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Chapter 17 Ceremony (12)

When Tessomox was in England, he was pierced through all limbs by Alfred with a steel pipe. He had to rely on both sides of the left and right to support him at the same time when walking. But this did not reduce the majesty of the leader that emerged from him at all. He stood among the Aztlan warriors, and the Aztlans immediately waved their weapons and started to drink loudly.

"Osomalite backed us. He wanted to rely on his insignificant warriors and a group of local cowards who had been conquered by us, to be against me and the messengers of the Feathered Snake God." He shouted in the crowd, "I hope there is at least a sesame-sized wisdom left in his head. If his warriors do appear before this ship tonight, we will take a batch of fresh hearts and bring them back to Trakopan!"

Amid the Aztlans' shouts, Tessosomuk issued an order: "Now, array! Can't let anyone get close to the ship of the Lord God's Envoy!"

His Aztran warrior began to run quickly. Tessomok looked back at Ella and said, "Sir, God, there is a reluctance to ask. Can the Feathered Snake God provide additional protection for my soldiers? This will reduce my troops' casualties."

Ella was embarrassed. Of course she couldn't do such a thing. But in this case, it was inappropriate to not give the Aztlans help. After a little thought, she signaled Amy to take people to the boat to bring a batch of iron weapons.

"Although the Feathered Snake God cannot give you protection so casually, I can give you gifts other than protection." Ella said, "This is iron. You should have seen its strength and toughness. Just use this iron shield to protect your bodies and use this iron spear to penetrate the enemy's armor!"

Tessomok nodded to Ella gratefully. The more than 200 Aztlan warriors also excitedly took off their cotton armor, threw away the wooden shield, and replaced them with the equipment given by Ella.

"Your Majesty, our people are ready, too." Amy asked, "Would you arrange with the Aztlanders? Or separate?"

"Let them go back to the ship first," said Ella. "Come the members of the General Staff, and I want to discuss some things with them."

"Hey? At this time?" Amy was quite surprised. "The enemy is almost here..."

"No. Amy, think about it, since Osomalite wants to get rid of us, why didn't he do it at the banquet?"

"Why……?"

"Because he couldn't understand our strength, especially the mysterious 'God Envoy'." Ella said, "Since he didn't take action at the banquet, he just wanted to choose a safer time. For example - after I fell asleep."

"So that's it!" Amy suddenly realized, "The time is indeed sufficient. But what are we going to discuss? How to suppress this city-state? In this way, would Tessosomok also be called..."

"No, it's the overall strategy after the discussion." Ella glanced at Tessosomok's back meaningfully, "Tessosomok needs to avoid it. I thought I was using him, but in fact, I'm afraid he was using me."

Estrard, Ulf, and Yarmar were quickly called into Ella's cabin, but Dust was not seen for a long time.

"Where is Master?" Ella asked.

"He drank too much at the banquet," replied Yarmar, "now lying in bed and talking nonsense, can't get up."

Ella sighed. Her master has made many contributions and has made many mistakes. He said that he wanted to be a general, but he didn't say anything else, but he was always drunk at critical moments, so Ella was worried about letting him command the army.

"Then I won't wait for the master. Fortunately, I'm here now and he won't come, there are five people here."

Ella asked Amy to briefly explain the current situation to the staff. After Amy finished speaking, Ella raised three fingers: "As you just heard, we are now involved in Aztland's political struggle. There are only three ways to deal with it. I want to hear your opinions."

The staff members asked together: "What three types?"

"Give up the plan to go further into Aztland and return to Sweden immediately. This is the worst strategy; sail north and meet with Hestein, this is the middle strategy; assisting Tessosomok to expand its power within Aztland, this is the best strategy."

Amy asked dizzyly, "Your Majesty, you have already divided the upper, the upper, the lower, the lower, let us choose?"

"This is based on the size of the interests. However, the greater the interests, the greater the risks." Ella said, "I want to open a trade route with Aztland. Assisting Tessosomok is the greatest and the easiest. It is possible to end the conflict between Hestein and Aztland. However, we are not clear about the situation in Aztland and cannot judge the success rate. Once we fail, the consequences will be unpredictable. Going north to join Hestein means that the inevitable war with Aztland. After the war is won, the trade route will naturally be opened, but for the victory of the war, we will pay a lot; returning to Sweden, although we will also be pulled into the war between Hestein and Aztland, we can find gaps to make many preparations for this war and get a greater chance of winning. Please help me choose these three solutions."

Estrard thought for a while: "If we choose the best strategy, then we must fully assist Tessomok in military and political terms. First of all, we will help Tessomok achieve an overwhelming victory in the battle in front of us; if we choose the middle strategy, we can leave immediately and let Tessomok and Osomarit fight, it is not our business; if we choose the worst strategy, then we must at least help Tessomok gain control of this city-state, so that we can trade the goods here, but we cannot gain too obvious advantages, so that we can find an excuse to leave later?"

"That's right." Ella asked, "Estrard, how do you choose?"

"Of course, it's about to gain an overwhelming advantage," Estrard said without hesitation. "It's not just me, and all the soldiers won't like it."

"Yes, if the enemy comes, we should fight back."

Yarmal and Ulf, who were born in pirates, both raised their hands to agree.

"If this is the case, there are three votes. Amy, what do you think?"

"Hey? If there are three votes, it's already a large majority, even if I don't express my opinion..."

"Amy, you're the Chief of Staff." Ella stared at her seriously, "speak your opinion."

"I think... there is a chance to avoid war, so let's give it a try." Amy replied. "We have a conflict with Lubeck in order to come here. Sweden is short of food now and has to rely on trade imports. If a large-scale war breaks out with Aztland, and Lubeck makes some troubles in trade, there may be a war famine."

"A new angle." Ella thought, "Indeed, if you think from this perspective, supporting Tessomox is the best solution. In this way, except for Dust who did not come, will it be passed unanimously?"

A sudden shout of killing sounded outside the ship.
Chapter completed!
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