Chapter 676 Planning

"This time, the people of the Songxing Secret Cult suddenly intervened. Although it seems to be the other party's independent behavior, we all understand that this incident must be related to the secret push of the marquis."

Looking at the Duke with a changing expression, Avis finally expressed his thoughts.

"Then, since the marquis can invite the alien god group to intervene, why can't we also bring the Circle of Truth in?"

"...You should understand, Avis, the organizational interests of the Circle of Truth are in irreconcilable fundamental conflict with our nobles who rule the empire, and they are destined to stand on our hostile position in the future."

After a long silence, Duke Carrot finally spoke.

He knew Avis's identity as the [Man in the Mirror]. When he was in the Federation, Avis asked him to secretly help him capture the capital of the Rock Helmet Kingdom.

But he didn't expect that Avis would dare to play so big and even join the Circle of Truth himself!

"Besides, even I can't see through the strength of the mysterious leader of the Circle of Truth. If your identity is accidentally exposed, you will fall into great danger!"

"You are right, father, but like us, the marquises are also enemies of the Circle of Truth. And there was a saying among the people of the empire: 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.'

Even if they are destined to become enemies in the future, before that, we can still cooperate with them to a limited extent. Use them as a knife to strike our enemies."

Faced with the Duke's advice, Anvis was unmoved, but explained to the Duke the benefits of doing so.

"Do you remember the information I conveyed to you before? There were pagans who claimed to be ambassadors of the Empire Marquis who went to some remote border cities of the Federation and met secretly with members of major forces in the Federation.

They offered a very high price to attract the Federation forces to secretly enter the Empire and stir up unrest, and the people of the Circle of Truth also heard about this."

"However, according to my investigation, the Songxing Esoteric Cult and the Circle of Truth are also in the hostile camp. The reason seems to involve the grievances between the foreign beings behind the two.

So, after learning the news, the leader of the Circle of Truth made a plan.

When the plan of the marquises was launched, the main force of the Songxing Esoteric Cult would inevitably be involved by the Olivendi family, resulting in the emergence of lone people on the side of the marquises.

At that time, the leader was ready to plan an action to attack the marquises. And the reason I came to you this time was actually because I applied to the leader to come and discuss cooperation with the Olivendi family."

As he said, Anvis stared at the Duke with his blue eyes and showed a wicked smile.

"If you don't mind, I am willing to represent the Olivendi family and negotiate with the representatives sent by the Circle of Truth!"

"......?!"

Carrot looked at Avis with his mouth twitching, and his fingers instinctively rubbed his cufflinks, not knowing what to say.

"The request made by the leader of the Circle of Truth is very simple. They hope to meet on the battlefield and our people can temporarily join forces with them when attacking the marquises."

After a little joke with the Duke, Avis looked serious again.

"I think that cooperating with the Circle of Truth in this matter has more advantages than disadvantages. We can use their power to lay traps and strive to directly reduce the number of the nine marquises of the empire."

"...It sounds like there is no harm, but this matter is not something that can be decided by my Olivendi family alone. I need to discuss with the Alfred family in advance before I can give a reply."

After pondering for a while, the Duke nodded, which was considered to be an approval of Avis's proposal.

However, the experiment related to Fiona is a joint project of the two families after all. He needs to obtain the consent of the head of the Alfred family first, but it should not be too difficult.

In the current situation, whether the Ring of Truth intervenes or not, the situation of the two families will not get worse. If you refuse rashly, you may immediately push the other party to the hostile camp, which is meaningless.

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Glorious calendar 2464, 7th day of the Blazing Sun Month, night.

The appearance of Silver Gull City is still calm, but in fact, layers of protection have been laid.

With the Lord's Mansion as the center, the entire scope of Silver Gull City is shrouded in an invisible huge magic circle.

The protective magic circle arranged and controlled by the ninth-level extreme guardian himself must be weighed even if the ninth-level comes to attack.

Fiona sat in her room waiting anxiously. The two little ones squeezed beside the girl and let her hold them gently, and they were also worried about the girl's nervousness.

She had been informed that there would be an apostle of the Songxing Esoteric Cult coming to attack tomorrow.

Although there were no more details, the girl could easily guess that the enemy who could make the family notify her was probably at least a ninth-level existence.

"Don't worry too much, Lord. Even if the enemy is strong, you will be able to survive this crisis safely with the protection of the great Olivendi family."

Anvis still played the role of a qualified adjutant, comforting the girl in a leisurely tone.

Before that, as time approached, Fiona's insecurity became stronger and stronger, so the girl specially summoned Anvis, hoping to get some comfort from him.

"... Lord Boli, do you know anything about the Songxing Esoteric Cult?"

Holding the kitten Kate and the little dragon Fia, Fiona's hands unconsciously tightened a little, and she spoke softly.

"The Songxing Secret Cult is an ancient continental-level alien god cult. During the spread, it split into alien god cults such as the [Moon Calling Secret Cult] and the [Revelation Secret Cult].

But in the past, their reputation was not very prominent. They only held some strange ceremonies in private, not to mention that they took out three ninth-level strongmen at one time.

So I personally guess that the so-called apostles of the Songxing Secret Cult should be more watery than normal ninth-level strongmen."

Looking at the girl who forced herself to be calm, Avis could only try to explain the relationship behind it to her. As for how to adjust her emotions, it was still up to the girl to solve it herself.

As the lord of the Star Territory and the legendary prophecy star, this is the pressure she must bear.

In fact, many ninth-level people were very surprised by the sudden rise of the ancient sect of the Songxing Secret Cult.

In this regard, the Duke privately suspected that the previous event of the Lord of Dreams might have caused some unknown and far-reaching impact on the continent, which led to the other party getting some benefits.

While Xingchen Territory was preparing intensively, the ninth-rank worshippers of the royal family were also paying close attention to this incident.

Logically speaking, the royal family should have dealt a heavy blow to the Songxing Esoteric Cult for attacking the territory of the Duke's descendants to make them understand who the owner of this land is.

But the current situation is special. Gloria III is in seclusion and ignores the government.

So the question is, who should the ninth-rank worshippers of the royal family listen to now? Who will stand up and make a statement on behalf of the royal family?

The status of the ninth-rank worshippers is transcendent. Many ninth-rank worshippers of the royal family are nominally loyal to the emperor of the empire. Under normal circumstances, their status is equal, and there will be no situation where one person represents the other.

Maybe some princes and princesses are quite willing to accept this arduous task, but this involves another problem. Gloria III is only "seriously injured" and in seclusion, and has not yet gone to see the gods.

When Gloria III did not specifically designate a certain descendant to temporarily manage the government, even if they forcibly issued an order, the ninth-rank worshippers of the royal family could completely choose to ignore it.

In this case, there is a lot of room for maneuver in dealing with the attack of the Songxing Esoteric Cult.

Of course, they have to take care of it. This incident must end with the people of the Songxing Esoteric Cult being expelled from the empire.

But they will arrive later. If the people of the two major families can deal with the enemy by themselves, then the problem will be solved.

However, if the enemy has some unknown trump card, causing the two major families to accidentally let Fiona be taken away, then they can only express regret and do their best to help the two major families find Fiona's whereabouts.