Qingkong turned around and walked out the door.

Samuel looked at his chest. The wound had healed, and the power he got from the demon tyrant had not disappeared with the cancellation of the contract. Although he was in a state of suspended animation and didn't know what Qingkong and the tyrant talked about, it was obvious that it was not just smooth, but Qingkong had an overwhelming advantage over the tyrant in the negotiation.

That’s a high-level demon from ancient times!

Samuel shouted to Qingkong's back: "Thank you, Miss Qingkong."

Qingkong did not stop. She walked out of the main hall without looking back. Hongshun retracted the rapier that was holding Bengmu back and followed Qingkong away.

Bengmu saluted to Qingkong as he left, then closed the door of the castle.

Luke, who was waiting for the incident to end, said, "Then it's our time."

Samuel immediately stood up from his position, walked to Luke, and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Governor of Meteorite, you have fulfilled your promise to bring my soul to peace, and I will also fulfill my promise to offer you my loyalty. From this moment on, your will will be the direction of my progress, and I will defend all your honor and dignity with my weapons."

Luke said to Samuel, "I accept your allegiance. Get up! Let's talk about the Temple of the Abyss. They should have a plan to assassinate me."

"Thank you, sir!" Samuel stood up and sat on the chair to Luke's left. He took out a map from his pocket and spread it on the table. "The person in charge of the Abyss Temple in the Imperial Capital is the fourth Abyss Apostle Radley Morris. The Grand Duke of Celtic has issued assassination orders for members of the Imperial Royal Family and many high-ranking ministers, including you. Originally, these assassination missions were carried out by the Blade Brotherhood in the Imperial Capital, but this suicide assassination was rejected by most of the Blades.

So the Abyss Temple killed them all..."

Samuel couldn't help but sigh when he said this. After all, he participated in the attack under pressure, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for the miserable current situation of the Blade Brotherhood.

Luke said: "In this war, the dead are dead, and the living have to find a way to live. There is no right or wrong, only the cruel reality.

Go on..."

"Yes, sir!"

Samuel, who had surrendered, told the truth about everything he knew about the Abyss Temple, including the number of Abyss Mages lurking in the Imperial Capital, their hiding places, and their disguised identities.

While telling the story, Samuel also marked the base of the Abyss Temple in the imperial capital on the map.

"The Abyss Temple uses the identity of a grain merchant as a cover, and owns many grain stores in the imperial capital. The sale and delivery of grain constitutes a network of connections between them. The dessert shops, bakeries, and restaurant kitchens throughout the city form the tentacles of their intelligence system.

In addition to these, there are many people of status who are controlled by the Abyss Mages using secret techniques and secretly serve them."

The Celtic Grand Duke had a sense of war crisis long ago, so he established an intelligence system in the imperial capital very early. The Blade Brotherhood is one way, and the Abyss Temple is hidden deeper.

Luke listened to Samuel's story while comparing it with the records in his phone. Most of it was correct, and the rest was probably not something Samuel deliberately didn't say, but he really didn't know.

It is already very impressive that he can find out so much information about the Abyss Temple.

Luke put the map away and said to Samuel, "Your information is very valuable. When I eliminate these Abyss Mages, it will be like pulling out the nail that is driving the Empire's heart.

Your mission is to continue to lurk and gather the remaining thorns in the imperial capital. Don't make your relationship with me public for the time being, and see if the Celtic Grand Duke will re-activate your only remaining intelligence network in the imperial capital."

Luke stood in the position of the Celtic Grand Duke and thought that although the Imperial Capital's Blades, after the great purge, could not undertake important intelligence and assassination missions, after the Abyss Mages in the Imperial Capital were wiped out, he could only rely on the remaining Blade intelligence system here to obtain intelligence on the Imperial Capital.

Samuel continued to serve the Celtic Grand Duke, and with the correct intelligence he assisted the Barbarian Legion in attacking the Empire's southern army, gaining the trust and dependence of the Celtic Grand Duke.

Carrying out intelligence fraud at critical moments can definitely produce miraculous results.

Samuel certainly understood Luke's intention, and he said, "Yes, sir, I know what to do. We can't meet often in the future. If you have any instructions, you can give me orders through Bengmu.

