It is already night.
In the spacious meeting room, Elfa and Ron sat face to face, and Elfa quietly looked at Ron with a smile in his eyes.
In the center of the meeting room was a huge map of Ebia, which took up an entire wall. Because of its size, it was very clear, and Ron couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
"Your name is Ron, right? I've heard of you!" After being speechless for a long time, Alpha finally said.
"Have you heard of me?" Ron raised his head, a little stunned. This special envoy representing His Majesty Nicholas, the high-ranking minister of the empire, Mr. Alpha, has heard of me
"You and Princess Angel are very good friends, so I've heard of you!" Elfa smiled and said, "Not to mention Princess Angel, even His Majesty Nicholas admires you a lot..."
"Your Majesty Nicholas also..." Ron was a little moved, and when he was about to say something, a red shadow flickered in the meeting room, but it was Juliana who arrived.
Juliana was still following Catherine. Catherine's eyes were red, as if she had just cried. She raised her head slightly, glanced at Ron, and then lowered her head again.
"Miss!"
"Miss!"
Alpha, Ron, and Vivian stood up one after another. Among them, Alpha took off his hat and performed a standard noble salute.
"We're all on our own, why are you being polite? Sit down!" Julianna smiled and waved her hand, and sat down in the middle seat. "Sorry, I'm late!"
After crying for a while, the two sides began to get down to business.
Elfa stood up first and said, "Miss, this is how our empire considers the matter of opening up the material channel..."
"Material access?" Ron's heart moved, and he became interested in this matter.
"Master Special Envoy, tell me!" Juliana said with a flat face.
Elfa stood up, walked quickly to the edge of the map, and said vigorously, "Miss, according to the deduction of our country's military experts, I think that the first thing your army needs to do now is to occupy this place—"
Talking and pointing to a piece of the map, "Here... and here..."
"This is the City of Twilight, the City of Dawn, it can connect Manchester, and the Colored Stone Fort, especially the Colored Stone Fort, this location must be opened, as long as this material is opened, the materials aided by our Roland Empire will arrive in an endless stream In the hands of your Ebian rebels..."
"These supplies include food, weapons, and even... soldiers..." When Alpha said "soldiers", he paused obviously to observe Juliana's reaction.
Juliana still looked calm, but in fact, she understood very well in her heart.
"Think about it! With the access to material resources and the Roland Empire, you Ebia have no hope of restoring your country..." Alpha said seductively, making Juliana's heart twitch.
Seeing Alpha's hand fall on the position of the Colored Stone Fortress, Juliana sighed slightly in her heart. This Colored Stone Fortress was originally a fortress for the Kingdom of Ebia to resist the Roland Empire, but now it has become an important source of aid for the Roland Empire. City, this cannot but be said to be an irony.
There is no eternal interest between countries. Juliana knows this well. Although they have a common enemy, the Holy Roman Empire, how can the aid of the Roland Empire be so easy to get? Once the material channel is opened, the entire Ethiopian rebel army will be under the control of the Roland Empire. The future may be easier, but the unification of the Ethiopian kingdom will be far away.
The reason is very simple. The Roland Empire only hopes to use the Ebian Rebel Army to disgust the Holy Roman Empire in exchange for some political benefits. It is not really for the revival of the Ebian Kingdom. Thought, the first one not to let her go was the Roland Empire.
From this point of view, His Majesty Nicholas of the Roland Empire is worthy of being a political master.
After finishing speaking, Alpha asked, "Miss, what do you think?".
Is this aid needed or not? Juliana was caught in a dilemma, but her face remained calm.
As a pawn, it is indeed a kind of sadness.
Ron fell on the map with Alpha's hand, Manchester, Twilight City, Dawn City and Colored Stone Fort were completely connected, and the territory of the Ebian Rebels expanded many times at once. No matter from which point of view, it is beneficial to Juliana, but he also knows that there are often more complicated factors behind things that seem to have huge benefits.
Ron doesn't understand politics and doesn't want to.
After Elfa finished speaking, he smiled and sat back on his chair, picked up the tea and took a sip, took a deep breath and said, "This tea is good!" After finishing speaking, he stopped talking and waited quietly for Zhu Liana's decision, this is also his mission as the special envoy of the Roland Empire.
