Lord of War

The ownership of the Panda Territory is still in Sean's hands for the time being, but if Domingo Hastings can produce evidence to prove that Sean's territory certification document was indeed stolen from Domingo, then The ownership of the Panda Territory will naturally fall into the hands of Domingo Hastings.

Although the Peace Association has always claimed to be fair, just and open, many times this so-called "fair, just and open" is actually a relative term. For Peace and Harmony, the purpose of its organization is "world peace." Although this proposition is a bit big, the lunatics in the entire organization do demand themselves with this important task. Therefore, in many cases, for some people who rely on conspiracy to obtain rights and interests, they usually turn a blind eye to it.

Sometimes, even personally participate in a political game.

One of them was the coup d'état in Tinders Territory in the Portoroa Kingdom.

However, although the Peace Association will turn a blind eye to some conspiracy methods, there is a prerequisite, that is, this kind of scheming cannot be put on the table, nor can the opponent catch it. handle. Therefore, this time, the Peace Association doesn't care which side of the Panda Land's territorial contract document is true and which is false. If Sean really did it through theft, then as long as Domingo has no evidence, Panda Land will It's still Sean's.

It's just that Sean never expected that that Thain was actually one of the guests who participated in the dinner at Hastings Manor, and his appearance was caught by the other party. As a result, Sean was naturally a little annoyed that the expected smooth ending to solve the problem did not happen.

But fortunately, those little tricks arranged by William in advance played a relatively positive role in the end.

At least, after hearing the cries of those residents in the square, Jean Christina has indeed leaned towards Sean's side in personal feelings, otherwise when Domingo asked to stop all Sean's military operations in Panda , Christina will not refuse.

Because if we want to be truly fair and impartial, then with the attitude of the Peace Association, Sean will inevitably be required to temporarily stop all actions—whether it is political or military, and the time limit for the request will definitely not be three months. At the very least, the Peace Association will immediately recruit nearby lurkers, arbitrators, and executive officers, and then conduct intelligence collection on the various situations of Sean and Domingo, as well as territorial development, public opinion, and other matters, and finally in the two Among the people, choose a person who has more influence and potential for the development of Panda Territory as the lord.

However, this scene did not appear in the final decision of this meeting, which showed that Christina, representing the Peace Association, was more optimistic about Sean.

So although the final arbitration was not made immediately, anyone with a discerning eye knew that if Domingo could not submit new evidence within the time limit, then the Panda collar would completely belong to Sean.

After the two parties left the conference room, Christina did not leave, but raised her hand to form a barrier!

Barriers are a branch born out of the magic circle, which can be divided into two types: natural formation and man-made formation. Compared with the complexity of the magic circle, the enchantment can actually be regarded as a streamlined magic circle. Although its function is relatively simple and has almost no offensive effect, the enchantment is obviously more powerful than the magic circle when used for defense. The outstanding superiority, at least the fact that it does not need to rely on the caster to continue to provide energy after the cast is successful, is destined to be an ability that will never be eliminated.

It's just that the enchantment cast by Christina,

But it is very different from the general magic enchantment.

Ordinary man-made barriers, although they are streamlined magic circles, also require methods similar to drawing and engraving, and it is impossible to cast a barrier with a wave of hands.

The only thing that can do this is the magical enchantment.

Spells, also known as freestyles, alchemy, this is a brand new magic that emerged in the Chinese Empire.

Compared with the lengthy incantations of magic and the need for extremely high magic talent and elemental affinity, alchemy pays more attention to bloodline ability, and this kind of spell can be performed even by people without magic power, provided that they have a strong Mental strength. And in this world, there are absolutely many people who have no magical talent but strong mental power. Although most of these people have no bloodline ability, and they can't achieve too high achievements in alchemy, but compared to the magic that can never be introduced. In other words, in terms of alchemy, they can at least make a living.

It's just that the brand-new magic of the spell uses a brand-new system that is completely different from the magic system, so it is impossible to cast alchemy from the old magic system. Predecessors continue to work hard to study and compile it. However, not everyone can write spells. There are no more than ten people in this world who can write spells. Therefore, compared to the huge and well-organized magic system, there are only a few spells that can be cast today. There are only a hundred types, and the total amount of existing spells is not even one-thousandth of the total amount of magic.

