To tell the truth, compared to Ahtal-Ka, Logan, who had human feelings, was actually even more troublesome for the Commander and the others.
Because Ahtal-Ka only represented itself, and Ahtal-Ka's preferences and such needs were all within the Commander and the others' expectations; before the war they had already analyzed them and made preparations to deal with them.
But Logan was different. What Logan represented was the group on the Ancient Tree; he was the leader of a civilization.
What the Research Commission would have to pay out would cover every aspect, and it would not be just for a short time. This round of negotiations would influence the next several decades, and even several generations in the future.
Therefore, this time the Admiral could not stand idly by off to the side.
When they returned to the Celestial Pursuit, they found Logan, who had long been waiting with his eyes closed, resting.
After going over in his heart once more the plan he had already thought out long ago, he stepped forward; with the help of the cat that had rushed back, they began the second round of negotiations.
One hour later, as they watched Logan's figure spread his wings and soar high into the sky, the Commander and the Admiral looked at each other.
"It has already been more than ten years. You have never said that the Sunblaze Dragon would be this difficult to deal with. During the negotiations, I felt that what I was facing was not an Elder Dragon, but a person just like us."
The Commander's voice was a bit hoarse; the result of the negotiations had truly gone somewhat beyond his expectations.
Leaving aside the concrete contents, to put it simply, at least for the next ten years, the Fire Wyvern group on the Ancient Tree would basically have no problems with logistics; all resource consumption would be covered by the Research Commission.
In addition to this, on the side of the Ancient Tree, trade as well as all kinds of mission permissions had all been raised by more than one grade, and there was also some knowledge that the Research Commission had always been avoiding, knowledge sufficient to influence the progress of civilization, that would all have to be opened to the Ancient Tree.
Furthermore, the Sunblaze Dragon was already no longer satisfied with only communicating and trading with the Research Commission, and even planned, through Astera, to sell the alchemical accessories from the Ancient Tree far away to the Old World.
From the perspective of materials, the Research Commission's side did not seem to have lost much, but once that knowledge was handed over, the Ancient Tree's side would greatly reduce its dependence on the Research Commission, not to mention that once the sea route with the Old World was opened up in the future, Astera's influence would further decline.
"I did not expect this day would actually come so quickly."
Even though he knew that, with the exchange between civilizations, as time passed, this kind of result would ultimately appear.
But now that he had taken the initiative to push this process forward himself, the Commander still felt a bit of slight disappointment in his heart.
"Manpower! We need a large amount of logistics manpower!!"
"Didn't the liaison ship write before saying that the Fourth Fleet would be increased to five ships? I will start writing a letter right now; the manpower from a mere five ships is absolutely not enough. It is best to make it directly eight ships—no, ten ships! And only logistics personnel, do not stuff any more scholars in for me!!"
Looking at the Commander gnashing his teeth, the Admiral silently took two steps back.
He had also read the letters that the liaison ship had brought earlier. Among the five ships at the time, four were hunters and logistics personnel, and the remaining one was scholars from the Wycademy and the Royal Paleontology Scriveners.
But today, after signing such a huge stack of treaties, the Research Commission had directly incurred a gigantic debt.
As for scholars and the like, they should not come and cause trouble at a time like this.
At present, the Research Commission already had enough scholars; what they needed even more was all kinds of logistics personnel who could let the Research Commission pay off its debts as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, in the future, whether the Research Commission was actually an Elder Dragon investigation group or a New World labor group, that would really become a question mark.
"Carlos, calm down! The sea routes are still too dangerous. Manpower for ten ships really is not very realistic; eight ships are enough. Any more, and the Guild will not be able to pull them together in a short time."
The captain of the liaison ship, who had originally planned to come up and ask whether there was anything that needed his help, heard these words and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Good grief, counting it at full capacity there were close to forty people on one ship; eight ships would be three hundred and twenty people, and it would even only be logistics elites.
Even in the Old World, pulling out so many logistics elites in one go, let alone the Guild, even the Kingdom would find it hard to bear. But when he thought of the issue he had just heard the hunters discussing, of paying remuneration to monsters, the captain could not say much more about this; he could also understand the feelings of the Admiral and the others right now.
He could only silently turn around and leave, letting those two guys up above properly calm down for a while.
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Logan soared in the sky, flying toward the direction of the Ancient Tree with an anxious desire to return home.
As for the battle with Yama Tsukami, he did not know about the other dragons, but he himself had vented very comfortably.
Apart from not using large-area attacks and Sunlight, it could be said that Logan had used every means at his disposal, unleashing full firepower on Yama Tsukami, this qualified large target!
The circumstances of this battle had also let him gain a pretty good understanding of his current strength.
Aside from that hidden trump card, his current strength, placed among Elder Dragons, could also be considered the strength of a strong Elder Dragon; if one had to divide levels, it would probably be at that "super Elder Dragon–class" tier.
Especially that beam that was enough to threaten a Forbidden-Level monster — even among super Elder Dragons, it probably counted as something that could rank somewhat.
At the very least, it would not be inferior to a certain big black hedgehog.
Not to mention that afterward there were all kinds of compensations from the Research Commission; he finally no longer needed to worry about the Fire Wyvern group on the Ancient Tree going into internal competition.
Mm, at least he would not need to worry for ten years.
As Logan continued accelerating, he quickly returned to the Ancient Tree. As usual, after being affectionate with Aki for a while, he finally got to eat the Mosswine he had longed for.
Perhaps because she knew that Logan had faced an unusually strong enemy on this trip, even though Aki, during her pregnancy period, had a somewhat irritable temper, she still restrained herself and allowed Logan to rub and lick her again and again. After a good round of venting, she then drove Logan out from the depths of the nest.
Afterward, when the Fire Wyvern Grimalkyne leader and the others heard the news of Logan's return and came to his nest, Logan, while eating, told them all the gains from this trip and all the negotiation conditions with the Research Commission.
With Logan's orders being issued, the Ancient Tree quickly began to move. A large number of cats, together with the people who had received the news and come here to take refuge from the Research Commission, all went toward Astera.
Among the conditions negotiated with the Research Commission, the Ancient Tree side would now also have to fully support Astera's reconstruction, and it was even support without compensation.
On this point, the cats and the Ancient Wyverian prophet shared the same view as Logan: compared with the gains of the future, all these expenditures were worth it.
Aside from the cats, the Fire Wyverns also moved out in large numbers. After all, Astera had already undertaken all of their various logistics materials for the next ten years; under Logan's indication, they had to show something no matter what.
Escorting these personnel and the materials used for reconstruction over there also counted as a bit of Logan's sincerity.
This time, with the support of Ahtal-Ka and the Ancient Tree, Astera, in just two short years, was already rebuilt to a certain scale on the ruins. Although it still could not match what it had been before, it was at least sufficient to welcome the Fourth Fleet and ensure basic living.
And just as the Fourth Fleet was about to follow in the footsteps of the Kirin and arrive in the New World, something big was also happening on the Ancient Tree.
That little fellow who had stayed inside Aki's belly for several years had finally absorbed enough energy and was coming out!
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