Chapter 686: The Beginning of a New Plan

Oroxia came quietly, quietly left. On the eve of the struggle for the throne, to clear up the misunderstanding with His Royal Highness Randall, the Great Lord of the South, she has achieved the purpose of this trip.

Victor also got what he wanted.

In order to show their "sincerity" to the Shadow Priest, the Barcelius family leaked Victor's whereabouts and almost killed him. Oroccia came running to tell a secret story, did Victor forgive the Barcelius family?

This kind of thing is not a child's play, there is no such thing as offending and forgiving, but Victor is really satisfied with the story of Oroxia.

People at different levels have different visions.

The poor want money, they want fame when they have wealth, they want power if they have fame, so what do the rich, famous and powerful people want?

Look at how man describes "God": omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent.

That's right, when a person stands at the apex of all living beings, he thinks about being omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, otherwise how high he stands, how miserable he falls.

The ancient emperor who held the highest power, if he was blocked by the ministers, he would believe whatever the ministers said, and when the enemy soldiers came to the city, he thought that his army had won the battle outside, and was packaged and betrayed by the traitors, and he was ignorant. Such an emperor, his power is just a joke.

The same is true for the extraordinary powerhouses that Weili has gathered in himself.

If Emperor Frederick and Grand Duke Frederick had known that the centaurs they were following were Legendary Orcs, they would not have come so close, and they would not have both fallen.

The Golden Knight used to nest in his territory, easily not moving, and when he traveled, he was surrounded by armor and soldiers, and he had to inform the church in advance and ask the clergy to accompany him. When Victor was weak, he thought that the Golden Knight was too lethal and that he had to be restrained by the Church. He only now understood that the Golden Knight was doing this mainly to avoid danger.

Sylvia once told Victor to take his retinue with him when he went out to fight, but he always thought his men were too slow, and he almost died at the hands of the Shadow Knight and the Centaur Great Khan.

Look at Father Miller, a bad old man, who doesn't look smart or strong. He wasted his energy to save a dying stupid big man, and a few years later, when the stupid big man defeated the holy warrior master Ron, he might become a glorious god of war at the level of the Holy Domain.

Therefore, Miller is qualified to wrestle with the evil gods and the like, and he is as strong as the Raging Wind Sword Saint, if his eyes are black, he is no different from the rats in the burrow, and he may be taken away by something one day.

Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Most of Vic's murders have been related to wizards, and he suspects that evil gods are behind them, and that evil gods must exert influence in the real world through wizards. Victor has nothing to do with the extraterritorial evil gods, but he has the ability to deal with wizards. Wizards who have been approved by Father Miller, such as the Emerson father and daughter, Victor is able to tolerate them. And that mysterious wizarding organization is the object of his vigilance.

To deal with wizarding organizations, you must first understand them, and the more detailed the better.

The secret story told by Oroksia brought the wizarding organization to the surface.

Of course, Victor would not believe all the information revealed by the Barcelius family, but according to the laws of logic, he analyzed and judged the content of the conversation into the information he had already had, and came to a conclusion that was basically consistent with the facts, and supplemented and perfected the puzzle in his mind accordingly.

The Church of Radiance defeated the Chosen Regime and undoubtedly inherited the legacy of the ancient Pantheon and the Council of Wizards. The Pope secretly cultivated the little wizards of the El Sect and formed a second "Pantheon", which is very reasonable and traceable.

The Ivory Castle Monastery has many important scholarly achievements with traces of witchcraft. For example, it took just over 100 years for the church's scholar-pastor to grow spelt into spelt suitable for cultivation in southern soils. Under normal circumstances, it takes at least a few hundred years for spelt wheat to be selected, bred and finalized. Only witchcraft in the field of cultivation can save priests and scholars many detours, but it is not the turn to breed non-toxic, high-yielding, and easy-to-store prickly kidney beans, and it has to be done step by step.

Due to their transcendent attraction, it would be very easy for the Pantheon's Shadow Priests to absorb the Wild Wizards, who not only had the legacy of the Ancient Chosen One, but also could provide shelter to the Wild Wizards. This allows the shadow pastors of the church to put on a shell of many things that they don't have to do themselves.

It is normal for both the Grand Wizard of the Pantheon and the rebels in the Council of Shadows to rebel against the enslavement of the Pope or the Inquisition. How could a strong man with extraordinary strength be willing to be enslaved and kept in captivity?

The royal highnesses of the House of Augustus were respectful to Master Tofowen, giving him authority and providing him with various resources, which led to the creation of the powerful Faceless One. The Barcelius family presumably also had their own wizard members, willing to pave the way for their descendants to the aristocracy.