However, as an emerging magic system—alchemy is still unable to form its own school, so it is still classified into the magic system—this phenomenon is actually very normal, after all, the same happened when magic was just emerging. And as more and more people become alchemists, alchemy has entered a new period of vigorous development. Among them, the magical enchantment that Christina casts casually is the latest in the alchemy world in the past two years. research results.

Of course, the "domain" that this magical enchantment can affect is actually not that big, and naturally it is not as good as the enchantment formed by drawing and other means, but it is more than enough to be used in this conference room.

And the enchantment that Christina cast is a "defense" type enchantment, and its specific function is "isolation." It is specially used to isolate all eavesdropping, peeping and energy fluctuations. All the sounds happening in this meeting room at this moment will not be heard by the people outside the meeting room. Similarly, any attempt to detect and eavesdrop on all magic and spells in this meeting room will naturally fail unless the other party has a stronger Christina's stronger strength or higher skill attainments.

It's just that if Sean was here, he would be extremely shocked by Christina's methods.

Because Christina's occupation is an arcane warrior, and arcane is also called arcane in the magic system. It is one of the four major categories in the existing magic system. Simply put, Christina is a magic warrior. a branch of. According to the current situation, magicians are very repulsive to alchemists. After all, this is a direct collision between the two systems, just like the confrontation between magicians and magicians back then. French fighters are naturally supporters of the magic system, so they should reject the magic system. How can it be possible to cast this kind of magic barrier?

Christina possesses the three major abilities of arcane magic, alchemy, and close combat, which shows how high her actual combat effectiveness is. Obviously, the strength standard of ordinary high-ranking gold powerhouses must not be applied to her.

At this time, after casting the magical barrier, Christina took out a small magic communication tool, put it on the table and activated it.

Soon, a face appeared on the communication tool.

This is a majestic man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although he is over middle age, he can still see the handsomeness of the past from his outline, but after adding the traces of time, the whole person is more attractive. But at this moment, there was a kind of anger in the middle-aged man's eyebrows. Although he tried his best to suppress it, Christina could still read the thunder hidden in the middle-aged man's eyes.

"Really?" Christina asked.

The middle-aged man nodded reluctantly: "It is indeed as he said, we almost made a big mistake about Tindersling."

"So what should the association do now?"

"According to the survey, only the high-level and some middle-level members of the Medusa Business Association are heretics. Overall, the pollution of the Medusa Business Association is not too great." The middle-aged man said, "Although the Medusa Business Association Uprooting the association is not a problem, but the scope and extent of the involvement are very wide, and this time it also discovered several plans of the Medusa Business Association, so the association has already made a decision not to completely uproot the Medusa Business Association. While monitoring these several plans of the Medusa Business Association, we will start cleaning."

Hearing this, Christina nodded slightly, but did not comment on this matter. After she heard the news about the Medusa Business Association from Sean a few days ago, she contacted the headquarters immediately and reported the matter. The people around were also deeply shocked and unbelievable, and immediately began to arrange a thorough investigation.

It has to be said that once a large organization like the Peace Association is fully operational, its efficiency is still amazing. In just one day, the investigation reports on Medusa were submitted one after another, and the subsequent intelligence screening and sorting only took half a day, and the time before and after was only three or four days. A series of arrangements have been made for the Medusa Business Association.

It's a pity that Christina couldn't go to Portoroa Kingdom in time to participate in this cleansing operation this time.

"So, how about the situation of the Panda collar?" The middle-aged man suddenly asked.

Asked by the middle-aged man, Christina told about the situation in the previous meeting room and the gathering of the residents of the Void City. The middle-aged man nodded as he listened, interjecting from time to time to ask a few more detailed questions, and after Christina finished reporting, he pondered for a moment before saying, "Then your current attitude is leaning towards Sean. Lord Connery?"

"He is deeply supported by the people." Christina said.

"But according to the existing information, the lord's scheme is not small." The middle-aged man lowered his head slightly, as if he was flipping through some information, "If the Panda collar continues to be in his hands, then Darby There will inevitably be another war between Ang and Ryan... I even suspect that his real purpose is to let Ryan and Dabion start a war again."

For this, Christina did not refute.

With her intelligence, since the middle-aged man in front of her can figure it out, she who has the same information can naturally figure it out too. In fact, it was precisely for this reason that she would give Domingo three months. If not, she would never give up based on the appeals of the residents she heard in the meeting room in the morning. Domingo will not be given a three-month buffer.

These three months are not so much a buffer, but a time she wants to give herself to think.

