Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 335

335. Chapter 334, Father, Times Have Changed

When Eureka was still thinking about what role the political commissar played in the alliance army, a call woke him up from his contemplation.

“Eureka Pampos?”

Eureka raised his head a little uncomfortably. In his life experience, he had very few opportunities to be called by such a name.

Of course, he still knew that he was being called.

Standing not far from him was a woman wearing a long black coat with a strange symbol and a short knife on her waist.

Although she was not tall, her sharp eyes made him shudder.

Eureka stood up and said nothing, but the meaning was conveyed.

The lady who did not look like a soldier but seemed to be more special than a soldier continued, “Come with me.”

So Eureka followed her and met a man who always looked like he was smiling in a temporary room in the prisoner-of-war camp. When

the man saw them push the door in, he stood up to greet them immediately.

He nodded to the lady in the black long coat and said with a smile, “Thank you for your hard work, Ms. De Jong.”

“Yes.” The demon hunter Milia De Jong nodded slightly and left.

She still had a lot of work to do. She needed to select a lot of people who were suitable for release and could help the Alliance government when the Alliance fully ruled the entire Wrathful Star. She didn’t have time to worry about it here.

She helped to bring Prince Eureka here just because she had been exploring the situation in this prisoner-of-war camp for two days and was relatively familiar with it.

In addition, there was another reason, that she really didn’t want to stay in that room. The man in the room named Niko LS Salihovic, who had been a colleague of her elder sister in the Alliance’s Zhongsi College, was always smiling, but she really felt uncomfortable staying with him, as if she was being stared at by something all the time.

According to her sister, the current Dean of Academic Affairs of Zhongsi College, Hails Morgan, the previous Salihovic was not like this. Suddenly one day, he suddenly got enlightened, as if he had received some inspiration, and had some ability to see through people’s hearts. And if you talk to him for a little longer, you can be easily persuaded by him.

Milia felt that it was more like “bewitching”.

Of course, according to Hai Er Si, she herself seemed to have changed at the same time. The difference from Salihovich is that the part of her “enlightenment” is to inspire morale, teach students to be more loyal, and have a more outstanding understanding of ideological and political theory.

After both of them got some enlightenment and felt that they had grown a lot, Salihovich was transferred from Zhongsi College and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union Government.

Milia de Jong did not expect that this person who she only knew in casual chats with her sister would work together on Black Arrow Star one day.

Although according to Hai Er Si, Salihovich is actually a very good person in essence, but… Although she is not familiar with Salihovich and has not personally experienced his special ability, she does not want to experience it at all.

Let the native prince experience it.

…

At this moment, Prince Eureka felt like a spring breeze.

The communication with the diplomat was the most comfortable time he had spent since he was captured at the end of the war.

The words of the diplomat always hit what he was thinking, making him unable to help but follow the other party’s proposal.

Finally, he nodded to Salihovich and said, “Mr. Diplomat, I will do everything I can to help you, and I hope to end the war.”

Salihovich stood up and said to Eureka very solemnly and respectfully, “You are the most loyal subject of the empire, and I pay tribute to you.”

…

A month later, Salihovich and Prince Eureka, who had changed into a decent outfit, boarded the Falcon to the heart of the Kingdom of Panbos.

He was a diplomat, and this time he came, of course, he was on a diplomatic mission.

Sitting in his seat, he stared at Prince Eureka, who was sitting in front of him with his back to him, and his eyes were full of admiration.

His next task, to a large extent, required this person’s help.

Because of this, in the past month, in addition to constantly communicating with local historians and political scholars to learn about the political history and traditional culture of Black Arrow Star and understand the political landscape of the planet today, he has basically spent all his time on this prince.

He used some of his old teaching skills at Zhongsi College, and with the help of a military political commissar, he has been working on the prince’s thoughts.

The effect is remarkable.

Although he persuaded Prince Eureka to accept his proposal a month ago, it was not stable after all.

After gaining “enlightenment”, Salihovic’s ability increased greatly. But in fact, it is not as evil as the outside world transmits, and he does not have any supernatural abilities. He was originally good at identifying people, good at speaking, and good at communicating. And now, he is just more experienced in these aspects.

