This was an extremely huge blow to the Northern Business Alliance. But compared to what the Northern Business Alliance had experienced.
What attracted the world's attention even more was that the elves left the Sacred Tree Forest? !
And the first thing he did was to launch an extremely high-profile war to annihilate a country
What is very funny is that the first ones to know about the elves' destruction of the Principality of Kormi were not the Northern Business Alliance itself, but Heather, Loran, the North and other large forces.
After most of their neighbors knew everything, the main members of the Northern Business Alliance were shocked to hear from their neighbors that the elves had actually declared war on them without declaring war!
Even the main reason they knew about this was not because their spies in neighbors sent it to them, but because the neighboring countries were busy asking you what you did
No one thought that the elves left the Sacred Tree Forest and attacked the Northern Business Alliance for their own reasons.
Everyone, even the Northern Business Alliance itself, suspected that one of their own had gone crazy.
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White Castle in the North on the other side.
An airship coming from afar was slowly docking at the White Castle's dock.
Mozo did not tell Gao Wen and others about his return, so naturally there was no one to greet them at the scene.
However, what surprised Mozo was that when he came down, he noticed that there seemed to be more soldiers in the city than before.
Moreover, the passers-by all looked hurried.
Especially in the dock, there are a lot of merchants and materials coming in and out with abnormal flow.
Mozo was stunned for a moment, then he grabbed a merchant, confirmed the Iron Bank badge on his chest, and asked with a smile:
"Dear friend, may I ask what happened?"
As he spoke, Mozo took out his platinum customer badge from his bosom. It was the badge that was given to him by the front desk after he sold a newly unearthed authentic painting of the Sun King to the Saint of the Iron Bank last time.
The other party, who was a little impatient at first, immediately rubbed his hands, bowed and smiled after seeing the platinum badge:
"Oh my, you are a distinguished platinum customer. Hello, dear sir. I am the leader of the Morris Caravan. What exactly do you want to ask?"
Mozo went straight to the point and said:
"I think the atmosphere in White Castle is not right. Is there going to be a war?"
This atmosphere and the obviously abnormal amount of supplies coming in and out could only make Mozo think of war.
But what surprised Mozo was that the other party said strangely:
"Don't you know? The elves attacked the Northern Business Alliance! Many small countries have been destroyed by the long-eared ones!"
“Huh?!”
Mozo was really shocked this time. The elves left the Sacred Tree Forest?!
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Wei Erdani also hurried forward and asked:
"Is it just the Northern Business Alliance? How's the situation over at the White Horse Defense Line?"
The elves were a powerful race. They had never left the Sacred Tree Forest on a large scale before, and the occasional departures were always small-scale operations.
This kind of direct destruction of a country has never happened before.
As a northerner, Verdani couldn't help but feel anxious.
After seeing Verdani's appearance, the businessman looked at Mozo with a little envy, thinking that she was indeed a platinum customer. What a beautiful lady!
To see what level a man is, many times you can tell the situation by looking at the women around him.
It's rude, but it works.
Because he was someone close to the platinum customer, the businessman said very seriously:
"There is no problem with the White Horse Defense Line in the North at the moment. At least we merchants haven't heard any news. But Lord Gawain is still sending more troops and supplies there. To be honest, there are three airships in my caravan that are carrying supplies to the White Horse Defense Line."
Hearing that there was no trouble in the North for the time being, Verdani and the two girls behind her breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that those idiots from the Northern Business Alliance must have done something terrible, which forced the elves to leave the forest.
But what kind of crazy things did these people do
Obviously, even though Loran had 'detained' the Sun King's Golden Legion, the elves did not explode like this.
Did they dig up the tomb of the Sun King
This sounds incredible, because putting aside the question of where the Sun King's tomb is, just digging up the royal tomb is something that even the evil gods would think twice before doing.
But considering that it was the group of people from the Merchant Alliance, it wouldn't be surprising. After all, it seems that there is only copper rust in their minds.
After asking a few more questions, Mozo bowed and thanked the merchant with concern.
The other party also bowed repeatedly in return and said that there was no need to do so.
After seeing off the merchant, Mozo and his companions hurried to the rooftop garden of the White Castle.
Here Gao Wen was discussing the deployment of defenses with his staff.
After feeling that the secret passage behind him had been opened, Gawain quickly gave a few instructions and asked his staff and officers to go down and rest first.
As soon as these people left, Mozo walked in through the side door with the girls.
"Gao Wenqing, what's going on with the Merchant Alliance?"
Looking at the young master in front of him, Gao Wen was not too anxious. He smiled and said with relief:
"Seeing you return safely is a rare piece of good news recently."
After that, Gawain took the map and pointed to the border between the Merchant Alliance and the Sacred Tree Forest for Mozo and said:
"The current situation is not a big problem for us, because judging by the temper of the elves, it is most likely that the people from the Merchant Alliance did something outrageous that led to such a large-scale invasion by the elves."
"Gnas also wrote to say that everything is fine on the White Horse defense line. The elves on the other side are not making any moves. Although it may be too early, I think it has nothing to do with us."
Because it was Gawain, an authoritative person, who said this, the girls were completely relieved. But Mozo couldn't. The North and Loran were fine, but the elves were still making trouble!
Mozo took the military map handed over by Gawain and looked at the advancement line on it and said with a little surprise:
"Are the elves advancing so quickly?"
On the map, the elves' icons occupied almost half of the eastern part of the Merchant Alliance.
Mozo knew that most of the people in the Merchant Alliance, especially those in the east, were useless, but he didn't expect that this group of people were so useless.
