As soon as Phoenix flew to the door, a conversation was heard inside.

"Miss, it's not okay not to eat, I brought you some food. ”

The dim light in the room was unpleasant, and the whole room was lit by a small candle on the middle table, which Jacobella had brought to her when Lilith boarded the ship, and which was now almost burned out. Lilith still hugged her knees, cowering on the bed in the corner and refusing to move.

Jacobella reluctantly placed the plate on the table, understanding what a hard day it had been for Lilith.

Even generals like them, who have been on the battlefield for a long time and are accustomed to seeing life and death, were like a bolt from the blue when they heard the news of the elder's death. Over the next few days, Jacobella gathered all her troops and brought them back to her headquarters from the various kingdoms, while she spent several days fishing alone on the shores of Lake Pangsha.

A short distance beyond Pangasa Lake was the place where the elder had disappeared, and Jacobella regretted that it was not she who had accompanied the elder at that time.

But until she saw the corpse of the elder in person, she would not accept the fact that the other party was dead.

Originally, she didn't want Lilith to know about the upheaval in the neutrals until the matter was settled, but it backfired that some of them leaked the news, causing the heads of the twenty-three neutrals to panic, and the kings wanted to meet the new leader of the Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible and make sure that she was capable of maintaining the balance of the neutrals.

It was obviously inhumane for a child who had just learned of his father's death to take control of the Chamber of Commerce in a short period of time, but Jacobella had to take Lilith under her wing in time.

Because......

It seems that there is a very general and her thinking is not the same.

They didn't think Lilith was up to the task.

"Put it there. Lilith's voice was hoarse, and she hadn't drunk water for a whole day.

But not only did she not want to drink water and eat, she didn't even want to get out of bed.

The elder president of the Chamber of Commerce, her father was a vigorous man, and all her memories of her father came from the strict education of her childhood. However, on the other hand, her father will always be her umbrella, and although the Lilith Chamber of Commerce has nominally transitioned into her hands, as long as her father still leads the neutral generals, no matter how much she messes around, her father will always be silent to clean up the mess for her.

But now, General Jacobella said that the man who sheltered her from the wind and rain was probably dead, and that she must now lead the twenty-three neutrals.

Jacobella looked at Lilith and sighed, "I'm just outside, feel free to call me if you want someone to talk to." ”

"Jacobella ......"

Before she could push the door, Lilith stopped her.

"Perhaps, I'm really not a good leader. Lilith thought a lot about it that afternoon. She had always thought that her father was a person who was almost strict with herself, but the more she knew, the more she realized how connived the other party was: "Actually, the Spade Organization is not a big problem for the Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Jacobella nodded.

Spades did cause them a lot of trouble in the Twenty-Three Neutral Countries, but to the Chamber of Commerce, they were like a reckless regular army, and the main reason why they were able to be proud for a while was that the old president didn't take those people seriously at all, because he always understood where the power that was really enough to dismantle the Chamber of Commerce and the Twenty-Three Neutral Nations Alliance came from.

That's their real enemy.

"Sure enough. Lilith's expression darkened a little.

At that time, she thought that her father had entrusted her with an extremely important task, and she did her homework in order to fight against spades, united with Holutia, supported the weak little prince to fight against Albert, and established a good relationship with the church...... But as it turned out, she didn't succeed.

The successor to the throne is still Albert, and the rout of the Spades is entirely due to their self-confidence that provoked the Senate, and all the superficial victories have nothing to do with her.

Now it seems that this was all an excuse for her father to keep her in Holutia in order to avoid her involvement in this dispute.

"Jacobella, I wonder why father he lost his life?"

"The last ancestor-level monster is also the most special and mysterious existence of the eight ancestor-level monsters, and your father firmly believes that as long as he masters its power, he has the hole card to balance the Byron Empire and Helutiah. Jacobella said that they had never stopped following the monster over the years.

The reason it's so hard to spot is that it never really exists.

It did not participate in the First Demon Tide War, but based on countless clues and records, people came up with the theory that there were a total of eight monsters that came to the world at that time.

Naturally, if the Elder did die, the mission would have been entrusted to Lilith.

Peace is only an illusion, and it will never last long, instigated by the Chaos Cult, the war between the Byron Empire and Herutia is inevitable, and all they can do is to hoard as much strength as possible before the war breaks out, accumulate hole cards, and survive decades or even hundreds of years of war.

This is the cause that the Elder has fought for all his life, and he hopes that in future wars, the Twenty-Three Neutrals will become a refuge for those who are tired of war, and this ambition will only be realized if they have a strong enough force.

"I see. ”

Lilith's nails sank into the flesh of her knees, and only this stinging sensation could help her make up her mind: "I will finish my father's unfinished business." ”

"We will do our best to fulfill the president's wishes. Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

Gabriel yawned and said, "The premise is that you need to cede the position of 'president' to someone who is capable of inheriting it." ”

Without hesitation, Jacobella drew her sword and pointed it at Gabriel. She saw the soldiers lying on the ground behind Gabriel.

"Don't worry, Jacobela, they just fainted. You lead the best of the Chamber, and they will be the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce in the future, and I don't want to waste the valiant warriors you have trained in this unnecessary battle. ”

"What about Jim? he has a part in that?" Jacobella narrowed.

"Not to mention that stubborn guy, he won't compromise no matter what, so I'll just let him get a little sleep. ”

"In other words, you alone are trying to take the eldest lady from under my nose?" Jacobella was very disdainful, although Gabriel was also a Templar, after all, he was good at intelligence, and combat was not his forte.

"How can you not bring a helper for such a big scene? Then again, you can't forget who made the nautical chart this time, right?"

At the same time, Lin Qiu in the captain's room pointed behind Alyssa in a daze.

"Alyssa, Alyssa!"

"What's wrong again?"

"Look over there!"

Alyssa looked in the direction of his finger suspiciously, and her face couldn't help but change.

I saw two huge black shadows slowly rising from the water, blocking the way of the Wave and the two frigates. The barrier formed by the four crystals turned into several arcs of light after the two giant ships surfaced, dissipating into the night sky.