The King

  After witnessing the contents of the letter with their own eyes, everyone's faces were ugly. Only at this moment did everyone understand why the Minister of Foreign Affairs asked them to see it for themselves instead of directly reporting it.

   "Land exchange" is only one of the conditions. Apart from this most intolerable requirement, there are a series of additional conditions.

  Including a series of requirements such as war reparations, arms limitation, and opening of the arms trade ban, each of which is a loss of power and humiliation of the country.

   Logically speaking, the elves are so open-mouthed, everyone should reject it straight away.

  The reality is just the opposite, the more the enemy asks for a higher price, the more hesitant everyone is. There is no way, the elves are too confident.

  If you refuse, the Kingdom of Hesse will soon usher in a war of annihilation. It involves the life and death of the kingdom and the fate of each family, and no one dares to make a decision lightly.

   "If we become the key attack target of the elves, how long can the kingdom last? Is it possible to hold on until the reinforcements from the alliance arrive?"

  Alexander V asked uncertainly.

  The army of elves was exporting to all countries in the central mainland. They only took a quarter of the firepower, and the front line collapsed all the way.

  If the enemy adjusts his offensive strategy, shifts from an all-out attack to a focused attack, and devotes most of his troops to the Kingdom of Hesse, the situation will change immediately.

   "Your Majesty, if there is no Stoneman, we might try it.

  The current bad situation, even if the enemy does not increase their troops, the kingdom may not last long. "

  Earl Nicholas' responsible words directly shattered all the illusions of Alexander V, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more depressed.

  According to the recognized strength levels of the mainland, the strength of the elves is benchmarked against the Holy See and the Frankish Kingdom.

   It turned out that there was an orc empire in this echelon. It's just that the orc was too active, and fell to the second echelon after being beaten hard.

   At this level are the Kingdom of Iberia, the Kingdom of the Dwarves, and the Kingdom of Alpha when it was still alive.

  The other seven kingdoms of the human race, including the Kingdom of Hesse, and several alien forces all belong to the third echelon.

  Of course, this is only based on past records and everyone's strength on paper.

  In the same echelon, the respective strength gaps are also very large, and they are changing at any time.

  For example: after the last orc invasion, the Alpha Kingdom fell to the third echelon, and the Warhammer Kingdom slipped to the fourth echelon.

  The declining Kingdom of Oprus, Avalat, and Ruthenia were classified into the third echelon only because of their large size and comprehensive strength.

  In terms of military strength alone, it has already fallen.

  The Kingdom of Hesse is very embarrassing now, or in other words, the three major kingdoms in the middle mainland are quite embarrassing.

   Judging from the record, they are not only completely incomparable with the Alpha Kingdom next door, but also incomparable with the alien races in the third echelon.

  Taking the Hesse Kingdom as an example, when attacking the stone people, they led a group of younger brothers to play gang fights, but the result was more losses than losses.

  Those who know the inside story know that this is an opportunity to consume the vassal power; those who don't know think they are also lost.

   Now that they have been beaten up by the coalition forces of the ancient survivors, the outside world is even more suspicious of their strength. The reason why the elf lions opened their mouths was because they were too weak on the battlefield.

   It’s okay for the cannon fodder troops to perform poorly. The dozen or so main armies that have entered the battlefield have not achieved what they should.

  Being demoralized by pig teammates can be used as an excuse to defeat a battle, but it cannot gain the enemy's recognition of their strength.

  Respect is only based on strength, but as long as they perform better on the battlefield, it is impossible for the elves to make so many unreasonable demands.

   "Your Majesty, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact the elves first. It's best if you can negotiate. If you can't agree, you can delay the time first.

  In any case, at this time, the kingdom cannot advance aggressively and become the key target of the foreign army.

  If possible, it is best to coordinate the relationship so that the Kingdom of Dante and the Kingdom of the South Bank are consistent with us.

  When necessary, we can pass the news to the Frankish Kingdom and the Holy See, urging them to send reinforcements quickly! "

  Prime Minister Milton said solemnly.

   It is impossible to fully accept the enemy's demands. No one dares to sign such a treaty that humiliates the country.

  It is even worse to directly refuse, it is more serious than losing power and humiliating the country.

  In this context, delaying time on the grounds of negotiation has become the best choice.

   If you really can't figure it out, then drag your allies into the water together. If one family can't afford the political consequences of compromising with other races, then more families can share the burden.

