Volume 1: Stranger in a Strange Land Chapter 48: "No Mistakes Left Behind"

Star Lighthouse, Stargazing Room.

In front of Vincent was the star map of the Stranger constellation that was connected to the astral circuit. From here, the surging magic power was guided into the vast magic network, and then resonated through the constellations to the etheric domain of every registered magic caster.

All he needs to do is obtain access to this star map, and he will be able to bypass the laws of the stars and directly connect with the star realm, thereby ascending to the realm of legend.

A field he has not explored for more than a decade.

This was the promise Duke Simon made to him.

but……

Vincent sighed slightly.

He didn't think that Duke Simon's plan would succeed, or rather, even if Duke Simon's plan succeeded, it would never be the bright future they had envisioned more than 20 years ago.

After being enlightened by the magic caster named "Judge", Vincent became more and more aware that his previous worries were not unnecessary.

Will the fate of Blackwater Province ultimately be controlled by the Empire or by the Void King? How big of a difference will there be between the two?

not to mention……

Vincent thought back to the magic caster from the divine realm, his expression that showed he had everything under control, and his confidence in letting him go after he had expressed his wishes.

Is Duke Simon's plan really as foolproof as he said? Or is every step actually within that person's expectations?

Thinking of this, Vincent discovered the problem that had been missed all along.

Why did that person choose to show up in the Silver Mine? Why would he let me go so easily?

The Mage Hall of the Rose Palace and the headquarters of the Thorn Black Guard are two places where there are many people and eyes, so the possibility of being found out is greater, but the first time he appeared was in the Silver Stream Mine.

You have to know that the Silver Mine has always been under the sole control of the Moon Realm Spirit, and even the miners have been specially implanted with Soul-Eating Spider Demons to control them. Apart from the supervisors sent over, even the people in the Mage Hall don't know what is down there.

And he chose to show up in such a place.

What was even more inexplicable was that after killing the remaining Moon Spirit, the magic chanter not only did not leave, but instead stayed there calmly, deliberately creating an opportunity to talk to himself alone.

If he had not known the Duke's plan long ago, how could he, a magic caster from the divine realm, stoop to change into a miner's outfit and sneak into the Silver Stream Mine alone?

It's impossible to say that he came here because he was short of source silver, right?

So, what was the other party's real purpose in letting me go?

An idea flashed through his mind like lightning.

"...Did he expect that I would tell the Duke what happened in the Silver Mine?!"

Thinking of this, Vincent broke out in a cold sweat.

If this is the case, then everything makes sense. This was a plan designed by the other party from the very beginning.

Duke Simon had kept the secret of his plan to hold the "Royal Bandit Ceremony" and the "Eternal Ceremony" at the same time in the Holy Tomb very perfectly. Even Vincent, the chief court wizard, did not know about it before.

Needless to say, it must be the Moon Realm Spirit who has been secretly in charge of the preparations.

After destroying the ritual temple under the Silver Mine, the magic chanter anticipated that the Duke might have a backup plan, but he was not sure where the Duke's backup plan was.

So he deliberately stimulated the Duke's sense of crisis through himself, so that the Duke had no choice but to take the risk and start the ceremony now.

Thinking of this, Vincent immediately stood up and walked quickly to the door of the observatory.

The Duke's intentions have been exposed, and he must hurry to inform him...

Vincent opened the door of the observatory.

Then he froze.

The Divine Realm wizard who called himself "Chief Judge" was standing at the door of the observatory with a serious expression on his face.

Was it possible that even my presence here was part of their calculations...

Looking at the person in front of him, Vincent thought desperately.

"Have you learned all this?"

He had thousands of words in his mind, but in the end they only turned into this one sentence of admiration.

It's too late, everything is too late.

Vincent turned around dejectedly, walked back to the observatory, and sat down in front of the star map of the Stranger Constellation with a limp body.

As for William...

He looked at Vincent, who had suddenly become decadent for some reason, and swallowed back the words "Why are you here?" that were about to come out of his mouth.

After a moment's silence, he slowly walked into the observatory, closed the door with his elbow, and then walked to a position not far in front of Vincent while paying attention to whether there were any ambushes around.

"What a coincidence."

Although he didn't know what the other party just said meant, William still pretended to be relaxed and made a bland exclamation as an opening remark.

But the other party just replied dejectedly:

"Is it a coincidence? You arranged everything. How can it be a coincidence?"

Did I arrange it?

William felt confused when he heard Vincent's words.

What have I arranged?

Although he didn't understand what the other party meant, he still pretended to be profound and followed the other party's nonsense:

"It's not necessarily all planned by me, but sometimes fate is like this - putting everyone in the right position, making everything happen at the right time, and then everything falls into place."

But in response to his words, Vincent just said bitterly:

"You compare your own arrangements to fate? Haha, there is probably no one in this world more arrogant than you."

Hearing Vincent's words, the muscles on William's face twitched unconsciously, but fortunately the other party was immersed in decadence and didn't notice.

It’s really hard to hold on…

Just as William was thinking about how to get the other person to tell him something without leaving any trace, the other person spoke first.

"Then let's do it."

He stood up and opened his arms, with the fingers of both hands spread out.

Indicating that there is no spell medium in his hand and exposing his body area to the greatest extent possible, this is the gesture of the magic caster to show that he is willing to be killed.

William looked at his fearless look, hesitated for a moment, and then asked:

"Why should I kill you?"

Vincent smiled bitterly and said:

"Didn't you say that you would never show mercy as long as I choose to stand against you?"

William nodded, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and asked:

"So you still choose to stand against me? Even though you know now that all your actions are under my control?"

When saying this, William quietly gave himself a [Cold Blood] state so that his hot face would not look so obvious.

On Vincent's side, he felt a suffocatingly cold aura of death emanating from the other party. It seemed that this wizard from the divine realm was planning to take action.

So he looked up to the sky, closed his eyes and whispered:

"Yes, even though you already know that the ceremony will take place in the Holy Tomb, and even though I know that we have no chance of winning, I will still choose to stand against you."

Bingo! Finally figured out what was going on!

Although I don’t know what the other party misunderstood, it’s good enough now that he has said it himself.

William excitedly reached into his pocket and snapped his fingers lightly.

But then he realized what the other person meant.

The Holy Sepulchre? Wasn't that the place where the Corrupted Moon Undead Tide was triggered? So that's what the Duke was planning to do? To create a natural disaster of the undead?

William suddenly felt a toothache.

If hundreds of millions of undead were really released, even he would be terrified from killing them all.

I don't know if my strategic-level spells can clear a large area. It won't be like in the game, where the performance is extremely poor due to hardware performance reasons.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and then he looked at Vincent who was standing there silently waiting to die, and picked up the magic medium, intending to give him a quick death.

But before that, William asked curiously.

"I'm a little curious. Why are you unwilling to consider my proposal even if you choose to die? The conditions I offer are not bad, right?"

To this, Vincent replied calmly:

"Because I have already sworn that I will be loyal to Simon Walder alone in my life."

Forehead……

William felt that his previous recruitment seemed to be just flirting with a blind man.

"But I see that you are also a person with ideas. Have you ever thought about whether Simon is a monarch worthy of your loyalty?"

William continued to ask.

Vincent was silent. At this time, silence could be considered a response.

"Then you know that you are still like this..."

Vincent interrupted William before he could finish his words.

"He will keep his promise, so I will naturally keep mine."