People in Terra, governing a weird little country

Under his gaze, Tracys held the armrest of the throne and slowly sat down.

The dark circles under his eyes were heavy, and his expression was tired, but he didn't waver. At least, he didn't show any wavering.

But in the impression of the Shapeshifters, this was the first time he sat on that throne.

"Even if Ernst's plan succeeds?" asked the Shapeshifter Cluster.

Tracy nodded: "Even if Ernst's plan succeeds."

"In that case, we also respect your choice, Tracy."

The shapeshifters nodded slightly to Tracys.

"Every Sarkaz has the right to choose, and so do you."

Tracy did not answer, but looked a little dazed.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to that afternoon, in the conference hall of Kazdel, the mobile city that he had picked up bit by bit, he and Theresa persuaded the Scavenger King Nyetzrei, the Blood Demon Lord Dukare, and the Banshee Lord Ramalen.

After the meeting was over and they left, Theresa sat on the chair that belonged to the [Demon King] and looked up at him, with a gentle and expectant light flashing in her light pink eyes.

She asked Tresis, her sword and shield:

What is our goal?

[I mean, I am now the Demon King, Tracys, and you are also the general of the Military Committee, but in the final analysis, what is the goal of our struggle? ]

[As for me, I think that defending Kazdel, developing this city, or even protecting all the Sarkaz is not my dream. ]

[If peace cannot be shared by others, then peace cannot be given to me alone. If there is a fire in the neighbor's house, the children upstairs are crying, and the couple in the next building are arguing loudly, even if I make the walls of our room thicker, can we really sleep well? ]

【As for me, I want this whole land to sleep peacefully. 】

After that, Theresa pursued her dream and founded the borderless charity organization called Babel Tower. She recruited a group of volunteers from all over Terra and established a branch in Kazdel, the Sarkaz city.

Theresis did not understand Theresa's idea. Just like what the evil spirit of the Tower of Babel commented, if this idea was put forward, I am afraid that no one in the entire Sarkaz community would be able to understand it.

Tracy had already forgotten his answer for a while.

But now, he remembered.

[I don’t want revenge. But if revenge is to save future generations from having to take revenge, then I will take revenge.]

[I don't want war. But if the war is to prevent anyone from waging war against the Sarkaz in the future, then I will go to war.]

[I practice swordsmanship to protect, but if the best protection is to kill everyone who stands in our way, then I will kill.]

[I just hope that in the future, the Sarkaz will no longer be forced to do anything because they are "forced". I want the blood to be shed in our generation so that every Sarkaz in the future will have the right to choose.]

"Theresa, if it were you, what choice would you make after hearing this news?"

Tresis muttered as he looked up at the dome of the Londinium Palace, which was decorated with exquisite murals and reliefs.

As soon as he finished speaking, as if to echo this exclamation, the somewhat excited voice of the Pardoner was heard.

"Regent, the plan to resurrect the Demon King has reached the final stage."

"The theory is complete, the plan is ready, and I need you to make the choice."

"Do you want a [Demon King] who is closely connected to the souls and will never rebel against you? Or a complete and true Theresa who may oppose you?"

Tracy lowered his head and looked at the white-horned Sarkaz at the bottom of the stairs. Silence was fleeting, followed by a sneer.

you still need to ask?

He and Theresa had made a promise: [No matter what the outcome of the civil war is, the losing side must unconditionally support the winning side. Because the Sarkaz only need one voice.]

There is no such thing as a demon king who will never resist, and there is no such thing as a real Theresa who will oppose him.

The siblings never really had a disagreement.

There is only one Theresa.

"Option II."

PS: I really didn’t expect that there would be a quarrel over the handling of the Leitanian spies in the previous picture.

When the Leithanian spy clearly stated that as long as the matter was made public and the three electors supported him, even if the Queen came she would have to recognize his identity, and Ernst would have absolutely no way to do anything to him and could only sit back and watch Viviana being taken away, wouldn't it be stupid to expose the matter to the public?

