civilwarnovels Chapter 3146 "Romantic" Wedding Season (66)
Chapter 3146 "Romantic" Wedding Season (66)
Chapter 3146 "Romantic" Wedding Season (Sixty-six)
In the royal palace of the Shi'ar Empire, the atmosphere was extremely depressing and dull. Queen Lilandra no longer looked sleepy and perfunctory as she used to during the morning court meetings. Instead, her face was cold and her aura was imposing.
"What's going on?" She asked in a low voice, but no one dared to answer.
The fleet had been destroyed long ago, and no one knew how the five battleships ended up in the Skrull territory, so of course she could turn the tables and ask what the other people in the hall had done.
After a while, a noble finally stood up, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to dwell on past losses. The Skrulls are so arrogant, we must teach them a lesson!"
As soon as he said this, many people immediately stood up to agree with him, but the queen knew that she couldn't agree so easily, so she said again: "It's easy for you to say it! It's not easy to save face, do you want to declare war on the New Skrull Empire?!"
"I think so!" Another taller noble stood up and said, "They were the first to attack. Why can't we retaliate?!"
"You are confused!" The queen said in a deep voice, "The situation in the universe is stable now, which is a good time to do business. You want to go to war just when the treasury revenue has improved. What confidence do you have?!"
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Another younger noble stood up and said, "The Kree Empire and the New Skrull Empire are incompatible. If we declare war on the Skrulls, they will definitely not sit idly by and will definitely provide us with help."
"That's right. The Kree Empire has a deep hatred for the Skrull Empire. If we take action, the Supreme Wisdom will definitely punish us..."
The queen frowned deeply, and seemed to disagree with the proposal, but the nobles below were talking to each other, with a momentum that was 60 versus 80, and the advantage was in my hands.
Thanos walked through the long dark corridor and took his seat in the House of Commons Chamber. As soon as his butt touched the chair, he heard a long sigh beside him.
"What's wrong, Councillor Wessel?"
"What else could have happened? I don't know what the Skrulls are thinking. They actually wiped out an entire fleet of the Shi'ar Empire! The Shi'ar Empire will not tolerate this."
"Is this what the emergency meeting is about?"
"What else could it be? We are fine, but you, the head of the security department, are going to be in big trouble!"
"How to say?"
"What else can I say? They want to fight, and we can't stop them, but we can't just do nothing. The only thing we can do is mediate. But look at the situation now. Who can mediate?"
Thanos pretended to be in deep thought, and as expected, the Speaker soon asked, "Director Thanos, what do you think of the mediator?"
Thanos straightened his clothes, stood up and said, "I think it's better to let humans go."
"what?!"
"I say, let the humans from the courtyard of the nine kingdoms go!"
The audience was in an uproar.
The blue-skinned speaker frowned, thinking for a while, and the discussion in the audience gradually weakened, and then voices of agreement continued to sound.
This is an open conspiracy because humans are indeed well suited to mediation.
Firstly, humans themselves are extremely weak, and 99% of the races present can kill an individual of this fragile race with a single punch. Although there are some strong ones among them, most humans are just a drag.
This civilization is not particularly advanced, and it will take at least several hundred years for basic science to develop to the stage of space colonization.
The location of the Earth is extremely remote. If any of the three empires wants to invade the Earth, it will require mobilizing a large number of troops, wasting manpower and money.
But there is a group of strong people protecting the earth. In addition to those people in Asgard, mutants also came from the earth, and humans themselves also have strong people.
This means that the human population will not pose any threat to the universe for the time being, will not occupy any resources, and even if a few of them occasionally step onto the interstellar stage, they will not be able to drag down their own civilization.
What is the purpose of fighting for power in the court? Isn't it for one's own family? The same is true in the universe. The intrigues in the interstellar alliance are all for the purpose of helping one's own civilization seize resources.
However, humans have not yet reached the stage of seizing resources. Although the potential is indeed strong and they can at least develop to the stage of colonizing the universe, they are not there yet. Therefore, it is better to let humans come to the fore on the interstellar political stage than to let people of other races come to the fore.
Moreover, although humans themselves are in a relatively poor state, they have strong family ties, their good brothers are all more capable than each other in fighting, and they have produced many strong men themselves. They are able to control the situation and are not looked down upon by the three empires.
Isn't this the perfect mediator?
If it succeeds, it's nothing more than the credit of one or two humans, who can just be given a sinecure and at most some obsolete technology. If it fails, it won't affect anyone's face, and if other people are sent and fail too, there will be lessons to be learned, so it won't be shameful.
As everyone was discussing, they were about to make a decision, but Thanos said, "Although I think humans are suitable, I don't have any specific candidates. Do you have any civilization that has a close relationship with humans..."
"Hey, that's not right, Thanos. I remember you seem to have a close relationship with Asgard, right? Since you proposed the candidate, you should naturally be the one to communicate with him."
