Chapter 727 The Iron Curtain Has Fallen

In response to the question of Klein the Fool, the Emperor Hobart replied: "The Iron Curtain has fallen."

The other members thought that the Emperor was describing the current international situation, which was like the Iron Curtain falling.

Only Klein understood that Hobart's original intention was that once this ideological struggle began, it would be a life-and-death struggle, with no room for easing.

This reminded me of the history of prehistoric civilization, and I felt in my heart that the development of the current situation was always surprisingly consistent.

The once huge red giant with a torrent of steel was also established at the end of World War I.

But the difference is that Hobart knew the development of history. He first used the war to seize a huge amount of wealth, and then obtained a large amount of war reparations as a victorious country.

The last is Hobart's use of extraordinary forces. Theoretically, with the current situation, Rune and other countries should have frozen all the assets of the Kingdom of Atlantis in the northern continent long ago.

But according to what Klein learned when he was in industrial cities such as Constanton, half of the real estate in the entire South Coast Industrial Zone of the Sea is the assets of the Kingdom of Atlantis, and no one has confiscated it.

Before, it was because they were allies, but now it is because the Kingdom of Loen no longer has the ability to face the Kingdom of Atlantis directly, so it dare not do anything extreme.

In terms of extraordinary power, the Kingdom of Atlantis is much stronger than Loen, and in terms of the Orthodox Church, the Church of the Mother Earth will definitely support the Kingdom of Atlantis.

If it is necessary to take sides, the Church of the Goddess of the Night will most likely support the Kingdom of Atlantis, and before it is necessary to take sides, the Church of the Goddess of the Night will maintain the current situation of not helping each other.

Considering the attitude of the allies, the Church of the Storm will probably choose not to help each other, or provide limited help to the Loen royal family. For example, if the two countries lose the war in Loen, they will come forward to preserve a certain strength of the royal family, but don't expect them to take the initiative to provide help.

As for other churches, the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom has no direct interest relationship and should choose to stay out of it. The Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, as the losing party, have just signed some religious agreements and will not easily take action.

So as far as the Orthodox Church is concerned, the Kingdom of Atlantis has certain advantages.

After this set of "combination punches", the assets of the Kingdom of Atlantis in the Northern Continent will not only not be frozen, but those industries can also be used to continuously transfuse blood for the newly born Kingdom of Atlantis.

This is also different from the history in Klein's impression. He believes that under Hobart's deployment, the Kingdom of Atlantis will surely become stronger quickly!

But such strength must be something that the countries in the Northern Continent do not want to see, and even something they are very afraid of.

Hobart spread his hands and said, "Don't make it seem like we provoked the war. We were isolated during the Backlund peace talks.

"Especially Rune, who originally promised to help us obtain the franchise rights of many industries in the entire Northern Continent after the war, but they regretted it the second day after the negotiations began.

"I can understand that they were forced to agree to some of our conditions when the war situation was unfavorable, but what I can't understand is why they have no guilt for breaking the contract later?"

The other members were speechless. Although most of them did not want the war to continue, the decision of whether to break out was not in their hands.

After a while of silence, "Hermit" Cattleya started a new topic: "I heard that William I, the 'protector' of the Kingdom of Loen, was killed!"

The members were all stunned. In the previous communication, they had learned that the archangel of the Fenetor royal family had lost his extraordinary characteristics. Unexpectedly, the archangel of the Kingdom of Loen was also killed now!

"Yes." Hobert gave a definite answer: "Trensost planned to seize William I's extraordinary characteristics, but we discovered it, so we used Trensost's plan to kill William I."

"Ah?" "Star" Leonard did not react for a while: What kind of logic is this?

Klein also sighed: Is this the way lawyers think?

Cattleya was slightly stunned: "So, you killed William I?"

Hobert nodded, but did not disclose the details.

Klein also realized that this was to prevent Trunsoest from obtaining more Sequence 1 characteristics.

"Hanged Man" Alger said: "Isn't this the reason for the current tense international situation?"

Hobert smiled and said: "Who asked William I to push Trunsoest to be the king of the Kingdom of Pers? Maybe Rune's victory in desperation before made them suddenly lose themselves.

"William I actually wanted to use Trunsoest. When he had this idea, his fate was doomed."

Alger and other members found that they could not discuss the world situation with the "Emperor", otherwise all the faults would be the "Emperor's" opponents.

