"I think," said an elven earl with a grim face and unusual clothes, who rose from the pine bench under his seat, walked to the middle of the aisle, and after saluting the elven king, said his opinion: "The reason why the traitor Downs sent three forces to attack three locations in the city was to divide our forces!"

"Divide the troops?" After listening to the elven earl's analysis, the elven king frowned slightly in puzzlement. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"That's right, Your Highness the King, I think that the purpose of the traitor Downs is to spread out the Guards in one strand and weaken them so that he can make his next move!" replied the Elven Count respectfully.

"What do you think the next move of the rebel Downs will be?" After listening to the elven earl's guess, the elven king first nodded approvingly, and then asked again.

"I think that the traitor Downs's attempt to disperse the guards may have two purposes, one is to divide the small group of guards and inflict heavy damage on them, so as to undermine the confidence of the defenders in the city, and second, he may want to weaken the number of guards around you, the king, and weaken the ability of the guards around you, so as to sneak up on you!" The elven earl said his guess about the purpose of Downs Wharton's strange behavior.

"Makes sense......" After listening to the Elf Count's analysis, the Elf King nodded silently, and even the dark shadow standing beside the Elf King wrapped in a nocturnal black robe also nodded.

Just as the Elven King was about to ask the Elven Count how to deal with this despicable method of Downs Wharton, a spy of the Guards quickly ran in through the gate.

After the spy ran five meters in front of the Elf King, he knelt down on one knee and reported loudly: "Your Royal Highness, the three groups of enemies that invaded have dispersed again, divided into more small teams, scattered in the streets and alleys to entangle with us!"

"What about the casualties of the Guards?" After listening to the spout's report, the Elven King lowered his eyes and muttered for a moment, then raised his eyes to the spy and asked him.

"Your Majesty, two hundred of our brothers have died, and five hundred of our brothers have suffered arrow wounds of varying severity......," the spy replied with a slightly sad expression.

"Fifty gold coins for each martyred brother, ten gold coins for the wounded brother!" the Elven King commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the Chancellor, who was sitting in the chair, got up and responded after listening to the Elven King's command, and after responding, sat back down.

"What about enemy casualties?" Glancing at the Chancellor of the Exchequer who was slowly seated, the Elven King asked the spy again.

"We have already destroyed more than six hundred enemies, and most of the rest are wounded," replied the spy, "but the enemy never confronts us head-on, and always relies on the terrain to plot against us with bows and crossbows, so we cannot have a decisive battle with the enemy for the time being......"

"Six hundred men were wiped out...... That is, there are still more than 2,400 enemies...... Isn't it?" the Elf King sighed and asked the spy again.

"That's right, Your Majesty!" the spy nodded in answer to the Elven King's question.

"Well......" After a moment of silence, the Elven King asked the spy in a deep voice, "Have you found out how the enemy has infiltrated the city?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," replied the spy with a slight anger, "the enemy killed the defenders in several small fortresses outside the city, and changed into the clothes of the defenders, pretending to be defenders, and then they dug several tunnels from the fortress to the city, and the exits of those tunnels were in the shops of the city, and we went to see, and the merchants in those shops, and the whole family was killed!"

"Damn!" the elf king slapped the armrest of the throne heavily, and slapped off the fist-sized ruby inlaid on the armrest, and saw that after the ruby hit the ground, it rolled and danced, and scurried to the feet of the elven earl who had just given the elf king an idea.

At this moment, the elven count was standing quietly behind the spy, listening to the conversation between the spies and the elf king with a blank face.

"Okay, you go back, if you get important information, you must come back and report to me immediately!" The elf king, who was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, raised his hand and sent the spies away.

Then, the elven king asked the earl again, "You say, how should we deal with the means of the rebel Downs?"

"I think we should shrink our forces and let the majority of the Guards guard the palace and guard you, and as for those who are fighting guerrilla attacks, we only need to send a small group of elite troops to pursue them, and if there are more people who go, we will become a live target for the enemy!" replied the elven count.

"Okay! I'll leave it to you! You lead the team in pursuit of the enemy! and," the Elven King whispered, glancing at the ruby that had rolled to the Count's feet, "The gem has been given to you, do a good job!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the Elven Count saluted to the Elven King with a happy face, and then he respectfully picked up the red gem from the ground with both hands, and then, wiping the dust on the gem several times with his sleeve, until it was as bright as a mirror, he stopped.

After respectfully putting away the gem, the elven count bent down and exited the door of the main hall, and the elven king, who was watching him, nodded with satisfaction after he left.

Just when the elf king felt that he had found another high-level talent that could be focused on cultivating, and was a little relieved in his heart, the elf earl who had just withdrawn from the main hall, after finding that there was no one around, took out the ruby again, held it in his hand, stared at it, and snorted coldly in his heart: "Hmph, idiot!"

It turned out that this seemingly shrewd, capable, and extremely loyal elven earl turned out to be an agent sent by Downs Wharton to the elven king's side, although the elven king has carried out several major purges of the nobles around him, and almost killed all the elven nobles related to Downs Wharton, but there are still fish that slip through the net, including this elven earl.

Everything the Earl did in the court just now was done according to Downs Wharton's plan, Downs Wharton had no intention of destroying the Guards at all, nor did he plan to assassinate the Elven King, the reason why he sent three troops to destroy everywhere in the city was just to contain the Guards and stop the Guards who were originally searching everywhere.

Because, at this time, Downs Wharton was staying with the god-level formation mage of the Naga Sea Clan, and the location of the two of them was in the drainage system under the Elemental City, and they led a group of formation mages from the Naga Sea Clan and the Snow Plains Orc, and they were setting up a deadly giant magic array under the Elemental City...... (To be continued.) )