Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 35 Disaster
"Yes!" Count Urd immediately changed his worry into joy: "Although I don't know much about the secret arts, I know that the secret arts cannot be activated if the mysterious props that make up the secret arts are incomplete. Victor and the Disaster Plan were so carefully arranged, but I didn't expect that you, the Prime Minister, could cure my illness.
Your Excellency, when can the treatment begin?"
Count Urd wished that Luke could help him remove the spell cast on him right now.
Luke said, "Wait for Kuaishou to gather all the necessary materials. I will make some mysterious props on the spot. I expect that I can remove the spell for you tomorrow.
But if I remove the spell for you, Zai Mie will notice it immediately. Zai Mie, Victor, and the Fallen Angel are all in Sun City. In order to cast the secret spell, they may use extreme means. "
Count Urd's heart was lifted up again, and he begged, "Master Prime Minister, you must save me."
Luke didn't answer.
Count Urd asked anxiously, "What do you need me to do? As long as the Prime Minister needs it, you can take everything I have."
With Urd's words, Luke smiled and said, "I can save you, but you also need to save yourself. You don't need to worry too much about the fallen angels. The angels already know that the fallen angels have appeared in the Western Territory. As long as this group of fallen angels dare to show up in public, the angels will be able to support them soon.
You don't need to worry too much about the monster army summoned by Disaster. The Moonlight Court has entered a wartime state. The barbarian tribes throughout the Western Territory will soon receive orders from the Moonlight Queen and they will send warriors to the Moonlight Court to protect the World Tree.
As for the nobles from the Western Territory who have surrendered to the Disaster, you will need to take action to deal with them."
When Urd heard Luke's request, he said awkwardly, "I only have one Sun Oasis. How can I possibly be an enemy of the entire Western Territory nobles?"
Luke said confidently: "The number of Western nobles who have joined Zaimie must be only a small group. If the entire Western nobles were deceived by Zaimie, they would have launched an attack on the Moonlight King's Court long ago.
I have sent demon hunting groups to investigate the territories of the Western nobles. War is imminent, and those Western nobles who have joined the Disaster are definitely preparing for war. It is clear who is the enemy and who is us.
At that time, I will make it public that I am in Sun City, and in my capacity as the Prime Minister of the Empire and the Imperial Commissioner for Inspecting the Western Territory, I will order these nobles to disband their territorial troops and come to Sun City immediately to accept my questioning."
Count Urd understood Luke's plan and asked, "Master Prime Minister, do you think that these Western nobles will lead their troops to attack my Sun City if they know you are in Sun City?"
"Victor knows that I am in the Sun Territory. He will definitely convince Zaimie to use the Western Territory nobles' army in the Sun Oasis. We will fight a decisive battle in the Sun Oasis with the Western Territory nobles' army that has surrendered to Zaimie."
The thought of fighting a decisive battle in the Sunday Oasis was as painful as cutting flesh for Count Urd.
The Sun Oasis that he had worked so hard to build might be destroyed in one battle. But if he didn't agree, his life would be taken away by the enemy at any time.
Let’s fight!
Life is like a gamble. If I lose, the entire Urd family will be buried with the Sun Oasis; if I win, will the Prime Minister still treat me unfairly?
These broken things must be smashed to pieces so that they can be replaced with new ones.
After figuring it out, Earl Urd said proudly: "Sunday Oasis is willing to fight for the Prime Minister with all its might... cough cough cough..."
Count Urd, who was weak in energy, coughed repeatedly.
Luke took out a candy, thought about it and handed it to the count: "Eat this candy, it will be good for your body."
Count Urd took the candy and ate it. A cool feeling spread from his throat to his whole body, and his body really felt much more relaxed.
The count couldn't help asking, "What kind of candy is this? Can you give me some more?"
"A friend gave it to me, but my friend had a small accident, and I don't have much candy left." Luke treasured the remaining candies very much. He refused Earl Urd's request and said, "Let's stop here for today's meeting. You should have a good rest. Tomorrow I will arrange a secret spell to treat you. Also, arrange an manor guard. I need to set up some gadgets in your manor to deal with possible intruders."
