Lord of War

In Void City, a gossip suddenly began to spread.

Pandaland is about to return to the territory of the Darbion Kingdom, and Sean Connery, the current lord of Pandaland, will also be expelled from Pandaland and return to the hands of the female demon Tonys .

This gossip was just a one-night effort, and no one in the entire Void City knew about it. And in the middle of the night, the news from the South City Gate even made this gossip completely solid: the defenders at the South City Gate greeted a convoy before the gate was about to close, and then fought with The people in that convoy clashed and even fought violently. If Miss Cecilia hadn't arrived in time to stop these people with magic, it might have become out of control.

But after that, Miss Cecilia did not drive these people away, but welcomed them all to the embassy. It seemed that these people had some evidence in their hands, which was enough to prove that Sean Connery It is an illegal occupation of the Panda Territory, so now he is required to return it.

Although this rumor is a bit exaggerated, it actually restores the original appearance of the whole thing to a large extent.

This point alone is enough to prove that this so-called gossip was definitely not spread randomly, but was spread by people from the Darbion Kingdom, or even from the Hastings family. Otherwise, the accuracy of this news could not be so high, even words such as "evidence" and "illegal occupation" were mentioned.

For a moment, the entire Void City fell into a kind of sad silence.

Many citizens couldn't help but recall that Panda was abandoned by the Dabion Kingdom back then. Later, a lord like Sean Connery finally appeared, and with his continuous efforts over the years, the development of the Panda collar was finally on track, and even the Void City was established. When people who are hungry and even have to be bullied by those mercenary groups finally start to live a good life. However, when such bad news came suddenly, many citizens felt unbelievable.

Or rather, they don't want to believe it.

However, when many citizens saw those people from the embassy marching into the Lord's Mansion, many people's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Your Excellency Domingo, I really can't figure it out." Sean stood by the window. He looked at the many citizens who spontaneously gathered outside the lord's mansion, and this phenomenon has not improved at all, but more and more People began to gather, and his face looked very gloomy. "Why would someone as big as you spread such rumors?"

"Rumor?" Domingo smiled, "What rumor?"

"Rumors about me illegally occupying the Panda Territory." Sean left from the window,

Then sit on a chair at the conference table.

This is a formal conference room.

There is only one long table in the conference room that can accommodate twelve people—five people can sit on each side of the long table, and there is one seat at each end of the long table. At this moment, Sean, Neil, William, and Cecilia are sitting side by side on the side of the long table by the window, representing that they are the owners of this place; on the other side are Domingo Hastings, Sean Howe Tom, Taylor, the deputy head of the Second Cavalry Regiment, and three others; as for the executive officer Christina from the Peace Association. sit at the top of the long table.

For Domingo, the appearance of executive officer Christina. It was also a shock.

Because of dealing with the Peace Society. This is not the first time for Domingo, otherwise he would not go to the Peace Association to intervene in the ownership of the Panda Territory this time. In fact, in terms of military warfare, the northern nobles of the Dabion Kingdom have no People are willing to give support, so Domingo can't help it. And generally on adjudication issues like this. They are all in charge of the arbitrator of the Peace Association, and there has never been a precedent for an executive officer to be in charge.

At least, Domingo had never heard of it.

Therefore, the appearance of Christina really surprised Domingo. But this surprise was well concealed by him. Anyway, he has the land contract document of the Panda Territory in his hand. As long as this document is in his hands, no matter what arbitrator or executive officer the Peace Association sends, the result will not change.

As for the rumor that caused commotion in the entire Void City, it was indeed arranged by Domingo, but it was not Domingo's idea, but the work of the mercenaries sent by Gerson Nugus to help. Of course, Domingo is still an earl in name, and he is the leader of these mercenaries, so when carrying out this operation of spreading rumors, the captain of the heroic sword, Ivan, of course, also greeted him .

It's just that even Domingo didn't expect that those mercenaries could do such dirty work with such outstanding results.

But within one night, the residents of the entire Void City knew about it.

Domingo did not forget that he had another mission on this trip: assassinate Sean. As soon as the negotiations are over, all the citizens will definitely be excited when they see with their own eyes that Xiao En is about to be kicked out of the territory. At this time, just a little more temptation will inevitably cause riots and other chaotic incidents. Taking advantage of this chaos Assassinating Xiao En was naturally a matter of ignorance, and it could even be used as a cover to cleanse the entire Void City.

This is simply killing three birds with one stone.

Although all the arrangements for the follow-up plan have been completed, Domingo Hastings face certainly couldn't look any better when Sean asked him in a tone almost interrogating a prisoner: "About this kind of rumor , I don’t know at all, how do I know that this is not an excuse you deliberately spread to push me?... Besides, is this a rumor? Can you still produce evidence to prove that the Panda Territory is your territory? ?”