He can better capture the mentality of others from some details that others don’t notice, such as a little micro-movement, micro-expression, and changes in tone; he also has a more accurate grasp of his own speech skills, including what kind of expression and tone he should use when speaking. The combination of these two methods is the source of his ability to see through people’s hearts and bewitch people’s hearts.

Frankly speaking, it was not a big deal, but thanks to the Governor-General’s favor, he was transferred to the Alliance Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The work here seemed to be able to bring out his strengths better than teaching at Zhongsi College.

So he came here without hesitation.

He was honored to contribute to the Governor-General.

In fact, the next diplomatic mission was not simple.

In the past month since the end of the decisive battle, the two sides have not actually reached any ceasefire agreement, and the war is still going on.

Although the Alliance won a great victory in the decisive battle, it actually suffered a lot of losses. Although, after that battle, they also fought a few beautiful battles, but in the case of the enemy’s full retreat and contraction, they occupied more land, and the impact on the living force was not so great.

The Kingdom Army certainly does not have the ability to win the war, but if it relies purely on military means, it will take a lot of time for the Alliance to win.

There is no need.

So, the rest is his task.

Of course, one possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, the current leader of the Kingdom Parliament, the old king of the Panbos Kingdom, the largest country on Black Arrow Star, suddenly went crazy and captured and killed this diplomat after he landed.

Then he would die.

But he felt that this risk was not great.

His guess was also correct.

After he released the important prisoner of war, Prince Eureka, as a stepping stone and a gift, he received a considerable degree of courtesy.

But it was just courtesy.

After the first meeting with the old king, the two sides roughly exchanged the conditions for the truce, and Salihovic lost the mind to have a serious discussion with the old king.

With his ability to judge people, he felt that the old king of Pampos really regarded “maintaining independence” as the final negotiation bottom line. At most, he could only accept the delivery of a certain population, wealth, and the cession of part of the land, but he was unwilling to hand over sovereignty. The country wanted independence, and it would not accept the special ambassador of the alliance to dictate the country’s politics…

and obviously, this was also unacceptable to the alliance.

From the beginning, there was no room for both sides to continue negotiations.

But Salihovic continued to maintain the progress of the negotiations.

The old king was right about this bottom line, but… what about the others?

The remaining forces on the entire Black Arrow Star that resisted the alliance were not only the Kingdom of Panbos; even within the Kingdom of Panbos, was the old king really so decisive? What was the attitude of those generals and those powerful nobles?

Under the pretext of peace talks, Salihovic frequently contacted senior figures in the Kingdom of Panbos.

In fact, this was not in accordance with the rules. Logically speaking, the only people Salihovic could reasonably contact were the people in charge of the connection and the prime minister of the Kingdom of Panbos.

But… the prime minister was convinced by him.

And many contacts with key figures were also conducted in secret.

Of course, it was impossible for him to be able to secretly contact ministers and generals in other countries by himself.

But wasn’t this someone who provided the necessary help?

…

It had been two months since the end of the decisive battle; Salihovic, as the ambassador of the alliance, had been in the ruling area of the Kingdom of Panbos for a month.

Peace talks and the exchange of armistice conditions have been going on all the time. Both sides have been “fully” exchanging opinions. Salihovic has held four formal talks with the old king of Pampos, but they have failed to reach an agreement every time. He has negotiated with various ministers countless times. Both sides are testing each other’s bottom line.

At least it seems so.

During this period, the war continued.

The scale was not large, but everyone knew that the Kingdom of Pampos, or all the remaining Kingdom troops, were actually dead, but they had not been buried yet.

Under the command of Perbov, the coalition army moved forward step by step and firmly captured one strategic location after another.

The Kingdom army, which had neither strength nor ambition, was unable to stop it and collapsed at the touch of a button.

To use what Salihovic said to Panpos and ambassadors from other countries in the diplomatic arena, that is:

“What you can’t get on the battlefield, don’t expect to get at the negotiation table. All the demands of the alliance are not excessive. The only difference is that we have reached an agreement now, and everyone ends this decently, maybe you still have hope of survival; or you can continue to wait, waiting for our soldiers to send all of you to the trial bench and the gallows one by one, and then we can get everything we want, and no one can guarantee what you will have left by then.”

