The plans of the Three Prophets and the Knights of Dusk had become apparent, and Leon was almost certain that their intention was to establish a kingdom that would worship the goddess of darkness, Ereda.

He could even imagine that the Three Prophets had such plans for a long time ago.

For example, thirty years ago.

If nothing else, the former Lion King, the father of King Ulrik, was made a mad king by the Three Prophets.

But at that time, the three prophets had not yet formed a prophetic legion, they were probably only three witches at that time, and their business ability was not as strong as it is now.

However, the identity of the witch is enough to fool the mad king - these days, if the doctor can't cure the disease, then the nobles will most likely look for witches, especially the three prophets or the priests of the goddess of justice, Astarya, this identity is easy to trust.

The king did have some kind of genetic disease, and the vast majority of kings must have a desire for immortality - so the Three Prophets cured the previous Lion King of his genetic disease with the elixir of dragon's tears, but also made him a mad king.

In the years that followed, the kingdom of the Lion weakened under the Mad King's rule, and many worshippers of the dark goddess Ereda appeared in the country.

However, although the Mad King was crazy, he did not give the Three Prophets any chance to contact the powerful, nor did he convert the Lion Kingdom.

The Goddess of Order is still the official religion of the Lion Kingdom, but the sun and moon pendant on the chest of her statue has been replaced with a lion's head - presumably the Three Prophets are deliberately guiding the Mad King to gradually change the image of the goddess, perhaps this seemingly sycophant change will weaken Yunomia's influence.

But even so, the Three Prophets were still only three witches at that time, and the throne of the Lion Kingdom was still in the hands of King Ulrik - perhaps the Three Prophets at that time were just trying to spread the faith of the dark goddess Ereda.

They probably didn't realize at the time that the fastest way to spread their faith was through armies and conquest.

It can be said that the way the three prophets spread their faith at that time was much gentler than now, and they just wanted to influence the policy of the Lion Realm by controlling the king, and then influencing people's beliefs.

Maybe their influence back then was quite successful, anyway, in the years before the Mad King's death, many people in the Lion Kingdom openly worshipped the Goddess of Darkness, but the number was far from the point of subverting the mainstream belief of Yunomia.

After the Mad King's violent death, Ulrik succeeded to the throne.

Perhaps the Mad King's violent death had something to do with his failure to fully cooperate with the Three Prophets - he was indeed insane and brutal, and indeed did a lot of things that were not human, but it was true that he never gave power to the Three Prophets.

Due to the circumstances of his father, the Mad King, in his later years, King Ulrik must have been wary of the Dark Goddess's followers, so he designated the worship of the Dark Goddess as heretical.

During his first years on the throne, Ulrique was not able to fully control the country - this may not only be due to the distrust of the nobles towards Ulrique, but also the fact that there were too many heretics in the country at the time, and many nobles at that time believed in the Goddess of Darkness.

Ten years ago, Ulrik re-established the Lion Knights and used this powerful force to destroy heretics – mainly in the name of destroying them, of course.

It is true that the king wants to kill people and needs to tell the evidence, especially for a king whose rule is not yet very stable.

But sometimes there is really no evidence, so accuse the other party of heresy......

Although the core job of the rebuilt Lion Knights is to act as the king's thugs, they do actually reduce the heresy in the Lion Realm anyway - when the Royal Knights always go killing in the name of destroying heresy, the number of people who dare to worship the Dark Goddess will naturally decrease significantly.

Shortly thereafter, the voices against Ulrique died down, and Ulrique truly took control of the entire kingdom. And in the same way, those who once blatantly worshipped the goddess of darkness naturally disappeared.

Just like when Leon first encountered the Fallen in Lion City, the Lion Knights' reaction was indeed extremely fast.

Due to the suppression of the Lion Knights, in recent years, the heresy of the entire Lion Kingdom that worships the dark goddess Ereda has not dared to come forward, and can only hide it secretly - so, the Three Prophets have made a comeback again.

Perhaps it was because Ulrik succeeded in weakening the worship of the Goddess of Darkness in the country by force with the Lion Knights, which made the Three Prophets realize that in order to spread the faith, it is necessary not only to have financial security, but also to have a military base.

Moreover, it is necessary to control the grassroots nobles who directly manage the commoners.

So they formed the Prophet Legion, and then used those plastic surgery women to constantly do things in the Lion Realm, and established a reputation such as 'the Three Prophets can guide wealth and status'.

