Carl knew that Stephanie was definitely in big trouble, at least not as overwhelming as her messenger said, otherwise, Stephani would never use Sibeck as a bargaining chip in exchange for his help.

Sibek, that's a county! Although it is a county far away from the native county of the kingdom of Maika, to be precise, it is a large enough island, but it is also a real county, and the resources on the island are enough to raise a group of knights.

The kingdom of Den Maca is not big, and every count's leader of the kingdom of Maca is precious, and now Stephanie is willing to take it out.

"If I'm not mistaken, Sibeck is currently under Frida's control."

After the air was quiet for a long time, Karl said lightly.

"This is only temporary, as long as Her Majesty's army returns to Haken and captures Frida, the puppet king......"

"In other words, are you fooling me with something you don't control, a big pie?" Karl interrupted him directly, and tried to touch the cold sweat on his forehead, he only now realized that this heathen count was not easy to deal with at all.

But also, how could an earl who had relied on his own efforts to build a piece of land at a young age be the kind of child who was not deeply involved in the world?

"So I always say that as long as the war is won, you can ......"

"But everything you say is based on winning the war, and even after you have won the war, I don't know if you will keep your promise." Carl snorted coldly.

"Wikipedians never bother to lie, and we will keep our promises!" Hearing Karl's words, the messenger looked agitated, questioning their Wikipedianism's credibility.

"I have no intention of doubting you Wikipedians, and I believe that you are all people who keep their promises, but you also know that there are too many consequences to bear in a war, and there are too many things to consider, once something unexpected happens, then what the consequences will be, you and I can't imagine and can't bear it, I must have something to hold in my hands, something to see and touch, otherwise I can't explain to my subordinates, and I can't let those knights fight for me."

Karl sneered in his heart, to be honest, he was tempted by Sibeck, if he could really get that island, then his strength would be a qualitative leap, and even he could develop the navy, how important the navy was, he was clear, but unfortunately, his current territory was not close to the sea.

But no matter how tempting he was, he knew that it was just a big pie, and he had to make it possible to pick it up, not just look at it.

"So, my lord Earl, what do you think we should do?"

"I have a proposal here, I wonder if you're interested?" The corners of Carl's mouth rose slightly.

"Speak, please."

"I also know that you really can't take out Sibek at present, and I can't force you to hand it over to me now, and I, as a person, don't like to be painted, so I propose that I can unite with you, and I can send an army to help you, but correspondingly, you must first send troops to help me capture Sibek, and after I control Sibek, our army will once again converge and kill Haken!" Karl said with a smile.

"What? That's impossible! The envoy shook his head again and again, changing the strategic goal is a very important thing, the slightest mistake is likely to lead to the total loss of the war, and he does not dare to call the shots in such a matter.

"Impossible? Let's ask you to come up with a proposal that is acceptable to all of us. Karl sneered, then quietly half lay back in his chair.

"This ......" The envoy was stunned, he had never seen anything like this, where could he put forward a plan that was acceptable to everyone, he was a messenger not a staff officer, if you want to ask this kind of thing, go and ask Her Majesty.

"Since you can't come up with a plan that everyone is willing to, why don't you accept mine?" Carl seemed to eat him.

"I ...... I ......"

"Okay, the envoy has come from afar, he must be tired, why don't you go down and rest first, and we'll talk when you're rested, Brother Derian, my palace minister, please arrange it, prepare a good room for this envoy, I believe the envoy can quickly relax." Carl waved his hand, as if he were sending off a guest.

"Willing to serve you, my monarch." Brother Derian forced a smile, of course he knew what Karl meant, hang the other party for a while, then his queen's order and the uncertainty of the situation will definitely make this envoy confused, and it will be much easier to talk about things then.

After all, at this point, everyone understands that it is not Carl who is in a hurry, but Stephanie.

"Lord Earl, will we be asking too much?" After arranging the messenger, Brother Derian returned to the area.

"Excessive? No, no, no, we're not overdoing it, and I'm not wrong about one thing, if we do send troops, we're going to be under a lot of pressure and we're going to get what we deserve. Carl shook his head.

