In a conference room on the 2nd floor of the guild hall.

The room looked dimly lit, in stark contrast to the light outside.

The entire conference room is located in the far side of the second floor, and is embedded in the wall.

Underneath the meeting room is also a secluded space with a dedicated entrance.

It is guaranteed that those who enter from here do not communicate with anyone in the guild, and it is extremely hidden.

And the one who will use this special entrance is naturally Kane's deadliest eye.

Dark Acolyte.

Whether it's the guild or Kane's soldiers, very few have ever dealt with the Dark Acolytes.

Aside from Claire, the only ones who were Bonona had fought alongside them when they were in the dungeon.

He and others don't know much about the dark acolyte.

Some just know they exist, some have seen them dance on the battlefield.

At this time, it is in the gray conference room on the second floor.

Kane was holding his forehead with one hand, looking at the document in front of him.

After flipping through the information twice to make sure it was the information he wanted, he said to the dark attendant who was half-kneeling on the ground in front of him.

"It's the intelligence I need, and I did a very good job this time, so let's step down, and we'll start the rest of the operation when we arrive."

Hearing Kane's words, the captain of the five shoulder-length short-haired dark attendants nodded and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The five then disappeared.

Kane, on the other hand, carefully flipped through the materials in front of him in the conference room.

In addition to the one in front of you, there is a more detailed one with more less important information.

This is the kind of information that Testyk and they provided earlier.

Together, the two pieces of information constituted what Kane needed.

This information shows that Kane's next target, the large power in the northern part of the Lantern Territory, in the coastal region.

The area is 1/4 of the lantern collar, and 1/3 of the borders of such a large area are next to the sea, which really makes Kane a little envious.

The power in this land is a country called the Kingdom of Feitern.

The national level within the country is roughly similar to that of the Middle Ages, where the poor of the country live in poverty.

At the top of the country is the king, and under it are the nobles.

These nobles divided the large and small territories of the country.

Under the leadership of these corrupt aristocrats, the common people there lived very miserably.

After all, this is the gap between the classes of the transcendent world, just like heaven and earth, and there is no soil for resistance.

If it weren't for the Fog's mandatory requirements, the country would probably still be experiencing a large number of civilian deaths every day.

Or in their country as serfs.

With the warning of the fog, the nobles of this country were a little more restrained, but for Kane and these explorers of the guild, it was still infuriating and disgusting.

The information they sent from the Testyk was full of hatred for the territory.

Those so-called aristocrats make them sick.

Kane assessed the strength of the kingdom a little.

To be honest, some of them don't quite catch the eye.

Under the investigation of the Dark Attendant and Teestic, the bottoms of this kingdom have been turned out.

There are two gold-level powerhouses in the entire country, namely the Kingdom Sword Master, and their generals.

Among the soldiers, there was only one 600-strong knight order, with silver strength.

Most of the rest of the soldiers are almost all bronze strength, and only a few commanders have silver strength.

The total number of troops is less than 8,000.

To be honest, such a force is somewhat inspiring.

With this information, Kane summoned some important members of the force and held a small meeting.

In a large conference room, Kane copied the materials one by one with the Origin Skill and placed them on everyone's desks.

"Look at this information, it's the coastal force we identified earlier. Tell us what you think. ”

Hearing Kane's words, several people at the table looked through it.

Kane, on the other hand, sat on the throne and waited quietly.

After reading it, Bonona said: "The strength of this force is too fragile for us, and we don't need to send too many soldiers.

All it takes is the Knights of the Lantern to go inside and destroy all of their force. ”

"Your Majesty, leave this task to our Lantern Knights, and ensure that this goal is accomplished beautifully." Abby on the other side said immediately.

They are eager to fight.

An official in charge of territorial propaganda suddenly said: "If we take the initiative to invade, will it affect our image somewhat, whether it is the surrounding allies or our own people in our territory." ”

His words woke everyone up.

That's right, although the Ring of the World is now in a time of war.

But Kane, from the moment they officially started to act, they have always taken a defensive and passive offensive posture.

Never showed an image that was too aggressive.

For example, in the eyes of the people of their own territory and other forces outside, the Lantern Territory had been a relatively conservative force for the first month or two of the beginning.

It's extremely strong.,But don't invade the outside world.,It's really harassed by the cannibal race before it starts to fight back.。

When fighting back, he did not forget to save the civilians of other forces, and he also accepted the refugees from other forces and gave them a very good life.

After destroying the ogre race, he occupied his original territory and never invaded again.

