Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

Chapter 604: 604
 

Chapter 605-Collecting Money

“Earth, done.”

Kant returned to the White Fog World. The Time Scale maintained the ratio of one to seven between the Foreignland and Earth. In other words, every hour that passed in the Foreignland was seven hours on Earth.

With this mechanism, he could quickly complete the deployment of armaments on Earth.

Orders sent to his suppliers through Kirov, from response to stocking to delivery to arrival, even if it was urgent, would take at least 24 hours.

In theory, the most ideal situation was that the first transport plane would arrive at the Broken Islands after three to four hours. It would receive the first batch of refugees and fly to the distant port.

The domestic requests and negotiations were also smooth.

Due to Kant’s painful sacrifices and concessions, the country agreed to his proposal to build or modify a large-scale experimental site in the country that nominally belonged to Kant. It would serve as a training ground for him to test his abilities, develop combat techniques, guide research work, and share precious data.

Since the deal was settled, there was no problem purchasing military supplies.

The relevant departments were coordinating the stock.

As for Uncle Wang’s vague details, Kant did not manage to get anything out of him. However, from the clues he had gathered, he could tell that something extraordinary had most likely appeared somewhere in the sea. As a result, Kant’s tentative suggestion to buy a mine had caused the relevant departments to overreact and suspect that he had something to do with the matter.

I just want to fry a fish in the Otherworld.

He wasn’t a criminal.

The Fire Stealer opened the door of the Realm and returned to the Otherworld.

The mysterious matters on Earth could wait until the matters in the other world were resolved.

The second stop, Lucerne.

“I’m here to stick to your father’s cold buttocks again.”

Kant and Tina hugged each other gently in the Maple Leaf Palace. The atmosphere was not romantic, and it was not the time for a girl to express her feelings. However, the soon-to-be son-in-law still cracked a joke.

Tina understood the saying,” A warm face is met with a cold buttocks.” Kant had translated this saying in the Chinese context for her and explained its actual meaning.

“What nonsense are you spouting?”

She rolled her eyes at Kant and giggled. She seemed to have thought of something scary. She blushed and whispered into Kant’s ear,” Stick mine. Mine is hot.”

Kant pretended to be close to her, but Tina giggled and dodged.

“Stop fooling around. How’s the situation now?”

When Kant had gone to the Sea-suppressing Castle, he had come back and taken Ah Xing with him. After the Battle of Paragues, Ah Xing’s body had resonated with the obsession left behind by Asha. She had regained the ability to use the Paralysis Element. By guiding the Paralysis Element into her body, she could follow Kant through the White Fog World.

Back then, the situation had been urgent. When he had taken Ah Xing away, Kant had only briefly explained the situation to Tina. Now, the situation had changed again…A very bad change.

“Star Palace…” Tina was shocked.” The one who injured Auntie?”

Kant nodded.

Before the Battle of Lucerne, an enemy from the heavens had descended into the mortal world, but he was killed by Sylmeria at the cost of his life. It was very embarrassing, but the Snow Sword Saint was still brooding over it.

Ever since she debuted, she had never suffered such a big loss.

” Let’s go.” Tina pulled Kant’s hand and walked out of the door.” Let’s go find Father.”

” I’ll go alone,” Kant said.

Tina opened the door and turned around to glare at him.” If I only let the two of you meet, you might quarrel again. If Father doesn’t agree to it, how are you going to take revenge on him?”

“What are you talking about?” Kant asked innocently. I’m a person who respects his elders. Even if he rejects me, I’ll definitely remain polite. I won’t treat him as an enemy because of this, and I won’t lose my kinship with him. I’ll still maintain a good personal relationship with him. I’ll even ask him to go hiking some other day.”

” Thank you,” the princess rolled her eyes at Kant and hugged his arm gently.

The two of them walked out of the room and walked down the corridor of the third floor of Maple Leaf Palace like a pair of intimate lovers. Kant looked around and asked casually,” What are you thanking me for?”

“Thank you for being willing to ease up with my father even after having conflicts with him continuously and even breaking up with him, even if it means that you might have to p-p

At this point, she pursed her lips and her face was red. She still could not say anything.

However, the brilliance and tenderness in her eyes could not be concealed.

In the Paragon Element incident, the archduke, who was tired of war, made the wrong choice and stood on the opposite side of Kant and Tina. After Kant’s victory, an extremely intense dispute broke out in the audience hall. Kant’s harsh words were almost like a declaration of war, symbolizing the end of his honeymoon period with Goethe’s aristocrats. The revenge he carried out in the distant port later made Kant’s reputation worse.

Under such circumstances, the entire Lucerne and even Goethe nobles were watching the war of grain prices in the distant port. They were even kicking Kant when he was down. No one was willing to lend Kant food. They even took the opportunity to transport the high-priced food to the distant port to earn a lot of money. It was obvious that they had made the wrong bet again.

At that time, due to the constraints of many nobles and bureaucrats, the Grand Duke was unable to provide any help. The war of grain prices ended with Kant’s complete victory. When the news was sent back, Lucerne fell silent. Countless people regretted their actions at that time. It was obvious that their actions at that time had intensified the hostility between them and Kant.

