"Your Majesty Jircniv, thank you very much for sending troops to rescue in time at such a critical moment. We Holy Kingdom will never forget this kindness."
At the banquet being held by Karinsha, an important northern town very close to Great Wall, Queen Karl solemnly expressed his gratitude to Emperor Empire in front of everyone as the top leader of the country.
He even took the initiative to lift his skirt and bow slightly to the other person to show respect.
Although most people may think this is just political showmanship and diplomatic rhetoric.
But only High Priest Kuirat knew that his childhood friend was sincere.
Because Karl is such a gentle and kind ruler, she is unwilling to use despicable and dirty methods and tough attitudes even to deal with the nobles of the southern faction who oppose her.
He also tried his best to help the civilians under his rule, even if it would damage the majesty of the king.
The Supreme Ruler of the Holy Kingdom's public statement undoubtedly greatly satisfied the Blood Emperor's self-esteem and vanity. He quickly smiled and said modestly, "You are so polite! In fact, the reason why the Imperial Army arrived in time this time is all thanks to the President of the Hunter Association, Mr. Allen. I just did a trivial thing at the right time. What's more, the weapons and equipment you see are also provided by the Hunter Association. The Empire does not have such strong financial resources and technical reserves."
"All?! Your Excellency Allen provided enough firearms to equip an entire 80,000-strong army?"
Kuirat's voice suddenly rose an octave higher, and he even forgot to conceal his true thoughts.
You must know that it is an army of 80,000 people, not 800 people, let alone 8,000 people.
She has personally observed those muskets and artillery at close range, as well as the huge Steam Tank, the full Automated Combat Puppet, and even boarded the Airship that can carry out bombing and shelling at high altitudes, and understands how much top-quality steel is needed to build these things.
And just to buy these steel materials, even for the Holy Kingdom, which relies on maritime trade to obtain a large financial surplus, it will take several years of no food or water to save up.
Not to mention making these steels into seamless barrels and gun barrels, and carving beautiful rifling inside.
As for complex things like Airship, Steam Tank, and all Automated Combat Puppet, they are far beyond the scope of Kuirat, so they are not considered for the time being.
Especially Automated Combat Puppet, who once killed one monster and severely damaged another monster through overload self-destruction, and had a very impressive record. In her opinion, even if she spent all the treasury to exchange for one, it would be a sure profit.
"Yeah! That's right! All of them! Compared to us mortals, Guardians is the strongest human being who can truly defeat gods and demons. You'd better not use common sense to speculate." Bloody Emperor reminded him pretending to be mysterious.
Of course, this is not because he is very kind, but he just doesn't want people from the Holy Kingdom to take advantage of him.
After all, in the past few days, the Holy Kingdom nobles and Paladin ran to the Empire army when they had nothing to do, trying to buy some muskets and ammunition from the soldiers.
In the beginning, there were only a few scattered ones, but now there are people privately paying high prices to buy dozens to hundreds of them at a time.
It is estimated that if the development continues, their hands will reach out to Cannon and other things.
As a monarch eager to establish great achievements and be remembered by the entire human world, Jircniv may tolerate small-scale gun trade, because such firearms can be easily purchased and copied, but he will never tolerate the disappearance of any Cannon talented army.
In his opinion, this thing is the true embodiment of the power of firearms. +
"Then you mean... Holy Kingdom can submit a purchase application to the Hunter Association?" Queen Karl asked in an uncertain tone.
"Yes! Don't you know? Your Excellency Allen is willing to provide help to any human country, whether it is with force or technology. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you that there is no trace of subhuman existence in the Great Wasteland between the Kingdom, Theocracy and Holy Kingdom."
Bloody Emperor raised the glass and took a sip of the bright red wine, his eyes shining with awe.
As a monarch who likes to think, he has already guessed Allen's sinister intentions in deliberately letting Great Tomb of Nazarick's forces go.
