Chapter 108, borrowing a dragon to kill
There were no surprises, and the results of the alliance meeting were not discussed in the end. Charles III, who led the meeting, was still hesitating.
He wanted the merit of exterminating the orcs, but the cost of destroying the orcs was not willing to be borne by the Frankish kingdom.
When national interests are involved, everyone is realistic. Except for the countries to the north, the substantial benefits of destroying the orc empire are difficult for them to share.
Especially when the attitude of the Alpha Kingdom is ambiguous, the plan to replace the territory will definitely not work, at most it will be an enclave on the corpse of the orc empire.
Expanding the territory seems to be very wonderful, but the premise is that the territory obtained is fertile soil.
Most of the territory where the Orc Empire is located belongs to the land of bitter cold. The fact that orcs can survive does not mean that the human race can also survive.
Even if you get a good piece of land, it's a blank slate. If you want to develop it, it will have to cost a lot of money.
To put it bluntly, I did this vote. Charles III didn't have to do anything, and the rest of his life was over concentrating on developing new territories.
Long-term investment does not yield benefits, and even if the enclave is developed, it is difficult to obtain substantial benefits.
Considering that the difficulty of management is not proportional to the benefits, it is better to directly let the local independent state.
It's not worth killing the orcs, but it's not the best idea to let the orcs go. The Terran Alliance has engaged in such a big battle, if it doesn't do anything, what is it like?
At the very least, for Charles III, the presiding officer, the loss of prestige will be very large.
The Frankish Kingdom, which has the most power to speak, has an ambiguous attitude, the Alpha Kingdom pretends to be deaf and dumb, and the Holy See, another major force, strongly opposes it, and the support of the northern countries alone is obviously not enough to influence the decision-making of the alliance meeting.
In fact, the Holy See doesn't care if the orc empire is exterminated or not. The backlash at the moment is mainly that they don't want the coalition meeting to make an immediate decision.
The main force of the Alpha Kingdom is trapped in the Orc Empire, which is exactly what they want to see. The longer it drags on, the lower the probability that this army will be withdrawn.
Regardless of the choice made by the Terran Alliance, the day the results will come out, and that will be when the front line will be clear.
The current Northern Expeditionary Army has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and breaking through and leaving at this time will be a heavy loss at most, but it will certainly not be completely annihilated.
Perhaps in the short term, the Alpha Kingdom will fall into decline, but once there is no orc empire to hold back, they will soon rise again.
Among the top three military powers of the Terran race, the Kingdom of Franks and the Kingdom of Libya Yin rely on strong strength, while the Kingdom of Alpha is an advanced "mobilization mechanism".
It is not without countries that are similar to the Alpha Kingdom in all aspects, but in terms of mobilization capacity, these countries are not half as efficient as them.
The efficient mobilization mechanism allowed the Alpha Kingdom to squeeze into the top three of the Terrans without the advantage of high-end strength and elite numbers.
Compared to these visible things, what the Holy See fears the most is the resilience of the Alpha Kingdom. A country ravaged by the Orc Empire, able to stand up every time.
There are many powerful countries, but in the end they all turn to dust, and only a few words in the history books prove that they existed.
There is only one country that has fallen and declined again and again, and has stood up again and again.
Such an enemy, if you don't take the opportunity to inflict heavy losses. Once the orc empire is gone, the resurgence of the Alpha Kingdom will be their nightmare.
After all, high-end power can be built up over time. Fifty years is not enough, then wait a hundred years. Not for a hundred years, but for two hundred years.
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Time passed day by day, and it was half a month in a flash, and the Terran Alliance did not give an answer for a long time, and the Orc Empire also fell into a panic.
"Something is wrong, the Terran Alliance seems to have discovered something. Maybe we should make Maxim shine and put pressure on them!
Of course, all ethnic groups on the mainland must also speed up public relations. Regardless of the strength or weakness of each race, the more races are involved now, the greater the pressure on the Terran side.
Especially those big clans, we must explain the pros and cons to them, if we really fall, they will not have a few days of good life.
The ambitions of the Terrans are limitless, and if they are not contained, sooner or later they will unify the continent! ”
The Bear Man Emperor said with a solemn expression.
No matter how many shortcomings there are, he is also a king. A temper tantrum does not mean that there are no brains, and when you are rational, political wisdom is not bad.
"It's easy to get Maxim to show up, but it's still unknown whether it can deter the Terrans.
If you don't get it right, it will backfire. The current human race should only doubt the authenticity of the dragon race's intervention.
If it is done too obviously, and they find the problem, it will really block the way to negotiation.
The best thing is to let the red dragon go out on its own, it doesn't seem so deliberate.
PR of all ethnic groups, everyone has been working hard. Now we have persuaded the dwarves, orcs, and barbarians, and are trying to lobby the elves and wood spirits.
In addition to these big clans, the rest of the small clans can only make up a few, and their right to speak is very limited.
On the Sea Clan's side, if anyone has a relationship, they can also contact it. If you can encourage them to invade the Terrans again, it will be worth paying a certain price.
