"Brother, this fish soup is so beautiful."

Blackwater Lane.

In a shack near the northern city, a lean young man gathered around a muddy jar and watched his brother scoop a spoonful of milky fish soup into a bowl, drooling greedily.

The slightly older man grinned at his brother and raised his eyebrows vividly.

"Incense, huh? I learned it from a guy from Silvermoon Bay. ”

As for who the guys in Silver Moon Bay learned from, then he didn't know, I heard that it was the way to eat in the River Valley Province.

The man's name is Saiyi, and the name of his brother next to him is Said, both of them are from Shezhou, and their homes are north of the west of Shezhou, not far from the garrison of the Gray Wolf Army.

A few months ago, he had heard from merchants who had been dumping goods from the villages that the Southern Legion was in full swing with the Absec Commander in the north, and that bullets and shells were in short supply on the front line, and that he could earn a lot of gold by working for the Willantes in Eternal Night Harbor, so he brought his brother here to beg for a living.

He didn't feel much guilt about working for the Wilantes, but he was worried that his identity as a Brahma would be seen through and he would be beaten up if he went there.

When the results came, he realized that his worries were completely unnecessary, and there were really many Brahmans who unloaded the cannonballs for the Wilantes in the port of Eternal Night, and even traded with them.

The big noses didn't care if they were Brahmans or aliens in the desert, they just discriminated against everyone else equally.

Except for the "blue gophers" that they can't win for the time being.

Of course, at this juncture, few people from the alliance will come.

He handed the bowl to his brother, who couldn't wait to taste the milky white soup, and his whole face suddenly showed an intoxicated expression, and then he drank it all in one gulp.

"This smells amazing!"

Looking at his younger brother's exaggerated expression, Saiyi grinned and scolded "less knowledge", and also tasted it, and his eyes involuntarily lit up.

As soon as the soup flowed into his stomach, he felt a warm current rushing from his lower abdomen to heaven, and his whole body seemed to be soaked in a warm ball of cotton, which was indescribably comfortable and comfortable!

The word "absolutely" is no exaggeration!

People live for a lifetime, isn't it just for such a bite?

He tasted it slowly, pondered it slowly.

At this time, Said, who was not very happy, went to the pot to fill a bowl again, and kept asking while swallowing dates.

"Brother, where did you get this fish? I've never seen you do it before. ”

Saiyi said with a smile.

"Remember the brother of the family club across the door, he took us to the shore to pick it up?"

Said, who was drinking soup, suddenly widened his eyes.

"Pick up, pick up? Brother, can you eat dead fish? ”

Although he was scared, his mouth did not stop drinking the soup, and in the blink of an eye, half a bowl of fish soup entered his stomach again.

Hearing this guy say unlucky things, Saiyi reached out and patted him on the head.

"What nonsense, what dead fish! It was so good when I picked it up! And I'm not the only one picking it up, a lot of people are picking it up! ”

The younger brother, who was suddenly hit by the melon, looked aggrieved, and hid on the edge of the shack with one hand on his head.

"Yes...... How can this good fish go ashore for no reason? ”

Seyi rolled his eyes at him.

"Who knows, the fish soup picked up for nothing can't stop your mouth, you care so much!"

Besides, the people who will be in the family will also eat, will the family members pit their own families?

Those are all siblings!

The brothers didn't talk nonsense anymore, you scooped me and I scooped, and drank all the delicacies in the pot, which was nothing more than a nervousness to drink, and a peace of mind to drink.

After the two of them finished eating, they put away the dishes and sat under the shack to rest lazily.

The day was full of fierce fighting, and the Allies beat the Legion men and fled into the concrete houses to the north.

Seeing that the big noses were at a loss, the inmates in the Katnod prison ran back to their homes, and the whole port was in chaos.

He doesn't care who wins, whoever wins anyway is the same in his opinion, he just wants to get back to work as soon as possible to make money.

Thinking of the beautiful life after returning to his hometown, Saiyi couldn't help grinning happily, as if he really lived in a house of thousands of square meters, and saw the wife in the second room of the big house that was as beautiful as a flower.

The villagers looked at him with envy, the village chief praised him for his prowess, and Zayd's father took him by the hand and invited him to be a senior official.

Saiyi smiled embarrassedly, but in the face of those adoring eyes, he was finally embarrassed to hide it, so he reached out and pulled it into his arms.

The gold coin given by the Willant was like a fairy spell, and as he slapped it on the ground, a tall building that could accommodate thousands of people rose flat.

