Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

"No longer....a hotel?"

"You're going to start at Londinium?"

A few drops of cold sweat ran down the Duke's forehead, and he asked unconsciously.

"Londinium? No, I just thought that the building would be useful."

"So what are you planning to do——"

"Isn't the Earl of Warwick's domain still vacant?"

Wellington reacted immediately after hearing this.

"So what are your plans?"

"I am Abrana and the others' father, and they are clearly not qualified to inherit the dukedom... and title."

"As a guardian, I think I have the qualifications to take the lead. What do you think?"

"....Good idea."

"Also... I also hope to expand the territory of the Earl of Warwick. After all... the people of Tara in Victoria are having a really hard time, aren't they?"

".....Are you really planning to take the throne as Drake?"

Wellington narrowed his eyes, seeming to have some "small opinions" about this.

"That's fine with Aslan, but in that case I'll have to find a reason to 'clean up' the palace a bit."

"...I think it's time for Draco to take the throne. Aslan has been on the throne long enough."

Wellington wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke sincerely.

Chapter 123: Human Nature

"Are you ready to go back?"

Zuo Jian stood at the edge of the wall, watching Wellington returning from the soldiers.

"I am here, I am sure these soldiers will feel nervous, not to mention the Duke's Mansion.

The guards should have noticed your and my departure, it's time to go back."

As the Iron Duke spoke, he turned away and waved to the soldiers whom he trusted.

"Too."

Zuo Jian smiled slightly. The goal this time had almost been achieved, and it was time to return.

However...he was feeling the situation in the warship behind him.

Xiutina seems to have calmed down a lot... Laurentina is really troubled.

"However, Your Excellency should change places... to show a different attitude, right? After all, the soldiers here will subconsciously look towards us."

Wellington stroked his beard and reminded Zuo Jiandao.

The latter nodded, then raised his hand and pointed at the warship beside him.

"I have also considered what the Duke said, so I'll have to trouble you to go to the rear of the battleship, where it can block the view and prevent some... unnecessary rumors."

After hearing this, the Iron Duke jumped directly from the city wall onto the deck of the battleship and expressed his thoughts with his actions.

After all...at least for the time being, he doesn't want Zuo Jian's existence to be spread.

The free-transformation feature looks the same as the shapeshifters in Sarkaz, but the form it takes is very different from that of the Blood Demon.

Very similar.

However, among the Sarkaz, neither the Blood Demons nor the Shapeshifters can create something as terrifying as a high-speed battleship.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have to be so anxious to try to launch their plan against Victoria.

After all, a high-speed battleship requires not a few powerful individual races, but a complete industrial chain.

However, Kazdel, where the Sarkaz live, is nothing more than a dilapidated city that is being repaired while in operation.

But...to be honest, the model of this battleship looks a little familiar.

Although the surface is painted dark red, and there are four strange feet on the chassis... Oh, the feet are gone, are they stored away?

But putting all that aside, the Duke always felt that this battleship looked familiar.

It's like...I've seen it somewhere before.

Wellington's boots stepped on the red floor, making low footsteps. However, just as his thoughts were drifting away, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a trace flashing by his side!

His eyes widened, and he stood still, looking at the hull of the warship beside him. There was an area that was not completely covered by the dark red paint.

At this moment, the little bit of white paint exposed in that area can be vaguely identified.

"Ursus Army Group... Army Group... Ship... Number."

The incomplete areas in the middle are all covered in red, as if they were contaminated by blood.

However, even without looking at the army group and ship numbers of these fleets, he could roughly guess something...

"What's the matter, Duke?"

Zuo Jian stood beside the Iron Duke and spoke with some doubt.

Originally, his attention was focused on observing the surroundings of the battleship.

As he watched, he was moved from time to time. Is this the wisdom of the Terran people? He could understand some structures, but he was completely confused by others.

Just when I was about to marvel at the sight, I suddenly remembered that I seemed to be too engrossed. As a result, I was looking around like an ignorant country dog ​​next to the Iron Duke, which was really not in line with my character at the moment.

But as soon as he turned around, he found that the shock on the old duke's face was even more exaggerated than his own.

Even stopped.

This made him have no choice but to ask.

"No...nothing."

Wellington wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, almost certain that this warship was one of the two warships of the Ursus Army Group that had obtained permission to travel from the edge of his territory some time ago.

At this point, he didn't even feel the need to ask such meaningless and stupid questions as "Where did the other high-speed battleship go?"

He seemed to be thinking, then he took a deep breath and asked.

"Sir, I want to know what Ursus thinks of this action?"

