Public trial?You deserve it too!

On the way back, the snow wolf cavalry captain couldn't help asking.

"You are wrong, Wolfe, this is just a test and a show of sincerity."

Beowulf shook his head slightly.

"With the current situation where the orcs are controlled by others, it is difficult for us to connect with the empire privately. After all, those people in the business alliance are stuck with us, so as long as there is an opportunity, I must seize it. The most important point in reaching a deal is first. Show your sincerity."

The orc captain was thoughtful.

"And the most important point is that this shipyard is not important to us, and if we really want to say it, it would be more beneficial for us to let the empire discover and destroy it."

"Your Highness?" Wolfe was obviously confused.

"Hahaha, don't worry, listen to me slowly. This shipyard itself was asked by the Merchant Alliance to build it, because they very much hope that a hostile fleet will appear in the inner sea of ​​the empire—otherwise, with the current situation of the orcs , but there is no spare manpower to do this kind of thing. It is already stretched to expand Murmansk and prepare for the construction of a new port. If this place is destroyed by the empire one day earlier, we will be able to take these resources away from here. one day."

The little Khan chuckled.

"Anyway, the factories here are all members of the Merchant Alliance, right? Our workers have already found excuses to transfer back to the north and entered our own shipyard. Those who stay here are warriors and young men who collect resources. If the shipyard is destroyed Destruction, not only the supplement of labor force, but also the sailors cultivated on so many warships, will be able to return to the north immediately and form a navy of our orcs in the true sense—training in the North Sea where the Merchant Alliance has an advantage, It's a completely different thing than the petty theft in the Baltic Sea."

Wolfe looked at his loyal Highness with admiration,

"Wolf, remember, we are orcs, heirs of the great god Odin, not anyone's servants, let alone a knife that anyone can use, so as it should be, we can't trust any human beings, we can only let our own As the strength continues to accumulate, that is the only chance for the orcs to prosper again."

"Yes, Your Highness, I understand!"

Wolff stepped back humbly.

Beowulf watched his follower leave, and sighed deeply in his heart.

The opponent is indeed brave, and his loyalty is guaranteed, but if he really wants to be his arm, it is still too far away. Whether it is strategy or strength, it is almost not top-notch, and the only thing that can be added is youth. It's time, so I can only slowly start to cultivate him-but compared with the human being I met just now, Wolfe is like the difference between mud and huge rocks!

The current orcs are no longer like the warriors like clouds in the past. When Wu Yong was completely crushed by even more terrifying violence, he could no longer stand up again. Facing the empire that has never even declined, This despair was magnified infinitely.

"The country is small and the people are few, so we can only survive in the cracks between the big countries...Father's idea is correct. The orcs must not just become the pawns of any force, otherwise we will only perish!"

Beowulf clenched his fists.

"Whether it's the empire, the business alliance, or even the Theocracy, as long as they are willing to use us, they will give us some sweetness first. As long as they use it properly, they can be turned into nourishment for the growth of our orcs! Although this is very dangerous , but there is no other way - because if we don't do this, the orcs will still perish..."

"Since this is the case, then there is nothing to be afraid of... Let me fight for the future of our race to survive in the face of death!"

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[Aren't you ready to make good use of this map? 】

The system watched Claude reroll the map given by the little khan, and asked a little puzzled?

"Use? What's there to use?" Claude asked back, "It's just a map, and it doesn't mark the other party's guard posts, the other party's troop deployment, and the other party's countermeasures—you don't think they are in the North Sea of ​​the Empire." There is such a good job in the back garden of the fleet, there is no way to prevent it?"

【…】

"Even if this map is true or not, it's still uncertain. What if it's a fake? What if it's a trap by the other party? I'm not bragging, the character of my template is released, and everyone—well, There are also barbarians, the first reaction is whether they can be brought under their command, and the next reaction is, if not, can they kill this guy."

Claude packed the map and held it in his hand.

"I've always been unafraid to speculate on my opponents and colleagues with the greatest malice—you'd better do the same, I found that you seem a little at a loss for such small tricks, is it true that you have never had internal fighting This kind of thing? Combined with the 'Declaration of Justice' you told me last time, why do I feel that you are so naive as a little white flower?"

