Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

"Choose us first."

When Master O'Malley's voice fell, the room was silent.

Derrella, who had been facing the three of them, moved slightly, but did not look back.

Hong San closed his eyes and sighed silently.

Kant, who was looking at the map, slowly raised his head.

For a while, he didn't even realize the meaning of this sentence.

He frowned, "What did you say?"

The temporary messenger bowed and said: "His Royal Highness, this is the request of the Austrian Law Council, the ardent hope from His Excellency the Great Speaker and the Starry Court, we are eager for a generous helping hand, and hope to take this opportunity to eliminate some past conflicts and unhappiness. , gain a faithful, friendly and righteous ally."

Kant said: "There are still more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 15,000 civilians in the Broken Isles waiting to be evacuated. It will take at least four to five hours to evacuate them all. The early rescue for the Azure Fleet is bound to be limited. I can only send three transport planes for the time being..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Master O'Malley interrupted: "His Royal Highness, we request your full assistance, just as you rescued all the crews of the four warships trapped in the Broken Isles, at least the ones carried and served by the Azure Fleet. All the officers and soldiers were rescued…”

The messenger emphasized: "We are eager for your generous helping hand. Please forgive us generously. We are willing to pay any price. Please believe that the reward will definitely satisfy you."

Kant said impatiently: "I will consider it after the Broken Isles are all withdrawn."

Master O'Malley lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, please stop being angry. The council would like to sincerely apologize to you. Please go and save them now."

The Fire Thief's eyebrows rose.

But he still didn't know what the other party was planning.

"Don't you understand human language? I said there are 10,000 here..."

The caster from the council raised his head: "The council is not unreasonable, Your Highness Kant, you can first evacuate the loyal soldiers who stayed in the Broken Isles and fought for you, and then start a rescue operation against the Azure Fleet... We are here I sincerely beg you."

Kant's impatience turned to consternation.

He finally understood the meaning of the other party - he couldn't understand it for a while, not because of his own dullness, but because he never thought about it in this regard, and never imagined that there would be such a thing in the world.

The Earthling looked at Hong San, who looked back helplessly.

His face turned cold.

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

The other party did not see panic, maintained a respectful attitude, and said respectfully: "No, it is just a sincere request, asking Your Highness to make a kind and wise choice, it is always good to have more friends."

He didn't look disturbed or worried.

It seems that this request is not excessive at all.

Because he thought from the bottom of his heart that it really wasn't too much.

I also believe from the bottom of my heart that Kant will agree with his proposition and make such a choice.

The envoy of the council persuaded: "The Starry Court has made a wrong judgment, and the members have already reflected on it. We express our most sincere apologies to you, Your Highness Kant, you must be very angry, of course, this is your right, But it has happened, and the council has admitted it was wrong and is willing to make amends in time..."

"I know you must be very angry and don't want to save the Azure Fleet, but now we should join forces to fight the enemy. If you save the Azure Fleet, you will have more strength against the deep-sea behemoth. The council assures you that at this time During the incident, we will no longer take any actions without permission, we will stand on the same position and the same front as you, against the unknown enemy, and acknowledge that all the interests of the Broken Isles belong to you…”

He said bitterly, "Your Highness, please don't take anger on innocent soldiers because of your anger."

From beginning to end, Kant looked at the mage in front of him in astonishment.

After the other party finished speaking, he suddenly laughed.

The smile was full of sarcasm, surprise, disbelief and deep... disgust.

O'Malley was surprised and disturbed.

He said blankly: "Excuse me, what did I say wrong?"

"You know what, sir."

Kant stepped forward, put his arms around the other's neck, and lined up on his shoulders affectionately, with a smile on his face, but no smile in his eyes, he said softly, "You make me feel sick."

O'Malley's heart sank: "If I did something wrong or said something wrong, I would like to express my sincerest apologies, please don't because of my personal faux pas..."

"No no no, it's not this, you're not being rude, and in fact you didn't do anything wrong or say anything wrong, but you know why I feel sick?"

"...Please give me instructions."

"Because, my friend, the reason you make me sick is precisely because you don't think you've done anything wrong...you really don't think you've done anything wrong."

Kant smiled, smiled, he stretched out a hand, patted Master O'Malley's face, and snapped: "Damn, ****, there is such a thing, there is such a thing..."

Master O'Malley was stunned. He was at a loss, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what to say. When he decided to take action, he felt a terrifying, oppressive, and extremely frightening feeling. The anger and killing intent stemmed from the body around him, and the surging flames gushed out restrainedly.

"Do you think that I shied away from wanting to save the Azure Fleet, just because I was angry that your private actions screwed up the current optimistic situation, so I wanted to sit and watch your people die?"

The messenger opened his mouth.

Kant grinned and said: "So, as long as you come to apologize, give money, make conditions, and come up with enough chips, you will be able to calm me down. After I am relieved, I will immediately go to rescue the people of the Azure Fleet?"

