Volume 8: War and Peace Chapter 26: Sluggish Reflexes (1)
Venabrion, Lord's Palace, Central Chamber.
As the capital of the province of Burion, the central chamber of Venerburion was much larger than that of ordinary towns, and the vast space close to two football fields could be used for banquets between nobles and the military command of the entire province.
Now, the center of the entire huge conference hall is occupied by a large round table, and almost all the high-level officials of the Angel Covenant sit around the round table and have a round table meeting.
Since the establishment of the Angelic Covenant, the number of meetings of this magnitude can even be counted on one hand!
However, none of the people present had a proud smile on their faces, and depression and silence filled the entire council room, and the heavy atmosphere made many people subconsciously want to loosen their necklines with their hands.
Raphael did not sit upright in the chair that represented the lord's power, but sat around the round table like everyone else. On her right is the Vice-Captain's Bell, and on her left is Tiramisu, the vice-lord of Venabrion. Once known as one of the Three Horsemen, Tiramisu has long since taken on a new nickname, she and the Bell, along with Mikael, who is in charge of the military command of the Angel's Covenant, and players call these three people second only to Raphael the Troika of the Angel's Covenant.
Unlike Raphael's calm face, Bell's face was full of frost, as long as anyone who was familiar with this vice president knew that every time this expression appeared on her face, it meant that someone would be unlucky, and many people would be unlucky!
"Before the round table begins, I would like to give you a briefing on the situation of the war!" Bell stood up, took the notepad in her hand, and said coldly, her tone made many people feel the crisis and pressure, and for a while, there were many sounds of swallowing saliva in the council room.
The bell looked around, in addition to the high-level executives who held core positions in the Angel Covenant, the most qualified to sit at this round table were the members of the board of directors, although with Raphael's efforts, the Angel Covenant did not absorb a large amount of capital injection like other super-large guilds, but under some pressure, she still had to give up a part of her interests to ensure that the Angel Covenant could grow smoothly, and the so-called board of directors was established in this situation. Investors who occupy more than one percent of the shares in the Angel Covenant can send a representative to participate in the administration of the Angel Covenant.
Therefore, almost every board member sitting at the round table is an existence that can call for wind and rain in the real world, including people from the Chinese government and military, as well as many powerful consortia in the world.
But at this moment, these guys, who are usually accustomed to taking and taking and doing whatever they want, have to wait patiently for the woman named Bell to announce the war briefing during this time.
"Two weeks ago, the Holy See of Light officially conferred the title of President Raphael as Archbishop, and announced that the President would take the lead and lead the Covenant of Angels to form a coalition to assist His Royal Highness Prince Andrei, the first heir to the throne of the Armas Empire, to quell the rebellion and restore order to the Armas Empire. With the authorization of Prince Andrei, the overall military operation on counterinsurgency will be planned by our side in a unified manner. After a week of military deployment, five of the seven elite legions of the Arnas Empire have been confirmed to join the coalition army, and among the remaining two elite legions, the Hussar Legion of Augia has been determined to be wiped out by the hands of the undead, and the Hand of Michael's Heavy Legion has chosen to join the rebels, and has been removed from the Imperial Legion sequence by Prince Andrei! ”
"Among them, the Light Legion of Gale Wings and the Mixed Legion of Thumero, under the command of Marshal Berval, set out from the province of Gural and marched westward, according to the plan, they will gradually put down the rebellion of the three provinces of Gular, Metheus, and Latrami, and finally recapture the fortress of Morente in the west of the empire, and cut off the route of the rebels to the west."
"The Astum Legion and the Golden Wings Legion, under the command of Duke Rozee Sevas, have pacified the northern border province of Via, and are marching towards the province of Borom, with the goal of retaking the capital of the province of Borom, Bolt, and cutting off the link between the rebels in the eastern part of the empire and the imperial capital of Avias."
"Duke Miseda Rema and Marshal Windsol will lead the Dreadnought Wall Legion to remain in Rema's province to ensure the passage of supplies between the coalition forces and the outside world. Therefore, the task of the offensive has been completely entrusted to us to complete, the short-term goal is to quell the rebellion in the provinces of Aston, Sierra Leone, and Rodana, and the ultimate goal is to destroy the undead in the provinces of Soya, Rasiri and Augias, surround the imperial capital of Avias, and wait for the order of the general attack! ”
"In order to accomplish this task, after the preliminary planning and organization of the military department, the four regiments formed with the four elite regiments of the Angel Covenant as the core set out for the front line five days ago to begin clearing the rebel strongholds in the wilderness of Aston and Sierra Leone provinces, and liberating those towns occupied by the rebels! According to the plan, the clean-up operation lasted until the end of the early hours of this morning, and the final end time was at 7 o'clock in the morning! The actual number of troops invested reached 4.33 million, far exceeding our original estimate of 2 million! The number of those killed in battle exceeded 900,000! ”
Speaking of this, the bell slapped the table with his hand hatefully, and the dull sound of slapping was like a heavy hammer in the hearts of everyone present.
"For this reason, the guild has spent more than fifteen million gold coins in the war fund! What makes me even more angry is that the player troops who are supposed to obey the orders and follow our elite legions into the attack ignore the orders on the battlefield for some loot, and even develop into infighting with each other! What's more, after our elite legions recaptured the towns, those shameless bastards dared to raid them again! This is not once or twice, nor ten or twenty times, according to the statistics sent back from the front and the corresponding evidence, it can be confirmed that this similar behavior has occurred more than two hundred times in total! What shocked me even more was that some of the murderers who had been stolen claimed that their actions were ordered by the Board of Directors of the Angelic Covenant! ”
Bell slammed the notepad in his hand on the table: "I need an explanation!" Otherwise, Angel Covenant will not pay for this additional fund, and all losses will be deducted from the board of directors' dividends! In addition, once the Arnas Empire demands that the murderer be held accountable after the end of the counterinsurgency, the Angel Covenant will not come forward for this, and the murderer will be handed over to the judicial authorities of the Arnas Empire! I'll never agree to let the guild take the blame for some idiot's brain-dead behavior! You don't have to think about it!! ”
After the bell finished speaking, she sat down in a huff, and she couldn't even look at the board members who were in attendance, she couldn't understand how these guys could be so stupid, could it be that in their eyes, it was time for the dust to settle and reap the results.
