The Empire Is a Beacon of Civilization; SilverAsh: "I'm Desperate to Get Ahead" / Rhodes Island's Dilemma; Amiya Arrives ...

Hearing this, Artoria and Meli nodded.

They naturally knew this, after all, they were based on the idea of An Xiu, so it was realized in advance.

Previously, An Xiu would Materialize Clone just before going to the new world or simply after going to the new world, and then develop from scratch in the new world with the avatar. This is the first time that An Xiu has tried to send a clone to the next world to develop in advance.

It can be said that An Xiu is very much looking forward to Artoria and Meli bringing different experiences to him in the near future.

"Then without further ado, I will send you off now."

With anticipation, An Xiu sent Artoria and Meli to the KonoSuba world, and used the system function to purchase identities for them.

With the strength of Lancer Artoria forms Artoria and Meli, there should be no enemies in Konosuba World's world that could threaten their safety, so An Xiu is not worried about their safety.

On the contrary, it is the natives of that world who should be worried.

After all, the Holy Lance Rhongomyniad in the hands of Artoria is a genuine anti-star weapon, and it has no restrictions.

As for Meli, although its strength is not as exaggerated as Artoria, which is the embodiment of An Xiu, it is not much weaker.

Putting aside the products I bought in the discount area last time, the points spent on An Xiu Materialize Clone this time are actually almost the same between Meli and Artoria.

Of course, the main reason for this is that Holy Lance Rhongomyniad, who is the biggest consumer of Artoria, has been bought out by An Xiu in advance. On the other hand, there is only one poor Nightmare Bloodline on Meli's side, and An Xiu has to pay for the rest of the capabilities to make up for it.

In other words, without Holy Lance, Artoria may not be able to deal with Meli's superb illusion skills and various other abilities.

Artoria and Meli were sent to the world of KonoSuba, and the identities agreed upon in advance were arranged for them. Then An Xiu stopped paying attention to their situation.

This kind of thing will definitely be more surprising if you wait until the time comes to see it in person.

For now... let's put it aside for now.

In this way, a week passed.

On this day, a figure wearing a black coat came to the capital of the empire, Londinium.

Looking at the magnificent city in front of him, Enxiodis Shivaash, who is also the chairman of the Kalan Trading Company and the current patriarch of the Shivaash family, took a deep breath.

Although Kjerag is often ridiculed for not having access to the Internet, unlike some countries that are still in the tribal era, Kjerag still has progressive people like SilverAsh who are more motivated and eager to make their country more prosperous and powerful.

Karlan Trade Co. was founded based on this concept. However, the international situation on Terra is complicated. Especially in the past six months, the sudden rise of the Holy Terra Empire has made SilverAsh, the chairman of the company's foreign trade, afraid to act rashly in a short time.

But now, the international situation has become clear, and Holy Terra Empire has shown its overwhelming power to all countries. This has also made Boss Yin determined to come to Londinium, the capital of the Holy Terra Empire, with the intention of looking for opportunities to cooperate with the empire.

Walking on the bustling streets of Londinium, SilverAsh observed the changes in the residents of this city compared to the previous Victoria period.

If we say that in the Victoria period, although the streets of Londinium were equally prosperous, most of the residents on the streets looked in a hurry and had tense expressions. Everyone was like a gear that maintained the operation of the city, as if they could not stop for a moment.

So now, the streets of Londinium and the residents on the streets have a more peaceful atmosphere than before. It is difficult to describe this feeling in words, but what can be seen is that the expressions on the faces of the vast majority of Londinium residents are much more relaxed than in the Victoria period, and there is a kind of expectation for future life in their eyes.

However, the change in atmosphere is still secondary. If we want to talk about the most intuitive change...

Boom...

The steam mecha, which was seven or eight meters high, flew through the air, and the people around it looked unsurprised.

As early as a week ago, a large number of imitation Steam Knight mechas began to be gradually assigned to patrol the streets of various cities in the empire. Feeling the momentum coming from these huge mechas, SilverAsh looked silent and just accelerated his pace.

He didn't remember that Londinium in the Victoria period or even Steam Knight patrolled the streets of other cities, or that he was so luxurious that he could use Steam Knight to maintain public order. Only today's Holy Terra Empire has such strength and confidence.

