The Lord of Ashes

After not seeing each other for many years, both Thane and Bond have changed a lot.

It's just that the two of them could still fight as equals back then.

The status gap today is a world of difference.

Thain is the nominal head of the wizard civilization delegation. The nearly one hundred magicians and some knights who came to attend the meeting all need to obey Thain's orders to some extent.

And Bond's duty on this trip...is just that of an escort.

To be more precise, he is now a guard leader.

Specially used to "protect" the safety of Thain and others!

It is really ironic to say that this pair once had a fierce confrontation at the ruins of the Aiyou Landie civilization and wanted to kill each other.

Now we meet again in this way, it is really a trick of fate. 🅆

At this time, Bond, as a secret agent of the federal security intelligence department, protected Thain and other wizards and civilized magicians, which also proved one thing from another direction - he has accepted the reality, at least now as a "pro-wizard" A member of the "civilized" faction.

Otherwise, they would not be sent to perform such special and important tasks.

Faced with Thain's slightly teasing and surprised greeting, Bond's face showed an extremely calm expression.

In the past period of time, Bond's mind has indeed suffered a lot, but in the end, he also made his own choice.

He wants to "save" the Gallente Federation in his own way.

Even if there are some behaviors that he considered extremely disdainful in the past.

People always have to succumb to reality, don’t they?

Just like the major on the moon of Morak.

Bond greeted Thain proactively. He nodded slightly to express his respect for Thain, then turned around and went to inspect other places.

Nowadays, after a period of purge, more than four-fifths of the leadership of the Gallente Federation has been taken over by the "peace faction" (s can also be called the "surrender faction").

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But there are still some radicals who have not completely lost their power and may jump out to cause some damage.

Bond must lead his team to closely protect Thane and other powerful wizards from the civilization from any threats.

The good news is that the Gallente Federation's master-level combat units are currently closely monitored by both civilizations, and it should be impossible for any trouble to break out.

The only thing that makes the federal leaders a little uncertain is if those radicals jump out and cause some chaos, injuring or killing one or two representatives of the wizard civilization envoy.

I'm afraid it will have a great negative impact on the subsequent negotiations!

The Gallente Federation, which has been completely defeated on the battlefield, wants to continue its civilization and hope to develop slightly better for a long time to come.

We can only rely on this civilized negotiation.

At least, not just for the benefit of some high-level morons.

Some high-level figures like Bond, who still have feelings for the entire civilization and the lower-level federal creatures, also hope to strive for some rights that are beneficial to the lower-level creatures in this negotiation.

Regardless of the fact that the civilized war was lost by the federal military.

The Compact of Surrender was in turn signed by federal politicians.

Most of the resources and wealth ultimately paid to the wizarding civilization initially came from the major conglomerates in the federation.

And the cutting-edge technological secrets that the magicians of the wizarding civilization value, seem to have nothing to do with lower creatures.

But in fact, the entire civilization developed in a pyramid structure.

Can those high-level officials alone afford to lose the wizarding civilization?

No no no! I simply can’t afford to pay!

These costs will eventually pass through various ways

formula, passed on to the middle and lower levels of the federation.

They are the ones who will bear the huge war reparations of the wizarding civilization in the future!

It's just that the vast majority of middle and lower-level creatures in the federation cannot directly come into contact with wizard civilization, so they are not aware of it.

The billions of people in the Gallente Federation will be the best "slaves" of the wizarding civilization in the next tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

They will continue to create wealth and value for wizard civilization and push wizard civilization to a higher peak.

Moreover, the extremely advanced economic system of the Gallente Federation will also bring new experience to the economic development of wizard civilization.

This is the meaning of victory in civilized war!

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The reunion with Bond was just a small episode when Thane and his team entered the star domain controlled by the Gallente Federation.

When they arrived, Thain and others were riding in an ordinary-looking war airship.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that this extremely ordinary war airship, which even had some signs of damage on the surface, would be filled with hundreds of powerful wizards at level 4 or above.

After arriving at the Kahana Meteorite Belt on the border of the Gallente Federation-controlled star domain, the means of transportation that Thain and others took became three federal spaceships.

These are also three ordinary ships.

According to the current situation inside and outside the Gallente Federation, such surrender negotiations are indeed not suitable for high-profile matters.

Three ships with the license plates of the Federation's "Doyle Chaebol", "Gulf Heavy Industries Group" and "Iverson Company" were quietly advancing slowly in the star sea controlled by the Federation.

Their final destination is the Federation's first star.

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The route to the Federation's capital star is direct.

In fact, Thane is very curious about the lives of ordinary people in the Gallente Federation.

Including him, he also wanted to observe the current situation of the middle and lower classes of society in the Federation under this wartime background.

This may play a certain role in the subsequent negotiation process by Thain and others.

Unfortunately, all routes have been planned in advance, and this is also the first time that Thain has led a team into federal negotiations, so it is not appropriate to show off too much.

However, there will always be opportunities later.

This kind of civilized negotiation cannot achieve a result that satisfies both parties in just one visit.

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When Thain and others arrived at the Federation's capital star, they did not cause the slightest disturbance.

It seems that the Gallente Federation is doing a good job keeping secrets.

Except for a small number of senior federal officials, no one else knew at all that there were about a hundred wizard world level four and above experts who had come to the federal capital star.

Standing in front of the Congress Palace in First Star, the highest-level representative of the Federation to welcome Thain and others arrived was none other than President Mr. Jonash.

The federal president with a sexy mustache greeted Thain with unusual enthusiasm when he saw Thain walking at the front of the crowd.

It was as if the two parties were not life-and-death hostile civilized creatures, but old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

When Thain faced the nominal supreme ruler of the Federation, he stepped forward very calmly and generously.

He shook hands and saluted with the president's mustache in a manner consistent with the style of the Gallente Federation and wizard civilization.

A handful of agents from the federal security department recorded this historic scene in the form of full-scale drawings.

Including the wizard civilization, there were also several fifth-level magicians accompanying them, who recorded the scene in front of them with crystal balls.

For the Gallente Federation and the Wizarding Civilization.

When Thane and Jonash held their hands together.

A landmark moment indeed!