Mage Veigar

Chapter 507: Smell the Blood
Well known.

There are countless wild beasts hiding in the jungle.

When blood flows from your wounds, these beasts, no matter how far away they are, will chase you relentlessly as long as they smell even a little bit of blood until you are killed.

And so on.

If the entire Jialan continent is compared to a primeval forest, then the countries are the carnivores living in the forest.

The strong prey on the weak; this is the eternal law of the jungle.

As the nations are like wild beasts, their sense of war is undoubtedly very sensitive.

In this forest, the Empire is the undisputed overlord.

Whether it was a dynasty, a kingdom, or an alliance, they were all defeated by the empire.

But if the Jialan Continent is divided into east and west with the Jialan Mountains as the boundary, the Empire is undoubtedly still the overlord in the east, while in the west, the Free Alliance is in the same position as the Empire.

in other words.

The largest power in the Jialan Continent is the Empire, and the second largest power is the Free Alliance. The Free Alliance is also the only major power that is qualified to destroy the Empire in a one-on-one situation.

Therefore, the Empire is extremely wary of the Free Alliance.

If the Free Alliance attacked the Empire at this critical juncture, the Empire might immediately abandon the war in the Kingdom and concentrate 100% of its attention on dealing with the Free Alliance's attack.

So will the Freedom Alliance attack at this time?

If it were before, they probably wouldn't do it. At most, they would support the United Kingdom with resources, but they wouldn't dare to do it openly. Once they got stuck in the quagmire of war, it would be very difficult to get out of it. They were also afraid that the Empire would join forces with the big countries west of the Jialan Mountains to attack them.

But when Vega put up this formation, the situation was different.

In the north of the empire, a coalition of 20 kingdoms and dynasties is holding back the Empire's th Army. In the east, two West Coast armies are holding back the Central Army. In the southwest, troops from the Principality of Baya are pressing forward step by step. The Dragon Sea support line has also been targeted by Vega.

As for the empire itself, they certainly know that it is a paper tiger.

They are also determined to win this war.

However, for the Free Alliance west of the Jialan Mountains, they did not know that these armies were all paper tigers. After all, they were not even human beings and did not speak the language. How could they obtain accurate war intelligence?

Therefore, the Freedom Alliance can only see the surface of this matter.

On the surface, this means that the empire is under siege from all sides, and even if a god were to descend to earth, he would surely be defeated.

wrong!

Perhaps in the eyes of the Free Alliance, the empire has been pushed to the edge of the cliff and is probably not far from collapse.

Greedy beasts will come smelling the blood.

Seeing that the empire was about to collapse, how could the second largest country in the Jialan Continent miss this great opportunity to take control of the eastern part of the Jialan Mountains? They dreamed of expanding their territory to the east of the Jialan Mountains.

Therefore, Vega's action directly gave the Free Alliance confidence, and it would inevitably lead to the Free Alliance, which had not made any moves so far, to come and share a piece of the pie as a prestigious big country.

The Empire Now.

In the eyes of the Free Alliance, it is indeed a piece of fat meat.

They must also want to participate in this war and share a piece of the pie with Vega and others.

And everything happened just as Vega expected.

A week later, Vega received intelligence that the Free Alliance's 'Silver Wolf' and 'Giant' had crossed the Jialan Mountains and were heading towards the Sunset Fortress, due west of the Empire. "This is a vanguard army."

Vega saw through the Freedom Alliance's plan at a glance.

This army is just a test for the Empire. If the Empire cannot even stop this army, the Free Alliance will definitely judge that the Empire is strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and its demise is an established fact. Then they will probably send out their real main force directly.

When the Free Alliance took action, it meant that the "momentum" that Vega really wanted to borrow had appeared.

Under this premise, does the Empire still dare to insist on a decisive battle with him?

Vega walked out of the office and quietly enjoyed the charming spring breeze.

What he had to wait for now was for the empire to take the initiative to ask for peace, so that he could take the opportunity to ask for a huge sum of money.

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The Empire, the Immortal City.

Although it is already ten o'clock in the evening, the meeting room is still brightly lit.

The three major think tanks of the empire, the head of state, the chief judge, and the speaker were all present. They convened a three-power meeting overnight because they had just received an urgent war report from the Sunset Fortress in the west of the empire. The content of the war report forced them to initiate the three-power meeting.

The Freedom League is here.

The 'Silver Wolf' is the fastest and usually serves as the vanguard of the Free Alliance.

The 'Giant' is as tall as a city wall and has always been considered the best choice for attacking a city.

Now the 75-strong coalition of the 'Silver Wolf' and the 'Giant' is coming in full force. It is impossible for the Sunset Fortress to be defended for too long with only the 3-plus soldiers of the th Legion of the Empire. If they don't send reinforcements at this time, the Sunset Fortress may not be able to be saved.

Not that Sunset Fortress is that important.

To be honest, Sunset Fortress is merely the first line of defense of the Empire against the Free Alliance. Under normal circumstances, it would not be a big deal even if it was lost, but things are different now.

Everyone present knows it clearly.

In the current situation where they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, if Sunset Fortress is lost, it will indirectly lead the Free Alliance to misunderstand that the Empire can no longer survive. If this misunderstanding really occurs, the Free Alliance will most likely not send out a vanguard army.

It's entirely conceivable.

When the Free Alliance has a preconceived notion that they are strong on the outside but weak on the inside, they will inevitably send a large number of main forces to attack the border of the empire, which will directly lead to them having to abandon the layout of the Dragon City.

Therefore, in this battle, we must not only defend Sunset Fortress, but also fight beautifully.

On this basis, they had to compromise with Vega. Otherwise, when they were concentrating on dealing with the Free Alliance, Vega would suddenly stab them in the back, and their losses would be huge.

This three-power meeting started quickly and ended even faster.

It took less than 20 minutes from the time the meeting was convened to the time everyone reached a consensus.

Compromise with Vega.

This time, even the leaders of the three powers did not dare to suggest war.

Because with the foresight of these three people, they knew very well that they no longer had the capital to continue fighting with Vega to the end. If they still insisted on going to war, there was a high probability that the entire empire would be destroyed in the end.

So after five days.

The Empire authorized the current commander of the 17th Army of Kareni, Clemens Oliver, to conduct negotiations with Vega, and required Clemens Oliver to force Vega to withdraw his troops in a peaceful manner.

(End of this chapter)