Quadruple split.

Chapter 2383 Voting
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The third floor prayer room in the Great Chapel of Dunbuya City, in the northern part of the Holy Land

"call--"

Mo Tan, standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, breathed a sigh of relief. He gently pinched his brows and turned to look at the people in the prayer room. He asked in a slightly tired tone, "What do you think of the proposal of the [Evil Eye] at the Broken Head Cliff?"

Yizou pursed her lips and said hesitantly: "I think you should take a rest, senior, after all..."

"I know I look a little bad right now, but that's not something that can be fixed by just resting."

Mo Tan looked a little haggard because of the long-lasting reflection of [Disgrace of the World], but he still tried to make himself look energetic. He shook his head and interrupted the female knight's completely well-intentioned but inappropriate concern. He said in a soft and unquestionable tone: "We have something we must do now. As you say."

The female knight immediately lowered her head and apologized, "I'm sorry, Senior, I didn't consider the overall situation."

"No, it's a good thing to take the lead and say something."

Mo Tan shook his head and sat back in his chair. He glanced at the other people with a smile and repeated his previous question with a stronger tone: "So, what do you think?"

Xia Liya pulled the corner of her mouth and said dryly: "I agree with Jie Lai Te. You should pay more attention to rest."

"also."

Mo Tan nodded, which was rare for him. He leaned back in his chair and stretched his body, then casually said, "Then I will take a rest first. Later, you, the adjutant, will give a reply to the warlord of the Cliff of Broken Head on my behalf."

Xia Liya was confused at the time: "What's the answer?"

"I do not know."

Mo Tan shrugged, leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "You can do whatever you want. I want to sleep."

"Don't really sleep, you (holy religion swear word)!"

Xia Liya, who was never very considerate of etiquette, widened her eyes, raised her little hand and slammed it hard on the table, and said angrily: "What kind of answer should I (Knowledge Sect swear word) (elf swear word) give to those lizards! You are the boss, you have to be responsible!"

Mo Tan glared at her and said dryly, "You also know that I have to be responsible, right? Then please cooperate with me when I am 'responsible' and show your subjective initiative. Even if you can't solve the problems for the leader, at least don't make things worse when you open your mouth."

Xia Liya looked aggrieved, pointing at Yizou and complaining, "Jie Lai Te also told you to take care of yourself!"

"My knight really wants me to take care of my health."

Mo Tan sneered unhappily, ruthlessly exposing Xia Liya's sinister intentions: "You just want to shirk responsibility and empty your mind under the pretext of caring about me."

Xia Liya, who temporarily lost one eye, sighed and raised her hand to cover her other eye: "I need to think about it again... This matter is not easy to deal with."

"Okay, then you think about it first."

Mo Tan nodded, then looked at Raymond who was sitting next to Xia Liya, and asked the guard commander and corps commander who was in charge of the elite forces of Dunbuya City, "Raymond, what do you think?"

Raymond: “Ah?”

Mo Tan: "Well, well said, next one."

Raymond: “…”

"Kidding."

Mo Tan couldn't help but laugh as he looked at this tiger man who was as aggressive as a tiger on the battlefield and in the training ground, but was a little too introverted on weekdays, and asked, "I would like to ask you to combine the combat power levels of all parties within the Blood Barbarian sphere of influence and simply calculate the feasibility of the other party's proposal. Mino has just escaped from danger and needs to recuperate for a while. I'll have to trouble you to share some of this matter."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Upon hearing the specific question, Raymond's face immediately became serious and he said in a serious tone, "I think that although the proposal of the commander Danon at the Cliff of Broken Head sounds a bit absurd at first glance, it is indeed not a fantasy if we only look at it from the 'muscle' level."

Mo Tan nodded slightly and said concisely: "Tell me more details."

"That is to say, for a veteran like me who has served in Dunbuya City for more than ten years, what the Danon commander said was not just empty talk."

Raymond's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "From a purely military perspective, Broken Head Cliff has a huge advantage over the other three blood barbarian forces. Perhaps this advantage was not that great a few decades ago, but from the time when [Evil Eye] Fyodor Gota became the master of Broken Head Cliff to now, with the establishment of [White Lizard Hunter] and [Black Lizard Hunter], Blood Feather Terrace, Pale Plains or Steel Mane Tribal State are no longer the opponent of Broken Head Cliff."

