Chapter 66: Split

  After learning what had happened from Aruba, Mo Yan thought silently for a long time and finally came to the conclusion that someone was operating behind the scenes. If it could be said that at the beginning, the City of Council declared war on Thunder Hill because of Thunder Hill's economic invasion, it was an inevitable decision.

  So the Speaker dissolves the City Council and declares himself Emperor, it's just too weird. Mo Yan didn't think that Lei Feng Cliff had pushed the Speaker to the point of launching a coup and fighting to the death with Lei Feng Cliff. Obviously, there is someone behind the scenes pushing the waves, in order to mess up the entire scene of Ailan.

  As for who this person or force is, Mo Yan believes that the Ma Luo people are the most likely. The Ma Luo Empire, which has recently gained an advantage in the war with Carthage, will inevitably shift its attention from Carthage to Elam. Moreover, the shadow organization of Ma Luo is a well-known existence in the Central Plains states.

  He bribed several important officials and lords of Carthage, and at the moment he broke through the border, he led his army deep into northern Carthage, cutting off the south from the north. Without the help of these bought-off officials, it would not have been possible to achieve this so easily. Moreover, although Carthage did not want to mention it, the reason why the south was unwilling to provide support was also due to the dark shadow's provocation and deception.

  But in the current situation, Mo Yan does not intend to intervene immediately. The civil war of the Sart people also has a great benefit for him, not only can increase the sales of weapons and equipment, but also a large number of war materials will be sold well. If the war is protracted, the lives of the Sart people will become increasingly difficult.

  By that time it will be a great opportunity for Mo Yan to win people's hearts, and Eran, who provides food, shelter and work, will receive a large number of refugees who have lost their homes due to the war. Expand the population of Thunder Cliff, develop a more comprehensive industrial area, and make Thunder Cliff's products no longer focused on weapons alone.

  So for the impending civil war in Eran, Mo Yan thinks it's necessary to maintain an observing attitude. And if the fire isn't burning fiercely enough, Mo Yan doesn't mind secretly adding fuel to make the civil war more intense and prolonged. The Party Guards who are almost fully trained now have given Mo Yan a lot of confidence.

  Especially Regal and Matthew, they have completed all the subjects very well. Now, whether it's assassination techniques or various means of espionage, they have already left Marlo's so-called Shadow far behind. After all, Mo Yan was originally doing this, and he is familiar with these things.

  Mo Yan has ordered the full production of weapons and equipment, as well as various war materials such as fire oil and crossbow arrows. Together with the leftover items from the last demon army that were not used, these materials will be enough to arm at least 8,000 people. Now all they need is for orders to come in from the cities of Eran, as the equipment from Thundercliff is already quite famous in Eran.

  Just as Mo Yan was waiting with bated breath, clutching his popcorn and watching the Elan League and Parliament City fight to the death, a piece of news that made Mo Yan's face twitch arrived at Thunder Ridge. The trade caravan he had sent to Carthage had been robbed; two ships and a large quantity of magical materials were stolen by pirates while they were on their way back to the Gulf of Mississippi.

  The ancient profession of piracy seems to never go extinct. Even in a different realm, Mo Yan still can't get rid of these annoying guys. Because pirates can be said to be the source of Mo Yan's aquaphobia, they remind him of his first mission. According to the commission of a wealthy family, he went to rescue a wealthy man who was hijacked by Somali pirates.

  That was Mo Yan's first mission after completing his training, although Mo Yan performed well, a fellow newcomer who was also new to the team got nervous and startled the pirates while killing the sentry. As a result, an exchange of fire became unavoidable, and because it was an infiltration rescue mission, there were not many people on Mo Yan's team at that time.

  They were unable to suppress the massive number of pirates, and could only quickly find the rich people on the yacht and retreat to their own speedboat. As the team retreated to the side of the ship, Mo Yan, who was at the end of the line, was shot by a pirate who suddenly rushed out with a fishing net gun and fell into the deep sea. Mo Yan, who almost drowned that time, had a psychological fear of seawater from then on.

