Chapter 820: Confusing
In a gorgeous wizard's bedroom, the phonograph stone was playing beautiful harp sounds. If someone who knew about it could tell at once that this was the famous song that Legend of Dairis had been playing frequently in the Grand Music Hall recently.
Its name is: Reaching the pinnacle
“Thump, thump, thump, thump…thump!…thump!”
To the sound of exciting music, Eschel closed her eyes, hummed softly, and raised one hand.
His hands were empty, but he held a gun as if holding it and pulled the trigger towards the distance.
"Bang!!!"
Thousands of miles away in a distant mountain stronghold, a wizard pressed the button of the super magic crystal pistol in his hand. A brilliant flame broke out instantly, and an intense white light streaked across the sky, instantly blasting the expensive stronghold wall to pieces!
Once this strongest city wall was shattered, the fall of the stronghold was inevitable, and there was no possibility of any more accidents.
"snort."
Escher opened his eyes and smiled gracefully:
"As expected of Trosa, the power of this super magic crystal hand cannon is far beyond my imagination.
It seems that after faking his death and escaping, he not only did not waste his talents, but also made further progress.
What a pity! If I had been more ruthless, Trosa would have been mine."
"Boom boom boom."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
“Grand Speaker, His Royal Highness Xingfeng and Her Majesty Serena have arrived at Lookout City and are heading to the military camp with their reserve troops.
They reported that they were attacked by rebels on the way here, but fortunately they escaped unharmed, and apart from the deaths of several mages, there were no other losses.
The detailed report has been submitted to me, would you like to take a look at it?"
"Yeah. Leave it at the door. I'll come out and get it later."
Eschel agreed, and after a while, he opened the door, brought in the report, and sat on the sofa to study and read it.
As he flipped through the pages, the smile that had just risen on his handsome old face disappeared.
“Several mages died in the battle against the rebels… Interesting.
It's not surprising that Xingfeng could find out that I had spies on the armed fortress. Given his treachery and cunningness, this is quite normal.
However, he did not choose to reveal the matter of the spies, but directly attributed the deaths of those spies to the pretext of an attack, which is very interesting.
Could it be that he no longer trusts me as his half-teacher and wants to investigate secretly on his own?
Ooooh, this is so sad.
Disobedient children still need to be properly educated. "
Escher threw the report aside, leaned back on the sofa, and closed his eyes again.
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Lookout City.
The highest city in the entire eastern part of Bracada.
The entire lookout is built on a towering mountain, with countless watchtowers constantly monitoring all directions.
Most of the troops that came to quell the rebellion were stationed here.
Unlike Escher who only received a report letter, at this time, in Fafner's room, Qi Ge was telling Fafner very seriously about everything that happened on the road.
“Ever since that magic crystal cannon shot that greatly increased the strength of the Obsidian Colossus, I suspected that there were enemy spies among the troops on the airship.
Therefore, after I used the life-saving props given to me by my teacher to escape, I began to set traps.
Considering that Serena is by my side, the traitor may not dare to show up.
I asked Serena to pretend to have achieved something and move around on the airship, while I hid in the bathroom in the bedroom.
Afterwards, those traitors could no longer hold back and planned to attack me who was weak.
After Serena subdued them, they quickly chose to commit suicide without leaving any information for us."
Qi Ge said as he took out six bodies.
"These are the traitors we found. I'm not sure if these six are the only traitors in the reserve army. General, you need to investigate thoroughly."
After listening to Qi Ge's words, Fafner nodded heavily and said with some relief:
"Damn, those cunning rats. I never thought that even my carefully selected troops were tainted.
Fortunately, you are here, Xingfeng, otherwise, the entire reserve army might be wiped out.
Don't worry, Xingfeng. I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation.
To be honest, I've been tracking these guys for a long time."
"Trace? What do you mean?"
Qi Ge asked doubtfully.
Fafnir pulled Qi Ge down and sat down, and said in a low voice:
"Xingfeng, do you still remember Pingdi City?"
"Of course I remember that it was the front line of our Bracada's fight against Negan, and it was the key city that penetrated into Negan's heart.
