Loren looked at the dean in front of him who was excited, and even a little out of shape, and was silent for a long time.

The other party's answer did not surprise him, and even when he saw the huge amount of material "blacklist", the black-haired wizard thought that this might be the result.

First and foremost, the Imperial Legion of the Broken Mountain Fortress is indeed actively preparing for war, and the Crucible Town, which is the place of the ordnance supply, has also received a large number of orders, which proves that Connad de Salion is not lying, or does not seem to be lying.

At least in this matter, His Excellency the Dean of the Crucible Academy was as impachable, and even quite dedicated, as he had shown - from Brandon's departure to his arrival here, the Crucible had completed the supply of both legions of the Broken Mountain Fortress, and all kinds of ammunition, swords, and arrows could last at least four battles.

With such intense work requirements, it seems that it is not surprising that there are various accidents and workshop explosions.

"It's not just Crucible, the entire Sakran Prince Territory has been following the orders of His Highness Conod since three months ago, and has begun to prepare for the Broken Mountain Fortress. The dean's expression was very serious: "If you and Your Highness continue to the north, you can see - almost all the towns are stockpiling supplies, and the villagers of the small villages are also gathering in the nearby villages and castles. ”

"Most of the people in the Sakran prince's territory know that the army of devils is coming!"

"Most of the Sakran Princes' Territory?" Loren frowned slightly: "If those enemies really invade, shouldn't the entire Sakran Empire be ready to fight?"

"The entire Sakran Empire?" hehehe...... "The dean just sneered and shook his head: "Only you southerners can say such things!"

"Your Excellency Loren Turin, listen up - since the day the Boundary Mountain Fortress was erected, the invasion of the monster army has never stopped!"

"Hundreds, or thousands, crossing the Boundary Mountains to invade the borders of Sakland, and a single fortress can't stop them, otherwise why would there be two entire Imperial legions stationed on the border?!"

"I see...... the black-haired wizard suddenly realized, "I thought I would have to gather the forces of the whole empire to repel the enemy in the north." ”

"It's not unprecedented, His Royal Highness Brandon I of the sixth generation once commanded six imperial legions and two dragons, plus a total of 50,000 troops of the four principalities, to face the monsters heading south in the Ice Barren Valley north of the fortress of Broken Mountain. ”

Thinking of the previous story, the dean couldn't help but sigh for a while: "There are only two or three thousand of the whole army of fifty thousand, and when they go home, the two archdukes are left on the battlefield, and a dragon dies there, and even His Majesty Brandon I survived, and died of illness two years later." ”

"The Valley of the Ice Barren has also been renamed the Valley of Blood. ”

"Before his death, His Majesty Brandon was dying, and the last law was that the principalities of the empire must regularly send troops to serve in the fortress of Broken Mountain. But this order was made by Brandon I when he was about to die, and it was not taken seriously, and only the Fleets of Lothair and the Wirtz of Ellemont always insisted. ”

"And your 'famous' ancestor, Duke Roland Turin of the Duchy of Byrne, also served in Broken Mountains. ”

After speaking, the dean also sneered: "But whether it is famous or notorious, it's not easy to say - your Turin family lost the principality because of this amazing 'black duke'!"

Without saying a word, Loren sat there, quietly watching the excited-looking Dean and His Excellency babble and spit stars, waiting for his performance to end.

"Are you finished?" Seeing him stop, the black-haired wizard said coldly, "Since you're done, shouldn't you explain what you did about fake accounts?"

The dean's expression was ugly - he thought he could use the matter of the Broken Mountain Fortress to win some sympathy, but after the hope was slim, he wanted to use the matter of Roland Turin to stimulate this guy and make him give himself a good time.

But alas, both failed.

Just like when he replied to Brandon, the dean's answer was basically the same as Loren expected - the reason why there was such a large amount of fake accounts was not only because of Conod's "black gold", but also because of another force.

Church of the Holy Cross.

As the Dean and every alchemist in the Crucible Academy boast, the Crucible Academy in Crucible is the only two alchemist academies in the Empire that can smelt and forge Mithril. This rare and precious metal has been shown to be effective in countering all kinds of mutations caused by the power of the Void.

In this case, how could the Church of the Holy Cross, which adheres to the orthodox concept, allow this rare metal to get out of its control?

What's more important is that Mithril should not fall into the hands of ordinary people, especially wizards, in large quantities - due to its neutralizing properties, this rare metal can also be used as the core of alchemical items, or used to codify runes to make wands, which is absolutely unacceptable to the Church.

First of all, the first step is the absolute embargo against Mithril;

This is not difficult, after all, Mithril is very rare in its own right, and the de Salion family also wants to keep it under the control of the royal family, at least not in large quantities from the imperial capital of Paraven and East Sacland, so even if the wizards of Eberden are willing to pay a sky-high price, the amount of Mithril can still be obtained.

But this alone is not enough, after all, the Mithril Mine is in the hands of the Dwarves, and the Church cannot convince the Empire to go to war against a friendly ally for Mithril, especially if it is surrounded by enemies, and from the Dwarves to the imperial capital of Paraven, it will definitely pass through the Duchy of Byrne in the south, and it will definitely be rubbed with oil.

Therefore, the second step is to sanctify or "nobilize" Mithril - only knights who have been blessed by the Church of the Holy Cross, or who want to make an oath to the Holy Cross, are "qualified" to obtain a Mithril weapon;

This raises the threshold for obtaining Mithril, which is not difficult considering that almost the entire aristocracy of the empire is a follower of the Holy Cross, and at the same time almost completely cuts off the possibility of wizards getting Mithril, after all, no one will believe in the piety of a wizard.

But even then you can't completely control it, so you can only start from the root.

That's right, in Crucible, or even in the Crucible Academy, where the church was built across the street to monitor the alchemists' every move.

In East Sackland, a land of the Holy Cross, it is very dangerous to be considered a hypocrite, especially for the shamans here.

Not to mention the attitude of the clergy towards wizards here, and their greed - what is the face of the grassroots church in Lothair, the priests of the prince of Sakran will only get worse.

In the face of decades of exploitation by the Holy Cross Church, the Crucible Academy's "means of resistance" is to make false accounts.

By using the ledger, which only looks at the results and does not look at the process, the Crucible Academy successfully escaped the eyes of the local church, and without their knowledge, all the raw Mithril ore that would have flowed into the hands of the church was intercepted and sealed in the warehouse.

Of course, no matter how much they tried to hide it, it would be impossible to hide it from the Broken Mountain Fortress, because the amount of materials in hand could not be faked, so the seemingly rough but actually careful dean chose to cooperate with Conod, deceived the church and provided the crown prince with a large amount of "black gold" that would not be traced.

In return, Connod also brought more orders to the Crucible - this is not a very difficult thing to do, after all, there are two legions stationed in the Broken Mountain Fortress, and even the task of patrolling and regular searches will require a lot of supplies and logistics.

Of course, there is an easier way, and that is that all of these supplies are "accidentally" lost.

According to the dean of the Crucible Academy, he used the news of the northern invasion to send two batches of supplies to the fortress of Broken Mountain, and both of them ended up "unfortunately missing", considering that the northern part of the Sakran Prince's territory was in chaos, such supplies were also looted from time to time.

But in reality, those weapons or ordnance never left the Crucible warehouse in the first place, and with the right turnover, they could turn into eye-catching gold at any time.

This is the dean's final confession, detailing the process of his crime, plus the account books and archives are also concocted by him, anyone who sees this confession will not hesitate to believe that he is the culprit.

And all the content about Conod and the Holy Cross Church has been erased......