Chapter 81: The Covenant

Gaddafi was an eccentric middle-aged man, sometimes terrifyingly old-fashioned, but more often than not, when impulsive, he went over the board more than a young man. Originally, he was ready to wait for the order of the Van Imperial Capital, but after Ray was angry at the meeting, Gaddafi also felt the importance of sending troops back quickly, so he simply became the fastest runner. While Ray's dragon legion was still on the border of the province of Siri, Gaddafi's legion had already rushed to the vicinity of the Turk Gorge. And Ray and Jerry were naturally treated by Gaddafi as the queen army.

Standing on the branches of the trees with great grace, watching his army of 300,000 pass by in a mighty way, Lei actually had the feeling of standing on the beach and looking at the endless waves. The soldiers of the Dragon Legion, covered in golden armor, looked like a flowing river of gold. Lei laughed a few times and looked up to the north, Gaddafi's old fellow's legion, and his wooden-like relative led by the Flying Phoenix legion, should have reached the vicinity of the walls of Turk Canyon, right?

Ray shook his head and laughed, "Damn old guy, you know the benefits of robbing us." But sinners are not so easy to deal with. Be careful, old fellow, don't get beaten into mud by them. Ray patted the armor on his body, and gently jumped off the branch, Ingle, who was standing under the tree, glanced at Ray, and was about to say something, when Beamon had already rushed over with a few soldiers behind.

Several guards around Ray quietly stopped between Beamon and Ray, for them, Beamon, who had just surrendered, even if Beamon, who had sworn allegiance to Ray, could not be trusted, or was not trustworthy. But Ray pushed them away, stood straight in front of Beamon, and asked, "What's the matter? Why are you running like this, is there anything important happening?"

Beamon nodded hurriedly, wiped the dust on his forehead, and pointed behind him and said, "My lord, that Karin kid from the Smart Empire has caught up." It's really strange, the Van Empire doesn't have this kind of friendship with them, he only brought a dozen people to catch up, could it be that there was another rebellion in his empire, and his kid was ousted from power?"

Ray had a blank look on his face, he looked at Rocat, but Rokat was also at a loss, he frowned, and whispered: "My lord, they should still be there for a meeting, how can they catch up? If they agree to send troops, they should send a notice to the garrisons on the border of the empire, and it should be the armies of various countries who accompany them." Carlin, this kid is alone and catches up, I'm afraid he still has other intentions, right?"

Ingle's face was full of excitement, he waved the 'God Butcher' in his hand, and said with a dark smile: "He is here, the best, the best." I've heard that he's very magical, so I'm interested in drawing with him. Your Excellency, why don't we take the opportunity to kill him? As you said, there is a lot of grudge between you and Carlin, right?"

The huge fist directly smashed Ingle seven or eight feet away, and Thunder said in a deep voice: "Shut up, Ingle, I don't need you to give me such a stinky idea, do you want my reputation to be ruined because of your suggestion? Otherwise, I'll consider teaching you a little lesson. Rocat, bring Carlin over, I want to see what the hell he's looking for me. ”

Ingle lay on the ground, with a strange smile on his face, and he whispered, "Ha, I can now be sure that Ray is really not an idiot general." However, I have to continue to observe whether this kid is really worthy of my wholehearted allegiance to him, hmph, I don't want to be loyal to a fool for the rest of my life, so as not to be killed by him. ”

Rokat walked towards the rear of the group with Ray, while Beamon put his head on top of Ingle's head, and laughed strangely: "Ingle, your kid has been itchy lately, and you have to let others teach him a lesson to enjoy it." Haha, Lord Lei's fist is not light, your kid's body board is not enough for an adult to smash with a fist. The more Beamon thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help laughing, and he couldn't stop being happy to see Ingle's bad luck. This kid used to like to play tricks and take advantage, but now that he has encountered Thunder, who acts in the same way as himself, Beamon is very happy to see Ingle beaten.

Ingle shook his head lightly and smiled: "Beamon, do you really think I owe a beating? stupid, I'm thinking about our future, you stupid... Hmph, pull me up, I'll go and see if His Majesty Carlin has something important to discuss with our Lord Lei. ”

Beamon smiled, stretched out his hand to pull Ingle up, and hummed in his mouth: "If you want to talk about this Karin, I don't like him, I don't like him, the whole thing looks like a little white face who is underbeaten, but the woman behind him is very tasteful, hehe, it's delicious, it's really good... It seems that he is in a hurry, I don't know why, his kid is in a hurry to come over. Hmm, could it be that there was a rebellion in their Smart Empire, but he himself was the leader of the biggest rebel army, so no one should be able to do anything under his nose, right?"

