Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

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"Really? Why do we have to set up a venue for two enemies?" In the Einzbern base, in a garden halfway up the mountain, with the castle on one side and the forest halfway up the mountain outside, Toosaka Rin was complaining.

"Rin, just think of this as a step to get detailed information about the enemy," Altria whispered in her best sister's ear.

Toosaka Rin pinched Altria's pretty face unhappily and pulled it gently, "Although you can think so, but bringing the enemy back to your base is too much."

After the garden was tidied up, the sound of rolling wheels appeared in the void, accompanied by bursts of slight thunder and the mooing of cows, and of course, Weber's screams.

"Ah, rider, land quickly, it's too high, too high..."

"Hahaha, Master, you are too timid. You need to practice more."

Accompanied by Waver's screams and Iskandar's hearty laughter, the King of Conquerors landed on the garden in one of his treasures, a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a divine bull with strands of lightning wrapped around its body, pulling its mighty wheels.

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Chapter 373: Wine for Wild Dogs on the Roadside

A huge shadow appeared in the garden.

Altria and the others, who had not yet recovered from the strange way Iskandar and his Master Weber came, immediately saw the shadow on the ground in the garden and looked up.

The blond young man whom Iskandar called the golden one was standing on a golden spaceship and slowly descending.

After landing, the blond young man looked around.

"It can be seen that you have carefully prepared the venue. It is barely qualified to hold a king's banquet. As a reward, I will forgive you once in the next battle." The blond young man walked directly to the center and sat down.

Iskandar did not have such high requirements. He moved several huge wooden barrels from the Shenwei Wheel. Although the barrels were strong and leak-proof, the aroma of wine still wafted out.

"Come, come, the banquet is about to begin, Knight King, please take your seat." Iskandar took out three large cups. Judging from their color, they were made in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. No, they were made last week.

The blond young man frowned when he saw the three large cups that Iskandar took out. They were industrial products made on an assembly line and had no aesthetic appeal at all.

"You use this kind of cup to drink?"

Iskandar slapped the wooden barrel with his big hand, and the lid shattered, and the mellow aroma of wine overflowed. Just as he was about to pour the wine, he was stunned after hearing the words of the blond young man, "Ah? Isn't this kind of cup okay? It looks quite sturdy to me."

"Huh? Jieshi, what nonsense are you talking about? You are actually going to let the king drink from the cups that only common people use? And at the king's banquet, it turns out that the knowledge of ordinary cultivators can only stop here." The blond young man mocked again, and then with a sweep of magic power, the cups on the table were instantly shattered and swept away. Then he waved his hand, and a vortex appeared in the void.

"Be careful, he's going to attack," Weber immediately warned Iskandar when he saw this.

"Don't worry, this is a king's banquet. If he makes a move like sneak attacking the guests, his name as king will cry." Iskandar, on the other hand, was not on guard at all. Instead, he was curious about what the blond young man would take out.

When the blond young man heard what Iskandar said, he finally looked at him seriously and said, "You have quite a bit of courage and it's quite interesting. Put away your mean mind. Only people who are not confident in themselves would make a move to attack the guests."

Then he reached into the vortex and took out three exquisite cups made of pure gold. Not to mention the high value of gold itself, the mysterious inscriptions and patterns carved on the cups made the cups transcend their value of holding wine and rise to the level of works of art. If there were treasures in cups, they would be the three pure gold cups that the blond young man took out at this moment.

"This is the only thing that can barely match my status as a king. You two cultivators who have proclaimed yourself kings should be thankful for being blessed by me," the blond young man used his magic power to place the two cups in front of Iskandar and the Knight King respectively.

Iskandar picked up the cup and looked at it for a few seconds, then put it down, laughed, and started pouring wine, "I'm not so particular about these things, but your cup can be called a treasure even in my time. I'm a little curious about your identity."

The wine glass filled with fine wine was pushed in front of the Knight King and the blond young man. The blond young man sniffed it, then picked up the wine glass and took a small sip. He spit it out on the ground before drinking it. Violent magic power surged out of the blond young man, directly knocking the wine barrel that Iskandar was holding away. The wine exploded in the air, and the fine wine scattered. The aroma of the wine spread throughout the garden.

"You, a lowly cultivator, actually dare to use this inferior wine to entertain a king. This is simply the lowest level of wine and can only be used to feed wild dogs on the roadside." The blond young man's eyes were already filled with anger.

Iskandar looked confused. He scratched his head and said, "But this is the best wine the winemaker has ever made. I took a sip and it tastes pretty good."

"Tsk, is that good enough? You are worthy of your arrogance in calling yourself a king. Over there, since you have such a large fiefdom, you must have some alcohol hidden there. Take out your best wine. I will give you a chance to earn my praise." The blond young man glanced at the Knight King, then crossed his arms and looked very grateful.

