Leifor Imperial Palace.
"Louria did what?" Who spoke in surprise at the news of Louria's defeat was the Emperor of Leifor Pieter Visser, he could hardly believe the news.
"That's right your majesty, after a few weeks and after the death of the king of Louria he has surrendered to a nation called Argentina". Intelligence Minister Sem De Jong replied to his remperator. "And that's not all, Louria decided to cancel the debt with Parlpadia and sign a defense treaty with Argentina and the rest of Rodenius. Louria signing a defense treaty with the demi-humans they hate so much!"
"While the policy of human supremacy enjoys popularity in Louria, it was the royal family who were the biggest promoters of those ideals. It would not be strange for a country to change its domestic or foreign policy when one ruler is replaced by another." Replied the emperor's advisor.
"But it is ridiculous to challenge Parlpadia in such a way! What can they gain by allying themselves with an uncivilized country!" General Bel wondered why Louria's actions.
"It's hard to believe, Louria had an army of half a million soldiers and, despite suffering a major loss of naval and air force, the losses on land were nowhere near 30,000, they could have continued the fight unless they had been promised something." Answered the intelligence minister.
The reaction of the ministers was almost laughable, after all, what could a country outside the civilized areas offer that a superpower could not? However, the emperor began to speak.
"Gentlemen, I suggest that all our efforts be focused on preparing a military expedition against the continent of Philiades."
That had taken everyone by surprise, everyone kept silent trying to digest those words.
"Your majesty! Doing so would antagonize us with Parlpadia!" Everyone was nervous since the superpower of FIliades was ranked 3rd in military strength."
"Can't you people see the signs? Louria was completely intimidated by Argentina to the point of preferring to ally with them, and immediately afterwards they sign a treaty which is basically a provocation to Parlpadia... I smell a war coming to the third civilization."
"But my lord, it's impossible for barbarians to take on a superpower and-"
"That I know, however that Argentina must have an army too powerful to make Louria leave the Parlpadians, in fact I wouldn't mind betting that Argentina has at least three times as many soldiers as Louria."
"Sir , you mean the barbarians are planning a full scale invasion of the third civilization?" General Bel was stunned.
"Exactly, Parlpadia may be a superpower but if 2 million barbarians land on their shores tomorrow they will have wiped out multiple towns and cities before they can drive them out. Hell I'm convinced it's possible they might even bring down some civilized countries before they are defeated."
What the emperor was saying was somewhat plausible, it wouldn't be the first time that the barbarians had organized to try to take over the civilized world, and if Louria considered that there was a chance of taking civilized territory and making a place for themselves on the world stage then that would explain why she made an enemy of Parlpadia.
"Furthermore, according to the report, Loria lost unilaterally in air and naval combat, which can only indicate that the Argentines have access to naval gun technology and wyvern lords to compensate for the huge numerical disparity they sent. If my hypothesis is true, then that only means that Parlpadia would bleed, at which point we would demand that the countries of the second civilization become our vassals. That way Leifor will take the place of AParpadia as the third most powerful superpower in the world!"
Upon hearing that plan, everyone was excited and applauding the emperor for such a brilliant strategy.
"I suggest sending military aid to countries like Altarus and Fenn. Due to the fact that the Parpaldian authority has been questioned, it is likely that the empire will increase the pressure on its vassals and use harsher punishments for those who disobey, so there is a possibility that they will join Argentina when it is time to attack." Proposed Minister Sem De Jong.
"Excellent idea, now does anyone else have to say something?"Emperor Pieter Visser was about to end the meeting when the foreign minister raised his hand.
"Your Highness, with this uncivilized nations organizing to attack the civilized world makes me wonder about the question of Gra. Valkas."
"Who?"
"A newly formed nation to the west of the second civilization, they have conquered the neighboring barbarian kingdoms in an extremely fast way. It may be an overexageration but I think there is a risk that the barbaric world is also planning an invasion of the Mu continent."Explained the Minister.
"I understand your concerns, two nations at the other end of the world coming out of nowhere with a force capable of subjugating all their neighbors simply cannot be coincidence... If we want our ambition to expand our influence in the third civilization to go smoothly, we cannot afford to have an open second front, not to mention that we must keep an eye on Mu in case they try something. Those of tried to communicate with us?"The emperor asked.
