Chapter 1090: Planning

"I want an elf?"

"That's right! Many elves! Many many!" The second prince said loudly.

"This..." Robben took his ears, "The situation of the elves is different from that of the witches. It may be a little more troublesome to mobilize elves in large quantities. Why do you want so many elves? Isn't the number of people now enough?"

The second prince shook his head without hesitation, "No! This is far from enough! I need a lot of elves! I need their sharpness, their dexterity..."

"I also want them all to be female, and they are all beautiful, right?" Robben added.

"Uh...this..." The second prince rubbed his hands, "As long as this does not affect the combat effectiveness, it will be more pleasing to the eye, right?"

"Oh by the way!" the second prince suddenly became serious and said: "I can promise in the name of the emperor that if the elves add the combat population, I can give them more preferential conditions and allow them to enjoy more privileges in the empire."

"It sounds good." Robben glanced at the sand table and found helplessly that the places representing the imperial troops were surrounded by enemies. He said, "But the purpose of me and those elves are different. They hope to come to the mainland to live in peace with humans. My purpose is very simple, to protect them from being harmed by unexpected factors in the war during this period, such as conspiracy, such as greed... So, you must tell me the reason for your request to increase the number of elves, and it is detailed, otherwise, I don't want them to die in vain."

The second prince was silent for a moment after hearing this, his fingers kept circling together, as if he was thinking about something quickly.

After a while, the second prince said, "Robben, I understand what you mean, but... you must also know that war will always die. My soldiers, elves, even those witches, even you and me, even those civilians who have been staying in the city and will not go out to fight, everyone may die in the war for any reason. The victory of the war is often the result of death."

Robben did not deny it, but nodded, "I naturally understand this. I just want to ensure that they will not die in vain, or that they will have to do something even if they know there will be huge casualties. I will never allow such a thing."

There is a very special thing about the elves' situation, that is, the population problem of the elves. Years of internal fighting have consumed the strength of the elves. The dark elves are now only tens of thousands of people left. If the Dark elves had not decided to leave the elves' forest and could not live with the white elves, it might have been too long. When the population decreases to a certain number, then... the Dark elves, the elves branch, would have disappeared forever.

In this case, it is already very difficult for the Dark Elf to send a large number of warriors. If more warriors are sent and these warriors die on a large scale, the Dark Elf will face the dangerous situation where the powerful warriors in the entire clan are all ordinary elves. This is a serious problem in terms of the development of the clan and the development of combat effectiveness.

In comparison, the White Elf is much better, but... it's limited. After all, the Dark Elf is not a soft persimmon, and the population of the White Elf has been decreasing.

After hearing Robben's words, the second prince smiled, "This... I naturally don't like those beautiful ones... I mean those powerful and rare elves died on the battlefield, but they just can't guarantee that they will come back safely. But I will naturally not let them die in vain, nor will I leave too dangerous things to them. Even if you beg me, I may not have to bear it."

"I will never beg you..." Robben glanced at the second prince as if he was looking at something disgusting, "Since you said that, let me tell me all the plans. This is also the reason why I can summon elves again. You must know that we already have many elves warriors now."

"Well..." The second prince frowned deeply, "Okay, then I will tell you the plan roughly, of course it won't be detailed. You have to know that this has nothing to do with trust, but the confidentiality work that must be kept before the battle."

Robben rolled his eyes impatiently, "I know, who wants to really understand what you, a shameless guy, are thinking? If it weren't for the elves, I wouldn't want to touch you, a dirty thing."

The second prince coughed heavily, "Robben, are you... saying it too directly?"

"I'm afraid you won't understand what I said in a tactful way. Even if you can understand, you will pretend to not understand."

"Cough cough..." After coughing twice, the second prince showed a bright smile, "We... don't discuss this meaningless topic anymore. I know I'm smart and wise. Robben, you don't have to emphasize. Let's talk about my plan now..."