"I express my sincere gratitude to you!" Earl Urd stood up and saluted Luke: "I will immediately order the Sun City army to assemble and the entire territory to enter combat status."
Luke waved his hand, and Count Urd took a deep breath and left the secret room with weak steps.
The room fell silent.
Luke sorted out the existing information in his mind.
The enemy was much stronger than he had expected before coming to the West, but the cards in his hand had not increased much. Opening a battlefield in the Sun Oasis would help relieve the pressure on the Moonlight Court. Pulling the enemy into the battlefield he had set up would also disrupt the opponent's arrangement.
There is not much I can do now. Whoever starts the war first will gain the first-mover advantage.
Fortunately, before coming to the West, I asked McDonald to disguise himself as me, and I also specifically asked him to stay in Crescent Oasis for a while.
For Victor, he still has some time to prepare.
I hope he can be patient and wait a little longer.
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the next day.
Victor brought Garland, who was disguised as an ordinary person, to an ordinary residence.
There was only one old man living in the house. He was dressed simply, just like the lower-class residents in Sun City. The old man was thin and kind-looking, and he stood in the courtyard with a cane. He raised his head and looked directly at the blazing sun in the sky, with mist lingering in his black pupils.
Victor did not introduce himself. Garland walked close to the old man and walked around him.
"I can hardly feel your presence, but you are standing in front of me. You are the disaster, a mysterious energy that appeared due to the revival of the world tree."
Zaimie didn't look at Garland. He continued to stare at the sun and said, "I don't even know what I am. I only know my responsibility, to destroy the World Tree, and then I will perish with the World Tree."
Garland asked: "Do you know what the World Tree means to this world?"
"What does this have to do with me?"
Garland laughed at his own question: "Yes, this has nothing to do with you. Victor told me that you want to destroy the World Tree. It just so happens that we also want to destroy the World Tree. We can cooperate."
Although Garland still looked arrogant, his attitude towards Zaimie was completely different from his attitude towards Victor. He always kept a certain distance from Zaimie and was ready to stay away at any time. He could feel that Zaimie was a very dangerous thing, and he had to be vigilant even if he cooperated with him.
Zaimie maintained that posture: "Cooperation? This is a term Victor taught me. Cooperation is good. My army is growing stronger day by day. Soon I will launch an attack on the World Tree. You just need to follow Victor's arrangements."
If it were someone else, Garland would have gone up to him and twisted his head off. But facing Zai Mie, although Garland was angry, he still said in a friendly voice: "A low-level creature is not qualified to command the fallen angels, and we are not here to cooperate to obey anyone's command.
I want to know your specific military strength and whether you can push your troops all the way to the World Tree."
Zaimie still spoke in that unhurried tone: "I can't give you an accurate answer. I can accept failure, once, twice, countless times. It doesn't matter. I just need to succeed once."
The fallen angel Garland found that he and Disaster were simply unable to communicate. He looked at Victor, asking with his eyes what was going on.
Everything was as Victor expected. He smiled and said, "Lord Zaimie thinks differently from us, so I'm here to help him. Lord Zaimie's only goal is to destroy the World Tree, so I'll help him achieve this goal.
Lord Zaimie trusts me very much, and I can discuss cooperation with you on his behalf."
Garland looked at Victor and asked Zaimie without giving up, "Excuse me, what are you looking at?"
Zaimie said, "The moon is brighter than before, and now even the sun is shining like this."
Garland looked at the sun, and the dazzling sunlight made his pupils shrink to a dot.
During the month he was lost in the desert, he got used to the scorching sun and didn't notice any difference between today's sun and the past.
Disaster is something that is difficult to communicate.
But no matter what, the cooperation to destroy the World Tree must continue.
Just as Garland was about to say something else, Zaimie suddenly turned around and said to Victor, "The mysterious item you entrusted me to refine has been interrupted."
Victor asked in confusion: "What does interruption mean?"