"That's right sir, because they came from outside the civilized regions their diplomats were sent to Paganda."
"Then send a message immediately by magic communication to inform them that they are allowed to visit Leifor, if we are lucky maybe we can use them as cannon fodder in our intervention in Philiades."
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Esthirant
"Did you hear that? A nation of barbarians decided to challenge us in Rodenius!" Some employees of the 3rd Foreign Office were gossiping about what happened in the war.
"Why doesn't Director Keios send the punitive force to Louria to teach them a lesson?"I was trying to annoy the other.
"According to what I know, Director Keios seeks to punish a nation called Argentina that was responsible for the defeat and betrayal of Louria, however, no one knows where he is."
The British delegation listened to the conversation while waiting for their turn for some diplomat to refer them... they had been waiting for two weeks for someone to deign to revive them. They wouldn't have even let them stay in a hotel or something, so every time the working hours ended they had to go back to the submarine to sleep.
- You know, Mr. Jonh, I think the Parpadians keep us waiting on purpose."Frank was hired for the uncomfortable, although the palace was luxurious, almost as luxurious as the palace of Versailles itself in the most baroque style where everything resisted, they did not wait in some hardwood seats next to other diplomats from the regions outside the civilized countries.
"I do not think that even at the lowest stage of European imperialism this disrespect with diplomats of other countries has occurred."Frank was visibly in love with the treatment he received.
"Do you think we can open diplomatic relations with them? I really think we would have more luck to get directly to the strongest powerhouse.
"Falklands Kingdom diplomats, it's your turn."
A secretary warned them with a tired tone, she made no effort to want to be able with the diplomats.
"Finally! No more waiting."Frank was stretching as he stood up. "By the way, Falklands Kingdom sounds great, even if we don't have any king I must admit that that name commands respect."
"That makes me wonder how the Queen is feeling, of course it must be all chaos at Buckingham Palace."
"We bet that if we manage to maintain the British sovereignty of the islands and return the queen will make us knights."
"You can't be a knight, kinights have manners."Laughing a little, they both went into the office to be interviewed.
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Falkland Islands
"I heard that you guys have something good."Governor Nigel Phillips was excited to hear the news provided by MI6 and the CIA, any good news was celebrated.
"We have a lot of material, we have discovered things regarding the Rodenius war. Argentina has not only intervened in a war behind the backs of the civilian population, they have also had a magnificent time assassinating the King of Louria!"The agent answers.
"Really?!"The governor knows that if this were to seep the reputation of the president into the ground, it would undoubtedly intensify the unrest.
"That's not the only juicy thing we found, we have obtained the transcript of the peace talks with Qua-Toyne. The Argentine diplomat accuses his ally of using its own civilian population as bait! This means that Argentina entered the war without the approval or knowledge of the senate, perpetual magnicide and all that to defend a despotic government."
Phillips was imagining the scandal that all this would cause in Argentina, no doubt the current provisional president would end up imprisoned for life for corruption, abuse of power and crimes against humanity.
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"Fantastic! As soon as that Cristobal guy decided to set his eyes on the islands of Her majesty the queen, we will release everything, that will undoubtedly give us more time... by the way, have you been able to find out anything about that president?"
"Yes sir, luckily the CIA would have investigated first-hand all the politicians of this new term before the transfer."
"And what did they find out?"
"Therefore... According to his activity on social networks Cristobal has been in almost all political circles during his adolescence. He started as a Marxist at the age of 15 and then went on to flirt with Nazism, then to show support for Milei's libertarianism and wait to then return to a pro-Stalinist and Maoist line, although a couple of years before he joined an unknown Peronist party and was able to enter deputies of pure discard. he has gone from anti-racist behavior to racist and then again to anti-racist, from making homophobic comments to admitting that he is bisexual, from Protestant to atheist and then sympathetic to Catholicism... All this in 7 years."
The governor was confused to hear all this. I couldn't believe someone like that would get into politics. "Is there anything minimally consistent with that guy?"
"Yes sir, he has always had an anti-Western, especially anti-British and anti-American stance, a completely tough stance against drugs and their consumption as well as for criminals. That position is what the Americans fear the most since they consider that it can become a threat if we ever all return home and Argentina develops with someone like him."
"I understand, in short he is an Argentine ultra nationalist without ideology capable of doing anything, someone without a moral compass. it is very dangerous for him to stay in power, if he wins the elections we will be in real trouble."