Because anyone can see the ambition that Sean possesses. And the most frightening thing is that he fully possesses the strength corresponding to this ambition. What he lacks now is just an opportunity. As long as he is given this opportunity, I am afraid that this ferocious beast will show its ferociousness in front of the world. But what Christina couldn't understand was that the war between the Principality of Ryan and the Kingdom of Dabion would benefit the young lord?

...

When Domingo and others returned to the embassy, ​​they all looked embarrassed.

When they came out of the lord's mansion, they were greeted by countless eggs, vegetable leaves, and tomatoes. Faced with this kind of humiliation, neither Domingo nor Taylor could accept it, and they would draw their swords on the spot. But before they could make a move, the guards of the Lord's Mansion had already intercepted them. Although they seemed to be protecting them, everyone knew that they were preventing them from attacking the residents of the Void City.

In this guard army, both Domingo and Taylor saw that this guard is extraordinary—at least compared to the city defense army, it is much better, and the quality of the army is even far behind that of the second knight of Darbion. Above the regiment, this is definitely a real elite team. And what surprised Taylor even more was that there was a woman in the crowd who was not inferior to him in strength, which made Taylor believe that as long as he made a move, this woman would definitely make a move.

But Taylor couldn't figure it out, why would this knife-wielding priest of the Ice and Winter Church do this?

It is precisely because of this that Domingo and others who returned to the embassy naturally looked extremely embarrassed.

"Damn it!" Domingo's face was extremely gloomy. He never thought that such a thing would happen to him. For him who has the title of Earl, it is a great shame, but at this moment, he is on someone else's territory. , but he couldn't help it.

Under normal circumstances, nobility would not allow anyone to insult them, even if the nobleman was from an enemy country, otherwise no nobleman would still be able to demand the same treatment as a nobleman when he was defeated. In this world, no matter which country the nobles belong to, they must be united in front of the honor and dignity of the nobles. Only in this way can the uniqueness of the nobles be revealed.

But in Panda Ling, it is obviously impossible to comment with normal logic.

If this time it was changed to Ting Qiyin, Domingo would definitely find an opportunity to humiliate Sean, but at least he would not let the common people do this kind of behavior of throwing eggs and tomatoes. If such a thing really happened, it would be fine if Xiao En drew his sword and hacked down a few civilians who were the instigators, as long as he paid a sum of money afterwards, and in the square just now, Domingo obviously planned to do so.

But before he had time to kill the few untouchables who were closest to him, he was enveloped by the killing intent of the guard army.

This is simply provoking the noble circles on the entire continent!

"That damn country bumpkin!" Domingo began to transfer his anger to all the decorations in the room. Anyway, these decorations were all paid by Sean. "Is that guard just now the Iron Wings?"

"This..." Asked by Domingo, Thain and Taylor also looked at each other. They couldn't tell whether the defenders in the Lord's Mansion were steel wings. After all, they had never seen this army before. "...maybe?"

In fact, the guards in the Lord's Mansion were actually members of Cecilia's Guards who survived in the wilderness. Without the burden of new recruits, these veterans' actual combat effectiveness almost reached the standard of a quasi-level five army. The chilling aura formed by such a 30-member guard army was just a little surprising to Taylor, but to Taylor For Domingo and Thain, it was a bit too heavy.

After all, a fifth-level army of 500 people can easily kill a high-ranking gold powerhouse. If the power of the high-ranking gold powerhouse is not particularly strong, then this army can even achieve unscathed glory record. As for Domingo and Thain, they are only high-ranking silver masters, and they are a full level behind the high-ranking gold powerhouse, so it is not impossible to be overwhelmed by their aura.

"Are you sure Sean has sneaked into the manor?" Domingo looked back at his son.

Being stared at by Domingo, Thain didn't panic in the slightest. He nodded slightly and said, "I'm sure.... At that time, there were two guards beside him. Now I think one of them should be Alfred, and the other A physique is not inferior to Alfred, but I don't know who it is. In addition, there is a female knight. Brother Avi tried to recruit her to join the Hastings family. I am afraid that female knight should be Rena gone."

"The person who is not inferior to Alfred in physique should be An Nuo, the current leader of the Iron Wings." Taylor took the words, "Except for An Nuo, images like Reina, Alfred, and Sean, It should be no stranger to the nobles, after all, there are portraits that have been handed down, why are they allowed to mix into the manor?"

