Chapter 259: The World (Part II)
Planet Navia, Duke Greg's Residence
While Robin was in a long conversation with Hoffmann the Great over this hasty invitation to a duel, Huggins was also in the Duke's palace discussing the matter urgently with his father, Duke Greg.
Dueling, in the Hoffman Empire, was a popular activity in aristocratic circles. In addition to sī grudges between each other, the battle process of his assassination will also attract a large number of nobles to watch the battle. Therefore, to some extent, it has even become fashionable in the empire for replicants to fight to the death on behalf of their masters, and it has also become an important means of communication for lower-ranking nobles to try to enter the upper circles.
But now, when Robin, the Imperial Prince, invites Duke Greg's eldest Earl Huggins to a duel, everything has changed.
It is known that Robin, the Imperial Prince, does not have his own replicant, and he has already revealed to the outside world through Duke Clarence that he is ready to participate in the duel himself. In this way, the duel itself has a variety of meanings, and the murderous intent contained in it makes everyone shudder, so that those sinister nobles invariably turn their eyes to the Greg family on the cusp of the storm, waiting for how the Greg family and Huggins will respond to the invitation to the duel from Robin, the prince.
"He's belittling me! ~Father, since he wants to play in person, then I will also play in person.
I will kill him with my own hands and cut off his head in front of the eyes of the whole world! ~" In front of the telecommunication screen, Hakin Greg clenched his fists tightly. He felt that Robin was forcing himself to refuse the duel by rashly proposing the duel invitation, and he thought that Robin wanted to humiliate himself in front of the whole world, so in order to defend his dignity, he couldn't wait to prove himself and prove to the world that he was not a coward.
"That young prince is not an ignorant fool, and he won't invite you to a duel unless he's absolutely sure." In front of the telecommunication screen, Duke Greg stared at his eldest son with a somber face: "I have seen several of his battle videos, all of which are large-scale white-knuckle battles on the actual battlefield. It cannot be denied that he is very experienced in combat, he is different from you,
He has been on the front line of the battlefield all year round, and he has far more experience in fighting people than you do. And unlike your previous opponents, he has the "Force Field," which is one of the Holy Tier abilities.
At present, with the information in my hands, it is not possible to determine who has the upper hand in the confrontation between the "force field and the electric field". But in my opinion, if he is not sure, would he dare to rashly invite a duel? What's more, he is still on the battlefield, doesn't he know the risks involved? "Yes...... But I can't say no. If I refuse, it will make me the laughing stock of the whole world, and I can't stand it...... How can I ......" Huggins gritted his teeth,
A hideous roar.
He has always been the pride of the Greg family, recognized as one of the most outstanding of the next Big Three. He can't stand his aura being taken away by others, and he can't stand others looking at him with ridicule.
"If there are enough reasons, you can refuse this duel."
Compared with Huggins, who was impulsive at the moment, Duke Greg's eyes were full of a wise man's cunning: "Marrying Waddworth, Hoffman's little granddaughter Lace Lì, Hoffman, and borrowing marriage to become a member of the royal family, this is the most suitable choice for you at the moment." In this way, we can change this public xìng duel to a sī lower li. In this case, the so-called duel will also be changed to negotiation, and we just need to give the outside world a reasonable result. ”
"You want me to show weakness," Huggins asked his father with a shudder, he didn't expect his father to avoid him in such a way.
"You have to show weakness, and I must not let you take any risks without being completely sure.
You are the hope of our Greg family, so, I will never allow you to die by anyone's sword! ~""Are you so sure I'm going to lose?" "As long as there's a one percent chance, I'm not going to let you take any chances." Perhaps because he saw the stubbornness in Huggins's heart, Duke Greg accentuated his tone: "You may not understand what I am doing now, and you may think that my choice to bow to the royal family is a shameful cowardice, but you must understand that after this old fellow Clarence has made a choice, the room left for us is very limited. I have to get enough buffer time to complete my deployment, so it's all the more important that you say it. ”
"You want me to submit to the royal family in my personal capacity?" Huggins wasn't stupid, he easily understood what Duke Greg meant.
"Yes, you are acting only in your own name. But no one knows that you are my eldest son, and you can represent me in some way, so as long as you make a gesture of submission, then Robin and Hoffmann the Great will lower their guard against me. This will give me enough time to transfer the manpower and resources of the countries within the Perseus Spiral Arm to extragalactic galaxies. "You've decided to establish a nation in an extragalactic galaxy?" Huggins's eyes showed a look of shock, he didn't expect that his father was secretly making such a huge deployment, and he didn't know anything about it.
"I've got in touch with that mutant rogue named Dantin, and in his body there is a very useful virus, and his blood can make ordinary people as powerful as knights. And this is currently the only means that can fight the replicant warriors, so, I need him to provide me with fighters. And he also needs to provide him with resources, equipment, and weapons" Duke Greg smiled and comforted Huggins: "You see, you should be glad that I have controlled the countries in the Immortal Spiral Arm over the years, which has given me the ability to steal the entire power of the Star Domain Ran for my use.
And after I join forces with Danding's rogue, I will also have the ability to compete with the Empire in the extragalactic system. Huggins, if all of this goes well, you will still be the Prince in the future.
Therefore, your sacrifice now is worth it, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, I think you can understand this truth. ”“……………”
Cut off from communication with his father, Huggins slumped into his chair with a pale face.
Treason, in my father's words just now, this message has been clearly revealed, and it is ridiculous that he was actually concealed in the dark. If it weren't for the extreme resistance he had just shown, I am afraid that my father would not have told him this message at all, but would still treat himself as a proton and stay in the Duke's palace in the imperial capital as a target.
After the implementation of the New Deal and the irreversible change, he turned to cooperate with the mutant flow Ko Dan Ding. Everything Duke Greg did was to take the throne, and he didn't care about anything else. Even his best eldest son, Huggins, is just a valuable pawn in his eyes.
As for Huggins' personal honor, it was nothing in his eyes.
Duke Greg has been using the word prince to Yòuhuò Huggins, but Huggins understands that this is just his father's desire to tie himself firmly to his chariot, and his father really values his own throne, as for the throne, it is just a little extra benefit for himself.
At this moment, after thinking about everything in it, Huggins suddenly began to feel disgusted with his father.
Chang Dong fought in the extragalactic system, and although Huggins was not always on the front line of the battlefield like Robin, he had a deep understanding of the threat posed to humanity by the Insats. Therefore, he has an almost fanatical attitude towards the conquest of extragalactic galaxies, and he is eager to be on the battlefield of extragalactic galaxies... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ]