Boiling Beast Bloodline-Chapter 2179 - 671: Two vs One [Middle]
The first battle on October 21st was commanded by Moore, who had been planning it for quite some time.
Unknown to the outside world, as early as October, the various Fallen Races in Lusen City, after repeated negotiation, evaluation, and covert battles, finally reached a preliminary consensus without breaking into large-scale internal conflict.
Anyone familiar with the internal situation of Lusen would admire Rommel’s scheming and cunning. The "gift" he left for Moore and the Drow before departing—a "grand gift" of approximately 130,000 disarmed Naga soldiers.
These prisoners, escorted under guard to Lusen City, could bring nothing but threat to the Fallen Elves.
Even if the Supreme God stood with Moore and the Drow, they would be troubled about how to handle these Naga prisoners.
Perhaps killing them all to eliminate future troubles might seem like an excellent choice, but if Lusen does so, they must first consider the fierce backlash of tens of thousands of Hainaga before their death, and the potential substantial loss to the strength of the Fallen Elves.
In the Battle of Oil Hill, under Rommel’s ruthless schemes, the Drow and Moore already lost a thousand Mages. They simply cannot withstand even the slightest bit of power drain at this point, or their shaky foundational rule might crumble in an instant.
So...
The Naga cannot be killed!
Since they can’t be killed, Lusen has another excellent option, which is to absorb and assimilate these Hainaga.
Once these Sea Elves are willing to join Lusen, the strength of the Fallen City will take a major leap forward, even greatly offsetting the power gap caused by the loss of a thousand Fallen Mages in the "Battle of Oil Hill."
In terms of lineage, the Hainaga are also a significant branch of the Fallen Elves. Although they fell later, at least they originate from the Upper Elves; in terms of genealogy, the Naga share the same bloodline with Moore and the Drow. The Surface Elves had long established a blood feud with the Naga during the last land-sea war, but Moore and the Drow, who hibernate through the years in the Underground World, have no old enmity with the Naga.
Just like when Florence accepted the Antelope Man, if anyone would invite the Naga, aside from Lusen, no one else on the Aegean Continent qualifies!
However, Moore and the Drow are not like the strong Florence, which has the backing of the Bimon Kingdom. Don’t look down on the Naga as captives leaning on others; if you discard those subservient Vassal Clans under Moore and the Drow, Moore and the Drow, whose strength is severely damaged, have no advantage in front of the Naga.
Even if they can successfully recruit them, no one in Lusen has the confidence to completely control the Hainaga.
Moreover, the Hainaga, unlike the Antelope Bimon, who long for their homeland and cherish their ancient kingdom, have their own kingdom under the sea. Moore and the Drow cannot wholeheartedly trust these overseas compatriots like Florence trusts the Antelope Man.
Recruiting a powerful force and inviting potential threats into your home can sometimes be synonymous, a truth not lost on the Fallen Elves of Lusen.
They can neither kill them nor keep them, leaving only one choice: release these Naga, and from then on, everyone goes their own way, leaving each other undisturbed.
However, no one forgets that in the Battle of Oil Hill, the heavily wounded Lusen army also crippled the Naga, and the supplies and equipment of the 200,000-strong army were divided clean by a bunch of external locusts. As the executor of the battle, if Lusen wants to release the Naga prisoners, it must first consider carefully whether the other side would come back for revenge later—though the saying "meeting with a laugh to erase grudges" sounds beautiful, releasing the tiger back to the mountain has always been synonymous with acting foolishly.
Rommel’s move to dismantle the bridge after crossing is truly skilled!
Many outsiders are closely watching how Lusen plans to handle this crisis internally, but the airtight Fallen City blocked all curious eyes. Until October 8th, when Lusen sent its diplomatic envoys to the major forces of the Pan Continent, officially submitting a declaration of statehood in the form of a proclamation, did the public learn that the Fallen City had resolved its internal disputes by some means.
In its national proclamation, Lusen officially named its city "The Forgotten Kingdom," changed the Aegean Calendar to the Forgotten Calendar, with territorial boundaries extending from the current Lusen City, including the southern Mount Tamerlarya and the pine forest, with a government structure modeled after the Bimon Kingdom. The King, Senate, and Temple each occupy a primary seat respectively by Moore, Drow, and Naga, managed by a system of rotating seats every three years, and appropriately granting governance to other Vassal Clans.
Most surprisingly, Lusen’s proclamation also states that "The Forgotten Kingdom" is a permanently neutral state, not participating in the current continental war, and only fights for the unity of the Elves and to hunt down the treacherous Rommel.
Additionally, Lusen strongly requests in its proclamation that the major forces designate "The Forgotten Kingdom" as an international ceasefire zone for conducting bilateral negotiations and signing various war agreements.
We must admit, the Fallen Elves’ vision is somewhat overly optimistic; if they would remove their gaze slightly from themselves to pay more attention to the Aegean situation, they would easily find that all current human states are heavily guarding coal mines.
This declaration of statehood, still filled with discernment and aloofness, is nothing short of forcing the Aegean Alliance to draw swords against Lusen.