"I didn't emphasize that you are smart and wise..." Robben was speechless...

The second prince began to slowly state his plan. As soon as he spoke a few words, Roben widened his eyes in horror. As the second prince continued to talk, Roben's gaze when he looked at the second prince was no different from looking at a madman.

"That's it!? What do you think of this plan?" After the second prince said that, he smiled intoxicatedly, and then turned his inquiring eyes to Robben. Robben was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

"Robben? I'm still waiting for your evaluation!" The second prince shook his hand in front of Robben.

"You... are you crazy? How did you come up with such a plan!?" Robben finally said something from his mouth.

The second prince smiled, "I probably guessed that you would react, but... the truth is that, this is my plan. Let's not talk about whether I'm really crazy. What do you think is the feasibility of this plan?"

Roben's face had turned pale, "I don't have such a long-term and strategic vision to predict changes in the battle situation, but... if your plan fails! Everyone will be doomed, and the empire... will disappear on the continent from now on!"

"I know..." The second prince nodded and then smiled, "This is the situation, but after all, there is nothing worse, right? Even if we are sitting quietly in the palace, eating delicious snacks and drinking sweet wine, we are still facing a situation where we will never be restored once we fail. Robben... we have no way out, so I think this is the best way."

"But if you do this, the entire empire may have a violent shock, and the consequences may be unimaginable."

The second prince poured himself a glass of wine, drank it slowly, and looked at the sky outside the window with a little cold smell: "Roben, you are right. Once this plan is implemented, the entire empire will be in turmoil, and there may be some chain reactions. Maybe some people will even escape from the empire and join the Divine Court for this, but... it doesn't matter!"

"It's okay!? If the empire collapses, what's the point of what you did!?"

"Hahahaha!" The second prince suddenly burst out laughing, turned around suddenly, and looked at Robben with a burning look, "No, the worst case is that the empire collapses! But... even that doesn't matter! My lame empire still exists! It's just the decayed aristocratic system that collapses! If these things that have been burdened by the empire for hundreds of years can completely disappear, I can't ask for it! I want the lame empire to be reborn in my hands! I want to rebuild the real lame empire! The blood of our lame royal family will burn again! Our sword will attack all living beings again! Our royal family has been silent for too long! The clowns on the mainland have even forgotten that our sword edge was cold back then! I want them to remember again, what does blood... taste like!"

Robben was extremely shocked.

The second prince exhaled and suddenly laughed, "Sorry, I was excited for a moment." After that, the second prince poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and his face had returned to normal.

Robben felt that...there was a very ferocious beast in front of him.

The second prince shrugged his shoulders and said in a light tone: "Robbon, as the Duke of the Empire and His Highness of the Holy King, you at least have some understanding of the history of the Empire. Our stuttered royal family was just a very low-key person at first. Our empire was established in black iron and fire with sweat and blood. Our stuttered royal family should never be the kind of nobles with a greasy face and a big belly. But in recent years, especially after the empire began to recuperate and began to take the peaceful route to the outside world, the empire has slowly decayed... Ha! Of course, I am not saying that peace is not good, but we are obviously not ready to welcome peace. After the baptism of blood and fire, the luxurious enjoyment seems too attractive, so you see... in the war, whether we were plotted or underpowered, it is a fact that we retreated step by step!"

After slowly finishing the glass of wine, the second prince smiled happily and said, "So... I don't hate the war that might have caused the Katon Empire to disappear this time. On the contrary... I am grateful for this opportunity, thanking the war for the arrival of Katon Empire again. Without the nourishment of blood, the empire will gradually grow old sooner or later. Even without the conquest of the Divine Court, there is no possibility of going far. This time... If the empire cannot be reborn in the war, then... will destroy it!"

"Robben, do you understand what I mean?"

It is hard to imagine that a young man who had to usurp the throne before was to be soaked in the pile of women and seduce those young ladies from famous families and wealthy families, but he had such thoughts in his heart!

