in the name of the queen.

Is Roland really here to negotiate?
He can be.

Only by not taking a preconceived position can we reap the greatest benefits.

If dismantling these three war machines would bring the greatest benefit, Roland would naturally not mind taking action; if reconciliation would bring greater benefits, he would immediately have three more half-brothers.

Lisa and Sif, who knew Roland's character well, would not stop him.

They would not object to Roland's decision to reconcile as long as it was profitable.

Perhaps it is because they are influenced by what they are exposed to, or perhaps it is because they understand politics better and better, and they are also growing up.

Sif no longer takes personal likes and dislikes as an important factor in making decisions most of the time, and Lisa will no longer be childish.

Faced with the sudden appearance of Roland, the three machines were stunned.

After a few seconds, the tallest war machine made a cold sound.

“Identification in progress”

Looking at the light flashing on the front of the war machine, Roland certainly didn't dare to give it time to react.

He asked in a low voice, "What kind of unit do you belong to? The Wehrmacht or the Stormtroopers?"

This war machine spoke the language of the Alemannic Empire with a very standard accent.

Alemannic is a dead language, almost unknown to the world except for the linguists who study it.

Roland chose the path of knowledge in the path of becoming a strong man. After the Battle of White Mountain, his main profession of knowledgeable person was promoted to the fifth rank [Secret Book Master]. At the same time, he obtained a large amount of secret books and knowledge since the Fourth Era, and the encyclopedia of the Sea of ​​Consciousness was also updated.

It is not surprising that he knew Alemannic.

Not only did he understand the other side's language, he was also very familiar with the military organization of the Alemanni Empire.

In the empire at that time, there was the National Defense Forces responsible to the government, the Imperial Guards directly under the Emperor, and the secret ace Storm Commandos of the Supreme Council.

But in addition to these regular troops, there is also a notorious domestic force.

The household troops are responsible to the emperor. Unlike the imperial guards, who are responsible for protecting the emperor's safety, the household troops are responsible for handling some shameful matters for the emperor.

For example, make a tribe, ethnic group or sect disappear from the face of the earth.

War machines are generally managed by the Wehrmacht and Stormtroopers, but there are also a few elite machines in the domestic forces.

Roland spoke with a standard imperial accent and talked about the past of Alemanni in great detail, just to trick these war machines whose CPUs seemed to be not working properly.

As expected, the leading war machine was confused.

The last order it received was to destroy the Fran Fortress where the rebels were entrenched. After waking up, it contacted its superior commanders many times, but received no response.

It had no choice but to start a search and lock the location of the target fortress.

Although the fortress looked a little strange, it still led the battle team to launch an attack.

However, it underestimated the "rebels'" will to resist and failed to complete the mission.

But this is not the key point. The key point is Roland's sudden appearance. This guy who stood on the side of the rebel army in the rebel fortress spoke with a fluent imperial accent and sounded like one of us.

The CPU of War Machine burned out.

Seeing that it remained silent, Roland knew that this was a critical moment, so he raised his voice and said:
"The Empire has been destroyed for many years, and you are not attacking a rebel camp, but a human city 20,000 years in the future."

"The Empire is dead?" The special scanner on top of the war machine stared at Roland, trying to determine the truth of what Roland said.

Roland raised his head calmly and looked at it nonchalantly.

Everything he said just now was true, and he even hoped that the war machine would be able to distinguish truth from falsehood.

A few seconds later, War Machine looked at Roland with some confusion, and his voice was a little low.

"There are no abnormal fluctuations in the heartbeat or blood. You didn't lie just now. But..."

"I am not from the Alemanni Empire now. The empire has been destroyed for 20,000 years. You should know that it is difficult for humans to survive that long."

Roland shrugged and smiled, "But I still have a lot of memories of the empire."

This is the beauty of journalism.

Every word he said was true, but when put together they were misleading and implying to the other party that he was once a member of the empire and retained some of his memories during reincarnation.

