Early the next morning.

Most of his physical injuries had recovered, and Li Si, who had no longer affected his normal movements, quietly returned to his home in Ice Peak City.

Although most of the abilities cannot be used to avoid the deterioration of the injury, there is no problem in using the [Stealth] skill to hide from the soldiers patrolling the streets.

After a brief tidying up, disguised as Ken Simon again, Lees walked out of the house with his cane and got into a carriage towards the Ice Castle Palace.

Last night's turmoil seems to have had a very big impact!

Who did it, it's really hateful!

Li Si, who had no psychological burden, happily looked at the black-armored soldiers of the Dillon Kingdom who appeared from time to time outside the car window, and thought happily.

Now is the most tense moment in Ice Peak City, and it is also the time when the control is the most tight.

In order to avoid suspicion of the identity of this financial affairs officer, Li Sicai rushed back when his injuries were not fully recovered.

At this point, the legendary berserker should no longer be paying attention to this matter.

Li Si thought so in his heart, after all, although the legendary berserker has strong frontal strength, he is also relatively short in terms of other auxiliary means, and is not as versatile and comprehensive as the mage's means.

When Li Si arrived at the Ice Castle Palace and stepped out of the carriage, he found that the entrance to the palace, which was usually guarded by only a few people, was now full of rows of heavily armed soldiers.

The whole palace was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, and everyone in sight hurried away with their heads bowed, and there was no longer the same leisurely mood as the days before.

The inspection of entering the palace was also much stricter, and even Li Si, a high-ranking official, was only allowed to enter the palace after being inspected by the soldiers.

When Lees returned to his room, his butt was still hot, and he was called over by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gilberto.

"Ken, you're here."

Gilberto said with a smile when he saw that it was a stern-looking Ken Simon who pushed the door in.

"Lord Gilberto."

Li Si saluted plainly, still a little strange in his heart.

How do you feel that Gilbertto is so much more enthusiastic than before?

"Ken, I'm looking for you this time."

Gilberto asked Lees to sit down on the couch, walked up to Lees and said.

"Please command."

Li Si resisted the curiosity in his heart and sat upright on the sofa waiting for the instructions of the superior.

"Philip's place has been vacated, and now Hans is in charge temporarily."

"But Hans is only a newcomer after all, and his foundation is shaky, and the Duke of Ghana and I feel that you need to take on more responsibility."

"Especially since something so big happened in Ice Peak City yesterday, our task is very heavy!"

Listening to Gilberto's words, Lees just nodded.

This is

Obviously trying to win over himself, wanting to hold all the power of Philip in his hands and not let Duke Ward continue to interfere?

also moved out of Kenne's "backer" Duke of Ghana, isn't this just that he can't refuse?

However, if Ken is really a man with a desire for power, this is a good opportunity.

A great opportunity to keep climbing!

If it continues to develop smoothly, it may even accept Gilberto as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the future.

But it's a pity that Li Si only borrowed this identity temporarily, and didn't care much about the temptation in this regard.

As if sensing Lees's doubts, Gilberto waved his hand and said:

"If you're worried that you won't be able to do the job, that's okay."

"Who doesn't learn and grow slowly from scratch, have faith in yourself! The Duke of Ghana and I both think you're okay! ”

This. It's all said and done, and if you refuse again, it will make people suspicious.

"I see, please rest assured, Lord Gilberto."

Li Si had no choice but to nod and accept it.

This is also an opportunity to take a look at how the Dillon Kingdom is preparing for the war now.

While there may not be much opportunity to get your hands dirty, it's a pretty good way to get intel.

Speaking of which, the previous Ken Simon was obviously a high-ranking official in the Dillon Kingdom, but he had been idle, and he had no chance to access the secret information of the kingdom.

But thinking about it, it is probably because of Ken Simon's dull temperament that the Duke of Ghana and Gilberto can rest assured that they can control Ken as a pawn in their hands.

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As night fell, Lees returned home from the Ice Castle Palace.

All day to-day, he had received a portion of the work and authority of the kingdom's treasury from Gilberto, and had summoned many of the responsible minor officials into the room to talk as if he had been working hard.

