Four-Armed Divine Emperor

Ansuna Devengail.

Chapter 50: One Hundred Thousand People

El knew about Ansuna's arrival in advance. After all, there was a mental connection between them, so it was impossible for him not to sense the other party approaching. However, the female knight did not tell him in advance that she would come, so he thought Ansuna would continue to breastfeed the child at home.

So he kept a calm expression on his face and communicated secretly with the female knight using psychic power.

What did you bring the child here for?

With the help of the mental link, El can also listen to the thoughts of the female knight.

【She listened and stopped making trouble】

I have an idea. During this negotiation, we can...

Soon, the man and woman finished their conversation before Ansuna sat down, and then Ansuna sat down on the right side of El. The adjutant who was originally in this position immediately stood up and gave up his seat when he saw the female knight enter the tent, and laid another layer of cushion on the seat he had already sat on.

And the negotiations continued.

The compensation of 100,000 people (and only half of them are old and young) is really a terrible figure. There is precedent of using population as compensation in the Thurso area, but most of them were slaves or a few thousand free people at most. If you can force one party to make such concessions, it would be better to cede land directly or destroy it.

However, due to the special circumstances between the two places, and the fact that Ai'er's power is almost zero now, it is impossible to demand land as compensation. The wealth of mortals in the Thurso area is of little significance to a supernatural being. As long as Ai'er wants money, there are secular dignitaries who will come to him to make the payment.

Only the "means of production" and the population seemed to be of the greatest use to him. He could form his own mortal army after recruiting these people as followers. In addition, if the mountain people, who could all be mobilized as soldiers, all submitted to him, he would at least have an army of the same number, or even more than that of either the East or the West.

Moreover, these 100,000 people can also enable Ai'er to establish his own power and expand in the Thurso area, providing the most basic administrative management capabilities and talent acquisition.

So, although Al seems to have a neutral attitude, he is actually the biggest winner in this negotiation. The fruits of victory will fall into his hands and then be planted by Al on the Wall Plain. The seedlings and towering trees that grow thereafter, as well as the abundant fruits that are produced, will all belong to him.

This peace talk was not actually formal, because theoretically, Ai'er was only a "guest official", a wizard employed by the local lord, that is, the Devengai family, and he did not have the "power" to decide whether the two countries would go to war or not.

At least there is no such status. If peace talks are to be held, the formal negotiations should be conducted by the Devangel family sending representatives, and then, like today, contacting the prince privately, etc.

Of course, this is only the case if the Devon Gaels want to talk and have no strong desire to kill Adwin.

After all, the prince is worth a lot of money and is worth a large ransom.

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But those who came from Devangel's side were basically military nobles in the expeditionary force who had been spiritually infected by El. El's influence on them and the prestige brought by the glorious victory were enough to make them ignore these "non-compliant" and "overstepping one's authority" details. After all, it was said at the beginning that their belief in El had reached the point where if El announced that he would turn against Devangel and attack the Devangel family and establish the Kingdom of Mages, most people would follow or be coerced.

After leading the coalition forces to annihilate the Xerxes army and capture Prince Adwin alive, this support level rose to a higher, almost fanatical level.

The next step for Al is to lead these military leaders to attack Karlvik. The legions that are gradually turning into his "believers" will basically obey his orders as long as Al does not suffer defeat.

.........

After another round of verbal sparring, the long tug-of-war left the prince exhausted. He waved his hand weakly, holding his forehead, indicating his acceptance of the conditions proposed by Devon Gale.

The population of 100,000 was reduced to 80,000. The specific composition of this group of people should be in accordance with the normal proportion. Otherwise, the Devon Gael side had the right to detain prisoners. The Devon Gael (Ayr) allowed the Western Prince to compensate with slaves, but in this case, slaves over 50 years old could only be counted as one-third, and children under 10 years old could only be counted as half;

These people must migrate through the borderlands to Dverngeal territory within six months. To ensure the smooth flow of population, the Dverngeal side must rely on the mountain people who defected to them (the Aiel) during the war to protect the safety of the passage. At the same time, both sides should withdraw their forces from the borderlands, returning it to a neutral buffer zone. In essence, this means that the Xerxes will withdraw their support for the pro-Xerxes tribes in the eastern part of the borderlands. Then, Gandalf and other tribes, supported by Dverngeal (the Aiel), will unite and advance eastward, vigorously expanding.

At the same time, Adwin's palace treasury also needs to pay compensation for the two wars (the first and this surprise attack) and return the abducted Bleio people. This compensation will be used to compensate the Bleio people who suffered losses. The specific amount is yet to be determined.

