Today was the day of the negotiations in Molten Iron City, the main city of the dwarves. The representatives of the humans, the dwarves, and the undead had all arrived at Molten Iron City.
The leader of the dwarves this time was not their old friend Orfgar, but the second prince of the dwarves, Vensare, who had once been a captive of Li Huailin. Since the king of the dwarves, Oli, was seriously ill and unable to take charge, the eldest prince, Okosa, had to deal with it. Hence, the second prince, Vensare, was sent to attend the meeting. Of course, the foreign minister, Orfgar, was also present.
It had only been a few days since the dwarves' royal family left Molten Iron City, but when they returned, Vensare could not leave the city even if he wanted to defuse a bomb.
The whole city was like hell on earth. Although the burning, killing, and looting of the Humans and the Undead only lasted for a day, the damage caused was already very terrible. Moreover, the things that were looted were not returned, and the houses that were burned were not repaired either. The whole city was almost in ruins, with ruins everywhere.
The once prosperous street was now littered with a pile of corpses. Some survivors sat blindly on the side of the road. Their eyes had lost their light, and they looked like walking corpses.
Looking at such a scene, Vensare could not help but feel sad. He could not understand what had caused this situation.
"Second prince! Your Highness! " Suddenly, a run-down dwarf scrambled to Wensal's side and knelt at Wensal's feet, shouting, "Your Highness, please save me … Take me with you …"
"It's His Highness!" The lovers next to him heard this person's cry and looked over. Indeed, it was their second prince, Vensare. Immediately, more than a dozen people rushed over and knelt in front of Vensare, begging for help. "Your Highness, please save us, please!"
"Your Royal Highness, I beg you to take my two sons away!"
Before Vensare could answer, an undead soldier next to him who was escorting them fired a shot directly into the body of a dwarf who was kneeling in front of him. The dwarf let out a blood-curdling scream, then directly fell to the ground, dead.
"You! What are you doing! "Vensare shouted angrily at the Undead soldier.
"All of you, scram!" The Undead soldier ignored Vensary and shouted at the dwarven civilians next to him, "Still asking for help? Your emperor ran away with his family a long time ago. Leaving you to us means that you are for us to kill. Do you think he will care about you? What a bunch of idiots. "
The Undead soldier was right. His father had run away with his family, and in order not to expose himself, he had not informed the civilians in the city. Wasn't this tragedy caused by his father?
"Get out of here!" The undead soldier continued, "Otherwise, I'll call for a cleanup."
Upon hearing this, all the Dwarves nearby were frightened. This "sweep" was exactly what it meant. The whole area would be swept clean, and nothing would be left.
Looking at the dwarven refugees who had asked him for help, Vensary did not say a word in the end. He just silently walked toward the meeting place, which was the dwarven palace from before.
In the Dwarf Palace, Li Huailin had quietly called Soudeis over. The two sides communicated first, and then they would negotiate later. Of course, this was all under the guidance of Su Ruoyan.
"Such harsh conditions. Even if the dwarves agree, it's almost the same as destroying the country," Soudeis said.
"I don't care. This is no longer an alliance. We have already fought our way into the city. Either we destroy them all, or they agree to our conditions," Li Huailin said. "Do you understand what to do?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Soudeis said, "But we will get most of the compensation and then send you here. In this way, will you be discovered by the human ministers? Once you are discovered, you will be in a bad situation."
"Not in a good situation?" Li Huailin smiled. "You don't have to worry about that. I just want the money, understand?"
"Yes, Your Highness. As you wish." Soudeis nodded.
"Okay, then you can go back first." Li Huailin nodded.
"Wait a minute, Your Highness. There is one more thing," Soudeis said.
"Hmm, what is it?"
"It's about the war with the Demons," Soudeis said. "You told me to let Dennis and Fiona contact Mattheon and listen to his arrangements …" Sudais said.
"What's wrong? What's the problem? Why are they not listening? "Li Huailin asked.
"That's not it. Although they probably don't like Matthew too much, they will still obey Your Highness' orders. However, according to the news they have sent back, Matthew has not contacted the two lords yet …" Soudeis said.
"Huh? They haven't contacted him yet? "Li Huailin was a little surprised. Did something happen to Matthew?
"Your Highness, what's going on?" Soudeis asked.
"Is there any news from the Demons?" Li Huailin asked.