You see, not only did they not make any money, but they also lost a lot. Not only that, but they would also incur the hostility and hatred of these evil people from Aurora. Who wouldn’t regret it?

Countless nobles had been sighing these days. If they had known that the people of Aurora would win, they would have opened the granary and sent him food at all costs.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to ease the relationship and cancel the previous resentment?

Now, Kant was here.

If they wanted to carry out the unprecedented rescue and evacuation operation in the history of this foreign world, they would not only have to rely on the huge number of transport planes, fuel, and weapons on Earth, but they would also have to rely on the manpower, material resources, and advanced productivity of the foreign world. The distant port alone could not provide such a strong force.

The rapid construction of the airport required large-scale engineering magic devices and experienced mages from the Earth School of Thought. In addition, hot air balloons, Healing Priests, and magic crystals were needed… He had to think of a way to do all of this.

Where could he think of a solution?

The Arcane Magic Council, the Empire, the Sunset Moon Dynasty, Dragon Island…Countless.

Goethe’s nobles were leaking information everywhere. The news of Kant falling out with Grand Duke Goethe had already spread to all the countries and major forces. It could be said that with Kant’s current strength, potential, and the value of the Paragon Element, as long as he said the word, the people who came to him with large amounts of resources could line up from Distant Port to Valentan.

Under such circumstances, Kant was the first to think of Goethe.

Although he didn’t say the reason, Tina knew everything. He was afraid that she would be put in a difficult position, so he tried his best to mend his relationship with her father. This was an opportunity.

As long as he lent a helping hand, he would be grateful. With this exchange, the relationship could be eased.

Kant did not admit it even though Tina had pointed out his intention. He said proudly,” You’re wrong. I’m just being polite to you as a junior. In fact, I’m the benevolent one who allowed the corrupted feudal nobles to contribute to our magnificent cause. Their correct actions will earn them a reform voucher…”

“Second Sister will be very happy too, right?”Tina suddenly said as if she was deep in thought.

Kant choked.” Huh?” he asked blankly. What does it have to do with your second sister?”

The princess did not answer. She looked ahead with a meaningful gaze.

In the archduke’s study, the tablet was playing the images of the Broken Islands.

Rexnos watched the ten-minute clip without moving and then looked away.

He looked even more haggard than the first time they met. The defeat of the elves did not make the ruler who was worried about his country feel any better, because more challenges came one after another.

” So, what is your purpose?” The archduke looked at Kant calmly.

Kant replied,” There are more than 1,000 navy soldiers from the three countries on the Broken Islands. There are also at least 50,000 local residents. I want to rescue them all and send them to the distant port. This is a short-term goal.”

“That alien enemy fed himself to the deep sea monster under the Broken Islands. I don’t know what it is, but according to that old thing’s confession, if this thing awakens, it will bring great trouble. I have to think of a way to kill him. This is my mid-term goal.”

” The Star Palace’s hostility towards the mortal world has been made clear from the old man’s testimony. I’ve heard about them and have a rough idea of what they’ve done. In the future, similar disasters will definitely increase. I want to unite all the civilizations on the earth to fight against the enemy in the sky.”

After the archduke heard this, he was neither happy nor angry. I have a few questions.”

“Please speak.”

” You said that there are so many sea monsters in the sea that even the most powerful warships can’t resist them. Ships can’t pass through. How are you going to bring these tens of thousands of people back to the distant port?”

“In the air…” Kant explained. A large transport plane that can carry at least a thousand passengers at a time. If you prepare ten of them, it can be completed in five trips, and it only needs one trip.”

“Ha…” Rexnos said softly,” Amazing.”

He looked up at Kant.” But I guess it’s not easy. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have come.”

Kant nodded and said,” To transport the survivors scattered across the islands to the main central island’s large airport, we can only do so by air. I need a large number of hot air balloons, which are your reconnaissance flying platforms. Other than that, the runway requirements for large transport planes are extremely high. I can’t split myself up, so I have to rely on the civil engineering corps.”

“Then, why?”

“What do you mean why?”

“Why did you save these people?” The Great Duke said,” A few days ago, you had already evacuated many people from the Broken Islands. Those on the island now are basically the island masters ‘loyal followers, those who are hostile to you, and those who do not have the ability to leave. With your style of doing things, you should not care about the lives of these people, right?”

” If I remember correctly, you treat your enemies brutally and cruelly without leaving any future troubles behind. In the past month, fifty-four letters have been sent to my table. They came from all over the world, either jointly or individually. The nobles and scholars of all countries expressed great concern and indignation at your killing actions, because you have destroyed the honor of more than ten generations in a month…”

Kant extended his hand. Show me their names.”

“You can’t read.” The archduke looked at him, his expression still neither happy nor angry.

” Don’t make it sound like I’m illiterate,” Kant said furiously.” How long have I been here?” Is it strange that I don’t understand your language? I can get Tina to read it to me!”

“Answer my question.”

