Mage Veigar

Chapter 346 Vows and promises?
Place Royale, Saint Laurent.

This is the largest square in Saint Laurent City. Official ceremonies, announcements, speeches... festivals and other large-scale ceremonies are all held here. Tosh wants to make the news of Vega's absence from the city public in the spotlight here.

That's right.

No evidence or witnesses were needed. As long as he spoke the truth directly as a "consultant", everyone would believe him. As a true authority, those people of high moral character and high status had no right to deny his words.

Of course, there are ways to deny him.

That was to have Shia and Vega stand in front of him.

But is this possible?

Everyone in the army knew that this was a bluff devised by Menno and Ilo. If Vega and Xia were still in the city, they could just stand up and make a call. There would be no need for some officers to spread rumors.

In Saint Laurent City, no one can stop him.

While on the road, he had ordered his subordinates to issue a notice to attract the dynasty's soldiers and civilians. At the same time, he ordered the navy in the imperial army to take advantage of the opportunity to support him in controlling the military power when the overall situation was settled.

With popular support, it will be unstoppable.

As a staff officer, he is very adept at this kind of tricks.

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City Lord's Mansion, General Commander's Office.

Yiluo, who had just received the news of the city's movement, came in to report immediately: "General, the fish has taken the bait. Everything is as you expected. There are indeed some traitors in the city who are hindering our plan."

"Has this inner demon already defected?"

"The general is wise."

Yi Luo chuckled and said, "You will never guess that this traitor is not a civilian or a soldier of the dynasty, but the person with the most say in our army besides you - Staff Officer Tosh."

Vega did not show any surprise.

He looked at Yiluo and said, "Go and inform Her Highness Xia to go with us to the Royal Square. Let's give the lovely Staff Officer a surprise."

"Yes, General."

After Yiluo responded, he asked with some confusion: "General, please forgive me for asking, but you don't seem surprised that Staff Officer Tosh is the mastermind behind this matter?"

"Isn't that natural?"

Vega said in a tone that was not appropriate: "Excluding the factor of the Kingdom's spy, then this matter is not Tosh. He must have died at the hands of the mastermind. As far as the command is concerned, he is the only choice besides me."

"Now that he's alive, the result is obvious."

Vega paused and said, "And it can be seen that he is a proud person. I have ignored his opinions several times and insisted on my own way. He must have been holding a grudge against me for a long time. Now that I am 'not' in the city, if he does not seize this opportunity, then he does not deserve to call himself a professional advisor."

Yiluo suddenly realized.

He looked at Vega with admiration, then saluted and left the room to greet Shia.

Vega waited until Iroh left before revealing a cruel smile.

In fact, Vega had wanted to get rid of this staff officer for a long time, but he never had the chance. Now that the opportunity was presented to him, Vega certainly would not waste it.

As for why you want to get rid of this staff officer?
His dragging down at the critical moment was only a secondary reason. The real reason was——

In Vega's opinion, there is no need for creatures like 'staff officers' in his army.

The so-called advisor.

They are nothing more than a group of "professionals" who are good at maintaining the status quo but not aggressive enough. Their professional knowledge makes them less likely to fail, but also restricts them within the fence.

So Vega took Shia towards the Royal Square.

The square is huge and can accommodate at least 20 people to watch the ceremony.

When Vega accompanied Shia to the square under the secret protection of the guards, Tosh had already climbed onto the platform and, with the help of the magic loudspeaker, announced to the public that Vega and Shia were not in the city.

"People of the dynasty, soldiers of the empire."

Tosh shouted loudly, "You heard it right. Our supreme commander, Vega Kalini, and your spiritual leader, Sia Saint Laurent, have used you as bait for the Kingdom Army and shamelessly abandoned us and returned to the West Coast of the Dynasty."

"Now."

Tosh angrily slammed the podium, his teeth-grinding voice shaking everyone's eardrums: "Our Supreme Commander Vega and Princess Sia Saint Laurent are already on the West Coast drinking wine, eating steak, and enjoying a wonderful day. What about us?"

"We fight for the dignity of the royal family of the dynasty." "We fight for the glory of the imperial soldiers."

"We are using our lives and blood to build the unbreakable wall of Saint Laurent."

Tosh's expression was extremely ferocious, and he shouted, "Excuse me, everyone!"

"What are we fighting for?"

"To abandon our kingdom's royal family?"

"For the cowardly commander?"

"Or for some stupid order?"

As Tosh finished his words, the noise in the square resounded through the sky.

"The royal family has abandoned us, why are we still fighting here."

"Shameless traitors, the royal family of the dynasty are a bunch of cowards who betrayed the glory of their ancestors."

"I don't believe it. How could General Vega abandon us?"

"He said he would lead us to victory. He said he would defeat the 20-strong Kingdom Army."

"Lies. Those are lies that the shameless superiors lie to us."

"..."

The civilians of the dynasty and the soldiers of the empire began to become restless, which was a manifestation of the collapse of faith. Fortunately, the kingdom army did not launch an attack at this time, otherwise the city of Saint Laurent would have been broken at any time.

Tosh watched it all.

When everyone's faith completely collapsed and their eyes were filled with confusion, Tosh continued to speak.

"Everyone."

Tosh's voice regained everyone's attention: "Please tell me why you are confused? I'll say it again, why do you lower your proud heads?!"

Tosh's voice echoed: "Since the royal family has abandoned its honor and the general has betrayed his oath, from now on we will no longer fight for the dignity of the royal family, nor for the general's orders. We will only fight for ourselves... for our lives."

"Alive!"

"Yes, I am alive!"

"We have to fight to survive!"

When Tosh finished his speech, the pre-arranged internet trolls began to lead the commotion.

"Please lead us to survive, Sir."

"Please, Sir, lead us to victory."

"Sir, we have to fight for ourselves."

"..."

Influenced by the water army, more and more people joined in, and the entire situation was under the control of Tosh.

Tosh pressed his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet: "Thank you all for your kindness, but I am just a small staff officer and cannot take on such a big responsibility. I just couldn't bear to see you being deceived by these shameless betrayers, so I came out to expose the truth. Please don't mention this matter again."

As soon as Tosh declined, the navy continued to attack.

So after several performances, Tosh pretended to be reluctant and prepared to take over the coveted command.

Just take over the command.

Then he would immediately replace the city defenses with the dynasty's new soldiers, and then take the opportunity to leave Saint Laurent with the imperial soldiers in the dark and windy night and break out to the north.

As for leading the dynasty to victory?

Come on, he is a soldier of the Empire, not a selfless idiot like Vega.

He obtained the command only to sell out the soldiers and civilians of the dynasty and use them as bait to attract the kingdom's army, so that he could take the opportunity to successfully break out with the imperial soldiers.

Vows and promises?
In the eyes of those in power, it is nothing more than a convenient tool. Only a fool would choose to believe such a ridiculous excuse.

(End of this chapter)