Chapter 441 - Founding Preparations 1 (1/2)

Vladimir, who had delivered the ultimatum to the Dark Moon, was waiting for a response to come from Johas.

However, the answer came back from an unexpected person.

“What did you say? Marquis Luke is in contact on the secret line?”

“Yes, Sire. It was said that he has to talk regarding the Dark Moon problem.”

At the words of Luke’s aides, the President frowned.

“How did he even know our secret line…?”

“Wouldn’t he have obtained it upon finding the treaty we had with the Milton Kingdom?”

As the aide pointed out, the treaty contained the secret line coordinates of the two nations in case there was anything urgent to discuss.

And the President wasn’t ignorant of it.

However, he never assumed that the treaty would fall into Luke’s hands.

‘Damn those Milton! Even if they did have to dedicate themselves to the nation, why didn’t they even try to get rid of such confidential documents?’

Although the President was angry, the people who knew about the secret of the two nations were King Mayers, who was deceased and Count Bazzo, and a few knights of Viscount Mager, all dead.

As a result, the treaty was unharmed.

“Anyway, shouldn’t we send an answer?”

“Huh, if he wants to have a talk, he needs to come here.”

There were several uncomfortable things between Marquis Luke and the Volga Republic.

It was Luke, the commander of the Torlot Fort who played the decisive role in stopping the Republic’s past invasion.

In addition, he was in love with Reina, the last royal member of the old Volga Kingdom, and gave settlements to the Volga refuges.

And what more?

The Dark Moon, he lured the Magic tower, which was the core power of the Volga Republic, and took them to his own estates.

And he kept it all hidden for years. It was only natural for the president to have such words in his mouth.

“But, it’s difficult for us to demand that of him, right?”

As the aide said, the distance between the Milton Kingdom and the Volga Republic was quite long. And there was quite a hostile environment in the Baroque.

In addition, the two sides were on inconvenient terms, even without the war.

Asking Luke to come to Volga was like telling a dragon to enter its altar.

“If he can’t accept such demands, we don’t have to talk. And as long as they are the ones asking for talks, their demands will be taken into careful consideration.”

Vladimir’s decision wasn’t just because of his emotions running wild.

He too actually wanted to solve the Dark Moon problem with dialogue rather than force.

However, he had no intention of putting his head down, so he wanted to negotiate under favorable conditions of being the most powerful person.

Shortly after the response, Luke sent a call saying that he accepted the demands of Volga.

In response, Vladimir announced the date and time along with the location for the talks.

The meeting point was in a secluded mountain fort on the southern border of Volga Republic.

The President deployed a special force prepared to attack the Dark Moon.

The task force, led by Duke Dimitry, included 30 knights and Expert knights in advanced and intermediate levels.

They had around 30 war mages and 5,000 elite cavalries, artillery, and the infantries led by Marquis Tyron.

On the day of the talks, the President visited the fort and smiled contently looking at the task force.

‘Marquis Luke surely is skilled, but he won’t have a chance if he sees this.’

It wasn’t just that, there was Duke Dimitry, who turned into a Sword Sage during the time.

Luke’s side might have skilled men, however, Dimitry was sure that he was unrivaled with the power he built.

“Marquis Luke has arrived.”

“Hmm, he is coming right on time.”

Vladimir got up at the report of his aide and went to greet Luke and his attendants, however, seeing the fort gates open, he couldn’t help but feel shocked.

‘What? Just five?’

From what the President saw, Luke was there with just 4 men.

Philip, Erwin, Sebastian, and Belfair disguised as humans.

Philip saw the task force lying in the fort and clicked his tongue.

“This is terrifying. Have they brought in all the knights and wizards from the Volga?”

“Without any mistake, this has to be their attempt to take down our hopes before going into talks.”

At the words of Erwin, Luke nodded his head.

However, he thought of the situation in a different manner.

‘I don’t think that I am powerful enough for them to want to kill me.’