At this moment, the eyes that looked at him were like looking at a living immortal, making him feel indescribable joy and satisfaction in his heart.

In life, isn't it just fame and fortune?

As the saying goes, learning literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, can make Zayd's father show that eager eyes, and he will not come to this world in vain!

He didn't care if the villagers were doing well or not, but the "thirsty" eyes did poke into his heart.

In addition to being happy in his heart, Saiyi scattered a few handfuls of "gold pieces", and there were tens of millions of mansions and roads on the ground.

The faces of the villagers were full of joy, and Zaid was smiling, and the happy appearance was the best of both worlds.

Although the gold was quickly scattered, Saiyi's heart did not panic at all, and just arched his hand towards Zayd's father.

"Sir, don't worry, this big-nosed gold coin is easy to come by, the minister has the strength, the minister will get you some more."

With that, he got up with a lap on his knee and staggered down the street, and in a blink of an eye it seemed to be back in the distant Eternal Night Harbor.

He remembered that the Willantes seemed to be on the north side, so he headed north.

However, at this moment, he didn't notice that there were not many people like him.

One after another, the staggering figures went out on time as if they had made an appointment, like puppets carried by the line, going in the same direction.

Night had fallen on the streets, but the fighting in the colony was not over.

Stanford, the commander of the City Defenses, was still clamoring for a battle to the death with the Alliance and the Enterprise, and for the survival and death of the Legion.

Naturally, the alliance could not let him go.

The Jungle Corps and the 1st Division of the Willant Expeditionary Force were attacking the front of the northern city, while the 100th Mountain Division of the Enterprise was cutting the link between the northern city and the area around Blackwater Lane to prevent the remnants of the Southern Army from escaping.

The crackling gunfire was like a cannon, but Saiyi, who walked towards the gunfire step by step, didn't seem to hear it.

It wasn't until he walked through the war zone and stood in the middle of the street where the enterprise and the legion were fighting that the people on both sides noticed this group of uninvited guests.

Looking at the civilians who suddenly appeared on the street, Tang Feng, who was lying behind the bunker, was startled, and shouted at the stumbling figure in a hurry.

"Hey! Go back! This is the front line! You don't want to die! ”

The man, however, turned his face stiffly and asked, as if he hadn't heard.

"The Willant?"

Tang Feng was stunned, didn't understand what he meant, but still opened his throat and shouted.

"That's right! The Willantes! They're right across from us, and the wolf cubs haven't thrown in the towel yet! ”

"On the opposite side ......"

The light gradually shone in his demented eyes.

As if he had found his target, Sai suddenly quickened his pace and staggered across the street where the gunshots were ringing.

He called out in a frantic voice as he ran.

"Hey! Do you want people? I have the strength to help you move your ammo! ”

He wasn't the only one who ran up, everyone who had wandered here from Blackwater Alley took a step forward and rushed forward desperately, afraid that if he ran slowly, he wouldn't be able to take his turn.

There were thousands of people in Wuyang, and in a few breaths, the deserted streets were filled.

Not only Tang Feng and the rest of the team were dumbfounded, but even the Willant soldiers lying behind the opposite bunker were dumbfounded.

"Get out! Damn it! Can't these animals understand human speech? ”

The young man of the Wilantes, who was holding the machine gun, broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, rubbed his index finger against the trigger, and yelled at the crowd of Wuyang Wuyang, trying to scare the group of desperate guys away.

If there were only one or two short-lived ghosts that were eyesore, he would definitely not hesitate, but at this moment, after all, there were thousands of them in front of him, and he couldn't do it.

However, although he still has some conscience left, he is not.

The red-eyed centurion pulled out his gun and pointed it directly at his head, and roared at him.

"Shoot!!"

"But—"

"Lao Tzu told you to shoot!!"

No one can guarantee that this is a trick by the Alliance.

What if the people of the alliance are hiding inside?

He didn't dare take the risk!

As he spoke, the centurion raised the muzzle of his gun and fired a "snap" shot at the zombie-like crowd in front of him.

One of the unlucky men was shot and fell to the ground without saying a word.

"Ahhh

Looking at the red battlefield, the young man of the Willantes, who was lying behind the machine gun, roared with red eyes, and finally used his roar to dispel the cowardice in his chest and pull the trigger of the welded iron.

With the sound of "sudden" gunshots, the crowd on the street instantly poured a piece like cutting wheat, and the ground was covered with mud mixed with flesh and blood.

People on both sides were red-eyed.

