A six-hour marathon negotiation was drawing to a close at the palace in Defende.
"Then, the next negotiation is expected to be six months later. Please be sure to prepare mineral samples and a list of duty-free goods before that, and we will strive to complete a comprehensive business agreement in the next negotiation."
"In order to show the importance of the next negotiation, Queen Grena will personally come to sign the contract at that time, and I hope that you can give the same standard of reception. Of course, the publicity work will also be handed over to you. After all, they are people of the same language and race. It is a good time to bring the relationship between the two countries closer, and such a good publicity opportunity cannot be wasted."
"A reception of the same standard? I know, I will tell Her Royal Highness Princess Renee, but by then, it may be Her Majesty Queen Renee."
"Hehe, that's even better. It's getting late, so I'll leave first."
After sending Sluwell's young envoy Wen De away, looking at the carriage going farther and farther out of the window, Eliza, who was still full of energy just now, sighed, and there was a little more worry on her seemingly plain face.
"... It's been so long since I couldn't be in contact. I hope nothing happens. No, since the connection of the entire plane has been broken, something must have happened. I can only hope for a safe return."
"Don't worry, I grew up watching those two naughty little guys, and they don't look like short-lived people." Kelly smiled, her words were full of pride, but calling Roland a little guy was really a big deal. Is there no problem.
"Perhaps, it's not them who should be worried, but the one named Erm or something. Don't look at Roland's seemingly calm appearance when he left, in fact, the more angry he is, the calmer he looks, he must be holding grudges now, press From what I know about him, if he is in a bad mood, he will try to make other people feel even worse, so it is the other party who should be worried now."
In a sense, it was the wood elf in front of him who was watching Prince Roland's growth, and the prediction she made intuitively was closer to the real situation.
"They have their battlefields, and we have ours, but we can't let them come back and look down on them. Work hard, little Eliza."
The background of the speech was the busy administrators. Just leaving for a while, the documents and letters waiting to be processed piled up.
"Of course, I still need Sister Kelly's help. I still have a lot of things I want to ask Sister Kelly for advice."
Eliza nodded with a smile. Kelly, who has assisted the royal family of Lan for more than a dozen generations, is simply impeccable in terms of administrative skills. Her hundreds of years of administrative experience are indeed amazing, and she has also benefited a lot.
When Roland became the shopkeeper again, and Renee also set off, all the government and military affairs of the Principality of Donglan were left to Eliza and the others who stayed behind.
In terms of military affairs, it is good to say that there are those knights who have the red bloodhound. The formation and training of each legion are very smooth, and there is no need for any important changes in the overall planning.
But on the other hand, government affairs related to people's livelihood are very critical, and this cannot be delayed for a day.
Although it is not as arduous as the post-war reconstruction of the Kingdom of Sluwell, the settlement life of a large number of gray blood elves who have migrated over makes all the administrative officials rack their brains. In order to increase the living space, new city construction, old Urban renovations are all at the forefront.
In addition, there are also annual tasks such as the expansion of the Defende city circle and the sowing of new crops that are scheduled for the new year. The former is related to the living environment of nearly 30% of the people, and the latter is related to the rations for the coming year. Big things that can't happen.
Recently, a more important event has been placed on everyone's shoulders, and the Donglan official, which has been stretched to the limit, has been overloaded again. In just one week, the number of staff members who have been sent to the hospital for rest due to overwork has exceeded double digits. .
The big event that gave people a headache but had to deal with it with all their might was the establishment of the Lan Alliance.
This is undoubtedly a good thing, or it is a good thing that just the news spreads, and the whole country rejoices and celebrates. After all, when the flag of the Lan Alliance was erected, quite a lot of Lan people came together again. In a sense, it has been The fallen country of Arashi was rebuilt again.
But these things have come too quickly. According to the usual practice, it takes several months to complete just one trade negotiation. A military alliance cannot be won within a year or two. The establishment of a common comprehensive alliance is such a major event, economic , military, political, agricultural, diplomatic and other aspects must be unified and coordinated, and finally reach an outcome acceptable to all countries, which is definitely not an easy solution.
