Chapter Eleven
In the secret headquarters of the Druid Order, the dark hall was arranged in a jungle shape. In addition to the three order druids who died in this operation, the other order druids and the supreme leader, the chaos druids and the old high priest stood on the trees around the hall - including Krupp, and the only one who survived the destruction druids in this operation were kneeling in the middle of the hall.
The survivors described the "terrible process" of the entire operation intermittently. The chaotic waved his hand to let the destructive druid retreat. The members of the highest decision-making level of the Druid Order looked as if they were ashen. The blow to lose three orderers at one time made them angry for a moment, but they were also a little overwhelmed. The enemy's strength seemed to be far higher than their predictions.
Krupp spoke first, and his voice was heavy: "I think it's time to join forces with the Dark Society!" Many orderly people nodded in agreement. After all, the current situation is there, and it is difficult for them to eliminate the Holy See, and they might have to pay themselves.
Krupp continued: "I decided not to alliance with the Dark Society because we felt that we could destroy the Holy See ourselves, but now things are not as simple as we imagined. In order to reduce sacrifice, I don't think there is any reason to refuse to unite with the Dark Society - the enemy of the enemy is our friend!"
Everyone looked at the chaotic person, who pondered for a moment and asked the high priest who sat aside without saying a word: "High priest, what are your opinions?" The high priest said nothing, and everyone anxiously urged: "High priest, what are you saying..."
The high priest who was as old as a dead tree finally spoke: "Okay, I agree to alliance with the association, but you must be careful, they are all vampires and beasts..." The high priest said a pun, but the Druids, who had no choice, obviously had no time to consider his concerns.
The scene of the high-level meeting of the Druids' sect came into Liu Lei's eyes through the lurker's eyes. Liu Lei smiled and waved his hand to make Gabriel put away the crystal ball, and said to Kerry proudly: "Our plan is half successful!"
On the Holy See, after a series of celebrations for the victory that day, the list of candidates to fill the position of Cardinal archbishop after O'Lelen's death was finally put forward. As a holy warrior of the Holy See and one of the three Templars, Hackman symbolically sent a list of "Zhengzhang Opinions".
Hackmanshu was comfortable in his big bed, holding a fax paper in his hand - the list of candidates, and said to himself: "Holly, this flatterer followed Bishop Alec all day long, what else would he do except flatter him... Baslam, this guy is stupid like a pig, and the person who recommended him doesn't know how much benefit he has taken him... Mopri, this guy seems pretty good, well, look at it... Contat, he is okay, but he doesn't know if he is sympathetic to the dark creatures... The next one is, Fisf, well, this guy seems to have some relatives with the Pope..."
The phone rings, and when the third sound comes Hackman picks up the phone from the cabinet at the bedside: "Hey!" The pope's voice comes: "Dear Hackman Templar, have I received the fax I sent to you?" "Received, Your Majesty!" Hackman respectfully as before. The pope said happily: "Oh, then who do you think can take on the heavy responsibility left by Archbishop O'Lelen?" Hackman pretended to be meditating.
The next one said, "Your Majesty, I think Father Fisf has been working diligently over the years and has made rapid progress. He has firm faith in God and his ability is the most prominent among all candidates. I think Father Fisf is the best choice for Archbishop O'Lelen." "Well——" the pope continued to ask, "Then dear Templar, I want you to choose another one in the name of God, who will you choose among them?"
Hackman pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, if I make another choice in the name of God, I think it should be Father Hawley. Father Hawley has outstanding abilities. He has been upgraded from a low-level priest to a high-level priest in just ten years. His ability is evident, and his loyalty to God is also unquestionable."
The Pope said, "Okay, knight, give me another suggestion, and it will be fair to choose one of three." "Yes, your majesty—" Hackman continued, "I elect Father Baslam again. He has made great contributions to the church and his faith is very pure!" "Okay, I understand." The Pope said, "Knight, bless you in the name of God! Goodbye!" "Goodbye, your majesty!"
Hackman hung up the phone and smiled all over his face - but his heart was extremely sad. He felt that he had deviated from one of the Knight's principles: honesty. Is it right or wrong for him to do it? Hackman asked himself in his heart, but there was no answer.
The pope hung up the phone and cursed with hatred: "When did this bastard Fisf get so close to Hackman!"
In Paris, Liu Lei is entertaining Krupp.
"Come on, try it!" Liu Lei greeted Krupp enthusiastically. Krupp picked up the wine glass, sipped it, and aftertaste it for a long time before swallowing it and sighing: "Good wine, the best wine!" He said to Liu Lei: "After drinking your wine, I realized that what I had drunk in the past was simply sewage! No wonder the president looked down on my wine."
