Harlaus and Graves looked at each other, the atmosphere tense, as if they were going to fight at any time.

Graves frowned and said: "In other words, even if I agree to form an alliance, our cooperative relationship is only temporary. As soon as Charlotte collapses, will you still raise troops to take Rhodok back to Swadia's territory?"

Harlaus shouted without thinking, "That's right. Maybe I won't turn my back immediately because of the dignity of the cooperation that just ended, but I will still find a way to get Rodok back!"

Xie Feng yelled in his heart, why is this old man so straight-minded? Doesn't it mean that he will continue to offend Luo Duoke? Can this alliance be forged?

Just as Xie Feng was preparing to smooth things over with a grimace, Graves laughed.

He smiled boldly and heartily.

Xie Feng didn't know what was going on, and Harlaus was also confused.

Graves smiled and said: "Okay! Very good! Very good!"

As he said that, he patted Harlaus on the shoulder enthusiastically.

Harlaus frowned and asked, "What's good?"

Graves smiled and said: "Wouldn't it be nice to have such an honest enemy? Although Charlotte promised me a lot of benefits, because I don't know her personality, I can't judge whether she will really do it.

Execute. If I really help her, after she succeeds, there will be only two kingdoms in the continent: me, Rodok and her, Swadia. By then, if Charlotte wants to go back on her word, will anyone dare to go?

Are you pointing at her? So, since I, Rhodok, seem to be becoming an eternal enemy of Swadia, why don't I support a person who is willing to tell the truth under such conditions as an enemy?

Where is the king?"

Xie Feng said happily: "So, the matter of alliance..."

Graves smiled heartily and said: "I am willing to form an alliance with you and help my enemies regain their country."

Harlaus was silent for a while and said: "You must think clearly, even if you are willing to ally with me now, I will not recognize Rodok's legal status in the future."

Graves smiled and said: "Even if you have thousands of horses coming to the city, I, Rhodok, will not be afraid of my spears and powerful crossbows!"

Harlaus and Graves faced each other again.

Two sworn enemies, in such a place and under such circumstances, can still maintain a relationship of not giving in to each other but ready to cooperate. How heroic is this!

Graves turned his head and said to Xie Feng: "It is said that you, the 'Heaven-Defying Knight', have been appointed commander of the Four Kingdoms. Wouldn't it be true that in the future, soldiers from the Four Kingdoms will be ordered by you to attack Swadia?"

Xie Feng hurriedly said humbly: "He is just an honorary marshal with duties but no power. He only serves as a symbol on the battlefield. The specific offensive and defensive strategies must be discussed together."

"Is it a symbol?" Graves pondered for a while and said: "If we talk about a symbol on the battlefield, who can be more qualified than you, Rodok?"

Xie Feng scratched his head. In terms of reputation alone, there seemed to be no lord in the entire Rhodok who was particularly famous in terms of strategy, so Xie Feng said: "I'm afraid the only one is your Majesty."

Graves smiled and said: "But as a king, I can't follow you on the battlefield, right? Let's do this. I will also make you the honorary marshal of the Kingdom of Rhodok. You can deal with large-scale strategies on a large scale.

Our troops participating in the war in Rodok will be mobilized and appointed. I believe that the people who are favored by the other four countries will never let me down."

Xie Feng was overjoyed and immediately said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" In fact, Xie Feng did not care too much about this so-called honorary marshal position, nor was he happy that he could command Rodok's troops. But if Xie Feng became an honorary marshal, then

When there are internal differences in the strategic policy of future wars, Xie Feng can decide a specific policy with absolute weight to avoid internal conflicts that lead to discord or even split within the alliance.

The big thing has been decided, so the next step is Lyman's business.

Xie Feng asked Graves: "Well, Your Majesty, has the Blood Wing Society been legalized now?"

Graves smiled and said: "'Blood Wing Society' is forced by the pressure of development and now has to choose to submit to state management. Their application for legalization was submitted just a few days ago. We are sending people to verify and compile the 'Blood Wing Society'

'All kinds of information. Thanks to Xie Feng for giving me such a wonderful suggestion. I didn't expect that the gang problem that had been plaguing Rodok could be brought under control in just a few months."

After Xie Feng said a few polite words, he then said to Graves: "By the way, Your Majesty, I want to find someone from the Blood Wing Society. I wonder if Your Majesty can help?"

…

161 AD, October 17, Calradia.

In a private room of a tavern in Djerkara, two men were sitting opposite each other.

The person on the main seat is Xie Feng, the famous "Heaven-defying Knight" in the mainland, and opposite him is the genius strategist Lyman who has always called himself "Mr. Evil".

Lyman still wore his pale white mask, facing a table of wine and food. He neither drank nor ate, but just sat quietly in his seat, gently stroking the wine glass in front of him with his fingers.

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Xie Feng took a sip of the ale in his glass, then put down the glass and asked, "Do you know who I am and why I am looking for you?"

Lyman played with the wine glass for a while, then smiled and said: "I don't know, and I don't really want to know. But I think I have already guessed it."

