But she quickly adjusted herself. After flipping through the documents on the table, she handed one to Yang Hao:
"Well, let's get to the point. Your Majesty Yang Hao, we in Ishugard are willing to sign a commercial alliance and treaty with Caparia on the premise that you stay in the elven kingdom of Caparia. Not only that, we are also happy to have a deeper "technical exchange" cooperation with you... What do you think?"
It has to be said that the Isgardians are indeed strong opponents.
Seeing that "flattery" doesn't work, do you choose "differentiation"
Yang Hao could see that when Nia said in a stern tone, "On the premise that you stay in the elven kingdom of Caparia," a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in the eyes of the elves beside him.
Although he didn't know whether the elves were dissatisfied with him or the black dragon, he could assume that the opponent's division strategy had achieved some results. However, technical exchange and cooperation...
What kind of empty-handed trick is this? If you believe that I will be a free man in the future, then this so-called technical exchange is basically you taking things from me without giving me the opportunity to take things from you
Are you really planning to let me work for you
Yang Hao was thinking in his mind, if it was when he and Theresa were running around, it would be fine, but he had already received so much favor from the elves, he couldn't be ungrateful, right
As a human being, we are not afraid of having no conscience or being insane, but the thing we are most afraid of is being ungrateful.
Yang Hao is not an ungrateful person. So -
"If that's the case, please rest assured, Ishgard. I am the regent of the elves. If nothing unexpected happens, my wife and I will live in the capital of the elves. Ms. Nia, you might as well take Japariya as my nationality."
Yang Hao's light words not only made the eyelids of the Ishgard advance team members twitch, but also made the elves feel refreshed.
Black Dragon just looked at Yang Hao meaningfully, and then asked tentatively:
"Should I congratulate Priscilla, the Witch of the Night?"
"No, don't congratulate her. She is doing well in Roman, and my wife is another."
"I see..."
Extremely complicated emotions surged in Nia's heart.
In fact, she had already made preparations for the Regent to reside permanently in the Elf Kingdom—but she still held a glimmer of fantasy in her heart.
If the Regent's lover, the witch with the honorific title of Night Witch, who would pose a huge threat to the Ishugard landing troops on the sandbox, would go with him, then the Roman Empire would become a handful of sand that could be manipulated by anyone.
But—Pulixula didn’t leave with him? No…Pulixula didn’t leave with him, so who is Yang Hao’s wife now
Nia recalled that there seemed to be another important figure in the Roman Empire who was also a threat to Isgard—
But considering that there are not many "priests" in Ishgard, and even if there are, they have no ability, Ishgard only regards her as a person with "charisma".
That was Cecilia, the Saint of the Church of Light. Even in Drake Harbor, which was supposed to be a military and commercial restricted area, one could see rumors praising the Saint. It was said that she lived in the far north of the Roman Empire, far away from the southern ports.
In such a situation, there are people praising her deeds, which shows how great her influence is among the people.
If she followed Yang Hao and left, then the Roman Empire would lose an arm in addition to its head, which was acceptable.
"Then, should I congratulate Miss Cecilia?" Nia asked tentatively again.
In response, Yang Hao just showed a weird expression: "I don't know whether to praise Ishugard's intelligence organization or laugh at it. If you have really entered the Roman Empire, you should know that she has locked herself in the underground temple for several years."
"ah?"
Neither a witch nor a saint.
Then who is your wife
Nia felt sweat pouring down her forehead. She drank some water to calm herself down, and then she looked at the elf guards beside Yang Hao and asked again tentatively:
"Or should I congratulate the Queen of Elves?"
…
Now, not only Yang Hao, but even the elf's expression changed.
The former looked confused and wanted to laugh but couldn't, while the latter was extremely weird... There were no words to describe the helplessness and sigh.
What's going on
Not the Witch of Night, not the Saint of the Church of Light, and not the Queen of your Elf Kingdom
So who is your wife
It can't be the village girl who was my childhood sweetheart, right
Nia was quite embarrassed.
Yang Hao coughed twice, indicating that the topic should be put aside.
Then they got down to business - since Yang Hao had already made it clear that he would stay in Caparia in the future, the contract with Ishugard was simply changed from "signed with Yang Hao" to "signed with the Elf Kingdom."
