Chapter 1 Truce
After the Ironwing Castle incident, Leah fell into a coma again due to overuse of her powers. And the rebels and the Holy Cult did not let go of this opportunity, and the army was approaching one after another, heading directly for the city of Randall.
Isabella opened the gates of the treasury though, took out the long-dormant treasure inside, and made a new colossus. However, without teleportation magic and chants, this would not be decisive. After all, the Holy Sect also has an existence called the Wheel of Divine Might.
Just when the war was in despair, unexpected reinforcements arrived!
"Lord Leah and Princess Isabella are the benefactors of the elves! Randall's enemies are the enemies of the elves!"
The half-dragon girl rode the dragon Babafen and led the elven archers to the battlefield. Originally the mount of the Great Sage, the red dragon stayed in the Elven Forest to care for Alice, the child of the dragon Garella, who he thought was still young.
Now, as he roars and spreads terror on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Church flee from the news, only to be targeted by Alice and the elven archers' longbows.
"Sorry, our support is late. ”
Alice looked at the princess and said apologetically.
After the departure of the gods, the Elven Forest regained its former prosperity, but it could not make up for what was lost in that war - a large number of elves mutinied, a large number of elves died in battle, the remaining druids had to choose new leaders, the wind priests agreed on how to serve Silph, the old tree people died in battle, new saplings needed to be cared for, and there were even more countries that wanted to do something while the elves were weak. Although Isabella sent a letter asking for help early on, the elves really couldn't spare their hands.
"No, if you want me to say you're here, it's just in time. Welcome to the kingdom of Randall, brave elves. ”
Isabella smiled. She saw the dawn of victory.
However, this was only the beginning of the counterattack - and soon, Mage City was also dispatched. Hanufain, who initially refused to participate in the civil war in the kingdom, heard about the appearance of the Chaos Demon. Led the troops to Randall.
With the addition of three humanoid self-propelled nuclear weapons, the Great Sage, Eve and Sylph, the war ended at lightning speed.
January 17, 930 in Randall's new calendar, it was a new year, and for Randall, it was also the year of the complete expulsion of the Salman Holy Church from the border.
The princess completes the restoration, and the griffin flag flutters in the wind over Randall's territory.
Despite recovering the land, Germain, as the culprit, fled to the Holy Church to seek political asylum.
And so came the beginning of revenge.
Yes. It was supposed to be like this.
However, the Elves' assistance to Randall was limited to recovering the lost land, and they refused to help Randall invade the other party's territory due to their peace-loving nature.
The Great Sage did not have the emotions to attack the Salman Holy Sect, in her opinion, these two countries were the leading powers of mankind, and whoever was destroyed would be an immeasurable loss to face Yuhime in the future.
For both countries themselves, the impact of the war was enormous – civilians began to shrink their diets, soldiers were demoralized, and even the treasury was empty. Under the long war, all people are looking forward to peace. So the war shifted from the battlefield to the negotiating table.
There are two main elements of the negotiations - the Holy Church must pay reparations. And hand over the money that Germain had taken and himself. However, there is a big problem with this.
First of all, Germain stated that he had the right to move the money from the treasury as a king, but the team in charge of the transportation was attacked by unknown people, resulting in the whereabouts of the money being missing.
It sounds like. However, there is evidence that on the outskirts of southern Randall, the caravan transporting gold coins has been plundered by a mysterious cult that manipulates strange beasts.
Then a familiar name appeared in front of everyone's eyes - the Chimera Order. Combined with the information in the hands of the great sage. It is indeed possible that Kashadra came to Randall and took the treasure with him.
The princess had suspected that Germaine had colluded with the Chimera, but it was a pity. Considering the peculiarities of the Chimera Order, this accusation can be put on the line to the point of violating the first taboo. Without sufficient evidence, it cannot be said casually.
As a result, the Holy Church refused to hand over Jemain, and they paid less than half of the money.
