Beckland East, inside a two-bedroom safe house.

Hugh sat in a chair by the window and whispered:

"Sorry I didn't give you a chance to ask questions."

Ember shook his head to show that he didn't care, he walked to the window and suddenly asked:

"Do you want to know what the secret your father discovered?"

Hugh looked at the embers in a daze, and then his eyes revealed a glimmer of hope, and he nodded heavily:

"I want to know, no matter what the cost."

Ember thought for a moment and said slowly:

According to Viscount Stafford Steward, his father was executed for discovering the King's secrets. And according to the information I have, George III is now an angel of Sequence 1. And seven years ago, when your father first discovered the secret, George III should have just been promoted to the demigod of Sequence 4. ”

"And your father found out about this, maybe even further, he found out that the king was working with some secret organization, which is why he was killed by the king before he wanted to report the three major churches."

Hugh raised his head suddenly, and immediately sorted out all the threads of the matter:

In ancient times, the Church of the Seven Righteous Gods signed three major covenants with the royal families. Each king is bound by three major contracts, up to Sequence 5. If George III was alone, he would never have been able to break through the shackles of the three major contracts. So it could only be that those secret organizations that believed in evil gods were behind the backing, helping George III break through the shackles and become a demigod.

And George III, who cooperated with the evil gods, was undoubtedly a huge threat to the three major churches. Once this threat erupts, it will even severely damage the strength of the three major churches and shake the foundation of the church!

Her father was the chief of the palace guard, but he was also a true believer in the Church of the Night, so he eventually chose the latter over his loyalty and faith in the king, which led to his death.

But knowing the truth didn't make Hugh feel better, but made her more and more confused:

"What should I do?"

She has always felt that her father was framed by villains, and the so-called rebellion is completely false. So for so many years, she has been committed to finding the truth and restoring her father's reputation. But now that she knew the truth, Hugh knew that it would not restore her father's reputation. Because from the king's standpoint, this kind of behavior is indeed a naked betrayal.

But did her father do something wrong? He simply chose the latter between loyalty to the royal family and faith, and how could this not be a kind of loyalty? Hugh believed that not only her father, but also most of the people of Beckland and even most of the nobles of the Kingdom of Rune would not hesitate to choose the three major churches if they were faced with the same choice.

But knowing this doesn't solve the problem.

If she wants to restore her father's reputation, she must get the royal family to change her tune - to rehabilitate her father by taking practical allegiance to the royal family and gaining the approval of the royal family. But this is impossible, because it is all about confessing the thief as a father.

Hugh could not have served the royal family that killed his own father.

And what about revenge?

It's harder.

George III himself is an Angel of Sequence 1, and he is the strongest in this world at a time when the gods cannot walk in the world! And she's just a small sequence 7, what can she change?

Ember looked at Hugh as confused and out of motivation, and said softly:

"Wait, and hope."

Hugh seemed to regain some vitality when he heard this. She stared at the embers and spoke:

"I've heard this quote from Russell the Great's magnum opus, The Count of Monte Cristo."

Ember looked at the girl's suspicious appearance, and stopped talking, stopping and wanting, and finally fell into silence. Should it be said to be Russell?

……

Queens, Sodrrack Palace.

And in one of the palace's secret chambers, the king's roar was heard:

"Another death? Again let them leave calmly after killing people, and once again in vain?! ”

"Bang!"

The figure of Grove Gustaf, Prince of Sunia, flew out in an instant, slammed through the wall of the study, and slammed into the courtyard outside. Although the blow did not hurt him much, the insult was not ordinarily strong.

But Grove didn't say anything, and he didn't show any resentment. His splendid clothes were stained with dust and mud, but he did not even dare to take a picture, but silently got up from the ground, stood before the king again through the wall that he had broken through, and waited for the king to vent his anger again.

Grove clenched his fists silently, for even he felt a little embarrassed and ashamed. Not because of the humiliation of the king, but because of the shame of oneself for one defeat after another!

