Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!-Chapter 1271 - 353: Promise of Lavish Rewards for the Players?

But this action shattered everyone's sweet dreams.

Some have already realized a profound problem: the current power of the Iberian Federation has completely surpassed the Empire, creating an unignorable technological gap.

This means that even the Emperor may now be allowed to bow his head.

When dealing with a stronger power, even mistakes can be tolerated to a certain extent.

After all...

This is an existence that the whole nation united cannot contend with!

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard the Emperor above speak again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about the special aerial force from the Iberian Federation?"

All the forces below exchanged glances, and someone said after a moment of silence:

"Those who do not know better would think we've returned to the peak time of the Angel Alliance~"

After hearing this, the others showed embarrassed smiles on their faces.

The peak time of the Angel Alliance? That was also the peak of Holy Brinia!

Back then, Holy Brinia, which upheld the will of the gods and cleansed the world of evil, not only flexed its muscles but also created the angel army that terrified countries the most at the time.

The angel army, serving the gods and uniting to uphold justice and cleanse evil, almost made every major power suffer from a fear of heights during that period.

Now, they vaguely feel as though they've begun to develop a fear of heights again, in an era where Holy Brinia has been disbanded for over a decade, and more than a millennium has passed since the rampant days of the once mighty angel army.

"Let's slightly ease the confrontational stance towards the Iberian Federation for now..."

A powerful Empire merchant, controlling a significant portion of the empire's magical equipment sales, sighed and said: "The interests we've been clashing with the Iberian Federation over can't cover our losses anymore.

To be honest, if this continues, the Empire Commerce might have to cut back production. This situation is getting too dangerous, after all..."

The words left unsaid by the Empire merchant made all the others look more solemn.

They knew what he wanted to say.

The massive profits harvested by the Empire Commerce are the foundation for maintaining the Empire's military strength. Now that the Empire Commerce is struggling to manage costs and revenues,

if this trend continues, never mind limiting the Iberian Federation, whether the Empire can maintain its massive military expenditures both internally and externally is uncertain.

"Let's slightly adjust our strategy; we won't vex them for now, strategist, work with Monarch Trois to contact Caesar, and be mentally prepared to tell them that we are willing to cooperate with them."

Everyone paused for a moment, feeling like the emperor's maneuver had taken them by surprise.

The strategist also felt a chill down his spine and quietly said:

"Emperor, doing so might not be very friendly to the forces we've been collaborating with."

The emperor laughed wildly upon hearing this and said: "Unfriendly? There's no need to think too much; when we're all here starting to consider how to alleviate the immense pressure from the Iberian Federation, below, many allies have definitely started choosing to defect.

If we don't want to become the main force of the Iberian Federation's media output, starting cooperation with them quickly and micro-managing the large forces that haven't reacted yet would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

As the Emperor said this, he glanced over the crowd below, a nearly cruel smile on his face: "Do you know where the Iberian Federation differs from the Holy Brineia Papal State?

The Iberian Federation represents the will of a group of people, even the will of humanity. Such inherently ethnically and culturally characteristic forces differ from Holy Brineia.

The will of Holy Brineia is held by the gods with interpretative rights. This means that as long as our interests conflict with the gods, the contradictions between us cannot be reconciled.

However, it's different when clashing with forces that have ethnic and cultural characteristics.

As long as, in the short or even long term, it benefits the entire human race, then even if there were conflicts before, the Iberian Federation wouldn't mind setting differences aside and joining forces with us.

After all... even if we're minus one empire, adding our internal efforts together, the profits from biting off gains from other significant forces when teamed up will surely be more than the Iberian Federation could achieve solo!"

On hearing this, everyone nodded in understanding.

The emperor is truly worthy of his title, possessing a cunning heart!

"However..."

The emperor remembered something and spoke again: "Those undead, keep an extra watch on them; from our perspective, this group of undead is still too weak. The number of undead capable of actual battle is small, and their skills are quite inferior.

But this doesn't prevent them from becoming a useful tool. After all... a group of monsters unafraid of death will inevitably, over time, become a significant force not to be overlooked in this world.

Find a way to incorporate these undead into our ranks; the King of Mages doesn't have a deep control over them, maybe we can, to some extent, make good use of their abilities."

"Let me handle this for Your Majesty!" A powerful warrior, clad in heavy armor and equipped with weapons, stood up.

He is the warrior leader of the Empire.

A figure whose personal comprehensive strength is closest to the emperor, akin to a demigod at their peak.

The emperor nodded, smiling: "Very well, I'll leave all this to you, Chris, don't let me down."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In a scenario few knew of, a top empire previously involved in opposing the Iberian Federation quietly changed course without many noticing.

When this news reached Kael from the Royal Court, even Kael showed a somewhat clueless expression for a moment.

It happened too quickly, indeed too quickly!

For a moment, Kael realized that she might indeed be ill-suited to playing politics.

After all, who would have thought that the major force previously leading and defying the odds would now, without any shred of dignity, directly switch sides?

"However, with this, those guys should quiet down for a while, right!"

Kael wore a relaxed and pleased smile on his face.

This development was precisely what he wanted to see!

Consistently fighting like the whole world was his enemy, he didn't even know where so many foes had come from, like throwing a brick outside his home would hit five or six opponents wishing to take him down.

Where is the humor in such things?

To be honest, Kael was also weary of continually entangling with them.

Because after all...

He and Elanna's wedding is about to begin!

Kael wished to enjoy the wedding with Elanna without needing to expend extra energy dealing with unavoidable Federation affairs.

"Young Master, considering the time, you should also mentally prepare yourself in advance," Hassaka, who suddenly appeared beside Kael, said in a low voice.

"Hassaka, your shadow skill is getting more refined. If it weren't for this area being my domain, an ordinary legend wouldn't be able to sense your actions." Kael turned to embrace Hassaka.

Hassaka's previously stern expression began to change subtly now.

Feeling the warmth from being embraced by Kael, Hassaka softly said, "Young Master..."

"Hmm?"

"I've completed all the other tasks for today." The Wolf Maid's eyes flickered slightly, showing a hint of yearning.