Liz didn't dare to take the risk. She saw the unquestionable determination in Cruzet's eyes, which clearly told her that if she didn't satisfy Cruzet, not only Todd, but she and the countless people in the Enlightenment Legion would die here.
Taking two deep breaths, Liz shook her head in disbelief. "They're innocent. Most of them are just following our orders. They can't possibly be a threat to you. You've already gotten everything. Can't you just let these innocent people go?"
"The Burning Legion doesn't need Todd's loyalists." Cruzet smirked and looked at Liz with an inexplicable smile. "But I can accept them as your loyalists."
Cruzet's words were tantamount to telling Liz that it wasn't impossible to keep those people who were originally going to be executed. It wasn't impossible for Liz to keep them, but it all depended on Liz's choice.
In fact, Cruzet's decision to keep Liz wasn't a sudden idea. It had been in his mind for a long time. However, it wasn't because Cruzet saw that Liz was too beautiful to walk. The real reason was to keep Liz as a buffer for the Enlightenment Legion to integrate into the Burning Legion. He wanted Liz to watch over and restrict the original members of the Enlightenment Legion.
After all, Todd was bound to die, so he definitely couldn't be kept alive. This caused the situation of the Enlightenment Legion to be different from the other legions. The legions that defected to the Burning Legion all had their own leaders. Having a leader integrate into the Burning Legion was much easier than having a whole group of people integrate into the Burning Legion.
Moreover, once a leader was integrated into the Enlightenment Legion, it would mean that the legion behind him would also be integrated into the Enlightenment Legion. This leader would also become the most crucial intermediary and link between the Burning Legion and the other legions. He would also be able to exert a beneficial influence on the members of the Burning Legion.
Apart from that, the Burning Legion didn't go overboard the previous few times. At the very least, they left some leeway to ease the tension. In addition, they were sincere, which made it easy for the other legions to integrate into the big family of the Burning Legion.
However, it was different this time. The Burning Legion was too ruthless. The leaders of the three leading legions were all killed. The Grey Rock Legion was just a motley crew, and most of them had voluntarily surrendered. The Borsia Legion had a special structure and was held hostage, but the Enlightenment Legion was different.
If even Liz, Todd's sister, died, then there would be no room for reconciliation between the two sides. While forcefully incorporating people into the Burning Legion would cause a group of people to choose to side with the Burning Legion, there would also be quite a number of people who would become hidden threats. If Kreutzer set up Liz as a target, then the target of the internal problems of the Enlightenment Legion would not be the Burning Legion, but Liz herself.
On the other hand, Reese could also pacify the Enlightenment Legion, and the effect would definitely be much better than the Burning Legion. After all, the Enlightenment Legion was also a large legion. Even if they lost everything, it wasn't as simple as resources.
It was obvious that Kreutzer wanted to use Liz, but Liz did have some value.
Either Todd would be alone, or all of them would die. This was the choice Cruzet gave Reese. When the time came, as long as Cruzet kept an eye on Reese, it would be the same as keeping an eye on the Enlightenment Legion. When the time came, he would pacify the Enlightenment Legion and slowly let them settle down. What Cruzet wanted was time. During this time, the Enlightenment Legion couldn't fall into chaos, and the faction territories of the Enlightenment Legion couldn't fall into chaos.
Xiao Ran and Cruzet were the same. They treated Prometheus' restrictions as an additional measure. After all, the Burning Legion's real goal was Prometheus. If they were prepared to overturn something, then they would have absolute trust in it and settle down.
Reese was stunned. Cruzet was indeed a little impatient. "We don't care about a few S-class pilots, let alone those low-class participants. If non-participants die, then so be it. We don't care at all. If you don't want to, then I can only send you on your way."
Reese looked at Cruzet pleadingly. "Is there no other way for Todd? Can't you just let him go? "
Cruzet's answer was full of coldness. "No, no. If we failed, I'm afraid we would only get the same result. This is war. You should know the consequences of war. Moreover, this war was started by you. The Burning Legion would never leave such a hidden danger."
