With the gradual improvement of the weather. The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the noisy winter is finally coming to an end, and Magnus, the ruler of the Kingdom of Bracada, the Immortal King, has finally arrived in Hammondal.

This strongest magician in the continent, who has lived for nearly a thousand years and is said to have an immortal body, was given a grand and warm welcome by Empress Catherine, but the Immortal King did not care much about these false gifts, he was more concerned about when the negotiations could begin, so that he could return to Bracada as soon as possible after the two sides negotiated to complete the most important great plan of his life.

Although she didn't know why the Immortal King was in such a hurry, the Empress herself couldn't wait, and after understanding what the Immortal King meant, she immediately informed the Elven King Palson, who was already waiting for the negotiations to start on the border of the Tulaone Forest.

Soon the three parties agreed on the time and place of the negotiations, and then on a sunny and snowy day, this important negotiation, which attracted the attention of the forces of the whole continent, related to the ultimate ownership of Hammondale and whether the Holy Alliance could continue to remain intact, finally began.

The negotiations did not go well at the beginning, as both Queen Catherine and the Elven King Parson were quite tough, insisting that their own country was the rightful owner of the land of Hammondal, and adducing a series of evidence to prove their claims.

Magnus, the immortal king who was the arbiter, was laughed at by the fact that the dispute over the land had been going on between the two countries for centuries, and that the land had changed hands several times. Suddenly occupied by the Elasia Empire, and suddenly occupied by the Elven Kingdom, even the necromancers have stayed here for a while, and he has mediated these disputes between the two countries several times as a good old man, which has led to a problem that Magnus is currently quite embarrassing - many of the old and ancient documents provided by both sides have his own autographs, but the ownership of these documents is still inconsistent, and some are in Elasia's favor, Some are beneficial to the elven kingdom.

Looking at these documents that were so old that even he was about to forget them, Magnus, who was already unhappy, felt a little annoyed and angry.

The first negotiations ended in a bittersweet end.

Soon a second negotiation began again at Magnus's urging, and this time the two sides, who had sensed the Immortal King's anger, no longer talked about the old documents, but changed their ways, blaming each other and flaunting their own righteousness, in an attempt to win the Immortal King's favor.

Empress Catherine seized on the sore feet of the Elven Kingdom in disregard of the Holy Alliance Treaty stipulating that countries should not invade each other and the Elven Kingdom's brazen attack on Hammondale in violation of the Blackstone Treaty, and played the justice card and lashed out at the Elven Kingdom's treachery.

In the mouth of the Empress, the Elven Kingdom and the Elven King Parson have simply become the embodiment of betrayal and synonymous with shamelessness.

The Immortal King, who was already quite dissatisfied with the Elven Kingdom's sneak attack on allies and provoking war, nodded again and again at this statement, and his eyes when he looked at the Elven King also changed slightly.

If it weren't for this guy to stir up trouble, he wouldn't have had to go all the way to Hammondal, let alone put down the important things in his hand because of this, but sat here boredly listening to the two adults arguing and pestering like children.

However, the Elven King Parson's cheeks were far beyond everyone's imagination, and he disdained Empress Catherine's statements, and also accused the Erathian Empire of not being right.

He first insisted on the claim that Hammondale had been the territory of the Elven Kingdom since ancient times, and of course, he did not take out those documents again to make him unhappy. And then under this premise, he made an unexpected explanation of his behavior and that of the elven kingdom.

Even if Hammondale belongs to the Elven Kingdom, then the Elven Kingdom's move to send troops to Hammondale cannot be said to be an invasion of the allies, even if there is no invasion of the allies, then it is not a betrayal of the Holy Alliance at all, so Empress Catherine's accusation is unreasonable.

This quibble made the Immortal King hesitate a little, after all, which country this land was at the beginning, and now no one can tell, the Elf King said this, it seems to have some truth, and the Immortal King's mind began to be a little confused.

After that, the Elven King changed his words and brought the topic to the strategic meaning of Hammondale, and he made it clear in a rather painful tone that he was confused when he signed the Blackstone Treaty, and also said that the Blackstone Treaty was a rather unreasonable and unwise treaty, and should have been annulled a long time ago, and finally the Elven King stated that if he continued to let this piece of land that must be fought for by soldiers and left idle because of the Blackstone Treaty, it was simply ignoring the safety of the Holy Alliance, which was a very serious crime, and had seriously damaged the interests of the Holy Alliance.

Therefore, the Elven Kingdom, which really can't stand this, will send troops to Hammondal, in order to better protect the allies of the Holy Alliance from foreign enemies.

And the Elven King also claimed that he had informed the Erathian Empire in advance of his actions. But I don't know why the empire didn't reply to this, but instead sent troops to attack the elven kingdom itself, causing the unprepared elven kingdom to suffer heavy losses.