If it wasn't for Bengmu telling me himself, I wouldn't have known that he was related to Kuaitui. They are both excellent thorns. "

Luke looked at Bengmu, who was now standing with Kuaitui, looking much more relaxed than before. After all, they were one of his own, so he didn't have to be torn between loyalty and friendship.

"Do it well. I will have Raging Waves City allocate funds to you on time, and I will never let you have any financial difficulties in spreading your intelligence." Luke then said to Fast Legs, "Tell Viscount Inskolan about the situation here, and resolve any needs of Samuel as soon as possible. In addition, we must rebuild the training system of the Thorns, as they will be needed on a wider battlefield in the future."

Samuel, Fast Legs, and Bengmu answered together: "Yes, Governor!"

Luke ended his meeting with Samuel and asked Bengmu to take them out of the space safe house.

After returning to the Sixth Special Agent Department, Luke did not rest, but worked overnight to reorganize the personnel and bases of the Abyss Temple in the Imperial Capital according to Samuel's intelligence and his own supplements.

Especially the hiding place of the fourth apostle Morris and his range of activities.

The next morning, Luke handed over the information he had compiled to the professional spies he brought with him and asked them to verify the information on the people above.

When Xin Ke came to work in an official manner, Luke called him to his office, and the two of them formulated a plan to encircle and eliminate the forces of the Abyss Temple in the Imperial Capital based on the intelligence.

At this time, the eldest prince Fania had already handed over the available troops to Xin Kelai. Xin Kelai, who had rich experience in wars in the North, made full use of his strength to formulate an airtight encirclement and suppression plan.

In the afternoon, the spies sent out to verify the intelligence returned.

The Windmill Flour Mill is the core of the Abyss Temple's intelligence system in the Imperial Capital. It is located in the western suburbs of Saint Lun City and is a steam-powered flour mill with a very large output.

Food is a rigid demand of a city. The flour mill connects grain merchants and flour end customers, and can analyze a lot of valuable intelligence through food supply. The Wind Mill Flour Mill is not only one of the food suppliers for the city garrison, but also participates in the food supply and transportation to the imperial army on the southern front, so it must be destroyed.

The owner of the Windmill Flour Mill is Peter Oston, the nephew of the head of a powerful office under the Imperial Food Bureau. Oston is obsessed with the occult and is deeply involved in it. While studying the forbidden occult, he met an Abyss Mage and joined the Abyss Temple.

With the help of his uncle and the secret support of the Abyss Temple, Austin became a very influential food supplier in Saint Lun City in a short period of time, and also bought a very large house in the upper city.

The fourth apostle, Morris, is hiding in this house.

After completing the battle plan to encircle and suppress the Abyss Mage, Xin Kelai said to Luke: "As long as there are enough troops, it will be no problem to attack the house where Morris is hiding. But according to your information, the Abyss Mage has dug a large mystical altar and a complex maze-like tunnel underground.

If the Abyss Mages retreated and held on, it would take a lot of casualties to wipe them out. And if they delayed too much time, it was very likely that important enemy figures would escape.

Morris is an Abyss Apostle who has lived for more than a hundred years. To deal with him... we need the assistance of the Royal Knights."

Luke said, "My informant told me that Morris had several meetings with His Majesty's close followers. If our plan is known to the Royal Knights, the plan to encircle and suppress the Abyss Mage may be hindered."

Hearing the news from Meteorite, Xin Kelai was greatly surprised: "Is your informant reliable? How could His Majesty be in secret contact with the Abyss Temple?"

These are what Samuel told Luke, and considering Emperor Augustine's current condition, he believed this information.

Luke told Sink: "The current Emperor Augustine is no longer the fearless emperor of the past. The fear of death has made him secretly initiate many experiments related to prolonging life.

The power of the abyss has allowed the abyss apostles, who are also human beings, to live for more than a hundred years. It is very tempting to His Majesty, making him ignore the dangers that the abyss may bring.

Think about what the Abyss Apostle did to Oulu College a hundred years ago. Whether for the sake of the Empire or for the reputation of Your Majesty, we must resolve this matter as quickly as possible."

This fact was a huge blow to Sinkel.

He regarded his grandfather as his idol since he was a child, and a large part of the reason why he joined the army was because of the influence of Augustine the Great. When Augustine the Great was young, he led the imperial army to win many influential victories.