"The 70,000 troops of the Demons are now confronting the 25,000 troops of Dennis and Fiona in Lugana City. The Demons did not attack the city immediately. They are probably preparing the siege equipment or something. However, the city has been surrounded," Soudeis said.
"What about Matthew?" Li Huailin asked.
"We know that Matthew has submitted an application for reinforcements to the Demons Emperor, and Bayzera has approved it. It is said that his 10,000 troops will soon arrive at the battlefield," Soudeis said. "Other than that, there is no other news. We did not see the messenger called Yaze last time."
"Hehe …" Li Huailin smiled slightly. "This is really interesting. This is the first time I have met such a guy who has no idea what he is thinking. Don't get yourself killed."
"Your Highness?" Soudeis asked.
"It's okay. Continue with the current plan," Li Huailin said with a wave of his hand. "In case of any accidents, the humans will also participate in the reinforcements."
"Yes, Your Highness," Soudeis nodded and said.
"Duke, the messenger of the Dwarves is here." At this time, Alamis, the deputy sent by Anthony and Li Huailin, came over and said, "The person who came is the second prince of the Dwarf Empire, Vensare."
"Oh, that guy, I know him." Li Huailin smiled. "This guy is super easy to deal with. Let's go, Lord … Soudeis."
"Yes, Duke of Aquitaine." Since there were outsiders present, Soudeis immediately adjusted the way he addressed Alamis.
He followed Alamis to the negotiation venue, which was actually the meeting room of the Dwarven Palace. Due to the looting, the Dwarven Palace was now in a mess. Only this meeting room could still be used. After a little cleaning, it was used as a negotiation room.
When Li Huailin arrived, the meeting room was already full of people. Of course, it was divided into three sides. The dwarves were already in their seats. On the undead side, Sulfur and Maxim were also present. On the human side, only Su Ruoyan was sitting in her seat.
Although Su Ruoyan had already told Li Huailin everything about the negotiation, she was still worried. What if something unexpected happened? Hence, she came along. Li Huailin felt that it was very reasonable, so he brought her along. It was not unacceptable for her to appear as a duchess.
"Duke of Aquitaine, Lord Soudeis." Seeing that Li Huailin and Soudeis appeared together, Vensare immediately stood up and greeted them. If they appeared together, it meant that the relationship between the humans and the undead was still good. Now that the dwarves were a defeated nation, the only bargaining chip they had was the relationship between the humans and the undead. Now, it seemed that this was a very troublesome matter.
"Oh, it's you again," Li Huailin said. "Have a seat, Lord Soudeis."
"Duke of Aquitaine, please," Soudeis said very politely.
"Then, let the meeting officially begin. Lord Soudeis, Prince Vensare, do you have any questions?" Deputy Aramis took the initiative to ask.
"No problem." Soudeis nodded.
Just as Vensare was about to nod, Orpheus, who was next to him, suddenly hit him lightly. Vensare remembered and immediately said, "Wait, I want to say something."
"What does Prince Vensare want to say?" Aramis asked.
"It's like this. I want to hear the undead's conditions first, and then the human's conditions. Is this okay?" Vensare said.
"Eh?" Aramis was slightly stunned, but he felt that there was no problem. It was just a matter of who came first, so he nodded and said to Soudeis, "In that case, Lord Soudeis, you go first."
"Alright, no problem." Soudeis nodded. "Our undead's conditions are as follows: 1. Compensation of 120 million gold coins; 2. Cede the entire dukedom of Longariel to us; 3. Dwarf Emperor Oli officially abdicate, and the new emperor will be Migalni, the eighth prince; 4. Give us the right of military passage, which means that our troops can freely travel within the dwarven territory; 5. Unilateral tax incentives; 6. Provide us with 10,000 dwarven craftsmen and 50,000 dwarven slaves every year for at least ten years, and we'll talk about it after ten years; 7. Control the number of dwarven troops, weapons, and equipment; 8. Share all dwarven technology; 9. …"
Soudeis listed out 21 conditions in one breath. After he was done, he put down the document, only to find that everyone in the meeting room, except for Li Huailin, was looking at him in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Soudeis asked, a little diffidently.
"Lord Soudeis, are you serious?" Aramis was the first to react.
"Uh … yes." Soudeis looked at Li Huailin and nodded.
The whole meeting room was in an uproar.
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