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I believe this incident has made everyone clearly aware of the strength of Kassel College. I think we should maintain our existing relationship with them and leave each other alone!
With just two simple sentences, the blame was subtly shifted to Andre Lawson, but only temporarily suspended; the execution of the sentence was up to him, the leader.
It also sets the tone for a solution to the problem.
"But we've lost an entire task force, just like that... isn't that a bit..."
Some people may still feel resentful, but this resentment is quickly dispelled by a remark from someone close to them: "If you feel it's not working, we'd be happy to support you in negotiating with the other party."
The man gave a sullen smile and said nothing more.
The last action team that left Nibelungen was basically wiped out, and the one before that, Julian Lawson, lost an arm.
One can imagine how ruthless the other party is. Going to negotiate? It's more like going to your death!
Soon, someone brought up the old issue again: "Didn't they say that the principal of Kassel College, Angers, was going to communicate with us? Did they communicate? Did they reach an agreement? How did the communication go?"
These words immediately drew attention to Lu Lincheng.
Lu Lincheng remained calm and composed, turning to look at his wife, Giovanni. "I've entrusted Giovanni with communicating with Principal Angers. Everyone, come and listen."
"The communication with Principal Angers was very pleasant."
Giovanni gave a delighted smile, as if he were reuniting with an old friend he hadn't seen in years. If he had to admit it, they hadn't been in contact with each other for a long time since the Doomsday Faction had completely retreated to Nibelungen.
"The principal of Angers has only one condition: the release of all personnel from the Kassel College."
"that's all!?"
Didn't they ask for the items to be returned?
"If we had known it would be like this, we would have agreed sooner."
"..."
The simpler the conditions, the harder it is for everyone to accept the loss of the entire action team.
Although there's no going back in this world, they can't help but replay the events in their minds... If Julian Lawson hadn't acted impulsively back then, would they have agreed to the terms directly and avoided all the subsequent problems?
Not to mention these people, even Andre Lawson and his son Mills Lawson had the same thought flash through their minds.
"If no one here has any objections, then it's decided! Release those people from Kassel College as soon as possible, and let this matter conclude here!"
Lu Lincheng seemed to be addressing everyone, but his gaze was actually fixed on Andre Lawson, who had not uttered a word since entering the council hall.
Knowing he was in the wrong and his argument was untenable, Andre Lawson chose to acquiesce. He was well aware that speaking out at this critical juncture would undoubtedly give the Lu Lin City leadership a chance to continue attacking him.
He had already planned it all out: what he lost here, he would make up for elsewhere.
If you lose your horse, you will know no blessings.
The task force was almost completely wiped out. Even if Captain Levi returned alive, his major decision-making errors would make it impossible for him to remain in his position.
That's it!
Andre Lawson has set his sights on the position of action team leader, planning to put his grandson Julian in that position and then build a more obedient action team!
Chapter 173 Sounds the Prelude to "War"
Thousands of miles high in the sky.
"President, if it weren't for you, this time... Enough said, it's all in this drink!"
Novsky raised the glass full of high-proof vodka, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp. "From now on, I'll go through fire and water without hesitation, as long as the chairman gives the order!"
While at Kassel College, he learned about many of the fine traditions of China, including the saying "deep feelings are expressed by drinking it all in one gulp".
After finishing, I returned to my seat and collapsed onto the soft sofa chair with a sigh.
The way Novsky addressed Cao Han as "Chairman" was more genuine than ever before. Heaven knows how complex his emotional journey was during his time as a prisoner...
The moment I was led to Nibelungen by the Doomsday Faction, I even felt a sense of despair at the prospect of losing my freedom completely.
"No, no, no."
Cao Han waved his hand repeatedly in acknowledgment.
The feeling of hearing a Russian bear speak fluent Chinese is no less strange than hearing a Northeasterner speaking Cantonese with a lisp; it just feels unsettling.
"To be honest, I thought it would take at least a day or two to get results, but I didn't expect them to be so quick," Cao Han couldn't help but exclaim.
It's simply because he doesn't understand the situation within the Doomsday Faction.
With the removal of Elder Andre Lawson's faction from the constraints, the Doomsday Faction was practically controlled by Lu Lincheng and his wife, Jovini.
No matter how unwilling they were to accept the loss of the action team, they had no choice but to accept reality. Levi, the sole survivor and leader of the action team, could not ignore the situation, and the Doomsday Faction could not afford any further losses.
The decision made by Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini quickly gained the support of the majority.
Led by Novsky, the executive commissioner and some core researchers from the Baidi City ruins, a total of thirteen people, returned to Yekaterinburg under Constantine's guidance to reunite with Cao Han and his group.
That's how we ended up taking a chartered flight back to school together.
The people are back, but the things are gone!
In particular, the most crucial and important core bronze disc of Baidi City, according to Constantine, was the result of communication between Principal Angers and the other party.
Cao Han guessed that these were probably the conditions that had been agreed upon before he wiped out the task force and taught Julian Lawson a lesson. Since Principal Angers had personally negotiated with the other party, he didn't say anything more.
