Chapter 280: The Sith's Chessboard
The evil party exiled by Theopharan, the new deceased who took Ophelia's place.
Either of the two topics was enough to arouse Lin Qiu's interest, and the young man observed the change in Lin Qiu's expression and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He did not give this information directly to the Church, partly because he was disappointed with the bishop's attitude towards Melia, and partly because he wanted to exchange the information in his hands for something practical.
"If you have feelings for the information in my hands, we will have the possibility to continue the conversation. First of all, let me introduce myself, I'm Belvede, a member of the Roundtable Council, barely your seniors. But you can't get information from me for nothing, I have one condition. ”
"Say it. ”
"I can't be by Meria's side due to my identity, she has completely broken with the Chaos Cult this time, and with what she did on the night of the coup, the church and the kingdom army will also regard her as an enemy, so I hope you can protect her...... There is only one requirement. ”
"Yes. Lin Qiu readily agreed to Belvede.
Anyway, he didn't plan to do anything to Melia, as for security, as long as Melia didn't jump out to make trouble again, it was impossible for the bishop to tear up his face with Alyssa because of this matter, in exchange for Belvede's intelligence, which was almost equivalent to an empty glove white wolf.
Belvede nodded with satisfaction: "But the information about Goben Azuk is extremely complicated, you better be mentally prepared first." ”
Goben-Azuk is closely bound to the kingdom of Theopharan, and the news about Theopharan was something he had heard about by accident after years of infiltration in the Chaos Cult.
After the end of the Hundred Years' War, the Sith did not stop his steps, but instead learned a lot from the war - the defeat of the Byron Empire made him realize that the ill Empire of the Coast and the covert help of the Chaos Cult alone would not be enough to subvert Holutiah's territory.
But on the other hand, he also saw new possibilities in the war.
Unlike the strict centralized system of the Byronic Empire, the Heluthian League was extremely loosely constituted, and the Senate could only maintain the peace and stability of the alliance on the surface, but they did not have the energy to interfere in the internal affairs of each kingdom. In addition to the five major powers in the alliance, there are many small kingdoms attached to the big ones, and the Senate is beyond the reach of the whip, resulting in each small country having its own unique way of governing.
The Sith discovered this, and through the unique abilities of Greela and Sindora, he devoured the kingdoms bit by bit—to break up the Holuthia Alliance, he would have to break each kingdom's connection to the Senate from within.
The lost kingdom of Theopharan is one of the most important examples of this plan.
Even the Senate and the Church knew nothing about the civilization that had been sealed underground, and once he had control of the kingdom, he could use it as a staging post to train the dead and develop it into a base ready to launch a surprise attack on the imperial capital. The fly in the ointment was that the Sith's negotiations with the current king of Theopharan did not go well. After the establishment of the kingdom, Theopharan's people gradually settled down, living in isolation and self-sufficiency, not wanting to be disturbed by the ambitious plans of the Sith.
They had a windfall before the Sith decided to repeat the trick and allow Cyndora to infiltrate Theopharan with her abilities.
They found Goben-Azuk and his legions of exiles on the outskirts of Theopharan, and they were targeted by the blood-thirsty people.
In the end, of course, they easily dealt with the exiles, but they were extremely impressed by Goeben-Azuk's abilities.
As a result, Sith offered Goeben a deal that could not be refused—the whole of Theophalan as a bargaining chip in exchange for his talent.
Goeben naturally embraced.
However, the Chaos Cult does not have the ability to fulfill its promise immediately, and it is not easy to change a kingdom in an instant, and Belverde thought that this was impossible, but he did not expect that Sindora really researched the terrifying instrument through the strong financial resources of the Musa Consortium, and fulfilled the promise promised to Goben-Azuk.
"Wait a minute, what does it mean to fulfill a promise?"
"That instrument can amplify Sindora's abilities, and over the years, the researchers of the Musa Consortium have secretly built the instrument on the outskirts of the kingdom of Theopharan, and the night before, they installed the last instrument. When the instruments in each of these branches are running at the same time, combined with Sindora's marking ability, it is enough to set off a storm of minds...... However, even deep in the north of Theopheran, Sindora's abilities could still attract the attention of the Church, so they had to cause a sufficiently 'grand' uproar in order to carry out the final plan. ”
In a sense, Lin Qiu's decisive battle with Phoenix helped Sindora's plan, and the strong earthquake masked the abnormal movement caused by the mental storm.
"So...... Goben-Azuk got the kingdom of Theopharan as he wished?"
"Yes, but worse still, Goben-Azuk, unlike the exiles who lost himself, was an extreme hawk before his expulsion, and he could not forget the hatred between Theopharan and Henry, and even went so far as to start a war for his revenge, so once he became king, he would carry out his revenge plan on a large scale. ”
And when the Chaos Sect cooperated with him, they also gave him some gifts.
The Crow Assassins were chosen from among the exiles, and when he succeeded Ophelia to the throne, Sindora returned command of the Crow Assassins to him.
"I estimate that Goeben will spend a few days learning about the composition of Theopharan's army, after which he will subject more Theopharan's people to Dr. Addic's experiments, and if you don't act soon, I'm afraid that in the near future, it will not be a few Crow Assassins who will attack you, but an army of Crow Assassins. ”
So he's not exaggerating.
Stopping Goben-Azuk is definitely several times more dangerous than the Centennial Mission.
Belvede patted Lin Qiu on the shoulder: "Then, the task of saving the world is entrusted to you, Tyr." ”
It was risky enough to bring the information back to the imperial capital, and now was far from the time for him to make a move. The Sith is a huge chess game, Goben Azuk is just one part of it, and God knows how many secrets he has hidden in the countless years that he has not been embedded in the Chaos Cult.
Besides, there is more important things waiting for him than to stop Goben Azouk.
The Sith had been gone for a long time since the revival of the natural autonomy Theokulo, and even the Dead Eight did not know where he had gone with the Lord of Nature, but Belvede was convinced that the full autonomy of nature would be a greater threat than Goburn-Azuk.
"You ......"
They were interrupted by a panicked girl, who trembled and stretched out her right hand to point at the two.
"What are you doing here!?"