Liu Lei smiled and said, "See it. This is the difference between us and the reason why we need alliances - you have something we don't, we have something you don't have - your organization is very poor, I know, you don't have anything to be embarrassed about, after all, you have been hiding for a long time, but we have been active in this world, just like you, the third order of the druid corps, also has to make a living by being a dentist."
Krupp smiled embarrassedly, and Liu Lei continued: "If you don't form an alliance with us, you may never be able to drink such a good wine - this is produced by a private winery. My winery has a history of four hundred years. All the brewers' craftsmanship are pure ancient skills passed down from generation to generation. Only in this way can you brew such a pure wine, and its annual output is only a few hundred bottles - but do you know how much it costs to maintain such a winery in a year? Each winery earns 1.2 million euros per year, and there are five winemakers in total, plus other expenses, which cost more than 10 million euros."
Krupp was shocked and the annual membership income of the Druids was only nearly 10 million euros. After all, their members were not as rich as the Dark Society.
Liu Lei smiled slightly and pointed at the wine glass in his hand and said, "If you get this glass of wine in your hand, it is worth at least 500,000 euros - it is the aged wine from my winery a hundred years ago." Krupp stared at the wine glass in his hand in surprise, holding the cup in both hands, not daring to shake it, for fear of spreading it out a little.
Liu Lei was like a devil, seeing his prey's soul gradually being controlled by himself. He continued, "The cup in your hand is from the 18th century, made of pure crystal, it cost me 700,000 euros." Krupp was shocked and almost sprinkled a drop of wine. He was so scared that he quickly sat down and did not dare to move anymore.
Liu Lei pointed to the sofa he made and said, "This is the sofa in the bedroom of Nicholas II, the last Tsar in Russia, worth 1.5 million euros." He pointed to the sculpture next to the door: "That is an ancient Greek work, three million; that tapestry was a Turkish tapestry in the 15th century, and you can buy about thirty clinics like you; the two vases on the table were used by King Arthur of England back then, worth at least three million..." Liu Lei said all the items in the room from the fireplace to the chandelier. Krupp's forehead was sweating. The ordinary decorations in this living room that looked not astonishing as they looked antiques. The relaxed mood when he first came in was long gone. Now he was struggling with pins and needles. He couldn't afford to pay for something here.
Liu Lei saw it and smiled slightly to comfort him: "It's okay, relax, these things are 'external things' in the words of us Chinese, and I won't care." Krupp nodded, and Liu Lei said: "Actually you can live this kind of life!"
Krupp's eyes flashed with a flash of spirit: "We?" He shook his head and said repeatedly: "No, no, we..." He smiled embarrassedly. Liu Lei said: "No, you can. Like us, you have supernatural powers. Using these powers, we can easily do things that ordinary people cannot do. For us, we have too easy to get!" "Really?" Krupp asked in confusion.
Liu Lei smiled: "You have just entered the world and don't understand what the current world is. You won't use these rules. Look at my subordinates, those blood tribes with a little bit of power, the awakened werewolf, and the dark mages, which one is worth millions." He walked over and patted Krupp on the shoulder and said, "It's very simple."
A fire of hope ignited in Krupp's eyes and asked in a trembling voice: "Then, what can I do, that..." Liu Lei was amused: This guy was embarrassed to ask.
"How to make money, right?" Liu Lei said, and Krupp nodded quickly. Liu Lei said, "It's very simple. Now it's money. As long as you have the first pot of gold, it will be much easier in the future. Look at a industry and invest money in it. Just wait to be a rich man." "How can you get the first pot of gold?" Krupp asked again. "You find an ordinary rich man and use some magic on him, making him unconscious, or having a headache, whatever. When he seeks medical treatment everywhere, you are coming forward to help him cure it and collect more money." Krupp was shocked: "Isn't that blackmail!" Liu Lei rolled his eyes: "Who said this was blackmail? Have you denied that his illness was caused, but they don't ask you themselves. They are willing to give you money, how can it be blackmail?" Krupp nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay--" Liu Lei stopped here, and today we will come here: "We will talk about this kind of thing later, let's talk about the serious matter first. Your chaotic person probably asked you to bring some clauses and tell me." Krupp was excited and sorted out his thoughts and said: "That's right, our chaotic person has agreed to become close allies with you and jointly deal with the Holy See. The specific condition is that you provide us with information about the Holy See, funds for our activities, and we must be the leader in our actions!"
When Liu Lei heard this, he shook his head and said, "Old friend, don't be too scheming in negotiations with the Chinese. You just want to get some good conditions, but suddenly proposing such a high price will make people doubt your sincerity." Krupp smiled awkwardly and said again: "Of course, everything is easy to discuss. If the adults think it is not suitable, you can raise it."