The all-out war between Bracada and Negan was sparked by the fall of Flatiron City.
Because of some unexpected events during that war, Flatland City is still in Negan's hands."
Fafnir nodded and said:
"Yes. Many people believe that the reason why Pingdi City fell was because our war faction's defense was not good enough.
However, after my careful investigation, I found that the fall had nothing to do with our war faction, it was all the work of traitors.
Including Kelvin, the lord of Pingdi City, they are all traitors.
Because of the Flatland City, the war faction and I were wrongly accused. The Thunder Temple and the Grand Council put the blame for the defeat in the war on us.
I was very dissatisfied and kept tracking down clues about those traitors.
The more I investigated during this period, the more frightened I became.
Those who were related to the traitor seemed like undead spirits who were not afraid of death at all. Once clues were traced back to them, they would always commit suicide immediately to completely erase all traces.
Yes, just like the six mages you found.
But I am not a vegetarian either, and I still came to an important conclusion.
According to the clues I got, those traitors in Flatland City are not spies planted by Negan in our Bracada. They have no connection with other forces and they betrayed just for the sake of betrayal.
It’s surreal, isn’t it?”
"It has nothing to do with other foreign forces. It's just pure betrayal..."
The seven pigeons pretended to be shocked:
"General, you mean, against..."
"Yes, that's what I mean."
Fafnir nodded deeply:
“I suspect that there is a force within our Bracada that wants to overthrow the rule of the Titans and the Thunder Temple and establish itself as king.
The rebellion in Lighthouse City this time is probably because that force has made sufficient preparations and decided to fight to the death."
Fafnir said seriously:
“Xingfeng, are you willing to join me in finding out who is behind these traitors?
Let me be frank with you. Anyone who has the guts to betray Thunder Temple and Titan and deploy so many pawns must be very powerful, influential, and intelligent. If we continue to investigate, we will most likely have to confront a demigod.
It is even possible to find out who is responsible."
Fafnash clenched his fist, and a flash of lightning flashed across his hand.
Qi Ge immediately understood what he meant. The person he was talking about was Serena's teacher, the Lightning King Somla.
At the same time, a task popped up in Qi Ge's mind.
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for triggering the demigod-level mission: Eye of the Common People. ]
【Eye of the Common People
Demigod level mission
Mission requirements: Help Fafner find the mastermind behind the Eye of the Common People organization.
Mission rewards: Fafnir favorability +50, Thunder Temple reputation +120, Bracada reputation +300.
Permanent seat in the Grand Council.
Unknown reward. 】
The mission has been triggered! It's still the Eye of the Common People!
Qi Ge's pupils shrank.
At this moment, he directly ruled out the possibility that Fafner was the mastermind.
Even the possibility that Favron has any connection with the mastermind behind the scenes has been ruled out. As long as Favron has any collusion with the other party, this mission will not be triggered successfully.
Qi Ge carefully looked over the task description. This simple task description revealed a huge amount of information, so huge that Qi Ge felt a little uneasy.
He lowered his voice and whispered to Fafner:
"General, does the Thunder Temple also know some information about the traitor?"
Fafnir looked at Qi Ge in surprise, then nodded silently:
"Yes. Xingfeng, you are smarter and more perceptive than I thought.
I was able to track down the traitor's clues thanks to the help of the Thunder Temple."
Hiss, Titan is indeed not a fool.
Qi Ge was glad that he did not take advantage of the rebellion in Lighthouse City to advance.
Since the Titans already knew that there was a traitor within Bracada, all kinds of preventive measures must have been prepared long ago.
It's like a bow that is charging with energy, drawn but not released, waiting for the prey to jump out.
He nodded vigorously and said:
"I'd love to, General!"
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for accepting the mission: Eyes of the Common People. ]
Listening to the system prompt beside him, Qi Ge said without hesitation:
"General, I think one person is very suspicious."
"who?"
"Your Majesty Escher.
You have said before that those traitors died in a more resolute manner than each other.
It is normal if one or two people are not afraid of death, but it would be strange if everyone is not afraid of death.
Is it possible that they are controlled by mental magic?