From the death of Kapin, to the successive deaths of the royal demigods, and even now even the king's chief of court guard is in his own home, under the noses of many royal demigods! What is this concept?

Kapin's death can be described as an accident, even the demigod who suffered from the curse and the Chunas Korger, who disappeared at sea, can be blamed for the accident. But the death of Viscount Stafford was completely a deliberate humiliation by the other party!

Because although the strength of Viscount Stafford is not strong, he is only a punishment knight in sequence 5. But he was nominally the chief of the palace guard, the head of the king's guards! His strength is not strong, and the secret information he knows is very limited. The only meaning of the enemy's attack on him is a naked provocation against the royal family, as if he deliberately stepped on the king's face and said:

You're next!

This humiliation, though simple and crude, was so effective that even George III, who had always been a good man, was outraged.

"Grove."

George III said in a cold tone, "You have disappointed me too much. ”

Grove silently lowered his head, not daring to refute.

George III glanced at him indifferently, looked at the Grand Duchess Georgina on the side, and said in a deep voice:

"How many other candidates do we have?"

Archduchess Georgina whispered:

"Including Viscount Stafford we only have three candidates in total, and now there are only two left."

Grove lowered his head, his eyes twinkle.

There are not many demigods in the royal family, and with Celt dying due to a curse, as well as the 'disappearance' of Chunas Korg, the royal family's already small number of demigods have been removed at once, which undoubtedly makes the royal family's manpower even more stretched!

If George I wanted to perform the ceremony, he had to ensure that the nine mausoleums were safe and sound while the ceremony was taking place. Of course, the royal family can't have the luxury of having an angel guard every mausoleum, even if they have the support of the other two major forces behind them. But even if there are no angels, they have to make sure that each mausoleum is guarded by at least one or even multiple demigods.

Originally, the manpower was adequate, but the accident of Celt and Cunas made the original perfect plan flawed. In order to fill this gap, the royal family must cultivate two or more demigods to take their place in a short period of time, and only in this way can the plan go smoothly.

And to cultivate demigods, they are more inclined to choose from the bloodline of the royal family. But the problem is that in the long-term planning of the royal family, members of the royal bloodline who have been gifted to become demigods have already been promoted to Sequence 4 - Celt is one of them.

The rest of the people are either not talented enough to resist the loss of control brought about by potions even with the blessing of playing, or they are too young and still have a long time to go before Sequence 5.

Given the urgency of time, they could only look for candidates from among the 'loyal ministers' who were loyal to the royal family. Viscount Stafford was one of them, who had proven his loyalty in the rebellion seven years earlier.

But as soon as Viscount Stafford died, there were only two candidates left – and the candidates didn't mean they would necessarily become demigods, more likely that they would die out of control and pollution in the process of promotion.

This means that they need more candidates!

"It's not enough."

George III said in a deep voice, "Expand the list of candidates, at least ten or more!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Georgina's expression changed slightly, and she said euphemistically, "We don't have so many extraordinary materials needed to promote Sequence 4 in our hands, and if we do it too often, it will easily arouse the vigilance of the three major churches." Once our plans are discovered in advance, they are likely to be lost. ”

Although she didn't say it explicitly, anyone could tell that she wanted George III to keep a low profile as much as possible. Of course, the royal family can't pick out the ten candidates for Sequence 5. Not to mention ten, even twenty or fifty Sequence 5 extraordinaires, the royal family can pick them out.

But it takes time to cultivate extraordinary people, and there is no way to be as enlightened as Russelry.

Second, who can guarantee that these candidates will prioritize loyalty to the royal family over their faith? You must know that the lesson of the former chief of the palace guard seven years ago is still vivid, and that time almost led to the stillbirth of the royal family's plan! And this is the reason why the royal family has been careful not to expose it for so many years.

"Do you think I don't want to?"