"One question sir, were the Tridents transported with us?"The agent seemed to want to say something else but needed confirmation.
"That's right, it's our last letter and a very risky one because we don't have satellites or anything to guide the missile."
"Therefore... The CIA has infiltrated CONAE so we can get all the information about the celestial bodies in the heavens for the celestial guidance system. Besides, we can hack their satellite under construction so we can use it with the Tridents."
"That... it's magnificent!" The governor almost jumped for joy when he heard that.
"But for that it is necessary that we build our own central where we can carry out the operations, otherwise at the time the Argentines find out about the hack they will have the Chinese base completely surrounded before we can link the Tridents, also as the satellite is linked to the Chinese base it would be a matter of time before the Chinese technicians manage to regain control of the satellite, the CIA estimates that the satellite will be under our control for at least a full week where Argentina is at our mercy. It must be a well-planned operation."
"But we don't have the resources to build the necessary equipment, the only country that could make that equipment is Argentina, they have the materials and the Lithium in the Northwest of their country."
"Then we have to find a way to get those resources."
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Quila Kingdom
Fiscal Carboniferous Deposits
"How do the demi-humans live in the territories where the YCF and YPF have direct control?"
At that point the camera began to focus on the workers collecting the coal to place it in special deposits.
"It has been four months since we first contacted Quila and the coal and oil from this kingdom has been vital to maintaining electricity and heating in the nation during these winter days, however, what have we offered the kingdom? YPF and YCF have taken over a large part of the country, especially where the largest coal and oil deposits are located, these exploitations caused hundreds and then thousands of natives to arrive in these desolate regions, forming communities around these state-owned companies. Many leftist sectors in Argentina shouted out loud and considered this as a kind of North American imperialism".
The camera cuts to then return to focus on some demi-human workers who had had an accident where one of them had sprained his foot, then focused on one who began to heal him with magic quickly so that the injured person could return to work. The camera cuts off and then lights up again and this time the journalist was in an office.
"Tell me, the YCF hasn't brought in enough nurses to have to hire wizards?"
"The medical resources coming from the country are not enough to supply the workers. This is because many who came to work were in a pitiful state due to malnutrition, hunger and disease, so most of our resources for nursing that should have lasted half a year almost disappeared the first week where the workers were more prone to labor accidents. The solution to this was to hire native healing magicians for physical injuries while we used our medical resources to treat diseases like hypothermia or scabies." Responded the company representative in Quila.
"However scientists in the country fear that the healing magic could be carcinogenic due to the rapid growth of white blood cells, aren't you concerned about the risk to the workers?"
"I understand their concerns, however if the natives feel they cannot work instead they will send their children to work to replace them to put food on the table, and if we reject the children then the workers will show up for work even if they are injured, that is why we had to resort to the use of mages. Also, there have not been enough tests done to prove that healing magic causes cancer, it is magic after all."
"I understand, how much is it that the natives are paid to work?"
"Well I don't know how much YPF pays them but we pay them the equivalent of the food section of the market bascket in spices."
"In spices? You mean they are paid in food?"
"Not only with food, they are allowed to have a prefabricated house in the residential district, the company provides them with breakfast and lunch for free apart from the payment in spices that should last the whole month, and recently the government sent enough resources to both companies to open small schools to teach reading and writing and basic math to the children."
At that the scene shifts again as they entered a school made of prefabricated material. The camera began to focus on the portraits of Argentinean heroes and in the middle of the playground where the children were playing at recess, the blue and white flag waved at the top of the flagpole.
"This is ridiculous, this place could pass unnoticed as a simple Patagonian school if it weren't for the fact that the children have animal tails and ears..." The journalist said to herself when she saw nothing to indicate that they were in Quila, not a flag of the kingdom or patriotic symbol, all the children wore the pristine white smock with a light blue and white cockade.
The camera focused on how a teacher pronounced the Latin alphabet and then moved on to the vowels, then taught them how to write the letters.
"The children enter at 8:00 AM and have a hot chocolate and cookies for breakfast, classes end at 13:00 PM where they are also served lunch before leaving, today's menu is mashed potatoes with milanesa and an apple. Said the school principal as she began to explain what was being taught.
"Aren't they taught to write in their native language?" Asked the journalist.
