Chapter 737: Chapter 614: A Sudden Windfall, Becoming a Magic Empire of a Galactic Civilization!
Under Lynn’s conditions, which could be described as robbery, even the Disk leaders, who were originally inclined toward compensating for their defeat, could not accept them.
“War, only a war can wash away such humiliation!” a war-mongering Disk leader transmitted at the highest frequency electromagnetic waves, arguing that since the other party had no intention of negotiating, it was ti to gather more fleets and engage in a full-scale war!
Such rhetoric soon dominated the entire Disk Council, but as the true leader of the geotric civilization, the supre leader in the form of a ring did not let anger cloud his judgnt. Instead, he looked toward the governor who had just been released and served as the diator in these negotiations through the quantum communication screen.
“Towa, you have delved deep into that civilization’s world. How well do you understand them, and how does their technological level compare to ours?”
“Very powerful, extrely powerful. Their civilization’s technological level is definitely not sothing we can contend with!” the governor nad Towa said with great certainty. “I believe we should abandon the idea of war, continue negotiations, and try to lower the compensation to an acceptable level…”
“Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration?” a Disk leader questioned discontentedly.
If there really was such a huge gap between their technological levels, they should have had no ability to resist during the previous star system war.
Furthermore, the images transmitted from the battleships that arrived in this star system did not seem indicative of a star system under the rule of a powerful civilization, but rather one filled with desolation and backwardness.
Watching the Disk leaders be misled by these superficial appearances, Towa quickly went over all the information he had gathered about the Magic Empire while in the satellite prison, sparing no detail.
Using entire star systems as bait, they released information to induce other civilizations to launch attacks, then counter-attacked those invaders under the guise of righteous defense, satisfying their own moral demands. Such deceitful strategies shocked the Disk leaders, no wonder they always felt this civilization appeared so disjointed…
But compared to Towa, who had experienced it firsthand and believed the words of the Light people without doubt, so of the Disk leaders still harbored deep skepticism. They were unwilling to believe the gap was insurmountable.
“Are you certain you haven’t made a mistake?” the supre leader asked solemnly.
“I have witnessed their profound technology that manipulates elentary particles firsthand; in a re fraction of an atomic division, they established a vast tribunal on the satellite’s surface. Furthermore, their satellite prison corroborates this…” Towa spared no effort in illustrating the might of the Magic Empire, even adding deliberately exaggerated remarks, all to quench the Disk leaders’ desire for war as much as possible.
Under Towa’s continuous assurances and descriptions, the Disk leaders, originally excited about the prospects of war, had to calm down and reconsider the pros and cons of going to war.
To initiate a war with no chance of winning was undoubtedly foolish, and it would only plunge the entire civilization into an abyss!
“Perhaps only our ultimate weapon can intimidate them.” Towa said hesitantly. This was the only chip they could bring to the negotiations, as it had indeed repelled the high-dinsional biological weapons sent by the other party to annihilate their fleets.
Moreover, according to information sent from the other fleeing flagships, the black hole still existed in the void and had not been dealt with, whether from inability or excessive cost… Regardless, it was enough to serve as a strong deterrent and negotiating chip.
When Towa brought up the ultimate weapon, the various disc leaders displayed different reactions. The artificial black hole was undoubtedly the ace up the sleeve of a geotric civilization; it could even be considered a cross-civilizational level of black technology.
Its creation required not only particle and dinsional technology but also the consumption of a significant amount of Elent Seven, which previously had been mockingly referred to as the “eternal hundred years” due to the insurmountable difficulty in its developnt.
Although it had finally been developed, the only prototype used for the experint had been consud. To create a second miniature black hole, at least another ten years would need to be invested!
To a star system-level civilization, ten years wasn’t particularly long, but it wasn’t short either. Sotis an interstellar voyage could take a decade or more. However, the other party might not be willing to give them another ten years to prepare. Traveling at one and a half tis the speed of light, it would take only five years to reach the borders of the geotric civilization from Eternal Star!
This didn’t even take into account technologies like wormhole jumps that could cover great distances in a short ti.
Seeing that the disc leaders did not answer imdiately, Towa understood that they likely lacked the capability to use the ultimate weapon a second ti in the near future.
Luckily, the enemy might not be aware of this fact, and it could be possible to employ a strategy of intimidation to enhance their own deterrence.
Bearing a heavy burden and unease, Towa quickly returned to the negotiation with the compensation baseline discussed by the disc leaders.
After nearly half a month of bluffing and bargaining, the unprecedented, civilization-threatening negotiation was finally settled. The original demand for five star systems was reduced to three, and the hundred active-duty warships were cut down to twenty, while the quantity of Elent Seven was decreased from ten thousand tons to five hundred.
Towa had actually wanted to substitute Elent Seven with other rare mineral resources, and even on that basis maintain the compensation of five star systems, as Elent Seven was far too important to the geotric civilization, essentially its foundation.
Rafael, who was in charge of the negotiations, was also willing to accept the terms, since the compensation offered was far beyond their expectations. In the end, it was Lynn who insisted on demanding more, forcing the other side to concede.
Considering the identity they had previously crafted, they needed to maintain relative strength. The more the other side was willing to offer, the more they would appear indifferent. The less the other side wanted to give, the more they would insist on obtaining it.
This conflict brought them to the brink of war at its worst, and both Rafael and Towa were frightfully shaken, yet had no choice but to negotiate with determination.
Although nobody wanted the war to truly break out, they had to convince the other party that they were prepared to wage a major war at any mont.
So much so that when Rafael returned from the negotiations, he was sowhat drained, but in contrast, his face was beaming with an irrepressible smile because they had achieved a great victory without any casualties or deploying a single soldier!
With three whole star systems and twenty spacecraft capable of long voyages, the Magic Kingdom… no, it should now be said the Magic Empire had beco a bona fide star system-level civilization starting today!
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