Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 98 Covenant
It must have been a meteorite! It must have been a meteorite!
Elder Lin stared at Luke in the Kirov steam airship, and his intuition made him believe that the Prime Minister of the Golden Shield Empire must be related to the assassination of Archangel Elzer. Otherwise, what reason would an angel have to murder a respected archangel, and how could he have the ability to assassinate a powerful archangel?
But there is no evidence.
Even if there is evidence, it is probably buried in the ruins of the Shuojin Hotel.
Elder Lin looked at the collapsed building. The mages in the rescue team had already controlled the spreading dust. The ruins collapsed into a pile of bricks and stones. The hounds rushed in to sniff for traces of survivors. The elves and steam titans carefully moved the debris and rescued the survivors buried underneath.
This explosion destroyed all hope of saving the Emerald Forest. Without an archangel accompanying them to the Dragon Kingdom, the Glowing Gold Civilization alone was not enough to make those unruly Dragon Kings give in on the Emerald Forest incident.
Moreover, if an archangel dies at the hands of an angel, Sky City will definitely be caught up in the investigation of this incident and will certainly not have the energy to cooperate with the actions of the Shining Gold Civilization in the secular world.
At this moment, Elder Lin felt that the giant airship beside him was like a big hand covering the sky of the Emerald Forest. He controlled everything and played with all the forces in his hands.
"All of you go to the rescue, and try to find the surviving angels, as well as any clues related to the assassination of Archangel Elzerel !"
"Yes, Elder Lin."
Except for the two golden men who were supporting the angel, everyone else rushed down to the ruins of the hotel below.
Elder Lin took one last look at the meteorite in the Kirov airship, then turned and flew back to the Emerald Court branch of the World Bank.
Luke in the airship glanced at the departing Golden Man and continued to look at the ruins of the Golden Hotel.
He didn't expect that the assassination of Archangel Elzer would be so successful, so he didn't have to consider the plan of framing Theresa if the attempt failed.
Now that an archangel has died, and the assassin is a Holy Angel of Inquisition, the contradictions within Sky City have been exposed. Regardless of whether the Archangel Council can consider that there are other hidden reasons for this assassination, the fact that a Holy Angel of Inquisition dared to assassinate an archangel means that the Holy Inquisition is completely out of the control of the Archangel Council.
The abolition of the Holy Inquisition has become an issue that Sky City cannot avoid.
There is no need to worry about Sky City interfering in the affairs of the secular world in the short term, and there is no suspense on the Emerald Forest side.
With the rescue of the Golden Hotel, the news of Archangel Elzel's assassination spread quickly.
When King Sanye learned the news, he was so frightened that he did not stand up from the throne for a long time.
The protest outside the Golden Hotel was initiated by him. Now Archangel Elzel was assassinated at this time. What would Sky City think?
After giving orders to actively rescue the surviving angels, King Sanye immediately notified King Taotie of the Dragon Kingdom through special channels, hoping to quickly rebuild bilateral relations and allow the dragons to enter the Emerald Forest unhindered.
When the black dragon Bale brought a giant dragon delegation from the Dragon Kingdom, Luke, as the King of Taotie, represented the Dragon Kingdom in bilateral negotiations with the Emerald Forest.
Because he was in urgent need of the Dragon Kingdom's protection, King Sanye made substantial concessions in many aspects, making the negotiations unexpectedly smooth and fast.
The number of dragon nests obtained by the Dragon Kingdom in the Emerald Forest increased from one colorful garden to five, one of which was located on a cliff near the Emerald Magic Academy.
The Emerald Forest bears all expenses for the Dragon Kingdom’s garrison and sets aside hunting grounds for the dragons to hunt and play.
The Emerald Forest has formed a team of dragon patrol soldiers. They are responsible for the protection of dragon nests and hunting grounds on a daily basis, and participate in training to cooperate with the giant dragons in joint operations; in wartime, the command of the dragon patrol soldiers is handed over to the Dragon Kingdom garrison, and the Emerald King's Court cannot interfere beyond its authority.
The expenses of the Dragon Patrols are borne by the Emerald Forest.
The Dragon Kingdom and the Emerald Forest have established a military alliance. If either side is attacked, it is equivalent to attacking the other side. Both sides must establish a joint military command within one year, located at Emerald Lake. The Emerald Forest is responsible for the expenses of the Dragon Forest Elf Military Joint Command, and the Three-Leaf King Garrett XVII will serve as the permanent commander. The commander-in-chief will be appointed separately in wartime.
In addition to military cooperation, the Dragon Kingdom will appoint a group of dragons with profound magical attainments to serve as visiting professors at the Emerald Magic Academy. In addition to improving the quality of teaching and research in magic at the Emerald Magic Academy, ancient dragon language will also become an important subject in the academy.
