The negotiations were stuck at the beginning. After a few days of waiting and receiving news and intelligence, Loran Hill finally knew what happened at the headquarters of the Vilga Alliance.

Just a week ago, an incident similar to that in Hopeland occurred in Yubere. The four families, supported by new weapons from Lurna and the assistance of mage mercenaries, suddenly launched an attack, defeated two tough resistance factions, and forced the other three families that had remained neutral to surrender.

Afterwards, only seven of the original nine chambers of commerce remained in Yubere. After manipulating the alliance headquarters, they sent troops and airships to the border one after another, and the chambers of commerce in other cities also surrendered one after another.

In this way, most of the Vilga Alliance, which originally belonged to the Xuehua Alliance, broke away and became a member of the Frost Rose.

Compared to the loosely autonomous Snow Flower Union, the Frost Rose has centralized power, with most of the power belonging to the central agency.

The organization's current headquarters is in Lurna. A coup d'état recently took place among the mages of Lurna, but since the coup was initiated by several leading factions, there was not much resistance, and they only broke up and absorbed some small factions.

Currently, the entire country of Lurna and the eastern part of the Wilga Alliance have joined the Frost Rose. As a powerful government, the Frost Rose plans to divide Lurna into three regions and Wilga into two districts. They will no longer be divided by country. Internal resources will be exchanged and promoted together. Laws, education, standards, etc. will be unified. Tariffs will be reduced or exempted internally. Each branch will be directly responsible to the headquarters. The army will be unified under the management of the headquarters. Local areas will only retain security teams. Taxes will be collected by the regions and handed over to the headquarters for unified management.

It sounds a bit like a new-age country, but it hasn't reached that level yet. After all, the change was initiated from the top down, which is not thorough enough. Many of the original forces have been preserved, which is bound to become an obstacle in the future.

After reading the information, Loran Hill began to compare and think, and finally concluded that he was not optimistic about Frost Rose. He always felt a little bit caught between a rock and hard place, wanting to change some things, but unable to give up everything he had and start all over again.

Be strict with others, but lenient with yourself. That's about it. The slogan sounds great, integrating the scattered forces of the seven nations of Xuehua to fight Cangcui with all their might. However, a closer look at the organization's leadership and composition left Luo Lanxier somewhat unimpressed. It was even inferior to the original Xuehua Alliance.

At least Roland really treated everyone as equal brothers back then, and led the charge himself. Zephyr also contributed the most in the Battle of Broken Bow. Otherwise, so many people wouldn't miss this hero, and his deeds would be spread throughout the world, becoming the dream of countless young people.

But at present, with the fall of West Wind, various countries are also caught up in various internal problems. The slogan of Frost Rose is indeed very attractive and can easily impress some anxious people.

People are like this, they desire to huddle together for warmth and have an elder to guarantee their safety. Even if this elder is extremely harsh, strict or cold, as long as he can protect himself, it is good.

Frost Rose undoubtedly wants to take over Hopeland. After all, this is an important node for the organization's westward expansion. If they can take advantage of the civil strife in West Wind to unify West Wind, then the organization occupying the vast land in the heartland will be able to radiate its influence to the entire western side of the continent, just like the Xuehua Alliance back then.

Loran Hill sat at the table and slowly fell into thought. At this time, the door of the study was pushed open and Chelsea walked in.

"My lady, I brought Ceres here."

"Well, let her in." The girl shook her dizzy head and stopped thinking about the negotiations during the day. She wanted to know the situation in the Southern Islands.

"Hello, Miss."

Ceres walked into the room, wearing a black uniform.

"Are you used to living in the south?" Loran Hill looked at the butler who had been separated for a while.

"Not bad. The weather there is warm, and my cold legs rarely come back."

"Well, that's good. How are Yige and Madam Barya?"

"Everything is good. I recently found a teacher for Yiger. When he grows up a little, he can go to the Mage Academy to study. Becoming a mage is a very good choice." Ceres showed a rare smile on his face.

"That's good. Can you tell me about the Southern Hinayue Council?"

"Okay, Southern Islands..."

Then Ceres began to talk about the current situation of the Southern Islands. The country is managed by the parliament. The parliamentarians are the leaders of the mage faction and a small number of nobles. The speaker is replaced every five years and is rotated between mages and nobles, but the main force in the country is still mages.

Fortunately, the nobles of the Hinamei Kingdom were all island fiefs and had little desire for expansion, so the two factions each benefited from their own needs and had always lived in harmony. In recent years, thanks to the eastern shipping routes, their development had been relatively prosperous, and with the wealth they had gained, everyone had become more harmonious.

Since the Cangcui Empire is on the east side of the continent, if the seven countries of Xuehua want to avoid Cangcui's control and go to the east, the most convenient way is to go to the Southern Islands first, and then follow the trade winds and ocean currents to reach the eastern ports. On the other side of the sea, there are many specialties that are not available in the western continent, and the profits are extremely lucrative.

Due to hundreds of years of stability and widespread education in the Hinami Kingdom, its comprehensive strength is very strong, far beyond the reach of the gradually corrupt Zephyr.

After the discussion, Loran Hill had a deeper understanding of the Southern Islands.

Three days later, Yubere and Lurna sent people over again, and the issues that had been stalled between the two sides were further advanced.

Frost Rose will never give up the westward path, but Carites and Hinamei have always insisted on the independence of Hopeland and the surrounding areas.

The final result of the negotiation between the two sides was that the alliance was split into two. The original seven families in the east and the eight families in the surrounding areas formed a large region of Frost Rose, becoming one of the four major regions of Frost Rose.

Several companies in the west centered around Hopeland and the remaining four companies united to form the New Virga Alliance, with its headquarters in Hopeland.

Both sides of the original alliance withdrew from the Snow Flower Union. The eastern side was incorporated into the Frost Rose, while the western side began to contact and move closer to the Hinaberry Kingdom and Clancia.

As a compromise and exchange, the Misty Pine River on the northwest side of the original alliance was specially allocated to Frost Rose. This river belongs exclusively to Frost Rose, and it can pass freely to the five northern countries, and the New Wilga Alliance cannot interfere.

However, there will be garrisons from the New Virga Alliance on both sides of the river to monitor and prevent large-scale surprise attacks.

Finally, the two parties, the New Vilga Alliance and Frost Rose, signed a non-aggression pact.

The two sides temporarily reached a settlement regarding this result, but both Loran Hill and the representatives of Frost Rose knew in their hearts that this was only a temporary compromise.

Frost Rose hopes to enter the West Wind Kingdom, expand its influence, and unite the forces of organizations in other countries before returning to suppress the New Wilga Alliance. Loran Hill is also waiting for Clansia to unify West Wind and support each other with Hopeland from the north and south.

The battle between Rose and Starlight will also usher in a new chapter in history.