Strange Star Witch

Director Duke invited Rudolph to take a seat. Although the dining car table was simple, the red wine on it was no ordinary wine. It was a fine wine collected by Director Duke.

Celine stood behind Rudolph, waiting nervously, wondering what kind of negotiations the director of the Trial Hall and the furnace would have.

Director Duke personally poured a glass of wine for Rudolph, and Rudolph generously picked up the glass and took a sip.

"Not bad, no worse than the wine from the Golden Anchor Family's Doc Manor."

"Thank you Mr. Furnace for the compliment."

Director Duke was actually a little surprised, because he thought that the furnace would not easily drink the wine he brought, but looking at the appearance of the furnace, it seemed that he was not afraid of him poisoning the wine at all.

Celine is not worried about the poison in the wine. Mr. Furnace is a Scorpio wizard. Can the poison be more poisonous than the Scorpio wizard?

She was more worried about the witch hunters around her. There were eight witch hunters in the corner of the dining car. These witch hunters were powerful, and each one of them made Celine feel dangerous.

"Director Duke, I think we don't have to beat around the bush. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Facing the furnace's inquiry, Duke first took a sip of red wine to cheer himself up, and then slowly said: "Let's talk about some past misunderstandings and some future principles."

"Please elaborate."

Seeing the relaxed appearance of the furnace, Director Duke was even more certain that the power he brought could not kill the furnace at all.

"Mr. Furnace, I heard from my men that they met you at sea. I hope you believe that witch hunters go to the sea to hunt for witches, but their target is never you. Our Elba Alchemy Council Tribunal System has no intention of interfering with you.

Be an enemy."

Rudolph said: "I believe this. Your target is Miss Celine behind me, not me. I was just passing by and suffered an unreasonable disaster."

Director Duke really wanted to say that it was actually the witch hunters who suffered a terrible disaster. They were obviously going to deal with the escaped level 4 wizard Celine, but they inexplicably encountered the notorious furnace.

Director Duke was not going to dwell on these details anymore. He said:

"Mr. Furnace, everything that happened before was a misunderstanding. We, the Elba Witch Hunters, have no quarrel with you, and we don't want to have any quarrel. We hope that the previous misunderstanding will not expand and the conflict between us will not escalate."

Celine looked at the director of the trial hall in shock. This level 6 alchemist actually asked for a compromise in front of the furnace with a gentle tone?

The intelligence system of the Black Gold Institute is very advanced, so they know about the exaggerated deeds of the Forge. Thinking about it carefully, Celine feels that the compromise of the trial hall is justified. They really don't want to go against a wizard like the Forge.

Director Duke saw that the furnace did not respond, so he had no choice but to continue:

"Mr. Furnace, I think you have also guessed that Pirate King Paulie has a close relationship with the Elba Alchemy Council. To a certain extent, she is on the side of the Council.

Ms. Pauly once talked about you, thinking that you are much gentler than other Scorpio wizards, and that you are trustworthy when it comes to fighting against the evil cult.

We recognize Ms. Bao Li’s judgment and believe that we can cooperate in fighting against the evil cult.

Therefore, we do not want to cause any more misunderstandings with you. You can move freely within the area of ​​the Elba Alchemy Council. As long as you do not fight a security war with us, everything will be easy to negotiate."

"Security war?" Rudolf was a little confused. The bottom line of Elba's Alchemy Council is security war?

This was the first time he heard this statement, so he asked: "I don't understand something about the security war. Can Director Duke please elaborate on it?"

"I have indeed never heard of you destroying public security in a certain area on a large scale. Even in your hometown of Fabro City, you did not target the grassroots police stations and judicial bureaus. At most, you targeted the director and other high-level officials. Let me explain to you.

, what is a 'security war'." Director Duke said:

"Mr. Furnace, I'm not afraid of your jokes. The Trial Hall of the Yingbi Province is very afraid of being your enemy. I don't know how to deal with your immortality.

There was no good way to do this kind of southern wizard's ability that does not appear once in fifty years or even hundreds of years. There was no good way before, there is no good way now, and there will be no good way in the future.

However, if our conflict turns into a 'security war', then no matter how painful it is for me, I have to grit my teeth and stop you."

"Oh? Please elaborate."

"Whether it is the former Knight Empire, the current Constitutional Monarchy of the Alchemy Council, or the more radical United States of the Alchemy Council, they are all based on the orderly production and life of the entire country.

Powerful apostles will pose a threat to this order. The greatest threat is the security war.

Let me take the small city of Danny that you just left as an example. The director of the Judicial Office there just died, causing the place to fall into chaos. If I want to restore order in that small city, I only need to send another capable Judicial Office.

That's it for the director.

However, if the trial court, police station or other grassroots institutions of the parliament in that small town, such as patrol police, witch hunters, hospitals, stations, grassroots offices, etc., are dealt a devastating blow, then I want to restore order in that small town.

, it will take at least three months.

Restoring confidence, deploying manpower, training grassroots staff, distributing pensions, etc. These tasks are extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming.

In other words, if the high-level apostle is willing, the council will need three months to make up for the damage he caused in one night.

If a high-level apostle changes places every day, he can paralyze the order of the entire Balfour County within a month. Without a year, the parliament cannot even think of restoring order in a county.

This kind of war that destroys grassroots security in a certain area is called a "security war" by the parliament.

Once there are signs of a public security war, the House of Lords will attach great importance to it and send the most powerful force in Parliament to win the security war.

The destruction of order by high-level, super-powered apostles is so terrible that an alchemist in a county may be destroyed by a heretical apostle in one night after working hard for several years.

Therefore, the security war is our bottom line. Our attitude towards the security war is to do our best to win the security war a day early or even half a day early.

Because of the existence of high-level heretical apostles, the area of ​​each country will not be too large. If the area is too large, the edge cities will be unable to be actually controlled. The main reason for the inability to control is that once a security war occurs, the response speed of the House of Lords is too slow.

, can only seek revenge, but cannot save that small edge town.

I hope Mr. Furnace can understand that you can act freely in the Elba Alchemy Council. We have no intention of creating or escalating conflicts with you, but please understand that it is not easy to govern the Alchemy Council.

Now is a war period, and the pressure on the rear is already very high. Every city is straining to provide personnel for the front line, and it is even more difficult for us to tolerate security wars.

The Parliament sent me here this time to try to communicate with you. If the communication fails, the House of Lords will resolutely launch an emergency response plan for public security war.

I don’t want to be your enemy, but when the time comes, even if I am the first alchemist to die in your hands, I will shoot you without hesitation to avoid greater losses.”

After listening to the description of the security war, Rudolf slammed the table and stood up.

Director Duke's face was dripping with cold sweat. He was a level 6 alchemist, but he felt completely at a disadvantage in front of the level 5 wizard's furnace.

The other witch hunters in the dining car took out their weapons one after another, and the level 6 shielding circle was activated immediately.

"Who do you think I am? Who do you think I am? Am I going to destroy the security of a certain area? Where did you get such a guess? This is an insult to my character!"

Rudolph shouted angrily: "I am Rudolph! I will never do anything to an ordinary patrolman!"