The best way to deal with a spy is to make him disappear without a trace. This situation is not uncommon. A few years ago, the Russians dealt with a British spy in this way. He poisoned him to death on a park chair.

Ernst did not want to follow the above-board rules. He repeatedly stressed, "Why don't you respect me?", "What is your purpose?", "Can the people behind you prove it now?", but the arrogance of the messenger ignored it. He insisted on labeling himself as an X-identity spy. How would Ernst judge him?

Go through the process publicly and let the foreign countries know. Three electors came to ask for the person. Will Ernst give it to them or not? If he doesn't give it to them, it means he will offend three electors for Viviana alone. If he gives it to them, it means he has tacitly allowed foreign envoys to run rampant in Kjerag.

The only way is to go through the underground process and make him disappear. Then give the things to Russell, who will give them to the Queen. The things of the remnants of the Witch King are in the Queen's hands, and the Elector will be intimidated by the handle and will not be able to take advantage of the situation.

In order to avoid giving others the impression that "the Prime Minister's orders are above the law", Ernst did not even let Rhodes Island take action, but let Kjerag's own people take action.

You said that this violated the rules and that there was something wrong with sentencing without trial. That is obviously applying the same treatment to ordinary criminals to spies. During the Cold War, the Russians and Americans exchanged spies when they caught them. Could it be that "they can go back without being punished for committing a crime, thus destroying the legal system of the Russians and the United States"?

Chapter 520: Dai Finn: Your name appears more often than mine

[My Lord Duke, the situation around Londinium is not optimistic. We have had conflicts with the Sarkaz advance team from time to time, and in these conflicts, our casualties are much higher than those of the other side.]

[At the same time, the Gray Hats' infiltration of Londinium also suffered a heavy blow. The Sarkaz imposed a curfew and conducted extremely strict screening of any Londinium people who were not registered on their list. Our personnel had to go into inactive status. But even so, we often had colleagues sacrifice their lives for Victoria. This was due to the enemy's almost terrifying intelligence capabilities.]

[Yes, although I am reluctant to admit it, the Gray Hat has indeed been crushed by those Sarkaz in the field of intelligence. According to our latest intelligence, the other party's intelligence system is composed of one of the Sarkaz royal courts in the records - the Shapeshifter Cluster. There are very few records of the Shapeshifter Cluster Royal Court in the classics. We have not yet obtained specific information about the other party's capabilities, and we have no corresponding countermeasures. The casualties and exposure rate are increasing rapidly, and many colleagues have reported that they have some very bad premonitions. ]

[The other party doesn't seem to be serious at all, he is just playing hide-and-seek with us...]

[In short, no matter what, the Grey Hat will continue to be stationed at the frontline headquarters in Londinium and try to infiltrate the city. Please rest assured, Duke! ]

【For Victoria! 】

"The above is a report from my subordinate Gray Hat on the secret frontline work at the Londinium front. The intelligence update date was one day ago."

The Duke of Victoria's coalition temporary headquarters, the Duke of Caster's flagship - the Glory, conference hall.

Duke Caister put down the report in his hand. Several copies of the corresponding paper materials had been printed and distributed to everyone present.

The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Normandy, the Duke of Godothin, and even the Duke of Windermere.

Even though he was unwilling to be in the same room with the Duke of Castor, the war against Londinium... a special military operation, concerned the whole of Victoria, so the Duke of Windermere had to come here and sit in his own chair in this conference room.

The Duke of Castor obviously understood this, just as the Duke of Windermere did not miss the Duke of Castor when he first summoned the Duke's coalition and tried to march into Londinium. This time, the Duke of Castor did not miss the Duke of Windermere in his invitation. Because, whether you admit it or not, the Duke of Castor and the Duke of Windermere are a force that cannot be ignored in Victoria.

Watching the Grand Dukes put down the materials in their hands, Duke Caister continued to introduce:

"At present, the lack of intelligence is indeed serious. The other side's shapeshifters are said to have the ability to perfectly mimic anyone. Even the most elite gray hats are not confident that they can recognize each other's identities. We have also tried to agree on secret codes and carry tokens, but the other side has been able to crack them. But what troubles us is not just the overall backwardness in intelligence."