"Either we die together, or Todd dies …" Reese's face was full of sorrow. Tears flowed from her eyes uncontrollably. "I … Do I have any other choice?"
Cruzet reminded her. "Remember, once you become a member of the Burning Legion, you will never want to betray the Burning Legion. Every participant of the Enlightenment must sign an exclusive contract with us. The contract will tell you what you can and can't do."
"Even if you want to betray us, you must be able to pay the price."
After saying that, Cruzet prepared to turn and leave. Reese sadly shouted from behind. "I want to see him, one last time."
"You will."
After Cruzet left, he contacted Xiao Ran and told him about his plans for the Enlightenment. After listening, Xiao Ran seriously thought about it for two minutes.
"If you think Reese is useful, then keep her here. Other than Cang who will be in charge of Borsia, you will be in charge of the other legions. Those that should be disbanded will be disbanded, those that should be merged will be merged, and those that should be filled will be sent over."
"As for the spoils of war from the other legions, tell the other legions that the Burning Legion will be responsible for the overall distribution. If there isn't enough, the Burning Legion will compensate for it. Let Law take care of this."
"Hurry up and clean up the mess, and we'll be done with this mission. Have someone send ten thousand of the hundred thousand battleships to Earth and hand them over to Imperial Sword Mingye. Have her decide who to hand them over to. Check the bodies inside. Take away all the high-level ones, and leave the low-level ones behind.
Xiao Ran was now more and more used to sitting down and talking and getting things done. With just one sentence, many people would do what he ordered. This time, he didn't even leave the battleships and didn't even touch the bodies. He just finished everything with his words. The legion was getting stronger and stronger, and the opportunities for Xiao Ran to personally participate became fewer and fewer.
Leaving behind 10,000 battleships for Earth was also to let Earth have the power to protect itself in front of the Beta. 10,000 battleships were really not a lot, but in the solar system that had been cleared, it was a very powerful force. It could be considered as leaving a future for Earth in this world. Perhaps after decades or centuries, the humans in this world could rely on these 10,000 battleships to rise again.
This could be considered as Xiao Ran's goodwill to Earth in this world. Malice against the enemy alliance had been completely released, so he had to balance the Yin and Yang and be kind.
A few days later, Cruzet executed Todd. Xiao Ran also gave up on treating Todd's soul as a plaything. He did not continue to torture Todd's soul. It was normal to stop when it came to some things, but if he really played with the soul, he would become no different from a bad person.
Next, the real troublesome thing was to confirm the surrender of the various legions and sign the contract. After all this was done and he left this world, he would have to start receiving all the assets of these legions and then distribute them. The useful ones would be left behind and the useless ones would be thrown out to strengthen the strength of his subordinates.
Of course, things like the faction territory would definitely be left behind. It was not suitable to give it to anyone. The Burning Legion was the most suitable to keep it. After that, he would have to reorganize these legions that were so poor that even he himself had lost to Xiao Ran. He could also directly break them up and rush into his subordinates' legions. This would depend on the situation.
After all, there were about twenty legions in total. Xiao Ran felt that it would be more or less enough to reorganize them into ten legions. He would still have to let his subordinates absorb some strength.
Borsia and Enlightenment could still be kept and some things could be left behind for them. Dropping out of the top five was basically a fixed thing. But even if the seventh and eighth legions were to replace them, it would be useless. The five-man council and even the army council were basically dominated by the Burning Legion. Otherwise, would they dare to court death like the other two legions?
Even the first ranked army would not be so inconsiderate. Both sides would definitely maintain a friendly relationship.
However, all these things were troublesome and required a lot of brain cells to complete. Xiao Ran himself was not willing to do these things, so he threw them all to Cruzet. Anyway, Cruzet had experience in these things. After all, the reality zone had also experienced such a situation.
