Adrian had guessed what the emperor’s reaction would be when he made this request. He also knew the other person would never agree, but he still had to ask.
Xu Sili looked at the liaison officer who had always been very friendly to the Roland Empire, thought for a moment, and patiently asked, “Why?”
Sending permanent personnel to the Roland Empire to learn magic?
Xu Sili certainly knew that after Roland’s magic was exposed, there would definitely be people who couldn’t resist the charm of magic and wanted to learn it. He just hadn’t expected the Interstellar Alliance to be so eager.
After all, the Interstellar Alliance had always sought cooperation with the attitude of developing Roland’s economy and achieving mutual benefits.
Adrian smiled bitterly.
“Your Majesty, your army defeated the Bewatt Empire and took over Bewatt Star in a week. This is truly astonishing.”
He spoke tactfully, but Xu Sili understood.
Previously, the Interstellar Alliance was still in the initial exploratory stage of its contact with the magical civilization of the Roland Empire. Due to the previous cooperative relationship, it had been proceeding according to the original plan.
Now, the Roland Empire demonstrated its powerful beauty and healing techniques, whose value could be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, as well as a trump card.
A terrifyingly powerful military force.
Even the top ten interstellar powers didn’t dare to say that they could conquer a nation that had two super battleships and used its military strength to raise its overall ranking within a week.
They didn’t know how long it would take just to get there.
When the Roland Empire declared war on the Bewatt Empire, the entire universe paid close attention to this war and the interstellar routes along the Roland and Bewatt routes were closely monitored.
However, no news leaked out during this week. No one knew how Roland’s army arrived on Bewatt Star without making any noise.
What was certain was that the Roland Empire had the ability, or magic, to transfer troops across planets on a large scale.
Combine this with the short-distance teleportation circles launched by the Roland Empire, and they knew it must not be difficult to launch a long-distance teleportation circle! Roland likely used this teleportation circle to directly enter the rear of the Bewatt Empire.
This alone was enough to move the Interstellar Alliance, not to mention the terrifying combat power.
This was also the reason why the Interstellar Alliance actively sought cooperation and didn’t dare to seize the magical power despite coveting it.
It was estimated that even the universe’s number one military power didn’t dare to provoke the Roland Empire easily. This nation, which was currently ranked second from the bottom, had become an existence that couldn’t be underestimated.
Xu Sili also figured this out, but didn’t care much.
He shrugged and said, “Adrian, you have lived in Roland for a while. You should know that even among the Roland people, not everyone can awaken their talents.”
More and more people were awakening their talents as the level restrictions were lifted, but they were still one in a million.
However, there were also examples of non-Roland people awakening their talent. For example, in the research institute, there were several doctors who awakened their elemental talent.
No one had figured out the rules of talent awakening yet. According to ancient legends, it required the approval of elemental spirits.
But according to the sprite, the elemental spirits should’ve been sealed or fallen into a deep sleep. Their power had become very weak, so there was a level limit for elementalists.
Before the level seal was completely released, the elemental spirits were probably sleeping, right?
“Roland’s children are usually tested at the age of 5. If they don’t awaken before the age of 5, it is difficult for them to show magical talent in the future.”
Xu Sili said truthfully.
“It is hard, but it doesn’t mean it is impossible, right?” Adrian asked.
Xu Sili looked at him before finally nodding. “Yes.”
As Adrian was about to say something else, Xu Sili raised a hand to interrupt him.
“Liaison Officer Adrian, we’ve known each other a long time and I consider you a friend. I will be frank with you.”
Adrian paused, looked at Xu Sili with a serious expression and said respectfully, “Please speak.”
Xu Sili smiled and said slowly, “I know that people of your technological civilizations love to do experimental research, even human experiments are legal in some nations.”
“But Roland doesn’t accept it.”
The silver-haired young man’s smile faded and his expression became serious and dangerous.
“Please don’t use this trick on Roland. No matter how curious you are about magic, I won’t forgive any scum who dares to lay hands on the people of Roland.”
“Regardless of whether the people participating in this experiment are willing or not, I, the ruler of Roland, can’t tolerate such things happening. Once discovered, they will become enemies of my Roland Empire.”
“As for the consequences of becoming an enemy of Roland, I think the Bewatt Empire has already given the answer.”
The young emperor had shed all his childishness. He didn’t speak lightly or harshly, and his expression remained calm from beginning to end. However, it made Adrian start sweating.
Facing the young man’s eyes that seemed to see through everything, Adrian could only smile bitterly in his heart.
Not everything was clean in the Interstellar Alliance, and the alliance had its own laboratories, so human experiments weren’t uncommon.
However, these experimental subjects were basically voluntary.
Adrian had actually thought of the laboratories when the top leaders asked him to propose cooperation with the Roland Empire. This problem of some people being able to awaken and some not being able to awaken was what interested scientists.
He was still worried, but he hadn’t expected the emperor to be so perceptive and to block this path directly.
In the future, no matter who wanted to do this experiment, they had to consider their own capabilities before implementing it.
After all, Roland had the ability to directly deploy troops to other planets. Don’t let him wipe them out before the experiment even began.
“Your Majesty Roland, I understand. I will warn them.”
Adrian said, “However, I hope you can reconsider. The Interstellar Alliance is willing to pay a sufficient price in exchange for the opportunity for people to go to Roland to study magic.”
Xu Sili raised an eyebrow. “Even if those people gain nothing in the end?”
“Yes.” Adrian nodded. “The alliance is willing to take this risk.”
After all, the temptation of magic was too great.
They had only seen a glimpse of it at present, but what was shown was moving enough.
Xu Sili thought for a moment before asking, “What are you willing to pay?”
Seeing that he was willing to talk, Adrian quickly sent him a list.
Xu Sili took a few glances and seemed a bit uninterested.
Mechas, starships, and other supplies and discounts.
They were valuable, but they weren’t necessities and Roland could obtain them on its own in the future.
“Do you think it isn’t enough?” Adrian asked.
“Yes, these things aren’t enough to impress me,” Xu Sili admitted.
“What do you want?”
“Hmm… how about the full technology for the fixed-point teleporter?”
He had more advanced fixed-point teleportation technology, but Xu Sili never dared to use it openly since it was unique to the Interstellar Alliance.
If this list and the fixed-point teleporter could be made public, Xu Sili would consider it.
After all, it was still very difficult for outsiders to awaken their talent in the Roland Empire. He was completely getting something for nothing.
As expected, Adrian hesitated. “I need to go back and ask for instructions.”
“Okay, these are my conditions.”
Xu Sili continued, “With this list and the fixed-point teleporter, the Interstellar Alliance can send ten 5 year old children to Roland every year to learn magic. We will teach them according to Roland’s way of awakening magic.”
It was the meditation and body tempering methods, which weren’t secrets that couldn’t be made public.
“After they awaken their magical talents, we will teach them further magical skills.”
“Of course, there is no guarantee of awakening, nor is there any guarantee of how many skills they can learn after awakening. It all depends on their luck.”
This condition was really harsh, so Adrian could only accept it temporarily and report it to the higher-ups when he returned.
Just as he was about to hang up, he heard the young emperor ask, “Are you interested in another mecha competition?”
Adrian was stunned when he heard this. “Mecha competition?”
Was it the same as last time?
His thoughts were too obvious, so Xu Sili could only cough and say, “This is a mecha we developed ourselves, and we wanted to compare it with you.”
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