George III sneered, "If it weren't for your successive failures, and even now you don't even know what the identity of the enemy is, would I have ended up in such a passive position?" Yes! ”

In the face of George III's questioning, both Georgina and Grove trembled and lowered their heads at the same time.

Seven years ago, His Majesty was just a demigod who had just been promoted to Sequence 4, and he was very respectful to these two royal demigods. But now that His Majesty has been promoted to Sequence 1, even the aftermath of His Majesty's anger is too much for the two of them to bear.

If everything had gone according to plan, His Majesty might not be angry and would continue to keep a low profile. But what has happened in recent months, every time it has been touching and teasing George III's nerves - because if the plan fails, it is not the demigods who are most desperate, but George III himself!

So at present, he is more eager than anyone else for the plan to go smoothly, so he hopes to cultivate more demigods to escort the plan, even if it will be seized by the three major churches.

"Do as I do."

George III glanced at the two of them indifferently and said coldly, "Aren't you afraid that the three major churches will be suspicious?" Then tell them directly that we are preparing for war! The Kingdom of Rune cannot afford to lose Sunia, just as the Church of the Night cannot lose its Celestial Depths, and the Church of the Storm cannot lose the Storm Abyss! ”

"We must retake the island of Sunia and the territory north of the Amanda Mountains, or the threat of the northern Vsak barbarians will always be a sword of Damocles hanging over the kingdom's head! For this, the royal family is willing to do whatever it takes! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Georgina trembled in response, and she soon heard the same tremor in the voice of Grove behind her.

They didn't dare to stay in the study, and left the room backwards. They looked at each other as they walked far away, only to find that there was the same look of horror in each other's eyes.

Your Majesty, he's gone crazy!

……

Hilston, 117 Birningham Road.

After Hugh prayed for blessings from Mr. 'Fool' and confirmed that he had not been followed by means such as divination, channeling, etc. Ember teleported her home through the spirit realm, where she met Firth, who had been waiting for a long time and was extremely anxious.

Furth couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the two of them were safe and sound, and asked a little impatiently:

"How's it going?"

"It went well."

Ember bowed slightly, glanced at Hugh on the side, and continued, "However, Hugh may take a while to digest. ”

Hugh suddenly took a deep breath, handed the copper-green notebook in his hand to Furth, and said seriously:

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Anything that doesn't kill me will make me stronger! ”

"That's what Russell the Great said, too."

Ember added.

“……”

Hugh, who was originally full of vitality, suddenly broke away and looked at Ember with resentment, this must be revenge! It must be!

Ember pretended not to see Hugh's gaze and admonished:

"I have something to go out, but you remember to stay together, Lemano's travel notes have a traveler's door, if you find anything wrong, just teleport away, and contact you on Monday!"

"Good!"

Foirth took Lemanno's travel notes from Hugh and nodded solemnly.

Although all this time has passed, the possibility that the other party can still track them down is very small. But it can't be careless because of this, and it doesn't mean that they are completely safe, so it is necessary to run directly when the situation is not good.

As for how to get in touch, it's very simple, anyway, there will be a tarot meeting every Monday. By communicating with the Tarot Society, all means of divination and tracking can be cut off, and there is no safer and more efficient means than this.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ring in Ember's hand bloomed with an illusory light blue light, and his figure disappeared with it.

Knowing this, Foirth had the opportunity to look through Lemanno's travel notes.

"Ahh

Hearing his friend's exclamation, Hugh, who was thinking about it, was taken aback, looked at his friend who was looking at the notebook in disbelief, and said a little weakly, "What's wrong?" I shouldn't have used a few pages of notes to get ......."

In total, she only used two door openings, three astrology sessions, and one mind reading. These are just the extraordinary abilities of low sequences, and it is easy to re-record them.

"It's not because of this."

Firth opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain it, so he had to ask, "How many times have you used the Spirit Teleportation?" ”

"4 times."

Hugh recalled it carefully, but became more and more puzzled, and wondered, "Is there any problem?" ”

“……”

Furth silently handed over the note.

