The man reached into McKenzie's set lunch box, took out a boneless fried chicken wing, and spoke.
"However, if conditions permit, it is better to eat something sweet. A small amount of salt intake is not bad, but long-term excessive intake is not good for the body."
The man's whole body was covered in a robe. The vague outline of his body outlines his tall figure and slender limbs. The hood and the light-shielding position cover his face. Judging from the voice of his voice, he is about 40 to 50 years old. The tone of his voice
There is a frivolity that goes against his age.
"What? Don't complain so much? You are wrong about this. This is important preparation work. You can't fight well when you are hungry. It's okay to grab some fast food to fill your belly, but better food can improve your health.
Boost morale. You should know more about this kind of thing than me—"
There was no one around, but the man seemed to be chatting enthusiastically with someone, and continued talking more energetically.
"Wow, you said you want to hike up the mountain? Why do you want to do such a troublesome thing? Yes, yes, I did say that using magic may leave traces. Guys who have been attacked once must be on high alert.
State, we will definitely pay attention to this. Therefore, we must hike up the mountain and get as close as possible to the target to ensure the accuracy of the operation of the technique.' But this is this, that is that, it's really... In short, it's all your fault for being too troublesome.
."
"Before you say this, think about your position first."
The same voice issued a completely different tone, and the previous frivolity was gone. Majesty and perseverance trembled in the air. A civilized wand with a red gem on the top was protruded from under the black robe, and the carefully disguised wand pointed in front of nothing.
, the tone full of metallic texture continued:
"Also, why does that ship have such a strong escort force? Can I suspect that you deliberately concealed this part of the information?"
"Don't be so angry. We are accomplices after all. There is no need to do things that are not good for you?"
A voice of defense came from the other side of Void, probably because he was afraid of offending his collaborators, and that cynical attitude had already subsided a lot.
"Although I was a member of the inner circle in the past, those guys have always been wary of me. After that incident, all the confidentiality level codes related to me were also canceled. If I hadn't prepared a few backup staff in advance,
There is also an Enigma machine, and I am afraid that even the information that "Peter Strasser will perform an important mission" cannot be obtained. As for how many escorts are deployed on the ship... Do you think such a core thing?
Will those guys carelessly let the guys at the peripheral agent level know?"
"..."
I don't know if he agrees with this statement. The man fell into silence. The intimidating atmosphere still filled his body.
"Don't worry. Although a squadron of gryphon knights has been lost, the crown prince has been able to confirm the authenticity of the information and our value. Now the guys in the consortium are jumping up and down, busy looking for traitors. Everything is as we expected.
That’s how——”
It is precisely because we know the secrets behind the consortium and the operation mode of that organization that we can predict their reaction. As a secret organization, Alfheim's greatest protection is "secretness". So far, the elves have spared no effort to maintain it.
Wearing this protective clothing, they feel at ease with their own security measures. Once there is a loophole in the security system that they are proud of, their reaction will be panic at first, and then they will start investigating in a chaotic manner like ants that have been stabbed in their nest.
, the job of patching vulnerabilities...
It is a good thing to have a tight organizational structure and orderly operations, but on the other hand, once you are familiar with its operating mode, its next move is easy to guess.
Even Alfheim cannot avoid this problem.
But the sacrifices made for this...
"Hey, hey, hey, partner, make no mistake. This is not a war between humans. Our opponent is not a human being, not an intelligent species, a dangerous species, an ancient species, and I have doubts about whether it can even be called an individual. In my opinion,
From his perspective, it is more appropriate to regard him as a mobile fortress with unlimited troops and complete equipment. As the title given to him, he transcends all known races. One body is the whole, and he is a veritable transcendent species. To deal with
For such an opponent, this level of sacrifice is already very cheap."
"...You don't need to remind me about this kind of thing."
As if spitting out dirty things, the answer was extremely unpleasant.
