People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

Ernst simply looked directly at the most reliable person there, Bozokastie. Then he realized that if he were to listen to Bozokastie finish explaining the whole thing, he would probably be driven crazy by Bozokastie's internet-lag-like stuttering, so he shifted his gaze slightly to Yelena.

The white rabbit sighed, revealing a complex expression that was both strained and mocking:

“The Victorians started fighting amongst themselves.”

"The Duke of Wellington's forces suddenly turned their guns around, and the Gastrill cut off the high-speed warships' formation right in the middle, opening fire on the Victorian Allied forces' own troops!"

"The current battlefield situation is that the troops of the Duke of Castle, Ashworth, and the Duke of Abercohn are at the rear, the troops of the Duke of Wellington are in the middle, the troops of the Duke of Normandy and the Duke of Godottin are in front, and the troops of the Duke of Windermere have gone straight in and penetrated into the carrion's legion."

Ernst's brain was on fire for a moment, then he slowly lowered his head, covered his face, sat down in the chair, raised his hand, and slammed it hard on the table in front of him!

"*Extremely offensive and vulgar Sherag language!*"

"*Even worse than the previous vulgar Sichuan accent*"

Niang Xipi!

How could he have forgotten about that?!

No, he couldn't really say he'd forgotten; he'd always remembered that Abrahina and the Duke of Wellington were plotting Tara's independence.

But he really didn't expect that after all that planning, they would come up with such a plan!

On the battlefield, at a critical moment, a sudden defection strikes! Fires on an unsuspecting ally!

Dude, are you out of your mind?

Do you think this will be useful? What if your betrayal causes Victoria to lose the battle? Do you think you'll survive?

How much do you underestimate the King of Carrion, and how much do you underestimate Theresis and the Military Council? Didn't the news of Duke Fife's complete annihilation reach your ears?

The Sarkaz are capable of directly destroying the armed forces of any Duke of Victoria. Do you think your Gastrill can withstand a single shot from the Shard? Or are you so sure that after seeing you fire on Victoria, Therese will immediately think "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and cooperate with you to hammer the Victorians, thus shifting the Shard's aim away from you?

Even if you do achieve your goal, and the Victorian army defeats the Sarkaz, and you successfully cripple the Victorian army by backstabbing them, rendering them unable to interfere with your plan for Tara's independence, do you think you can escape unscathed?

Ernst didn't even mention that Victoria would definitely go to the World Summit to complain to Wellington—if they take it a step further, and you fire a shot, saying that you're in cahoots with the "extreme panic organization—the Kazdel Military Committee," then that's absolutely true! Even if they don't complain, you, Tara, can just not live on this land anymore, right?

When all the Victorians were united, you betrayed them. You were glorious; you liberated Tara; you were remarkable. But what about the remaining seven of the eight dukes—Caster, Godottin, Windermere—even the future heir to the Duke of Fife? Would they not react at all to your betrayal?

At that time, all business activities with you will be banned, all your leaders will be sanctioned, and if you want to join the World Summit, they will veto it directly. If you want to conduct foreign exchanges, who will dare to communicate with you?

Go play house with yourself!

By then, prices will skyrocket, the currency will depreciate, the diplomatic environment will be so bad that Ursus will weep, and the economic situation will be so chaotic that Bolivar will laugh. You'd better live, who can outlive you!

Ernst didn’t know whether Wellington or Elaine made the decision, but at least one of them must have a serious problem with their head—did they think this was the Victorian era, where having two guns gave you the right to speak?

Ernst had assumed they had some clever plan to refuse Levy's help, but he was wrong.

Ugh!

Ernst thought he finally had the operation under control, but little did he know that a "surprise" was waiting for him here!

On this land, you may not live, but you cannot be without life. The Grand Duke of Victoria is sure to bring you endless "surprises"!

Ernst took several deep breaths to forcefully suppress the anger that was about to give him a stroke.

The Grand Duke, the Grand Duke, the Grand Duke is indeed unreliable beyond belief.

