Mage Veigar

Chapter 444 Dispelling Doubts
Everything has its pros and cons.

Veigar did come up with a way to stop Eskar from questioning why he didn't open the city gates.

As long as Eskar could convince himself of his loyalty, he could easily integrate into the army.

Vega then glanced at Major General Lebil and said to Eskar, "Commander-in-Chief, there is indeed a reason why the city gates are not opened, but this reason can only be known to you. Please order irrelevant people to temporarily withdraw."

"Commodore Vega, what do you mean?"

Major General Lebeer's face changed when he heard this. He was actually asked to leave by a brigadier general for being an irrelevant person? When had he ever been so angry? Therefore, Vega's attack directly made him blush.

"I mean that literally."

Vega said bluntly: "What I want to report is a military secret. Your position does not allow you to know it for the time being, so I need you to leave here temporarily."

"Major General Lebeer, please go down first."

Eskar saw that Vega was serious, so he waved his hand and dismissed Lebil.

This action completely made Lebil hate Vega and regarded Vega as a thorn in his side. In the end, he snorted and left Eskar's office.

“Commodore Vega, you can speak now.”

Eskar looked at Vega. After being treated like this by Lebil, he was already a little shaken. After all, it was really unreasonable not to open the city gate when the superior officer arrived.

"Your subordinate requests a recommendation for promotion to Lieutenant General."

Vega saluted Eskar and said with a sulky look of a child.

Eskar was increasingly confused as to why this problem was somehow related to not opening the city gates, so he said, "Didn't I tell you that it would be difficult for me to recommend you for the rank of lieutenant general after you made two mistakes? But please rest assured, sir, as long as you perform well next time, I promise you a recommendation for promotion to lieutenant general."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief."

After Vega finished speaking, he closed his mouth again, with no intention of saying anything else.

Eskar frowned upon seeing this: "You haven't answered me yet why you don't open the city gate?"

"Commander, please understand."

Veigar said calmly, "The city gate has been in disrepair for a long time and is covered with rust. I cannot open it."

"Ok?"

Eskar almost thought he had heard it wrong. How could the city gate be in such disrepair?
If you have to find an excuse, find a smart one. Even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe such nonsense.

Eskar thought Vega was joking, so he continued, "Please stop joking, sir."

"I am not joking."

Vega blinked his eyes and said unreasonably: "The city gate is indeed in disrepair and cannot be opened. The commander cannot enter the city in a short time. As for the time it will be repaired, I really don't know."

"You really are not kidding."

"It's true."

Eskar restrained his smile, stared at Vega repeatedly, and then began to think.

Only a few seconds later, Eskar's eyes suddenly widened: "You, you, you! Are you threatening me?"

I understand. I understand completely. Eskar finally understood what Vega meant.

It turns out that this sentence should be read in conjunction with the previous sentence "Your humble servant requests your recommendation for promotion to lieutenant general". This sentence clearly shows that Vega is hinting to him that if you don't recommend me for the qualification of lieutenant general, I will not open the city gate.

"I am just stating the facts."

Vega said honestly, "In addition to this problem, there are many other unexpected situations, such as the rebellion has not been quelled, the civilians have not been appeased, and all the soldiers and generals are opposed... Therefore, we cannot open the city gate to welcome you into the city."

"you!"

Eskar was so angry that he laughed. He finally realized that the guy in front of him was Vega.

This kid probably knows how important he is, so he is confident in asking for compensation from him. But he really can't do anything to Vega. He can't just take up the position of commander and turn against Vega.

Vega is recognized as a rising star.

There is certainly no problem in turning against Vega now, and he can also use his position as commander to force Vega to give orders, but if he really does this, it would be tantamount to falling out directly with Vega, the person favored by the Führer.

Moreover, as a person who was about to be promoted to admiral, he vaguely heard that Vega was the mastermind behind the OECD, which made him even more hesitant to use force. At the same time, he also understood that this was the reason why Vega did not open the city gate even though he knew he had arrived near the city of Donbu.

He was bargaining with the city of Dunbu.

When all his doubts were gone and he understood Vega's plan, Eskar felt relieved: "Okay, okay, I promise you, as long as you let us enter the city, I will recommend you as a lieutenant general when I return."

Vega looked at Eskar with suspicion.

This made Eskar laugh and cry: "I swear on the honor of the empire that you will definitely get some benefits."

"I feel relieved with the commander-in-chief's words."

Vega smiled innocently like a child and said, "But please give me seven days, Commander-in-Chief, to deal with those loyalists who are of no use to me. Then I will officially welcome you into the city."

“Is the resistance great?”

Eskar said with concern: "If you need help, please let me know. Although we were tricked by the West Coast Army, we didn't suffer any loss in our high-level forces. I can give you some of them."

"Thank you for your concern, Commander-in-Chief."

Veigar then said with a serious expression: "I don't need to take care of these trivial matters. I just need to ask my men to go back and pass on the message. We just need to wait for good news in this camp and wait for them to open the city gates."

"Hahaha, you really are here to bargain with me."

After Eskar was completely relieved, he treated Vega as his confidant again: "Since you don't have to do those trivial matters yourself, I think you should stay in the army for the next few days. You have been away from the empire for a year. Except for the top leaders of the empire, I am afraid that most people have lost their impression of you. I will take this opportunity to introduce some generals in the army to you."

"Thank you for your cultivation, Commander."

Vega realized that Eskar was hinting that since he was back, he should start building his network again. The other party was intentionally cultivating him and truly regarded him as a confidant. He was one of the few generals who treated him well.

But since our paths are different, we cannot work together.

No matter how good Eskar is to him, he can never return to the embrace of the empire again. This time he must take advantage of this opportunity to obtain enough intelligence.

Because Eskar alone cannot protect him.

If the empire encountered a crisis again and he happened to be involved in it, Vega could easily imagine that the empire would abandon him again, and he no longer wanted to be betrayed.

(End of this chapter)