "Extreme ideas like that.

And Cecilia also asked Thea, don't you hate her? In front of so many people, defeated her.

To this, Thea's answer was, "Why should I hate you? You have defeated me with dignity, which proves that I am indeed inferior to you, and it also makes me clearly see the gap between us, and let me know that I still have a lot to learn in my quest for the truth of magic. ”

It is precisely because of this sentence that Cecilia really became friends with Thea.

In a way, Cecilia thinks Thea is much cuter than Angel. And the thought that Angel's guy who made her hate her teeth was actually in the royal capital of the Void Empire, Cecilia felt extremely dissatisfied.

It's just that as her friendship with Thea deepens, Cecilia's guilt for Thea grows deeper.

After all, Cecilia had impure motives for the Maggie Empire from the beginning.

And in recent days, according to the news from Ruby's side, although Albarez has not been closely watched and monitored, the chances of meeting have been greatly reduced - neither Cecilia nor William is willing to expose Albarez as a pawn unless it is absolutely necessary. So this is naturally a lot more difficult for Ruby, Elekate, Hebley and others to progress their work.

However, this question did not bother Cecilia and the others for long, and on the ninth day after the end of the first meeting, the royal family of the Maggie Empire held a second meeting.

Originally, Cecilia and the others thought that after the first time Cecilia took control of the rhythm of the meeting, the second meeting should be held in three to five days, and the Maggie Empire would definitely prepare a more appropriate way to overwhelm Cecilia's strength. And William even gave Cecilia an idea for this, asking her to cooperate with the preparations of the Maggie Empire and make some appropriate retreats to stabilize the Maggie Empire and buy more time for Ruby and the others.

However, the second meeting was held later than Cecilia and others expected, which undoubtedly made Cecilia and others feel very confused, and it is even very likely that the originally prepared plan will be aborted.

Therefore, when this second meeting was held, Cecilia and William and others were ready for a tug-of-war.

What I didn't expect was that at the second meeting, the Maggie Empire didn't have any greetings and politeness at all, and went straight to the point.

Moreover, the theme is very different from the content of the first meeting.

The theme of the first meeting was basically around the alliance between the Maggie Empire and the Void Empire, as well as the ownership of the Duchy of Rembell. However, during the second meeting, the content was changed to "discuss the possibility of cooperation on the Magic Guided Technology project".

This, for Cecilia, was really a surprise.

"This is our empire's latest scientific research project, the Magic Core Source Energy Project." Foreign Minister Auburn directly handed over more than a dozen drawings to Cecilia's hands, his expression was frank and sincere, obviously he really intended to study this project with the Void Empire represented by Cecilia, "According to our evaluation test, once this plan is successfully studied, then it is conservatively estimated that it should increase the power performance of the current magic power machine by five times." ”

Cecilia didn't reply, just looked down at the dozen or so drawings in front of her.

As a magician, Cecilia was naturally able to read the contents of these drawings very clearly, and with her current level of intelligence, she could quickly complete magical modeling directly in her mind based on the data listed on the drawings.

But in fact, Cecilia didn't need to model this magic model in her head at all.

She knew that the project of "Magic Core Source Energy" was naturally not an accident, but what the Haytham Institute told her - after Cecilia proposed that no matter what the cost, the Abyss Path under the Gorge Fortress must be successfully restored, the Haytham Institute did spend a lot of effort to finally develop a new type of magic power.

In terms of conception, this new type of magic power machine is about five to eight times more powerful than the magic power machine that has been popularized on the Miracle Continent today. If the maximum power increase effect can be achieved, this new magic power machine can basically meet Cecilia's requirements, and at least guarantee that it can send a hundred heavily armed soldiers to the underworld in each cooldown cycle.

And this cooling cycle, according to the results of multiple tests, is estimated to be about five to seven days.

Although Cecilia was slightly dissatisfied with this result, it was still acceptable.

It was only halfway through the development of a new magic power machine that it had to be stopped. The reason is very simple, because the power source, the most core component of the magic power machine, cannot meet the power output of the magic power machine. In other words, it would not be able to reach the expected level by five to eight times, and at most it would only be able to increase by two times the level of the first-generation magic powerhouse, which meant that not only would it not be possible to send a hundred soldiers to the underworld every five to seven days, but even the number of soldiers would be reduced.

