In Cheese's plan, the war was made up of two parts, the first of which was to capture the unidentified Baron Gray with great speed. The corpse seen in the fire in Turbidity convinced the mage that the current baron was definitely not himself. Whatever the baron's disguise was, the plague seeds that flowed from the Apothecary's Guild pointed out that the other party was undoubtedly an accomplice to the plague spreaders.

Therefore, the mage's plan is for the elite team, including himself, to rush into the residence of the Royal Apothecary Guild and take out Baron Gray inside. If conditions allow, it would be perfect to destroy the production device that makes the Plague Seed as well.

The current squad in Cheese's plan will include Jack, Lothar, Colente and Jason. Originally, for the sake of safety, the mage hoped that Aemia, a more mature witch, could act together, but considering that if the team got into a bitter battle, the dark inhabitants of the royal capital without Emia would soon be in chaos, so Cheese had to let Kolandi take her mother's place.

As for why the mage named Jason to join the team, cheese, who is as well versed as Roland in the wizarding shadow, knows how to exist and knows that bringing this guide can save a lot of trouble. In the same way, as the only nobleman of the kingdom known to the mage, Lothar's status would ensure that the team would be eligible to enter the Apothecary's Guild residence, and having such a spokesperson after defeating the fake baron would make Cheese's claims much more credible.

On the other hand, neither Cheese nor Emia believed that the plague-mongers would have Baron Grey as a pawn. Therefore, at the same time as the mage's squad attacked, it was very likely that the opponent would activate the plague seed that had been sown in the royal capital in one go. Moreover, the lich encountered in the Iron Castle before and the many evil god sacrifices around it also made the mage worried, if he could survive the teleportation accident, he probably wouldn't have anything to lose when he came to the other party.

Therefore, with the witch Emia as the commander, all the dark dwellers in the royal capital who are on the same side as Cheese, and a small number of bear hunters under Lothar are responsible for dealing with other enemies in the royal capital. This will be an army that has never been seen before in the history of the Greylion, and its composition is very complex, and if you want to control and drive such a chaotic force, only Emia can do it among the people Cheese knows.

To the mage's surprise, Aemia did not choose the Edward family, the largest number of dark leaders in the capital, as her lieutenants, and the witch gave her position as her lieutenant. Although I heard from Roland that the relationship between these two people is probably not simple, but now that the war is imminent, Cheese has no energy to care about these things.

Although the mage told Roland that the war was about to start, it would take a day or two to wait for the various forces of the dark dwellers to complete the run-in with the witches, and then the integration of this force. During this time, Cheese took the time to return to the Grey Tower, and the mage had no way of accurately calculating how sure he was of the war he had provoked. The enemy's intelligence is so scarce that Cheese has already planned to run headlong into the opponent's trap. In this case, he desperately needs some advice, and there are only two people who can give advice to Cheese in his heart, his own teacher, and his own senior sister.

But should I say that it is expected? Not only is the whereabouts of the Lord of the Grey Tower still mysterious, but when Cheese returns to the Grey Tower, Ah Fu tells him that Ann Lina had also gone out a few days ago. An ominous premonition kept the mage frowning as he returned from the Grey Tower. But things don't all go badly, and on his way back to the Grey Tower, Cheese gets a message from the Crow that the Crow has left for him.

Judging from this news, the Raven has arrived in Molten Iron City, the capital of the Hammerlords. And when he left the news, he had successfully obtained the invitation of the Grand Duke of Hammer, and soon, the cursed crow would be able to meet this great nobleman who was known to everyone in the kingdom of the blue lion, but was mysterious and abnormal.

This is undoubtedly good news, this Hammer Grand Duke is definitely not just a prince of the kingdom, judging from all the things he has done, it is very likely that this person is also a being outside the light. If the Raven and his negotiations go well, then Cheese and them will have the support of two of the most powerful military nobles in the Greylion Kingdom, Black Mountain and Hammer, who control more than half of the kingdom's army.

The royal capital at night is much warmer than the Gray Tower on the tundra of the north. But when Cheese opened the window, he didn't see any difference between it and a snowy wasteland. There was a smell of death everywhere, and there was the possibility of more than one corpse lying in every gutter. And when the war really begins, what is the difference between those who die under this confrontation they have started and those who die of the plague?

"That's the price, Elsa. That's the price. The mage looked out the window at the uninhabited harbor area and whispered, "I can't save everyone, and I don't want to." But I promise that those who use innocents as test subjects will pay their fair share. ”

Cheese's eyes flashed with the glow of magic. And where he didn't notice, some strange symbols were faintly revealed on the mage's gray robe's body, these symbols flashed away, but their shapes made people feel ominous just by looking at them.

While the mage was whispering alone, interesting things were happening in the Montenegrin family's official residence in the royal capital.

"Why can't I come with you?" the webworm questioned Lothar in front of him. Ever since the council chamber had been assembled that day, the mercenary had followed the Count of Montenegro all the way back to the mansion. At that time, Lothar was so weak that she couldn't get rid of the girl. His bear hunters had seen their own lord act with the networm, so it was only natural that these soldiers took Miss Networm for some of Lothar's, well, personal guards.

"First of all, the list is made by Cheese, and you shouldn't have asked me. Lothar sat under the lamp and carefully wiped his weapon, the battle was about to begin, and he had to keep his tomahawk in the sharpest condition, "Also, why do you think that you are qualified to follow us to the other party's lair?"

The nonchalant attitude of the Count of Montenegro instantly angered the webworm, and although he was not wearing the usual mercenary equipment now, the spider tamer still drew a dagger from his thigh.

"Don't talk to me like that, I'm not your soldier. The mercenary put a dagger to the back of Lothar's heart and said.

"If it had been my soldiers, and they dared to enter my room and put knives on me, I would have chopped him up and fed him to the dogs. Lothar put down the cloth that was wiping the tomahawk and said with a sigh.

"Actually, Cheese doesn't care about having one more spider tamer without spiders. I proposed to kick you out of the squad. ”

"Why?" the networm was stunned for a moment when he heard the Count's words. She had thought it was the mage who had to reduce the number of members so she didn't agree to her companion's request.

And because of this stunned, Lothar seized the opportunity, and the Count of Montenegro quickly turned around and snatched the dagger from the hand of the net worm.

"Because I don't believe you yet. Your performance is so abnormal. As a mercenary, your behavior is a little too bad. Lothar said, playing with the small dagger carved with the spider pattern in her hand.

The anger on the webworm's face quickly vanished when she heard this, and the girl looked at Lothar with a cold expression as if she were looking at a stone.

"You nobles are self-righteous bastards. With that, she turned and walked out of Lothar's room, slamming the door slammed against it.

But the Count of Montenegro didn't seem to care about all this. He gently stroked the pattern on the dagger with his hand.

"Perhaps. ”