Mo Tan lowered his eyes to look at the dark brown area marked with 'Broken Head Cliff' on the map, and said tiredly: "As far as I know, before that [Evil Eye], even though the surname 'Gota' had ruled Broken Head Cliff for hundreds of years, it had never invested such a large amount of resources in basic training. But now that lizard leader has used time and money to build a seemingly unnecessary [White Lizard Hunting]... To be honest, both his personal ability and his control over Broken Head Cliff are a bit annoying."

"Tsk tsk, heroes emerge in troubled times."

Romeo and the Pig, who were sipping their health tea, smacked their lips and sighed, "The Blood Barbarians are the most chaotic place I've ever seen, except for the Free City. After more than ten or twenty centuries, it's time for someone to do something big."

"The problem is..."

The chief astrologer, who had already taken a nap and was in good spirits, took a puff of his cigarette and said calmly, "Will that so-called 'big event' also include us?"

The previous few meetings were quite reserved, but after noticing that no one really took his status seriously, the Holy Son of Abundance, who enjoyed this feeling and became less reserved, shook his head slightly and spoke enthusiastically: "At least from what Danon relayed, the [Evil Eye] is obviously not ready to turn against our Holy Church."

Covering her eyes, Xia Liya said with a fake smile: "But is it possible that this is just because they are not tired of living yet?"

"possible."

Philip nodded seriously and said, "But this proves that they don't want to provoke us."

"In short, if it's a one-on-one fight, the entire northern region, whether it's the Bloodfeather Terrace, the Gray Plains, or the Steelmane Tribal State, will never be a match for the Broken Head Cliff. Not only that, Gospel Mountain City, which is affiliated with the Holy Church Union, and our Dunbuya City also have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation."

Raymond gave a decisive conclusion and said hesitantly: "As for the multi-party melee... there are too many variables. After all, it is one thing for all the people to be soldiers, but it is not realistic to let the [White Lizard Hunters], who are essentially grassroots people, come out in full force. I think Mino and Xia Liya should have more say in this regard."

Xia Liya rolled the parchment into a tube and tapped her head gently, closing her eyes and saying, "I don't want to speak yet, but the so-called 'multi-party melee' has actually never stopped over the years. As for a war above a certain scale... that's what we want to see the most. And precisely because we want to see this, those blood barbarians, no matter how stupid they are, will not easily make things worse."

Philip frowned and asked curiously, "It's not small now, is it? According to what I have learned, the war between these four blood barbarians has never been 'friction', but a real invasion and massacre, so much so that several versions of the map of this area are made every year."

"That's not the point, young man. Whether a barren valley is occupied by lizards or wild boars is not a big deal. The so-called slaughter is the best way to control population and save energy and reduce emissions."

Romeo shook his finger and said to Philip calmly, "Take the wild boar people for example. Do you know how many people the Steel Bristle Tribe has? More than 200,000, almost three times the population of Broken Head Cliff. It's such a small place, and if a lot of old and young people die every year, the crowding alone would be enough to crush the pigs to death."

"Well, two hundred thousand..."

Philip nodded, feeling somewhat bewildered. After all, although he was the Son of God, he was just a very stable young man. Not to mention Romeo, even the most homely Chief Astrologer Jenny Belial and Chief Alchemist Luna Lynch in Skolk might have seen more of the world than him.

Because of this, His Royal Highness Philip actually had no idea about numbers like 5,000, 10,000, or 200,000 people, just like some idiots who thought writing 4,000 words a day was too easy before picking up the pen, but never expected that they would have to make a lot of sacrifices in their work time, rest time, entertainment time, and game time in the next few years. However, as an excellent talent with depth, His Royal Highness Philip was naturally not someone that some idiots could mess with, so although he didn't have this concept, he didn't think "a mere 200,000 is so-and-so", but humbly shut his mouth and waited for Uncle Romeo's advice.

In the end, Romeo also shut up and didn't say anything. Can you believe that he didn't say anything? !
Fortunately, although Xia Liya was a little rebellious, she was ultimately a good and reliable girl and a diligent adjutant. So when she noticed that the topic was beginning to stagnate and that a third-rate priest was about to call her out, she immediately took the initiative and opened the only eye she could open. She continued with Romeo's previous words, saying seriously, "The focus now is... Skork."