Kant thought for a moment.” If I have to find a reason, then in my opinion, manpower is an extremely precious resource. 50,000 survivors are equivalent to 50,000 laborers. Other than that, the talents that the Broken Islands have recruited are also of great value. Accepting them will be beneficial to my future plans. Furthermore, this massive evacuation is a good deterrent and a display of my benevolence to the world…”

He shrugged.” But to put it simply, I just think that no one deserves to die like that.”

The archduke narrowed his eyes.” But can a person’s limbs be twisted by a spinning wheel, can a hungry rat drill into his abdominal cavity, can a sharp blade cut off all his flesh, and can a strong rope slowly strangle him to death?”

” No,” Kant said coldly.” But those aren’t humans.”

The archduke propped himself up on the table and slowly stood up.” They are nobles. They have noble status and bloodline. Their ancestors sacrificed everything for this country. They…”

“Oh, what else do they have?” Kant said coldly,” I don’t know your history, and I don’t care how powerful their ancestors were. This might be your law. The ancestors built achievements, and the descendants enjoyed the glory. I have no intention of judging whether this rule is right or wrong, but that’s not the point.”

“The main point of the problem is not that they rely on the honor and grace of their ancestors to obtain enjoyment and life that far exceeds that of ordinary people, but that they use the grace of their ancestors to do evil. Ew!”

Kant knocked on the table and said coldly,” The lowlifes eat black bread mixed with sawdust. The nobles eat white bread baked with butter and honey. But the nobles are still not satisfied. They want to eat it with the blood of the lowlifes. Bastards, I think they died too quickly! Do you understand, Your Grace? Look at my mouth. People, nobles, and lowlifes are all people. It’s better to say that the words ‘cheap’ and ‘expensive’ are very cheap in themselves!”

“All the nobles on the continent think that my methods are cruel? Killing too many nobles? That’s great. That’s what I want. I want to exterminate all the families of those heartless b * stards and make the other lords on the dry shore grieve. I want them to know that there are lunatics in this world who don’t care about the rules of the game and can kill their entire families at any time and place. If they want to taste the blood of the commoners on bread one day, I will appear in front of them!”

Once again, they were at daggers drawn and tit-for-tat.

Archduke Rechnos subconsciously avoided Kant’s gaze.

Because what he saw in that gaze was not the pleasure of killing or the bloodthirsty loss, but the persistence, honesty, and determination that was as sharp as a sword and swept away all sins.

A conflicted feeling crossed in the heart of this benevolent king.

He instinctively agreed with Kant’s words. The commoners were human beings too. They had to be punished for their crimes. The nobles could not abuse civilians or commit crimes. However, as a part of the nobles, the education and cultural influence they had received since they were young still made him feel that Kant’s killing was too much.

He sighed,”You could have just executed them…”

” The perfect criminal law should be left to the professionals. I’m a mob, and I will only kill my entire family.”

Kant said calmly,” In my place, the more evil you commit, the more you will suffer. If you kill an innocent person with a single slash, you deserve to be stabbed in the neck. As for those nobles, they almost starved hundreds of innocent and powerless civilians to death. Tell me, how should they die?”

The archduke glanced at Kant, wanting to say something.

“I’ll dare next time.” Kant cut him off.” If you want to mediate the conflict between me and the Goethe nobles, please save your breath. I can only promise you one thing. I won’t use force first, but if they cross the line, the corpses hanging from the distant port’s streetlights will be the example.”

A hint of anger flashed in Archduke Rexnos ‘eyes. Can’t you think of the consequences? Think about those who follow you, think about Tina…If you lose, what will happen to them?”

” I can’t lose,” Kant and Tina said almost simultaneously.

They were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and smiled.

Then, they all looked at their old father.

Although Tina did not say anything or stop him during the previous argument, she was now standing beside Kant and leaning gently against the young man beside her. Her smile was bright, and when she looked at her father, her eyes were filled with joy, pride, and trust. This was the person she had chosen herself.

That expression was so proud.

For a moment, the archduke’s heart was filled with sour joy.

Or the sourness of joy.

What kind of emotion was it…

His eyes were dazed for a moment.

“Father?” Tina was stunned for a moment and asked worriedly.

The archduke waved his hand.

” Kant,” he said.” I am Grand Duke Rexnos Tedarell of Goethe.”

Kant nodded solemnly.

” Although you split Goethe, occupied Far Harbor, challenged my authority, provoked the entire noble class, messed up the Blue Wave Province, and even kidnapped my daughter…”

The archduke said coldly,” However, according to the teachings of our ancestors, in the name of Tedarell, I still want to show you the glory of the Goethe aristocracy. We remember the teachings of our ancestors and the virtues of knights and lend a helping hand to those in need. Goethe will provide you with magic devices, mages, and resources.”

He extended his hand to Kant.” You may be extreme, paranoid, and troublesome, but your reason for saving people has moved me. Kant, Goethe is willing to help you. Tedarell is willing to help you. I am also willing to help you, but only this time. Do you understand?”

Kant and Tina smiled at the same time.

He extended his hand and shook the archduke’s.

However, the other party’s hand suddenly tightened.

“-but for a fee.”

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