Mage Veigar

Chapter 527: United Against External Oppression

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A gorgeous carriage drove towards East Street. The carriage was engraved with a pansy pattern that symbolized the royal family. Now there were only two people in the entire dynasty who were qualified to use this pattern.

One is the queen, Shia Saint Laurent.

The other is undoubtedly the Queen’s husband, Vega Saint Laurent.

The purpose of Vega's trip was to the residence of the Minister of Defense and Star Mage Okasos Saint Laurent. He needed to persuade Okasos today to temporarily put aside their conflicts and adopt a united external strategy first.

This is good for Veigar in two ways.

The first aspect is of course to let Okasos tie down the entire eastern garrison of the empire without spending a single soldier, making it impossible for the empire to go all the way north to support the city of Kareni and hinder Vega from capturing the strategic point of Kareni.

second.

This was actually a delaying tactic by Veigar.

Because Vega knew very well that with the current strength, he could not defeat Okasos at all. And if he left Okasos in Saint Laurent, Vega was afraid that he would harm Xia or take the opportunity to control Xia. This was simply a time bomb.

But sending Okasos to the Empire's Eastern Front was a different matter.

Taking advantage of this war, Veigar can improve his magician rank as much as he wants, and even find some special and very practical shadow magic rune pages. When he is strong enough to fight against the stars, he can give Okasos a big "surprise".

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything.

If this matter is entirely beneficial to Vega and has no benefit to Okasos at all, then only a fool would listen to you and form an army to fight against the Imperial Army.

After all, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are they playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio with each other?

Everything is just a matter of taking what you need. The only difference is who is more calculating and who is more simple.

So for Ocasos.

This is the best time to openly build and control your own army.

Because the army was formed by Okasos, even if Vega was nominally the military commander, he could not interfere with that army. The other party did not dare to disobey orders openly, but Vega had no temper if they wanted to disobey orders in secret.

Military power is essential for overthrowing a regime.

For example, if you are a powerful star mage and you capture a small city by yourself, but you find that there is no one to guard and maintain the operation of the city, then isn’t everything in vain?
When the time comes, you leave the city and capture the next one.

As long as the enemy is not stupid, they will take advantage of this gap to make a comeback and take back the city.

The other aspect is the gains from war.

This time it was a war to annihilate a country, which meant that the conquered territories and plundered resources would be almost impossible to give up. Although whatever Okasos could get nominally belonged to the country, in fact it definitely went into his own pocket.

With resources and territory, you can continue to develop your army.

With the strong support of the aristocratic forces, Okasos has almost no shortage of people who can manage the army. Although these individual talents cannot be compared with the officers who graduated from the military academies of the empire and the kingdom, basic management can still be done.

The final benefit is prestige.

Although Okasos's reputation is among the best in the dynasty, due to the sudden appearance of Vega and his status as a prince, Okasos's personal reputation in the dynasty has completely surpassed it. Therefore, if Vega loses this war and he continues to triumph, he will definitely surpass Vega in evaluation again.

Even though Veigar didn't lose any battles.

Then he must also lead the army to fight in order to demonstrate his presence, so as not to be left far behind by Vega in the public's evaluation. It would be difficult to deal with it if he became too powerful to be compared with Vega.

Therefore, under the premise that the two of them knew the pros and cons, Vega entered the mansion and sat opposite Okasos. After being glared at by Carol, he went straight to the point and said to Okasos: "Excuse me, Lord Okasos, what do you think of my proposal? At this time when war is raging, I hope you will understand the greater good and temporarily put aside your past grudges for the sake of the rise of the dynasty and fight together."

"Please allow me to think about this."

Okasos did not agree to Vega's request immediately.

Of course, this does not mean that Okasos is not clear about how many benefits there are, but because Okasos is comparing whether the benefits of going to the eastern part of the empire are greater or the benefits of staying in Saint Laurent are greater.

Stay at Saint Laurent.

This means that he can take advantage of Veigar's absence to stir up trouble, and even make the queen realize that Veigar is simply an "enemy" who wants to seize the dynasty's eternal foundation, rather than a friend who helps the dynasty rise.

Going on an expedition to the eastern part of the empire is also the best choice.

Need to know is.

Now the empire is under attack, even if he, a star mage, personally takes part in the war, it is impossible for something like I attacked the city of Erkia in the east of the empire, and the empire's army drove straight into the City of Ice and Fire from the city of Kareni in the north, and then went all the way south to capture the capital city of Saint Laurent.

This is not alarmist.

With the capabilities of the Imperial Army, although they cannot defeat a Star Mage like you, it is entirely possible that you, a Star Mage who is invincible in single combat, will have your homeland destroyed.

That's why.

Okasos felt that this was an opportunity to build an army, expand his power, and obtain more resources. He did not want to miss this opportunity. Moreover, as the main force in the war, the thought of destroying the empire was exciting enough.

Everyone in the dynasty, including Okasos, was looking forward to the day when the dynasty would rise.

The main warring countries and the auxiliary countries are different.

If one day the empire is really defeated or even destroyed.

When dividing the cake, the main force, because of their direct participation in the battle, can of course get the biggest piece of cake and the most benefits. After all, it is impossible to spit out what you have obtained.

What about as an auxiliary state?

You can forget about the property and resources plundered through war. Secondly, when dividing the territory, the auxiliary countries can only get some barren land, while the main country can reap all the benefits.

For so many years.

The Holy Dynasty has always played the role of a supporting country. It has clearly paid a considerable price in every war. However, when it comes to dividing the cake as a victorious country, it not only cannot get a single cent from the Empire, but sometimes even has to pay for it.

Therefore, everyone in the dynasty had a wish.

That is, one day, as the main force in the war, we will attend the post-war conference.

In addition, Okasos didn't know that Vega had a golden finger that could improve his strength in a short period of time during the war, so he thought that it would take a long time to deal with Vega. He could use Vega to make more contributions to the dynasty first, and after that, he would probably be promoted to the Saint. By then, no matter what tricks Vega had to drag the dynasty down with him, he could just use the Saint's strength to deal with them.

After such an analysis, it is very clear which is better.

Therefore, he said to Vega without hesitation: "Your Highness has given an order, and I dare not disobey. Please give me some time and I will ensure that the troops will be dispatched to the eastern part of the empire within the agreed time."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Vega saluted Okasos, and the two men reached a temporary reconciliation, pointing their spears in unison.

But just when Vega thought everything was ready, the butler of Okasos's mansion walked in and whispered something in Okasos's ear in a voice that Vega couldn't hear, and then Okasos's face changed immediately.

(End of this chapter)