【...I'm really sorry that we don't know how to fight among ourselves. 】

"Really not..." The young man rubbed his chin subtly, "I can understand why you always talk about [maintaining the order of the world], your race is indeed qualified to do such things .”

【So I'm wondering whether I should learn from you again...】

"Oh, I don't care. It would be better if I could get off work early." Claude shrugged, "But since you are still my student, you have to keep learning. You are not required to know how to use it, but you are required to be careful. After all, there are people like me in every world.”

【Oh……】

"Okay, then during the quiz, what do you think the other side wants to do when faced with this little Khan's application for hooking up, and how should we respond?"

Claude started the exam very naturally.

——Definitely not taking the opportunity to retaliate just because the other party said they didn't want to learn from him.

[Hmm...it's a bit hard to speculate. From a positive point of view, the other party is a smart person who really wants to establish diplomatic relations with us, so he gave the map such a deposit. The old emperor got on the line directly. 】

[But from a negative point of view, the other party is a pretentious idiot. These words were assigned by the Theocracy to confuse the public and give the empire the illusion that the orcs must be wiped out as soon as possible, thereby disrupting the deployment of the empire. 】

The system is clearly analyzing these problems seriously.

[There is also a compromise statement, that is, the other party's words are true, but the plan is false. After all, his methods are very similar to yours, aren't they?Use a lot of shocking truth to shatter your original concept, and then lead you to believe what he said later.The other party is planning to join hands with the Empire to deal with the Theocracy, but he did not say that he will give up joining forces with the Theocracy Business Alliance to deal with the Empire, so the other party probably wants to eat both ends—well, this statement should be more in line with the other party’s true idea, right? ? 】

Claude was noncommittal: "I only answered half of the questions, and it's not time for grading yet."

[If this is the case, the best way is to ignore it. After all, this kind of double agent will always choose to leak the information that is most beneficial to him, so it is completely untrustworthy, especially if the other party does not want to get it from you. I don’t want to get anything, but I want to get on line with the old emperor through you.And once something goes wrong, you will lose a lot from the emperor, so there is no need to agree. 】

"A lot of nonsense, thinking that if you write everything you have learned into the answer, it will be considered the correct answer?"

Claude criticized unceremoniously.

【…】

"However, you got the score, excellent."

【Hey? 】

"Why do you analyze so much? Don't you know how to deal with it? Why do you want to speculate about the other party? What the other party wants to do and how to deal with it. The answer to this question is only six words and one punctuation—I don't know; don't care."

【Ah this...】

"Don't look too high on the other party. It is true that he uses the same words and means as me, but the tiger skin he can pull is too ridiculous." Claude laughed, "When I traded with Dania, I pretended to be under the command of the third prince of the empire, and my own strength, which can overwhelm the other party; and when I traded with Gorman in Provence, I pretended to be the Imperial Intelligence Agency, holding his allegiance in my hand. Your Royal Highness, so I can ask for anything—"

"Then what does this little Khan have? It's just a crippled race. As for how much the Theocracy and the Merchant Alliance value him? It's a joke, it's just waste utilization. As long as it can add trouble to the empire, even if it's a piece of shit, they will be patient." Temperament picked it up with his hands and threw it towards the empire."

[...So the other party compares with you, is it a tiger but not a dog? 】

"I just think you look down on me and compare me with him."

【……sorry. 】

"Nothing he can produce can arouse my interest. Even the information he said, I don't think at all that such a port hanging on the main battlefield of the mainland, and the orcs' defeated soldiers, can He was valued by the Theocracy to the point of giving him some important information, so he didn’t care about it at all, he just treated it as a fart. So his value is this map, and the orcs and the Theocracy seem to be at odds—this seems like nonsense, after all, the Theocracy and the Theocracy Whoever cooperates is incompatible.”

[According to common sense, for a group of people to form a group, there must either be a leader who is strong enough, or a common enemy-although the common enemy of the empire is terrible, but the barrier between races dooms them to not It may be really united, so this situation is also normal. 】

The system is a little puzzled.

