After rebirth, one gold coin bought the Elf Princess

The princes of the Holy Essen Empire who had been waiting like vultures for a long time were a little curious. A deal could not be carried out without bargaining chips, so what on earth could they talk about?

Negotiation is simple, but what’s the cost?

They soon learned that the price was them.

After Roland and Evans had a secret conversation, Evans signed the surrender treaty with a smile on his face, which was a "humiliating" surrender no matter how you looked at it.

He ceded most of the empire to Roland, retaining the title of emperor and changing the country's name to the Promethean Empire.

At the same time, he announced that the Holy Essen Empire was disbanded due to the loss of almost all of its core areas.

When the princes saw this treaty, they were completely stunned.

Roland took away 70% of the empire's territory, and the remaining 30% belonged to Emperor Promes.

The territory left to the Promes family by the Gracians was enough to maintain a normal empire.

A territory of more than four million square kilometers is not small. After all, the territory previously controlled by the Promes family was only about two million square kilometers.

To put it simply, Roland and Evans conspired to dismantle the old empire and divide it into 70% and 30% respectively, with Roland taking 70%.

But that's not the point. The point is that these two guys divided their territory without discussing it with anyone.

Is this still available?

Rebellion against him!

We are still watching the show, how dare Your Majesty surrender?

After the princes calmed down and studied the treaty carefully after being angry, they felt a chill on their backs.

Roland and Evans conspired together and actually divided them up in a reasonable and legal way.

Evans was the emperor of the empire and had the power to decide on war and peace.

So he used his right of peace to cede all territories except his family territory to Roland.

At this time, the territories of other princes of the empire were legally divided under Roland.

Roland then donated some territory to him in his private name as compensation, and Evans legally more than doubled the family's territory.

Of the empire's 14 million territories, the Gracians took nearly 10 million, and the remaining 4 million was given to Evans.

They were happy to divide the wealth, but the local princes were dumbfounded.

The Holy Empire of Essen has a three-level conference. The emperor can ask for help from local governments and increase taxes through the conference. Princes and people can also impeach the emperor through the conference and interfere with the emperor's decisions.

All power and responsibility lies with the Estates General.

As soon as the war began, Evans issued a call to battle to the whole country through the Estates General.

In order to avoid moral condemnation, the nobles were very "cunning" and chose to vote to dissolve the Estates General and fled.

Without the Estates General, they had no obligations to Evans.

But they forget one thing: power and obligation are bound together.

When they lost their obligations, they also lost their legal rights.

If the Estates General still existed, they could impeach the emperor and declare the treaty invalid.

But the Estates General was gone.

For the Estates General to be convened, an Imperial entity must exist.

Without the constraints of the Estates General, Evans was isolated and helpless, but there was no one to check and balance him, so he dissolved the empire without hesitation.

This is completely legal.

If the princes could work together and quickly form an interim meeting within a week, they could depose the emperor.

But it was too late.

In order to avoid their obligations, they returned to their hometowns and hid. It took two months just to summon more than two-thirds of the princes.

The princes made a bitter discovery.

They have completely failed legally.

Now they face a choice: either surrender their territory or resist with force.

As long as they could defeat Gracia's army, they could still maintain their independence.

Can we win?

The princes thought the joke was too dull.

Facts have proven many times that a direct confrontation with the Gracia Empire is the most foolish behavior.

Everyone who tried to increase Roland's strength in the war was severely taught a lesson by Roland.

Too many people have proven this with their blood and lives.

There is a legend in the world of Tiamat that no one knows how terrible the fully mobilized Holy Essen Empire is.

This legend will continue.

Because the Holy Essen Empire was never fully mobilized until its demise.

If they had cooperated sincerely at that time and fought the Gracians together with the emperor, would the outcome have been different?

The princes thought bitterly.

They don't know the answer, and they don't have the opportunity to know.

Compared to being dismembered in an unfortunate way, perhaps fighting to the end and maintaining the inextinguishable fighting spirit of the sacred Essen is a better destination.

Everyone will die, but some die miserably, while others die heroically.

They have no chance.

Because the Gracia army is coming.

The Gracians were skilled in using the strategy of division and disintegration, striking hard at powerful princes and using methods such as winning over and transferring fiefs to divide the relatively weaker ones.

Once Gracia's heavenly soldiers arrive, how can the local armed forces dare to stop them?

Several princes who overestimated their own strength rose up in resistance, but were instantly crushed due to the disparity in power.

The tragic news of the deaths of these princes and the annihilation of their clans shocked everyone.

Destroy, or obey.

This is the attitude of the people of Gracia.

Faced with the sharp blade, the princes had no choice but to act according to their circumstances.