"That's right~"

Romeo nodded immediately and said cheerfully, "If we really agreed to the deal with the Evil Eye at the Cliff of Broken Head, allowing them to march part of their army into the city of Dumbuya and promising not to interfere in their subsequent military operations, would that group of exiles be able to survive against those Lizard Hunters?"

Raymond sighed and shook his head: "It's difficult."

"If it were a few decades ago, it would have been okay. After all, although Skork may not be good at other things, he is indeed experienced in getting beaten, escaping, and going into exile."

Xia Liya crossed her legs and hugged her arms, saying, "But Skolk is too bloated now. According to the feedback from His Highness Avery before he left, we can basically confirm that Skolk has lost its mobility to move over a large area at this stage. Unless they are willing to abandon the old, weak and sick inside, otherwise... leaving aside the other three forces, if they are willing, even the Cliff of Broken Head that Dunbuya can flatten, they definitely have the capital to kill all those guys."

"So……"

Romeo stroked his stubble and said meaningfully, "The next question is, how credible are the promises given to us by Bluff that will be fulfilled one by one after 'Skolk is eradicated'?"

Raymond was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly widened and he turned to Romeo: "What do you mean?!"

"I don't mean anything, I'm just speaking the truth."

Romeo calmly glanced at Raymond, with whom he had a good personal relationship, and smiled, "No matter what the result is, our job now is to discuss as many possibilities as possible. It has nothing to do with good or evil, and even less with morality. Don't you agree?"

When he said the last sentence, Romeo had already turned to look at the top leader of Dunbuya City who was sitting behind the table.

"Ah."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, and then directly called out: "Xia Liya, tell me what you think."

"My opinion is that among those people in Skolke there are pitiful, hateful, pitiful and hateful ones."

Xia Liya pursed her lips and said dryly: "But I am still willing to admit that they are 'people', not some other dirty things that make people want to chop something just by looking at them."

"Ah."

Mo Tan continued to nod, and then continued to ask: "So what is your judgment on Romeo's question just now?"

“It’s very feasible.”

Xia Liya gnashed her teeth and spoke word by word, "My judgment is that if we choose to stand by and watch and let Broken Head Cliff destroy Skork, then at least in the next few decades, whether it is the Holy Church Union, Dunbuya City, Hei Fan you... or even us, we will all gain huge benefits, and the loss of manpower and materials will be greatly reduced. Not only that, we can also get a lot of additional benefits. In the best case scenario, one day the Holy Land's thousand-year-old territory will even expand again from this point. Of course, I know that the Lizard King has ambitions, but as long as he really comes into contact with us, the development of the situation will not be under his control. It's not that he can't be a local emperor, but it will only be for two generations at most."

"very good."

Mo Tan nodded with satisfaction and chuckled, "So what do you want me to choose? Everyone, please tell me."

"Can't agree."

Raymond answered without hesitation, saying in a deep voice: "We have joined forces with Skolk."

"I can agree."

Romeo gave the opposite opinion without hesitation, raised his eyebrows and said: "There is no such thing as first come first served in business, and the same is true for careers. Don't forget that a decision we make now may save countless soldiers like you from sacrifice in the future, and many people in Skorkri... have their hands stained with our blood, right?"

"I object."

Philip sighed, then looked into Mo Tan's eyes and added: "But I will obey orders."

"I agree."

Xia Liya closed her eyes and gritted her teeth and said, "There is no reason."

"I agree too."

Jenny blew out a smoke ring and said casually, "Skolk is useless. Send someone to bring Lynch and the necromancer back."

"I……"

Yizou bit her lower lip lightly, and after a long while she shook her head with difficulty and said, "I still think this is not good."

"Tsk tsk, three to three, a tie."

Mo Tan smacked his lips, revealing a rather regretful expression: "If I had known earlier, I should have brought Mino with me even if I had to force it."

Xia Liya: “You——”

"Oh, and I have the right to vote, too."

"..."

"Xia Liya, please go to the messenger before dinner and tell them that the soldiers in Dunbuya City will not evacuate, but they can evacuate civilians during this period to provide a temporary garrison for the Gray Lizard Hunters."

"……Yes."

"What's your expression?"

"nothing."

"You're lying. You look as if I voted in favor of this collaboration just like you."

"Is not it?"

"no."

"what?"

Chapter 2374: End