"I will end the war." Andre stated in a serious manner, but all it got as a response was an awkward silence.
Seconds later..
"HAHAHAHAHAHAH!" A loud ridiculing laugh came out from Raja Anirudh as he looked at Andre jeeringly. "Are you kidding, Former King?" He asked, his laughter dying down to a more serious expression.
"If that's all you want to say, then I don't even know why I went here." Raja Anirudh stated before standing up abruptly and looking at him with disapproval, "We went here because we want to win. We want to end the war, but we can't just end it by saying 'we'll end it'." He scorned the calmly sitting Andre.
"What Raja Anirudh said is true, Your Highness." King Yi Eun seconded, "King Emanuel himself persuaded me to come here because he said that you have a plan, but by the looks of it, it seems that you don't."
"I agree with King Yi, King Emanuel." Junichiro stated, "As a sign of friendship and partnership, I agreed to meet with you immediately, but if what we're talking about is just this, then I am just wasting my time here." He said in fluent English.
Faced with the doubting monarchs, Andre stayed as calm as ever. He first looked at Yu Long and asked, "Now, I ask you, Emperor Yu. Are you confident that you can defeat the person I sent you?" Hearing that question, the other monarchs turned to look at Yu Long.
Yu Long shook. Remembering the atmosphere that he felt behind the friendly smile of Sun Wukong, even while being looked at by the other monarchs, he did not even hesitate to shake his head, which shocked every single one of them, even Mimicry.
"What?" King Yi Eun gasped, "You mean.. Former King Andras has a man more powerful than you?"
"Not just more powerful than me." Emperor Yu Long shook his head seriously, then looked at them straight in the eye, "More powerful than us. Combined."
"Then that's just hilarious!" Raja Anirudh spat, "If there is someone more powerful than us, then why hadn't they appeared long ago?" He asked haughtily, as if he knows everything in the world.
"Exactly the same as to why you are the ruler and not your brother over there; because they are for a greater goal." Andre suddenly responded, before looking at Chatura who was behind Anirudh, ".. isn't that right? Emperor Chatura?" He sneered.
The Indian men suddenly stiffened up when they heard Andre. The secret that they have been hiding for months, immediately became known by the rulers in the room.
As expected, the rulers of the four other nations looked at them with disbelief. Andre then continued, "I still don't know what the 'greater goal' that is, but I am close to finding that out."
"Are you placing your card on that single powerful man you have under you?" Chatura suddenly rebuked, "Do you plan to wipe out the entire Union Government with that powerful being?"
"Do I plan to place my card on that single person?" Andre asked the question to himself and laughed like he was hearing a great joke, but his face abruptly changed, looking at Chatura mockingly, "Who told you I was relying in one?" He sneered.
The King and Emperors froze in their positions, imagining what they thought at first was impossible. Andre didn't even give them a chance to figure it out by themselves as he declared, "I have spread across the world twenty two beings with the same level of power as the person that Emperor Yu is describing."
"Every organisation and government, hidden or public, even the church; I have my men near them." Andre smiled kindly, but what the monarchs felt said otherwise. "What monster are you?" Even if they think that Andre was bluffing about the twenty two beings, they believe that Emperor Yu is not lying.
Emperor Yu is a righteous and truthful ruler who only thinks for his nation's independence and would never cooperate with a person that wants that nation of his to be under another. Just the person that Emperor Yu was describing is already more powerful than them. Thinking that the only reason why those kinds of powerful beings follow Andre is because he is stronger, they couldn't think of him as a human.
Facing the fearing looks of everyone, Andre felt something inside him that made him feel great. He slowly remembered the power; the power of fear.
His face gradually lightened, feeling the new yet old sensation course through his veins, "Maybe I am a monster." He stated, his hands lifted up as he looked at it.
"But I am a monster that is powerful, a monster you could not defeat." His smile was sincere, but the kings still felt terrified of it.
"You need not worry though, because that is why I have invited you here." Andre said. The rulers only looked at him, letting him to continue. "I want The Philippines, Great Xia, Great India, Korea, and Japan to establish Gaius Confederacy to fully and formally resist the Union. Introduce the Union as only The United States and their allies conquering more land in the pretext of 'unity'."
"After that, I shall call my associates to also show themselves and introduce themselves as one with the Confederacy and immediately push against the attacks of the Union."
"As for the leadership, leave it vacant for the first three months because rushing it would place doubt on the person and his nation. In their eyes, we would only be just the same as the Union. After those three months, launch an election, because at that time, the entire Afro-Eurasian territories would certainly be already under our control."
"By then, the Union would bow before the Confederacy and surrender, and will finally unite the entire world under its own name." Andre proclaimed in a voice filled with certainty.
"What about the Lich?" Emperor Yu suddenly voiced out. Andre looked at him and smiled with assurance, "I would handle that person with a friend of mine, so you need not worry."
"Is the plan clear to everyone in this room?" Andre asked. Chatura, with his identity finally known, does not have to pretend as a listening person anymore, "What if we just defeat the entire Union in one fell swoop and not drag it further?" He asked.
"I will dominate the entire Union in one fell swoop." Andre answered, which puzzled everyone, "What do you mean? I thought we were going to fight for at least three months?" King Yi Eun asked.
"Deceit." Andre stated one word go explain, but it just confused them. Andre didn't speak further and let them comprehend it by themselves.
A minute later, Chatura's eyes widened and he looked at Andre in shock and terror, his body shaking in fear as he thought of it, "Do you mean.. a play?" He shuddered.
"A play?" The others looked confusedly at Chatura. For the four monarchs, they were certainly not familiar with Chatura as he usually operated behind the curtains, but for Anirudh, it made him think deeper.
Andre smiled with approval on Chatura's answer. When the other monarchs saw it, they immediately knew that Chatura hit the mark.
Seconds later, King Yi Eun had the faint idea in it. His eyes similarly widened and he turned to Andre in anger, "Are you saying we have to sacrifice the people?!" He scowled.
Hearing Yi Eun, the others also slowly realized what he meant as they also glared at him. "I see you all have got what I meant." Andre stated.
"So you really want to sacrifice the soldiers in a meaningless fight?!" Yi Eun snarled furiously. "It isn't meaningless." Andre rebutted.
"The three months war is a play to deceive the commonfolk. It is to satisfy the citizens minds, both of The Confederacy and The Union. The thought that they won for the Confederacy and the thought that they fought but lost valiantly in battle for the people of The Union."
"If this three-month war is skipped, the people of the Confederacy will have thoughts that their government's position would be unstable once time passes because of their weak state after the merge, while The Union's citizens would definitely think that the Confederacy is weak and is controlled by others while their old government is a pussy. That would spark into rebellion and many people would certainly die in its wake."
"A battle that would last for three months that would have less than a ten thousand casualties in our side and less than a hundred thousand for the West, or a quick fa?ade of a unity that would easily crumble after a few years and would definitely kill millions in just a couple days all over the world?" Andre pu forward choices and smirked, "Pick your desired scenario."
Faced with those choices, as leaders, they need to choose the choice that would benefit the greater many; they had to choose to do the "play".
New novel chapt𝒆rs are published on free(w)ebnovel(.)com