"The results of the Addis talks are still unclear. Neither side has made any statement on the content and results of the talks, and all parties are constantly speculating. The famous critic Yog said that judging from the fact that Shadi, the leader of the Addis Revolutionary Army, held a grand memorial ceremony immediately after the talks and commemorated the heretics who died in natural disasters, the results of the talks may not be satisfactory. Shadi may find it difficult to give up his heretical beliefs. The war clouds over Addis may not be dispelled by the arrival of Sister He. The sudden thunderstorm may be the key variable of this talk..."
The man was smoking a cigar while flipping through the news in the newspaper. On the table in front of him, there were several newspapers in different languages. The unfolded parts of the newspapers all recorded the same news, which was about the meeting with Addis.
In these newspapers, all of them reported that the church's special envoy Vanya had left Addis and was returning to Kankedar. The biggest focus of these news was on what the results of the talks were? What did the two sides agree on? However, since the two sides did not hold any press conferences after the talks, the outside world was curious about it but knew nothing about it, and could only speculate based on the performance of both sides afterwards.
Since Shadi began to commemorate the heretics who died in natural lightning disasters after the talks, and the church delegation left silently, most people felt that Shadi was still loyal to the heretics, and the negotiations had collapsed. A large-scale war between Adus and the church was inevitable, and the nuns were just for show...
However, this feeling is only for the vast majority of ordinary people who only have the most superficial information. For the middle and senior leaders of many countries and extraordinary institutions who can grasp more in-depth information, their feelings are completely opposite. After learning that Mukhtar, the supreme leader of the Savior Sect of Adus, was among those who died in the thunderstorm, they knew that the Savior Sect in Adus was finished. Now Shadi's move is just a performance against the participation of the Savior Sect in the country. Shadi and Vanya did not make any statement after the meeting. This is not because they broke down in the talks, but because they reached a tacit understanding. The extremely close decision-making class of many countries has foreseen that when the time is right, Adus and the church may simultaneously publish a piece of news that will shock the world.
The man in front of him is the one who knows the deeper secrets.
'I never thought... this negotiation... was actually concluded by that little nun. The Tianyu Judge Cult... who would have thought that this ancient relic that had been dead for thousands of years could actually come back to life and jump around a bit, and that the energy it had was not small...
"Hmph... What a lucky little nun. She got such a good thing by chance. If you don't know her, you would think she is a follower of the Heavenly Judge..."
Looking at the newspaper in his hand, the man couldn't help but think in his heart, then he put down the newspaper and leaned back in the chair, began to smoke a cigar with a frown, a look of distress emerging between his brows.
"This is bad... I didn't expect the situation in Adus to develop into this state. Now, I'm afraid that Shenglinshan and Adus won't be able to fight... All the previous plans have been in vain..."
The man was puffing away at the cigarette, frowning and thinking hard. At this moment, the door of the luxurious room behind the balcony was opened and knocked. Hearing the knock, the man sitting on the sofa turned his head to look at the door, then spoke.
"Come in."
After the man spoke, the door opened and a maid with a distinctive appearance stood behind it. She bowed to the man and then spoke.
"Mr. Robert, Prince Maad wants to see you. He is waiting in the reception room. Do you want to see him?"
"Maad...it's him again..." After listening to the maid's words, the mayor of Kankedal, Robert Brown, thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Let him come up. I'll meet him here."
After hearing Robert's words, the maid nodded, then turned and walked back. After a while, the sound of people going up and down the stairs was heard outside the door. Shortly after the sound ended, a figure appeared behind the open door, in front of Robert.
He was a tall man with a thick beard, wearing a luxurious traditional Beiwu noble robe and a thick hat with feather cloth on his head. He looked about the same age as Robert. After he walked into the room, the maid behind him closed the door. The man glanced around the room with a slightly nervous expression and then focused his gaze on Robert sitting on the chair on the balcony. Then he trotted up to him, bent over, saluted and said.
"Dear Mr. Robert, I am here to say hello to you."
Speaking in Faraj language, which he was not very fluent in, the man named Maad bowed respectfully to Robert and said, "Listening to Maad's words, Robert took a puff of his cigar and nodded, then gestured to Maad to sit down with his eyes. Maad sat down on the side after seeing this, and then continued to speak to Maad with a hint of flattery in his eyes.
"Mr. Robert, I brought some precious gifts from Addis this time. It is a chariot that has been passed down in Baruch for more than four decades. It was left by our great Baruch founding monarch, His Majesty Rahman Baruch. It has extraordinary power and is very precious, but it is a little big and inconvenient to bring up, so I put it downstairs. Please come downstairs to see it..."
The man named Maad said this to Robert. After listening to Maad's words, Robert's face did not show any obvious changes in expression. He just looked at him and spoke silently.
"Rahman's chariot? This is a great gift, Your Highness... For Baruch's descendants, this kind of thing is a very important inheritance. I can't afford it."
"No, no, no... You can afford it... You can definitely afford it. You are the master of Kankedar, the agent of Fararo... No, the agent of many countries on the main continent in Northern Ukraine. Of course you can afford this item. In fact, in a sense, this item is not a gift, but a compensation."
Hearing Robert's words, Ma'ad hurriedly responded to him. Hearing Ma'ad's words, Robert raised his eyebrows, and then asked with interest.
"Compensation? What do you mean? You didn't cause me any harm, how can this be considered compensation?"
Robert asked Maad curiously. Maad smiled as he listened to Robert's words and then explained.
"Haha... what are you talking about? Of course we have caused you harm. Think about it, we did not govern Adus strictly and did not suppress the bandits well, allowing heretics and bandits to occupy the country. The various treaties we signed with the superior countries in the past... preferential tariffs, priority development rights for railways and minerals, organization of labor dispatch, land leasing... etc. were all abolished by the bandits. Isn't this causing great harm to the superior countries?
"Although we no longer have control over Adus and can no longer give you the legitimate benefits that belong to you, we can only use the wealth accumulated by Baruch over the years to compensate you. Although these things are insignificant compared to the benefits you should have gained from Adus, they are still a token of our appreciation, a token of our willingness to always stand on your side. Please accept them."
Maad spoke to Robert with an exaggerated smile. Listening to Maad's words, Robert paused slightly, and the cigar in his hand stopped in mid-air. He stared into the squinting eyes of the flattering man in front of him, as if he had already seen through the purpose of the other party's visit.
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