Nine hundred and fortieth chapters alliance under the city
It was already one day after they met face to face again and initiated armistice talks.
This time it was Pope St. George who was the first to speak: “After the previous exchange, I went back to pray and reflect for a day and night, and gained a deeper understanding of the teachings of the true God.
All living beings are the people of the true God. Even if there is an occasional war, it is still a dispute between brothers. As a father, he can only act as an arbiter and cannot be a direct participant.
Doing so will only bring irreparable losses to both sides and make our common enemy happy.
To avoid the same situation, I believe we should sign a paranormal force limitation agreement to limit the unrestricted destruction of this unconventional force."
"If His Holiness the Pope had proposed this agreement two weeks ago, I would have been very happy to sign it. But now that you have just caused us irreparable losses and we are preparing to launch a full-scale counterattack, do you think I will still agree to this agreement?"
An agreement?" Sean said with a cold face, "For the legitimate rights and interests of our territory, we will never promise to give up the use of force, including extraordinary force for unconventional military strikes."
What a joke.
Now we are beating you so hard that we are even threatening your very foundation.
Have you thought about limiting extraordinary powers?
If the leader of the Eternal Night Army does not have matching extraordinary power.
Even if you think about it, Pope St. George will definitely not propose this agreement. Instead, he will use this power in an amplified manner.
And what is the concept of extraordinary power?
Just beings like yourself and St. George can destroy a city by themselves?
Does Yang or the increasingly powerful magic technology of the Yongye Army also count?
I believe that if they continue at their current pace, it won't be long before the Yongye Army leaders will develop weapons with more powerful destructive power. By then, they will also be restrained from using them, right?
The aura of compassion emanating from Pope St. George became even stronger, and he warned earnestly: "When extraordinary powers are used in large quantities, the biggest victims are ordinary people. We cannot ignore the interests of the world for our own selfishness.
At least we, the Holy See, are working for a better future for the majority of believers, instead of dragging them into a cruel supernatural war and becoming worthless cannon fodder."
"Your Holiness, please don't change your mind." Sean coldly interrupted Pope St. George's speech. "I just said that I would retain the power to use extraordinary power to carry out military strikes. I did not say that I would use extraordinary power to massacre civilians without restraint.
, It didn’t happen before, it doesn’t happen now, and it won’t happen in the future. Our extraordinary power exists to protect, and now we are protecting the legitimate rights and interests of our territory..."
"Your Excellency, the Lord, said that your extraordinary power exists for protection. Now you are destroying our holy mountain wantonly. There are countless innocent devout believers in the church. How do you explain it? This is a shameless invasion and despicable killing.
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"Your holy mountain is the military target of our attack this time. As for the so-called killings, don't deceive yourself. Do you need me to find the memory images of what happened before? Are there more believers who died under my bombing? Or?
How many people were controlled by that angel and lost their lives in vain? I believe that your followers should be very interested in this video."
"Memory images do not represent the truth. At your level, it is not difficult to manipulate your own memory images and fool others in your own dreams."
"Whether it's the truth or I'm fabricating it, I believe those civilians will naturally have their own judgments. Don't fool them like fools..."
Sean and St. George started a new round of war of words.
They are very cautious when speaking, and they refuse to admit some sensitive matters, even if the facts are right in front of them.
The reason why this situation occurs is naturally because of the memory image.
If you are not careful, you will leave the other party with public opinion to attack you.
Although the formation patterns and ultimate goals of the two representative forces are different.
But one thing is the same, and that is the emphasis on civilians.
For the former, common people are the basis for becoming a believer. Without common people, how can there be believers?
For the latter, civilians are the foundation of everything and the guarantee of productivity. If there are not enough civilians, how can they have the strength to confront Pope St. George?
It is impossible for Sean to sign an agreement restricting the use of extraordinary powers.
But this does not prevent him from reaching a silent consensus with St. George in this regard - to use supernatural power sparingly.