Zuo Jian seemed stunned for a moment when he heard Wellington's question.

What does Ursus think?

What does this have to do with Ursus...

After saying that, he looked down at the battleship.

Wasn't this battleship made for him by Xiutina?

There is no doubt that he can clearly feel every corner of this battleship.

Its composition is almost 100% flesh and blood.

Is it possible...

Zuo Jian was reminded of the various "legends" about a world policeman in his previous life.

So in Terra, the world police is Ursus?

Oh, wait, if he remembered correctly, Colombia seemed to have just emerged from a period of great pioneering and development. It seemed that... judging from its strength and the deployment of troops everywhere, it was not very strange to let Ursus be the "policeman"?

However, aren’t these arguments such as “I suspect you have large-scale weapons” and “I suspect you are secretly expanding your military” used by big countries against small countries?

Victoria...is she even more weak than he thought?!

Not really...or is it that the Duke is too vigilant?

Yes, the current situation in Terra might be worse than

It was even more tense than he had imagined.

Zuo Jian glanced at Tie Duke, indicating that he completely understood the other party's concerns, but then spoke lightly.

"Honestly, I think if Ursus wants to take care of this, don't you think his hands are a bit too long?"

As the words fell, Wellington's pupils widened.

Wait a moment.

What does it mean that your hands are too long?

You are digging out flesh and draining blood from people, and they are taking care of this matter. Do you think their hands are too long?

Are you going to chop off someone's hands before you're satisfied? !

"But, to be honest, I don't really want to see Ursus send out troops or anything like that."

"After all, war...is never a good thing."

The Duke was stunned. At that moment, he seemed to have seen in the man's pupils... something called mercy.

"Your Excellency is right. War is indeed not a good thing, but... in many cases, the outbreak of a war is not decided by one party."

"If Ursus really sends troops, we can't... or do you have any way to stop the war?"

Wellington looked at Zuo Jian, somewhat curious about what other promises this man could give him.

The latter touched his chin, thought for a while and then spoke.

"let me see."

"How about chopping off their emperor's head and hanging it on the flagship of the Ursus Army before the battle?"

"Pfft...wait...what are you talking about..."

"If that doesn't work, then hang a few more. If the emperor's head is not enough, then add the prime minister's. If the prime minister's head is not enough, then add the military..."

Wellington's expression at this moment could no longer be described as surprised. His mind was filled with the nonchalant expression of Zuo Jian when he said he wanted to behead the emperor of an empire.

"...If you can really do it, it will indeed disrupt the internal situation of Ursus and make them give up the idea of ​​sending troops."

A very crazy and brutal method.

Of all the methods Wellington envisioned to prevent a country from sending troops, Zuo Jian's idea was the most extreme, the craziest, and the most...effective.

"But, I think you are going a bit extreme, sir. To be honest, this approach..."

Honestly speaking, it should not be used to find ways to stop the troops from being dispatched, but should be used as a bargaining chip in one's own hands... After all, there is no deal more cost-effective than life.

Of course, Wellington only dared to think about this in his mind. The thoughts of the person in front of him were not something he could casually interrupt.

"Extreme?"

Zuo Jian held onto the battleship's railing and looked at the area where the skyline met the wilderness.

Everywhere you look, there is desolation.

"I only need to kill an emperor, or a few other high-ranking officials, to temporarily prevent the outbreak of a war. Don't you think it's a good deal?"

"The life of an emperor in exchange for the lives of the soldiers who died on the battlefield as a result of the conflict."

"From any perspective, this is an extremely reasonable behavior."

"How many people will die in a conflict? Countless soldiers from both countries have died, and now we only need to kill a few people to prevent it from breaking out. Don't you think it's a good deal?"

"This won't solve the fundamental problem... just like there will always be a successor to the emperor..."

"So what? We just need to repeat the above steps. As long as the number of deaths is less than the scale of the war, I think this matter is reasonable and worthwhile from any perspective."

Zuo Jian turned around, his whole body looking indifferent, as if he was explaining to crush some irrelevant insects to death.

Crushing a few bugs would stop the majority...a very reasonable move indeed.

madman.

Pure madness

Wellington muttered to himself, but the next moment, his eyes suddenly seemed to light up, and his whole body seemed to be a little more refreshed.

Suddenly, Zuo Jian seemed like a different person and spoke.

"War is really not a good thing. If it really happens, many people will die."

"If it really happens, we have to find a way to stop it. However, I have to hand over this kind of political matter to another ally. After all, I am not very good at this aspect."