Throne Steps

More than six years ago, Li Chen rushed back to the Ainuma Temple from the capital of the temples, and went to see Wiggins' coffin overnight, but encountered a direct provocation from the young Brown.

Li Chen had two thoughts at the time: Emotionally, he seemed to have been infected by Saenz who had just relapsed, at least some negative and violent thoughts, which made him urgently need to vent his emotions; intellectually, he actually Has been waiting for such an opportunity, after so many years, Brown, who has been under the wing of Wiggins, finally hit the gun on his own initiative.

Although Brown had heard about the tragic fate of his father and his uncle, he had even seen pictures of elders with decapitated bodies from some picture albums depicting folk anecdotes.However, after all, he is still a flower growing in a place like the temple. The daily relationship with the black swan and Wiggins' faint disdain for the black swan made him feel that those cruel things were far away from him even when he faced the black swan. .

In other words, he never thought that the black swan would dare to do it in public in the temple.

He even didn't expect that Li Chen, who was said to be so talented that he was not as good as himself, would do it himself.

However, it just happened.

Li Chen was inclined to do it emotionally and intellectually, and he did it immediately, so he shook out the magic crystal and exploded Brown's magic power source himself.

Everything happened too fast, the temple personnel behind Brown had no time to save people, and the black swan behind Li Chen had no time to replace Li Chen, the matter was over.

Brown didn't even think about feeling hopeless until he was numb from the pain.

But even more desperate is yet to come.

He was quietly imprisoned by the black swan, and Dominic—a young man who many people thought must be of some use when Li Chen brought him back—makes his grand debut and staged the "civet cat for prince" that everyone had imagined.He and Brown look alike, the most important difference is that he has no talent, which was finally evened out by Li Chen himself.

Immediately afterwards, Dominic, who replaced Brown, was taken away by Soyan's old men who had sneaked into the temple.

Most of these people who survived the Suoyang battle and escaped by chance did not know that there were "traitors" among them.

It was the internal response among these people that made Dominic easily taken out of the temple as Brown and ran to the southwest.When the people in the old department started to find out that there was something wrong with "Brown", it was too late, and it was impossible for them to go back to the temple and steal the real Brown out.

At that time, some forces had begun to gather around Dominic, and most of these forces were actually pushed by black swans.In this so-called "Soyang's old team", "revenge for his father" and "recapture Soyang", the real Farah's old team was gradually suppressed and even completely controlled by the new recruits.Those who hate the black swan the most are covered by black wings.

To this day, Dominic has always had a doubt that he wants to ask but is afraid to ask: "Brown...is he still alive?"

"Now? Of course." Li Chen raised a smile, but that did not represent his compassion, "After all, the 'Brown' in the Southwest Freedom Army is still alive, isn't it?"

Dominic didn't know his mood at the moment, he just came up with a thought: that is to say, the date of the death of 'Brown' in the Southwest is the date of the real Brown's death.

But he didn't continue to ask, but changed the topic to the most important thing at the moment: "What will happen to the 'Freedom Army' next? What do I need to do?"

Li Chen turned his head and glanced at Saenz, Saenz motioned him to speak directly.

So Li Chen said: "You need to negotiate with other people in the 'Freedom Army'. The main content of the negotiation has two points—"

First, the "Freedom Army" is about to be disbanded, at least the titles of "Freedom Army" and "Autonomous Region" cannot continue to exist;

Second, are these people willing to be recruited into the Southwest Garrison?

Although Dominic can be regarded as Li Chen's "teacher", when negotiating with other forces, he still has to rely on the negotiation team that Li Chen personally formed for him.

Now, things have progressed to the point where the Southwest Garrison wants to recruit the "Freedom Army", and the negotiating team hand-picked by Li Chen is beginning to be a bit insufficient.So before setting off to the Southwest, Saenz began to look for suitable candidates.When it was time to explain to Dominic, the freshly released list of supplementary members of the negotiating team was also handed over to the young leader.

Handing over some information about these people to Dominic in this way is actually a huge challenge for Dominic.Because over the past few years, he and the original negotiating team have almost gotten along.Now that there are newcomers, not only Dominic needs to re-adapt, but also the old and new teams need to coordinate with each other.The two groups of people come from different backgrounds and focus on different directions. It is difficult for Dominic to get them into the state as soon as possible and work together to advance the negotiation process.

This is difficult and also a challenge.

On the other hand, it must be considered an extremely rare experience for Dominic to experience such a powerful thing at this age.Even Li Chen and even Saenz were still studying at Pesa when they were their age, and they haven't gotten involved in this mess yet.