Especially despicable things like massacres of cities and assassination of high-level officials from both sides.
This consensus is based on the fact that both sides have terrifying extraordinary power.
After all, if you use extraordinary power on your side, the other party can immediately use the same method to retaliate.
Just like Sean is doing now.
The final result will be a lose-lose situation for both parties.
Don't say anything else.
As long as both sides assassinate a few high-level officials of the other side, the other side will panic from top to bottom and have no intention of developing.
They can never put down everything and watch each other's every move.
That will only lead to self-destruction.
Because they have a more powerful common enemy - nightmare.
Unless one party's extraordinary strength reaches the level of crushing the other party, the other party will be blown alive before it can cause more harm to itself.
This is what St. George and Sean want to do most.
But judging from the current situation, they obviously cannot do this.
Both sides have their own home ground.
Neither side has the strength to overwhelm the opponent's home court.
It was inevitable to reach a tacit consensus in the end, and Sean had already considered it before Pope St. George took the initiative.
The reason why Sean adopts an aggressive and tough attitude is just to fight for more rights.
After several days of discussion, the two sides reluctantly reached a consensus - a consensus that extraordinary wars must be limited.
Both sides must think carefully before using extraordinary power to intervene in the war.
When it is used as a last resort, it should be based on deterrence and supplemented by devastating strikes to avoid the expansion of extraordinary war and unnecessary fatal losses to both sides.
The party that takes the lead in using extraordinary power to intervene in the war, regardless of the cause, should bear the main responsibility for this extraordinary war.
The underlying meaning is very simple.
Either smash the chessboard so that no one can play.
Or you have enough strength to kill your enemy with extraordinary power.
Otherwise, the extraordinary power can be used or not.
It is not so much an agreement as it is the rational understanding of the leaders of both parties.
"Now that we have reached a consensus, shouldn't it be time to end this meaningless war?" Pope St. George brought up the old story again.
"I still say what I said, since the war has been started, it cannot be ended with just one sentence!" Sean said with a cold face, "We want to give relief to the soldiers who died in the battle, to the citizens whose homes were burned down, and to the people who suffered the consequences.
The frightened residents must tell us that this is our duty."
"Stop beating around the bush, how can you agree to an armistice?" St. George knew Sean's plan well.
Unless you want to completely overturn the chessboard, otherwise, there will definitely be no way for this war to continue.
Sean is just thinking about ripping them off.
"You started the war on your own initiative and caused irreparable losses to us. You should bear the corresponding compensation." Sean finally showed his fangs.
Since there is no way to beat the Holy Ether Church to death with a stick like the Empire of the Undead.
Then we can only find a way to stop the losses and transfer the losses suffered in this war to the other party.
"Be more specific." Pope St. George asked expressionlessly.
"I only have four conditions. As long as you agree, I will immediately lead my people to retreat.
Article 1: His Holiness the Pope issued a public statement to review the war he provoked this time, and recognized the inherent sovereignty of the Eternal Night Army, and returned all the military forces of the Eternal Night Army that you plundered during this war.
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Article 2: The Holy See and the Royal Court should pay the Evernight Army a war compensation of one billion royal gold coins for this wrongful war, which will be used for the post-war reconstruction work of Marsin and Inoko.
Article 3: Restart the investigation into the death of King Laurie. This time our Evernight Army leaders will also be involved. We must wash away the false stigma we have carried and return the truth to the world. Isn’t truth your highest doctrine?
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Article 4: In view of the current special situation of the Lancelot royal family, Princess Sophia has the obligation to supervise the current operating conditions of the Lancelot royal family to prevent the loss of royal rights and wealth under the prying eyes of interested parties.
." Sean laid out his conditions in a clear and logical manner.
"Why don't you grab it?" St. George had already expected that Sean would open his mouth.
But I didn't expect that the other party's appetite was so big. This was no longer a lion's mouth, but an out-and-out dragon's mouth.
Not only does he want money, but he also wants to reach out to the Lancelot royal family again.