After dilly-dallying for almost a month, Cruzet finally completed the signing of the contract for all the participants. The surrender agreement between the legions was also completed. This way, the Burning Legion would be the true winner of this battle. It was like a playful battle.
Xiao Ran felt that if they had not done well in this battle, they would have been able to obtain a clean victory even with less than 50 battleships. All they had to do was to carry S-class pilots. The Specter battleships had made a great contribution this time. They had also shown everyone the absolute effectiveness of the Specter battleships in actual combat. With extremely special and advanced technology, they had completely crushed the alliance between Kexi and Borsia. It was simply a super technology that was several generations ahead of the other party's technology.
However, Xiao Ran also felt that if they had really done that, even if they could have won in the end, it would not have been so easy. There were too many strange processes in this battle. These strange processes were strung together to make the battle so easy. If any of the steps were missing, it would not have been so easy.
However, Xiao Ran also felt that there was a need to increase the number of Specter Battleships and create more of them. Moreover, he also had to give the new Specter Battleships more special characteristics. It didn't necessarily have to increase their offensive capabilities, but it was best to add a few more special abilities such as the time stop device.
Finally, the people of both legions disappeared at the same time and returned to Prometheus at the same time.
Prometheus, which had just returned, was calm and quiet. Countless participants were either rejoicing or licking their wounds. However, in just half a day, Prometheus was completely lively.
Countless participants still remembered the gambling game they participated in and rushed to the betting table excitedly. Most of the participants hoped to gain more or reduce their losses.
However, when countless participants saw the final result of the betting table, only a small number of them laughed and happily received their rewards. The rest of the participants could not believe the results they got from the betting table.
The second ranked Enlightenment, the third ranked Borsia, the sixth ranked Limestone, as well as a dozen of the top 50 ranked armies, had actually lost such a terrifying alliance.
Burning Legion, Emerald Dream Legion, Miscellaneous Legion VS Enlightenment, Borsia, Limestone, Miscellaneous Legion.
It was supposed to be an obvious ending, but it was completely different from what they had imagined. The side of Enlightenment had actually lost!
At this time, Prometheus, because of the defeat of Enlightenment and Borsia, created a huge sensation. No one lost their family fortune. Gambling was never the main theme of Prometheus, but this kind of topic and this kind of explosive result really made people unable to believe it.
Enlightenment, Borsia, Limestone. How could these three legions lose? How could the Burning Legion win? What happened in the battle? How could the Burning Legion be able to resist three legions and win?
After these legions experienced a battle, how many losses did both sides suffer? What kind of changes would occur in the real zone because of this battle?
Many people were curious and many people expressed their puzzlement. However, after seeing this result, the smart people immediately left the betting table and teleported to the entrance of the legion hall. Such smart people were not in the minority. Countless legions gathered outside the legion hall. They wanted to personally witness the moment when the Burning Legion and the defeated legions exchanged blows.
Even the first ranked legion had a large number of people standing outside, waiting for the arrival of both sides.
Not long after, the people they were waiting for finally appeared. The Burning Legion alliance had a few people. Cruzet, Aeschi, Uzzes, Bai Hechou, Emerald Dream Legion's commander, Shadowblade Legion's commander, and the other legions' commanders. The total number of people from the other legions was less than 20.
On the other side, the people who appeared in the legion hall were all the higher-ups of the defeated legions. They were all the higher-ups of the defeated legions, led by Cang and Liz.
Someone noticed something and couldn't help but exclaim, "Gone, gone, Todd of Enlightenment, Yu of Borsia, and Limestone are all gone!"
Someone beside him exclaimed, "Really gone?"
"A lot of people seem to be gone!"
Kreutzer walked up the stairs with a smile on his face. After the two sides met up, they obediently followed behind Kreutzer, not daring to step out of line.
When Kreutzer arrived at the entrance of the hall, he abruptly halted his footsteps. Gazing at the innumerable people in the plaza, he announced loudly to the crowd.
"Burning Legion wins, 0 losses."
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