"But if you do this... I don't know how many people in the empire will suffer for this. The ideal stuck empire cannot ignore the lives and lives of the people." Robben said a little heavy.

"Of course, their lives will be a little harder." The second prince nodded without any shirks, "but it will not be much harder than it is now."

The second prince came to the sand table with a wine glass, pointed to the position representing the Katon Empire and said: "Robben, since the spring, we have cut off all diplomatic, trade, etc. with other countries. We have suffered heavy losses for this. At the same time, a lot of supplies were collected during the war. The civilians in many parts of the empire could only barely maintain their fullness. For them, the situation would be that they would die in their own simple houses. However... this is not without benefits."

"Benefits!" Robben looked at the second prince in surprise.

"Yes!" The second prince took a sip of wine, "Robbon, this wine empire is not something that everyone can drink. Now I am drinking, maybe some nobles are drinking too, and I can guarantee that the guys who can drink this kind of wine will be caught by the God Court as long as the Empire is defeated and the Emperor* team collapses, they will be caught and beheaded by the God Court. Oh of course, beheading is the best result. If you are not sure if you are put on a name like evil devil or a sin incarnation, you will be unlucky, well... I am the same. I guess if the Empire is defeated, you will be the most unlucky, but you can sneak to the Demon Realm, and then it will be me... I have to say first that I will not go to the Demon Realm. If even this Empire collapses... I have nothing to hope for..."

Throwing the wine glass directly behind him, the second prince said with confidence: "Robbin, don't worry! We are now confronting the Divine Court, but it is me who is going to destroy it, you... we rule the nobles, our army, the elves and witches, but they are not going to kill the civilians. They don't have that skill, and there is no need, because they also have to forgive those irrelevant civilians to show their kindness, haha! Don't look at me like this, I'm telling the truth! Our royal family was pursuing everywhere back then

The same is true for war, killing those rulers, destroying or annexing their troops, but what do we do in a deserted land? The obedience we need is ordinary civilians who are as gentle as sheep and accepting our rule. We want them to cultivate land, run shops, and collect taxes... They must not die! And we are still very kind to do so, right? Even the evil guys we can forgive, ha! We are simply the most merciless rulers in the world!"

After breathing, the second prince put away his smile and said, "Of course this kind of kindness will not come to people like you and me. There is only one result for our failure, that is, the heads fall, so Robben! Help me! I need elves! Many elves!"

Robben breathed, "Hell... It turns out you are a lunatic, I only realized clearly until now."

"No! This is essentially different from a madman. A madman is just crazy, but I... hahaha!" The second prince laughed with great conscience.

"I'm still a conceited madman." As soon as Robben said this, the second prince's whisper came to an abrupt end.

He turned around with some annoyance and took the wine bottle. The second prince asked directly: "Robben, to be honest! Will you help me? My situation has been explained to you!"

Robben sighed helplessly, "If this is about me, I will help you! But since it has something to do with the elves, I can only ask for their opinions. And if you really die like this, the conditions that the Empire promised the elves will probably not be realized."

The second prince immediately danced and hugged Robben's shoulders, "Roben, I knew you would help me!"

After hesitating for a moment, the second prince blinked mysteriously and whispered: "This time... if you might, bring more dark elves back, look... I am a ruler at least, but now I don't even have a woman I like. You wear clothes taken care of by your wife all day long, eat the food prepared by your wife, and enjoy endless tenderness at night. Are you swaying around in front of me every day...?"

"Isn't it all to just say that you are a pervert?" Robben simply revealed the second prince's true feelings.

"How can you say that! I..."

"After you have countless princesses, don't seduce the elves, okay? And they don't look down on you. It's so embarrassing to say you're so silly."

"Didn't those marriages that princesses had to promise when they inherited the throne? Do you think I was so easy to take the throne? I have sold myself many times."