"Robbery is an immoral thing. We are now safeguarding our legitimate rights and interests." Sean looked serious on the surface, but secretly thought in his heart that robbery is not as easy to make money as it is. As we all know, war is the easiest way for people to get rich overnight.
of trading.
"The conditions offered by your lord are too unrealistic."
Sean raised the price on the spot and Pope St. George of course paid back the money on the spot.
"First of all, I am the pope of the Holy See, not the king of the new royal court. I have no way of making any promises to you on the territory.
Secondly, what we destroyed were two war fortresses, not two cities with a large number of ordinary citizens and a large amount of trade. Why do we need one billion to rebuild them? If we just repair them on the original basis, I believe that with your help
The energy of the Night Army Leader is enough for each city to have 20 million.
In order to show our sincerity, the Holy See is willing to spend 50 million to compensate you for your losses.
There is no problem with returning the equipment. As long as the lord agrees to a truce, I will discuss the matter with Queen Enid immediately and return your equipment as soon as possible.
As for reopening the investigation into King Lowry's accidental death, this is somewhat unrealistic.
After all, King Lowry has been dead for three years. Even the griffon he was riding was sentenced to death three years ago and executed on the spot. Now it has long been reduced to a pile of withered bones, and the scene has been completely destroyed.
How to reinvestigate?
What's more, the accidental death of His Majesty King Lowry had been investigated in detail at the time, and the causes and consequences were very clear.
It was a flight accident, the consequences of which His Majesty the King rode a griffon while drunk without taking safety measures.
This has always been the public conclusion of the royal court.
I have also heard the rumors about Madam Sophia.
Those are just speculations made by ordinary people after dinner, and have not been recognized by the public. Your Excellency, there is no need to take them to heart.
On this matter, I agree with the official report.
In order to express my position, I am willing to publicly support Mrs. Sophilia and strongly condemn those who spread rumors and cause trouble.
As for Lady Sophia's supervision of the royal family, it is also unrealistic.
Not to mention that the current royal court is not the original royal family, and the current Lady Sophia is not the former Princess Sophia. It is difficult for her to sit on an objective and fair perspective, so how can she be fair?
Moreover, this matter belongs to the royal court and is decided by Queen Enid and the Prince Regent.
I am also unable to give your Lordship a commitment on this matter."
St. George's point-by-point rebuttal.
Although it doesn't completely deny Sean's conditions, it's almost the same.
One billion war compensation payments turned into 50 million, only one-twentieth of what Sean requested.
The reopening of the investigation into King Lowry's violent death turned into verbal support, and he was the biggest rumor maker behind the scenes, consciously pouring dirty water on Sophia Liya.
They were willing to return the military equipment that they had robbed from the Yong Ye army leader.
But according to what St. George just said, consultation with Queen Enid is needed.
This consultation can only be carried out in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Let alone three or two years later, even if it is returned in three to five months, it will be enough for their craftsmen to think through it and copy the corresponding technology.
After all, now is different from when the Yongye Army leader first rose, all kinds of craftsmen, especially high-end craftsmen are relatively scarce.
As the various new weapons of the Yong Ye Army began to show their power, the status of craftsmen in each territory increased, and they established their own arsenals one after another, copying and researching and developing.
In the hands of the Royal Court and the Holy See, they also have their own large-scale new arsenal. They have been engaged in the research and development of imitation artillery for many years and have gained certain experience.
The principle of artillery is the same as that of firearms. If there are samples, it is easier to plagiarize directly and imitate them.
The excuse is even more high-sounding.
He is only the pope and cannot make decisions on behalf of the royal court at will.
Now you remember that you are just the pope. When the Yongye Army was sent out, they did not negotiate with the royal court.
Basically, it was just a report to the subordinate units and an order issued directly from the Holy See, which caught the leader of the Yongye Army by surprise.
If the order was issued by the Royal Court, it is estimated that the Yong Ye Army Leader had already received the news and reacted just as they made the decision.