Liu Lei put his hand on his face, leaned his head on the sofa and said, "In terms of intelligence, all the information related to the Holy See is shared, and both sides must not hide it from each other; in terms of expenses, they will pay their own expenses, but we can provide you with 300 million euros of assistance every year; for who will command the operation, it depends on the situation."
Krupp said in a dilemma: "This, Lord, our chaotic people hope to lead the war against the Holy See. I hope you can understand that we still have some advantages in combat effectiveness."
Liu Lei laughed: "It's so funny. Do you actually think your combat power is stronger than us? Hahaha..." Liu Lei laughed loudly, and Krupp said with an ugly face: "Sir, I hope you pay attention to your identity!"
Liu Lei ignored him and after a while he finished laughing, he calmed down and said, "Where is your headquarters? Where are your chaotic people living?" Krupp said, "Our chaotic people live in the headquarters. As for where the headquarters is, we can't tell you now." Liu Lei smiled and said, "Yes, your headquarters is kept secret, and the chaotic people living in the residence are also secret. We don't know, and the Holy See also, because you are afraid that once the Holy See will come to the door, but I'm not afraid, I live here, they have known for a long time, but they didn't call. Even if the Holy See and the Association have a thousand-year feud, they didn't call because they dare not!"
Liu Lei really didn't brag. With his current strength, this house also has Kerry, the first dark magician of the Dark Association in 500 years, and Tyrannosaurus, the guardian god of the founding clan in another world, who even the demon god dared to provoke. In addition, the Holy See, even if the Holy See is full of teachings, it may not necessarily be able to gain a advantage. Moreover, the Holy See knows that Liu Lei is behind the entire Chinese monk world, so how dare you come to cause trouble?
"I really don't know what reason you have to be able to be the best in combat power?" Liu Lei asked, and Krupp said in a voice: "At least we have eliminated one of their Cardinal Archbishops and a Crusade Commander! And you have fought with them for so many years, what are the achievements you can do?"
Liu Lei sighed and said, "It seems that it is not a good thing for the association to have a kind president like me, and it is almost looked down upon." Liu Lei's attitude suddenly became tough, and he said to Krupp, "Dear Druid Cult's Third Order, do you think you will have room for resistance if I want to kill you?" Krupp recalled Liu Lei's horror and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He regretted the anger he had just now, and shook his head quickly. In Liu Lei's eyes
The red light flashed and said, "I don't want to die too many people, so I just didn't have a conflict with the Holy See, but it's not that I can't deal with them, so I unite with you. When you go back, tell your chaotic people, I respect him, and I am the leader of the faction, so I am willing to take action to determine which side to command. If he wants to fully control the leadership, come and fight me to see if he is qualified!" After Liu Lei said that, Weir appeared silently next to Krupp and raised his hand to see if he is qualified.
Krupp returned to the headquarters of the Druids and told the negotiations truthfully. Suddenly, there was an uproar in the hall of the headquarters, and they scolded Liu Lei for being arrogant and not knowing how to advance and retreat. The chaotic and the high priest remained silent. Krupp knelt on one knee in front of the chaotic and bowed his head and remained silent.
The chaotic asked him, "If Liu wants to kill you, do you have any room to resist?" "No!" Krupp said in a deep voice. The chaotic nodded and asked again, "You have contacted him, how do you think his strength is?" Krupp pondered and said four words: "Unfathomable!" Everyone was surprised. The chaotic glanced at everyone and asked again, "How much do you think my strength is different from you?" Krupp said, "The strength of the chaotic is more than twice as high as that of the subordinates!" The chaotic nodded and asked, "Then what do you think I and him must be like?" Krupp was silent, and the chaotic said, "Tell the truth!" "Yes." Krupp said, "Subordinately, the chaotic may have the strength to compete with Liu Lei!"
Everyone was furious and cursed Krupp. The chaotic face turned pale and reached out to stop everyone. He turned around and asked the high priest: "What do the high priest think?" The high priest said in a hoarse voice: "Krupp did not lie!" Even the chaotic was shocked this time. The high priest continued: "This is why I did not agree to the alliance with the Dark Society at the beginning. Their strength was too strong, and it would be easy to alliance with them. It would be difficult to disband the alliance in the future!"
"Why did the high priest agree to alliance with them later?" asked the chaotic person. The high priest sighed and said, "The strength of the Holy See is greatly beyond our expectations. Now the war with the Holy See has begun. If the Holy See cannot be defeated, we will have a disaster. The United Dark Association can only take one step at a time..."
"Krupp, you have had contact with Liu Lei, what do you think?" The chaotic person asked Krupp again. Krupp remembered the living room like Liu Lei's museum and the extremely tempting "You can do it too", and he couldn't help but say: "My subordinates think they should be affiliated with the Inner Dark Association, and the conditions proposed by Liu Lei are also very generous!"
Chapter completed!