In this way, the three prophets gained the refuge of a large number of knights and minor nobles, and also amassed unimaginable wealth and powerful military power.

The influence of the small nobles on the people is actually more effective and direct than that of the king, and even if the belief in the goddess of darkness is still heretical, the way the three prophets operate can indeed make the belief in the goddess of darkness spread widely in the dark.

From a few years ago, what the Three Prophets lacked was control over the upper echelons of the kingdom.

But it is not easy to infiltrate the king or the high nobility.

Most of the high-ranking nobles under Ulrik have served in the Lion Knights, and the three dukes, Alma, Elfwan, and Brenus, are all related to the Lion Knights - eradicating internal enemies in the name of destroying heresies, this is the policy that Ulrik has been working since he re-established the Lion Knights, and of course all the high-ranking nobles under his command have taken on this kind of task, which must be difficult to fool.

As a result, the Three Prophets took control of Lady Bella, the wife of the Duke of Elfwan, causing her to poison the Duke of Elfwan, and intended to control the town of Long River in the same way that Lady Bella, the rightful heir of Duke Elfwan.

However, this plan was sabotaged by the Duke of Alma, so the Prophet Legion gathered in the town of Long River - the three prophets brought the legion to Long River Town, probably just to use the Prophet Legion to pressure Alma and his son, so that Almachi could release Lady Bella, and by the way, fool some more minor nobles to follow them.

If Leon hadn't formed a coalition to attack the Prophet's Legion, and had not asked Forsset to accuse him of heresy, then for the Lion Kingdom, the Three Prophets' troops were really just traveling in groups - the Lion Kingdom was not accused of 'illegal assembly', and the Prophet's Legion was not besieging the city at that time, they were just camping outside the town of Changhe to hold a large tea party.

If the Eastern Coalition formed by Leon and Godric did not attack the Prophet's legion, then the Three Prophets probably would never have attacked Changhe Town, and would only hold their tea parties outside Changhe Town, constantly seducing more knights and minor lords to join.

These knights and minor lords, the Three Prophets might have made them nominally loyal to Lady Bella.

When Lady Bella's followers are so large that even if they know that Lady Bella's worship of the goddess of darkness is no longer a heretic, and at the same time, no one dares to see Lady Bella's as a tool anymore, and only the Three Prophets can control her through their fanatical beliefs.

This was actually sharpening his muscles and forcing Alma and Forsette to back down with a powerful military force - Leon was sure that the plan of the three prophets at that time was to use the plan of the Duke of Alma to inherit the town of Long River with 'the children of Elfwan and Lady Bella'.

But that so-called child is definitely not from the Horton family, but from the Three Prophets.

Because the tall doom inducer once said to Amy, "Lady Bella is giving birth to a messenger of God"!

In this way, the Three Prophets were able to complete their control over the eastern part of the Lion Kingdom in one fell swoop, both in faith and in substance.

It is even possible to reverse the identity of 'heresy' in one fell swoop, and transform the worship of the goddess of darkness into an openly mainstream belief in the eastern region.

At this time, the three prophets were obviously different from those of thirty years ago.

They are still trying to control the high-ranking nobles, including the king, in various subtle ways, but at the same time, they have learned the importance of armies and conquests, and they are already grasping with both hands.

But at that time, Leon suddenly appeared, ruined the plan of the three prophets, and almost killed them......

Therefore, the lord must have been hostile to the three prophets, but at that time, the three prophets lost all their troops, and they had to find a way to protect themselves, so they couldn't deal with Li Ang for the time being.

And the self-preservation of the three prophets is probably the reason why King Ulrik suddenly fell ill at that time......

Find a way to cause Ulrique's illness first, and then provide a real cure for Ulrique's genetic disease - use the blood of the Noldor maiden to activate the magic of the dragon's tear, and exchange a 'life-saving' dragon's tear for freedom.

This treatment is definitely the same as the original treatment of the mad king, there will be serious sequelae, such as being in pain and memories all the time, often crazy out of control, and can only rely on alcohol or opium to anesthetize themselves.

The Dragon's Tears are used on ordinary people, and the result is that, like the drunkard group of Alaric, they have been stuck in grief and memories, and have made people crazy and cruel.