In Sinkel's impression, Augustine the Great was an emperor who never knew what fear was and dared to charge towards any enemy.

And now, in order to prolong his life, Emperor Augustine actually wants to transform himself into an Apostle of the Abyss?

In the Golden Shield Empire, people hated the Abyss Temple as much as they respected the Oulu Academy. Coupled with the actions of the Abyss Mages, they were regarded as hostile by others just like the Necromancers.

Is your majesty crazy?

"Then don't tell the Royal Knights. I will lead the team to kill Morris myself."

Who would have thought that Luke said, "Miss Clear Sky will take care of Morris, you can just take care of the other Abyss Mages."

Xin Kelai asked in surprise: "Miss Qingkong also participated in this encirclement and suppression."

Luke said, "How can we destroy the Abyss Temple without the Oulu Academy? Miss Qingkong will bring a few Oulu mages to participate in this battle. We can leave the Abyss Apostle Morris to them. She has experience in killing Abyss Apostles."

With the support of Qingkong and Master Olu, Xinkelai put his worries aside. He really didn't have the confidence that he could defeat an Apostle of the Abyss.

The battle plan has been formulated, and the addresses and people that need to be confirmed have also been confirmed.

Xin Kelai joined Qingkong to attack the house of grain merchant Austin and annihilate the backbone of the Abyss Mage in the imperial capital, including the Fourth Apostle. Luke took the spies of the Sixth Secret Service and part of the city garrison to attack the Wind Mill Flour Mill on the outskirts of the city.

Other small fish and strongholds are also under the charge of someone.

In this battle, the Empire mobilized a total of 236 Imperial spies, 3,650 Imperial Guards from Saint Len City, 345 vehicles of various types, 120 heavy war machines, and 15 steam airships.

The target is 158 Abyss Mages, unknown armed personnel affiliated with the Abyss Temple, and 34 officials who need to be arrested.

Time of attack: 1am.

Sinkel took out his pocket watch and checked the time with Luke before leaving the Sixth Secret Service. He still had to go to the military camp to allocate personnel and assign tasks, so time was tight.

Luke was not in a hurry to issue the evening's mission, but instead ordered everyone to stay at get off work at night and wait for combat missions.

Then he called Kailina, Xuelai and Sandpaper over.

After informing them of tonight's mission, Luke took out another map and spread it on the table.

Sandpaper immediately recognized the area with the most symbols on the map: "This is the Crusader's armor factory!"

"Yes, it's the Crusader Armor Factory." Luke, who hadn't rested for a day and a night, took out a bottle of potion from the drawer and drank it to relieve his fatigue. He continued, "After careful consideration, if the action tonight is expanded, it will be a good opportunity to deal with the Crusader Engineering."

Then Luke told the three of them his impromptu idea.

Being able to rescue her sister so quickly, Sandpaper of course raised her hands and pigtails in support.

But the sandpaper vote didn't work.

Luke asked Xue Lai: "This kind of military issue is your strong point, tell me your opinion."

Xuelai looked at the two tactical maps carefully, and quickly made tactical deductions based on his own troop strength and the target's troop strength, with tactical objectives as the results.

"Governor, there are not many Abyss Mages in the Windmill Flour Mill, and the factory guards and workers are no match for the regular Imperial Army. The Imperial City Garrison is an elite corps of the Empire. One thousand garrison troops and our spies are enough to end the battle in a short time.

The armor factory where the Crusader Project is located is a military factory. It not only has a strong guard force, but also has a military camp of the city garrison nearby. If the purpose is to occupy it, the war expectations will be achieved. "

Luke asked, "We don't consider the support of the nearby city garrison, and we don't aim to occupy the factory. Is it feasible for a large force to attract the main force of the target and cover the elite team to advance and capture people?"

Xuelai conducted another tactical simulation.

"Can!"

With Xuelai's affirmation, Luke made up his mind.

"Sandpaper, go find Red Falcon. In order to ensure a smooth operation tonight, you should check all our equipment carefully."

Sandpaper jumped up happily and saluted Luke: "As you command, Governor. I promise that all combat equipment will be in top condition tonight!"

Watching Sandpaper run out, Luke said to Kylena: "You and Xue Lai prepare all the supplies needed for tonight. Keep it confidential... Not a single word can be leaked before the action."

"Yes, Governor!"