[But if the Theocracy's cooperation with anyone is superficial, then why can they connect and develop to the point where they are now?After all, it is the opponent's repeated layout that can delay the empire's unification plan until today, right? 】

"Everyone I cooperate with seems to be incompatible, but I have grown to this day. The Theocracy's behavior style is the most similar to mine-we both put conscience and sincerity aside, and put all interests Discuss everything separately, so that everyone will feel that only by cooperating with us can we get the best benefits, and a win-win deal that only talks about benefits can make others be fooled—I mean, let others recognize it.”

[But I think the main reason why you can develop into today's situation should be that you met a family... Cough, I mean, you met a unique prince like Ludwig, and his even more unique subordinates power. 】

Claude smiled and shook his head.

"Then what do you think, if Ludwig hadn't been so simple, Jung hadn't been so passionate, and Christina hadn't been so naive, would I have received less support than I do now, or would I have grown stronger?"

【…】

The system was lost in thought.

"The answer is, maybe the level of trust is not comparable to what it is now, but compared to the support I can get now, what I can move is definitely far more than now, at least I have a place in the imperial capital - because no one Will give up packaging me as a facade of power, to seduce—ahem, I mean, to seduce...to show the strength of my power! Yes! That's what I mean!"

Claude cleared his throat in embarrassment.

"A young man picked up from outside is powerful and charming, and surprisingly, he is a real knight. Wouldn't it be a waste not to use such an easy-to-use chess piece to the limit? This is my opportunity, an opportunity to strengthen myself Opportunities for Ludwig—not as it is now, running around year after year, not even knowing why Ludwig succeeded in seizing the emperor's heir. Any decisions made by the forces I belong to are just to help me develop better in the military-this is really no one, I don’t even know whether to cry or laugh.”

[But... to be honest, although you have been pushing... I mean you have been complaining about people in Ludwig's circle, whether it is the third prince, Jung or Christina, you have never Really use them to do something, let alone do anything that is not good for them. It can even be said that you have been doing your best to help them and strive for good results for them to the best of your ability—just like you have always been Wiping the other party's butt, this kind of nanny-like job, you have really worked so hard until now. 】

Claude restrained the smile on his face.

[I still remember what you told me a long time ago, about the topic that everyone should have their own bottom line-you will never take advantage of other people's sincere kindness to do things that are not good for them. 】

[But why are you willing to do what you are doing for Ludwig's power? 】

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All Beings Are Sons: Chapter 153 Chapter 140 Titanfall

Claude lowered his head and looked at the blood that had solidified at his feet. This shocking scarlet smeared the entire land.

Then he looked up at the hill piled up with corpses. The severed limbs and dead eyes were enough to become the eternal nightmare of any recruit.

Then he looked at the dazzling sunlight, something that could never penetrate the darkness in his heart.

"Why would someone like me do this for Ludwig?"

He repeated the systematic question, rubbing his chin hesitantly, this question... He always felt that he had answered similar inquiries before.

But it shouldn't be, he obviously pretends to be very good in his own world - everyone around him has a good impression of him, and they are quite hostile to his enemies, how could someone say such a thing, ask What about such a problem?

How could they have found out?

"...Because Ludwig is a good person in the true sense, and a good person should not be pointed at with a gun."

【……Hey? 】

"Maybe you think it's unbelievable, but the answer is so simple - a person who can let go of the culprit who even conspired to kill himself, is worthy of my trust."

Claude smiled lightly, as if he thought the system's surprise was amusing.

"And after Joachim lost power, he didn't even take any revenge, let alone put shoes on his subordinates, or deliberately made things difficult. Instead, he allowed them to choose whether to stay or not—although many people left the imperial capital, they stayed. Those who come down, as long as they are down-to-earth people, have more or less been appointed or promoted during this period."

"As far as I am concerned, he recruited me only out of love for talents, and all his actions after that were purely for the promotion of me, and even imprinted his power on me. Jung remedied it. - such a person deserves my loyalty."

The boy shook his body, picked up the snow with his hands, and wiped his armor.

"In the end, I have no interest in that seat at all. I'm just enjoying the process of growing this country—it would be even better if I could use it to unify the world. If that's the case, then why not choose a good person?"

