"Please do whatever you ask, Your Highness the Prince. I will definitely do my best for Your Highness the Prince!"
Antonio's old voice immediately sounded without hesitation.
To be more precise, the old magician's response was mixed with a touch of uncontrollable eagerness, wanting to show off his skills in front of Lei Xiao soon.
"Your Majesty, Chief Magister, please be patient. Before I tell you about the test, please inform me of the latest situation in the Pars Empire."
Lei Xiao stood up from his seat and walked to the giant sand table in the command hall.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, cast his gaze on the imperial capital located in the center of the vast territory of the Pars Empire, and asked: "How did Emperor Pars react after you returned with the remnant army?"
"Going back to Your Highness the Prince, ten days ago, I and Princess Cecilia traveled day and night after their defeat and immediately rushed back to the Imperial Capital. Barnett, on the other hand, led a group of main legions back five days ago."
Antonio's unreserved voice immediately sounded, and he responded: "When I and Princess Cecilia urgently met with Emperor Pars, I thought I would be punished or reprimanded, but nothing happened. The emperor just asked me to
We will immediately prepare to resist the surprise attack from the Iron Hand Islands army."
"You lost the central army first, then Brandon, and finally you disobeyed orders and retreated privately. Then the old emperor Douglas didn't react at all?"
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.
"That's right, Your Highness, based on my understanding of the old emperor, he should at least be furious and blame us for losing Pars' face. But in the end, he acted as if the matter had nothing to do with him and didn't even mention it.
, didn’t even listen to my report on the battle situation.”
Antonio's old voice rang out and responded: "It seems that it is exactly as I guessed in the Ice Arrow letter. The emperor may have been controlled by the Temple of Light, so that his sanity has been seriously affected."
"Then how will the First Princess Cecilia and Chief Commander Barnett react?"
Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, then asked again.
"Back to Your Highness, Princess Cecilia didn't say it explicitly, but judging from her confused and confused expression when she left, it was obvious that she was aware of something strange."
Antonio answered Lei Xiao's question and said respectfully: "It's just that compared to Brandon, Cecilia is more reserved and respects the emperor very much, so she didn't say it out loud. I'm guessing that she should be preparing to continue observing
It’s a situation.”
"As for Barnett's situation, it is very similar to Cecilia's. In addition, Barnett is Cecilia's teacher and usually gets closer. I'm afraid the two have communicated in private."
"It's just that I am Prince Brandon's teacher, so the two of them will not share these things with me easily. After all, Cecilia and Brandon both have the right to inherit the throne, which is inevitable,"
After hearing Antonio's response, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and continued to ask: "In general, do you think these two are not controlled by the Temple of Light like Emperor Pars?"
"To be honest with you, Your Highness, I do think so. Regardless of other clues, if the two of them are also controlled by the Temple of Light, they will never take the initiative to retreat before falling into the fortress."
Antonio's affirmation came through his words: "Furthermore, I believe that from the perspective of the Temple of Light, since the monarch has been controlled, there is no need to bother controlling other people."
At this point, Antonio pondered for a moment and then continued: "Your Highness, do you want to win over Cecilia and Barnet?"
"As expected of His Excellency the Chief Magister, you are indeed very quick in thinking."
Lei Xiao smiled lightly and said calmly: "If you put aside the factions and positions, do you think there is any value in bringing these two people together?"
"His Royal Highness, although I don't want to admit it, Cecilia is better than Brandon in terms of her behavior and talents. She has a high reputation among the nobles and people of the Pars Empire, especially among the people.
After being promoted to the fifth level of powerhouse, it has reached an unprecedented level."
Antonio was also very calm and responded: "As for Barnett, he is like a god of war in the hearts of the soldiers of the Pars Empire, and he has made great achievements in battle."
"It is no exaggeration to say that if you control these two people, you will control half of Pars. The importance is self-evident."
