The conversation with Mulla was limited to personal relationships. The relationship between Ling and Mulla was that of a student and a teacher. Even if she was no longer a student and Mulla was no longer a teacher, this would not change. She was quite respectful of her teachers.
She is serious about morality. She is not stingy about the questions she can answer. And Mulla is very careful to limit her communication to martial arts and scenery, and has no intention of communicating with her as an "outsider" on military and political issues.
But for the chess player Olibat, Ling wanted to have a real chat with him. She had no intention of using her powers to peek into Olibat's thoughts. She just wanted to find someone with a clear mind to help her sort it out.
Thoughts. So at the end of the chat, Ling conveyed her request for a private meeting to Oribat through a secret voice transmission method. The Imperial Embassy was not a place suitable for conversations between Imperial people.
The Historical Archives and the Imperial Embassy are both located in the east block of Grancel, the royal capital. The Historical Archives are just to the west of the embassy. You can't see them when you look up and down, so it's also not a place suitable for communicating about sensitive topics. Ling also said
I considered a guerrilla association or uninhabited settlements, but from Olibat's standpoint, not Olivier's, it would be awkward to go to such a place.
In the end, she chose the harbor area located outside the block. It is half a cargo terminal and half a tourist attraction. The flower city Gransel is adjacent to the southeastern shore of Lake Valyria, and also provides cruise services. That day
In the afternoon, the opening ceremony and preliminaries of the martial arts competition were held at the Wangli Arena. The flow of people and security at the pier became much thinner. Ling hired a small boat and waited for Olivier's visit at the pier.
After the blond young man got on the boat, Ling pressed the start button of the guidance engine and let the guidance kayak start to swim in the water. The speed of the boat was not fast, five moments per second, and it would take two hours to reach Valeilly.
Across the lake.
"I feel sorry for keeping my lady waiting for so long. It took a lot of effort to get rid of Mula's sticky candy. Please understand me."
"Listen to what you say, Instructor Mulla will cry. Is he worried about you?" Ling said while passing a bottle of orange soda to Oribat.
"Haha, no, no, no. I know him very well. We have been friends for more than twenty years. After all, there is no more secret place for a secret meeting than a boat on the lake. What a shame.
You can think of this method." He took the fruit juice soda and poured it into his mouth. Although it was a commoner's drink, he drank it happily. After all, he was a prince who was born as a commoner. Although he was dripping with Asian...
The blood of Noel, but until he was eleven years old, he lived in a rural place like the border town of Alstar. It was not a disguise, but it was his nature.
"It's just borrowed from our ancestors." Ling clarified that Lake Boat Secret Meeting was not her original creation.
"Oh? Is there still such an operation? So back to the topic, you specially invited me out as Olibat instead of Olivier, and also mentioned the word that made me care. What are your plans?"
"Maybe it was just a whim. I was just testing it, but judging from your reaction, you really know it."
Ling used voice transmission to tell Olivier that the key word was "Testerosa", which belongs to the real name of the Scarlet Riding God. Although Olibat hid it very well when he was in the embassy, even Mulla hid it.
In the past, of course, it could not be hidden from Ling's discerning eyes.
"At least I know now that your identity is not just as simple as an employee of Leinforte. So which side are you? The reformist or the aristocrat? What do you, or you, want to do?" Oribat
asked.
"It's neither side. Let's call it a neutral faction, or a fence-sitting faction with no position. How about we exchange information? I'll reveal some of the intelligence behind the scenes to you, and you tell me your plans.
?”
After listening to Ling's words, Olibat's face showed a somewhat troubled expression.
"I don't think my plan is so valuable. After all, I'm just a powerless prince. Betting on me is basically a loss-making deal, right?"
After hearing this, Ling suddenly realized that Olibat didn't seem to be conscious of being a chess player yet. Can this conversation continue? She planned to test it again.
"If you saw this, could you still say that? Come on! Sektor." Ling raised her hand, and a translucent purple shadow appeared above the kayak.
"Is this... cyanosis?" Olibat opened his mouth. This was the first time he showed a surprised expression in front of Ling.
Ling did not let the Riding God materialize. Instead, he appeared in a translucent form and then returned to the Shadow City to continue waiting.
"As expected, you know. Considering your status as a concubine prince, it should be difficult for you to know such secrets. You used your own way to pursue the truth of the Lion War, right?"
"I lost to you. I thought they were just legends. I didn't expect them to be true. The soldiers under the command of the Sixth Prince Lucius in the Lion Battle... To be honest, I'm really glad, but I'm also very sad.