Instead of intimidating the Terrans, it is better to intimidate the Alpha Kingdom, the Warhammer Kingdom, and the Principality of Moxie first. If they are done, the main battle faction in the Terran will be weakened by half.
Let the Holy See take care of the rest. They have played a dishonorable role in this war, and it just so happens that I have some evidence in my hands.
If they don't help, they'll poke things out in secret. And spread the word that we have made a pact with them to lead the armies of various countries into a trap and destroy them. ”
Alex said murderously.
In order to keep the orc empire, he also took great pains. Even the strategy of dividing the Terran Alliance has been taken out.
In the relations between the Terran nations and the Holy See, it is difficult not to have doubts when hearing such rumors. If a little more "evidence" emerges, even if it is far-fetched, it is enough to cause a round of turmoil.
But as a last resort, Alex didn't want to do that. Once the road has come to this point, it will offend the Holy See to death.
In the future, in the war with the Terrans, I am afraid it will be difficult to find this kind of "professional laggard" teammates.
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The game of the major forces, Hudson, who was busy repairing the defense line, naturally knew nothing. Now they are still counting on reinforcements from the Terran Alliance to come and send troops together to rescue the main force of the kingdom.
In recent days, he has received many private promises from the great nobles. As long as the private army of each family can be rescued, everyone will be their own people in the future.
Even the representative of the Dalton family said: The southeast province has a vast territory and fertile land, and it can completely raise two big nobles, and everyone can seek common development.
The only ones who didn't react were the Loonards. There is really no way to resolve the feud.
It can be seen that everyone is in a hurry now. I am afraid that my main force will be lost on the battlefield and will not be able to face the next big reshuffle.
Hudson was able to fully understand their thoughts, the elites of each family were in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and once they lost it, it would mean that the family had no future.
Even if it survives the next big reshuffle, it will decline rapidly because there is no successor.
For a big family, compared with the loss of military strength, the loss of core talents is the most deadly.
"Dragon!"
"Dragon!"
"Look, there's a dragon in the sky!"
"It's coming to us......"
Looking in the direction of the voice, a red figure appeared in Hudson's line of sight.
The legendary creature appeared in front of him, and not only was he curious, but even Bear Stearns, who had slept all day, rubbed his bear eyes and stared at the sky.
Enjoying the exclamations of the crowd, Maxim was satisfied. According to the experience passed down by her irresponsible dragon mother, as long as everyone is afraid, you can complete the robbery with the highest efficiency.
That's right, he came out this time to rob. Although he was invited by the orcs to show up and deter the Terrans, it did not affect him to rob at all.
As a red dragon, how can it be a good baby?
As a genius dragon in the Red Dragon Clan, if you don't make a name for yourself on the mainland, how can you be embarrassed to go back and brag to the younger brothers in Dragon Island!
"Reptiles, hand over all the gold coins and princesses, this dragon king will spare you from death!"
Putting gold on his face, Maxim didn't blush at all. Because he strayed into the dragon tomb when he was a child and ate a lot of dragon spirit grass, a specialty of the cemetery, his body was extraordinarily large.
If there were benefits and no harm, the Dragon Spirit Grass would have been devoured by the dragons long ago. After all, dragons are also vain and want to be bigger.
As the price of skyrocketing in size, part of the inheritance memory was lost, and he could only rely on the Dragon Mother to give him a make-up lesson the day after tomorrow.
It's hard to say how much private goods are mixed in and how much of the Mother Dragon's emotions are brought in.
After all, the sudden emergence of a "cub" larger than oneself also has a lot of psychological pressure on the female dragon.
Purely in terms of size, Maxim is already close to the level of the Dragon King. As for the combat effectiveness, it is only one line stronger than ordinary adult dragons, and the gap is not huge.
If he really were a dragon king, he wouldn't be chased all over the world by two earth bears, and he almost lost his dragon life.
With a dazzling appearance, the lake can't get the same level of demonic beasts, but it is enough to scare the human race.
Hearing the word "Dragon King", combined with Maxim's huge size, it instantly caused an uproar in the army, and even Hudson was taken aback.
The cultivation of humans and dragons is completely two routes, and generally speaking, adult dragons are equivalent to the sacred realm of the human race. Most of the Terran Sanctuary Realms are no match for dragons, and occasionally there are a few strong people who can counterattack, and the specific situation cannot be generalized.
Ordinary Terran Sanctuary, seeing a large army, must take a detour. Surrounded by a large army, there are not one or two powerhouses in the Holy Domain who drink hatred.
It's different if it's changed to the dragon clan, people's super defense, ordinary swords have no lethality at all, only the powerful magic bed crossbow, or the heavy magic crystal cannon can pose a threat to them.
The biggest feature of heavy firepower is that it is cumbersome, there is obviously no hope for flexibility, and the probability of hitting the dragon is obviously pitiful.
If the subject is replaced by the Dragon King, the situation will be even more serious. Most of the magic crystal cannons can only tickle them.