Intelligence is very, very important. Generally speaking, if you have fog of war and the other party opens the entire map, you certainly cannot fight the battle.

But this kind of inability to fight is based on the fact that there is no absolute disparity in the strength of the two sides. No matter how much your intelligence personnel in the rear consider, the peasants holding pitchforks cannot defeat the Victorian regular army driving high-speed warships. This is common sense.

This is where the confidence of the Grand Dukes of Victoria comes from.

High-speed battleships can launch a dimensionality reduction attack on the Sarkaz army that are still holding swords, guns, sticks, and shooting at each other with crossbows. No matter how hard they try, they cannot penetrate the armor of high-speed battleships - at least that's what they have always believed.

But the Duke of Caister wanted to break the illusions of those present at this moment:

"I believe you have all noticed that the intelligence listed by Gray Hat shows that our chances of winning in a conflict with the Sarkaz army in the wild are very low."

"Perhaps some dukes have also received similar reports from their subordinates. I don't know if you know the true situation of these frictions, but I must remind you that these frictions are not the encounters between a small team of three or five people and the Sarkaz troops, but the encounters between our regular troops, frigates, and gunboat troops, and the troops under the code-name [King of Scavengers]."

Duke Caister paused for a moment and repeated the conclusion that made the atmosphere solemn.

“The winning rate is very low.”

It is true that the application of high-speed warships on the battlefield is mainly for large-scale fleet advances, battlefield division, and extremely powerful salvos of naval guns, which cannot be avoided in any way. "Scale".

A high-speed warship alone is a clear target, which has been proven in the past Four Kingdoms War. A sufficiently powerful Originium Warlock, with enough assistance, can paralyze a high-speed warship with one Originium skill. A Warlock King like the Witch King can even use several towers to assist him, trigger natural disasters, and directly tear apart the Gaul elite vanguard.

As a country that dared to directly use [Gallic] as [Esperanto] at that time, they had already captured several military fortresses and the vanguard of the Elector Region, including quite a few high-speed warships.

Of course, Duke Caister would not directly compare the Scavenger King with the Witch King, but at least this record shows that a single high-speed warship is not invincible to the Scavenger Legion.

The myth that it is invulnerable to swords and guns, and immune to water and fire has actually been broken long ago.

"So, what does the Duke of Caister think about this?"

The Duke of Wellington tapped the table lightly, spoke before the atmosphere changed from solemn to stagnant, and cast a meaningful look at the Duke of Caster.

"Of the information you mentioned, I don't have a complete grasp of it except for the information about the Shapeshifter Cluster, and I can't give you an answer. As for the rest, I know as much as you do."

"If you invited me here just to say something to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige, then I have something else to do. I'll leave now."

The Duke of Wellington made a move to rise.

If it were anyone else, his words would have sounded a bit like someone being hit in the sore spot and angry, but the person who said this was the Duke of Wellington, who personally destroyed Gaul and dismantled the imperial death knell of Lingone.

No one would laugh at him for being "too anxious", but would just assume that he probably did have his own intelligence channels.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, Duke Godoting immediately stepped out to smooth things over:

"What the Duke of Wellington said makes sense, Caister. You came all the way here to gather us together. You should have prepared a way to deal with that... Scavenger King, right?"

The Duke of Caster nodded slightly, glanced at the Duke of Wellington who sat down again, and slowly said a word:

"Besiege the point and attack the reinforcements."

The comparison of the strengths and weaknesses between the Duke Victoria's coalition and the Sarkaz is already very obvious.

The Duke's coalition has advanced technology, sufficient funds, a legitimate reason for fighting, and a force that far exceeds that of the Sarkaz, and is constantly recruiting troops.

As for the Sarkaz, their advantages are simple: higher individual combat capability, stronger combat effectiveness in small-scale encounters, spells that can threaten a single high-speed warship, and Londinium, a mobile city that claims to have never been breached since its construction.