"They have all been properly disguised." Thain explained, "at least it is completely different from the current image. It's just that a person can change his breath and appearance, but there are some habitual small movements and height characteristics. I can't change it. When I first met Sean, I felt a little familiar, but I didn't dare to confirm it. But at the end of the meeting, I found out that he had a few tricks and Fran Du, who was invited to the manor by Uncle Soma, Viscount Moy is exactly the same, that's why I opened my mouth to test him, but it's just as I guessed!"

"But if it is disguised, even if Soma comes over, the other party will definitely deny it." Taylor frowned slightly, "And... I heard that he has a very good relationship with the Temple of Wisdom, even the Marquis of Jeles Be very polite to him."

"So what?" Domingo snorted coldly, "Let Soma come here immediately, as long as Soma insists that he is the thief, then at least we can deal with the ownership of the territory. For a while.... At this time, we will put more pressure on the Thieves Guild. It would be best if we can catch that Ali Kite. At that time, as long as he confesses the connection between him and Sean, then The Panda collar will be ours."

"I'll send someone to do it immediately." Taylor replied in a deep voice.

"However, we still need to prepare with a lot of hands." After a little pondering, Domingo said again, "Let that Ivan start preparations, tell him that the attack plan has begun, and we must put some pressure on that lord, and even make them produce Chaos is all it takes... Tell that killer to take advantage of Ivan's attack on Sean and take a chance to assassinate Sean."

"Isn't it too risky to take action at this time?" Thain froze for a moment, "Such an action, whether successful or not, will make people suspect us."

"No." Domingo said coldly, "As long as we are still in this territory for a day, then they will not suspect us, because no matter how you look at it, it is a frame for us... Anyway, now we just need to let the people here If we mess up, we will have a better chance of taking Panda into our pocket."

...

At the same time, in the lord's mansion, Neil had just finally calmed down all the excited residents before returning to the small meeting room.

The reactions of the residents had long been in William's calculations.

He and Neil had known for a long time that the other party would definitely arrange people to incite among the people, so he simply used his tricks and arranged for people from the void to hide in the crowd to guide public opinion specifically, and there was no need for sensationalism or substitutes. Sean sang praises, anyway, as long as he can divert the public's attention to the Dabion Kingdom and ignite their hatred, that's enough.

And this method is not even considered a conspiracy.

The only thing they didn't expect was that the three of Domingo would become the target of attack by all the people after they left the lord's mansion.

Sean vaguely seemed to see the embryonic form of class struggle.

"What are you going to do next?" Neil was the first to speak when entering the meeting room, "Although you disguised yourself during the last trip led by Tinky, if that Soma insists that you are the thief, then It will enter the endless stage of wrangling again.... Among other things, at least this incident will definitely delay our plan and the development of the entire territory, or we may even be forced to terminate all territorial operations."

"Since the face has been torn apart, let's just play the big one." Sean's eyes were dark and cold, which was completely different from his previous aura.

"Playing big?" William was taken aback for a moment, he felt that Sean was really aggressive at the moment, "How to play?"

"Let An Nuo lead someone to disguise themselves as bandits, and then directly attack Soma's convoy." Xiao En said calmly, "No one will be left except Soma and his assistant officer.... After that, just take Soma And his assistant officer secretly escorted him back, isn't it up to us to decide what happens next?"

"However, at this time..." Neil frowned slightly, apparently also having some concerns.

"It doesn't matter, we'll have to fight anyway sooner or later, and it's absolutely impossible for us to hand over the Panda leader, so it doesn't make any difference if we fight early or late." Sean said in a deep voice, "And if this attack is successful, the The Hastings family is also a major weakening of their strength, which will be very beneficial to our future war operations....In addition, this Soma is also a talent, and I also want to see if it is possible to subdue it."

"It's not easy, is it?" William also frowned, "After all, he is from the Hastings family."

"I know it's not that easy, but it's not my style to do nothing." Sean had already thought everything through, "And at such a sensitive time, if we attack, we will be the first ones." The suspicion must not be us. After all, we are completely self-inflicted. Normal people will not be so stupid....Of course, hands and feet should be clean, so the military transfer from the Dai leader must not be discovered. Fortunately, Rui Na is not in the Void City now, you can ask Rui Na to help."

