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Xiao Ce said, "Anyway, no matter what the situation, I'm not going to leave?"

Constantine Eugene did not deny it, and said with a smile, "You could say that."

Xiao Ce, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, said to Shahar, "Your Majesty, is this your attitude?"

Shahar nodded: "Indeed, Your Highness, King of the Northern Desert, didn't you want what's best for your people? This is what's best for your people..."

Xiao Ce interrupted, "Utterly shameless!"

Constantine Eugene slammed his hand on the table and said to Xiao Ce, "Xiao Ce! Open your eyes and look around! Where are you? This is our Slavic Empire! Watch your mouth, or we'll make sure you die a horrible death!"

Xiao Ce said directly to Shahar, "Since we've already torn off all pretense of civility, then I'll follow your lead. I disagree! All you can do now is kill me... nothing else."

Shahar saw that Xiao Ce was so assertive, after all, Xiao Ce's insolent words had offended his dignity as Tsar.

"Don't think we're afraid! Our army is already fully prepared, and now all we need is your word! If you refuse, we'll riddle you with bullets, and then our army will attack you!"

After Shahar finished speaking.

Xiao Ce scoffed dismissively, then stood up: "Let me make this very clear! I refuse!"

Shahar was so angry that his face turned pale. He was clearly surprised that Xiao Ce had such courage.

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

Xiao Ce said, "I'm afraid of death! I dare say I'm more afraid of death than anyone else in this world!"

Shahar was about to say something when Xiao Ce interrupted him with a sly smile, saying, "Of course! Aren't you curious why someone as afraid of death as me would dare to come?"

“I won’t come here so easily just because of a few words from Nikolayevich Eva! To be honest, I’ve seen plenty of these kinds of traps. Since I dared to come, I’m not afraid you’ll kill me!”

As he spoke, Xiao Ce sat down arrogantly.

"Let's not talk about it now. It shouldn't be long before your people receive the big gift I've prepared for you! Once you receive my gift, I believe you'll change your mind!"

After Xiao Ce finished speaking, Shahar clearly didn't quite understand.

"Go ask your soldiers outside if they've received the gifts I sent you!"

Seeing this, Shahar, half-believing and half-doubting, said a few words to the attendant beside him.

At this moment, Konstantin Eugene said to Shahar, "Your Majesty, don't be fooled by him. He's deliberately deceiving you... just to prolong his life... kill him! We'll settle things once and for all!"

Xiao Ce looked at Constantine Eugene with a mocking expression and said, "I think you shouldn't be so sure of yourself. You'd better ask your Constantine family if they've received any gifts from me... Although you've been very rude to me!"

"However, I am a magnanimous person and can give you a way to turn over a new leaf."

What did Constantine Yu Jingang want to say?

Xiao Ce interrupted him again: "Don't rush to refute me... If you want to kill me, a few hours won't make a difference. Including these oligarchs here. I'm sure you all have ways to contact each other quickly in an emergency; go ask them..."

"After you've asked all the questions, then decide whether or not to kill me!"

Xiao Ce tapped the table lightly with a calm and self-satisfied expression.

Shahar said, "Go! Do exactly as he says..."

He then said to Xiao Ce in an almost threatening tone, "Let me tell you very clearly, if I am not satisfied with your gift, I will make sure you die a very painful death."

With that, Shahar waved his hand and said, "Go and take him to the side to rest."

After Xiao Ce left with a group of people pointing guns at him, Gulimiza was truly terrified.

He truly admired Xiao Ce's composure and calmness.

He had never seen such a composed and calm person before...

After resting on one side, Gulimiza, her face pale, said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, what kind of act are you putting on? What kind of grand gift did you give them...?"

Xiao Ce gently stroked Gulimiza and asked, "How about it? I told you not to come, but you still insisted. Are you scared now?"

When Gulimiza heard Xiao Ce say this, a look of excitement appeared on her face.

"Your Highness, if I could die alongside you, that wouldn't be such a bad thing..."

Xiao Ce was surprised to see that Gulimiza had become excited.

Xiao Ce was truly speechless at his strange point.

"No! You want to die, but I don't... You can rest assured. It's not that easy to die. Don't worry, they'll all obediently come with me to talk... and they'll have to listen to whatever I say..."

If Xiao Ce hadn't said those words, Gulimiza would definitely have suspected him of bragging.

However, after Xiao Ce said that, she really looked forward to it.

...

After seeing Xiao Ce leave, Shahar sent someone to inquire about the situation.

Although these oligarchs didn't believe it, they didn't think Xiao Ce could do anything to make them regret it.

However, everyone went there with completely honesty...

Shahar asked Eva, "Eva, do you know what big gift he prepared? Didn't you come back with him? Did he bring anything with him?"

After listening to Shahar's words, Eva shook her head repeatedly and said, "Father, there's definitely no. He didn't bring many firearms this time. So, when he said he was going to give us something, I was surprised... He came empty-handed, so how could he have any gifts?"

After Eva said that, Constantine Eugene spoke up, "I knew it, that guy was lying...giving us gifts, do they even know where we live?"

“No rush. If he’s playing us like this, we must make sure he dies a horrible death... We won’t give him even the slightest chance to back out!” Shahar said sharply.

He just finished speaking.

A hurried sound came from outside.

A servant ran over with a man who looked like a messenger.

The attendant reported to Shahar, "Your Majesty, there is indeed news..."