And in the entire Bracada, isn't His Majesty Escher the best at mind control magic?"
After hearing what Qi Ge said, Fafner waved his hand nonchalantly.
"You've thought of it, how could I not think of it?
But those traitors most likely had nothing to do with Escher.
Ever since Escher became the Grand Chancellor, he has been under the surveillance of the Thunder Temple and has hardly ever left Bracada.
Magic like mind control has a duration. No matter how powerful Escher is, he cannot control those traitors remotely for several months.
I am not afraid to tell you that until now, Escher has been under the surveillance of the Thunder Temple, and there is no doubt about it. "
Qi Ge did not give up, and continued:
"It is indeed impossible for a legendary Escher to be like this, but what if he is a demigod? Is that impossible too?"
"Demigod." Fafnir was stunned for a moment. "Demigod... that's not right, the premise is wrong.
If he is a demigod, why would he rebel? He can directly announce his demigod identity and achieve an extremely high status.
Every demigod of Bracada is treated better than most Titans."
Qi Ge then asked:
"What if his goal is not the treatment? But something that is countless times more valuable than that treatment."
"Countlessly precious..."
Fafnir frowned:
"Xingfeng, just say what you want to say."
Fafnir didn't know, but Qi Ge knew that the culprit for the fall of Pingdi City was Escher.
Combining all this information together, the possibility that Escher is the mastermind has reached 99% on Qi Ge's side. Except for the lack of conclusive evidence, it is almost a sure thing.
Qi Ge took a deep breath:
"I mean, deification! What if Escher wants to be deified?"
“God-like!!!”
Fafnir's eyes fixed:
“Isn’t this too exaggerated?
Even a demigod as brilliant as Tanan could not be deified, just because of an Escher...
How can he be stronger than Tanan?"
Qi Ge inferred that Escher wanted to be deified based on the Blade of Doom and the Sword of Ice, as well as Escher's many demigod allies.
But he had no way of sharing this information with Fafner. He could only take a deep breath and find an excuse:
“No one knows whether it is possible or not.
But my intuition tells me that there must be something wrong with Escher."
Fafnir touched his chin:
"Since you are so worried, let me show you how strict our surveillance is."
He waved his hand and summoned a magic screen in the air.
On the screen, Escher was leaning on the sofa with his legs crossed and his eyes closed in meditation. On the surface, there was nothing unusual.
Fafner pointed at the screen and said, "Be quiet, this is the information that the Thunder Temple has obtained using its divine power.
Twenty-four hours a day, all-round monitoring has been going on for nearly half a year, and no problems have been found.
"It is impossible that Escher wanted to rebel against the enemy without revealing clues in the past six months."
"this……"
The scene before him made Qi Ge feel a chill in his heart.
He locked onto two targets in total. Fafner had been eliminated by the triggered mission, leaving only Escher.
If Escher wasn't the mastermind, who else could it be?
Qi Ge frowned and looked carefully at Escher on the screen.
He said in a deep voice:
"Is there a possibility that Escher has a way to get out of the stand, just like Serena disguised herself as me?
Or even, this Escher in front of us is a substitute?"
"This... this is a bit of forced suspicion."
Fafnir smiled awkwardly:
“You are too weak, maybe you don’t understand.
This is a surveillance using the Lord's divine power, which is equivalent to the Lord's eyes being present in person.
Unless the person disguised as Escher is more powerful than the master, it is impossible to escape the master's eyes."
"Then...what about the demigod-level disguise technique?"
"It's still unlikely. A mere demigod-level disguise can't escape the master's eyes."
Fafnir smiled and said:
"Unless there are two Eschers in this world."
There are two Eschers in this world...
These words, like a bolt of lightning, instantly pierced through Qi Ge's head.
It is possible to be weak but still be able to hide from the observation of the false god's power.
Wax melting monster!
Roland, disguised as a wax-melting demon, appeared in front of the pseudo-god Michael countless times, but Michael did not notice him.
That wax-melting monster is already dead, but what if there is more than one wax-melting monster in this world!
Sandro and Selron, who may control the wax-melting demon, are both on the side of Escher!