  "Pirates! I've never heard of pirates lurking on the road from Carthage to Fishscale Bay!" Mo Yan crumpled the small piece of paper that had been delivered by carrier pigeon in his hand, gritting his teeth as he said, "And now I don't even have a way to get to her. The harbor at the bay is under construction, and Cedilia can't leave there."

  "I can go burn them to death!" The black dragon looked at Mo Yan, who was standing up with a furious expression and shouting: "It's just a group of foolish pirates, I'll fly onto their ship and burn them all to death!"

  "In such a vast sea, can you find them?" Mo Yan sighed and said: "If we don't find their lair, it's hard to confirm when they will appear on the route. And since they've already robbed my goods, they must have left the robbery site to sell the loot, those two new ships are worth 1,000 gold coins alone!"

  "So we just ignore it?" Jones asked somewhat curiously, "If these pirates aren't dealt with, Carthaginian merchant ships won't come to Fish Scale Bay either."

  "It's fine if they don't come now." Mo Yan said indifferently, "I'm not planning to make money from this route anyway. The civil war in Erland will be a huge market. Our current production capacity can't provide weapons for two battlefields at the same time, so I can only temporarily give up on Carthage which is farther away. And those pirates will eventually pay the price. All pirates must die!"

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  And Ankude's meeting was as Azera had predicted, deadlocked in the council hall of Ankude. The members of parliament, who had never faced such a situation before, were at odds with each other. Ankude proposed that their people command the allied forces to attack the Parliament City. And on the grounds of the strong defense of the Parliament City, they demanded that each city hand over as many soldiers and materials or money as possible for the war.

  But the representative of another city, Arica, did not agree with Ankude's proposal. Five or six villages near Arica also echoed and supported Arica's proposal. Arica believed that Arica had the most outstanding commander in all of E'lan, and if the command was not in Arica's hands, Arica would not hand over its own warriors.

  As the third largest city of Eran, although its population is less than Ankud, its culture is much more prosperous than Ankud. Arika has the best academy in Eran, and every year it cultivates a number of political and military talents. The village chiefs around Arika are also trained by Arika's academy, and the villages are closely tied to Arika economically, naturally supporting Arika.

  The members of the council ultimately split into three factions: the northern Elan region led by Ankude, the southwestern Elan faction led by Arica, and the newly risen southeastern Elan faction led by Sanfei. Except for a few villages like Kabinda that remained neutral, stating they would follow whatever the outcome of the council was.

  All representatives who came to attend the meeting chose their forces based on their mutual relationships. In the council hall, there were constant quarrels, with the intention of persuading each other to follow one's own proposed bill and hand over control of the Allied Forces to oneself. Moreover, there was a significant divergence in the money and materials paid out.

  Most villages want to follow the old law, which requires them to send 20% of their warriors. However, large cities are using the excuse that attacking the Council City is extremely difficult and demanding more soldiers and supplies from the villages. For nearly ten days, the council has been engaged in meaningless arguments.

  Later on, it turned from a simple discussion into mutual attacks, and even a big fight broke out in the parliament hall. Such a quarrel eventually led to an even more vicious incident, where a representative of Arica was stabbed to death on his way back to his residence after a day of quarreling. Arica announced that it would no longer participate in this parliament, demanding that Ankud hand over the murderer, otherwise, it would declare war on Ankud.

  After the representatives of Arica left Ancud, the villages that sympathized with Arica also left Ancud. The representatives who believed that Ancud had planned the assassination no longer considered Ancud a safe place. And seeing that nearly a third of the people had left, San Felipe ultimately could only choose to leave Ancud as well.

  The original Allied Council evolved into a split ending. Mutual distrust and contradictions have already emerged between cities. The Elan Alliance, which was still possible to fight together, had already lost the war before it was formed. The mutual governance between cities went to a split after Azera declared its ascension in the Council City.

  The assassin who carried out the assassination was never found, and everything fell into darkness. The man from Marow in the parliament building looked at the report handed over by his subordinates and showed a satisfied smile. Several city representatives who were absent had never appeared in Ankude, but no one would have noticed.

  All cities began to prepare for war, but not just for the assault on Council City. Elen as Maro had hoped was teetering on the brink of civil war.

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