Alex expressed his doubt, "But can the Raine Kingdom do nothing now?
If you cannot send troops to attack that country, you could also support some hostile factions or something."
Duke Barick shook his head, "We cannot do that. That country is located in the southern part of the City-State Union, far away from the Raine Kingdom by land. It is simply impossible for the kingdom to have direct contact with them.
Furthermore, because the kingdom has constantly been attacking the City-State Union for expansion previously, the various factions in the City-State Union have always maintained vigilance against the kingdom. The kingdom's overtures of goodwill would only be regarded as having some ulterior motive.
The current situation is that the kingdom simply lacks the ability to bypass the numerous city-states to interfere with the unification actions of that country.
Therefore, my father said that the kingdom's time is very tight, and the time left for my teacher is at most three years.
Three years later, regardless of whether the war here in the East Sea Alliance ends or not, the kingdom will withdraw all regular armies here back to the kingdom's mainland.
By then, before the Central City-State Coalition is completely unified, the kingdom will dispatch troops with all its might to attack that place, tearing off some flesh before the City-State Union is unified.
We must weaken the foundation of that newly established country as much as possible to prevent a new round of expansion after that newborn country is established."
Duke Barick's words left both of them speechless. To put it bluntly, the king meant that if the East Sea Alliance could not be taken down within three years, he would simply ignore it and directly withdraw all troops back to the mainland.
After that, they should not