Chapter 328 Transition
As the war preparedness plan was completed, the War Council's reliance on commercial trade declined rapidly.

Without the two major consumption items of building the magic field and rebuilding the northern wall, the War Council's reliance on commercial trade has declined significantly. Even if it falls out with the Allied Forces and commercial trade is affected, the War Council no longer cares.

At present, the output of the War Committee itself is sufficient to meet the various current needs of the War Committee.

It was precisely because of this that the War Council and the Allied Forces completely broke the tacit understanding between them and flatly rejected Eleanor's request.

Eleanor was naturally furious at the War Council's refusal to send troops.

After integrating the joint forces, no one dared to refuse her orders.

After being rejected by the War Council, Eleanor also thought about sending extraordinary people to infiltrate and spread the news of the United Army's counterattack on the Green Tide.

She believed that the top leaders of the War Council were too afraid to counterattack the Green Tide. The warriors and extraordinary people of the War Council would definitely respond to her call, but they just didn't know the news.

Then, the extraordinary people she sent out were suppressed by the border patrol as soon as they entered the country.

Eleanor flipped through the intelligence and became more and more annoyed.

"boom!"

She slammed the information on the table and cursed in annoyance.

"They don't believe me, but a wizard who came out of nowhere. Have they been brainwashed by that wizard?!"

Eleanor tried to win over the border personnel of the War Council, but her efforts were basically ineffective and she was completely unsuccessful.

Even the few border personnel who were interested were quickly transferred out of the border area and replaced by new personnel.

As a result, Eleanor's attempts to win over and infiltrate him were completely ineffective.

She looked up at her trusted followers and spoke.

"Do you have any other solution?"

Several confidants looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

The previous rebels were not so bad. Locke was a traditional Donnar knight and was easy to control. Moreover, the rebels did not have such strict entry restrictions and could easily infiltrate.

But the War Committee is different. Roland is an outsider and basically doesn't care about the affairs of the United Army. So far, no envoy has been able to meet Roland, and the top leaders of the committee are all members of the extreme Border Region faction.

What they hate most are the local factions that have always been holding them back, and the coalition forces that support the local factions. They never gave the coalition forces a good look before, let alone now.

As for the sand that the United Forces had previously infiltrated into the rebels, after a civil war and a purge, all of the United Forces' arrangements within the rebels were physically wiped out.

If the United Army had intervened in the civil war and retained some local factions when the civil war just started, perhaps it would be possible to make use of the local factions now.

However, now that all the local factions are dead, the War Council has established a stable rule, and the border is under tight control.

Moreover, unlike the rebels, the War Council was actually completely independent. They were not even willing to belong to the United Army in name like the rebels, and had never sent anyone to seek Eleanor's recognition.

And didn't Eleanor acquiesce to this?

Since their establishment, there has never been any official communication between the two parties, and the only communication is limited to commercial trade.

Apart from knowing that there is a chairman, Roland, they know nothing else about the War Council. What can they do now?
We can't turn our guns around and attack the War Committee, can we?

The coalition forces are still fighting the Green Tide, and Kan'ozu is right across the way. Eleanor definitely can't leave. Moreover, if they fight the Green Tide, the army will be obedient, but if they are sent to fight the War Council, that's hard to say.

At least the troops under the nobles' command may not listen.

Moreover, if they were to fight with their own people, once the news leaked, it would have a huge impact on the morale of the troops on the front line, unless Eleanor's headquarters were sent over secretly.

However, the War Council is not a weak force that can be easily bullied. One or two small troops may not be able to break through even the border fortress, let alone use force to force the War Council to surrender.

"Perhaps we can issue a notice to condemn them and call on everyone to reduce trade with them?"

A confidant spoke up.

Eleanor said, raising her eyebrows slightly.

"What's the point of condemning? It's better to just issue a ban."

Hearing her words, the confidant beside her quickly spoke up.

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

After being reminded by her confidant, Eleanor finally came to her senses and realized that she had said the wrong thing.

It is impossible to ban trade with the War Council, as the coalition forces are now heavily dependent on the War Council's exports for food.

If commercial trade with the War Council is banned, I don’t know whether the War Council will collapse or not, but the United Army will definitely collapse.

After all, everyone needs to eat. With so many people in the coalition army, if they hadn't been able to obtain large amounts of cheap food from the War Committee, they would have been starving long ago.

Moreover, in addition to the grain trade, merchants in Sinnar and some local nobles of the coalition army made a lot of money through commercial trade with the War Committee.

If Eleanor cut off their financial resources, it would probably lead to their dissatisfaction and even hostility.

Besides, even if Eleanor wanted to cut it off, she might not be able to do it.

First of all, the people of Sinnar will completely ignore Eleanor's ban. Any Sinnar merchant who can transport goods from Sinnar to Donnar must have a backer.

