Public trial?You deserve it too!

Julien didn't know, or rather, he chose not to know—instead of giving a definite answer.

The person who gave a definite answer was sitting opposite him, determined to die.

"For so many years, we have always regarded the empire as the enemy of the Church, but we have overlooked one point, that is why the empire is our enemy?"

Claude's narration continued, as if a person who was about to die wanted to pour out all the words buried deep in his heart.

"No one knows why we must defeat the empire. If it is only to fulfill the long-cherished wish of [uniting the power of mankind to eliminate chaos], will we join forces with the empire soon to be the power of [uniting mankind]?"

"If the Theocracy really defeats the Empire and occupies this entire continent, do you know what that means? It means that all the troops of the Empire are destroyed, it means that countless lands are deserted due to the war, and it means that the entire human world will be destroyed. Usher in an unprecedented catastrophe!"

His voice trembled with excitement, but Julien couldn't help trembling with his voice.

"The empire owns three-quarters of the human world's population and land. If the church country defeats the empire... if it can be done, then it means that the three-quarters of the population are knights, The mages, and even most of the men in their prime, fell on the battlefield—can you imagine such a scene, Julien!"

"Not to mention what kind of price the Merchant Alliance and the Church will have to pay... Such a war is by no means a war that can end all wars—it will end the human race on the entire continent. supremacy!"

Horrible images were drawn in the mind of this glorious knight. As a man who had already touched the ceiling of human power, he could barely control his body because of just a few words!

"At that time, at the moment when the Theocracy has reached [Ultimate Victory], do we really still have the power? Do humans still have the power to resist the orcs, elves, and that terrible chaos? No more! Destroyed! They will join hands with grinning grins, and eat humans and this continent together—that is the apocalypse! It is the end of the human world!"

Julien listened to Claude's words that were almost incoherent with excitement, which was too bizarre for a person who conquered himself with wisdom, but those words spoken by the other party were more like the ramblings of a madman—but he could Listen and think so clearly.

The sound slowly disappeared, leaving only the breathing of the two people. The sun still hadn't risen, and even a little light hadn't appeared. In this long night, there was still no sign of dawn.

Julien had never felt so bewildered.

In the past, Claude had solved his doubts and set goals for him, so he was able to go so firmly to this day, but now, even Your Excellency the Messenger has fallen into the problem of pain and confusion, and he can really see clearly ?

"I'm leaving, Knight Julien, and I'm going to Constantine, which is stained by darkness—I can't think of answers to these questions, and I can't take these questions with me, and devote myself to the Church, to Under the crown."

Claude stood up and said goodbye in a low voice.

"So I just did what I thought was the only thing I could do, the right thing - go out there and buy you guys time."

"I don't know how long I can last there alone, and I don't know what the future will look like. I only know that that is the final destination of a believer—whether life or death."

He turned and left the room.

Julien still sat there without moving.

It wasn't until daylight that he slowly stood up.

Still no answers.

"...The question that even you are perplexed and troubled by, how can I be able to answer it in such a short time..."

He opened the window wearily, looking at the still warm sunshine outside, but felt his whole body was cold.

The victory of the Theocracy...will it be such a vile, such a terrible future...

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"Maybe life in Provence has narrowed my horizons... I should have seen more places, I should have investigated more things."

Julien looked to the southeast, where Constantine was, the front line of the confrontation between elves and humans.

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[It's still the same words, still the same effective, teacher. 】

"It seems that there is no need for me to continue explaining. Unfortunately, I originally wanted to copy and paste a little more words-shouldn't it be so detailed?"

Claude complained a little regretfully about the meaningless words.

【...You really underestimate me, don't you?Speaking of it, I seem to have discovered a pattern - if you just want to play idle chess, or take advantage of it once, you will use this method to break the comfort zone - verbal shock - to guide thinking, from Dani It was the same from Ya, to Julien, to Gutenberg. 】

The system said with some pride, as if a student was showing off his learning achievements to his teacher.

