The Surrender Treaty

The effectiveness of the first ultralisk's deployment was better than expected.

Xia Jin didn't deploy many more after that, only ten ultralisks in total.

However, on any battlefield where the advance was difficult, simply having one ultralisk charge in would easily tear the enemy's defense line apart.

As the entire front advanced, Mia, which had only received partial support from the Dawn Empire, found it increasingly difficult to hold its ground.

By evening that day, several groups of people had approached the area controlled by the Swarm one after another, only to be killed.

It wasn't until the sun had set that Xia Jin sensed something was wrong and allowed this group of people to enter.

“So they were messengers.”

On a battlefield, it was only natural that a messenger running toward the enemy lines would be killed as a foe.

The messenger reached the vicinity and saw the elf bugs.

He then expressed the desire to surrender.

Given that the Dawn Empire's strength was too great, there was no need for the Swarm to face an enemy that could become increasingly well-armed. Xia Jin's side agreed to a ceasefire.

The Zerg agreed to the request to stop attacking after the ceasefire, but they put forward a large number of demands of their own.

In addition to providing all the magic beast meat, magic cores, and magic crystals that the entire country could collect, they also required a search of all soldiers and civilians.

Because the main force was still attacking during the negotiations, the ambassador, under immense pressure, agreed to the Zerg's demands after communicating with the rear.

Both sides agreed to sign a magic paper armistice treaty an hour later.

Mia surrendered unconditionally.

...

An hour later, both sides on the battlefield had completely ceased their attacks.

The Swarm arrived at the enemy's rear and began clearing out equipment. Some Clear soldiers excitedly received new weapons; although they were quite outdated compared to the Dawn Empire's, it didn't mean they were useless on the battlefield.

Everything captured here would become a sharp tool for striking the Dawn Empire in the future.

In terms of sheer scale, the current Zerg were truly inferior to their opponent.

If Mia hadn't been so fragile, the battle likely would have dragged on. After all, this country still had nearly 500,000 troops in the rear, all of whom had been recruited in a short time and were soon to be equipped with the Dawn Empire's discarded weapons.

Within a governor's mansion in a local city, Xia Jin's projection arrived on the scene.

Mia's representative officials already knew who the newcomer was—reportedly a projection of the actual ruler of the opposing side.

That is, the projection of the once-famed princess whose beauty was renowned far and wide...

To be able to create a new body was a level of magic that had long been lost.

After a wait of over ten minutes, several ultralisks and a large group of strangely shaped insects arrived at the scene. They cleared a path, and then Xia Jin arrived, accompanied by elf bugs.

Entering the hall and seeing the conference table that had been prepared long ago, she casually inspected the seats before sitting down gracefully.

“She really is... just a young girl.”

Seeing the beautiful white-haired girl in the distance with their own eyes, the people from Mia looked at each other in surprise.

The name of Clear's peerless princess had long since reached their country, but at that time, the princess was still young and generally uninvolved in political affairs. Even if they had sent an ambassador there, they wouldn't have seen her.

But now, when such a delicate-looking girl sat at the negotiation table as a victor, many people's mindsets became very complicated.

“Greetings, beautiful Queen. We welcome your arrival.”

There was nothing else to say; they had already surrendered, so they could only adopt a humble posture.

The girl across from them was not to be trifled with.

She had personally overthrown a kingdom and conquered the entire city states region, merging humans with a terrifying species similar to magic beasts.

If the two sides hadn't actually clashed, who would have understood the enemy's strength?

“You're surrendering to me on your own initiative behind the Dawn Empire's back. Won't the Empire have any objections?” Xia Jin asked with a smile, her small feet clad in white silks swinging slightly.

Shouldn't a country sandwiched between two powers rely on the stronger one?

Based on the combat power the Swarm had shown so far, they were still holding back, yet Xia Jin knew they were certainly far inferior to the Dawn Empire.

She wouldn't think the Zerg were invincible just because of their short-term achievements.

After all, the development time had been too short—only two months.

To go from a single insect to tens of thousands of high-tier insects every day in just two months... the Dawn Empire would likely be terrified if they knew of such a speed.

“The Dawn Empire did not support us sincerely. Ultimately, I only hope that the people of Mia do not get caught in the senseless fires of war. If we continue to resist, we will be destroyed prematurely. Conversely, a ceasefire might offer a slim chance of survival.”

“Sir, you are very wise.”

The man across from her was indeed the actual ruler of Mia.

In reality, compared to Clear, Mia was also a weak country. If it weren't for the Dawn Empire's support from behind, how could they have held out for so long?

An elf bug took a magic scroll from the side and handed it over.