Moreover, the coalition forces have received a lot of assistance from Sinar, they can't just turn their backs on it.

You know, the United Army is still receiving assistance from Sinar. If it is cut off, the United Army will not be able to bear it.

So, to them, Eleanor's ban was just a piece of waste paper and had no effect on them.

The local nobles will probably find ways to circumvent the ban and secretly continue to trade with the War Council.

Even if she promoted the nobles loyal to her to become the heads of local families, it was impossible for them to completely go against the interests of the family and follow Eleanor all the way.

After seeing Eleanor's little expression, the confidants also knew that Eleanor had reacted, and several people started to communicate, skipping over Eleanor's mistake as if nothing had happened, and began to discuss how to deal with the War Council.

After discussion, the confidants still could not think of a way to control the War Committee.

After all, there really aren't any obvious downsides to a war council.

Therefore, after discussion, the confidants still believed that what the United Army could do now was relatively limited. At most, they could rely on the United Army as the only orthodox Eastern Nar recognized by the Sinar countries to issue a notice condemning the War Council.

This condemnation is probably not a big deal to the War Council, and the War Council may even take the initiative to retaliate.

They don't have to do anything. Just by slightly raising the price of food or restricting food exports, they can easily affect the situation of the coalition forces.

Of course, seeing as how the United Army is fighting the Green Tide, the War Council may not fight back against them.

But it’s hard to say. After all, when the rebels were fighting against the Green Tide, didn’t the United Forces disgust them by restricting the flow of materials and forcing the rebels to give up their interests?
Judging from their own experience, the confidants all believed that the War Committee would most likely do so.

So, although the only means discussed was to issue a notice condemning the War Council, it would be better not to issue this condemnation.

Eleanor muttered to herself as she listened to the conclusions drawn by her confidants.

“How on earth do they produce so much food?”

After several confidants looked at each other for a few seconds, one of them stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, this ability will be yours sooner or later."

"Ah."

Eleanor nodded calmly.

Although she didn't know the existence of meal-making technology, Eleanor believed that this technology would be delivered to her sooner or later.

The War Council can only be so arrogant now. Once she kills Kan'ozu and ends the Green Tide, they will have to submit to her obediently.

Moreover, as the one who defeated the Green Tide, recaptured Donnar, and rebuilt the Central Kingdom, no one would be more qualified to sit on the throne of the Central Kingdom than Eleanor.

Thinking of this, Eleanor's mood became much happier, and she spoke casually.

"Forget it, let them be arrogant for a while. I will deal with them after I deal with the Green Tide."

After hearing that Eleanor was not going to issue a notice of condemnation, the confidants bowed and said in unison.

"Your Majesty, I have a good opinion."

After Eleanor decided to deal with the Green Tide first and then the War Council, the coalition forces' frequency of attacks on the Green Tide became more and more frequent. At the same time, the number of conflicts between Eleanor and Kan'ozu also increased.

On the front line of the Allied Forces, the sound of fighting continued all night long.

While the United Army and the Green Tide were fighting fiercely, the War Council was watching from the sidelines, silently waiting for the opportunity.

At the same time, the nations of Sinnar were also paying close attention to the situation at the War Council.

Although they all hoped that the coalition forces could beat back the Green Tide, the Silver Empire, which was closest to Sinar, still did not relax its vigilance. While providing blood transfusions to the coalition forces, it also quietly paid attention to the situation in Donnar. Once the coalition forces were defeated, they would be the next target of the Green Tide.

In the Silver Empire, the people who are most concerned about the situation in Donnar are the border nobles. After all, once the Green Tide launches an attack on the Silver Empire, they will be the first to suffer.

Even though the situation of the coalition forces seemed to be good, the border nobles continued to strengthen the defense of their territories at all costs.

As nobles who were promoted by relying on war and the threat of the Green Tide, even though the border nobles knew that the ruling class of the Silver Empire put them here with ill intentions, they would never give up the territory they had worked so hard to obtain.

While Donnar and Sinnar were both filled with a tense atmosphere of war, Roland and Hela were walking idly on the land of the War Council.

Facing the bright sunshine, Roland walked slowly on the newly built stone road in the village, while Hela slowly followed behind Roland.

As he continued walking along the cobblestone road, Roland heard some noisy noises coming from a village not far away.

As the distance got closer, the sound became louder.

When the two of them reached the entrance of the village, Roland extended his senses and saw the situation at the entrance.

In the open space in front of the village entrance, some children were playing with each other, holding branches picked up from somewhere and playing role-playing games.

"Ah, I am the chief judge. You stole the fruit, so you must be punished according to the law."

A little boy holding a long branch said seriously.

"Someone, come and arrest him."

