One after another, the two people entered the long passage, moving slowly and slowly. The soles of two pairs of slightly hard leather boots were lightly buckled on the jade ground, making rhythmic sounds one after another.
The non-irritating sound echoed in the passage and the huge hall, and was gradually weakened and absorbed by the soundproof walls on the four walls. But the dozens of nobles sitting in the hall below the passage stood up according to their seats at this time,
One by one, they stood attentively, not daring to show any signs of neglect.
"The rotating chairman of the joint meeting is here - the meeting has begun!" After the two entered the box on the top floor, a clear voice said: "Please note that although today's meeting is an emergency call, we are still waiting.
Top-secret information is being sent back from the front, so before the information is sent back, please refer to the background information we have prepared."
After listening to the words of the meeting host, Duke Swice Hepburn glanced at the gold-robed officiant sitting next to him, with some doubts in his eyes.
The golden-robed officiant only smiled slightly and said: "If you have any questions, please ask them during this time and I will answer them. Moreover, our box has one-way soundproofing magic, so others cannot hear our conversation."
"It's not a troublesome question. I'm just thinking about this urgent meeting. I'm afraid no one from the leadership of your association will be absent. This is a major event that can't make any mistakes, but the attendees still have to wait for a copy of the meeting.
I don’t know when the information will be sent back.” Swice shook his head gently, “Is it too risky? Is it too hasty?”
"In your military career, you start as an intelligence officer. It is normal to have feelings about the inability to transmit intelligence back in time. Weapons are a matter of life and death. Of course, you must be targeted and not act ruthlessly." The golden-robed officiant looked at it.
Looking at the young man in front of him, he also shook his head, "But you are not in the army now. Even if you are a non-voting participant who cannot speak, your current position has already surpassed that of the commander-in-chief of an army. You must, must start from
Look at the problem from a higher, more comprehensive perspective.”
"The mission of the army is to capture cities and territories, or to defend the enemy from outside the country, but we are different. What we have to decide is a century-old plan, which is related to the rise and fall of the empire and the alliance. Therefore, it is normal to wait for information.
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Hearing what the golden-robed officiant said in his capacity as a teacher, Duke Swice's eyes remained unchanged, but he was a little surprised in his heart.
But the golden-robed officiant continued his teacher's instruction, "You regard Cohen Keda as your opponent. This is a sign of bravery and ambition, but you have to know that the current Cohen Keda is not a
A general is an emperor. He is a figure who leads the overall situation and has completed the mentality change from a general to an emperor. If you continue to confront him with the mentality of a general, you will have no hope of winning."
As an adult, although Duke Sves was not an arrogant and arrogant person, he was quite conceited about his intelligence and knowledge, and there were only three people in the world who could teach him face to face. His mother cared deeply for him.
But it is unlikely that there is such a "rebellious" teaching; the former coalition marshal was strict and violent, and he only had strict requirements as a superior; His Majesty the Emperor, who was most likely to teach him in this regard, rarely had the opportunity to meet him, and even when he did meet, it was only to talk.
Talking about family life will never teach him to face so-and-so with a mentality that surpasses that of a commander--if he surpasses a commander's mentality, then he is an emperor, isn't he?
Such words can only be said by the golden-robed chief priest who transcends all worldly rights. As for the person who can understand and do such words, the only person in the entire Demon Alliance is the Duke of Swiss.
Duke Swice was not sure what kind of considerations the officiant went through before deciding to guide him as a teacher, but he understood the weight of these few words, which already exceeded the entire Imperial Library.
The collection of books surpassed the teachings of all previous mentors, which caused a qualitative change in my mentality. The problems that had always troubled me before were almost half gone at this moment - facing it with a mentality that surpassed the commander-in-chief, or even the emperor.
For Cohen Keda, the only way to defeat him is!
There was no expression on the masked face. The Duke looked back at the golden-robed priest and finally nodded. Smart people don't need to say much. After the teacher-student relationship was established in silence, the golden-robed priest nodded.
“Let’s read the information!”
After calming down his mind, Duke Swice picked up the sealed information prepared for him on the table. According to the opening instructions on a piece of paper, he placed his middle finger and index finger on the eyes of the skeleton pattern on the cover, and pressed it slightly.
