76 - Risk and price
The battle with Tartaglia deepened Rama's determination to intervene in big events.
But unlike the identity of a traveler, Rama, who naturally has the label of Sumeru, will not be a popular character most of the time.
His stance is too obvious, unlike the protagonist of the story who revolves directly around the gods.
Fortunately, after tonight's play, things will be much easier.
Faruzanne, who controls the giant ruin guards, looks away and continues with the simple cleanup.
She has been watching the situation on Rama's side, and once Rama falls to the downside, she will immediately change the direction of attack.
The modified enemy seeking mechanism can't actually catch the full-fledged childe, but the full-coverage biochemical weapons are enough to suppress the entire battle situation.
This weapon can also be used on the battlefield below, and even better.
After all, most of the members of these Gilded Brigades are mortals.
Considering the emotional problems of Faruzan and Nahida, Rama prefers to conquer rather than destroy.
It's a trivial matter.
The improvised, improvised, giant relic guards were enough to sustain the outcome of a small war, and the Akademiya was serious, but they were far from prepared.
After regaining his strength a little, Rama looked down at the mortals below who had been confiscated from their weapons.
After the news of the mechanical forces has been captured, this card must be played, otherwise they will not have the confidence to act.
But it's a nuisance.
You can act a little stupid and make a lot of people think you're stupid.
But when you have already forced away the [Legacy of the God King], tell the public that you sent the mechanical troops out on a covert mission - this is not called pretending to be stupid, this is really stupid.
Rama found a suitable reason to weaken himself.
The Fatui have done bad things again.
They coveted the ruins and legacies of the Red King and the Flower God, and Rama had to send someone to protect them.
This is a valid reason, and anyone who knows the "truth" about Rama's beginnings will take it for granted that the Fatui did so.
First, the benefits are big enough, after all, the legacy of the gods supports an ordinary person to become the king of the sand sea.
Second, the Fatui have this kind of reputation, you say that everyone does good deeds and everyone does not believe him, but you say that he likes something and wants to take it by force - it can only be said that it is reasonable, and there is no problem.
It's not that Rama said anything and they believed it, the Fatui did show some degree of cooperation.
That's why the Fatui plan went smoothly in the first half of tonight.
It's an exchange of interests.
Rama knew about the cooperation between the Fatui and the new magnates, and he himself had a cooperation with the Fatui.
The news passed through the channels of the Fatui and was passed out in a relatively secretive but just enough way to be caught.
In the end, this night attack was formed.
In the whole story, the Akademiya knows one version, the Shahai magnates know another, and the Fatui also take a version of the story.
Three stories, one ending.
"It's pretty good, too." Rama let out a sigh.
He had the heart to say, "Let me try the knife", to see if he could scrape off two layers of proficiency from these captives.
But for ordinary people to be so ruthless, Rama himself does not have this kind of moral standard, but he always has to be a little afraid of his reputation and the thoughts of the people around him.
After Tartaglia withdrew from the battlefield, the Fatui troops followed suit.
Obviously, this time he had no intention of betraying his teammates, and still dominated his subordinates.
Rama doesn't stop either.
A confrontation does not mean that the two sides will not cooperate in the future, today's fight is because of interests, and interests will also lead to cooperation in the future.
The only exception to the normal story is that Tartaglia came too quickly.
Rama thought that the normal script would be to grab your relatives and friends with three hands and threaten you, and hit you directly with the third hand, leaving you completely unscrupulous.
But Tartaglia is like rushing to work, he will come as he says, and he will fight as he says, and the only purpose is to subdue you.
It's really the same as he said, he just used this job as a temporary pastime, trying to escape the bill of expenses of the Northland Bank for a while.
After all, it's not easy to say, people's expenses are reasonable, either to buy someone, or to do something, your expenses are to buy things every day, and you always buy them for one person, making it clear that you don't use public funds as money.
Even if Tartaglia was an executive, there was nothing he could do when Pantarone questioned him.
You can't always prevaricate with a [I'm for the mission of the solstice], this reason can't be beared.
But it's over, and Tartaglia's thoughts don't matter.
"Fortunately, although these ordinary people can't be killed, the culprit still has to try to make a profit."
If that's not enough, then we can only wait until the day we kill Sumeru City to do things.
At this point in time, there is nothing to rush about, the person has already been arrested, and the next thing is nothing more than searching and producing evidence, and then a little bit of purge.
But Rama got another group of visitors.
"Great King of the Sand Sea, it is an honor to be given the opportunity to meet you."
The guests from the [Group of 30] spoke respectfully.
"Although I guessed that you would choose to abandon the Akademiya······ Indeed, this is also a good time. ”
Rama's face was as usual.
Friends and foes can be fixed identities occasionally, but most of the time they change.
Unless they are blood and biological enemies, the core of most relationships is clearly interests.
The Fatui and his relationship switch back and forth between enemies and friends, and the [Order of Thirty] will not be an exception.
"I'm Asfad, advisor to the Order of Thirty."
"On behalf of the [Group of Thirty], I am here to offer my loyalty to the future master of Sumeru."
It's hard to be surprised.
The [Group of Thirty], who betrayed the Akademiya in the middle of the plot, has now made the same choice.
Oh, of course, we wouldn't call it a betrayal, which is often recorded by history as – turning away from darkness to light.
As long as Rama did win, history would not record them as traitors, but as righteous men who resisted oppression.
They may not have the courage to stand up directly, but they have the courage and enthusiasm to follow the guide.
The same is a warrior.
"I'm glad to hear your comments, all of you from the [Group of Thirty]."
