Arknights' Lock of Heaven

“Your concerns are valid,” Kal’tsit said, gathering her thoughts as she looked at Frostnova. “The Ursus Emperor is finding it increasingly difficult to control the lower-ranking officials and nobles.”

"Not to mention the upper-class nobles."

"This trip is definitely not going to be smooth sailing. Even with a proper official order, those local officials will find ways to rip off our caravan."

The northern part of Ursus was originally a harsh and cold land; who would want to govern it? Which official here wasn't a local tyrant?

How could we just stand by and watch such a large caravan pass right under our noses?

“Everyone wants to be skinned alive,” Frostnova’s voice grew colder. “Through all these passes and all these cities… The Ursus Emperor, he sounds impressive, but can he really control those people?”

"If he could control it, this vast Ursus wouldn't have become like this."

"Once we get to the guerrillas... how much of these supplies will be left?"

“Regarding this,” Kal’tsit smiled slightly upon hearing this, “we have well-established methods for dealing with it.”

"Don't worry, no one can take a single grain of food from us."

Otherwise, why wait until Xia Yu comes back to start?

As Kazimierz's neighbor, the Ursus Emperor was definitely one of the few people who knew what Xia Yu had done on the Bloody Night.

He dared to let such a person in, instead of politely refusing to let Rhodes Island send someone else. It goes without saying what he was thinking.

Just as Froststar said, everyone knows that the emperor can't control those people.

However, given his position, directly taking action to clean up the mess would easily give others a reason to accuse him.

But if Rhodes Island were to do it...

Ah.

We're all just using each other.

Ultimately, he wasn't really afraid that Xia Yu would raise her arms and seize his position.

Well, it's not that I'm not afraid, it's that I don't think it will happen.

After all, Ursus is a harsh and cold land, while the vast plains of Kazimir are much better; Xia Yu has no interest in ruling them.

The Ursus Emperor felt that this person probably looked down on his position.

Although Ursus seems to have a large territory and is incredibly powerful, everyone knows the behemoth's weakness.

Such a vast snowfield simply cannot support so many people.

That's why they are so good at fighting; they were forced into it.

Why come to this bitterly cold place when there's a warm and peaceful plain like Casimir?

The Emperor of Ursus, putting himself in others' shoes, felt it was completely unnecessary, right?

With Xia Yu's abilities, if he were to become emperor in Kazimir, would anyone dare to usurp his power?

Look at the Witch King, how come he was never sidelined?

Although he died a rather tragic death later on.

Therefore, we can only say that his ambitions lie elsewhere, and so there's nothing to be afraid of.

What if I bet wrong...?

There's an old saying in Yan that goes, "A great man cannot be without power for even a day!"

If he, as emperor, could only stay in the deep palace of Saint Jun Castle and issue orders, he would spend his whole life scheming against those nobles...

So what's the point?

Young emperors are all gamblers, so why don't I take a gamble?

I bet that, given what he did in Kazimierz, he wouldn't be able to accommodate the dukes if he came to Ursus.

I'm betting he has absolutely no interest in the throne.

Moreover, he felt he had a very high chance of winning!

330 The Patriot's Dilemma

Faced with this scene, everyone quickly calmed down.

No wonder, Amiya was still standing on the stage with her violin, clearly ready to perform.

So this must be part of the performance... right?

Everyone looked at each other.

If this is a performance... when did Rhodes Island become so high-class?

The sudden change in the scene, the unexpected and unpredictable methods, and the fact that no one even knew how to defend against them were truly unpredictable.

Compared to this, even the magnificent palace seems insignificant.

When Helag saw this, his first thought was, "If only I could fit an army here..."

Various surprise attacks, such as single-person flanking maneuvers to unleash fully armed troops from behind, ambushes in treacherous terrain, or crucial city-capturing battles...

There are so many ways to utilize this space. Even without carrying people, just filling such a large area with supplies is something we wouldn't normally dare to imagine.

There are countless uses for it; if used well, it can even overturn the course of a war.

As a former general, his first reaction was perfectly normal.

As a researcher (lol), Seria was also very excited.

what is this?

A different dimension that can hold people!

She subconsciously thought of her former friend and that person's dream.

starry sky.

But there are far too many difficulties to overcome in exploring the starry sky.

Putting everything else aside, just figuring out how to safely send astronauts up there and bring them back is an enormous challenge.

But if we had this... we wouldn't need to plan resource allocations so tightly, wouldn't need to utilize every bit of the spacecraft's weight to the limit, wouldn't need to consider too many restrictions on astronauts, wouldn't need to consider too many life support systems...

All we need to do is launch the spacecraft into space and prepare a recovery plan.

It could even house an entire research institute within the space, allowing for the immediate study of firsthand information about the universe.

It's not just spaceflight; even a space station, which is currently only a concept, might be feasible.

In Colombia, despite the country's booming development, not everyone is willing to look up at the stars.

Although RheinLife is a large company, it is ultimately just a new company and does not yet have enough influence in Colombia to sway national policy.

That's why my friend became increasingly obsessed after repeatedly hitting walls, gradually turning into someone he didn't recognize.

Now, the two have gone their separate ways...

The first thing that came to Saria's mind when she saw this magnificent palace was her.

If you encountered this in the past, before your dreams were shattered by the harsh realities of Colombia, then...

She might not have turned out like this.

But there's no going back, Saria knew perfectly well that everything was irreversible.

Time is irreversible. Even if I were to tell her this news now, just like Christensen once told me about her ideals, I would still try to get people to join me.

She'll use incentives to win people over, and she'll stop at nothing to achieve her goals...

She can never go back to being the sincere person she once was.

Thinking of this, Saria sighed softly. She'd just keep what happened today to herself.

"Saria, Saria! Look, look!" Ifrit exclaimed curiously, picking up a few bright red rose petals. "So many flowers!"

"And this palace, it's amazing!"

Her eyes shone brightly.

Seeing this, Saria gently patted Ifrit's little head.

"Yeah, it's really amazing."

Unlike what children see, the world she perceives is more direct and intuitive.

Perhaps, someone with such abilities wouldn't be afraid of Christensen's methods.

All of this is truly beyond the realm of common sense...

Originium Arts? Or ancient relics?

Regardless, Rhodes Island is really... capricious.

Such strategic capabilities are openly displayed to so many people.

Although everyone is an operator of Rhodes Island, being an operator is just a job.

Especially since there are people with my own awkward background among them.

“…Incredible skill…” Operator Thorn also picked up a few petals.