In the Name of the Queen

On the way out of the city, Enya was silent for a long time and said slowly: "Teacher, I have an illusion that the ceremony just now was like a transaction under the sacred coat. Everything is clearly marked."

She lowered her head a little embarrassedly and whispered softly: "Maybe I saw it wrong, but I really think so."

"You just found out?"

The [Crow] Sage looked at Enya and teased softly: "Enya, you can understand this, and the three months of hard work are not in vain."

"Ah?"

Enya's beautiful big eyes were round, and she stammered for a long time, leaving only a sigh.

"I don't like this."

"No one likes it, this is the rule of the game." The crow said calmly.

He stopped and looked at the Rodinia River not far away.

"Enya, remember. True romance is to find beauty in ugliness, not to make trouble for yourself in a beautiful world."

"If you don't like this world, then try to change it. If you can't change it, learn to adapt to the world. The strong never complain about the environment."

Enya was stunned for a few seconds, chewed the teacher's words carefully, and said slowly after a long thought:

"Teacher, I understand."

"This training journey ends here."

Looking at Enya's firm eyes, the Crow Sage nodded with satisfaction.

That's right.

What's the use of not liking it, change it.

Enya is not lacking in strength and potential, but lacking in the mentality of a strong person.

Enya looked back at the Val city-state with a firm gaze, with a little more regret.

"It's a pity that we can't do anything and watch them share the glory."

"It's not that we can't do anything. If there is no chance to share the glory, then throw dirty water on the glory."

The crow calmly said something that shocked Enya.

After a long time, Enya let out a long breath and said with a smile: "Teacher, I know what to do. Go all out, use any means, and kill all enemies is the respect for the enemy."

"Very good, your experience score is S-."

"Teacher, why not S-level?" Enya protested softly.

"Because you only have the right idea, but you haven't achieved results yet. I will give you S when the results are out."

In the city-state of Val, the governor entertained guests from all parties in the grand banquet hall.

The arrival of miracles in Val City is both an opportunity and a danger.

The land of miracles will attract the attention of the whole world.

Val City has a superior geographical location and developed shipping. It is located between several major forces and is a buffer zone tacitly allowed by all parties.

To the west is the Kingdom of Golden Kite, to the north are the three overseas provinces of Sussex, to the northeast is the Weimar Federation, and to the southeast is the Kingdom of Tyrol.

Any of these major forces can make Val City suffer.

Not only that, Val City implements a free trade policy, and the low tax rate and relaxed business environment have also allowed many chambers of commerce to set up their headquarters here.

In the past, they could exist independently and make a lot of money with the tacit consent of the major powers.

It will probably not work in the future.

The Land of Miracles, good.

But who should such a good place belong to?

First of all, exclude the local Val City-State.

Although the Holy Spring is closest to them, they are also close to other major powers.

Unless the major powers reach a tacit agreement again and continue to recognize Val City as a buffer zone and a free trade city, they can remain independent.

This is obviously impossible.

The benefits of the Land of Miracles are too great.

Miracles can improve the surrounding environment, increase food production, and improve people's physique, and this is just the simplest benefit.

The appeal brought by miracles is an intangible asset.

The weak are looking for death with halos on their heads, and the strong will magnify their advantages with halos.

Putting aside the Weimar Federation, which is not stable internally, relatively weak in strength, and has the smallest expansion ambitions, Sussex, Golden Kite and Tyrol are all giants ranked in the top five in comprehensive national strength.

Anyone can easily crush the Val City-State.

After the miracle came, fierce quarrels broke out within the Val City-State.

Although everyone was very united to crush the fantasy faction who still wanted to remain neutral, they could not unite next.

The voice of turning to Jin Yuan was the loudest.

The reason was simple, heaven was too far away, and Jin Yuan was too close.

Jin Yuan was a traditional power on the Rodinia continent, and its army was particularly strong.

Although some people thought that the Vladimir Empire had more army, some people thought that Jin Yuan was the strongest army.

If they offended them and turned to other countries, they had to face the cruel reality.

What if the Jin Yuan army came?

The price of surrendering at that time would be low.

The voice of turning to Tyrol was also not small.

The reason was simple, Tyrol was closer.

Val City was thousands of kilometers away from the Free Capital, and the Jin Yuan army was relatively farther away.

And the art capital Tyrol was only two hundred kilometers away.

They were at least separated from Jin Yuan by the Rodinia River and the mountains and forests, but they were directly connected to Tyrol by land.

The comprehensive national strength of the Kingdom of Tyrol was slightly inferior to that of Jin Yuan, but the power it could project was stronger.

Some people also advocated surrendering to the Sussex Empire.

The reason is also very simple, the Sussex Empire is closer.

For this Holy Spring Revival Ceremony, the Golden Kite Kingdom sent a special envoy, the Minister of Culture and Tourism from Tyrol came, and the Governor, Earl, and more than 3,000 fully armed soldiers and an inland fleet from Sussex came.

It is no exaggeration to say that this fleet is enough to beat the Val City-State to a pulp, and even if the city is lucky enough to be defended, it will suffer huge damage.

The Val City-State is right by the river, and the entire city is within the range of the ship's guns.

If Roland was more extreme and got a few shallow-water heavy gunboats, the Val City-State would not even be able to defend the city.

Since the resurrection of the Holy Spring, the Val City-State can only be forced to choose sides.

Standing on the side is never about who is more profitable, but who will have more serious consequences.

Jin Yuan can make them bleed, Tyrol can explode their anus, and Sussex can take their lives.

It's uncomfortable to bleed, painful to explode their anus, and it's all over if you lose your life.

Although the debate is still going on, as a certain indifferent scholar analyzed the situation, several officials of the Val City-State have a tendency in their hearts.

People must first survive before they can consider development issues.

The Val City-State seems to be able to get along with the three forces, but in fact it is a fragile balance.

There are not many dancers who can dance on three eggs.

Although they have a tendency, the officials of the Val City-State still did not make a decision immediately.

For such a big thing, they have to wait and see.

If the big countries fight for the result themselves, maybe they don't have to choose.

Although the hope was slim, everyone present still had a thought in their hearts.

What if?

What if the countries still needed this buffer zone?

What if they were unwilling to tear each other apart for the time being?

After all, there was the Continental Convention, and no one could arbitrarily claim territory from other countries without a legitimate reason.

If someone violated the convention, they would be jointly attacked by other contracting parties.

Although the spirit of contract and the spirit of abandoning the treaty were both prevalent in this era, the treaty was at least a legal basis and the source of their fluke.