Mage Veigar

Chapter 344 Confrontation of Public Opinions
Saint Laurent City, the City Lord’s Mansion.

This is the second safest place after the Royal Palace. After Vega conquered Saint Laurent, he used this place as his combat headquarters. As for the Royal Palace which is easier to defend, it is not that he does not want to take over, but he does not dare to do so at such a critical moment.

Occupy the palace as a subject.

Even with Shia around, this would definitely be an act of treason, so in order to maintain harmony, Vega ordered from the beginning that no one except Shia and her guards could enter the palace without being summoned.

However, before the order was executed, Xia disappeared.

But fortunately this order.

No matter how fierce the rumors were, no one dared to step into the palace to confirm whether Xia was actually there.

Da da da--

While Vega was thinking of a countermeasure, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.

knock knock knock.

There was a knock on the door, and after Vega's consent, Menno walked in sweating profusely.

"Sir, you are finally back. If you don't come back, I will, I will..."

Menno said this subconsciously, but found that the second half of the sentence could not be justified, because in his heart the real second half of the sentence was, if you don't come back, I will run away.

Faced with the panic of the people, he was indeed scared.

The first half of the month went smoothly. Menno arranged the navy to set the pace like crazy. The whole of Saint Laurent was in a rage and was determined to drive the kingdom's army out of the dynasty's land. This made Menno admire Vega even more for being able to come up with this way of controlling people's minds.

But just as he was lamenting that Vega was indeed a devil who played with people's hearts.

The situation got out of control in the next half month. It seemed that there was a navy similar to his in the city that was opposing him.

And the other party seems to be very clear about how the water army operates.

As a result, Menno suffered a Waterloo, and several of his men were beaten to death by angry civilians. In the end, he had to use a large amount of money to appease the emotions of the people.

But this is ultimately just a drop in the bucket.

When a month had passed, the reinforcements of the Kingdom Army launched an attack on Saint Laurent.

Due to the perfect fortifications of Saint Laurent, the 20-man army did not gain any benefits. After all, the United Kingdom did not have the determination to capture the city of Saint Laurent at the cost of losing 7 to 8 people.

That’s right, if the losses were not taken into account, Saint Laurent would have been captured long ago.

Unfortunately, the United Kingdom did not have the courage to cut off its own arm, so it chose to surround Saint Laurent from all sides and harass it frequently, intending to use psychological warfare and resource warfare to make Saint Laurent collapse on its own.

Internally anxious and externally trapped.

Under such circumstances, Vega, the operational commander, and Shia, the spiritual pillar, have not shown up until now. It is conceivable how much of a blow this has brought to the soldiers and civilians.

If Vega doesn't show up.

Then it is very likely that the United Kingdom will collapse before it even attacks.

"Don't speak such hypocritical words."

Vega raised his hand to stop Menno from getting anxious and saying, "From the current situation in the city, your navy doesn't seem to be playing any role. I need an explanation."

"General, you are wronged."

Menno knelt down and explained, "It's not that I'm not doing my job well. There is an unknown force that seems to know very well how our navy operates. They imitate our operation methods and spread rumors crazily. In addition... In addition..."

"You mean to say that my absence is the truth?"

Vega smiled coldly: "Survival of the fittest. In the final analysis, it is not that the imitators are too powerful, but that the pioneers' lack of ambition has ruined their own advantages. I don't need a machine that only knows how to execute orders, I need you to think." Vega turned his back to Menno.

He said in an angry tone, "When you are poor, you must change. Change will lead to success. To deal with ordinary civilians, of course, it is more than enough to bribe some people from all walks of life, but since the enemy is also in the same industry, this is not enough."

"General, what should we do?"

Vega's eyes showed a meaningful look: "All kinds of teachings are useless. You can find some wise men and saints with great prestige and influence in Saint Laurent City and let them speak out. One word from these people is worth a thousand words from ordinary people."

"If one sage is not enough, find a few more."

Veigar smiled sarcastically and said, "The herd mentality is not just talk. If one leader sheep speaks, there will be countless followers. But if dozens or hundreds of leader sheep speak, even a deer can be called a horse."

Menno's eyes lit up. Even he would unconditionally believe the words of a respected person, let alone those ordinary people.

But thinking of this, he frowned again: "Excuse me, General, what if these respected people disagree? After all, these people are almost impossible to be bribed."

"Violence is an eternal theme."

"If violence doesn't work, then detain their relatives and force them to submit."

"No relatives or friends? Destroy his life's work and tarnish his reputation."

"In this world, there is no one who has no desires or requests."

"..."

Vega listed them one by one, and Menno broke out in sweat. It turned out that Vega could never be considered a good person.

"But the number of sages and saints is limited after all."

Menno still said worriedly: "If you count them, there are only about a dozen people who are highly respected in Saint Laurent."

"Not enough sages?"

Veigar chuckled and said, “Then create a god. You can let all the people under your control spread the deeds of anyone. Even if these deeds are false, if more people tell them, they will become true, and a new god will be born.”

“It’s more than that.”

Veigar continued, "Those great sages who can influence the people of a city need you to bribe, but don't ignore or underestimate those who are influential in just one street or an alley. These people will become your weapons."

Keep an eye on Menno.

Vega said in a very serious tone: "Menno, you need to know that words are always sharper than any knife. I let you take charge of this invisible blade, not because I despise you or treat you perfunctorily, but because I have the highest expectations for you."

"I will definitely live up to the general's expectations."

Menno retreated with an excited expression. After being instructed by Vega, he now wished he could have a fierce fight with the enemy's navy to let them know what it meant to be your uncle and your uncle.

After Menno left.

Vega sat back in his chair. This kind of gameplay was very handy for him. In his previous life, he had spent a lot of money on celebrity-endorsed products, and he had also believed in the wrong remarks of some bloggers and anchors.

Let all the "big Vs" here come out to lead the pace, especially in this era when people are still unenlightened.

Just thinking about it, Vega couldn't help but smile: "Hey, hey--"

And as long as public opinion is back on his side.

Then Vega was certain that the person behind the scenes would be desperate and would expose all the evidence about Menno's tricks of using the navy to manipulate people's hearts, as well as the news of his and Xia's disappearance, in order to stir up public resentment.

(End of this chapter)