A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

After Zhang Bo finished speaking with them, he returned to the library in the Holy Light Torch Tower of the Saint White Council. After all, maintaining a good relationship with those human mages was Zhang Bo's top priority.

As for what kind of waves would be set off in the town area, or even the undercurrents that might lead to conflicts, that was none of his business. That was the effect he wanted. If there were no waves, no undercurrents, no conflicts, no riots, no bloodshed, that would be something Zhang Bo would not want to see.

"Everyone, I'm back. I wonder, what insights did you gain from those two magical items last night? If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me at any time." Zhang Bo stood at the front desk of the library again, looking at the eager and thirsty gazes below, with a bright and sincere smile on his face.

He was indeed quite sincere now. After all, for Zhang Bo, the more these human mages sought knowledge and were eager to learn, the faster he could close the emotional distance and achieve the technical conditions for a soul contract. Of course, Zhang Bo felt that he had already met the basic conditions for a soul contract. These human mages were enough for him to sign a soul contract with them.

After all, looking at how much they approved of him, even if Zhang Bo didn't want to sign a magic contract with them, if something really happened, if Derheim was about to be destroyed, and Shen Mu had died, and they had to return to the tragic and terrifying situation of being frozen in time, perhaps they wouldn't even need Zhang Bo to ask; they themselves would beg Zhang Bo to form a soul contract.

Therefore, Zhang Bo was really happy and delighted. He was now waiting for the destruction of Derheim and Shen Mu's final death and loss of leadership, after which the human forces would make a second investment. And he might be able to take over the inheritance of the human empire's mage type by relying on the good impression and good ideas he had left behind in Derheim. If he was lucky, he might even be recognized by the human empire and allowed to become their spokesperson in the Blue Star world.

If that were the case, he might become the second Shen Mu.

After all, for Zhang Bo, he really understood Shen Mu. The details of his development, like a suddenly appearing new star in a short period of time, had reached the point where he was today, developing so quickly that even the Diesel Company couldn't stop him.

However, if it really came to that point, Zhao Bo would have to have a good discussion with General Yang about the wood elf situation. He was also very grateful to General Yang, and even if he obtained the inheritance of the human forces, he would never have any conflict with General Yao. After all, General Yang had funded his family and his studies when he was young, so it was no exaggeration to say that he had given him a second life.

In his heart, Zhang Bo had long regarded General Yang as his godfather, a very close elder.

As for betrayal, it was absolutely impossible for him to betray. On the contrary, close cooperation between them was definitely not a problem. Moreover, Zhang Bo also knew that the human forces Shen Mu possessed in the astral world were extremely powerful, perhaps even difficult for the wood elf plane to match.

And in that case, as long as he could give the resources of that large human force in the astral world to General Yang to fund the wood elf plane, it could significantly improve General Yang's position in the wood elf plane.

And the better he developed, the smoother the development would be for General Yang.

This was mutually beneficial.

After all, if he encountered trouble, General Yang would definitely send elite wood elves to help him. After all, he knew that General Yang had no children and had always regarded him and Zhang Song as his children. Now that he had become successful and had his own career, General Yang would of course be very happy for him.

"I will definitely not let General Yang down. Compared to Song-ge taking over the Green Leaf Group, I might really be able to take over the current Derheim and the investment from that large human force behind it." Zhang Bo's smile became even more sincere as he thought of this.

For him, this was really a new possibility, and a completely new possibility with a high chance of success.

......

Just as Zhang Bo was starting to communicate with those human mages, a storm was brewing in the town area of Derheim at this very moment.

A storm that was beginning to entangle.

"Brother Zhang, we should kill one to warn a hundred at this time. Don't care if it works or not, rather kill the wrong one than let one go." A high-level manager stood in front of Zhang Caidong, holding the weapon in his hand, and said fiercely, "Whether those middle-level managers are really on the same side as us is debatable. They say they obey our management, but what they really think, I think you know in your heart, Brother Zhang."

"That's right, that's right, Brother Zhang Caidong, I also support his statement. We should kill one to warn a hundred at this time. Many of those damned middle-level managers are not convinced by us. If we don't have a few real confidants as middle-level managers, then we would have been emptied out long ago." Another middle-level manager also spoke viciously, with an angry feeling on his face, and at this time, his tone also brought a sense of satisfaction.

Because Zhang Bo's statement to them was really too good. They didn't expect that there would still be remnants of the Diesel Company among them.

And this remnant of the Diesel Company was simply a perfect excuse given to them by heaven. As long as they used this excuse to cleanse those middle-level managers, they could directly kill those middle-level managers who didn't get along with them.

After all, these Blue Star humans were managing themselves, and as high-level managers among the Blue Star humans, they of course had the right to judge them.

Even if they were directly killed, there was no problem at all.

After all, they also knew that Shen Mu simply didn't care how these Blue Star humans managed themselves. As a spirit realm lord, all he needed was the power of the mind. As long as these Blue Star human managers could manage these Blue Star humans well and provide him with a steady stream of the power of the mind, that was enough.

As for how those humans managed themselves, they could decide for themselves. This could be seen from the time of the Diesel Company, and now that they had come to Derheim, Shen Mu was even more extreme, directly handing over the autonomy of the Blue Star humans entirely to them for management. As long as their power of the mind didn't drop too much, then all the autonomous behavior of those humans would be their own responsibility, and he would never ask about it.

