Mage Veigar

Chapter 845: Hidden Rebellion
The empire is on the verge of collapse.

The Jialan Kingdom is watching covetously.

At a time when the two countries should have been the focus of the world, the attention of the Western world was all on the United Kingdom of a Hundred Races. As a country that had just been established for less than two months, this treatment was unprecedented.

The United Kingdom of a Hundred Races, with its capital in the important city of Lacassia.

Inside the palace, King Meru Scimitar will welcome an important guest today.

This person was none other than the Free Alliance envoy who braved the ice and snow from the west, the Night Seed Admiral Swinburne.

"Meet His Majesty the King."

Swinburne bowed gracefully and then smiled at Meru.

"General, you have come all the way here, thank you for your hard work."

Meru Scimitar personally welcomed Swinburne into the reception room. After a round of greetings, Meru Scimitar took the initiative to say, "Thank you for your help when I founded the country last time. I wonder what the purpose of my visit this time is?"

"Before I explain my purpose, I have a question for you."

"Please, sir, please speak at your pleasure."

Swinburne put down the cup in his hand and said calmly, "Recently, I heard that Your Majesty seems to have close personal relations with other Western countries. As an ally of Jialan, it seems inappropriate for you to do this."

"Your Excellency has come all the way to me, not just to ask this question."

Meru did not frown, but smiled and said, "But since you asked, I cannot let you go home disappointed. Our country is a sovereign country. It is entirely our own business to establish diplomatic relations with whom. I don't think we need the permission of the Jialan Empire for this matter."

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of Vega Saint Laurent's anger?"

“I think His Majesty Vega will not only not be angry, but will also support this move.”

"Hahaha, you are worthy of being the King of the Hundred Races Kingdom."

Swinburne smiled and said, "I won't say any more nonsense. Since Your Majesty has found a way to appease His Majesty Vega Saint Laurent, I think he doesn't care about losing our entire alliance."

“It’s an honor for our country.”

Meru Scimitar smiled even brighter. "But friendship is not something that can be concluded just by saying so. Our friends, the Gangti City State, Haiye, Xibin, Kabilin... and 2 other countries have promised to support us in taking 3/ of the territory in the northwest, east, center, and north of the empire after the war. I wonder what the Free Alliance that you represent can bring me?"

"On their basis, provide resource assistance to your country."

Swinburne brought a list to Meru Scimitar: "War airships, food, gold coins, technology, scarce resources... Are you satisfied with these, Your Majesty? But next year we want an exclusive access channel."

"Please tell His Majesty Stretch Ferguson that everything is as he wishes."

A hint of greed flashed in Meru Scimitar's eyes, and then he readily agreed to Swinburne's proposal.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Swinburne smiled, bowed, and then followed the attendants out of the meeting room.

When Swinburne completely disappeared, Dill Cutlass beside him couldn't help but said worriedly: "Father..."

"How many times have I told you to call me father? You are a prince now!"

"Father, Father."

Dill Scimitar said with some fear: "The Western countries and Jialan are mortal enemies, and we are allies with Jialan. But now you have established an alliance with almost all the countries in the West. If Jialan knows about this..."

"Starve to death the coward!" Meru said disdainfully: "Before, I was servile to the Kingdom of Jialan, that was to smoothly establish the country and enter the vision of the Western countries. Now that the goal has been achieved, of course I can't be satisfied with this."

"Father, are you going to..."

"Isn't that natural?"

Meru said as a matter of course: "Vega Saint Laurent is a greedy person. If we hadn't acted quickly in this northwest war, we wouldn't have been able to get even half of the northwest. If the Jialan Kingdom really unified the Jialan Continent, we would be a thorn in their side. What sovereignty can we talk about? It's good enough that we are not destroyed. Therefore, this is an opportunity."

"An opportunity to replace the Empire and become the dominant country in the East!"

Meru became a little crazy: "Now the empire is on the verge of collapse, so the Western countries need us to serve as a springboard for their invasion of the East. We can fully use this opportunity to participate in the division of the big cake of Jialan Kingdom as a victorious country after the war. This is also the only choice for our Hundred Races Kingdom to rise."

"Aren't you afraid that you will be destroyed by the Jialan Kingdom before spring?"

Dill felt that his father's thoughts were a little too naive: "Although the main force of Jialan is confronting the empire, with our national strength, the other side can easily send a third-rate army to destroy us countless times."

"Humph, this is exactly what I want to solve."

Meru Scimitar stood up and said, "He is just a reckless king who only knows how to fight. I will let him know that the confrontation between countries is not just a war. You notify the guards immediately. I will rush to Silla to meet Vega Saint Laurent."

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Xila City.

Vega sat in the conference room, calmly waiting for the atmosphere in the imperial capital to continue to ferment.

This psychological warfare was his first killer move.

Judging from the current situation, the Empire has no way to deal with it, so Vega believes that it is enough to just sit here quietly and wait for the Empire to collapse naturally.

The most difficult fortress to conquer will inevitably collapse from within.

It was with this in mind that Vega began to make plans when attacking the city of Silla.

Whether it was the surrender effect caused by the two navy officers or the chaos and panic caused by the war, Vega achieved the goals he expected, and even exceeded them.

these past few days.

Countless officers fled from the empire with their families, and Vega properly settled them all. This formed a good cycle effect, causing more officers with nowhere else to go to surrender.

In order to prevent large-scale surrender of officers, the empire also launched a high-pressure policy.

This led to the officers in the army being angry but not daring to speak out, as most of them were already in Cao's camp but their hearts were with Han.

Therefore, Vega's smile has become more and more intense recently.

Because he had more free time, Vega finally found the information about the United Kingdom of Hundred Races.

The intelligence detailed that the United Kingdom of Hundred Races had been in frequent contact with Western countries over this period of time, which naturally attracted Vega's attention.

After all, the northwest of the empire is backed by the Jialan Mountains.

If the Western countries wanted to invade the East, the Hundred Races Kingdom would be the only choice as the entrance.

Therefore, just in case, Vega asked his adjutant to bring Meru Scimitar's daughter, his current step-sister, Alysia Saint Laurent, to inquire about the details.

(End of this chapter)