Mage Veigar

Chapter 597: Live on your knees!
To die standing up with dignity.

It is better to throw away your self-esteem and live on your knees.

The old general in the military had already torn off the fig leaf of everyone present, trampling hard on the so-called pride, dignity, and glory of the empire, and at the same time laying these two choices nakedly before everyone.

For soldiers, honor is above all else.

Several military generals snorted at the old general, secretly cursed him for being a coward, and then stood up and said loudly: "For a soldier, losing dignity and honor is more terrible than dying immediately. We hope that the three adults can bet everything and fight to the death with the Holy Dragon Kingdom!"

After hearing what the military general said, the politicians who had just cursed the most fiercely, stood on the moral high ground, and unscrupulously condemned the old general for having no dignity at all finally became scared.

They were afraid that the controllers of the three powers would listen to the words of those barbarians and really fight a desperate battle with the Holy Dragon Kingdom.

For politicians, as long as they can preserve the empire, dignity and honor have to be put aside. The reason they condemn others at the beginning is just to be a whore and then put on a chastity arch. When the critical moment comes, of course they will immediately change their words.

A senior official stood up and said, "My Lords, our army is now in a complete defeat. Although we seem to have more soldiers and more generals, under such circumstances, once the war breaks out, there will inevitably be a large-scale rout. By then, we will be truly finished."

As the senior official said.

The reason why the army and society have not completely collapsed is that the empire has not put all its chips on the decisive battle with the Holy Dragon Kingdom. Once the empire puts everything on the decisive battle, a single defeat... even a small-scale defeat with a loss of less than 10,000 soldiers, could destroy the last bit of confidence of the entire army and the country.

For a country that has lost its faith, the outcome is obvious.

So the politicians were afraid. They would rather choose to retain their strength and let the people and the army believe that they still have room for counterattack. They definitely do not want to launch a final decisive battle at this time. However, the enemy has already reached the central region. Apart from a decisive battle, their only choice is to outsource the war directly to the Holy Dynasty.

Yes, it is indeed the word 'outsourcing'.

The old general's advice showed them the way forward. These politicians actually hoped very much to let the Holy Dynasty take over the war by paying some price. Compared with the destruction of the country, they could accept any price.

"In summary."

The senior official said in a sad tone: "For the sake of the people and the empire, I hope that the three adults can temporarily put aside their honor and dignity, pay some price and ask for assistance from the Holy Dynasty. After pacifying the army of the Holy Dragon Kingdom, it will not be too late for us to regain our lost dignity. History has always been written by the ultimate victor."

"Humph, a bunch of cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

The military staff members started to quarrel with the politicians, and the judges of the judicial system were not to be outdone and joined the battle to denounce the politicians. After all, the Judiciary Corps controlled the law and justice and were naturally disgusted with the words of politicians.

Amid the arguments, the voting process finally came.

First, the Grand Speaker directly voted for the option of seeking help from the Holy Dynasty. Although he once believed that selling out dignity and honor was an extremely shameful act, this time it was different. Their enemies were the dragon race.

Those sub-dragon species seem to hate humans extremely.

They committed all kinds of atrocities in the occupied cities and treated humans as pigs. Therefore, the Grand Speaker believed that now was not the time to be a hero. He could die for the dignity and glory of his country, but he could not become the eternal sinner of mankind.

So he voted in favor without hesitation.

In contrast to him, the Grand Inquisitor uttered the first words since the beginning of the meeting: "I just want to ask Mr. Speaker and Mr. Führer to remember what we once said - the Empire does not know what compromise is!"

One positive and one negative.

The final decision fell into the hands of the Führer. Seeing this, the officers and the judges smiled triumphantly.

Those politicians have also lost all hope for the outcome of the vote, because the military has always regarded honor and dignity as their life, and as their highest commander, how could he be on their side if not on his own side?
Just when everyone thought the outcome was settled, the head of state's vote was beyond everyone's expectations.

Agree!

As the controller of military power, the head of state actually agreed to ask the Holy Dynasty for help?
What is the difference between this behavior and denying the strength of one's subordinates and betraying dignity and honor?
As a role model for soldiers, this is a bit too much.

For the first time, the presiding judge showed a dissatisfied expression: "Your Excellency, please give me a reason."

"The empire can die standing, but this time it is not for the empire."

The Head of State's reply was affirmed by the Grand Speaker, who spoke highly of the Head of State.

On the contrary, the presiding judge fell into a long silence.

A few minutes later, he looked up at the two and said, "Is a Holy Dragon Country worthy of rising to such a height?"

"The millions of corpses in the City of Bauhinia serve as a warning to us."

"I'm sorry, I was short-sighted."

The Chief Judge let out a long breath, obviously agreeing with the choices made by the Führer and the Speaker.

He has understood that as the strongest country on the continent, they should indeed make some sacrifices for the sake of humanity. If they continue like this, once the morale of the Holy Dragon Nation is high, no one on this continent will be able to stop them.

The empire that dominated the world in the past was well aware of how terrifying the boost in combat power brought by consecutive victories was.

So the next day, the empire sent envoys to the Dynasty City of Ice and Fire.

It is indeed the City of Ice and Fire rather than the City of Saint Laurent.

Because Vega and Okasos have been paying close attention to the war situation on the Empire's side, especially Vega needs to decide what countermeasures to take based on the upcoming war situation, so he has not returned to Saint Laurent at all.

The purpose of the messenger is obvious, which is to find Vega and Okasos.

This was originally against etiquette, because such military and national affairs should be discussed with the queen of the dynasty according to etiquette, instead of not even going to the dynasty's capital, Saint Laurent, and running directly to the City of Ice and Fire to find two ministers.

But in an emergency, we have to take the necessary measures.

Since the Holy Dragon Kingdom's army was very fond of quick attacks and was pushing the front line almost every day, there was not much time left for the Empire. Therefore, the Empire had no choice but to bypass the Queen and find Vega and Okasos.

"Please, for the sake of our human status, help our country to repel the Holy Dragon Nation."

The messenger bowed to Vega and Okasos very respectfully, without any of the arrogance he should have had before.

Vega was fine after seeing this, but Okasos was filled with disbelief, as if he had discovered a new continent. Now he even wanted to ask, is this still the same proud empire?

(End of this chapter)