Carlin was very anxious, indeed very anxious, so he closely followed the pace of Ray's dragon army and rushed into the territory of the Van Empire, they sneaked in, on the mainland, a person with the identity of the emperor, secretly infiltrated a not very friendly country, there is absolutely no precedent in history, it is conceivable how much Carlin attaches importance to the meeting with Ray. Therefore, as soon as he saw Ray's big man dangling out of the group of soldiers of the Dragon Legion, Carlin couldn't wait to greet him and said loudly, "Ha, General Lei, you are really rare to see." ”

Ray looked at Karin, and then at the acquaintances of Karoka and Shapoco behind Karin, and couldn't help grinning: "Your Majesty Karlin, why are you doing this? You are the current Emperor of the Smart Empire, if something happens to you, don't you want to make the subjects of the empire sad? Look, look, we have only been on for a few days, and you have chased after us, it really surprises me, is there any important decision for us to know about the Vatican Empire?"

Carlin ignored Ray's cynicism, and said directly: "General Lei, we have finally found someone who can talk to your empire, no matter what, we must talk about it." I don't know what's going on with your Van Empire, it's absolutely not normal that you didn't send an envoy to us to inform us... However, I must tell you that if you agree to my terms, I can send all the troops of our empire to form an alliance with your Van Empire. ”

Ray laughed contemptuously: "What are you kidding, Your Majesty Carlin, I don't believe you dare not send troops to support us. In short, if you want to continue to live comfortably on the mainland, send me enough and elite enough troops to support us, or do you want your children and grandchildren to lose their honorable titles and become slaves under the weapons of the guilty people. You can do it. I really don't know, you caught up, it's just for such a trivial matter?"

Carlin looked at Ray for a long time, and he suddenly laughed a little unusually: "Oh my God, what are you talking about? General Lei, do you think my proposal is ridiculous? What I am talking about is that I sent all the forces at my disposal in the Smart Empire, under the command of the army of your Van Empire, to resist those damned exiled criminals... Listen clearly, under the command of your generals, that is to say, the generals of our Smart Empire, relinquish command of the armies we have sent. ”

Ray and Rokat were stunned for a moment, and Gosia behind Ray shouted violently: "Is it possible? You give up command of the army? Ha, it's ridiculous, aren't you afraid that we will send your own magic army to attack you? I mean, after our final victory." ”

Carlin looked at Ray with a serious face, ignoring Gosia's clamor at all, he said in a deep voice: "Whether you believe it or not, General Lei, my proposal is this, our army of the Smart Empire, give up our command, and join the coalition of your Van Empire... Well, that's it, of course, you can take my word for it, whatever you want. However, what I said is true. If you have given up on my offer because of your preconceptions against me, then I will go to your General Jerry or Old General Gaddafi and they will always be happy to listen to me. ”

Lei glanced at the neat pace of the army of the Wild Dragon Legion passing by him, and nodded lightly: "So, tell me the reason, or, what other conditions do you have?"

Carlin chuckled, "You've done a sensible thing, General Ray, really. Then, I will say it directly, I want the emperor of your empire to swear that after resisting the invasion of the sinners, your Van Empire must help our Smart Empire resist the attacks of several other empires within five years, or in other words, our Smart Empire needs a certain degree of protection from your empire at that time. Of course, His Majesty Shagru, Emperor of your Empire, must give us a reliable enough trust. ”

Ray let out a series of 'hmm, hmm', he looked at Carlin carefully, and then looked at Carloka and the others behind Carlin with a surprised face, and suddenly laughed: "Is this your condition? It seems that Your Majesty Carlin, you have not told your courtiers everything." It's very interesting, such a simple condition, it is really difficult for us to refuse. You Smart Empire's magic legions are all under our command, you should be able to think about the consequences, right?"

