Earning Faster and More Than They Spent

Christoffen and his group returned to their country with aggrieved looks on their faces.

After receiving Christoffen's report, Yelishao De nearly cursed out loud.

Yelishao De rubbed his temples to clear his mind. Leaving aside the other conditions, just the ransom alone is something the Dion Empire cannot afford now. Even the Dion Empire from five years ago, before the war began, could not have afforded it. Not only would the treasury be emptied, but several years of defense budgets would be completely devoured. Forget it, the Skywing Mercenary Group never intended to negotiate with us. They are probably worried that once the captured Dion soldiers return home, they will turn their guns around and rejoin the battlefield. What they fear most is us going to war with them again.

Yelishao De decided to put the matter aside for the time being. Right now, he had to prepare for the visit from the Oya Cross Nation's diplomatic delegation a few weeks from now.

Meanwhile, Long Fei truly had no intention of returning the captured Dion soldiers to the Dion Empire, so he had Li Jiaming's people draw up a whole list of outrageously excessive demands.

More importantly, he was certain that the Dion Empire could never agree to those terms.

If those captive Dion soldiers returned to their country, the Dion Empire, which was severely short on available troops, would be able to somewhat resolve its urgent manpower shortage.

And if luck was bad, those prisoners might return home just as Fadis woke up.

"Given Fadis's nature, he might very well launch another war and try to reverse his defeat, all to fulfill that boring Newtype ideology of his." Long Fei evaluated and predicted Fadis in his thoughts.

"Rather than let that happen, I might as well keep these