Mage Veigar

Chapter 724: Rumors Stop at the Wise

"He's nothing but a hypocrite."

In response to Vega's question, Hausman didn't even open his squinting eyes and directly uttered these words.

"Hypocrite?"

Vega put down the goblet in his hand, tilted his head and thought for a while, then looked at Hausman again.

"Pure goodness won't get you far."

Housman went on to say: "If Coverdale had pure 'goodness', then he would never have killed his subordinates who had fought together with him. The real compassionate people and the real saviors are always greedy people who want to save women, relatives, friends, and the world. Therefore, he is just a hypocrite."

"I don't think so."

Vega smiled and said, "We must realize that there is no such thing as perfection in the world. If one party is beneficial, it will inevitably cause harm to the other party. Therefore, I think the person who can kill his subordinates in order to save the entire country and defend the interests of civilians, and bear all the sins and infamy alone, is the truly kind person."

"As for the savior and hero in biographical novels?"

Veigar's eyes flashed with disdain: "Those so-called heroes who want to save women and the world at the same time, who seem selfless, are the biggest hypocrites in my opinion, because that kind of kindness has no soil for survival in any world."

"Hahaha."

Hausman laughed loudly, "So that's how it is. Pure goodness and pure evil have long been dead. The only ones who have survived until now are a bunch of hypocrites. You, I, he, everyone is... it's just that the short one is taller than the tall one. That guy is the closest to the ultimate good among all the hypocrites. Then, Your Majesty, are you the closest to evil?"

"you are wrong."

Vega stood up and walked outside. "Whether they are close to pure goodness or pure evil, they are doomed to fail. I can be more cruel than the evil ones, and I can be more kind than the good ones. This is the quality a king should possess."

"Then let me wait and see."

Hausman looked at Coverdale with anticipation. He also wanted to see how far the ultimate goodness that Vega talked about could go. It was interesting to think about a king who existed with justice and mercy.

Da da da--

Vega brought Hausman to the conference room to meet Coverdale, who had taken back his power.

knock knock knock.

After knocking on the door and getting Coverdale's permission, Vega entered.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency, on taking back the military power."

Vega congratulated Coverdale as he took off his mask.

"It was His Majesty who made me make up my mind."

"You are being modest again, Your Excellency. This is all your own decision. I did nothing."

"Just let it be."

Coverdale smiled bitterly. "It will be hard to hide the big moves here from the Empire. I'm afraid they will take advantage of the chaos among our top leaders to launch an attack on the City of War. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to take over the command from now on."

"The Imperial Army will not come."

Before Vega could answer, Hausman said categorically: "Given Foster's character, he would never launch an attack at this time. He will continue to wait patiently, allowing the matter of you killing your subordinates to continue to ferment, and then sit back and reap the benefits."

As Hausman said.

How could Foster start a war at this time? Coverdale killed eleven senior officers, which was a fatal blow to the morale of the entire army. As long as the atmosphere in the city of war continued to ferment, it was foreseeable that these eleven senior officers were only the first batch, and there would definitely be a second and third batch of surrenderers. After learning from the lessons of the first batch, the subsequent batches would not be so easy to deal with.

Why would we deliberately make a war more difficult when we can win it easily?
As the person who knew Forster best, Houseman could almost assert this.

"Even if they won't come, we need to attack as soon as possible."

Coverdale said worriedly, "The eleven Weiners are just the beginning. As time goes on, the atmosphere in the city will intensify. The second and third Weiners will emerge soon. We can only take advantage of this time difference to actively attack the Imperial Army and give it a try. With your Majesty's command, there must be a glimmer of hope."

Coverdale placed his hopes on Vega.

In his opinion, Vega has many ingenious strategies. As long as he can achieve one victory, the whole army will see the hope of victory. With the hope of victory, morale will rise with continuous victories, and the rebels will still have a glimmer of hope.

The rebels are now completely stunned.

The continued failures made the soldiers lose hope. The protests of the civilians, coupled with the promises of the empire, made the soldiers eager to return to the past, thus forcing the officers from bottom to top to put pressure on him, the leader, to surrender as soon as possible.

"I'm sorry, but I don't fight a battle I'm not sure of."

Vega stared at Coverdale and said, "Please don't look down on Foster. Without internal stability, going against Foster is a dead end. I think the most urgent task is to stabilize the people's and the military's morale."

"If there was a way to boost morale and stabilize people's hearts, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation." Despair flashed in Coverdale's eyes. Faced with the empire's various compromising policies that benefited the people, he had no power to resist.

"Please do not worry."

Veigar smiled and said, "At the previous banquet, you have shown me your determination. I have a general idea of ​​how to improve morale and stabilize the people's hearts. If this method is implemented, I believe that the City of War will surely unite as one and recreate the unparalleled glory of fighting against the invincible army of the Holy Dragon Nation."

"Do you really have a solution?"

Coverdale felt his throat go dry.

He knew very well why the rebels had been able to survive until today, and that was because of the unanimous support of the civilians.

If the civilians resume their support for the rebels, he would not dare to say that there is no possibility of failure, but he could guarantee that he would definitely have the capital to fight the empire on equal terms. Even if the situation got worse, the rebels would not be destroyed within two months, and half a year would be more than enough.

"May I ask your Majesty what is your solution...?"

Seeing Coverdale's impatient eyes, Vega smiled and said, "Excuse me, sir, have you ever heard of this saying - rumors stop at the wise."

“It’s a well-known saying.”

"So do you think this statement is correct?"

Coverdale thought for a moment and replied, "It's not an exaggeration to say that it's the truth."

"Then may I ask, are there more wise men or fools in this city of war?"

Vega's tone was very gentle, but it sounded a little creepy to Coverdale's ears.

"Your Majesty means..."

“Rumors stop at the wise” is indeed a very true saying.

Vega’s smile grew even brighter. “Then, conversely, 99.9% of the people in this world are fools, and fools are the easiest to be fooled. My dear leader who controls the city of war, now you should know what to do, right?”

(End of this chapter)