Elliot stared at Sally in disbelief. Before they left, Helena had reminded him not to make any promises easily if the peace treaty was brought up. It would depend on the Roth Empire's performance.
Now, the Roth Empire and the forest trolls had yet to express their stance, but Sally actually expressed the elves' stance without discussing it with him.
Sally was the elven race's new princess. After Irina led the Night Elves out of The Wind Forest, she became the best candidate for the next elven queen.
Helena had asked her to lead the team to attend such an important meeting so that she could broaden her horizons and announce the new elven princess to the outside world.
Hence, she was naturally recognized as the elven representative's spokesperson, and also represented the wishes of The Wind Forest.
The representatives of the other races were not too surprised by the elves' choice.
For the past 100 years, the elves had been well-prepared, and their power had been rising steadily. They did indeed have the foundation of a strong race.
However, all of this disappeared completely after the elven queen went into seclusion and Irina reappeared. She killed three 10th-tier elven powerhouses consecutively and led 30,000 elven slaves and some elven soldiers out of The Wind Forest.
The elves now had to consider how to settle the increasingly unstable The Wind Forest and the Night Elves who had taken root in Chaos City and were gradually expanding their influence, instead of trying to get a share of the pie in the racial war.
Josh also looked at Sally with surprise when he heard that. This was not something that should have happened in the plan. The Wind Forest should be on the same side as the Roth Empire.
The forest trolls could not hide their surprise as well.
"War is cruel, but that does not mean that maintaining the status quo is right." Josh stood up, and calmly said, "The Roth Empire has over 100,000,000 citizens, which is more than the total population of the other six races. However, our territory is ranked third from the bottom among the eight major races. Furthermore, almost half of the land in the north is extremely cold and uninhabitable.
Back then, the human race was weak, and paid a terrible price to stand at the end of the racial war. When we signed the peace treaty to divide the land, we had no right to speak.
"Now that the 100-year agreement is up, our Roth Empire needs more land to settle our people. Therefore, we cannot accept the renewal of the peace agreement according to the original agreement."
Josh had a scholarly appearance, but his words were powerful and resonant, displaying the aura that a prince of a powerful empire should possess.
"Big Brother Joshua and Father want to start a war? But from what he said, it seems quite reasonable … But if we start a war, many innocent soldiers will lose their lives, right? " Vanessa, who was about to fall asleep, became more and more awake as she listened to everyone's arguments. However, after hearing Josh's words, she fell into deep worry again. She didn't want the Roth Empire to fall into war at all.
The various representatives all had different expressions on their faces. After Franklin's harsh words, only the Roth Empire still dared to go against him. Furthermore, the invitation was very clear — they wanted to redivide the territories.
"Andre, if we were to restart the racial war, how much territory do you think you'll be able to occupy?" Franklin asked Joshua.
"If the giant dragons don't participate in the war, the Roth Empire will be unmatched," Josh said as he looked into Franklin's eyes.
"What if the Colossal Dragon Race joins the war?"
"The Roth Empire and the Colossal Dragon Race can split the world equally," Josh continued.
There was an uproar in the restaurant instantly. This chap was looking down on the various races too much.
The Roth Empire was getting stronger day by day, and this was something that all the races could see. Alex, who appeared out of nowhere, had completely overturned the stereotype of humans as weak and weak.
Even so, no one felt that the Roth Empire was strong enough to go against the Colossal Dragon Race.
But today, the Roth Empire's second prince, Josh, actually boasted that the Roth Empire could defeat all the races and go against the Colossal Dragon Race as equals.
"Arrogant brat!" Auster was furious. He suddenly stood up, and stared at Josh with his bull-like eyes as he mocked, "Your Roth Empire can't even cross the borders of the orcs. You've never really won a war at the borders, and you dare to say that you can conquer the entire continent?"
"Perhaps you orcs call it a war, but to the Roth Empire's cavalry, it's just a training ground used to train our soldiers. The 10 military divisions rotate once a year." Josh looked at Auster with pity. "It's not that we can't cross it, but we look down on that barren piece of land."
Auster's body swayed, and he staggered back to his seat as if he had suffered a huge blow.
"So … so every year, the Roth Empire's army would be weaker for a period of time. It's not because they're not used to the season, but because they're rotating new recruits?" The orc at the side swallowed his saliva, and felt a little lost.
When the various races' representatives heard that, their expressions also became very serious.
The border wars between the Roth Empire and the orcs had been going back and forth for many years, and both sides had won and lost. Therefore, the various races' assessment of the Roth Empire's combat power was that it was slightly stronger than the orcs, but it was far from being able to crush them. Thus, the various races did not pay enough attention and be on guard.
No one would have thought that the Roth Empire's power would actually surpass the various races after secretly developing for 100 years. It was even close to the Colossal Dragon Race. It really caught everyone off guard.
The forest trolls' representative stood up, and said, "We, the forest trolls, also think that the previous division of the territory was unfair, and cannot renew the peace agreement. We request to redivide the territory according to each race's power."
The forest trolls were also very powerful. Although their population was not huge, they would have the power of the 5th-tier when they reached adulthood. Their mid-tier and high-tier combat power was very shocking.
The Roth Empire and the forest trolls. Even the giant dragons had to think carefully about how to deal with them.
The situation that was originally good was also reversed at this moment.
"We, the elves …" Elliot stood up anxiously.
"Elliot, mind your status," Sally said coldly.
Elliot choked on his words. He turned to Sally, and anxiously said, "Sally, this is not something you can decide. High Priestess Helena …"
"I don't care what the high priestess said to you. I am the princess of the elves, and also the leader of this representative team. My words represent the elves' attitude, and I have to be responsible for all my people," Sally said coldly.
"But …" Elliot still wanted to say something.
"I order you to sit down and remain silent," Sally ordered expressionlessly as she flashed her identity token.
"Y-you want to get us killed …" Elliot heaved a long sigh, and sat back down heavily in his seat.
"Good lad, you have some guts." Franklin looked at Josh again, and then closed his eyes in annoyance. He did not expect that the giant dragons would be threatened by humans one day.
One had to know that the dragons had given them some protection in the past, and that was why they were not wiped out by the demons and orcs.
"It's not guts, it's confidence," Josh said calmly. He raised his eyebrows proudly. "There will be no suspense about the outcome of the war. We will get what we want."
"The confidence that the empire's soldiers exchanged with their blood and lives is not for the royal family to exchange for war." Right at this moment, the restaurant's door suddenly opened, and a figure carrying a heavy sword on his back walked in.
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