[And those you want to use for a long time, such as Gorman and Shire, you all adopt the principle of "equal value exchange" interest trading-this is the reason why you have never had problems in this regard Bar?Because in the face of time, the transaction is more stable. 】

"That's right, you are more and more able to learn and use it flexibly. Speaking skills guidance is always only a temporary choice. After all, this method can be used on a person, but one can be the other—Julian really has some Coincidentally, otherwise I would never have used it on him a second time."

Claude praised.

【So I said, I can learn well too. 】

"Yeah, indeed, that's why you've learned so well, next time you can practice by yourself, you don't need to drag me, after all, I will be tired too."

The man yawns.

【...You want to get rid of me that much? 】

"No, after I've taught you everything, why are you still following me? Isn't the invigilator the job of that ball of light?"

Claude spread his hands, a little hard to understand why the system always quarrels with him in this regard, how can students always pester the teacher, and it is a win-win for everyone to finish class early, okay?

【...Then explain to me what you said to Julien today, and I will refer to my own answer. 】

"Hey...do I need to say more? There is no need for a review of this kind of thing, please let me go, I want to sleep..."

[No, quickly replay! 】

"Okay, okay... let's start with why I can still win the other party's trust this time..."

Claude is also working overtime today.

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In the days that followed, there was nothing to show, and there was no point in wrangling. A war that was bound to break out would not disappear because of some simple exchange of interests—especially when both sides were ready.

The date for the joint trip to the southeast has also been finalized. Lieutenant General Maxim returned to the border between the Theocracy and the Empire with 2000 people, escorting the armor and ordnance supplies with the ship, and the Theocracy is also mobilizing food, manpower and transport ships.

Claude didn't see any delay or prevarication in the Theocracy's intention in this regard, almost no procedures were followed in all aspects, it was a straight order-execution, but considering that the administrative team of the Theocracy is now the Judgment Hall It was set up by a gang of murderous guys, but it also has the characteristics of militarized management.

During this period of time, he has not gone to see Knight Felix. The reason is very simple. Now is not a good time to communicate with him. Although the Theocracy is cooperating with him wholeheartedly, if he discovers the existence of Felix, that Levi The Bishop of Yale would never mind getting in the way.

Claude has not forgotten the strangeness he noticed in the Provence province before - the second prince Joachim is also involved with the Holy State, and the degree of cooperation may even be deeper than that of Augustus.

It's just that Joachim has been living in seclusion for the past few years, almost never leaving his own mansion, and never participating in various banquets. He is the most lonely person in the imperial capital, so Claude has no way to investigate, and the other party He really didn't do any outrageous behavior, which made it impossible for Claude to start.

He cared so much about Felix this time because it was also related to Joachim.

Obviously, this young man of the royal family with outstanding military talents is likely to be a candidate who was deliberately cultivated by Joachim in order to make up for the loss in the army caused by Ludwig. It is impossible for a son who has been trained to be as wonderful as his younger brother.

But now, before that Joachim publicly conceded defeat and was kicked out of the imperial capital, his "military spokesperson" ran away again, and even directly stabbed Constantine's kind There is no place to communicate with each other at all.

That's where things get interesting.

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The Burning World: Chapter 259 Chapter 240 Means of the same goal by different routes

Until he left the Vatican and boarded the sea ship to Constantine, Claude never saw Julien again—everything that should be said has already been said, if the other party can change or take some action, then it will not matter. Thanks to the saliva consumed by his words.

It doesn't matter if there is no result.After all, he has never paid anything, so naturally there is no way to talk about the word repayment.

Claude is more like a businessman than any businessman, because with him, everything has a price, just like the legendary devil's contract, you can get everything you want-as long as you pay the minimum price.

The Theocracy's supplementary troops are naturally also in this huge sea formation, and the escorts are naturally the joint escort of the Imperial Anton Fleet and the Theocracy's Mediterranean Fleet. Claude watched the joint operations of the two fleets, which are not unfamiliar, and felt in his heart Sighed slightly.

There is another imperial army that must be thoroughly cleaned before the war begins.

