Chapter 112: The Situation
"Speak, Your Majesty. β
Leviathan's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, but there was already a hint of impatience in his eyes. It was no longer an easy task for him to be able to maintain it until now, without clearly revealing the contempt of the dragon clan for humans.
In fact, not only Leviathan, but even Ello's dragon nature is a little ready to move.
There are really not many humans who dare to negotiate terms with dragons in history, and even fewer can get a satisfactory result in the end.
Only now, humans have become the object that dragons must bow their heads and beg, not the other way around.
Often, when trying to negotiate with Dragons, even the most patient negotiators can lose confidence. If the dragon does not agree to an agreement and decides that the issue is not what it wants to discuss, it will happily walk away from the table and come back to negotiate - and the successor of the original negotiator.
On more than one occasion, a dragon has successfully communicated with a particular person, only to be surprised to learn that the person has died β generations ago when it comes back to talk to him/her later.
The long lifespan is the main reason for the arrogance and superiority of the dragon, and there is no one. Dragons' views of human lifespan can be compared to humans' perceptions of gerbils. A dragon may take the time it takes a generation of humanoids to think carefully about a problem, and a dragon that wakes up from a long sleep may find that an entire empire rises and falls while it leaves. What's so strange about it, then, that the actions and desires of the white-horse-like humanoid creature have no weight or importance in the dragon's heart?
All dragons, including Leviathan and Iro, were accustomed to such situations, but now the situation was reversed: they were the ones who lacked time.
"Quite simply, I want to surprise Gregory XV and the two old fellows George, and completely shatter their unchanging self-confidence...... The development trend of the two empires of Tadoya and Hawar is too dangerous. Constantine did not hesitate to call the Dawn Pope and the current Emperor of Havar by name, and the hatred in his words was no longer hidden.
To be precise, compared to the Orcs of the Northwest, Konstantin undoubtedly hates these two countries more.
At this point, it is necessary to talk about the role played by the four empires in the international situation in the western continent.
As mentioned earlier, the Walla Empire is a steel barrier between the human territory and the orcs in the northwest, and it can be said that with its existence, the western continent can ensure that there will be no frequent invasion by foreign enemies. At the same time, it is precisely because of its proximity to the orcs in the northwest that although the Vola Empire has the largest army, it must be used to defend against the orcs and cannot afford to expand.
The Dragon Flame Empire has always been the most low-key, and it is more often a mediator who will not intervene in anything, unless that matter threatens the Western Continent or the entire good camp.
As the economic center of the Western Continent, although the overall strength of the Havar Empire is the weakest among the four countries, its wealth is completely capable of manipulating and even subverting other countries. It is precisely because Hawar has so much wealth that it has chosen a special method of aggression that calls itself "liberation" and others call it "peaceful evolution".
To put it simply, it is to induce other countries to move closer to itself through economic, cultural, and other non-war means.
The opposite of it is naturally the Tadoya Empire, due to the high value of material wealth, the Havar Empire can be said to be the country with the smallest proportion of believers, and the core of Tadoya, the Holy See of Dawn, will never let this happen. Therefore, it has been uniting neighboring countries through the expansion of faith, trying to turn Hawar into a state of believers.
In this way, the long-term confrontation situation on the western continent has basically taken shape: the side headed by Hawar and the side led by Tadoya.
The dispute between the two camps, which has lasted for nearly a thousand years, still has no tendency to stop for a moment, and at most it has only subsided temporarily.
If it was just a simple confrontation, Konstantin would not care too much, but recently the two countries have indeed gone too far.
First of all, in order to further buy people's hearts, Hawar did not hesitate to hit the territory of the Vola Empire, although he did not blatantly use the peaceful evolution, but also began to secretly affect the economy of the Vola Empire, and publicized the benefits of the Havar Empire, so that several cities in the south began to float people's hearts.
Later, it was the Tadoya Empire, which made a big fuss about the heavy damage of the Orcs in the Northwest, and persuaded the Vola Empire to disarm "appropriately" in order to maintain and consolidate peace.
Not to mention that Stasi, the younger brother of the Vola Empire twelve years ago, was actually taken away by Tadoyara in the whole country......
That's why Konstantin was so jealous of Hawar and Tadoya.
However, the two countries are not the orcs of the northwest, and Constantine can conquer the orcs without any worries, but he can't easily do it against the two countries that are both human countries, otherwise he may become the public enemy of the mainland.
