After Valeera sneaked into the cave, Sarlayan specifically discussed it with Onyxia, and it was basically certain that Sindani, the Marquis of Ceremonies, who was used to being a wallflower, would not come forward in person.
This old lich is very cunning and will never charge forward at any time. Even if she has made up her mind to usurp the throne, she will first put on seventeen or eighty layers of armor for herself.
In short, it is a non-stick pan. No matter what the final outcome of this internal fight is, she can safely obtain enough benefits without exposing herself to danger.
Since it is impossible for Marquis Sindani to enter in person, the biggest fish that can be caught in this secret base are the two barons of the Ritual Secret Courtyard.
According to the information provided by the Winter Queen, the two barons of the Ritual Chamber are both lichs, named Delama and the Philosopher's Stone respectively.
That's right, his name is called Philosopher's Stone when translated into Chinese. If translated according to the pronunciation, it should be called Philosheffer Stone.
Because the name was too difficult to pronounce, Sharlayan simply called this man Sage... although it was not yet known whether he was qualified to bear this title.
The two barons of the Ritual Chamber are the only ones whose information about the Winter Queen is not out of date. They have been the right-hand men of Marquis Sindani since thousands of years ago and continue to this day.
What's interesting is that the two men's positions are completely opposite.
In most cases, Marquis Sindani will not personally come forward to stand in line. It is these two barons who jump up and down the most in the Ritual Chamber.
Baroness de Delama is a very staunch warrior, at least that's the stance she expresses on the surface. As for what she thinks in her heart... I'm afraid only she and Marquis Sindani know.
In contrast, Baron Stone, whom Sarlayan calls the Philosopher's Stone, is a complete usurper.
It was through his connection that the Sacrifice Academy and the Creation Academy reached a cooperation agreement, providing powerful assistance in all aspects to the Creation Academy charging forward, including but not limited to logistical materials.
If it were Baron de la Mare who was hiding in this secret cave and giving orders to the messenger, then the fun in the ritual chamber would be great. This is enough to show that the two barons were just pretending to be in love, and they were secretly with each other.
The Academy of Creation has a close connection with Denathrius.
After all, Sarlayan really hopes that Baron Drama will appear here.
Only in this way can the pretense maintained on the surface by the Ritual Chamber be completely torn apart, and the double-faced faction including Sindani herself be completely dragged into the water. The Sharp Eyed Chamber, which has been standing still, can use this as an excuse to enter and stand upright.
It’s not that Sharlayan looks down on the combined forces of the Creation Chamber and the Ritual Chamber.
The Academy of Creation is specially responsible for building war weapons. With the weapons they have accumulated for many years, they can display outstanding combat capabilities on large-scale battlefields.
Not to mention the Ritual Secret Academy, the large number of lichs in the secret academy can ensure that their combat effectiveness will not be low, second only to the invincible Soul Selection Secret Academy.
However, after personally experiencing the ultimate involution atmosphere of the Soul Selection Chamber, Sarlayan can pat his chest and guarantee that if the Marquis of Caixus is serious about it, the Ritual Chamber, the second and third oldest creation chamber, will be tied to
Together they can only barely block the Soul Selection Secret Academy.
If coupled with the assistance of the Withering Academy and the Sharp Eye Academy, if the usurper side does not get more support, it can almost be said that they will be defeated.
Marquis Sindani saw the situation clearly.
She knew that she could get greater benefits by betting on the usurper faction to win. If she planned well enough secretly, she had a high probability of kicking out that idiot Garmal and seizing the position of Lord of Maldraxxus herself.
But before Denathrius personally sent a large force to intervene, Marquis Sindani could not see the hope that the usurper faction would win, and had not dared to blatantly stand up.
Although I don’t know why Caixus, who has always been belligerent, has always maintained restraint, but in terms of results, the reserved Soul Selection Secret Academy has caused huge psychological pressure on the usurper faction, because they don’t know what this boot is.
When will it really come to fruition?
Not long after Sharlayan set off from the Sharp-Eyed Academy, Caixus returned to the Soul-Chosen Academy and summoned the remaining Soul-Chosen warriors to immediately prepare for war. Tomorrow morning he would personally lead his army to the front line for reinforcements.
