Louis was shocked by the news.

There are quite a few people from the Half-Elf tribe who wander outside as adventurers.

Wandering is a characteristic of this tribe.

But nobody told him that if you give them a little chance, they could play it so well?

Louis looked at William and said:

"Does the Half-Elf have a capable person behind them?"

William shook his head and said:

"Hard to say, but this operation doesn't seem like something the Manchester Camp could pull off; I'm afraid someone wants to make trouble for the Hidden Forest."

Louis then looked towards the cloaked Secret Guard who was following William. It was they who had run over to deliver the message to William in the middle of the night.

Louis asked nonchalantly, "Does the Secret Guard have any relevant information?"

A muffled voice came from under the cloak:

"You ask me? Who should I ask?"

Louis: ???

No, don't you guys in the Secret Guard collect relevant intel? Aren't you aware yourselves?

Wait a minute.

Why does this cloaked person's voice sound so familiar?

"Take off the hood," Louis stared at the person and said.

"I won't," the Secret Guard refused without hesitation.

Louis was at a loss and said:

"Just take it off, your voice has already given you away, Olivia."

"Olivia who? I don't know her!"

"Are you getting back at me for barging into your room the other night?"

— referring to Louis being in a hurry to start his job as the Jade Phoenix Mage.

"So what! You hurt me last time!"

— referring to him being so hurried that he pinned himself on the bed.

"I wasn't that rough!"

Louis retorted.

William on the side made a "hiss" sound.

He felt like he might have heard some top-secret information that could get him silenced by the two highnesses.

Louis' mouth twitched slightly, realizing that an outsider was present:

"...William, it's not what you think, step outside for a moment."

William opened his mouth, intending to remind Louis not to overdo it, but in the end, he said nothing.

He believed that His Highness shouldn't go too far.

But just as he stepped out for a short while, he heard Olivia's scream coming from the room.

He was alarmed and shouted:

"His Highness Louis, this is a crime, it could get you beheaded."

There was a slap sound.

The door opened, and Louis's exasperated voice came through:

"Come in, let's continue chatting."

When William walked in, he saw Olivia had already lifted the hood off her cloak, sitting on the bed sobbing.

But her clothes were intact, not looking like His Highness Louis had roughed her up.

Still, he felt like something was off.

"So why did you rush over? Your White Tower post is quite a distance from here."

Olivia said, feeling aggrieved:

"I just heard the news and planned to tell you immediately!"

"After all, you sneaky thing, you heard the news and started scheming again behind the scenes."

Louis protested indignantly:

"What do you mean I'm scheming behind the scenes? My strategies are all open and honest!"

"Ah, right, right, you are always right."

"Of course I'm right, the issue lies with those countries on the Star Continent, who have nothing better to do than stir up trouble every day."

The scenery of the Star Continent is too beautiful, everyone wants to drag their old rival into trouble.

The focus is on chaos.

This only strengthened his resolve to support Tunisia.

Even though Tunisia's basic military equipment over the years has been significantly inferior to that of the Ense Empire, the vast resources grant it strategic depth. It's destined to be a nation with weak offensive power but a very thick health bar.

Now in deep winter, Tunisia, which has started to snowball, is gradually entering its favorite rhythm.

As an old rival nation of the Ense Empire, Louis knows this country well.

A nation with a very thick health bar and a fast recovery ability is best suited for protracted battles.

It should be said that all human three nations are like this.

Ense, Tunisia, and Lokeshi all focus on defense and counterattack.

Only the Ense Empire somewhat deviates because of the emperor's presence.

Louis pinched his brow and said:

"No wonder the Hidden Forest immediately followed up upon hearing that the Giant Demon Tribe caused significant casualties to Tunisia."

"To deal with such opponents, you absolutely cannot let them drag to the mid-late game; they must be swiftly defeated at the early stage with lightning speed."

Little Swan shrugged and said, "Right, after all, they should be well aware of this."

As for why the Hidden Forest understands this so well...

Guess whether humans reproduce faster or elves?

Is it quicker for humans to recruit soldiers, or do the more solitary-loving elves recruit faster?

Even in military production, many in the Elven backlines are still obsessed with "artisanal spirit," stubbornly handcrafting equipment that could have been mass-produced.

— The problem is that even handcrafted, these weapons didn't exhibit a qualitative breakthrough.

However, Tunisia is quite practical.

As long as it holds up, it's fine, as long as it works, it's good.

It has a certain beauty, like letting a program run as long as it works, not bothering to fix the bugs.

The three wars between Hidden Forest and Tunisia that broke out in history, Hidden Forest lost all of them, all thanks to this relentless continuous warfare.

The most exaggerated was the first Hundred Years' War between Tunisia and the Hidden Forest.

It literally wore down the Hidden Forest's temper.

After that war, Hidden Forest almost dropped from being the foremost of the Elf Realm's branches, nearly out of the top four.

Only later did they rely on their heritage (×) selling family assets (√) to climb back up.

Anyway, the Blade Tutor Merlin beside Louis has been vehemently criticizing them for more than ten minutes now.

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