Chapter 638: Battle for Channel Quota! (Three in One)

"Now let's talk about the Sea Clan. I believe everyone knows about the letter submitted by the Sea Clan in an attempt to obtain a passage into the Land of God's Falling. So please share your opinions!"

The matter of the Sea Clan wanting to enter the Land of God's Fall is related to the entire Holy Alliance, so it naturally requires a vote from many Holy City forces. The fact that so many Holy City Lords came in person also shows how seriously they attach to this matter.

Edward stopped talking after he finished speaking, and discussions around him suddenly arose.

"Impossible. The Sea Tribe used to be at loggerheads with us humans. Our merchant ships and exploration fleets were often attacked by them. How could we allow them to enter the Land of the Falling Gods?"

"That's right, the Land of God's Fall belongs to the Holy Continent, and the Sea Clan is not a race from our Holy Continent, so they are not qualified to enter."

"We in the Holy City of Langley object! The number of channels leading into the Land of God's Fall is already limited. If the sea people are allowed to join, our share will become even tighter!"

From the noisy discussions, it was known that most of the holy cities were opposed to the idea. Apart from the fact that the sea people and the human race had always been at odds with each other, it was also because of issues of interest.

The Land Where Gods Fell has existed since ancient times, and the number of passages leading to the Land Where Gods Fell is also fixed.

The elves permanently own one such passage, the dragons permanently own one, the humans permanently own twenty-five, and the orcs permanently own twenty.

Therefore, this passage is already crowded with people and the number of people is limited. If another passage is given up, several holy cities will definitely be affected.

Of course, there are people who oppose it, but there are also those who remain silent, and there are even people who agree with it, such as the Golden Shield Family.

"We, the Golden Shield Holy City, support the Sea Clan in entering the Land of God's Fall!"

It was at this time that Houston, the lord of the Golden Shield Holy City, spoke.

When Hulton's low voice spread, the entire conference hall fell silent. Everyone stopped talking and cast doubtful eyes at Hulton.

Even Duke Edward is no exception.

"Are you all curious about why my Golden Shield Family supports the Sea Clan in joining the Land of God's Fall."

"Actually, there are two reasons. First, there are seas, rivers, and lakes in the Land of God's Fall, but the seas, rivers, and lakes in the Land of God's Fall are often occupied by powerful magical beasts or other creatures."

"And if the sea tribe enters the Land of the Falling Gods, they will definitely establish a stronghold near the sea, rivers, and lakes."

"This way, not only will the Sea Clan not compete with us for space in the God's Falling Land, but they can also explore the sea, river, and lake areas in the God's Falling Land that we have never explored before!"

Hulton, the lord of the Golden Shield Holy City, paid no attention to the questioning looks from the crowd. Instead, he remained very calm and stated his reasons.

"As for the second one, the second prince of the sea tribe, Vaodin, has already come to our alliance headquarters. Let him talk to you himself!"

After saying that, Hulton turned his attention to the other eleven people at the round table. The real core of the Holy Alliance is actually these twelve holy cities.

The other ten people naturally had no objection to what Houston said. They just asked Vaodin to come in and make a statement. They would still give this face to the Golden Shield Family.

Finally, everyone looked at Duke Edward of the Sky City.

Duke Edward didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

Soon, a servant standing at the door opened the door of the council hall, and Vaodin had been waiting outside for a long time. He walked straight in when the door opened.

Today, Vaodin was not wearing a robe, but an exquisite and luxurious silk garment. Except for a few silver scales on his face that made him different from others, it would be difficult to tell that he was a member of the sea creature.

After Vaodin arrived at the conference hall, all the city lords and representatives of the holy city in the hall stared at him closely.

Faced with such a situation, Vaodin was not at all restrained. He still had a smile on his face and looked calm.

Walking to the center of the meeting, Vaodin first performed noble etiquette to several city lords and representatives of the Holy City at the central round table, and then saluted to the city lords and representatives of the Holy City around him.

In the face of Vaodin's noble etiquette, no one said anything. After all, the tense relationship between the sea people and the human race has been going on for a long time.

Vaodin didn't care about all this. He performed the formalities politely and then walked directly to a podium next to the round table.

"Dear city lords and representatives of the Holy City of the Holy Alliance! I am here on behalf of my father to come to the Holy Alliance with friendship and sincerity..."

