Who would have thought that the illustrious and powerful Sauron would quickly fall into the abyss in just one night?

Augustus must have been shocked, but not shocked, no matter how this night is Francis, the wolf with his tail disguised as a dog, has been dormant for at least 10 years as a condensed result, if it fails, it would be strange, so from surprise to shock, after listening to the old man's narration, Augustus was silent for a long time, and finally gathered his mind, and no longer pondered this ironclad event that would change the entire pattern of the wasteland. www.biquge.info He turned his head to look at the gray sky outside the window, slightly eased the tense atmosphere in the living room, and finally realized that the tea in his and the old man's hands was already cold, he smiled apologetically at the old man, and ordered the maid who was still waiting outside the door to change into hot tea, and then sat up straight.

"Either way, allow me to express my greatest gratitude to you for coming to me to tell me about the situation in Sauron, but as you know, Earl, this matter does affect Alfred, but for Alfred at the moment, it seems that I can't interfere in this matter. ”

The old man, the Earl of Donald, took a sip of hot tea without moving, of course knowing that the young Alfred at the helm was vaguely asking him about his intentions, but he did not answer Augustus's question directly, but sighed to himself: " Once Francis succeeds in gaining indirect control of Sauron through Louis, then Donald will be the target he will have to deal with, which has nothing to do with his promise to Stuart, the point is that he also needs Stuart to replace Donald, after all, he wants to rule the wasteland, if not all the families can be completely controlled, at least no one family can threaten him. ”

Augustus tapped lightly on the armrest of his wheelchair to negotiate with an old fox like Donald, and he said calmly, "But what does this have to do with Alfred?"

It doesn't look like a 17-year-old.

Even if Sauron had already seen the strong heart of this child during the meeting, Donald still couldn't help but sigh, he finally clearly realized that if he didn't take the lead in showing his attitude, I was afraid that if he sat at dawn like this, this child would not be able to let go of his mouth and ask, he quietly smiled bitterly, it seemed that the cup of hot tea had restored him a lot of energy, he sat up straight, his yellow old eyes were much brighter, and he said directly: "I am here to seek cooperation." ”

The corners of Augustus's lips concealed an intriguing arc, and at this time, Donald, who was opposite him, was his negotiating opponent, and he quickly entered the state and said decisively: "Reason, benefit, price." ”

Donald thought about it a little, and did not use Alfred's current predicament to expand his statement, and he knew that it would be the foolish idea to use Alfred's current predicament to imply that the young Earl Alfred had to cooperate with him.

"Marquis Sauron thinks that Francis can't give Stuart what he wants, but in fact he is only half right, that is, Francis overestimated Stuart, and Stuart is categorically unable to sit firmly in the position of the second giant of the wasteland; Secondly......" Speaking of this, Donald paused, and his eyes looking at Augustus were extremely complicated: "The second is that in order to maintain Donald's powerful and mysterious image over the years, Donald has long been miserable. ”

"The magician, known as God's favorite, is a noble profession, but at the same time, it is also an expensive profession, and I can even conclude that in a year at most, Donald will have to choose between a mage and a knight team, either to cultivate magicians or to continue to raise knights. ”

Is that the reason?

Augustus did a good job of hiding the surprise in his heart, he knew that Donald's heir was lost in the magical realm, which was not a secret in the wasteland, but the situation of the Donald family had really reached this point? He didn't want to believe it, but Donald's frank statement made him have to believe it, so based on Augustus's understanding of Donald on paper, it was difficult for him to judge how credible the old fox's words were.

"And as I said earlier, since it was your father who held Donald high, it was Alfred's men who would have to accept it. ”

Augustus did not speak immediately.

In his previous life, he had a habit of negotiating in the mall, that is, he liked to stare into the eyes of his opponents to negotiate, so at this time his eyes were always on Donald's eyes, which was undoubtedly a very aggressive and rude move, but fortunately, the old earl did not seem to care about Augustus's eyes.