The families of several electors were exiled by Roland, and most of the other princes were resettled.

Although many of them were transferred or demoted, they at least retained their noble status.

The electors were furious and wanted to ask Roland for an explanation, but the Gracians' answer was simple.

The Essen Empire is fucking dead. How dare you electors ask for benefits if you don't take the initiative to be buried with the empire?

This statement was somewhat far-fetched, but it was Roland's true attitude.

The electors remained silent for a long time, and most of them chose to obey.

They left the homeland they had ruled for so many years, taking with them only an empty title of strong claim to power and nobility.

If Gracia declines, they still have a chance to come back.

But they also knew that was impossible.

Annihilation is coming. With Roland's strength and the forces behind him, I'm afraid only people from the Divine Realm can deal with it.

The two electors who refused to surrender were naturally targeted. Not only were they killed and their families destroyed, they were also charged with the crime of murdering the messenger of God.

Of course, they could not bear such a serious charge at all, and it was the Locke Chamber of Commerce that took the blame along with them.

The Locke Chamber of Commerce also has its own difficulties.

Although their army was well-equipped, it lacked combat experience and had a serious lack of fighting spirit. They were no match for the fierce and wolf-like Gracia army and were beaten badly on the battlefield.

Their army, after all, is made up of mercenaries who punch in for work.

How much money do you need per month to fight with the people of Gracia?

After the most elite legion was wiped out, the Locke Chamber of Commerce had to accept the outcome of the defeat and leave in humiliation.

Two more names of enemies appeared in their account book, Evans and Roland.

Evans took advantage of them but conspired with Roland to betray them. This revenge must be avenged.

While the Locke Chamber of Commerce and the Electors were retreating in a panic, Roland, the thorn in their side, was enjoying state guest treatment in the capital of the New Promes Empire.

Evans originally thought that he could only retain the family territory, but he didn't expect that he could actually expand the territory.

The Holy Essen Empire is dead?

What does this have to do with him? No one in the empire is resisting, so why should he be allowed to die?

In addition to the warm reception, he also very tactfully hinted to Roland that the new Promes Empire would never confront Gracia and its external attitude would be consistent with Roland's.

Since he was so knowledgeable and interesting, Roland naturally gave him face.

Under his introduction, representatives of Evans and Romell concluded an alliance, and both sides agreed to advance and retreat together.

They say they advance and retreat together, but in fact Gracia's national strength is several times that of Promes, so it is obvious who has the final say.

Roland gained actual benefits, Evans saved his face and got a share of the spoils, and both parties were happy.

There are a lot of unhappy people, but they don't care.

Shortly after the covenant was signed, the mysterious military strategist Landry, who had not been seen before, appeared and found Roland.

"Mr. Roland, Her Highness the Witch wants to see you."

The tone was just like a secretary notifying employees to go to the leader's office for a meeting.

Roland shrugged and said with a smile: "The last time I saw Miss Witch was last time. I miss her a little."

His casual words hinted that he had a good relationship with the witch.

Landry was stunned for a moment, and asked in a trembling voice, "Are you and Her Highness the Witch old acquaintances?"

"It's not a very deep friendship. We just killed someone together."

Killed someone together?!

Is this not a close relationship?

Landry's breathing became a little rapid, and he instinctively thought that Roland was talking nonsense.

This is the first time that Her Highness the Witch comes here. How could it be possible that she has killed someone with Roland?

But he couldn't see any sign of Roland lying.

Her Highness the Witch is extremely powerful, and Roland will definitely be punished if he lies.

So what he said was true.

Landry immediately put on a somewhat stiff smile and his tone became much softer.

"This is a little thing I brought from my hometown. Please accept it."

He took out a dagger and handed it to Roland with both hands.

To be fair, with Roland's current inventory and wealth, he no longer cares about the unremarkable sixth-level magic props.

If it hadn't come from the Abyss, he wouldn't even bother to accept it.

Seeing Roland's hesitation, Landry quickly explained, "This is made using the molten forging method of the Abyss. Although it's not precious, you may not have seen it."

"That's not good. We're meeting for the first time, how can I accept such a valuable gift?"

Hearing Roland's tone of refusal, Landry realized that he was just trying to give in and didn't really want to accept it, so he quickly insisted again.

After refusing twice, Roland finally "reluctantly" accepted Landry's bribe.

Seeing Roland accept the gift, Landry finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Her Highness the Witch is of noble status and will not stay in the material plane for long. If Roland really has a past with the Witch, he will inevitably have to deal with Roland after the Witch leaves.

In short, you can't offend him.

In Landry's eyes, Roland's status also changed from an ordinary strong man in the material plane to a friend of Her Majesty the Witch.