However, the Lachman Parliament did not realize that asking for money from Eiskar was equivalent to robbing gold coins from Roddy's pocket.
Even if they felt that they had asked for very little, how could Roddy give money to these guys who had done nothing from the beginning to the end? Was it because of the food provided by Rasia?
"Do you need me to talk to them?"
Sodelor asked Roddy, but the latter waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. Let's wait and see."
Roddy was reading the letter brought back by the transport plane. He frowned and thought about some of the "small problems" that had occurred in the Kingdom of Karen during this time, but he was not interested in Lachman at all.
The result of the subsequent negotiations was quite dramatic. After the small countries that participated in the war received the compensation notice, they felt like they were struck by lightning. Naturally, some of them did not pay at all. After all, their alliance with Eiskar was not strong to begin with. They were tricked into fighting the war, not to mention that many of their people died, they also had to pay taxes to the enemy for several years or even decades. If they really paid truthfully, the power of the country would be greatly reduced.
Therefore, this motley crew basically chose to hide like turtles. They came up with all kinds of excuses to delay, and secretly waited to see if Eiskar would make a move on them.
As for the changing relationship between Eiskar and the Kingdom of Karen, they did not have the time to study it. For small countries, a defeat in a war often directly led to a drastic change in their domestic political situation. Among them, the most powerful Kingdom of Dusk was the most obvious. Within a week after the "armistice" was announced, a military general directly staged a coup, rushed into the palace, killed the current king, and announced that he had taken over the country.
Then, the first thing this general did when he came to power was to announce that he did not recognize the "armistice and compensation agreement."
Lachman was waiting for Roddy's news. When he saw this scene, to be honest, he had expected it. But they did not say anything at all. They were all waiting to see how this matter would end.
Roddy's response was very simple.
On the third day after the Kingdom of Dusk announced that they did not recognize the armistice, Roddy wrote a letter to the general, the content of which was to "persuade" the general to abide by the agreement.
With the help of Udora's men, a copy of the letter 'accidentally' leaked out. The content of the letter was ridiculous even to the common people. Rody said that he would give the other party three days to give an accurate reply and he would not wait after the deadline.
Everyone believed that the Kingdom of Karen would certainly be able to defeat such a small country, but no one believed that Roddy would really do it because the cost was too high.
Even the Lachman Parliament only regarded the content of the letter as a "threat". They even laughed at Roddy in private for what he did. that it was not only not to his goal, but also became a laughing stock.
The result was just as they guessed. The general did not accept or reject the letter. He only sent a vague response. It was obvious that he was going to continue.
At this point, no one had the intention to continue watching. On the other hand, the sorcerers of the Lassiman Parliament felt a lot more relaxed. It was rare for them to see Rody at a disadvantage. They were all betting on whether Rody would really spend a huge sum of money to launch a surprise attack from thousands of miles away.
However, the Kingdom of Karen's garrison in Rasha City was deathly quiet. Three days later, Roddy suddenly issued a joint statement with the Kingdom of Dusk, stating that "the Kingdom of Karen supports the Mosley royal family's legal right to rule Dusk, and will establish a friendly cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Dusk, opening up trade and communication with them."
The Lachman Parliament, who was originally waiting for Roddy to compromise, was stunned. Did he really launch an air strike?
Another day later, the other three countries near Dusk simultaneously announced that they would immediately settle the war reparations and fulfill the terms of their agreement.
Speaker Jeremy quickly mobilized the intelligence agency to report the collected information. Three days later, the news of what happened in Dusk finally reached the Lachman Parliament.
It turned out that after the Budakese general made a vague statement, he encountered the army of the Kallon Kingdom the next day. This time, it wasn't soldiers dropped by planes, but a city that floated above the palace.
It was said that on that day, the holy light shone on the entire city, and the civilians saw the miracle from Tapris.
These words were, of course, embellished by Udora.
However, the scene was like a primitive man facing an alien spaceship. In the end, the general was defeated after a short period of powerlessness. After that, the expeditionary army landed and took over the palace, and quickly supported a fourteen-year-old princess who was said to have the royal bloodline to ascend the throne.
The most incredible thing about the whole incident was the rumor of the "miracle" that shocked the whole city after the floating city appeared.
When the Lachman mages heard about it, they immediately thought of the "floating space tower", but they would never think that this was Roddy's trump card. After all, they knew how much energy was needed to drive a city. Just the cost of such a battle was estimated to be more than 100,000 gold coins.
Before they could think more, on the same day as the news came, Roddy's "Aerospace Mothership" appeared three kilometers outside Duriel and revealed itself.
Then he politely submitted an application for "approaching docking" to Duriel and said that he had something important to discuss with several elders of the Dragons.
This time, the discussion lasted for six days. Halfway through, Roddy controlled the "Aerospace Mothership" to fly around the sea and showed the parliament members the whole process of the test firing of a "naval gun" that had just been loaded. He also let them visit all the buildings on it and confirmed that the power source of the entire Aerospace Mothership was not magic, but the word that the mages most hated to hear: divine power.
And this also meant that … the core floating technology of the "Aerospace Mothership" was not something they could master at all.
In fact, several elders of the Dragons followed Roddy just to help out. They talked with the Lachman mages about the simple ways and methods to "deal with the devil". Everyone was friendly and warm. There was no unpleasant incident, not even a strange word.
Since that day, the Lachman Parliament never mentioned the war compensation of 100,000 gold coins.
The gap was big enough that they had lost the desire to catch up. Now they just wanted to maintain a friendly relationship as much as possible, so that they would not be razed to the ground one day …
Therefore, the next thing was close to going through the motions. Sodelor's task was not only to fight the war, but also to formulate the replacement of the army on duty in Esca, so he had to stay in Rasia for a while.
The most important thing in the colony was the garrison. In order to prevent the political transition from being unstable, Roddy did not appoint a "governor" or something like that to take over directly. But it could be imagined that the position of "high priest" of Udora was only temporary after all. It would not be long before the one who controlled here would become the real confidant of Roddy.
And all of this no longer needed Roddy to worry about. At the beginning of April, Roddy accompanied Merlinsera to her laboratory and helped her pack up the various instruments here.
To his relief, after so many events, Merlinsera chose to go to Hollier City to continue to be exposed to the most cutting-edge magic research.
(End of this chapter)
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