When Toosaka Rin saw the blond young man pretending like this, she immediately got angry, but was stopped by Altria beside her. The Knight King communicated with Altria through telepathy and asked her to make sure this King's Question and Answer went smoothly.

So Altria pulled Toosaka Rin down, and went to the Einzbern wine cellar with Irisviel, ready to find some of the oldest wines.

But after arriving at the wine cellar and looking around, she found that there was no good wine here at all. Many of them were left as specific media for alchemy. Seeing Irisviel's face a little disappointed because she couldn't provide good wine, Altria immediately remembered a kind of fruit wine brewed privately by Liu Quan when she went to the Zhonghua Building for dinner with her man. She had drunk it and felt like it was cleansing her soul.

"Eri, don't be disappointed, I have the right wine, and the quality is absolutely excellent," said Altria, and she reached out to touch the necklace around her neck, and a bottle of more than ten centimeters appeared.

After returning to the garden, Altria handed over the bottle and said, "This wine is better than any other wine available on the market." After that, Altria uncapped the bottle, and a faint light appeared, accompanied by a fragrance, which directly dispelled the aroma of wine in the garden. This fragrance was refreshing.

"Yes, it seems there are treasures here that can brighten my eyes." The blond young man smelled the fragrance and the faint light emitted by the bottle, and nodded with satisfaction. This time he knew that the wine was up to standard without tasting it first.

"Okay, the glasses are full. Before you drink the wine, I would like to ask you two, what do you plan to do after you get the Holy Grail?" Iskandar took the bottle of wine handed over by Altria, filled the two glasses, and pushed them in front of the Knight King and the blond young man.

Iskandar's words were tantamount to asking what wish one would make after obtaining the Holy Grail. Generally speaking, this was a secret, but the three people present were not idlers, but rather the kings and masters who dominated a corner of their era.

After hearing this, the Knight King hesitated for a moment, then became serious and spoke slowly, "After I get the Holy Grail, I want to make a wish that I can go back to my own time, let the Sword in the Stone choose a new king, and avoid the fate of Bulge's destruction."

Silence! The entire garden fell into an eerie silence as the Knight King spoke.

Chapter 374: The King of Conquerors' Royal Speech

A few seconds later, the blond young man put down the wine he was about to taste, and instead raised his head and laughed. At the same time, Iskandar also laughed with his head raised like the blond young man.

"Why, do you think there is something wrong with my wish?" The Knight King looked confused.

After a while, Iskandar and the blond young man stopped laughing. Iskandar spoke first, "Hey, hey, hey, did I hear you correctly? You actually want to go back to your own era and re-elect a king? If I remember correctly, you are the Knight King, right? According to the information the Master gave me, you are the lord of the Knights of the Round Table and the king of Camelot who ruled Great Britain for an era. But the wish you say now makes it hard for me not to think that you are just a little girl."

"King of Conquerors, you and I are both kings, why are you making fun of me?" The Knight King frowned.

"You actually want to go back and change yourself? I originally wanted to take you into my side, because I still lack a princess. Now it seems that I need to re-evaluate. Are you denying yourself? Knight King," the blond young man continued.

"That's impossible, even if you are the Hero King of Mesopotamia. And you said that I denied myself. Why did you say that?" The Knight King rejected the blond young man with an assertive attitude, and then raised a new question.

The blond young man glanced at the clear wine in the glass and said lightly, "Have you guessed my identity? Not bad, but, isn't it? If you are not denying yourself, then why do you go back to your own era and prepare to change someone to be king? Only if you feel that you are not suitable to be king, you will let others be the king. If this is not denying yourself, what are you?"

The King of Knights immediately retorted after hearing what the blond young man said.

"No, I just want to change the fate of Britain falling into chaos and then collapsing after me. If a king who is better than me can be elected, Britain will definitely go further," the Knight King's eyes were extremely firm.

Iskandar then spoke up, "If you were allowed to return to your own time and re-elect a king, the achievements of the soldiers and knights who followed you would be wiped out, and the people under your rule would also be brought to shame."

"But if I can find a better person to be king, their achievements or lives will be better. Can you remain indifferent when your people and country suffer disasters or even destruction? Won't you regret it?" The Knight King retorted.

Iskandar immediately responded, "I regret it, of course I do, but I don't regret the destruction of my country. No matter how prosperous an empire is, it will eventually be washed away by time. What I regret is that I cannot lead my followers to conquer more distant landscapes. I have never thought about changing the fact that my country has been destroyed, because, for them, following the conqueror king Iskandar is their greatest glory."

The Knight King frowned upon hearing this, and then said, "This is not the way of a king."

Upon hearing this, Iskandar drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, his eyes shining, and spoke again, "Then let me ask you, is the king aloof?"

