Ivan's words were undoubtedly a bit harsh. As soon as he said them, many elven elders and ministers present frowned and showed displeasure.

Seeing that one of the elders was about to speak.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the voice of Elf King Jason Rust rang out first.

"Ivan, you are too presumptuous."

At this moment, Jason Rust's voice did not have many fluctuations, but his words carried a certain dignity, which shocked Ivan and quickly lowered his head to apologize.

"I made a mistake."

Jason Rust reprimanded, and Ivan responded, causing the elf elder who was about to speak, to close his mouth again after a few false starts.

Regardless of whether Ivan saw it or not, they did anyway.

How could their Majesty, the Elf King, be lecturing his sons? He was simply blocking their mouths.

In such a short time, His Majesty has finished training them, and Prince Ivan has bowed his head and apologized. What else can they do? Should they continue to train after Prince Ivan? That would be too disrespectful.

After being interrupted like this, the elven elders did not say anything else. Anyway, the attention of the elven ministers on the side had begun to focus on what Ivan had just said.

To them elves, Ivan's words were indeed a bit harsh and harsh at the same time.

But after they calm down and think about it carefully, they will find that Ivan's words really hit the point.

Indeed, during their previous operation, did they have a detailed understanding of the situation in the Black Iron Empire?

The answer is no.

They only knew that the Black Iron Empire was strong, and they went straight to fight.

This kind of behavior, to put it harshly, is ignorance and arrogance. As everyone knows, during the years when their Elf Kingdom was closed to the country, times have already changed. In that era when their Elf Kingdom was able to look down on everything with its absolute explosive power,

Gone forever…

The elves are an extremely proud race, which is inseparable from their clan's glorious past.

Nowadays, their Elf Kingdom cannot be said to be lonely, but other countries in the universe are already catching up.

The current second universe is no longer the second universe of the past, and the world is no longer the world of the past.

Even the old-fashioned elven elders have to accept that if their elves want to gain a foothold in today's world, they must learn to recognize reality.

As the thoughts flew by, all the elves, including the Elf King Jason Rust, inevitably felt a little bit sad at this time.

At the same time, the look in Ivan's eyes became even more surprised.

The youngest elf elders here are all over 1,200 years old, and most of the important ministers here are not much younger.

In their eyes, Prince Ivan, who had just reached adulthood and was less than fifty years old, was really just a child.

His Majesty asked him to participate in the meeting. More importantly, he just wanted Prince Ivan to sit by and listen. To put it bluntly, it was to let him gain experience.

Prince Ivan could show such insights in this meeting, which none of the elves expected.

On the contrary, the Elf King Jason Rust was sitting on the main seat, looking thoughtful.

"Finished?"

While speaking, Jason Rust looked at Ivan calmly.

From the perspective of the elves, Ivan is still too young after all. In addition, the elven kingdom is closed to the outside world, and his knowledge is very limited.

Now that he felt his father's gaze, Ivan really didn't understand what his father meant.

In the end, I simply changed my mind and said...

"I haven't finished. We in the Elf Kingdom were impulsive about what happened this time, but judging from the situation at the time, we really had no choice. At the same time, through what happened this time, it was indeed demonstrated to a certain extent.

The strength of our Elf Kingdom cannot be said to be useless."

"But as I just said, this deterrence is not enough. In today's world, there are countless cosmic countries whose strength can rival our Elven Kingdom. Some even have strength that is even higher than ours.

indefinite."

"So I think what our Elf Kingdom needs to do now is to use this incident as a starting point to start to further expand our country's international influence in the world!"

"The most appropriate way at present is diplomacy!"

"Still taking the Black Iron Empire as an example. This time, our Elf Kingdom and the Black Iron Empire have successfully established diplomatic relations. Assuming that we can maintain the current good relationship with the Black Iron Empire, then who else wants to touch us in the future?

When it comes to the Elf Kingdom, in addition to weighing our respective strengths, does the other party also have to consider the existence of the Black Iron Empire?"

At this point, Ivan's train of thought was already very clear.

That is to expand the influence of their elven kingdom in the universe through diplomacy.

When their enemies know that offending them is equivalent to offending a group of people, they will definitely not do whatever they want like before.

This idea made all the elves present nodded subconsciously, and even Ajer found it difficult to refute.

But this doesn't mean that he has nothing to say.

"It's okay to establish diplomatic relations, but allowing the troops of other space countries to gain the right to garrison troops in our country is absolutely non-negotiable!"

Ajer's words were firm and decisive, and he also won the support of many elders and ministers.

Ajer is not stupid. Through this incident, he can certainly see the importance of diplomacy, and it is impossible to overturn this matter in one fell swoop.

What he has to do now is to separate the two matters of diplomacy and military garrison.

Diplomacy is diplomacy, and garrisoning is garrisoning.

Diplomacy is okay, but garrisoning is definitely not okay!

At the same time, his attitude was supported by most of the elves present.

There is actually nothing wrong with Ajer's idea.

Not everyone can agree to this request to give other countries the right to station troops in their own country.

Which universe country should I switch to? Is it necessary to think twice? Or even simply refuse to accept it.

But on the other hand, from the perspective of the Seven Star Alliance, there is this clause in the covenant, and naturally there are their reasons for it.

If their Seven-Star Alliance wants to develop in the second universe, they must not just sign alliances with local forces, their own forces must also enter.

And under this premise, their troops must also come in.

Once large-scale mobilization occurs, sufficient garrison areas will inevitably be needed.

If they didn't add this covenant and traveled a long way to reach the second universe, then if the Elf Kingdom or the Black Iron Empire refused to allow them to garrison their troops, wouldn't their situation be embarrassing?

At the same time, they raised the matter of garrisoning troops as part of the covenant, clearly and without hiding it.
Chapter completed!