To deceive without telling a lie, that's journalism.

Sure enough, the war machine's intelligence could not handle such a complicated thing. It stared at Roland, and after confirming that he was not lying, its tone softened a lot.

But this war machine is no fool, and it remains alert.

"Can I know your name?"

"Roland." There was no need to lie about this kind of thing, and Roland's eyes were frank.

"I'm very sorry. I am willing to believe you, but even if you are a descendant of the Empire, there is no affiliation between us, and I cannot obey your orders." Although the war machine determined that Roland was not lying, it always felt that Roland was not like an honest imperial soldier and felt a little resistant.

Roland didn't expect these lumps of iron to listen to him.

Even if the other party dared to obey, he was unwilling to accept it now.

These three war machines slaughtered at least 10,000 people last night, regardless of age, gender or children.

Whoever accepts these three machines will become an enemy of the humans of the Pruden Kingdom, and may even become the public enemy of all mankind.

After all, it is a new era now, so barbaric events such as city massacres should remain in historical memory.

As a rule of thumb, the order in which powerful beings awaken from ancient times are inversely proportional to their strength.

These three war machines seem to be very powerful and can destroy cities and massacre people in one go, but in fact, they cannot even take down a few extraordinary people. They have to find a place to recharge in the middle of a battle. The war machines that awaken in the future will only be stronger.

Roland did not intend to subdue them. After all, these three machines were stained with too much human blood and had to be destroyed.

He was not an Alemanni, and he did not want to explain them.

Is the explanation useful?
Can the more than 10,000 people who died hear it? Will they forgive?

Roland didn't think he could forgive his enemies on behalf of the innocent souls who had just died.

The key is to get as much useful information as possible from these three machines.

Roland shrugged and said disapprovingly, "I don't think there's any benefit in taking care of three bulky machines. Now that the charging stations are gone, you can't find a place to recharge."

Roland's words silenced the leading war machine.

The last order it received before falling asleep was to eliminate the rebels entrenched in the Fran Fortress, and after completing the combat mission, go to the No. 23 maintenance base to recharge and replenish energy.

However, the empire has fallen, the rebels are long gone, and it killed the wrong people.

Machines don't think it's their fault for killing the wrong person, and they can't bring a military court on behalf of humans.

If there is any accountability, it is the responsibility of the person who issued the order.

When the battery level was about to fall below the warning line, it led the special operations team to Base 23 for replenishment.

The result is naturally nothing.

Roland's appearance made the war machine feel a little at a loss.

Seeing that it didn't speak, Roland spread his hands and said calmly: "Iron Lump, do you have a name?"

"My code name is Iron Bear-331, it is Iron Wing-262, it is Steel Wolf-18. Citizen Roland, I can no longer complete the mission, please inform the nearest internal service officer of this news."

Halfway through the words, the sound of the war machine stopped abruptly.

The empire is gone, who can Roland notify?
"Warning, warning, battery exhausted, about to shut down, 10, 9, 8, 7"

As the countdown sounded, Iron Bear 331 slowly sat down, retracted its body, and entered energy-saving mode.

After it shut down, the other two machines also shut down one after another.

When other masters came along the mark left by Roland, they saw three war machines that had lost power and Roland standing in front of the machines.

"This, this is?"

Duke Reinhardt stared at this scene in amazement.

After a long while, he asked with a chuckle, "Lord Roland, how did you do it?"

"They don't have much energy left in reserve, and I've used up their best energy."

Roland made light of what he said, and Sif and Lisa who were present at the scene certainly would not expose his lies.

Angelina frowned slightly, feeling that Roland was not telling the truth, but she couldn't expose her superior in public, so she had to keep silent.

Alina and Christine believed that Roland had used a trick, but they were in cahoots with Roland and of course they would not expose it.

Reinhard and Yudir looked at each other in bewilderment. They always felt that Roland was hiding something, but they had no reason or evidence to accuse him, so they could only accept it reluctantly.

