.One Hundred and Fifty Seven, Infighting is the eternal main theme (3)

One Hundred and Fifty Seven, Infighting is the eternal main theme (3)

Since the outbreak of this civil war, the banner of those samurai warriors has been very clear - "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians", not only to overthrow the Edo shogunate that usurped the imperial power, but also to completely expel the Western forces that invaded this island country in recent years, and drive the Far East Army of the Naserel Empire back to their hometown

Therefore, the victory or defeat of this civil war is not only related to the survival of the shogunate, but also closely related to the survival of the Imperial Far East Army.

When the shogunate siege army was defeated in the first battle and the situation began to lose control, Admiral Perry tried his best to put out the flames of rebellion, and devoted almost all the warships and soldiers who could be drawn into this suppression operation with little real benefits. For this reason, he did not hesitate to devote all the military reserves accumulated by the Imperial Far East Army for many years.

However, facing such military and national affairs that are related to the life and death of the Imperial Far East Army, not only did no one in the military profession who was willing to take the initiative to help Admiral Perry, but they were trying to get a piece of the pie. With their special identity, they took advantage of their special identities to seize the opportunity, hoarded goods, and unscrupulously snatched up strategic materials such as grain and weapons, causing the market price to rise up, and also made Admiral Perry's wallet and the Edo Shogunate's vault dry out quickly as if they had poked a big hole...

On the other hand, for the Giant Bear Legion who arrived in Edo at the critical moment of urgent need of military reinforcement, they should have tried to win over the Giant Bear Legion, who came to eat for free, they regarded it as enemies who came to eat, and they were crowded out without any overall concept and did not give up any penny. The Giant Bear Legion could not have any military supplies, and they also had to pay out of their own pocket to buy food and supplies, and endure the exploitation of super high prices. In fact, if the engine of the Xiangrui air combat ship was not seriously damaged and could not have left, Feili and his Giant Bear Legion would have been angry long ago.

Regarding the above dirty things behind the slander, looking at the feelings of old comrades and subordinates, and the current situation is severe, the need for stability in the rear must be maintained. Admiral Perry, who is on the battlefield, has to temporarily pinch his nose and open one eye and close one... Therefore, the tragic situation of the Far Eastern Army of the Naserel Empire "fought tight in front and tight in the rear" became increasingly rampant...

Then, when Admiral Perry died in battle and Minister Zena took over the administration, the financial situation of the colonial authorities in the Far East had reached an unsustainable level, and he could not even pay a military salary to the Giant Bear Legion. And Feili, whose wealth was also plundered by soaring prices, naturally refused to continue to pay for others out of his own pocket, and had to endure the exploitation of some bad profiteers...

As a result, in order to more effectively deal with the bad situation and continue the war, Minister Zena's State of Emergency Committee had to issue a war mobilization order and a material collection order to maximize its own war potential, and incorporate all shops, workshops, warehouses and fleets in the Yokohama Concession into militarized control, and requisition all strategic materials for free to maintain the huge consumption of front-line operations.

Although this one-size-fits-all approach is a bit too arrogant, it is a cruel war era after all, and forced collection and human mobilization can only be said to be a normal control strategy. However, in the eyes of the military predecessors in the Yokohama Concession who have taken away a large amount of wealth, it is already an unforgivable deep hatred. It is even more hateful than the anti-scene samurai who provoked this war. If it weren't for the outbreak of this civil war, they would not have had the opportunity to make a fortune in the chaos.

These guys were already full of resentment because of their confiscation of property, and were even more desperate about the future of this war, but they were just suffering from the lack of a way to break out of the vortex. Now there is an imperial general who can speak in front of the court and the emperor, who is willing to come over to mediate and mediate for them and act as an intermediary for peace negotiations (General Robert's self-boasting and deception). He suddenly felt like he was sleepy and met a pillow, and it really hit it off.

