"Oh? The Dwarves have conditions? That's new, "Li Huailin smiled." Let's hear about it. It sounds interesting. "
"Yeah, I'm a little curious too," Anthony said. "Emissary Orfg, tell us about it."
Of course, Orpheus could tell that the two of them seemed to be joking. However, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Your Highness, our condition is to immediately reach a surrender agreement. In other words, we want to stop the war immediately. If possible, I hope that we can reach an agreement today."
"Today?" Anthony was stunned. This condition was really a bit strange.
"Your Highness, I think it's also beneficial for the Human race. After all, the Human race still has the rebel army. After reaching an agreement, the Human army can immediately return to defend the city. This way, we can immediately resolve the siege of the rebel army," Orfg immediately said.
"Oh? That's not bad. " Many of the Human ministers nodded in agreement. What Orpheus said was right. Not many people believed that Li Huailin could immediately deal with the rebel army. After all, there were 40,000 of them, and their families and belongings were all in the main city. If the city was breached, how were they going to survive? The earlier the army returned, the safer they would be. Naturally, it was better to reach an agreement immediately.
Anthony couldn't figure out why the Dwarves would make such a suggestion. He immediately looked at Prime Minister Mach.
"Hmm …" Mach pondered for a moment and then understood. "Emissary Orfg, you're concerned about your main city, Molten Iron City, right? Our second corps is still searching for the remaining soldiers in your city. I think you want to end the war immediately because of this."
After Mach's reminder, everyone immediately understood that searching for the remaining troops was just an excuse. Now that Li Huailin's second legion was plundering and killing in Molten Iron City, they almost turned the entire city upside down. This was also the reason why the Dwarves wanted to reach an agreement immediately. Now that the other side had already surrendered, they couldn't just continue killing. Therefore, if they reached an agreement immediately, at least some things would be preserved in Molten Iron City. If they waited until tomorrow or the day after, there would probably be nothing left, and it might even be razed to the ground.
Indeed, this was what the dwarves were thinking about. When the news of the 70,000 reinforcements being annihilated came, the Dwarf King Oli immediately fainted. This time, the dwarves were really hopeless. The other side still had hundreds of thousands of troops wreaking havoc in their own country. They no longer had any troops to defend against.
Since the outcome of the war had already been decided, there was no other way but to accept this fact. Since Oli had fainted, the Ministers could only pull out the Crown Prince Okosa to make the decision. With the approval of all the Ministers, Okosa could only represent his father to accept the surrender. If they continued to delay, the 2nd Division would continue to invade the south after conquering the main cities. If they were forced to retreat further south, they would have to retreat to the sea. Moreover, according to the 2nd Division's method of slaughtering every city they passed, this was no longer a crisis of the annihilation of a country, but a crisis of the undead.
This was the reason why the Dwarves were so eager to surrender. The earlier they surrendered, the smaller their losses would be. Moreover, while the Human rebel army could still threaten the other side, it was better to quickly reach an agreement with the Humans.
After being pointed out by Mach, the Ministers finally understood why the Dwarves had such a condition. However, even if they knew, most of the Ministers still felt that there was no problem in signing the agreement earlier. After all, the crisis in the main cities of the Humans was real. It wouldn't be good to let the troops return earlier.
"Your Highness, I think this condition of the Dwarves is acceptable." A Minister stepped forward and said, "Since they have realized their mistake and surrendered, there is no point in continuing the war."
"That's right, Your Highness. I also agree with Sir Corenwa's opinion. Since we can get everything we want from the negotiation table, there is no need to continue fighting." Another Minister stepped forward and said.
"This Minister also agrees." "This Minister agrees."
After the two Ministers finished speaking, six or seven Ministers quickly stepped forward in agreement. However, the majority of the Ministers had yet to move. They stood in place and observed the situation. The main reason was that the head of the civil officials, who was Prime Minister Mach, had yet to make a move. The head of the military officials, who was Li Huailin, had yet to speak. They didn't dare to make the first move. If they stood in the wrong position, it would be disastrous.
"Prime Minister, what do you think?" Anthony had yet to make a decision, so he first asked Prime Minister Mach. After all, he was the Prime Minister, and basically, he was in charge of everything.
