Volume 2: Empire Chapter 42: Three Legs
Sincerity!
This is what Luke was most touched by the content of the letter, and Agatha's calmness after her change of mindset. She no longer worried about gains and losses, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the historical responsibility she had to bear.
In order to continue the empire, he was willing to walk to the guillotine with his head held high.
She chose to believe in this meteorite whose real name she didn't even know...
Or maybe she wants to influence this person who is overlooking the overall situation!
Agatha made a decision from which there was no turning back.
After Luke finished reading the letter, he read it over and over again before he rubbed out a ball of fire and burned the paper.
Then take out a pen and paper and write a reply.
"The Second Prince has always presented himself as a 'benevolent and righteous' person. Although some people think that he is pretending to be righteous, to be able to pretend to be righteous all his life is to be truly righteous.
If His Highness has no intention of competing for the throne, assisting Alex is a safe choice. A "benevolent" emperor of the empire can help ease domestic and foreign conflicts and maximize your abilities.
I think what the Second Prince urgently needs now is not the support of the court ministers, but the support of the military. This time, His Majesty gave the Second Prince the task of suppressing bandits on the western front, which seemed to put him at a disadvantage in the competition for the crown prince, but it also gave him an opportunity.
The Great Prince has an advantage, but he also faces great pressure. The Tedega Hills have been in the hands of the barbarians for generations, so it is not so easy to deal with. With the help of the Abyss Temple and the Blade Brotherhood, it is very likely to become a protracted war, which will be a great loss for the military personnel of the Great Prince.
Relatively speaking, the Western Front was much easier. Appeasing ethnic minorities and attacking scattered noble lords would easily achieve results without causing major losses. He could gradually gain control of an army and train his troops. If Nutao City secretly provided him with military funds, it would be easy to raise an elite force loyal to the Second Prince.
The only difficulty is how to convince him to go to the western front in person to supervise the war, rather than staying in the imperial capital and waiting for major changes in the palace.
..."
Luke carefully analyzed for Agatha the situation the two princes were facing.
Pushing Agatha to the top was just speculation from the outside world about Meteor's many actions, and Luke had no similar plan. After all, if Agatha had no intention of competing for the position, it would be useless for him to work hard behind the scenes.
The eldest prince sent people to attack Dale, which made Luke have a very bad impression of him and also exposed his short-sightedness and gambler mentality. In order to avoid being backstabbed by the eldest prince, Luke decided to backstab him first.
After writing the letter, Luke asked Kylena to arrange for it to be delivered.
How to persuade the second prince Alex to go to the Western Front was left to Agatha. What Luke had to do now was to "help" the eldest prince to silence him and "find" Princess Dale to close the case.
Luke waited in the office until late at night, and finally the fast legs arrived.
He contacted the informant friend.
His friend was one of the Blades who followed Samuel out of the warehouse, so he was lucky enough to survive.
Fast Legs told Luke what happened in the warehouse last night: "My friend's situation is a bit complicated. He and I can trust each other with life and death, and he is also loyal to Samuel.
So I only listened to what he was willing to tell me, and he didn't say what specific mission caused the resistance of the Blades. "
"He is a man of love and righteousness." Luke commented very pertinently. There are too many things in this world that make people feel awkward. There is no need to think in black and white. Luke then asked: "If I ask you to convey the message, will he tell Samuel?"
"He will convey..." Fast Legs hesitated for a moment, then said to Luke: "Although I don't know what the mission is that caused the resistance of the Thorn Blade, I can guess roughly. The main function of the Thorn Blade is to collect intelligence for the Brotherhood of Blades and to assassinate some people who must die.
The resistance of the Thorns was most likely because they had received a mission that meant they would die.
It should be the assassination of royal family and court officials.
According to your status in the empire and the role of Raging Waves City in this war, you should also be included in this assassination mission.
If you want to see Samuel, you need to consider the potential dangers."
Luke had expected that he would be on some assassination lists, so he not only prepared "infinite vitality in the face of death" for himself, but also upgraded his bloodline to a lava stone demon.