The clergy of the Church could never do this to this extent, and their essence in dealing with witches was to use violence to cooperate with the faith to achieve the goal of control. The shadow priests or the "shells" they found were to be brutally purged if they moved.

As the so-called rabbit dies and the fox is sad, the shadow priest who has been passed down from teacher to student witnesses the tragedy of his companions, and inevitably feels sad and wants to change the status quo, so he secretly plans the orc war, trying to completely get rid of the control of the inquisition with the power of the great lord.

The rebels chose Barcelius as a breakthrough. The Barcelius family was originally suppressed by the Radiant Knights, and when a full-scale orc war broke out, the paladin family had to let go of the chains on the Barcelius family. They have six highnesses, this is a powerful military and political force, it is inevitable to establish meritorious deeds, gain prestige, acquire new lands, and rebuild the Iron Mountain Empire. Coupled with the support of the southern powerhouse of Gombis, for a maximum of twenty years, the Shadow Priest is expected to be freed from the enslavement of the Inquisition. The Shadow Priest's promise was, of course, to train Blood Guardians for the Pioneer Lords.

Victor admits that the Shadow Priests, as naΓ―ve as they are, have a brilliant layout.

The question is, how did the shadow priests who were kept in captivity by the Inquisition get the information of the Great Lord's Circle, and why did they judge the current situation so accurately that they even knew the actual situation of the Eastern Frontier Territory's defense line?

The Centaur army initially opened up a defensive line in the east to confront the main force of the Radiant Knights, and if they recklessly attacked the eastern defense line in the gap, although they would be pursued by the main coalition forces of the Radiant Knights and wiped out, the people in the hinterland of the Sassan Empire would have suffered heavy casualties.

The Shadow Priest used covert means to keep the centaurs on the periphery until they died slowly.

Well, even if the wizard's sorcery can act as eyes and ears to see the various defenses of the human race, the reality of the great lord's family, the rules of the great noble circle, and the intricate relationships are by no means visible to the naked eye.

The gulf between the knightly nobility and the commoners is insurmountable, and the "shell" of the shadow priests comes from the bottom of society, who do not understand anything. So, in addition to having eyes and ears, the shadow priest also has a "teacher" who the inquisition does not know.

Victor has two suspicions about this.

One is the evil gods, they must be involved, as evidenced by the Shadow Knight Assassins in the Giant Wood Forest. It's just that Old Man Miller thwarted their attempts to assassinate Victor more than once.

With Old Man Miller dealing with them, Victor can ignore this factor for a while.

The second is Nakhtigarh. Victor thought about it, except for the Nakhtigar family, there was no second force within the church that would dare to hook up with the shadow priests of the Inquisition.

Nakhtigar openly offered to let the Neowest family move towards the Eastern League. Needless to say, the Shadow Priest's lair is in the Eastern Alliance, and almost all the major forces know about it! Nahertigar's move has caused the church to jump, and even the Cardinal Council is ready to move and want to strip the Inquisition from the sequence of the Radiant Knights to its command. Trigovar was busy using various connections to try to get the Neowest family to expand south, for fear that they would enter the Eastern League.

If Nakhtigar really controls the Eastern Alliance, aren't they the Shadow Priest's reinforcements?

However, Victor believes that Oroxia's judgment is correct. Nakhtigar is a paladin after all, and its essence will not change, and its attitude towards the Shadow Priests is no different from that of Trigovar, seeing them as tools and charisms at any time.

From this point on, the only way out for shadow priests is to stand on their own feet, and the church openly acknowledges that they belong to another category of clergy. The majority of believers accepted the shadow priests, and they were truly freed from the fate of enslavement.

Trigovar and the Shadow Priest have different purposes, only a relationship of mutual exploitation, and neither can fully trust the other.

But here comes the problem again, from a political standpoint, this is the thing. But if you put in the variables of the evil gods, what will the whole picture of things be?

Victor sank into the couch, his hands interlocked, his chin resting on his chin, and meditating. The glint of his dark golden eyes signaled that his heart was by no means at peace, and X-3 was working at full strength, piecing together all the information in an attempt to find clues to the truth.

First of all, the influence of evil gods on the real world must conform to the laws of the world, and they can only induce wizards in secret, but cannot directly control them. Therefore, the development of things cannot be separated from the current situation, assuming that the evil gods have the purpose of assassinating the successor of the Alchemy Empire, then in the orc war situation directed by the Shadow Priest, they have already taken action, but they have not been able to achieve the expected effect.

The Shadow Knight of the Giant Wood Forest is the key, and his extraordinary strength resembles that of a paladin, almost identifying him as a god of the evil gods.

Who is the Shadow Knight?

Victor only substituted Nakhtigar for this character, who made him the closest to the Shadow Priest Rebel?

