Chapter 252: Chapter 252: Creating an Alliance

Representatives of eighteen nations, each one carefully watching Lava General. They’d witnessed Lava General, witnessed the power of the tech combat forces.

If it weren’t for Lava General and his tech combat forces, they’d still be living under the shadow of those war fanatics.

But facing such a powerful force of war fanatics, Lava General had crushed them devastatingly, without even pausing, completely annihilating them all. Those combat personnel called War Soldiers had directly overturned their understanding.

Even dispatching high-tier mages to face War Soldiers, there was zero probability of survival.

To put it bluntly, their eighteen nations were actually already under Lava General’s control. Whatever Lava General wanted to do, they probably had to do.

Not long ago, in this city, the last of the war fanatics in these eighteen nations had been completely executed. The last archbishop had died. The former strongest human sect had been completely destroyed. And they, the representatives of these eighteen nations, were gathered here. What would happen next didn’t even need thinking—it was just deciding their fate...

Anxiety arose naturally.

"The main reason for gathering everyone today is several matters."

Lava General could naturally see their anxiety, so he didn’t really drag things out. He got straight to the point. "First, I hope the Church of Technology can become the state religion of each nation. What do you all think?"

Church of Technology, state religion?

Several nations’ representatives were clearly stunned for a moment. Then, one by one, expressions of delight appeared on their faces. "Naturally!"

"We’re willing!"

"Technology saved us. We are believers of technology!"

"To be able to make ordinary people so powerful, to be able to create something like the Magic Net—even without your words, we had such plans."

"I’m willing to give the best land in every city and town to the Church of Technology to build their own churches."

Was state religion the key point?

No!

The key point was that they were asked to choose the Church of Technology as their state religion.

So at minimum, their royal authority would definitely still exist. They’d at least still be a nation. Even if some powers might need to be handed over, it wouldn’t really matter!

As long as the nation still existed, the royal family still existed—for them, that was already the greatest comfort.

"The Church of Technology won’t build churches."

Lava General said with a smile. "The Church of Technology is different from the sects you’ve encountered in the past. We actually don’t have a fixed organization. At minimum, before my tech combat legion was established, there was no organization. We’re more like a kind of philosophy—a philosophy about technology, about Magic Conductors, about magic-tech industry. As long as you follow in the God of Technology’s footsteps and are full of curiosity about all this, that’s enough."

"As for the tech combat legion, I’ll be the only one managing it. We don’t need a fixed base. As long as it’s an area that believes in the God of Technology, wherever there’s a need, we’ll appear. For example, if you become part of the Church of Technology, if you make the Church of Technology your state religion, if someone invades you and you request my aid, then I’ll appear."

"Of course, in the future it’s not impossible we might need some land. Some inventors who belong to the Church of Technology—for instance, the wild mage who created the self-charging magic array—if they want to go somewhere for long-term experiments, that might require you to provide some places... Though actually I think this is a good thing. Master Wild Mage currently resides in Roster territory. You know what benefits Roster territory has gained."

Designated as state religion, and they didn’t even need to provide land for churches?!

And they could request tech combat force support at any time—those powerful War Soldiers from before?!

Even if they really needed to provide land, it would be for those supernatural inventors creating Magic Conductors to invent and create? There’s such a good thing in the world?

Any new Magic Conductor appearing in their own territory, their own nation—that would be a huge blessing!

How come it all sounded like good things, without a single bad element?

In a daze, they even felt like they were taking crazy advantage.

"Since everyone has no objections to this point, let’s move to the second point."

The reaction of those present didn’t exceed Lava General’s expectations. After nodding slightly, he directly said, "This time you should have also felt the gap between your nations and the two great nations of Gray Fort and Dawn. Forget these two powerhouses—you’ve also gained a clear understanding of the gap with Elf Kingdom, Highland Kingdom and the like. If you want stable development, you need to band together."

"So I propose you establish the Hill Lands Commonwealth. The 18 nations each have their own rights and obligations, but the core is banding together, allowing you to more easily complement each other’s resources, develop rapidly, and become strong, avoiding past mistakes and wars as much as possible."

"Similar to the City-State Alliance?" After hearing the proposal, someone’s eyes moved and they asked.

"No, the City-State Alliance is too loose."

Lava General said with a smile. "To promote technology’s development, we need to establish even better production and sales systems. This might affect taxes and some transportation systems. I have a complete plan here. The most important parts are steel production and sales, along with some other mines."

"Also, Viscount Roster will provide us with certain technical support in the name of the Church of Technology, ensuring we can develop as quickly as possible."

The eighteen nation representatives at the meeting suddenly realized the true purpose of this meeting.

But they seemed to have no choice... That they were willing to put on this show with them until now seemed like they were already giving them serious face. If it were people from Gray Fort Empire or Kingdom of Dawn, they’d probably be lying in coffins listening to orders.

Now they were even providing specific plans...

But after actually seeing Lava General’s plan, shock immediately appeared on each face!

Steel production capacity and grain production capacity could increase that much?

After combining into a commonwealth, the trade complementarity between them could actually achieve this effect?!

I don’t produce grain anymore, but I can buy way more grain than I can eat; I don’t do handicrafts anymore and focus fully on producing grain, but my handicraft products become that cheap; I don’t mine anymore, but the cost of purchasing ore can drop that much...

As long as all 18 of their nations executed this plan completely, it seemed... really all benefits. They’d become a powerful whole, countless times stronger than now. Even if they couldn’t become the continent’s third power, nobody could easily push them around.

"We can join and are willing to fulfill our own obligations and responsibilities. But how can we ensure we enjoy the rights and interests listed here?"

Finally, someone made up their mind and asked.