"If you are really sincere, you should let your father, the King of the Sea Clan, come directly instead of a child like you who hasn't even grown all his hair yet!"

As soon as Vaodin opened his mouth, he was immediately ridiculed by several representatives of the Holy City.

The holy city of these representatives is on the coast. On normal days, they have the most intense conflicts with the sea people, so their hostility towards the sea people is also the greatest at this time.

But Vaodin did not retort, but smiled and looked at the round table in front of him.

When Duke Edward saw Vaodin's gaze, he raised his hands calmly, signaling everyone to stay calm and let Vaodin finish his words. Only then did everyone gradually fall silent.

After the meeting place returned to silence, Vaodin bowed to Duke Edward and then continued.

"I know that there have been many frictions between our sea people and the human race in the past, but I believe everyone knows that the cause of these things is not our sea people."

"Of course, I am here on behalf of the Sea Clan this time not to discuss who was right and who was wrong with the Human Clan. I am here with the friendship and sincerity of the Sea Clan."

"We, the Sea Clan, are willing to open up trade with the Human Clan, guarantee that we will no longer actively attack ships at sea, and give every Holy City that supports our Sea Clan resources and materials from the ocean worth 200,000 gold coins free of charge. The above is a thank you gift from the Human Clan for allowing the Sea Clan to enter the Land of the Fallen Gods."

When Vaodin finished speaking, the council hall fell silent. No one spoke, and everyone was frowning in thought.

Everyone present knew that there were no fewer precious materials in the ocean than on land.

Moreover, there are many races on the Holy Continent, and most of the resources have been mined over the long years.

The various resources in the vast ocean can only be exploited by sea creatures, so they are definitely richer than those on land.

If the sea people are really willing to trade with the human race, the overall strength of the human race will surely be greatly improved in the future.

Moreover, the sea tribe gave each holy city gifts worth two hundred thousand at one time, which is already a considerable fortune.

Of course, if the Sea Clan had proposed something else, everyone present would definitely be tempted, but regarding the matter of the God's Falling Land, everyone needed to consider it carefully.

Because even if they trade with the sea people, the vested interests must be based on geographical factors, and the holy city forces in the inland will definitely not gain as much as the holy city forces on the coast.

Moreover, the resources in the Land of God's Fallen are no less valuable than those in the ocean, and are even more precious. If the sea people are allowed to enter, it will mean losing one or two passages to the Land of God's Fallen, so everyone is unable to decide between the benefits for a while.

"You sea people need a few passages!"

At this moment, a city lord not far from Vaodin asked. This city lord was the lord of the Holy City of Atona.

Although the Holy City of Atona cannot be compared with the twelve holy cities of the Central Round Table, its strength is ranked among the top 20 in the Holy Alliance, which is considered to be of considerable weight.

"Three! We the Sea Clan only need three passages to the Land of God's Fall!"

"Impossible! We humans only have 25. If we have to give up three to the sea people, what will happen to our holy cities?"

"Yes! The Golden Shield Family is naturally not anxious to have a passage all to themselves, but we need several holy cities to share one passage. If there are three missing places, how are we going to allocate them?"

"We in Billy Holy City object!"

Vaodin's words were like pouring a glass of water into boiling oil, instantly causing the entire parliament hall to explode. In addition, some holy cities even pointed the finger at the Golden Shield Family, which was the first to speak out in support of the Sea Clan.

The reason why the twelve families at the round table in the center possess such extraordinary strength and status is related to the passage to the Land of the Fallen Gods.

The entire Holy Alliance has 108 holy city members, but there are only 25 passages leading to the Land of God's Fall.

Moreover, among these twenty-five channels, twelve were taken by the twelve holy cities on the round table, while the other 96 holy cities could only get thirteen channels. It is conceivable that if three more channels were taken away, the interests of these holy cities would be squeezed again.

"Dear city lords and representatives of the Holy City, please listen to me!"

Vaodin listened to the noisy objections without any panic on his face, but spoke loudly.

At this time, Duke Edward raised his hand again, and the noise in the conference room gradually subsided.

"Dear city lords and representatives of the Holy City, we, the Sea Clan, have already discussed with the Beast Clan and will only take one quota from each of the Beast Clan and the Human Clan! As for the other quota, we hope that you can give the Goblin Clan's quota to us."

Vaodin waited until everyone was a little quieter, then immediately spoke out the sea tribe's plan!

