The Lord Of Blood Hill Chapter 585: You Deserved It

Henwell's intense reaction clearly catches Beirus off guard.

He looks at Henwell with cold eyes, and his hand already rests on the hilt of his sword.

Henwell, for his part, both crosses his hands and grips the sword hilt at his waist. His body bends slightly, ready to draw and fight at any mont.

This terrifies everyone else. Even King Semson of Lumir joins the others in shouting for everyone to calm down.

They are not really worried that Henwell might be killed. If that really happened, they could imdiately raise a cup in celebration.

They are worried that they themselves might be killed. Henwell's combat power has already been recognized by many people.

The Beirus before them may have only recently entered Glory Rank, but he is still an existence at the ceiling of this continent.

If these two fight, no one knows how long Henwell can hold on.

Because they will not live to see the result of the battle.

A battle at this level only needs to brush against them slightly, and they will either die or be crippled.

What the three sides an is simple. You can fight, but do not fight here, and especially not in front of us.

The persuasion from every side makes Beirus calm down.

It is not because he fears Henwell, and even less because he is giving face to these three sides.

It is because he suddenly notices Tobias's eyes. The commander of the Imperial Knights has never taken a stance and has not offered any persuasion.

But as an old rival, Beirus keenly notices that Tobias's spiritual power has already begun to gather, and it is faintly locked onto him.

He also realizes what Tobias wants to do. It is not to help him, and certainly not to help Henwell.

After the fight begins, when Henwell is forced into a desperate situation, Tobias will step in and block him.

At that ti, Tobias will then persuade the two sides to stop.

And this is the result Tobias wants. The church and Henwell will officially break with each other.

Henwell, after nearly being killed, will definitely no longer side with the church. In order to avoid retaliation, he will have no choice but to turn to the empire and place himself under Tobias's protection.

The empire is clearly more interested in Henwell and Peace Haven.

If Tobias can use this chance to pull Henwell to his side, then even if he returns like this, it will still be a great rit.

As for forcing Henwell away and even making him beco enemies with the church, if that responsibility finally falls on Beirus, his political enemies will certainly attack him over it.

Thinking of this, Beirus snorts coldly. "I have long heard that you are reckless. Seeing you today, it is indeed true."

"The church has never said it will ignore you, but your legal territory is only Peace Haven's original area."

"As for Ogiro and Ika, their demand is to take back the territory that belongs to them. That is their right."

"How do you expect the church to stand up and speak for you?"

"After you give up Peace Haven's eastern and western regions, if anyone attacks Peace Haven's holand again, the church naturally will not agree."

Prince Kullen imdiately grins and states his position. "Exactly, Henwell. As long as you hand back our territory, I can announce an imdiate end to the war."

Henwell sneers. "Heh. I will not return it. I paid to lease that land. We have contracts."

"If you want it back, that is simple. Pay the compensation clauses written in the contract."

"Otherwise, I would rather see this through to the end with you in this aningless war."

Prince Kullen shrugs and says nothing more.

The compensation for breach of contract written into those contracts is extrely high.

Even for a country, it is unacceptable.

More importantly, if Ika pays the money and Henwell really returns the land, Ika Kingdom still cannot accept it.

The re reputation of needing to spend money to buy back its own territory is not sothing Baleqi can bear.

Afterward, Henwell looks toward King Semson. "I have no territorial dispute with Lumir, so why did your country attack too?"

Semson says, "I sent troops to attack Peace Haven according to the military alliance between our countries."

"If you are willing to withdraw your troops and leave our territory, Henwell, I can announce an end to the war between us right now."

Henwell laughs coldly. "Keep dreaming. Since you hit , I cannot take the beating for nothing. You brought this on yourselves."

"You want to withdraw? Not a chance. Unless you agree to use the current actual occupied zone as the border."

"Otherwise, I will continue attacking. The next ti I co to Holy Lake City, I will not be alone."

King Semson roars, "We only followed the others and sent troops. The ones leading this matter were Ogiro Kingdom and Ika Kingdom."

"Our army did not even cause harmful consequences to Peace Haven. Instead, we suffered serious losses ourselves."

"If you want to counterattack now, you should go after those two sides. Why are you attacking us?"

Henwell picks up a spare chair by himself and sits down again. "I do not want to either. But I cannot beat those two sides."

"I am angry, so I looked around and found that you are the easiest to bully. Of course I am going to pick the soft target."

"You... you despicable slave lord..."

Seeing that Semson has already broken down and begun throwing personal insults, Beirus imdiately rebukes him and stops him.

Then he says to Henwell, "Say less. We now represent the church and the empire in diating this matter."

"Now we only ask you one question: are you willing to accept our diation?"

"I must remind you that if your reason is only this kind of revenge, what you have done is already enough."

"Otherwise, we of the Western Regions will intervene in this war."

Henwell falls silent for a mont. "Then what about the losses I suffered? I cannot be attacked for no reason and then not be allowed to strike back, can I?"

Tobias taps a finger on the table. "Then, Henwell, how do you want to end this war decently?"

Henwell says, "Since the empire and the church have co to diate this matter, I naturally have to give you face."

"I can now return half of the occupied land as a show of sincerity. I will temporarily occupy the remaining half."

"I must prevent Lumir from ever again having the intention to attack Peace Haven, and as for this portion of territory, I will do the sa as the other two countries."

"I will not declare ownership over it. Instead, I will pay Lumir through a trade-zone lease."

"The lease term will be twenty years. I will pay three hundred thousand gold coins in rent each year."

"I will pay the first five years in one lump sum, and afterward, paynt will be made once every year."

"During this period, if Lumir takes any hostile action against Peace Haven, we will extend the term or even directly declare that the territory belongs to us."

"If Lumir does not violate the agreent by the end of the term, then under the witness of the empire and the church, I will return this portion of territory."

Before Beirus can object, Tobias directly makes the decision. "Then it is settled."

King Semson imdiately stands and objects. "No! This is a treaty that sells out the country. I cannot sign it!"

"Henwell has no intention of returning those territories at all. He ans to seize our land by force. We absolutely cannot accept this!"

Tobias spreads his hands. "Very well. Since you do not accept this condition, then continue fighting the war on this side."

"When one of you can no longer keep fighting and agrees to the other side's conditions, co back to us for diation."