Mage Veigar

Chapter 798 The new head of state
Vatican, banquet hall.

The summit meeting before the summit of various countries is held here.

Since the host countries of this event were the City-State of Gangti and the Free Alliance, Pope Andrews Edington and King Stretch Fuggton of the Free Alliance were already at the door to receive the guests.

"The head of the Nolan Empire, Eldir Nolan, has arrived."

After checking the invitation, the guard announced loudly.

After shaking hands with the Pope and the King of the Alliance in a friendly manner, Eldir entered the banquet hall.

Due to the guards' previous notification, when the imperial head Eldir entered the banquet hall, everyone's eyes were on him.

After all, the empire was once the greatest power.

Now that the former leaders of the three powers of the empire have resigned and nominated a spokesperson to step forward, they naturally want to pay attention to what kind of person this 'new' head of state who is representing the empire to attend the conference is.

Eldir Nolan was previously the president of the Central Military Academy, the chief of staff of the Central Army, and the president of the Imperial Military Academy. He was second only to the president of the military. After the former head of state was forced to resign, he stepped to the front.

Almost everyone thought he was a puppet.

But no one knew that he had used these years to sideline the three powers that had retreated behind the scenes, and even controlled the representatives of the other two powers. Now the empire has become his one-man show.

In fact, Eldir didn't want to do this.

He is old and will soon be buried, so there is no point in fighting for these rights.

But he couldn't bear to watch it any longer.

Such a huge and invincible empire on the continent, revealing its accumulated cards for thousands of years, was almost destroyed by three young people? This is simply a huge joke!

As a five-star general who is a generation older than the leaders of the previous three powers, and can even be said to be the most experienced in the entire high-level leadership, he is indeed qualified to call the leaders of the previous three powers young people.

So when the empire was about to collapse, he decided to step forward and save the empire.

Due to his seniority and his non-power-seeking character, he easily gained the trust of the former head of state and took the initiative to act as the "puppet" of the military power.

He used his official position to begin to undermine the three powers.

This was not difficult for him, because in his opinion, the three young people retreating behind the scenes and wanting to retain power was an arrogant and naive act. The end of treating others as puppets is to play with fire and get burned.

After the old three powers were undermined.

He began to take action against the new regime and military leaders.

Because Eldir has understood one thing, the empire does not need three powers! Only when you put your five fingers together can you have strength!
The three powers are combined into one, and orders are enforced.

When the empire became a one-man show, efficiency began to improve.

After the reform, the new empire first attacked the rebels, but the rebels were unable to withstand the empire's offensive and were eventually destroyed. This also directly proves that a one-man rule is indeed more effective than the separation of powers.

Although Eldir Nolan's eyesight is blurry due to old age, his gaze is extremely sharp.

He realized from his continuous failures that in non-war times, or in the first few world wars when the empire was the only dominant force, the separation of powers could prevent national corruption and allow the country to survive for a longer period of time.

But when the building is about to collapse, a more powerful opponent emerges.

Then the checks and balances among the three powers will only prevent some bold decisions from being passed, which will in turn hinder the war.

Now he has become the one who has the final say, no matter how risky the decision is. And these risky decisions are precisely the only way to change the direction of the war and turn defeat into victory, because the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

Now he has come to the summit of nations on behalf of the empire.

Wherever they looked, although other countries paid their respects, they no longer had the fear and respect they once had for the empire.

Even... As soon as he stepped into the banquet hall, Grand Duke Baya came over and sneered at him: "Are you the new head of the empire? Is the empire really on the decline now? They actually let an old man who is about to die be the head of state."

When it was still a vassal state, the Principality of Baya had suffered from exploitation by the empire. Now Grand Duke Baya feels like he has got his revenge.

"Hahaha."

The Holy Dragon King who followed over laughed, picked up a piece of steak next to him with a fork, and handed it to Eldir: "I just want to ask you, my Lord, at your age, can you still eat well? If you can't even eat, how can you govern the country?"

Hahaha--

The people around laughed when they heard this.

Because Eldir was really too old, it was impossible for him to chew such half-cooked food.

The Holy Dragon King pointed out something: "Alas, you can't even chew the fat meat in front of you. No wonder the Empire has become a traitor to the Eastern Camp and supports the armistice agreement of the Western countries."

After saying that.

The two looked at Eldir Nolan with a smile.

However, Eldir remained unmoved and did not reveal his position. He just smiled and said, "May I ask which country you two are from? I don't remember you two at the last summit of various countries."

Eldir refused to be outdone, so the three of them began a war of words.

This round of confrontation ended after a few minutes. After returning to the corner, the Holy Dragon King and Grand Duke Baya put away their previously disguised arrogance, looked at each other and said, "He was completely unmoved by our ridicule and temptation. This old man is not simple."

"I'm afraid this person is more difficult to deal with than the three powers in power."

The Holy Dragon King nodded in agreement, and in his heart he began to pay attention to the new head of the empire, Eldir Nolan.

Also at this time.

A voice interrupted their thoughts, causing them to stand up at the same time and walk towards the door.

"Jialan Empire, His Majesty Vega Saint Laurent has arrived."

Vega arrived here on time at 7 o'clock that evening with two war girls.

The waiter took the invitation from Vega, took a look at it, and immediately shouted this out loud.

The sound naturally spread to the banquet hall, causing the noisy banquet hall to fall into an eerie silence for a short period of time.

Everyone looked towards the door, expecting the arrival of the new king.

"As expected of the Jialan Empire."

A hint of jealousy arose in the hearts of Grand Duke Baya and the Holy Dragon King.

Although they also attracted a lot of attention when they came, it was not to this extent. After all, before this meeting was held, the coalition forces of Western countries defeated them, and they were just two defeated countries.

Not just Grand Duke Baya and the Holy Dragon King.

Even Eldir Nolan, who had just stepped into the banquet hall, felt a little sad.

He still remembered the last time he accompanied the former head of state to attend a meeting. The Empire was the only country to enjoy such treatment. He did not expect that in less than 20 years, the world would have changed so much and the former glory would be gone forever.

"Take a good look."

As if he had determined his goal, or as if he was preparing for a desperate fight, Eldir Nolan said to himself firmly: "At the next summit of all nations, the Empire will surely be the center of attention."

(End of this chapter)