CHAPTER 507: CHAPTER 478: THE SO-CALLED AMBITION

"Count, I don’t understand why you want to keep this traitor’s head." After the New Continent Governor left Perfikot’s room, Samantha asked her in confusion.

Given Perfikot’s status and power, along with the evidence she held, whether it was directly chopping off the New Continent Governor’s head or removing him from office and replacing him with a new governor, it was merely a word from her.

According to Perfikot’s past practices, the corpse of this New Continent Governor should already have been cemented into a particularly conspicuous wall as a display.

Yet this time, Perfikot strangely indulged the New Continent Governor’s actions, which could be seen as betrayal to the Empire, just as she bizarrely chose to negotiate with the Revolutionary Army rather than crush them.

As a Knight following Perfikot, Samantha was well aware of Perfikot’s style.

Though this Count was not as cruel as rumored outside, enjoying cementing people into walls without cause, she never shied away from doing so when necessary and didn’t hesitate to use it.

For Perfikot, this was understandable because it was efficient enough.

If you want someone to work efficiently, besides offering enough generous rewards and benefits as temptation, the simplest and most direct method is through fear and intimidation.

Make them learn to be in awe, then they will naturally work efficiently under the threat of death.

Though such pressure often brings some risks, if you possess enough power to maintain adequate deterrence, these are not issues.

And in Samantha’s view, Perfikot undoubtedly is the person with absolute deterrence.

Furthermore, even if Perfikot’s deterrence were insufficient, behind her stands the entire Victor Empire, and in this world, there is likely no one or organization daring to ignore Victor Empire’s threat.

"Samantha, we shouldn’t see everything as a nail just because we are holding a hammer." Perfikot did not explain much, using a phrase that seemed reasonable but didn’t actually explain her behavior logically to brush off Samantha.

Faced with such an attitude from Perfikot, Samantha did not pursue further since she was merely an Imperial Guard Knight, inherently unqualified to question Perfikot, the Empire’s Count.

The fact that Perfikot was willing to offer even a sentence was already quite respectful, otherwise perhaps only the Empress herself in the entire Empire would have enough qualification to make Perfikot explain her reasons.

"You may leave, I’d like to be alone for a while." Perfikot glanced at the room’s balcony, indicating Samantha could depart.

Samantha didn’t ask further, simply nodding to indicate she would be outside the door, then left the room.

Though Perfikot’s current location was not as secure as her Lord’s Manor, surrounded by two squads of elite Steam Knights rotating in defense, there was also a squad of Flying Knights ready to respond at any time. Samantha, serving as her personal guard, needed to ensure Perfikot’s safety at all times but didn’t need to be by her side constantly.

Moreover, Perfikot was always guarded by Beifa, her personal maid, who was her ultimate line of defense.

With such security, Perfikot’s safety was sufficiently assured, and any ill intentions towards her would require deploying at least a battalion, possibly posing a threat to her safety with heavy firepower cooperation.

Even going a bit extreme, attacking with a brigade, without the cooperation of the Extraordinary or sufficient heavy firepower, would make harming Perfikot a difficult task.

To put it unkindly, even a fly would find it almost impossible to fly from outside the defense perimeter to Perfikot.

Of course, for certain individuals specially allowed within the defense circle, reaching Perfikot isn’t difficult.

"Claudia, how’s the investigation going?" Perfikot, watching her assassin open the balcony window and enter before closing it again, asked.

Previously, Perfikot had obtained information about the various crimes of the New Continent Governor from Claudia, thus she had instructed her and the Northern Territory’s intelligence agency to gather more comprehensive information.

The goal was clearly to completely nail this New Continent Governor.

However, while Claudia assisted Perfikot in gathering extensive data, she was also curious at this moment, asking: "Why don’t you just kill him outright? Even if it can’t be done publicly, you could hand the matter over to the Brotherhood. I guarantee he’d disappear quietly or in any manner of death you wish from this world."

"We discussed this topic before, haven’t we? The three principles." Perfikot consistently adhered to her principles, refusing to use assassination as a means.

On this point, Claudia couldn’t help expressing admiration: "Holding the world’s most elite assassins, yet you only employ them for intelligence gathering, consistently restraining from using assassination means. Even I must commend you for firmly upholding the lines you set for yourself.

But sometimes exceptions can be made. Dealing with someone like him shouldn’t make you inconvenience yourself, should it?"