After hearing Vaodin's words, everyone present finally quieted down. If they followed Vaodin's words, it was acceptable.

The reason why Vaodin directly mentioned three places instead of telling the plan first was naturally to ask for a sky-high price and then lower the psychological expectations of everyone present.

This is exactly the effect at this time. Compared with three places, one place can naturally make everyone feel affordable, and the frowns of many holy city lords have gradually relaxed.

As for the goblin quota, the goblins are already weak and no one will care about them.

A few days ago, the Orcs sent a messenger to propose depriving the Goblins of their passage quota, and then let the Elves, Orcs, and Humans compete for the extra quota.

Therefore, if there is enough benefit in this quota, it would be fine to sell it to the sea people.

"The conditions I mentioned earlier were all about getting a passage from the human race. As for the goblin passage, no matter whether it is obtained by you humans or beastmen, we, the sea race, will pay another 3 million gold coins to buy it!"

Vaodin struck while the iron was hot and spoke again!

After hearing this, most people present were tempted. It was obvious that the conditions offered by the sea tribe were very generous.

"I have finished what I want to say! I hope that the representatives of the Holy City and the city lord can carefully consider the sincerity of our sea people."

When Vaodin saw the expressions of everyone present, he had already made up his mind.

Then Vaodin smiled slightly, bowed to everyone present, and walked straight towards the door of the parliament hall.

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"I believe everyone has made up their mind by now! So let's start voting!"

When Vaodin walked out of the hall, Edward looked around and spoke.

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As Duke Edward finished speaking, the people in the conference hall did not take any action immediately, but kept looking around, obviously watching the actions of other holy cities.

At this time, Hulton looked around with a serious face, then stretched out his right hand and raised it.

"My Golden Shield family agrees!"

As Hulton raised his hand, some representatives of the Holy City forces or city lords sitting behind him also raised their hands, there were more than a dozen of them.

From then on, many people in the audience raised their hands to express their agreement.

At this time, there were more than 30 Holy City forces behind Duke Edward who did not raise their hands.

Everyone turned their eyes to Duke Edward.

"Since you all agree, then my Sky City will agree as well!"

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Duke Edward spoke calmly, and after he finished speaking, the more than 30 Holy City forces behind him raised their hands in unison.

In fact, this matter has little to do with the interests of the twelve holy cities on the round table. However, if the sea people do not show enough "sincerity", they are naturally unwilling to let the overall interests of the Holy Alliance be divided up.

From then on, no Holy City force opposed it. After all, it was the general trend. If they spoke out against it, not only would things remain the same, but they would also not be able to get the benefits promised by the Sea Clan.

"Okay, then this matter is passed unanimously!"

"In that case, let's write back to the beastmen and tell them that our Holy Alliance agrees to deprive the goblins of their passage quota. In addition, let them notify the elves to compete for the quota!"

"However, the place to compete for the spot must be in our Holy Alliance!"

Duke Edward made arrangements for the sea clan matters, which was considered the first thing to be resolved in today's meeting.

"Then let's discuss the second matter. Let Duke Hulton of the Golden Shield Family talk about this matter!"

After Edward finished speaking, everyone present turned their eyes to Houston.

There was no need to discuss this matter in the conference room. After all, he was just a young man of unknown identity. Even if he was stronger, any city lord present could deal with him.

The problem is that among the dead there are heirs and direct descendants of the Golden Shield family, and the murderer has not been found yet, so the Golden Shield family directly put the blame on the Alliance Higher Academy.

Judging from the current reaction of the Golden Shield Family, if something goes wrong it is likely to cause the conflict between the Golden Shield Family and the Alliance Academy to escalate, which would then affect the entire Holy Alliance.

"What our Golden Shield Family means is very simple. We hope that all the holy cities in the alliance can help our Golden Shield Family to hunt down that killer!"

"In addition, we demand that the Alliance College compensate our Golden Shield Family! Provide our Golden Shield Family with 200 admission places!"

Wow!

"Two hundred admission places, the Golden Shield Family is crazy!"

"Yeah! How could Palmer agree to this? The Holy Alliance only has more than 2,000 enrollment quotas each year, and the Golden Shield Family actually wants to get 200 quotas at once!"

No one said much about the first condition mentioned by Houston. It was just a wanted order. All they had to do was post a wanted poster.

But the second condition surprised everyone about the appetite of the Golden Shield Family.

