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Caught off guard, Augustus had to admit that his overall plan against the Lich in the wasteland had been shattered: he had planned to drag the third Lich in his footsteps and wait until Katieenny and Arthras had successfully returned before carrying out his final plan against the Lich, but now, both Lichs threatened him with Alfred's domain almost simultaneously, and he had planned to wait until the last moment to throw out the temptation that the Holy See would set up a new diocese in the wasteland, forcing the entire wasteland to stand by his side and join him in resisting the Lich, but now, the wasteland was completely chaotic, and Sauron's territory was tightly sealed, even if he could spread this temptation, how much could he expect to get the desired effect？

Augustus sat alone in front of the window of his study, looking out at the lawn in front of the castle with empty eyes.

He knew that the failure of his plan was due to the fact that the time he had 'woken up' was too short, and the wasteland he had learned from the documents and the information about the various families was only on paper after all, and he had indeed not been able to get into the essence of the situation in the wasteland, so he had not expected such a huge change to happen.

But now, now that it's all happening, what's next?

He had only two options, either to stick to his plan and wait for the return of Artoras, whose fate was currently unknown, and then modify his plan slightly, or to simply spread the temptation that the Holy See would establish a new diocese in the wasteland, no matter how effective it might be, it would be much better than leaving Alfred alone against the Lich right now.

But the key question is, if this temptation is spread in advance, then under the premise that old Vernon and the food and supplies from the empire cannot be delivered to the wasteland in time, once some of the minor nobles and commoners of the various families rush to his Alfred's territory, but encounter a food crisis, how will he deal with it? Under the coercion of life and death, can the so-called new diocese of the Holy See still make them fanatically believe in Alfred?

Augustus was skeptical, after all, no temptation could defeat the threat of death.

So how will he deal with the raging anger of the many commoners and the lesser nobles?

I don't think it would have been necessary for the Lich to arrive, and Alfred would have been buried in the wrath of the people.

This is undoubtedly a difficult choice.

Since Augustus woke up again, he had been faced with difficult choices more than once, and he had been able to make a choice before whether it was Donald's olive branch at the Council of Sauron, or Bishop Mass at Ferry City, because he was already faced with a choice of mortality, but now, he had the hope of survival, but he felt difficult when he was faced with a choice.

Is this the deplorable hope?

Augustus smiled wryly at the corners of his lips, and Pandora opened the box and released all the sins of the world, but she especially shouldn't release the last sin called hope.

What could be more painful than giving people hope?

He tread through his mind over and over again what kind of worst-case scenario he might face if he chose next.

......

Suddenly, a carriage suddenly appeared in Augustus' field of vision.

It was a splendid carriage embroidered with a fiery fox, and at first, when Augustus did not realize the true meaning of the fiery fox, he thought that what he saw was a moving fire, a fire more like blood, but when he finally realized the true meaning of the fiery fox badge, he immediately frowned, stunned, and amazed at this sensitive moment, why did the old fox come to his castle?

Either way, Alfred Castle suddenly welcomed a distinguished and strange guest.

Even if Augustus had no idea why this distinguished guest came to his castle at this time, he still needed to show his respect enough to greet the latter on the lawn in front of the castle, his attitude was really much warmer than when His Royal Highness Sophia came down, and then led the distinguished guest all the way to the living room of Alfred Castle, Augustus drove the wheelchair very slowly, that was because the guest holding the scepter was talking about his age all the way, and the bumps along the way almost cost him half his life, and he really couldn't walk。

The atmosphere was a little solemn.

When she arrived in the living room, the maid quietly poured down two cups of tea, and after leaving quietly, the old man took a sip of tea, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief, and his slightly pale complexion was much more ruddy.

Extremely tired, he curled his old body into the soft chair that Augustus had specially prepared for him, and looked at the young Alfred at the helm in a wheelchair opposite, with a calm expression, and he suddenly sighed.

"Sauron...... It's going to be over. ”

Augustus tried to keep his calm look, suppressing the inexplicable tension in his heart, and he guessed the reason for the old fox's sudden arrival—he really couldn't figure it out, especially when he thought of the olive branch that the old fox suddenly handed him during the meeting of Sauron, his silence after the meeting of Sauron, and the fact that he had written a letter to the other party later, but had not received any reply, and he could not figure out why the old fox had come so suddenly.

Shouldn't he be in Sauron at this time?

Listening to his tone, he seemed to know the inside story of Sauron's upheaval, so did he play a role in this upheaval?

Augustus had a big head for a while.

There is a sentence in the "Book of Mass", which is known as a treasure of the Holy See, that the old man gains wisdom, which probably refers to the old man in front of him.

He tried to think about his language, and spoke at a slower pace, first asking, "Is it Francis?" and then, without waiting for the old man to speak, Augustus affirmed, "It's Francis." ”

The old man didn't seem surprised that Augustus could grasp this answer, he just said hoarsely, "Why do you think so?"

"From the beginning I felt that Count Francis was a little eccentric, but I didn't think much of it at the time. Augustus sorted out his thoughts, frowned and said: "I was a little strange at that time, even if I wanted to attach myself to Sauron, but Francis had the title of earl, it seems that he didn't need to be as humble as a dog in front of the Marquis of Sauron, right?" Now it seems that his humility was only a disguise for his schemes, and I have heard that Count Francis had sent his two daughters to Sauron's castle for a long time, and I don't know if this was done by Francis on his own initiative, or if Sauron occasionally hinted at it, but I think it would have been a minor lead. ”

"Of course, from the point of view of elimination, Stuart is a principled man after all, and having principles means that he cannot lurk in the shadows for so many years to show his fangs, then it can only be Francis. ”

The old man tapped lightly on the sapphire at the top of the scepter beside him, but did not speak.

Of course, he couldn't be surprised that this kid could analyze so much with just a little bit of information, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting here.

Augustus was silent for a moment, realizing that the old man had acquiesced to his analysis, he slowly picked up the teacup in front of him and put it to his lips, but instead of drinking it, he said softly: "But I can't figure it out, why are you so sure that Sauron is going to be finished, after all, as the number one giant in the wasteland, after so many years, Sauron's strength must have been unshakable. ”

The old man still seemed tired, and he said succinctly, "Louis Solon." ”

Augustus, who had just handed the teacup to his lips, was suddenly shocked, he must have known that the Marquis of Sauron sent his second heir, Louie, to lead 300 knights to be stationed in the closest position to Alfred Castle, so according to the strength of the Sauron family table, nearly a thousand knights, Artelas took 100 people, and Louis took 300 people, then in addition to the knights stationed in the towns of Sauron's territory, the actual strength of Sauron City is about less than 500 knights, so if you calculate it, Francis is really hopeful。

Still, Augustus said, "It's not enough. ”

The old man glanced at Augustus deeply, and said: "In addition to Louis, there is also the method of borrowing from your father, but when your father recruited adventurers, in addition to the strength, it also depended on the adventurer's character in all aspects; ”

Of course, Sauron was able to detect Francis's secret recruitment of adventurers, but he didn't take it to heart, he was indeed completely confused by Francis over the years, and besides, sitting in the position of the giant of the wasteland for so many years, maybe even Sauron himself didn't realize that he had been more or less contaminated with a lot of arrogance. ”

"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is. ”