"Return to Your Majesty."

Viscount Jarvis immediately reported: "The people over at Longya Ridge are ready to attack the Popang Empire..."

After a winter of preparations, the 15,000-strong People's Army was assembled in Longya Ridge. All kinds of required materials were first transported to Red Sand Fortress by railway, and then sent to Longya Ridge by land.

In addition to the People's Army, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races and the Asian Alliance also sent a troop of 1,800 troops and a troop of 200 troops to support respectively.

Since the current main task of the demi-human alliance is to build a city, which requires a large number of manpower, it cannot send too many soldiers to help.

This demihuman force totaling 2,000 people will be unified under the command of Rusha.

As for the 3,000-strong army of the Holy Kingdom of Caleb, it is said that they will set off for Longya Ridge in the near future to join the army of the Kingdom of Dawn.

In other words, in the early spring of next year, an army of 20,000 people will invade the Popang Empire from Longya Ridge, crush their expansion ambitions, and capture the fugitive second princess Tristel Wells.

There is no doubt that the scale of this foreign war will be greater than the scale of the previous civil war.

"What's going on with the Popon Empire?" Owen asked again.

The joint declaration of war drafted by the Dawn Kingdom and the Fajialan Alliance has been sent a long time ago. The emperor of the Popon Empire should have received it. I wonder how he will respond?

By the way, the joint declaration of war is signed not only by the Kingdom of Morninglight and the Fagarland Alliance, but also by the Kingdom of Starfire and the elven country Venora Council.

The latter two countries were all won over by the Fajialan Alliance.

Irving was not surprised to be able to win over the Star Flame Kingdom. After all, the Star Flame Kingdom was on good terms with the Fajialan Alliance and had very frequent trade exchanges. The former definitely did not want the latter to be captured by the Popang Empire.

But he was still able to convince the Venola Council, which surprised Owen.

You must know that the Venola Review State has been severely persecuted by humans. It has adopted a closed-door policy and refused to establish diplomatic relations with any human country.

How did the Fajialan Alliance win them over?

Owen later learned that it was the Fajialan Alliance that, in order to deal with the Popon Empire, had lowered its profile to fight for all the forces that could become allies.

Even the Council of Venola did not let go and sent envoys many times to try to contact the Elf Queen.

Naturally, there were various difficulties at the beginning, but after the envoy's unremitting efforts, he was able to meet the Elf Queen as he wished. She promised to return the land that originally belonged to the elves after defeating the Popon Empire, and then successfully won over the Venola Council.

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The Holy Kingdom of Caleb did not declare war on the Popon Empire, but it followed the army of the Kingdom of Dawn in the name of purging the extremists of the New Holy Church.

"Over there in the Popon Empire, um..."

Viscount Jarvis thought about it and reported: "According to the latest intelligence received, the Popon Empire continues to gather troops in Einbeck and intends to fight a big war with us. But..."

At this point, he deliberately stopped and looked thoughtful.

"But what?" Owen asked.

"Your Majesty."

Viscount Jarvis replied: "The Director of the Security Bureau told me that this information was secretly sent to Longya Ridge a month ago. After that, the spies sent to the Popon Empire did not send new information. I am afraid that the situation is already in danger."

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It seemed that the spy was most likely exposed, and the Popon Empire's counter-espionage capabilities were quite good.

"Send another spy over to confirm the situation."

After thinking about it, Owen issued new instructions: "If the person is really missing, treat him as a martyr, pay pensions to his family, and give him preferential treatment."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Viscount Jarvis responded, stroking his chest.

Finally, Owen turned his head to look at the snow in the Mark Desert to the north, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Alas - there's going to be another war."

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The cold winter has finally passed, symbolizing the arrival of new spring.

This is the first time that the People's Army has spent a winter without fighting. The new recruits are quite at ease, but the veterans are a little uncomfortable and too relaxed.

Dawn City City Hall is preparing for the fourth Spring Festival Gala. Every house is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and every street and alley is extremely lively.

Regrettably, Owen decided not to attend the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Party and left all the work that should have been his own to Clive.

He himself took a group of soldiers and secretly took a train to Red Sand Fortress in the morning.

When passing by Noir Railway Station, Lusha also boarded the train with a group of demi-human soldiers, and then went alone to the exclusive VIP carriage to meet Owen.

Kneeling down on one knee with respect, Lu Sha issued a greeting: "Dear leader, long time no see, I would like to say hello to you on behalf of the Alliance of All Races."

"Um."

Owen nodded and said calmly: "Get up."

"Thank you, Alliance Leader."

After receiving permission, Lusha quickly stood up.

"By the way! I heard that your wife Lian is pregnant."

Thinking of this important matter, Owen congratulated Lusha and said, "Congratulations, you will have your own child so soon."

Lian was conceived a few days after the grand wedding banquet last summer. It must be said that the lizard people are really efficient in doing things.

"hey-hey."

Talking about this, Lusha couldn't help but smile with joy and said thanks: "Thank you, leader, for your blessing. I am also looking forward to the moment when my child is born into the world."

"Eh? Lusha, there's something I want to ask you."

Immediately afterwards, Owen couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked: "How long does it usually take for you lizard people from pregnancy to the birth of the child?"

He only learned from the book that lizardmen gave birth to offspring through ovoviviparous method, but it was unknown how long it took to hatch.

"Usually ten months." Lusha replied.

"Ten months?!" This answer was somewhat beyond Owen's expectation, "It's just like us humans."

Then he thought carefully and realized that Lian was pregnant at the beginning of last summer. After ten months of incubation, Lusha's child would be born this spring.

"Wait a moment!"

Owen reacted suddenly and asked quickly: "Rusha, isn't your child about to be born? If you go with me to conquer the Popang Empire at this time, you will definitely miss the birth time of your child. Doesn't that matter?"

"It doesn't matter."

Lusha replied without hesitation: "Although it is a pity to miss the birth of my child, as an important subordinate of the alliance leader, how can I shirk my mission for my own selfish reasons? Don't worry, Lian will be with you in Mystery City.

She is well taken care of, and she also understands this. Leader, please let me serve you."

With that said, he gave Owen a standard knightly salute to express his determination.

"Oh well."
Chapter completed!