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A Dragon Kingdom Emerald Forest Alliance Agreement was signed and implemented by King Taotie and King Sanye.
The first batch of giant dragons moved into the colorful garden to build their dragon nests, representing that the dragons had finally made their roars resound over the forest once again since they left the Emerald Forest thousands of years ago.
The dragons soar into the sky and roar incessantly.
Among the dragons that came to the Emerald Forest this time, a large number of them were the ones who withdrew from here to the Dragon Kingdom thousands of years ago. Now they are back, revisiting the old place, and their shouts can hardly hide the joy in their hearts.
It seems that the once prosperous Dragon Kingdom is about to come back!
Hearing the giant dragons happily heading towards the colorful garden, King Sanye, who had just signed the covenant, felt mixed emotions.
He originally just wanted to leverage the power of the Dragon Kingdom to fight against the Golden Shield Empire, the Shining Gold People, and the Sky City, and try his best to maintain his own independence.
I didn't expect that such a covenant would be signed in the end.
Except for the bottom line that the Emerald Forest is nominally affiliated with the Dragon Kingdom, the Emerald Forest is now equivalent to being incorporated into the rule of the Dragon Kingdom.
But what can we do?
King Sanye asked his assistant to put away his copy of the covenant, and said to Luke, the Taotie King, "King Taotie, the covenant did not mention which ancient dragon king would represent the Dragon Kingdom to enter the Emerald Forest. I wonder if it will be you?"
Luke picked up his copy of the covenant and threw it out the window. The paper spun and rolled up in the air, and ribbons were wrapped around it and bound it, and finally sealed with a magic mark. A white dragon swooped down from the sky, grasped the covenant tightly with its claws, and then let out a dragon roar and flapped its wings to fly into the air.
After the white dragon disappeared, Luke turned to King Sanye and said, "I came to the Emerald King's Court only on the commission of Queen Clear Sky to help you solve the problem of the headhunters. Rebuilding the relationship with the Emerald Forest is an unexpected gain. Now the entire Dragon Kingdom is not mentally prepared to return to the Emerald Forest. The group of dragons stationed in the Colorful Garden this time was formed in a hurry.
I guess most Dragon Kings don’t know about this yet.
Therefore, it would take many dragon kings to get together and discuss which ancient dragon to send to the Emerald Forest.
But it shouldn't be me, because the Golden Dragon King Tyron and I have important things to do in the Golden Shield Empire's Saint Lun City."
Upon hearing that it was not King Taotie who was moving into the Emerald Royal Court, King Sanye couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
After a short contact, King Sanye could feel that this ancient dragon was a very capable and resourceful guy. Not everyone could easily maximize the benefits for themselves in such an emergency. Since the Emerald Forest decided to submit to the Dragon Kingdom, it would be beneficial for the Emerald Forest if the Dragon Kingdom sent a smart and knowledgeable ancient dragon.
"That's such a pity!" King Sanye reluctantly changed the subject: "Excuse me, what is your opinion on the assassination of Archangel Elzer?"
Luke replied: "The Dragon Kingdom still has no common leader. This is a problem that has been left over from the ancient wars. Sky City also has a similar problem.
The Holy Inquisition angels in the Holy Inquisition are all very radical elements. They have deep hostility towards the Dragon Kingdom, Hell, and the Shadow Clan, and they even miss that completely meaningless war.
Some archangels, led by the Archangel, have always wanted to release the ideas imposed on the angels by the Shining Gold Man, which is contrary to the ideas of the Archangels and the Holy Inquisition led by the Sword of the Oath. Although Archangel Elzerel disagrees with the Archangel's proposal, he thinks that the Holy Inquisition should not be out of the control of the Archangel Council. Archangel Elzerel has a very bad temper and has called the Sword of the Oath a heretic more than once.
The assassination of Archangel Elzerel will definitely trigger a major showdown within Sky City.”
After listening to the explanation of the Taotie King, the Three-Leaf King couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although he had signed an alliance with the Dragon Kingdom, if the Sky City attacked the Emerald Forest, the battlefield would still be here.
"It seems that Sky City will not be angry with Emerald Forest because of this incident in the short term."
Luke thought seriously: "Sky City will definitely send angels to investigate this matter. The investigation process will also be a battlefield for the Archangel Council and the Holy Inquisition. If the Emerald Forest was not involved in the assassination, then don't make trouble. If the angels cause trouble, let the dragons stationed in the Emerald King's Court handle it."
King Sanye immediately said, "Of course the Emerald Forest was not involved. I asked the Emerald Magic Academy, and they kept the angel Sifos in custody after they caught him, without using any punishment on him. The academy deliberately let Sifos escape because they didn't want to offend Sky City.
No one could have imagined that the angel Siphos would assassinate the Archangel Elzerel."
