In the morning, Yepes stood on the top of the building at the entrance of the Shadow Group branch as usual, with his hands behind his back, looking at the capital under the morning light. He always had this habit, although he walked in the dark, he liked to watch the sun rise slowly, and he liked the feeling of looking down at everything around him.
He first stood on the hillside behind the Shadow Group training camp, then on the clock tower of a small town, and then on the top of the castle tower in Caster City, until now, he stood on a building in the capital. Along the way, he saw countless brilliant sunrises, and countless shadows under the sun. He looked at the huge stone of the Temple of Nature in the distance, and thought that if he could stand there next, the sun he saw would surely be even brighter.
Seeing that the whole city was waking up every second, Yepes jumped down from the roof and returned to the Shadow Group's base. When he returned to his office, his confidant Edgar was already waiting for him at the door with breakfast.
Yepes sat at his seat, picked up a piece of bread, crushed it into a small piece with his hands, and threw it into his mouth. This is not only his way of dealing with bread, but also his way of dealing with his enemies.
After delivering breakfast, Edgar did not leave. Instead, he stood in front of Yepes's table with his head slightly lowered.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Yepes quickly finished the large basket of bread in front of him.
"Investigating Roland and his men's unusual movements has yielded some clues. There is indeed something wrong."
"That's right. He has already gone to the Wind Knights to draw manpower. He must be playing some big trick."
"One of the people he selected was one of ours. He finally found out that the people of the present world were preparing to launch a major attack on the remnants of the Temple of Wisdom. They got a map of the location of the secret main hall of the Temple of Wisdom from a certain channel. Roland did not tell Lord Altu, but secretly intercepted the map and prepared to mobilize a team to attack this place."
"The secret headquarters of the Temple of Wisdom? Really? Is this reliable?" Yepes got up from the backrest and leaned forward on the table.
"From the information we have received, Roland is clearly very serious. He has persuaded many allies in the temple to provide support for his operation.
We managed to get a copy of the map, and then sent people to do some confirmation around it. We also compared it with the recent news about the Temple of Wisdom. There is a high probability that the map is real. "
"How could you get the map from him? Wasn't the original carried with him in his storage ring?" Yepes asked.
"However, Roland also needs to verify the authenticity of the map. He needs someone to advise him on his actions, and he needs to provide evidence to convince his allies. Many people have seen this map. We picked a few relatively unimportant people and asked Brusuar to take action."
"Is that the guy who's good at charm?"
"Yes, his charm technique has been perfected. We successfully charmed four people and obtained information from them separately. Then we pieced the information together and verified it with each other, and finally confirmed this map."
"Is the beginning and the end clean?"
"Brusuar is a realm higher than these people. They won't remember anything."
"Hey, Roland is trying to take credit. But if we break into the headquarters of the Temple of Wisdom, it will indeed pose a great threat to Lord Altu. Although we have destroyed their temples many times over the past few thousand years, these people are like stink bugs, and we can never kill them all. Every time someone breaks into their main hall, they will become a hero for a while." Yepes pondered, "When was the last time their main hall was broken into?"
"That was more than 800 years ago."
"Hmph, it looks like the wheat is ripe and time to harvest it again. Based on the current intelligence, how strong is the main hall of the Temple of Wisdom?"
"The Temple of Wisdom has not seen a saint for many years. From our intelligence, their high priest should be at the Grandmaster level, and the four third-level priests should all be high-level." Edgar hesitated, "But if they are hiding some cards, it's hard to say."
"Well, we have to assume that they are all here and have backup. I am the only assassin master in the Shadow Group's capital branch. We also need to gather some allies. I must contact Lord Altu. It would be best if another master could go with us." Yepes finished the last piece of bread, stood up and said, "Go, verify all the information carefully again. If there is no problem, I will report this to Lord Altu."
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Not far from the natural temple made of huge stones is a manor surrounded by green trees. This is where the priests of the natural temple live.
In a small courtyard, Roland had just finished his breakfast. Gano, who was sitting opposite him, finished his last piece of bread and said, "Sir, I have a question."
"Go ahead." Roland smiled, as if he had already guessed what the other party needed to say.
"Taking down the main hall of the Temple of Wisdom is a great achievement, and it can also shake Altu's position. Why don't we do it ourselves, but instead give the opportunity to this guy Yepes? Such an achievement can be recorded in the history books." Gano asked.
"Gano, everything is like a spider web, connected but hard to see. To see the connection between things, sometimes you have to stand farther away and see the whole picture."
"Please give me some advice."
"What do you think is the price we need to pay to achieve such an achievement?"
"Well, will some people be sacrificed? But it is normal to make sacrifices in order to achieve success."
"Are you going to sacrifice yourself?"
"this… "
"Gano, you have a father who is very powerful, so you often tend to look at things from a high position. The higher the hawk flies, the harder it is to spot the rabbit."
"yes."
"I have read the records of previous attacks on the Ancient God Temple. There was not a single one that did not involve huge sacrifices. We must bring the most reliable allies with us, and we sacrifice our own strength. All we get is a false reputation. Even if you want to go down in history, there are many ways to do it. Why use such a tragic method? We are not those crazy people in the God's Arrival Sect who want to kill all the Ancient God believers.
If we let them go, it will be different. We will give the people in the Temple of Wisdom a warning at the last minute. If Yepes goes there, he will probably hit a wall. We can take advantage of his absence to do some things that are usually inconvenient to do.
Do you know how many benefits this has?"
Ganuo thought for a moment and said, "First, it weakens their power, then it strengthens our power in the capital, and then it gives us a reason to impeach Altu. So, it is much more beneficial than attacking on our own."
"That's right. But there is one last thing. We have gained the friendship of Master Xiao Chen and the people behind him. In my opinion, this may be more valuable than the previous ones."