Ten, twenty years? I am afraid that it is the most realistic to reach it within ten years, but the time limit Roland finally gave was just two years, and as the core two countries of the Lan Alliance, the Duchy of East Lan and the Kingdom of Sluwell, they must be completed within one year. The integration of various aspects, the heavy work involved, is enough to send hundreds of administrative officials to the mental hospital. In fact, the continuous overtime work some time ago has already entered several more.
The chief female officer of the palace and the princess' private teacher, although her name is not right, but Kaili is indeed the core of the new Donglan, even the wood elf with excellent physical strength, but she has been exhausted by the recent heavy work schedule.
"Clap clap clap."
Kelly clapped her hands lightly, attracting the attention of the busy staff, and then, looking at the tired crowd, she made a decision.
"It's almost dinner time, everyone rest early today, don't work overtime, and continue tomorrow."
"But the work has not been completed, the chauvinists will come tomorrow, the new contract has not yet been prepared, and the report from the intelligence department has not arrived..."
"The combination of work and rest can last for a long time. I don't want to see everyone in the hospital anymore. No matter what work there is, I will do it tomorrow! This is an order. Don't you listen to me when Renee and Roland are gone?"
In the eyes of everyone, Kelly, who was smiling and arrogant at this time, was a bit scary, but this seemingly arrogant order was full of concern and heart-warming.
"Haha, even if Renee and Roland are here, it probably won't help, it will only cause trouble."
Eliza's words made people laugh dumbfounded, but it was the truth. If Renee was here, it would mean an extra rubber stamp, and someone would have to be sent to find her, who was skipping work. If Roland was here... Almost, just no need to send someone to look for it, because as long as Roland doesn't travel by himself, others will definitely not find it.
"They're only so similar when they cause trouble."
"Hmph, when he comes back, he must compensate us well..."
While complaining, the two began to take over various jobs. They are not ordinary people, and their physical condition is quite good. It seems that they cannot escape working overtime at night.
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It is impossible for me, who is far away in a foreign country, to know what happened in my hometown, and I don't even have time to think about it. After all, the powerful God of Earth Essence is always a huge pressure on my head.
Some time ago, when the war was imminent, I spent my precious preparation time in the library. Naturally, there was a reason.
Knowing yourself and knowing the enemy is a hundred battles and winning a hundred battles. If you even have the same trump card, you will naturally not be able to prepare countermeasures. If you rely on human life to fill in the final, you will lose the active advantage.
As the oldest god of elements, even if there is a record of shooting, it is probably thousands of years ago. Although the two gods of elements on our side have provided some information, they are probably out of date. He didn't push him into a corner, and naturally he didn't know if he was hiding anything.
However, with the help of several top mages and hundreds of students, we have consulted countless classics and exchanged combat experience of various genres. As long as all those linked to earth magic are counted, we have summarized hundreds of rules for the use of earth elements, Common way, high segment extension.
The final prepared plan contained thirty volumes, which filled a bookshelf. It not only included the plan for Ermu Di Loken, but also the general outline of the use of earth magic, which was important for guiding the cultivation and research and development of earth magic. Meaning, Kaid said happily at the time, just based on the results of this summary, there is no need to worry about the research funding for at least ten years, which makes Amyra very envious.
And there is an old saying in the magic world, "How much strength a mage can show depends mainly on how long he has prepared. If the preparation time is long enough and the preparations are sufficient, it is not impossible to kill gods."
"If you take the initiative to come to the door regardless of the 3721, you will be like a warrior who thinks with muscles." If Margaret didn't deliberately glance at me out of the corner of her eye when she said this, it obviously meant something, I'm sure Will not stop agreeing.
Determine the target, observe the opponent, collect intelligence, and determine the countermeasure. Except for a very few professions, the mage is not good at close combat, and it is natural to never fight head-on. In many cases before, we were forced to fight, and we were not prepared enough. Adequate, but this time, we have relatively enough time, and the battlefield deduction and preparations are sufficient, otherwise, we will not attack the opponent's nest.
"Sure enough, it's a turtle with a shrinking head, this turtle shell, tsk tsk tsk."
