「…… As a result, did you ask the true purpose of the Beast Spirit Clan's war?"

In the north of Turtle City, on a carriage driving on the road leading to the desperate desert area on the border of the Northeast Continent, Roco's carriage was sitting in a row with Chu Jiajia and Flash Bubbles, and it seemed that he was listening to the conversation between Chu Jiajia and Flash Bubbles, who were chatting happily next to him, while looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, but in fact, he was talking to Coco's sister who was far away in Iron Sword City through a soul link in his heart.

"Well, I'm not sure......

On the other end of the soul link, Coco's sister, who heard Rococo's question, replied a little hesitantly.

"Because Iroh's attitude has always been lukewarm, I'm not sure if his statement is perfunctory or sincere—according to what he told me later, the purpose of the Beast Spirit Clan's invasion of the Radiant Empire this time really has nothing to do with the personal feud between the Beast Spirit Clan and the Empire, but simply to expand the area of land they can actually control on the Eastern Continent, as their actions during the war demonstrate."

「…… In other words, the Beast Spirit Clan is planning to move out of the Northland Wastelands where they have lived for generations?"

"I thought so at first, but Iroh said that the purpose of occupying these lands and inland ports that originally belonged to the empire was to allow the beast spirit clan in the north of the Eastern Continent to better establish contact and communication with the inland of the Eastern Continent and even the inland sea and the southern continent, so that the beast spirit clan could have more initiative in the upcoming chaos war."

「…… Contact & Communication...... Initiative...... What does that mean? Could it be that the Beast Spirit Clan is unwilling to join forces with the Empire to form the Eastern Continent Front in this war because of its discord with the Empire, and wants to transfer the main force to the Inland Sea or the Southern Continent? But almost all of the battlefields here are dominated by naval battles, huh?"

"That's why I'm telling you I'm not sure, Sister Being. Listening to what Iroh meant, he didn't seem to mean that he wanted the Beast Spirit Clan to move the main battlefield, on the contrary, he told me that as long as the Beast Spirit Clan achieved the expected results in this war, the Beast Spirit Clan would take the initiative to conduct peace negotiations with the Empire more thoroughly than before, temporarily and completely eliminate the possibility of hostility between the two sides, and fully open the border to traffic, allowing adventurers and merchants on the Imperial side to enter and fight with the Beast Spirit Clan during the Order Chaos War...... It sounds incomprehensible in all sorts of senses."

Speaking of this, Coco's sister's tone was obviously a little awkward, although she couldn't see the real person, but Rococo still subconsciously thought of her sister who looked exactly like herself making a pouting expression that might not appear on her face in her life.

"Regardless of whether this has anything to do with the initiative or something, if the Beast Spirit Clan really wants to establish a full-scale cooperation alliance with the Empire during the upcoming war, then shouldn't it be necessary to try to have a good relationship with the Empire at this time. After beating others up and occupying the entire territory of the other party's northwest territory, and then putting on such a peaceful and friendly appearance and saying that they want to cooperate in an all-round way, this is simply not playing the empire for fools...... So sure enough, this guy Elo is actually perfunctory to me, and he didn't tell the truth at all......

Later, Coco's sister basically only became a simple complaint and complaint to Iro, but Rococo didn't listen carefully, and Coco's sister relayed Iro's answer was repeated back and forth in her mind, making her feel like she was grasping something for a moment, but there was a sense of confusion that she couldn't understand anything.

At this moment, a complaint from the flash bubble who was chatting with Chu Jiajia next to her coincidentally came to her ears.

"Having said that, the inheritance task of this Yang Yan controller is really a toss-up, obviously the key props triggered can be started in the Southern Continent, but the main plot after the trigger must be carried out on the Turtle City side of the Northern Continent, fortunately, Turtle City is a neutral area, if it is within the empire, then it is really helpless."

- Fortunately, Turtle City is a neutral area, so if it is within the Empire, it will really be helpless......

…………

“…… Uh, Sister Coco? ”

Because she turned her face to talk to Chu Jiajia, Bubbles quickly noticed that Rococo, who was originally looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, was staring at her directly, and couldn't help tilting her head in confusion. Noticing the appearance of the bubbles, Chu Jiajia also turned her head.

"Coco?"

"Well, I wanted to ask you a question."

"Huh?"

"If this task can only be done in the wasteland area in the northern part of the Eastern Continent, will you accept it?"

Leng Buding was asked such a question, Chu Jiajia and Flash Bubble were stunned.

"Huh? Northern Wastelands...... Isn't that where the beast spirits live? It should be dangerous......"

"Hmm...... After all, it's a precious inheritance mission, and it doesn't matter if you take a risk to get a powerful inheritance, but ...... There doesn't seem to be a teleportation array network in the Northern Wasteland, nor are there many respawn points for players to resurrect nearby, right? I always feel like it's going to be a lot of trouble......"

“…… That's right. ”

"What's the matter, Sister Coco, why did you suddenly ask this? Ah, could it be that Sister Coco, you have discovered some important hidden plot mission that you need to go to the Northern Wasteland? ”

"No, just something suddenly came to mind."