- Madness and cruelty are the natural reactions of irascible creatures like dragons when they feel pain, while grief and memories come from Alcia's thousand-year-old loneliness, and the negative emotions of these immortal races are concentrated in an ordinary human and must be unbearable.

And this time, the Three Prophets did not let Ulrik go crazy, but used some kind of palliative medicine to control Ulrique's sequelae - this is probably the experience that the Three Prophets have accumulated from the Mad King, and it is not good for them to let the king go crazy, so it is better for the king to be inseparable from them.

So, if nothing else, King Ulrik will never be able to leave the medicine of the Three Prophets again—then Ulrik will naturally keep the Three Prophets safe and treat them as guests.

This will give you more opportunities to get in touch with Ulrik - and then, in a way of changing skins, you can get a gentle, beautiful, intelligent and virtuous aristocratic girl and make her a princess.

Perhaps the princess will be 'pregnant' Ulrique's child in a few days—just as she had planned to use Lady Bella's 'widow' to inherit the town of River, and a nonsensical 'little prince' to inherit the Lion Kingdom.

Anyway, Prince Alrique has fallen out of favor, and besides, Arrique has a genetic disease.

But King Ulrike himself has been cured of the genetic disease, and if the princess can 'conceive a little prince', the little prince will be a complete and legitimate heir.

With the skills of the Three Prophets, it is certainly not difficult to get a random baby to be fake, and even the princess's pregnancy can be made real - for example, let the head of the Knights of Dusk become the father of the child.

In this way, the Three Prophets will be able to join forces with the Knights of Dusk to completely overthrow the Lion Kingdom.

And if Li Ang can be controlled, it will not only ensure the subversion of the Lion Kingdom, but also take half of the Duchy of Dexia by the way...... That's why the Knights of Dusk would do something to themselves.

As Alisthai said, Leon's territory is no less than that of the king, and if he wants to subvert the Lion Kingdom, he must first get the new marshal of the Lion Kingdom.

It's just that the Knights of Dusk probably have a little bit of their own thoughts.

Because, judging from the abilities and ways of doing things of the three prophets, they probably only need Leon's skin - with their ability, it shouldn't be difficult to find someone to replace Leang's skin.

However, the Knights of Dusk planned to take Leon away intact, which obviously meant that the Three Prophets and the Knights of Dusk were not monolithic, and each had their own plans.

Of course, there is also the factor that Alistai does not want to form a mortal enmity with Leon's subordinates - Alistai came to deal with Leon in order to get Changhe Town, if he kills Leon, then it will be difficult for him to rule Changhe Town, but I am afraid that there will be killers who trouble him every day.

But this is certainly not the main reason, the main thing is probably that the Knights of Dusk do not want Leon to fall into the hands of the Three Prophets - they want to control Leon alone, so that the Dusk Knights can get more benefits.

Otherwise, the Three Prophets would have sent someone to follow the Dusk Knights.

What the Knights of Dusk wanted was substantial benefits—territory, wealth, power, and status, and they were the actual aristocratic forces of the 'Kingdom of God', which had been made clear from Alista's previous words.

Capture and force Leon to join the Knights of Dusk, and somehow control Leon, so that the Knights of Dusk will not only control Leon's territory, but also parts of Dexia - Leon has already captured the cities of Eichkoman and Toba, and if nothing else, the army will be able to conquer many more.

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As long as Leon is controlled, the army of the Lion Kingdom can bring more benefits to the Knights of Dusk, which the Three Prophets cannot get.

With all this in mind, Leon decided to take advantage of the Knights of Dusk......

What would the Three Prophets do if they knew that the Knights of Dusk had established a 'kingdom of God' in Dexia alone behind their backs?

Will the two sides pinch each other?

Even if it doesn't...... Then can you fan the wind and light a fire yourself?

For example, having a Twilight Knight sabotage the Three Prophets' grand plans......

Anyway, dividing the enemy is to protect yourself, and the three prophets are strong enough, and if they are allowed to work closely with the Knights of Dusk, they may face more storms.

But before that, the lord needs to find out who the leader of the Knights of Dusk is.

The head of the Knights of Dusk has been unknown, and Aliste once said, "Actually, you know him...... But for his safety, I can't tell you now".

This means that this Grand Master of the Knights of Dusk may be a nobleman of the Lion Kingdom - then this person must have quite strong acting skills and an unimaginable identity.

And Li Ang has always been very impressed by a young nobleman at the level of an actor, so ......

Could it be him?