General Sulla did not bring anyone with him on this visit, he came alone.

It was also the first time Leon had come face to face with the general from the Ashborn Empire.

If you didn't look in Sulla's eyes, everyone would probably think that he was an ordinary civil servant, like the kind of polite scholar or clerk that can be seen in all the courts.

Only the blood-colored pupils indicated that this was a warrior who had been walking in the dark for a long time.

"General Sula, I'm glad to be there...... You're here to talk about business? But I don't know what else to talk about now - Kairos and his son Antonius must die! I think His Majesty Marius should be well aware of this! ”

Leon was still very polite in receiving Sulla, and regardless of the fact that Sulla was now representing Emperor Marius, Leon would respect him just because the general had traveled thousands of miles from another continent to deal with the Snake Worshippers.

But Leon really didn't know what else to negotiate in this situation.

"Your Excellency Leon, His Majesty Marius and I also feel that the death of the Kelos father and son is not a pity. But the warriors of the Shadow Legion don't have to die with them......"

Sura took out a small scroll of paper from his bosom and handed it over: "This is a letter from His Majesty, you might as well take a look at it first." ”

Leon spread out the scroll of paper, and the handwriting on it was sloppy, sprinkled with dots of ink, and many of the characters were bent and distorted.

It seems that Marius was in a very bad state at the time of writing, and his hands should have been shaking all the time.

There were only two sentences on the letter.

The first sentence is: 'Friend, you know better than I what will happen if the Noldor Elves become mortal enemies with the entire human race. ’

The second sentence is: 'Within a month, I will send the body of Antonius to Fort White Hart.' ’

Leon sighed and silently crumpled the paper into a ball, but then spread it out again and handed it to Vendatil beside him.

"Your Excellency Leon, you can also see that I am not a good negotiator, so I have only come here to convey the meaning of His Majesty Marius. I'll go there and wait for your reply......"

General Sulla pointed to the hill where Kairos and the Shadow Legion were.

With that, he went straight up the mountain.

"Adult ......"

Risadilan looked at General Sulla, who was alone, and didn't know whether to stop him.

"Let him go up."

Leon waved his hand for permission and watched as Sura's figure faded into the mountains.

Then, he turned to Vendatier and asked, "If you can bring back the corpses of Kairos and his son, will your clan be able to calm down?" ”

He wasn't asking about the two thousand Noldor here, but about the Noldor elves who didn't follow him and were fighting their own battles.

"As long as the culprit is removed, probably everyone except for the tribe of Ardalian will calm down. But...... At the very least, let the elders of the clan see the body of the culprit. ”

Vendatier also knew what Leon meant, and if most of the Noldor elves were kept in hatred, it would be a real disaster for the entire race.

Fortunately, Wendy had already dealt with the ignition of Gaul with her own hands, which was considered to calm down some emotions, otherwise it would be difficult for Wendy and Risardillan to maintain their sanity.

Leon has been dissuading the Noldors from being impulsive these days, and to make sure that the entire race can continue to develop, and then slowly think about revenge.

If it weren't for Leon's best efforts to dissuade him, the eastern part of the continent would have been full of the Noldor's vengeful feathered arrows in addition to Leon's territory.

But after all, there are only a few people who can listen to the persuasion, that is, the two thousand around Li Ang.

Most of the other Noldor elves are gathering separately, and some of the more impulsive ones have already poured into the Bacchus Empire.

Even the ever-cautious Israndir led his troops to storm Fort Amera.

This impulsive revenge may cost the Bacchus Empire a great loss, but the Noldor elves themselves will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

If this matter is not settled as soon as possible, it will make the hatred between the Noldor elves and humans irreparable - only the few Noldor elves around Leon and the elders of various races know better that it was Antonius who ordered the burning of the forest, it was Kairos who made the plan, and their father and son were the culprits.

But most of the other Noldor elves would not have discerned that much in the event of a furious situation, they only knew that it was a disaster brought upon them by humans, and that they were likely to cause a massacre in some human villages and towns, driven by hatred.

And once the slaughter takes place, this kind of retribution will be difficult to quell, and the Noldor Elves may gradually become the public enemy of humanity.

If the situation turns into a war between two races, it will certainly not be humans who will be killed to the end of the race......

"We have to find a way to persuade the other tribes to recall their tribesmen as much as possible, and wait for a month with peace of mind. If Antonios' body is not sent to Fort White Hart in a month's time, I will do my best to join you in launching a full-scale assault on the Bacchus Empire. ”

Leon said to Vendatil.

Vendatier nodded, then suddenly turned to look at the mountain.