Reinhardt saluted Roland with the most standard military salute, and then said loudly:
"Admiral Reinhardt of the Pruden Kingdom Army, on behalf of the citizens of Francis who were killed tonight, I would like to thank Lord Roland for avenging them."

Roland turned his body sideways and did not accept Reinhardt's salute.

What a joke, how can someone be nice if he is courteous to you for no reason? Roland has never been fooled by this since he was three years old.

He said coldly: "Duke Reinhardt, have you made a mistake? Whether it is protecting the citizens of Fort Francis or avenging them, it is your internal affairs and has nothing to do with me."

"But I am a petty person who will never give up. These three pieces of iron almost cost me my life, and I must take revenge. I must drag these three machines back to the country and dismantle them, otherwise I will never be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart."

"General Reinhardt, you don't want to keep them, do you?"

Roland asked with a frown.

Reinhardt was choked and speechless. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and cursed Roland in his heart for being shameless.

But he couldn't find a reason.

If he wanted to be more serious, Roland could insist that the disaster was caused by the Kingdom of Pruden itself and even claim compensation from them.

At least Roland didn't fall out.

Reinhardt knew he was in the wrong and had to settle for the next best thing. "Lord Roland, our late King Otto VI also died at the hands of these robots. Can you leave a machine behind so that we can have an explanation?"

Looking at Reinhardt's pleading eyes, Roland remained unmoved.

He snorted and asked unhappily, "Explanation? I think you should first think about how your country will explain to the participating countries. We came here with the sincerity of peace, but your country played such a shady trick. It really chilled everyone's heart."

Roland seized the weakness of the Pruden Kingdom and urinated on it from his moral high ground.

Reinhardt had to take a half step back to avoid being splashed.

He sighed softly and said helplessly: "Lord Roland, we will definitely give everyone a satisfactory explanation. When our new king ascends the throne, we will invite everyone to come for another meeting."

"That's not necessary. The safety of the negotiation site in your country cannot be guaranteed. I don't want to come again."

Roland pointed in the direction of Hansa City and said, "I think we should hold the peace talks in Hansa City. At least I won't release the war machines to scare everyone."

Reinhardt was speechless and could only hide his embarrassment by adjusting his hair.

Roland now has three powerful countries behind him, and the Pruden Kingdom is simply not able to contend with him.

If the war machine had not gone out of control, they could still speak loudly to Roland and fight for their rights, but after the war machine went out of control, they could only give in.

If they persist to the end, they will face the same dilemma as the Alemanni Empire and the Odin Empire, fighting on two fronts.

This is the eternal pain of the powerful country in central Rodinia.

Pine Forest City is a transportation hub that connects the entire continent, and the Kingdom of Pruden is the battlefield of the four wars on the Rodinia continent.

This is their destiny.

After obtaining ownership of the three war machines, Roland divided them up with a wave of his hand.

The distribution of the huge Iron Bear to the Vladimir Empire was his second political achievement after taking office.

The Iron Wolf with extremely strong comprehensive combat capability was handed over to the Sussex Empire.

This is his motherland, he certainly cannot treat it unfairly.

The smallest and more flexible Iron Eagle was assigned to the Golden Kite Republic. He was the Prime Minister of the Golden Kite Republic after all, so he couldn't favor one over the other.

Alina is just too embarrassed to argue, not that she doesn't want anything.

She also has desires.

Because she obeyed Roland's orders and made concessions to Sussex many times after taking office, many people in the country have already had opinions about her.

There were even ugly rumors that she was Roland's lover.

In short, Roland also has to consider her.

This is also the reason why he would rather offend Reinhardt than not eat the three war machines.

There's really nothing extra.

If there is a fourth channel, he will definitely give it to you.
I will definitely use it to buy a good deal with extra money, making the Kingdom of Pruden bleed heavily.

March 3st, Year One of the Rebirth Era.

Spring in Rodinia came later than usual.

