As soon as these words came out, the entire Phoenix Palace fell silent, and for a moment it seemed that the only sound left was the burning sound of the Phoenix Holy Fire.

Some people lowered their heads, while others looked at Remedios who was sitting high up.

Ava's general education on magic is far from comparable to that of the Riel Empire, which is under the shackles of the laws of the stars. Basically, if you pick up a random kid on the roadside, he will be able to tell you about the realm of light, the star realm, and the moon.

environment, the current world is layered.

As for the huge storm that engulfed the Terra Riel expedition fleet 800 years ago, and the abnormal storm that later raged in the Broken Sea for more than 800 years, even if some people did not realize its source at the time, so

Over the years, countless outstanding magic casters in Ava have discovered the nature of this power.

And Avazhou has never been very friendly towards things related to the moon realm.

In the myth of Ava, the ancestors of elves were born in the flames and mist of creation, and are spiritual beings. Since their birth, they have longed to return to the realm of light, so they will form their own flames.

They gathered together to form a phoenix, hoping that it would bring them back to the realm of light.

However, when the phoenix they were riding on was flying to the realm of light, the wings of the phoenix were broken off by the evil existence in the moon realm. This caused the ancestors of the elves to fall from the sky. Without the flame, they had to repair themselves with mud.

From then on, they were bound by matter and could never return to the realm of light.

Although this is just a myth, it has also given rise to a tradition of extreme rejection of the power related to the moon in Ava.

Therefore, although the endless storm on the Broken Sea has indeed sheltered the entire Ava for more than eight hundred years, the attitude of the residents of Ava towards this storm, and the associated attitude towards the storm summoner Remedios

The attitudes are all in a very subtle state.

At the very least, this would not be a topic suitable to be brought up at a dinner party or in a monthly meeting.

But now, Ward directly pierced the window paper.

Remedios straightened up slightly and asked with an unchanged expression on her face:

"So? Does this have anything to do with the ridiculous suggestion you made earlier?"

"There is no connection. I just want to remind everyone that when discussing this topic, do not use the point of cutting off the power of the moon as a reason to refute me. Because on this issue, everyone here..."

Although Ward said "everyone here", he was staring at the next few words that Remedios said.

"Not even qualified."

Then he continued:

"So let's discuss this topic from a more pragmatic perspective. What will we gain if we accept the empire's conditions, and what will we lose if we reject the empire's conditions? So first of all..."

Next, Ward analyzed the pros and cons of Ava's two options bit by bit like a businessman. In his words, the merger of Ava's integration into the Riel Empire was like just signing a business agreement.

Simple. Everything is like a numerical formula written on paper, and accurate calculations can be obtained.

"...As long as we achieve this, the sales volume of our exported handicrafts can reach the golden level of the Age of Kings, and the foreign exchange we obtain can be used to purchase scarce materials such as source silver or void salt, and then reinvest

Into the production cycle..."

Halfway through the sentence, this man seemed to have forgotten himself. It didn't feel like he was discussing important affairs in Ava with the city lords of other free city states or the advisors of the Takma Order at the Moon Wheel Meeting, but rather like a politician.

He is more like a businessman who persuades others to accept his business contract at a chamber of commerce.

So the man sitting next to him wearing dark gold scales made him stop with one sentence.

"So is this what you call pragmatism? Selling Awazhou for a good price?"

The lord of Fengyan City, the warrior city of Avazhou, Morton Bloodblade asked this question.

Ward Windsong stopped talking. He stared at the golden armored warrior for a while, and then replied:

"So what do you suggest? Bet on the lives of everyone in Ava in exchange for honor and glory? Not everyone is willing to play that war game with no winning rate with you, Mr. Bloodblade. I'm just pointing out an obvious point for everyone.

It’s just a way to survive.”

Everyone present roughly knew the size of the army assembled by the empire this time - although the high elves were undoubtedly much better than humans in terms of individual soldier quality, they could be said to be in an absolutely weak position in terms of numbers. After all, this was an entire continent.

