Chapter 2096 Each Shows His Abilities
After the main star of Badab was completely destroyed, only one habitable world was left in this troubled galaxy, and this world was also devastated by war. Only half of it is left, and all the population has been moved away. If it weren't for the atmosphere, it could be called a dead world.
But even so, its value is still immeasurable.
Because the location of the Badab Galaxy is destined to always be the center of the Maelstrom trade route, as long as the orbital shipping facilities of the galaxy are restored, it will soon become one of the most prosperous worlds in the Maelstrom.
Also because of its key location, Terra's envoys told Soshyan several times that the High Lords Council had other arrangements for this place and hoped that he could respect the High Lords' wishes.
Of course Soshyan wanted to respect the wishes of the high lords, but considering the long-term peace and stability in the future, he did not think that the arrangements of the high lords would be beneficial. He also bluntly expressed his thoughts to the special envoy, Badab This is still a key point in the Maelstrom Expedition, and someone must be in charge. It will be too late for the high lord to make a decision. Anyway, this appointment is "temporary", and they will not be able to change it if they want to.
In response to Soshyan's remarks, Terra's envoy could only remain silent.
Another reason why Soshyan is more interested in Badab is Sorge’s opinion. He elaborated on Soshyan’s importance of the galaxy and the benefits it can produce. This former The secret agent is now the leading dark leader of the Maelstrom. In the past few years, his Gray Fox Group has relied on "official" protection and profit transfer, and has expanded to millions of core members, with more than 300 ships of various sizes. , and has become involved in finance, agriculture, industrial production, hive real estate, contraband smuggling, arms trade and other behemoths in many fields. Now the Maelstrom is even a small gang at the bottom of the most remote hive city, as long as they see someone carrying the gray fox mark , will definitely be respectful.
Some people even joked that the biggest winner of this expedition was not the Empire, but the Gray Fox, because it completely swallowed up the gray network that the red pirates had operated in the Maelstrom for a long time.
Sorge persuaded Soshyan to arrange for a controllable person to serve as the governor of Badab. That person should preferably have a strong background, so that when Soshyan leaves, Terra will not be in a good position. replacement, but these conditions themselves have certain conflicts. After all, people with strong backgrounds are naturally difficult to control.
But it's not completely impossible.
So he deliberately spread the word that he was going to appoint the interim governor of Badab, just to see what "applicants" there would be.
There were quite a few results. Not only did old Morales enter the stage, but Count Vaughn also started to take action, trying to push his illegitimate son to the stage, or in front of Soshyan. Among them, Various methods emerged in an endless stream, and some people could even find Veronica. One day she went to check the work of the statistics department. When she returned to her private office, there was a simple gift box on the table. When she opened it, there was a " Fantasy Stone".
The Magic Stone is a gemstone that is said to come from the Eye of Terror. It looks like a drop of water. It is usually colorful, but it turns into a hazy light blue when it is close to the human body. It not only has ornamental value , and more importantly, it also has an extremely magical effect, that is, it allows people to control themselves in dreams. That is to say, when people carry it into dreams, they can maintain the same waking consciousness as reality. In a sense, it can make people control themselves in dreams. Traveling in your own dreams sounds almost like a paradox, because awake people should not be able to dream.
It is precisely because of this bizarre effect that the magic stone is extremely valuable in the empire's black market. It is literally extremely valuable, and it has a price but no market.
But Veronica couldn't laugh or cry, because the so-called phantom stone by humans actually came from the world of the old woman of the Spirit Tribe. It has another name - the Jade of Lilith, which is similar to the gemstone used to open the Lilith shrine before. They are all props used by the priests of the Dream Goddess to communicate with the goddess.
Afterwards, she told Soshiyang about it and wondered whether her identity had been exposed, but Soshiyang thought it was not the case and asked her to accept it quietly first. Since the gift was given without leaving a name, it must be a test to see if she likes these things. Obviously, the other party must have put some effort into it, knowing that Veronica usually likes Eldar jewelry, and also knows that the fantasy stone is a creation of the Eldar.
As expected, within two days, another gift box appeared on Veronica's path. There was also a magic stone in it. It could take out two of these treasure-level things at once, which shows that the gift giver Strong strength.
Veronica immediately found the gift giver, who turned out to be a mid-level battle group servant she trusted, a female clerk in her forties.
When facing Veronica, the other party did not hide anything and directly confessed to her that it was the Vaughan family who contacted her. She refused at first, but her son, a young man who is currently a low-level servant of the war group, was stationed in Sagan owed a large gambling debt because of her ignorance. At that time, the Vaughan family came forward to settle the debt. Now that the favor debt has come, and considering her son's future, she had to accept the other party's arrangement.
The Vaughan family also knew that she would be found, so they left a message specifically. They wanted nothing more than to have Veronica say a nice word about their family's candidate.
Through the few words of this mid-level servant and the daily behavior of Veronica occasionally coming forward to deal with some important matters, Count Vaughn judged that this beautiful woman probably had a special status among the Astral Knights. Immediately judge that this is the best breakthrough point.
In fact, he made the right choice. When Veronica said this, Soshyan was indeed a little moved, mainly because of the skill and financial resources shown by Earl Vaughn. In a sense, His illegitimate son can rely on him to secure the position of Governor of Badab, which is also a way to gain access to Terra's capital. As for how to control the other party, Soshyan has a way. Count Vaughn's unclean hands and feet are easy to manipulate.
However, the infiltration of the war group's servants by others also reminded Soshiyan that this is not Veronica's problem. Her powerful psychic power can avoid this kind of thing. It is just right for these things to happen. It was because she was not in the war group at that time, and no matter what difficulties she had, the final outcome of the clerk servant was still to be deprived of all titles and status, and her family would struggle to survive on the bottom deck.
But Veronica was not done yet. One day when the accompanying Yaric was reporting on the situation of the Astra Militarum, he suddenly said: "Arni Morales is a pretty good leader. Although he is from a noble family, he dares to fight capable people." At that time, Soshyan was a little strange. How could Yarick notice the leader of a cannon fodder regiment?
Afterwards, Yarick told him that someone had compiled a group of political commissars who had performed well recently, including the political commissar Ayi from Arni's regiment, and it was still on the first page. The stories included but were not limited to, Assisted the leader to kill the Chaos Space Marines, followed the leader to attack hundreds of enemy strongholds at night with only a dozen people, and successfully beheaded the enemy commander, and held the regiment flag high with the leader to launch a desperate attack when the battle line was about to collapse. The charges together were worthy of the name of a legend, but everything involved involved the regiment leader, so Yarick naturally had a deep impression on him.
(End of this chapter)