Mage Veigar

Chapter 572 Intimidation

What is Foster's weakness?
People have seven emotions and six desires.

The exposed weakness must be among them. As long as we follow the clues, we will be able to find Foster's weak spot.

But after returning, Vega read Foster's lifelong intelligence over and over again, but could not find any weaknesses. He even saw his own shadow in Foster.

First, Foster has no relatives, let alone friends.

This means that it is almost impossible to start with his relatives.

Second, Foster had no desire for money or power.

So it won't work to tempt him with these things.

Third, Foster is absolutely loyal to the empire and is even willing to die for it.

When a person is not afraid of death, even if he is weak and powerless, he is countless times more terrifying than those eight-foot-tall strong men.

Fourth, Foster was born for war.

Born an orphan, Foster worked his way up from a soldier to his current position. All he has in his life is war, and he only knows how to do war. If you strip off the cloak of war, he is just a useless old man.

Being loyal to war means not being afraid of war.

Foster may have anticipated that one day he would be defeated, even captured, and eventually die in the war.

No shackles mean no weaknesses.

Foster is now like Vega, treating everything as chess pieces that can be discarded at any time, which means that no one can catch the weaknesses of the two from outside the war.

There is only one way to defeat Vega.

That is to defeat Vega fairly in a war.

Now Foster is almost a replica of Vega, and it is almost impossible to exploit his weaknesses outside of war.

This is also what makes Vega feel tricky.

But there is a saying that birds of a feather flock together. If there is anyone in this world who can best understand Foster's mentality, it is probably no one except Vega.

Because both of them reject all constraints and make themselves more invulnerable.

But one thing you need to know is.

Rejecting all constraints is just to make yourself stronger, but what is the purpose of becoming strong?
As you can see.

Vega fights for his life. He wants a comfortable life and doesn't want to live a precarious life.

Therefore, when someone wants to take his life, Vega will definitely burst out with 1,000% or even 10,000% of his potential to defeat the opponent. At that time, Vega becomes almost invincible, unless someone can stand at an absolute height and crush him.

The same reason.

Although Foster did not fight for his life, he fought for loyalty.

He is loyal to the empire and wants to see it prosper and its people live a good life. Only war can make all this happen, so in every desperate situation, Foster can always perform beyond his normal level and turn defeat into victory.

The battle for the Kingdom’s Dragon City was a swan song.

In that case, what is the point of Vega focusing on these strengths of Foster?
Whether it is war or other fields, the best strategy is to use your strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. Without finding the enemy's weaknesses, it is only a fool who would rashly attack the enemy's strengths.

This is indeed the case.

But Vega is good at doing the opposite. He believes that there is no absolute good or bad in the world.

For example, if someone threatens Vega's life, he will unleash his great potential, but if someone holds his life in his hands, he will inevitably be loyal to this person out of necessity.

Since loyalty to the empire can make Foster risk his life, can loyalty be used to control Foster?
The answer is yes. Foster is extremely loyal to the Empire and is willing to die for it, which is a bit like the Star Mage Okasos, but this loyalty is different from Okasos's loyalty.

Okasos's loyalty is to the royal family of the dynasty.

If Okasos had to choose between preserving the royal family of the dynasty and the people of the dynasty.

Then there is no doubt that Okasos would choose to preserve the royal bloodline of the dynasty and abandon all civilians, because he is loyal to the royal family. In his view, as long as the royal family exists, there is hope for the dynasty to be rebuilt. If the royal family dies out, even if the dynasty is re-established, it will be nothing more than a fake, which he absolutely disagrees with.

Foster was different; his loyalty was to the Empire.

If he were asked to choose between the imperial government and the imperial civilians, Foster would undoubtedly choose the civilians, because in his view the government was part of the empire, which could be rebuilt without the government, but would also be gone without the people.

So Vega already knows how to control Foster.

Since bribery doesn't work, the only option is coercion.

On the afternoon of the next day, Vega met with Foster again: "General Foster, please allow me to ask again this time, are you willing to be loyal to the Northern regime?"

Foster opened his eyes and closed them again.

He shook his head slightly. "Again, thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. Even if Your Highness asks me this question tens of thousands of times, my answer will be the same. I am loyal to the Empire and will never recognize any northern regime."

"Nothing is absolute in this world. What do you think?"

"Are you questioning my loyalty to the Empire?"

Foster looked a little angry. Vega could take his life, but he couldn't insult his loyalty to the Empire.

"This is the only thing I dare not deny."

Veigar chuckled and said, "But General, can you trust me? The next time I ask you this question, you will definitely choose to be loyal to the Northern regime?"

"Hmph, nonsense."

Foster snorted and closed his mouth, obviously having no desire to continue talking to Vega.

However, Vega threw a plan in his hand on the table at this time.

After just one glance, Foster's squinting eyes suddenly widened. The name of this plan was -

The Northern Massacre Project

Foster opened the plan with his trembling right hand, and then read it word by word, afraid of missing any details. He read for a full hour.

"Now, are you willing to pledge allegiance to the Northern regime?"

"I...I, Foster Nolan..."

Foster clenched his fists until they turned white, and finally uttered the words he least wanted to say: "I am willing to be loyal to you personally."

"It's not me, but the northern government of the empire."

"I, Foster Nolan, am willing to pledge allegiance to... the Northern Empire and the Northern Government."

It was only a dozen words, but it took all of Foster's strength.

He really didn't expect that Vega would use the lives of 20 million civilians in the northern city of Kareni as bargaining chips to make him offer his loyalty. If the north loses any strategic city, Vega will launch a massacre plan in Kareni, which is inspired by the massacre of the city by the dragon army.

So there was only one choice left for Foster.

That is to pledge loyalty to the northern regime and defend the entire north for Vega.

Unless he has the ability to take over the entire north overnight, if he betrays Vega, Foster will have to watch the civilians in other cities being slaughtered by Vega, especially his hometown, Kalini City, which is likely to disappear completely on the Galan Continent.

But is it really okay to use officers who are coerced into using this kind of tactics?
(End of this chapter)