Looking at this new twisted seed, Anvis casually reached out his spiritual tentacles and touched it.
As a result, a large number of memory fragments returned along the tentacles connecting him to the twisted seed.
The person who was responsible for hypnotizing him before seemed to be a more important figure in the enemy. From the other party's memory, Anvis obtained a lot of key information.
She is an eighth-level spellcaster who specializes in shadow and mind schools. She was raised as a member of the Shadow Guard since she was a child. In the process, she showed extraordinary talent and was personally taken by Marquis Draka.
nourish.
Like many professionals who walk in the darkness, she has no name, only a unique codename: Shadow.
It was given to her personally by the Marquis to whom she was loyal. Before receiving the greatness and glory of the gods, this codename was always regarded as her most precious thing.
Looking through the profound memories in her heart, Avis carefully searched for information related to this attack and Count Draka's plan behind her.
Soon, a strange memory scene gradually emerged in Anvis's mental space.
The environment of memory is in a quiet study room, the air is calm and has a faint smell of old paper.
The light in the environment seemed extremely dim, especially deep behind the desk in the study, where the owner was sitting, was completely shrouded in darkness.
What is very strange is that the dome of the study room is shrouded in an endless dark space. The 'walls' of the study room are made up of countless magic books that are quietly suspended in the dark space and exude a simple and mysterious atmosphere.
Surrounded by countless magic books, the owner of the perspective stood in the center of the study, bowing respectfully towards the direction of the study, into the deep darkness.
"Your Majesty, in accordance with your instructions, the clues related to the ruins of the Sword of the Chosen King have been sent out, and the other party has not raised any suspicion——"
The voice of the shadow seemed to have touched something, and the rich darkness in front gradually faded, revealing the vague outline of a figure sitting on the throne.
Although he couldn't see Shadow's expression at this moment, Anvis could feel that when the silhouette of the figure appeared, the woman codenamed Shadow suddenly felt a strong sense of respect and admiration in her heart.
"...Currently, the expedition team has set off to explore the ruins. Based on its overall strength, it is expected to complete the exploration within seven to ten days and return with harvests.
My subordinates have arranged for people to fake their identities and sneak into them, monitoring their actions at all times."
Out of the corner of his eye, he quietly noticed the figure sitting in the darkness, and the shadow sentences kept reporting on the achievements he had led the shadow guards during this period of time.
"very good--"
A plain male voice that seemed to carry some kind of magic came from the deep darkness ahead.
Wherever the sound reached, the pages of countless magic books were turning automatically without wind, as if catering to the will of the owner of the sound.
"After they bring out the clues, do they need to be dealt with secretly?"
There was also a flash of admiration in Shadow's eyes, but she suppressed it immediately and respectfully asked the figure what he thought of the next step.
"Get rid of it and make it clean."
After a moment of silence, the figure in the darkness spoke slowly.
"If people from the four major families find them and use them as a medium to prophesy, they may cause us some trouble."
"Your will, my lord!"
Nodding understandingly, Shadow straightened up, but seemed to hesitate for a moment before leaving.
"Anything else? Shadow?"
Seeing the shadow's posture, the figure in the darkness spoke again.
"Don't dare! I'm resigning."
Faced with the Marquis' inquiry, Shadow hurriedly denied it and immediately said goodbye.
"...You want to say why I want to take action against the four major families of the empire at this time, right?"
But the figure seems to have a clear understanding of the psychological activities of the shadow.
"My Lord's choice must be intentional, my subordinates... don't dare to question it!"
Under the invisible pressure, Shadow's forehead was slightly sweaty, and she bowed deeply to the figure in charge, expressing her surrender.
"Oh, it doesn't have to be like this, Shadow. As my shadow, this is not something that needs to be kept secret..."
Looking at her posture, the figure sitting in the darkness chuckled.
"Actually..."
"Is it necessary to explain anything to her, Draka?"
But when he was about to say something, another voice suddenly came from the darkness.
Anvis, who was 'listening', immediately recognized that this was the voice of Gray Mist.
"She is the executor. Only if she understands all this can she make the right decision immediately when facing some unexpected situations, instead of reporting to me first and then making a choice."
After casually explaining to Gray Fog, Marquis Draka continued his words without caring.
"Actually, it's a very good time for us.
Since the founding of the Gloria Empire, the four major families have obtained four major provinces as permanent fiefdoms due to their merits in assisting the emperor.
However, after the departure of Emperor Gloria, the four major families were able to develop smoothly for more than two thousand years. Due to this profound heritage, they also developed huge ambitions.
According to original expectations, under the attack of the previous dark beast tide and the resistance organization "Spark", the situation in the four major provinces of the empire should have caused certain chaos.
Then, we can unite with the small and medium-sized nobles to further encroach on it, and the royal family will definitely be happy to see this happen.
However, due to the accidental exposure of the strongholds of certain organizations, the True Knowledge Society grasped a large number of clues and directly conducted a major purge within the empire, causing the entire operation to fall short..."
As he spoke, Marquis Draka did not forget to satirize a certain force.
"And the emergence of the Circle of Truth, which caused the imperial royal family to become extremely wary of the resistance organization, directly destroying the 'Spark' that was still secretly developing at that time. I am afraid that the injury that Lord Draka suffered in the Sky City will now
Not completely healed yet?”
Gray fog's faint voice came, and he responded unceremoniously.
"...In short, the four major provinces that should have been in chaos long ago have been delayed for a long time by these accidents.
But now, the resistance organization "Spark", which had previously fled from the empire, has obtained its own kingdom in the Federation, and has even gained the support of high-level prophets.
And now, since the war in the Federation has ended, they have arranged for their personnel to secretly return to the Empire, seemingly preparing to do something.
The 'Glory Alliance' has also promised to provide us with support. At present, some small and medium-sized nobles in the empire have secretly joined the opponent. Once the four major provinces are in chaos, it will also be an opportunity for them to take advantage of.
We don’t even need to take action ourselves, as long as the four major families start to cause chaos on their own, there are people who will help us make the situation even more chaotic."
"...But, sir, will these forces also cause harm to us?"
After listening to Marquis Draca's explanation, Shadow expressed his thoughts tactfully.
"They won't."
Marquis Draka smiled mysteriously.
"Because, those who really guide the situation do not value territory and wealth... but destiny -"
Upon hearing these words, Anvis instantly understood the cause of the current situation.
Unlike Shadow, who was a little confused, he immediately figured out the key because he knew more information.
"Since the situation in the Federation has reached a stalemate, are these prophets ready to look for breakthrough opportunities from other aspects?"