, then click the thumb into the lower jaw of the skeleton and turn the entire skeleton pattern to the left three spaces. A red light emerges on the cover, and gradually converges into a weird curve that permeates the entire cover surface. Suddenly there is a soft "click" sound, and magic
The lock was opened, the cover fell off on its own, and two lines of red characters emerged from the dark skull pattern - the implementation details of the arbitration plan, the current situation of the Sibia Empire!
After knowing that the Camp Empire and the Wells Empire were occupied by Sbia, the Duke of Swith understood that the implementation of the arbitration plan was inevitable. Although he was mentally prepared, when the Duke turned to the first page of the information
, his originally peaceful heartbeat sped up a lot for no reason. He knew that in every project of this plan, the people to be eliminated or sacrificed were measured in units of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
But these numbers are not just numbers, they are real people!
Treating human life as nothing can only be done by non-human beings with extremely distorted and mutated psychology. Any human being, even a person with only a little bit of humanity, will tremble and hesitate in his heart when facing this plan, and then
Repeated battles... Thinking of this, the Duke looked at the golden-robed officiant and found that there was endless pain surging deep in the officiant's eyes.
"Time is running out." There was a subtle tremor in the officiant's words, "Look carefully."
The Duke turned back and looked at the information in his hand carefully. He suddenly felt that he had misunderstood the officiant in the past. Although this gentleman always preached the need to sacrifice for the goal, he was not a murderous person himself.
I will be the actual executor of this plan in the future. When implementing the plan, as long as I am careful and careful, it will not be difficult to avoid large-scale innocent sacrifices... I hope, I hope things will go in the direction I want.
develop.
Compared with the information the Duke came into contact with last time, the information in hand today is much more detailed, including part of the preparations that have been implemented before the plan and the steps that are being implemented. There is a long list of explanatory text and background information. It is difficult to see.
For a long time, the Duke has been obsessed with the information, and his mind can't help but follow the steps of the plan. He also secretly admires the people under the officiant for their careful and solid work, which is not comparable to ordinary intelligence personnel.
In the huge Black Skull and Bones Society conference hall, the participants were all concentrating on studying the materials. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The only sound was the sound of the materials being turned over page by page. I don’t know how much time passed, but there was a burst of noise at the entrance.
The noise attracted everyone's attention - as soon as they turned around, Duke Swice knew that the information had arrived.
It was a young man about the same age as the Duke of Swiss. With the support of two guards, he dragged his tired body to the outer circle of the venue and handed over a bag tightly wrapped in oilcloth.
In an instant, the ease of completing the important task, the solemnity of handing over the precious object, and the longing for the outcome of the matter were all revealed on this young man's face.
Seeing this scene, Duke Swice was inexplicably moved in his heart, and it was a move he had not seen for many years. Although he did not know much about the Black Skull Club, and although he did not know the other members except the officiant, he felt deeply moved by this moment.
The organization gained some respect... Turning its peaceful gaze to the center of the venue, the Duke's back, which had been leaning on the comfortable cushions of the chair, gradually became straighter.
"Information from the front has been sent!" the loud voice of the meeting host sounded, "Requesting to officially start the meeting!"
The officiant withdrew his gratified gaze from Duke Swice, waved his hand to remove the soundproofing magic, and replied loudly, "Permission!"
"Everyone, please take a look. This is a map of the surrounding Sibiya Empire of the Divine Alliance. According to our latest intelligence..." The host of the meeting opened the magic screen and took the intelligence transcript that was just sent to him. "We have completed the first part.
With the deployment, especially the deployment in the Liva Empire, the Sibia Empire will inevitably fall into a war of huge scale!"
"The Liva Empire is in civil strife, and their prince, eldest princess, second princess and second prince are each supported by a divine force. These forces are Tansi, Bansai, Pota and Omatu Empire, as well as the subordinates of the temple.
With the ambiguous support of factions and elite forces of various countries, this is our best chance to isolate and attack the Sibia Empire." Or because of excitement, the voice of the host of the meeting was a little hoarse, "With our efforts, this time of civil strife has been
The sixth, seventh, ninth, twelfth, and nineteenth items are completed ahead of schedule, and we have made clever arrangements in the steps, which will definitely push the Sibia Empire into a trap."
While listening to the explanation, Duke Swice looked up the plan items in the documents and weighed them carefully in his mind. In the box on the top floor of the venue, someone could not help but ask loudly: "What are the specific arrangements? Even the preparations
No matter how well you do it, why would Sibia fall into the trap?"
