At the same time, in the palace of the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs, the current king, Dyke Spring, was also frowning.
As the ruler of a country, he naturally wouldn't worry about not having enough cannon fodder. What he was worried about was something else.
Not long ago, he received reliable news that the Orc Empire had sent about two thousand elite soldiers to support the Dwarf Kingdom.
Two thousand people was not a large number, but if these two thousand people were elite soldiers, it would be a completely different story.
The terrain of the Broken Cloud Mountain Range was not spacious, and the tens of thousands of soldiers could not get into formation. Two thousand elite soldiers were enough to guard the strategic points, and even thousands of soldiers would not be able to break through.
Not to mention, the Orcs could make up for the dwarves' biggest shortcoming. Although their Shaman spells had the shortcoming of short range, they were at least much more agile than the rune spells of the dwarves, and had a much larger range. The auxiliary effect for war was on a completely different level.
Dick picked up the secret information and read it carefully again. He couldn't help but sigh.
Due to the change of emperor in the Orc Empire, there was some turmoil in the affairs of the Orc Empire, and the spies found many opportunities. Even so, the information they had gathered was not detailed enough. They only knew that two thousand elite soldiers had been sent, and there were many Spell Casters among them. However, who exactly had come? How many Spell Casters were there? They really had no way of finding out.
These were the real secrets. No matter how hard the spies of the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs tried, they would not be able to find out so easily.
After all, spies were not omnipotent.
As for prophecy spells and detection spells, if you could predict the future of the Orcs, you could counter prophecy, and if you could detect the Orcs, you could counter detect them. It was true that the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs had the support of the human gods, but the Orc Empire also had the support of the Orc Gods. Both sides had been fighting for so many years, so who could gain the upper hand?
Therefore, King Dyke could only frown here alone, not knowing what to do.
After a long time, he sighed and sent someone to find the chief mage, showing him the intelligence report.
"This is going to be difficult!" The Chief Wizard's face darkened. "This battle is not going to be easy!"
"Yeah! If the order hadn't been given, I wouldn't have even planned to fight. " The king smiled bitterly. "If we fight like this, even if we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory. I'm afraid the losses will be greater than the benefits!"
"In my opinion, it's better not to fight. It's just a matter of losing face. As long as I can get benefits, what's the big deal about losing face? " The chief Sorcerer persuaded. "If you can make me a demigod right now, it won't be a problem even if you want me to strip naked and bark like a dog in Jade Spring City!"
His example was extreme, but it was very convincing. King Dyke lowered his head and pondered.
The king thought about it again and again, and his expression changed again and again. In the end, he sighed deeply and shook his head.
"No, this is not a matter of my personal reputation. Going back on their word on such a major matter was even more serious than losing a battle! Rather than retracting the order, I might as well reduce the scale of the war and send only two or three thousand people to deal with it. After suffering a loss, I'll withdraw and accuse the Orcs of colluding with the Dwarves! "
The Chief Mage nodded slightly. "This is also a last resort. I think it's acceptable."
"But I still want to win this battle." King Dyke said with some reluctance. "The last five generations of kings have never suffered defeat in a foreign expedition. I don't want to set this example! My descendants will laugh at me! "
The Chief Mage knew his grandfather back then, and was a close friend of his father. Hearing this, he could not help but sigh.
He had no children and almost saw Dyke as his own son. Of course, he did not want Dyke to lose face.
However … if he did not want to lose face, he had to win this battle. But to win this battle, it was easier said than done!
After pondering for a long time, he said, "I have an idea. Maybe it's worth a try …"
"What idea?" Dyke asked hurriedly.
"If we want to win this battle, I think we should strengthen the magic power of our army. For this, we can ask for help from the Mifata Federation and ask them to send some high-level battle mages to support us — it would be better if one or two legendary mages could come. "
King Dyke nodded repeatedly, but then he frowned and said, "That incident back then … It's already a good thing that the Mifata Federation did not hit us when we were down. How could they support us?"
"That was more than ten years ago. Moreover, it did not succeed after all. Don't take it too seriously." The chief Sorcerer smiled and said, "As long as there are enough benefits, it is not rare for enemies to become allies in the blink of an eye."
"But what kind of benefits can we offer to win them over?" The King asked. "The land is not connected, and they probably do not lack money. What exactly do they need that we can provide?"
The chief Sorcerer pondered.
After a while, he said something in a low voice.
King Dyke's eyes widened. At first, he shook his head, but after thinking for a while, he also fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he sighed and nodded heavily.
After getting permission, the chief Sorcerer took his leave. Not long after, he used teleportation magic to arrive at the capital of the Mifata Federation, the Highest Tower.
As a legendary mage, there would naturally be someone to receive him when he arrived at the Highest Tower. Even if it was said that he was directly related to the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs' attempt to use large-scale teleportation to raid the Federation more than ten years ago, in the Country of Mages, the word "said" was not enough to blame a legendary mage.
Moreover, he also brought a gift that the higher-ups of the Federation could only dream of.
"Are you serious?" Looking at that thing, the few legendary mages of the Mifata Federation could not stay calm. They whispered to each other, and then the oldest one asked, "This is not a joke!"
"I've already brought it. Do I look like I'm joking?"
"To be honest, we really want this," another legendary mage said, "but if the price is to go to war with the Orc Empire for this …"
"So what?" the chief Sorcerer asked calmly. "Does the Country of Mages care about who its enemies are? Don't tell me that you're afraid of the Orcs. "
"How is that possible!"
"Since we're not afraid, as long as the benefits are enough, what's the harm in going to war with the Orcs?" the chief Sorcerer said. "As long as we can win, nothing is a problem, right?"
The oldest legendary mage nodded. "You're right. As long as we can win, nothing is a problem. But … what do you have to guarantee that we will definitely win? "
The chief Sorcerer laughed as if he had heard a funny story. "You must be joking with me! If it's a war of the whole country, it's fine. But for a war of a few thousand people, if our two countries join forces, who can be a match for us? "
"The Orcs are not weak." The old mage, who was even older than some countries, said, "Not to mention other things, they have the most legendary masters in the whole continent."
"Not anymore." The chief Sorcerer shook his head. "A few of them have just died."
"But that will only be good for them," the old mage said. "After getting rid of that group of people, their government is now smooth, and the efficiency of the whole country has increased. It won't be long before their national strength will have an obvious improvement. "
"We're talking about the war in front of us, not anything else," the chief Sorcerer said calmly. "In fact, when you saw this thing, you've already made your choice, haven't you?"
The leaders of the Mifata Federation looked at each other and nodded one after another.
The next day, the Mifata Federation and the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs announced a temporary alliance to fight against the Orc Empire, which had extended its claws beyond the grassland.
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