Soon after, representatives of the humans and spirits began negotiations on the specifics of cooperation.

The meeting was attended by the Forbidden Army, the State Religion, the Astral Army, the Reaper Army, the Harlequin Troupe, the Ark Spirit Clan, and the Phoenix Lord.

The negotiations were made possible thanks to the foreshadowing that Killiman and Wei Mu had done in advance.

Otherwise, with this group of pointy-eared bean sprouts who like to look at people with their nostrils and want to capitalize the word "arrogance" on their faces, even if they know that cooperation is beneficial to both parties, they will choose to die to save face and suffer the crime alone.

Leontus can actually understand this mentality of the Spirit Race.

After all, the other party was once the biggest winner of the Battle of Heaven, the overlord who has ruled the galaxy for 60 million years, but now he has become a ruined family on the verge of extinction and struggling to survive.

And the group of "monkeys" who were still playing with burning sticks on the trees took their place and became the authority of the galaxy now.

Not to mention the exchange of identities between the two sides, if the Spirit Clan wants to solve the current existential crisis, they actually have to ask for the help of this group of "monkeys" they despise.

Being able to negotiate things calmly is already the result of the sprouts' ability to bend and stretch.

To put it another way, if human beings one day become like the Spirit Race, not only fall from the throne because of their own stupidity, but also have to seek help from the Titanium Empire in order to survive, it is estimated that many people's mentality will also feel broken.

The negotiations began with the two sides reporting each other's forces.

On the Elven side, more than twenty Ark Worlds, Harlequin Troupes, and most of the living forces of the Reaper Army were gathered, forming an army with a total number of nearly one million people.

For the sparsely populated and slow-growing Ada, such a large force would have almost drained their families, and if there was a major mistake in the war, their entire race would be severely damaged and completely deprived of the possibility of revival.

But the soldiers who are victorious in the Spirit Race are all elites, and the veterans among them are comparable to the company captains of the Space Marines, plus they are well-armed, and they are all very good at playing with psionic energy, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is still quite terrifying.

If you don't fight fiercely, you will have to die silently.

The elders, who have not yet lost their fighting spirit in decadence, are a tenacious manifestation of their unwillingness to succumb to fate.

The Imperial side directly took out a billion heads and twenty space war groups, and even the forbidden army also transferred a hundred people to serve as the commanders of various mortal troops.

This is a very large force, and it is fully capable of launching a large expedition.

If the Spirit Race uses the control of the network as its source of confidence, then the empire relies on hard power that can turn the table at any time and can resist risks.

Cooperation is a matter that requires not only common interests and sincerity, but also the means to punish the other party when it breaks the contract, and only such a cooperative relationship can be considered strong.

"The Empire will try to cooperate with your actions as much as possible, but if our casualties exceed half, we may withdraw from the battle sequence."

At the long conference table, everyone sat down, and Leontus took the lead in giving his own bottom line.

The cooperation between the two sides is only because of the same interests, and it has not yet reached the point of pouring out their hearts and lungs for each other, let alone dying for each other's generosity.

This is well known to all of you.

No one can predict in what direction the next war will develop, and it is better to make it clear as soon as possible than to hide and talk about it when the time comes.

"Reasonable request, Sun Lord, if the battle is unfavorable, we will also leave enough personnel to provide network guidance for your troops." Directly across from him, the leader of the Reaper's Army, Evelene, the Daughter of Shadows, spoke.

As the saying goes: it is better to ask for others than for yourself, not to mention this group of arrogant bean sprouts.

They didn't expect much from the Human Empire from the beginning, and there were even many Spirit Races who directly disdained to cooperate with this group of "monkeys".

It was Evelene's suggestion that "the casualties of their fellow citizens could be reduced with the help of human power" that convinced the diehards.

"In order to ensure the logistical supply of the army, we should also establish some strongholds in the network." Leontus continued.

As soon as these words came out, many Spirit Clan Lords frowned.

They knew that humanity didn't have the skills to build long-term settlements within the network, and that the technology in that part would have to rely on them.

In other words, this group of "monkeys" wants to take advantage of this opportunity to take root in the network with the help of their strength.

As the inheritors of the ancient saints, the Spirit Clan naturally hoped that the safe and convenient thing of the network could only be used by them.

But since the fall of the Spirit Race, their ability to control the network has become weaker and weaker, and now it has been broken into by a lot of dirty things, so that even they have to be careful when walking in it, for fear of being detected by those malicious beings.

They have long since ceased to be seen as masters of the network, and have not been able to make good use of this ancient sacred heritage, and the situation can be improved by the proper participation of humans.

Moreover, given the current situation, Leontus' request was reasonable, and they could not find a reason to refuse—they could not go to attack the Nurgle Gardens with only supplies with them.

After some internal discussions, the Spirit Clan gave the result: "Yes, but the number and location of the strongholds are jointly planned by both parties, and the resources are provided by you." ”

In order to save their own gods, it is still within the tolerable range of the elves to give up a few inconsequential network lines to the empire.

"No problem, please make the corresponding list as soon as possible and forward it to our Ministry of Finance." The Sun Lord nodded.

With the first route, sooner or later there will be a second.

The Internet is a good thing, human beings should go in more often, and after a long time, they will naturally be able to find out the direction in it.

"In addition, on the issue of military coordination, I suggest that the two sides only send advisers to each other for high-level communication, and large forces are not suitable for integration." Evelene reminded.

"As things stand, it's true that our forces on both sides can't get too close, so effective mechanisms must be put in place to prevent accidental injuries, especially when shelling and bombardment are carried out." Leontus agreed.

"And then there's the victory in the war, and we can't guarantee that Aisha will heal your emperor, because we can't ask for our own gods, everything depends on the will of the goddess herself. Despite this, Aisha is a benevolent goddess. Even in his own captivity, He still cared for the many intelligent beings of the mortal world, secretly telling them the cure for Nurgle's disease. It is believed that after being saved, He will repay the good deeds of His people. Evelene began.

If there is any completely positive and glorious image in the Warhammer universe, Aisha, the goddess of life of the Spirit Race, can be counted as one.

His liberation is an absolute blessing to all beings.

"Maybe"

Leontus didn't know anything about the gods, and he always felt that it was mysterious and unreal.

In his opinion, striking hard at the forces of chaos and attracting the attention of the Maelstrom Expeditionary Force should be the greatest result that the Imperial side of this operation can achieve.

"Our emperor is also a pure and upright god, and he hates treachery." At this moment, Walkma, as the representative of the state religion, suddenly spoke, "He is powerful, He is intelligent, He is powerful, He controls millions of worlds, He is jealous and hateful, He is the mortal enemy of Chaos—there is no more perfect existence in the whole universe than Him!" ”

The representatives of the Spirit Clan cast puzzled glances at the Great Grandmaster, and for a while they didn't understand why the other party was saying this.

Is this fanatical religious "monkey" planning to take advantage of the opportunity to preach to them? Or do you want to use the power of the emperor to warn them not to break the covenant?

Or is he just reflexively trying to praise his own gods and compare them with their goddesses?

At this time, the representatives of the Spirit Race did not know the grand ambition of the state religion for the time being.

(End of chapter)