Tang Feng no longer cared about any discipline and indiscipline, and rushed out of the bunker with the team beside him, and killed the opposite position under the cover of a single drone.

Although the equipment of the soldiers on the enterprise side has the absolute upper hand, the Willant people on the opposite side are not vegetarians.

After all, they are one of the by-products of the Completion Lifeform Project, and the war factor that flows in their blood has been certified by the Age of Prosperity technology.

In this way, the two sides exchanged fire across the crowd.

Due to concern for civilian casualties, the team led by Tang Feng was even defeated for a while, and two teammates were shot and dragged down.

The Willantes, on their part, did not get any favors, scolding the enterprise and the alliance for not emphasizing martial virtues and driving civilians to the front line to serve as cannon fodder.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and there were no more people left in the streets, or they were lying half-dead on the ground gasping.

For example, Seyi.

Lying on the ground, he woke up completely from his dream, and only felt chills all over his body when he looked at the sticky plasma around him.

Where is this?

He wanted to cry but couldn't, and his mouth felt like a ball of cotton.

Only then did he realize that he had a large hole in his chest, and his intestines had leaked out of it.

The roar of artillery fire was like a wall, and there was a faint sound of warplanes whistling by, but he gradually lost his hearing.

With what was left of his consciousness, he saw that in the end, it seemed that the people of the company had won, and the big noses raised the white flag and dropped their guns.

The radio on the street seemed to say that the commander of the city guards, Stanford, and his guards had been taken down by the Coalition Jungle Corps.

Obviously, not all Willantes are willing to live and die with the Southern Legion.

Tyr?

Who's that?

From the beginning to the end, they were loyal to Marshal Julius alone......

Slowly, Saiyi couldn't hear anything.

At this time, an armored car drove from the direction of the port, and two officers of high rank got out of the car.

One of them was a division commander and one was a staff officer.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground on Glorious Street, the division commander with a resolute expression couldn't help but be moved, and the staff officer standing next to him couldn't help but say.

"It's too miserable......"

The whole street was stained red with flesh and intestines, and he couldn't even find a place to put his feet.

The division commander walked in front of Tang Feng with an expressionless face, looked at this gray-faced young man and asked coldly.

"What are you doing! Didn't your superiors tell you to keep it! Who let you attack! ”

"I ......"

Faced with this questioning that cut his head and covered his face, Tang Feng was speechless for a while, and he couldn't explain for a long time.

It's weird to look back on.

So much so that he didn't know where to start when asked to retell what happened.

A group of people suddenly rushed forward, and then the Willantes fired, and they had no choice but to bite the bullet.

As a result, just as they were about to gnaw down the opposing position, the allies had successfully eliminated the opposite headquarters, and the remaining Willantes surrendered themselves.

As for the unlucky ones who died......

When they went to save people with hot brains, none of them were saved.

“…… I await your report. Glancing at the prisoners not far away, and the wounded soldiers lying on stretchers, the division commander glared at him with a gloomy face, threw down the words and turned back to the car.

With the sound of engines, the armored car drove away from the street, leaving only a few soldiers of the Willant Expeditionary Force behind.

They came here when they heard about it.

Kuruan, who was carrying an LD-47 rifle on his back, stepped forward, crouched in front of the corpses that were strewn on the ground, frowned, and put his index finger under his nose to sniff it.

The soldiers of the company on the side glanced at him.

"Smell something?"

Kuruan stood up and shook his head.

"Nope."

His nose is not a microscope, so it's strange to be able to smell something.

However, he did smell a hint of conspiracy from the mountain of corpses.

Suddenly, something came to his mind.

Could it be......

Snake oil?!

Seeing that this guy had been pretending to be false for a long time but only holding back a sullen fart, the soldier of the enterprise couldn't help but pouted and looked away from him.

White blind has such a big nose.

Not far away, two soldiers guarding the captives were smoking cigarettes and chatting with each other.

"It's really unlucky, I can't stop it, and our captain who is still harming him has been criticized."

"You said these guys are so not afraid of death, why don't you carry a gun for that Absec."

"Hell knows, why don't you wake up and ask?"

"I'll you."

The soldier who was smiling and scolding glanced at the corpses all over the ground next to him, and was silent for a while.

He couldn't understand why they were doing this.

This time there were quite a few deaths.

But it seems to have died in vain......

……

Norton City.

In the solemn castle, the candles in front of the statue of Marshal Julius have been extinguished, and only the gold candlesticks remain.

According to the tradition of the Wilantes, when the last candle at the funeral is extinguished, it means that the soul of the deceased has gone to another world.

