Mage Veigar

Chapter 146 The Wise and the Fool

Kareni city, central area, Victory Square.

This was once the only place where the Third Army held its oath-taking ceremony.

It was also here that the Imperial Army vowed to defeat the Kingdom Army, and within ten years, the Kingdom was completely helpless. From Cassiles to the Kingdom's capital, the United Kingdom was once dominated by fear under the Empire's red eagle flag.

but now.

The red eagle flag, a symbol of glory and military power, was thrown to the ground and trampled on. Above the Victory Square, the golden lion flag of the kingdom was flying. The myth of the city that would never fall had been shattered here.

Bruno Valencia stood in the center of the square, looking at the Golden Lion flag with his head held high.

He succeeded, he really succeeded.

The myth that Kareni would never fall was shattered because of him, and the history here will remember him.

Be infamous forever?

Do not!
History is written by the victors. Hundreds or even thousands of years later, history will only remember his great achievements in turning from darkness to light and helping the kingdom's army win, but it will never settle his sin of betraying the empire.

It was precisely those arrogant imperial troops.

In particular, Foster, the commander of the military system who had enormous military force and unscrupulously interfered in the internal affairs of the General Law Enforcement Administration, will surely be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and bear the eternal infamy.

Because it was he who caused the fall of Kareni and it was he who led to the failure of the Empire's war.

Bruno was quite excited just thinking about it, but there was a little flaw, for example, no trace of Foster had been found so far.

I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out at all.

As the director of the General Law Enforcement Bureau, he is more familiar with Kalini than even Foster. However, after so many days, Foster has disappeared and no trace of him can be found.

Bruno was unwilling to give up.

The reason why he did such a cruel thing was just to witness the fall of Kareni City and the regretful expression of the captured Foster.

But it was too late.

Three days later, he will return to Gasili with the Kingdom's Air Force. He heard that although the Kingdom caught the Imperial Army off guard in the frontal battle, the Imperial Army's well-trained army resisted the attack.

Therefore, in order to secure victory in the war, the Kingdom's army needed the air support of war airships.

In other words.

Three days later, the city of Kareni will be completely handed over to the 1st Airborne Division, and a new branch chief will take his place. He will return to the Gasili spy system on the war airship to report on his work, accept rewards and titles from the kingdom, and obtain a higher position.

He only has 3 days left.

If he cannot find Foster within these three days, he will completely lose the opportunity to kill Foster.

Capture Kareni and behead the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, is this "simple" wish really difficult to achieve?
Bruno didn't believe it.

He snatched the red wine from the tray in the assistant's hand, without using a goblet or showing any gentlemanly elegance. Instead, he gulped down the alcohol directly from the bottle like a barbarian.

This was the first time the new assistant had seen Bruno like this.

In the new assistant's impression, this hero of the kingdom, who had endured hardships for years and finally conquered Kareni, had always been an elegant gentleman in his every move, but now he was not a gentleman at all.

boom!
Bruno drank a bottle of red wine in one breath. Instead of being hazy, his eyes were shining with a fascinating look. "Now calm down and think about it."

Bruno sat under the kingdom's golden lion flag in the most elegant way, with his right hand supporting his chin, his head raised at 45 degrees, his eyes slightly half-closed: "First of all, in terms of strategy, even 10 of me are no match for Foster; secondly, in terms of marching and fighting, even 100 of me will be defeated; finally, analyzing the battle situation -"

"I won."

"Yes, I won the final battle."

Bruno's frown didn't relax, but only tightened. "Why did I win? Whether it was strategy, marching, or deception... I couldn't compare to Foster in every aspect. Why is that?"

Silence, endless silence.

It was not until the breeze blew up the dust and the sunlight pierced into his pupils that Bruno's brows finally relaxed: "I know, I finally know, because even ten thousand Fosters are not as familiar with the city of Kareni as I am!"

"That's right——"

Bruno smiled slightly. "Playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses is the way for a fool to win against a wise man."

He stood up and walked towards the temporary command post of the airborne division: "Since there is no trace of you anywhere I know, then things will be simpler..."

"Why not just look for a place that even I am not familiar with?"

"Is there any place in Kareni City that I am unfamiliar with?"

"Yes, of course there are. One is the military base, and the other is the court building, but he has already personally led people to sweep both of them, so the only place left is the last one—"

"Mage Zone."

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Mage area, inside the underground air-raid shelter.

Vega looked at Foster in front of him and said nothing for a long time, because he had hardly changed at all.

Sitting behind his desk, squinting his eyes and looking drowsy, nothing had changed at all, and there was no sense of urgency, as if the fall of Kalini outside had not affected him at all.

Think for a second.

If he was the commander-in-chief, and this city that never falls fell into the hands of the enemy because of his wrong judgment, he would not only have to bear huge responsibilities, but his life would be in danger at any time, and he might even be infamous for it. At this time, even if he did not panic, he should concentrate and think about how to solve the dilemma.

But neither.

Foster said in a normal tone, "Lieutenant Vega Kareni, welcome back to the Third Army. I'm so sorry for what happened. It seems that your commendation ceremony will have to be postponed for a while."

Commendation meeting?

Vega really didn't know why Foster was still in the mood to joke at this critical moment.

He said in a dry tone: "Commander, it doesn't matter what that thing is. Please forgive me for being blunt, do we still have a chance of winning?"

“Isn’t victory a matter of course?”

Foster said as a matter of course: "In terms of strategy and marching, even a hundred Brunos are no match for me, but he beat me in one round. Why? Because even if there are ten thousand of me, I don't know as much as he does about Kareni."

Foster opened his eyes slightly. "Only those who can summarize and generalize are wise, and a wise man will not fall in the same place twice. Now I know very well that the key to victory is the favorable location."

(End of this chapter)