Andre spoke wittily, showing the demeanor of a great diplomat. It almost made people forget that he was the emperor of the Roth Empire, one of the most powerful men in the world.
He cleverly used the need for territory to rationalize the war. Furthermore, this need was not from his inner desire to expand, but from the citizens of the Roth Empire. It was the urgent need of all humans for survival.
Survival was the bottom line for all races.
And just like what Andre said, the humans were weak back then, and were given the most barren piece of land.
100 years had passed, and the Roth Empire was no longer the weak country it used to be. As a powerful empire that had grown in power, they reasonably requested to expand their territory during the peace conference.
Furthermore, he challenged the giant dragons. He wanted the most fertile piece of land on the Norland Continent that had been abandoned by the giant dragons.
Meg looked at Andre with a slight frown. This wily old fox was super smart.
Josh and Sean were not even worth mentioning in front of him.
Auster frowned, and wanted to say something, but stopped. Why? You can't beat the giant dragons, so you're taking it out on us orcs?
Helena, on the other hand, was looking at Andre with a scrutinizing gaze as if she was trying to determine if he was telling the truth.
Because of Andre's words, the negotiation came to a standstill.
The giant dragons would not give up their territory easily, even if it was a piece of land that they looked down on and would not use.
Of course, the more important reason was that the Roth Empire, which had obtained a barren piece of land, had the right to challenge the giant dragons after a short 100 years of development. If they were given another piece of fertile land, would the Roth Empire surpass the giant dragons 100 years later? This was a question that was very worth pondering.
There were only two choices now. The giant dragons would give up half of their territory to the Roth Empire, and Andre would sign the peace treaty to continue the peace for another 100 years. Or, the giant dragons would refuse to give up their territory, and Andre would start a war with the orcs and elves to snatch the disciples he needed.
The sharpest question was thrown to the giant dragons.
"I agree with part of what Andre said about the territory. The humans were weak back then, and according to the division of power, they got the most barren piece of land. The reason why they had agreed to renew the peace treaty 100 years ago was to adapt to the changes. For example, in the past 100 years, the Roth Empire had become a powerful race.
Since it was reasonable to divide the territories according to strength back then, a hundred years later, when the peace treaty expired, they could divide the territories according to strength again. This way, they could avoid the step of racial wars.
As for the vast territory that stretched from Chaos City all the way to the Boundless Sea Realm in the south, it was the land that occupied the most land on the Norland Continent. It was the land with the richest and most fertile resources. However, after the giant dragons obtained it, they didn't make any use of it.
With the Roth Empire's current power, I think it's reasonable to ask the giant dragons to give a portion of this territory to the Roth Empire, "Meg suddenly said.
"Hmm?"
The various representatives looked at Meg in shock.
Everyone knew that Alex and Andre had a deep feud. Regardless of whether it was the ambush on that rainy night, or her slicing off one of Josh's ears and one of Sean's arms, she had done things that put the Roth Empire on the spot.
Who would have thought that he would stand out now and agree with Andre's suggestion?
Louis and Douglas looked at each other. Both of them wanted to know the reason why Alex had changed his mind at the last minute.
Even Andre was looking at Mag with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"However …" Meg turned to Andre, and continued, "The peace alliance is not a verbal alliance. In order to protect the world's peace, we have already signed an alliance treaty. If the Roth Empire attacks any race that joins the peace alliance, the peace alliance will attack the Roth Empire."
He knew very well that Andre didn't just want the giant dragons' half of the territory. There were indeed many citizens in the Roth Empire who were struggling to survive. They couldn't even feed themselves because they didn't have enough land.
Andre obviously saw through Meg's thoughts, and his face gradually darkened.
"I will never agree to it! The Colossal Dragons will never be threatened by anyone! "Isaiah shouted.
Douglas also said with a cold face, "This concerns the interests of the entire giant dragon tribe. Even the 10 giant dragon tribes can't make a decision so easily. We will discuss this later."
"This also concerns whether the Roth Empire will sign the peace treaty. Since you want to discuss it, I will wait for you to finish before we continue." Andre didn't give in either.
Seeing that the conference was going to enter a stalemate again, Michael stood up, and said, "In that case, let's adjourn the meeting for now. We will continue the meeting in an hour!"
Meg didn't expect the adjournment on the first day of the peace conference to come so quickly.
Everyone left, and the representatives of the 10 giant dragon tribes went to the side hall.
After leaving the conference room, Irina asked Meg curiously, "Why did you suddenly change your mind and stand on Andre's side?"
"I'm not standing on his side. I'm standing on the side of reason." Meg shook his head. "The Roth Empire created a miracle in the barren land, but this doesn't mean that they should stay in the barren land forever. I don't like the attitude of the other races.
Andre wants this world to crawl in front of him. He wants to find a reasonable excuse to mobilize his troops so that he can mobilize his troops for war. This territory belongs to the Roth Empire, and I want to use it to shut Andre's mouth. "
Irina nodded thoughtfully. Meg's thoughts were deeper than hers.
"Master, do you think that fellow will really come and attack us orcs? Should we do some preparation work first? "Connie whispered to Rex with a nervous expression.
"I've already made the arrangements," Rex said calmly without any change in his expression.
"Master is indeed impressive. However, can we stop him?" Connie was looking forward to it.
"No." Rex was rather straightforward.
"Er …"
"The Wind Forest can't stop him either."
"Then … that's great."
…
On the other side, the representatives of the giant dragon tribes were also in a heated debate.
"If half of the land can make Andre work with us to deal with the devils together, I think it's worth it," Louis said.
"I think so too. This territory is like a piece of chicken rib to us giant dragons. It's tasteless, but it's a pity to throw it away. No dragon will treat the land as their own territory." Douglas nodded in agreement.
"Wouldn't this make us look like a joke to the other races if we cede our territory because of the Roth Empire's threat?" Isaiah complained loudly.
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