The scavengers were attracted by Vladislav and left, and the city was indeed restored to its former peace. Coupled with the joy of victory in the war, the Bash government was completely relieved.
Verak and the others who stayed in Winterhold hardly encountered any resistance anymore. They were very different from before and were secretly active, communicating everywhere and accumulating strength.
Seeing that everything was getting better for Bash, Verak had the idea of leaving in his heart.
Boyin asked him to go to various countries to ignite the fire of revolution, and then connect the flames everywhere to burn out all the rot.
He always did it.
However, his own understanding is that he helped to light the fire everywhere, rather than watching over it until the flames soared into the sky like Bresci.
If you want to reach the final stage of the International Equality Alliance, it cannot be achieved in a year and a half, let alone that there will be any huge changes just because he is here.
After all, he is a body of flesh and blood, not a god.
If Bresi's situation is really to be used as a standard, then he will most likely have to stay in Bash for ten or twenty years. The most important thing is that after staying for that long, Bash may still not be able to usher in a comprehensive victory.
.
He stood up again at the sub-station and recovered with ease. After reviving, the power he could personally provide began to decrease sharply and became insignificant.
So it stands to reason that you should go to a place where you are needed more, where you can shine your own light.
Time flies, and on August 20th, after a week of operation, the situation of the sub-station is getting better and better. Keep it up like this, and wait until the power has accumulated to its peak, and then look for suitable opportunities to leverage the rule of the old forces.
When Verak saw that the situation was mature, he discussed his ideas privately with Quentin, Stuart, Clark and others.
If he really leaves, the mainstays here will have to hold up the sky for him, so Verak cares about the opinions of these people. If they need his continued help, he will have no reason to leave. They have the confidence to face the future on their own.
challenge, you can go to the next place with confidence.
He was very pleased with everyone's replies.
They did not have arrogance, but they were also full of confidence. They respected Verak's desire to step up help to other regions, and assured him that they would be cautious, make progress humbly, and always be loyal to this great cause.
Verak also made a new decision.
Maxim is the biggest threat to the Bash branch. Although he is now wandering around with the scavenger, he will eventually wake up one day.
When he comes back, will the comrades of Winterhold fall into darkness again? Will the flame that still needs to be protected be blown out again?
Before leaving, he wanted to help the sub-station get rid of this biggest enemy and prevent future troubles.
Of course, after Maxim's death, someone will soon replace him as the leader of the scavengers. It's just that this position is easy to replace, but Maxim's ability is unique.
Without Maxim, the scavenger would no longer be the same scavenger as before.
After the change, Vladislav and the others can continue to contain the situation outside. By then the scavengers will be weak, and while they are active everywhere, they may not be able to really spread their ideological fire to more places.
It is not easy to get rid of Maxim, it will take at least half a month.
This half month is just enough time to notify Murphy in advance to set off from Lezein, and to help the Bash substation stand firmer in this dangerous place.
Half a month later, Maxim died, and the strength of the sub-station was strengthened. After traveling all the way, Murphy also joined him. By then, he would really be able to rush to the next stop - Mengge without any worries.
Kingdom.
After obtaining the unanimous consent of the comrades at the branch station, Verac sent a telegram to Boyin to formally apply.
Not surprisingly, Boyin agreed to this.
Later, Verak conveyed the news to Murphy, who was in Kip City, assisting Keating in running the main school, and asked Murphy to finish the handover of work and immediately leave for Bash to join him first.
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Kip City, International Equality Alliance Headquarters, Keating's Office
After reading the telegram sent by Murphy, Keating had no objection: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Murphy packed his luggage within five minutes of reading the telegram, and then came to report the matter to Keating: "Well. After you hand over the work, I will take the train and leave."
Looking at the unsmiling Murphy, Keating wasted no time and let the eager-to-return bird flap its wings in the direction of home: "Go ahead, I'll take care of the handover later."