If we want to overcome this challenge and bring the second-generation magic power machine to the corresponding level, then we will need to redevelop the core components that provide power, a process that will likely take three to five years.

This was unacceptable to Cecilia.

It was at this time that the Haytham Institute received news that the Maggie Empire had secretly developed a new power source for more than a decade. Although no more news has been circulated, judging from the existing intelligence clues, the power source secretly developed by Maggie and the second-generation magic power machine have a very high degree of matching, and the amplification ability can exceed the original second-generation magic power machine assumptions, reaching fifteen times the current first-generation astonishing degree.

That's why Cecilia will immediately send an envoy to the Maggie Empire.

In order to get this drawing in hand.

But now, when the drawing was actually in front of her, Cecilia's face didn't look good.

The reason is simple.

It is true that this is an unfinished work, not even a half-finished product. Judging from the data and conditions listed on the drawings, everything shows that this power source is still in the stage of material review and processing, and even the model machine has not been produced.

Noticing Cecilia's face, William next to him looked at Cecilia with a curious gaze. Although he was also slightly puzzled in his heart, why did the Maggie Empire propose this cooperation agreement at this time, could it be that the Maggie Empire discovered their small moves? But in any case, William certainly won't show it at this time, after all, his current status is just an entourage.

On the contrary, Tungsten Ramo picked up a drawing and looked at it.

As a magician, Tungsten Ramo naturally understands these things, and his calculation skills are undoubtedly better than Cecilia's. Even from these drawings and data, he had already found two errors, and as a Tungsten Ramo who knew that the Void Empire was now developing the second-generation magic power machine project, he knew that if the Demon Core Source Energy Project in the hands of the Maggie Empire was really developed, it would definitely be more than the other party said that it could increase the performance by five times.

"It's a really great plan." Cecilia put these drawings down, she could see the sincerity of the Maggie Empire, so her attitude was much more sincere, "But I don't understand why you are bringing it up at this time. ”

"To be honest, with the current scientific research strength of the Maggie Empire, it is difficult to succeed in research and development in a short period of time." It was the current emperor of the Maggie Empire who spoke, "But your Void Empire is different, you already have experience in developing magic powerhouses, and it is said that you are also involved in the research and development project of the teleportation magic array, so I thought of this." ”

Whether it is the current first-generation magic power machine or the teleportation magic array, it is actually the result of scientific research of the Haytham Institute.

But there are some things that can be known by heart, and there is no need to make everything completely public, and the Maggie Empire is obviously clear about this, so it will be said that the Void Empire has experience. After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Haytham Institute is basically the scientific research department of the Void Empire, and all this is naturally because of some ideas that Sean has continuously put forward at the beginning, and these ideas and ideas alone are enough to make the Haytham Institute serve the Void Empire for hundreds of years.

Although no one knows how Sean has such advanced knowledge and technology, the Haytham Institute is not averse to solving these scientific research problems for Sean.

"I believe that your country will not make such a huge concession of interests for no reason." Cecilia took a deep breath before she spoke slowly, and at this moment she had regained her high-minded queen temperament, "In my opinion, if this project is completed by your country, it should be in a position of great interest. But now, you have offered to cooperate with me, and you have ceded the initiative to me, and I would like to know what is the reason why your country is willing to make such concessions? ”

The Emperor of the Maggie Empire did not reply immediately, but reached out and tapped on the table in the chamber.

The entire conference hall soon fell into silence.

And Cecilia did not open her mouth to urge at this time, but chose to wait quietly.

She and Thea are now close friends, but only because of her personal relationship. From the perspective of the interests of the Void Empire, Cecilia's first consideration must be the Void Empire, which is why she and Thea are already friends, but they still haven't asked Ruby and others to stop stealing the magic core source energy blueprint, all because the Void Empire needs this blueprint.

So now, the Maggie Empire has suddenly made this drawing completely public, and has expressed its intention to cooperate with the Void Empire, then Cecilia must figure out what caused the Maggie Empire to have this intention. And this result of this intention will not have any danger to the future of the Void Empire.

These are all things that Cecilia must figure out.

"The Void Empire's expeditionary force is coming for the Duchy of Lunbert, right?"