   As for using compromise with aliens as a bargaining chip to threaten the Holy See and the Frankish Kingdom to send troops to rescue, Duke Milton is not optimistic.

  The risk is too great. While exerting pressure, it is also possible to send yourself to the point of no return.

  After all, times have changed. The Frankish Kingdom, which had pulled out the nail of the orc, and the revived Holy See are now sharpening their swords, trying to expand their power.

   Attacking alien races is enough. Annexation within the human race world is not that simple. Without a suitable excuse, countries may interfere at any time.

  Using compromise with other races as a bargaining chip to threaten, there is a high probability that it will be counterproductive. Maybe what the Frankish Kingdom and the Holy See hope to see most now is: they compromise with the alien race.

   If the big hat of "selling the interests of the human race" is deducted, it can crush the Kingdom of Hesse. Such a stain, even if the matter has passed ten or eight years, people can still turn over the old score.

  If you really want to compromise with the elves, you have to learn from the Alpha Kingdom and the Principality of Moxi, both of which signed secret agreements with the elves in private.

  In order to cover the existence of the secret agreement, the Principality of Moxi is now fighting fake battles with the elf army on the border every day. Around the border city, it's up for grabs.

  The two sides have agreed on a time, one, three, five, you control, two, four, six, I control.

  In order to prove the intensity of the battle, the magic crystal cannons of both sides kept ringing from time to time, and the sound of artillery fire could be heard in a radius of dozens of miles.

  In order to make the effect more realistic, there are often dead actors on stage, and the main focus is a profession.

   "Just do what the prime minister says!"

  Alexander V said with a bitter face.

  The ambitions before the war are all in vain at this moment. Now his mind is full of only one idea - "reform".

  In fact, the three strongest kingdoms among the human race have undergone political reforms in the past hundred years.

  The Kingdom of Hesse did not follow up. It was because both the reforms of Charles I of the Frankish Kingdom and the dynastic wars of the Kingdom of Iberia killed a lot of people during the reform process.

  The only place where the reform went smoothly was the Alpha Kingdom. The orcs' butcher knives were on everyone's necks, and their heads were about to fall, so there was really no time for infighting.

  The principality of Moxi, which was successfully reformed later, was also forced to carry out internal reforms when the orcs approached the city.

   These are all cases of successful reforms, but more reforms have ended in failure.

  The three declining kingdoms all fell down quickly because of the failure of internal reforms and the counterattack of interest groups, which caused the authority of the central government to be damaged.

  …

   "Idiot, what are you still doing, throw stones!"

   "Difficulty has to wait for the enemy..."

   Before the ogre officer could finish his reprimand, several soldiers in front of him fell down. Taking a closer look, the eyes of the middle-aged ogre became moist.

   I don’t know when these soldiers were shot by the arrows. Just now they continued to fight with tenacious willpower, but now they finally couldn’t hold on.

  Similar scenes happen every day on the battlefield. The human race may tolerate the existence of other alien races, but it is absolutely impossible to let them go.

  Looking at the racial name "cannibals", you know how much hatred they have. In order to reflect the endless hatred, the human race also deliberately added the word "devil" to their race name.

   It has nothing to do with emotions, it is purely a struggle for survival. If an ogre wants to activate its cultivation talent, it must devour human flesh and blood; if it wants to practice magic, it must devour human souls.

   Proper natural enemies of mankind, if they are allowed to live in the world, it will be a blasphemy to all members of the race.

  Since humans have become the overlord of the mainland, the ogre family will naturally suffer the most vicious beating. As soon as the continental war started, their end would come.

  The Kingdom of Iberia led a group of younger brothers and launched the cruelest war against them. The slogans shouted by people are "clean up the garbage for the world, and exterminate the ogres".

   It doesn't matter whether you surrender or not. The enemy just wants to kill all the ogres. Even if they promise again and again: they will not eat human flesh or swallow human souls, it will have no effect.

  Potential threats must be eliminated. The Human Race Alliance has issued a genocide order, and anyone who dares to show mercy to their subordinates will be punished as treason.

  Under high pressure, there must be backlash.

   The ogre, who was driven to a desperate situation, could only fight the human race in his own way to the end. Both sides are fighting for race, there is no right or wrong.

   "Adjust the angle of the magic crystal cannon and aim at the buildings in the city."

   "Magic crossbow, salvo!"

  …

  Magic technology has changed the mode of warfare. With the help of long-range fire suppression, as the siege side, the loss is actually smaller than that of the defending side.

