Section 50: Tilted Scales

"Those earthlings and nobles invited me to attend this meeting?"

Akiwa Yuba put down the pen a little surprised, turned around and looked at Takayama Sansa, who had been assisting him in handling information for a while, and his face was directly like the word 'unbelieve'. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Seeing the other party's picture, Takayama Sanzuo repeated it again, and attached his personal opinion and said: "The content of this meeting is probably no different from the previous one, but this time it seems that I am deliberately naming Miss Qiu Ting to participate in it." ”

"Did you name it?" Akiwa Yuba stood up and thought as she walked through the room.

(The looming army of goblins, the look on the faces of the secret meetings in recent days, the stalemate in negotiations, and the unconventional invitation to name...) Is it~Yes~, it seems that those earthlings are also about to be pushed to the end of the road. )

As soon as he thought of this, Qiu Ting Yuba motioned to the intelligence team to handle the information on its own, walked to the other side of the room and discussed around another table, Cheng Hui and the others said with a smile: "It seems that the other party can no longer sit still, and he actually wants to use me, a 'child', as a breakthrough, I don't know what countermeasures His Excellency Cheng Hui has?" ”

Seeing the mocking smile on Qiu Ting Xiye's face, Cheng Hui, Daolong, and Krasty smiled heartily, and they didn't need words to respond at all: "Hehe~ They really made a mistake." They all foresaw each other's picture of hitting her head and bleeding from her.

"In the current situation, there is a high probability that the other party will not be able to rely on the Izumo Knights...", Joe Megumi looked strategic, and continued: "Then the next target can only come to us, and as long as we live in this world, we will inevitably be involved in war." ”

"The question is what kind of attitude do we want to intervene and reap the benefits, isn't it?"

"That's right!" After hearing Akiwa Yuba's words, Cheng Hui responded affirmatively: "Easily providing troops is not beneficial to both of us. ”

(It just needs a 'suitable' reason.) )

This point has already been agreed among everyone, and the three of them all cast their gazes at Cheng Hui respectively, after all, he is not the kind of person who provokes the topic for no reason, and he will definitely hide the foreshadowing or backhand in the back.

"I'd like to negotiate before the meeting."

Seeing Cheng Hui pushing the glasses with his hand, everyone thought 'sure enough', Dao Long smiled and imitated with his hand, "Is it your best strategy?" It is worthy of belly black glasses. ”

"It's not something you think is as powerful..."Cheng Hui said after a fleeting blush on his face, "I think the four of us should assign roles in advance." ”

Qiuting Xiye's "oh~" interface said: "I understand, what about the red face and white face in Peking Opera?" ”

"That's right." Cheng Hui nodded and said, "Since it's an urgent meeting, let's roughly divide it......

And then...

And then it's the same as usual.

There was a gloomy and oppressive atmosphere in the huge conference room, and even if it was generally quiet in the past, it was inevitable that there would be a lot of noise brewing because of small movements or coughing, but only today, no one made the slightest sound, as if they were afraid to touch some switch.

The topic is 'The current law and order situation in the northern part of the Yamato Islands'

The initiator of this meeting, Baron Curendit, the former lord of the city of God, was not so much an initiative as he was forced to shoulder this heavy responsibility because he was defeated by the situation and pressure, which was obvious to everyone.

However, as the host of the meeting, the baron was really embarrassed at the moment, and he frequently played with his beard and wiped the cold sweat under the direct gaze of the blackest boss of the 'round table', Cheng Hui, and he couldn't see the most basic image of a nobleman at all.

"The army of 'goblins' that appeared in the northeastern part of the Yamato archipelago was sent out by the 'Seven Waterfalls Fortress'... That .......... To**... Our territory... Yes......"

Even so, Baron Culendit, who was still arched to the stage, said this sentence in a trembling tone dozens of minutes ago, and there was no progress on the topic.

The meeting was always circling around the key issues, and there was no progress.

(The other side must have wanted us to cut into the topic and get us to provide information or concessions as much as possible, or they wanted to take advantage of our responsibility or guilt for not attacking the 'Seven Waterfalls Fortress' in advance, really...) What kind of confidence do these aristocrats still have to point fingers at us? Just those so-called long traditions and noble bloodlines? )

The lords of the second field each showed various expressions such as fear, death, anger, and pleading.

Their attitude could not be described as calm at all, the so-called aristocratic elegance of the past was long gone, and the lord of Tsukuba, Ziliva, was even more restless, occasionally casting a resentful gaze at the 'Round Table'.

(Tsukuba...... Tied with Maihama, it is the closest city to the goblin army, and it can be called the frontline. However, compared to Maihama, which is known as the largest capital in the east, Tsukuba has little combat power and the walls are definitely not strong. I remember it was a scholar--magician city centered on the Sage Academy, and I had been collecting books several times before... It's really nostalgic...... Why don't you take this opportunity to take over their 'legacy'? )

Just when Zilivar was still worried about his territory, he didn't know that Yuba Akiwa, who was sitting in one of the twelve seats of the round table opposite, was already thinking about how to use the goblin army this time to annex it or empty his territory.

"Ah, well, ahem, so...... We, the 'Free City Alliance Istal', are experiencing an urgent situation of 100,000 people, and this attack by the subhuman race is an unprecedented disaster, and this incident ......"

