Eureka was still thinking about the role of the political commissar in the Union army, when a call woke him up from his musings.

"Eureka Pampos?"

Eureka looked up a little uncomfortable, in his life experience, he had very few chances to be called like this.

Of course, he still knew that he was calling himself.

Standing not far from him was a woman in a long black coat with a strange emblem and a short knife at her waist.

Although he was not tall, his sharp eyes made him shudder a little.

Eureka stood up and didn't speak, the meaning had already arrived.

The woman, who didn't look like a soldier, but seemed to be more special than a soldier, continued: "Come with me. ”

So Eureka followed her, and in a makeshift room in the prisoner of war camp, she met a man who always looked like he was smiling.

When the man saw them push the door open and come in, he immediately stood up to greet them.

He first nodded to the lady in the long black coat, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Ms. De Jong." ”

"Hmm." The witcher Milia de Jong nodded slightly, and then withdrew.

She still has a lot of work to do next, and she needs to select a lot of people who are suitable for putting them back, and when the alliance is going to fully rule the entire angry star, the people who can help the alliance government don't have time to worry about it here.

Help bring Prince Eureka over, just because she has been exploring the situation of this prisoner of war camp for two days and is relatively familiar.

And for another reason, she really didn't want to be in that room. The man in the room, Niko LS Lihovic, who had been a colleague with her sister at the Alliance's Loyal Heir Academy, was always smiling, but she really didn't feel comfortable being with her, as if she was being stared at by something all the time.

According to her sister, Hyeth Morgan, the current provost of the Faithful Academy, this was not the case with Salikhovich in the past. Suddenly, one day, he was enlightened, as if he had been inspired by something, he had some kind of ability to read people's hearts, and he talked to him a little longer, and he was easily persuaded by him.

Miria thought it was more like 'demagoguery'.

Of course, according to Hyeth, she herself seems to have changed at the same time. The difference with Salikhovic is that the part of her 'enlightenment' is to encourage morale, teach students to be more loyal, and have a more prominent understanding of the analysis of ideological and political theories.

After all of them had gained some enlightenment and felt that they had grown a lot, Salikhovich was transferred from the Academy of Loyalty to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union Government.

Miria de Jong didn't expect that this person, who had only known through casual chats with her sister, would one day work together on Black Arrow.

Although, according to Hyrus, Salihovic is actually a very good person in nature, but ...... Although she didn't know Salihovich well and hadn't experienced his special abilities, she didn't want to experience it at all.

Let the indigenous prince experience it.

……

At this moment, Prince Eureka felt like a spring breeze.

The communication with this diplomat gentleman was the most comfortable period he had spent since he was taken prisoner at the end of the war.

Mr. Diplomat's words always hit his heart and thought, so that he couldn't help but follow the other party's proposal.

Eventually, he nodded to Salihovich and said, "Mr. diplomat, I will do everything to help you, hoping to end the war." ”

Salikhovich stood up and said to Eureka very solemnly and respectfully: "You are the most loyal subject of the empire, and I salute you. ”

……

A month later, Salihovich and Prince Eureka, dressed in a modest outfit, boarded the Wind Falcon on its way to the hinterland of the Kingdom of Pampos.

He is a diplomat, and of course he is here on a diplomatic mission.

Sitting in his seat, he stared at Prince Eureka, who was sitting with his back to him and in front of him, with admiration in his eyes.

His next task, to a large extent, requires the help of this person.

Because of this, in the past month, in addition to constantly communicating with local history and political scientists, learning the political history and traditional culture of Black Arrow Star, and understanding the political pattern on the planet today, the rest of the time has basically been spent on this prince.

He took out some of his old profession of teaching at the Chungji Academy, and with the help of a military commissar, he had been doing the prince's ideological work.

The results are remarkable.

Although he had persuaded Prince Eureka to accept his offer a month earlier, it was shaky.

Gaining 'enlightenment', Salihovic's abilities soared. But in fact, it is not as evil as teleported by the outside world, and he does not have any supernatural abilities. He was originally good at reading people, good at words, and good at communicating. Now, he's just better at that.