This gave these senior managers a chance to secretly reach out.

After all, back then, these middle-level managers had betrayed them, which had already made these senior managers quite annoyed.

Now that they had a chance for revenge, a chance to eliminate those eyesores and thorns in their sides whom they had hated so much, this was truly a very, very good opportunity, and these senior managers couldn't possibly give up even a fraction of it.

That's why they gathered in front of Zhang Cai Dong, telling him their plans, wanting Zhang Cai Dong, the highest supervisor, to make a decision.

Or, you could say it was a palace coup, because they needed Zhang Cai Dong to issue this order.

After all, Zhang Cai Dong was the highest supervisor, and if he didn't issue the order, even though these senior managers could carry out the executions privately, they were afraid of Shen Mu's inquiries.

They feared that Shen Mu would be angered by this and withdraw his trust in them.

"Are you guys being a little too extreme right now?

After all, Zhang Bo said that Shen Mu asked him to conduct a secret investigation, and then he trusted us, so he handed over the decision-making power to us."

Zhang Cai Dong looked at these senior managers, very clear and understanding of what they were thinking.

Therefore, he didn't show any anger at all, but rather looked at all the senior managers in front of him with a very calm attitude, and said to them seriously: "Should we wait a little longer, or perhaps test Master Shen Mu's attitude and do some investigation before reporting to Master Shen Mu?

Could we do it this way, instead of taking action privately and directly arresting and executing anyone we think is a remnant of the Diesel Company?

That's a bit inappropriate."

"I'm saying, Brother Bo, it's not a question of right or wrong anymore, but that we need to take this opportunity to eliminate a portion of those damned middle-level managers who betrayed us back then."

These senior managers directly stated the matter clearly: "Back then, when submitting the list online, those middle-level managers had already betrayed us once.

You need to know that this list was originally something that only we could determine, but we didn't expect them to submit the list themselves.

This shows that they have already started to try to undermine our power."

"That's right, when they want to undermine our power, they know that the conflict can never be reconciled, because if our power is undermined, you should know very well how miserable the consequences will be, Brother Zhang Cai Dong."

The other senior managers also looked at Zhang Cai Dong, their eyes full of fierce expressions.

They didn't want to continue enduring it anymore.

Before, leveling up with those middle-level managers in the apartment building had already made them quite annoyed.

Now, letting them continue to stay here already shows their own incompetence, their inability to punish their betrayal, which has already challenged their authority and can be said to be a provocation to their dignity.

These senior managers had already made up their minds to execute a group of middle-level managers to establish their prestige, otherwise, how would they dare to cultivate their own team and develop their own circle in the future?

If they don't even have face, how can they talk about having a circle?

"Alright, I understand what you mean, are you guys a little dissatisfied with me now?

After all, you need to understand that Master Shen Mu appointed me as the supervisor, so I should have the highest authority.

Now that all of you are saying that you want to execute a portion of the middle-level managers, then please tell me, how many remnants of the Diesel Company are there, and how many humans can provide Master Shen Mu with the power of the soul?"

Zhang Cai Dong looked at everyone at this time, with an indifferent look on his face, because he understood very well that this kind of palace coup was actually a provocation to his authority.

"Brother Zhang Cai Dong, we don't mean anything else, we're just too angry, and now that we have this good opportunity, that's why we united to find you, after all, we still need Brother Zhang Cai Dong to take the lead."

At this time, the faces of those senior managers changed, and when they saw the anger on Zhang Cai Dong's face, they quickly began to explain, after all, they also understood how much weight Zhang Cai Dong had in the heart of Lord Shen Mu.

"We really don't mean anything else, Brother Zhang Cai Dong, what we're saying now is actually for the sake of Deherim, and Brother Zhang Cai Dong, you should also think about how those guys actually submitted the list privately, which is completely a provocation to your own authority as the supervisor.

Logically speaking, we should have collected a batch of names and submitted them to Brother Zhang Cai Dong for approval, how could we let them submit the list themselves?

Moreover, in the subsequent combat issues of the Spirit Realm soldiers, they also formed their own small circle, and some of the places we arranged for them, they simply didn't go, and there were many contradictions between them and us, as if there was a great gap, how can this work?"

The faces of the others were also a little contradictory, especially when they saw Zhang Cai Dong's really angry intention, and some retreated in their hearts.

After all, although they were saying it was a palace coup, they just wanted Zhang Cai Dong to admit this matter and allow them to execute a group of Blue Star humans that they found quite annoying.

Instead of really tearing their faces apart and overturning the table with Zhang Cai Dong.

That wouldn't be good for either side.

So, they all retreated at this time, and their tone softened, and the originally quite angry appearance of Zhang Cai Dong turned into requests, even pleas.

"Alright, I know about this matter, you have to let me think about it."

Seeing that their attitude had softened, Zhang Cai Dong also slowly restrained the tortoiseshell and angry expression on his face: "Those middle-level managers who don't listen to us really shouldn't be let go, but we have to pick a few typical ones, after all, they have all been promoted by Master Shen Mu to become Spirit Realm commanders, if we kill them, wouldn't that also be a provocation to Master Shen Mu?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's right."

These senior managers all nodded repeatedly, their faces a little embarrassed, but for them, it was indeed a bit difficult to say what to say at this time.

(End of this chapter)