Early the next morning, Ercao Seventeen asked the Black Guards to summon all the chief witches to discuss the matter in the name of the Great Witch. According to Xiaoxiao's instructions www.biquge.info she arranged nearly 100 heavily armed Black Guards in the council hall, and the Black Guards at the door searched the body of the chief witch who came to wish the witch.

"The Great Witch has an order! No weapons allowed! ”

In fact, this rule has been in place for a long time, but the shrine maidens still carry short weapons such as daggers with them to defend themselves, but the great witches just turn a blind eye to this and never search their bodies.

Now the Blackguard has suddenly asked for a body search, which means that something may have happened to the Great Witch. The chief witch of the major factions did not dare to touch the bad head of the great witch at such a time, so they could only obediently hand over their hidden weapons and enter the council hall nervously.

To everyone's surprise, after they came to the council hall, the apprentice Great Witch sat in the position of the Great Witch, and Ercao Seventeen sat next to her, one position behind her. Under the pressure of the Black Guards, the shrine maidens did not dare to make a sound, so they could only sit honestly in their positions first.

When everyone came, Ercao Seventeen opened his mouth unhurriedly.

"You may think it is strange that the Great Witch called you here, but you don't see the Great Witch. Let's be honest with you, the person who called you here is not the Great Witch, it's me. ”

Ercao Seventeen's words were tantamount to a thunderbolt to everyone.

Ercao Seventeen pretended to summon the Witch Maiden in the name of the Great Witch, and the Black Guards also obeyed her orders, which means that Ercao Seventeen had mastered the Black Guards.

Could it be that Ercao Seventeen usurped power?!

The people of the three factions began to move, and their gaze at Ercao Seventeen became very unfriendly. The four factions and the five factions looked a little excited, and the neutrals looked a little flustered.

The only one who remains calm is Qicao Eighteen, who knows about the assassination plans of Maier and Xiaoxiao. Now that the Great Witch is gone, the trainee Witch is sitting in the position of the Great Witch, which means that the assassination is likely to be successful. To her surprise, Ercao Seventeen would actually stand on the side of the apprentice Great Witch, and the Black Guard was willing to obey her dispatch.

"But don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. The reason why the Great Shrine Maiden is not here today is only because she is injured and is recuperating. ”

The Great Witch is injured?!

There was another commotion in the crowd, and when they were quiet again, Ercao Seventeen continued.

"Just yesterday, the Great Witch was assassinated by a youkai while she was meeting with the Trainee Great Witch, and more than thirty Black Guards died heroically to protect them. The strength of the monster was very strong, and the Great Witch had to evacuate through the secret passage in order to protect the apprentice Great Witch. After that, I teamed up with the Great Shrine Maiden to deal with the youkai, and finally fought it off. The Great Witch was injured in the battle, but don't worry, the Great Witch is not seriously injured, and she will be fine after a few days of rest. ”

The Black Guards standing in the council chamber had seen blood stains in the Great Witch's bedroom, which meant that they all knew that the Great Witch had been injured before entering the secret passage. However, they had no problem with Nikusa's words, because they knew that if Nikusa-seventeen didn't say so, those who wanted to replace the Great Witch would act immediately.

The news of the Great Witch's injury made the people of the three factions very worried, and the people of the four factions and the five factions were very disappointed. As for the neutrals, everyone except Qicao Eighteen was secretly relieved.

"In the past few days when the Great Witch is recuperating, the trainee Great Witch temporarily takes over the power of the Great Witch, and this is what the Great Witch said to me herself. I have called you here today to inform you of this matter. ”

"Your Highness Ercao Seventeen."

At this time, the apprentice great witch suddenly spoke.

"Didn't the Great Witch confess one more thing?"

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot about it."

Ercao Seventeen straightened his body and continued.

"We've found some clues about the youkai who assassinated the Great Witch. The youkai was dressed in a black and white shrine maiden costume and wore a mask of a shrine maiden, and her figure was no different from that of an ordinary shrine maiden, and the weapons used in the assassination were also from the shrine of Satoya. At first, I suspected that the location of the Black Shrine had been exposed, but I thought about it, if the Rima Shrine had really figured out the location of the Black Shrine, it would have already been overwhelmed by a large army. ”

"When I thought about it again, I realized that the weapons we used also came from the Rima Shrine. As a result, I had to turn my gaze to my own people. ”

In fact, there were no tools left at the scene of the assassination, because Maier and Xiaoxiao did not bring weapons in, and the Black Guards also knew about it. However, when they were told that the Assassins were most likely recruited by members of the Fourth or Fifth Faction, and that they wanted to trick them into a meeting, the Blackguards cooperated with her.

Of course, there are only four and five factions in the Black Shrine who don't deal with the Great Witch. As soon as Ercao Seventeen said this, the people of the three factions immediately turned their eyes to the people of the fourth and fifth factions, and the people of the fourth and fifth factions also turned their eyes to each other, and the atmosphere at the scene immediately became tense.

"Your Highness Ercao Seventeen, what if these things were stolen by that monster?"

At this moment, the apprentice great witch spoke again.

"Your Highness the Apprentice Great Witch, if these things are snatched by youkai, someone is destined to be wiped out. Then I'm going to ask you, among you, whose subordinates are missing? ”

Ercao Seventeen's question made everyone look at each other, since the so-called youkai didn't exist at all, naturally no one would be missing. In this way, the claim that someone was secretly facilitating the Assassins was confirmed.

