Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 42: Fuze and Famine
The blood kept churning in his chest, and Rudolph felt as if his lungs were burning.
But he knew it was just an illusion. It was the Moon Spirit that had signed a contract with him that was helping him dispel the deathly influence brought by the strange ghost.
At this moment, he was in a dead and silent forest of dead trees. Except for some residual electric light and hissing sound from the teleportation array, everything else was silent.
"Ugh..."
Rudolf leaned against a piece of dead wood and vomited a mouthful of black blood. Then sparks like embers began to emerge from his body, and countless dark curses were expelled from his body and dissipated.
After a long time, he finally let out a long sigh and sat down leaning against the tree.
"Why did that woman suddenly attack us? Didn't the intelligence say that she would be transferred in a month and would definitely not make any big moves in the near future?"
Next to Rudolf, a man holding a long sword with red lines on it cursed.
"Who knows? Maybe she suddenly went crazy."
Layton, the former lieutenant of the Blackwater Province Mage Office, answered.
He looked at the leaders of the Gift Sect who had been so arrogant in front of him not long ago, and were now either spitting blood in embarrassment or cursing in frustration and rage. He felt a little uneasy and a little relieved.
After a long time, Priest Rudolf, who was sitting against a dead tree, slowly spoke:
"That ghost is either a necromancy spell or a summoning spell. In short, it can't be the work of that woman."
Leiden and the man with the sword instantly understood what Rudolf meant.
The woman's astrological sign was undoubtedly Viper, otherwise she would not have been able to become the keeper of the Star Lighthouse. Viper allowed three types of spells to be learned, namely Shadow, Transfiguration, and Metal. Therefore, it was impossible for the other party to summon a legendary summoned creature that could suppress Rudolph and his contracted monster.
This sudden cleanup operation was definitely not just the intention of the Viper Star Lighthouse, there were other people behind it pushing it.
"Who could it be?"
Rudolf muttered as he covered the wound on his hand where black death energy was spreading.
The first thing that came to his mind was Vincent's face.
But he immediately shook his head.
Vincent's numerology sign is Sage, which also does not include necromancy or summoning spells.
"Master, where should we go next?"
The man with the sword asked, interrupting Rudolph's thoughts.
Right now this place is not very far from Black Light City. If we stay here for too long, pursuers might come at any time.
Rudolf also fell into deep thought about this.
It is undoubtedly impossible for him to return to Black Light City at this moment.
As an underground Moon Realm worship church, they really couldn't directly confront official forces like the Star Lighthouse. Even though he had previously thought that at least the gap between the two sides in terms of high-end combat power was not big, the summoned creature that came out of nowhere also taught him a good lesson.
Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Leighton standing beside him and said:
"Then follow your previous plan and go to Thorn City. Let that useless duke's son inherit the Thorn Throne, and then..."
Rudolph said, standing up.
"Let me personally end the rule of that first citizen."
Leighton heaved a sigh of relief.
The other party finally agreed to his plan.
Go to Thorn City to take back the throne from the chief wizard who is plotting to usurp the throne, and support the puppet duke to come to power. This is much easier than dealing with the strange ghost that can't be killed no matter how hard you try.
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"It's okay. You don't have to waste manpower looking for them. They will go directly to Thorn City next."
William rejected Julian's suggestion to withdraw troops to search for the high-ranking members of the Church of Grace in Nakuland.
"How do you know they will go to Thorn City?"
Julian asked in confusion.
William waved his hand to disperse the ghost that had been summoned earlier and replied:
"Because the last bloodline of the Walder family, the former president of the Source Chamber of Commerce, has been secretly meeting with the envoys of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Spy in the Rose Palace recently. The leaders of the Thorn Black Guards and the Magic Swordsmen have been constantly adjusting their personnel deployment this week. Many soldiers who have been sent out to perform missions in the submitted reports are now fully armed and resting in several hotels in Thorn City."
"A coup ? How is that possible? Isn't Vincent a master-level magic caster?"
Julian asked in confusion.
"In fact, he has already reached the legendary realm, so this is the key. Now the conservatives in the entire Thorn City are waiting for someone who can completely suppress Vincent in terms of combat power to ignite the fuse, so I will send the fuse to them now."
William deliberately let go of the priest named Rudolf, because if such a person did not exist, those who were still on the sidelines would not dare to launch a coup in the end.
Everything is going as planned.
From now on, everything will be left to Vincent.
This was the ceremony in which he was truly crowned the leader of Blackwater Province.
With the blood of those who rebelled.
Let's leave worldly matters to more suitable people.
William has more important issues to deal with right now.
How can I stop Coles's promotion ceremony, or in other words, how can I minimize the disaster that the other party may cause to the world in the future.
The ascension ceremony of the King of Hope and Despair requires a huge amount of "despair" emotion as fuel, and since Coles proposed that the entire Blackwater Province be reserved for future plane fusion, the location of the ceremony he chose would naturally be here.
As for how to generate such a massive amount of despair, the best way is to create a huge disaster.
Including the Holy Tomb of Thorn City and the Moon Realm Rift of Blacklight City, William marked a total of four locations where large-scale disasters might occur in the future, and ordered his men to be on alert.
Of course, these measures are just a precautionary measure, or to put it bluntly, to prevent the other party from taking desperate measures.
William guessed that the method the other party really wanted to use to ignite the emotion of "despair" was actually very simple - famine.
Before leaving, Valk told William which "old friends" supported Coles' promotion to the 14th Void King.
The Whispering Queen, the Dark Lord, the Pale Poet, and the Hungry Lady.
William had already guessed about the three above. After all, it was the three of them who created the curse of the Crow Man. And in the past thousand years, they had enough opportunities to drag Coles down.
Thinking of this, William couldn't help but sigh softly.
In the quest line of [The Last Raven Man], he had completely sealed the negative effects of the Raven Man Curse. Unless Coles voluntarily released it, they would not be able to influence Coles' judgment through the curse. He also didn't know why he released the seal after he left.
Apart from the three illusory kings who always like to manipulate the fate of mortals behind their backs, the reason why Ms. Hungry and Corrupted joined this gambling game is more understandable.
Because this year is the rotation year of Lady Hunger and Corruption, only She can invest Her power on a large scale into the world.
If other Void Kings want to have any drastic impact on the world, they can only do so through Him.
In His power, the best way to bring about a disaster is to spread famine across the land.