Rama's smile was gentle and harmless, "I thought we would need a more appropriate occasion, but maybe tonight would be a good opportunity?" ”
Not bad indeed.
When the war ended, two or three people died, and it didn't matter.
Asfad's face was a little old.
He is accustomed to conducting conversations and deals in the words that his opponents like, and according to Rama, this dictator only likes to solve all problems as quickly as possible.
He was busy as if some kind of scourge was hunting behind him.
Asfad sighed inwardly, but chose to follow the words he had prepared at the beginning.
"Your Majesty Rama, the main body of the [Group of Thirty] is also the desert people."
The old man's voice was serious.
"I know, the desert people know." Rama said slowly, "Everyone knows that you were the first to choose to surrender to the Akademiya, which opened up the situation of the desert people toiling for the rainforest. ”
It can't be said that they are purely good luck standing on the tuyere, in the environment at that time, these people of the [Group of Thirty] can take the initiative and take the lead in doing something, so the positive feedback brought by this matter is obviously what they deserve.
The reward in exchange for ability cannot be explained by luck and times.
But [Group of Thirty] led to a bad start.
There is no unified government in the desert, and when people find that they can live well as dogs in the rainforest, they don't want to waste time in the barren sea of sand.
"The early Akademiya didn't treat us like that," Asfad said, with a calm expression, "but we just happened to have an opportunity to show the desert people their attitude. ”
Friendliness, affinity, all kinds of good promises, as if as long as you join them, they will treat you as their own.
However, when you do join in, when your hometown does not have any ability to resist, the people who serve you with the plate will smile.
At this time, you also find that although you are also sitting at the table, you are not the one who enjoys the benefits, but the divided interests themselves.
"But it doesn't matter, how the desert has nothing to do with you, at least you're doing well, isn't it?" Rama's face was expressionless.
It's not that there is no idea of negotiation, it's just a matter of lowering the price.
The reason is straightforward, the practice of the [Thirty Regiment] did weaken the desert, but to talk about the upper class of the brigade······ They definitely got something more.
At the cost of turning his back on the interests of his homeland, just as Cetaret became the secretary of the Great Sage, he always wanted to get some benefits.
If you really want to say how much these people regret it, Rama is not optimistic about this idea.
Setaret's change of attitude was due to her own thoughts, and Nahida's repeated use of power to influence her.
And the mercenaries of these brigades, counting on their loyalty to the Sand Sea, are not purely funny.
It's nothing more than that the Akademiya has used up the black gloves to do the dirty work, and the things are too dirty, and then they plan to clean up these gloves, so the chess pieces are dissatisfied and ready to start resisting.
This story is not new, and the final result is nothing more than whether the [Group of Thirty] has made preparations in this regard, and how many people they can run out.
As for counter-killing······ That's not realistic.
The shell of justice can be set, but it would be too funny to really think of yourself as the party of justice.
Asfad sighed.
This person's attitude is no different from the rumors, and he is indeed unyielding in the negotiations.
What do you have to do with him about the origin of the desert people, he directly means that you are just unevenly distributed and want to find a new master.
He didn't even see the [Group of Thirty] as a friend to work with, and he was completely like a fataka to drive the hounds.
If this is the attitude, then cooperation is also ·······
"You're right." Asfad changed his attitude, "In fact, after the gradual decline of the Sand Sea, the Akademiya began to gradually limit the powers of the [Order of Thirty]. ”
"This has caused dissatisfaction among many of us, after all, we betrayed the sand sea in order to gain profit from it."
Okay, you like to hear that, don't you?
Then let's open the skylight and say something.
"And now we don't get the good stuff, they weaken us, they lower the promised reward again and again, drive us like hounds, and don't pay us enough."
"The [Thirty Regiment] is not willing to continue working under the Six Sages."
"If Sumeru is still the only one in the Akademiya, we can only continue to tolerate it."
"But if we have the opportunity, we don't want the Akademiya to continue to sit in this position."
Asfad was sincere, "This is the attitude of the [Group of Thirty]. ”
Strictly speaking, Rama's attitude is not good either.
But the Akademiya really squeezed the interests of the [Group of Thirty], and Rama just had a bad attitude.
In terms of the priority of hatred, it was the Akademiya who won.
Rama's fingers tapped lightly on the table.
Of course the [Group of Thirty] can survive.
The Gilded Brigade is a specialty of Sumeru, and the [Thirty Regiment] is the real maker and maintainer of the order of the Gilded Brigade.
The legacy of the God King seems to be powerful, but if the Akademiya really gives the order, the [Thirty Regiment] will be able to wipe them out immediately.
This is the confidence of relying on state organs.
"I can't pay you much." Rama thought for a moment, "Because you don't have much value. ”
"Of course, we all know that." Asfad does not refute this argument, saying, "The reward and the price we pay are of course reciprocal." ”
In the Akademiya, their value is mainly to give the desert people a way that they can't see and touch, so that the desert people can obediently settle down as dogs.
It's a big deal, so it's very valuable.
If the value is high, the Akademiya will spend a lot of money.
But Rama clearly didn't have the need for this, and what he wanted to accomplish was to rule over Sumeru, not to spread the sand sea and the rainforest.
Whether or not anyone likes to be managed is a difficult question to describe.
However, there are a lot of people who are interested in managing other people.
For the different positioning of the [group of thirty], the price given is naturally different.
The group of thirty had expected it for a long time, and it didn't have too many ideas.
Their betrayal was because of profit, but more intuitively, they actually felt threatened.
With the end of the sand sea, they find that their presence is no longer a necessity.
This sense of threat, which is not needed and can be destroyed at any time, is the central element of betrayal.
Rama can't get a higher price, but he doesn't take the same risk.