Faced with Soshyan's rejection, Bertus Willibald was silent for a moment, and then the forged battle ax in his hand tapped the ground lightly.
"Even if Angstrom is destroyed, it will never fall into the hands of heretics and traitors! I have sent instructions to all forges and foundries, and they will execute self-destruction in an hour!"
"Why bother, Great Sage, Angstrom's achievements today are due to the blood and sweat of thousands of technical priests and thousands of years of knowledge accumulation. I will not kill you."
"Um?"
"Your fate will be left to Mars to decide. Until then, Angstrom will be governed by a joint council of seven wise men until a new Forge Director is appointed by Mars."
This is also a compromise plan that Soshiyang thought about for a long time. It would be too obvious to directly push the representative designated by Reza to come to power. Mars is likely to be completely angered, but after all, he has an appointment with Reza and he did provide it.
If it helps a lot, let's change the idea and let the foundry director remain vacant, and then arrange the position of councilor for Reza's secret son. This can be regarded as an agreement, but it will not anger Mars too much.
And after experiencing this incident, Soshyan has a deeper understanding of the duality of the Mechanicus. Therefore, even if Reza is currently in the honeymoon period of cooperation, it is difficult to say that there will be no possibility of falling out in the future. The expedition is not over yet, and An
If Gerstrom is completely controlled by them, it seems that he will have little leverage in the subsequent negotiations with Reza. It is better to maintain a weak balance now, and as a middleman, let Reza maintain a valid position as much as possible.
Seek your own status.
The rest depends on how Reza plays the game with Angstrom's local forces. Anyway, the wedge of power has already been driven in by the other party. If Angstrom can't be controlled by this, then he can't be blamed.
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In addition, letting Mars decide Angstrom's new foundry director is also a way to save Mars' face and reduce the hostility they may form due to this incident. At the same time, keeping Bertus alive can also reduce Angstrom's local power against the expeditionary force.
After all, if the foundry director died on his hands, the blood stains would be difficult to wash away from his gauntlets for a long time.
As for the harsh words he said before the war, I can only say that as a person responsible for hundreds of billions of lives, he needs to think more and make more choices, and cannot do things based on a sense of honor alone, although this sounds like some cunning
Politicians’ rhetoric, but it is also true.
This is also the reason why Soshyan asked Seth to guard the door. He guessed that Reza would probably arrange for assassins to come in and completely eliminate the "little tail" Bertus Willibald.
"You want to send me to Mars?"
Bertus Willibald looked a little skeptical after listening to Soshyan's words.
"I can't analyze the logic."
Soshiyang walked forward with a smile, lowered his head slightly and said softly:
"My relationship with Reza may not be as close as the sage thought."
Bertus Willibald's visual instrument flashed slightly, and then he said in a lower voice:
"Commander Soshyan, actually I can give you more."
Soshyan shook his head.
"The ending has been decided and cannot be changed. I wish you a happy trip to Mars in the future."
After a moment of silence, Bertus Willibald suddenly raised the mechanical battle ax in his hand. It showed the force field contained in it with a shining halo. It was embedded with a gem the size of a human eyeball. It was both a
A powerful power weapon, it is also a scepter that symbolizes dominance. This scepter alone can declare Bertus Willibald's rights to the forged world of Angstrom.
When the opponent made this move, the Terminators immediately became nervous and activated their weapons one after another. However, Soshyan was not worried at all and just looked at the opponent with a smile.
"Chapter Commander Soshyan Alexey, according to the binary inheritance rights and the seal edict of the Martian Forging General, I am the legal forging director of Angstrom. Only he can legally revoke my power, and only he can seize it.
Take this scepter."
Soshyan raised his head slightly and noticed that the lights on the dome of the temple had been extinguished at some point, and there were some vague shapes clinging to them and crawling in the darkness.
As he expected, even though Seth was guarding the door, Reza's mechanical assassin still sneaked in.
If it weren't for his presence, I'm afraid they would have killed him.
He lowered his head, looked at Angstrom, the great sage at the end of his life, and said softly:
"Great Sage Bertus, power is never given by a stick, but power gives the stick its unique meaning. Once the aura of power dissipates, it will be just a metal stick. Now define this power
The decision is in my hands, so if you are reluctant to part with the stick, you can take it away."
Bertus Willibald was stunned, and then his logic analyzer clearly analyzed the meaning and connotation of each paragraph, each word of Soshyan.
Then, he put down his arms and hunched his back slightly, looking very frustrated.
"I understand. Please allow me to take away my personal servants and some personal property."
"You make a list, and I'll have someone deliver it to you right away."
It only took a few seconds for the great sage of Angstrom to make a list and print it into a parchment roll through a portable micro-printing device. Soshyan took it and handed it to Maximilian for him to take a picture of.
Lists collect people and things.
After finishing all this, Soshyan pointed to the door.
"I'll take you out."
Perhaps because he had received too many surprises today, Bertus Willibald was even used to this kind of abnormal behavior and nodded slightly.
"my pleasure."
While walking in the corridor where a large number of cleaning servitors had begun to clean up the debris after the war, Soshyan suddenly said in a low voice to Bertus next to him:
"Great Sage, can you hand over those evidences and records to me?"
"What?"
"We intercepted a fleet of House Hoyland ships not long ago."
After Bertus's visual device flickered for a moment, he finally realized what "evidence" Soshyan was referring to.
However, he hesitated, because once those things were exposed, not only would he be punished with death, but many people in Angstrom would also die.
Seemingly guessing the other party's concerns, Soshiyang chuckled and said:
"Don't worry, Great Sage, I am only using it to deal with other people, and will not do any harm to you and Angstrom. Moreover, I believe that such confidential data records will definitely be kept on you alone, let alone leaked.
"
After much thought, he chose to give in.
"I believe in you, Supreme Commander Soshyan. In fact, we have nothing to do. The heretics control many key rare minerals, but we have never directly sold military supplies to them."
As he spoke, he took out a small memory storage chip.
"The transaction records of more than 100 years are included in it."
"Thank you."
After Soshyan put away the memory storage tablet, Bertus suddenly changed the subject.
"Also, regarding the Blessing Barrier, which is the Star Fortress that is about to be completed, what do you plan to do with it?"
"Don't worry, it will always belong to Angstrom. No one can take it away. Of course, if the war situation is tense, the expeditionary force may borrow it for a period of time, but I promise that I will never transfer it to other people or organizations. War
After it’s over, I guarantee with my personality and soul that it will definitely stay in Angstrom.”
Bertus nodded. He spent all his time in Angstrom's rule on the Star Fortress, and this was the only legacy he could leave to the Forge World.