Of course, Saenz will not be mean to this little boy.The people he sent, first of all, are of course excellent in negotiating skills; secondly, they have a clear grasp of the situation, are loyal to themselves, and fully understand the plan; finally, they are actually the faction that is more pro-Black Swan in the Saenz line.

It is said that he is pro-Black Swan, but he is actually Saenz himself.Among these people, those who are more winking will not ignore the status of the black swan in Saenz's heart, and naturally they will not have fundamental differences with the black swan people because of their different identities.

Saenz and Lichen stayed in the "Freedom Army" for three days in order to explain the future strategic plan to the young boy. On the last day, they also met with the head of the air brigade.

They concealed their appearance and did not identify themselves. Dominique introduced them as "mentors" and "people who pointed out future plans."

So the head of the air brigade guessed that they might be some official people. According to their ability to control the three forces in the southwest, it can be further speculated that they are people from the top nobles or royal families—at least they are also important staff of these people.

pretty close.

According to the "emergency tutoring" of the previous two days, Dominic pushed the general direction of the Southwest's future to the head of the group.At the beginning, Dominic would look at Li Chen and Saenz from time to time, asking them if they were right; after Li Chen and Saenz deliberately did not respond a few times, Dominic would speak according to his own understanding It's over.

The head of the air brigade did not show a particularly surprised expression after listening.In fact, just like Harder of the mercenary group opposite, he also envisioned such a day, just to see how this day will come and how it will pass.

So even after Dominic seemed to say a piece of earth-shattering news, the head of the group just raised his eyebrows and looked at the two men sitting behind: "Is what he said true, two distinguished guests?"

Li Chen smiled: "Trust your partner, sir."

"Okay, I believe..." The head of the regiment narrowed his eyes, "Isn't it a little too whimsical for the Southwest Garrison to pick it up for nothing?"

"Whether it can be picked up or not, or whether it is for nothing." Li Chen said, "It's just two titles that have been removed, not the Air Brigade. To put it bluntly, given the current chaotic situation in the Southwest, Your air brigade group is going to retreat, who can really stop it? It’s just that you have already participated in it after all, if you don’t take the opportunity to ‘go further’, wouldn’t it be a waste of these years?”

The head of the air brigade sneered: "'Going a step further'? Are you saying that you are like Yan Ying, who has been honored by the nobility, and then almost became the hegemony in the North; Then one person becomes a fairy, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven?"

Great, I found another poisonous tongue, Li Chen really wanted Yanying and Black Swan's poisonous tongue to take the lead in a triangle fight with him.

However, it was normal for him to be in a bad mood when he was suddenly told that he might be recruited into such a large mercenary group.

When Saenz and Li Chen went out with the faces of mercenaries, they heard a lot of this kind of talk, and even pretended to echo it, so they were not really angry.But it was the first time for the young Dominique to be scolded so badly in person, and he almost didn't complain.

Before he acted, the coercion of Saenz fell on the back of the head of the air brigade, with a strong warning meaning.It depends on the owner to beat the dog. The head of the air brigade regiment is not polite, so Saenz is also not polite.Although it's a bit overkill, but who makes Lichen and Dominique's combat effectiveness really not optimistic, only he can take action to have the momentum of suppressing the situation.

"Everything hasn't started yet, the head of the group doesn't have to make a decision so quickly." Saenz sang a bad face, and Li Chen tacitly sang a bad face, "We are not here to make an announcement, but to kick off the curtain for everyone. After that How this scene will be staged, you have to discuss it yourself, don’t you?”

The head of the group realized that these two people might not be just think tanks, so he restrained himself and asked, "Why, I thought you were here to negotiate, didn't you?"

"As far as we are concerned, we can't afford such a grand negotiation schedule." Li Chen said in a nonchalant manner, "Of course there will be more professional people to solve every question you have and implement every task in the negotiation." detail."

The leader replied: "It sounds like I'm going to meet someone who is difficult to deal with."

"This is to do our best to ensure the interests of you and your reunion, Mr. Li Chen." Li Chen said, "You should understand that in such a chaotic situation, it is really a good thing for the negotiators to compare themselves with you."

"Oh, good thing..." The head of the air brigade touched his chin, "Since you don't negotiate, can you answer other questions for me?"

"You say."

"In my opinion, the army in the north has won a big victory, but the solution to the turmoil in the southwest is so anticlimactic... The biggest winner should be the third highness who is pure white, right?" said the head of the group, "I just ask So, is the Southwest Garrison going to be incorporated, or is the Third Highness going to develop new forces in the Southwest?"