Cooperation with Kafka's empire was an imperative for Lodge.

Although he is developing very well, and his momentum and prestige are unprecedentedly high, one thing has not changed, that is, his power is still too small.

No matter how beautifully Rocky won against the three major alliances, no matter how unmatched his current prestige was, his power was too weak after all, and it would be better to say that it would be normal times, after all, it wouldn't take long for him to develop into a behemoth if this momentum continued, and no one would dare to provoke him.

But not now, not now.

The third counteroffensive is about to break out, and once this war breaks out, the whole sky and even the whole world will be completely thrown into chaos, and no one will be immune in this situation.

But Rocky had already said when facing the three major alliances that he did not plan to participate in this war, which means that he planned to be alone in the imminent chaos situation.

This kind of thinking is indeed admirable, because in all fairness, there are actually many people who have the same idea as him, not to mention the vast majority of the city lords of small and medium-sized Sky Cities, and many large Sky City city lords do not want to participate in this war, everyone knows that this level of war is completely a war of survival of the fittest, only those who are strong, no, the strongest can survive in the war, and the vast majority of people can only become cannon fodder on the battlefield in the end, so many people actually don't want to participate in this war.

But these people have the same ideas as Rocky, but they don't have the same courage as him, they don't dare to openly declare that they will not participate in this big war like Rocky, these people can only go with the flow, of course, this can't be blamed on them, after all, Rocky's strength is there, and the only person who dares to fight with the three major alliances and survives in the end is probably him, and no one else can do it.

However, Rocky himself knows that in the coming war and chaos, even he can't really survive on his own, and God knows what this kind of world-scale war will turn into once it starts, so he also needs a strong ally.

This ally, he chose the Kafka empire.

As one of the three major alliances, Kafka's empire has this strength, and at the same time, it also has this ability, and more importantly, they need Rocky's help more than the other two, so the two sides hit it off, and Rocky and Martin quickly finalized the details of their cooperation after meeting a few times.

Rocky promised Martin that from now on, the Apple Tree Chamber of Commerce will directly provide rune warships to the empire, and not only will the price be more favorable than the outside world, but the empire will also be the highest priority in the order of order completion, and Thunder Eagle City will also directly provide rune warframes to the empire, the price is also more favorable than the market, and the priority is also the highest.

At the same time, he also promised that once the rune warships and rune warframes have newer models, then the empire will have a higher priority than others to buy the latest products.

In return, Martin promised that the Empire would openly support Lodge's neutral choice in the war, and that anyone who dared to encroach on Lodge's power would be considered an enemy of the Empire.

At this point, the relationship between Lodge and Kafka's empire turned from hostility to cooperation, and although this relationship is called cooperation, it is actually almost like an alliance, and more importantly, this relationship is a good thing for both of them.

"Lord Rocky, I will thank you for your care in the future. ”

In order to celebrate the agreement on cooperation with the Empire, Rocky held a grand ball at the City Lord's Palace, which not only did not only Martin and Martin appear, but also Gandalf, Semino, Denise, and Cassiu, who were still in Thunderhawk City.

And at this ball, Martin was very happy, not only because he had reached an agreement with Rocky, but more importantly, after this matter was completed, he would no longer be the deputy prime minister when he returned to the empire, and he would succeed Rudwei, who had already returned, as the new prime minister of the empire!

This matter is reasonable and unexpected for Martin, because Rudewei was arrested this time, it can be said that his future in the imperial officialdom has been completely ruined, even if he can return to the empire alive, it is impossible for him to continue to serve as prime minister, but who will become the new prime minister after he is removed, Martin himself does not know, because there is only one imperial prime minister, but there are several, and in addition to the deputy minister, there are many people in other official positions who have the ability to serve as the prime minister, so Martin does not dare to guarantee that he can become the new prime minister。

But now, with Lodge reaching a consensus on cooperation with the Empire, it is a sure thing that he will become the new Prime Minister of the Empire, because he is responsible for this matter from beginning to end, which is definitely a huge capital for him, enough for him to successfully become the new Prime Minister with this matter, so Martin is especially happy at the ball.

Of course, some people are happy and some people are worried, watching him and Rocky fight hotly, Gandalf, the great elder of the Sky Alliance, is particularly unhappy in his heart, first of all, the Sky Alliance and Kafka's empire are not very opposed, these two of the three alliances have always been in a competitive relationship, and even fought at the beginning, so seeing Martin and Rocky walking so close, Gandalf will inevitably be worried.

Although the alliance has now mastered the magic rune, after all, it is only a first-level rune, and even the powerful R&D team of the Sky Alliance cannot use the first-level rune to stir up too much wind and waves, so in the face of Kafka's empire, which has been fully supported by Rocky, it is difficult to say whether the Sky Alliance can maintain its advantage to compete with it.

Secondly, it is not a pleasure to see Lodge and Kafka's empire so close, Gandalf is not very happy, because Lodge is still a member of the alliance, and is a core member of the alliance, and it stands to reason that the alliance should be his backbone.

It's a pity, it's a pity that the relationship between Rocky and the Sky Alliance has long existed in name only, in fact, Gandalf thought about it carefully, the Alliance has many opportunities to deepen its relationship with Rocky, even in the last year, they have reached a deal with Rocky for magic runes, and there is every chance to further ease the tension, not to mention reverting to the previous level, even if it deepens, it is possible, but unfortunately the Alliance has chosen the opposite path.

This road not only made the alliance completely lose the possibility of getting back together with Rocky, but also paid a very heavy price.

Thinking of this, Gandalf shook his head, he already knew what conditions the Alliance had agreed to in order to let Rocky release him, and even Gandalf felt a little heartache at the thought of these conditions......