The person who appeared in front of Li Huailin was Warren, who was lying on the bed. It was obvious that Warren had suffered serious injuries. There were more than one wound on his body, and some of them were still bleeding. There were also many burn marks on his body, and he was currently unconscious. The Duke's Mansion's healing team was currently working hard to heal him. They were using Holy Light Spells and Healing Spells on him.
"How is he?" Li Huailin asked a random Priest.
"Your Majesty, his external injuries should be able to be healed, but he has lost a lot of blood, so he is currently unconscious. However, according to his physical strength, he should be able to survive," the Priest immediately replied.
"I'm not asking if he can survive, I'm asking when he can wake up," Li Huailin immediately said.
"This …" The Priest had a headache. He didn't know when Warren would wake up.
However, when the Priest didn't know how to answer Li Huailin, a groan came from the bed. Li Huailin turned his head and saw that Warren had already woken up.
"… Your … Your Majesty …" Warren saw Li Huailin standing beside his bed and immediately wanted to get up. However, he couldn't get up at all. Instead, he pulled on his own wounds. His expression changed again and again. "Ugh … Ugh …"
"Alright, alright. What's the situation?" Li Huailin walked over and asked. "Why did you come back alone? And you're so heavily injured. Could it be that the Mechanical Race didn't give you face? Not only did they refuse to hand over the gemstone, but they also directly declared war on us? "
"Your Majesty …" Warren breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly said, "It's not the Mechanical Race that declared war on us, but the Mechanical Race's internal strife broke out."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned. He heard that the conflict between the Ancient Mechanical Race and the Neo-Mechanical Race was about to break out, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon. Moreover, it happened at this time?
"When our diplomatic mission arrived, everything was going smoothly," said Ye Zichen. Warren continued. "We've also met with the current leader of the Mech race, Medici. We've also read out the documents to him. Then, I explained to him in private that His Majesty only wants him to show his allegiance and not interfere with their internal affairs. Of course, his goal is to obtain the Gem of Life from him." The Ancient Mechanical Race discussed for a while and finally agreed to submit to Your Majesty, and they also agreed to hand over the Gem of Life … "
"However, they didn't expect that the Neomachine Race would somehow find out about it. The Gem of Life isn't much to the ancient Neomachine Race, but it's a sacred item to the Neomachine Race. So, of course, they objected to the ancient Neomachine Race handing over the Gem of Life.
The Ancient Mechanical Race and the Race originally had conflicts with the Neo-Mechanical Race. In this time, the conflict between the two sides intensified, and for some unknown reason, and eventually, a civil war broke out. and the Neo-Mechanical Race's territory. The Ancient Mechanical Race probably didn't expect such a situation to happen. The palace was quickly lost, and we were also implicated. The Neo-Mechanical Race thought that we were the ones who plotted to steal their Holy Relic, so they attacked us. In the chaos, I got separated from Sir Wodeheem and the others, and in the end, I could only break out alone … I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I don't know what happened to Sir Wodeheem and the others. "
Of course, Li Huailin didn't care about what happened to Wodeheem. After listening to what happened, Li Huailin was very angry. Yes, it should have been easy to solve the problem, but he didn't expect it to become more and more troublesome. Those Neo-Mechs really know how to cause trouble.
"How did the news spread?" Li Huailin thought for a while and asked.
"This … I'm not too sure. When we were still in the palace, we heard the news that the Neo-Mechanical Race came to protest. After that, they started a riot," Warren said.
"Hmm …" Li Huailin thought for a while. For some reason, he suddenly thought of Kakas. Could it be that this guy went back and thought that something was wrong? Or did he plan to use this opportunity to launch a coup? But no matter what, Li Huailin didn't care. He wasn't interested in the Mechanical Race at all. All he needed was the Gem of Life.
"Alright, since you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, let's prepare for war." Li Huailin spread his hands and said, "Geert."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Geert didn't say anything this time. Li Huailin did the right thing this time because it was a slap in the face to the Continent's government. Regardless of whether the Mechanical Race was in a civil war or not, no one could touch the emperor's envoy. Now that they had, if Li Huailin didn't punish them, the prestige of the newly established government would, of course, be dealt a fatal blow. Therefore, they had to be punished.