Al witnessed that the Devingale would guarantee not to abuse or kill the captured Xerxes, and would release them in four batches according to the progress of compensation. However, during this period, ordinary soldiers would need to perform labor service, while the powerful and influential people would not need to do so. However, they still had to pay a ransom appropriate to their status. After Al came out to play the good guy and said "that's enough", the ransom was changed to one-half.

Originally, Al wanted these people to pay compensation in the form of human beings, but then he thought that in order to redeem the prince, the royal court would have to purchase slaves on a large scale. It would be impossible for these people to buy and sell slaves. He could just give them money or goods of equal value.

The prince can only be released back to his country after all 80,000 people have moved here. Ansuna, who led the negotiations, played a trick here. She said that the military minister Alik would be released immediately after the negotiations were completed, and the prince's brother would return to the country to take charge of the situation and come up with the ransom terms.

If the other party has ill intentions and deliberately delays, then the Devon Gael side can use Adwin as a token. Anyway, the Western Territory, whose main force has been destroyed, will not be able to fight against the Devon Gael Legion even if Al is not in the army unless it asks for help from the princes of the other three places.

And if Alick usurps the throne and sells himself for glory, the price he will have to pay to fight against a powerful, mysterious wizard and the powerful army of his enemy will be extremely terrifying. At that time, Ai'er can just release Adwin and support the latter's restoration. When the two tigers fight, he can also reap the benefits, with defeated enemies on both sides.

And if Alik did not cause trouble and remained loyal to the royal family, he would certainly try his best to collect the compensation quickly and with guaranteed quality, fulfill the treaty as soon as possible, and then welcome the prince back to show his loyalty.

In any case, the Devon Gael would benefit, and they even hoped that Alick would be dishonest and return to usurp the throne. In this way, they would use Adwin to start a civil war among (part of) their old enemies, and it would really have the opportunity to fulfill the dreams of many Devon Gael soldiers:

"Go to Xerxes' territory and plunder whatever you can find! If the invaders come, I can also go!"

The author says:

Author's words: PS: There is only one chapter today. I have a lot of things to do at home and I am very tired. My condition is not as good as when I am outside. I will make up for it when I get back.

Chapter 51: Uncles

Once this indemnity, unprecedented between two hostile nations, was paid, it was bound to drastically weaken the Western Prince's territory, and Adwin's prestige, gained through years of conquest, would be largely eroded. Years from now, future generations would no longer remember his glorious exploits of subduing the elves and conquering his enemies in the west. They would only remember his "reckless," "foolish," and all-out attack, which was seen through by his enemy, leading to his demise in the mountains with the territory's most elite legions, and his own imprisonment...

But to be fair, this condition is not actually the "most" demanding.

After all, Adwin lost the battle so badly that he and his main army were sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. If Al adopted the advice of the Devngels and sent troops eastward, he would surely capture cities and territories like entering an empty land, and the capital Herat would most likely not be able to be defended. At that time, Al would lead the mountain people and the Devngels coalition to destroy cities and strongholds and loot. Compared with paying compensation, this is a "gentle" way of cutting flesh and bleeding. The real war disaster will come with the goal of completely crippling Adwin.

Compared to a situation where Adwin's prestige would be completely destroyed, the territory would be severely damaged, and it would take more than ten years to recover, the prince chose the former out of reason.

He didn't dare to gamble.

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Even if the queen reacted quickly and asked for reinforcements before the enemy arrived, the other three princes would definitely not be able to fight against them alone, so at least two families had to be invited to join forces to fight against the coalition of enemies.

There was even a great risk. After all, Al had already defeated the three-ring mage employed by Adwin. Adwin knew that his compatriots were always greedy and ambitious. Without extremely generous rewards, he would never be able to convince them to fight against such an unknown strong man for general interests.

Such a price would even exceed the compensation paid to the old enemy.

Therefore, under Eyre's control, the Devon Gaels' reluctant willingness to negotiate was actually the best option Adwin could get.

Devengail could have easily expanded his victory - even if he just went east to plunder the western territories, he could have dealt a heavy blow to Adwin. But since Al chose to cease fire, the prince had no choice but to accept any harsh conditions.

There would not be a "noble, sacred, majestic, and naturally superior" feudal aristocrat, or a big slave owner with thousands of slaves, who would sacrifice his royal power and noble head for the slaves and civilians under his feet, right?

No way?

.........

"Then please sign your name here. From now on, our two places will return to the status quo of a year ago. We will not invade each other and maintain trade."

The female knight tilted her head slightly to the left, and the servant placed the drafted terms on a tray, picked them up with both hands, and walked towards where Adwin was sitting.