This question is not only addressed to the Knight King, but also to the Hero King.

Through the words of the Knight King just now, Waver also informed Iskandar of the identity of the blond young man in his mind sea.

Gilgamesh, the legendary monarch of Mesopotamia, the fifth monarch of Uruk, the half-human, half-god king, is also called the oldest hero king in Mesopotamian mythology.

Gilgamesh saw Iskandar's scrutinizing gaze, took a sip of wine, and responded calmly, "A king is naturally aloof."

When the Knight King heard this question, he also nodded and said, "As a king, I am naturally aloof."

Iskandar's eyes were bright and he continued, "So, Knight King, as a king yourself, will you give everything for your people?"

The Knight King nodded and said, "Of course. Before I became a Heroic Spirit, I was always prepared to sacrifice my life for my country. My ideal is to lead Britain to an unfailing peak. To this end, I am always ready to sacrifice my life for my ideal."

"Hahaha, Knight King, you are not qualified to be a king, but you are definitely a saint," Iskandar laughed again after hearing this.

Then, Iskandar began to establish his own view as king.

The so-called king is the most greedy, the most generous, and the most irritable person.

Be both clear and turbid, and pursue the ultimate life.

The ministers therefore admired him and followed him.

Therefore, the subjects will have the ambition to become king and pursue their own ideals.

A king must live more authentically than anyone else and be admired by everyone.

The one who gathers the faith of all the heroes and sets out on an expedition with that as his goal is the king.

Therefore, the king is not aloof.

Because his wish is the wish of all his subjects.

The so-called king is someone who lives a more exciting life than anyone else and is admired by everyone.

Only the one who is admired by thousands of warriors and stands firm like a signpost can be the king.

Therefore, the king is not alone, because his will is the will of all his subjects.

A so-called king should naturally stand up and strive for the prosperity of the kingdom he governs.

If the country falls due to the king's decision, then destruction is inevitable. I will mourn and shed tears, but I will never regret it.

The king should not sacrifice himself, it is the country and the people who should sacrifice themselves for the king, not the other way around.

"What are you talking about? Isn't that the rule of a tyrant?" Hearing Iskandar's horrified kingly remarks, the Knight King could not agree at all.

"Yes, it is because we are tyrants that we can become heroes. However, if a king regrets his rule and its ending, he is just a tyrant, worse than a tyrant." Iskandar stared at the Knight King, unable to understand why she was willing to sacrifice herself to change her country.

After pouring another glass of wine, Iskandar expressed his opinion of the Knight King, "Knight King, I have read your record and can only say that you are not suitable to be a king, but you must be a fair and honest saint. I believe that your heroic posture must have been noble and inviolable at that time? Do you have a close friend? As a person..."

"But it's too sad. Human desires are what drive them forward, let alone a king. A king without desires is not even as good as an ornament. How many people yearn for your path of justice and integrity? How many people are intoxicated by your path of martyrdom for the country?"

"As a king, you must be greedier than everyone else in the world, laugh more happily, and be more angry. No matter whether you are clear or turbid, you must stand at the top. Only in this way will your subjects envy you and be fascinated by you. Only in this way can you light up the light of longing for 'I also want to be king' in the hearts of all people in the world."

Chapter 375 Law

"So, little Knight King, you are both pathetic and respectable, but I also cannot agree with your idea of ​​denying everything about yourself," Iskandar filled the Knight King's glass with wine without changing the smile on his face.

"I'm sorry that I can't agree with your point of view, but I still respect it." Although the Knight King was shocked by Iskandar's remarks for a while, her chivalry made it difficult for her to agree with the Conqueror King's remarks which were almost opposite to the chivalry.

The King of Conquerors heard the King of Knights' response and clinked his glasses with her again before turning his gaze to the King of Heroes.

"So, as the oldest hero king? What do you think a king should be like?"

Gilgamesh drank the wine in the glass, savored it carefully for a few seconds, and then said, "This is a humble question, not worth a laugh. The king agrees, the king allows, and the king is also responsible for this world."

"Hmm?" Iskandar seemed to understand, but the Knight King continued to be confused.

Gilgamesh saw the two men's expressions and looked proud, then explained.

Gilgamesh believed that as a king, he should establish laws.

This law is the embodiment of the personal will of the king, who is above all things.

What the law approves is what the king approves, and what the law allows is what the king allows. The king naturally controls the entire world.

Even more radical than Iskandar's tyrannical remarks.

"This, this, I cannot agree with this. This can no longer be described as the behavior of a monarch. This is clearly a dictatorship. You are so indifferent to your own subjects." After hearing this view that transcends everything, the Knight King felt that Gilgamesh's view was a conclusion that only a dictator would come to, and his argument was even more tyrannical than Iskandar's.