After being silent for a while, Juliana finally spoke, "Master Special Envoy, I am very grateful for the help that the Roland Empire has brought us, but you also know that our Ebian rebel army has been besieged and suppressed by the Holy Roman Empire for years, and our strength has been greatly damaged. There is no strength to regain these places... "
Elfa smiled, "Miss, you also know that our empire cannot openly intervene in your struggle with the Holy Roman Empire, everything can only be done secretly, if those places are under the control of the Holy Roman Empire, our Aid will be greatly discounted…”
Juliana fell silent. It's not that she doesn't know how important a smooth material passage under her control is.
"Miss, you have to know that in addition to showing sincerity, the most important thing in our cooperation is strength..."
Speaking of this, Elfha paused, took a sip of tea, and continued, "Miss, let me make it clear. Although the aid is free, the empire's money is not blown by the wind, let alone some things Money can't buy it...”
"If you want to cooperate with the empire, you must have the corresponding strength. Opening up the material channel with your own strength is the proof of your strength. Although I, as the special envoy of the empire, have a certain friendship with you, Miss, if the empire's money beats you If it's in vain, I'm going to court-martial..."
Although Alpha's voice is not high, but every sentence hits Juliana's heart, making her feel out of breath. Opening up the material channel is easy to say, but if you want to attack several important cities, then It was not so easy to do it anymore, she wanted to fight hard, but she didn't have much confidence in her heart.
As if seeing Juliana's embarrassment, Alpha bowed lightly, "Miss, you should think about this matter carefully!"
Juliana nodded expressionlessly, "Come on, take the special envoy down to rest!"
After Alpha left, Ron also stood up, "Miss, I'm leaving first!" He was in a hurry to meet his students and explain the matter.
Finally recruiting students, Ron was a little excited. Homelin asked him to rebuild the Scourge Church and restore the glory of undead magic is no longer in the foreseeable future. As long as the students are trained well, it will lay a solid foundation for the Scourge Church.
"Ron, I need your help!" Juliana sighed softly. Although she didn't want to say it, she still said it. From her character, she didn't like to ask for help, but now she had to.
Ron stood still abruptly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm sorry, miss, I'm a teacher, so I'm afraid I can't help you!"
"You can do it!" Julianna raised her head and said with a smile, "Catherine told me that the strength you showed is just the tip of the iceberg, and you still have a corpse puppet of a strong man in the sanctuary, although it It's not as powerful as the real Sanctuary powerhouse, but it has a domain... "
"Really?" Ron asked back, his eyes swept across Catherine, Catherine lowered her head without saying a word, biting her lips tightly, avoiding Ron's sword-like gaze.
"I reject!"
Moving his lips, Ron finally said the words of refusal. He knew that once he was tied to the chariot of the Ebian Rebel Army, he would have endless troubles. Although Ron was not afraid of troubles, this was already Contrary to his original intention.
Although he is a very good friend with Catherine, he still has no obligation to dedicate everything to her.
After Ron finished speaking, he immediately turned his head and strode away, ignoring the two of them again. His heart was extremely heavy, and he was completely disappointed in Catherine.
Vivien also stood up and gave Catherine a hard look. Catherine just sat there without looking up.
As if she had expected Ron's reaction, Juliana leaned lazily on the back of the chair, her eyes were blurred, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Ron, you should think more about your students..."
"what?"
The sound was not loud, but it sounded like light thunder in Ron's ears. He stood still suddenly and turned his head back in astonishment.
"What did you say?" Ron asked, staring closely at Juliana's eyes, and the intense anger in his eyes couldn't be contained.
Juliana didn't care so much anymore, she stood up and stared at Ron unflinchingly, "I said, this is an exchange, you either help me or go alone, those who want to learn from you Children of undead magic, don't even try to take any of them away!"
"It doesn't matter what you say!" Ron couldn't bear it anymore, he almost roared, "They are my students..."
"But they are my people!" Juliana said sharply without giving an inch, "I have the right to decide everything about them!"
Ron's chest rose and fell sharply, and he clenched his fists angrily.
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Julianna softened her tone, "Ron, I don't want to embarrass you, I just want you to do me a favor. Maybe my request is a bit too much, but I can't help it. You belong to Catherine. My friend, I hope you can understand me more!"
As she spoke, she stretched out a finger, "The material channel, I just ask you to help me open the material channel, capture the two big cities of Twilight and Dawn, connect the colorful stone fort, and let us solve the other small towns..."
"I believe that your skeleton army can bring us a huge surprise..."
Juliana finally spoke out about her purpose.
Without a word, Ron turned and walked away, ignoring Juliana's anxious calls.