There is no doubt that Londinium is a strong city with powerful guns. As the greatest support of King Aslan in the past, its main gun is enough to cause huge damage to the largest and fastest warship on this earth, the Duke of Wellington's [Gastril] with one shot.

Facing such a city, as long as the dukes had no problem with their brains, they would not choose to attack it by force. Surrounding it, cutting off the supply transportation channels, constantly harassing the city, and attacking any Sarkaz who came to help were the normal war ideas and the means to minimize damage.

"Concentrate superior forces to besiege Londinium, and at the same time send a large-scale army to encircle and suppress the army of the Scavenger King..."

The Duke of Caster was halfway through his words when the Duke of Wellington, who had just failed to stand up, stood up again and walked straight towards the exit.

The Duke of Windermere, who was sitting opposite him, raised his eyebrows and looked at Old Deng with some surprise.

Leaving the meeting in the middle of a speech was almost tantamount to a denial or even contempt for the Duke of Castor's battle plan, which did not give the Duke of Castor any face at all.

This old Deng, can't you see that he is a man of temperament?

The Duke of Caster also stopped his explanation and looked at the Duke of Wellington who was walking to the door. Without even frowning, he asked calmly:

"The Duke of Wellington said nothing. If you have a better plan, you can tell me directly here. If you leave, can I regard you as withdrawing from the Duke's coalition and giving up our obligations to each other?"

The Duke's coalition formed an offensive and defensive alliance. During the war, if one side was in danger, the other side had to go to rescue it. If one side had a vacancy on the front line, the other side had to go to fill it.

There are no cowards on the battlefield. Among the many contracts concluded between dukes, this one is probably the most credible.

The Duke of Wellington finally stopped. He turned his head and looked at the Duke of Caster and replied:

"My plan is simple."

"Gather all your forces, let me lead them, and only follow my orders. Go straight in and attack the Scavenger King directly."

Simple and crude.

He could actually point out many omissions in Duke Kast's plan - for example, the super mobile city of Londinium itself has a considerable degree of self-sufficiency. If you want to siege without attacking, how long will it take? For another example, if you siege a point and attack the reinforcements, you are not afraid of the Sarkaz slaughtering civilians in the city. Who will bear the pressure of public opinion? For another example, if the battle line is deadlocked, which Grand Duke's strength will be most damaged?

Grand Duke of Castor, you are the sister of King Aslan, your fiefdom, your sphere of influence, and your supply line are closest to Londinium. Apart from anything else, if the fleet of the Duke of Wellington wants to reach Londinium from the Duke of Wellington's territory, it has to cross the Duke of Castor's land (according to the puzzle in the plot of I Am Fire). Once the front line is deadlocked, and you do something strange in the rear, who will suffer the most?

I can hear the clacking of your abacus beads from Kjerag!

But the Duke of Wellington was too disdainful to explain. What he saw was also seen by the other grand dukes. There was no point in pointing it out except to embarrass Castor.

Besides, with the Duke of Caster's thick skin, would she be embarrassed or shamelessly ask back "Why does the Duke of Wellington look at me like that?" It's hard to say.

Moreover, the Duke of Wellington also has his own plans.

After explaining the Duke of Caster's plan, he would have to explain his own plan, and his plan would run into problems once it was explained.

Because he did not lie. He knew the gray hat information revealed by the Duke of Caster, and he also knew a little about the information that the Duke of Caster had not made public.

For example, the Scavenger King, the title of [Sarkaz God of War], and the treacherous attack methods of the scavenger army and the Sarkaz witchcraft.

Taking everyone in the car, the Duke of Wellington was confident that he could win. This was his confidence as the [Death Knell of the Empire], the greatest commander of Terra in the 11th century.

As for the consequences of getting in the car, he certainly knew it, and this was also the "price" he had planned long ago.

For the independence of Tara, it is necessary to weaken the armed forces of the Dukes of Victoria.

The Duke of Caister's eyes flickered, but he did not answer.

The meeting inevitably came to a stalemate and ended in a bad mood.

The Duke of Windermere returned to his flagship, the Galavar Iron Shield.