As seen on the main plane, the basic form of Ermu Di Luoken who finally came forward is still a rock giant, but compared with the tangled form of the main plane, the current Ermu Di Luoken only sees the appearance, It makes you feel powerless.
Different from the pitch-black shell on the ground, the giant's body is made of precious white jade. It seems so delicate that it may be shattered if touched at will, but the power of creating a subsidence just by stepping on it undoubtedly shows that the quality of the gorgeous white jade heavy armor is absolutely absolute. Terribly tall.
The fluctuations of the forbidden spell continued, and this guy ran out like crazy, and the obstacles along the road were smashed into the air, and the spells and bows and arrows were ignored by him. Just a preliminary estimate, I knew that the giant in front of me was probably absolutely invulnerable. hard pole.
But that's also to be expected.
When his charge path has been determined, he can naturally trigger the prepared trap.
"The realm of flowing water."
Sufficient preparations met the conditions for the construction of the territory. The God of Water Elements unfolded his own domain. The river that fell from the sky suddenly descended, and the rolling flood swept the land with mud and sand.
Sediment and water form a debris flow, which is soft and soft like steel. This flowing sand and stone is far more difficult to deal with than a flood.
This is a trap created by nature. It has nothing to do with magic resistance at all. It is also a death trap created by the unparalleled brute force of Urm Diloken. Urm Diloken was caught in the mudslide. After the muddy water with nowhere to work, he gave up resistance and was dragged by the mudslide.
Although he was in a predicament, his eyes full of fighting intent seemed to be saying a word.
"Even if you can trap me for a short time, so what?"
That is the defense of one's own body, and in fact it is exactly the same. In our deduction, the physical defense of the God of Elements, which has been tempered and tempered, basically has no solution, which is very annoying.
The domain of the water element god is limited, and the mudslide will soon lose its power, but for us, it is enough.
"Winter Glacier!"
The arrival of the ice turned a river into a glacier in an instant, and the frozen ice directly froze Emdiroken firmly in it, and then, the remaining demon legions had already begun to attack, and for a while, the rescued , trying to pick up the cheap and kill the gods, all of them are flattering.
"Umdy Rocken, die!"
The roaring god of the wind element Kamdirian turned into a storm giant, and planned to have a close-to-hand fight with Ermudiloken, repeating the battle situation in the underground labyrinth.
"Roar!"
Before he could arrive, the frozen Urm Diloken broke free from the shackles, and faster than the roar, it was the giant fist like white jade.
"boom!"
There is no gorgeous magic color, just a full blow, but Camdir'an has been smashed! When he gathered the smoke into the flesh again from not far away, he was already a size smaller, obviously suffering a lot.
The Lord of Storms overestimated himself. On the main plane, he could still make two moves with Ermu Diloken, but in this world, he was weakened again, and the Lord of Earth Elements used his real body, adding With the addition of the above rules, the strength has increased sharply again, and the gap between the two parties has been widened.
And the part-time spellcaster Storm Lord actually took the initiative to fight hand to hand with the pure warrior Omdy Loken, which is another reason for his instant kill. In the final analysis, the Storm Lord underestimated the opponent and measured the opponent's strength based on past experience. , suffered a big loss as soon as they fought.
For me, these are not the most important. From the beginning, I have no chance of killing Umdy Loken head-on, but trapping him is enough.
"Beifeng, it's up to you, dig up the other's ancestral grave for me, and don't leave me even a single tile."
As soon as the words fell, Bei Feng's answer made me feel uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, with me on the stage, I guarantee that not a mouse or a Xiaoqiang will stay!"
I have been thinking about a question, why if it is normal, let him say it, it will make people feel uncomfortable.
At this time, in the extension of the battlefield, the fleeing giant sandworms were stopped by someone, and the smiling half-dragon hunter had already used his extraordinary charm ability to target specific objects.
Soon, those restless giant beasts actually began to obey the command of the sad wind, just because he told them that there is something that can set them free and become stronger.
"our target is… "
"No cavities!" Adam added...
"No, it's the Throne of Elements, dig it up for me! For at least two thousand years, there will be no more Earth Elemental Gods! We want this bastard to lose his foundation and become homeless."
Looking at the battle situation in front of me, I roared and drew my long sword.