261. Schlieffen's Dilemma (2)
Could it be that Miss Westmoreland is a legendary powerhouse from Coronia?
Schlieffen had never felt in anyone anything like Miss Westmoreland, who had disgraced him and was obsessed. But he met two at once here, which made him suspicious.
It's just that now he can't protect himself, and he can't talk about going to Keselin, catching the Coronian spy Westmoreland, and then disgrace her and doing this and that.
He looked at the six legendary powerhouses who gathered around, especially Sonya, who seemed to be eager to try, Jin Ye Meishan, who had a calm face, and Easter, who was hanging erlangdang, and sighed deeply.
These are three legendary powerhouses who are so young! Although the legendary powerhouses hardly grow old and can maintain the appearance of their prime or even youth, they still lack that youthful breath compared to real young people. And these three legendary powerhouses are obviously very young kinds, that is, the kind that can be called geniuses.
If the legendary powerhouses of Coronia were born at this age, then Schlieffen would dissuade the alliance from treating the kingdom of Coronia as an enemy if he had the chance.
A commercial alliance that rules over hundreds of planes, although in previous encounters, it is clear that the Kingdom of Coronia is a very important enemy, with a powerful Void Fleet, which can mobilize hundreds of legendary powerhouses at once. But in the eyes of the top management of the business alliance, that is just a relatively big trouble. The business alliance is very confident, and with its own crushing national strength, as long as it finds the specific coordinates of Coronia, it can send an expeditionary army to conquer Coronia in a war.
But now, Schlieffen said that if he reported today's findings to the Supreme Council, then the families of the Business Alliance would definitely take a more secure approach to whether or not to invade Coronia.
Schlieffen suspects that the Kingdom of Coronia may even be stronger than the Business Alliance in terms of legendary powerhouses. The first team of the Coronian Kingdom they encountered had six legendary powerhouses, so strong that they could compete with the scout team carefully selected by the Business Alliance, and even carried a controllable half-plane with them, using it to kill two legendary powerhouses on their side.
In particular, the existence of the controllable half-plane made Schlieffen wonder if he had been exposed, and he encountered a special combat team specially sent by the Kingdom of Coronia to exterminate his group. Because if this is not the case, then there are only two possibilities, one is that in Coronia, there are many legendary powerhouses, and the volume of controllable half-plane vehicles is controllable. The second is that his group was too unlucky, and directly bumped into the strongest team of people in Coronia.
Either of these possibilities would be disastrous for Schlieffen. If it is the first reason, then the entire business alliance must be blessed with its own blessings, and not be pushed back by the Coronians. And the second reason made him feel even more painful. If it weren't for the fact that all the gods had fallen, he would have wondered if his group had been cursed with malice.
Schlieffen was feeling very bad at this time. He knew that he had no chance of winning in the face of the siege of six legendary powerhouses in the half-plane of green fields, maybe if he fought to the death, he might be able to kill one or two people on the other side, but the outcome of his defeat could not be changed. And more importantly, if he surrenders to his opponent after killing and wounding them, it is difficult to guarantee that the opponent will remain calm and accept his surrender after a bloody fight.
True, Schlieffen already thought about surrendering.
One of the basic rules that prevail in the multiverse is that legends are immortal. All legendary powerhouses can be killed on the battlefield, but once he decides to surrender, then the other party cannot kill him, but can only choose to demand a certain amount of ransom as the price of the other party's redemption of freedom.
As a legendary mage, Schlieffen has always considered himself a technician, and even after joining the army, he has been more often in the role of providing spell services to the entire team. The real fight for the life is always handed over to the cheaper mercenaries.
As a result, Schlieffen Douglas never had the habit of fighting to the end. In an unfavorable situation, he will always choose to retreat quickly as soon as possible. And when he couldn't retreat, surrendering became the best choice for him.
And, surrender now, you can also talk about the conditions.
So, just as Mora Gott and Helena began to quickly dismantle the protective spells on Schlieffen's body, he sent a request to Easter for negotiation.
"I ask for negotiations, and for my life to be safeguarded in accordance with the Legendary Code. ”
Esther was stunned for a moment.
"You...... Is it to surrender?" "With Napa and Russ fighting to the end, it was hard for Esther to believe that the strongest enemy would surrender without a fight.
"It's a conditional surrender. Schlieffen's face was calm, as if he didn't see the weapons of Napa and Russ placed on the shore of the Wanyuan Ancestral Pool. For them, the high-level core families of the business alliance, it was just relatively expensive cannon fodder.
"Why did you say it to me?"
