21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 767 - 763 Conditions (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chen Yu did not intervene in the negotiations between Hood and the British Government, instead leaving it to Hood to handle the matter herself.

On one hand, this was indeed Hood’s own business. Although Chen Yu had asked the ship-girls to gather their former companions, he did not say that they should snatch things from the hands of the Five Great Hooligans of the United Nations.

While people often joked that only two and a half of the Five Great Hooligans remained, even the weakest of the Five Great Hooligans remained the Five Great Hooligans, not entities to be easily provoked while wielding the mushroom egg. Furthermore, stealing a museum symbolizing the opponent’s honor and history in the capital of a major thug is undoubtedly an act that could escalate to an international security incident, or even be characterized as a terrorist attack, attracting collective punishment from the Five Great Hooligans.

After all, if you can cause such trouble in the capital of one major thug, you could do the same in others’ capitals. To prevent a recurrence, the other four thugs would not stand idly by or look on with folded arms.

So after Chen Yu figured out what was really going on, he immediately dismissed the idea of using force to solve the problem.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t win against the United Kingdom with the forces at his disposal, but there was no need to wage a full-scale war with a major country over something that could be resolved through negotiation.

Moreover, during their conversation, the British Government also sent reinforcements, two transcendent beings with Demigod Level strength.

One of them was an old man with white hair and beard, the white beard trailing to his waist, dressed very traditionally as a mage, even wearing a pointed hat on his head; while the other was clad in traditional British gentleman’s attire, complete with bowler hat, suit, and umbrella, sporting a golden pocket watch chain on his chest.

Chen Yu could tell that these two were actually only of Legendary-rank strength, but with the help of some special equipment on them, they temporarily possessed Demigod Level strength.

Perhaps this was also the reason why the reinforcements from these two men were delayed; evidently, it took time to use the equipment they wore.

And this equipment obviously once belonged to real Demigods. When used by real Demigods, the power that could be unleashed was obviously more potent than that of merely Legendary-rank users. This perhaps was the fundamental reason why, in those days, the British Empire could conquer the seas, annihilate those native Demigods and deities.

Being a Demigod, the gap between having equipment and lacking it is significant, especially when the other side is fully armed.

This also indirectly reflected the might and depth of the British Empire’s past glory. Even today, unable to bring out real Demigods to use this equipment, the equipment itself is a testament to the empire’s historical foundation. To be able to produce these two sets of equipment on such short notice was enough to command awe—the body of a dead empire was still formidable.

After all, being able to deploy two sets of Demigod Level equipment at a moment’s notice, who would dare say that this was all that a four-hundred-year reigning and plundering empire had in store?

Ignoring the negotiations between the British Government and Hood, Chen Yu approached Artoria and Joan of Arc.

"Long time no see, Mr. Chen Yu," Gilles de Rais was the first to greet Chen Yu, introducing Joan of Arc beside him: "This is Joan of Arc, my Holy Maiden, whom I’ve mentioned to you before. Thank you for the knowledge you and your wife imparted to me; I have finally succeeded in resurrecting her. Thank you! I will never forget your kindness. I am deeply grateful!"

Gilles de Rais expressed his immense gratitude to Chen Yu.

Resurrecting Joan of Arc was his lifelong wish. Six hundred years had already made Gilles de Rais lose hope, supported merely by his obsession. If not for the knowledge of necromancy that Mr. and Mrs. Chen Yu taught him, he would never have been able to resurrect Joan of Arc.

Now that Joan of Arc had been resurrected, it naturally fulfilled many years of Gilles de Rais’s wishes, filling him with immense gratitude toward Mr. and Mrs. Chen Yu.

Joan of Arc, having learned that the man in front of her was the one who taught Gilles de Rais the method to resurrect her, was also very curious about him and politely greeted him: "Thank you for your help to Gilles, allowing me to come back to this world."

"Don’t mention it, this is just a token of appreciation for the hospitality Mr. Gilles once showed to me and my wife," Chen Yu replied politely, showing a measure of respect to this historically famed heroine: "May I inquire about your plans from here? I heard from Her Majesty Artoria that you have been pursued by the Catholic Church?"

"Yes, as you predicted, Mr. Chen Yu, the Church believes that resurrecting Joan of Arc is a heretical act of great sacrilege. They sent witch hunters and paladins from the Inquisition after us. If not for Joan of Arc, I would probably be dead by now," Gilles de Rais explained somewhat fearfully, his gaze full of admiration as he glanced at Joan of Arc.

Witnessing this scene, Chen Yu could understand Gilles de Rais’s emotions, but it was still a bit awkward, so he shifted the topic by asking: "So, what are your plans now? If the Church is determined to pursue you, it will be difficult to find sanctuary in Europe. Are you planning to go into hiding in Avalon?"

"We did have that intention before, but now we’ve changed our minds. We plan to take revenge on the Church," Joan of Arc answered Chen Yu, her anger reigniting as she spoke.

Her fury also caught Chen Yu’s attention. Such intense rage and resentment, if directed at the Church, suggested that the Church was indeed in deep trouble.

"However, due to the Church’s overwhelming power, we were planning to seek your protection, Mr. Chen Yu, and accumulate power for a while before seeking our vengeance against the Church," Gilles de Rais quickly interjected, seeing that Joan of Arc had fallen into rage again.

After hearing Gilles de Rais’s explanation, Chen Yu nodded in understanding: "I see. If both of you wish to visit, I am naturally most welcoming. Rest assured, the Catholic Church may be powerful in Europe, but in The Orient, it’s not their turn to act at will."

While Chen Yu and Joan of Arc were conversing, the negotiation between Hood and the two Legendary beings with Demigod Level strength sent by the British Government came to an end. Hood approached Chen Yu to report: "Commander, the British Government has agreed to hand over Belfast to us. However, in return, they hope to obtain from us the method for transforming ships into people, that is, the method for summoning ship-girls."