Winter 986 in the Arad calendar.

Gran Forest.

The originally verdant forest was reduced to a scorched earth in the devastating fire, and it was devastated by the war and the **** of iron hooves, but at this moment, with the first heavy snow in the Belmar Kingdom, everything here turned into a pure white color covered in silver.

As far as the eye can see, the snow flutters and flutters like goose feathers, gently draping the earth in a white veil. It is the middle of winter, but it gives people a sense of vitality, as if it will not be long before the tender green shoots will grow stubbornly again from under the heavy snow.

A year earlier, in the winter of 985, the Delos Empire had attempted to invade Belmar on a large scale, and the newly formed Falcon Regiment and the Imperial Expeditionary Force had been tug-of-war across the land.

Half a year ago, with the signs of the opening of Sky City, the strategic focus of the two sides gradually shifted to the west coast, and the war here became fragmented.

A month ago, when the battle in Faro Bay broke out and Sky City finally appeared on the sea, it became a place of complete silence, with each side guarding the fortress and confronting each other, but never taking a single step.

Until today.

The silence of the Gran Forest was broken once more.

A mighty convoy was moving rapidly on the widest military road in the forest.

The guards of this convoy were all knights in silver heavy armor, and several of the carriages were all dragged by eight thoroughbred horses, which were exquisitely decorated and graceful. At the front of the procession, a large golden banner was stretched out against the cold winter wind, embroidered not only with the coat of arms of the Delos Empire, but also with the unique emblem of the royal family.

This is the convoy of envoys of the Delos Empire.

And the two leading ones, of extremely high standard, are the two princes of the empire.

The second prince, Philipp Sgarth Heinrich.

and the fourth prince, Reinhardt Sgart Heinrich, who had several contacts with Midi.

They came here not to start another war, on the contrary, but to put an end to the fire and smoke between them and Belmar for several years.

They came for the covenant.

"I didn't expect that we, the Delos Empire, would have the day to conclude an alliance with Belmar. A voice of emotion, hidden with mixed emotions, sounded in the spacious and luxurious carriage.

The owner of the voice is a young man who is nearly thirty years old, with a square and dignified face, gentle but resolute eyes, combined with a tall figure and a straight posture, which makes people feel heroic.

It was the second prince of the Empire, Philipp Sgard Heinrich, Reinhardt's second brother. At the moment when the gifted sword saint Sodros was imprisoned for disobedience to his father, the second prince was the most promising heir to the throne, revealing a neutral and peaceful attitude in his words and deeds, which was indescribable and flawless.

Just like now, he is obviously dismissive of Belmar, but he will never say this attitude, lest he be regarded as an imprudent and immature handle in the future.

Reinhardt moved his lips, but said nothing.

Among the upper echelons of the Empire, he was the only one who had truly witnessed the strength of the awakened Midi Asrex. Only he understands that the other party is so strong that people can't have the idea of resisting at all.

In fact, on that day, when Midi descended from the sky in a triumphant manner, Reinhardt had indeed given up his resistance - his hole cards, to put it bluntly, were nothing more than two earth-shattering stone bombs left by Wiseman, the "hand of nightmares". And Midi is not even afraid of the self-explosion of the City Lord of Light, what kind of threat is that little thing?

But just when Reinhardt thought that Midi was going to cross the river and tear down the bridge and occupy Sky City for his own, Midi unexpectedly proposed another alliance between the two sides.

"If you want to say anything, because there are more powerful people like the Lord of Light above, so the human race should and must unite. At that time, Midi explained, and casually pointed to the sky above the Hanging City.

It is clear that the "Sword of Victory and Protection" no longer focuses on the strife on the Arad continent, but has set his sights on a higher place, to a more distant future.

What a boldness.

From this point, Reinhardt can assert that with his second brother's self-righteous imperial power, in front of that Midi Asrex, I am afraid that he will not be able to make any waves at all.

But why should I remind myself?

After all, the second brother is the main person in charge of the alliance this time, and he is just a collaborator, so it is better to watch a joke, maybe, by the way, he can loosen the foundation of the second brother, and maybe find a few more handles.

Thinking of this, Reinhardt chose to remain silent.

However, it was obvious that Philip was not satisfied with this attitude at all, and seeing that his fourth brother did not mean to answer, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

To know Lu Dao, in this battle of Sky City, although the two sides joined forces to defeat the City Lord of Light, everyone knows that the biggest winner in the end is Belmar, the Falcon Regiment. They came out on top, while the Imperial Army suffered heavy losses and had little to say.

Another fight, naturally, is impossible. But at the very least, when concluding the alliance, try to fight for the interests of the empire as much as possible, gain more influence, and find ways to hold the resources of the Awakened Lands in your hands.

As the person in charge of this alliance, Philip naturally wanted to do everything he could to create an advantage.

In the second prince's strategy, one of them is to let his fourth brother contain Midi and at least collect some information about the other party. However, it is clear that Reinhardt is not at all cooperative with this, and has always had this unactive attitude, which makes him quite annoyed.