Robben pushed away the second prince's hand, "I will ask about the elves, but you can work hard on your own. If any elves really fall in love with you, then I can't do anything, but... you have registered with the elves on both sides. Everyone said you are too dangerous and you can take measures when necessary, so... you'd better not be too enthusiastic, otherwise I can't guarantee what happens. Also, since you are so enthusiastic that you have come up with such a combat plan, then you should think of the extra discount conditions for the elves, bring it up!"

Robben stretched out his hand without any hesitation.

The second prince smiled and took out three letters from his arms. The two were sealed with fire wax and said, "This is a triple-copy privilege clause. You can show Su and Lilith. These two letters may need to be handed over to the Elf Queen."

"I'm pretty considerate. OK, then I'll go back to do this now, but I may have no choice about your own business."

Seeing Robben leave words, he walked out. The second prince couldn't help but open his voice and shouted: "Robben, you can help me with this kind of favor?"

Robben turned around, "Then I will introduce Su to you?"

The second prince shivered suddenly, "Uh... then forget it, she seemed... to be a little dangerous."

Robben shrugged, "The elves are all like this. I think your hopes for this life are very slim..." After saying that, Robben turned around and left.

The second prince was left alone in the hall and couldn't help but sigh, "There are really no comparisons between people... But forget it, at least this kind of person still exists, and I know that I'm not stupid..."

To be honest, Robben was extremely shocked. The second prince was betting on the fate of the entire empire. If he wins, he will become the greatest emperor in the history of the Katon Empire, but if he loses... he will be doomed.

However, as the Second Prince said, the Katon Empire has reached a point where there is no way out. One step further will destroy the country, and there is no room for peace and compromise. Perhaps it is correct to do so...

When he returned from the palace, Robben called Su and Lilith over immediately.

He explained the meaning of the Second Prince in detail and explained the second prince's plan roughly. Robben handed over the problem to the two elves' agents on the mainland.

"That's the case. The Empire wants to increase the number of elves participating in the war. Do you have any ideas? If you want to negotiate directly with the Empire, I will take you to see that guy."

"Robben, have you seen it?" Su glanced at the privilege clause in front of him.

"Um."

Su nodded, but didn't look at it afterwards, and directly pushed the clause in front of Lilith, "We will fully support this plan, but the number of people may not be determined yet. We have to go back and discuss with the queen."

Lilith was slightly stunned. Unexpectedly, Su Gen agreed without even looking at the terms. He frowned and pushed the terms back to Roben, "We will come as many warriors as the dark elves come, but..."

"Don't worry, I will discuss this with the Queen in person, but I just need your written recommendation." Robben said with a smile.

It seemed as if Robben guessed his thoughts. Lilith was slightly embarrassed and nodded quickly, "This is no problem. I can ask Uncle Yian to go back with you."

Robben shook his head, "No need, you'd better stay here. I'll do it alone."

Lilith seemed to want to say something, but suddenly she was stunned, realized something, and immediately shut up.

Robben put away the privilege contract, took out the letter from the second prince and handed it to Su, saying, "Su, time is urgent, and the dark elf will be handed over to you. You should discuss with the queen and bring back the news as soon as possible. I will set off again later."

"Okay! I'll go right away!" Without any hesitation, Su picked up Robben's letter, turned around and walked out.

Robben estimated that Su would be able to come back in one day. After all, he had set up several teleportation points on the mainland. It didn't take too long to return to the forest where the dark elves are now secluded. Occasionally, Su would go back to pick a fruit and come back.

"Thank you..." After Su left, Lilith's small voice came to Roben's ears.

Robben smiled, "Nothing, it's just... are you really never going to go back to the Elf Forest again? It's your home after all."

Lilith nodded gently, "Yes, it's my home, all my memories are there, but... that's also my cage. I shouldn't belong there. Since I left that cage, I will never go back. I want to use these hands to build a place of my own in the human world. I will succeed..."
To be continued...