But what surprised Mozo even more was that Gawain also said in an incredible way:
"This is a map from half a day ago. Based on the elves' offensive and the Merchant Alliance's performance over the past two days, I estimate that the elves' vanguard troops can probably see Nuremberg by now."
"Nuremberg?!"
This time, the girls all exclaimed. Nuremberg is one of the largest cities in the eastern part of the Merchant Alliance, and is also the capital of the Principality of Nuremberg, a major member of the Merchant Alliance. Not far behind Nuremberg is the nominal political center of the Merchant Alliance - Florence!
And if they can reach Nuremberg, doesn't that mean that the eastern part of the Chamber of Commerce is about to fall
But the most interesting thing is that on this map, the elves are still quite far away from Nuremberg, but they can be pushed over in half a day...
Are the people in the Chamber of Commerce really that outrageous
So far, not many people think that the elves are too powerful, because in the eyes of many people, the Chamber of Commerce is just a group of greedy pigs.
The reason why we didn't attack them before was because the Merchant Alliance was surrounded by three major forces. If we attacked rashly, they would easily dive in and pull people in. And if we defended, it seemed that there would be no big problem.
Seeing how the Chamber of Commerce is collapsing, many people must have regretted not taking action before the elves.
Gao Wen also nodded and said:
"Yes, the elves have probably already reached the vicinity of Nuremberg. In this case, the eastern part of the Merchant Alliance will probably fall completely into the hands of the elves."
Miss Knight finally couldn't help but ask:
"Didn't the Merchant Alliance organize a counterattack and rush to help?"
So much land was taken away in just two days. It was really unbelievable for Miss Knight.
But Gao Wen said something even more incredible:
"Of course there were. From what we know so far, the Merchant Alliance organized three large-scale counterattacks or blocking attacks. But they all collapsed at the first touch, and even a few demigods died. As for the other city defense battles, there were countless of them. And they were all easily defeated. At least I didn't hear of any decent resistance."
When saying this, Gao Wen's expression was full of contempt. As a warrior, he really looked down on these trash from the Merchant Alliance.
Mozo took a quick look around and asked:
"Do you know the purpose of the elves?"
Gao Wen shook his head and said:
"It's still unclear. The long-eared people are still stubborn and unwilling to communicate with anyone. But the people of the Merchant Alliance insist that this is a shameful invasion, and have repeatedly told our neighboring countries that they have never done anything to the elves. They also begged us to send troops to support them."
"But to be honest, including me, almost no one believed it. So let alone sending troops to help, there was no one who even morally condemned the elves."
The reputation of the Chamber of Commerce is really bad...
Moreover, the results of this group of people's battles were really too bad. In just two days, they were beaten into this state by the elves who had not fought for who knows how many years. This really made people dare not invest strategically in them. At least no one would be stupid enough to help before the people of the Merchant Alliance made further concessions.
It was also because the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce was too bad. Even Mozo judged that it was probably the people of the Chamber of Commerce who did something unspeakable that caused the elves to go so crazy.
As he thought about it, Mozo's face turned strange. Could it be that the people from the Merchant Alliance really dug up his royal tomb? ?
Digging up the tombs of kings is indeed something that cannot be told, because it cannot be revealed whether that king still has a god who is willing to do anything for him.
After all, the dead king might not be scary, but what would the living kings, and the gods who have lost their kings but are still alive, think
Therefore, digging up the royal tombs is something that even evil gods and cultists would think twice about.
But it's hard to say for the business alliance whose only thought is money...
After shaking his head, Mozo asked again:
"What did Her Majesty say?"
In response to this question, Gao Wen coughed twice and said with a guilty conscience:
"Two of the three majesties expressed their willingness to wait and see what happens."
Two to one, Roland probably won't think of taking advantage of the opportunity to do anything.
Mozo didn't notice Gao Wen's subtle expression, but just quietly thought about what kind of chain reaction this incident would bring.
Gao Wen hesitated for a moment and then said:
"Do you want to go to the foggy city?"
It won't be exposed so soon, will it? Gao Wen, who had been waiting for Yong Ye to completely hide away in the palace and avoid seeing anyone, thought with a little regret.
He was thinking of waiting until the daylight was almost gone before he could say anything.
But what made Gao Wen overjoyed was that Mozo actually shook his head and said:
"Although the elves' spearheads are not directed at us, this is no reason to be careless. Gao Wenqing, please prepare yourself. I may have to go to the Merchant Alliance in the near future."
"That's a war zone over there!"
Gao Wen said a little panicked.
"I know, but there are some things I have to do myself."
Seeing that Gao Wen wanted to say something, Mozo suddenly laughed and said:
"Please rest assured, I will not go to the front line. I will act together with the people of the Iron Bank. The Iron Bank is an absolutely neutral existence, and the elves also recognize their specialness. There will be no big problem."
This made Gao Wen barely suppress the doubts in his heart.
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In the elves' occupied area, countless slaves, who were ragged and haggard but extremely fair-skinned, walked numbly to a large square under the guidance of the elves' puppets.
All around the square were huge, smoking ruins.
This was once one of the major cities in the eastern part of the Chamber of Commerce—Blackheart Castle.
It was also the hub city of the second large-scale defense line formed by the Merchant Alliance to deal with the invasion of the elves. However, in the face of the elves' overwhelming fleet, their defense line collapsed easily.
This once majestic city has completely turned into ruins.
The once high and mighty nobles were reduced to ashes along with their treasures and castles.
However, these slaves, who were trampled under the feet of the nobles and had to be constantly eaten, survived because they could not stop mining even during a war and stayed in the mines.