"It's said to be a territorial issue, it's a question of territorial ownership of several peaks between our Oakland Empire and the Mayan Empire. Fergis said with a strange smile.

Feleg also had a strange look on his face, what kind of bad excuse is this?The Continent of the Gods has a wide enough land, in fact, between the two empires, there is no complete border at all, and there are thousands of kilometers of land in between, because of the territorial ownership of several mountain peaks?

"God knows why, it's going to be a war anyway, but that's none of our business. Virgin said indifferently, it was just some military rations, which was really nothing to the Duchy of Deresa, which was rich in grain. The Principality of Teresa produces enough food for at least five to six years or more for the whole country in a year, and there is enough food to provide military rations.

And the provision of military rations is not for the Duchy of Teresa to bear independently, there are more than 20 principalities in the empire, six kingdoms are rich in grain, and the empire itself has more than a dozen provinces that are also rich in grain, so the amount of military rations assigned to the Duchy of Teresa is not much, and even Lord Virginis does not pay attention to it, let alone the Grand Duke of Teresa.

"We're fine, but you're afraid something's wrong, this is a notice from the Grand Duke of Teresa. Resno said as he handed a notice to Feleg.

The content of the announcement is very simple, to the effect that if Magician Feleg returns to Kuka Town, if there is nothing important, I hope that Magician Feleg will go to the capital of Deland and participate in the mission that is likely to appear in half a year.

The whole announcement was very little and full of words such as if, maybe, hope, etc., that is, everything was uncertain, and there was no great hurry to ask Feleg to go.

"It's interesting, anything is possible and if. After reading the announcement, Feleg laughed out loud.

"This is normal, even the Grand Duke of Teresa doesn't know if we need to send troops, let alone when to send troops, according to the imperial decree, the third level of combat readiness needs to ensure that we can send troops after half a year. What's more, with your identity as a magician, if the empire really needs you very much, it will not be issued by the Grand Duke of Deran. "Obviously, Lord Virgin has already seen the notice.

Looking at the date, this notice was issued a month ago, and the Principality of Deresa received the imperial notice two months ago, that is, if the Principality of Deresa needs to send troops, it will be four months later at the earliest.

I have read many books about the entire continent in the Academy of Magic, and because the area is too large and the distance is too far, the war between the two huge empires, from beginning to end, is likely to take years, decades, or even hundreds of years. During this period, except for the place where the war was located, the other minor principalities were completely peaceful, and there was no trace of war at all.

Unless there is a one-sided situation in the war, the people of the defeated empire will be miserable, but such a thing has never happened, even if the Auckland Empire is much stronger than the Mayan Empire, it is impossible to occupy the entire Mayan Empire, and Emperor Wu Tian can't even manage his own empire.

The same situation exists in all empires, otherwise there would not be so many kingdoms and principalities, and the most fundamental reason for dividing the land is that the land area is too large, and the time required for information transmission is too long, so it has to be so.

"Well, it's okay to go out for a walk. Feleg thought for a moment and said, since he started to learn magic, he has been in contact with too few people, and it is not bad to have such an opportunity. Feleg did not think that war would befall the Duchy of Teresa, let alone him.

Ten days later, Feleg took Merlin to the capital of Terea and met the Grand Duke of Terea, anyway, the Grand Duke was not in a hurry, and Feleg was naturally not in a hurry.

"Welcome, Pride of the Principality. "This is the third time Feleg has seen the Grand Duke, the Grand Duke of Teresa is only in his fifties, about the same age as Feleg's father, and the title of the Grand Duke of Teresa is the Grand Duke of Teresa VI, that is, the Duchy of Teresa has been passed down for six generations.

"Hello, Your Excellency the Honorable Grand Duke. Feleg performed a relatively standard mage ritual, he was still not used to interacting with people, so he seemed a little restrained, while Merlin, who followed him, was much more relaxed, and the mage rituals were more standard than Feleg's.

"Oh, this young lady is ......" The people around the magician could not be easily offended, not to mention that the thing in Merlin's hand seemed to be a magic staff.

"Her name is Merlin Cushing, she is from the Cushing family of the Meka Kingdom, she is the only daughter of the Grand Duke of Cushing, and she is currently studying magic with me. Feleg said that Merlin's magical talent was not very good, but her identity was unusual, and the Cushing family was also a family with a long history, and it was no worse than the Deran family.