Although it is already March, snow is still falling in most parts of the north, and a lot of snow in the central part has not melted.

In this cold spring when the weather is neither warm nor thawed, the second round of the continental talks was moved to Hanseatic City.

The participating countries have hardly changed, but their mentality has changed somewhat.

The representatives of the Kingdom of Pruden and the Kingdom of Tyrol, who had been so aggressive in the last meeting, seemed a little wilful.

They waited anxiously for the "trial", their hearts tightening.

They could imagine how aggressive Roland would be when he was right.

There is nothing we can do, since they are in the wrong and at a disadvantage.

Just a few days ago, Prince Frederick of Prudentia hastily ascended the throne. Later generations called this ignorant boy Frederick XIII.

At his coronation ceremony, Queen Sophia delivered a personal letter.

There was nothing written in the letter, only a big question mark.

Behind the question mark, there is murderous intent, as if it is a question.

This question mark made the entire Pruden Kingdom feel creepy.

They remembered Sophia's sword that cut off Bai Shan, and how this woman could change the situation of the battle by herself when she was at the seventh level. She even killed the judges with a single sword, which completely offended the goddess.

She doesn't even care about the goddess, how could she look down on ordinary countries and mere war machines?
Unless the Kingdom of Pruden can dig out a quasi-nation-destroying war machine, it has no right to confront Sophia.

After receiving the letter, young Frederick trembled as he wrote his reply to Sophia.

The tone of the letter was humble. In the letter, Frederick, who had racked his brains to find a relative of Sophia's original family, flatteringly called Sophia his cousin and tried to get close to her as a junior.

He explained in detail what his father was thinking when he was excavating the ruins and expressed his willingness to apologize.

Fortunately, Sophia did not pursue the matter and just said that Roland had full authority. Frederick then recovered from his extreme fear, but he also developed the habit of fear and irritability from then on.

In short, the initiative in the peace talks fell into Roland's hands.

As the vice emperor/prime minister/cardinal minister of three powerful countries, he is able to make decisions for the empresses of the three countries and stands at the pinnacle of power in the entire continent.

Whether you like him or hate him, you have to accept his strength.

The summit in the Hanseatic city did not have any fancy show or grand opening ceremony.

Roland's reason was that humanity was facing a huge threat and every bit of resources was precious and should not be wasted on red tape.

Actually, I just don’t want to spend money.

Sif's coronation ceremony was simple, why should she be treated like a boss by foreigners?

The outcome of this peace talk is doomed, so why waste extra money?

After a brief opening ceremony, Roland convened the heads of state and chief representatives of various countries in the conference hall and made a bold statement straight to the point.

"Everyone, Pope Christine has brought the prophecy of the great god."

He signaled with his eyes that Christine should convey the goddess' oracle.

Christine repeated the oracle in a voice that was three parts cold, six parts majestic, and one part compassion.

"In the sun, war machines crush the city."

The first sentence sent a chill down everyone's spine.

This is not a prophecy, but a fact that has already happened.

Alina and others also came forward to prove that Christine had announced the oracle the night before the incident.

No one doubted the authenticity of the oracle because no one dared to falsely spread the oracle.

At least I haven't heard of it in the past few eras.

There are many ways to commit suicide, why choose one that is destined to leave you with no chance of reincarnation?

After the oracle's announcement, Christine sat down quietly and said no more.

Negotiation is not her forte, so let Roland do it.

She was convinced that Roland would defend her interests.

Roland then read out the war machine disassembly report jointly submitted by Norton and others.

According to alchemy masters and scientists such as Norton, these war machines are all mass-produced. Judging from their numbers, at least hundreds of war machines have entered a dormant period.

Even if only one-tenth of the dormant machinery could be revived, it would be a burden that all countries could not bear.

To enhance the intimidation effect, Roland roughly described the maximum territory of the Alemanni Empire.

At least half of the Rodinia continent is under its direct rule and indirect control.

Simply put, the threat of war machines affects everyone equally, and no one should be left behind.