He glanced at Talulah and said slowly:

“Talulah, your operation here remains unchanged. In a couple of days, a Sarkaz named Theresa should come here to find you. She will tell you what to do then.”

“Remember, you have to be a hero. You can’t rely on any of the Grand Dukes outside. For the sake of the suffering people of Lontinim and all the oppressed people of Victoria, you have to be the hero yourself.”

A flicker of surprise crossed Talulah's face, but she nodded solemnly nonetheless:

"I will do my best!"

After she finished speaking, she asked with some concern:

"Ernst, are you alright?"

Having just returned from The Shard, she hadn't even had a chance to check if Ernst was injured or anything before Ernst got so angry that Talulah felt a little guilty.

Although this has absolutely nothing to do with her.

Ernst shook his head:

"I'm fine. I need to leave the city."

"now?"

Talulah frowned:

"Take a break?"

I'm afraid that if I take a nap, the sky will fall down.

Ernst waved his hand:

"A life of constant toil, never able to stop."

“Then I’ll have Alede escort you; she knows the secret passage that’s now passable. The previous road was blocked when the city defense forces opened fire.”

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Ernst didn't refuse and nodded.

Clovisia suddenly interjected:

"I'll deliver it."

Chapter 869 Lao Bo, how did you raise your cat!

Ernst felt a little awkward.

It wasn't for any other reason, but mainly because having someone staring at you with wide eyes the whole time felt really weird.

Clovisia offered to see Ernst off from Lentinium.

Ernst didn't think much of it at first. After all, they were all members of the self-rescue army, so it didn't matter who came to deliver them.

He was preoccupied with how to resolve the issues with Duke Wellington and Tara, so he didn't notice Clovisia's unusual expression or Talulah's hesitant manner.

But now he's noticed.

Unfortunately, Clovisia was quite striking in some ways. The single horn on her forehead was the most distinctive racial feature Ernst had ever seen in a long time.

Sarkaz also have horns, but they're not as jarring. Their demon horns come in all sorts of shapes and are all very distinctive. Besides, Klovesia isn't a Sarkaz.

Ernst has been in Terra for over twenty years and has learned quite a bit about identifying races. Klovishia's fluttering little ears and her swaying tail are the racial characteristics of Kuranta!

Ernst wouldn't be mistaken; he saw the Linguang family quite often when he was in Sherag. He wondered which department Uncle Manner was working in at Kalan Trade now.

Of course, what's most striking about Clovisia is her bright, piercing blue eyes and her unique gaze.

Ernst was very familiar with that look.

The beast lords, as well as the second son of the Sui family [Wang], whom he had met once, and his "life-and-death friend," the old black snake Kosiche, all had this kind of look in their eyes.

It's hard not to notice such a gaze coming from a girl who looks even younger than Talulah, especially when the girl is staring at you the whole time.

But Ernst simply wouldn't speak first.

This is also a tactic in interpersonal communication, or negotiation. Before you know the other party's background, remaining silent and letting them speak first can better demonstrate your composure.

To put it bluntly, it's about avoiding lowering your standards right from the start. Imagine someone is discussing a deal worth hundreds of millions with you, and you immediately quote three million, giving yourself away.

It's better to raise three fingers; that's a form of bluffing without saying a word.

Besides, Ernst isn't in a hurry; he has important things to do. Clovisia is the one with ulterior motives, so naturally, it's Clovisia who's in a hurry.

Sure enough, after a few more minutes of death stares, and as the group was almost at the entrance to the secret passage out of the city, Clovisia finally couldn't hold back any longer.

She stopped, her robes fluttering slightly, and an aura of holiness emanated from her. She spoke softly:

"Hello, Mr. Ernst."

Then, the next second, an energy cage was placed on her forehead.

You're joking, don't you even look at the kind of guards Ernst has now?

Sogretia, Skadi, Laurentina—aren't they all top-tier fighters? How could they not see through your little tricks, Chlovishia?

