Athena had already had an idea about the hot yams that Rocky had brought back.

According to her idea, these people must be let go in the end anyway, otherwise all the big powers in the world will play with Rocky, but before they are released, they can use them to negotiate with the three major alliances and the two major corporations to try to extract the maximum surplus value from them, which is what they should do.

As for how to squeeze benefits from these hostages, Athena has already thought about it, and the main thing she wants to say to Rocky this time is to let him hand over the responsibility at this time to herself, and she will negotiate with the three major alliances.

"No problem, take Erin, she's better versed in this. ”

Nodding, Rocky agreed to the request, and asked Athena to take Erin with her.

It's not that he doesn't trust Athena, but because Erin is really proficient in it, and it's a lot easier to have Erin by her side to assist Athena.

As a result, the upper echelons began to split up, with Rocky hurrying to draft a statement while Athena and Irene prepared for negotiations.

On both cases, it was naturally quicker to draft a statement, so three days later Lodge issued a statement to the world through all the channels he could contact.

The meaning of this statement is very simple, on the one hand, it openly and honestly acknowledges the existence of rune technology and attribute technology, and even reveals some specific details, on the other hand, Rocky assures everyone that when the time comes, he will gradually announce rune technology and attribute technology to jointly promote the development of the sky, and will definitely not monopolize these technologies himself.

Through this statement, Rocky showed as much humility and low-key as possible, without any arrogance, and it can be said that he was trying to reduce the hostility of the outside world towards him as much as possible.

But he also knew that it would be impossible to convince everyone with this statement alone, so he announced this statement at the same time, and together with the Apple Tree Chamber of Commerce, he also announced that he would sell rune warships to the outside world in the near future!

As soon as this news appeared, it immediately caused a sensation, because it had been nearly a month since Rocky returned to Beishan Village, and the details of his previous conflict with the three major alliances had already been revealed, and people had already heard how much credit the rune battleship had made in the defense of Beishan Village, and even more so how powerful this new type of warship was.

So when I learned that Rocky and the Apple Tree Chamber of Commerce were going to sell this kind of warship to the outside world, the whole sky was boiling because of this.

At the same time, it is precisely because of this move that the statement issued by Rocky also has a certain degree of credibility, and even at the same time, a kind of remark has quietly spread among the various city lords, saying that Rocky originally planned to share the rune technology, but because the three major alliances want to monopolize this technology and plan to snatch it from their hands, Rocky will have a quarrel with the three major alliances to this point, and will temporarily delay the time for sharing rune technology.

Although this kind of remarks were only spread in private, they still caused quite a stir, because in the eyes of many people, although this kind of remarks were just rumors, according to the hegemony of the three major alliances, the credibility was still very high, which made many city lords secretly complain.

In short, when Rocky made the statement, the pressure on him from the outside world did ease a lot, although there were still quite a few people who were dismissive of his statement, but there were also many people who were looking forward to it, at least looking forward to being able to buy a few rune warships, after all, rune warships were genuine.

On the other hand, Athena, who was appointed, took the initiative to contact the three major alliances and the two major companies after some preparation with Erin, obviously planning to start formal negotiations, of course, this also includes Catholicism, although Zuro's status is not comparable to several others, but after all, he is Rick's son, and he can still rely on him to knock a bamboo lever from Rick's hands.

Previously, because Thunder Eagle City had been procrastinating on the negotiations, and the three major alliances and the two major companies that were eager to rescue the hostages had not been able to respond accurately after many contacts, so when Athena finally took the initiative to contact, the other party's response was extremely fast.

It's just that it is quickly returned, but this time the content of their negotiations is not trivial, especially the current relationship between the two sides, although Rocky and the three major alliances have not officially started a war, but both sides know that they are now in a state of war, so this kind of negotiation is absolutely impossible to be as simple and smooth as ordinary negotiations, and no one can say how many twists and turns there will be during the period.

In fact, it is true, this negotiation took a lot of time just to communicate in the early stage, because now both sides are in a hostile state, and it is impossible for anyone to send people to the other's sphere of influence.

Although the current magic energy communication technology is very developed, some facts still have to be explained in person, and close to the magic energy image can only discuss some scratches at most, in this case, just the initial contact lasted for half a month, and only then did it reluctantly negotiate a result.

According to the results of this discussion, Athena agreed that the three major alliances and the two major companies would directly send people to Thunder Eagle City for further negotiations, but these people could only come alone, which means that even if the representatives of the Heavenly Ancestor Sect were added, there would be a maximum of six people, and the number of people who joined would exceed this number Rocky would immediately start killing.

Of course, the other side did not agree, and now that Rocky's momentum is so strong, what if he detains these people who come to negotiate by the way?

It's okay to go to Thunderhawk City to talk in further detail, but the bottom line of the three alliances is to send Sky City and the fleet to protect it, otherwise they won't come.

For this matter, the two sides discussed back and forth for half a month, and finally came to a decision, the two sides each took a step back, and the three major alliances agreed to each send only one representative to come, while the escorted Sky City and troops would not enter the airspace of Beishan Village, but would wait outside the airspace of Beishan Village.

After half a month of tug-of-war, this matter was finally settled, followed by the three major alliances, the two major companies and the Heavenly Ancestor Sect, each sent a representative, escorted by the army to the airspace of Beishan Village, and then flew to Beishan Village on a battleship alone, and finally arrived at Thunder Eagle City, so that the negotiations finally began.