Of course, he knew that he had to pay a corresponding price for what he wanted to achieve. It was by following this ancient principle that he was able to make outstanding achievements and move from one victory to another until his wings were broken in the end. Likewise, it was also true that
It was at the cost of the lives of his subordinates and their trust in him that he could survive to this day and secretly plot a revenge plan.
I know it too well, I understand it too well, and that’s why I hate this principle so much.
But now, he no longer has the qualifications and room to complain. The matter has reached this point, and he can only give up.
"How are you preparing over there? We don't have much time left."
"Don't worry-"
His voice became frivolous again, and he answered with a smile:
"We'll be done in half an hour, so just wait for this time to pass. Although they are all incompetent brats, they are still pure-blooded magicians, and the guard power is not a vase decoration. The previous daredevils have proven that
Knowing this, in order to ensure success in one fell swoop, wait a little longer.”
Putting away his wand, the man in black sat cross-legged in the shadow of the cliff again, looking at the railroad tracks below, and a gloomy whisper escaped from his lips.
"Besides, I also want to meet old acquaintances as soon as possible..."
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The pearls of the Ister River, the two most beautiful cities in St. Stephen's Crown, Buda and Pest, have been completely destroyed.
There is no exaggeration. The fierce street fighting has left the city riddled with holes. After the battle, the Titans began to systematically destroy the surviving buildings. Three days after the battle ended. With the last explosion, the Crown Leader
All that's left of the metropolis is rubble.
Staring at the plain of broken bricks with no trace of the city in the photo, Roland's eyebrows almost knitted together. After flipping through a few more photos, his hands began to shake.
God knows how much strength he had to use to restrain the urge to kill people. He just barely managed to smash the table with one punch.
In order to frighten the people of the Crown Territory and prevent them from thinking of rebellion, the Titans were tacitly allowed to use terrorist methods. They carried out this order very well, almost ruthlessly.
The Titans did not have the habit of taking prisoners. They did not accept surrender. It was also very common to massacre surrendered prisoners of war and civilians, and they would not be merciful to the Republic's defense forces and militiamen. In the photos secretly taken by the Stasi, they happened to capture
I was afraid that some Titans soldiers were using axes to dismember prisoners injured in street fighting. In another photo, several Titans soldiers were raping hospital nurses and nuns. A guy who looked like a non-commissioned officer was slashing them with a knife.
The grenadiers on the side were preparing to drop bombs on other wards.
These two photos alone made him feel sick. But this was just the beginning. For those who were lucky enough to survive, the darkest story was the death march to the prisoner of war camp. Prisoners who could not walk would be escorted immediately
The prisoners were beaten to death and thrown into road ditches. The prisoners were not given water and food, and were only allowed to lie down in puddles and ditches to drink water during rest time. Hundreds of them died of dysentery after drinking dirty water.
As a city that seriously humiliated Charlemagne and was captured after several bloody battles, the Titans did have reason to vent their anger on the surrenderers. The senior generals were aware of the atrocities committed by the soldiers, but they themselves had irredeemable
The fanaticism cannot be expected at all
One group of fanatics goes to stop another group of fanatics. Moreover, retaliation against prisoners of war is a general trend in all military units. Even if individual commanders still have compassion, they cannot give an explanation to their tens of millions of subordinates who are eager for revenge. They simply turn a blind eye.
Close your eyes and let your subordinates do whatever they want.
The retaliation against the enemy may be concealed by the smear tactics of "everyone does it", while the atrocities against civilians can only be described as "heinous".
At the beginning of the battle, Titans soldiers were told that the army allowed them to send 10 kilograms of packages to their homes. This was actually a subtle encouragement to rob, because the only thing they could send was canned lunch meat that no one wanted to see.
.There were many soldiers who participated in the Titans.
They came to try their luck with the dream of getting rich. What pushed them to endure rigorous training and boring life was the wealth stories of the veterans who participated in the "Seven Days War" and the shiny trophies. Now it was not easy to catch one.
With such a good opportunity, they are naturally not willing to lag behind.