This time Klein was not very opposed to this war. He saw with his own eyes the prosperity of the Kingdom of Atlantis and the hope and confidence that ordinary people had regained in life.

He also saw that the ills of the countries in the northern continent were not eliminated by the war, but the current needs had increased, covering up some of the ills.

In Klein's view, if this war breaks out, it will be a "righteous war".

The topic ended here, and the hall was quiet again for a while. Alger asked "Sun" Derrick: "I heard that there were some problems with your holy book? Has the problem been solved now?"

The "Fool's Holy Book" was basically only spread in the Kingdom of Atlantis, and the speed of its spread was not very fast, so Alger only heard now that some of the contents of the "Holy Book" were inappropriate.

Derrick subconsciously glanced at Mr. Fool, who was shrouded in gray mist: "The problem is solved."

Cattleya asked curiously: "What problem did you encounter?"

Derrick looked at the "Emperor" again before saying: "Some descriptions have not been verified or are too exaggerated. We have made a revision."

Alger reminded: "Be sure to pay attention and don't publicize other churches badly, so as not to cause conflicts."

Klein, who was sitting at the head of the bronze table, thought of the holy book they had revised: I can only say that there will be no trouble, but there will definitely be some ridiculous things. For example, one day, Will Ausetin will see the holy book of the Fool Church and be surprised to find: When did I become an angel under the seat of the "Fool"?

Then, the old grandfather in Leonard's body, Mr. Azik who woke up, and the messenger lady who tried to recover followed and said: What, me too?

After discussing the matter of the Holy Scripture, Cattleya looked around without much expectation and said, "Who among you has the extraordinary characteristics of the Sequence 3 of the 'Peeper' path?"

It has been a long time since she digested the potion of the "Mystic", but she only got the potion formula of the "Master of Prophecy" from the Moss Ascetic Order. She is still a long way from getting extraordinary characteristics or main materials.

Although she is a member of the Ten Pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order, the higher the sequence path goes, the more precious the corresponding resources are. Even such an ancient organization cannot be squandered at will.

Moreover, Cattleya was born in the "Dawn" and was less influenced by the "Hidden Sage". She is not so trusted within the Moss Ascetic Order.

It may take several years or even more than ten years for her to get a chance to be promoted from her organization, so she has to seek help from the Tarot Club.

No one among the other members spoke. This level of extraordinary characteristics is not a carrot on a roadside stall, which is everywhere.

At present, most of them are also worried about the characteristics and promotion of Sequence 3.

At this time, Hobert suddenly said, "Do you have any idea of ​​jumping to the adjacent path?"

Everyone was familiar with this sentence. After thinking about it for a while, they immediately looked at Leonard.

Cattleya took a deep breath and said without even thinking, "Yes."

Hobert nodded slowly. This was the reaction of a normal person. To be honest, he had never thought that Leonard would refuse to jump to the adjacent path and give up the opportunity to become an angel.

But think about it, such a decision is indeed in line with Leonard's character.

"I have clues to the extraordinary characteristics of "Mystic Scholar" and "Knowledge Mentor." Hobert said, "I can help you solve the potion formula."

The "clue" Hobert mentioned was the "0-82" crystal light curtain obtained in the God War before. It was a seal that matched the "Knowledge Mentor".

And the ability was very useless. If it could be used to cultivate an angel, it would be great.

As for the potion formula, it was easy for Hobert to obtain it. He only needed to use the extraordinary characteristics to "associate" to get the corresponding formula.

Even the shattered characteristics can be "associated".

Hobert did have a copy of the Beyonder Characteristics of the "Knowledge Emperor", but it still contained some of Roselle's spirit, so He did not intend to shatter this Beyonder Characteristics.

Cattleya was excited: "I, what kind of reward should I pay."

"I need to think about this, or discuss it." Hobert said: "Tomorrow I can give you the potion formula first, you prepare the ritual first, and when the time is right, you can try to be promoted first, and then make up the reward."

"Okay!" Cattleya took a deep breath and said sincerely: "Thank you!"

That's the opportunity to become an angel! It's the dream of so many people!

At this time, Emlyn "Moon" suddenly sighed: "The third one!"

Everyone knows that he is talking about the third clue of the angel-level Beyonder Characteristics that the emperor has taken!

"Magician" Fors said in his heart: What you don't know is that Hobert has prepared the Beyonder Characteristics of Sequence 3 for me, and also got the clue of the Beyonder Characteristics of "Planeswalker".

