Richard blinked and continued to think.
Could it be that Oscar and the Alliance Emperor thought that after they obtained their rights, they would be forced to fulfill their obligations due to moral pressure or face, and thus try their best to help the Soma Alliance win
In other words, did the other party want to squeeze his value as a person
Speaking of which, this possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, from Oscar's perspective, he is the person who has wiped out an entire branch of the Society of Truth. No matter what the specific means were, Pompey was indeed destroyed in his hands and his value was really squeezed out. The alliance gave the Royal Library books that were not a loss.
It's just... If the other party really thinks so, I'm afraid it's a bit of a miscalculation.
My own moral values have never been strong, so I just want to do part-time work for the other party occasionally. It's impossible to do long-term work.
To be honest, if he didn't want to lose face, he would have had the urge to leave the command room when he was halfway through the battle. But considering that after all, he has put in so much effort and leaving, it will be a loss for him, so he has persisted until now.
But this is also the limit, this is the limit of his obligations.
Now that he knows his power is real, there is no need to continue testing it. After all, power can be used if you want to, use it if you don't want to, and only when you have choices is real power. If you can't choose and are forced to use it, then it is an obligation and you are working.
Just like on earth, if you can inspect a building at will, it means you are a leader. But if you are forced to patrol the building every day, then sorry, you are a security guard.
Now, he doesn't want to do the latter at all, he just wants to do the former.
To put it simply: it is impossible to work part-time. His time is precious and he cannot think too much about others. He must live for himself.
He has helped the Soma Alliance so much, and spending a week is considered to be the most benevolent thing. It is impossible for him to command any battles next. He has to do research on his own - the books he got from the Royal Library have not been fully studied. However, the cracking of Baltavin has not been carried out seriously, which requires time investment.
From now on, he, the command advisor, will give himself a holiday, and let Sauron do everything on his own. After all, Sauron also said that even without him, this war would be won, but it would be a little more difficult.
And whether it is difficult or not, what does it have to do with him
You must know that the Soma Alliance is not even his motherland, and he is not even from the main continent. He was born in the Blue Lion Kingdom of Semans Island outside the main continent.
If we go one step further, it is only his current body that was born in the Blue Lion Kingdom. His soul and his original memories are from another world, and he has no sense of belonging at all.
It is precisely because he has no sense of belonging that he wants to decipher the truth of the world, wants to figure out how he came here, and wants to know how to go back.
He has no sense of belonging to the entire world, so what sense of belonging can he have to the Soma Alliance? The Soma Alliance is at best a partner of his. If it weren't for Oscar's relationship, he might have tried to cooperate with the Sika Kingdom.
Therefore, he really doesn't care at all whether the Sauron and Soma alliance will be difficult without him.
Anyway, this is what Oscar said at the beginning - he can completely let it go. He only has power but no obligations, so he should fulfill this contract seriously.
Slowly exhaling, Richard made a decision in his heart and walked back to the mansion.
Then one day, two days, three days.
For three whole days, he rested in the mansion and hardly left his bedroom.
Three days later, Sauron sent a messenger from the command room and invited him to attend the Supreme Military Intelligence Conference again. The purpose was to discuss how to execute the next attack, how to advance the front step by step, and force the Kingdom of Sika to surrender.
He declined politely and told him that he was feeling unwell. He would just let Sauron decide everything by himself and he would not interfere.
One day later, Sauron sent someone again, changing his identity to a staff officer, and still asked him to attend the military intelligence meeting.
He refused again and informed with great regret that he was still unwell and Sauron could make his own decision.
On the third day, Sauron sent his former white-robed staff officer Kun Darcy to sincerely invite him.
He refused a third time.
Then Sauron understood and did not send anyone to continue to disturb him. He just sent a message to express his position. When Mr. Richard's health improves, you are welcome to visit the command room at any time and simply exchange ideas.
Richard didn't completely refute Sauron's face. After that, he would occasionally go to the command room to take a look every other day or two. He didn't stay too long and left in about half an hour. The process was just simple. Have some words with Sauron that will never involve any military maneuvers.
In this way, the two reached a tacit understanding - Sauron would command alone, and Richard would study alone.
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To be honest, Richard was a little uncomfortable with having been busy for so many days and suddenly giving up on the national war.
On the first day after he got out of the national war, it took him nearly a second to overcome his discomfort before he devoted himself to the busyness of his career.
Day one, research.
The next day, research.
Day three, research.
Day four…
Time passed quickly, and Richard was almost completely obsessed with research and couldn't extricate himself. During this period, he also discovered some conveniences that he had not thought of before, that is, using power for personal gain.
After all, he is still the command advisor and the second-in-command of the entire army. Although he is no longer willing to contribute and continue to command, he can still issue military orders and let the logistics gather some needed materials for him.
This is to activate the state machinery and use the whole country to serve him. Most of the requirements can be met very quickly.
Speaking of which, it can be regarded as occupying war resources. But the amount of resources he needs alone is not as good as that of a regiment, but no one dares to question it. After all, being a command advisor still has some privileges.
In this way, except for meeting with Sauron every few days, he spent most of the rest of his time going about his own affairs, not caring about the progress of the war.
However, from the few words of others, he still learned that under the sole command of Sauron, the Soma Alliance's second offensive went smoothly, and the forward advanced rapidly, and it could even be said that it was overwhelming. The five lines of defense of the Sika Kingdom were broken through, and they were defeated and severely weakened. The main force fled deep into the country. The remaining second-line troops were unable to compete with the Soma Alliance army. They retreated steadily and continued to lose territory.
As a result, the former front line of the Soma Alliance has become the rear area. In order to facilitate command, the command room located in the Reef Castle has been moved forward many times towards the Kingdom of Sika.
As a command consultant, Richard did not conduct command work, but he could not leave the center too far, so he moved forward with the command room.
First they arrived at a military city of the Kingdom of Sika called Wind Sand Castle, then to a city of the Kingdom of Sika called Kukoc, and then to a place called Silver Sand City.
This did not affect Richard's research work to a great extent. After all, he carried the Garden of Eden and Balta with him. No matter what he had, he could easily pack it up and take it away. Moving to another place was just a small adjustment and a short break in his research work.
Just like that, it was already more than a month later when he followed the command room to a place called Greystone City.
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