"Sbia is a very ambitious empire. As a crazy emperor, we are sure that Cohen Keda will not miss any opportunity for expansion, especially in the past, he spent great efforts to get Riva
There is a reason why the little princess of the empire entered into a marriage contract with a member of the Sibia royal family, because only in this way can he have an excuse to interfere in Riva." The host of the meeting explained: "And once Sibia intervenes,
It will trigger a series of traps set by us. His military defeat will be secondary. The most important thing is that we can use this mess in Riva to hold Sibiya back and let him consume a lot of manpower and financial resources here, causing
The hostility of all empires under God towards him will create a favorable situation for the next two-line general attack."
"What is the temporary outcome of the turmoil?" Another box began to ask: "Before the two-front attack begins."
"The Riva Empire will fall apart and become a situation where three or even four royal forces are divided, but none of them can eat up the strength of other opponents in one bite, and in actual operations, we will make these forces feel
The personal pain of Sibia's presence... In order to confront Sibia, the Congress behind them has increased investment, and the benefits brought by the internal consumption of these gods will be revealed in future wars." The meeting chaired the meeting.
Pointing at the map with the long stick in his hand, "The various supporting empires have made great efforts, but they have not reaped the benefits in Liva. Naturally, they hate Sibia deeply, and they will also be afraid, because Sibia is getting stronger day by day, and they
A new anti-Sbia alliance will naturally be formed, and all we need to do is throw a small flame."
"What are the conditions for Sibia to directly intervene?" The questions in the venue became more and more direct and urgent, making the meeting host overwhelmed. A big plan related to the future direction of the alliance, of course the participants wanted to ask
The more understanding you have, the better.
"The little princess of the Riva Empire will become the condition for Sbia to directly intervene. Our specific plan is to let one of the forces in Riva leak the news of the turmoil to the little princess's side at the right time, and then facilitate the little princess's escape.
, and then let a certain force capture and execute the little princess on the border of Sbia under the eyes of Cohen Keda." The host of the meeting replied, "After carefully studying the character of Cohen Keda and his relationship with Riva
After the closeness of the little princess, we determined that under this situation, Cohen Keda will attack Riva with all his strength. This report is on page 18 of the information."
Hearing this, Duke Sweiss felt a chill in his heart. He raised his gaze from the documents and looked at the host of the meeting in the venue. Such an expression naturally meant that the Duke, who was an intelligence officer, had a different view on the plan.
It is impossible to escape the keen gaze of the officiating master with such an expression.
"Pride is the character of a noble, and fearlessness is the blood of a noble." The officiant chuckled, "Are you familiar with this sentence?"
"It seems familiar." Duke Swice turned to look at the officiant, his left hand holding the glove had been raised, and he said loudly: "Members present, please speak."
As soon as Duke Swice finished speaking, the voices in the venue calmed down, and everyone's eyes turned to this box, the rotating chairman's box. At this time, the Duke would never have thought that in the Black Skull Club
There are never any attendees at top-secret meetings. The people the rotating chairman brings with him are themselves decision-makers of the Black Skull and Bones Society. Even if they have no actual positions, their status is second only to the core layer of twelve people.
"Permission to speak!" After the officiant expressed his stance, he winked at the guard beside the box. The guard bowed and opened the fence downwards from the box. Then, the fence was opened layer by layer to form a passage leading to the center of the venue.
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Knowing that he had been defeated by the officiant again, Duke Swice just smiled, stood up and walked towards the center of the venue, with steady steps and indifferent eyes - after joining the military and political affairs, the Duke had never been afraid of anything, even if
At this moment, he was facing the best group of people in the Demon Alliance, and his performance was as usual.
"I have different opinions on the handling of Little Princess Riva." Standing on the seat vacated by the host, Duke Swice immediately spoke without a word of nonsense, "Little Princess Riva must live, arbitration plan
Only then can it be implemented smoothly.”
"Why? Is there any hatred deeper than death?" The question came from above the venue.
"For other people, after detailed research and rigorous speculation, it is probably possible to predict his attitude towards something, but is this method also suitable for use on Cohen Keda?" The Duke raised his head slightly and calmly.