"But the Kingdom of Denmaka is in a civil war, without the support of the Kingdom of Denmaka, it is impossible for Fort Carmel to attack Dortmund, after all, we also have allies, and the chief of Fort Norma is enough to deter the other party, in this case, in fact, we have enough strength to support Stephanie, where do we get any pressure?" Brother Derian asked, puzzled.

"My palace minister, your vision is too narrow, we can't limit our eyes to Fort Carmel, or even to our Dildman territory."

"What do you mean......" Brother Derian pondered.

"After all, we are Dillmans, once we intervene in the civil war of the Denmaka Kingdom, then believe me, those Wikipedians will definitely be hostile to us, you must know that the territory of the Wikipedians is not only one Denmaka Kingdom, the other two kingdoms are also eyeing us, although their territory is very far away from us, but their attitude we can't ignore, so I said that if we really want to sign, then we will be under great pressure." Carl explained.

After Carl said this, Brother Derian suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, of course he knew that the other two kingdoms of the Wikipedians also had strong strength, although the national strength was not as good as the kingdom of Denmaila, but it was not much worse.

"In that case, why don't you just reject him, Lord Earl?" Brother Derian asked, the risk was too great, and he didn't have any idea of interfering at all.

"There's no other reason for Derian, the wealth is moving......" Carl sighed, at first he really planned to refuse, but when he heard the other party's conditions, he couldn't refuse at all.

"Lord Earl, greed is the temptation of the devil!" Brother Derian advised.

"But it is God's will to conquer the lands of the heathen!" Karl said nonchalantly that God always had flexible standards, and it all depended on what the needs of the person who wanted to use the doctrine were.

"Alright, Brother Derian, you go down and arrange the banquet first, believe me, I will be ready, I will not lead Dortmund into the abyss." Carl sat down slowly, his right hand on his chin, his eyes uncertain.

"Well, now that the Earl has decided." Brother Derian said helplessly, what Carl decided was something that ordinary people could not persuade, and he had no reason to persuade him.

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The wikimessenger walked around his room with an anxious face, it was the third day since he came here, and the Count of Dortmund had no intention of summoning him, whenever he took the initiative to mention that he wanted to have a good talk with the Count of Dortmund, the person arranged by the Count would always let him rest for a while, the gods were above, when he thought of the dangerous situation facing the country, how could he have the slightest desire to rest, he only wanted to see the Count immediately.

In fact, he was not the only one sent by Stephanie to find reinforcements, and Stephanie sent a team for almost all the targets that could be called for, but she and the messenger knew that only this one would send reinforcements.

Although I don't want to admit it, but the puppet king Frida has usurped the throne for some years, and Frida has made a lot of efforts over the years, the most important of which is to make other nobles and other kings recognize his position, and he has done very successfully in this regard, although many people may not recognize him, but they also tacitly believe that he is the king of the kingdom of Dengmi, before he perished, Stephanie was just a rebel, plus Stephanie was just a woman, although there was no such rule that an heiress could not be king, But the woman will still make many people feel dissatisfied, and when those guys bet on her, they will always hesitate because of this, if it were her two brothers, maybe the matter would have been settled long ago, but unfortunately, her two brothers would have been killed by Frida a long time ago.

"Messenger from the north, our Count wishes to see you." Just then, a guard came up to him and said.

The messenger perked up and hurriedly followed the guards.

"Honorable envoy, I wonder if what we have entertained you in the past two days has satisfied you?" Carl kept smiling, and he could clearly feel the restless heart of the other man.

"I'm very pleased with the Earl, but I think we should get down to business first." The messenger said respectfully.

"I'm still on that condition, as long as you are willing to accept it, then everything can be carried out." Karl said with a smile.

"Lord Earl, this is really difficult...... the messenger smiled bitterly.

"So what do you mean?"

"I wish I could write a letter to Her Majesty, but I can't call the shots."

"Of course it's no problem, just write it, and the man in black will bring it for you." Carl smiled, he was sure now that Stephanie's side was in more trouble than he thought.

"Thank you." The messenger said thank you, but in fact, he was about to scold Carl to the point of blood.

"You're welcome, that's what we're supposed to do." Karl still had the same smiling face, and the messenger clenched his fists, and finally let go weakly.