"Oh, Miss Merlin is your magic apprentice?" Grand Duke Teresa's eyes grew brighter and brighter, although she was from the Merka Kingdom and the only legitimate heir of the Grand Duke, as long as she was Feleg's magic apprentice, it would be easy to do. Learning magic is not an easy task, and it is not surprising that magic apprentices follow in the footsteps of their teachers, and follow them for more than ten years or even decades, as long as the teacher's progress is fast enough and the knowledge is rich enough.

"Unfortunately, my magical talent is not good, and I am only on my side at the moment, Your Excellency. Merlin whispered, she was far more experienced in dealing with the situation in front of her than Feleg.

"Oh, that's right, I believe that with Miss Merlin's efforts, there will be a chance. "The Grand Duke was a little disappointed that Miss Merlin was judged to be not talented enough by Feleg, the youngest magician in the Empire, which means that Miss Merlin was unlikely to become a high-level magician.

The dinner was very sumptuous, but there were not many people present, except for the Grand Duke of Teresa himself, and the two sons of the Grand Duke of Teresa. The eldest son, David Deresa, was twenty-nine years old, with a somewhat thin body, a high nose and a very similar face to the Grand Duke. The second son, Danny Deresa, was twenty-two years old, a tall man, with broad, thick palms and calluses, and he looked like a samurai.

"Feleg, you know that this time the empire has issued a notice of three-level combat readiness, you can not get much information in Kuka Town, as far as I know, this war is inevitable, and our principality is likely to need to send troops to help in the war, I am already old, so I am ready to let my second son David fight in my place. After dinner, when the refreshments were served, Grand Duke Teresa said bluntly.

"Oh, I've heard that it's because of the ownership of the territory that war, is that right?" the Grand Duke's words surprised Feleg, who in his mind could not have fought at all, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Huh...... Feleg, do you believe such an excuse? In fact, the mountains that caused the war were in the middle of two empires, and never belonged to either empire. The Grand Duke said with a smile, he knew very well that such an excuse, let alone a magician, even an ordinary citizen, would be hard to believe.

Feleg's heart moved: "What's in these mountains?"

Grand Duke Delan nodded approvingly, magicians are erudite, and in just one sentence, he has already thought of the crux of the problem: "You are right, three elemental ores and one pure gold ore have been found there, and these four veins are rich ores, do you think this is worth causing a war?"

Feleg's eyes widened when he heard this, no wonder the two empires did not hesitate to fight, and this fine gold ore was also returned, although it was very small, but in the territory of the two empires, a few places could be found, and the rich ore was just a large amount of production, and it was easier to mine.

But the elemental ore has never heard of it, even if it is the vein on the valley grassland, it is also a memory metal vein, which is accompanied by elemental ore, just like this, it has already made Feleg rich, he knows that wealth is not exposed, so he is not ready to tell anyone except the teacher.

Merlin had been practicing in the valley grassland for more than a year, but every time he mined, Feleg would go far away, not to mention the fact that there were elemental ores in it, even the matter of memorizing metal ore veins, and he would never mention it to her.

There are three whole elemental veins, but I am afraid that as soon as this news spreads, it is not only a problem of the two empires, the other empires are too far away, and it is impossible to occupy them, but there are still many ways to get some benefits from them.

Elemental ores are not only the patent of magicians, samurai and alchemists need a large amount of elemental ores, the number of magicians is small, but the number of samurai is very large. Samurai have enough elemental crystals, and the fighting energy can be used more times, and it lasts longer, which greatly improves the combat effectiveness, and the vast majority of a country's army is samurai.

It can be said that elemental ore is a strategic material of a country, and with enough elemental ore, the combat effectiveness of the entire army can be increased several times. This is not only the result of using it for samurai and magicians, but also for many more purposes in the hands of alchemists.

After Feleg digested what he heard, Grand Duke Teresa continued: "Our Duchy Teresa is only a small principality, with a small population, let alone an army, this war is inevitable, but it is unlikely that our army will fight on the front line. ”

Feleg nodded, the standing army of the Principality of Deland is only eight thousand, and it is necessary to leave most of the army to guard the house, and there will definitely not be many who can be sent, and the army of the Principality of Deland is not even a regular army, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined, and it is impossible for the empire to let such an army in front.

"This time I am going to send three thousand people, you know, there are no strong warriors in our principality, Danny, as a seventh-level warrior, is already the most powerful warrior in our country, but on the battlefield, with his ability, I am afraid that even self-preservation will be a problem, so I want to ask you to go with him. Said the Grand Duke of Teresa.