Hugh glanced at it, and saw that the notes had been flipped open to the pages that resembled parchment—a parchment of only ten pages in total, capable of recording the extraordinary abilities of Sequence 5 and Sequence 6. By the time Foirth got his hands on the notes, there were six pages of different extraordinary abilities.

And now, all ten pages of parchment record extraordinary abilities. And the four new pages are all Traveler's Door! And just now, they shared four Traveler's Gates!

“……”

Hugh opened his mouth and held back for a long time before asking, "What was the success rate of the extraordinary ability at the level 5 of the sequence before?" ”

Furth silently held out five fingers, which means a 50% success rate.

It's not low, but Ember only used it four times in total, and all four of them were recorded! Isn't that 100 percent?! Fifty percent and 100 percent, it seems that there is only a 50% difference, but in fact, there is a world of difference!

……

Queens, inside a humble house.

Mr. A stood on the balcony of the living room and leisurely poured himself a glass of red wine.

While shaking, he looked at the sky in the distance, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Just now, a villa in Queens erupted with a strong light, which was at least a demigod-level power. The user is either a demigod or holding a Seal of Level 1 or higher.

As he was thinking about it, Mr. A suddenly noticed that the light around him was a little dim, and the light projected from the house seemed to be blocked by something.

Mr. A realized that there was someone behind him, but he still turned around very leisurely, and when he saw the appearance of the person who came, he smiled and raised his glass to invite:

"Would you like a drink?"

"No need."

Ember glanced at him and cut straight to the point, "What's the progress of your investigation of the ruins?" ”

"It went well."

Mr. A said with a serious face, "The royal family seems to be short of manpower recently, and although they are still guarding against us, they have also begun to let us get in touch with things related to the ruins. ”

After a pause, Mr. A continued, "They gave me the coordinates of a ruin, but I'm not sure if it's the one you're looking for. After all, I've only been to the periphery of the ruins, and I don't know the internal structure. ”

After all, it was a task ordered by the Lord himself, and Mr. A, of course, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and did his best.

Ember heard Mr. A's answer and asked thoughtfully:

"Who else is in charge of this ruin, besides you? Ever seen a demigod of the royal family? ”

"Demigods do, but not royalty."

Mr. A shrugged, shook his glass, and took a sip before continuing, "That's the head of the Witch Sect in Beckland, Desperate Nightingale Panatia. ”

After a pause, Mr. A said seriously, "That woman is a madman!" ”

Hearing this, Ember glanced deeply at Mr. A.

It's strange for a madman to say that another person is a madman.

Mr. A didn't pay any attention to Ember's gaze, but continued:

"In addition to that, Mr. X will be coming to Beckland recently. Of course, I suspect that he may well have arrived in Beckland in secret. ”

"Mr. X?"

"Yes."

Mr. A nodded, shook his wine glass and said leisurely, "There will be five saints and twenty-two oracles in the aurora, and I am affiliated with the Dark Sage, and I have been responsible for spreading the Lord's brilliance in Beckland. Mr. X is a member of the Secret Sages, who were once apprentices of the Abrahamic family, but they wisely chose to throw themselves into the arms of the Lord. ”

"Generally speaking, several saints spread the glory of the Lord in each kingdom and do not easily set foot in the preaching areas of other saints. But this time there was a reason for this, because Mr. X and the Secret Sage never gave up on hunting down members of the Abrahamic family. They had recently received information that members of the Abrahamic family had gathered in large numbers near Beckland, and Mr. X had come for this. ”

"He's a Sequence 5 Traveler, and with the help of the Traveler's Gate, he can do a quick 'teleportation'. So I have reason to suspect that he has secretly infiltrated Beckland. ”

Ember looked at Mr. A, and suddenly asked thoughtfully:

"I think you seem to have herded a Sequence 6 recorder?"

"Yes."

Mr. A took a sip of wine and smiled calmly, "This is the harvest of helping the Secret Sage to encircle the Abraham family. ”

(End of chapter)