Quadruple split.

Chapter 323 Bloody Olive Branch
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The Violet Empire, the capital of Salamune, the Mercury Garden

"One and a half million gold coins? Stacked Rock City and its surrounding territories!?"

The big fluffy tail behind Le Wen was frightened on the spot. This rare political talent in the Fire Claw collar trembled for a long time before he recovered. Neon tubes with bad roots.

Futaba, who had just returned from the Hall of Purple Nine, nodded, took a sip of the magical cocktail potion that she had prepared through learning alchemy, and lazily reminded while leaning against the long table in the study: "There are also trade support, tax exemption , support manpower and other messy things, and even if that guy survives this calamity, he probably won't cause trouble with Fire Claw again, what do you think?"

"Uh……"

Levin, who finally recovered from the shock, swallowed his saliva, then twisted his neck a little stiffly and turned to his colleague who had been silent since just now: "What do you think, Cassie?"

The latter pondered for a while, then closed his eyes without saying a word, pulled up his mask, and gradually breathed evenly.

"Even if you can't figure it out, don't escape by sleeping, bastard!" Le Wen, who is familiar with his companion's temper, cursed dumbfoundedly, then took several deep breaths on the spot, and after barely calming down, he turned back to Futaba: " I don't know whether I should obey reason or sensibility. Compared with other territories, our Fire Claw is indeed far behind in some aspects. If the Marshall family can fulfill their promise, then we have no reason to refuse. After all, the past Tragedy and future development are two different things. Although I am not a qualified strategist and my political sense is not sensitive, the pros and cons of this point can still be analyzed, not to mention... just like you expected before, The investigation team was in vain, and even though they found some clues, those insignificant evidences are too low for a behemoth like the Marshall family..."

Futaba raised the corner of her mouth slightly: "Well said, it seems that it is no accident that you can achieve this position, Grand Duke Xi Luo's vision is really not bad, very good, so rational, let's talk Emotionally~"

"I don't want the blood of my people to be shed in vain!" The emaciated fox half-orc clenched his fists and let out a deep roar: "In the past year alone, there were a total of [-] civilians missing for no reason in Fire Claw! Six hundred and forty-three soldiers! Seven hundred and eighty-one soldiers died at the hands of those 'unknown thieves'! According to the information left by Mr. Ned, more than [-]% of them were directly related to the slave hunting group of the Marshall family and were arrested Among the slaves imprisoned and hidden in Marshall Territory, and the slaves transported out of the empire through various channels, the ratio of Fireclaw Territory to all other slaves combined is one to one! Our compatriots have become without dignity Gladiators are for entertainment, they are tortured as experimental materials that are worse than death, they are sacrificed in blasphemy rituals, and they are used as playthings for people who have lost their humanity! Even the bones will be used as materials by people's waste. ', what is the tragedy of the past, what is the future development, my only wish after knowing all this is to slaughter the Marshall family from top to bottom, and kill him without leaving behind! The blood-stained olive branch does not mean peace, To take it would only make us low and low, and would only make the death of the victim worthless."

Futaba took a sip of the potion expressionlessly, nodded slightly and said, "It can indeed be said to be very emotional."

"I agree with what Levine just said."

Cassie opened his eyes that had turned blood red at some point, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "Profits can't bring them salvation, nor can they bring us salvation. Blood debts need to be paid in blood."

"Well, well said, very good."

Futaba clapped her hands vigorously, narrowed her eyes slightly under the cold mirror, and said with a smile: "Hey, if you go to assassinate Buffy Marshall now, Cassie, what is the success rate?"

The cruel beast elf didn't hesitate at all, and immediately replied without hesitation: "Not at all."

There is nothing wrong with this statement. Although Cassie is the leader of the Shadow Intelligence Unit of the Fire Claw Leader and a powerful assassin, asking him to kill the Grand Duke of Marshall now is tantamount to nonsense. Not only is he a powerful magic swordsman himself, but he also has a lot of life-saving props on his body, and the guards around him are all first-class players from the Mercury Guard, let alone Cassie, even those in the Fireclaw clan Several blind sword masters who are recognized as the most powerful might not be able to do anything to the other party.