However, people's thoughts of the deceased and the pain of loss do not simply dissipate because of the deceased's departure.

At this moment, for example, Salen, who was sitting in front of the statue of Marshal Julius, was sinking like water.

The armor made of gold had been changed into a regular dress made of silk and satin by the end of the funeral, and his shoulders were finally no longer sore, and his muscles were finally no longer tense, but the weight on his heart did not lighten at all, but became heavier and heavier.

Now he is the emperor and prime minister of the Eastern Empire, combining thousands of supporters and supreme power, it can be said that he has fulfilled his wish......

However, for some reason, in just one day, the joy and excitement in his heart disappeared after reaching the peak, leaving only tastelessness and emptiness.

What he wanted had been obtained a long time ago, the only difference was that he had changed the title of Legion Commander to Emperor, and there was no longer a half-dead god on his head, and there was no other difference.

On the other hand, he has more than twice as many things to worry about as before.

The death of Marshal Julius does not mean that loyalty to that Lord will be transferred to him.

Even himself.

He could no longer blame everything on loyalty, but had to think about what to do next.

Every step along is an unimagined path, and there is no chance of regret.

It was only at this moment that he gradually realized what the respected Marshal Julius had taken on for them.

“…… I thought I would be happy for a little longer, but I didn't expect it to last only one day. I began to wonder if those cheers were real, and if those who were loyal to me were really loyal to me. ”

"Perhaps my aides are right, the Empire and the Emperor are indeed not the best choice, and choosing yesterday means leaving the problem for tomorrow...... Am I right, honorable Marshal Julius. ”

With the bridge of his nose buried between his palms, he took a deep breath and muttered to himself as if in prayer.

"When we have the ambition to create history, but we don't realize that we have fallen into the turbidity of history, it has become inevitable before necessity...... Only you can understand my troubles. ”

It's a pity that he can only say these words to Marshal Julius alone.

Sighs echoed through the hall like the bells singing at dusk.

In fact, he never had any lofty ambitions and ideals, and just wanted to be a king.

And this was also the desire shared by almost all the military nobles of the Eastern Legion.

The solemn Colossus of Julius still has a torch in his eyes, but its courage and wisdom can no longer be shared with anyone, and it can no longer carry his people through the mists of the future.

That's history.

Just as Saren was in his memory, footsteps were heard at the door of the main hall.

A captain walked up to him and stood still, giving a respectful military salute.

"Your Majesty, Harbor of the Eternal Night has fallen."

Salen, who was sitting in front of the statue, stood up and cast an inquiring glance at the officer in front of him.

"When was it?"

"Just this noon," said the officer, with a solemn expression, "I have heard that the Coalition landed in the morning, and it took only two hours to drive 20,000 city defenders to the northern city. ”

Saren nodded, then asked.

"What about their fleet?"

The officer continued with a solemn expression.

"From the newspapers of the Union...... It should have been completely annihilated by the fleet of the South Sea Alliance near Serik Island. ”

Salen didn't know what Selik Island was.

But when he heard that the fleet of the Southern Army had been completely wiped out, he couldn't help but be stunned for a few seconds.

Seeing that His Majesty was in a deep groan, the officer couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"We ...... Just watch them lose? ”

He wasn't an eastward expander, and he didn't agree that a direct conflict with the Alliance was a good idea, but Nevernight Harbor was a territory conquered by the Wilantes after all.

Unbeknownst to him, however, that the initial eastward expansion faction was not a radical idea of laying down the Great Rift, but only a further eastward expansion of the Legion's territory.

In the end, they formed a force that no one could stop, until they slapped themselves to death on the beach.

Saren gave him a meaningful look, then looked away.

"They brought it on themselves, and you'd better not feel too much sympathy for them...... However, it is heart-wrenching to watch them squander their money, and perhaps we should do something about it. ”

The officer was stunned.

"What do you mean ......"

Saren spoke slowly.

"I remember that at the end of the Djobar Mountains, in the southwesternmost corner of the Luoxia Province, there was a port, directly south of the Falcon Kingdom."

The officer nodded, hesitating.

"There is indeed a port...... However, there are no resources there, and the Falcon Kingdom has not been developed much. ”

It's purely a place to transfer supplies.

Later, when they promised the alliance that they would not supply military supplies to the port of Sifan and interfere in the situation in Borneo, the port was abandoned for a time.

Later, someone concocted the Xifan Port tragedy, and it goes without saying who concocted it, in short, the port is even more useless.