Speaking of this, there was a hint of embarrassment in Antonio's old voice, and he added: "It's just that these two people are not only naturally proud and thoughtful, but also loyal to the Pars Empire, which is completely different from Brandon's weak personality.
different."
The old magician paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about his words, and then continued: "I must be honest, even if His Royal Highness captures these two people and gives them more space to perform, I am afraid that the other party will not know what to do.
, it is difficult to understand His Highness the Prince’s good intentions.”
"An expected thing."
Lei Xiao still maintained a faint smile and said with a smile: "If Cecilia and Barnett confirm that the old emperor has been controlled by Ganelon IX, what do you think they will do?"
"Going back to Your Highness, the two of them will definitely pretend that nothing happened, but secretly they are enemies of the Holy Temple of Light, trying to relieve the old emperor from control. If it is confirmed that the old emperor is hopeless, I am afraid that the two will take advantage of themselves.
With his influence, he tried every means to attack the throne of the emperor."
Antonio responded without any hesitation: "Your Highness, do you want to use Ganelon IX, a common enemy, to take the initiative to lend a helping hand to bring the other party closer to us?"
"However, with their minds, both of them understand the principle of getting rid of the wolf and winning the tiger. If they accept the help of His Highness the Prince, even if the Temple of Light is finally driven away, the Pars Empire will still be restricted by His Highness the Prince.
I’m afraid I will never agree to cooperate with His Highness the Prince.”
At this point, Antonio quickly added: "Of course, this is because they do not know what is good and what is good, but I will never do anything indiscriminately!"
"I understand what the Chief Magister means."
Lei Xiao casually picked up the baton on the giant sand table, and while playing with it casually, he said leisurely: "But what if I am not the first to extend an olive branch, but the other party has no way out and is in a desperate situation?"
"Your Highness, what you mean is to first provoke a head-on struggle between the Guangming Temple and the two. With the ruthless methods of the Guangming Temple, it will be easy to deal with these two. When the two are cornered and realize their own powerlessness and
If you are stupid, you will naturally fall at His Highness’s feet!”
Antonio immediately understood what Lei Xiao meant, and took the opportunity to flatter him again and again: "After all, in the whole world, you are the only one who dares to confront the Temple of Light head-on! You are unprecedented and unparalleled! You are worthy of being your Royal Highness.
What a clever plan!"
"That's exactly what I want you to do."
Lei Xiao put down his baton and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Chief Magister, I think you should know what to do, right?"
"After the guidance of His Highness the Prince, I have already made a plan in my mind."
Antonio smiled knowingly and responded: "To be honest with His Royal Highness, Cecilia and Barnett have led the main force to the west to confront the Iron Hand Islands. However, in order to wait for His Highness the Prince's reply, I am injured.
For this reason, I stayed in the imperial capital."
"I am not talented. With my strength, as long as I look depressed, no one in the imperial capital will be able to detect the clues."
"Of course, this will not escape the eyes of His Highness the Prince, and I will never try to be clever in front of His Highness the Prince."
The old magician obviously would not miss any opportunity to express his loyalty and flattery to Lei Xiao, and continued: "I am ashamed to say that, as for the target of killing Chief Archbishop Adair mentioned in my letter, it was in Pal
After Si's army retreated, they returned to the main hall of the Temple of Light. They only returned to the Imperial Capital last night, so I haven't found a chance to kill them yet."
"However, I have to thank the Temple of Light for not giving me the chance to kill Adair in time."
Antonio chuckled and continued: "I heard that Adair will soon leave for the area where Cecilia and Barnett are as a royal messenger. As long as I get in front of Adair first, "Wu Wuxin" said
If they say a few words about their dissatisfaction and doubts about the emperor and Adair himself, he will definitely report these to Ganelon IX first."
"When Adair goes to his destination, I will follow him secretly, waiting for an opportunity to kill Adair, and leave some "clues" for other priests of the Temple of Light to discover. Ganelon IX will naturally become suspicious.