Charlemagne's enthusiasm brought disaster to the residents of Buda and Pest. The Titans' men robbed everything, including works of art, watches and jewelry, clothing, shoes and socks, tables, chairs and benches, pots and pans, cats, dogs, pigs and chickens.
... Some soldiers recruited from the countryside even stared at the fountain in the ruins of the Afou headquarters building, calling on their engineering brothers to spray it with explosives.
The spring sculpture was dismantled and packed away. Another group of soldiers had never seen a high-end modern civilization tool like a flush toilet. They regarded the flush toilet as a tool for washing, putting things in it to rinse, dry, and then flush.
Everything was flushed away. As a result, the toilet was nicknamed "the machine that steals things"...
The scale of robbery was so large that every house was visited by at least several groups of soldiers before it was demolished. Sometimes even officers were not spared. At least 1 lieutenant colonel and 2 majors were robbed of their mounts.
Coats and medals. Among the many trophies
, the most popular ones are watches and pocket watches. After a fool who robbed an officer was caught, the military policeman rolled up his sleeves and trousers, revealing 30 watches and about 20 pocket watches hanging in his clothes. The poor guy was shot on the spot.
, and the military police divided up his spoils.
A more terrifying suffering than robbery and murder is rape. As an ancient military behavior, large-scale rape is not a rare phenomenon. On the one hand, soldiers do it to satisfy their desires. On the other hand, the defilement of women is also a sign of defeat.
It is a means of humiliation for the victors, and will also bring a collective sense of reward and satisfaction to the victors. In order to humiliate the crown leader, the Titans soldiers went around chasing women.
Rapes were committed on both men and women from the age of 6 to 70, with some victims raped as many as 22 times. In the Pest quarry area, drunken soldiers raped mothers and children in front of children and husbands.
Wife, a 12-year-old girl, was dragged away from her parents and raped by 10 to 15 soldiers. After the first group left, a second group came and imitated their atrocities.
Many men were beaten to death to protect their wives and daughters. Women would rather commit suicide with their children than endure such horror. What is shocking is that the female soldiers of the Titans also participated in this atrocity, and many of them were
Female auxiliaries took over orphanages, schools and the like,
Select boys with good looks and physical condition, and then assault these boys on the desks in the classroom. Those who do not comply will be beaten severely, or killed on the spot. The Stasi's candid camera masters did their best to capture these scenes.
Preserve the scene of a middle-aged mature woman pushing a shota backwards...
The papal envoy Angelo Rota once protested to Gamitov about various atrocities, but the latter's answer surprised him: "Dear priest, don't you understand that a soldier walked thousands of kilometers
, who has gone through hundreds of battles and nearly died, and wants to get a woman for fun, or steal something. Isn’t it natural?"
"asshole!!"
The anger that broke through the critical point finally broke out. The boy stood up. Black and white photos and briefings were flying in the carriage, and no one picked up those shocking pictures and words.
The Stasi was not a charitable organization, and its hands were stained with the blood of innocent people. But the Titans' unscrupulous behavior made the professional killers feel a little scared. Facing the angry Roland, they couldn't think of what to say for a while.
"It's a little too much..."
A startling voice sounded, and Zi Tong, who was in the midst of excitement, turned to the side.
"However, it's still within control after all...don't look at me with that look, you should also want to do this kind of thing."
Favna returned the look with a sigh and put down the document in her hand.
Closing his eyes, taking a deep breath of air, Roland sat back on the chair.
From Charlemagne's point of view, the rebellion of the Crown was not only an impact on the system, but also a geopolitical crisis. Originally, Ostoria and the Crown of St. Stephen were regarded by Charlemagne as rear areas. During the war,
Acting as a logistics base, but after this rebellion and through his heroic performance on the battlefield, Charlemagne found it hard to believe
These unruly people understand the current affairs and are willing to accept the new political arrangement. As long as they are not trustworthy at all politically, adding more military guarantees will not help, because Ostoria and the Crown Territory are on Charlemagne's back. Once they and a powerful country
In the event of a war, Charlemagne would have no extra energy to face the attacks from behind.