"Thank you." Murphy couldn't say anything. This simple thank you contained all his emotions.
"I'm waiting for you to come back together." Keating didn't need Murphy to say anything as if he had become a different person, he understood everything.
After saying goodbye to Keating, Murphy took the earliest train to Lezein.
In the cemetery where Diaz is buried, he paused for a long time in front of his brother's tombstone.
The lives of both brothers have undergone earth-shaking changes because of Verac, but Diaz's promise to return to his hometown together and let the people in his hometown live a good life could not be fulfilled.
"Brother." Murphy left in a hurry and didn't have time to buy a bouquet of flowers for Diaz, "I'm going back."
The wind at night is cool and the cemetery is very quiet.
"I will do my best to make Brother Mengle get better." Facing his brother, Murphy didn't say much. He squatted down and picked up the soil in front of the tombstone, and solemnly put it into his suitcase.
, and then rushed to the train station without looking back.
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August 21, morning
"The scavenger is well-equipped and has more than a thousand people. Maxim is also extremely cautious and afraid of death. While pressing us everywhere, he is always on guard against us. Ordinary assassinations will definitely not hurt him. Hard attacks may not be successful, but there is a high probability of losses.
The loss outweighs the gain..."
In the secret site of Winterfort, Verak, Quentin, Stuart, Clark and others discussed how to get rid of Maxim.
Maxim knew too much about the International Equality League.
He has completely investigated the series of actions of the International Equality League in Bressy, and knows that once the International Equality League encounters a setback, it will try to break the situation by assassinating the enemy's leader. Therefore, he attaches great importance to his own safety and will never allow it.
The same thing happened to me.
Now they were running around outside, with more troops than the "bait detachment" led by Vladislav. Verak, who was far away in Winterfort, felt powerless when planning an assassination.
"If we had known, we should have spared Cozmo's life from the beginning, or put on a hood to disguise himself as him, and killed Maxim directly after getting in close contact with him." Oscar lamented.
"People are already dead, what's the use of saying this?" Stuart hated regret, because regret could not change the status quo and would cause inner suffering.
Clark crossed his arms across his chest: "Or should we seek support from the Seder Kingdom branch and gather strength to ambush the scavengers?"
"It is unrealistic for Comrade Vladislav to send people to forcibly eradicate Maxim. The only way we can achieve the goal is to achieve the goal with minimal risk and loss." Quentin analyzed calmly as always, "In the past, Maxim used
Cozmo's surveillance,
Knowing our every move, it is difficult for us to break into the scavengers. But it is different now. The scavengers are running around and contacting people everywhere, so the difficulty of breaking into them is greatly reduced. Starting from here, there should be
A chance to assassinate Maxim."
"Hmm." Verak was wondering whether he should go out of the city and handle the matter in person.
The reason for hesitation was that he still had some concerns about the outpost. If he could stay in Winterhold for the next half month and watch the outpost thrive, he would be able to leave with more confidence.
Now go directly to join Vladislav and the others. After getting rid of Maxim, there is a high probability that he and Murphy will go directly to Monrego.
"What are you thinking about?" Quentin saw that Verak looked a little distracted and asked directly.
Verak didn't hide anything and told several people what was bothering him.
Worried that a few people would make false promises in order to prevent him from getting entangled, he added immediately after speaking: "No matter what happens now, I am still the acting webmaster of the Bash branch, and I know the situation here very well.
Now that I'm asked to go there, I'm still a little worried."
"Then why don't you wait a little longer before going to Monrego? They are not in a rush for ten days and a half." Oscar said.
"There's really nothing to worry about here. You also know our situation thoroughly. We can handle ordinary situations." Stuart said confidently.
Verak smiled slightly and made no reply.
If it were really that simple and he could just relax, he wouldn't be so entangled.
"I know you want to go to Monrego as soon as possible. The warlords are fighting over there, and the people are in dire straits. If you can go earlier, you may be able to save more lives." Clark said seriously, "You can go directly to Comrade Vladislav first.