Baron Curendit once again moved the meeting forward with a lengthy speech, but now there was a constant whisper in the room, and the lords and the civil servants on standby in the rear were talking in low voices with their companions, and although the volume of each was so low that they could not hear the conversation, it was inevitable that the atmosphere of the commotion would be gathered together.

From the point of view of strength, the huge asymmetry of combat effectiveness can be said to have completely failed to provide the other side with the bargaining chips to demand concessions from the 'round table' at this meeting.

Besides, considering the future interests of the 'Round Table' and the 'Free City Alliance Istal', it would be too much to give in to the insistence at this time, after all, the 'Round Table Council' and Akihabara will not be affected or weakened in any way in this incident.

As a guide to the other party's approval of the cooperative role, Cheng Hui had to ask stubbornly at this time: "Excuse me, is anyone aware of the movements of the 'Izumo Knights'?" ”

As if pouring cold water on the imminent riot meeting, some of the lords stared at Cheng Hui with round eyes and opened their mouths slightly.

(What kind of reaction is this?) Don't these earthlings and aristocrats think that we are monkeys without the ability to think? Really... It's infuriating. But now it seems that the 'Izumo Knights' must be in a state where they can't be dispatched, and judging by their reaction, it doesn't seem that they are busy with other tasks? What other unknown reasons are it based on? )

Thinking like this, Qiu Ting Xiye smiled and narrowed his eyes, appropriately hiding the disdain and contempt in his eyes. It's like watching a group of self-conscious clowns perform a one-man burlesque

"Out... The Izumo Knights are the patron saints of our Yamato, and we can't ask them to intervene in this battle because of this little thing. Without mentioning this, I would like to ask Her Excellency Miss Akiwa of Akihabara why you didn't stand up when Yamato was facing a crisis? I heard that the knights under the command of the Klaas Round Table are extremely powerful, so doesn't the Round Table plan to send troops in this incident? ”

(Ahhh~ Sure enough, it's coming.) )

The last trace of space in Autumn Garden, which was already on the verge of blackening, immediately overflowed the critical point, and the smile on his face could be described as a brilliant response: "Since Your Excellency also said that it is just a small matter, I think there should be no matter of our round table, after all, such a small matter The people of the 'Free City Alliance Istal' should be able to handle it on their own, right?" ”

All the lords on the other side were stunned, whether they found that the situation was not as they expected, this 'child' who was the breakthrough point did not take a surprise and make a statement in their favor under the questioning, but directly grabbed the keyword and made a more tricky counterattack.

If you answer "we are capable of handling it," it will be to block the way to force the 'round table' to send troops to help, but if you answer "we are not capable of handling it," it will be tantamount to directly giving in to the 'round table' and will be completely at a disadvantage in future exchanges.

"I... I heard that the Akihabara Knights have not tasted defeat! A tall, thin nobleman who couldn't remember his name stiffly forced the subject to something else.

Autumn garden Yuba "Oh? He replied indifferently: "If the knights you speak of are professional armies that are completely out of production, I regret to tell you." Our 'Round Table' and 'Akihabara' don't have any permanent troops or knights as the lords say. ”

Prior to this, Qiu Ting Xiye had read a lot of information and learned about it.

The combat power and war units of this world are based on the 'Knights', especially among the earthlings, and the Knights here refer not to elite soldiers on horseback, but to professional soldiers. Therefore, it is not wrong to interpret the 'Knights' as 'an inherent combat force ready for battle'.

In this world of fantasy and mythology, there is almost no term 'mercenary group', and the militia formed by the armed inhabitants can only be seen in the situation of self-defense in the countryside, partly because the lords are not happy with the existence of armed peasants.

In other words, the 'Knights' were the only combat organization that the nobility could understand.

Without waiting for the other party to refute or ask questions, Akiwa Yuba continued to add a sentence: "I think that what we Akihabara irregular combatants can handle, the knights of the 'Free City Alliance Istal' should be able to handle it easily, right?" Otherwise, that combat power is really worrying, right? ”

After hearing these words, all the earthlings only felt as if they were immediately gnawed by something, and they were completely speechless.

And no matter how you go around in circles, Qiu Ting Xiye just stubbornly grasps the combat effectiveness of the two sides. If you follow her rhythm and words to make choices, no matter what, it will lead to the loss of interests, fame, dominance... and so on.

They have now regretted that they wanted to find a 'child' who seemed to be ignorant of the world as a breakthrough

However, just when the atmosphere was tending to stalemate, Ziliva, who couldn't hold back, stared at Autumn Garden Yuba with bloodshot eyes and shouted: "In this case, what are adventurers used for!" And point your finger directly at the other person's nose.

"Huh... So can you tell me what that means? ”

Autumn Garden's tone became low, and his face was cast with the illusion of a gray shadow.

If the founding members of the 'Garan Garden' (Tsui, Ball Millage, Ice Sauce, and Aquatic Warrior Crab) were present, they would immediately know that their president was already angry at this time, and although they would not be yelling angrily, but this appearance that has not changed much on the surface is even more terrifying......

(That guy...) Is this a kick and a big death!? )

Chenghui, who has been with Akiwa Yuba for a while, has already been able to clearly feel that a 'tropical depression' has formed and is rapidly evolving towards a 'tropical storm' or a higher scale, even if they are not very familiar with each other.

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Postscript: Because of all kinds of such and such (ship C ~ or something), it was only updated once after a long time.