You have to know that there are billions of humans in the Holy Alliance and 108 holy cities, but the Alliance’s Higher Academy only recruits 2,000 people every year. What kind of ratio is this?

Moreover, among these two thousand people, only 1,800 places are allocated by the Alliance’s higher education academy to various holy cities, and the other two to three hundred people are recruited by the Holy Alliance on its own, in order to cultivate its own power.

Even if the 1,800 places were divided equally, each holy city could only send more than a dozen students to the higher education college each year.

After these people came out, they all became the backbone of each holy city.

What Houston is asking for now is equivalent to a quota for twenty years. Even if the Alliance Higher College is willing to agree, they will not agree.

What's more, the Golden Shield Family now needs them to put pressure on Palmer and agree to the Golden Shield Family's demands.

"Hulton, 200 admission places are too many! And even if we agree, I'm afraid Palmer won't agree!"

While everyone was talking, Duke Edward spoke.

Although all members of the Holy Alliance belong to the same human race, there has never been a lack of internal strife among the human race, and Sky City does not want to see a situation where one gains while the other loses.

"Did my heir die in vain? Warren's accident happened in the City of Hope. Palmer must give me an explanation! Otherwise, our Golden Shield family will seek justice from Palmer!"

"100 places! And they need to be divided into five years of enrollment! What do you think?"

Edward spoke calmly, looking at the other people at the round table.

The others thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Seeing everyone's performance, Houston frowned slightly and thought for a moment before speaking.

"Can!"

Although there are only 100 places, and they are divided into five years.

However, as long as a few high-level magicians or White Flag Knights, or even higher-level beings, appear among these people in the future, the Golden Shield Family will be able to grow significantly.

The most important thing is that this was completely extorted. Since Edward had spoken and other holy cities had agreed, he had no choice but to do so.

If they really fall out and there's no Holy Alliance to help him put pressure on them, with Palmer's temper, I'm afraid he won't be able to get even one extra spot.

"Okay, today's meeting ends here. Everyone go back and prepare. I hope that our Holy Alliance will win the competition for the quota, no matter which Holy City it is!"

…

"Harry! I didn't expect you to be so amazing. You passed the test so easily!"

In the restaurant of the Union Academy, Gervis sat around a table with Laci, Adela and Zenia, while Laci and Zenia looked at him with envy.

Because Gervis had successfully passed the assessment this morning and became a junior fire magician recognized by the academy!

Once he gets the approval of the academy, Gervis can go directly to the Magicians Association for certification with the certificate provided by the academy.

As long as the certification is completed, Gervis can live a superior life in the Holy Alliance.

For example, you don’t need to pay entry tax when entering the city.

There is no need to pay taxes when crossing the borders of different holy cities.

Even if he wanted to go somewhere, he didn't need to pay for it or arrange a carriage. As long as he spread the news a little, many caravans would rush to invite him to go with them in luxurious carriages.

The purpose is to allow the magician to come forward and exempt the caravan from taxes on the road.

Of course, the most important thing about getting certified is that you can use magic openly in any city, and you don't have to worry about being captured and killed by the Magicians Association like a wild wizard.

"Haha! I'm just lucky. Actually, there is a magic that I'm not very proficient in yet, and I often can't use it!"

Seeing the two people's sour looks, Gervis was rarely humble.

"After dinner, let's go with Harry to get certified as a proper magician! Adela, what do you think?"

Hearing Gervis's modesty, Zenia and the others felt much better, while Laci suddenly looked at Adela, and finding that Adela was still looking around, he immediately made a suggestion.

“…”

It’s a pity that Adela didn’t hear what Laci said.

Finally, Zenia saw how embarrassed Laci was and gently pulled Adela's arm, and Adela finally reacted.

"What's wrong! Zenia?"

"Larch said that we should accompany Harry to the Wizarding Association to complete his certification later!"

"Oh well!"

Adela would naturally not refuse this proposal. She already regarded Harry as a friend, so it was normal for her to accompany Harry to complete the certification.

However, although Adela agreed, Lucky was still listless and obviously suffered a great blow.

"It seems we have to find a way to get this rich girl out of this bad state!"

Gervis saw it all and naturally knew why Adela had been looking around all the time these days.

Gervis was afraid that if Adela continued like this, she might go insane, and thought to herself that he needed to help Adela out of this state.

Sorry! The plot is hard to separate, so it's a little late!

(End of this chapter)