Chapter 208: The empire is the beacon of civilization, Boss Yin: I want to make progress too much

Crossing the street, SilverAsh arrived at a very famous high-end restaurant in the city center.

When he came to the empire this time, he was certainly not unprepared. The so-called strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, not to mention that in front of the empire, whether it is SilverAsh himself, Karlan Trade Co., or the entire Kjerag, they can only be regarded as minor players.

Therefore, before arriving at Londinium, he had already established relationships in advance and made an appointment to meet here with an imperial official related to the management of the foreign trade industry.

Now, after arriving at the restaurant where the meeting was held, SilverAsh walked straight in without hesitation.

After identifying himself, SilverAsh was quickly led by the restaurant's service staff to the private room that had been reserved in advance.

"Excuse me."

Pushing open the door of the box, SilverAsh saw a young man with black hair, sitting on a chair, with no identifiable racial characteristics, and a female film standing behind him, with a slumped face and a very cold expression.

Seeing this scene, SilverAsh's eyes suddenly changed.

Before approaching the box, he clearly saw the door number of the room. This box was indeed the box he had reserved in advance. However, SilverAsh was very sure that the two people in the room in front of him were not the imperial officials he had made an appointment with.

Because as far as he understood, the imperial official he was meeting with should be an older male, Film. The two people in the room were of the same race and gender, and their ages were obviously wrong.

So, what went wrong?

"Due to reports from the masses, some imperial officials took advantage of the rights granted to them by the empire to engage in corruption and bribery. They have been dealt with by Imperial Assassination Squad. The person who was originally waiting for you here is one of the people who have been dealt with."

Just listen to An Xiu sitting on the chair and speaking.

Just as he said, the imperial official in the box had already been dealt with by Imperial Assassination Squad, and he was dealt with in front of An Xiu. For such a disloyal guy who takes the rights and treatment given to them by the empire, An Xiu has always had only one attitude, and that is to kill.

The specialized personnel of Imperial Assassination Squad will be in charge. They will investigate secretly and collect evidence and then proceed directly. There is no need for any nonsense in the whole process, and even the steps of trial are omitted.

"That's it."

In this regard, SilverAsh did not express any attitude. In other words, as an outsider, he knew very well that given the current situation, it was best not to say anything proactively to avoid making any mistakes.

"Enciodas SilverAsh, that's the name, right?"

"This matter is an internal matter within the empire and has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to be so nervous. The empire has already investigated your original purpose. If you don't mind, please sit down first."

I saw An Xiu saying SilverAsh's name lightly, while pointing to the chair opposite him, indicating to the other party to sit down first.

In response, SilverAsh did not refuse. After nodding to An Xiu and Kal'tsit behind An Xiu, he simply sat down opposite An Xiu.

Again, whether it is SilverAsh himself, Karlan Trade Co., or Kjerag, they are all just minor players in front of the empire.

Even in Kjerag, SilverAsh, who is the current patriarch of the SilverAsh Family, is already one of the top figures in the country, but to the Holy Terra Empire, he is just a high-level leader of a small country in a remote country. Any official with real power in the empire is enough for SilverAsh to treat with caution.

Not to mention that the current An Xiu doesn't look like just a powerful official at all.

Looking at An Xiu, who was sitting opposite his chair, with no racial characteristics, SilverAsh always felt that he looked very familiar, as if he had met him on some very important occasion.

After carefully recalling it in my mind, SilverAsh soon seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face became even more tense.

He remembered that as early as before Holy Terra Empire was established, SilverAsh had watched Victoria, which was about to become Ursus The enthronement ceremony of the new emperor Talulah. If I remember correctly, the man in front of me seemed to be one of the people who followed the Emperor Talulah at that time.

In other words, in the eyes of SilverAsh, the An Xiu in front of him can be regarded as the true founding father of the empire.

Although he did not know what kind of position the other party would hold in the empire in the future, just being able to follow Emperor Talulah at the coronation ceremony was a status that was far beyond the reach of the boss of a trading company.

"I am deeply sorry for what happened this time. Although I did spend a little money to open up the relationship in the process, I have no intention of promoting such evil thoughts."

After sitting down, SilverAsh spoke carefully and carefully.

"Don't worry, the empire will not blame this kind of problem on outsiders. Besides, Mr. Shivaash has done nothing wrong."

