The three of them, Chief Knight Kiro, Fed, and Sharp Claw, came to the hall of the lords of Crafeld City, and the messenger who claimed to be sent by Viscount Hollis walked into the hall without hurry, standing in front of the three of them and bowing slightly.

"The three leaders are good, I don't know which one is the chief head of the group?"

The messenger wore a hat with a bunched hair and a light-colored aristocratic attire, and smiled mildly, looking at Kiro and Fidel, who were slightly reserved.

"Sharp Claw" sat in the lord's place, and he struck each other with the steel claws on his hands, making an ugly sound, "Lao Tzu is the chief regiment leader, Fei De, are you here to give death or to give gifts?"

They didn't discuss letting "Sharp Claw" pretend to be the chief leader, which was an improvisation by the leader of the tearing mercenary group, but Fei De didn't say anything negative. On the contrary, the messenger showed a slightly surprised expression, this is the messenger who looked thirty or forty years old, relatively short, fair-skinned, probably a small lord under Viscount Hollis.

"Honorable Chief Leader Fidel, the other leaders of the Honorable Church Alliance, below you is Viscount Hollis's butler Gikis," the butler said, touching the short beard on his face, "I have come to discuss some matters with you on the orders of my master, Viscount Hollis. ”

"I'm Kyro, the chief knight of the Papal States, if there's anything you want to say, just put it up directly, and I'll consider your proposal on behalf of the archbishop. Knight Chief Kiro responded.

"Sharp Claw" said loudly, "Didn't you Imperials defeat us last night?

The butler ignored "Fide", but looked at the chief knight Kiro and said, "Our master wants to sign a secret agreement with your country, which does not involve the East Oguna Empire, but only the agreement between the River Castle and the Holy Light City. ”

Fidel and the others were a little surprised, did this Viscount Hollis want to rebel against the Empire?

"Our Viscount has expressed his willingness to open the passage between the rivers to the east, so that the troops of the Papal States can march eastward unhindered, and will never be obstructed," the butler Gikis said aloud as he observed Fidel's expressions, "and as a sign of sincerity, our viscount will hand over to the head of the Ecclesiastical Union a detailed topographical map of the east of the Castle between the Rivers!"

As soon as Gikis said this, the eyes of the chief knight Kiro lit up. He looked at the butler in front of him repeatedly, the other party did look like a man with a head and a face, if what he said was really the true intention of the owner of the Riverland Castle, Viscount Hollis, then this agreement was really worth considering.

Fidel was also thinking about the other party's suggestion, although Steward Geekis had not yet proposed the bargaining chips that he might have to pay, but the things that Hollis could pay were basically taken out. As we all know, after the Oguna Empire was divided into two, many lords on one side were in a state of wavering and waiting. These lords have a very high degree of freedom in the territories under their jurisdiction, and their power in the local area is even higher than that of Electrochrom IV in the distant Glencor, so it is not impossible that the viscount is really willing to cooperate with the Papal States.

But Feder suddenly saw a hint of cunning in the corner of the butler Gigies's mouth, as if the other party was a court jester, performing a funny trick.

"That's... Does Viscount Hollis have any requests?" the Knight Chief Kiro thought for a moment, and immediately asked. The young chief knight was also terrified that the archbishop and Captain Satnam would blame him for their defeat, so he added fuel to the letter sent back and shifted the blame to Fid and Arturus. And now there is an opportunity for a turning point in front of me, maybe I can make up for it!

"The request on our side is simple, we only need to return the three riverside cities - Lutu City, Hana City, and Krephi City to the original civilians here, and stop attacking the rivercastle again," Gikis took out a scroll from his bosom and slowly opened it, "This is the agreement written by our Viscount Hollis himself, hoping to show the leaders of the Church Alliance. With that, he took the agreement and handed it to the chief knight, Kiro.

"Sharp Claw" couldn't help but be angry and ridiculous when he saw that the other party didn't give him the agreement and didn't hand it over to him, the "Chief Head Field". Instead, the chief knight Kiro immediately opened the scroll and looked at it carefully. Fei De also walked over to look at it together, this agreement does have a detailed explanation on it, exactly the same as what the viscount butler said just now.

The grief-stricken chief of knights glanced at the agreement, then at Gigis, and then said, "I may need to report this matter to the archbishop, and it is up to him to decide," he said this, and suddenly felt that his sincerity was insufficient, and immediately added, "Of course, we are not warlike men in the Papal States, and of course we hope that all civilians can return to peace!"

The viscount's butler also nodded and bent down, indicating that he was glad to see the leader of the other party say such a thing.

Seeing that the chief knight had completely forgotten about the fiasco of last night, and was very happy to discuss the signing of the agreement with the enemy's envoy, Fei De had to remind those present aloud, "Although the viscount's proposal is reasonable, but last night's cavalry attack caused us to lose a lot of men and horses, I don't know..."

Steward Giggets immediately interrupted Fidel, "The chief said that it was last night, and today is a new day, and we should think a little more about the civilians who are innocently involved in the war, they are the ones who have lost the most." Although this remark was a bit strong and wanted to divert the focus, no matter what he said now, there was no way to make Kiro, who was holding the agreement, let go of his hand.

"Hey, your viscount's cavalry is very powerful, if they tie up their war horses where we can see them, then Lao Tzu will be the first to sign this agreement with you!" "Sharp Claw" This is echoing Field, his drunkenness is basically sober.

"This... I'm afraid the villain doesn't have this power, why don't you invite the chief head to come to the riverhouse castle and discuss this matter with my master in detail?"

Kiro glanced at Talon in disgust, he didn't want Fidel's hostile attitude with Talon to scare the diminutive butler away, "Why don't you let someone bring this agreement back to Archbishop Auerbach first..."

"Of course not, this lord!" Gikis stretched out his hands, pretending to stop the other party, "This agreement is a private agreement that our Viscount wishes to sign with your country, if this matter reaches the ears of those adults of the Glyncor, I am afraid that this river region will suffer!"

At this point, all three sensed that the other was bent on preserving the interests of the civilian population in the riverine region, even though the agreement may have been a bogus conspiracy. But by all accounts, the Papal States had very little leverage, and the benefits were abundant - an enemy became a friend, and they were able to pass through the area without war. Even if the other party really has something behind it, when the Church forces and reinforcements from the Kingdom of Salins arrive, the Riverland Castle will not be able to stop its own power no matter what.

The chief knight Kiro immediately said that he would ask the knight to speed up the content of this agreement to the pope and archbishop in the Holy Light City, and he also expressed his willingness to let the leaders of the two sides meet again on an appropriate occasion.

The butler, Gigies, of course, was very cooperative, and he proposed to meet somewhere in three days on the other side of the river north of the castle between the rivers, that is, on the other side of the river that surrounded the city of Crafe, and that they were only allowed to bring less than a hundred guards. He said that Viscount Hollis would go there in person to sign the private agreement with the head of the Ecclesiastical Union.

After the butler Gigis left, the chief knight Kiro warned Fid and Talon not to tell anyone else about the secret agreement, as it was Viscount Hollis who had privately proposed it.

"Hehe, if this guy didn't have a little bit of deception, this would be a good proposition," "Sharp Claw" wiped his steel claws, "I only killed more than 10,000 of us yesterday, and today I will agree to be friendly, hehe, it's very good." ”

Well, if there is no deception, it is indeed a good agreement, but is it really that simple?