Mage Veigar

Chapter 872: Fight or surrender?

The coalition forces of various nations, the headquarters of the Free Alliance.

The second meeting of the nations was held at the headquarters of the Free Alliance.

Because the countries were afraid of being wiped out in a war by Vega, their bases were actually very scattered, and the kings did not often gather together. However, with the arrival of Vega's ultimatum, they held their second meeting after being surrounded.

On the conference table.

King Strachey of the Free League sat at the head, and the kings of other countries sat on both sides.

It can be seen now.

Compared with the last meeting, four seats on the oval conference table have been vacated.

One of them was the Holy Dragon King, and the other three were three medium-sized countries that surrendered recently. Seeing this scene, all kinds of feelings surged into everyone's hearts, and they suddenly felt a little sad.

Because they don’t know…if they can wait until the next meeting.

Perhaps this will be the last meeting that you will attend as king.

"Cough cough..."

The voice of the King of the Free Alliance interrupted everyone's sentimentality: "I believe that everyone has received Vega Saint Laurent's ultimatum. Now the war situation has become so serious that we have to face it. What do you think about this?"

"view?"

One king said unwillingly: "What can we say? Even if Vega Saint Laurent does not issue an ultimatum, we will be out of ammunition and food in four days and will be powerless to turn the tide. It's just the difference between a few days of defeat in the morning and a few days of defeat in the evening."

"We have already lost this war."

Another person shook his head and said, "Among our allies, four countries have surrendered, including the Holy Dragon Kingdom, and they have all been treated well. Sooner or later, they will lose anyway, so it is better to surrender before the deadline of the ultimatum. Maybe we won't end up with a corpse."

"traitor."

The King of Xibin Kingdom snorted and cursed under his breath.

This statement also angered the king who advocated surrender: "After the meeting, whether you surrender or not, I will follow the footsteps of the Holy Dragon Kingdom and surrender to the Jialan Empire. If you have the ability, please resist to the end."

If this statement had been made in the past, it would have certainly been condemned by all countries.

But now that it was said, even the King of Xibin Kingdom who had previously called him a traitor dared not speak anymore.

Although he was unwilling, he knew that he had to surrender before tomorrow. If he did not choose to surrender, Meru Scimitar would be a lesson for them. Anyway, life and death could not change anything, so he might as well live on.

Even King Strachey of the Free Alliance had this idea.

It's just that because he is the chief of the Allied Forces, it is not convenient for him to express his opinions publicly at this time.

But at this time, a man standing behind Pope Eddington suddenly said: "Everyone here is a king of a country. Don't you think that this happened too suddenly? Why did Vega Saint Laurent suddenly give us an ultimatum? Obviously, the other party has already sat on the Diaoyutai, why bother about a few days in the morning or a few days late?"

Everyone's eyes turned to the man behind the Pope.

The King of the Free Alliance asked, "Who is this...?"

"He is His Excellency Carol, the guardian knight of the former Holy Dynasty Princess Xia Saint Laurent," Pope Eddington introduced.

After hearing Carol's identity, everyone no longer took it seriously.

The king of the West Coast Kingdom said: "I am the fish on the chopping board. It doesn't seem strange to me that Vega Saint Laurent suddenly issued an ultimatum. Maybe he just acted on impulse?" "No!"

At this time, Carol and Admiral Swinburne of the Dark Night standing behind King Strachey of the Free Alliance actually said the word "no" in unison, which immediately made the atmosphere of the meeting weird.

"Your Excellency, please speak first."

Swinburne made a graceful gesture of invitation.

Carol nodded: "Compared to you, I think no one in this world knows more about Vega Saint Laurent than I do. Although I don't know anything about military affairs, the only thing I can be sure of is that Vega Saint Laurent never does meaningless things. Behind seemingly meaningless actions, there may be a huge motive hidden."

"Just as Lord Carroll said."

Swinburne stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips. "Vega Saint Laurent couldn't even wait three days, and he unnecessary took the trouble to give us an ultimatum, and threatened to launch a final major encirclement and suppression campaign against us if we didn't surrender before tomorrow night. In my opinion, this can only mean one thing -"

"Vega Saint Laurent is getting anxious."

The eyes of Admiral Swinburne, who has lived for more than 1,500 years, became increasingly sharp. “You may not have realized that Vega Saint Laurent has fought only a handful of direct battles since his rise to power. His fighting style has always been to defeat the enemy with fewer troops and to win without bloodshed. This fighting style is ingrained in his bones and cannot be changed.”

"Please think about this carefully."

Swinburne seemed to see through everything: "Why would a general who likes to win with fewer troops and without bloodshed suddenly want to end us with a direct battle when he could have just waited a few more days without losing a single soldier? Then the answer is obvious. Vega Saint Laurent began to get anxious."

"The question is, is there any reason for the Jialan Empire to be anxious?"

A king couldn't help but ask.

Because the entire West was trapped here, he really couldn't think of any other force in the world that could make the behemoth Jialan Empire so anxious.

"Have you forgotten a force——"

Swinburne smiled gently. "As one of the main countries, the Principality of Baya was absent from this operation. If I am not mistaken, the reinforcements from the Principality of Baya must have crossed the Jialan Mountains, and the Jialan Army has already exhausted all its strength to surround us, and now has no extra energy to deal with the Principality Army."

"Do you have any evidence, sir?"

Pope Eddington couldn't help but ask.

Swinburne glanced in the direction of the Pope with disgust, then shook his head and said, "Since the encirclement of the Jialan Kingdom is too tight, unfortunately we can't get even a glimmer of information from the outside world. All of this is my guesswork."

"You mean to make us pay for your unfounded speculation?"

Pope Eddington raised his voice several decibels, obviously thinking Swinburne was talking nonsense.

Swinburne didn't care: "That's all I have to say. I'm just stating my opinion. The final decision is up to you."

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to make a choice.

This is asking them to risk their lives and take a gamble.

If you win the bet, you can return to the West and regroup.

But if they lose the bet, they won't even have a chance to survive...

To fight or to surrender?

Everyone subconsciously turned their eyes to the King of the Free Alliance, Strachey Fuggerton.

(End of this chapter)