"It is quite difficult to open up relationships with imperial officials as the boss of a foreign trade company. Our empire does not dislike people of insight like you who are eager for progress."

"As for the cooperation you originally wanted to discuss with the empire, you can still speak now. If appropriate, I can directly make the decision and agree to the matter."

An Xiu said calmly.

After listening to An Xiu's words, although SilverAsh's expression remained calm, he couldn't help but feel a little excited inside.

In fact, he did not expect to be able to negotiate trade cooperation between Kjerag and the empire in one go. After all, as a small and remote country, cooperation with Kjerag would not bring huge benefits to the empire. As now Terra is the strongest country on earth. The empire has countless market options that are better, more convenient, and bring greater benefits than Kjerag. Compared with those more mature international markets, Kjerag does not have any big and obvious advantages.

In order to get the imperial officials with whom he had established connections to relax, SilverAsh had been prepared to fight a protracted war and stay in the imperial capital Londinium for a long time.

When SilverAsh first learned that the official who contacted him had been dealt with, he was already prepared to not cooperate, but to pay some price to protect himself. Unexpectedly, judging from the current results, it seemed that he was a blessing in disguise, and he met a better partner.

"Thank you very much for your tolerance. To be honest, whether we can reach a cooperative relationship with the empire is really important to me."

As the most powerful country on Terra today, for a small country like Kjerag, Holy Terra Empire can be said to be a beacon of civilization.

As one of the top Kjerag and the Family executives who is the most active in contacting the outside world and the most eager to develop his country, if he can reach trade cooperation with the empire, it will not only allow Kjerag to develop rapidly, but also avoid the covetousness of other countries, thus obtaining security guarantees.

So it's no wonder SilverAsh is so excited. Just like what An Xiu just said, he really... wants to make progress too much.

PS: There is one more chapter before noon.

Chapter 209: Rhodes Island's dilemma, Amiya's arrival

There was no concealment, SilverAsh stated his purpose directly.

In short, he intends to vigorously promote trade between the empire and Kjerag, while improving the living standards of Kjerag local residents, while using trade cooperation with the empire to increase the exchange rate of Kjerag's national currency and its influence in the international market, thereby in disguise improving Kjerag's international status.

In order to show his sincerity, SilverAsh promised that if Kjerag could really reach cooperation with the empire, he would be willing to spend huge sums of money to build a trade road for the empire directly leading to Kjerag, so as to facilitate the circulation of the markets of the two countries to the greatest extent.

SilverAsh is not worried that his behavior will cause the empire to covet Kjerag. To put it bluntly, without the cooperation of the empire, Kjerag, a remote and backwoods country, is under pressure. There are simply no interests worthy of the empire's pursuit, and once cooperation with the empire is successfully established and developed to a certain scale, the empire, which is already the largest source of profits, is even less likely to give up more efficient methods of obtaining profits and resort to the most primitive violent plunder.

What's more, even if the empire really may have some thoughts about Kjerag, a trade road can't change anything. After all, the empire is too strong. Even if it doesn't build trade roads and cut off all connections with the outside world, it can avoid the empire to the greatest extent. The country invaded on a large scale, and the empire only needed to send a few Giant Wendigos that had wreaked havoc on Leithanien not long ago to circle around Kjerag a few times to wipe out all the resistance forces of Kjerag.

Faced with such a huge gap, there is no need to worry anymore. Frank cooperation is the best choice for Kjerag.

The empire, or An Xiu, really has no special thoughts about Kjerag. Just as SilverAsh thought, it is a bitter cold land with a better environment than Ursus Snowfield at best. Even if it is conquered, it will not bring much benefit in a short time. Instead, it will cost extra money to alleviate poverty because it wants to improve the living conditions of local residents.

In this case, it is better to let the other party pay out of their own pockets through trade cooperation. At least according to An Xiu's understanding of the silver boss himself and Kjerag, after improving the country's economic situation through cooperation with the empire, the living conditions of Kjerag citizens should really be improved.

After all, there is Kjeragandr, a real Giant Beast, watching over Kjerag. Kjerag should not have the kind of situation where all the wealth flows into the hands of a few people because of the stupid high-level officials, and the people at the bottom are squeezed even more.