Although the contract was still signed by Yang Hao, the meaning behind it was very different. Judging from the results, they had now reached the point where they were trying their best to negotiate for a few decimal places on the contract.
Nia was really annoyed - this was her first real confrontation with Yang Hao. No matter how she tried to gain hidden benefits, he would expose her.
This made her very frustrated, and also made her realize more clearly that she was a "researcher" rather than a "diplomat."
She had no choice but to confirm one of her necessary conditions: "Considering that I am the only person who can communicate with Ishugard over a long distance and who is still stationed on the continent of Elucia... So I have to stay in the Elven Kingdom as a "special envoy" to facilitate communication between the two countries."
"What about your port? Aren't you worried that something might happen there and it won't be dealt with in time?"
"Although I am the only one who can handle extremely long-distance communications, please don't worry about short-distance communications..."
"Then regarding the obligations that black dragons need to abide by in the Elven Kingdom..."
"obligation?!"
Nia looked at Yang Hao in astonishment: You want me, an Ishgardian, to fulfill the obligations of the Elf Kingdom
Yang Hao showed an extremely innocent expression: "The elves attach great importance to etiquette and tradition. The complexity of these aspects is like an "obligation" to outsiders - only those who respect their etiquette and traditions are qualified to stay in the Elf Forest, so it is reasonable for me to call it an "obligation."
"Please explain these things in advance... In short, if it's just to respect tradition and etiquette, I will do my best to fulfill it... If everything is fine, can you please sign it?"
"Not yet. We should talk about tariffs on commercial exchanges..."
…
Nia had to admit that Yang Hao was very, very, very difficult to deal with.
"Tariffs" - has he even considered this aspect
Black Dragon smiled bitterly in his heart: After all, dumping a large amount of cheap products to the colonies to plunder resources and restrict the development of the other party is also a strategy in Ishugard's plan... And dumping a large amount of products in neighboring countries is also a normal business competition...
But she didn't expect that Yang Hao actually considered this and planned to directly restrict the circulation of Ishugard products in the Elf Kingdom by increasing tariffs...
Such a person... Such a talent, how could he appear in your Elucia continent? !
For a moment, Heilong really wanted to tie Yang Hao up on the spot.
She is not afraid of magic. As the strongest black dragon, her scales are strong enough to withstand most arrow attacks.
As long as she didn't have to deal with the crossbow launcher aimed at her vitals at the sea, she was confident that she could kidnap Yang Hao and leave on the spot...
But finally, rationality forced her to calm down.
She looked at the small contract paper in front of her, and when she realized that the negotiation might last until dawn the next day, she suddenly felt a wave of fatigue.
…
Late at night, on the other side, in the Sky Garden Fingle.
An old ranger who had rushed back from the front was reporting to Finn and the masters about the shocking events that had taken place in the parish.
For some reason, in this occasion that originally belonged only to the elves, Theresa was also present, and she was sitting next to Finn.
This made the old elves at that time look at Theresa a few more times. They knew that Theresa was the Purple Princess and the lover of the Regent, but they didn't expect that her relationship with Finn was so close...
In short - when the old ranger reported that the rations of the parish's "Redemption Army" were actually the corpses of their own people, all the elves showed a warm expression.
Even the demons of the Demonic Disaster would not eat the corpses of their own kind, so how dare the humans of the Roman Empire do such a thing? !
Angry, angry! The elves were angry that the Roman Empire had insulted the name of humanity... but they were also afraid.
"We must admit that we are facing an enemy who is physically weak but mentally more evil than the devil himself."
An old elf who participated in the Demonic War said cautiously.
"The power of the parish over its believers is beyond our imagination. They use drugs to control humans, and as we all know, drugs can give people a strong will to become addicted—
Although it is temporary, for those who will be eaten as food if they are injured, what is wrong with this temporary will? "
"This group of fanatics..."
"We must find a way to fight against the fanatics! The previous tactics will not work..."
"Can we poison the body?"
"Idiots! The drugs they take are poisonous!"
…
Chirp, chirp.
The old elves were discussing fiercely how to deal with the fanatics in the parish.