In particular, General Robert also brought the current CEO of the Naserel Empire, the Southern camp, and the handwritten warrant of the Lord Barut, and stamped it with a complete magical herald and seal, which was guaranteed in the form of a soul contract - that is the highest magic contract that will be worse than death once the promise is broken. Even if you become a dead creature, you cannot get rid of the pain. Like the big figure of the CEO of the Empire, you should not just joke about your own soul casually.

However, General Robert knew very well that the seemingly powerful and authoritative CEO's handwritten handwritten handwritten by him was actually just a small prop to fool people...

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In the practice and life of a magician, the way to control power is meditation, the way to guide power is mantra, and the name is the shortest mantra.

A magician can give himself many names, but he can only have one magic "real name" that belongs to him.

This "real name" cannot be changed, cannot be replaced, and cannot be transferred. Once the real name is known to others, it will be manipulated. The contract signed with this "real name" must not be violated - when the demon, devil or alien creature surrenders, they must report the real name to the opponent; and when the magician gives a poisonous oath to sign the soul contract, it will only take effect if the real name is used.

But the question is...what if the person who signed the soul contract is not a mage at all?

The answer is: Any name can be signed

In legends, there are often some young magicians who are eager to succeed and summon the devil from hell to make transactions. But at other times, the devil will take the initiative to appear in the material world, tempting mortals to exchange their souls for power or service... Given the sad level of education in the past, there must be many clients who signed contracts with the devil, who are not wizards, have no real names, or even illiterate at all. But as long as they are consciously and voluntarily, a deal can also be reached.

The current Chief Consul of the Naserel Empire, Mr. Barut, has played such a trick.

The Southern Faction Alliance, which is currently in power in the imperial capital, truly possesses real power not the politician leader who is in the center, but the nobles of the vassals and nobles of the major autonomous lords in the south. The sanctions of the baluts who were pushed to the front desk as chief consul is actually just an agent and puppet jointly launched by the princes. Although the reputation is not small, it does not have the real power to command all the heroes. They must consult the princes for advice and discussion in everything.

But even if it is a puppet, the consul Barut belongs to the highest class. He is definitely not a person with a status like General Robert. He can be used as a scapegoat and consumable, just like the Japanese generals of the Kwantung Army have no right to decide the life and death of the Manchu Emperor Fu Yi.

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"...Ahem, what's going on in this place? Even dust can catch up with sandstorms and I don't know how to clean up..."

As soon as he jumped from the flying broom, Feili found herself plunging into a ball of smoke and dust with extremely poor visibility. She was choked and coughed by the various sand and dust coming to her face. She had to put up the hem of her robe to cover her mouth and nose, and then she frowned and looked at the surrounding environment.

At this moment, he was standing in a messy construction site, with all kinds of scaffolding, trolleys, lime pools, linoleums, yellow sand piles and cement bags, as well as many shovels, hammers, baskets and other labor tools thrown everywhere. On a cement platform dozens of steps away, there were a few huge iron wooden boxes stacked in a mess, and a few green and golden magic lights faintly emerged from the edge of the box.

This is the private floating city left by the late Admiral Perry, a palace in heaven designed with extremely luxurious and magnificent design. However, the owner has been changed at this moment. According to the mandatory expropriation order just issued by Minister Zena, and the strongest request of the generals and generals of Feili and the Giant Bear Legion, this unfinished floating city and all its supporting facilities have been confiscated according to law.

After learning that the rebellion broke out in the Yokohama Concession, Major General Fili Taylor, who was resting near the ruins of Nikko Tosho Palace, was so anxious that he left the army behind and asked Renee and several school officials to lead the team back. Then he used the teleportation scroll to instantly get himself back to the Xiangrui floating battleship, and then he hastily put together some useful hands from the battleship. He didn't even have time to take a breath, so he came to seize the floating city in anger.

There is no reason. This floating city is really important to the Giant Bear Legion. It can be said to be a matter of life and death.

——The flight engine and water jet engine of the broken ship of Xiangrui were originally damaged many times in the Mazka continent. After barely drifting into the Edo port, it was completely lost. Moreover, the damage was so serious that it could not be further broken down, so it could only be replaced with a new drive system... But the problem is that this is not a land of the empire with a line of magical objects factories and alchemist workshops, but a Far East foreign country that has just been opened to the public for decades. Such high-tech magic engines and magic conduction accessories, except for the unfinished floating city of Admiral Perry, there is nothing else.