At the beginning of the self-rescue army, Talulah assigned Alede to lead the way, and she volunteered. Goredia noticed that something was wrong with this person.

Then, he kept staring at Ernst with wide eyes the whole way, and kept glancing at them every now and then. What was that? He had "suspicious" written all over his face!

They were about to leave, and Gladys had already anticipated that she would make trouble, and it could only be now. She had already secretly spoken to Laurentina and Skadi.

Before Klovishia could even speak, and before she could stop, Skadi had already prepared the energy cage in her hand.

We've been waiting for you, kid!

What era are we living in? Still using that old trick of predicting skill animations before a fight? Look at Theresis next door! Her zero-frame-starting slash attack can't do anything to us. Do you think you're better than Theresis?

Once the cage was placed on them, they immediately became obedient.

It turned out to be the little Yakuza.

Goredia walked forward slowly, raised her long spear, and held it directly to the neck of the bewildered Clovisia, speaking with equal nonchalance:

"Hello, Miss Clovisia."

"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely. What do you intend to do to Mr. Ernst?"

Clovisia was dumbfounded.

No, that's not right, is it?

I'm a unicorn, you know. In all of Victoria, who doesn't know my name?

Oh, Talulah doesn't know.

But Talulah is a special case; she's never been to Victoria since birth, so it's understandable that she doesn't know. But what about you? You don't know either? Isn't that a bit much?

By the way, what race are you? You don't look like a Felin.

Forget it, let's take a step back. Even if you don't know who I am, you don't have to be so decisive as to attack me, do you?

Was the aura I just exuded not sacred enough? Was my tone not ethereal enough?

My clothes are fluttering, I'm about to fly! Don't I look like a fairy?

It's only because Ernst 5 didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise he would probably have said something like, "Where did this weasel come from, asking for Feng Si's help? How can a true god talk like that?"

Look at my great Yeragand, he's so approachable, we can chat all the time, and he'll even ask me if I've eaten. Is the food good? Are you hungry? Unlike you, who always has to put on some special entrance effects.

And the special effects are so ethereal and otherworldly. True god-tier special effects are all about "prosperity and peace for the whole family!"

That's so fake. Only someone who's never seen the world could be fooled by you.

Originally, she wanted to intimidate Ernst and extract some information about what happened on the Shards Tower, but she was too short. Her attempt to intimidate him backfired spectacularly. Feeling the cold temperature of the spear against her neck, Clovisia became obedient.

“I didn’t intend to do anything. I just wanted to ask Mr. Ernst what happened at The Shard.”

Ernst stepped forward, a hint of doubt in his eyes:

"who are you?"

What happened on The Shard? There were too many things that happened to cover in a short time.

The problem is, most people wouldn't ask these questions, let alone create special effects just to get information out of Ernst.

Why didn't she ask when Talulah was around?

Ernst and she have been together for so long, why does she insist on waiting for Ernst to speak first, wanting to take the initiative in the conversation?

Furthermore, what does her racial characteristics, which are clearly different from those of ordinary Kurantas, signify?

Ernst is now truly suffering from PTSD regarding the Victorians. He's genuinely afraid that some mysterious force is behind Clovisia, ready to unleash another unexpected surprise on him! That's why he didn't stop Gladys from directly using "threats" to intimidate Clovisia.

Clovisia pursed her lips, glanced at Ernst with a hint of grievance, and replied:

"I am a unicorn!"

"The Protector of Victoria, the Fairy of the Lake, the Sorcerer Who Grants Wishes—these are all titles used to refer to me."

"You and I are not enemies; I simply sensed the presence of the Shard."

6. When the topic of The Shard came up, she suddenly shuddered and then skipped over the subject.

"I thought you must have perished there, but you came back unharmed, so I'm very curious, what exactly happened there?"

"How much do you know about The Shard?" Ernst frowned.

“It’s a weapon that the Victorians have studied for many years and have been trying to repair, but progress has been slow,” Clovisia said directly, not daring to hide anything.