She glanced at the Devangels on her right. Even if some of them still had some thoughts and were unwilling to let the enemy go so easily, no one dared to show it on their face. They lowered their heads and eyes to show respect.

Even though Ansuna was holding the child in her arms, it did not affect her ability to control the entire situation through her words and aura. It was at this moment that El truly realized the strong side and true ability of this female knight who was crouching under him.

A high-ranking female knight under thirty years old who had studied (or studied abroad) in the floating city might not be considered outstanding in the prosperous realm, but in the quagmire of the Serso zone, as long as there was the right opportunity, she would be able to dominate the world and call the shots.

Ansuna had told Ai'er many things about the floating city, but the thing that impressed him the most was:

In order to send his eldest son and granddaughter who died young to study in the floating city, the old patriarch ignored the opposition of his two sons, paid a considerable price to get through the relationship in the royal capital of Karlvik, and spent a lot of wealth to smooth things over, so that Ansuna got the opportunity to go to the floating city.

It was also to protect this beloved eldest granddaughter from being targeted by her two uncles and forced to marry prematurely...

According to Ansuna's recollection, it seems that the direct financial expenditure alone was equivalent to "five times her weight in gold." As a slave, Zeina's redemption price was one-seventh of her weight in gold, which is equivalent to thirty-five princesses... Fortunately, there are many mines in the Thurso area, and Devangel has not been through war for a long time. The old patriarch was good at management when he was young, and the territory was quite prosperous.

After returning from her studies, Ansuna was forced to be wasted because of her identity as a woman and was ostracized by her two uncles. She was relegated to be in charge of the Devangel City Defense Team and often had to do odd jobs such as clearing out bandits and hunting monsters (yes, Al).

When El first learned about this, he subconsciously associated "female knight" with words like "robber", "monster" and "mob", and his heart stiffened slightly. Obviously, maybe the two uncles had not been baptized in this regard and did not think so much, but they still had bad intentions and might just hope that Ansuna would die in a battle.

In order to prove herself, she often had to lead the troops, so that the soldiers could see that her status was not due to her father or grandfather, but her own ability...

Today, Ansuna got the second chance to declare her ability and status. The first time was in Muten. Ai'er handed the city over to her for management. Ansuna reorganized the defense, appeased the people's livelihood, and hunted down spies in an orderly manner. The small troops that came here to "follow the king's army" and the nobles in the army had to report the details of the troops to her.

There were even rumors in Muten that after the ceasefire with the Xerxes, Muten would be placed under the rule of a baroness. People were also very fond of this Devon Gaelic noblewoman with outstanding image and ability, and even began to call her "Lord."

Looking at her own feminine charm, El only felt pleasing to the eye, with desire surging. She urgently wanted to dismiss everyone and embrace the female knight who was just in charge of military affairs, and put her on the long table in front of him, pull open her skirt armor, insert his lance into her, and treat her roughly - or vice versa!

He was held in the female knight's arms, pressed under her body, and then she rode and possessed him, and roughly squeezed him...

Alick took the agreement for the prince, his hands trembling a little, but he still placed it in front of the prince.

Adwin sighed, picked up the pen and was about to sign his name when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent.

"Asshole! Look carefully, it's me! Blind thing!"

A somewhat artificial voice was raised in a high pitch. It was obviously a man's voice, but it had a feminine quality to it.

Then several servants took the lead in opening the tent, and the two men walked into the tent surrounded by their followers.

A middle-aged man with a serious demeanor, but Al knew that he was a silver-plated spearhead, and in essence he was a brothel hanger-on.

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The other, a middle-aged man with slicked-back hair and powdered face, dresses ostentatiously, leaning towards vulgarity. This one is even more important, Ansuna's second uncle, a effeminate man who likes pedophiles and male lovers...

I don't know whether he likes it actively or passively.

Anyway, Al knew that this guy had come here with his servants and Devangel's subjects, and after paying Al a courtesy visit, he went straight into the prisoner-of-war camp to entertain King Adwin's court male slaves.

"Ok?"

The prince put down his pen, and Al looked over.

The two uncles walked into the tent, looked around, and then set their sights on Ansuna, who was holding the child. The middle-aged man, pretending to be dignified, spoke first:

"What are you doing here, Ansuna."

Before the female knight could respond, the feminine man beside him couldn't help but throw out the question that was originally intended to be thrown out later, "You are here negotiating with the prince of the Xerxes?! Why didn't you inform us! Who allowed you to do this privately! I... We are the head of the family and the full-powered representatives of the territory!"

