Mage Veigar

Chapter 389 Going to the meeting alone
Dark clouds over the city.

The sudden rain in the early morning came unexpectedly. Under the inky sky, the city of Ed looked like a devil's castle.

despite this.

Tanier still took Ingril and Alex Sod and set out on the road to hell. They did not bring any soldiers or guards with them. They only held a cross sword in their hands, which symbolized glory and power.

Keep moving forward and live towards death.

When faced with a gamble that involved his life, 40 troops, and the fate of his country, Tenniel calmed down. Because when a gambler is afraid of gambling, it means that he has lost the meaning of being a gambler.

Such as soldiers not daring to take up arms.

Just as an executioner fears blood.

A soldier who doesn't even dare to pick up a weapon is definitely not a qualified soldier, and an executioner who is afraid of blood is not worthy of the title of executioner. By analogy, when a gambler is afraid of gambling, he loses the qualification to continue to be a gambler.

He, Tenniel, is still a gambler.

Therefore, in this game where everything is at stake, instead of bringing a few guards with him to deceive himself, it is better to go to the meeting alone and openly. Even if he dies, he will die with dignity.

Because there is no shame in a gambler who loses everything.

Compared to those ordinary people who are timid and have never gambled once in their long lives, they have no right to laugh at gamblers who risk everything. No one knows how much courage gamblers have to pay for this.

With determination and courage.

The three finally stepped into the city and saw Vega, who had given them nightmares.

"Welcome you three."

Veigar saluted the three men and said, "I pay my highest respects to you all for your courage. I also thank you all for your trust in me. During the negotiations, I will ensure your safety."

"You're welcome, General."

Tanir looked down at Vega with a calm and confident look. “I am a five-star admiral of the Kingdom and the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom on the Eastern Front of the Holy Dynasty. If I don’t even have this little courage, how can I mobilize the 5 soldiers under my command!”

The 40 words emphasize the tone.

It goes without saying how significant this number is.

But at this moment, before Vega could speak, one of his guards showed disdain in his eyes and muttered in a low voice: "Humph, a group of defeated generals dare to show off their power here. If the general hadn't ordered not to use force..."

"Cough cough!"

Veigar coughed twice, interrupting the soldier, and then said to the three people: "Without further delay, please follow me and start the negotiation."

"The guest does as the host does."

There was humiliation on the faces of Tanniel and the other two.

As generals who were second only to the emperor, they were actually despised by a small guard. This was the greatest humiliation in their lives. If they were still in the army, they would defend their dignity even at the cost of the annihilation of their entire army.

However, after the great anger, the three recalled the words of the guard.

From the information accidentally revealed by the guard, it seemed that Vega had already mastered the means to defeat their 40-strong army. This made the three of them feel inexplicably depressed and they were completely passive in the negotiations.

Vega gave the guard a calm, approving look.

He found that his subordinates were all good actors. He just gave a casual order in the morning and it turned out to be so effective. If it wasn't a war-torn era, he might be able to lead this group of people to change their careers and make movies.

Besides.

In order to gain more initiative, Vega ordered his soldiers to draw their swords and deployed a large number of troops on the way to the negotiation room. The cold weapons and the bloodthirsty eyes of the soldiers made the three feel insecure.

Before the negotiation started, they were already a little scared. So in this atmosphere, the negotiation started.

It goes without saying what the kingdom needs. That is, Vega gets out of the way and promises not to send troops to stop them from returning home.

And Vega also put forward his conditions -

War airships!

Vega demanded 200 war airships from the kingdom as tolls, and they must be delivered within two years.

"This is impossible!"

"Your Excellency should know the importance of war airships."

Tanier slammed the table excitedly. Although he thought Vega would take advantage of the situation, he didn't expect that Vega would ask for 200 war airships.

What does 200 war airships mean?
What you need to know is that a 15-man army has a standard configuration of 100 war airships, which means that 200 war airships are enough to support two armies.

Even if it is not organized into an army group.

These 200 war airships can independently form an aviation corps.

The aviation corps is a strategic force for attacking cities and capturing strongholds, and is of paramount importance to any country.

In any war, one more air corps may be able to rewrite the situation. Therefore, the 200 war airships proposed by Vega are even more robbery than robbery. The entire United Kingdom can only produce 50 war airships a year.

Vega was not surprised by Tanniel's reaction.

As an industry insider, he certainly understood the value of war airships, and he also knew clearly how many war airships the kingdom could produce in a year.

But Vega really needs this batch of war airships.

Because in the entire Jialan continent, the Free Alliance has the largest production of war airships, reaching 150 ships a year, followed by the United Kingdom, which can produce 50 ships a year. The Empire is even worse, with only a pitiful 30 ships.

Holy Dynasty?

Unfortunately, the Holy Dynasty does not have the technology to manufacture war airships. All the war airships used by their air force are imported from various countries. The air force that they have worked hard to build for hundreds of years was destroyed by the kingdom. Now there is only a standard aviation corps on the west coast.

Therefore, Vega did not intend to miss this opportunity.

He stood up and said, "I am a soldier, not a politician or a businessman, so I will be frank with you. Either you sign this gratuitous gift agreement, or you attack the city openly."

"By the way—"

Vega dragged out his words: "My superior, General Eskar, is in Saint Laurent City... I think the purpose of his visit to the Holy Dynasty should be easy to guess with your intelligence. The time left for you three is running out."

Tick ​​tick tick——

Drops of sweat slid down Tanniel's forehead.

We must borrow a road, but two hundred war airships are really too many.

The successive wars have made the kingdom unable to be self-sufficient. If they promise Vega, it means that within two years their war airship manufacturing industry will not only have to work for Vega, but they will also have to find a way to give Vega another 100 airships as a gift.

And at this moment Vega spoke.

He smiled brightly at Tanier and said, "After all, I am not a demon. Since you three trust me unconditionally, I will give you face and spare you 20 war airships. But you must give me an answer within three minutes."

"Three minutes later..."

A flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, and the light shone through the window, illuminating Vega’s face palely. “If there is still no reply in three minutes, it will be regarded as a rejection of my friendly proposal. We will meet on the battlefield.”

(End of this chapter)