So the negotiations were deadlocked, and they were falling apart. Finally, it was the final day.
"I can't accept your conditions, these traitors don't deserve asylum. ”
As a representative of the kingdom, the princess made a solemn statement.
"King Germain Bartley is the Pope's personal appointee, the spokesman of the kingdom of Randall, and according to the doctrine, he is the rightful king of Randall, and we have an obligation to protect him from being persecuted by you heretics. ”
Marybell, as the representative of the Holy Sect, shook her head.
"Enough, don't mention any more doctrines, we've been debating theology for days, and you're the real heretics to tell me, you're the real heretics.
Give me a clear answer, Miss Heresy, whether to hand over Jermain, or to continue the war.
Declare in advance that even without the help of the Elves and Mage City, you have no chance of winning. ”
Isabella shot back.
"It is a pity that I choose to refuse, my country will not hand over Germain Bartley, and we will not fear any enemy. ”
Maribel shook her head, but there was a hint of bitterness in her eyes.
In fact, it is not Randall who wants peace the most, but the Holy Cult, and anyone can see that when Leah Farren recovers her health, and when Teleportation and Hymn are put into battle, the Holy Cult will definitely be in a disadvantageous position.
[Those damned monks!They're the real heretics!For the sake of money, they don't care about the life or death of the country!]
Maribel was tempted to smash the wheel of Kamui on the Pope's head, but now she had to follow the orders of the man who had been dazzled by money, and come here to negotiate with the other party, and the bottom line was - never hand over Germain.
"Yes. Then it is a pity that, as Randall's princess, I have to declare that the war with your country will continue. ”
The princess shook her head. In fact, she also did not want to continue the war, but she did not want to do it - and now there is a lot of opposition in the country, because the leader of the rebel party has not been dealt with and is still at large. If this problem is not solved, the prestige of the royal family will be questioned.
"Ah, I'm sorry too, then let the war continue, until the last heretic is burned at the stake, and the gray rabbit will continue to fight. ”
Maribel also shook her head, but her heart was extremely bitter, the enemy was a hard bone, and if she continued to fight like this, no matter whether she won or lost, the Holy Sect would fall from the status of a top power.
Just as the two stood up, their eyes colliding with each other and sparks erupted, there was a commotion outside the door.
"If you want to rebel against the leader of the party, then take me away. ”
Entering was an old man, Bishop Albin Bartley.
"It's you!?"
Maribel frowned, she knew the old man, and she scoffed at it when Arbin followed Germain to seek political asylum. Today, however......
"That's right, it's me. Aren't Arman and I the initiators of the rebellion more than Jermain?"
The old man asked with a smile.
"Ah, that's right...... If it's you......"
The princess sitting at the negotiating table was rational, and she understood that the old man was now more suitable than Germain to sacrifice the banner - as the initiator of the rebellion, Arman was dead, and if he brought back Arbin, then I believe no one would say anything more.
"Our country agrees to extradite Bishop Albin, and if your country agrees, on this basis, the compensation may be negotiated again. ”
Maribel accurately grasped the hesitation on the other party's face, and she made a rational concession and offered to increase the amount of compensation.
Although the Bishop of Albin was also within the scope of Germain's proposed protection, since he himself had stepped forward, the cunning man must have nothing to say.
[Could it be...... This man's only purpose in coming to the Holy Church is to make himself a pawn in peace talks?]
For a moment, this strange thought popped into Maribel's mind.
"Okay...... My country agrees to your request. ”
In the end, Isabella sensibly agreed. While it's a shame that Germain wasn't caught, the kingdom shouldn't continue to stay in the meat grinder called War.
And if you think about it, it wouldn't be a good thing to throw that cunning man to the Holy Church.
[Alright, alright, just let me see how you turn the Holy Cult upside down, bastard. 】
After negotiating a reparation that would satisfy her, the princess signed a truce with Maribel with a malicious thought. (To be continued......)
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