"Oh? Guess?" Xie Feng said: "What did you guess?"

Lyman lifted the wine glass on the table and gently poured the full glass of wine onto the table.

Looking at the wine flowing from the wine glass to the table and dripping from the table to the ground, Lyman said: "When I led the 'Desert Eagle' to occupy Shiba Zumo, and when I arranged the 'Blood Wing Society'

When the members were encircling and suppressing the people of the 'Bantianhui', a man named Feng Xie appeared and disrupted my arrangements. Soon after, I heard that Xie Feng, who had once been a powerful figure in the mainland, had returned. It was said that he had always been

I am living under the name of 'Feng Xie'. Two days ago, Xie Feng came to Rhodok to persuade King Graves to form an alliance against Swadia. And today, I was inexplicably called here by the king's order. I

Guess who you are?"

Xie Feng raised his eyebrows and then said: "Maybe I arranged for one of my subordinates to meet with you."

Lyman smiled and said: "Ha, there is no need to guess now. The fact that you can say this proves that you are Xie Feng himself."

Xie Feng frowned and said, "What you just said was just to test me?"

Lyman leaned back and said: "It's not considered a test. I know in advance that you must have a relationship with Xie Feng. As for whether it's me or a subordinate, I'm not interested in knowing. Things that I'm not interested in knowing are not considered a test."

Xie Feng said: "Oh? You are not interested? Why would you accept the invitation if you were not interested? I was worried at first that you would not come."

Lyman said: "Not coming is not a wise decision. With your identity, if you want to find me by name, the matter must be more important. And with your identity, if you really want to find me, I am afraid that there will be many people in the country or even the entire continent.

Issuing a wanted warrant is also very simple. If I don't come because I have no interest, I will either hide for a while and still be found by you, or simply hide within the border of Swadia - which means that I still have to be found by you, or I have to work hard.

I'm hiding. Since you didn't show any hostility to me, why didn't I come? So, although I'm not interested, I still came to satisfy your request and avoid unnecessary troubles."

After Xie Feng was silent for a while, he praised: "You are indeed a smart person."

Lyman threw the empty wine glass casually on the ground and said, "At least I'm not stupid."

Xie Feng said: "Actually, I'm looking for you because..."

After Xie Feng paused for a while, seeing that Lyman remained silent, he smiled and said, "I thought you were going to interrupt me and tell me your own conjecture."

Lyman said: "To be honest, I can't guess why you came to me. At first, I thought you wanted to use my power to fight against Charlotte, but then I thought that my senior brother was working under your account.

So most of them don’t need me.”

Xie Feng was stunned and said: "Do you know about Dante?"

Lehman said: "Without him, you wouldn't have been able to interfere with my plan so smoothly during Shiba Zumo and the Half-day Meeting. We have the same master, so we must be familiar with each other in our military tactics. It's just that I

I have never been interested in reminiscing with him."

After Xie Feng was silent for a while, he could only sneer and say: "There are so many things that you are not interested in."

Lyman also laughed and said: "Apart from war, I'm afraid there aren't many things that really interest me."

Xie Feng raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm here just to satisfy your interests."

"Oh?" Lyman said, "What do you mean by this?"

Xie Feng said: "I want you to serve as my military advisor, command the soldiers of the Six Nations, and help me fight against Charlotte."

Xie Feng could clearly detect that Lyman was shaken after hearing Xie Feng's words, but he quickly returned to normal and asked: "Dante...isn't here anymore?"

Xie Feng knew that there was no need or point in hiding it, so he said: "Dante doesn't like this kind of life and work."

Lyman smiled and said: "So you came to me?"

Xie Feng nodded and said: "Yes."

Lyman said: "What if I say no?"

Xie Feng said: "You have no reason to refuse."

Lyman was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Indeed not!"

Xie Feng said happily: "Then you agreed?"

Lyman said: "There is no reason to refuse, which does not mean that I must agree. You can grasp my interests and desires very directly, which is very smart - but this should be what Dante suggested to you, right?"

Xie Feng nodded and admitted: "Yes."

Lyman said: "Then I think he should also have made a suggestion similar to the idea of ​​hiding the birds and hiding the rabbits, then the dogs will be cooked?"

Xie Feng was shocked and didn't know how to react.

Lyman said: "You don't have to deny it. I know what he thinks. He has always... no, he and Master have always thought that I went astray and was a war maniac, right?"

Xie Feng sighed: "If I have to tell the truth, I think so too."

Lyman was not angry when he heard this. He just said: "I am not trying to persuade you to accept my point of view. I just want to ask - since I have noticed that you may be disadvantageous to me after the war, why should I help you?"

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After thinking for a while, Xie Feng gritted his teeth and said: "It's Dante's idea that it's not good for you. I didn't express my approval clearly."

"Oh?" Lyman said, "So, are you ready to indulge me?"

Xie Feng said: "It doesn't matter to me, even if you are a demon, I am willing to use you. And, I can assure you that as long as you can help me defeat Charlotte, I will never do anything against you. I can do it in front of thousands of armies.
To be continued...