Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 57
"Hi, Your Highness Pan." After sitting down, Helkkin took out an envelope from his arms and placed it on the coffee table, then pushed it to Pan: "Thank you very much for your help, which has made a breakthrough in the cooperation between the At County Federation and the World Bank. This is a thank-you gift entrusted by Speaker Potrovich to bring you. I hope you can continue to help the County Federation and the World Bank achieve deeper cooperation."
"Chairman Potrovich is a friend worth associating with!" Pan picked up the envelope and took out a check from it. The face value of the check was 20,000 gold certificates. Pan put the check away and said to Helkkin with a smile: "Chairman Potrovich is really a generous person! Please rest assured that I will do my best to help Art County Union return with a full load from the Golden Valley."
“Thank you, Your Highness… Speaker Potrovich asked me to tell Your Highness that if you formally rebuild the Kingdom of Rio, the Art County Federation will be the first to announce its recognition of your legitimate rule over the Kingdom of Rio and establish friendly diplomatic relations.
If the Kingdom of Rio wants to develop the shipbuilding industry, Art County Union can sell ships and supporting technical equipment at very favorable prices. "
Ever since the Rio Navy was destroyed by the Raging Waves City Fleet, Meteorites forced Rio to sign many treaties restricting the shipbuilding industry. Now, it can be said that Rio has completely lost its maritime power, and its maritime security depends entirely on the Golden Shield Empire.
After Rio established the kingdom, it was absolutely impossible to develop the navy independently. Only by purchasing a large number of warships and technology from third countries could the lost sea power be regained step by step.
Art County Union has the world's top heavy industry. Alliance with Art County Union is of great significance to Rio's revival.
"It seems that the At County Federation has deeply felt the maritime threat from the Golden Shield Empire. We have all seen the power of the Dreadnought-class battleships, which are three-dimensional maritime offensive and defensive platforms. As far as I know, the At County Federation has not formulated a complete plan to counter the Dreadnought-class battleships, while Rio has some relatively unique ship technologies, and the shipbuilding industry under the World Bank is also actively developing battleships of the same level.
If At County United is willing to cooperate, I can integrate At County United, Rio, and World Bank technologies to establish a new maritime combat platform development company."
Helkkin showed great interest: "Your Highness, this is a very good suggestion! I will report your opinion to Speaker Potrovich when I return. I believe that the Speaker will be able to give you a positive response soon."
"I look forward to this cooperation." Pan said, "Compared to the maritime threat posed to us by the Golden Shield Empire, the threat of Meteorite is far greater than that of a dreadnought-class fleet. Now Meteorite is in the Golden Valley, far away from the homeland of the Golden Shield Empire, and it is the weakest defense time.
Doesn't Art County United have any additional ideas?"
Helkkin understood what Pan meant, and he said with a sad face: "We want to use some unconventional means to get rid of Meteorite, but this is the Golden Valley, and Meteorite is a guest invited by the Golden People. If the Art County Alliance takes action against Meteorite, it will damage the relationship between the County Alliance and the Golden People.
Moreover, Golden Valley is also far away from Ate County Union, and our people are only enough to protect the Speaker and several special officials. "
Pan said: "If you have this idea and are willing to take action, I can arrange an opportunity for you."
Helkkin answered without thinking: "Your Highness... If we are the only ones to carry out the mission, the risk for the County Alliance is too great. If you really want to make this happen, please persuade the Shining Gold people to send people to participate as well.
After all, Meteorite's identity is too special. If something happens to him, the County Alliance and the Golden Shield Empire will no longer have room for reconciliation...
I hope you understand, Your Highness!"
Pan knew that Helkkin would not be easily convinced by him.
The war between the Golden Shield Empire and the Art County Alliance was only a local war. Both sides had not declared war on each other, leaving enough room for peace talks. Once the Art County Alliance assassinated the meteorite, it would mean that the two countries had declared war, and the whole country would enter a wartime state.
If the Art County Alliance assassinated Meteorite and the subsequent assistance from the Shining Gold People was gone, wouldn't that be like the Art County Alliance jumping into the fire pit itself?
Let’s do it together!
Pan stood up and asked his servant to get his coat, then said to Herkkin: "Please accompany me to see a shining gold person. If we can convince her to take action, Meteorite will never be able to leave the Golden Valley alive..."