During this period, he pretended to be ignorant and asked a lot of ridiculous questions, but Lees didn't care about these seemingly humiliating behaviors, he just wanted to reassure Gilberto.

Although Gilberto gave him relatively large authority, the core financial affairs of the kingdom were still not touched.

Even so, Li Si has detected some clues in his other work.

For example, the kingdom's military expenses have recently increased significantly, the appropriation of land near the Luoxue Mountains has been greatly increased, and the kingdom's investment in grain procurement has increased today.

These are some of the more general data, and the average person may not pay much attention to them, after all, these numbers may fluctuate from year to year.

But for Li Si, a person who knows how the situation will change in the future, it is naturally easy to get the final answer from these clues.

"It seems that the preparations for the Dillon Kingdom have started very early."

Li Si poured himself a glass of ice wine, a specialty of the Kingdom of Dillon.

This particular wine is a tedious wine, with the need to postpone the harvest of ripe grapes and leave them on the vines to withstand the cold winds and snow, resulting in a wine with a rich aroma and crisp taste.

Even in the kingdom of Dillon, this is a rare treasure.

"It tastes good, let's go back and bring some for Ya'er and Risha!"

Li Si nodded in satisfaction, drank the wine in the glass, and lay back on the bed into the dream world.

Floating in the dream world filled with colorful light, looking at the obviously sparse many dreams around him, Li Si was not surprised.

After all, it was too early for him to enter the dream world this time, and many people in Ice Peak City had not yet entered the dream world.

However, Lees also has his plans.

Although the main purpose of this time is to go to Duke Ward again, Li Si plans to first investigate the impact of yesterday's big fireworks on the residents of Icepeak City, and see its feedback in the dream world.

At the same time, it is also a pre-preparation for doing some [dream refraction].

Li Si rubbed his hands and looked eagerly at the mysterious and fantastic dream world in front of him.

In the case that the [Sphinx Divine Technique] could not be used, Li Si felt more and more that the [Sphinx Dream Building Technique] was magical, practical and powerful.

It simply opened up another field of operation for Lis.

Now Li Si is not very familiar with dream building and the dream world, and the operation is relatively reluctant, but he is willing to put more energy into the dream world and accumulate the foundation until the day when Li Si grows up to be able to independently develop his own dream skills and arcane arts.

The feeling of time passing in the dream world was quite vague, and Li Si could only barely guess that the outside world had entered the middle of the night from the increase in the number of dream spaces around him.

To Li Si's satisfaction, most of the residents of Ice Peak City had seen that dazzling golden pillar of light appear in their dreams, and you can imagine the shock of the fireworks last night.

Li Si roughly estimated that about fifty percent of the dreams in the Ice Peak City area had the vision of a golden pillar of light.

This is already an exaggeration!

But Li Si is also very clear that this is also because it happened yesterday, and people are most impressed at this time.

In the same way that time erases all memory, this vision will gradually disappear from people's dreams as time passes.

It is estimated that within a week, this dream vision can be maintained at 30%. In a month, that number will drop to less than 10%.

Still, that time was enough for Lees.

With the intensification of the contradictions between the king and the Duke of Ward, there was already a direct conflict, not to mention that Lees had already added several fires.

When Li Si completed some of the preparations in advance and came to the place where Duke Ward's dream was, he was a little surprised to find that the dream in front of him also showed the vision of the golden pillar of light.

"Hey, didn't you expect this Duke of Ward to be shocked?"

Li Si said with a smile, entering Duke Ward's dream.

Control the dreamscape to recreate the familiar bronze table and backrest chair carved with ancient patterns.

But unlike the previous two times, this time it was not in the dark and closed mysterious room, but in the mid-air above the Ice Castle Palace, as if lurking in the sky.

And that huge pillar of golden light was not far away, within easy reach.

[Wrath of the Northland] and the appearance of many royal worships are clearly visible, and even the expressions of horror, determination, hesitation, etc. on their faces can be seen clearly.

Li Si Shi Ran sat down on the side of the long bronze table, and gently tapped the table with his right hand.