Now his basic physical strength has reached the level of four stars, and with a few more secret techniques to improve his skills, his overall strength can reach four and a half stars. Moreover, he is good at physical strength, recovery ability, and magic reserve. If he defends with all his strength, even a five-star hero will not be able to do anything to him for a while.
This is a perfect opportunity to turn Samuel against the government.
Although I don't know what role Samuel played in the attack that surrounded the Thorns, these past few days are definitely the lowest point in his life. Since I know what Samuel wants most, I can take a certain risk to fight for it.
Of course, necessary precautions are still taken.
"Keep in touch with your friend. If Samuel replies, let me know immediately. You've been busy all day. Take a rest first."
"Yes, sir!" He retreated quickly.
The office fell silent.
Luke released magic to seal the door, and then a space crack opened above his right shoulder, and a spirit orb flew out from it.
Luke and Qingkong share the same soul. When Qingkong establishes a spiritual connection with the spirit sphere, it is equivalent to Luke establishing a spiritual connection with the spirit sphere. He first controls the spirit sphere to fly in the air, and then orders it to release several spells. This low-level spiritual supernatural creature is very obedient, just like operating a computer, and what you think is what you get.
A very magical thing.
After playing for a while, Luke sank into his own consciousness space with the spirit orb.
Without the previous violent fire and lightning energies, Luke's consciousness space was vast and empty. Taotie floated in the air, its body coiled into a ball, its head covered under its wings.
The snoring of the sleeping being was like thunder, and smoke and fire spewed out from the edges of the wings.
When the Taotie sensed Luke's approach, it quickly lifted its head from under its wings, let out a cheerful cry, and flew over, flapping its wings.
A gluttonous eagle as big as a goshawk flew closer, and when it saw the spiritual ball, it opened its mouth to swallow it. Fortunately, Luke stopped it in time. However, the gluttonous eagle still took the position on Luke's shoulder and squeezed the spiritual ball out.
Then, at Luke's command, he vomited out the dragon ball in his stomach.
"Banaat!"
The brightness of the dragon ball increased, and Banat's voice came out: "It seems that now is not the time for teaching. The inheritance of Taotie requires sufficient sleep."
Luke secretly ordered the spirit orb to detect and analyze the spell runes and energy changes on the surface of the dragon ball.
"I encountered a difficult problem today. I hope you can help me solve it?"
"Is it a problem with the ancient Golden Language? Your speed of learning the ancient Golden Language far exceeds my expectations. You are just like a real Golden Man."
"Thank you for your compliment. Being studious and good at learning has always been my strength." Luke boasted a little, and then said: "But the problem I encountered has nothing to do with the ancient golden language. You should know a lot about demons."
"In that war, the Dragon Civilization and the Purgatory Civilization were allies. Demons are the main race of the Purgatory Civilization. They have a strong preference for souls and even compiled the "Soul Edible Encyclopedia".
Have you encountered a demon?
As long as you don't sign any soul-trading contracts with them, they shouldn't cause you any trouble."
Unlike the current secularization of the Shining Gold Civilization and the reclusiveness of the Shadow Civilization, the Purgatory Civilization operates in the world in another way.
They look for their prey in secret, tricking those in trouble into selling their souls. Then they add seasoning and cook carefully, controlling the fate of the contractor and making a soul food for themselves.
Most of those who try to exchange things from the devil will end up being nothing more than a walking corpse.
But Samuel is different from most people.
Luke told Banat about the contract Samuel signed with the devil.
Banat replied, "Your friend is very smart. He made the demon who wanted to come out of the seal reveal his real name. Then this soul contract should be very fair. The demon will not use his real name to blaspheme the Red Flame Torch.
I don't think there's anything wrong with exchanging souls for power."
Luke said, "Your feelings don't matter. I want a way for the demon to break this contract."
"If you take the food off the devil's plate, the devil will fight you to the death."
"The Red Flame Torch is lost, and even the ancient demon has lost its former power. He gave part of his power to my friend. It is not difficult for me to kill him, but it is difficult to find him."
Banat smiled and said, "Even if the ancient demon has lost the Red Flame Torch, it is not as easy to deal with as you think."
"I have power beyond your imagination. If I say I can kill him, I will definitely kill him. But killing him is the last resort. I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble by killing him."