Even, through in-depth cooperation, the empire may be able to peacefully annex Kjerag without any bloodshed. As long as Kjerag people can live a better life, and at the same time promote the positive image of the empire, and then let all Kjerag citizens hold a referendum, Kjeragandr should not mind Kjerag being merged into the empire.

At that time, the empire may be able to recruit Kjeragandr and Giant Beast as the empire's thugs. Although with Giant Wendigo, the empire is actually not inferior to Giant Beast level combat power.

Soon, after communicating with An Xiu for a while and getting An Xiu's approval, SilverAsh left and went back to work out more detailed cooperation details. An Xiu told the other party that he could go directly to the palace to interview the relevant responsible personnel.

After Boss Yin left, An Xiu continued to sit in the box with no intention of leaving.

After all, the real purpose of An Xiu's trip was not to come here specifically to meet Boss Yin. The reason why An Xiu appeared here and met Boss Yin was just a pure coincidence. The main reason why An Xiu left the palace and appeared here this time was related to Kal'tsit, who had been silent since Boss Yin entered the house.

Not long ago, Kal'tsit, who was An Xiu's personal maid in the palace, suddenly approached An Xiu and told her that she would temporarily leave the palace to meet people.

An Xiu was curious and asked a few more questions, and learned that it was someone from Rhodes Island who came to Londinium to find Kal'tsit.

Due to plot changes, An Xiu took Doctor away from Stone Coffin from Chernobyl in advance, and Kal'tsit later stayed with An Xiu as a maid for various reasons for a long time. The plot related to Rhodes Island can be said to have changed beyond recognition.

This time Rhodes Island sent people to look for Kal'tsit. The main reason was that Rhodes Island was almost unable to sustain itself.

There is no way, without Doctor, the big daddy in the original plot, and Kal'tsit has been away on business for a long time, the only person who can take the lead in Rhodes Island is Amiya, and Warfarin will be added to the top.

In this case, it is good if Rhodes Island can maintain basic normal operation.

But what makes matters worse is that because of Rhodes Island's philosophy, he has been helping infected people for a long time, and the overall economy is already in a state of being unable to make ends meet. When Kal'tsit was still here, he could still rely on Guardian of Terra's reputation and connections. He went around various countries to attract sponsorships and sent some Operator abroad to earn some extra money. However, due to the huge changes in the international situation caused by the departure of Kal'tsit and the sudden rise of the empire, the already difficult life suddenly became even more difficult.

Based on the character of Amiya in the original plot, it is impossible for him to come to Kal'tsit specifically for help unless he really can't hold on.

After learning about the situation, An Xiu immediately decided to come along to join in the fun and see if he could see the little rabbit and some familiar Operator from his previous life.

As for the meeting place, they also chose this restaurant, and because they spotted a team of Imperial Assassination Squad appearing here looking ready for action, they came over to take a look at the situation. After looking through the intelligence collected by Imperial Assassination Squad, they found that the person who had an appointment with the dealt with imperial official was a familiar face, Boss Yin, and thus the scene from the previous meeting with Boss Yin appeared.

"Calculating the time, the people from Rhodes Island should be arriving soon."

An Xiu looked at the time on the clock hanging on the wall of the private room and said.

"We have already notified the service staff at short notice before. If someone comes to see us, we will change the meeting place to this private room. I think there should be no mistake."

In response, Kal'tsit, who was standing behind An Xiu, also nodded.

"Amiya That child is always punctual and serious. She will never look for the wrong place."

Just as Kal'tsit said, not long after the two of them finished speaking, a knock on the door sounded outside the box door.

"Doctor Kal'tsit, are you there? We are coming in..."

With the sound of the door opening, a cute girl wearing a black and blue uniform with the Rhodes Island logo, black stockings, and a pair of rabbit ears on her head, who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, walked in with a nervous expression.

Behind the girl, there followed a girl Kuranta with blond hair and a woman Sarkaz with white hair and a long sword in her arms. They were the two Rhodes Island Operator, Nearl and Shining who were responsible for protecting Amiya's safety.

Chapter 210: Feiwu Hajikai, the medicine that can completely cure Oripathy?

"Doctor Kal'tsit, and you should be Mr. An Xiu, right? Doctor Kal'tsit mentioned you to me when we contacted him before."

After approaching the door of the private room, Amiya first glanced at Kal'tsit who was standing behind An Xiu, and then said hello to An Xiu very politely.