"In this way, the possibility of success is very high." William thought for a while, and found that this plan is indeed very feasible, "But I'm afraid that Domingo and the others will simply push the boat along and insist that we did it. "

"I wish they would do this." Sean snorted coldly, "In this case, then there is no need to negotiate anything, just start a war directly.... If there were no people from the Peace Association here, I just said something in the conference room. War has been declared against them."

Hearing Sean's words, William and Neil were a little ashamed.

Declaring war in front of the executive officer of the Peace Association is like slapping the Peace Association in the face. In that case, Christina will definitely be the first to turn against Sean.

"By the way, let's just play a little harder." Sean thought for a while, then suddenly said again.

"What's so cruel?" Neil and William both had expressions on their faces. Sean seemed to be a little different today, with a much stronger attitude.

"Planning an assassination attack." Sean said in a deep voice, "Our attack on Soma's convoy is a relatively passive thing after all. If Domingo and the others don't pursue it, we can't continue to say anything, and we may even have to Sorry to smile, it’s not in our interest.... Directly plan an attack and assassination plan against me, and then leave a little loophole to lead the clues to Domingo and the others. In this way, we will completely occupy the initiative. We decide."

"This plan...was even clumsy." Neil was a little stunned. Sean must have been crazy about war, "They will definitely not admit it."

"It doesn't matter whether they admit it or not. The most important thing is that we have an excuse and take advantage of the opportunity." Sean said calmly, "Think about it, what do we lack now? A suitable excuse to go to war with the Kingdom of Darbion Originally, if there is no such matter as the ownership of the Panda Territory, then the fool from the Nugus family that I arranged in the wild land before will definitely come to trouble me and become our excuse and opportunity."

"Originally, if the matter of the territory is resolved today, then we will have to stay dormant for a while, at least we have to deal with the affairs of the Royal Family of the Principality of Ryan and the Empire of the Millennium Covenant, so that we can focus on fighting with the Kingdom of Darbion The aspect of starting a war. But now, since the Hastings family came to the gun, I don’t mind giving them an unforgettable lesson, and the timing is actually very clever, because it was the Hastings family who wanted to assassinate me first , I am going to war at this time is completely a matter between our two parties, and Nugus standing behind him will only appear after the Hastings have been beaten badly. And once Nugus appears, think about a duke How powerful the family's influence is, it would be justifiable for Asuna to intervene when the time comes, and with Asuna's tough attitude, it is not the first time she has done this to turn this kind of personal dispute into a war between two countries. "

Originally, Xiao En had a purely whim-like flash of inspiration for this matter, just to grasp the initiative of the situation. But as this idea went on, Sean soon discovered that the feasibility of the whole matter was very high, and he could perfectly avoid the trouble of visiting the envoys of the Royal Family of the Principality of Ryan and the Envoy of the Millennium Covenant Empire. He must go to the front line to supervise and command, so of course it is not a problem to bring Cecilia with him.

And if it turned into a war between the two countries, with Asuna's tough attitude towards the war situation, as the pioneer knight under Asuna's command, he must have a better excuse to excuse himself. After that, if everything goes well, then the Millennium Covenant Empire will come to trouble Cecilia again, it must be two years later, and by that time, Sean's status and status will definitely rise. , at least it is far stronger than the current situation, even the royal family of the Principality of Ryan must think about it a little bit, instead of treating itself as a pawn.

Besides, after two years of war, who can guarantee that there won't be one or two Sanctuary powerhouses under Xiao En's command?

At least, at present, Reina and Cephane are the most promising to be promoted to Sanctuary in a short time, and maybe Vivienne and Elizabeth can also be successfully promoted to Sanctuary powerhouses. There is also a bargaining chip for fair negotiations with the Millennium Covenant Empire. At least, there is no need to rely on Andrew and Bess, and these strengths can also be put on the bright side, so those who want to make up his mind at that time will have to consider these factors.

In addition, two years is enough for the seeds Sean buried in the wild land to take root and germinate. At that time, if the Principality of Ryan really can't keep him, he can break up the army under his command and scatter into the wild land, and as long as he firmly holds the control of the Great Rift Valley, then in the end no matter who regains control Panda leads this territory, and must maintain friendly cooperation with him.

As long as there is enough strategic depth, Sean is tantamount to establishing himself in an invincible position.

And even Sean can think of these, how could Neil and William think differently?

Almost instantly, Neil and William immediately decided to carry out Sean's plan. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team @冰山berg123] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring @蜜豆营吧@小乐鸡@神士导师