Carlin nodded very dryly, gently picked a strand of long hair on his forehead with his fingers, and said in a low voice: "So what? It's nothing more than adding some magicians to your Van Empire, anyway, you have already obtained a lot of high-level mages by various means, I don't care about that." Comparatively, I'm still more worried that when we completely eliminate those criminals, our Smart Empire may suffer the greatest danger in history. ”

Ingle walked behind Beamon, and he smiled viciously: "Haha, Your Majesty Carlin, if I'm not mistaken, your Smart Empire has already suffered one of the greatest dangers in history, and this time, didn't you almost be wiped out by us?

Carlin glanced at Ingle disdainfully, and said sarcastically: "If you can see what I see, then you are qualified to be the emperor, instead of working under General Lei as you are now, hmph, what qualifications do you have to say about me?"

Ingle's face changed wildly, and he grabbed the long handle of the 'God Butcher' tightly, and the green tendons on his fingers jumped. Ray lightly grasped Ingle's hand, and the heavy pressure prevented him from pulling out his 'God Butcher'. Ray looked at Carlin with a smile for a long time before he asked, "Very good, very good, Lord Carlin, if you can see things that we can't see, then, naturally, that's your ability." However, I really don't know, what reason do you have to give up command of your own army in exchange for the guarantee of our Van Empire?"

Carlin glanced at Ingle coldly, suddenly looked at Lei with a smile on his face, and said, "Don't you still understand?" Lord Lei, of course, maybe you generals are more concerned about how strong your fighting spirit is, and whether your armor and weapons are the treasures that rank on the mainland, but you have never paid much attention to the ancient documents of various countries. But I was very concerned about the information, so I found out that among those exiled races, there are many races that are very terrifying in combat, and our coalition forces, I believe that we can defeat them in the end, but we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties, so big that our national strength cannot afford to lose them. ”

Lei nodded slowly, and he suddenly asked: "In that case, since the strength of our countries has suffered a lot of casualties, why do you Smart Empire have to be so careful? Must our Van Empire swear to protect you? Besides, why are you looking for us? Or, the Levif Empire or the Ray Empire have a better relationship with your Smart Empire?"

Carlin was silent for a while, he simply sat down on a small piece of turf on the ground, he said with a wry smile: "I have been chasing you for seven days and seven nights on horseback, I can't support it, Lord Lei won't blame me for being rude, right?"

Ray stepped forward, sat down cross-legged across from Carlin, and said with a smile on his face: "Naturally, naturally not, look, I sat down too." Originally, we were supposed to prepare seats and tea to welcome Your Majesty, but unfortunately, we were on the march, and these things were naturally a bit extravagant... Alright, Your Majesty Carlin, you should give me a good explanation why. ”

Carlin waved his hand helplessly, and his weak eyes were full of tired sighs: "General Lei, haven't you thought of it? If our magic army is also hit by annihilation, then, at least for five years, our Smart Empire will not have any military strength to deal with the attacks of other empires." It only takes a year for you to train an elite warrior, and it will take several years for us to train a magician, even if it is an absolute genius, to raise them to the level of the lower level of the Diamond Dragon. ”

Ray's eyes began to roll strangely, and a group of Vantic generals in Crete, who knew well about the festival between Ray and Carlin, also began to gesture with each other, make eye contacts, and other small movements. Carlin saw all this clearly, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh in his heart, fortunately, fortunately, he took this step into account, otherwise when the war with the sinners is over, I'm afraid Ray will be the first Vant-soldier to rush into the Smart Empire with a knife, right?

Carlin pretended not to see anything, and said to himself: "Therefore, we, the Smart Empire, must ask your Van Empire to do your best to protect the rights and interests of our empire from being violated by other empires within five years after the war, which is the condition of our exchange." If you agree, you will have full command of our empire's mage corps, and I think General Lei will understand what this means... To put it more simply, you can even order the most experienced and powerful priests in our temple to train your own empire's elemental mages for you, am I clear enough?"

Lei heyha Well, I see, I think the upper echelons of our empire will understand these things as well ... But I can't promise you anything. ”

Carlin let out a long breath, he shook his sore shoulders slightly, and whispered, "As long as General Ray conveys my intentions to His Majesty Shagru, he will definitely make the most appropriate decision." After all, everyone is smart, and this is something that is good for both of our empires, so why cheapen the other empires? As long as His Majesty Shagru swears by the honor of your entire Van Empire in front of the entire continent, then I will immediately hand over the command of our mage legion to your country. ”

Lei nodded lightly, and was silent for a while, and then he suddenly asked: "Why us? Can you answer this? After all, the best relationship with the Smart Empire on the mainland is not our Vant, and even between our two empires, there is only hatred, no friendship. ”

Carlin chuckled: "General Lei, you are still so naïve... Oh no, I mean, you're still so simple. What is hatred in the face of interests? What is friendship in the face of interests? What are you kidding? If the magician legion of the Smart Empire has been hit hard, I am afraid that the first to attack us after the war will be our friends of the Smart Empire. As for why you chose your Van Empire to reach this agreement, don't you know yourself?"