Answered: "Since this man became governor, no one can infer his reaction on key matters. He is a terrible enemy, with both impulsive and calm personalities. After the suicide of the previous emperor of Sbia
, the entire rebel force could not resist his impulse, and the death of the three teams of Bright Knights was the most direct consequence. If his relationship with the little princess Riva was really close, and if the little princess died in front of his eyes, the death of the three teams of Bright Knights would be the most direct consequence.
Can these few forces really be able to carry Sibia’s anger and madness?”
"If the little princess doesn't die, what can she do for our plan?"
"Because there is a strange engagement, and because of Sibiya's strategy of governing the country, if the little princess does not die, Cohen Keda and even Sibiya will have moral responsibility for the little princess. They must seek justice for the little princess.
If we don’t do this, the prestige of the Sibiya Empire will be damaged.” The Duke pointed to the map, “Sibiya will set up military camps on the border and form an army to regain Liva. Of course, this army will be nominally controlled by the small army.
The princess commanded it, but it was built up with Sibia’s money and materials.”
"Then under military pressure, other Riva forces and supporting forces will regard Sibiya as a thorn in their side? Then we will use the situation of their confrontation to continue to deepen mutual hostility? Although this idea is novel, how can you be sure of it?
These key factors? Cohen Keda is a gangster, how can he grit his teeth and maintain the prestige of the empire? "
"I have already said that it is futile to speculate on Cohen Keda's behavior out of thin air. We can only do it more carefully before the plan is implemented, leaving room for changes. But if a key person dies, naturally there will be no change.
There is no room for more." Duke Swice shook his head, "Everyone knows that Cohen Keda attacked the Demonic Empire, but does anyone know what caused the attack? Although we all know that Keon Keda is a rogue emperor.
, is a crazy emperor, but the prestige of the Sibia Empire has been established in our eyes and contempt, and has reached a height that other empires cannot surpass! I don't know the ultimate goal of Cohen Keda, but I'm sure
The prestige of the empire will play a very important role in this, and Cohen Keda will definitely maintain it with all his strength."
"Why?"
"Because for an emperor, the prestige of the empire and its own prestige are the sharpest weapons. In a sense, prestige is even more important than the army." Duke Swice replied: "For the special case of Cohen Keda
People, any plan will inevitably have omissions, not to mention that the attitude of gods and demons is not taken into account in the plan. This is the most critical point. Why does Cohen Keda dare to attack the demon empire? Isn't this worth pondering?
And for such a person, who hastily decided to use the death of Princess Riva to stimulate him, will he really be fooled? After the death of the former emperor of Sbia, Cohen Keda's mind was extremely clear, and his strategies were not at all wrong.
Wrong...could it be that little Princess Riva is even closer to Cohen Keda?"
"So... what are your detailed arrangements?" Under the Duke's explanation, the tone of the question became much softer.
"Hostility needs a process, and hatred needs time to sprout. A sudden severe situation may make Cohen Keda sober up and calm down. If you want him to get involved, you have to entangle his hands and feet little by little." The Duke replied calmly,
"Looking at the whole situation, I suggest that the Gods and the Sibia Empire should be slow to warm up, while the demons can be faster, disrupt Sibia's sight with two to three uninterrupted attacks, and then use negotiations as the basis.
Lord, let Sibia have the opportunity to withdraw her hand and deal with Riva's matter... If Princess Riva is not dead, objectively, the whole process can be greatly accelerated."
The two or three demonic attacks on Sbia were already within the arbitration plan, so the Duke's proposal did not cause any serious changes to the plan. This was easy to solve, but the final fate of the little princess Riva was not.
The people participating in the meeting discussed it for a long time, but in the end there was still no clear result - this was the life and death of a key figure, and it was of great importance.
"I propose that we vote!" In the end, the officiant stood up and spoke, "Who agrees with the existence of Princess Riva? Who objects? Let's begin!"
In the circular box on the top floor, people voted in order starting from the left side of the officiant. Among the eleven people except the officiant, seven agreed and four opposed.
"It's now seven to four. As the rotating chairman, I want to use my one-vote arbitration power." The officiant nodded and said loudly: "I object. The matter concerning Little Princess Riva must be carried out according to the original plan - the meeting
Go on, those present, you can come up now."
In fact, the Duke has long been mentally prepared. For such a huge plan, the key point is not that it can be changed if you want. However, when he heard that the officiant used arbitration power to maintain the original plan, the look in Duke Swice's eyes was still
A little disappointed. In the end, he just nodded and gave up the position of chairing the meeting. (To be continued)