Chapter 1087: The Day of the Conference

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The envoys from Typhon left, and the reception room of the Oak Hall became quiet. The Silver Queen Belsetia came to the large French windows and looked towards the direction of the town through the clear crystal glass - the lush roadside plants In the afterglow of the setting sun, the number of pedestrians and vehicles on the main road is gradually decreasing, and the ranger guards with bright armor are lining up to pass the sentry post in front of the main gate, while two giant eagle knights are coming from the northern city wall. It passed overhead, casting shadows on the distant bell tower.

"The Typhons seem to be eager to facilitate the opening of ports and trade projects along the Return Coast and the Gray Eye Coast. Although they have been talking about these things for the past six months, they didn't seem to be so anxious at that time," said the man wearing a red background. Standing not far behind the queen, the tall, thin and serious Valentian Jingu in gold-rimmed robes respectfully lowered his hands and said, "Although this matter is beneficial to us, is there something strange behind it?"

"Perhaps the biggest mystery lies in the two secret talks between Gawain Cecil and Rosetta Augustus," Belsetia said without looking back, "I'm really curious about what they talked about now. ..."

Valentian responded immediately: "Understood, I will arrange it right away."

"No, Elaine will be back soon." Belsetia said, and almost at the same time as her words fell, a faint wind suddenly blew up in a corner of the room, and a slender figure emerged from the entwined A vine emerges near the corner of the house.

The high-ranking elf maid, Elaine Vanna, stepped out of the air and quickly walked behind the Silver Queen: "I have returned, Your Majesty."

"How's the situation? Have you heard any news?"

Elaine lowered her head: "As you expected, Cecil took the initiative to release a small amount of rumors——Typhon and Cecil will jointly restart the route around the continent, and the mainland countries can also participate in it."

"Restart the circumcontinental route? Typhon and Cecil are 'jointly'?" Belsetia finally turned around, she stared at Elaine, "The news has been released...that is, Rosetta Ogu Stu agreed?"

"At the moment... yes," Elaine paused, then continued to bow her head, "and it seems that they have reached a consensus beyond that."

"...The parliament originally predicted that Typhon and Cecil would carry out some kind of 'delivery' of territory or resources during the process of concluding the covenant," Valentian was also surprised, but he quickly adjusted his expression , and looked at the Queen whom he was loyal to, "Your Majesty, our forecast has seriously deviated. Gawain Cecil is asking for more than we imagined."

"He actually chose this time to forcibly restart the route around the continent..." Belsetia didn't seem to hear Valentian's words, she just said softly as if talking to herself in her thoughts, "Is he on the way?" Worried about Typhon's recovery speed..."

"It may also be that we are worried that the Silver Empire will completely fall to the Typhon settlement area," Valentian said aside, "Since the dispute over the Blue Rock Hills was resolved, the Gaoling Kingdom and Typhon settled, and our trade with Typhon The scale is also expanding rapidly, and this incident may have aroused the vigilance of Cecil. Under the circumstances that the cost of land transportation is high and air transportation cannot be popularized, opening up the eastern route is the best way for them to prevent the Tifeng settlement area from continuing to mature."

"Valendian, I think he asked for more than this." The Silver Queen glanced at her chief minister and shook her head slightly, "But this is not the point for us, the point is how Emperor Typhon would agree This matter... He should be very clear about the situation in his own country. At this point in time, agreeing to Cecil's circum-continental route plan is a joint cooperation in name, but in essence it is equivalent to giving up control of the entire route, and At least a few decades..."

"Maybe it's a deterrent that's hard to resist, or a temptation that's hard to refuse. This is probably the part that Cecil and Typhon haven't disclosed." Valentian's expression became serious, "Should we Want to respond to the conditions of those Typhon envoys just now? The Typhon people obviously hope to try their best to gain some shares and the right to speak in the southeast section of the route before the agreement on the circum-continental route takes effect.

This is very beneficial to us - but it may also cause displeasure on Cecil's part. "

The Silver Queen looked at her chief minister, as if she felt that the other party's question was unnecessary: ​​"Does this need to be considered? Of course we have to respond. We have been waiting for more than half a year for the Typhon people to make concessions - but we can still Raise the price a little bit more, believe me, the room for concessions prepared by Typhon is far from over. As for Cecil's dissatisfaction..."