Tuk ~ Tuk ~

Duke Ward, who was directly opposite, was awakened by the sound of tapping, and immediately noticed the difference in his environment.

This is clearly the scene when the Ice Castle Palace was attacked last night!

Especially when he saw the majestic figure that controlled the golden pillar of light to burst into the sky, his eyes became a lot more serious for a moment.

Last night, even the [Wrath of the North] Lord made a move, no wonder there was such a big movement, but the main body of the palace did not suffer too much damage.

"How, my dear Sterlan?"

Li Si, who was still dressed in a black robe, looked at Duke Ward and said excitedly.

"This is the grand ceremony that our Death Secret Society should have!"

"Announce our return to the world!"

Regression?

Duke Ward did not respond directly, silently pondering every word the black-robed man said.

I have to say that last night's battle did shake Duke Ward.

Such a large amount of money is not at all like a small organization can come up with.

Just to win your own trust, is it worth making such a big move?

Not only that, but looking at it like this, it seems that he finally escaped from the [Wrath of the North] with great ease.

Although it is possible that the one is not serious, this is quite remarkable for a professional under a legend.

So much happened in the Ice Castle Palace last night, but because King Lucar strictly ordered the news to be blocked, he directly blocked the entire palace with the most elite army.

Even Duke Ward, who had arranged a lot of eyeliner in the palace, had just learned from Moriarty that so many things had happened last night.

Therefore, although it still seems a little neurotic, the status of the black-robed man Moriarty in the heart of Duke Ward has skyrocketed.

"Indeed, your strength is indeed stronger than I thought."

After a moment of silence, Duke Ward said in a deep voice.

"So, what exactly do you want to do?"

"Don't talk about supporting me to become a king and thus get support."

"If your strength is really like what you showed last night, you don't care about those secret supports, do you?"

Duke Ward's gaze fell on the Ice Castle Palace not far away, but his tone was full of affirmation and confidence.

He wants to take the initiative in negotiations!

Li Si realized this for the first time, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

All right! I'm not afraid that you want to bargain, but I'm afraid that you don't want to be mindful.

Anyway, Lees' ultimate goal is not to get anything from Duke Ward, but to make the Kingdom of Dillon as chaotic as possible.

In Duke Ward's eyes, the black-robed man leaned back in his chair relaxedly and said absently:

"My dear Sterlan, I've done so much, don't you believe in our sincerity?"

"Our current enemy is the young King, and isn't the enemy of our enemy a friend?"

Duke Ward's face remained unchanged, and he looked at Li Si in silence, expressing his distrust.

"Really, where are you looking for such a sincere ally as us in this world!"

The black-robed man stood up, stretched out his hands and waved them exaggeratedly, pretending to be helpless.

Then, abruptly, he ceased his fancy demeanor and was now in place, staring intently at Duke Ward.

"Anyway, you don't have a way out, do you?"

Duke Ward's body tightened, and he felt as if he was being stare at by a greedy and ferocious hungry wolf in an instant, wanting to devour all the flesh and blood on his body.

Especially the deep darkness under the hood of the black robe, like a bottomless whirlpool about to drown his soul.

Uncanny! Crazy!

Suddenly feeling the malice from Moriarty, Duke Ward felt completely frozen all over his body, and his heart stopped beating.

However, after all, he is one of the rulers of the Dillon Kingdom, and the temperament he has cultivated for a long time has kept him from losing his temper at this time.

"And how can you help me?"

After a brief stalemate, Duke Ward broke the silence.

In a sense, he also softened first.

"What do you need?"

The black-robed man's attitude suddenly became enthusiastic, as if he was selling a product.

"I need to think about it again."

After a moment's hesitation, Duke Ward said.

Still need to think?

Li Si secretly frowned a little, feeling that something was wrong.

This time he really felt that this Duke Ward was a little indecisive.

It's all come to this point, and you're still so hesitant?

Does he really dare to make up his mind to open the [Demon Gate]?

Or is there something else going on?

"Hey, hey, my patience is limited, I hope you don't let me down."

The black-robed man smiled sadly, and then kicked Duke Ward out of his dream.

(End of chapter)