I'm scared. Please give me a few minutes to adjust my mood."
"Well, I don't mind."
Olibat took out the lute he carried with him and started playing. But what he played was not his favorite Amber Love, but "To You Far Away" composed by Liana Craig. It was supposed to be
It was played with a violin, but the lute version had a unique charm. At the end of the song, Ling, as an audience member, clapped her hands. From a performer's point of view, Olibat's level was quite high. Even she, the audience, felt that
Feeling refreshed.
Putting down the lute, Olibat left the world of music and returned to reality. His facial muscles were no longer as tense as before, because he could see that Ling was not hostile to him.
"This is fate. I believe that Ling, you came to me on a whim. I guess you had no intention of meeting me originally. Regardless of the coincidence that the dials of the force guide are exactly the same, the two of us did not meet each other in the past.
There is no intersection, except that we both know Mulla."
Ling nodded, agreeing with Olibat's words. She added such unplanned variables out of motives that she didn't even know she had. However, the coercive force that was definitely implied did not interfere with this, and seemed to be under her control.
Subconsciously, it is beneficial to the gospel plan to be friends with Oribat.
"To be honest, although I am the eldest son of the current emperor, I did not intend to become the emperor of the Erebonia Empire. From the beginning, I had no intention of competing with Cedric."
"As an older brother, you really love your younger brother very much."
"Well, after all, I watched him grow up. But even if we face each other, it's hard to believe that you are seventeen years old, Ling. After all, you look about the same age as Cedric and Alfin, maybe even more
Smaller."
"Brother... I actually have a younger brother, but I haven't seen him since he was born. As a sister, isn't it such a failure? As for the age, your guess is generally correct. But I don't
I'll tell you my real age."
"Ah, it doesn't matter. It's just my choice of words that I didn't use carefully. I must have a lot of difficulties regarding my younger brother. There's no need to tell me, an outsider." Seeing Ling's complicated expression, Olibat stopped the topic.
After chatting for a while, Oribat continued to explain.
"Although I don't intend to fight for power, I do have some ideas about the direction of the empire... To be precise, I have some doubts. Personally speaking, I hate the aristocracy, and my mother was hired by the aristocracy.
…But at the same time, I am also afraid of the reformists’ approach. As the empire becomes stronger and stronger, the uneasiness in my heart becomes stronger and stronger. Relying on external aggression to divert internal conflicts, the empire will become
For a monster that only knows how to expand like crazy, it would be okay if it can keep winning foreign wars, but if it loses once, the consequences will be unimaginable. Everything will go back to where it started, even worse than it was at the beginning."
So that's it. After listening to Oribat's words, Ling realized why in the original book, the Imperial Civil War started immediately after the Galeria Fortress was destroyed by the White Divine Machine. On the surface, it was the assassination of Osborn that started the civil war.
gun, but in fact neither side can stop.
"You don't intend to compromise, right? So you plan to become the third force and put the brakes on the empire?" Ling asked the eldest prince.
"I'm probably just a little bit close to giving up the fight. In fact, I studied the art of war with Mr. Van Dyck and Mr. Sykes. If I were someone who really hated war, I would definitely not do this.
To be honest, I'm not anti-war, I'm just anti-defeat. I don't hate war, I hate defeat. Does this kind of double standard sound disgusting? That's why I wanted to come and see the Imperial Army at the end.
What kind of person is the miserable Cassius Bright?"
"It's human nature not to want to lose. Although he can't be said to be first-class, he is not worthy of being despised. But Cassius is not as magical as you think. Besides, he is still a Liberian. I think
If you have to rely on foreigners to solve domestic problems, even if they succeed, they will be considered traitors to the country, so you'd better not have too high expectations for them."
"Haha, I don't care what happens after that. But now, I can see some possibility."
"The struggle between human beings is ultimately about imposing one's own truth on others. Believing that one is right and the other party is wrong is probably the human nature called arrogance. So you don't actually have to think about good or evil.
Think too much on the level of right and wrong? Those who have achieved great things throughout the ages are basically bad people in the eyes of their enemies. Just follow the path you have decided."
"Well, it sounds like a teacher is lecturing you. Maybe Ling, you are very suitable to be a teacher, right?"
"Well, after all, I worked as a teacher in Luray after graduating from Thors. Being hired by Leinfurt was something that happened later. Prince, I have already sensed your sincerity during the conversation. So let's continue.
