The Allied Villages Before Upgrade (Part 1)

The letter was only sent to Bright, Shrao, and Belluga for efficiency. While taking away hundreds of manpower would affect them, they had long been preparing for Alterra's upgrade. 

Besides, they also had a lot of foreigners staying long-term in their residential areas. Unlike Alterra, which had become increasingly restrictive to enter, these territories had a lot of foreigner-friendly programs to attract the aborigine strongmen to stay.

Of course, they had to make oaths of non-betrayal, but this was in exchange for extremely good terms like their own houses and the like, provided they also fought and protected the territory to an acceptable degree. 

They were also welcoming of Mercenary Team branches. Their area only allowed for one or two patches of land to be leased out however, so they were still choosy on which team to invite.