Faced with Soshyan's rejection, Bertus Willibald was silent for a moment, and then the forged battle ax in his hand tapped the ground.
"Even if Angstrom is destroyed, it will never fall into the hands of heretics and traitors! I have sent instructions to all forges and foundries, and they will execute self-destruction in an hour!"
"Why bother, Great Sage, Angstrom's achievements today are due to the blood and sweat of thousands of technical priests and thousands of years of knowledge accumulation... I will not kill you."
"Um?"
"Your fate will be left to Mars to decide. Until then... Angstrom will be governed by a United Council of Seven Sages until a new Forgemaster is appointed by Mars. "
This is also a compromise plan that Soshiyang thought about for a long time. It would be too obvious to directly push the representative appointed by Reza to the stage. Mars is likely to be completely angered, but after all, he has an appointment with Reza, and he did provide it. If it helps a lot, then let's change the idea and let the foundry director remain vacant, and then arrange the position of councilor for Reza's secret son. This can be regarded as an agreement, but it will not anger Mars too much.
And after experiencing this incident, Soshyan has a deeper understanding of the duality of the Mechanicus. Therefore, even Reza, who is currently in the honeymoon period of cooperation, cannot say that there will be no possibility of falling out in the future. The expedition is not over yet, and An If Gerstrom is completely controlled by them, it seems that he will have little leverage in the subsequent negotiations with Reza. It is better to maintain a weak balance now, and as a middleman, let Reza maintain a valid position as much as possible. Seek your own status.
The rest depends on how Reza plays the game with Angstrom's local forces. Anyway, the wedge of power has already been driven in by the other party. If Angstrom cannot be controlled by this, then he cannot be blamed. .
In addition, letting Mars decide Angstrom's new foundry director is also a way to save Mars' face and reduce the hostility they may form due to this incident. At the same time, keeping Bertus alive can also reduce Angstrom's local power against the expeditionary force. After all, if the foundry director died on his hands, the blood would be difficult to wash away from his gauntlets for a long time.
As for the cruel words he said before the war, I can only say... As a person responsible for hundreds of billions of lives, he needs to think more and make more choices, and cannot do things based on a sense of honor alone, although this sounds like It’s the rhetoric of some cunning politicians, but it’s also true.
This is also the reason why Soshyan asked Seth to guard the door. He guessed that Reza would probably arrange for an assassin to come in and completely eliminate the "little tail" Bertus Willibald.
"You... want to send me to Mars?"
Bertus Willibald looked a little skeptical after listening to Soshyan's words.
"I can't analyze the logic."
Soshiyang walked forward with a smile, lowered his head slightly and said softly:
"My relationship with Reza...may not be as close as you think, Sage."
Bertus Willibald's visual instrument flashed slightly, and then he said in a lower voice:
"Commander Soshyan, actually I can give you more..."
Soshyan shook his head.
"The ending has been decided and cannot be changed. I wish you a happy trip to Mars in the future."
After a moment of silence, Bertus Willibald suddenly raised the mechanical battle ax in his hand. It showed the contained force field with a shining halo. It was embedded with a gem the size of a human eyeball. It was both a A powerful power weapon, it is also a scepter that symbolizes dominance. This scepter alone can declare Bertus Willibald's rights to the forged world of Angstrom.
When the opponent made this move, the Terminators immediately became nervous and activated their weapons one after another. However, Soshyan was not worried at all and just looked at the opponent with a smile.
"Chapter Commander Soshyan Alexei, in accordance with the binary inheritance rights and the seal edict of the General of the Mars Foundry, confirmed that I am the legal foundry director of Angstrom. Only he can legally revoke my power, and only he can seize it. Walk this scepter.”
Soshyan raised his head slightly and noticed that the lights on the dome of the temple had been extinguished at some point, and there were some lake-shaped figures clinging to them and crawling in the darkness.
As expected, Reza's mechanical assassin sneaked in despite Seth holding the door.
If it weren't for his presence, I'm afraid they would have killed him.
He lowered his head, looked at Angstrom, the great sage at the end of his life, and said softly:
"Great Sage Bertus, power is never given by a stick, but power gives the stick a unique meaning. Once the halo of power dissipates, it will be just a metal stick... .The decision to define this power now rests with me, so if you are attached to the stick, you can take it with you."
Bertus Willibald was stunned, and then his logic analyzer clearly analyzed the meaning and connotation of every paragraph, every word of Soshyan.
Then, he lowered his arms and hunched his back slightly, looking very frustrated.
"I understand...please allow me to take away my personal servants and some personal property."
"You make a list, and I'll have someone send it to you right away."
It only took a few seconds for the great sage of Angstrom to make a list and print it into a parchment roll through a portable micro-printing device. After Soshyan took it, he handed it to Maximilian and asked him to take it. Lists collect people and things.
Having done this, Soshyan pointed to the door.
"I'll take you out."
Perhaps because he had received too many surprises today, Bertus Willibald was even used to this kind of abnormal behavior and nodded slightly.
"my pleasure."
While walking in the corridor where a large number of cleaning servitors had begun to clean up the debris after the war, Soshyan suddenly said in a low voice to Bertus next to him:
"Great Sage, can you hand over those evidences and records to me?"
"What?"
"We intercepted a fleet of Huo Yinlande family not long ago."
After Bertus's visual device flickered for a moment, he finally realized what "evidence" Soshyan was referring to.
However, he hesitated, because once those things were exposed, not only would he be punished with death, but many people in Angstrom would also die...
Seemingly guessing the other party's concerns, Soshiyang chuckled and said:
"Don't worry, Great Sage, I am only using it to deal with other people, and will not do any harm to you and Angstrom. Moreover, I believe that such confidential data records will definitely be kept on you alone, let alone leaked. "
After much thought, he chose to surrender.
"I believe in you, Supreme Commander Soshyan. In fact, we have nothing to do. The heretics control many key rare minerals... but we have never directly sold military supplies to them."
As he spoke, he took out a small memory storage piece.
“These are the records of over a hundred years of transactions.”
"Thank you."
After Soshyan put away the memory storage piece, Bertus suddenly changed the subject.
"Also, regarding the Blessing Barrier...that is, the Star Castle that is about to be completed, what do you plan to do with it?"
"Don't worry, it will always belong to Angstrom. No one can take it away. Of course, if the war situation is tense, the expeditionary force may borrow it for a period of time, but I promise that I will never transfer it to other people or organizations. War When it’s over, I guarantee with my personality and my soul that it will stay in Angstrom.”
Bertus nodded. He spent all his time in Angstrom's rule on the Star Fortress, and it was the only legacy he could leave to the Forge World.
"Thank you very much, Chapter Commander Soshyan."
