Chapter 1 Half a year after the armistice

"Woohoo......"

In the midst of the lush forest, a huge monster that looked as red as a lizard was wailing miserably. When the cry ended, its massive body shattered into a large photon and gradually disappeared into the void.

Behind the body of the monster that disappeared in this way, the figure of a handsome young man like Prince Charming was revealed. He was wearing silver-white angular full-body armor, and he was holding a majestic green dragon halberd in his right hand, none other than Duke Edlaide, the leader of the four famous knights of the United Kingdom in the early years, the commander of Camelot, and also the marshal of the kingdom army.

At this point, after successfully killing the monster, he took it for granted that he confirmed the drop list that was unfolding in front of him. And as the name of the ingredient called "Fresh Red Meat" came into view, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly.

However, Duke did not take the props himself, but transferred them to another teammate in the two-person team, that is, the adjutant who was leaning up from behind him, Xiang Jing Binghua.

Immediately, when Xiang Jing Binghua stopped to confirm the receipt of the props, Duke also turned to her and asked, "How is the progress?"

"Judging from the reports received so far......," Xiang Jing Binghua reported as he cleared the pop-up window in front of him with his hand, looking at Duke squarely, "it should take another hour or two to reach the target of holding an all-army banquet." ”

"Yes!" Duke's voice was a little surprised, "it's unexpectedly fast." However, it is a matter of course. ”

Duke said as he raised the weapon in his hand to his front and looked at it.

"In the past six months, we have accumulated a lot of extra energy. This hunt is indeed a good opportunity to vent. Even I am no exception. And this artifact, 'Soul Return, Osiris', is the best sacrifice for it is the blood of a monster! Of course, all of this is thanks to the blessing of the Red Demon King!"

"It's remarkable. Mukai Binghua, who has always been known for his coldness, couldn't help but sigh, "It's better to say that it's already unbelievable." I didn't expect that he could really rely on his so-called 'three-inch incorruptible tongue' to persuade the princes of the Dusk Empire, and he persuaded more than half of the existing princes within half a year. ”

"This is not his own credit, at least half of it goes to Lord Richard. If it weren't for our generous President King who accepted almost all the conditions of those princes, the Red Demon King would not have been able to stage such a miraculous method. However, it remains to be seen how much of the terms offered by those fools will ultimately be fulfilled. Then it will be time for those people to understand the price of making a deal with the devil. ”

But before that, Li Mengxi's methods will continue. Is that really good?"

"What do you mean?"

"If it goes on like this, it will only make Richard Alphonse more secure. This is ...... for you"

"It doesn't matter. Duke smiled, "I want that throne, but I want to be smart." It's a good thing that we've taken a third of the empire without bloodshed, and I'm glad to see it continue. Provided, of course, that it can continue. ”

"What do you mean?"

"What?" Duke chuckled, "Don't you know who they're going to persuade next?"

"Emperor!"

Behind his desk in the office of President Wang, Richard almost jumped to his feet in a shout, and couldn't help but lean over and put his face very close to the window in front of him for video communication.

It was none other than Li Mengxi's face that was reflected in it. At this time, in the face of Richard's consternation, he also reconfirmed what he had just said: "Yes!

"Hmm......" Richard couldn't help but groan for a moment and said, "My brother, I know you're good, but isn't it a little too smug this time?"

"Do you think that my direct persuasion of the emperor is a hasty and unplanned move?" Li Mengxi said with an unexpected smile.

His expression made Richard feel weak about what he had just said, but in the end he replied, "It's all like this, right? The Emperor is the head of the enemy! No matter how you think about it, you can't be the one who surrenders after just listening to a few words from you, right?"

"Definitely. But it's not absolute. Li Mengxi nodded sincerely, "In the current situation, there is a chance to persuade the emperor to let the entire empire surrender to us." And it was also a step that I had to take in this persuasion strategy. If you succeed, you will win, and if you fail, the whole strategy will end there. ”

"How?"

"Actually, 80 percent of what I've achieved so far is due to the object itself. In other words, it was precisely because the princes themselves did not have much loyalty to the empire that I was able to convince them. But such princes no longer exist. Although the reasons for each are different, all the princes I left behind can be said to be die-hard loyalists of the Empire. Even some may have become more obsessed with the empire than the emperor himself, who was in the position of leader. If you want to use diplomacy to solve as many of them as possible, you can only use one method......"

Having said this, Richard also understood what Li Mengxi meant, so he continued: "That is to make the empire itself surrender." ”

"That's right. Li Mengxi nodded solemnly, "So, this step is not that I want to take it myself, but that I have to take it now." ”

"Well, I see! In that case, then you can do it! And as always, I grant you the right to decide everything alone!"

"Is this good?" Li Mengxi became serious, "The object this time is not on the same level as those people so far, no! This includes the level of greed. ”

"If you can say such a thing, do I need to worry? That's all for business. ”

"Is there anything else?" Li Mengxi was surprised.

"It's still that guy's business. There's really nothing you can do?"

"Uh!" Li Mengxi's expression suddenly became as if he had eaten, and this could only be because he was talking about a person, Sinaps.

In order to successfully carry out the beheading operation of the Imperial Army Marshal Miridrian, Li Mengxi once bought information from him on behalf of the Kingdom Army. The reward for the payment was to allow the person to enter the central administration room under the royal city and use it freely once.

The two sides agreed that one in and one out would be cleared, but they never thought that Sinaps would take advantage of this text loophole and rush in and not come out, so he stayed like this for half a year.

In Li Mengxi's opinion, Sinaps is simply trying to block him. You must know that the complaints made by Lomaria Gorenville are not so easy to deal with in terms of both quantity and content!

So, after putting away his disgusting expression, Li Mengxi responded with his mouth: "I'm sorry, I really don't have any other ideas than to beat me up and throw it out." Anyway, isn't it okay to use this method on that guy!"

"You really hate him, too. Forget it, he can't keep spending it anyway, he will have to get out one day. What's more, there is also Miss Romaria monitoring at all times. If it doesn't work for half a year, we'll wait a year, and I really want to see how long that guy can endure! ”

"Hmm!"

After the conclusion, Li Mengxi turned off the pop-up window, and then looked up at the extinguished bonfire from where he was sitting. His lover Naine Hinata has already packed up his things from last night's camping and grabbed the yawning "cute boy".

"It's all over?"

"Hmm!"

"Then, let's go!" Li Mengxi, who said this, stood up from the big stone he was sitting on.