Although the sailing speed of the Qi-powered feather craft cannot be said to be faster than that of a beastly steed, it is also difficult to compete with the real strong.
But the absolute advantage of passing in the sky and the inherent magic circle that never gets tired still determines that this is the most efficient mode of transportation on the entire continent.
Only a few days later, the feather ships that Su Mu and Lu Xi were on board had already entered the territory of the empire.
Regarding the return and arrival of Su Mu and Lu Xi, the empire had naturally known the news a long time ago.
And the current situation on the mainland obviously determines the empire's attention to this matter.
Therefore, it was just when Su Mu and his party had just entered the territory of the empire.
An imperial dragon knight that not only contained greetings, but also contained hidden guards, suddenly appeared in front of Su Mu and his party.
The rider who led this behavior was naturally Sun Lan who had met with Su Mu and others several times.
Although in the incident of King Peacock Capital, Su Mu and Sun Lan were obviously in opposing positions at the time, and even Sun Lan failed because of this.
But now and then, the empires and federations, which were competing against each other because of the papal power, are now on the road of unity due to form.
Therefore, as imperial soldiers, the pterosaurs naturally need to show their sincerity to Su Mu again.
I saw that as Su Mu and his party entered the territory of the empire, the Dragon Cavalry detachment led by Sun Lan always surrounded the Federation Featherboat.
Neither did he intervene in the actions of the Federation and his party, but never left the feathership's line of sight.
Obviously enough... the posture of a fellow guard!
And for such behavior, Su Mu certainly did not stop it.
After all, it seems that the mutual cooperation between the Empire and the Federation has long been an inevitable and inevitable outcome. Therefore, whether it is Sun Lan or Su Mu, they actually hope that Yu can get the final result faster.
Because the flames of war on the continent have already ignited at both ends of the world at the same time.
If the empire and the Federation cannot reach cooperation as soon as possible, I am afraid that the ambition of the Papal State to annex the mainland will once again be surging and will directly force the temporarily unimpeded empire and the Federation.
…
"What do you think is the bottom line on the empire side?"
In the high-level reception room of the feather ship, the three people, Su Mu, who are the top managers of the pedestrian and horse, are reading each other's information from various channels.
We are studying together, what kind of ending will the temporarily fruitless negotiation usher in.
The questioner at this time was naturally also Su Mu, the faintly dominant among the three.
Although in terms of status and power level, even Su Mu, who has become the 15th seat of the academy, still has a huge gap compared to Lu Xi who has touched the edge of the big character class.
As for the level of understanding of that secret army, Hubert, who personally participated in the establishment of the army, was obviously above Su Mu, who had just returned to the mainland.
But there is no doubt that whether it is Lu Xie who only has the status of an academy instructor, or Hubert, who is simply the commander of the Xuankong Mountain Corps, can't have the compatibility of Su Mu at the same time.
Today's Su Mu, although nominally he is serving as the fifteenth seat of the college.
Even in the official diplomatic rhetoric, he was only referred to as a deputy to assist Lu Xi.
But even so, everyone knows:
The person who can truly communicate with the empire on an equal footing, and at the same time indeed has the aspirations for promotion, and even has faintly formed a federated force... is still the "Federal Future" named Su Mu.
So at this moment, facing Su Mu's random questions.
Today, Hubert has already put his identity extremely upright, and has already replied respectfully:
"As for the exchange of the main military forces of the two major powers, this is the least controversial link at present. After all, even if the two sides need not explain each other, sooner or later, the other side will be able to know through the intelligence system."
"The issue that the two sides are currently arguing about is actually the conflict between the two sides' war goals."
"Today's empire obviously hopes to counterattack in one fell swoop, so that the papal state was greatly hit from the beginning. And they forcibly sent troops into the Raksha Nation territory, in fact, they followed this logic."
"But for the Empire’s policy, the Federation is obviously unable to truly agree. After all, the situation within the Federation has actually determined that the Federation must not act too rashly. Therefore, in terms of the urgency of the war, the Federation clearly holds The attitude is completely opposite to the empire, and I don’t want a full-scale counterattack to start too early.
Speaking of this, Hubert specifically pointed to the material that Su Mu had just put down.
Then, based on that material as an argument, finally concluded:
"Regarding the state of the Federation, the Empire cannot be unaware of it, so I don't think they have no room for concessions, but are waiting for the Federation to pay its due price."
"As for what the price is, judging from the current intelligence alone, I am afraid it is precisely the purpose of our trip... That secret force that exists outside the Empire and the Federation!"
…
The information that Su Mu had just put down was naturally the minutes of the negotiations sent back through the alchemy communicator.
From that piece of material, in fact, everyone can clearly see:
The current imperial side obviously did not intend to make a decision immediately, but was deliberately delaying the speed of the negotiation in order to wait for the arrival of Su Mu and Lu Xi.
This means that they are obviously not satisfied with the conditions given by Su Tong now.
From the perspective of the empire, the person who can really give enough benefits is Su Mu, who has just returned from the abyss and is bound to conceal the matter of the joint forces.
"In fact, we don't need to think too much about this."
"After all, the current intelligence is limited, and we don't know what the empire's plans are. So instead of spending practice to guess something that will never result, it is better to study the composition of the secret force in more detail."
In the dialogue between Su Mu and Hubert, Lu Xi, who had not spoken before, took the conversation gently, and unfolded some extremely secret information on several cases.
As Lu Xi said, now that it is impossible to determine what kind of sincerity the empire wants, it is naturally difficult to predict the subsequent negotiations.
Rather than that, it is better to give up this illusion altogether.
Instead, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to research the secret troops that Su Mu and Lu Xi will take over.
If this secret force itself, it will indeed become the capital for dialogue with the empire... Then a deeper understanding of it is also an indispensable part of the negotiation! ()