That night, Helkkin reported to Luke in detail the entire process of his meeting with Pan in another safe house set up by the Golden Shield Empire in Golden Valley.
Luke asked, "Did you really meet Tan?"
Helkkin replied with lingering fear: "Pan introduced me to her. She is Tan, the director of the World Bank's Bad Debt Processing Office and also a candidate for elder. I have never seen such a powerful person. Just standing in front of her, I felt suffocated."
"It's normal for you to feel this way." In the dark room, the dim light on the wall only illuminated half of Luke's face. He said calmly: "The World Bank's Bad Debt Processing Office gathers many powerful Golden People. Tan can be the director to manage this group of debt collectors, so of course he is very powerful.
I'm afraid even if Miss Qingkong were to face Tan, she might not be able to defeat her."
"Is Tan so strong?"
"Very strong, on the same level as the Sword of Oath of the Holy Inquisition in Sky City. What did you and Tan discuss?"
Hearing that he had just met such a person, Helkkin not only sighed, but also quickly replied: "Pan would like to ask Tan to work with the Ice Cave Agents to assassinate you together."
Luke asked , "Did Tan agree?"
"She refused at first, but after Pan's persuasion, she agreed..."
"How did Pan convince Tan?"
Helkkin recounted to Luke the conversation between Pan and Tan.
Luke combined his understanding of the internal situation of the Shining Gold People and roughly understood the situation.
After the ancient war, the Shuojin people had a deep reflection on that war, and the military strength was no longer a necessary criterion for being selected into the Council of Elders. After the establishment of the World Bank, the Shuojin people recovered their vitality, and most of the elders who entered the Council of Elders were managers of the World Bank. The powerful Shuojin people were concentrated in the bad debt processing office.
Now, due to the accidental death of Elder Chun, a vacancy appeared in the Elders' Council. As a candidate for elder, Tan naturally wanted to enter the Elders' Council. However, in the past hundred years, no debt collector could enter the Elders' Council, and the Elders' Council's selection of elders also intentionally or unintentionally excluded Tan from the scope of assessment.
Of course Tan was dissatisfied.
If it was before, she couldn't do anything no matter how dissatisfied she was. After all, the Shuojin people advocated collectivism, and the Shuojin people had to obey the Council of Elders. But the way the Council of Elders handled some issues during this period had caused dissatisfaction among many Shuojin people.
The most serious situation is that Elder Chun was assassinated by the Shadow Clan. The Council of Elders has not taken any strong retaliatory measures against the Shadow Clan so far. This made the young and strong Shining Gold people who were ready to go underground to avenge Elder Chun extremely indignant.
At the same time, an elder of the Shuojin people was easily assassinated, and even the elder Mu who was traveling with him did not notice it. This made many Shuojin people question the selection criteria of the Council of Elders.
In this selection of elders to supplement the Council of Elders, there is still a lot of support for Tan to be a candidate for elder, but these voices do not reach the ears of the elders who are managers by profession.
Pan seized on this point to persuade Tan.
“The elders nowadays are essentially salesmen, who only think about how to make money safely and securely, and have absolutely no ambition to fight back in the face of a crisis.
An elder was assassinated, and the army was ready to march into the underground, but the Council of Elders chose to resolve the issue through negotiation at the last minute. However, the negotiation team sent underground brought back nothing.
This time, the Golden Shield Empire openly challenged the World Bank's position in international trade, and the Empire's Prime Minister, Meteor, even proposed an equal dialogue. This provocative behavior and rude request was actually recognized by the Council of Elders. The elders are still thinking about resolving it through negotiations, and they don't see how the secular world and the other four civilizations view the Golden People.
The world we live in now is on the brink of turmoil, human civilization is rising rapidly, angels, dragons, demons, and shadow tribes are all becoming restless, even the fallen angels who have disappeared for thousands of years have reappeared.
A new civilization war is rapidly approaching, but can the weak Elder Council of the Shining Gold people lead them to defend this brilliant civilization in the war?
Prime Minister, these are what Pan said to Tan. I remember them very clearly, without missing a single word..."
Hulking is worthy of being a professional intelligence officer. He not only repeated word for word what Pan said to Tan, but also showed his expression and tone just right, so as to help Luke reconstruct the scene and analyze the psychological activities of the two.
Luke asked Helkkin, "From your professional perspective, what do you think of Tan's response?"