That is, under the banner of so-called "justice", we can launch a cruel Great Purge against the Alien Race of the entire world.
After all, what Ainz Ur Gong has done since his appearance can be defined as absolutely evil.
In addition, he and his men are either Undead, demons, or bugs, Slime and other aliens, so it is impossible to win the favor of any human being.
Therefore, Hunter Association can destroy all the demi-human forces that are incorporated, controlled and enslaved by it in an honest and fair manner.
As a result, in order to protect itself, Old Bones can only continue to expand outwards, annexing larger territories and Alien Race's population to establish a buffer zone.
In the end, in such a fierce confrontation, the demi-humans who make up the absolute majority of the entire world will gradually decrease until they disappear completely, or become vassals of humans.
[What a terrible man!]
Bloody Emperor gave Allen a thumbs up in his heart for his vicious strategy.
no way!
Who told him that he himself is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of this plan.
You must know that since the Firearm Troops was formed, the Empire army has been raiding the territory every now and then, ruthlessly destroying those large Hordes.
The small settlements are left to the hunters of the Hunter Association to deal with.
In just one or two months, not only has the public security situation improved, but the scope of human activities has also expanded exponentially.
"What? All the demihumans are dead!"
Queen Karl opened his mouth in surprise, a little unbelievable that Holy Kingdom's biggest enemy and threat disappeared so easily.
"Haha, there is nothing to be alarmed about. If we knew that the scale, quantity and strength of the Hunter Association's dispatch this time were quite terrifying, even if one or two fish slipped through the net occasionally, they would not be able to reproduce to the previous numbers within a hundred or two hundred years."
After saying this, Bloody Emperor stopped revealing any more information and just concentrated on flirting with the young and beautiful maid beside him.
If Holy Kingdom and Empire were not far apart and there was no conflict of interest at all, he would not have told each other so much.
"Kuirat! How do you think we can open a breakthrough from this Your Excellency Allen?" Queen Karl asked with a serious expression.
"Well... I think it's best to be more direct when dealing with people like him."
Kuirat stared at Allen who was chatting with his sister Remedios. After thinking for a moment, he immediately gave his friend an idea.
"That's it!"
Karl nodded thoughtfully, immediately straightened up his appearance, walked over with a gentle and sweet smile on his face, and asked pretending to be curious, "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing, just talking about some skills in using swords. I was too superficial before, and I didn't know that just the posture of holding the sword is so important." Remedios looked at Allen with eyes full of admiration.
Allen smiled nonchalantly and shrugged his shoulders, "Haha, I didn't discover these things. I learned them from others. Now passing them on is considered a cycle of cause and effect. After all, the value of knowledge is to spread it on a large scale so that more people can benefit from it."
"Your mind is really as broad as the sea! If it were anyone else, I'm afraid you would secretly hide it as a secret treasure passed down from generation to generation. After all, there are many skills in it that can be classified as nirvana." Remedios complimented with a sincere tone from the heart.
Karl, who had never seen her like this before, opened his eyes in surprise and couldn't believe that this was his proud, arrogant, and arrogant friend.
But soon, Your Majesty came to his senses, and Opening Gate said bluntly, "Your Excellency Allen! I hope to invite Hunter Association to establish a branch in the Holy Kingdom, and purchase some of the weapons used by the Empire from the Hunter Association. What do you think?"
"It's okay to buy weapons, but forget it about establishing a branch. Because Holy Kingdom was originally a peninsula country surrounded by seas, and the threats it faces are not as great as other human countries. In addition, the biggest threat, the demi-humans, no longer exists. I really can't think of the point of establishing a branch in such a place." Allen answered straightforwardly.
In fact, the reason why he did not include Holy Kingdom at the beginning was because of this.
Compared with the Council Nation established by Great Dragon and the demihumans in the north of Ri Yestije Kingdom, the complex and dangerous situation in the east of the Bahamut Empire near the center of the continent, Slane Theocracy faces the heavy burden of all potential enemies that threaten human survival, and the threat faced by the Holy Kingdom is actually the smallest of all human countries.
