Even as the envoy stood before Liweina's throne, eloquently extolling the merits of the alliance between the Hilus Empire and the Phaletis Kingdom as an unparalleled great event both in heaven and on earth.
But to the Phaletis monarchs and ministers, this was nothing but a high-handed provocation from the Hilus Empire!
Under Queen Isabella's governance, the Phaletis Kingdom had steadily increased its comprehensive national power over the years, and the entire kingdom was infused from top to bottom with a spirit of progress and aggressive advance, ready at any moment to stake a claim to maritime hegemony against Overlord Hilus.
There were many ways to achieve this, including economic wars, trade wars, political maneuvers, or even all-out military warfare, regardless of the inevitable blood and fire suppression that would accompany them; they were already mentally prepared.
