In the audience, Nick was confused. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He has been in the industry for more than 10 years, collecting and transmitting intelligence, analyzing the situation, providing advice, and completing various unseen tasks...... Nothing went wrong. He considers himself, if not excellent, at least a qualified intelligence worker.

As his experience grew, he thought he would never experience the "sudden" surprise again in his life, but he was wrong.

A few days before he thought he understood what his new master wanted to do, but when the new order arrived in his hands, the spy leader thought he was dazzled:

Assassinate and track down the target, trying to blame the upper echelons of the Anteli Kingdom, in order to provoke a new round of the Great War.

It's so sudden, and it's inexplicable.

"To provoke a war, not to participate in it but to profit from it" is a profound and complex art. The benefits of this will generally not exceed those of the victorious nation, but the advantage is that the cost is very small, and whoever wins or loses can take advantage of it...... Narig has been a neutral country for many years, and his experience in this area can be described as rich.

It is no exaggeration to say that the history of Narig is one of constant instigation and onlooker conflict between neighbors. Balancing the power of other nations and making a fortune from war on the sidelines, this world-famous neutral country made its fortune and prospered for decades and centuries, and will continue to do so if nothing else.

But the monster of Midland suddenly emerged from the south—like a beast that did not obey the rules of the game at all, and expanded outward without provocation, annexing and assimilating every place it occupied, and not accepting any other peaceful means than surrender. This brutal new entrant harmed all the players, causing the nations to attack him, and the ruler of Narig felt that he was not left behind, so he continued to watch the play in peace......

Unexpectedly, Midland won the battle.

Half of the familiar neighbors were wiped out, and the rest were bleeding like frightened birds. Nariego's neutrality has vanished...... Sure enough, after signing a peace agreement with the northern powers, Midland immediately announced that it would not recognize Narig's status as a neutral country. The fisherman's boat is overturned by the waves and is on the verge of extinction.

Nick understands that Prince Soth, who is about to inherit the throne, wants to make a last-ditch effort through old-fashioned but never outdated methods. Unlike in the past, this time Narig is afraid that he will enter the war, which is a big gamble of national fortune - success, Narieg will be out of imperial control, but he will only regain control of sovereignty, and it will never be possible to maintain neutrality, but if he fails, he may not even exist as an independent state.

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Putting aside his worries about the future of the kingdom, Nick began to think about his mission.

To provoke a war, it is difficult to say that it is difficult, and it is easy to say that it is simple. Among them, the means and skills of the troublemakers are of course important, but what plays a decisive role is the degree of demand, willingness, and preparation of both sides for war. But if neither side wants to fight, even if a third party turns the sky upside down, it will be forcibly quelled. After all, the Foster family, a young aristocrat who has never entered the power game at all, is not the key at all, there are other safer and simpler solutions, why would His Royal Highness give up monitoring the army in the north of the empire, and send himself and a large number of elite spies and soldiers to go to great lengths to track down the target, is it suspected of being ill-conceived?

Looking at the goal of standing across from the Church representative in the middle of the field, preparing for the finals, Nick gave up on delving. The task is unconscionable, and the kid is innocent...... There are many innocent people in the world, and since the decision has been made, these are not within the scope of his consideration, and now he needs to formulate an assassination plan to improve the details of the operation.

The subject has left the strong protection of his parents and is in a foreign country, under careful but not strict protection. Although assassinating him is not easy, it is not very difficult for professionals. The blame is even more ready-made: in the semi-finals, he had a conflict with the son of Duke Tully and almost made a farce, and the latter must have a grudge, and it is only fitting that he will carry this pot......

Where to start?

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The referee announced the start of the game, and countless spectators exclaimed in unison - as soon as the referee's words fell, a white halo rose on the body of the representative of the church.

Nick doesn't care about the outcome of the match - unless he is disqualified and ranked, the target is destined to be received by King Elite from the moment he reaches the quarterfinals, and if he wants to make things bigger, it is undoubtedly the best to do it in the process of receiving him. Anteli's court had already placed people in place, and it was time for him to come in handy.

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Grom told Rhodes to make a quick decision, and Ellen didn't have the same idea? Every official and even candidate Templar was carefully selected, trained and nurtured since childhood, knew astronomy and geography, was physically strong, and practiced magic, and was a perfect seedling wherever he put it...... Although he was unusually promoted to the front line of foreign missions because his appearance and appearance conformed to the Pope's aesthetics, and his strength ranked last among his colleagues, he was only slightly inferior horizontally, as long as he continued to cultivate, sooner or later he could become the top combat power of the church with excellent martial arts skills and both internal and external cultivation.

But the young man in front of him from nowhere shook Ellen's self-confidence - if a Templar participated in this youth jousting tournament held for the first time in the warehouse, the style was not high, and the average quality of the contestants was average, he could not be defeated by a peer who appeared on the side of the road and could not win the championship, wouldn't that tell the teacher and the Pope who trusted him: she is not a qualified Templar Knight, and can only be used as a vase?

She would never say yes!

The fighting spirit erupted, and Ellen turned into an afterimage and rushed towards Rhodes with a slight pop. Although she is conceited, she understands that she is a woman after all, and she will definitely not be able to compete with the boy in front of her in terms of endurance, and she must solve the battle quickly!

The audience exclaimed worriedly, but with a bang, the young man raised his sword to steadily block the blow of the female knight of the temple, and a faint light appeared on his body, although it was not obvious in the sun, it was enough for everyone to see clearly!

The spectators immediately blew up. Yesterday in the second semi-final, Ellen Yaqin, the representative of the church who showed his vindictiveness, instantly surpassed the male player Rorick Hart to become the biggest favorite to win the championship, and the betting handicap was also adjusted accordingly, but this time the teenager also showed his vindictiveness, and countless people who bought Ellen to win panicked!

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The noise of the surrounding audience was enough to shake the birds, but it did not disturb the two young men who came and went in the arena to quickly fight, but it interrupted Nicol's thoughts. The leader of the spies shook his head, and for a second he despised the civilians around him who were shouting for their gambling money, and continued to think from what he had just left off: the king would receive the winners, and in order to show his affection and solicitation, he would inevitably keep them at the dinner party—and it would not take him a second to conclude that poisoning was the first option.

The king's kitchen had pieces of chess pieces that the prince had buried, just enough to take them out and use.

Imagine that the beloved son of the commander of the Midland Empire's army was poisoned and killed at King Anteli's dinner, and the suspicion was directed at the son of Duke Tully, who was also present...... What kind of big news would this be?

Duke Tully was one of the three lords of Anteli and held one-fifth of the kingdom's population. It was impossible for King Elite to leave his son at the disposal of Midland...... But the Duke of Foster on the opposite side must also have an explanation. If the two sides fail to reach a talk, the Emperor Kell nods more, and war breaks out immediately.

In the end, it was Emperor Kyle who decided whether to go to war, and Nicol could only deduce from various clues: on the premise that his work was successfully completed, there was more than half a chance that His Royal Highness's plan would be realized...... As for how Narig will act after that, and whether his homeland can seize the opportunity to achieve its strategic goals in the second round of the Great and Southern War, it is not something that his little spy can predict.

It is up to people to do things, but if the step of "doing things" is not done well, then there is naturally no way to talk about "getting things done". What he did may never be known, but it is not in vain to be able to bring to the grave the supreme honor of "provoking the Second Civil War with his own hands", which belongs to their underground workers.

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