Demons have a strong desire for revenge and like to play dirty tricks. If you kill a demon, if you don't do it cleanly, it is very likely to summon other demons. Especially if you snatch souls from the mouths of demons, it is the most intolerable thing for demons.
The best way is to let the demon cancel the contract on his own initiative.
Banat didn't think too much about it: "I can tell you the method I know. After all, the ancient demon might still know me. I don't have many acquaintances to begin with, and if one is missing, it will really be one less.
But you have to tell me what your spiritual creature is first. It has been detecting me since I came out, and I hate those eyes staring at me. "
The mental orb is in the form of an eye. After receiving Luke's order, it continuously scans Banat, records the acquired data in the mental library, and then conducts simulation analysis.
Luke put away the spirit orb and said casually, "This is a little thing I just got. I was probably curious because I saw that you also have a orb.
It's just a low-level spiritual supernatural creature, very stupid! If it offends you, I apologize to you on its behalf."
This was the first time Banat saw this kind of spiritual super creature. He could feel that it did not have advanced intelligence. Compared with the shadow parasites of the Shadow Clan, it was simply heaven and earth apart.
Without the uncomfortable feeling of being detected, Banat told Luke the solution he had come up with.
“…
The artifact is lost, and the soul contract signed with the devil is not strong. This method may work. If it doesn't work, you can persuade him with kind words. "
After saying that, Banat took the initiative to fly in front of Taotie and let it swallow the dragon ball into its stomach.
Next, it’s time to prepare the props, and this task will be left to Qingkong.
The next day, Sinclair brought good news for Luke.
His father, the eldest prince Fania, agreed to transfer the city garrison to assist the Secret Service's Sixth Division to eliminate the Abyss Mages lurking in the imperial capital. In order to eliminate these tumors in one fell swoop, Fania also decided to lead the team to participate in the battle personally and never let a single Abyss Mage go.
"My father also hopes that you can go to Silver Manor to meet with him to discuss specific plans and deployments..."
The second prince Alex and the eldest princess Agatha have been visiting each other these two days and have been in very close contact. There is even information released that they are going to join forces to check and balance the eldest prince.
This not only made the eldest prince, who thought he had the upper hand, become nervous, but he also sensed something subtle.
Sinclair came back and said: Meteorite visited the second prince at the behest of the eldest princess, so the alliance between the two should be true.
Meteorite knew clearly that he was the one who sent people to attack Princess Dale, but instead of telling Agatha to clear her of suspicion, he wanted to make the Abyss Wizard take the blame.
If the case were to be concluded like this, Meteorite would lose the bargaining chip to threaten him.
This is obviously a gesture of goodwill, an attempt to get closer!
Why?
The eldest prince wanted to know the answer from Meteorite's mouth.
If he really has a rift with Agatha, then Raging Waves City will be mine!
Therefore, the eldest prince asked Sinclair to invite Luke to Silver Manor so that he could ask him in person.
Luke knew that if he didn't go, the Crown Prince would not let down his guard and would not send the assassin who attacked Dale to be silenced.
So he immediately followed Sinclair to Silver Manor.
But go in secret.
Sinclair understood Luke's concerns, so he asked him to change his clothes and pretend to be his follower. After getting in the carriage, he pulled down all the curtains and drove towards Silver Avenue without stopping.
At the Silver Manor, a servant who had returned earlier had brought the news that Meteorite was going to make a secret visit.
The eldest prince Fania immediately gave an order: Sinclair's carriage drove directly into the manor hall.
In the Silver Manor, all idle personnel should return to their rooms and not come out without orders. Let the butler select the most loyal servants and guards to serve as the escort and service for the reception of the meteorite.
At the same time, he ordered his followers to continuously report the location of Sinclair's carriage.
"This meeting is of great importance. Although it is kept secret and low-key, the reception must be conducted at the highest standards."
Fania changed into her dress with the help of the maid, and kept reminding the butler about the details of the reception.
He wanted Yunxing to realize how much he valued him and how much he desired talents like him.
If he could gain the loyalty of Meteorite, with the army in his hands and the financial resources of Raging Waves City, the throne would be secure.