If you want to kill the dragon king, you should rely on the strong to pile it up! A wide range of attacks that disperse power are useless for these perverts.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the number of dragon kings is very rare, and most of them are old dragons, which are no longer as lively and active as they were when they were younger.
"Cut, a parallel dragon king, will brag!"
Bear Stearns' voice relieved Hudson from his shock. When he encountered the robbery of the real dragon king, he could only admit it; Imposter, then don't blame him for having other ideas.
The giant dragon in front of him didn't look very smart at first glance. Serious dragons, who would be stupid enough to rob the army, especially the phrase "hand over the gold coins and princesses".
Gold coins, the nobles in the army brought a little bit, but the number was definitely not much.
Princess, that's even more. Who is full of food and support, and still takes the princess with him when he fights?
Could it be that a certain bard with an abnormal brain made up a new story that fooled the "stupid dragon" in front of him?
"I didn't hear it, hurry up and let your commander get out and reply, or this dragon king will go on a killing spree!"
Maxim's voice sounded again, and Hudson rolled his eyes directly, but instead of rushing to reply, he turned his gaze to Bear Stearns.
The meaning is very obvious: it depends on whether your bear can cover it?
If you can cover it, then go out and talk head-on; If you can't cover it, then let the army besiege it directly.
No matter how low the hit rate is, as long as the number of attacks goes up, there will always be a possibility of being hit. If you can't be a dragon slayer warrior, it's also a good choice to drive away the dragon.
As a seasoned manager, Hudson has long been accustomed to achieving success.
"Don't worry, we still have an army! If that guy doesn't give face, he'll beat him! ”
Looking at Bear Stearns, Hudson's courage suddenly grew, but he still didn't run to the dragon stupidly, but used sound transmission magic from afar:
"Dear Mr. Dragon, I think you must have come to the wrong place. This is a barracks, and there are no gold coins and no princesses.
If you want to loot gold coins and princesses, I suggest you go to the Orc Empire next door, where there are many princesses and princesses.
If you think you can tell, there are no people in this radius of hundreds of miles. It turned out to be a very prosperous place, but unfortunately you came a step late, and the wealth was just looted by the orc army. ”
As soon as the big flicker came out, it was Maxim's turn to be confused.
It does sound fine, the Orc Empire does not pay attention to monogamy, and the number of princesses is indeed a bit large. I just ransacked the territory of the Terrans, and I should have money.
But just after receiving other people's money, he immediately turned around and went back to loot people, which is too immoral. If it is passed out, it will hurt the dragon product very much!
"Humans, don't talk this nonsense. I will indeed go to the Orc Empire, but you still have to pay the road money, otherwise ......"
Before Maxim could finish speaking, Hudson unceremoniously interrupted: "Mr. Dragon, correct that we are not going to pass through here, so there is no need to pay for the road."
The most important thing is that we have no money, let alone a princess.
Are you sure you want to risk getting hurt and get into a fight with us, and then leave with nothing?
If this gets out, everyone will think that you are a stupid dragon, and all the female dragons will avoid you in the future.
I take the liberty of asking, I can understand the robbery of gold coins, why did I rob the princess? ”
Listening to Hudson's words, Maxim's red face became more and more rosy.
The first robbery was inexperienced, and he made many mistakes in a row, which was really a disgrace to the dragon.
It's all a good thing done by the Mother of Dragons, saying that "robbing the princess" is the easiest to become famous, and she can also ask for a huge ransom.
That's all there is to it, and what's even worse is that he didn't tell him where to rob and where not to rob.
Perhaps in the mind of the Mother Dragon, these are basic common sense, and all dragons should be born with it, forgetting to popularize it for Maxim.
Just as he had run to fight the Earth Bears for territory, this time Maxim jumped into the pit of robbing the army. Fortunately, there was no reckless action, otherwise it would have been another tragedy.
"Human boy, apart from the orcs, where else can I rob nearby?
Tell me quickly, this dragon king will let you go today! ”
With that arrogant expression, Hudson wanted to get him down and blow him up. It was only considering the dragon's strong combat power that this tempting idea was finally extinguished.
It's easy to beat a dragon, but if you get entangled by a dragon afterwards, that's a big problem. Hudson didn't want to be a dragon slayer unless he had to.
"The northeast direction used to be my family's ancestral land, there should be some treasures, why don't you go over and take a look?"
Hudson said without changing his face.
Not lying, the ancestral land of the Coslow family, is indeed in the northeast.
It's just that now it has changed owners and has become the territory of the Loonard family. It just so happens that their base camp is also in the northeast.
At this time, fooling the dragon in the past, no matter how you look at it, there is a suspicion of deliberate revenge. But since it is destined to be an enemy, it is not polite.
didn't directly lead troops over to the Lockonard family's lair, that was Hudson's observance of the rules. The Lockonard family is not qualified to mention such a thing as killing people with a knife.
The Coslow family was killed by them. More than 300 family members of the ancestral land were all killed, and the blood feud between the two sides was continued.