Klein also thought: So, the extraordinary characteristics that made me an angel were also obtained with the help of Hobert.

This made Him once again feel the difference between angels.

After completing this transaction, no one continued to communicate, and Klein announced the end of this Tarot Club.

Hobert and Audrey returned to the real world but did not get up immediately. Instead, they continued to lie on the bed. Audrey asked first, "Hobert, where did you get so many clues about advanced extraordinary characteristics?"

Hobert smiled and said, "These are not clues obtained by me alone."

Then He said, "For me at present, as long as there are clues, it is relatively easy to obtain an angel-level extraordinary characteristic.

"If there are more angels who are kind to us, this is a very cost-effective business."

Audrey said "hmm", as if that was the case.

Hobert sat up first: "Since your parents are here, you should spend some time with them.

"Well, you haven't been back to Loen for a long time, so I might as well give you a month off."

Audrey was about to refuse, but Hobert said first, "In a month or two, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be very, very busy. By then, even if you want to rest, you won't have time."

Audrey was persuaded because she really hadn't rested for a while.

"It's best not to go back to Backlund." Hobert warned: "Your current identity is somewhat special. If you go back to Backlund, you may encounter some troubles. I suggest you go to the family territory in East Chester County to relax."

Audrey sighed: "I do miss the beautiful mountains and rivers there, and the fresh air there."

Hobert smiled slightly: "Be careful. If you encounter any problems, contact me immediately using the 'Order Crystal'."

"Oh." Audrey agreed, thinking that she was a demigod after all, and she shouldn't encounter any difficult problems.

Hobert stood by the bed and stretched: "Okay, I should go to meet the envoys."

Audrey stood up and kissed Hobert goodbye.

Back in the office, the palace butler invited Princess Ethel, the envoy of the Kingdom of Feynaport, to come in.

When all countries sent envoys, it was very important to meet which one first. In the past, Hobert would definitely meet the Loen envoy first, but now it's different.

Hobert exchanged a few simple polite words with the princess, who still had short hair, and then got to the point. Ethel said, "No matter what the future situation is, we will stand firmly on the side of the Kingdom of Atlantis."

Of course we have to stand on this side. The Church of the Mother Earth will definitely support the Kingdom of Atlantis.

For the Feynaporte royal family, without the archangel, basically wherever the church goes, the royal family has to follow.

And now the Kingdom of Atlantis is strong enough. In the previous world war, the Principality of South Balam could only influence the war situation. Under the oppression of the Intis and Feysac armies, their tactics could only be based on guerrilla warfare.

But now it is different. The war has only ended for more than half a year, and the Kingdom of Atlantis already has the power to challenge the entire northern continent!

Ethel's statement made Hobert nod slightly, but he talked about another thing: "In fact, we don't regard the nobles as enemies, or we don't regard anyone as an enemy!

"We hope to let ordinary people create more wealth, so that the pie can be bigger and everyone can share more benefits."

Ethel seemed to think for a while before saying: "We will consider introducing the political model of the Kingdom of Atlantis."

Hobert smiled and said: "As a friend, I want to remind you that the sooner the better. If you wait until the end of the war, the Kingdom of Feynaport will miss the best opportunity."

Ethel nodded: "I will convince the parliament as soon as possible."

Hobert suddenly jumped to another question: "Do you still want to be king now?"

Ethel was stunned for a moment, then suppressed his excitement: "I want to, but there are still some obstacles. ”

Originally, she had the support of Philip I and would definitely win the battle for the throne, but the problem now is that Philip I quickly lost his original authority after losing his status as an archangel.

Hubert said, "Hmm," "If you plan to introduce the political model of the Kingdom of Atlantis, I will send an angel to send you back home.

"When you become queen, you will promote the corresponding reforms, but it is certain that in the future, the nobles of Feynaport will lose many rights and interests, and the rich will not be able to do whatever they want as before.

"You must be mentally prepared, and the extraordinary people of the royal family must also be mentally prepared."

Athel immediately said, "I will ask the people you send to form a cabinet, and the management of the kingdom will be handed over to the cabinet."

Hubert was very satisfied with Athel's promise: "I will only send people to help you form a transitional government. After the government is operating normally, we will leave at most some consultants, and these consultants will gradually withdraw in the next few years. "

Then we will be able to control the Fenaport Kingdom politically and economically, and it doesn't matter whether we keep the advisors or not.

Athel took a deep breath and felt that he should have come here earlier.