The people of the three factions have a clear conscience, but the people of the fourth, fifth, and neutral factions cannot be calm, because they are all objects of suspicion. But they had no way to prove their innocence, so they could only let the people of the three factions look at them with sharp eyes.

"If that's the case, the strength of the person who sent the assassin is terrifying."

The apprentice great witch put her hands on her chest and seemed worried.

"She can drive the monsters to die for herself, and if she rebels directly, the Black Guards may not be able to defeat her."

"Her Royal Highness the Apprentice Great Witch, if she has this strength, why do you need to assassinate the Great Witch?"

Ercao Seventeen sang and harmonized with the apprentice witch, and they cooperated quite tacitly.

"After the monster fled yesterday, it was gone. I don't think the messenger behind it should be able to control that youkai, so we don't have to worry about that. But with the first time, there may be a second time, and we must arrest the main messenger behind it, otherwise the safety of the Great Witch will not be guaranteed. ”

The people of the three factions nodded again and again after hearing Ercao Seventeen's words, but at this time, one of the Black Guards interjected.

"Your Highness Ercao Seventeen, the minister feels that every one of them is suspicious."

The man was not a nurse arranged by the apprentice Great Witch and Ercao Seventeen, but said this spontaneously. The reason why this person dared to say such things in public was because she had led a team to participate in the attack on Twenty-Nine Villages. In other words, she is the leader of the Black Guard squad who killed the commander-in-chief of the Witch Maiden's unit.

Ercao Seventeen was unprepared for this, so he looked at the apprentice great witch with an inquiring gaze. After the apprentice Great Witch nodded, she asked calmly.

"What do you mean by that?"

The leader of the Blackguard squad added fuel to the story of his battle with the commander-in-chief of the Witch Maiden unit that night, and put all the blame on the other party. The commander-in-chief of the Witch Maiden's forces was a member of the three factions, and the people of the three factions deliberately attacked the Black Guard of the Great Witch, which was not a sign of loyalty.

"The minister feels that the people of the four and five factions are very suspicious, but the people of the three factions are not necessarily clean. Maybe some people are just loyal on the surface, but secretly they want to kill the Great Witch. If not, why did the Lord attack us? ”

The words of the Black Guard squad leader were obviously unfavorable to the people of the three factions, so she immediately received the support of the four and five factions. In fact, there are indeed ambitious people among the three factions, but there are not many of them, the one with the greatest ambition has been killed by the leader of the Black Guards, and the rest of the people only have the heart of a thief but not the courage of a thief.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable to their side, the people of the three factions immediately showed their counters to the Black Guard squad leader.

"People are dead, whatever you want! I don't think the Black Guards are clean either! More than thirty people couldn't stop an assassin, and the Great Witch was injured! I see that you are thieves and shouting to catch thieves! ”

"What did you say?!"

When the Blackguards heard this, they immediately became angry. The nearly 100 Black Guards in the council chamber were all in a position, and it seemed that they would cut them down if they didn't agree with each other.

I wish the shrine maidens and witches all of them have no weapons, and everyone is afraid that the Black Guards will launch a fire to attack them indiscriminately, so they hurry out to be peacemakers.

"That...... We all believe in the Black Guards! ”

"That's right! The Blackguards are the most loyal! How could the Assassins have been sent from them! ”

"People from the three factions don't talk nonsense! In terms of loyalty, you can compare to the Black Guard?! ”

When the Black Guards heard the good words, their anger immediately disappeared, but they and the Liangzi of the three factions must have formed a conclusion. The apprentice great witch seized the opportunity and coughed vigorously a few times, signaling everyone to be quiet. The crowd was eager to find a staircase to go down, so they immediately fell silent.

"Since the Blackguard's loyalty is unquestionable, let the investigation of the Assassins be left to the Blackguard. What do you think, Your Highness Ercao Seventeen? ”

"Uh...... The Great Witch has already handed over the power to Her Royal Highness the Apprentice Great Witch, so do what you say. ”

When the people of the three factions heard this, their faces darkened. But they didn't dare to say a word, after all, the Blackguard's broadsword hung above their heads.

"Then it's decided." The Apprentice Grand Witch nodded, "From now on, the Black Guards will investigate the assassins, and no one will be allowed to stop them." If someone does not cooperate with the investigation, the Black Guards can deal with it themselves. ”

Even during the reign of the Great Witch, the Black Guards had never been given such power. This made them think a little carefully - if they let the apprentice great witch take the position, would they get more power?

The Blackguards all knew that the Great Witch was badly injured, so as soon as this thought appeared, it was out of control.

"Obey !!"

The Black Guards knelt on the ground and bowed to the apprentice witch.

Originally, the apprentice Great Witch just wanted to take the opportunity to let the Black Guards fight with the people of the three factions and start a civil war as soon as possible, but she didn't expect to get the support of the Black Guards. Ercao Seventeen was also very surprised, she didn't expect that the Black Guard, who was the most loyal to the Great Witch, would actually kowtow to a third person besides the Great Witch and her.

Prostration means surrender, and surrender means support. If the trainee Great Shrine Maiden is not bent on destroying the Black Shrine completely, it won't be long before she takes the position of the Great Shrine Maiden.

After announcing the order, the apprentice witch let the group disperse on their own.