Apart from demi-humans, there is no other thing that can threaten its own survival.
So even if Hunter Association is established here, those who join will not be able to get decent training and will only wander around at a relatively low level, without enough monsters for them to kill.
"But according to what you said, wouldn't the threat of the Kingdom from Li Yestije be smaller?" A puzzled expression appeared on Karl's face.
"Smaller? No! No! No! I think you seem to have forgotten the powerful Council Nation at the northernmost point. There are various powerful inhuman races including Great Dragon there. Once a war breaks out, the entire human world will definitely be shaken." Allen explained meaningfully.
"Do you think Council Nation will be the enemy of mankind? But I heard that since Kingdom was established in the Kingdom, they have never launched an invasion." Karl retorted in a very tactful tone.
She never thought Agrandia Council Nation was a threat, but instead thought it was the most important weight in maintaining the balance of the world.
After all, although Council Nation is composed of 80% demi-humans, there are also humans.
The entire internal form is like a harmonious and stable large-scale Horde cluster, living a natural and peaceful life under the rule of Dragon King.
"Look, this is the biggest difference between you and Jircniv. You don't have the slightest awareness of being prepared for danger in times of peace. Just because Council Nation has not launched an invasion now does not mean that it will not launch an invasion in the future. Especially Platinum Dragon King - Chaindo Lux Baixi "Ang, he always likes to label himself as the Guardians of the world. Do you think he will still remain silent when he sees humans entering rapid development and even replacing Dragon Race as the dominant one?" Allen put forward a hypothesis with a half-smile.
In the eyes of Great Dragon, the true ruling race on this planet, any change that threatens its status must be eliminated.
This can be seen from the earth-shattering battle between Eight Greed Kings Era, a player who traveled through time, and Dragon King!
So from the beginning, he did not regard Council Nation as an ally, but as a potential enemy.
Karl obviously hadn't thought about this. He was stunned on the spot and didn't know how to answer.
She has seen with her own eyes how powerful and terrifying the imperial army equipped with a full set of firearms is!
With Bloody Emperor's ambition, he would never leave a powerful army to rot there, but would inevitably launch wars frequently and conquer more lands.
Similarly, Slane Theocracy is also actively expanding outwards. The country ruled by Elf King in the west is already crumbling and is only one step away from destruction. In the east, it cooperates with Dragon Country and begins to launch a counterattack against Orcs who are constantly burning, killing and looting.
It's hard to say how Council Nation and Dragon King will react after humans turn from a weak race into a strong race, and even become the rulers of the entire world.
Looking at this woman with beautiful appearance, elegant temperament and kind heart, Allen couldn't help but shake her head slightly and commented straightforwardly. "You are a good person and a benevolent monarch, but you are not an excellent ruler, let alone a leader who can make decisions at critical moments. So this game that determines the future direction of the world is not suitable for you. You should just stay here and be a peaceful and kind Saint Princess."
"I'm very sorry, I let you down." Karl had a helpless expression on his face.
Too weak and indecisive have always been the reasons used by the southern nobles to oppose her rule.
But now it seems that this sentence is really correct.
"There is no need to apologize. You just don't want to see your people bleeding like rivers. You haven't done anything wrong. What's more, mercy is not a derogatory word, but it is not suitable for a monarch. Regarding the purchase of weapons, you can give me an inventory later. Hunter Association is temporarily selling muskets and Cannon. As for Steam Tank, Automated Combat Puppet and Airship, they are all my personal gifts to His Majesty Jircniv in gratitude for his help in this operation. Okay, that's all for our conversation."
After saying that, Allen raised the wine glass in his hand to signal, then raised his head and drank it down, turned around and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
(PS: I'm so tired after a day of flying and driving today. This may be the only update)