He is more able to capture the mentality of others from some details that others cannot notice, such as a little micro-movement, micro-expression, and change in tone; He also has a more precise grasp of his speech skills, including what kind of expression and tone he should use when speaking. Combined, these two means are the source of his ability to see, and to bewitch, as if he could see through people's hearts.

To put it bluntly, it was not a big deal, but thanks to the favor of the Governor-General, he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union. It seems that the work here is more effective than teaching at the Chungji Academy.

So he came without hesitation.

It was an honour for him to contribute to the Governor.

In fact, the next diplomatic mission is not simple.

In the month since the end of Armageddon, there has been no agreement on a ceasefire between the two sides, and the war continues.

In the Armageddon, although the alliance won a big victory, it actually suffered a lot of losses. Although, after that battle, they also took advantage of the victory to pursue and fought a few beautiful battles, but in the case of the enemy's comprehensive retreat and contraction, they occupied a relatively large area, but the blow to the living forces was not so great.

Of course, the Kingdom Army does not have the ability to win the war, but if it relies purely on military means, it will take a lot of time for the alliance to win.

There is no need.

So, the rest is his task.

Of course, it is not excluded that the current leader of the kingdom's council, the old king of the Pampos Kingdom, the largest country in the Black Arrow Star, suddenly lost his mind and arrested and killed him, a diplomat.

Then die.

But he doesn't think it's a big risk.

His guess was right.

After he released an important prisoner of war: Prince Eureka, as a stepping stone and a welcome gift, he received a considerable degree of courtesy.

But it's just a courtesy.

After the first meeting with the old king, and after the two sides exchanged the terms of the armistice, Salikhovich lost the mind to talk seriously with the old king.

With his level of knowledge, he felt that the old king of Pampos really regarded 'maintaining independence' as the final bottom line of negotiations, and could only accept the delivery of a certain amount of population and wealth, and cede a part of the land, but refused to surrender sovereignty. The country wants to be independent, and it does not accept the political dictates of the alliance ambassadors......

And obviously, this is also unacceptable to the alliance.

From the outset, there was no room for the two sides to continue negotiations.

But Salikhovic continued to keep the pace of the talks.

The old king is this bottom line, yes, but ...... What about the others?

The remaining forces of the entire Black Arrow Star that rebelled against the alliance were not only the Kingdom of Pampos; Even within the kingdom of Pampos, is the old king really so much at his word? What kind of attitude do those generals and those powerful aristocrats have?

Under the pretext of peace talks, Salihovich was in frequent contact with high-ranking figures in the Kingdom of Pampos.

Actually, this is not in accordance with the rules. It stands to reason that the only people Salihovic can reasonably contact are the personnel and the prime minister in charge of the Kingdom of Pampos.

But...... The Prime Minister was persuaded by him.

And a lot of contact with key people is also carried out secretly.

On his own, of course, it is impossible for him to have the ability to secretly contact ministers and generals in other countries.

But isn't that someone who is providing the necessary help?

……

It's been two months since Armageddon is over; Salihovich also came to the territory of the Pampos Kingdom as an ambassador of the alliance, and also had a month.

The exchange of peace talks and armistice conditions has been going on, and the two sides have 'full' exchange of views, Salikhovic has had four formal talks with the old king of Pampos, and each time he has not been able to reach an agreement, and he has negotiated with various ministers on terms I don't know how many times, and both sides are testing each other's bottom line.

At least that's how it seems.

And during this time, the war continued.

The scale is not large, but everyone knows that the Kingdom of Pampos, or all the remaining kingdom armies, is actually dead, but it has not been buried.

Under the command of Perbov, the Union army advanced step by step, firmly seizing one strategic point after another.

The kingdom army, which had neither strength nor heart, was powerless to stop it, and it was about to collapse when it was touched.

