Chapter 788: Peace Negotiations (Part 2)
The masked man didn't stay long and left soon after. Until he was far away, the traversers were still immersed in shock.
"Let me go! They don't even want their own king?!" Anthony murmured, his eyes widening, "This is so much like a rebellion!"
"How can it be called treason! The matter of the nobles... can that be considered a thing? Anyway, they will sell their brothers as soon as something goes wrong. As long as the price is right, I guess they can even sell their parents, let alone a king. What?" Loma, who has always been vicious, sneered and said yin and yang, "What's more, Alan Vina has already supported the prince to ascend the throne. When a new king is born, the old king will naturally become a burden. If this seal is dragged on for twenty years, Untie, will the thirty-four-year-old king abdicate to the thirty-two-year-old father?"
"That's why they want what the leader thinks, and worry about what the leader is worried about - what a group of 'loyal people'!" Locke said coldly, "As expected of a noble!"
"That...you are also a noble now." Anthony reminded him.
Count Locke Dracula snorted and said nothing.
Panda came out to smooth things out: "Looking at the current situation, maybe in a few years, there will be a large number of nobles among us. At that time, we may be counting on us to improve the noble atmosphere-by the way, who do you think that guy is? I don't see his back at all familiar, could it be some kind of cat and dog for path-finding?"
"Obviously yes, this guy is a pebble that throws stones for directions." Loma said nonchalantly, "If we agree to their proposal, then he will go back and report. If we don't agree, then he will probably die in return. On the way... If I guess correctly, he may still be a bachelor with no wife and children. So even if he is investigated for his treason, he will only be killed. This kind of drama is not uncommon at all, and I have seen it a lot in online articles ."
Panda and Sanyu looked at each other and both sighed secretly.
The next day, negotiations continued.
But compared with yesterday, today's negotiations are not going well. Alan Vena obviously failed to integrate the views of the Thracian side. During the negotiation, some people raised objections behind his back from time to time, so he had to go back to discuss.
Although he is the only legendary powerhouse in Thrace at present, in theory, he can coerce the Quartet, even higher than the status of the Frost Sword Saint. But the strongman who came from an assassin obviously does not have the self-consciousness of "Optimus Prime". I don't know if it is because of his personality or if he has any concerns. In short, he did not use tough methods, but has been trying to negotiate with the big nobles to solve it.
A whole day was almost wasted on this kind of meaningless negotiation.
That night, the masked man who came yesterday came again.
This time, the great Thracian aristocrats had obviously completely unified their opinions and came up with their plans.
"As long as you can remove the entire seal and stop it from posing a threat to Thrace, we will not ask any other questions." He said, "However, this can only be done by yourself, we do not Any help will be given to you."
The traversers have no opinion on this, they think this condition is acceptable.
For the Thracians, that seal was dead anyway—the way to break the seal would probably result in a big explosion, and don't expect anything to survive a horrific explosion. Since there's nothing left, it's not worth paying attention to, and it's not worth the effort.
But for the traversers, the explosion is not a problem, anyway, the companions can be resurrected. As long as the seal is broken, even if they are blown up into stars in the sky, they will be resurrected in the castle after being suffocated by lack of oxygen, there is no problem at all. So this seal is very important to them, very valuable, and worth the effort for it.
If so, what else is there to say?
Raymond, the energizer mage who was self-employed before crossing, wanted to haggle again and try to get some benefits from the Thracians. But his proposal has been rejected by everyone - for them, breaking the seal and rescuing their companions is the most important thing in front of them. By contrast, nothing else matters, and it's not worth renewing an already-successful negotiation for petty profits.
So during the third day of negotiations, Sanyu directly put forward this suggestion.
"We can help you get this seal away," he said. "It shouldn't explode in the process."
"What about after it's taken away?" Alan Weiner asked nervously immediately, "Can you unlock the seal?"
"It's only daylight, what are you dreaming about?" Sanyu didn't like the assassin at all, and said in a cold voice, "We're going to take it away and detonate it - anyway, we aliens won't blow up. of."
"But what about Your Majesty?" Alan Vina asked.
"You mean Richard? He can only be rescued if the seal is broken intact. It will take us at least twenty years or even longer to break the seal intact. Are you sure twenty years or Does it make sense to rescue him after a long time?"
Alan Weiner sat in the negotiating table as if he had been punched in the face, without saying a word.
Of course he knew that what Sanyu said was the truth - twenty years or more later, even if Richard could be rescued, it was impossible for the new Thracian king to allow him to be rescued.
For a young prince, a strong and young father is a big tree that supports the sky for him, but for an adult king, a father who is younger and stronger than himself is just troublesome.
If the time inside the seal would pass, then Richard, who is old and frail, might still be able to enjoy his family. However, the time inside the seal is stagnant, even after a thousand or ten thousand years, as long as he can come out alive, he will be as young and strong as he is now.
This kind of thing... how could the new king agree?
In this case, what awaits King Richard is only a tragic end.
He was silent for a long time, almost like a statue. Even during the lunch break, he had been sitting there motionless. He didn't wake up until it was getting late when Jayne Van Russo, the host of the meeting, reminded him that today's negotiations were coming to an end.
"I see..." The powerful legendary assassin replied in a tired and feeble voice, "Please give me a moment to think about it, we will seriously consider this proposal."
Sanyu didn't say anything and watched him leave.
"It turns out that he has been kept in the dark," he said to his companions.
"I suddenly feel that this old man is quite pitiful..." Panda said.
"Don't be naive! He is a frozen poisonous snake!" Loma said bluntly, "Don't look at him pitiful now, but as long as Thrace regains power, he will immediately turn into a cold-blooded killer in the shadows! Those who died under his command will be really pitiful! Panda, when did you change your career to be Mr. Dongguo?"
Panda smiled and shook his head: "You are right, the King of Shadows is not someone we should sympathize with!"
Then, on the fourth day, the negotiations ended smoothly.
As agreed before, the traversers are responsible for removing the seal, and this dispute ends here...