The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 100 Win-Win Means Humanity Wins Twice

what?
Even Elion, the King of Mankind, is coming to negotiate?

Princess Leah shuddered at the thought that the fabricated video was still in this human's hands.

Now, she even regrets it a little, wondering why she agreed to falsify the results in the first place!

Seeing his daughter's extremely embarrassed expression, the Sun Elf King immediately understood and patted Lia's shoulder with his large, kind hand:
"Daughter, don't worry. No matter what the Moon Elf Queen says, your father is on your side!"

"When the time comes for negotiations, let's show some pride to our Sun Elf race."

"You killed so many human mages, that human king must be furious."

"Don't worry about what he asks, just object!"

Leah forced a stiff smile and nodded mechanically.

……

Soon, the day for the negotiations between Elion and the Elf Queen arrived.

Inside a small palace on the east side of the Elven Royal Palace complex.

Queen Antinoya and many ministers were already seated before the pure white round table.

Princess Lia and the swordsman mage Serka Radiance, who had previously participated in the attack on the human kingdom, were also present.

As for the priest, Guiras Goldfleur, who also participated in the attack, he was not present because he had a sacrificial mission to perform recently.

Dang Dang Dang.

The clear sound of the mithril bell rang out.

A figure appeared on the table.

He was young and handsome, wearing a black robe adorned with stars.

"Greetings, everyone. I am the monarch of Eldoron, the human kingdom in the far east. I have come here in the form of a projection at the invitation of Her Majesty the Queen."

Elian stretched out his right hand and gently pulled, and another small boy appeared.

“This is my disciple Gret, who is listening in on these negotiations.”

Gret greeted everyone somewhat stiffly.

"Can they really bring another person over as a projection? He's just an ordinary beginner legendary figure, how can his methods be so bizarre..." The Elf Queen frowned slightly.

Temporarily suppressing her inner turmoil, Elian, the Elven Queen, sent her greetings:
"Greetings, King of Mankind from the East. We salute you."

Elion also returned the gift to the Elf Queen:
"And I salute you, the monarch of the Elven Kingdom, the universally acknowledged king of the twenty-four great Elven families."

He had already noticed that the elves particularly liked to refer to him as "King of Humans".

Strictly speaking, Elion currently only controls a small corner of the eastern continent, the river valley and surrounding human settlements, and does not involve other parts of the continent or even other continents.

He is not yet the true king of mankind.

But El-Erian was happy with this title.

When he ascends to the throne in the future, he will surely seek the divine office of [humanity] that the gods have not yet occupied.

Constantly reinforcing the concepts of "Elian = King of Mankind" and "Elian is Emperor of Mankind" in the minds of all beings will help him control this divine office in the future!

Elian looked worried:

"Some time ago, two or three Sun Elf families sent troops to form a coalition and attacked our human kingdom of Eldoron. They caused us considerable losses..."

At this point, Elion looked at Princess Lia and Serka Radiance sitting in front of him:
"Especially these two legendary mages, who launched a night raid on our camp and wreaked havoc on our human territory."

"My compatriots, the casualties are truly heavy..."

At this point, Elian let out a heavy sigh.
Grete, standing to the side, remained silent, his face tense.

Seeing Elian's sorrowful and grief-stricken appearance, if I didn't know the truth, I would probably have thought it was true!
Serka and Lia exchanged a glance and nodded frantically like chickens pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, that's it."

“We…we just…uh, taught humans a lesson. Who told them…uh…to capture Alamir…”

Princess Leah tried her best to appear righteous and stern, but she still stammered when she spoke and avoided eye contact with the others.

Serka Radiance, on the other hand, crossed her arms, completely unconcerned:
“Your Majesty, we have heeded your orders and exercised the utmost restraint. We have only given humanity a small lesson and have not launched a full-scale attack.”

You two...

The Elf Queen glared at the two men, then smiled broadly and looked at Elian in a kind and gentle tone:

"King of Mankind. As you can see, this is all the unauthorized action of a few Sun Elves, and is by no means the will of the Elven Royal Court."

“They disobeyed my orders, and I have reprimanded and punished them.”

"For the sake of peace between the two races, we hope that Your Majesty can exercise restraint and refrain from further escalating the conflict."

"If the conflict escalates further, it will be bad for both of us."

El-Erian looked helpless, as if he had made a huge sacrifice, and said:

“Your Majesty, I understand the tremendous efforts you and the Moon Elves have made for peace between our two races.”

"Unfortunately, some of the Elven families were too extreme, severely damaging our positions and killing so many of our brave soldiers."

"Your Majesty, as you know, it is not easy to select people with magical talent and train them into mages."

"I hope to win some compensation for my country and people, to make up for the losses suffered in this war to some extent."

"This request shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"

After Elian finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Princess Lia and Serka Radiance across the table, revealing a meaningful expression.

At the same time, under the fearful gazes of the two, he took out a crystal from his pocket and placed it face down on the table:

"This photographic crystal records how those sun elves launched a night raid on our positions, destroyed numerous bunkers and towers, and killed over 200 of our human mages. It is the blood and tears of our brethren!"

When Lia and Serka saw the crystal in Elian's hand, they both shuddered, feeling as if they had a thorn in their side.

Is this the recording of our collusion to falsify our battle records?

“Well… I think… the King of Humanity’s request is reasonable…” Leah stammered.

"After all, we... killed so many of them... it's only right to give them some compensation."

Serka nodded repeatedly:
"Princess Leah is right. Looking back now, we did go a bit too far!"

"There's no need for us to go to war any further. Let's give the human kingdom some compensation and let this matter drop. It's a win-win situation for both humans and elves."

Queen Antinoya was quite surprised to see that the two legendary Sun Elves, who were usually quite hostile towards other races, showed no resistance at all and agreed to make compensation to the humans.

What's going on with these two guys?
Aren't all the losses suffered by the nation of humanity caused by you?

Why have you suddenly become so easy to talk to?
The bewildered elven queen turned her head and looked at Elian opposite her:
"So, King of Humanity, what form of compensation do you desire?"

When Little Gretel saw this, even though he already knew Elian's purpose for coming, he couldn't help but twitch his face.

First, they cooperated with the other side to fabricate battle records, pretending to suffer heavy losses, in order to appease the Sun Elf race's hostility towards humans.

Then, they turn around and demand compensation for non-existent losses!
In that instant, little Greta finally understood what the teacher meant by "win-win" that night.

Win-win means Eldorlen wins twice!

Elian slowly said:

"Your Majesty, my demands for compensation are not high; they are roughly the following three points..."

(End of this chapter)