In the mouth of the Elven King, he and the Elven Kingdom have been transformed from the initiator of the whole incident to the victim of this incident, while the Erathian Empire and Empress Catherine have become the real invaders and betrayers.

Although this statement was a bit reluctant, and there was even an element of lie in it, there was some truth in it, especially the importance of Hammondal's geographical location to the Holy Alliance, which impressed the Immortal King and made him hesitate again.

He is not a wise and martial ruler, indecisive, looking ahead is his nature, although there is no one to compare in the attainment of magic, but in politics Magnus is a little sober and irrational, otherwise the Kingdom of Bracada would not have been established for so many years, but there is a powerful mage army but still cowering in the corner of the continent.

And the empress saw that the elven king was so blatantly pointing at the deer as a horse, reversing black and white, and almost brushed her sleeves away without giving her angry fingers on the spot, and the two sides quarreled fiercely at the negotiating table again, accusing each other, no matter how Magnus persuaded it, it was useless, and in the end the three parties broke up unhappily.

As a result, the second negotiation also failed.

The Immortal King, who was dizzy by the quarrel between the two sides, felt that if he continued like this, he was afraid that this negotiation would never end, so in order to return to Bracada as soon as possible to continue his great plan, and in order to make his ears less wronged, he immediately contacted the country and consulted his four new advisors on how to deal with this matter.

Magnus may not be politically sober, but he is also the head of a country who knows how to make good use of people and has a strong personal charisma.

Over the years, he has ignored politics, but he has still been able to keep Bracada firmly in his hands. Strong strength is one of the reasons, but the more important reason is that he can always get some capable people to take the initiative to help him take care of government affairs, and he has long been accustomed to asking shamelessly.

This is actually a kind of inaction.

The four advisors did not disappoint the Immortal King, and after carefully analyzing the current situation of the Erathian Empire and the Elven Kingdom and the purpose of the two sides fighting for Hammondal, they quickly drew up an arbitration plan for the Immortal King that should satisfy both parties.

The Immortal King, who had received the plan, was overjoyed and immediately urged the two countries to negotiate again.

At the beginning of the third negotiation, the Immortal King went against the norm, and without waiting for the two sides to quarrel, he severely accused the two sides of having no sincerity in negotiating, greatly damaging the interests of the Holy Alliance, and strongly stated that this meaningless negotiation must be concluded as soon as possible.

Then, the Immortal King threw out the plan drawn up by the advisors and began to exercise his power as an arbiter.

Hammondale belongs to the Erathia Empire, which henceforth has permanent sovereignty over the region, and the Elven Kingdom must no longer seize it under any pretext or by any means, otherwise, it will be regarded as a betrayal of the Holy Alliance and will be subject to a joint crusade between the Bracada Kingdom and the Erathia Empire.

Empress Catherine's eyes were crooked with laughter when she said this, and she glanced at the Elf King sitting opposite her proudly, and found that the other party's face had turned extremely blue at this moment, which made the Empress smile even more happily.

But the next words of the Immortal King. But the empress couldn't laugh anymore, and even the elf king Parson was stunned and stunned.

As the price for the Elven Kingdom to completely abandon the sovereignty of Harmondale, the Elasia Empire and the Bracada Kingdom will help the Elven Kingdom to reclaim the Diya region that was previously occupied by the necromancers, so that this land that once belonged to the Elves will return to the arms of the Elves once again.

This is a great thing for the elf king, which is simply a pie in the world.

Why did the Elven King preempt Hammondal? Isn't it because he is afraid that other forces will attack the Tulaone Forest from this place while he is dealing with Diya?

For the elven king, who is bent on making the elven kingdom the most powerful country on the continent, the land of Diya must be snatched back no matter what.

Magnus, the Immortal King's proposal, was much better than the Elven King's original plan.

Although he lost Hammondal, he was able to win the friendship of the Erathian Empire and the Bracada Kingdom. If the three member countries of the Holy Alliance join forces, no matter how powerful Diya's necromancers are, they will not be able to escape destruction.

With the recovery of Diya and the deterrence of other forces by the Holy Alliance, the Elven Kingdom can also be as stable as Mount Tai and recuperate, which is much better than the Elf King's original plan to close the country.

When the elven kingdom is strong enough, it will not be too late to settle accounts with the Erathia Empire.

The elf king was quickly calculating in his mind, but his face was silent.

At the same time, Empress Catherine, who was smiling, was also secretly carefully calculating the gains and losses that the Immortal King's plan might bring to the Empire.

According to this plan, Hammondal's return to the Empire must be a sure thing, which is undoubtedly quite beneficial to her plan to revive the Empire, and the eastern defense line of the Empire will be stronger from now on.

What's more, the recontinuation of the members of the Holy Alliance is too important for the empire that is currently recuperating, and with the Holy Alliance, other forces must not dare to attack the empire's idea casually.

It's just that in the future, for the elven kingdom, you have to be more careful.

