636 Negotiate (2/2)
At such a critical juncture, the moment the Anglo navy displayed any signs of weakness, Anglo would be put in such a bad situation that its ability to protect itself might even be questionable. Besides, this critical juncture concerned the Ultimate. Now that Raymond has wrapped his fingers around the situation, he would be able to poke at this paper tiger if he so wished. No, in fact, he would be shredded into pieces. Now, not only was Anglo's dominance over the seas at stake, things could easily worsen very quickly… Ye Qingxuan could not afford to let that happen.
There was complete silence. After a long time, Ye Qingxuan finally spoke, ”Let me talk to Sylvaine first, okay?”
”No.” Raymond shook his head ”First come, first serve. Since I came first, you have to talk to me, Mr. Ye.”
Ye Qingxuan's voice turned cold. ”I will talk to Sylvaine or we will not talk at all. Do you understand, Raymond? No room for discussion!”
Ye Qingxuan's stubbornness was beyond Raymond's expectation but this did not change the fact that the former was finally seated at the negotiation table. Since negotiations had begun, all that mattered now was how to negotiate…
Raymond laughed coldly. ”I hope you understand, Mr. Ye, that this will be the only time I will give in. You are wasting it on the wrong place.” With that, he looked at the Schubert nun and hinted for her to remove the shackles in the fog. Even so, he had no intentions of allowing Ye Qingxuan and Sylvaine to establish communication on their own. Their communication signals would be centralized at the flagship of the Phantom Fleet. Raymond did not try to disguise the fact that he was in control of their communication. In fact, he saw this as a tool that he could use to exert pressure and control.
”You can speak now, Mr. Ye.” Raymond sat on his seat. His mind was occupied with different negotiation strategies when he heard Ye Qingxuan speak, ”Admiral Sylvaine, do you still remember what you told me when we first met?”
The Sovereign was silent for a moment. After some time, Sylvaine finally replied, ”Anglo hopes for its people to fulfill their duties to the very end.”
”Very good.” Ye Qingxuan seemed satisfied. He quickly followed it up with an order, ”Next, I will start firing at the Burgundy navy with my cannons. When the time is right, please carry out self-destruction as a form of reinforcement.”
Raymond was stunned. The entire bridge fell into complete silence. He jumped up from his seat and screamed, ”Mr. Ye, please do not play such meaningless and foolish tricks!”
But Ye Qingxuan ignored him completely. Sylvaine spoke, ”Your Highness, will you lead Anglo to victory?”
”Yes.” Ye Qingxuan replied, ”Definitely.”
”Good.” Sylvaine smiled and shut off communications without even waiting for Raymond to do so.
Only Ye Qingxuan's teasing laughter could be heard. ”Looks like there is no need for me to negotiate with the Church anymore.”
”You…” Raymond's face turned black. Just as he was about to speak, he was disrupted by Ye Qingxuan, ”In that case, let us resume the War of the Roses!”