The whole place was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

Faced with the threat of destruction, no one can remain calm.

This is exactly the effect Roland wanted.

He raised his right hand to attract everyone's attention, and then turned his gaze to the Pruden Kingdom's negotiating representative, Army General Reinhardt.

"General Reinhardt, what do you have to say?"

Reinhardt looked grim, but he still stood up.

"This matter is indeed our fault, our country is willing to"

He gritted his teeth and announced with a deathly pale face that he was willing to cede two provinces as compensation, to be divided among the various countries.

This is his bottom line.

These two provinces are both prosperous and industrial areas.

But they have one thing in common: they are very close to the ruins of the accident, posing a safety hazard.

Various countries were both coveting and worried about these two provinces.

But the representatives quickly realized that who would complain about having too much territory? They would accept it first, and at worst, they could assign their political opponents to serve as officials.

Just as representatives from various countries were considering which piece of land to claim, Roland raised his right hand again.

He has now become a man who can call the wind and rain, and no one dares to disobey him.

The venue fell silent again.

"General Reinhardt, you don't know me."

Roland's words were incoherent, causing Reinhard to misunderstand. He stood up angrily and protested loudly: "This is the limit of what our country can accept. If you don't accept it, then send the army to take it or ask Her Majesty Sophia to come and take it in person."

He had to be tough.

The weaker a person is, the more he should bluff. If he is found weak, the consequences will be even worse.

He has to fight to the end to protect his bottom line.

Roland smiled and pressed his right hand down, making a soothing gesture, and said softly:

"Do you think I am someone who has no sense of the overall situation and only cares about immediate interests?"

Reinhardt couldn't accept this.

Roland can criticize himself, which shows his magnanimity. But if others continue to criticize him, it would be shameless.

"Faced with a life-and-death situation for humanity, if we don't unite, we will be scattered and defeated one by one."

"I have a suggestion. I suggest that all countries put aside their prejudices and form the Rodinia Alliance, at least to help each other at the critical moment of life and death. Compared with these powerful forces that have returned, our strength is too weak. We must unite!"

Everyone was stunned.

Reinhardt was even more at a loss.

Roland's proposal made him look a bit like a clown, but for the sake of national interests, he had no choice but to make a new choice.

"I agree."

Reinhardt let out a sigh and was the first to agree.

"Roland's decision is our country's decision." Sif immediately stood up to support the couple.

"Roland can make the decision for our country." Alina refused to be outdone.

"I agree!" Lisa, who had been unable to find a reason to interrupt, quickly expressed her support.

After several major countries expressed their views, representatives from various countries also echoed them.

At this point, opponents dare not speak out publicly.

If you jump out to oppose now, you will be accused of being a traitor. Who can withstand this?

Only Representative Barratt expressed his protest in broken Sussex.

"I protest, why is it the Rodinian Alliance and not the Theian Alliance?"

Bharat is a very special place.

This is Sussex's richest overseas colony and one of the few countries with both an overseas governor and a state-owned commercial company.

The empire ruled them indirectly, with local princes and nobles responsible for governance and the empire reaping the benefits.

In recent years, this country has had its own ideas and wants to become a powerful and influential country.

Without waiting for others to express their opinions, Roland looked at the Barat representative indifferently and said in a deep voice:

"You're right, I didn't think it through."

"Come here, please ask this representative to leave. Her Majesty Sylph will make a wise judgment on the fate of the Barat region."

Food is put on the table to be eaten, not to loudly protest that it is unfair that it is being eaten.

Why not form a Theia League?
Because human resources are limited and cannot support so many people.

Someone has to be the base of the pyramid. If the Theia Alliance is formed, who will be the base?

After the Barat representative was dragged out in protest, Roland looked around the room with a cold gaze, and his gentle voice echoed throughout the venue.

"Who else has objections?"

"Very good. I declare that the Rodinia Alliance is officially established from today." (End of this chapter)