There was a little smile on the corner of her mouth, and the sun near dusk was pouring into the room from the window, covering her back and feet like a cloak: "He is Gawain Cecil, he will not be dissatisfied."

...

The secret meeting between Gawain and Rosetta Augustus was only a fragment on the eve of meeting 112. In fact, during the preparation stage of the meeting, similar meetings and secret talks took place non-stop in this stronghold of 112. ——

Almost all the representatives participating in the meeting realized that the pattern of the world would change within a few days. Countless intelligence personnel and think tank consultants were busy collecting and summarizing information from all sides like a colony of ants busy under the bushes. And extract valuable reference content from this huge and complicated information, and send it to the big figures at the next level, and those big figures who have enough keen vision and accurate judgment (or think they have this ability) will be accepted. This information stimulates them to keep contacting their allies or competitors, and to keep preparing chips to collect intelligence, in order to gain more initiative in the upcoming conference.

The reception rooms and meeting rooms in the Emerald Long Hall became extremely busy, and certain rooms in various hotels also became lively. From morning to night, there were countless meetings and mediations, large and small. It was staged in these rooms, and in some areas where the talks were particularly "intensive", there would even be such an awkward and subtle situation-the representatives finished a round of secret talks, pushed the door to the corridor, and happened to see the king or prime minister of the neighboring country After the minister came out from the next room and greeted them awkwardly or enthusiastically, the representatives who had just taken a breath in the corridor regrouped, turned around and walked into a different room to continue the next round of discussions...

I don't know if any delegates went to the wrong room during the tense and busy few days of preparation and messed up the joint list.

On the other hand, while representatives of all kinds of small and medium-sized forces are busy, the three most influential forces that attract everyone's attention suddenly quiet down—— Cecil, Typhon, Baiyin, and the Three Great Empires After the initial high-level contact, there was no movement quickly. Only ordinary diplomats maintained normal communication in private. The three empires just sat on the sidelines and watched the other parties busy, as if they were waiting for the conference. arrival.

Representatives of some forces feel a little uneasy about this, but more people have no extra energy to pay attention to the movements of the three empires—they have become more and more aware of how powerful the new alliance will be during these days. For those representatives of small countries who have no ability to influence the pattern of big countries, how to find a better "position" on this behemoth is obviously the most worthy of their attention.

Time passed quickly under such a turbulent situation, and the scheduled meeting date finally arrived.

The first ray of sunlight in the morning lit up the crystal spire set at the highest point of the No. 112 stronghold. The large light green crystal burned bright flames under the sunlight, and the bells all over the town rang at the same time, high and low Amidst the undulating bells, elite ranger soldiers wearing silver light armor and feather-grazing helmets appeared at various key intersections, while magical vehicles that had hung the flags of various countries in advance gathered at each main line. In front of the pavilion—these vehicles were provided by Cecil, who was the initiator of the meeting. Except for the different supporting flags, the standards in other aspects are exactly the same.

In fact, apart from these magical vehicles, most of the materials for the entire meeting were also uniformly configured. Among them, the Silver Empire, as the host, took on most of them, and Cecil and Typhon shared the rest. This kind of "consistency" is a special arrangement made by Gao Wen, which has his own intention -

All representatives have a unified standard and equal seats. Even if they have different voices and responsibilities in the alliance, they should not be reflected in the cost of ostentation and showing off national power. This kind of "consistency" is completely different from the old traditional The talks between the two forces are equivalent to the "rules" of each showing off their power, and it is also a simple expression of some basic concepts in the "community of destiny".

Of course, some representatives may only find these arrangements novel and weird, and may not understand Gao Wen's intentions, but before the meeting is over... they will understand.

During the preparation period of the previous few days, the participating delegates had received notice in advance and had a good understanding of the pick-up process, so they quickly boarded the vehicles prepared for themselves, but to the surprise of many delegates, These vehicles did not go to the largest gathering place in the town, the "Emerald Long Hall" or other large facilities, but drove straight out of the city.