"Yes." Cecilia nodded, the movement of the Void Empire Expeditionary Force was too big to hide it at all, and even the arrangements for the supply was already well known, "The Duchy of Rumber used to be my hometown, but since the current Grand Duke of Rumber brutally murdered my parents, this is no longer my hometown. …… I didn't have the ability to avenge my parents before, but now that I have the ability, I have to avenge my parents. ”

"So, may I ask the Queen of Phoenix, what are you going to do after you recapture the Duchy of Rumbell?" The Emperor of the Maggie Empire asked again.

And this question also happens to be the problem that Cecilia has not been able to discuss with William and Hela so far.

In a strategic sense, the Duchy of Rember is of no use to the Void Empire except for a symbolic meaning, but because of the addition of an enclave, it will divide the military power of the Void Empire. After all, if the garrison in the Principality of Rembell is weak, then the St. Joels Empire can be conquered by force at any time, but if the garrison is strong, the strength of the Void Empire will definitely be weakened, which is naturally disadvantageous for the Void Empire that wants to guard against multiple countries at the same time.

In particular, after losing the natural buffer zone of the Fascist Kingdom, the Chainas Empire and the Void Empire are already neighbors to each other.

In the face of such an extremely powerful military empire, the Void Empire could not trust how charitable they were. The reason why there is no invasion of the Void Empire at the moment is simply because the Void Empire has not exposed any weaknesses, but once the weaknesses are exposed, neither Hela, William, nor Neil believe that the Chainas Empire will give up such a good opportunity to invade.

Therefore, how to deal with the enclave of the Duchy of Rumber has become a difficult problem for Cecilia, Hela, William and others.

"Queen of Phoenix, since you were once a member of the Principality of Lumber, then you should be clear about the importance of the Principality of Rumbert on this side of the Northern Continent." Without any temptation, the Emperor of the Maggie Empire said bluntly, "Then I have a proposal here, I don't know if Queen Phoenix is willing to listen." ”

"Of course, I'm willing to listen to the teachings of the elders." Cecilia said with a smile.

"Retaking the Duchy of Rember is a burden for the Void Empire, because it is the result of its geographical location and cannot be reversed." The Emperor of the Maggie Empire said in a deep voice, "Moreover, now the Principality of Lunbert is inclined to the Saint Joels Empire, so once the army of your Void Empire attacks, the army of the Saint Joles Empire will definitely intervene, and a larger war will inevitably break out at that time, which is likely to cause irreparable and devastating damage to your homeland." ”

Cecilia didn't speak, for the results had been expected for a long time.

"In fact, as Her Excellency the Queen from the Duchy of Rumbel, you should also know that our Maggie Empire and St. Joles's Empire have always been at odds with each other. So if we form an alliance between the two sides, then I can even send troops to help you stop the reinforcements of the St. Joels Empire, so that the war in the Duchy of Rembell is limited to your personal affairs. ”

"Do you mean that the Void Principality and the Maggie Empire have made an alliance?" Cecilia frowned, although from the beginning, let Hela lead the expeditionary force to go on the expedition, and also thought about this plan, but this point is not any interest to the Maggie Empire at all, after all, the most important reason for the alliance is the unity of interests, so Hela and William did not let Diana send the Maggie Empire, if it weren't for the project of the magic core source energy, Cecilia would definitely not come to the Maggie Empire, "But in this way, it won't do any good to the Maggie Empire, right?" ”

"There is no benefit, the geographical location of the Principality of Rumber has always been a bridgehead, and no matter which side of our country and the St. Joels Empire owns it, it will pose a great threat to the other side." The emperor of the Maggie Empire replied directly, with a very frank attitude, "As long as Her Excellency the Queen favors our Maggie Empire in terms of policy after retaking back the Duchy of Lombeller, then this will be a very big advantage for us." …… Moreover, if we conclude an alliance, then our country can also send some troops to assist you in arranging defenses, so that the Void Empire does not need to garrison too many troops in this enclave, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

Hearing this, Cecilia finally knew what the emperor of the Maggie Empire was thinking.

After thinking for a moment, a smile appeared on Cecilia's face: "I have better advice here, I wonder if you want to hear it?" ”

"I'm listening." The emperor of the Maggie Empire was stunned for a moment, but he smiled and nodded, because for him, he was afraid that Cecilia would not speak, and as long as Cecilia was willing to speak, then things would be easy to discuss.

"I can sell all the territories of the Duchy of Rumber to the Maggie Empire." Cecilia said something with a smile on her face that made the emperor of the Maggie Empire, and all the important ministers of the Maggie Empire in the conference hall, feel terrified. (To be continued.) )