Where did he know that Reinhardt didn't dare to provoke Midi at all, for fear that one would be accidentally destroyed by the killing god, and even the body could not be found.

However, even if Reinhardt grinds foreigners, Philip has other hole cards.

For example, a true Perfect Awakened.

That's right, now the empire also has a perfect awakener, because after the dust settled in the battle of Hanging City, Midi immediately opened Sky City, allowing everyone to enter the Star Mountain to awaken. Whether it is an adventurer from Belmar, a soldier of the Empire, a qigong master of the Void Ancestor, or others, as long as they are qualified to come in and abide by the rules and order he has established, they will have the opportunity to come into contact with those precious Awakening Stone Crystals.

Naturally, it was impossible for the Delos Empire to let go of such a great opportunity.

In just one month, they have awakened nearly 100 strong people, and among them, there is a perfect awakener.

In this way, in Philip's opinion, the advantage of Midi's first awakening is gone, and in the next covenant negotiations, with these awakened people, the empire will have the confidence to get more benefits!

This is his biggest hole card, in the final analysis, only strength is king, this is the consensus of the empire, and today, he wants to use this strong force to completely gain the upper hand.

"That Midi Asrex, although he is a victorious general on the battlefield, is still too young politically after all. If it were me, I wouldn't have opened the Hanging City immediately, let alone allowed the other party to use the stone crystal to awaken, at least until the end of this covenant. Philip took a sip of the wine and made the final comment.

It's just that when he finally stood face to face in front of Midi, the second prince realized that his judgment was wrong, and it was very wrong.

In order to avoid any thoughts on the part of the empire when it came to concluding the alliance, Midi did three things.

First, in the previous month, he asked Fina and Alice to quietly go to the Seventeen Rocks of the Azure Palace once and use the Dragon's Blood White Crystal Pool to awaken. And the Queen of Magic Bullets and the Witch of the Mist have successfully achieved transcendent awakening, just as Midi thought.

In the second, he took Alice to the scene of the contract between the two parties.

In the third, together with Alice, he unleashed the dragon power obtained after the transcendent awakening.

The moment Long Wei released it, everyone felt an irresistible shock, and fear could not be suppressed from their hearts, even the perfect awakened person of the empire who used to increase his confidence, when facing Midi's eyes as black as stars, when he felt the cold breath of the Witch of Mist, he was also in a cold sweat, and he could only stand with his head down and stand like a puppet.

Only the dragons can not be affected by the dragon.

Therefore, during this contract, Midi deliberately did not dispatch the warriors of the Hayabusa Regiment, but completely used the Dragonmen to maintain order.

And the most embarrassing result was that the imperial side all bowed their heads and sweated profusely, did not dare to raise their heads, and even trembled their legs, and several bureaucrats of low rank fainted directly. On the other hand, Belmar held their heads high and watched the show.

At this point, the second prince, who always thought that he knew everything about the emperor, finally understood.

Midi Asrex is not a perfect awakener.

His strength has long surpassed the scope of perfect awakening.

Not only that, but the equally powerful aura emanating from Alice, the Witch of the Mist, made the Empire understand one thing - there is not just one Belmar who is as strong as Midi, but three!

After all, since both the Sword of Victory and Guardianship and the Witch of Mist have reached such an admirable realm, how could that "Magic Bullet Queen" be pulled down?

In fact, originally in Midi's ideal, the iron triangle of the Falcon group gathered together, and the three transcendent awakened people released the dragon power together, which would undoubtedly be more shocking.

Unfortunately, now that Fina is the queen, she can go out in private at will, but she needs to be cautious in public. Unless the "Sword Emperor" Yu Lun of the empire was present in person, it would be impossible for Fina of the same level to appear at the contract site. Receiving the prince as the queen is tantamount to surrendering her identity.

However, with Alice's help, it was enough.

Two powerhouses who have transcended the perfect awakening, and one that echoes each other from afar on the throne, this extremely luxurious lineup is enough to seal anyone's mind.

Even if the other party is the prince of the Delos Empire, this is the case.

With Philip reluctantly stamping the royal coat of arms of the Delos Empire on the covenant, Belmar's alliance with Delos was officially established.

And in the future, the Void Ancestor in the East, the Bantu in the North, etc., large and small countries, will also join this alliance one after another under Midi's plan.

One day, this alliance of interests formed to carve up the Land of Awakening will be transformed into a common alliance for the entire Arad continent, a common barrier for mankind.

"What are you going to do next?" a voice as crisp as a silver bell rang in Midi's ears.

A dark-haired woman asked as she quietly looked at the most important man in her mind.

And not just because she wanted to ask, but because of their shared decision.

"What's next?" Midi looked up, looked at the blue sky, and gestured.

"Let's go to a higher place and see the better view. ”

He said this, with a confident smile.

【Sword of Arad Vol. 3 Sky City】

[To be continued]