Chapter 1368 Open up the second battlefield, the policy of great powers
"I agree too!"
After King Salvenmian and Prince Akora also expressed their opinions, half of the countries in the Northland Alliance have expressed their agreement.
Now the only thing left is the opinions of Erlan, Cormanthor and their vassals. Aiding Danzo and fighting against the drow is the overall situation. Naturally, these two countries will not make any trouble at this time.
Especially Cormanthor. During the day, King Elisir had just demonstrated his determination for equality and co-prosperity among the five races. Now, even though it was against the dwarves, he would not tear through that hypocritical mask.
As a result, the first item of the first meeting after the establishment of the Northland Alliance was passed without any trouble.
After that, the kings and leaders of various countries discussed how to speed up the progress of supporting Danzo and how to deal with the drow threat in a more targeted manner.
This mainly involves two proposals. One is "opening a second battlefield in Amarinda" proposed by Prince Pasteur of Denzo.
The other is to require each country to provide direct power against drow and demons based on its own strength, transformable technology, and even simple strategies, policies, etc.
The latter one was already reflected in the negotiations before the establishment of the Northland Alliance. The [Demon-Slaying Arrow] and [Demon-Slaying Amulet] that Shado had previously obtained were proactively provided by Cormanthor during the negotiations.
Now this requirement is only extended to all members of the alliance. Regardless of whether the big countries intend to weaken the strength of the small countries, it is indeed beneficial to the war situation in the Dark Region.
Except for a few abstentions from the thirteen countries, the vast majority agreed, including of course the five major countries.
On the contrary, Prince Pasteur proposed "opening a second battlefield against the drow in Amarinda". This issue was strongly opposed by King Ozkudar of Amarinda almost as soon as it was raised.
Although the two are in the same underdark area, Amarinda is obviously not as powerful as Danzo. If a second battlefield is opened in Amarinda, the country will be destroyed on the spot.
Although Amarinda is now facing the threat of drow, at least she has not been beaten to the doorstep by drow. This sense of urgency is still different from Danzo.
This is also reflected in the attitudes of the countries on the surface. The drow have not appeared on the surface yet, so they have the leisure to hold a leisurely meeting here to discuss countermeasures.
On the contrary, Cormanthor, who had just experienced the drow war not long ago, had to be more nervous and pay more attention to this aspect, and he could release a big killing weapon like [Devil-Slaying Arrow] at will.
However, although Amarinda has a direct stake in "opening up a second battlefield", the decision-making power is no longer in the hands of King Ozkudar.
When Prince Pasteur put forward this suggestion, he was immediately recognized by the countries on the surface. Expanding the battlefield can lengthen the front line and delay time. As for whether doing so will cause Amarinda to suffer heavy losses or even destroy the country.
In fact, it is cruel to say that these are not within the consideration scope of the countries on the surface.
"King Ozkudar, don't worry too much. Cormanso will give priority to supporting Amarinda and ensure that the battlefield is opened outside your country's borders."
"Yerlan will also give some support to your country!"
Prince Pasteur even said: "I have contacted my father before tonight's meeting. He promised that if Amarinda can provide the necessary conditions for opening a second battlefield, Danzo will support Amarinda's five saints.
Hammer Warrior, I will personally go to the front line of the Second War, and unless I die, I will not let the war happen in Amarinda."
In front of the kings and leaders of the North, Prince Pasteur spoke so decisively that even King Ozkudar himself was a little moved and his attitude softened slightly.
In fact, from the very beginning when Prince Pasteur put forward the proposal of "opening a second battlefield," Ozkudar knew very well that Amarinda must assume the main responsibility of opening a second battlefield.
Otherwise, as long as a few high-ranking mages go privately to lure Drow over, it won't be his turn to object.
Ozkudar did not dare to bet on whether the surface elven nations, or even their blood relative Danzo, would do this.
Rather than being forced to fight, it is better to take the initiative and gain more support from the alliance.
Of course, the most important point is that Amarinda is too close to the drow. Once the opponent frees its hands from the Danzo battlefield, Amarinda may be easily wiped out immediately.
In fact, before the drow attacked Danzo, many underground forces had been wiped out by them. If they had not failed in the war to attack Cormanthor, Amarinda might have ceased to exist now.
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As soon as Ozkudar relented, everyone in the alliance was naturally happy, and all countries pledged to provide support, including Denzo, who is currently at war with the drow.
In addition to promising material support, Netheril also promised to allow Amarinda to recruit war mercenaries in Netheril.
This is a promise that even Denzo, who has a closer relationship with Netheril, has not enjoyed.
Currently, most of the adventurers from Netheril who went to Denzo to participate in the war were by chance and were in the Underdark at the time, and then word of mouth spread the word about their behavior.
The more critical aspect of this commitment is that Amarinda can recruit spellcasters directly from the Seven Towers to participate in the war, not just private adventurers of varying quality among the people.
Xia Duo couldn't say anything about Seven Towers' decision, but he always felt that Seven Towers was a little too enthusiastic in dealing with alliance affairs.
It is really unwise to have to support others in various ways when we have not yet completed the construction in our own country.
This is different from the Black Continent policy of Xia Duo's hometown. Under nuclear deterrence, only when the structure of the great powers is basically stable can they be capable and necessary to play vassal games or proxy wars.
If there is no real strength to make a final decision, and even the status of a great power cannot be guaranteed, how can we talk about various subsequent operations to expand international influence?
Thinking of this, Shado took advantage of the opportunity when the kings in the center of the hall began to discuss the construction of the alliance headquarters and the dispatch of permanent plenipotentiary representatives to the alliance. He quietly made a gesture with Iolum that implied the elements of the Mysser energy nuclear design.
and asked:
"Does the Seven Towers also know?"
Iolum was stunned for a moment at first, but then he reacted, "I don't know, but I hinted that this kind of thing should not be discussed here. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us!"
Xia Duo immediately shut up after hearing this, but he also probably understood the reason why the Seven Towers were so enthusiastic. Once the large-scale independent arcane fire device is realized, the strength of the arcanist will be greatly improved.
Perhaps it is because of this that they have the confidence to be so active.
Of course, it may be that the Seven Towers have another trump card, but in any case, as a human country, Netheril is not a good thing for being too active in an organization like the Northland Alliance where foreign races make up the majority.