Although everyone left the secret realm without any danger, the aftermath of the incident has just begun.
According to the descriptions of Princess Starlight and many other witnesses, the Alien God Cult disguised their identities, attacked and killed many of them, and even arranged a mysterious ritual with unknown effects, which was suspected of calling for the arrival of alien gods.
If it hadn't been for the last moment when a mysterious man appeared and was suspected of having a fight with the priest, and both died together, they probably wouldn't have been able to survive until support arrived.
When word of what happened in the Glory Secret Realm spread, the upper echelons of the Gloria Empire were in an uproar.
A cult of alien gods sneaked into the glorious secret realm and attacked the descendants of the empire's top officials. This has touched an absolute red line.
The imperial royal family was furious and directly defined the Songxing Secret Cult as an extremely evil organization. The entire empire strangled the members of the Songxing Secret Cult. They also used the rare object [Eye of Destiny] to search for their whereabouts and vowed to completely wipe out the Songxing Secret Cult.
However, it seems that they were well prepared for the reaction of the imperial royal family. The main forces of the Songxing Secret Cult had already secretly transferred to the Iter Free Federation, leaving the royal family in vain.
The empire's envoy has made stern representations to the Federal Council, asking the other party to cooperate with the ninth level of the empire to capture the high priest of the Singing Star Secret Cult. However, the other party has not responded yet, and it seems that it is preparing to hold a public discussion at the next meeting.
However, the attack by the pagans was just a superficial appearance, and many people noticed something unusual behind it.
Even if the members of the Songxing Secret Cult have some weird methods, how can they hide from more than one ninth-level extreme surveillance?
Also, why are the vast majority of those attacked and killed by old-school people? If the attacks were random, it would be difficult to be such a coincidence.
Regarding this point, some people raised questions at the regular meetings of the nobility, but several marquises who were on the side of the reformists firmly denied it, believing that this was an outright conspiracy and that the mastermind behind the scenes planned to frame this incident on them.
Their reason is also very simple. If this was an action planned by reformists, there would never be such obvious tendencies and loopholes.
After a fierce war of words, since both sides had no evidence, the issue was temporarily shelved. A ruling will be made after further investigation results are available.
But it can be expected that the investigation into the reformists will end up being nothing like previous investigations of the same type.
After all, no matter what happens, as long as a ninth-level powerhouse is involved, it will become extremely troublesome.
To paraphrase the words of an investigator in charge: 'You can't always investigate everything. What if you find something?'
In this incident, the two explorers of the Olivendi family attracted the most attention.
The first is the fourth son of Duke Karlas, Anvis Olivendi.
With his unique insight, he overcame all objections and allocated the precious exploration quota to two strangers. At the critical moment, he passed on the information through the strangers' special channels, buying precious time for rescue.
It can be said that Anvis took the greatest credit for the rescue of many descendants of the nobles this time. However, unfortunately, his whereabouts are unknown in the secret realm and he is unable to accept the royal reward.
However, according to information provided by the Olivendi family, Anvis was not dead, but was suspected of being lost in a special area, and there is still hope of returning in the near future.
As the second key to providing intelligence, the two strangers were personally received by Gloria III, and were granted the title of Honorary Viscount of the Empire and generous resource rewards.
Although Xia Ye Yinghuo did not contribute in the process of delivering the message, she was a student of [Secret Star Scholar], so she was also included in the reward distribution.
The honorary viscount does not have a fief, but he has the right to develop. As mentioned before, although the humans on the Yar continent claim to have unified the entire continent, the actual living range of humans only accounts for about 35% of the continent's area.
If the last dragonborn or the Summer Night Fireflies are able to open up a territory the size of a viscounty and build a city in the no-man's land of the empire, then they can gain the status of a legitimate lord recognized by the royal family.
The imperial royal family had many considerations in giving this reward. The status of the honorary Viscount was neither great nor small. Although the two of them had made great contributions, they were still strangers after all, so this reward was just right.
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If the two of them don't develop a territory, then this reward will be just a title. Even if they find a way to develop a territory, the empire will not lose.
Moreover, the strangers had no descendants, so after the two died of old age, the royal family could legitimately take back the developed territory, which was equal to paying wages to expand the empire's territory.
Finally, the royal family might have taken advantage of Anvis's absence to win over the two of them privately.
There must be something special about a foreigner who can be favored by Anwes and invest in the glorious secret realm exploration quota. It is quite cost-effective to tie the two of them at the cost of a viscounty.
Even if the wooing fails, it can still leave a grudge in Anvis's heart, making him afraid to reuse these two people, and providing opportunities for further wooing.
The other one is the third daughter of Duke Kallas, Alanis Olivendi.
She somehow rescued some people who were attacked by pagan cultists from the secret realm, and gained the gratitude of many people.
The rescued people also had no idea what was happening to them and were in a state of unconsciousness throughout the attack.
Although Alanis said it was just an accident because she found them in Anvis' ashes, she was not the one who actually saved them from their enemies.
But most people did not believe this explanation. They just thought that she had a low-key personality and did not want to take on the fame of saving people with mysterious means. So they simply sent their respective documents directly in the name of asking her to hand them over to the person who saved them.
Thank you.
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The open-air platform on the second floor of Yuelin Fort is the knight training ground.
Several groups of cold whirlwinds were swirling in the open field, carrying the smell of ancient snow from the top of the Migarro Mountains, and a silvery frost mark was attached to the surface of several target puppets used for practice.
On the ice crystal ground in the center of the training ground, a girl with long ice-blue hair sat cross-legged. A thin sword that looked like thousands of years of ice was placed across her slender white thighs, reflecting the light cyan color in the sunlight.
Dark light.
The girl closed her eyes calmly, and her breathing seemed to be in harmony with the rhythm of the entire environment. After an unknown amount of time, this harmonious scene was finally broken by the young man who entered the field.
"Didn't I already say that saving you has nothing to do with me."
Sensing Evan approaching, Alanis sheathed her sword, opened her ice-blue eyes, and glanced at him calmly.
As she moved, the whirling wind in the training ground gradually subsided, as if she had put it into the sheath of her sword.
After she returned to her family, she immediately checked Anvis's bloodline crystal ball. After confirming that Anvis was indeed fine, she temporarily relaxed and checked the sealed box.
What happened next is clear to everyone, and she became a hero who saved her companions from the pagans, although she personally denied this.
Although no one knew what happened, she couldn't pass her own test.
Lies will stain her soul.
"Don't worry, dear third sister, I came to you just to talk about this."
At this time, Evan, who had changed into light white casual clothes, walked slowly over and sat next to her in a casual manner.
Seeing the questioning look in Alanis's eyes, Evan stared at the ice crystal ground in front of him and spoke calmly.
"You know, I actually retained a little information when I woke up before.
Unlike them, when controlled by those strange things, I can sense everything around me."