Otherwise, given the circumstances at the time, no matter what excessive demands Cao Han made, the Doomsday Faction would have had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree if they didn't want to experience the terror of being "blocked at the door."
"Is the school about to go to war?!"
Looking at the content on the tablet, Novsky had a surreal feeling, as if he had been trapped for years, not just a few days.
After several days of fermentation.
The news that the Arctic monitoring station detected what appeared to be Leviathan, the King of the Sea and Water, emitting a "whale song" not only spread throughout the entire Kassel College, but also caused a great stir on the Night Watchers forum.
Perhaps from the very beginning, the school had no intention of hiding anything.
The Greenland ice sea incident happened so recently, it's not an exaggeration to say that it's still fresh in people's minds. Many of those who were involved back then are still college seniors, and they couldn't help but grit their teeth when they heard the news.
Although no professor or instructor has personally confirmed the authenticity of this sudden news, the atmosphere of war hanging over Kassel College is already clearly palpable.
For the freshmen, this was the first time they had such a direct experience of what it was like when this semi-military management school really got serious.
"War is indeed about to break out, but the enemy is a dragon king."
Cao Han spoke of it with such ease and nonchalance, as if he were facing not the Dragon King, one of the Four Sovereigns, but some blind lizard.
Although he hasn't been on campus for a while, he has been keeping a close eye on the developments of this matter.
The good news worth mentioning is that Principal Angers, who had been adrift on the vast ocean for some time, has finally returned to the school to take charge.
With Angers as the "backbone," the entire Kassel College began to operate at high speed.
Pulled around and moved the whole body.
An army cannot move until its supplies are ready; all kinds of material reserves are needed.
Slaying a dragon is not something that can be accomplished on a whim; each time, it requires meticulous planning to ensure there is a solution for every possible possibility.
Three small meetings a day, one big meeting every three days.
Various planning workshops, tactical solution discussions, and so on... plans and solutions can be updated and iterated from version "1.0" to "12.0" in a single day, which is nothing short of insane.
The Executive Department and the Equipment Department play a pivotal role in this process.
Upon hearing that the opponent they were likely to face was a dragon king who had lived for countless years, Akadura, the current director of the Institute of Alchemy and Scientific Engineering, unusually suppressed his rare sense of humor and his fanatical pursuit of bombs.
Instead, he mobilized all his subordinates to begin researching weapons to target Leviathan, the king of the sea and water.
If the former provides the possibility of slaying the dragon, then the latter is the ultimate executor of that slaying.
As the department that symbolizes "violence" at Kassel College, the Executive Department must and absolutely must step forward in times like these.
During the meetings held over the past few days to discuss the details of the plan and the battle strategy, the name "Cao Han" was inevitably mentioned the most times.
A person's name, the shadow of a tree.
With his impressive "achievements" laid in the past, Cao Han is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate to slay the dragon.
As the saying goes, "A skilled craftsman must first have the right tools." After Angers made the initial decision on the team members for the dragon-slaying mission, the biggest challenge left to the equipment department, Akadura, was how to ensure the success of the mission.
at the same time.
Inside the headquarters of the executive department, Principal Angers, Minister von Schneider, and even the Vice Principal Night Watchman, who rarely leaves the lighthouse, all gathered together, their eyes fixed on the virtual Earth projected in 3D at the very center.
On this virtual Earth, the sea near Greenland at the top is covered in a bright red.
"Based on the latest intelligence reported back by the advance team."
“Abnormal celestial phenomena have begun to appear near the Greenland Sea. Since the day the ‘song of the whales’ was first detected, the local temperature has been dropping continuously, and it has now reached an astonishing level of minus forty degrees Celsius. The local people have been forced to begin migrating south.”
The advance team, also known as cannon fodder, had each member leave a will before departing from the academy.
After hearing the detailed information, the entire room fell into a deathly silence, and everyone's face was more solemn than ever before.
"Elemental Turbulence!"
"The strange phenomena that occur when the four major dragon races of monarch level or above appear."
"As expected, the mysterious white figure beneath the Greenland sea has reappeared, just like it did back then!"
"He...is back!"
Anyone with a deep understanding of dragons can immediately discern the meaning behind the strange phenomenon.
"Professor Schneider, are you sure it's the monster you saw in the icy sea back then?" Angers asked the question that everyone present was very concerned about.
"It should be different from the last fleeting glimpse. This time we finally caught the guy's true face. We never expected that the white death god under the icy sea... would actually be a giant prehistoric white whale."
Schneider's deep, hoarse voice trembled slightly, not out of fear, but rather out of excitement—excitement that his long-awaited revenge was so close!
"The form of dragons has never been fixed. However, a professor who studies the history of dragons speculates that this huge white whale is very likely the mythical Leviathan. The fact that it can cause such a large-scale phenomenon is definitely the power of the first generation of species."
Hilbert Jean Angers explained.
As the chosen dragon slayer, he has killed countless bizarre pure-blooded dragons, and most mythical creatures are based on him.
In addition, the advance team continued to send back more relevant intelligence.
For example, large-scale abnormal migrations of marine life were detected on the seabed near Greenland.
Migration?
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