Shahar immediately summoned a messenger and asked, "What's going on? Did you really receive a great gift from the King of the Northern Desert?"

The messenger was taken aback at first, then shook his head: "Your Majesty, we did not receive a grand gift from the King of the Northern Desert. Instead, we received many wooden boxes that fell from the sky not long ago. The boxes were all inscribed with 'Blessings from the Gods,' and whoever found a box could use it to ask Your Majesty for a month's pay. Therefore, the generals sent us to inquire of Your Majesty whether this is truly the case?"

Shahar frowned slightly: "What wooden box? Let me see..."

The messenger then pulled a small wooden box from his pocket. It would be more accurate to call it a small wooden box; it was more like a jewelry box.

Shahar was very wary and dared not open it, so he had someone else open it for him.

When it was opened, there was nothing inside, just a note with content that was almost identical to what had been reported.

It's something like a blessing from the gods, and you can exchange it for a month's salary by following the Tsar.

Behind a string of Slavic words was a word they couldn't understand.

After Eva went up to take a look, she said to Shahar, "Father, the signature on it is Xiao Ce!"

Shahar asked, "Where did you think this wooden box came from?"

The messenger confidently stated, "They floated down from the sky; each small box contained a small piece of cloth, which slowly fell down."

"Did it fall from the sky? Was someone there?"

The messenger shook his head: "No one just falls from the sky."

This completely stunned Shahar.

A short while later, another order came in, and all the troops had received hundreds or thousands of these wooden boxes.

As more and more news came in.

The explanation was consistent: the wooden box had fallen from the sky, and they hadn't seen any people from the Xiao Kingdom.

Although they didn't believe it, they didn't know how Xiao Ce had done it.

Nearly two hours later, the same message was received at the residences of several oligarchs in various locations, some quite far away.

However, the inscriptions on their wooden boxes were different.

It read that this was a warning from the gods, that misfortune was about to befall them, and that they must inform their head of the household as soon as possible.

The signature is still Xiao Ce...

Those on their side finally understood Xiao Ce's warning.

The entire council chamber was deathly silent.

Shahar, his face ashen, said, "Tell me, what happened this time? It was a wooden box that fell from the sky. What if it was a bomb? Explosives? What would the consequences have been?"

"Constantine Eugene, has your military factory received this?" Shahar asked.

Constantine Eugene's expression was worse than anyone else's: "One of them received..."

Shahar's expression turned extremely grim. He then asked Constantine Eugene, "Have you considered what would happen if those were individual explosives falling?"

"If we can ignite the gunpowder, with the amount of gunpowder we have stored, the area within dozens of miles of the military factory will be razed to the ground."

Constantine Eugene felt a chill run down his spine.

Just then, Shahar, his voice hoarse from the heat, said, "Now it seems the reason why Saleh's forces were completely wiped out has been found—it's these things that fell from the sky..."

The group nodded in agreement, praising Shahar's wisdom.

Shahar said, almost cursing, "Do I need your praise of my wisdom now? What I need to know is how they did it?"

The audience was silent.

Shahar looked at Eva, who was shaking her head.

Not to mention, she didn't know.

At this moment, she was still somewhat disheartened, and even if she knew, she wouldn't say anything.

The silence on this side lasted for quite some time.

He then said, "Since none of you know how they did it, tell me now, what should we do?"

"Clearly, the reason Xiao Ce was so confident was because he had made thorough preparations."

Eva then picked up where she left off, repeating Yan Jia's earlier threats, and continued, "So, Father, the reason he was so certain was clearly to tell us that if he died, this gift would be replaced with bombs, which would then explode in every inch of our land..."

"They must be ready! Although their technology is not as good as ours, their explosives can still injure us... In that case, we won't even be able to defend ourselves, let alone attack others."

"When the people of Fusang find out, they'll probably laugh their heads off."

Constantine Eugene nodded repeatedly, even though he only had one arsenal that received a gift from Xiao Ce.

But who can guarantee that Xiao Ce didn't know the locations of his other arsenals...?

"That's good...we still need to have a proper talk with him...since he's come, he's come with sincerity..."

Constantine Eugene changed the subject very quickly.

Following this, other oligarchs changed their tune.

"Good...good...we need to keep them calm first. At least until we figure out how he made those things fall from the sky, we need to keep him calm..."

"Otherwise, it would be an absolute nightmare for our entire Slavic nation..."

With the oligarchs saying this, cabinet officials then said, "But we almost completely broke off relations just now... If we go to talk to him now... will he still be able to have a proper discussion?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Finally, their gaze fell upon Nikolayevich Shahar.

Shahar looked embarrassed and glanced at Eva to the side.

Eva shook her head and said, "Father, I have already broken my promise to him time and time again... I'm afraid he won't listen to me now..."

Shahar quickly shook his head and said, "Eva, you can't say that... Go try again..."

Eva said, "Father, actually, I didn't need to... Since he came and made these preparations, he actually wants to have a proper talk... If he didn't want to talk, then there was no need for him to come. If he wants to push things to the extreme, even if the first wave is a bomb, what can you do? Don't you still have to talk to him?"

"So, this time, he came with sincerity..."

After listening to Eva's words, Shahar immediately realized that they made sense.

Before Shahar could speak further, Eva continued, "Of course, you should also be prepared to compromise! Your demands are naturally impossible!!"