In the words of Salikhovich in the diplomatic arena, to the ambassadors of Pampos and other countries, that is:

"What you can't get from the battlefield, don't want to get it from the negotiating table. All the demands of the alliance are not excessive. The only difference is that we have reached an agreement now, and everyone will end this with dignity, and maybe you still have hope of survival; Or you can wait and wait for our warriors to bring all of you to the judgment seat and the gallows, one by one, and then we will have everything we want, and no one can guarantee what you will have left. ”

There is no doubt that the defeat of the previous Armageddon not only broke the backbone of the kingdom army, but also the backbone of these rulers in the rear.

And now, the constant news that the city has been conquered, and the troops are surrounded and annihilated, is like their bodies paralyzed on the ground and unable to resist, cutting their flesh little by little.

Most people, after the decisive battle, the psychological defense line has collapsed; The few who did not collapse also collapsed in the frequent news of losses during this time.

Against this background, the fifth formal negotiations between Salikhovich and the old king of Pampos began.

As usual, they negotiated their terms.

The chief of the inner court, who spoke on behalf of the old king, lowered his conditions again, as he had done on previous occasions.

In general, it is willing to cede more land, give more wealth, and give more people. Even the request of the alliance to send envoys to the palace can be reluctantly agreed, but only the power of supervision, but not interference in internal affairs.

Overall, the situation is improving.

According to the meaning of the Pampos monarch, even if the negotiations cannot be reached this time, it is nothing more than like the previous few times, and it is good to wait for the next negotiation.

They still have hope for the situation on the battlefield.

It is impossible to win the war, but the kingdom army still has a million people, and they can resist layer by layer, step by step, and fight with a tenacious attitude to show strong determination.

It is true that your alliance can get everything on the battlefield, but if you want to get anything, you need to pay the blood of soldiers to get it, is it worth it? It's better to accept our terms.

That's about the state of mind.

Salihovich has long seen through this.

Even after the first negotiations, he had no hope that the old king would accept the terms of the alliance. And the reason why he has been talking to the kings and ministers of the Pampos Kingdom for the past month is to prepare for a major event.

And today, all the preparations that need to be made have been made.

That's the time.

This time, his attitude changed dramatically.

He no longer kept the always smiling countenance, no longer in the past negotiations, so that the Pampos had to admit that he was a very personable and gentle man.

His expression became serious and serious, even with a slight fierceness.

"Altay Pampos, on behalf of the Governor of the Union, I express my deep regret to you. All the generous conditions of the alliance are based on the fact that the governor is indeed benevolent. But in the past month, you have disregarded the overall situation, and have repeatedly disregarded the good intentions of the Governor on unrealistic terms. ”

"Once again, I reiterate to you the conditions of the Union. According to the Imperial Decree, the order signed by the Governor of Black Arrow Star and recognized by the Imperial Executive Yuan, the 'Alliance', as a legal interstellar organization of the Empire, has effectively possessed all the ruling power over all the lands and people of Black Arrow. As a subject of the Empire, you have no room for bargaining unless you accept all the terms of the Alliance. ”

"This is my ultimatum to you on behalf of the Governor of the Alliance."

Salihovic's usual toughness caught people off guard.

The old king coughed lightly: "Can you give us more time, we need to discuss ......"

"Nope." Salihovich decisively refused, "The time for the ultimatum is thirty seconds." Your Majesty, I call you that last time, and I ask you to give me an answer at once, there is no next negotiation. ”

Even if he has always had to show respect to Salihovich because of the strength of the alliance, Altay is also the real king who has actually controlled the most powerful kingdom of the Black Arrow Star for decades, and he is a little embarrassed by such a strong threat.

And more importantly, the specific conditions put forward by Salihovic have crossed the bottom line in his heart.

He would rather lose his country and his clan than accept the terms of the alliance. In his opinion, there is no difference between the two.

He took a deep breath, and the majesty of the king returned to his face again: "Mr. Ambassador, the proposal of the Alliance, we cannot accept it. ”

Salihovic had expected this.

He shook his head slightly, sighed, and said, "I see, I will bring your meaning back to our governor." ”

And at this moment, behind him, at the gate of the main hall, there was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps.

The old king could hear it as the sentry mechs and the knight titans marching.

A young figure walked in from the main hall.

Prince Eureka took off his helmet and said to his father at the top:

"Father, times have changed."

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