If we say that on the front line of Constantine, everyone is hanging by a thread back to back, fighting bloody battles for life and race, in that case, neither country nor faith is an obstacle to communication—but your Anton Fleet has no You have teamed up with the Mediterranean Fleet to fight against alien races, what do you want to do with them being so close?

【Perhaps this is why the Empire chose the North Sea Fleet as one of the Tridents instead of this Anton Fleet. 】

'It seems that this is indeed the case-a fleet formed by the empire to fight against the Church in the Mediterranean Sea can actually hold a banquet with old enemies, and the non-core military area of ​​​​the empire also seems to be rotten. '

Claude picked up the juice in his hand, and looked playfully at the officers of the two parties who were having a good time talking with each other.

"Captain Claude, I'm so glad that you are willing to come to our banquet. After all, it is a large-scale joint operation, and a reception is always necessary-it's a pity that Lieutenant General Maxim is unwilling to participate, but you can come , is surprising enough.”

The deputy commander of the Anton Fleet walked over with a smile on his face, greeted Claude, and began to introduce several responsible squadron commanders. Everyone nodded and toasted, laughing and laughing, as if in harmony.

But Claude doesn't even bother to remember his name—it's dead, there's no need to waste time and energy, and it's good to reduce the burden on his students.

The reception lasted until very late, and the guests and the host had a good time. The officers of the empire left the flagship of the Theocracy with a bit of drunkenness while making loud noises. Only Claude walked steadily, and there was no adjutant following him.

Randolph and Georgi are busy writing the intelligence summary report these days, but they don't have time to participate in this kind of bullshit. Claude came here just to see how rotten the Anton Fleet is.

It's hopeless, wait for death, the older one will be at your door soon.

Claude returned to the battleship he was on without any disturbance in his heart, and embarked on the road of overtime work with his adjutants - he wanted to write a loyalty assessment of the Anton Fleet and submit it to the emperor, and to his Demonstrate the necessity of an eradication of counter-revolutionaries.

【Teacher, why do I feel that you have been suppressing counter-revolutionaries this year?First, the anti-rebel nobles, then the anti-rebel Imperial Intelligence Bureau, and now the Anton Fleet—so the coup in the imperial capital was really an election ceremony for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 】

"What do you want me to do? With these worms, how can we manage a world war? To be honest, there is no problem with the basic policy of the empire, but at least there is something wrong with other aspects... .”

Claude supported the forehead, with the integration ability and productivity of the empire, coupled with the consistent inheritance ability of the emperors of the past dynasties, he could obviously do everything, but in the end he was always crafting around his own basic board.

As for the rest of the place... that's kind of hard to say

The Northern Knights Army Group, the Volga Knights Army Group, and the Guards Army Group, the three most powerful land forces in the empire, are indeed worthy of the symbol of the empire's military power. As for the North Sea Fleet, Claude has worked together in the previous school years. From the perspective of the gentlemen, they are all elites.

But apart from these, the empire always seemed to be inferior to the Theocracy, and it could even be called "poor" in some places.

Leaving aside the big nobles, after all, they are fat pigs to be raised for others to see, but here in the Imperial Intelligence Bureau alone, there is no reason why the emperors are negligent in management - it is so bad that it is heinous the point.

Originally, when Claude didn't know the emperor's situation, he guessed that the emperor was forced by the value of the intelligence bureau, and because he couldn't tell the situation at all, so he could only secretly prepare for countermeasures-this is also a The reason for its establishment and existence.

But looking at it now, the situation is completely different. If it is said that the emperors can achieve the perfect "children inherit the father's business", then after more than 1000 years, even if they completely crushed the Imperial Intelligence Bureau and rebuilt a new one, Absolutely enough time and resources!

"But why doesn't the other party do this?"

[Although if we do that, there will still be loopholes and traitors in the face of thousands of years of beggars penetrating into the Theocracy, but it will definitely not be like now, where the two sides turn their faces and completely become a one-way transparent sieve, no useful information can be obtained, and it will be reverse infiltrated...]

"That's right, any emperor should understand the danger of such an intelligence organization, and their actions clearly show that they fully understand what it means to be successful in the present and benefit in the future."