Since there is no way to punish the two countries on the political and military levels, what about the civilian side?
So Konstantin thought of using the power of the dragon clan in front of him.
After a pause, he changed his tone to the three humanoid dragons and said, "I believe that your vision must be different from that of other dragons, so you must also be able to see the situation on the continent - the binary opposition between Hawar and Tadoya has involved too many innocent people. β
"If my loyal soldiers are not restrained by the Orcs of the Northwest, if we can avoid the pressure of morality and public opinion, then I will not continue to watch them arrogant...... It is only a matter of time before true peace is returned to this continent under the bravery of my warriors, right?!"
In the end, Konstantin's voice was already trembling slightly, as if he had seen the day he had been looking forward to.
"Your Majesty, you ......"
Before Yan could finish speaking, Konstantin continued: "The Dragon Yan Empire is responsible for the affairs of the alien race, and I am responsible for the internal affairs of the human race!"
His voice began to become low, giving people a vague feeling of wanting to be convinced, and his gaze stayed on Iroh, "And I will never refuse a truly capable person, even if it is a foreign race!"
"...... you" Iroh was stunned, although he had already guessed that Konstantin would choose to cooperate with himself and others from the overall situation, but he didn't expect him to be so decisive.
It seems that we should still look up to human beings a little more.
"I don't want to be enemies with a few of you, and I think it's better for you to work for me. Smiling slightly, Konstantin began to say again without waiting for an answer, "When the time comes, we can go together to crush the ambitions and confidence of our two countries, along with their armies and citiesβand let humanity be unified again, what a great thing it will be, hahaha!"
Speaking of this, Konstantin no longer tried to hide his heart, his slightly crazy eyes were full of heat, and there was a hint of red killing in that noble imperial atmosphere.
True to the supreme leader of this iron-blooded empire, Iroh believed that Konstantin would not fail to understand the impact of his decision on the Western Continent, but he persisted.
"In that case, we've all understood. β
Yan saluted for the last time, with no look of surprise on his face, "We will cooperate with Your Majesty." β
"Then let's all come up with the contract - I don't think you won't prepare contracts, especially contracts that can't be broken. β
Konstantin smiled with satisfaction and returned to his original appearance.
For more than a hundred years, contract and anti-contract magic have been developing at a faster pace, and many old, one-sided contracts are no longer safe. Therefore, the popular method of agreement at the national level is that each party takes out a set of contracts prepared by themselves and writes the same set of alliance conditions twice - so that even if one of the parties breaks its own contract, then the alliance will have an insurance.
Of course, Yan is prepared for this.
Soon, a new alliance was announced. Konstantin had no intention of leaving the three to sit for a little longer, and the three who had fulfilled their greatest purpose did not linger any longer, and the secret meeting ended.
A few minutes later, the Divine Dragon Emperor was left alone in the room.
No, maybe not.
After a moment of silence, he turned his head to look at an inconspicuous corner, and after a slight fluctuation in space, a young woman dressed in a gorgeous white robe appeared, stroking the ruby ring on her left index finger and revealing a somewhat worried smile.
"Your Majesty, Zhanduan...... Is it about to start again?"
"Hmph, isn't it? Even if I don't do it, the two great powers will do it. As long as I can succeed, it doesn't matter if I have some notoriety, not to mention that someone has now carried it for me. β
With a meaningful remark, Konstantin lowered his head and continued to flip through the documents nonchalantly.
"But, my queen, how is the formation of the mecha legion?"
"All the best, Your Majesty. The beautiful queen nodded. "If nothing else, in three years at most, they will be ready to go to war. β
However, unlike the good news in her words, a melancholy quickly flashed across her face: "However, is the power of constructing a mecha really as powerful as those mages and alchemists say?"
"Even though I'm just a woman, I know how much our country is constrained...... Once the means of preparation are ineffective, the victory or defeat of the war can be pinned on this legion...... If they don't live up to what those people promised, the consequences are not something I can imagine. β
Konstantin paused his movements, as if staring at a piece of writing on a document, but as if he was looking somewhere farther away: "Vera, my dear...... You have to be a little more confident in our preparation. If the war is lost, I will be the first to be hanged, so I will never relax in this regard. β
"Moreover, this legion is also our last hole card, and I will not use it unless all else fails. Trust me, I'll try not to give them a chance. β
Queen Vera sighed slightly, the sorrow between her eyebrows dissipated a little, and was replaced by a determined look: "I will also do my best to make them respond to your call at any time!"