As he spoke, he patted the master's face: "Is that so? Right? Say it?"

Master O'Malley saw sweat on his forehead, and he felt an inexplicable panic. Kant's killing intent around him gave him extreme fear, but the greater unease stemmed from the unknown. He didn't know what the problem was, and he didn't know why Kant was angry— Is there anything wrong with this idea? Isn't that why you don't want to save the Azure Fleet? Are there other conspiracies and selfishness? what is going on!

A flash of light flashed in his mind, and another possibility occurred to him.

Could it be…

O'Malley hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness Kant! If you are worried that the council will meddle in a secret about the Broken Isles, you can rest assured that as long as you rescue the Azure Fleet, the council will admit all your claims to all the property and secrets of the Broken Isles! All the interests, properties, heritage and relationships of the Broken Isles belong to you! No matter what you find in the Broken Isles, we all…”

Kant burst out laughing.

"You really..." He sighed, "There is no cure."

"Mr. O'Malley."

"You must not understand."

Kant said indifferently: "I am indeed angry at your selfishness and stupidity, but this is not the reason for dying. Your soldiers and fleet are innocent, I will not stand by and watch them die, I will save them, but not now , the only reason not to save now..."

He pushed Master O'Malley away and pulled it in front of him so that he could look into his eyes.

The fire thief said calmly: "It's the Broken Isles and there are at least 17,000 people waiting to be rescued."

"understand?"

He sighed, "Stupid idiot, don't you know what queuing is?"

Master O'Malley's mind went blank.

He felt absurd, annoyed, and unreasonable. When he heard this statement before, he thought it was just Kant's evasion, just a means of expressing his dissatisfaction and raising prices, but now, listening to Kant's words, he went straight to Looking into each other's eyes, he suddenly realized instinctively...

- He did think so!

What a joke!

What's in his head?

Is he an idiot?

Haven't even the most basic judgment ability!

Even children and even cats and dogs will choose between a piece of meat and a grain of rice!

The temporary messenger's mentality was a bit bursting. He felt that he was dealing with an unreasonable madman, but the gods are such a bad taste, such a madman with a sick mind, a distorted mind, and a weird mind, actually has the power to shake the world.

"His Royal Highness Kant!"

But the messenger still has to abide by his duties and strive for opportunities for the council.

He persuaded in a deep voice: "I don't want to change your mind, I just ask you to judge the pros and cons. You have saved nearly 40,000 people, and the most valuable part of the Broken Isles have already been sent to the far port. Well, how much is the remaining 10,000 residents worth?"

"If you need workers or slaves, the Austrian Council is willing to double your compensation. Our sphere of influence covers the southern part of the mainland and overseas islands. We will provide you with 40,000 slaves and 10,000 immigrants, and ensure that they are all healthy. Those 10,000 immigrants all possess valuable craftsmanship skills of all kinds..."

"Think about it, you have saved 40,000 people, no matter what you asked for, you have achieved your goal. In this miraculous rescue operation, the survivors of the Broken Isles have fully recognized you, and they will Thanks and allegiance to you, your fame will spread across the continent! Become a legend!"

"His Royal Highness, it has been won, this unprecedented aerial evacuation has been won! Everyone will be amazed at your kindness and strength, and no one will care that more than 10,000 people have not been rescued. In the end, this does not It's not your responsibility and obligation, who has the right to ask you to do better?"

When he said this, his tone slowed down: "It's time to listen to the sincere request made by powerful potential allies, Your Highness, saving the Azure Fleet is more valuable than saving the remaining 10,000 people."

Master O'Malley followed suit: "Contrast and judge, Your Highness Kant, please think rationally, between the two, which one is more important."

"In response to the council's request, we will receive our sincere gratitude. This is a request from the giants of the world. An ancient and powerful organization of spellcasters is willing to make friends with you. Countless wealth, advanced technology, rich rewards, great efforts. Support, even as powerful as a genie, will not refuse an opportunity to inflict great favor on the council..."

"It's just a small price to pay."

He bowed deeply again: "His Royal Highness Kant, please choose carefully, this is not a threat, but a sincere question - do you really want to give up the gratitude, return and full support from the council for the sake of more than 10,000 insignificant refugees? "

The room was silent.

Hong San stood still, and Derekla didn't look back.

Only Kant and O'Malley looked at each other.

"You're right." Kant said slowly, "The analysis is very correct. It is obviously more cost-effective to weigh the pros and cons, calculate the pros and cons, and abandon the remaining survivors to rescue the dangerous Azure Fleet."

Hong San closed his eyes, and the Phoenix King sighed softly.

But the next moment, Kant's voice sounded: "But you got one thing wrong."

"I didn't settle accounts," he said.

O'Malley suddenly changed color: "His Royal Highness Kant!"

"What do you call your grandpa!"