In a magical car with the emblem of the Ogule Tribal State hanging, the petite Wenna Baizhi stretched her neck and looked out the window. She looked at the direction of the front and rear convoys in surprise, and couldn't help but look back after looking away. To an elf affairs officer sitting in the front co-pilot seat: "The venue is outside the city? Isn't it the halls in the city?"

"Yes, outside the city," the blond elf with slender eyebrows and beautiful eyes turned his head and smiled at Wenna—although the silver elves and gray elves have been separated for a long time, at least they are both "elves", as members of the group. The officer's attitude towards Wenna was particularly friendly, "It has been stated in the procedure manual that the meeting place is at the 'Stone Ring of Oath', and there is no place called 'Stone Ring of Oath' in the city."

"But I saw that there is no meeting place outside the city." Wen Na's curiosity and doubts did not diminish in the slightest. She looked out of the car window. The town is not big. At this moment, the car she was riding in was about to arrive. The gate of the wall, and outside the gate covered with energy shields, all she can see is a large expanse of wilderness, and the dark wilderness at the end of the wilderness, "I can only see a wasteland—could it be that the' oath Is the stone ring hidden by some kind of enchantment?"

"No," the officer shook his head, "The Covenant Stone Ring is not an existing building, it needs the power of our queen to appear in this world--sorry for confusing you, but due to the participation in the meeting There are many people, the carrying capacity of the existing facilities in the No. 112 stronghold is limited, and some additional considerations, we have to make this arrangement. But please rest assured, even outside the outpost, the elite ranger troops and combat Drew We can still ensure the safety of all representatives, although this is the border of the civilized world, the wasteland is actually far from the survival zone."

"We're not worried about the wasteland, at least I'm not," the orc leader Camilla who was sitting next to Wenna said suddenly, with a slight grunt coming from her throat, "I just think you should arrange this kind of arrangement." Let me tell you—I thought the meeting was going to be in town until today."

"Sorry, this was our mistake."

"Ah, it doesn't matter," Camilla waved her hand. Her long, fluffy tail was curled up and rested on Wenna's shoulders. She herself looked out of the window on the other side, with curiosity in her yellow-brown vertical pupils. Ray, "Wasteland... This is the first time I've seen it at such a close distance."

"Control your curiosity. Curiosity will kill cats and orcs." Wen Na patted the tail on her shoulders lightly, and said casually while looking ahead of the convoy. In her vision, the open wilderness Already oncoming.

...

Outside the city of No. 112 stronghold, on the open and flat field, the vehicles arriving one after another have gathered in a special parking area, and on an open field near the parking area, Silver Queen Belsetia is holding several high-level druids Standing next to a boulder under the guard of elite rangers.

On the surface of that roughly square boulder, mysterious and complex Druid runes have been engraved in advance. As the sun shines on the stone surface, bits and pieces of magic power appear in those runes.

It wasn't just elves standing by the boulder.

Gawain brought Amber and Rebecca and stood beside Belsetia. Farther away from them, you could see many Cecils dressed as technicians—these technicians were debugging many Magic equipment, these equipment include the vehicle-mounted stacked magic net device, the mobile magic obelisk, and several magic net terminals of different models. sense of mission.

This meeting will be transmitted to the neural network through the equipment in their hands, transmitted back to the Cecil Empire, and finally spread to all parts of the empire through the magic net, and even spread to some of the networked areas of the Augure Tribal State and the Holy Dragon Principality— ——Although this is far from being called a "worldwide live broadcast", the scope of the live broadcast of this grand event has reached the record since the birth of Monet Communication. Participation.

Gao Wen withdrew his gaze from the live broadcast equipment, looked at the representatives from various parties who were arriving at the scene one after another not far away, and finally looked at Belsetia next to him, with a smile on his face: "The atmosphere today is very exciting. Didn't it bring you a little familiarity?"

"No," Belsetia replied with a faint smile, and said in a low voice, "When the meeting was held seven hundred years ago, I was busy stealing food from behind, and it was all up to Valentian to maintain order. , don't you remember?"

"...I remembered the dark face of Valentian at that time," Gawain recalled, and couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Later, I searched for you with him for a long time, and finally dragged you out from under the dining table. "

Talking about the topic of the past, they smiled at each other, and the atmosphere became more relaxed.

And behind them, Valentian's pointed ears trembled unconsciously, and his face seemed to darken a little...