"..." Rego thought for a moment, and then asked: "What's the specific proposal?"
"Each of our two sides will send a representative for a duel." Alex said slowly: "If we win, then the barbarians will be obliged to devote all their strength to help the Hawke Empire in the future. Moreover, the barbarians will openly show their support to the Hawke Empire. The Croat Empire expresses its surrender. At that time, we will classify a province as a special province where barbarians live. "
"Do you want us to surrender?" Rego narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, surrender." Alex nodded.
"Then what if I, the barbarian, win?" Rego asked, suppressing his anger.
"Then we will give up a province unconditionally, and you barbarians will support our Hawke Empire to a certain extent. As for the intensity of support, we can discuss it later." Alex replied.
"Whether we win or not, are we going to support you? I just said that barbarians are thick-skinned, but now it seems that humans are not necessarily that thin-skinned." Rego snorted coldly.
"However, we will also give up a province no matter what." Alex Wei replied with a smile: "Please don't forget, Your Highness Rego, that the starting point of this transaction is that our Hawke Empire will suffer a loss. Yes. If you barbarians don’t pay a price, do you think it’s acceptable to you, Your Highness Rego?”
"..." Rego thought for a moment. He looked at Regnar, and then asked: "That is the land of a province. Can you, the envoy, be the master?"
"Okay..." Regnar nodded. He was a little confused about Alex's intentions now, but since Alex had taken action at this time, Regnar felt that it was better to follow Alex's train of thought. Better. Regnar always felt that Alex was hiding something from him during this trip, but as the uncle who had guided him for many years, Regnar still believed that Alex would not cheat him. Although Kordak told him to be careful with this guy...
"Okay." Rego thought for a while, and then asked: "I want to know who your duel representative is."
"Huh?" Alex was stunned.
Rego continued: "Although I am a barbarian, I also know that there are people outside the world. Apart from others, just the two of you, the Galactic Sword Master Malolit or the Wandering Holy Spear Kevin, of the Hawke Empire As a holy warrior, I am far from my opponent. If the Hawke Empire sends a strong man of this level to fight me, I will have no chance."
"So who is your favorite candidate?" Alex asked confidently.
"If possible, I think Alexander, the second prince of your empire, is a very suitable opponent." Rego unexpectedly did not mention Regner.
"Unfortunately, His Royal Highness Alexander is currently fighting in the southern battlefield. It is impossible for him to spare time to duel with you barbarians." Alex shook his head.
Regna rushed forward, as if he wanted to attract Rego's attention.
But Rego frowned and then continued: "If he can't do it, what about Annelotte, the champion of the last martial arts tournament? In fact, I wanted to fight her at that time, but it's a pity... "
"This..." Alex looked a little weird, he smiled awkwardly and then replied: "Miss Annelotte also has important things to do now, and she can't get out of it."
"That's such a pity." Rego shook his head helplessly: "I originally thought that maybe I could use her to prove that fighting spirit is not inferior to the power of magic..."
"Hey! Don't talk like you can definitely beat him! You have no idea how scary that girl is!" Regnar jumped on his feet and yelled.
"Whether you can win or not, you won't know until you at least fight." Rego curled his lips noncommittally. He turned to look at Alex, and then asked: "So Alex, how are you? You have level 18 Fighting Qi, I think he will be a good opponent."
"No need!" Alex raised his hands in surrender: "I admit that I am not your opponent."
"Hey! I'm the boss of this mission, right?! You're looking for Uncle Alex instead of me?" Regnar finally couldn't help it anymore: "Why didn't you think of me as your opponent?"
"You?" Rego rolled his eyes, then shook his head: "You are still far away from level 16, and there is no chance of winning against me. I don't like battles without suspense, and I don't like fighting with weak people."
"Level is not everything!" Regnar shouted with a red face and a thick neck: "When I was in the middle level, I killed two high-level ones, a mage and a knight!"
"I admit that it is a very good record." Rego nodded: "But if you often show it off, it proves your weakness, because only the weak will show off their past."
"You are weak! Your whole family is weak!" Regnar was furious: "You were defeated by me back then. Have you forgotten? You still dare to call me weak?"
"I'm just letting you." Rego said calmly.
"Ah!" Regnar spat: "If you don't accept it, let's compete again!"
Rego stared at Regna, and then asked, "Are you serious?"
"Nonsense!" Regnar was not afraid at all.