Confusion was written all over Claude's face.

"To completely destroy the Imperial Intelligence Agency with the efforts of one generation, and then rebuild an intelligence agency from scratch in a few generations, it will never be difficult—at least it is definitely easier than the Empire's Millennium War plan!"

The mutual opening of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, and the problem of the Anton Fleet that was just discovered this time also made Claude suspicious.

Originally, Claude thought that the centralization of power within the empire was not enough, and the great nobles were separated from each other, which made the empire's two-ocean fleet strategy unsustainable. From grasping with both hands, both hands had to be hard, and it was directly reduced to the fact that no one on both sides could beat— —The North Sea Fleet was suppressed in the Baltic Sea, and the Anton Fleet was also infiltrated by the Theocracy.

But this is completely unreasonable. Although the Anton Fleet was bought, it can be seen as a domino product caused by the infiltration of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, but in the final analysis, the Empire should not choose to build a huge fleet here—especially the emperors. It has already shown its recognition of the strategy of first business alliance and then teaching country.

The reason is very simple. With the wealth and people's aspirations in the Iberia region, if the empire chooses to build a [South Sea Fleet] there, it will not be a difficult task. The background and the potential for war, but in a region with [navigation tradition], it is still very easy to rebuild the port and fleet.

If the empire chooses to start supporting the naval construction in the Iberian region at that time, it can completely cut off the trade route of the merchant alliance into the Mediterranean trade—then these opportunistic former Iberian nobles should have been hanged on the imperial battleship long ago. Dry on the mast.

"The only reasonable explanation is that the empire was actually unable to do what it wanted to do with the occupation of the Iberian region and the post-war annexation, so after the Merchant Alliance chose such a behavior, the empire followed suit and deprived the Iberians of the opportunity to go to sea. Power — they're also preventing a revival of the shipbuilding industry here."

Claude tapped on the map marked by the system with a solemn expression.

"The existence of [Screaming Soldiers] seems to be an army formed by the empire to acquiesce to the Iberians in order to fight against the merchant alliance. The birth of a warlord does no good."

[Yes, if the empire really wants to integrate the Iberian region, it is absolutely impossible to allow such a force to be organized, and even the military command was given to the original King Carlos—although this bloodline is extinct, but adopted The person still bears Carlos' surname and continues to command the "Screamers". 】

One person one system is a bit confused about this.

"The only reasonable explanation is that the empire didn't want to use too much resources and energy to assimilate the people here, so they chose to agitate local nationalism and incite hatred—but this also means that the national movement is awakening, and the Iberian region will It’s impossible to really belong to the empire completely.”

Claude knocked on the Iberian Peninsula in the southwest, then turned his gaze back to the southeast.

"If you take this into consideration, then the empire seems to have let go of several human kingdoms in the southeast for the same reason. I don't believe that the empire is willing to allow the Principality of Wallachia to occupy such a piece of land just to fulfill a promise. It’s been around for so long—in fact, it’s consistent with what they’ve done in Iberia.”

[Stimulate national independence... The empire has always been committed to becoming the only human being, why do so many places choose to give up? 】

"Look at the places he didn't give up-the north and the east are still the places that the empire regards as the basic territory. The territory of Fontainebleau has won people's hearts by relying on those big nobles to do anything wrong. After all, this is also a rich and rich place. It is very suitable for the core area of ​​​​the empire..."

Claude's gaze was still full of doubts.

"But the problem is here, even in such a piece of land, the empire actually accepted the princes and nobles who surrendered at that time, and then relied on the behavior of these people to squeeze the common people without limit to win the hearts of the people, rather than direct internal assimilation... .”

"Where did the empire spend its manpower and material resources?"

[It will not be Constantine's. Although it is barren there, it depends on the blood transfusion of the empire and the church, but it will not affect the implementation of the internal political methods of the empire, and there are only four knights, and the materials transported are not What impact will it really have on the national power of the empire. 】

The system gave the answer very positively. After comparing all the data, the loss of Constantine can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.