Compared with an archipelago, their resources are much lower than those of an archipelago, and with the support of the Law of the Stars, the resources required to cultivate a usable magic caster are much lower than theirs.

If the war does start, without outside allies, even the most optimistic people will not dare to make any optimistic expectations.

After Ward finished speaking, he glanced at the continent leader Remedios again, but she still looked at him with indifferent eyes.

He could completely see from this look how much she accepted his previous proposals.

"Okay, under the witness of the Phoenix Holy Fire, you can now put forward your own proposal."

Remedios did not make any further comments, but directly presided over the meeting and entered the next step.

As the initiator of this monthly meeting, Ward can put forward a proposal for a vote that the seven participants present must take a stand on. Only after the proposal is passed by the vote will it become a sacred resolution under the witness of the Phoenix Flame.

, was resolutely implemented by the seven major city-states.

But no matter what the proposal is, it must first be recognized as a feasible proposal by the continental owner of Ava before it can enter the subsequent voting stage.

Therefore, from this perspective, the power of the continental leader in vetoing is unlimited.

Gu Lin

"I know that under your auspices, all proposals related to peaceful coexistence with the empire will eventually be rejected by you..."

Ward said slowly.

He had prepared these before he came here today.

As a high elf, he fully understood that they were a race that would become more stubborn the longer they lived.

And Remedios Moonshadow, even by the standards of high elves, has lived too long. More than a thousand years have allowed her views on some issues to transcend the level of obsession and completely solidify into

A brand that is inseparable from one's own soul.

Even if the empire's conquest is no longer as unacceptable as it was eight hundred years ago, and they may even be the ones who benefit in the end, Remedios cannot consider this proposal at the moment.

It is impossible to rely on the previous speech to convince the other party to accept your proposal. Now you can only use some other methods.

Thinking of this, Ward solemnly said:

"So my proposal is to impeach the current leader of Ava, Remedios Moonshadow."

Only the impeachment proposal cannot be considered an "invalid proposal" by the other party.

And since she is no longer needed to maintain the contract of Broken Sea Storm, it is natural to start the process of impeaching the continent leader who has seriously exceeded his term of office for hundreds of years.

After that, make a proposal to cooperate with the Empire.

…………

Black Crow's Watch, Dawn Fortress.

After the meeting, William finally had a short period of free time.

During this period of time, he has been traveling between the Serpent's Mark and the City of Thorns, to be precise, between the two Moon Realm rifts in Blackwater Province.

Since I came back from the Moon Realm last time, these two locations have been very uneasy. Especially the former one. After the lack of suppression by the Star Lighthouse, the nature of the Moon Realm rift was completely exposed, and the Moon Realm monsters basically made trouble here every day.

.

And recently he discovered that as long as he is close to the Mark of the Serpent, the activity of the lunar rift will calm down a lot. And as soon as he leaves, this area will immediately become active, and the more active it becomes, the more active it becomes.

If I can't make it back in a while, the commotion here will become even louder.

William has no doubt that once he leaves a greater distance, the Mark of the Viper will directly launch a large-scale invasion.

This has put him in an extremely contradictory state now.

If you want to completely control the Mark of the Serpent, you need to go to Ava Continent to find help to repair the Dawn Fortress; and if you want to go to Ava Continent, you must first completely control the Mark of the Serpent.

This loops like a dead knot.

Headache……

Thinking of this, William opened the cup again and took a sip of the alchemy potion.

"Lord Judge, are you looking for me?"

A cloud of crow feathers formed around William, forming the shadow of Blake.

At this moment, his body is adjusting the Black Crow Watch in the Dawn Hall (formerly the Dusk Hall), trying to store as much of the Black Crow Watch as possible without destroying the original structure of the fortress.

William saw this and said:

"I'm sorry to ask you to come over when I'm so busy."

"Nothing."

Blake's shadow waved his hand.

Then he continued:

"But I have almost guessed what you want to ask when you come here this time. In fact, I also planned to take some time to explain it to you."
Chapter completed!