"Of course we can prove it." It was Neil who answered the conversation, and the elf also had an expression of indignation at the moment, "This territory was ceded to the Marquis of Tonis as an indemnity territory after the defeat of Darbion. You have evacuated all the nobles and troops in this territory. Especially more than three years ago, the entire territory was completely ruled by darkness, if it hadn’t been for our lord to take over the rule of this territory from Marquis Tonys , This territory is still a barren wasteland....Now! You see this territory has developed again, and you actually want to use conspiracy to take it back. You are really despicable."

"Please pay attention to your wording." Domingo snorted coldly, but he didn't bother arguing with Neil. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Christina, "Dear Peace Association executive, the other party's behavior is completely insulting to me as an earl, please proceed to the trial strictly."

Although Christina is an executive officer, she still understands some of the actions judged by the arbitration, so she nodded, looked at Neil, and said, "Please pay attention to your words, if you continue to use this If you attack Earl Domingo Hastings in such an insulting tone, then I can only ask you to leave the meeting room."

Hear Christina's official warning. Neil glared at Domingo angrily, but stopped talking.

On the contrary, Domingo showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Now, let me answer your question just now... You said that this is the indemnity ceded land of our Dabiang Kingdom, but in fact, after the end of the war, the ongoing The arbitrator of the Peace Association was also present during the territory negotiation. But at that time, only the entire Angroda Mountain Range was ceded, and there was no relevant record of the Panda Territory. As for why the Panda Territory withdrew its army and all the nobles later. It is an internal decision of our Darbion Kingdom. There is no need to tell you outsiders who are not even nobles."

"But this territory was indeed taken over by me from my lord, Marquis Tonis, Lord Asuna." Sean said, "As a pioneer knight, I know the importance of territory development. And inevitability. This territory is the base that Asuna-sama bestowed upon me in the first place. It is impossible for me to lie about this.”

Of course, Domingo had anticipated Sean's rebuttal, so he quickly organized his language to launch a new rebuttal.

Neil and William looked at each other, neither of them was overly worried.

In fact. This kind of wrangling is the most common thing in a negotiation. As long as both parties cannot submit valid evidence to prove the ownership of the territory, then the negotiation will only be delayed indefinitely. Of course, this kind of delay cannot be delayed for too long. After all, the ownership of a territory must be determined in the end. However, when neither party can prove the ownership of the territory, the arbitration method of the Peace Association is usually that both parties manage the territory for half a year. , and finally the Peace Association will conduct a poll to finally assess who the territory really belongs to.

It's just that today's situation obviously doesn't need to be so complicated.

As long as Xiao En takes out the territory contract document, he can immediately obtain the ownership of the territory. It's just that some things still have to be dealt with according to some existing rules after all. For example, the current two sides are arguing with each other. Anyway, whether it is from the development of the territory or the polls, Sean obviously has the upper hand. Residents who wait for the outcome of the situation are the best embodiment of the people's will.

After all, Sean was just building momentum.

You know, the entire Void City is under the control of Xiao En and others. When Domingo spread rumors last night, Ruby was the first to learn about the incident. It's just that under the arrangement of William and Neil, Ruby not only failed to stop this rumor, but even asked the intelligence personnel of the Void Realm to help spread it. Therefore, in just one night, the entire Void City was full of people. Everyone knows.

People's hearts often better reflect the support of a lord.

If the time was not too tight, William and Neil even wanted to spread the matter to Hongye Town.

"...You have no evidence at all to prove that this territory belongs to you!" After some comparable evidence, Domingo Hastings also seemed to find that Sean's eloquence was not inferior to his own, and he vaguely He even heard the voices of the residents outside the lord's mansion shouting in support of Xiao En, which made him a little impatient, "I have always had the land contract document of the Panda Territory. Is the territory yours?"

While saying this, Domingo finally took out a letter and slapped it heavily on the conference table.

And when this letter appeared, the faces of Sean, Neil, William, Cecilia and others all froze with disbelief. When seeing this scene, Domingo and Taylor finally showed a smug smile. It was obvious that the other party had never expected that the territory contract document was in their hands. After all, when this decisive evidence appeared, it had already It's doomed.

Only Sean Holm, the illegitimate son of Domingo Hastings, showed a dignified look, and his eyes fell on Sean's face from beginning to end.

"It's impossible!" Sean exclaimed.

"Nothing is impossible!" Domingo snorted coldly, his face full of complacency.

And Christina has already opened the letter, which indeed records everything related to the Panda Territory, and also proves that this territory is indeed the private territory of the Hastings family.

"Your territory contract document must be fake!" Sean stood up excitedly.

"Fake?" Taylor sneered, "What evidence do you have to prove that this document is fake?...Have you finally started jumping over the wall?"

Facing Taylor's ridicule, Sean didn't pay any attention to it, but directly took out a letter from his body, and put it on the conference table: "This is when I took over this territory from Master Asuna, I always carry the document of the territory contract that Asuna-sama gave me.... How could it have fallen into your hands? Your copy must be a forgery!"

"Forgery?" Domingo's face became more smug, "You can say this kind of words? In front of the professionals of the Peace Association, who is the forgery will have the result in a while. I will tell you when the time comes." Let's see if you have anything else to say." (To be continued...)

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