Looking at his subordinates with puzzled expressions, Saren smiled faintly and continued in a slow and logical voice.

"People are resources, people are wealth...... Didn't some guy already show us how? ”

Whether it's Pioneer City or Bicester Town, isn't the Alliance deliberately putting these two chess pieces at their doorstep under the guise of "corrupting" them, and subtly changing their perception of labor and creativity?

He was not blind, and he saw all the changes in the two settlements.

In short, the fall of Eternal Night Harbor was not entirely bad for the nascent Eastern Empire.

Even the 2.7 million square kilometers of colonies controlled by the Southern Corps.

If the Coalition does liberate those places, the Willant people who live there will have to find a new place to go.

And these immigrants will bring not only their wealth, but also their knowledge and skills, as well as methods and ideas.

The state ZBISM was clearly outdated for the Union, but it was just right for the Eastern Empire, whose economy was completely in the hands of the manor lords and military aristocracy.

He was still interested in the way the "southerners" managed indentured labor, and he took the opportunity to learn about it.

After a pause, Saren said again.

"As soon as the logistics hub of Yongye Port falls, it is only a matter of time before the Borneo Provincial War Zone collapses."

"I remember that McClan happened to be in Seasail Harbor and asked him to prepare and bring back our compatriots and their possessions when the change happened."

"In the future, the coastal land on the west side of the Djobar Mountains will be our special zone, and at the same time our outlet to the sea in the eastern world."

"Just call it...... New Saifan Harbor is good. ”

……

In just one day, news of the fall of Eternal Night Harbor quickly spread throughout the wasteland.

It was not only the Eastern Empire that was greatly shaken, but also the Free State of Bougra, north of the Union.

Flint Group Building.

Looking at the report handed by his subordinates, Sigma, who was sitting at his desk, had a gloomy face like a winter lake.

At first, he did not see the alliance as a threat, and even saw it as a new source of profit growth, as other shareholders did. However, when he came back to his senses, he found that the baby who had once babbled had grown into a giant that he feared.

They possess not only formidable force, but also pervasive thinking.

Just as they tried to corrupt the fortress of the Union with crime, they also suffered from the corruption of the Union's idea of equality.

And when the alliance resisted their corrosion, and completely filled the loopholes in the law in the contest with them, so that the profiteers of the Free State had no loopholes to exploit and could only do their duty, the equality preached by the alliance became a curse that they could not stop.

More and more residents of the Free State are realizing what the problem is.

It is true that the Great Rift Valley occasionally comes up with some ridiculous ideas, but it is never the Great Rift that oppresses them directly, but the unfettered and monopolistic power.

That's where it all comes in!

Equality, on the other hand, seeped into every cell of the Free State like poison. If the cows and horses really believe the nonsense of the Alliance, then the Free State will be finished.

If only he hadn't taken advantage of the collapse of Boulder City to make a fortune at that time, but united with those old nobles to strangle these guys in the cradle......

Especially when he didn't get that weapon at the end!

Sigma regretted his greed on a whim more than once, but now it seems too late to think about it.

Even if his flintstone group wanted to help the Southern Legion, with their current strength, they would not be able to change anything, and it would not even be possible to influence the political situation in Borneo......

Just then, there was a knock at the door of the office.

Sigma, who turned off the holographic screen, turned his office chair slightly and said "Come in" to the door.

The door opened from the outside, and in came a man with a stern look and a straight suit.

It was none other than Odo, the mayor of the Free State.

Looking at Sigma sitting behind his desk, he took a deep breath and said in a nervous tone.

"The Coalition has formally submitted a diplomatic request to us in strong terms demanding that we hand over Condra, claiming that this person is implicated in the nuclear explosion in Haiya Province—"

Sigma didn't bother to listen to the rest of the story, and said casually in a tone of nonchalance.

"Then hand him over."

Otto said hesitantly.

"But...... He knows the secrets of our work with the Chewy Bone Tribe and the Torch Church, and I'm afraid he'll shake that out as well. ”

"Are you a pig? How could you ask such a stupid thing that I would let him out alive? Sigma scolded impatiently.

Hearing this, although the corners of Odo's mouth twitched, he was relieved in his heart, and the nervous look on his face eased a little.

While that was the trouble of his last term, it still comes down to shit in their ass.

"By the way, the Great Rift Valley invited me to a meeting next month...... What's your opinion? ”

Sigma said in a flat tone.

"You arrange it yourself, I'll contact you if you have other requirements."

Otto bowed slightly, respectfully like a servant.

"Yes."

(End of chapter)