The information you want to know. Let me state in advance that I may conceal some information in my answer, so you need to judge the authenticity of what I say. If you think this is okay, then start asking questions? "
It was during her conversation with Olibat that Ling gradually realized her true intention in extending the invitation to Olibat. She did not intend to help Olibat for free, but intended to establish a mutually beneficial alliance. Olibat
Libat's role in the gospel plan is actually just a filler, but it is a very important link in improving the completion of the Phantom Flame Plan. If the completion of the gospel plan in the original work is excellent, it is a treasure in the sky.
Successfully returned to the hands of the alliance leader. Then the completion of the Phantom Flame Plan is only passing. Not only did the association fail to obtain the treasure of earth and treasure of fire, it even failed to completely eliminate the impact of the original treasure on mankind, and it was a violation to resurrect the dead.
The truth of death is happening in reality.
Although the association has secretly cooperated with Prime Minister Osborne, she knows that Gillias Osborn has his own purpose and will soon kick the association away. The seventh pillar
Bet on the reformists led by Osborne. As early as twenty years before Leanna joined the association and became Arian Hurd, she was already on the side of Gillias Schwarzer. At the same time, the second pillar
Vita placed her bet on the aristocratic faction headed by Duke Kane. However, in Ling's view, the loose alliance of nobles might be even more unreliable than Osborne. Duke Kane's enemies are not just Osborne on the surface.
one person.
As the initiator of Purple, the battle of mutual restraint is an inescapable mission imposed on her. In this case, it is also appropriate to make a move in advance to make things develop in a direction that is favorable to her. According to the plot, Prince Oribat is now
It is the period when he is most depressed, and he will be able to prosper when he returns to China. Instead of adding icing on the cake, it is better to provide help when it is time for him to make venture capital while he is not yet developed. The rate of return will be huge.
"Ah, I want to ask so many questions that I don't know where to start. Let's start with the one I saw just now. That one is called the Riding God, right? Can you tell me something about this?
"
"Yes, Purple Riding God Sektor, and I am the Purple Initiator of this generation. There are seven Riding Gods in total, and there was a big melee between four of them in the Lion Battle. Delekir
The Gray Riding God Valimar owned by Emperor Si and the Silver Riding God Agrion owned by Saint Lyanna, in addition to the hero The Scarlet Riding God Tes who took back the imperial capital from the Dark Dragon 800 years ago.
Trosha.”
"It's basically consistent with what I heard. However, this is the first time I've heard of the real names of the Purple Knight God and the Silver Knight God. Well, because I am the chairman of Thors, I investigated the information about Thors.
According to the real school history, Valima, the Gray Riding God, has been sleeping under the old school building of Thorz. And Testerosha... It is indeed a power beyond imagination, but to be honest, I don’t think that
It’s something that people can sit on.”
"You even know about the transformation into a demon king, so why were you so surprised when you saw Sekto just now?"
"Haha, no matter how powerful the immovable stone man is, it will not make people afraid. To us members of the royal family, it is just a historical relic. The Purple Riding God is indeed the first time I have seen a moving stone man in reality.
Riding God Ling, you know this kind of secret that only us Anor royal family members may not know, which makes me curious."
"Since we are all sensible people, let me pick out the key points. The state of being transformed into a demon king is not unbreakable, and even a knight who is transformed into a demon king is not uncontrollable." Ling thought of the true nature of Lian Heiqi.
In the sense that the "Demon King" can be controlled by Osborne, the black starter, he said to Oribat, "The Scarlet Riding God is different from other riding gods because it is different from the legendary hero Heck.
The Te Emperor has a deep bond, so his descendants can become activators without going through trials. The rich blood of Anor flows in your body, which is theoretically enough to activate it. I happen to know the spell to remove the seal.
Someone who can do that.”
The seal on the Scarlet Demon King underground in the imperial capital Heimdall was actually completed by the goblin leader Alberich himself eight hundred years ago. Ling had already obtained the necessary knowledge from him to lift the seal, and she only needed to ask Theo for help.
, even if there is no need for the Huang Demon City to reappear, the Scarlet Demon King can still be unlocked in a matter of minutes.
"The key to the problem is only the spiritual strength of the initiate. It is really difficult to judge this. Since there is no trial assessment, it is difficult to guarantee which side will be between humans and the riding god after the Scarlet Initiator sits on the Mounting God.
It is the master. It is difficult for the Riding God without an initiator to exert its true power, so the Riding God needs an initiator. But the Riding God itself is a self-aware existence. It cannot be ruled out that the Scarlet Demon King simply regards the initiator as the core of his body.
Possibility of use.”
"Spiritual power... Let me think about this." Oribat was still wary of whether he wanted to become the starter of Scarlet.