Chapter 2182: No Mercy, Basic Operation

Once all attendees had arrived, a heavy "Thud—" from one side of the circular Covenant Hall suddenly drew the attention of the representatives from every nation.

It was none other than the Dan Zuo representative, Enjier, who picked up the hammer that had fallen to the ground as if nothing had happened, placed it on the seat beside him—which was several times larger than his own body—and then cleared his throat to say to everyone:

"Since everyone is here, let the 42nd General Assembly of the Northland Alliance now begin!"

With representatives from various nations gathered to discuss major affairs, they could hardly just speak up based on the volume of their voices; if that were the case, what would be the point of the Northland Alliance? It would be simpler and more brutal to just speak with force.

Therefore, although the Northland Alliance charter does not stipulate a "Leader" of the Alliance, it has established rules for the presiding officer of each assembly and the general procedures.

It was a coincidence that this assembly happened to be chaired by Dan Zuo, so Enjier naturally held a dual identity: one was his primary role as the Dan Zuo representative, and the other was the temporary Speaker of the Assembly.

At this moment, his announcement that the assembly had begun was an exercise of the Speaker's power. "There are only three agenda items for this assembly in total. The specific content should have already been received by all representatives in the detailed materials sent out by Dan Zuo before the meeting, so I will not repeat them here.

"If any representative has any new agenda items, you may propose them now. If more than half of the representatives agree, they can be discussed at this assembly; otherwise, you will have to wait until the next one."

After Enjier finished speaking, the Covenant Hall went quiet for a moment, but not a single representative spoke. Enjier scanned left and right for a moment, and just as he was about to declare this process passed, an unexpected representative stood up:

"Speaker Enjier, I would like to—"

Before he could even say what he wanted to say, Enjier cut him off decisively. "Observer Hudson, please mind your status. Calimshan does not belong to the Northland Alliance, and you have no standing to speak here. Please sit down and remain quiet, or else please leave!"

To tell the truth, Enjier had been looking forward to this moment for a long time; if the rules allowed it, he would have been very happy to banish him.

After all, Calimshan bullying the Dwarf in the south was not a matter of just one or two days. Although Dan Zuo is located in the Northland—underground—its origins lie with the Sannata who were bullied by Calimshan in the south.

Furthermore, he had previously sent people specifically to remind the other party of the rules that needed to be followed when attending the Northland Alliance Assembly. It was clear that the other party was knowingly violating them and deliberately showing contempt for the order of the Northland Alliance, so he could not be blamed for acting on the spot.

On the other side, Hudson's face turned red and then white, but he forced down his anger and sat back down. He certainly did not mean to show contempt for the Northland Alliance's order; it was just a slip of the tongue in his anxiety.

In fact, the moment he stood up, he realized his mistake, but he had already stood up, and coupled with the pressure of his mission, he had no choice but to follow through with his error. He just hadn't expected that little Dwarf to be so merciless.

Hudson tried his best to restrain the urge to leave in a fit of anger, but under the gaze of the Northland Alliance representatives, he felt a sense of shame and could only bury his head in the agenda materials for this assembly that he had received beforehand, pretending that everything outside did not exist.

Although Hudson could pretend the outside world did not exist, the representatives of the Northland Alliance could not. Enjier had already begun to read the first agenda item of this assembly:

"Jointly proposed by Netheril and Yierlan—regarding the issue of Demon Descendants, to establish an efficient dialogue and cooperation mechanism within the Northland Alliance."

As soon as Enjier finished speaking, many representatives in the Covenant Hall cast their "melon-eating" gazes toward Netheril and Yierlan, intentionally or unintentionally, with Xia Duo receiving special attention.

Xia Duo certainly knew that there were many rumors outside saying that at this Alliance Assembly, Netheril and Yierlan would stand together to oppose the border demarcation proposal, so there would be a good show for him to watch.

But in fact, in most of the rumors outside, only Yierlan was firmly opposed.

Previously, there were not many differences between Netheril and Yierlan, and they were able to jointly propose the establishment of a dialogue and cooperation mechanism. But now, regarding the issue of border demarcation between nations, Yierlan seemed to have turned against Netheril.

So, would there be variables in the attitudes of both sides regarding this first agenda item?

Outsiders might be intent on watching the show, but Xia Duo was very clear that this proposal was actually led by Netheril; more specifically, it was originally suggested by him to Badijiaer.

The reason for the joint signature from the Yierlan side was actually a response, or rather a return, for Netheril not supporting the screening of Demon Descendants within Yierlan.

Previously, a scandal broke out within Yierlan that an entire Upper Family were all Demon Descendants, which even implicated the Yierlan Crown King. If not for Netheril's support, under those circumstances at the time, every nation would likely have insisted on conducting Demon Descendant screenings in Yierlan.

Even if Yierlan chose to resist by force, the final result would only lead to a worse situation.

Therefore, even if Yierlan and Netheril held different opinions on the issue of border demarcation at this moment, they would not deny the cooperation, or rather the transaction, that had already been completed.

This is the most basic operation for a politically mature nation.

Therefore, in Xia Duo's view, those "melon-eating" onlookers were destined to be disappointed.

Sure enough, when Enjier called for the Yierlan representative to speak, that Land Consultant Solzamis, who was likely sent to fill the quota and go through the motions, immediately stood up to reiterate Yierlan's position:

"From ancient times to the present, the Demon Descendant problem has never been thoroughly resolved, largely because of the heavy obstacles to communication between nations. Even after the establishment of the Northland Alliance, the communication between nations still has a considerable degree of lag.

"By comparison, communication between Demon Descendants may be even smoother and tighter. How could we possibly eradicate the Demon Descendant scourge in such a loose state!

"Here, I hope that the representatives of all nations will fully consider the harmfulness of Demon Descendants and the various existing differences between the Northland nations, and support the establishment of such a dialogue and cooperation mechanism to resolve the Demon Descendant problem as soon as possible."

Subsequently, Badijiaer was also called by Enjier. He supplemented and explained the Yierlan representative's speech to a certain extent, and even expanded the dialogue and cooperation mechanism between nations to multiple fields.

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But when he mentioned the latter, he was stopped by Enjier on the grounds of the Alliance Assembly's principle of discussing one item at a time. If they wanted to seek cooperation in multiple fields, it could be discussed at the next assembly.

However, Badijiaer was, after all, a head of state within the Northland Alliance, unlike the outsider Calimshan Observer. Although Enjier stopped Badijiaer's speech, he did not cut him off in a simple and brutal way, but only stopped him when Badijiaer intended to elaborate further.

In other words, Badijiaer still brought up the topic of multi-field dialogue and cooperation, which was more or less conducive to the passage of the Demon Descendant cooperation agenda.