Cecilia and Barnett are on top of each other."
"I'm not very talented. Although I have been stuck at the peak of the fifth level and cannot continue to improve, it is still easy to summon golem puppets to imitate the specialties and tricks of Cecilia and Barnett."
"At that time, Ganelon IX will definitely retaliate. Not only will he order the old emperor to seize the military power of the two, but he will also send people to hunt them down."
"However, when His Highness the Prince's army is pointing at the opponent's lair, Naganelong IX will definitely focus on defending the lair and will not send too many elite and strong men."
"In this way, and in addition, both Cecilia and Barnett have many life-saving trump cards. Even if they are defeated, escaping will be easy. Your Highness just needs to wait for the two to take the initiative to join you."
After listening to Antonio's specific plan, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and said with approval: "As expected of the Chief Magister, your work is really reassuring."
"Hey, His Highness the Prince is so complimentary."
After getting Lei Xiao's approval, Antonio was obviously very helpful and immediately volunteered: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will always be observing in secret. If the two of them are really invincible, I will personally take action and recite the words
The name of His Highness the Prince guides the two of them in a bright direction!"
"Then let's do this and wait for the good news from the Chief Magister."
Lei Xiao looked at the Pars Empire on the sand table and raised his eyebrows slightly.
As long as he controls Antonio, Cecilia and Barnett, the entire Pars Empire is already within his grasp.
Of course, the premise is to successfully defeat Ganelon IX.
The reason why Lei Xiao did this was not only to pave the way for the future.
The most important thing is that both Cecilia and Barnett are currently ready to counterattack Catherine's defenders.
And Catherine's main force is in the central area of Grim, ready to assist us in attacking the Holy City.
If the Pars Empire's counterattack army continues to be unstoppable, then Catherine's army will be unstable due to being attacked from both sides, which will undoubtedly affect our overall layout.
That situation is self-evident.
Just use the help of the Temple of Light to make Cecilia and Barnett, the main generals, lose their power.
At least in a short period of time, it will be difficult for the Pars army to launch an effective attack without its leader. This is enough to buy us time to fight against Ganelon IX wholeheartedly.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will do my best and will never disappoint Your Highness!"
Antonio's solemn response soon reached Lei Xiao's ears.
The old magician clearly understood that this was his certificate of submission, so he was gearing up and looking very motivated.
"Very well, let's go ahead and do it. I will wait for the good news from the Chief Magister."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and then said to the half-elf ancestor: "Jiang Lei, you can come back."
"As you command, Lord."
Jiang Li's respectful voice immediately reached Lei Xiao's ears.
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, and then ordered: "Jiang Li, please give those things to the Chief Magister."
The things Lei Xiao was referring to were a rare magical communication scroll, which Lawrence had obtained from the surrendered Grimm nobles not long ago, and all of them allowed Lei Xiao to rise from the fourth level to the fifth level.
These communication magic scrolls come in sets of two. As long as one is activated, the other will react, achieving the effect of remote communication, just like a walkie-talkie.
Through a series of practices, Lei Xiao discovered.
These fifth-level communication scrolls have an extremely long effective range. As long as they are activated, they can communicate for several days. They are almost the same as talking. They can be used as communication tools for non-subordinate powerful people.
Of course, what Lei Xiao ordered Jiang Li to give was one of a set.
As for the other one, Lei Xiao left it all to Orr. Once there is news, Orr will immediately notify Lei Xiao.
Amidst Antonio's respectful farewell, Lei Xiao stopped talking and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Originally, I was still thinking about how to slow down the counterattack of the Pars army and reduce the pressure on Catherine. In this way, everything would be solved.
"According to the scheduled plan, I have already prepared or completed preparations for all the trump cards I can think of. Next, it is time to devote myself wholeheartedly to the duel with Ganelon IX."
Lei Xiao's eyes moved on the sand table and settled on the central area of Grim, his eyes piercing. ()