"What troops can we send?" Although Li Huailin was prepared to rob them, he suddenly thought that it was a little troublesome. He didn't seem to have any troops in the south of the continent. Of course, his main forces, the two human legions, were in the human territory. Meanwhile, the undead army was still in the Demons' main city.
"Your Majesty, we just need to send one of the first or second legions," Geert said. No matter how strong the Mechanical Race was, they couldn't defeat elite troops like the first or second legions, not to mention that they were in a civil war.
"Too slow." Li Huailin immediately said, "If we send the human army now, it will take more than ten days. I don't have the time to wait that long. Besides, what I need now is that gemstone. I'm worried that someone might take it out of the city. Therefore, it's best to surround the Mechanical Race's main city now to prevent any accidents."
"But Your Majesty, we don't have any troops in the south," Geert said. Geert said, "The area where the Machinery Race is located is the border between the Undead and the Dwarves. The Undead army is still in the Demon Race's main city, so it will take them longer than the human army to get there. As for the Dwarves … Do they still have an army?"
"How many troops do the Dwarves have left?" Li Huailin asked. In fact, he didn't know how many troops the Dwarves had left after the last war.
"According to the previous treaty between the three countries, the Dwarves have almost no troops left," Geert said. "I remember that the treaty stipulated the number of dwarven armies. Even the remaining ones are only used for security purposes. Apart from suppressing the rebellion of the peasants, they have no combat power at all." "That's right," Geert said.
Li Huailin facepalmed. He was the one who signed the treaty. How could he have thought of this situation? Now that he thought about it, it was really a pain in the ass.
"Alright then." Li Huailin turned his head to look at the people in the room. Of course, there were many cabinet members here. Li Huailin was too lazy to think about it. He directly asked, "There are so many people here. Can anyone think of a more reliable plan?"
Li Huailin was throwing out the bait. Now that so many people wanted to curry favor with Li Huailin, they were worried that there was no way to do so. Now that Li Huailin was in a bit of trouble, if they could think of a way, they would definitely be able to enter Li Huailin's vision. Then, they would definitely be able to achieve meteoric success in the future.
However, it didn't seem that easy to achieve meteoric success. Li Huailin's requirements were a bit high. At least, no one here could think of a good idea. Li Huailin waited for a while, but no one stood up to offer a solution. They were all racking their brains. Li Huailin was about to curse when someone raised his hand.
"Oh?" Li Huailin paused and looked at the person who raised his hand. It was a young man, about twenty-four or twenty-five years old. He was considered young among the civil servants. Judging from his attire, he didn't have a high position. He was probably just a servant in the cabinet. Li Huailin looked at the person's name. It was Manaus.
"Do you have an idea?" Li Huailin asked.
"Your Majesty, you are in a hurry to get the gemstone, right?" Manaus didn't answer immediately. Instead, he asked a question.
"Yes, I am not interested in the mechanical race. I only want the gemstone," Li Huailin immediately said.
"Then … we can surround the city first," Manaus said.
"Surround the city? Where would the troops come from? "a minister next to him immediately questioned.
"We don't have troops that can fight, but we do have troops that can surround the city," Manaus immediately said. "For example, the Dwarf troops. Although they don't have much fighting power, they are enough to protect their reputation. We should also be able to find some people from the Undead. Then, there are the Gnomes. Their city is nearby, so they should be able to send some people. We can ask them to send their troops to surround the mechanical race's city first. Then … we can threaten them to hand over the gemstone. After all, the mechanical race doesn't have any fighting power. I think the mechanical race doesn't know about this yet. When they see so many of us, they might hand over the gemstone. If they still refuse, we can only surround them and wait for our army to come and suppress them. "
"Oh?" Manaus' words shocked everyone. In fact, it did make sense. The mechanical race didn't know that their troops didn't have any fighting power. If they sent so many troops at once, even though they couldn't fight, it would still be scary. Perhaps the mechanical race would be afraid.
"Yes, yes, yes …" Li Huailin immediately nodded. He was very satisfied with Manaus' suggestion. "Geert, did you hear that? Let's do it. Oh, by the way, this young man is very creative. Come, I will learn how to cook from you … No, I mean, learn from you. "
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