"That's probably the real reason why you advised the nobles to sit on the sidelines during the second meeting of Sauron. ”

Donald spread his hands and did not deny it: "It's just a small measure, before Donald makes a decision, I don't want anyone else to cooperate with Alfred first, otherwise Donald's value will further depreciate." ”

"Amazing little means. Augustus raised his lips and sneered: "But this reason is not enough, I do not deny that Alfred is in danger, and I also admit that I don't seem to have any reason to refuse to cooperate with you at all, but Earl, the blood of the Marquis of Sauron has not yet cooled, you will definitely understand my caution." ”

This is to compare Donald to Francis, implying that Donald's sudden arrival and proposed cooperation may be harboring evil intentions.

The old earl sighed, should he say that the child was stupid or shrewd?

He narrowed his old eyes slightly, and said slowly: "I know that Sophia-Constantine is another identity besides the heir of the Constantine family. ”

Augustus's fingers tapping on the armrest of his wheelchair suddenly stopped, and he held the armrest of his wheelchair, and he did not speak again.

Donald didn't seem to be sure of this small detail, he just picked up the warm teacup again after saying this, and said: "As for the benefits and prices you want, to put it simply, I exchange Donald's present for Donald's future, and I exchange Alfred for Donald's future." ”

"I'm more than willing to believe that once the lich retreats, Alfred will rise. ”

Augustus stared at the old Earl Donald who was drinking tea gently, the expression on his face kept changing, but in the end, it was still a bright smile that was fixed on his face.

"Alfred never skimped on giving his greatest friendship to his friends. ”

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Next, Augustus and the old Earl Donald began to negotiate the details of the cooperation, which was not an easy job, especially with the old fox who had been up and down all his life, Augustus knew that he would fall into the latter's language trap if he was not careful, so to speak, even if it was just to finalize the details, Augustus showed his 100% attitude to regard the negotiation as a small battle, and in the same way, the old Count Donald finally understood the aggressiveness of the young Alfred at the helm, he had heard about Augustus's power and dictatorship in Alfred's internal meeting, but after all, it was against Alfred's servant, and I really didn't expect that even if I negotiated with him as a partner, this little guy would still be aggressive.

But it would be a mistake to interpret it as the second giant of the wasteland who keeps giving in.

In fact, it was not until the end that Augustus clearly realized that even if he gave 100% of his spirit, he still did not get too much advantage.

Superficial weakness?

It's just a cover for Donald, the old fox.

In the end, when the gray sky outside the window was already bright, Augustus, who had finalized most of the details, invited the old count to rest in his castle, no matter what, Augustus had to admit that Donald's proposal to cooperate at this time did not mean to take advantage of his danger, but to a large extent, cooperation at this time was more timely and more beneficial to Alfred, although this premise was based on the fact that Donald would not have too much to lose.

Unexpectedly, Donald rejected Augustus' invitation and said with a wry smile that for an old man who was about to sleep forever underground, any second of rest that was not very necessary was a great waste.

Augustus sincerely paid his respects to the old count.

Then, when Donald returned to his Firefox carriage, Augustus seemed to casually bring up Donald's olive branch issue at the First Sauron Conference.

The old earl, who was standing in front of the carriage and pressing the sapphire scepter, smiled, it seemed that because of the smooth cooperation, he looked obviously in a good mood, and said calmly: " At that time, the reason for expressing my support for you was simple, I concluded that you would not accept my olive branch, because you knew very well that once you accepted my olive branch, then you and your Alfred were closer to death, so just an olive branch that did not cost me anything would be able to exchange a part of your gratitude, and would not cause any trouble to Donald, and I really could not think of any reason not to throw that insincere olive branch. ”

Augustus was convinced, and in his wheelchair he bent slightly to reaffirm his reverence to the old earl.

It was a pity that the old earl could not see the expression and mouth shape of his mouth for a moment when he lowered his head.

Old fox.

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PS: Seems to be a bottleneck? It must be the data that affects my state...... Depressed.