Romon put down the newspaper in his hand and shifted his attention away from the words. The voices beside him once again entered his ears.
"Heh, I heard that the Kandla Empire's army has already advanced more than three hundred kilometres into the Mana Magic Kingdom. They even broke through Felin City two days ago."
"Tsk, when did this news come from?
Aren't you a little too ignorant to come out and say it now? "
"That's right, who would still have the patience to listen to this news now?
The Kandla Empire is much stronger than the Mana Magic Kingdom. Isn't it normal for them to win? "
"You only know that the Kandla Empire won, but do you know why they agreed?" The person who was refuted seemed to be unconvinced.
"How else could they win?
Isn't it just because the Kandla Empire's army has more people and better equipment? What other reason could there be? "
"Nonsense, you only said that they have more people and better equipment. It's fine if they have more people, but what do you mean by better equipment? Do you understand?"
"Better equipment obviously means …" The person who answered hesitated for a moment before reluctantly continuing.
"Of course it's because the Kandla Empire's army has more military magic machines. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to advance more than three hundred kilometres into the Mana Magic Kingdom in such a short time."
"Then tell me, why would the Kandla Empire's army have more military magic machines than the Mana Magic Kingdom's army?
You must know that the military magic machines that New Flyer sold to every country are actually more or less the same. There isn't much of a difference at all. "
"About this …"
"Hehe, you don't know about this right?
Let me tell you, I heard that the Kandla Empire has actually been secretly developing military magic machines these past few years … "
The moment this sentence came out, the small tavern that was bustling with noise immediately fell into silence.
Romon's gaze secretly swept through the crowd. He couldn't help but laugh when he saw the strange expression on everyone's face that said they understood but couldn't say it out loud.
The speculation about the Kandla Empire secretly researching and manufacturing military magic machines had actually surfaced a few years ago. However, it had always been a casual guess in private conversations, and not many people really believed it.
After all, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had been restricting the flow and development of military magic machines for the past ten years. There wasn't a single country on the continent that would risk offending the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to develop military magic machines. As for whether they had them in secret or not, that was another matter.
Recently, accurately speaking, around half a month ago, this rumour had spread across the Sines Continent. It had already become a fact that most people recognized, so it couldn't be called a rumour anymore.
The reason was very simple. The Kandla Empire declared war on the Mana Magic Kingdom, and in the official war between the two empires, they took out a huge amount of military magic machines that far exceeded the imagination of the outside world. Many of the military magic machines were not even on the list that New Flyer had sold to other empires.
This was simply equivalent to publicly announcing to the public that they were secretly researching and developing military magic machines.
In comparison, the Kandla Empire had obviously invested more in this aspect, and their research was more in-depth. Perhaps, they were one step ahead of the others in the research.
Therefore, the number of military magic machines equipped by the Kandla Empire's military was obviously far greater than the Mana Magic Kingdom's. In addition, the Kandla Empire's military strength was originally much stronger, so naturally, they had the upper hand. In just half a month's time, the Mana Magic Kingdom suffered several defeats and was forced to give up a large portion of their territory.
In the hearts of the citizens of the Sines Continent, after eleven years of peace, the Sines Continent suddenly having a war made people feel a bit unsettled. However, as long as it wasn't related to them, they could treat it as a show and didn't care that much.
It was even more so for the surrounding civilians of the Malor Empire.
The Kandla Empire chose to start a war with the Mana Magic Kingdom. No matter if they won or lost, the Malor Empire would still gain some benefits from it.
If they lost, needless to say, even if they won, because of the New Flyer, the Kandla Empire couldn't really expand the war to an unmanageable situation. Perhaps, the Kandla Empire would also be punished by the New Flyer because of the large amount of military magic machines that they had secretly researched and developed. That wouldn't be worth the loss.
However, the civilians of the Malor Empire could happily put on an attitude of watching a show, but Romon wasn't so relaxed.
As an employee of the New Flyer, he was actually very puzzled by the reaction of the upper echelons of the Chamber of Commerce after the Kandla Empire and the Mana Magic Kingdom started the war.
It was reasonable to say that with the attitude of the New Flyer for more than ten years, and also because of the insistence of the president, Xu Yi, the Kandla Empire rashly chose to start a war with the Mana Magic Kingdom. They were bound to be warned by the New Flyer and forced to stop the war.