There is no doubt that the failure of the previous decisive battle not only broke the backbone of the Kingdom Army, but also broke the backbone of the rulers in the rear.

And now, the news that the city was conquered and the troops were encircled and annihilated was like a slow and slow cut of flesh on their bodies that were lying on the ground and unable to resist.

Most people, after the decisive battle, had already collapsed their psychological defenses; the few who did not collapse also collapsed with the frequent news of defeat during this period.

Against this background, the fifth formal negotiation between Salihović and the old king of Panpos began.

They negotiated on the conditions as usual.

The chief steward of the inner court, who spoke on behalf of the old king, lowered the conditions again, just like the previous times.

In general, they were willing to cede more land, give more wealth, and more people. Even the alliance’s request to send envoys to the palace could be reluctantly agreed, but they only had the right to supervise and could not interfere in internal affairs.

In general, the situation was still improving.

According to the meaning of the king and ministers of Panpos, even if they could not reach an agreement this time, it would be just like the previous times, and they would just have to wait for the next negotiation.

They still had hope for the situation on the battlefield.

It was impossible to win the war, but the kingdom still had a million troops. They could resist layer by layer, retreat step by step, and fight with a tenacious attitude to show their strong determination.

Indeed, your alliance can get everything on the battlefield, but if you want to get anything, you need to pay the blood of the soldiers to get it. Is it worth it? It is better to accept our conditions.

This is probably the mentality.

Salihović had seen through it a long time ago.

Even after the first negotiation, he had already given up hope that the old king would accept the alliance’s conditions. And the reason why he had been playing cozy with the king and his ministers of the Kingdom of Panbos for the past month was to prepare for a big event.

And today, all the necessary preparations have been made.

That is the time.

This time, his attitude suddenly changed.

He no longer maintained his always smiling face, and was no longer the man who made the Panbos people have to admit that he was a very graceful and gentle man in the past negotiations.

His expression became serious and earnest, even a little fierce.

“Altay Pampos, on behalf of the Governor-General of the Alliance, I express my deep regrets to you. All the generous conditions of the Alliance are based on the Governor’s true kindness. But in the past month, you have ignored the overall situation and repeatedly set unrealistic conditions, disregarding the Governor’s good intentions.”

“I reiterate the conditions of the Alliance to you again. According to the Imperial decree, the order signed by the Governor of Black Arrow Star is recognized by the Imperial Executive Council. The ‘Alliance’, as a legitimate imperial interstellar organization, already has full ruling power over all the land and all the people of Black Arrow Star. As a subject of the Empire, you have no choice but to accept all the conditions of the Alliance. There is no room for any bargaining.”

“This is my ultimatum to you on behalf of the Governor-General of the Alliance.”

Salihovic broke his usual toughness, catching people off guard.

The old king coughed twice: “Can you give us more time? We need to discuss…”

“No.” Salihovich refused decisively. “The ultimatum time is thirty seconds. Your Majesty, this is the last time I call you this. Please give me an answer immediately. There will be no next negotiation.”

Even though he had to show respect to Salihovich because of the strength of the alliance, Altay was the real king who actually controlled the most powerful kingdom on Black Arrow Star for decades. He was so powerful that he couldn’t bear to be threatened by such a strong force.

What’s more important is that the specific conditions proposed by Salihovich crossed the bottom line in his heart.

He would rather lose his country and his clan than accept the conditions of the alliance. In his opinion, there is no difference between the two.

He took a deep breath, and the majesty of the king returned to his face again: “Mr. Ambassador, we cannot accept the proposal of the alliance.”

Salihovich had expected this.

He shook his head slightly, sighed, and said, “I understand. I will bring your meaning back to our governor.”

At this moment, behind him, at the gate of the hall, heavy footsteps suddenly appeared.

The old king could tell that it was the sound of the Sentinel Mech and the Knight Titan marching.

A young figure walked into the hall.

Prince Eureka took off his helmet and said to his father at the top:

“Father, times have changed.”

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