However, Rick, who is also worthy of being a time-tested aristocratic official, immediately put these behind, and then adjusted his mood and continued: "If those little minions of the enemy take advantage of the fact that we are being dragged by the enemy, and attack our improvised soldiers, the result can be imagined, and they will not be able to resist at all. And after we have no subordinates, it is impossible for us to resist the siege of the enemy with our high-end combat power alone, after all, those little minions are also professionals with professional levels, not weeds on the side of the road. ”

"And the one who helped us in the early stages of the battle and kill nearly half of those potentially lethal minions was the Father Kylelius I just mentioned. Therefore, in fact, the key point of this victory and defeat is him, which I believe can be judged by those who were present at the time and have a certain vision. ”

Rick was afraid that the Grand Duke did not remember the priest, so he was ready to introduce him again, but apparently, he was a little worried. As if he saw his intentions, the Grand Duke smiled and interrupted his next words.

"There is no need to continue to introduce, such a memorable young man, no one will forget him. Moreover, His Excellency Bishop Julian has taken him to several banquets before, and we can be considered to know each other. The Duke looked nostalgic.

To Rick's surprise, he had never known that the new priest had been an old acquaintance with his father.

Although he knew that the Duke was a high-ring magician, he had a very good relationship with Bishop Julian, who was also a high-ring magician, and he was also a good friend, and he also knew that Kylelius was a disciple of Julian.

However, he never imagined that Kylelius and his father turned out to be old acquaintances, knowing that even he and his eldest brother, as the heirs of the duke's back, had never met Bishop Julian, and the duke never took them to the party.

You must know that they are not the heirs of the duke, they are only the heirs of the heirs who have the right to inherit. In the more formal setting, it would not be appropriate to take anyone there, because it would imply the recognition of the legitimate inheritance of one of them.

It would be even more inappropriate to bring both, that is, to openly support the superficial fight between the two, as a qualified superior, this kind of behavior of making the heir's struggle open has always been a good idea.

Kylelius knew the Grand Duke, and it must have been because Julian had taken him to one of those magicians' gatherings.

It seems that Bishop Julian values that priest very much, and he is completely the heir to the mantle. In the future, the attitude towards this priest should be better, otherwise it may be a little troublesome to reach the father's ears. Rick thought to himself.

Just as Rick was still mentally adjusting his attitude towards Kylelius in the future, the Grand Duke continued to speak: "Indeed, it was only by this unexpected factor that you reluctantly repelled the attack on the shadow side that day, and almost completely annihilated their main force. But this is just an accident, and it doesn't mean anything?" Obviously, the Grand Duke didn't react to the deeper meaning of what Rick said, or that he was too lazy to waste much energy on such a thing, and he knew that Rick would explain it for him.

"But that's the problem. From what we know about the Church of Shadows, their intelligence agency is arguably the top three behemoths on the road. With their ability to gather information, would they not know the true strength of the priest, and would they not know that he was at the banquet that day?" Rick then explained, even at the end of the sentence, using two interrogative sentences in succession.

The duke did not answer his question, because the answer to the question was obvious. Could the Shadow Church not know the true strength of that priest? So, would they not know that he was also at the banquet that day? The answer is also no.

So, knowing the strength of Kyleus, and the fact that he was also present at that banquet, why did they still take the risk of failure and force their operation? We must know that with their ability, they must have obtained information about Kyleus's participation in the banquet at least a day or two before, so don't say that they didn't have time to inform the thieves at the front, because that is simply impossible.

The Church of Shadows, knowing that the destabilizing factor of Kellius existed and could ruin its plans, attacked at great risk. With the careful course of action of the Shadow Church over the years, this is clearly not in keeping with their habits.

Combined with the assassination of Kurol after that, and it seems that the target is very clear, it is Kyrlius who is in the back. Then, the goal of the Shadow Church's action this time is very clear.

Rick concludes by summarizing his argument: "So, in summary, I think that the real purpose of the Shadows in planning this operation was not what we thought at the beginning, which was to annihilate in one fell swoop, the main members of our Earl's power, and other local nobles who were holding the meeting at that time. Instead, he aimed at Father Keleus, who seemed to be 'unexpectedly' attending the banquet at the time. ”

"It's just that I don't understand why the Church of Shadows wants to assassinate Father Kyleus, even if he is a disciple of His Excellency Cardinal Julian, it is not worth the trouble of assassinating him at the risk of starting a war of faith. And what makes me even more puzzling is that they suddenly died down after that, which doesn't seem to be the usual style of 'masquerade' that never stops until the goal is achieved. ”

Rick looked puzzled at this, apparently he couldn't figure out the use of assassinating a priest at such a risk. Even if this priest is very strong, this strength is relative to this town, and it is not really strong enough to defy the sky.

The Grand Duke also felt that Rick's analysis made sense, but he couldn't think of the reason for the Church of Kerr for a while. After thinking about it, he had to tell Rick what he knew, the unusually large-scale actions of the Daker Church on the western frontier recently, and asked him to analyze it again in light of these situations.

Unfortunately, even though Rick has obtained a lot of information, he still can't analyze the reason why the Daker church did this.

"Forget it, let's put this question aside for a moment. After all, this matter has nothing to do with us fundamentally, so I'll leave it to my old friend, His Excellency Julian, to worry about it. Seeing that Rick couldn't think of anything, the Grand Duke didn't continue to dwell on it, so he gave up the topic, just like he said, in fact, this matter has nothing to do with them.