Even if the Mana Magic Kingdom had angered the president and caused the New Flyer to announce a complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom, but with the president's usual style, when it came to such a big matter, he wouldn't be the least bit careless.
But the fact was that the war between the two sides had been going on for more than half a month, and the New Flyer was abnormal and didn't have any reaction at all.
Even if several newspapers came to the door and wanted the New Flyer to give an official opinion, they only received a uniform reply. That was, the New Flyer, as a Chamber of Commerce, had no intention of interfering in the affairs of other countries, so they didn't have any opinion on this matter.
No opinion?
What a joke!
If this was the case, what was the New Flyer doing for more than ten years?
But the New Flyer was really indifferent to this and didn't make any statement.
In the eyes of many people, this was simply an expression of tacit agreement.
There were even many people who suspected that the New Flyer had reached an agreement with the Kandla Empire in private, facilitating the Kandla Empire to invade the Mana Magic Kingdom.
Otherwise, why would the New Flyer announce a complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom?
And most importantly, why would Chairman Xu Xu Yi simply leave the Sines a few months ago and run to the Magic Cloud Continent that was tens of thousands of kilometers away from here?
All of this was premeditated by the New Flyer!
Thinking of the remarks he heard yesterday, Romon's face sank.
He himself was a member of the New Flyer, and he was also a middle-level manager. Naturally, he was more familiar with the internal situation of the New Flyer than outsiders.
For the Kandla Empire's sudden declaration of war against the Mana Magic Kingdom, the Chamber of Commerce didn't have any special reaction. Everything was carried out as usual, as if this matter didn't have any effect at all.
It was just that when the Chamber of Commerce's staff discussed in private, they felt that the Chamber of Commerce's reaction was a bit strange.
In any case, the Chamber of Commerce didn't make any statement about the war between the two countries, which was really strange.
Everyone knew that the New Flyer currently had a strong influence on all the countries in the Sines, and when it came to the military, it almost had a decisive power.
As long as the New Flyer made a statement, or even simply made a move, then the Kandla Empire could only stop while they were ahead. It was impossible for them to continue to expand their offensive and invade the Mana Magic Kingdom.
"Maybe it's really because the President isn't here?" Romon's mind turned to speculate.
He suddenly thought of another thing.
This time, the President personally led a team to the Demon Cloud Continent. Not only did he bring a large number of Magic Forums, as well as personnel and supplies, but he also took away a full five thousand elite guards of the Chamber of Commerce.
Although compared to the current total number of New Flyer guards that exceeded forty thousand, taking away five thousand guards wasn't enough to hurt them, but it was more or less a kind of impact, indicating the weakening of the Chamber of Commerce's armed forces.
The most important thing was that after the President took away these guards, he unintentionally revealed an attitude – the power of the New Flyer was temporarily weakened, and the suppression of the other countries on the continent was naturally weakened.
It just so happened that Xu Yi, the core member of the Chamber of Commerce, wasn't here. Didn't this mean that the other countries could take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something?
No!
What if the President didn't mean it?
This thought suddenly flashed through Romon's mind, and his face instantly turned pale.
If the President didn't mean it and did this on purpose ….. then the consequences would be too serious … …
Romon forcefully shook his head and threw this dangerous thought out of his mind.
No, as long as the New Flyer was here, the other countries on the continent wouldn't dare act rashly.
After all, it wasn't like the President wouldn't come back. As long as he came back, he could just casually say a word and the Kandla Empire would obediently stop fighting, there was no other choice.
But ….. the President was gone for close to half a year, when would he be back?
Romon looked up and looked to the west through the window.
The President was over ten thousand kilometers away from him. Even with the speed of the Magic Airship, it would take him two and a half days to cross this distance, so how could it be that easy to come back?
Then again, according to the information from the high level members of the Chamber of Commerce, the President would be staying in Sines for a long time and his return date wasn't set.
While he was thinking, there was a tall figure that suddenly appeared at the door of the tavern. It blocked the light that came in and the tavern became dark.
The figure stood at the door for a bit before turning around and walking in Romon's direction.
Without waiting for him to come close, Romon recognized him with a single glance. This person was his most capable assistant, one of the managers of the school's promotion plan, Aloyo.
Aloyo came over and took the wine cup from Romon's hand, slamming it down on the table as he reprimanded, "I knew that you would be slacking off here!
Alright, quickly come with me, the Lord City Lord wants to see us now! "