  Of course, one of the most important reasons for this is that the human race is powerful, and the difficulty for ogres to obtain the flesh and blood soul of the human race has greatly increased.

  Many ogres, from birth to death, had no chance to develop their cultivation talents, and could only be reduced to the bottom of the clan.

   "Boom, boom..."

  After a loud noise, the overwhelmed city wall finally fell down. Countless ogres were buried directly under the rocks.

  The ogre clan whose civilization was in the tribal era was able to build such a royal city, and the alien alliance also contributed a lot.

  It's a pity that this royal city did not bring glory to the ogre clan. Instead, ten years after its completion, it ushered in a catastrophe.

  Countless human soldiers rushed into the city through the gap, and fought with the ogre soldiers defending the city. Behind them there is a steady stream of human troops pouring into the city.

   The ogre soldiers who had gathered in a hurry were quickly dispersed by the human army, and then fell into a pool of blood.

  Every street, every alley, and every building, the two sides have to compete fiercely.

  The battle lasted until the seventeenth day after the city was broken, and the ogre defenders were completely wiped out before the curtain came to an end.

  After the war, the ogre king's city was full of broken arms and limbs. In the entire continental war, there was no place where the battle was so fierce, and it was a proper flesh and blood grinder.

   After receiving the battle report, King Bordeaux VIII was silent. This victory came too heavy, an ogre king city swallowed the lives of 800,000 people.

  Fortunately, the Ogre has only one royal city. If there are more, the battle will be impossible.

  Although most of the casualties were contributed by the younger brothers, the war has continued so far, and the Kingdom of Iberia still lost 400,000 troops.

  The race of immortality does not end after winning a royal city, and the next battle of drilling the ravine will only last longer.

  A heavy-loss victory is also a victory. It is also exciting news for the entire continental war.

  Countries don't care about the casualties of the Kingdom of Iberia, as long as everyone knows that the Terrans won. The main battlefield has been won, and the follow-up mopping up battle can be done slowly.

   If you are afraid of trouble, you can also join the mercenary and slave hunting team. These are professional teams, and they are more slippery than the regular army in finishing work.

  With the fall of the ogre king's city, the human race has won a complete victory in the southern continent, and the only remaining alien race is the dwarf kingdom.

  However, geographically, most of the Dwarf Kingdom's territory is in the Central Continent, but the Holy See, which is at war with them, is considered by the outside world to be the power of the Southern Continent.

  The good news came out, which directly stimulated the major battlefields in the mainland. Hudson, who was far away in the depths of the prairie, smiled when he received the news.

  The hard bone of the ogre was gnawed down by the Kingdom of Iberia, and the probability of the human race winning the continental war increased invisibly.

  The strength of the two sides has increased and decreased, and now it is the headache of the alien alliance. Hudson was very much looking forward to the expressions of the three elf queens receiving the news.

  The elves have been paddling, and finally participated in a continental war, and the situation showed signs of collapse.

  After the Holy See and the Frankish Kingdom, the Kingdom of Iberia has also freed up part of its forces, and the main force of the Continental Allied Forces already exists.

   Estimating the elves at this moment, they have already begun to think about how they will end up next.

   Either destroy the countries in the Central Mainland in one go, gamble all the chips, and fight a war with the human race to determine the hegemony of the mainland; or find an opportunity to accept it and wait for the opportunity to end the war.

   The same trouble, the orc empire also exists. Once the human race wins a big victory, will there be any good fruits for them?

   "Send an order to let the scout brigade set up a beacon tower in the opposite direction of the army, and wait for my order."

   "For specific standards, just refer to the enemy's beacon tower settings. Don't make it too good."

   Hudson asked worriedly.

   Beacon beacons are also exquisite, and the beacon towers that the Orc Empire hastily launched are undoubtedly the lowest-end ones.

  During the previous battle, Hudson also saw that orc soldiers used the wrong material. It was supposed to make smoke, but it turned into raging fire.

   It is also sending a message, but the smoke of the wolf can be clearly seen dozens of miles away, and the flame can travel a few miles at most.

   It's best if you don't need to use one move at leisure.

  Intuition told him that the next journey back home would not be peaceful. The sudden situation has increased the pressure on the Orc Empire, and they will definitely take action.

  The situation on the mainland is gradually becoming unfavorable to the Alien Alliance, but as long as they can defeat the Alpha Kingdom, everything can be reversed.

   One side occupies the northern continent, the other occupies the southern continent, and the competition revolves around the central continent. It is easy to form a pattern of confrontation between the north and the south.