The First Magic World War

Adossa found herself in an awkward position, after all, the Duchess Meisu had betrayed Fars and thrown herself into Byron's embrace. Thus, when Charles and the Fars Royal Knights Order joined forces, she took her leave of Charles.

Charles was quite friendly towards this senior of his, firstly because the Mekren Family and the Mesu Family had already agreed to be allied families, and secondly because his territory would surely border the Northern Territory of the Mesu Family, necessitating good relations for future interactions.

He not only delivered a Magical Alchemy Warship to Adossa as agreed, but also gifted her with ten warships and a group of the Black Phoenix navy who refused to surrender to Fars.

Although Adossa was quite interested in Charles, she knew that this was not the right time to act, so she just made an agreement with Charles to meet again in the future and gave him a gift—a sculpture of the Evil God she had acquired overseas.

Charles tore through more than a dozen ancient paintings to summon the Labyrinth Evil God Agmilas, and though there was an unspoken agreement among everyone to keep silent and not leak the information, after witnessing that scene, everyone felt that Charles might have taken a liking to such artifacts.

In fact, many nobles were interested in those things, but nobody dared to be too blatant about it, as the Nine Great True Gods did indeed roam this world.

After Adossa left with her Sacred level subordinates, Charles breathed an unexplainable sigh of relief. He quickly received a new appointment—not from Fars, but a joint appointment by the Allied Army. He was named—the Coordinator General of the Four Nations Alliance Conference for the Partition of the Black Phoenix!

Fully responsible for receiving the high-ranking officials from each country attending the conference!

His Majesty the Emperor of Brittany, although involved in the war, clearly was not suitable to attend such a meeting. Therefore, the representatives from Fars participating in this conference were the Diplomacy Minister Count Dadanian, and the Minister of War Count Galanode, boasting a luxurious lineup.

Attending the conference for Inglima was Count Ranmalock, the Victory Champagne Count who was extremely dissatisfied with the outcome of the war, and particularly upset that Fars had seemingly stolen the fruits of victory, insisting on a fair division of the twelve core counties directly governed by Black Phoenix.

The representatives from Byron attending the conference were all old acquaintances of both His Majesty the Emperor of Brittany and Charles; one was Juno Arthur, the strongest in Byron, whom Charles had to address as 'teacher', and the other was Count Constantine, the newly-appointed Count of Byron, the former strongest warrior of the Black Phoenix Dynasty.

Indeed, the former strongest warrior of Black Phoenix who was defeated by Georgiadi Hadrian in a head-on battle.

The representative from the Lionheart Dynasty was also someone Charles knew well, and quite familiarly at that. Representing the Lionheart Dynasty, in a significantly high position, was the Crown Prince of Lionheart, Berenhir Azar, with his aide, who was also an acquaintance of Charles—Conrad.

Because there were so many acquaintances, even Count Ranmalock, who had not met Charles, felt quite fond of him due to Ban Ranmalock. After being defeated by Charles, Ban Lanmalock had sequestered himself for nearly a year to successfully break through to the Sacred level.

For the Count of Lanmalock, his son's advancement to the Sacred level was of much greater importance than losing a duel or a whaling lance. The count had always regretted his son's youth, not being able to rival Antonio, but now that his son had finally reached the starting line, he hoped that in ten years, Ban Lanmalock could stand shoulder to shoulder with Antonio and draw breath for him.

Due to personal friendships, Charles encountered almost no trouble in arranging the delegations of the Four Nations negotiations. Although he was not very familiar with noble etiquette, the Emperor of Brittany had sent his son to be Charles' deputy. Antonio was a bona fide aristocrat, proficient in all sorts of ceremonies, and could make up for any lapses in Charles' knowledge.

Once the delegations of the Four Nations had all arrived and settled down in Black Phoenix City, Charles felt as if he had shed a layer of skin, facing the top powerhouses from each country every day, the pressure was immense.

Even though he had a certain degree of friendship with representatives from each country, and with some, like Juno Arthur and the Crown Prince of Lionheart, Berenhir Azar, even quite a close one, this pressure was not the slightest bit relieved.

One must understand that when interests rise to the national level, personal relationships are as trivial as pebbles by the roadside.

Before the meeting commenced, it was certain that various countries would engage in private communications to reach various tacit agreements. By the time the meeting took place, many decisions would have already been settled.

So, before the start of the meeting, Charles had some time to rest, and he took the opportunity to take a break to visit a Legendary Warship!

Yes, the Black Phoenix also possessed its own Legendary Warship.

And it was moored right in Black Phoenix City's harbor. Owing to the emptiness of the city, Charles took advantage of the moment, mounted a surprise attack, and broke through the city, which resulted in the Legendary Warship "Dolmabahçe Number" and six Magical Alchemy Warships falling into Charles's hands.

This was the last reserve of the Black Phoenix Navy.

The Legendary Warship had a nickname—the "Disgrace of Legendary Warships"!

Because the Legendary Warship that the Black Phoenix had poured the entire nation's efforts into was not a coastal fortress for battle, but a sea palace built for the Emperor's tours. In terms of luxury, it was the first in the history of the Old Continent, surpassing even those of the ancient Legendary Warships. But in terms of combat abilities...

Well, it had been captured before.

On the front lines of battle.

The captor was none other than the premier War God of Fars from a century ago—Duke Robin, father of the current Elder Duke Robin.

Although it was later "heroically recaptured by the navy of the Black Phoenix," it had since then acquired this notorious nickname.

In fact, during the recent wars on the Old Continent, the Black Phoenix didn't dare to send this Legendary Warship into battle, as its actual combat capability was only slightly better than an ordinary Magical Alchemy Warship. If pitted against two or three Magical Alchemy Warships, it would be overwhelmed.

For Charles Mecklen, of course, this was no matter at all!

He finally had a Legendary Warship he could take out to sea. What more could he ask for?

When Charles stepped aboard the Dolmabahçe Number, his mood was quite elated. The Legendary Warship was enormous, rivaling the Holy Light Divine State Title in size, and it was lavishly majestic in every aspect. Its towering structure was as imposing as any palace on land.

It had also served as the floating palace for several generations of Black Phoenix Emperors. Every summer, the Emperors of the Black Phoenix would board the Dolmabahçe Number to escape the heat on the open sea!

Charles had pondered for a long time and decided to assign the Legendary Warship to the Flame Paladin Vigo for command.

Given that the Dolmabahçe Number itself was not particularly strong in combat, even if given to a strong Sacred level knight, it wouldn't make much of a difference. Besides, Vigo was "injured," and with the warship's comfortable living environment, it was perfect for him to recuperate on board.

Indeed, Charles's decision was not because he underestimated Vigo's combat strength.