Mage Veigar

Chapter 508 Public Apology
Clemens Oliver received an order from the Imperial Military.

This order naturally required him to negotiate with Vega in person. The purpose of the negotiation was to make Vega withdraw his troops. Given the current situation, if Vega continued to press forward, the Empire would have to give up its interests in the Kingdom's Dragon City after paying a certain price.

Therefore, Clemens felt both sad and happy about this order.

The good news was that once the Empire decided to resolve the Vega issue peacefully, the Imperial 17th Army under his command would not have to go to war directly with Vega, which made him feel relieved.

Although I don't want to admit it.

However, Clemens believed that he had no chance of defeating Vega, even though he was twice as strong as Vega in terms of military strength.

Sadly, as the former chief of staff of the Third Army, whose status was second only to Foster Nolan, he now had to kowtow to Vega, a former nobody, which made him feel suffocated.

of course.

He was even more afraid that Vega would take the opportunity to ask for an exorbitant price, while the Empire would be unwilling to pay too high a price, which would put him in a dilemma.

So on the second day.

Clemens came to Vega's camp with the intention of visiting a grave and started negotiations with Vega.

meeting room.

On both sides of the long oval table sat representatives of the two countries.

Vega and Clemens Oliver.

After saluting each other, Vega smiled and said politely to Clemens and the representatives behind him: "General Clemens, General Raglan, General Olcott Owen, it's been a long time since we last met. I hope you are well."

“Thank you for your concern, General Vega.”

The corner of Clemens' mouth twitched, and several people's faces were a little embarrassed. Vega was now a true traitor, but as generals of the empire, they were forced to compromise with Vega, a traitor. This humiliation can be imagined.

"Please take a seat."

Vega greeted everyone: "We are all old friends, so there is no need to be polite, especially Commander Olcott Owen. I was a soldier under your division when I was in Kalini. I have not yet thanked you for your care."

Vega smiled sincerely.

If some people saw this scene, they would think that Vega and this group of people were really old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

But the more sincere Vega's smile was, the more uncertain Clemens and the others felt. The person standing in front of them was the "devil" who had just killed 700,000 people. No! This speed of taking human lives was no less than that of the god of death.

Negotiating with a tiger that chooses its prey based on its prey?
Just thinking about it is terrifying.

Just like dawn comes as usual whether you expect it or not.

After some pleasantries, the negotiations finally began. Since the negotiations were initiated by the Empire, they were of course the first to come up with a solution.

There are three main solutions provided by Clemens.

The first one condemned Vega for crossing the imperial border without authorization, and Vega withdrew a total of four army groups, two air corps, and two naval fleets from the Dragon Sea to the vicinity of Kareni City and the western border.

As compensation, of course.

The Empire is willing to double the cost of all the military expenses incurred by Vega this time.

The second article requested Vega to persuade the United Kingdom and the Principality of Baya to withdraw their troops at the same time. As compensation, the Empire was willing to pay in advance the 100 war airships it still owed to Vega, and at the same time provide the two countries with compensation of approximately 5000 million universal gold coins, which would be paid by Vega on their behalf.

The third and most important one: While asking Vega to remove trade barriers, the Empire promised to immediately open up restrictions in 137 areas and reduce tariffs on all industries back to the level before the trade war began.

After reading the plan, Vega realized that the Empire had finally made a compromise.

This is unprecedented in the history of the empire. The cession of Erkia and compensation of war airships were just chips that had to be paid to redeem the soldiers in the eyes of the empire. It was more like a business negotiation, and there was no compromise between the two.

After all, redeeming prisoners of war is the same in every country.

But this time is different.

This time, without any prisoners of war, Vega truly used force to force the Empire to lower its proud head and negotiate with him, a traitor.

And this time the empire's plan is quite sincere.

Especially the one about compensation of 5000 million universal gold coins, which Vega would pay to the United Kingdom and the Principality of Baya, was exactly what Vega wanted. The Empire knew how to do things this time, and these terms basically touched Vega's lowest negotiation bottom line.

But this time, Vega asked for a huge amount of money.

He sent the plan back to Clemens, then slammed the table and said angrily, "General Clemens, are you sending away beggars?"

Vega was blunt.

He pointed directly at Clemens and said, "Your vassal state attacked the dynasty's territory without authorization. Our country suffered unfair treatment, and it is reasonable for us to counterattack in self-defense. In addition, your country violated international trade laws, causing our country to suffer huge losses, so the dynasty needs your empire to publicly apologize and compensate our country for various expenses including military expenses, tariffs, mental damages... a total of 25 billion universal gold coins."

"We can give you 25 billion, but we cannot apologize."

Clemens's face looked a little ugly. The financial loss was a small matter, but to apologize to the dynasty publicly in the international community would be tantamount to admitting to the whole world that the Empire had compromised with the Dynasty. This also meant that if other countries asked the Empire about this matter one day, the Empire would not be able to deny it, and it would become a stain in the history of the Empire.

No matter which country.

Dignity and honor are above all else, and this will be the foundation for rallying morale and stabilizing society.

However, what Vega obviously wanted was an apology from the Empire, which directly represented the rise of the dynasty. At the same time, it would indirectly improve the dynasty's status in the eyes of the world's countries, which would bring considerable benefits in future diplomacy.

Therefore, Vega rejected the offer directly and said, "Since your country has no sincerity, I don't think it is necessary to continue the negotiations."

"General Vega, please wait a moment!"

Clemens almost gnashed his teeth and spat out a few words of loss of power and honor: "The Empire will publicly apologize to the Dynasty!"

"Hahaha, please rest assured, as long as your country fulfills its promise, our army will withdraw immediately."

Vega finally smiled knowingly, and then started a war of words with the Empire over other trivial matters.

However, other things such as the early delivery of the war airship are no longer important. Vega has achieved his goal, which is to make the Empire publicly apologize.

This apology is more valuable than any compensation.

It turns out that the empire is still very efficient when it comes to life and death.

On the third day after the negotiations ended, the Empire issued an international announcement publicly apologizing to the Holy Dynasty.

This apology announcement also caused an uproar in the entire Jialan Continent.

Wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival~There are a lot of things to do today, so there is only one chapter.

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(End of this chapter)