Once the elite soul-chosen army personally commanded by the Marquis of Caixus enters the scene, the balance that is barely maintained in the Theater of Death will immediately be broken.
If the Academy of Creation and the Academy of Ceremony cannot come up with new trump cards, the direction of this battle will soon become clear.
It was with this in mind that the sage urgently informed Denathius of the situation in Revendreth, and received a positive response from him.
Valeela's location was very close to the core area of the laboratory, and she could vaguely hear the conversation coming from the main laboratory.
When she arrived here, Valeera raised her alert level again, expertly slowed down her breathing rhythm, and silently continued to get closer to the two people talking.
One of the calmer hoarse voices said solemnly: "The Marquis of Akalek is not easy to deal with. That guy has the intelligence of the entire Shadow Realm. The slightest disturbance will attract his attention."
"If you want to kill him completely, one of the Marquis of Gamal and the Marquis of Sindani must take action personally, and you must launch a blitzkrieg and behead him before the information is delivered to him, otherwise... it will be just a useless effort after all."
Another relatively sharp voice was very dissatisfied with the other party's conservative attitude: "Hmph! Why put it so hard? If we are sure that we can kill the duplicitous Akalek, Marquis Gamal will definitely be willing to help."
The steady voice was not deceived by the other party's boast: "Are you sure? Can you... or rather, Denathrius come up with a definite plan? He promised to send reinforcements?"
"This..." The sharp voice was silent for a moment before hesitatingly said: "Emperor Denathrius promised us that he will provide us with all assistance except military strength."
"Ha~"
The calm voice sneered and said sarcastically: "In other words, he didn't give you anything practical? Do you want to give him nothing?"
"Sorry, I won't excuse you. The baron and I will persuade the marquis to reconsider whether he should continue to support the Academy of Creation."
"You! What the hell!"
After that, the two sides exchanged obscene words and no other useful information was revealed for the time being.
Sharlayan and Onyxia, who were hiding outside the cave, looked at each other, their eyes twinkling.
Onyxia touched the bridge of her nose thoughtfully: "It seems that there are indeed two factions in the Ritual Chamber with different stances...or not exactly the same faction. The disagreement between the two barons was not caused by Sindani's instructions.
Directed and acted by myself.”
"Hmm." Sarlayan also said thoughtfully: "Baron Delama's faction is relatively stable and values practical interests more.
"The Sage's faction has a more radical attitude, has a very close connection with Denathrius, and is even willing to believe in the empty promises he makes."
Stellagosa suddenly interrupted uneasily: "I am more concerned about the few words I heard before. I am afraid that the promotion of the fortress is in trouble, and it is likely to be related to Denathrius's conspiracy."
"Promote the fortress..."
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and tapped his forehead with his finger: "That damn place looks bright and clean, but in fact there are many hidden dangers hidden under the table. It only takes a little fuse to ignite it, and Denathrius doesn't even need to do it himself.
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Regardless of the personal strength of the eldest daughter Gristia, Sarlayan does not dare to really treat her as a novice.
In terms of governance ability, Saryan gave Gristia a score of... 40 points, failing.
If Gristea hadn't used her powerful intimidation as an Eternal to suppress it, the Ascension Fortress's loophole-ridden and extremely inhumane...and even inhumane rules would have caused a big mess long ago.
Erasing Grien’s memory? Bah! You can’t even think of it!
Loyal to duty? Not emotional?
Without memory, you will definitely abandon your personal feelings and stay loyal to your duties? Who told you that memory and emotion are the same thing? A first-born person?
If he couldn't afford to offend Gristia, Sarlayan would have wanted to spit this in her face when he met her in Olpos.
...Of course, I can only think about it.
There are priorities, and compared with Maldraxxus whose Archon is missing, the issue of promoting the fortress is not too urgent.
Sarlayan originally estimated that without Uther as a catalyst, the internal crisis in the Ascension Fortress would not have broken out so quickly.
But it turns out that Sarlayan still overestimated Gristia's ability and underestimated her outrageousness in governing.
"Um……"
Rubbing his eyebrows with a headache, Sarlayan said helplessly: "Keep listening, wait until they finish scolding, and they will probably mention the issue of promotion to the fortress."
'Gristia, please don't do anything fancy for me at this time. This is just sending artillery shells to the enemy...'