Then He asked: "Is the battle of the Balam Empire going well? Does it need our support?"

The countries in the northern continent have different views on this war. Some say that the Kingdom of Atlantis has gained an advantage, while others say that the Kingdom of Atlantis has fallen into the quagmire of war.

Because he was afraid of causing misunderstandings, Feneport had not sent people to the front line of the battlefield to conduct a detailed investigation.

However, Hobert smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about the upcoming war. My marshal once said: If the Kingdom of Pers is still there in the New Year, it will be a shame for him."

Athel's eyes condensed, thinking of Medici who had once pledged allegiance to the "creator".

Hobert continued, "You have such concerns only because the southern continent has been on the edge of the civilization circle for a long time.

"But now it's different. This place will be the center of the civilization circle in the future! "

After chatting for a few more words about the international situation, Esther said goodbye and left.

As she walked out, she suddenly recalled the scene more than two years ago, when she invited Hobert to her villa and wooed him, hoping to help her compete for the position of crown prince.

And now, Hobert has the ability to send her directly to the position of king.

After finishing the meeting with the envoy of the Kingdom of Feynaport, Hobert then met with Princess Alice, the envoy of the Kingdom of Loen.

The two also chatted briefly for a few words, and Alice said helplessly: "Hobert, why did the situation develop to this point?"

Hobert did not say anything too official, but smiled and said: "Our differences are in all aspects, and I can't ignore the hostility of the top leaders of Loen towards the Kingdom of Atlantis."

Alice took a deep breath: "For the death of the 'protector' of the Kingdom of Loen, don't you explain it?"

But Hobert said: "A child holding a piece of gold passing through a busy market can easily be robbed.

"So is this the child's fault? Or is it the gold's fault? Or is it the robbers' fault?"

Alice opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

It was the first time she heard someone describe the "protector" as a child.

Hubert added: "William I should have firmly joined hands with me to deal with Trunsoest, instead of helping Trunsoest to deal with me.

"I know what William I was thinking at the time. He thought that Trunsoest and I were bigger enemies. If our territories were not far apart, we would definitely fight first.

"And in order to prevent Trunsoest from retrieving the extraordinary characteristics in William I's body, I will continue to form an alliance with Loen to fight against Trunsoest.

"In this way, He can have the best of both worlds in the Northern Continent, watch us fight to exhaustion, and then find an opportunity to grab some benefits.

"This is the political model that Loen likes to use in the colonies the most. It's very annoying."

Alice nodded: "I understand."

Hobert said again: "The Iron Curtain has fallen. The future direction of the world can only be determined by war."

The two did not talk for too long, because Alice had clearly felt Hobert's attitude, and there was no possibility of any mediation between the two countries.

Hobert's third meeting was with the Intis envoy. The envoy first asked tentatively: Can the prisoners of war in Intis be released in advance?

According to the previous "Backlund Peace Treaty", Hobert will release more than 320,000 Intis prisoners of war within a year.

At present, about half a year has passed, and Hobert has only released less than 60,000 people.

This group of prisoners of war has greatly solved the shortage of manpower in various places. They built houses and squares. So far, two small cities have basically been built.

And Intis is currently taking back these prisoners of war just to expand its army!

After all, these prisoners of war have undergone long-term military training and have participated in wars. They are much better than newly recruited soldiers.

So Hobert made a condition that if Intis could pay the war reparations in advance, He would release the prisoners in advance.

The war reparations that Intis had to pay to the Kingdom of Atlantis were worth 1.5 billion pounds, but only 300 million pounds had been paid so far.

Together with the war reparations from the Feysac Empire, the Kingdom of Atlantis has only received about 600 million pounds in compensation.

Hobert used these reparations to build three large ocean-going docks, two airship assembly centers, and a large artillery factory, and a portion was distributed to the families of the martyrs in the form of pensions.

In the end, they did not achieve any constructive results. Intis did not pay the reparations in advance, and the Kingdom of Atlantis did not plan to release the prisoners in advance.

The subsequent meetings were uneventful, and everyone clearly felt Hobert's strong hostility.

After the envoys returned home, an astonishing piece of news shocked the high-ranking officials of the countries in the northern continent: with the support of the Kingdom of Atlantis, the current King Fernando II of Fenaport abdicated and Princess Ethel ascended the throne!

This gave the dignitaries of the northern continent a sense of urgency. They realized that they had to do something, otherwise their king or emperor might also abdicate inexplicably.