555, the New World Conference nominally pledges allegiance to Duke Mecklen!

Charles really happened to think, after managing the rebellion in Strasbourg, that there was a huge fortune on the bodies of the New Worlders—the land of the New Continent.

Those who could organize a return to the Old Continent were either leaders of large districts or federal heads of certain regions, or at the very least, city lords naturally possessing the legal rights to some lands of the New Continent.

Charles explicitly priced the dozens of cities in Southseraph, demanding the group of New Continent migrants to bid with New Continent land, successfully dividing most members of the New World Conference. After all, having left the New Continent, its land held no value to them; suddenly being able to exchange it for Southseraph land was essentially a "business with no capital", where everyone could win big.

For Charles, the benefits were even greater.