"I think you're the one who can make up ideas, right? Lord of the Half-Planes. "Schlieffen performed a mage ritual to Easter as a sign of respect for the Lord of the Half-Planes.
"Your senses are keen! Esther narrowed his eyes, sensing that there was something distinctly different about this mage. The fact that he was able to discover so quickly that he was the master of the half-plane only showed that he was quite familiar with this kind of controllable half-plane. Thinking about it a little deeper, perhaps this is an excellent opportunity to get a sense of what's going on inside a business alliance.
In all previous wars, Coronia had been fighting against the agents of the Commercial Alliance, and his knowledge of the Commercial Alliance was only something that everyone on the list could see. And Schlieffen Douglas, in terms of speech and demeanor, is obviously not comparable to those mercenaries, he should be a member close to the core of the business alliance.
Esther made a pause gesture to Mora Gault so that they didn't have to rush to break Schlieffen's protective spell, and nodded to Schlieffen.
"I accept your request, now tell me your conditions. ”
Schlieffen pondered for a moment, then said, "I want to ask a question first. Did the Kingdom of Coronia discover our whereabouts a long time ago, and you are one of the teams sent to pursue us?"
"You're just out of luck. We also don't want to meet you, delayed for a long time. ”
"In other words, is this really the result of bad luck?"
"We've had bad luck on both sides. I'm still wondering what to do with the dragon outside!" Esther said angrily to Schlieffen. "Or maybe you've helped me figure out a way to get us to clean up that dragon. ”
"It's a conundrum. Your Excellency the Half-Plane Master. You also know what kind of virtue dragons are, and they are not willing to be bound by us mortals. This time, Aganis was able to join the reconnaissance team because its lair was exposed to the Coalition's armed forces, and he had to sign a service contract with the Alliance in order to avoid property damage. Schlieffen explained with a grimace. He may be able to use the contract to put Aganis in the service of the Business Alliance, but there is no guarantee of how the giant will react when such service threatens Aganis itself.
"Okay. Let's not talk about that for a moment. Please give your real name first, Master. East was a little disappointed, but also relieved. He was also worried that the Business Alliance had the ability to tame the Great Force, in that case, if the Business Alliance established a dragon army, it would be a force that could not be resisted.
"My full name is Schlieffen Wandel Moltke. Born into a large family of business alliances. My family has an extremely high position in the business alliance and can pay the ransom for me. ”
"Well, then, Master Schlieffen, how much ransom are you going to pay?"
With a confident smile on his face, Schlieffen spread his hands and said with a smile: "It depends on how much you want." No matter how much you want, what you want, whether it is gold or silver, precious stones, magic items, all kinds of supplies, weapons, slaves, rare birds and beasts, as long as you ask for it, I can pay for it. ”
"Sounds good. But how do you prove your ability to pay?" asked Easter, blinking, very sincerely.
"Whether he has money or not, I can tell. Reynoldsen took over the topic and asked Schlieffen, "Little one, what class are you in the Moltke family?"
Schliefen's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of surprise. This is because Reynoldson asks the crux of the matter, in the Moltke family, the status of members varies, and senior members often have ten times as many resources at their disposal as those of lower members.
And he himself is the fourth level after the head of the family (chairman), the elder level (executive director), and the commissioner level (major shareholder), and is called the inspector (general shareholder).
The resources available to each level in different families are completely different, and as a member of thirteen ancient families that have survived to this day from the twenty-five families at the beginning of the business alliance, the Moltke family has amassed unimaginable wealth over thousands of years. As an inspector, Schlieffen can get dividends every year that cannot be described as rich as a country.
Schlieffen had believed that the Coronians in front of him had no idea how rich they were. For them, it may be an astronomical amount of wealth, but for Schlieffen it is only a drop in the bucket, and for the entire Moltke family, it is not even comparable to the microbes on the whales.
And in the area ruled by the Business Alliance, there is nothing that cannot be bought with money, and if there is, either you don't have enough money to spend, or you don't spend money in the right posture. This is also the reason why Schlieffen is confident in offering anything East wants.
But now Reynoldsen's question suggests that he has some knowledge of what's going on within the business alliance family. In this way, the other party is likely to open his mouth and bite off a piece of meat from him.
But Schlieffen didn't intend to lie at this time. The higher your status, the higher the treatment and security you will receive.
But after he identified himself, he was horrified to see that Reynoldson had an extremely obscene smile on his face.
A bad premonition suddenly enveloped him.
This time, I'm afraid it won't be solved by biting off a piece of meat.