As the commander of the entire army, Feili and the fat lich Owo, who was responsible for repairing ships, tried their best to negotiate with relevant departments when they arrived in the Far East, demanding that the construction of the floating city be suspended and several engines were given for maintenance of the Xiangrui floating battleship. However, they were repeatedly beaten by the concession, and finally they were quarreled and quarreled until Admiral Perry died in battle. After the floating city was expropriated and confiscated, they finally got what they wanted.

Therefore, whether the once majestic Xiangrui floating battleship could stop lying in tragic situations, it was all about dismantling relevant mechanical accessories from this unfinished building in the air.

To put it bluntly, if the Xiangrui can be successfully repaired, even if all the colonial strongholds in the Far East are eventually defeated and fallen, Feili and his Giant Bear Legion can still take the floating battleship and escape. But if the Xiangrui fails to repair, then even if the battle is won, the Giant Bear Legion will still not be able to leave this remote island country with a low standard of living.

So it seems reasonable that Feili would attach so much importance to this unfinished floating city.

Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth takeover of this unfinished or even unnamed floating city, Feili tried his best to collect a commando team as strong as possible on the Xiangrui. Among them, the largest combat member is the old black dragon Holmes. Although the strange problem of this deformed black dragon spraying ice in one nostril and fireball in the other nostril is very criticized, it is still a thick-skinned and fleshy giant, and can fly by itself. It is really a battlefield shield, the best choice for scapegoats and pathfinders.

In fact, compared with this useless deformed old black dragon, Feili is more interested in the little silver dragon snow-style that was conquered by Mazka Continent - it looks cute, has a cute voice, and has a stronger actual combat power, much stronger than the old black dragon that neither looks nor uses it.

But the problem is...well, until Feili assigned a task and stepped into the captain's room, she was shocked to find that not only the unlucky chakra Futong who hit the gun was packed and tied up by Renee who had just woken up as dry food, and chewed the carotid artery all the way with relish. Even the Silver Dragon Loli Xuefeng, who was sleeping next to her, was also affected. She was bitten hard by her hungry vampire girlfriend, which caused the Silver Dragon Loli to lose too much blood for a short time and was weak in physical strength. She had to continue to rest in the pile of coins and could not carry a pile of strange millets to the air...

Therefore, when Silver Dragon Loli Xuefeng was absent from taking sick leave and his air transport capacity was greatly reduced, the raid squad organized by Feili was forced to further streamline, leaving only two military mages who could use flying brooms (the rest were still rushing back to the ruins of Tozawa Palace), two light-hearted female Drow Elves warriors. Finally, there were the enforcer and technical expert on the Xiangrui, and the Lich Owo, who was no longer obese.

Unfortunately, in the Edo fire, a team of panicked Fu Sangshen, Fu Yingling and some strange powers were stormed by these gods who were eager to escape. The old arcane master's body of stale flesh has been purified into black smoke, leaving only a pair of naked skeletons. He really lost weight successfully, and he was so thin that he could no longer lose weight (to the point of being only an old bone, and even the skin wrapped around the bones was gone).

Due to the different speeds of flight speeds and no joint formation training before, Feili, who arrived at the landing first, waited for at least a quarter of an hour on the edge of the platform at the top of the floating city, and even kicked away several empty cans in boredom, and the remaining few people arrived one after another. However, the airflow swept during each landing would raise a large area of ​​dust, which made Feili cry and never stop the coughing.

When the old black dragon, who was not trained, carried two Drow Elf female warriors who were swayed to the point of dizziness, struggled to climb to the top of the floating city panting, and then smashed down exhausted like a meteorite, a terrible desert storm caused Feili, who was unfortunately caught, to almost buried alive in the sand. The mummy that looked like a dusty mouth, and even worse, he ate a mouthful of gravel and gravel.
Chapter completed!