As for sending troops to help the Elven Kingdom recover Diya, it is not impossible, but it is debatable in terms of time, at least for now, the empress is not very willing, and the current situation of the empire is best if possible.

So the result of the third negotiation was that both sides tacitly said that they would go back to study this plan, and the Immortal King did not say anything more about this, but coldly reminded both sides that they did not have much time to continue to stay in this place, and Bracada still had a lot of things waiting for him to go back and deal with, hoping that the two sides would not think about it too long.

Soon, the fourth negotiation began, and this time the attitude of both sides of the negotiation was greatly improved, which allowed the negotiation to proceed smoothly in a relatively harmonious atmosphere, and the two sides discussed some details of the plan proposed by the Immortal King, and although there was a small quarrel, an agreement was reached.

In the end, the Erathian Empire took ownership of Hammondal, and the Elven Kingdom, which suffered relatively heavy losses in the war, received a certain amount of war reparations from the Erathia Empire. And received the promise that the members of the Holy Alliance would send troops to help the elves recapture Diya, of course, this military operation was not carried out immediately, because not only the Empress Catherine was unwilling, but the Immortal King, who was busy with his own great plans, was also unwilling to start a war at this time.

What's more, for such a big military operation, the three countries should naturally plan carefully to ensure that nothing goes wrong, so as not to mobilize the army but be in vain, wasting time and energy.

These agreements were carefully written by both parties, word by word, and then formally signed.

This secret agreement, later known in the history books as the Treaty of the Three Kingdoms of Hammondal, brought the members of the three Holy Alliances back together to their joy.

At this point, the territorial dispute between the Erathian Empire and the Elven Kingdom came to a successful end, and the large armies of the two countries began to retreat, which made many forces watching the fire from across the strait and ready to take advantage of the fire at any time to sigh.

After receiving Hammondal, and not immediately sending troops to assist in the attack on Diya, Empress Catherine was of course very happy, and in addition to withdrawing troops, she also began to form a permanent border regiment in Hammondal.

The total strength of this frontier legion reached 10,000, and the specific strength was composed of 3,000 spear infantry, 2,000 archers, 2,000 swordsmen, 1,500 griffins, 500 monks and 1,000 cavalry, and ten angelic warriors to fight against the powerful races that might appear.

Such a force, stationed in Hammondal, is enough to create considerable deterrence for the surrounding forces.

It is worth mentioning that the commander of this frontier legion is the famous human hero Count Mlak, a hereditary count from an old aristocratic family, and one of the few or only veteran nobles in the empire who is willing to support Empress Catherine.

Because of this relationship, Count Mlak was excluded from the social circle by the old nobles, but he didn't care about these Mrak, but he also returned his territory to the empire, and then joined the empress's army with his own private army, and showed his military talent in the restoration war, which attracted the attention of the world.

The Earl of Mlak's best tactic was to run long distances, and his army was always able to reach the battlefield at a fraction of the speed of the rest of the troops, and launch a lightning attack on the enemy who was caught off guard.

Placing such a general in Hammondale, Empress Catherine's intentions are quite obvious - once a war breaks out, whether it is to rush from Hammondale to the eastern front of the empire or to raid the enemy's lair, Earl Mrak is undoubtedly quite competent.

At the same time, the Empress also began preparations for the rebuilding of Hammondal, because the situation has changed greatly, whether it is a castle or a military fortress, it must be redesigned and planned, the cost must be recalculated, and all kinds of materials and personnel needed for construction have also begun to be concentrated and ready to be transported to Hammondal.

And in order to speed up the reconstruction, the Empress also contacted the dwarven king of Bailders, Hesfa.

As we all know, the dwarves are known for their good construction skills, and as long as they can get the support of the dwarves' engineering team, the time required for the reconstruction work will be greatly reduced, and you can also take this opportunity to improve the relationship with the dwarven king.

In order to be able to smoothly invite the dwarves, the empress offered a very generous reward, and she also hinted quite vaguely that the dwarf king still had room for bargaining.

The dwarves of Bailders not only have extraordinary achievements in construction, mining, casting, etc., but also have quite good combat effectiveness, and they have a large population.

If it weren't for this, they would not have been able to get rid of the control of the elves and smoothly migrate to the dwarven homeland of Baildus, it was precisely because of their combat strength and numbers that the elven king was quite scrupulous, lest they would cause a civil war and greatly damage the vitality of the elven kingdom, so they had to grit their teeth and let them out of the Turalone forest.

The dwarves who remained in the forest to help the elves were later called the forest dwarves, and the dwarves who moved to Bairders were called the hill dwarves.

If these hill dwarves, who are both skilled craftsmen and excellent warriors, can join the Erathian Empire, the benefits are self-evident.

Attracting these hill dwarves to the Empire was an important part of the Empress's plan, so it was necessary to pay the right amount of effort.