Under Yang Hao's leadership, the Elf Parliament is no longer as stale as before.
Although many old stubborn people are still unable to come up with new things on their own, at least they are willing to accept them.
The best manifestation of their willingness to accept new things is that they begin to think about [how to use new things to deal with humans].
There is no doubt that high hopes were placed on the Gappa 1404 - as a basic rifle that could be continuously improved, it theoretically had the ability to kill an unsuspecting or underestimating priest at an extremely long distance in the blink of an eye.
After all, unlike the slow arrows fired from a longbow, the bullets fired from the Gappa 1404 were incredibly fast.
The priest could see the angle of the arrow's flight, but a bullet tip that was less than two fingers wide? Even elves would have trouble catching it, let alone humans.
But the priests live deep among the believers, and after killing a few priests, the remaining people will definitely try their best to strengthen their protection.
At that time, we are back to the original question: How to deal with the army of believers protected by the priest before dealing with the priest
The priests of the Church of Light mastered a low-level shield magic. Although these shields would appear extremely fragile when they were evenly distributed among each believer, they were sufficient to serve as a meat shield.
This made the priests of the Church of Light particularly difficult to deal with, and the elf masters could not think of a good solution for a while.
Just when the elves were worried, the nun who was sitting next to Finn and making a prayer gesture stood up expressionlessly and took a step forward:
"It is very simple to solve this problem - everyone. As the Cult of Light that usurped the power of my Lord, their divine arts lack the crucial "healing" divine art."
The nun's words quieted the elves.
She had more say than anyone else present because she was the only clergyman in the Elven Kingdom and still believed in the "light" doctrine of the Bayerjans Empire.
"In a sense, we don't actually need to kill those soldiers - if we create enough wounded, the Church of Light will have to worry about how to deal with them.
After all, they have a limited number of slaughterhouses. Even if they kill 30,000 pigs, it will take dozens of days, not to mention the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers.
Secondly, even if a priest is surrounded by believers, he is not invincible. Have you forgotten? During the Demonic War, many priests sent by my country died under the protection of believers.
The number of believers at that time was no less than the current expeditionary force of the Church of Light, but the demons still found a way to deal with us. "
When she said this, the nun paused for a moment and scanned the eyes of the elves with her gray eyes.
"That's the trick that the demons of the plague found after experiencing countless deaths—using the "surface" and "points" to kill the believers and the priests themselves respectively. At the same time..."
It was a demonic experience, she said.
She also said that since the Roman Empire is not even as good as the demons, it would be reasonable for us to learn from the demons’ experience.
After all, this is also part of the reform.
Chapter 3: Magic, Divine Arts, Alliances, and Surprising Facts
Thousands of years ago, when the Byerjans Empire was still alive, the Byerjans Empire, together with the elves, established a defense line against demonic disasters at the northern end of the forest, fighting a desperate battle with the demons from another world.
At that time, the Fairy Forest covered the entire Monster Forest, and the territory of the Bayerzas Empire extended from the depths of the forest to the southern coast and even to the islands further south. But the demons were intelligent creatures from another world after all, and they were not vegetarians.
They are very powerful.
But in the early days, even the extremely powerful demons of the disaster were not successful in the demon invasion of Elucia.
On the one hand, it was because of the tenacious fighting spirit of the elves and humans. The young soldiers of Bayerjans would even use their lives and bodies to prevent the towering demons from trampling on the surface of the forest and polluting the ground, and the elves would fight side by side with their allies at all costs, devoting their lives just to create a perfect chance for the war machine of Bayerjans to kill.
On the other hand, and also the most critical point, are the equally fearless priests of light and the crusaders.
The priests of light and the crusaders used magic to kill the elite individuals among the demons, and used various magic to enhance their strength to protect their comrades. As the two sides gained strength, the demons' attack gradually collapsed.
The demons were not afraid of death, but the elves and humans of the time were even less afraid of death.
Amid the piles of corpses, the mountains were split apart by the demons, and countless cracks appeared in the northern earth. Further north, the demon known as the "Ice Disaster" even plunged the entire northern part of the continent into eternal zero degrees and snow.
But the demons at that time never broke through the defenses of Bayerjans and the elves. Never.