A strange world

Chapter 919 Chapter 150. Never bow down

As word spreads about what happened at the Moonlight Opera premiere, the Montreal family becomes a laughing stock.

Monzon Montreal actually shamelessly asked the City Guards to give an explanation. Of course Annan could not let him get involved with the audience of his beloved relatives and friends, so his response was to arrange an autograph booth at the entrance of each theater.

Anyone who watched "300" and came out of the theater could sign their name on a piece of parchment to identify themselves as a member of the family that had beaten Montreal.

As a result, just after noon, thousands of names had been signed on the list.

The lists were sent to the city guard station one by one. The city guards couldn't help but have a headache. Even if there were thousands of pigs, they would have to catch them for several days... Not to mention some special surnames that made it difficult for the etiquette department.

This matter had to end without any problem. The Montreal family lost the first round against Annan and suffered a big loss.

In the evening, Annan was sitting in the living room of the city lord's mansion, looking through the list handed over by Ingrid - these were all signed names with proven surnames. If they are willing to show kindness, Liberty City will respond in some way.

"Leave it to Olmedo and let her prepare some gifts for them."

Annan said, and then Losey broke in.

"What's up?"

"A special envoy from the Orr Empire is visiting."

Annan met the special envoy of the Orr Empire in the reception room.

Not the cousin of Marshal Galkin, but a middle-aged man who was so thin that he looked mean.

He was indeed mean, arrogantly demanding that Annan stop showing "300" in theaters.

Annan was puzzled. The main target of "300 Warriors of Liberty City" is the Kingdom of Rekaner. What does it have to do with the Orr Empire? Oh, there is indeed a "Broken Tooth Death" scene, but it only takes up a few minutes.

"I reject."

Annan flatly rejected the envoy.

"Lord Annan, are you provoking the empire?" The deputy next to him glared at Annan.

Annan didn't even look at him, but looked directly at the special envoy: "Shut up your people, otherwise I wouldn't mind filming another movie called "Saving Soldiers' Broken Tooth" to give you a taste of the kingdom of Rekaner."

"how dare you!?"

Annan spread his hands: "After all, you said so, wouldn't it be a big loss if I didn't do this?"

The special envoy's chest rose and fell rapidly, but he was a little afraid because Annan really dared to do this——

But as an imperial envoy and a distinguished figure who is a guest everywhere, Annan's few threats cannot make him bow down.

"Going against the Orr Empire will not end well. You know this. Your magical image cannot enter the Empire if we want to."

"You can stop your citizens from seeing my magical image, then can you stop the merchants from carrying the magic stone, can you stop the bards from telling stories, can you stop people who have seen it from crossing the border?"

Special envoy Plant was silent.

Countries around the world have discovered this one after another. Whether it is magical images or newspapers, they appear to be simple entertainment to make money and pass the time, but the meaning they spread makes people shudder.

Those who have never been to Liberty City think that Liberty City is a wonderful city. Those who have never seen Annan think that Annan is a handsome and loving boy... Come on, handsomeness is a thing, but loving... he is Warlock!

They gradually realized that even a bastard who does all kinds of evil can make a lot of people believe that he is a good person as long as he spreads it through magical images...

There are still a lot of people who believe the stories about bards cheating people out of drinking money, let alone seeing them with their own eyes - people are more willing to believe "what they see", and magical images provide exactly these conditions.

"I saw it with my own eyes, how can it be false?"

Special envoy Plante had no choice but to deal with Annan's threat. He waved his hand and asked the deputy envoy to go out first.

After he and Annan were alone in the reception room, his attitude was no longer so tough: "Annan, we didn't have such deep hatred before..."

"Are you from Duke Kingsley?" Annan suddenly said.

Special Envoy Plante stood there stunned. This is not a secret, but Annan obviously just found out: "How do you know?"

"If you and Duke Kingsley hadn't turned off the phone, you should have just said, 'The one you have a conflict with is Duke Kingsley, not the Empire.'"

Special Envoy Plant's face gradually darkened: "So you are not willing to bow your head?"

"I have an idea too."

Annan changed to a more comfortable sitting position and said: "Pretending not to know about this matter and defaulting to a disorderly development, even if the magic image is known to the backer and empire behind you, it has nothing to do with you. No one will see you lower your head... But If you have to step in and direct everything to mess up, then let everyone know..."

"You want me to betray the empire?"

Annan chuckled: "I just want to suggest to you that silence is a beautiful quality."

…

"I told him that I am a loyal dog of the empire, and the interests of the empire are my interests——"

Duke Kingsley, who had his back to the Plant envoy at the door, waved his hand: "Just omit what you say to outsiders. What do you think about it yourself?"

He sat on a specially made wide sofa. Just looking at the back, it is impossible to distinguish Duke Kingsley from Grand Marshal Galkin.

Special Envoy Plant pondered, and unexpectedly gave a rather positive description: "That boy looks like a canary in a gorgeous cage, but he is surprisingly independent."

"oh?"

"It's hard to keep him down. The most terrifying thing is that he can get up at any time, so we either do nothing or beat him with thunder!"

"You think he's our enemy?"

"Based on his sarcastic remarks about us, how can we be friends?"

Duke Kingsley asked with interest: "Why did he mock us?"

"He told us what we did!" Special Envoy Plant was still angry when he spoke.

"What else can we do?"

"We can..." Special Envoy Plant was suddenly stunned.

He didn't feel much hostility from Duke Kingsley's words. It was rumored that the Duke and Annan had deep conflicts...

"What do you mean..." he asked cautiously.

"Don't ask nonsense."

"……I see."

That's fine, it's the same as what Annan said: As long as no problems are found, there won't be any problems.

…

The night before the victory parade.

Annan visited the camp for the last time, inspecting his six legions.

The instructors wanted to pull the team out for a walk, but Annan refused: "No, let the soldiers save their energy until tomorrow."

After seeing the heavy armor of the foreign legion, Annan was very confident about tomorrow's military parade.

But it’s a little hard to scare the Kingdom of Ruikan’er from pissing its pants...

"Lord Annan, should we use laxatives..." Rex, the bad pus trio who is now the centurion of the Punishment Legion, came over and asked.

"...No, it's too easy to be discovered."

Annan was moved, but still rejected his proposal.

In the early morning, Annan finished his meditation early and came to the camp.

"Are you ready, kids?"