"What exactly do you want?" Crown Prince Eric finally failed to contain his anger and demanded an answer from the others.
"Our demand is simple: every empire gets a share!"
"That's right, every one of our empires gets a share!"
Land on the Sacred Continent was not scarce, so none of the nobles minded having more people join them.
On the contrary, most nobles hoped the population of their territories would grow, because population represented wealth.
With the unified vote of the representatives from the other five empires, all the people of the Glory Continent were ultimately divided among the six empires.
Of course, the six empires would not split up the two principalities, because they planned to settle the nobles of the Northern Principality and the Onyx Principality on the Black Rock Plains.
As for the reason behind this?
It was closely tied to the locations of the six empires' territories.
In the early stages of holding back the Dark Creatures' invasion, the areas directly bordering the Dark Creatures were naturally the most dangerous.
The farther away one was, the safer it became.
The six great empires were powerful, and naturally had the strength and means to seize the safest lands.
Thus, the territories of the six great empires were almost all closest to the Endless Mountain Range—the places farthest from the Dark Creatures.
As for the other principalities of the Sacred Alliance, they were all positioned before the six great empires.
If the Dark Creatures truly made any moves, they would serve as the Buffer Zone for the six great empires—or, more bluntly, as shields.
But that was only in the early period of resisting the Dark Creature invasion.
Now, with Sacred Thorn being continuously cultivated, the threat of the Dark Creatures was no longer so urgent for