On the mountain, the figure of General Sulla reappeared.

There was a splatter of blood on Sulla's face, her face was expressionless, and her eyes were red, like an evil ghost.

Behind him, a large group of Shadow Legion warriors also followed him down the mountain, all faltering, and many of them had tears in their eyes.

Sula didn't look back, he held a sharp blade in his right hand and a human head in his left.

After walking down the mountain, Sula threw the head in his hand at Leon's feet.

It was the head of Keros.

“…… Lord Leon, there are 1,512 remaining members of the Shadow Legion, all of whom surrender to you. ”

General Sula threw down his short sword and asked Leon, "Do you accept their surrender?" ”

“…… General Sula, the Shadow Legion is at odds with His Majesty Marius, I know that, why would they obey your orders and surrender to me? ”

Leon asked with some confusion as he looked at the dying warriors of the Shadow Legion, covered in mud and dying.

"They were on the orders of Kairos, not mine...... Keros committed suicide, and it was he who made the Shadow Legion surrender before he died - or do you think I really have the ability to get Keros's head under the protection of thousands of soldiers? ”

Sulla said softly, "I lied to Keros, I told him that his son had died at my hands...... Then he drew his sword and cut himself. ”

Li Ang was silent for a while and nodded: "I understand." I accept their surrender and guarantee that they will not be mistreated. ”

"Well, in a month's time, I will redeem them with 20,000 wheat buckets and Antonius. Is it a deal? ”

Sura wiped the blood from her face and looked up at Leon.

The Wheat Bucket, which was the unit of measurement of the old Bacchus, was used by the Ash Empire to measure the volume, and one Wheat Bucket was equivalent to fifty liters.

If you count by the wheat varieties of Pander Continent, the weight of a wheat hopper is close to 80 pounds.

20,000 wheat buckets, that's nearly 1.6 million pounds of grain.

The price is actually very cheap – if it is in a good year when there is no shortage of food, it is worth tens of thousands of dinars.

But now, the value of food can no longer be measured by common sense. Emperor Marius ransomed people with grain, not dinars, apparently deliberately, and he knew what Leon needed.

“…… Deal. For just one month, I'll be waiting for you in Changhe Town. ”

Leon nodded in agreement.

"Okay, farewell."

Sulla nodded and turned to leave.

"Your Excellency...... We ......"

Risadilan looked at Keros's head on the ground, and then at Leon, probably not knowing what to do.

"Take the corpse of Kairos to White Hart Castle, and let His Majesty Felgos Aaner do his best to appease the Noldor tribes. Tell them that they have to train for at least a month before they say that there are not so many trees in the outside world to cover their bodies, and a group of rabble can only be sent to death for blind revenge. ”

Leon said to Sadilan and Vendatil.

Then, he turned his head and motioned to Wendy: "Order the withdrawal of the army and bring all the prisoners back to Changhe Town...... Spread to all parts of the country, and prepare for war for a month. ”

……

Three days later, the Hall of the Lords of Long River.

Risa Dilan had returned from Fort White Hart, and he had brought Fergus Ann with him.

"Your Excellency Leon, we have received your kindness. But at times like these, it's hard for me to persuade my people to keep their sanity...... They're not just impulsive because of hatred, but more importantly, they don't have a home......"

Felgesaner shook his head at Leon and said helplessly.

"I have no home, my heart has been unstable, and I can't listen to persuasion......"

Risa Dilan also sighed beside him.

Rootless duckweed is indeed difficult to communicate, just like Risa Dilan back then.

During the years he had been banished from the Noldor Forest, he had been a killer in disguise, suspicious of everyone like a trapped beast.

"Is there no other way? If they are not recalled, the war is likely to turn into racial hatred again, and it will be worse than ever...... Once defeated, there won't be enough forest to shelter the Noldor tribe now! ”

Leon asked with a frown.

As Risa Dilan said, if you don't have a home, your heart will be unsettled. If the fires in the forest are extinguished, they can call on the Noldors to go back and rebuild their homes first, and the revenge can be talked about slowly - they have a long enough life to wait, and as long as the home is still there, the others can take their time.

However, the fire in the Noldor Forest has been burning for more than twenty days, and it is still not extinguished, and the elves cannot return to the forest, so they can only go to the territory of Bacchus to kill.

God doesn't give much face, and it hasn't rained a lot for more than 20 days. In the event of a large-scale wildfire, sporadic light rain does not reach the ground at all, and evaporates at an altitude of several hundred meters. In addition, thinner clouds are directly dispersed by the rising heat, making it difficult to form cumulonimbus clouds.

