Marvel Magic Case Files

Chapter 1284 True Mercy (Second Update)

“But there’s a condition,” Constantine said. “You must complete the previous mission before you can participate in the hunt for the Kree hunters, otherwise I’ll have to hand this task over to Amon or Hammurabi, or the new Royal Guard recruits who are about to complete their trials. They happen to need some enemies other than cultists and extradimensional beasts, don’t they?”

“I know the premise, Constantine.” Supiluliumas glanced at Laura Crawford and Wanda Maximoff, who were chatting animatedly, and at Queen Yasok, who stood beside them, seemingly oblivious to everything but glancing around with keen interest. “I will resolve the troubles in South America as soon as possible and complete the mission of opening the training grounds. Has my lord spoken about how to deal with Queen Yasok? And what about the Yasok's artifact? It's a dangerous item; I personally witnessed the edge of that spear slice through the body of a snake-man. Should we execute standard containment procedures according to its level of danger after the Kamar-Taj sorcerers have examined the spear?”

"Be more tolerant, don't always be so tense. The monarch judges that the hunting spear should be some kind of key, perhaps related to the silver stone door. However, the Yasok people have no written language, and information is slowly lost through oral transmission, which is common in knot-based civilizations, not to mention the arrival of the Spanish later. The Yasok dialect has been compiled into the Quechua language family's original database by our intelligent linguists. Your Power Armor Database Update Translation Plugin Qhichwa-V144.02 Beta should be able to understand most of the language spoken by the Yasok Queen."

Supilulimas heard the continuous gunfire coming from the other end of the communication line and knew that now was not a good time to speak. Constantine thought the same thing, and he quickened his pace, "Resolve the Peruvian problem quickly, at least maintain information silence, and try to avoid deploying the air force when engaging the Peruvian government forces. Latvinia is not strong enough to challenge world hegemony right now, even if we kill every US president."

"Understood," Superuliumas said with a smile. "Have a pleasant hunt."

"This is no fun at all," Constantine complained, shutting down communication with Supilulius and reconnecting to the command chain of the genetically modified soldiers. In the time it took him to speak, the ambush was completely over. The extremists hidden among the stowaways were almost all armed, but against a Royal Guard and two squadrons of knights, escape was a pipe dream. Their only escape route was to swim into the sea to avoid thermal imaging and infrared detection. Under the fierce crossfire, all the extremists who attempted to resist and the special forces hidden among the refugees were killed; the flesh and blood hit by the heavy explosives left no chunks larger than a palm.

Almost all the women and children surrendered immediately. The soldiers carefully checked them for explosives and other dangerous or contraband. The vast majority of women and children passed the dangerous goods check and facial recognition and were not on the CIA's watch list. The few unlucky ones who were found were easily dealt with. These Middle Eastern refugees crossing the border from Turkey did not actually want to stay in the Balkans; they only wanted to use this route to reach Europe. Although they could only live in the poorest streets or even on the sidewalks in Europe, it was still better than living in fear and anxiety at home, worrying about being killed like livestock.

Although Latvia rejected the UN and EU's proposal to accept refugees, this didn't mean Viktor von Dum wouldn't provide humanitarian aid. Thermal blankets, self-heating food (no idiots were shouting about dietary restrictions; the previous attacks had shown everyone this wasn't Europe), and other supplies were delivered to the beach. Agents from the First Secret Service, armed with laser weapons, slowly walked among the refugees, checking them one by one with tactical goggles. Constantine didn't linger; once he was certain the mission was complete, he turned and led his knights away on the Eagle assault transport ship, completely ignoring the refugees kneeling in prayer before him and his men.

He knew what Viktor von Doom wanted to do and had no objection to it. Latvia did not accept Middle Eastern refugees, but that didn't mean the regent wouldn't use them.

Healthy children and teenagers are snatched from the arms of ignorant and superstitious parents or from the hands of human traffickers. They forget their past and grow up in colleges in Latvia. If these children went to Europe, the best outcome would be living in the poorest streets and joining local refugee gangs; the worst outcome would be sleeping on the streets receiving aid from some foundation, being brainwashed and incited by local cults, and being sent back to the Middle East to become extremists, thus perpetuating this tragic cycle for the next generation. Now their fate has changed. With education, they can gain knowledge, wealth, and social status, becoming soldiers, officials, businessmen, or civil servants. In the future, they won't have to fight to the death over unprovable texts and contraband.

It is said that Hammurabi's first larvae were found among refugees.

The able-bodied adult men and women among the refugees were placed on aircraft to await further work. Those with violent tendencies were assigned to mines, while those willing to comply could enter factories under the arrangement of the Immortal City and live a peaceful life like normal people. The prerequisite was abandoning their ignorant religious beliefs; otherwise, the only outcome would be being thrown into Europe and causing trouble for Europeans—however, adults' minds are already set, and the vast majority are unwilling to accept this outcome, so the number of Middle Eastern refugees thrown into Europe remains large. If it weren't for the intelligence from the special forces infiltration, this batch of refugees sent to Europe might have been even larger and more dangerous.

Compared to European countries that, in an effort to reduce the influx of refugees, bombed their boats and people before they even left the coast, Latvia was remarkably merciful. The Swedes claimed they should accept refugees and offer them assistance, but when the refugees actually appeared before them, those fools who were so generous with other people's resources all backed down. Viktor von Dum's solution, while not much better, genuinely changed the lives of many, unlike those cowardly individuals who, succumbing to self-pity due to long-term peace and prosperity, made countless excuses.

According to the Regent's own estimation, if the Immortal City had directly attacked the Nordic countries like Sweden and Switzerland, the first expansion war might have ended much faster than anticipated. However, the resulting nation would likely have collapsed within days—this is why the Emperor chose the impoverished Balkans, rather than the resource-rich and well-integrated Nordic countries, as the initial base. The Balkans were plagued by chronic civil war, and its civilians, with proper education, could rise again, making it ideal for forming the first resistance army when the aliens landed. The same logic of conscription had already been proven correct over two thousand years ago; the Qin people were equally brave and skilled in battle. This primal instinct was the spirit the Emperor valued, not the fragile concepts that human civilization had continuously attached to individual individuals.

Constantine greatly admired the regency system. The Praetorian Guard viewed the noble concepts of freedom and equality proposed by Renaissance humanism as a fig leaf to conceal the disparity in wealth and social status in modern society. The "Unity of Truth" argued that true equality was only attainable by a select few until humanity's productive forces greatly advanced, reaching the stars and ruling the galaxy. The emperor's ideal was to achieve true equality and liberate humanity's free will.

"Hammurabi," Constantine initiated the communication, "Is the monarch still at the Oxfordshire estate?"

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