Based on the needs of geopolitics, Prime Minister Richelieu concluded that Charlemagne's interests required that its territories should not only submit to the suzerain state, but also should always close the window to Charlemagne's possible future enemies. However, in view of this
With all the signs of rebellion, it is difficult to imagine that
In a short period of time, such a crown-dominated ruling system can be created. It can not only make the Palace of Versailles feel that it is reliable, but also maintain friendship with other countries. At the same time, it will not get closer to Charlemagne and become more and more restless.
Ostoria hooks up and builds a new country.
In this way, the only thing Charlemagne can rely on is that after being cleansed with iron and blood, everyone bows their head under the bayonet and becomes the crown collar of the obedient people. In order to achieve this goal without letting the cleansing go too far, a "model" is definitely needed.
So the city of Buda, which was the center of the revolution, was singled out as the chicken to be killed for the monkeys.
From the current point of view, this idea is reasonable. All atrocities are strictly limited to the entire city of Buda and part of Pest. Other than that, no atrocities have occurred in the crown territory. After seeing the capital's
After the tragic situation, the besieged cities quickly gave up their resistance in order to avoid the same experience. A week after Buda City was meticulously demolished, the rebellions in various places had basically subsided, and only sporadic guerrillas were left hiding in the mountains and jungles to carry out massacres.
A tough resistance.
The candidate for the new Governor of the Crown has not yet been officially announced, but there are various signs that the famous Arrow Cross Party stickman and staff officer of Colonel Titans of the Crown - Count Gombos Gyula may take on the important role of deputy governor.
It may fall on his subordinate Viscount Salahi Ferenc.
There is no doubt that this arrangement is a reward for the Titans. Arranging two aristocratic officers from the crown can also slightly reduce the color of occupation. Finally, in order to restore order, it is necessary to implement military control. It can also be saved by having two staff officers in charge to coordinate.
Save a lot of trouble.
Next, as long as a large amount of supplies, including food, are imported into the Crown Territory and the famine is successfully alleviated, order should be restored soon.
Minimal loss, fastest order restoration, almost seamless.
But using this as a reason to rationalize large-scale massacres, robberies, and rapes as "necessary evils" is intolerable.
"Think about how order came about, Roland. If today was a world dominated by Alfheim, and the people in the Crown Territory rebelled against the Archon, what do you think would be the result?"
The crown leader disappeared from the ground - this answer popped into the head of everyone here. The consul's governing creed is "allowing opinions, but never allowing resistance", "Where there is resistance, there will be oppression."
", "I will cooperate only if you are given violence." If you start a rebellion under his rule? You will definitely be taught by the particle cannon. Maybe in order to deter other guys who have similar thoughts but are not crazy enough, they will resort to more terrifying methods.
Tricks to serve.
"Besides, so far, it's not all bad. Didn't they say that they would set up an international organization? Although the motives were not pure, but there was a place where disputes could be discussed... By the way, didn't they say that even the anthem was finalized?
"
When he mentioned that song, the corners of Roland's mouth couldn't help but turn up. The finalization of the song was proposed by the special envoy of the Principality. He proposed without hesitation that "Unbreakable Alliance" should be used as the song of the "Monarchs' Mutual Aid Association".
After listening to the title and melody of the song, the Albion envoy actually agreed and said that Queen Elizabeth would also like it very much.
In a country where humans and orcs use songs about orcs and elves to show off their sexual love, this is really...
Roland still doesn't know the true origin of this song, otherwise his sense of surrealism would be even stronger - the Japanese monarchs, aristocrats, clergy, and monopoly capitalists gathered together to discuss suppressing the revolution, and solemnly shouted loudly in the counter-revolutionary base camp.
Is there anything more surreal than singing the national anthem?
Just when he was about to say something and bring the topic back to its original track, a feeling of something wrong emerged from the bottom of his heart.
The next second, a strong vibration hit the entire train. (To be continued...)