Just discuss and resolve Maxim's matter together, and I will stay and contribute as much as possible to help the Bash branch grow."
Originally, after Verak expressed his intention to leave yesterday and received everyone's support, Clark also decided to return to Bressey and find Keating to work as a teacher at the main school while furthering his studies and training himself.
Seeing that Verak was a little worried now, he decisively gave up this plan and was willing to stay in Bash to shine.
Even Verak could do very little if he stayed, let alone Clark. But when he said this, he didn't think he was stronger than Verak, but rather expressed an attitude.
"Don't worry, I can't let you watch everything." Quentin also advised, "And if you go to meet Vladislav and the others, you can actually do more than this."
"Um?"
"Vlatislav has been holding the scavengers for half a month. Maxim has not seen you there during this half month. It is inevitable that he will doubt whether you have other intentions, and then guess that we are divided into two groups.
If you can go there and show your face in front of Maxim and the Bash government, you can make them feel relieved and further ensure the safety of the comrades in Winterfort." Quentin said.
His thinking is very clever.
He knew that Verak was worried about everyone's safety, so he hesitated to leave. In order to make Verak feel at ease, he listed the situation and proved that Verak could better ensure everyone's safety in the past.
"Indeed." Verak was convinced by being poked into his weakness.
But Quentin's logic was only part of the reason why he decided to go. The other part was that he saw Quentin's growth from these words.
In the past, Quentin, who didn't communicate much with others and had contempt for others, is now good at communication and can quickly convince himself based on his own thoughts.
Quentin grew up, to the point where Verak thought he could be an excellent leader, and to the point where Verak could safely hand over the branch station to him.
"You used to be an extremely cautious and insecure person. You were even more thoughtful than me. However, there are some gaps in some aspects that make me think it is difficult for you to become an excellent leader." Verak admired it from the bottom of his heart.
He said, "But now I think you can do it."
Quentin smiled modestly.
Realizing the meaning of Verak's words, Stuart shook Quentin's shoulders: "Okay, it seems I will have to call you Stationmaster Quentin from now on."
"Webmaster Quentin!" Oscar joked.
"So you decided to go?" Clark asked with a smile.
"Well, I'll leave after lunch. After Maxim's matter is settled, I will go to Monrego with Comrade Murphy." Verak decided.
As they were about to leave with Verak, the joy that just arose among them faded away.
"Menglego can be said to be the messiest place in the world. You must pay attention to safety when you go there." Stuart worried.
"Comrade Connie." Verak smiled at Connie.
Connie's duty is to protect his safety, and after hearing about Murphy's experience on the way to Bash, Connie mentioned to Verak that she would meet with Murphy.
"Don't worry, I will never let Comrade Verak get hurt in the slightest before I die." Connie assured several people.
"You don't need to be so serious, but you do have to get used to separation between life and death." Verak looked at this group of young comrades who had made progress, and felt a little sad.
"Don't scare us with such words." The emotional Oscar's eyes turned red, "After the victory, I want to meet you again and have a good chat."
"Especially you, do well." Verak rubbed Oscar's head.
"Comrade Verak, I also want to meet you in the future." Stuart didn't give up.
Verak laughed and said: "I haven't left yet, why do you all think that I'm going to die? You really don't have to be so serious. I can't guarantee that we can meet again, but being able to work together for such a period of time is a great blessing for us.
I am deeply honored and satisfied to have fought together for our ideals and for a great cause.”
After a brief chat, Verak took the time to convene a meeting with the cadres and appointed Quentin to take over his job as the acting director of the new Bash branch of the International Equality Alliance.
Afterwards, after lunch, Verak and Connie packed their luggage, formally bid farewell to everyone, and left the place where they had stayed for less than two months under the escort of their comrades.
Go to a new battlefield and prepare for a new struggle.