"..." Rego turned to Alex and asked, "Did you also make the same decision?"
"If this is Lord Regnar's will, then we will naturally obey." Alex smiled slightly.
"..." Rego looked at Regnar, and then said regretfully: "Originally, I admire you very much."
"Then what?" Regnar always felt that this sentence had a bit of a gay feeling.
"You said before that you hid your power, so I thought you might have used secret techniques to seal part of your fighting spirit. But now it seems that's not the case." Rego replied: "So, when I see you again It’s actually a bit disappointing.”
"If you dare to fight with me at night, then I promise to give you a big surprise!" Regnar gritted his teeth and said. Only now did he realize that the shortcomings of this dark body and shadow teleportation are too great - it must be It's night. If it were daytime, Regnar felt that he was actually not much different from other ordinary high-level assassins!
"Oh? So here is your secret?" Rego was a little surprised, but he shook his head: "But I refuse to fight at night."
"Why?" Regnar was so choked that he almost couldn't catch his breath.
"Because this is a battle involving the interests of two forces. If I can gain one point of advantage, I will naturally strive for one more point." Rego replied.
"Hey! Are you taking advantage of others' danger again?" Regnar mocked: "After saying so much, you are actually still afraid that you will lose to me in a night battle! Just say no!"
"Let's do this." Alex spoke again: "We might as well set the duel time in the afternoon, when there is still about half an hour before dark. This will at least ensure that both parties can use their full strength. What do you think, Your Highness Rego?"
"..." Rego thought for a while, then nodded: "If I don't give you a chance to exert your full strength, I'm afraid the Hawke Empire will not admit its failure frankly. Well, just follow what Alex said. I have no objection to it."
"I agree too." Regnar did not object.
Afterwards, Rego discussed the specific time and rules of the duel with Regnar and Alex. After finalizing all this, they continued to discuss the bets after the duel in detail.
This negotiation lasted for a whole day, and as the negotiations progressed, Regner found that Alex was becoming more proficient. This made him feel alert again, which showed that Alex seemed to be well prepared before coming. What on earth did he hide from himself
Regnar deliberately remained silent and let Alex negotiate with Rego. In the end, Regnar finally determined that this duel was definitely not something Alex had thought of on the spur of the moment, but a strategy he had come up with after careful consideration.
This conclusion gave Regnar a few more knots in his heart, but he still did not question Alex directly. Instead, he followed his wishes and signed the final agreement with Rego as a representative of the mission.
…
At night, Alex looked at the secret message in his arms, then smiled and said to himself: "These barbarians are simple-minded after all."
"Uncle, I have something to ask you." Regnar said after knocking on the door.
"Come in, the door is unlocked."
After Regnar came in, he spotted the letter in Alex's hand at a glance. He looked at Alex and saw that he didn't seem to have any intention of hiding it. Regnar also asked directly: "What are you planning?" What?"
"Planning?" Alex was stunned: "I didn't plan anything!"
"So, can you explain to me about the duel?" Regnar suppressed his anger and asked: "I remember that the order I received before coming here was to find ways to prevent the barbarians from going south. I don't remember that our mission has Cut off a province and give it to the barbarians."
"That was the previous order." Alex smiled and handed the letter in his hand to Regnar: "Look, this is the order His Majesty gave me, and the level of this order is higher than the previous one." decision."
Regnar glanced at the letter briefly before he understood. It turned out that after repeated thinking, Larvin felt that although killing the Barbarian King Rego could temporarily alleviate the momentum of the Barbarians heading south, this action also had drawbacks.
First of all, this approach can only temporarily alleviate the immediate crisis, but cannot fundamentally solve the problem of the Northern Barbarians. At this time, the Hawke Empire and the Stoker Empire are still in a stalemate, and God knows when this war will end. If we delay for another year or two, when the next barbarian king appears and unifies the situation again, the barbarians will still go south.
Second, if you directly kill the barbarian king, it will undoubtedly arouse the hatred of the barbarians. From a long-term perspective, this approach is irrational.
The third... uh... The third is Malolite. This old guy kept putting pressure on the royal family in the days when Regnar was preparing to leave Merindel. In short, I just don’t want Regnar to take the risk of assassinating the Barbarian King. You must know that this is a life-threatening job! As for why Malolite feels so sorry for Regnar? Hehe, I am afraid that only Malolite himself knows about this problem. Maybe he was under some pressure from someone