Only when the monsoon arrives and the ocean monsoon forms strong convective weather will it be possible to form a large area of cumulonimbus clouds over the Noldor Forest, and a heavy rainstorm will stop the fire.

But I'm afraid it will be more than half a month away, and it's only the end of June, and the monsoon usually comes to the central part of the continent in mid-July - the last time Leon used a giant tree to guide mines was in mid-July.

And now, in what way can the Noldos be distracted?

"It's not impossible...... Sir Leon, do you remember what I told you before......"

Felgus looked at Wendy behind Leon: "You and Wendy should get married." ”

"Married? Could this make the Noldor elves stop paying attention to hatred? ”

Leon sighed: "They don't even listen to Wendy, and even if I marry Wendy, they won't listen to my advice." ”

"Of course, they didn't listen to me. But Leon, as you said yourself, you want to build a country - I think it's time now, whether it's the Pander Kingdom or something else, most countries should recognize your status. And I will make Wendy the king of the elves, and no one will oppose me at such times - as long as you, the king, marry the king of the elves, it means that all the Noldor elves are your people, and all the other nations of humanity can understand this......"

"In this way, there will be no racial struggle between humans and elves. As long as most people recognize your kingdom and your throne, then they will think that the elves are marching towards the Bacchus Empire on your orders, and not against all of humanity. ”

Leon now understood what Feergus Ann meant.

This is to transfer the hatred of the elves to the will of Leon in the name of marriage - if Leon becomes king, then it must be aimed at unifying the continent, and the attacks of the elves because of hatred can be regarded as military action, not racial hatred.

"My lord, I think His Majesty Felgus Aaner is right...... And if you're hosting a back-to-back grand enthronement ceremony and wedding, it can also attract most people's attention and downplay the impact of fire. ”

Risadilan added, kneeling down on one knee towards Leon.

“…… This...... Wendy, what do you think? ”

Leon thought about it, turned his head and asked Wendy a little embarrassed.

"Me? I do not know...... I think you should ask Amy for her opinion first......"

Wendy turned her face and lowered her head.

It's the same, it's not long since I got engaged to Amy......

Li Ang sighed and frowned and went to the inner fort of Changhe Town.

……

"Lord Leon, Miss Amy and Alina want to see you."

Upon entering the Inner Castle, Leon met Alina's titular maid Luha, the daughter of the former Eichkoman lord Bahaman, who had left Descha under the name of Alina's maid and was brought to live in the town of Long River.

Later, Alina stayed in the Lion Realm, and Luha was always with her, saying that she was a maid, but in fact she was a friend.

Although it is now a hostile country with Bacchus, Alina is not grounded, only Governor Justus is left behind in Fort White Hart to restrict access - he does not dare to enter and exit, and the Noldor Elves can now kill any Bacchus if they encounter them......

"Where are they?"

Leon looked left and right, but didn't see Amy or Alina.

"They've been waiting for you upstairs."

Luha led Leon upstairs to the top floor of the Inner Fort and pointed to a hidden door.

It used to be the room where Duke Alma was assassinated by Milgan, but now it's Amy's study—Amy has seen so many dead and wounded that she doesn't care.

Leon pushed the door in, and the two girls in the room turned their heads in unison.

"Leon, you should marry Wendy."

Amy's first words stunned Leon, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Leon looked at Alina and realized that it was most likely Alina who had said something to Amy.

Alina smiled at Leon, "I prepared your enthronement and your wedding to Amy a few months ago, and I wanted to tell you that the best way to fully integrate the Noldor elves into the human world is to marry Wendy together - at the same time as Amy's wedding. ”

"Huh? Yes! This...... At the same time?! ”

Leon swallowed, thinking it was ridiculous.

"Yes, marry two at the same time. You establish the kingdom of Pande as the son of prophecy, divide the Noldor Forest and White Hart Castle as the Noldor realm, establish the Duchy of Noldor, and make Wendy the Elven King of the Duchy of Noldor. Divide the entire Lion Realm as a Duchy and crown Amy as Grand Duke of the Lion Principality (Queen of the Duchy). You marry both the Lion Realm and the Noldor Queen. ”

Alina smiled a little unnaturally: "It's because this kind of thing has never happened, so the marriage of the Son of Prophecy and the two queens will definitely attract the attention of the whole continent and even the whole world, Ramon and I can make everyone in the whole continent talk about the story of you and the two queens - people will ignore the hatred between the Noldor elves and humans...... It may seem ridiculous, but it will satisfy everyone. ”

(End of chapter)