The Emperor's implication is to concentrate the power of the Prince-Electors under his command.

"Heresy must be eradicated." This is Archbishop Vikma's opinion: "All evil must be purified by fire."

"The army needs time to rest, Your Majesty." Marshal Rick Kurt Heilberg raised an objection: "We have just defeated the Barbarians."

"Hawk Territory indeed needs help." This is the opinion of the Duke of Oster and Wolfen Prince-Elector Vamil, whose territory is adjacent to Hawk Territory, these two provinces have historically fought side by side.

"...I think we need to pay more attention to the movements at Black Fire Pass, Carl, those damn Greenskins might return at any time." Umberto Prince-Elector offered a different opinion.

The Emperor's smile faltered at these words.

Despite Vamil and Umberto being his supporters, the Prince-Electors only thought of their own interests. Why did no one mention Drakwald? Because the Prince-Electors have subconsciously forgotten that region; ownership belongs to Boris Todbringer, without benefits, the Electors would not deploy troops.

"Gailte, what is your opinion?" The Emperor had to ask the Great Alchemist.

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to discuss deploying troops." The Great Alchemist pondered for a moment, then continued: "The issue of the Central Mountain Range has persisted for over a thousand years, historically, the Empire has repeatedly failed to reclaim the Brass Fortress. Regarding Black Fire Pass, no word from the Dwarves indicates any major action from the Greenskins. At this time, we should not rush to form an alliance army; instead, we should hold a parade in the Imperial Capital, inviting participation from all Imperial Provinces."

The Emperor's eyes brightened upon hearing this; indeed, a parade! It's a method all Prince-Electors can accept, and it would greatly aid his centralization efforts, compared to hastily forming an alliance army to campaign, this idea was better.

"Then so be it."

The first matter was settled, now the second matter began.

"Lord Tygris proposes a new alliance among humans, elves, and dwarves, called the Bright Council." The Emperor continued: "If the Eternal Divine Chosen truly marches south, elves, dwarves, and humans shall unite, fight side by side, and uniformly follow commands."

The real drama unfolded; Tygris' opinion was precisely his purpose for coming to the Old World.

To forge a cross-racial order mega-alliance, preparing for the arrival of Chaos Eternal God Chosen!

"No! Absolutely not! Human order must not be tainted by aliens!" The first to express was "The Resolute" Vikma, who angrily said: "Emperor Charlemagne watches over us! We must never allow the Empire's internal affairs to be interfered with by elves!"

"Elves will not interfere in Imperial internal affairs; Lord Tygris hopes we can form an alliance to combat the threat of Chaos." The Emperor himself emphasized.

Who knew, this suggestion that intrigued the Emperor was met with dismissal; Umberto Prince-Elector murmured something, but no one understood what he said.

Standard Bearer Ludwig was never fond of words, and Heilberg also disagreed.

"Bright Council? Then who will be Speaker?" Marshal Rick's long beard trembled under the candlelight and the soft-yellow magic lamp: "If an elf were Speaker, then whom should we listen to at that point, the elves or Your Majesty? If elves command us to court death, to cover the rear, shall we listen or not? If humans were Speaker, would sharp ears accept when we need elves to sacrifice or cover the rear?"

"Lord Tygris is not such a person..." The Emperor was still defending, Heilberg sharply retorted: "But Tygris cannot represent elves! He is not the Phoenix King! Even if he were, how about it? High Elves still have the Eternal Queen!"

These words cut straight to the heart; everyone present nodded, even Emperor Carl had to admit, Heilberg was right.

"I think I too find it hard to accept fighting alongside elves. I mean, we can form coalition armies with the Elf Army, but mixing... I find hard to accept." Vamil Prince-Elector muttered: "My soldiers also will not accept it."

"Who is more stubborn, an Oster person or a dwarf? I think it would be a dwarf, since dwarves are always longer-lived."

——Empire joke 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The people of Oster Province are famously stubborn and hold grudges, yet also known for their patriotism and resilience, the red Bull Banner safeguarding the north for humanity for 2,500 years, even before Emperor Charlemagne founded the empire, this banner stood against northern Chaos invasions for the Old World.

For 2,500 years as one day, Oster people have steadfastly held, the red Bull Banner spanning endless ages, the Empire once divided, once Three Emperors stood, once civil wars raged, yet this black-and-white shield emblem's red Bull Banner remained unyielding in the Northern Empire, a song of loyalty,

Vamil Prince-Elector's will represents that of Northern Imperial people, which made the Emperor anxious, he found many things he took for granted, in the more enlightened, more civilized, and more prosperous Southern Empire, Imperial people might accept elf participation in wars, but in Northern Empire, Imperial people have fought Barbarians for thousands of years, northerners are ill-tempered and hard-headed, and very averse to outsiders.