This is not the real world where self-protection measures are extremely thin except for bodyguards, surveillance, banknotes and bulletproof vests. In the Innocence Continent where alchemy props, magic scrolls and other defensive methods emerge in endlessly, it is extremely difficult to assassinate a life-threatening superior. Difficult things, even qualified adventurers, mercenaries, and wealthy businessmen will prepare a lot of life-saving measures for themselves, let alone a grand duke like Buffy Marshall with a high position and dirty hands.

So Cassie said very frankly that he couldn't handle it.

"That's right, we can't kill him."

Futaba shrugged, and then asked Levin again: "So, if you ignore the opinions of other lords and directly launch a war against the Marshall Land, what are your chances of winning the Fire Claw?"

The latter, who is familiar with the power gap between the two sides, shook his head dejectedly: "Twenty percent, war is fighting for money, knowledge, and high-end combat power, although our Blood Claw Guards and Blood Flame Mage Group will never be better than their Mercury Guard and How weak is the Ice Curtain Mage Corps, but in other respects..."

"Don't talk about it, you can't even eat ashes." Futaba sneered, raised her eyebrows at the two of them and said: "Then you two tell me now, apart from convicting the Marshall family at the highest level of the empire, join other lords to fight together Apart from beatings, is there any other way to realize your so-called blood debts? Slaughter to death?"

The half-orcs and beast elves with bloodshot eyes were silent.

"I have already agreed to the Marshall family's 'compensation' instead of Fire Claw Leader." Futaba lazily stretched her petite body, which was indistinguishable from reality, slid off the edge of the table, and walked in front of the two He said softly: "You should also understand that this is the smartest choice. I think even Chief Xiluo should be able to understand my well-intentioned efforts."

Cassie's complexion was a little pale, but he couldn't speak a word after he had heard Levin's analysis before.

The latter lowered his shoulders as if all his strength had been sucked out, and after a while he nodded his head with difficulty and said, "I see, Miss Futaba, I will report this news to Lord Chief as soon as possible. This decision... Think of it as the two of you doing it together."

Levin is a sensible person, otherwise he would not have made the remark of 'There is no reason to reject it rationally'. He knows that Futaba is an outsider to the Fire Claw Leader no matter what, although the big Chief Xiluo gave her a lot of power to speak, but the burden of accepting the "compensation" of the Marshall family on behalf of the entire Fire Claw is still too heavy, and this is definitely not a credit. Most of the Fire Claw leaders understand the ins and outs of things As far as the senior management is concerned, it is definitely an insult to accept this blood-stained olive branch!
If this is the case, at least Ms. Futaba, who has been helping the Fire Claw Leader wholeheartedly, cannot bear it alone.

Levin thought so, so he made a decision resolutely. He was going to write all this matter to himself in the reply letter to Xiluo. To be honest, he was really grateful to Futaba, thank you She agreed to the matter without discussing it with herself...

For Le Wen, who is still relatively rational after all, he actually knows in his heart that agreeing is the best choice, and the person who really makes the judgment is Futaba, which invisibly relieves his psychological burden. In other words, it gave Levin an excuse to escape and comfort himself.

At least the decision wasn't made by me...

A voice deep inside spoke with ease and relief.

Le Wen laughed at himself as he turned around and walked out the door. Of course, he had to take most of the responsibility on himself, because the girl behind him who had been acting as the backbone during this time had already solved the biggest problem for him .

Even if countless people stare blankly at you, it's still better than being unable to get over the hurdle in your heart.

then……

"Hey, why are you going?"