Hearing what the little boy said, several children nearby pounced on another naked child sitting on the ground in front of the little boy with a wicked grin.

Seeing them coming, the child on the ground quickly ate the fruit in his right hand, then stood up and started to chat with the child who was rushing towards him.

It was called a fight, but in fact it was more like they were just messing around with each other, and they were demonstrating a few postures to each other.

"Ah, wait, I will be back!"

After making a few gestures and standing up from the ground, the child playing the criminal suddenly covered his chest, screamed, then turned and ran away.

After he started running, several children who were responsible for catching him immediately chased after him.

After they ran around twice, the child who played the criminal hurriedly ran away from the group of children. In the direction he ran, there was a line formed by two stones tied to a wooden strip.

As he approached the line, he shouted with joy.

"Hehe, I'm the one who ran away this time!"

"Don't even think about running away!!"

When the child playing the criminal was opening champagne at halftime, a child behind him sped up and successfully caught up. He pounced on the child playing the criminal and pushed him to the ground.

The two rolled on the ground, the criminal child tried to break free, while the other child held him tightly.

After rolling for a while, the other children also successfully rushed over, and several people joined forces to catch the criminal child.

"Oh! I got it."

Several children pinned the criminal child to the ground.

The criminal child struggled, looked at the line formed by wooden strips not far away, struggled to stretch out his right hand, and shouted loudly.

"No, no, as long as I can get to that place!"

However, his struggle was useless as he was carried up by several children and brought to the child who played the presiding judge.

The child who played the role of the presiding judge waved the stick in his hand in a pretentious manner and spoke to the criminal child in front of him.

"You have eaten eight fruits in total. According to the law, one blow was enough for each fruit, so I will strike you eight times. Hold out your hand."

The child who played the criminal pouted and stretched out his right hand while speaking stubbornly.

"Next time, I will definitely be able to run away."

Then, the child who played the role of the presiding judge hit his palms eight times with a wooden stick. He, who had just been stubborn, suddenly became silent.

"Hehe, it's my turn, it's my turn."

The kid who was just chasing someone came over and said happily.

The child who had just played the criminal glanced at him, gave up his seat to him, and asked as he moved away.

"How many did you take?"

"Yes, three."

After hearing his question, the child who had just happily taken over the criminal's position scratched his head, stretched out his hand, and showed the three fruits in his hand.

"coward."

Looking at the three fruits in his hand, the child who had just taken eight fruits and was hit eight times suddenly became confident.

He was the only one who dared to take so much.

The child who took three fruits didn't care and said happily.

"I'm afraid of pain."

On the other side where the children were playing, some old people were chatting in the shade of the trees, happily watching the children playing in the open space.

Sensing everything in front of him, Roland nodded slightly.

"What do you two need?"

An old man under the shade of a tree saw Roland and Hela out of the corner of his eye. He looked at their clothes, walked over thoughtfully, and asked.

Roland looked at the old man and began to explain.

"It's okay, I was just passing by."

The old man looked at Roland, who had covered his eyes with a cloth, and spoke hesitantly.

"What's wrong with your eyes? Do you want to see a doctor? There happens to be a doctor in the village right now."

Roland smiled and said.

"Thank you, but no thanks. My eye problem is not something a doctor can cure."

"By the way, old man, where is the village official of your village?"

The old man looked at Roland and said.

"out."

"How do you feel about your life now? How is your village official?"

"Why are you asking these questions?"

After he finished speaking, the old man looked at Roland with an increasingly strange look in his eyes. He glanced at Hela beside Roland, then glanced at Roland again, and suddenly revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

The old man smiled and said.

"Are you the inspector sent from above?"

Hearing his words, Roland was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and denied the statement.

However, the old man did not believe Roland's rejection. On the contrary, he showed an understanding expression.

"Oh, I understand. I understand."

"Life is pretty good now. The village official is also very good and responsible. But there is one thing that is not so good about him. He is still single. When the village tries to find him a wife, he always makes excuses."

"Why do you have so much control over this? Village officials cannot marry local people. If they don't marry villagers, what will they do in the future?"

"And about the conscription, I think we should recruit more soldiers. Aren't we at war with those greenskins now? How can it be enough to recruit only once?"

"There are so many people in our village, so it's not a problem to raise a few more soldiers. You should report this to your leader. Our village is willing to pay more taxes so that we can recruit more soldiers."

"Hey, of those in my family, only two passed the test last time. One became a cavalryman, and the other one didn't do so well. I heard that he became a wizard."

Although the words seemed to be saying that his child was not very good, the tone was full of boasting.

The old man proudly introduced his two children who had joined the army to Roland, and also chattered on about various trivial matters in the village.

Roland did not interrupt the old man, but listened to him with a smile.

(End of this chapter)