"Yeah, no one would have thought of that." Luke said with emotion: "Since the Emerald Forest is not involved, the Dragon Kingdom will not allow Sky City to cause trouble in the Emerald Forest for this matter.
However, the Dragon Patrol and the Dragon Forest Elf Military Joint Command must be established as soon as possible. War will definitely break out between the Golden Shield Empire and the Shining Gold People. The dragons must learn to fight against human civilization, and the forest elves must also learn to fight against ancient civilizations. "
King Sanye asked worriedly, "Do you think a full-scale war will really break out?"
"The ancient wars were caused by the Shining Gold people's desire to change the world order. Now both the Golden Shield Empire and the Shining Gold people have mastered the means to redefine the world order. Magic technology is not only developed by the Golden Shield Empire, but the Shining Gold people are also restructuring their magic system. They each have their own advantages, and I am not sure which one will be stronger.
All we can be sure of is that the future world belongs to the magical civilization."
King Clover agreed, "My uncle Vidal said something similar, but it's a pity that he can no longer lead the Emerald Magic Academy."
Luke also said with admiration: "Dean Vidal is a scholar worthy of respect. Magic is a derivative of alchemy, and alchemy is a derivative of magic. Perhaps the arrival of dragons in the Emerald Magic Academy can improve the magic technology of the Emerald Forest.
The Emerald Forest is now in a very good position, and can cooperate with both the Golden Shield Empire and the Shining Gold People. If we make good use of this opportunity, the Emerald Forest will become an existence that cannot be ignored in the future world. "
"I only hope that I can be like my grandfather and lead the forest elves through this war with an unknown outcome."
"Your grandfather had a dragon, and now you have one too!"
After completing the alliance with the Dragon Kingdom, King Sanye immediately began negotiations with the World Bank.
Holding the alliance with the Dragon Kingdom and listening to the dragon's roar in the sky, King Sanye took a tough stance against the Shining Gold Man.
Emerald Forest can do business with whoever it wants. The "free trade body" of the Golden Shield Empire is a simple trade organization. The World Bank has no right to dictate with whom Emerald Forest should trade!
Not only did the Shining Gold lose the opportunity to help the Emerald Forest when it encountered the Headhunters, but now that the angels have left and the dragons have come in, they have no more power to threaten the Emerald Forest. All Elder Lin can do is to win over the Emerald Forest and avoid sanctions that would push the forest elves completely onto the Golden Shield Empire's chariot.
Wait until the situation of all parties is clarified again before launching a counterattack.
Anyway, any agreement is just a piece of paper and can be torn up at any time if you have the power.
The negotiations between the Emerald Forest and the Shining Gold People were also going smoothly.
Emerald Forest officially joined the "League of Nations". However, Emerald Forest only accepted the trade obligations and rights of the League and did not participate in the economic blockade and sanctions against any country or region.
The World Bank provides the Emerald Forest with a low-interest loan for its reconstruction.
The World Bank and the Emerald Forest have carried out in-depth cooperation in many fields such as alchemy, shipbuilding, magic technology, and steam machinery.
The Emerald Forest will assist the World Bank in rebuilding the Golden Hotel, making this taller building a landmark of the Emerald Court.
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Elder Lin left the Emerald Royal Court with the agreement signed with King Sanye, leaving as quietly as they had come.
After dealing with the Dragon Kingdom and the Golden People, the angels also left.
Only the Golden Shield Empire remains.
The reason why the Golden Shield Empire was placed behind the Shining Gold People was because King Sanye had not yet figured out how to talk to the Empire's Prime Minister Meteorite.
The Emerald Forest was hit by the Headhunters this time, and the Golden Shield Empire was very kind to the forest elves. The aid supplies never stopped; the Evaporating Titan not only helped to repel the Headhunters' attack, but was also helping to clean up the city.
There is also the Prime Minister of Meteorite, a politician who can make people feel pressured just by hearing his name, which makes King Sanye feel a little unconfident about meeting Meteorite.
He had brought all the forces within the empire into obedience; he had driven the invading At County back outside the border; he had built Raging Waves into the richest and most vibrant city in the world; and now he was leading the empire to challenge an ancient civilization, and he made everyone in the world think that he was overestimating his own capabilities.
How should I talk to him?
King Sanye was in his palace, looking at the Kirov steam airship hovering over the city. The Prime Minister of the Empire, Meteor, was there. He had been staying there except for the time when he appeared during the battle with the Headhunters.
No matter how hard the various parties tried, he remained unmoved.
It seemed as if everything was under his control!
King Sanye couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
"Please ask Makatina, acting as dean, to go to the Golden Shield Empire's Kirov steam airship and express to the Prime Minister of Meteorite on my behalf that I want to board his airship..."