"No, teaching them their language would be a very complicated thing to do because, even if we learned to speak the language tomorrow, we are not sure what language we would actually speak because of the translation spell, we could easily think we are speaking the native language when we are actually speaking Spanish because we don't know the difference and it would be confusing to teach a child that way, that's why they learn Spanish".
After that, the journalist entered the area where the workers are resting, to start asking questions about their life working at the company.
"It's much better than being in my former Lord's territories, he took 60% of the little harvest we made. Of course the Argentines take everything I collect for themselves but in return they give me all the food I need for my family, a house where the wind doesn't come in and they are teaching my son to read and write."
"Not only do we work collecting coal, but the many Argentinean ships coming here to take the coal has caused traders to come to these parts of the country and the money has started to circulate. You won't believe how much cookies or dulce de leche sell for."
"We are helping to build a port so the bigger ships can pick up a larger amount of produce and in return they give us another payment in spices, that allows us to sell that extra spice for good money so we can buy some things from Argentina."
"We may be better off now than before but if the port is finished it means our workload would increase and we would have to work more. I just hope I don't have to take my son out of school to manage to meet the new quotas."
In this way the news report continued to interview more and more natives.
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Barrat Palace.
Agustin was dining with the king of Quila on his recent tour of the Rodenius continent.
"What kind of religion forbids eating pork?! You Argentines must be pretty sad if you have such a religion." Quila's king joked with the diplomat.
"Oh, this is only one religion there is in Argentina, the others can eat pork." Explained Agustin while drinking his fourth glass of wine.
"Oh, I see, can you tell me more about the main religions of your country, I wouldn't want to start with you. "Oh, I see, you can find out more about the main religions in your country, I wouldn't like to start a conflict for serving something I shouldn't."
In the next few minutes Augustine explained to him about the four main religions of his ancient world: Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism and Islam.
"Let me understand this…" The dwarf king of Quila was confused. "How the fuck do you make four different religions worshiping the same God?!"
It was something that was inconceivable, one would think that having a single god would mean that society would be more united but it seemed to be the opposite.
Agustín laughed at the reaction while drinking more and more wine.
"I know, each one was adding something to the original and that's how it all ended."
Although the conversation seemed pleasant, the king was somewhat tense. Argentina had more and more power over the lands of their kingdom and the territories they control attract more and more population to the land where they were useless before. This caused the nobles to demand that the king limit Argentine influence by seeing how his servants escaped from their fiefs to territory controlled by the YCF and the YPF. However, I knew that I couldn't do anything at the moment, except maybe get a political hook.
"Mr. Augustine... i heard that you and the Argentine president were friends since before he came to power, how is he?"The king wanted to take advantage of the diplomat's drunkenness to get some useful information.
"We became friends in college but ... we actually met in high school... he was a pelotudo."
"Eh?" The king did not expect such a reaction from a subordinate.
"When we were teenagers he was an attention whore, he was always looking for attention and trying to find a way to get attention. As Cristóbal knew, his religious parents were going to kill him if he decided to get drunk or get high, so he decided to look for an extreme ideology that puts the eyes on him... and he did it in the most edgy way possible."He laughed when he remembered how Cristóbal came to class one day wearing a Soviet-style hat in the summer.
"But the worst thing is that he was very gullible, he began to believe conspiracy theories like that Jews dominate the world and he became the supreme edgelord, starting to say things like that immigrants this and that... `Boludo, your old man came to the country from the altiplano riding a llama and chewing coke, stop fucking!` That's what I yelled at him and he never brought up the issue of immigrants again. Luckily he realized on his own that the Jews did not dominate the world when he fought with one on the internet he said that the Jews encouraged atheism to weaken Western society while many evangelical churches he went to were very pro-Israel, then he realized the Sephardi Jews or the Ethiopian Jews and knew that those racist concepts as a Jewish race were bullshit."
"What is a llama, what is Israel, what is the internet?"The king wondered while a drunken Augustin continued to speak.
"Luckily he was able to put all that behind him when he entered the university, he was calmer and we became friends. You won't believe the look on his face when he found out he was a Jew, it looked like he wanted to be swallowed by the earth. A whole week apologizing without being able to look me in the face for the shame! oh, and that reminds me when-"
"I don't think I'm going to get anything useful from him."