Without waiting for Lei's question, Carlin explained to himself: "Look, more than a year ago, the elite of your empire, the Five Beast Legion, was almost completely annihilated by our coalition army, but only half a year after the war, your Van Empire has expanded to two million, and you can actually find so many suitable young adults to join the army, which is unimaginable in our empire." According to this situation, after the completion of the war between us and the criminals, the most powerful empire will be your Van Empire, which is a matter of no doubt, then, I naturally want to find an empire that can give us the greatest security protection as an ally. ”

"What's more, if your Van Empire and our Smart Empire's magic legion cooperate, it will also greatly reduce the casualties of our legion, right? With your Smart Empire's legion in front, our magicians will feel a lot more at ease when they launch magic. On the other hand, if the armies of several other empires are guarding the front of our mage legions, I am not sure how long they will be able to withstand the onslaught of the sinners. ”

Ray was silent for a moment, and began to ponder Carlin's words. Behind him, Lomat coughed softly and swayed up and down with his toes against his back. Ray's heart was fine, he laughed, stretched out his hand and said, "Then, Your Majesty Carlin, I will definitely tell our Majesty what you mean." I think the situation in our empire is already very critical, so I didn't send an envoy to contact you... I wonder if His Majesty Carlin can tell us what resolution was reached at your meeting?"

Lomat smiled elegantly, as if he was attending a grand ball, with the armor on his body, and the serious faces of the countless nervous soldiers beside him, it was a little strange, and he chuckled and said: "Yes, Your Majesty Carlin, we are really curious, according to your speed, it took you seven days to catch up with our army, then, you should have left more than a day after our departure, I really don't know what kind of agreement you can reach in one day." ”

Carlin smiled strangely, "Well, naturally, it's an agreement that satisfies everyone." Both the Duck and Wright empires have given up their claims to our imperial territory, and after our empire has given them a small symbolic military reparation, they have begun to reorganize their armies at home. Lev and the Ritter Empire, they reached an agreement on that enclave, anyway, it was a worthless wasteland, and the Raffe Empire gave the Ritter Empire two million gold coins to buy that land. Everything, worked out perfectly. ”

Crete exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible?

Carlin nodded repeatedly: "Naturally, naturally, if it weren't for our Smart Empire showing a little bit of strength, they wouldn't have reached an agreement so quickly." However, everything was finally resolved. Carlin smiled as he remembered the stunned faces of the prime ministers of the four countries after he had urged the fifteen giant magic golems to tear down the walls to ruins in an instant. Carlin is very proud of his actions, at least he bought the coalition forces a few days, if those nobles continue to quarrel, I am afraid that the Van Empire will really reach an agreement with the sinners, let those sinners fall south.

Ray's hand was still stretched out in front of Carlin, he smiled, looked at Carlin's eyes, and whispered, "Your Majesty Carlin, since we have reached a preliminary agreement, why don't we shake hands to symbolize our friendship?"

Carlin finally smiled bitterly, he stopped Shapoco from reaching out his hand, looked at Ray helplessly and said, "Lord Lei still refuses to let me go?" Alas, you are a Golden Fifth Order Knight, and I, Carlin, am just a poor magician, do you have to shake hands with me?" A trace of magic fluctuations emanated from Carlin's body, and the blades of grass around him seemed to feel the breath of winter, and a thin layer of hoarfrost had accumulated on them.

Lei nodded again and again, and said with a smile without any expression in his eyes: "Naturally, Your Majesty Carlin, it is natural to shake hands... At the very least, I'm going to take the place of my brothers outside of the Predator and get closer to you. ”

Carlin's slender white hand stretched out, and he chuckled, "You're welcome... General Lei, don't you still understand how much more cost-effective it is to have a friend like me than an enemy like me?" he succeeded and gently put it into Lei's big hand.