Futaba called to stop Le Wen who had already walked to the door, but the girl who had a serious expression just now raised the corners of her mouth slyly: "The matter of Xiaona's compensation is over, let's talk about how to continue to settle accounts now~ "

Le Wen turned around in astonishment: "Settling the score!? You mean..."

The unsmiling beast elf also gasped belatedly, and was almost smothered to death by his mask.

"Nonsense, do you two think that the reason I'm here is to gain benefits for the Fire Claw Leader?" Futaba walked around behind the table and sat down on the chair that was obviously too big for her, her eyes flickering. After a touch of extremely disturbing frenzy: "Miss Ben came here to have fun with the Marshall family, you don't think that I will be satisfied just by letting them bleed a little, huh... For capturing and selling slaves What is one and a half million gold coins to them? What is the small place in Dieyan City to them whose territory is one-third larger than Fire Claw? It’s nothing to lose face for dividing up the foundation, you two don’t get it wrong, if you just let them go like this, even if you will be satisfied, I will not be satisfied.”

Le Wen was in a daze. He walked back with his tail wagging in a frivolous step, and looked at Futaba with a blank face: "Then you said you promised him..."

"Heh, why don't I agree?"

Futaba sneered, and slammed her feet on the table without any image: "If I don't agree to them, I'm finished? If I don't agree to them, the whole family will die? If I don't agree to other lords, I can make up my mind to help us get ahead Don’t you ever dream like this, you don’t take advantage of the bastard, you know, since he gave it all, why shouldn’t we? Buffy Marshall sent the meat to Huozhuoling’s mouth with the mentality of hush money, But who stipulated that you have to shut up after eating meat? Silly fox, don't open your mouth, don't talk about the rules of the game with this girl, I have never played a game according to the rules in my life, of course, I am indeed a People who say they do..."

Levin and Cassie looked at each other, and they both found a dazed brilliance in each other's eyes.

"I said before that if I want to kill his whole family, I will kill his whole family!" Futaba showed a sweet and lovely smile, then stretched out her index finger and pointed at her cheek and said softly: "But I just agreed to what the Duke of Marshall wanted to do." The desire for 'compensation' has never been said to give up the plan to kill his whole family~~"

The two brothers across the table suddenly felt that the surrounding air was a bit cold.

The girl blinked her eyes, and three small question marks composed of fire, water, and wind elements appeared above her head with a 'poof' sound, and her face was full of innocence: "What's the problem?"

"That, Miss Futaba..."

Levin hugged his tail subconsciously, and asked softly: "Hasn't the Marshall family escaped this catastrophe? Although we don't know how they did it, the investigation team still failed to find conclusive evidence. .”

"That's right, didn't I already guessed this point yesterday? Since the Violet Royal Family didn't send people to hold a supreme meeting as soon as they got the news, there must be something wrong with the investigation team." Futaba yawned absently. , slowly changed to a more comfortable position and leaned on the back of the chair: "I admit that I made a little mistake because I was in a bad mood before, but the situation did not develop to the worst kind after all, such as investigation The regiment flew all over the place and didn't even find a single hair, that's enough."

"What is enough?"

"Opportunity is enough for us to hit the second stick. Even if we still don't kill them, at least we have to beat him to pieces, and then wait for the opportunity to hit the third stick." Futaba smiled and spoke slowly to the two of them. Said: "Don't be frightened by the enemy who can take a breath for a while, the suspicion of the Marshall family has not been washed away, otherwise that guy would not show his kindness to me like this today. The previous unexpected appearance was obviously due to the intervention of a third-party force , I have already seen it at the meeting just now, Buffy Marshall also just learned the results of the investigation, and the cession of land and compensation is also a temporary idea, not a planned move."

Cassie watched his nose, nose, mouth and heart. Although he looked cool, he obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Levin is better, but he can barely keep up with Futaba's pace.

Futaba sat up straight, posing as Commander Ikari...

"Well, to put it simply, I have a good policy and a few bad policies, come here and listen carefully to me!"

Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty: The End
(End of this chapter)