None of the soldier forces Kane had attacked, and they had all joined voluntarily.

Although Kane used a lot of tricks and spent a lot of effort to lobby.

But in the eyes of outsiders, Kane is indeed such an image.

Peace-loving.

This also brings a lot of benefits to Kane.

For example, the caravans they had formed only a few months earlier, and the fact that diplomats were able to move freely among all the surrounding powers.

Just give some very low taxes.

The same goes for the Tri-Tribal Alliance, which is next to it.

Although this is more due to their strength.

Some time ago, the Tri-Clan Alliance had concluded a trading partnership with Kane and the others, and the two sides were trading over the resources they already had.

Many forces have taken the initiative to talk about cooperation, and they are all the forces in this region, and they all know Kane's reputation.

There are even many small forces around themselves, and when the world was destroyed, there was not much population left, and it was very difficult to live.

At this time, there are many small forces who are willing to take the initiative to join Kane.

These refugees are pouring in because Kane has a really good reputation.

Between many forces, after the battle one of the forces is destroyed. Most of the civilians within it did not want to stay in the other party's forces, but turned to Kai's side.

Otherwise, how could these intelligent races join Kane for no reason? Unless you really can't live anymore.

But if there is a choice between forces, then Kane must be the first choice here.

Strong, well-lived, peace-loving......

These are the reasons.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a real need for a coastal area, Kane would not have wanted to invade the rest of the surrounding area at all.

After all, their own territory is already very large, and now the population and territory in the territory are like a drop of water into the surface of a lake.

The excessive territory has taken on them a bit of a burden.

But without access to the sea, it really won't work.

"So, do you have any good ideas? Let's be famous. Kane asked.

Hearing Kane's question, everyone pondered and looked at the information in their hands.

Looking for a good idea.

At this time, Bonona said: "If you don't want to bear this kind of reputation, the first thing is to let them take the initiative to join us."

Of course, looking at the situation shown in this information, it is obviously impossible to get them to take the initiative to join us, and even if they join us, we will purge them internally, which is not realistic.

The second is to let them take the initiative to attack us, but how can they take the initiative to attack us in such a situation. That would be stupid, unless we control one of their lords.

But this behavior is a bit too blatant, as long as you are not stupid, you will think that we are the hand, you can do it, but the risk is a bit high. ”

Speaking of this, Bonona suddenly pulled out one of the documents, put it on top and said, "Or we will divide it internally, and then help one of the forces." While this will also damage our image, it is at least better than the first two. ”

"This lord doesn't seem to be very happy with his own country."

After saying that, the tribe clicked on the top piece of information, which was a piece of information provided by the Testyk.

It shows that a lord has carried out the will of the mist after learning of its existence.

The treatment of the commoners in the realm was improved, and the serfs were freed.

This behavior caused serious conflicts between him and the nobles of the kingdom.

But the nobles of the kingdom were hindered by the fog above their heads, so they could only verbally abuse and did not dare to really act.

But secretly there are all kinds of targets, and there is no less.

After everyone looked at this information.

The person in charge of the propaganda department suddenly said: "In fact, according to our interests and needs, there is no need to mold us into a peace-loving country that does not take the initiative to invade."

We can cast ourselves in the image of a protector of civilians. ”

"Shape us into the enforcers of the will of the mist. This would also increase our prestige among ordinary civilians.

After all, we just need their prestige to attract more refugees and populations.

As for the leaders of these forces or some powerful races, they are not in our sphere of interest at all, and what they think really has little to do with us. ”

"Not to mention that we now have propaganda tools that are many levels higher than those of other forces, and we also have propaganda bases in other countries.

The Propaganda Department has been doing a good job in the early stages, because of our previous peaceful performance, and those forces have not been wary of this. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the information of the lord that Bonona had just said.

"Isn't this a good opportunity to create such an image?"

Hearing his words, Kane nodded in satisfaction.

"Haven't those explorers in the guild been doing this all along?"

The people who have the mark of a lantern in the eyes of the ordinary civilians around them are absolutely good people.

This is all thanks to the Guild's Explorer members.

Because knowing that the fog will reward those who contribute.

These guild members help civilians when they have nothing to do, and the most dazzling of them is Finaris.

She has a great reputation not only in her own country, but also among the common people of other forces.

Relying on a large area of holy light spells, I don't know how many civilians have been treated.

In addition, she used to be a saint of the church again, appearance, image, eloquence, and magic special effects. All of them have the attribute of attacking civilians.

"Then let's follow this plan and start acting, the sooner it is done, the faster we can develop."