"An interruption is an interruption. Someone has broken the spell I cast on that person. You need to find another way."
Victor immediately thought of Count Urd.
He was the only mysterious item that Zaimie had been commissioned to refine, one of the purposes of which was to prove whether Zaimie's power was related to the Abyss. If there was a connection, then the mysterious item he refined could be used in the mystical altar he had set up.
Now the spell that Zaimie had cast on Count Urd had been dispelled.
This not only affects the further judgment of the disaster, but also directly affects the continuation of the large-scale summoning secret technique.
How did Count Urd do it?
But no matter how he cracked the spell, the production of the mysterious item must be restored as soon as possible.
Victor said to Zaimie: "The latest intelligence is that the Empire's new Prime Minister Meteor has arrived in Crescent City. He will stay in Crescent Oasis for a while before entering the West. We still have time to make up for it and complete the secret arts here before the war begins.
Can Lord Garland please capture Earl Urd and have Lord Zaimie refine him into a mysterious item?"
Disaster asked Victor: "Why have you mentioned the meteorite so many times during this period? And when my army is not ready, you asked to launch an attack on the World Tree in advance before the meteorite arrives?"
Victor felt frustrated when talking about Meteorite: "Meteorite is a very troublesome person! He caused great losses to the Abyss Temple, and several Abyss Apostles died directly or indirectly because of him. He always does incredible things and completes a comeback in adversity.
Please believe me, we must not wait for the meteorite to enter the Western Territory, otherwise there will be consequences that we cannot imagine."
Zai Mie looked at Victor for a while, then said, "Since I have chosen to let you command this war, I will not interfere with your decision. Since you want the secret technique to continue, then let this fallen angel capture Count Urd."
The fallen angel Garland said unruly: "I will arrest whoever you tell me to arrest? Do you really regard the fallen angels as your subordinates?"
Victor explained, "That's how Lord Zaimie talks. Since Count Urd has lifted Lord Zaimie's spell, it means there are powerful people around him. Time doesn't allow us to allocate manpower to capture Count Urd, but the secret technique needs to continue.
Therefore, can we ask the fallen angels to help us? After all, we are here to destroy the World Tree."
The fallen angel Garland suddenly found Victor less disgusting.
"Since you have asked the fallen angels for help, I promise to help you capture that person. At night, I will go to the Sunny Manor in person, and you just need to prepare the secret arts."
After saying this, Garland turned and left.
Zaimie looked up at the sun again and murmured, " The smoke obscured the starry sky."
Victor, who was standing aside, was analyzing the meaning of Zaimie's words. After he couldn't figure it out, he asked, "Lord Zaimie, are you reminding me?"
"You are playing a game you have no business playing."
Victor immediately said, "Since I have joined the game, it means I am qualified. Perhaps my hundred years of experience are just for this one gamble. I want to become a god, and you... are the door to the path to godhood."
Zaimie shook his head helplessly: "The path to God is right here. I can only wish you good luck. Fight this war well first. I can lose countless times, but you can only lose once."
After saying this, Zaimie began to burn in the sunlight and soon turned into a piece of charred charcoal.
Victor was extremely excited.
There is no need to confirm those speculations. Zaimie personally admitted that it is the divine authority. Although it is still unknown how to obtain divine authority, this war may be an opportunity. It can even be boldly speculated that Zaimie has hinted at the way to enter the divine path.
Win the war and destroy the World Tree!
I only have one chance, and I only need one chance.
In the empty courtyard of a residential building, Victor tried his best to calm his excited heart. He considered all his arrangements and analyzed his chances of winning.
Wait a little longer, the meteorite is still in Crescent Oasis, and there are people watching it there.
I want to increase my power as much as possible before the meteorite officially enters the Western Territory, create more sand figurines, deploy larger secrets, and gather more Western Territory noble troops.
When the general offensive was launched, Meteorite was not given any time to operate, and the army attacking the Moonlight Court rushed into the grassland of the ancestors like a tide.
There are no supplies, and no need for supplies. All troops have only one direction... the World Tree!
Burn it! Destroy it!
