Faced with this situation, he can make a choice to take action in order to profit from it.
In fact, if it succeeds, the benefits will definitely be considerable. It may be difficult to usurp imperial power and rule the entire alliance. After all, it lacks prestige, and there will be strong opposition from both the people and the nobles. However, you can take a step back and cultivate someone who is friendly to you to become the new emperor, while he hides behind the scenes and uses his potential influence to manipulate the political situation, becoming a figure similar to the Protector of the Country.
This process may take several years and involves many risks, but once completed, the largest country on the continent can be mobilized for his use.
So, is it worth it
He once seriously asked himself in his heart.
It is indeed exciting to rule the alliance secretly and indirectly. After all, almost most men, even humans, have the desire to conquer. It is extremely intoxicating for a country and countless people to have their lives controlled by themselves, to be able to make various adjustments according to their own wishes, and to be sought after and admired by countless people - this is the poison of power.
He naturally has this desire, but in comparison, this desire has succumbed to exploring, researching, and analyzing the truth of the world.
In his opinion, figuring out the truth about the world is better than anything else.
Only when the world is understood can everything be meaningful, otherwise it will all be in vain.
In addition, he has always been positioned as a researcher, just like when Sauron told the Truth Society: an assassin. When he failed the most, he decided to become a warrior.
In the same way, as a researcher, when you decide to become a ruler, you are a little deviated from your original intention.
Of course, this is not absolute - it does not mean that if you study something, you cannot establish an organization, manage your subordinates and conduct any rule, but it means that you need to find out what the ultimate purpose of rule is - is it to rule for the sake of ruling, or to rule for the sake of research
If you rule for the sake of ruling, then stay and you will be satisfied.
If you rule for the sake of research, staying in Char and the Alliance is not a good choice - mainly because the current water is too deep and too mixed, and the risk of participating is too high, and even if you master it, you will lose it because of maintaining the situation. It involves too much energy to be used mainly for research.
Although the Alliance has not been established for many years, some deep-rooted forces have developed and will inevitably not be completely eliminated. Rather than trying to change such an old system, it is better to start from scratch in a new place. It may be a bit difficult in the early stage, but the victory is that it is clean and simple, and you will not encounter any invisible resistance. The most important thing is that every step of development can be planned according to the plan.
All in all, in short, there are two major options before him, each of which represents a completely different future development direction.
The first one is to stay and start the "Protector" plot, save the alliance from a series of unknown risks, and get huge rewards, but this reward may not be what you want.
The second one is to leave decisively and start the "from scratch" plot, starting from a new area and developing. There is not much reward, but whatever you want, you can get through hard work.
So…
Which one to choose
Choosing the latter was his initial decision and his final decision after several fluctuations.
Leaving Char and going to Sarin, he just continued to develop in his own territory despite the chaos of the alliance. After he figures out all the truth about the current world, he will be free to slowly clean up the alliance's mess.
When the time comes, Oscar's revenge will be avenged. Oscar will find someone to repay the three unfulfilled promises he owes. The organization that secretly manipulates the situation of the alliance, whether it is the truth society or other forces, will be cleaned up and the world will be clean.
Of course, during this process, the chaos in the alliance may extend to Sarin, or the alliance may be manipulated by secret forces who do not want Sarin to develop quietly and try to cause trouble.
If that's the case, don't blame him for being rude. Those who can't be killed will be exiled to outer space. Those who can be killed will be invited to use mass-produced nuclear weapons to have a good talk with the other party.
At that time, there will be either world peace or world nuclear peace.
Choose one of the two, just choose one.
Of course it's best not to do that... Richard gathered his thoughts and made all the decisions. He walked to the wall and stretched out his hand to ring a brass bell.
"Jingle Bell!"
The bell rang, and within seconds, there was a knock on the door.
The new servant Lanke, who left not long ago, walked in, glanced at Richard, and asked respectfully: "Sir, do you have any orders?"
"Prepare a carriage for me. I will leave Xiaya after dawn." Richard ordered.
"Leave Xiaya? Set off after dawn?" The servant couldn't help but be surprised.
Richard said with certainty: "Yes."
"Uh, yes, I understand." The servant didn't dare to say anything more. After confirming that it was correct, he nodded and went to handle it.
Soon, the night passed and morning came.
When the light from the east just emerged, a carriage drove out of the reception area, then drove out of Xiaya and headed straight to the west.
…
About the same time.
Longshu stepped on the frost-stained bluestone ground and walked into a small courtyard.
There was a middle-aged man sweeping the ground in the small courtyard. After seeing Nagarjuna, he nodded lightly as a greeting.
Nagarjuna nodded slightly in response, and then walked into the room.
This is a secret contact point of the spider web. It has not been activated, so there are no spider web personnel. It is currently just the foothold of Dragon Tree. The so-called middle-aged man is just a hired cleaner and knows nothing. Therefore, the ignorant were fearless and just nodded and greeted Nagarjuna, a fourth-level wizard, otherwise they would have saluted in horror.
Longshu didn't care about this, stepped into the bedroom, reached out and patted Zong Hu, who was sitting on the wooden bed with his eyes closed and resting.
Zonghu opened his eyes and was surprised when he saw Longshu. He saw that Longshu was neatly dressed and had a rosy face. He could not see the tragedy of yesterday at all. In comparison, he was much worse. He hadn't had time to change out of the bloody clothes on his body.
"What did you go to do?" Zong Hu asked.
"Go talk to that guy named Richard and see if you can deceive him and avenge your lord." Longshu answered without concealment.
"What's the result?" Zong Hu asked.
"It turns out that people nowadays are getting harder and harder to deceive. If we don't succeed, it seems we can only work hard on our own." Nagarjuna spread his hands.
"But why are you like this?" Zong Hu was still confused.
"Is it weird? I failed to deceive people and was shocked. In order to ease my mood, I went to the bathhouse and asked a few female workers to help me take a hot bath and change into new clothes. After I finished, it happened to be dawn. Just rushed back."
"Then what is this in your hand?" Zong Hu looked at what Longshu was holding. There was a faint sound of food floating out of a basket.
"Oh, this is it." Nagarjuna took out the contents of the basket and placed them on the table next to him. He saw two hot buns.
Nagarjuna explained: "On the way back, the bakery opened and new bread was baked, so I bought two and planned to come back and have breakfast with you."
Zong Hu: "..." After hearing what he said, he was silent for a while, frowning deeply as he looked at his brother who didn't look sad at all, "Are you serious?"