Mage Veigar

Chapter 279 The Way of Checks and Balances
After 5 days.

Vega led his troops back to the Seventh Army headquarters and reported to the commander-in-chief.

"Cough cough cough..."

"In other words, the Mage Squadron and the Professional Squadron betrayed the Empire?"

Commander-in-Chief Hausman, who was sitting behind his desk, glanced at Vega, then at Dandelli: "Don't make this known to the military for now, especially don't let the people in the trial system know. I will arrange for someone to investigate this matter."

"Yes, Lord Commander-in-Chief."

Vega and Dendari agreed in unison. This was probably what they meant by "family disgrace should not be made public". The three major systems of the empire were famous for their concern for appearance. If the government system was ranked first, the military would probably be second.

"Well, you two have worked hard along the way."

The commander-in-chief continued, "Since this is an internal betrayal, Colonel Dandelli cannot be blamed for this matter. I think the punishment should be waived. By the way, I will read you the latest appointment of the Independent Heavy Armored Brigade."

"Yes." Dandari stood at attention, waiting for Hausman to read out the appointment.

Hausman stood up from his seat, coughed a few times, and then said solemnly: "Due to personnel changes, your position as acting brigade commander, Colonel Dandelli, is now cancelled and you are reappointed as deputy brigade commander of the Independent Heavy Armored Brigade, in charge of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th Regiments."

"For victory." Dandari saluted.

Seeing that the appointment was completed, Vega said with a wry smile: "Congratulations, Deputy Brigade Commander Dandeli. I hope we have a pleasant working relationship."

"Please take care of me, Brigade Commander." Dandeli nodded with a smile.

After leaving the commander-in-chief's office and parting ways with Dandari, Veigar's smile gradually faded. He said to himself in an extremely sarcastic tone: "Sure enough, xenophobia is the same everywhere."

Yes, there is a deeper meaning behind this announcement of appointment.

What does it mean to be in charge of Regiments 1, 3, 5 and 7?
According to Vega's understanding, the troops originally under Dandri's charge were the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Regiments. If the authority in charge remained unchanged, it would mean that Dandri had almost the same power as him in the Heavy Brigade.

In other words, the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Regiments are directly responsible to Dandali and are not under Vega's control to a certain extent. He can only control these four regiment-level troops by giving orders to Dandali.

If Dandali pretended to obey but actually disobeyed, as long as it was not a mistake in principle, Veigar would probably have no way to stop him.

So Commander Hausmann's meaning is very clear.

This was because they were afraid that he was young and frivolous and would not obey orders, so they put him in shackles.

As long as Dandari is in the army, Vega cannot truly control the entire heavy brigade.

It was not until this time that Vega finally understood why Hausman cared about the life and death of a deputy brigade officer, and even hurriedly asked him to dispatch the entire army to attack the bandit's nest. The face of the military system was only one aspect of this. The real reason was probably that they were afraid that Vega would quickly take control of the entire army while Dandelli was away.

"Miscalculation."

Vega regretted not taking advantage of this period of time to win over a few captains and take control of the entire army. Instead, he focused his attention on the mastermind behind the assassination. As a result, he lost everything and half of his power was stripped away by Dandali.

"This commander is indeed a bit unusual."

For the first time, Vega looked the half-dead commander in the face. He really didn't expect that this commander would even start to scheme against his own subordinates, and in a few words, he had strengthened the brigade's ability to execute his orders in a disguised manner.

"This kind of checks and balances method is still the most effective when it comes to old age."

Vega muttered to himself that by using this kind of checks and balances, one can indeed get the most efficient execution of one's orders as a leader, without having to worry about his subordinates pretending to obey or procrastinating, because one's political enemies are waiting for one to make a mistake.

Everyone understands the truth, but Vega doesn't want to be controlled by others.

If there is another discordant voice in his own army, then everything will be meaningless, not to mention that this discordant voice is the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on him.

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Three feet frozen, not a cold day.

It would not be possible to eliminate Dandali and make the army have only one voice in a short period of time, so Vega put these things aside for the time being and led the guard team to the Professionals' Union.

The Professionals Guild is on East Avenue.

Vega arrived in a special carriage an hour later. He first went to the mage area to update his professional level and magician level certificate. These things can allow him to receive more subsidies every month. Although he is already rich, he will not refuse the empire's money.

After updating his level certificate, Vega came to the 2nd floor. At the corner of the second corridor, Vega saw the sign of Rodney Chamber of Commerce.

"Welcome to Rodney's Prop Shop."

The waitress's friendly voice came: "May I ask what the general needs? We will serve you wholeheartedly."

He had a neither humble nor arrogant attitude, a friendly smile, and did not look down on him because he was a child, nor was he servile to him because he was a general. As expected, commercial competition forced the upgrade of service. Vega nodded with satisfaction.

"I need to see your store manager."

"Please wait."

The waitress agreed without hesitation and called the manager.

"you are……"

A middle-aged man in his 40s glanced at Vega, then bowed deeply and said, “Welcome, Lord Vega, to visit the Elkia branch.”

"Do you know me?" Vega asked curiously because he hadn't produced his Chamber of Commerce certificate yet.

The middle-aged man took out a booklet and said, "The headquarters sent a list of directors some time ago. If any director comes to the store, we must make sure that every director feels at home. As the true owner of the Chamber of Commerce, I have already remembered your heroic spirit in my heart."

"Siris did a good job."

Vega nodded approvingly. This little trick could indeed make the members feel a sense of belonging to the organization to a certain extent, and thus achieve the goal of automatically contributing to the organization.

Veigar then asked, "Do you have any shadow magic above level 3?"

"Report to the master, the shadow wizards above level 3 only have one shadow explosion left."

"Only one?"

The store manager said in embarrassment, "You know, magic above level 3 is rare and difficult to acquire. Nearby ruins have been discovered almost completely, and it's only because of the scarcity of Shadow Mages that there's only one level 3 magic left. Elemental Mages' magic above level 3 is hard to buy even at 10 times the price."

Vega frowned.

Magic below level 3 can be copied and mass-produced, but the success rate of copying magic above level 3 is only one in ten. Most magic above level 3 is purchased from some professional tomb-raiding groups that excavate ancient ruins and then resold.

Veigar is able to buy magic every time because Shadow Mages are rare.

Elemental mages wouldn't be so lucky.

The training cycle is long, the price is high, and there is a lack of demand, which is the reason why the magic of most mages is monotonous.

"Give me the Shadow Explosion. The money will be deducted from my dividend this month."

Vega bought Shadow Explosion without hesitation. The first reason was that it was the group attack magic he lacked. He had already set his sights on it when he bought Shadow Transformation. The second reason was that he had no other magic to choose from.

"Lord Veigar, this is a rune page."

The store manager took a rune page from the waiter and handed it to Veigar respectfully.

Veigar took the rune page and nodded with satisfaction. "If you acquire shadow magic above level 3, you don't need to sell it. Just keep it for me and send someone to the Seventh Army to inform me as soon as possible."

"Little one understands."

Veigar hummed and said, "Do you know any other item shops that have shadow magic above level 3?"

"According to the intelligence we have gathered, it is indeed gone."

After a pause, the store manager said in a skeptical tone: "But it is possible that they are hiding something."

"Put this matter aside for now. There is one last thing."

Vega mentioned his second purpose for coming to the guild, which was also the two things he wanted most urgently: "Do you have any information about awakening potions and mid-level magic weapons for sale?"

(End of this chapter)