"Yes, yes. If such an important task is handed over to a planetary civilization, they will surely be grateful. You have to report this good news..."
"I think so too. Why don't you go? None of us know humans."
Listening to their chatter, Thanos sneered in his heart. Aren't they just worried that throwing such a difficult job to humans would anger Asgard? A bunch of cowards.
After the meeting, Thanos still had to put on a stern face and pretend to be depressed. When he returned to the office, Loki and Nick were already waiting for him.
Nick let out a long sigh and said, "Thank you, man, I finally don't have to attend the damn wedding rehearsal. We have released balloons more than 20 times in the same place today..."
Thanos walked up to him and shook his hand, then said, "Director, I believe in your ability. Asking you to come here for training is just..."
Nick waved his hand and said, "I understand. Besides, I do need to learn some knowledge about civilized communication. How about this? Take me to your finance department first..."
"Ministry of Finance? Why not Ministry of Foreign Affairs?"
Nick looked like he didn't understand. He put his hands behind his back and said, "Diplomacy is all about perfunctory and polite words. The real security expenditures can reveal who is not a good person."
Thanos deeply agreed with this. As expected, anyone who could firmly control the Time Management Bureau must be no simple person.
Thanos took Nick out, and Loki winked at him so hard that his eyes almost went blind.
But unfortunately, Thanos is a giant, much taller than a human, and the female Loki is not that tall. She was making expressions for a long time, but Thanos didn't see it at all.
Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Luo Ji sighed deeply, "If the King of Hell wants you to die at three o'clock in the morning, I will keep you before five o'clock. I hope that your steps to the Finance Department will be as brisk in the future."
The Shi'ar Empire still declared war on the New Skrull Empire.
Schiller was almost the last one to know the news, and at the same time he also learned from Loki that Nick had become the mediator in the war between the two empires.
He spat out a mouthful of water on the spot.
When he learned that this was actually Thanos' suggestion and that Thanos had Nick trained in the security department for two days, he almost choked himself to death.
Schiller made the two empires fight each other just to muddy the waters so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to pull out a few carrots and then push a human superhero like Captain America, who cannot use force as a strategic deterrent but has a good diplomatic and political mind, into the carrot pit of the interstellar political arena.
But Nick was not out to pull the carrots. He was more like the black bear who stole the cassock. He was out to steal the farmer's property deed and then sell the farm.
Under Schiller's operation, the two empires may fight a long-lasting war, which may occasionally get a little out of control, resulting in some personnel vacancies, but it will not completely overturn the current situation in the universe.
But Nick really wants the three empires to die, and before the three empires die, he will definitely let them list him as the only heir to their legacy.
Schiller quickly sent a message to Nick, asking him to be more restrained. Before humans become truly powerful, the three empires must not die.
But he soon discovered that his vision was a little too long-term. What Nick was looking at was not the three major empires, but the security department in Thanos's hands.
Schiller took a deep breath. Without the support of humans, it would be difficult for Nick to deal with the three empires, but it would be easy to deal with the security department of the Interstellar Alliance.
When Schiller learned that Nick had convinced Thanos that as long as he mediated and made initial progress, Thanos would arrange a position for him in the finance department of the security department, he really wanted to open Thanos' purple skull and see how many tons of water were inside.
Then Schiller called Loki again and asked her why she didn't stop Thanos. Loki was also helpless. Was it something she could stop?
Schiller was not worried that Nick would do something to anger Thanos after taking charge of the Finance Department, causing his two pawns to fight each other. Instead, he was worried that if Thanos discovered Nick's talent in this area, he would directly choose to go along with him.
Schiller had no doubt that in terms of moral bottom line, Thanos and Nick were on par with each other. Once Thanos found out what Nick was doing, not only would he not care, but he would immediately transform into a bigger rat and work with Nick to eat away the foundation of the Interstellar Alliance.
Nick will definitely use the resources he gets on humans, but once Thanos has enough resources, he will definitely restart his dream of becoming the overlord of the universe.
While releasing balloons at the wedding, Schiller was thinking whether it was worthwhile to bring more resources to the Earth while strengthening Thanos. In any case, the mediator could not be changed, and he would have to take action himself when necessary.
Thanos was sitting in his office drinking tea. His secretly developed informant was reporting to him on the mediation situation. When he heard that Nick had accepted bribes from the Shi'ar Empire, he just smiled slightly.
This kind of thing is very normal. Although the Shi'ar Empire will not withdraw its troops, it is normal to give some face to the mediators and let them say a few words for you during the mediation. And to make these words better, it naturally requires some external support.
As for the writing fee, those who understand will understand.
But the next second, Thanos was stunned.
"…How much did you say he received?!"
"Three...three hundred million universal coins!"
"puff!!!"
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