Mach pondered for a moment, then turned to Orfg and asked, "Envoy Orfg, is this the only condition you mentioned? Are you willing to accept all the other conditions in the surrender treaty? "
"Prime Minister Mach." Orfg immediately said, "Since we are a defeated nation, we will accept any punishment for surrendering. Of course, it will be within our acceptable range. For example, the Dwarves' annual income is only 9 million gold. If you want us to compensate 10 million gold, we won't be able to do so. As long as it is within our means, we will definitely comply."
After saying that, Orfg said again, "We can slowly discuss the other conditions, but please accept our surrender first."
"Hmm …" Mach nodded, then turned to Anthony and said, "Your Highness, since the other party is willing to pay any price, I feel that their sincerity is sufficient. The war should also end, and the following slaughter is meaningless. I also agree with this suggestion."
"We also agree, Prime Minister Mach." Hearing Mach's words, a large wave of Ministers stood up. They were all Mach's supporters, and they immediately followed suit.
"Hmm … Quiet." Anthony nodded, then pressed his hand down to signal for everyone to be quiet. Most of the Ministers were now in favor of stopping the war. What was left was only …
Turning his head, Anthony asked Li Huailin, "Huailin, what do you say?"
Everyone immediately looked at Li Huailin. Li Huailin was now the Grand Marshal, and everything related to the war was under his control. Even if Anthony was the King, the most he could do was remove Li Huailin from his position. According to Anthony's trust in Li Huailin, this was probably impossible. As for whether or not the war would stop, this ultimately depended on whether Li Huailin agreed or not.
Orfg also looked nervously at Li Huailin. He couldn't understand why Li Huailin had such a huge hatred for the Dwarves. It was fine if Li Huailin defeated them, but why did he have to massacre cities after cities? If Orfg knew that Li Huailin was just robbing them and doing a mission, who knew if he would vomit blood and die from anger.
Under everyone's gaze, Li Huailin suddenly smiled, "Orfg, our conversation last time was also very pleasant."
"Uh …" Orpheus was depressed. If he had known that things would be this bad, he would have surrendered last time. He just had to stop the war. Now, the main city was about to be slaughtered. "Your Highness Duke Aquitaine, please forgive me. It was my mistake last time. I apologize to you."
"Do you think I'm easy to talk to?" Li Huailin suddenly said.
"Uh …" Orfg was stunned. The last time he heard this, the Dwarves were already in a miserable state. Now that he heard this again, could it be … that Li Huailin didn't agree to surrender?
"What's wrong, Huailin? Did you two have a grudge?" Anthony also heard that something was wrong, so he asked, "You don't agree to the Dwarves' surrender?"
"No, no, no. I'm a good person," Li Huailin said. "I agree, of course I agree."
"Really?" Everyone was stunned. Previously, Li Huailin seemed to say that he didn't intend to agree. They didn't expect him to directly agree. What was going on?
"Really?" Anthony asked.
"Yeah. What's wrong? Do I look like someone who's not easy to talk to?" Li Huailin said.
"Thank you so much, Your Highness, Duke of Aquitaine." Although Orfg didn't know what was going on, he immediately said, afraid that Li Huailin would go back on his word.
"Since Huailin agrees, let's agree to the Dwarves' surrender," Anthony said. Anthony said, "Orpheus, can we discuss the terms of surrender now?"
"Yes, Your Highness," Orfg immediately said. Ofuge immediately said, "We can discuss any conditions, but before that, can you stop the human army from … err … searching in Molten Iron City?"
Anthony didn't say anything, but looked directly at Li Huailin.
"No problem, I'll stop them now," Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Thank you, Duke of Aquitaine." Orfg let out a sigh of relief. Their main mission was finally completed.
"Huailin, do you really agree?" Anthony asked curiously. "Why do I feel like there's a problem?"
"No problem, no problem. I'll go to Molten Iron City first and ask them to stop. I'll be back soon," Li Huailin said.
Just like what Li Huailin had said, on that night, the second human legion that was looting and burning suddenly stopped and withdrew from Molten Iron City. Although they didn't know what had happened, the surviving dwarves in Molten Iron City were celebrating that they had finally survived.
However, their celebration didn't last long. Fifteen minutes later, Molten Iron City was suddenly invaded by 40,000 undead.
"Brothers, the humans seem to be tired of killing. His Highness asked us to take over. Everyone, kill and loot well. Do you hear me?" Sulfur stood at the gate of Molten Iron City and shouted to the undead soldiers behind him.
"Yes!" the undead soldiers shouted together.
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