Kant's eyes are sharp and his tone is rock-solid: "This is my final decision, I will rescue all the survivors of the Broken Isles waiting for rescue back to the far port, before that, only three transport aircraft will be given to the Azure Fleet. Support, you can go back and report to your Speaker!"

Such a result was not what the council wanted, and Master O'Malley felt absurd. He was completely unable to understand Kant's motives and thoughts - why!

He hissed: "Please think about it again! Your Highness Kant! Are you sure you want to do this? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Are you going to shut out the council's friendship!"

The temporary messenger could not accept such a result at all, and his tone was threatening: "For the sake of more than 10,000 low lives, not only did he refuse the remuneration, compensation and friendship proposed by the council, but he even brought our hostility, dissatisfaction and relationship. Crack, I don't understand! What the **** are you thinking!"

"What did I think?"

Kant looked at Master O'Malley, who seemed a little crazy and even a little suspicious of life, and thought for a while, as if he wanted to explain something, but he still hesitated.

"I want to scold you, mock you, threaten you, and scold you, but after thinking about it, let it go because you don't understand."

"I figured it out, even if you scold you, you still feel inexplicable, you are so hopeless, so arrogant, you can't understand what I'm talking about, just like you can't understand, the life of the pariah is also life, that ten thousand Many people, perhaps most of them are farmers, servants, beggars and the like, have little value, they are like weeds with tenacious vitality that can be seen everywhere, and you think it is normal to abandon them."

"But I don't want you to think, I want me to think."

"I think they're human too, even if they're lowly, lowly, stupid, pathetic, or even not living well - but their lives can't be weighed on the scales."

He said quietly, "I'm not here to settle accounts."

Master O'Malley shook his head with an incomprehensible look: "This is ridiculous, this is ridiculous!"

Kant raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't understand? I don't understand why I would offend the behemoth of the Austrian Law Council for some trivial pariahs? Want to know the reason?"

The other party nodded, with anticipation in his eyes, which was the thirst for answers.

Because of Kant's choice, it overturned the three views that the caster had always been accustomed to.

"The simple reason is that..."

In the face of his curiosity and curiosity, Kant shrugged.

"Fuck you, I don't really care."

O'Malley just felt like he was going to explode.

"It's impossible!" he said loudly. "What are your intentions and plans! I don't believe it! Fighting against the council for the sake of these 10,000-odd lives is unreasonable! Why do you do this!"

"I was just thinking, if I were one of the fifteen thousand survivors of the Broken Isles, living an ordinary life, working in exchange for pay, supporting a family, and encountering an irresistible and sudden disaster, there was a Good-hearted people are willing to save me, and at this time, there is another inexplicable person who advocates giving up on us and saving another group of people who have committed suicide. The reason is that saving those people is more valuable - the truth is indeed that truth, but you Guess what I'll do?"

"What the fifteen thousand people want to do is what I want to do to you now."

Kant smiled at Master O'Malley.

"Silly—" he threw a heavy fist and growled, "Force!!!"

The messenger was caught off guard, and was punched in the middle of the door. The huge force made his face twist, and the severe pain suddenly hit, and the powerful impact sent him flying, smashed through the door, and fell outside.

The caster reacted immediately, and a strong shame and anger welled up in his heart,

The mana was running, even if he wanted to fight back, but the next moment, the surging coercion was born out of thin air, and instantly descended on the mortal body. O'Malley only felt that there was a terrifying peerless powerhouse hidden in this house. He lost all thought of resistance.

He vomited blood, **** ho sounded, and his eyes were filled with crazy resentment.

"Since I'm going to offend you, it's not a bad punch."

Kant in the room said: "Go and ask your speaker clearly, you are going to start a war, say it now, I will go directly to raise the blue fleet, and save you from worrying about it."

"Hong San, send it for me."

Inside the house, the chief counselor's expression changed. He glanced at Kant and bowed. Hong San said in a low voice, "Extremely ashamed, Your Highness, I even thought that the council's proposal was the most rational choice."

Kant forced a smile and waved his hand: "Actually, I am too."

Hong San went out to clean up the mess and closed the door as he left. Only Kant and Dereira, who had been silent, were left in the room. The Phoenix King turned his head and looked at him silently.

"Am I doing it right?"

Kant sighed lightly: "It's cool when you speak harshly, but... sigh, things are always difficult. This may be the most loss-making deal I've ever made. In order to stick to my beliefs, I paid a predictable amount of money. At a huge price, insisting on ideals is really not an easy task.”

Just then, he felt a warm and strong arm hug from behind.

Gently, it was a shy approval and a hug of comfort.

"It's not a big loss, because I saw it."

Derrella whispered in his ear: "The council dares to bully you, and I'll blow them up with you."

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PS1: Update...Crap, I'm not in a good state tonight, I'm not satisfied with this chapter, I fell asleep.