The hyenas of the steppe are smarter than these bastards! At least the hyena knows to chase the lion away before they can enjoy the food in their mouths with peace of mind!
For the bell's unceremonious scolding, many people sitting at the round table couldn't help but take out handkerchiefs to wipe the cold sweat on their faces, of course they knew what the bell said, and even many of them were the instigators behind these things.
"Ahem!" An old elf coughed abruptly, when the player entered the world of Entagri, the default characters were all in the form of youth, and only players who completely gave up their combat ability and chose to concentrate on life and profession could get the opportunity to change their appearance, obviously, this old elf was a life player, "Vice President Bell, I personally deeply regret what happened before, as a member of the board of directors, I personally think that the losses caused by these human factors should not be borne by the guild, It's as reasonable as a business company shouldn't pay for the personal losses of its employees! I don't think any of the directors here will object to that! ”
Raphael knows this old elf, he is the spokesperson of the Chinese government in the covenant of angels, he himself is a retired official, once served as the head of the central department of the country, both political wisdom and means are very outstanding, but unfortunately, this world is very different from reality, everything he relies on is difficult to play any role in this world that speaks with strength.
But despite this, Raphael silently gave him a thumbs up for the old man taking the lead in carrying this matter. Obviously, the other party knew that this incident had caused an obvious rift between the management of the Angel Covenant and the board of directors, and unlike the directors who participated by virtue of capital and privilege, the management of the Angel Covenant started from scratch with Raphael, working hard bit by bit, and the senior personnel led by Bell and Tiramisu and others had long wanted to separate the board of directors from the Angel Covenant.
And this is the bottom line that the board of directors will not give in no matter what, they will never agree to only have the power to dividends and have no way to exert more influence on the covenant of angels, for this reason, the old man has to suppress this matter as soon as possible, he believes that the other directors will also understand how to deal with it, compared to losing influence on the covenant of angels, it is obviously acceptable to lose some money!
"Elder Sun is right! Although this incident was caused by the unauthorized speculation of those fools below, it was always our mistake, and the loss was of course borne by the board of directors! "The one who followed the conversation was a fat man, this guy is the spokesperson of a certain consortium in China, and the consortium he works for not only has a great background and influence in China, but also has a lot of investment abroad, and the money is just a number in their opinion, "Not only is the loss from us, but in order to express my apologies, I am personally willing to take out another two million gold coins to compensate for the loss of those elite players!" ”
"Brother Gu is right, it's nothing for everyone to share a penny of this money, but this incident must not affect the guild's plan, and I am willing to give a million gold coins as compensation!"
"Hehe, I'm not as rich as Brother Gu and Brother Liu, let's talk about my apologies for 300,000 gold coins! As for those guys who make their own decisions, Vice President Bell looks at it and deals with it, don't worry about me! ”
"That's right, that's right! The most important thing now is to ensure the smooth progress of the counterinsurgency, a little money is nothing! 500,000 gold coins, if it is not enough, I will support 500,000 more, and finally satisfy the elites on the front line! ”
"I'm also the same as Brother Liu, and I'll take one million gold coins out to make amends! It just so happens that I have a few hotels and resorts in China, and the vice president may wish to arrange for them to go to me to relax and relax, combining work and rest, I will treat you to a treat and ensure that everyone is satisfied! ”
Someone got up, and these directors naturally kicked the ball out one by one, and no one wanted to make a fuss about themselves because of this matter, and the woman who didn't see the bell was so angry that she slapped the table! Just save yourself from disaster!
"Okay, how to deal with this matter will be decided by the bell and the directors in detail after the meeting! But there is one thing I must declare to the directors that all players who participated in the looting and have conclusive evidence, in order to shield them from harming the relationship with the Arnas Empire, must hand over these murderers to the Dreadnought Wall Legion of Duke Myseda within three days, and if this happens again in the future, the Angel Covenant will execute these black sheep on the spot, expel them, deprive them of all rights to participate in this counterinsurgency, and treat them as rebels! Raphael said, kind of a conclusion to the matter.
This punishment is severe, because once these players who participated in the raid are handed over to the Dreadnought Wall Legion, they will be imprisoned at least and beheaded on the spot, and in addition, the crimes they have committed will be recorded, which means that their reputation in the Arnath Empire will be directly wiped out, and even the faction tendencies will be significantly deflected, and even the prestige of other human nations will be seriously affected, which is simply a killing for a player who is in the orderly camp!
Generally, players who receive this kind of punishment will either choose to delete the number and start over, or go directly to the chaos camp, because here in the order camp, they have no way to get mixed up, these crimes are recorded as if they have left a case record in the public security bureau in reality, and they will be severely interrogated by the city guards when they enter the city, and they will be asked in detail about their whereabouts when they use the teleportation array, and they will even be rejected, not to mention that the merchants will not sell things to these criminals, and the NPCs will not issue tasks to them, and even going to the professional temple to learn skills may be expelled.
In Yu Bin's opinion, those who dare to continue playing in this situation are either fools or madmen. Think about it, the NPC won't give you any help, and the player won't even have to be punished for killing you, because you are a sinner in the first place, in this case, dying several times a day is considered lucky, don't delete the number, just wait to be killed into a vegetative person!