[So this can be regarded as the benefit brought to Ludwig by "goodwill from the heart", right? 】

"That's true. After all, I hate betrayal the most, so I will never be the first to betray someone I approve of."

Claude nodded.

"I don't mind my enemies using any means against me. Their despicability is nothing before mine. Their cruelty is like a baby before mine. Their cruelty is only three months before mine. Warm Sun—because I know, there's one thing they'll never be able to do."

"—That is betrayal and betrayal."

【…】

"So I won't betray the lord I recognize, plus my flexible moral bottom line, in the past, then I'm probably a person like Li Ru? Well, who knows."

The boy clapped his hands and showed a warm smile.

"However, if someone else betrayed me first, that's another story."

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Just as Claude expected, their vanguard fleet was almost annihilated. Only three warships were not damaged too seriously, but they also needed major repairs before they could sail. This also included Claude. Among the five ships, three warships were sunk, and two were hit by trebuchets after hitting the rocks. Basically, this navy has become a complete army.

Casualties also exceeded one-third, mainly because it was difficult to distinguish the direction in the sea, and it was difficult for the lifeboats and those who fell into the water to have the correct direction. When the fog cleared, only 700 or so of the eight warships finally gathered on the beach people, including hundreds of wounded and hypothermic patients.

Because every captain chose to die for his subordinates, the survivors were somewhat leaderless at first. Fortunately, Georgi arrived with the only remaining complete army, and relying on the well-trained sailors , he barely regained the organization of the team.

Facing such an overwhelmingly unfavorable situation, Georgie relied on Shire, a just knight, as the frontrunner, commanding the sailors to forcefully repel the orcs who tried to attack them after landing.

It's just that the loss of the beachhead is inevitable, and the orc warships have already turned sideways, forming a long snake formation not far away.Faced with the attack of the small trebuchets on these orc warships, the human sailors had to choose to retreat gradually, so Georgi could only watch helplessly as the orcs began to pour oil on the half-disabled warships.

"No! If we lose the supplies on the battleship, we will all die here today!"

Georgi looked ruthless and decided to fight to the death.

In the previous battle, the organized archers he commanded played a great role. Cooperating with other surviving archers, they completely suppressed the scattered shooting of the orcs.However, it was obvious that the suppression of the rain of arrows was extremely depleting the number of arrows. Originally, each of them had only two pots of arrows when they got off the boat, but now there are very few.

"Gather all the arrows to ten people, and make sure that each person has at least ten arrows! The first row of swords and shields will be replaced by double shields, and the second row will directly go to the archers. Give up fire suppression and shoot at close range. Throw away everything other than weapons, anyway, there is no way to block the throwing stones - rush up! Melee!"

There was no other way, and they had to pass each other's stone blockades on foot.If all the supplies are destroyed, they will face a bloody massacre when they are tired and hungry in the face of the cooling down at night.Waiting to die was never an option for the soldiers of the empire, so no one said they would live. They just changed their equipment silently, preparing to become lucky or unlucky.

But it's clear that luck always favors the brave.

A red shadow swooped down from the sky, and Claude was air-dropped into an orc warship by Manfred with the anchor.

Our war beasts have arrived.

Relying on repeatedly releasing and canceling the Light Feather spell, Claude adjusted the landing point and landed on an anchor, directly smashing the catapult on the bow of the warship, and then the young man raised the anchor, like a spear charging, knocking into the air. The orcs who reacted or didn't react along the way went straight to the stern, smashed another trebuchet, and then stepped on the deck to take off and jumped towards another battleship.

Manfred also rode his wolf eagle, passed by the battleship array in a straight line, and shot and killed the two human captains with anger on his face.

"Damn business alliance!"

He gritted his teeth and roared out the true identities of these people.

The orc fleet became chaotic as expected, and the warships that were originally lined up in a horizontal line turned around one after another, some seemed to lose control, and some seemed to want to leave the shore.

"Quick! Charge! Go! Don't worry about anything! Go and stop those orcs!"

Georgi, ignoring the unreorganized formation, was the first to draw out his sword, roaring and charging, and the sailors followed up roaringly, heading straight for the orcs on the beach.