Al shrugged. Facing an opponent of this level, he didn't even think of attacking.

The author says:

Author's words: PS: There is still one chapter missing today, I will go back tomorrow and slowly make up for it

Chapter 52: Prisoner

As expected, even if El did not intervene, Ansuna, who already had enough confidence, could easily control her two playboy uncles.

She didn't bother to answer the other party's accusations, but instead gave orders to the guards.

"Capture all those who trespassed into the military camp, disrupted the negotiations... and offended Lord El!" She sat on El's right, coldly staring at the two uncles who came to hold him accountable.

In the past, apart from the temporary command of some city defense troops, she had no chance to access other powers, let alone control them. During the time she managed Muten, Ansuna continued to exert her abilities and expand her influence. The first thing she did was to establish a personal guard for herself and El. Most of the members were selected from the civilian elite, and many were from outstanding nobles and military children. The former were easier to gain loyalty, while the latter were indispensable links with local powerful people in order for her to control the territory for El.

This guard troop consisted of 300 men, nominally under the banner of the "Muten City Defense Force", but in reality they were private soldiers who only obeyed the orders of Ansuna (El) and were responsible for guarding the camp. When they received the order from the female knight, they did not care how high or noble the status of the two men was, and they directly drew their weapons and surrounded the two men and their followers.

"You! You, what are you going to do!?"

The feminine man was so frightened that his face turned pale. He subconsciously grabbed the arm of his brother who looked dignified and reliable. The guards surrounded them without saying a word, disarmed them, and searched them. All the followers had their hands tied and were thrown out of the tent to await their fate. Only Ansuna's two uncles were left in the tent, but their hands were also tied and they were forced to kneel on the ground.

"Lord Aiel! We, we came here in a hurry. We didn't salute, and it wasn't intentional disrespect. Please forgive us!"

Ansuna's uncle suddenly reacted and explained loudly to El:

"My father is unwell, so he has sent me, Harvey Devengail, and my brother, Karen Devengail, to Mutten to reward the troops. He already knows that the victory is all due to you, my lord. He has ordered me to bring the map. Please, my lord, you can mark off any of Devengail's territory as you wish!"

"The map is right here with me! In my arms! He also told us to come meet with Prince Adwin to discuss peace talks, and he repeatedly told us to listen to your advice." He was pinned down, but he managed to raise his head, looking at the silent Devon Gaelic people in the tent. He gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, my niece is holding negotiations here privately, absolutely without my father's authorization!"

"You were deceived by her!"

He had thought that today's incident was because his niece, who had been bullied in the past, wanted to use the peace talks to gain benefits for herself. Now she suddenly turned against them. She was just taking advantage of their mistake of not greeting Al immediately when they met him, and wanted to humiliate them and give them a warning. Therefore, he quickly explained the whole story in a few words. He was not a complete fool.

But Ansuna ignored it, as if she didn't care what they said at all, and continued to look at the prince.

"Please sign your name." The female knight raised her head and

The atmosphere in the tent was somewhat silent. Xerxes's side had originally intended to watch the show. Even if there was an internal conflict on Devangel's side, and the legion and the host family fought for the initiative in the negotiations, causing the already agreed terms to be scrapped and started over, it would not necessarily be better than before, or even more demanding. However, it always made people feel better to see the opponent have some conflicts or accidents when they had already lost.

But seeing the third Devon Gael trying his best to hold his head high and explain for a long time, but the Devon Gaels looked indifferent, as if they hadn't heard anything, he knew that the matter was settled. Adwin said to himself that it was a pity, but still grabbed the pen and signed his name on the negotiation document. The servant took one copy out of the plate and kept it, and put the other copy on the plate and presented it to Al.

El took another quick look at it, handed it to Ansuna, and took the swaddling clothes from the female knight's arms.

It always feels like such a short time has passed. Has this child grown up again?

Elsa's appetite was as big as Ansuna's when she was pregnant. She had to eat many times a day.

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Ejaculation is extremely rare. If it weren't for the fact that it looked no different from a human cub except for a pair of arms, Al would really wonder what kind of monster was under this little guy's human skin - it was probably the same as him.

This action made Harvey and Karen, the two guys who were about to become brothers in trouble, notice the baby. He looked at Ansuna and then at Al, unable to understand.

Common sense of mortals prevents them from coming up with such a fantastic idea as "This is the child of Ansuna and El".

"Then, the agreement is done."

Ansuna showed everyone the document signed by both parties.

Then he said to the prince and other Xerxes, "You and I will cease fighting and rest."

Al added in his mind, "Wait for me to come back next time... Next time, if you lose again, everything will be mine."