Saying this, Rococo smiled at the two, and Flash Bubble wanted to ask something, but Chu Jiajia, who was familiar with Rococo, immediately saw that she didn't seem to have recovered from what she was thinking just now, so she stopped Bubble very understandingly, and shifted the attention of the simple-minded little girl to the topic that the two had just talked about.

Winking gratefully at Chu Jiajia, Rococo came back to his senses and spoke to Sister Coco in the soul link.

「…… Now, Sister Coco, do you think the purpose of the Beast Spirit Clan is actually to be able to reach more players?"

After a while, there was a reply from Keke's sister.

"Uh, Sister Ontology, are you saying that the reason why the Beast Spirit Clan, or the owner of the Godhead Shard at the top of the Beast Spirit Clan, like Ello, started this war is actually to attract more players to their territory by occupying the territory and harbors of the Empire?"

"Hmm...... Godhead Shard owners are not ordinary NPCs, and ordinary NPCs can't really understand the player's existence, but these Godhead Shard owners are different. It's been a long time since players from Earth came to the continent of Eumicia through the Redemption game system, and the owners of Godhead shards like Oranado and Conte have more or less shown that they have a deep understanding of the player's existence, and have begun to consciously use the various effects of the player community on this gamified world. I think it's not surprising that the owners of Godhead shards on the Beast Spirit side would notice the impact and potential significance of the player base to this world."

「…… If you say so according to the main sister...... The so-called communication and initiative or something, in fact, is that the Beast Spirit Clan hopes to attract a large number of players to the territory dominated by the Beast Spirit Clan, and then they will guide and direct these players to play a role in the upcoming order chaos war? Well...... In the game system designed by Mira, players only belong to the two Terran forces of the Empire and the Federation, and the Orcs are far away in the remote northern wasteland, because the teleportation points and respawn points are too scarce, not many players will take the initiative to spend a lot of effort to deal with them...... That's right! This makes sense why the Beast Spirit Clan is so eager to occupy the territory of the Empire, especially the Northwest Territory, which is close to the Inland Sea and has many inland harbors!"

"That's right, and I think what Iroh said about signing a comprehensive peace agreement with the Empire immediately after the war should not be nonsense, no matter what the Empire side thinks, as long as the Beast Spirit Clan who started the war and has the advantage has this intention, plus the Creator Goddess Sect and the Elf Clan are pushing from the side, this agreement will definitely come into effect. From the very beginning, the Beast Spirit Clan obviously didn't care whether the Empire would secretly do anything after the agreement came into effect, because they must have seen that although the players belonged to the Empire and the Federation, they actually did not have any sense of belonging to the Empire and the Federation, as long as the agreement came into effect and the war plot was over, players would still come to the original Imperial territory they occupied for the purpose of doing tasks and leveling up monsters, and for the sake of experience points and item rewards to receive the task commission issued by the Beast Spirit Clan- This is the true purpose of this war waged by the Beast Spirit Clan."

You say a word to me (actually to yourself?) Rococo and Coco Sister quickly guessed the truth, and after being silent for a while, Sister Coco spoke with a little emotion.

「…… The owners of these godhead fragments can really toss...... I don't think I'll think Iroh came up with a mind like this, and that Golden Beamon's thinking circuit always feels closer to that of a pure warrior, Sister Ontology, I'm afraid that the High Priest of the Beast Spirit Clan who is sitting on the Northeast Front is the real mastermind behind this war. Sister, do you want me to go to the Northeast Front to meet the High Priest?"

Rococo hesitated slightly.

「…… No, it shouldn't be. Originally, our purpose was to confirm whether there was any abnormal secret behind the war of the Beast Spirit Clan, and whether we needed to intervene forcibly like we did during the storm in the Inland Sea, but now it seems that although the Beast Spirit Clan is a little more selfish, it is indeed not too contrary to the responsibility and mission of being an orderly race. As for the Orcs hoping to gain enough territory to establish contact with the players or something, let Orlanardo be in charge of coordinating with them and the Empire, as long as the Orcs are not greedy enough to fight all the way to the Radiant King's City, as far as I am concerned, it seems that it is a good thing to let the Orbies occupy more territory now."

There are some cruel thoughts for the Empire, but Rococo does think so, and Coco's sister immediately understands her subtext.

"After all, there is no Godhead Fragment owner among the high-ranking on the Empire side, and if that High Priest can stand his ground as the owner of the Godhead Fragment, then it would be more reliable to hand over the players to him to guide than to leave them to the Empire side to guide...... Ah, by the way, there is one more thing I want to report to my sister."

"Huh?"

"Sister, do you remember what this Arrow said in the bandit stronghold before, before we came, we thought that they should have forgotten this stubble after they obtained Wendeck's inheritance, but I didn't expect this guy to remember it very clearly all the time."

Rococo quickly searched for the memories of that experience, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but subconsciously grin.

「…… Don't tell me, that guy is still thinking about going to the fallen god of war Beamon."

The tone of Sister Coco's side at the moment was also a little helpless.

"It's true, sister...... That guy told me that he had agreed with the High Priest that after leading the Beamon Legion to capture Iron Sword City and ensure that the Beast Spirit Clan completely controlled the northwest territory of the original empire, he would not contribute to this war, but would take his guards and golden dragons north to the desperate desert, and after crossing the continental border, he would go to the north side of the eastern continent to find the fallen god of war Beamon."