However, the chances of the X-3 being deduced from this are slim to none. Carsten Nakhtigarh is not alone, he has taken refuge in the evil god and can he hide it from outsiders, can he hide it from his family? This is a heinous apostasy!

The method of verification is also very simple, just see if King Nakhtigarh can cast a magic spell.

Victor decided to find an opportunity to meet with Nakhtigarh to see if he had turned his back on the Light.

The second clue is that before the Shadow Knight escapes, he calls out to Victor the Shadow Speaker. This may be his means of saving wisdom and survival in a hurry, or it may be his conspiracy and calculation to lead to trouble.

Either way, Victor had to find the Speaker of the Shadows, and he had a rough idea of it.

Today, Trigovar has cleansed the shell of the Shadow Priests, and most likely executed the rebels among the Shadow Priests. This clue about the Shadow Speaker can only fall on Trigoval.

It's not easy to pry open the referee's mouth, especially if the Raging Wind Sword Saint wants the black material of the inquisition. After much thought, Victor decided to start with the battle for the throne of the Sassan Empire, and used the rock brick technique to smash a huge wave, pushing His Royal Highness Howard Turstir to the forefront of the wave, forcing him to make Trigovar open and honest.

In the following time, Victor began to fully accept information from the outside world, communicating with Sylvia in letters while refining his plan.

When the snow melts and the earth rejuvenates, the wild bears in the mountains and forests wake up from hibernation, trembling and crawling out of tree holes to forage for food. Victor and the others are ready to leave Wind Chimes Town and head to Bronze Halberd City to meet the Countess Golden-Eyed.

The horses in the cages snorted and their thick hooves kicked the ground, and the wheat seedlings by the roadside looked tender and delicious, but they couldn't eat them in their mouths. On the side of the luxurious carriage, Victor held Andrea's white and smooth hand, and said sincerely: "My dear, I hope you accompany me to the Bronze Halberd City. ”

The lover sincerely invited her to go with her, and Andrea was sweet, reluctant to part with Victor, and a little hesitant, and finally smiled reluctantly: "I love, I am willing to accompany you, but ...... I don't want to see the Countess of Wimbledon, and ...... Wimbledon of Halberd City is not in the same vein as me, and they are supported by the Frederick family, so they may not welcome me. ”

These days, Victor and the beautiful Countess Wimbledon get along day and night, grinding their ears and temples, cultivating affection, and knowing her somewhat.

Andrea is indeed arrogant, but to say that bad temper does not exist in front of Victor. On the contrary, she has a sense of reverence for the superior in her bones, and her flattery to Victor is not at all false, and she does not take pleasure in teasing Victor like ordinary high-ranking female knights. With Andrea, Victor has a different kind of satisfaction.

To say that Victor is infatuated with Andrea's gentle beauty is far from it. But Andrea was a gift from the Barcelius family.

The Barcelius family leaked Victor's whereabouts to the Shadow Priest for their own benefit, and there is no need to apologize for such a thing. Even if he apologized, His Royal Highness Randall accepted it, but when Victor needed to deal with the Barcelius family, he would not be relentless either.

Apologizing and reparations don't work for the high lord. But if the Countess of Wimbledon had joined Centaur Hills, everything would have been different.

The two parties form a de facto marriage, which is an alliance, and within Andrea's sphere of influence, many conflicts or cooperation can be resolved through negotiation and communication. Andrea is by Victor's side and has the opportunity to go further, and the gold-level Tempest Lady Knight is also very important to the centaur hills, so Sylvia strongly asked Victor to bring Andrea back in the letter.

All this was in Orokxia's calculations, but Sylvia didn't care, the bait sent by the Barcelius family, she could eat it whenever she wanted. With her and Victor here, Andrea's promotion to the Gold Rank can't make much waves.

Therefore, Victor invited Andrea to visit Bronze Halberd City with sincerity, and it was also true that he abducted her to the Centaur Hills.

However, His Highness Randall never forced his own women, and it was useless for Sylvia to be angry.

"Okay. Victor nodded, kissed Andrea's red lips, and said with a smile: "I have to stay in Copper Halberd City for a while, you can come to me if you think about it...... I have one more thing to say, if I leave the Sassan Empire, I will not come back, and if I come back, it will not be good...... My dear, I can't come to see you, but you can go to Cambis to see me, you can go at any time, you can come back at any time, I assure you of that. ”

Andrea's nose was sour, and she put her arms around Victor's neck to prevent him from seeing her eyes, and said softly, "I will seriously consider Your Highness's suggestion...... Also, I'll be going to visit you...... Your Highness, don't forget me!"

"Take care, dear. ”

Victor took a deep look at Andrea's beautiful and delicate face, let go of her hand, and turned to board the carriage.