Ray held Carlin's palm tightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Ha, Lord Carlin, with a friend like you, I can't sleep at night, so let's not be friends." I can't afford to climb a big guy like you. On his fingers, a blinding golden light suddenly erupted.

With a crisp 'snap' sound, a thick mass of white ice on the palm of Carlin's hand was crushed by thunder, and Carlin's own palm slid out like a swimming fish. Karin smiled and blew on the remaining white ice crystals on his palm, and let out a long breath: "Lord Lei, you are really powerful, I cast it on my palm, but the 'Xuan Ice Shield', which has the strongest defensive power in the water magic, you can destroy the magic shield issued by me, a top mage, so easily, it really surprises me." ”

Ray looked at Carlin's intact palm unwillingly, and suddenly laughed. He whispered, "Well, our agreement has been reached, Lord Carlin, and I'm going to lead the army onward." Actually, there is no need for you to catch up with us and tell us these things in person, you just need to bring the news to our Majesty. ”

Karin said leisurely: "If I hadn't personally negotiated with the generals of your imperial military, how could I have shown my sincerity? I'm not stupid enough to risk letting the other empires know about our agreement. General Lei, secrecy, is paramount. We made an agreement, as far as those of us here know, do you understand?"

Ray nodded slowly. Carlin stood up with a smile: "Then, I'll go back to the Smart Empire to order our mage legion." When the time comes, there will be a temple priest I trust to lead them to your Van Empire. As long as the emperor of your empire swears, the command will automatically be handed over to your empire. ”

Ray was silent for a while, and then suddenly laughed: "Isn't Your Majesty Carlin going to our empire?" Actually, you'd better tell our Majesty about this matter in person. I'm a rough man, I'm afraid that I won't be able to explain your meaning to our Majesty well, and if there is any deviation, I'm afraid this is something you won't be happy to see, right?"

Karin laughed wickedly: "Then, you don't have to worry, as long as you tell His Majesty Shagru the general meaning." To tell you the truth, I would have liked to go to the imperial capital of your empire in person to discuss this matter in person, but the political situation in our Smart Empire is unstable, I have to go back to the country, and I hope Lord Lei understands. Carlin cursed in a low voice: "Are you an idiot to me? Damn Ray, if I go to your imperial capital, I'm afraid I'll personally lead the team into battle, and if I am given a dark arrow behind me when the time comes, won't I find myself guilty?"

Ray looked at Carlin deeply and said, "Won't you send someone to accompany me to our majesty, for example, this general Shapoko?"

Karin shook his head again and again and said: "Naturally not, it's better not to let others know that our two empires have reached a secret agreement, as for the oath issued by your majesty, it can be in a way that is more acceptable to other empires, I believe that your country will find a good excuse, isn't it? Lord Lei, this covenant is well known to us, and there is no need to publicize it to everyone in the world." This would hurt the friendship between our two countries and the rest of the empires. ”

Ray laughed and nodded.

Carlin laughed too, and with some difficulty he got on his horse, gave Ray another deep look, and turned the dock to leave. Caroka had just cut a complete piece of mat from the saddle, and seeing that Carlin was far away, he hurriedly got on his horse and chased after him.

Ray and the others stood in place, watching as Carlin quickly walked away with a dozen of his subordinates. Lomat suddenly laughed: "It's really interesting, I ran up for no reason, just for this?"

Ingle shook his head and said, "It's not inexplicable, Carlin is a person who is very good at planning things. He was preparing for the victory of the coalition ... As for him not going to the Vanta Imperial Capital to discuss things, I'm afraid he is preparing for defeat, so that no matter whether he wins or loses, in short, he will not be affected too much. ”

Lomat nodded slowly: "It seems like this, but if the coalition is defeated, what can he do if he Carlin stays in the Smart Empire?" ”

Lei waved his hand and shouted, "No matter how much he is, brothers, get ready to go... Hey, hey, this kid caught up, he wanted to show his attention to this agreement, what a ... Hum. ”

No one knew what Thunder's 'snort' meant, and the generals quickly returned to their ranks, leading the army towards Turk Canyon.

Ray's loud shouts came from the ranks: "Rocat, Ingle, Beamon, give you something to do, let me see how much you are capable of... Well, you have 10,000 elites on the hour, and let me rush in front of Lord Gaddafi and show me how the garrison of the 'City of God' is doing. ”