"Tan is a very serious woman. She is good at listening and can hide her emotions very well. But to be able to sit in this position, she must be a capable and ambitious person. The reason why she agreed to assassinate you should be more for the vacancy in the Council of Elders.
She needed to create a big event to arouse the emotions of the young and vigorous faction of the Shining Gold People and force the Council of Elders to change its current moderate policy. When the Golden Shield Empire and the Moonlight Royal Court were at odds, the Council of Elders needed absolute force to deal with Miss Qingkong's revenge.
Pan must have noticed this, which is why he was so confident in persuading me. "
Luke asked again: "What response did the County Federation give to Pan?"
Herkekin replied: "Chairman Potrovich has approved the assassination. He believes that whether the assassination is successful or not, it can further bind the Art County Alliance and the Shining Gold People. The chairman designated me to be responsible for this assassination..."
Luke laughed: "If the assassination attempt on me fails, will you be held responsible?"
Helkkin replied: "Chairman Potrovich is not clear about Tan's strength, but he is very clear about Miss Qingkong's strength, so the chairman is not optimistic about this assassination. Tomorrow, Chairman Potrovich will lead the visiting delegation to leave Golden Valley to avoid retaliation.
I will be responsible for the subsequent diplomacy of the Art County Alliance with the Shining Gold People."
Luke couldn't help but shake his head at the Art County Union delegation's escape. He said to Helkkin, "This is a good thing for you. No one will take the credit from you. I will let you return to the County Union with a large amount of aid from the Shining Gold People."
"Thank you, Prime Minister."
"If there is nothing else, you can go back. Prepare well for this assassination and let Pan and the Golden Man see the professional qualities of the Ice Cave Agents!"
"I understand, Prime Minister...bye!"
After Hulkkin left, Luke also left the safe house through another passage and got on the car back to the Golden Hotel.
Entering the spiritual starry sky, Qingkong immediately appeared beside Luke.
"What is Tan's level of strength? So I can prepare to protect you."
"Each of the five ancient civilizations has a top six-star being..." Luke waved his hand, and the image of Tan was projected under the starry sky. She was wearing golden armor, and had the appearance and figure of a top BOSS. Her perfect emotional control made her face expressionless, and her eyes were as gray as the dead. "The angel's side is the Sword of Oath, and the first choice for the Shining Gold Man is Tan. But..." In the image, a black shadow appeared behind Tan: "When the players were tackling the plot of Tan, they found that after defeating Tan, the plot did not end, but there was no prompt to continue. Therefore, some players analyzed that since the Shining Gold Men are twins, then Tan should have a partner.
Later, during the player's investigation, it was discovered that Tan had a twin sister named Ying. Apart from this name, there was no other information about Ying. "
The video showed a player fighting Tan. Qingkong watched and said, "I should have no problem dealing with Tan now, but if Ying makes a move, you'll be in danger!"
Luke also watched Tan's battle video and recalled the process of beating this BOSS.
Tan's melee attack and defense capabilities can be said to be impeccable. Whether he can clear this dungeon depends entirely on luck. Even those top players cannot guarantee that they can defeat this strongest BOSS in one go.
Qingkong’s strength has greatly improved now, but Luke still cannot predict the outcome when facing Tan.
Besides, there is a shadow of unknown strength behind Tan.
Luke did not show any concern, but smiled and said: "In the game, Ying Zai Tan did not appear when she was beaten by the player, which means that there may be a reason why she cannot appear. And there is Helkkin in the opponent's camp, and he will tell me the assassination plan when the time comes.
We will counter their moves, and we will definitely find a way to deal with it, and you just need to deal with Tan."
Qingkong looked at Tan in the video and said to Luke, "Give me all the information about Tan. Don't disturb me unless it's important. I want to study her carefully.
By the way, Yin was released by the Golden Man! "
"The sound is coming!" Although Luke expected the Golden Man to be able to cast the sound in a limited way, he was still very happy to hear the news about the sound.
Seeing that Qingkong was focusing all his energy on reading Tan's information, Luke quietly withdrew from the spiritual starry sky.
Then he said to the driver: "Drive faster, there is an important person waiting for me in the hotel."
"Yes, Prime Minister." The driver stepped on the valve hard, and the car's steam engine roared, spewing white steam and rushing forward.
