In the brightly lit study room, the ruler of the Typhon Empire and tonight's uninvited guest faced each other in silence.
In the past hour, Rosetta Augustus knew the world's most daring, secretive, and craziest plan, the limit of mortal ambitions, which made the emperor speechless for a long time.
"In the face of a thousand-year-long plan, any temporary failure or setback is insignificant. From your point of view, it must not be difficult to understand," Fierna & Leierna's voice finally broke the silence, "The Emperor Your Majesty, do you doubt the authenticity of the 'Project Disobedience'?"
"Before discussing its authenticity, I'm more curious about why you came to me," Rosetta stared at the elf twins in front of her, "Are you eager to find a new investment target?"
"Should we go find that Gawain Cecil?" Reina laughed, "There are not many visionary leaders, and besides Gawain Cecil, you are the only suitable choice. "
Ferna followed up and said, "Your Majesty Rosetta Augustus, the heir of Augustus' bloodline, this is not the first time we have contacted, we know what kind of situation you and your family are facing. Crazy Shadows…”
Leierna took half a step forward: "The collapse of the old imperial capital two hundred years ago made your ancestors witness things that mortals should not pry into. Those twisted and crazy knowledge soaked the blood of the Augustus family, but you also From it, I got a glimpse of some truths of the world... "
Fierna followed in the footsteps of Leierna: "So, as long as you think a little bit, you will realize that what we say is true, and at the same time realize that we should be natural allies."
The elf twins stopped in front of Emperor Rosetta's desk, smiling like mirror images, and said in unison: "You need to fight against the madness brought by the gods, we need new allies, and we need each other."
Rosetta looked at the twins and raised her hand slightly: "Stand back."
The elf twins immediately retreated to their original positions: "As you wish."
"According to what you said, the rebellious plan is a secret plan of the Gondor Empire, which is directly controlled by its royal family, so how did you two elves get involved with this plan?" Rosetta's face sank, as if she had no idea He was moved by the persuasion of these two elves just now, but he was still full of vigilance and doubts.
"The disobedience plan is indeed the legacy of the human empire, but humans are not the only ones involved in this plan. A considerable part of the project requires the knowledge of druids, and the silver elves are the source of most druids," Reina responded frankly, "We used to be scholars secretly recruited by the Gondor Empire and worked for it a thousand years ago. The evil tide interrupted our work seven hundred years ago, and we had to return to the Silver Empire temporarily. The birth made us realize that this cause is not over and we return to our mission to this day."
"As the elves of the Silver Empire, you serve Gondor, and you haven't told your home country any secrets about the rebellious plan?"
"...Elves are not suitable for large-scale exposure to disobedience projects, and we have our own reasons."
Rosetta stared at the elf twins in front of him. After staring for half a minute, he retracted his gaze a little: "The birth of the end of all things... Seven hundred years ago, the leaders of the three dark sects were on the peak of the ancestors. What did you see?"
Fierna and Leierna looked at each other, and then said at the same time: "If what your ancestors saw in the collapse of the old imperial capital was the fragments of the puzzle, what the leaders of the three religions saw on the Ancestral Peak is the whole puzzle." jigsaw puzzle.
"They arrived in the Kingdom of God, saw the birth and destruction of the gods, and saw the nature and destined end of the gods.
"The Gondor scholars a thousand years ago believed that the gods were approaching madness, and that madness would cause the destruction of the mortal world in the final stage, but they actually got one thing wrong. The gods were not approaching madness.
"The moment a mortal begins to think, the gods have gone mad."
Rosetta didn't speak for a while, but thought for a moment, then he shook his head: "I've heard enough of these vague fables from ancient times, let's talk about what actually happened on the Plain of the Holy Spirit? Everything dies What would have been done, and what have those Cecilians done?"
"We left Anzu before the final battle, so I'm afraid we can't give you too detailed information, but we still know some things." The artificial god has been insane since its birth, and those Cecilians... they destroyed the artificial god in the White Sand Hills area."
Rosetta's eyes instantly became sharp and deep, and after a short pause, she slowly asked: "An artificial god? How strong is it? Are the Cecilians capable of destroying such an artificial god? How much did they pay?"
"The artificial gods are fakes, but their power is still greater than any earthly creature you know, and as for the Cecilians... they seem to have allies to help, but we don't know who their allies are yet."
After thinking for a while, Rosetta nodded, leaned back into the chair, and said in a cold voice: "I know this conversation is over."
This time, the Elf Twins, who had always maintained a confident expression, finally couldn't help showing a look of astonishment: "You don't intend to accept our cooperation?"
"Did I say I would accept it?" Rosetta glanced at the two elves with a half-smile, "I admit that your words are indeed very deceptive, but there is one thing you got wrong."
The elf twins looked at each other and said in unison: "What is it?"
"I'm not talking about cooperation with cultists, and you don't have the qualifications yet."
"Then before you..."
"That was just taking advantage," Rosetta raised her right hand slightly, "now, it's just taking advantage of it."
The elf twins finally noticed the powerful magic power secretly accumulated by the ruler of Typhon. Their expressions changed instantly, and countless poisonous vines came out from between the floor and the wall out of thin air, stabbing at the desk behind the desk like sharp arrows. Rosetta the Great, and they themselves were shrouded in green brilliance at the same time, and instantly transformed into small nightingales in the light curtain, rushing straight to the nearby window
A series of explosions suddenly exploded in the study, and countless winding and split electric lights spread out centered on Rosetta, burning those poisonous vines to ashes in an instant, and then he swung a wave at the two nightingales. With a wave of his hand, one after another arcane barriers condensed like crystal barriers, blocking the way for the elves to escape.
Two nightingales uttered melodious but chilling chirps at the same time, invisible ripples rippling in the air, hindering the closing of the arcane barrier, sparks sparked layer upon layer from the magic power, jumping around in this study, sparks In the splash, a slender black shadow passed through the gap between the arcane barriers, and disappeared in the busy night outside the window in an instant, while another shadow was captured by the magic cage formed by the arcane barrier, and rushed left After falling to the right, he fell to the ground.
Rosetta Augustus just stood up from behind the desk. Surrounded by jumping arcane arcs, he stepped on the study floor that was still emitting green smoke. He came to the nightingale that had fallen to the ground. He looked down at the latter expressionlessly: "It's good to be able to catch one..."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the nightingale suddenly twisted and trembled, and was quickly engulfed by a halo of light, turning into shimmering particles that drifted with the wind, and completely disappeared before Rosetta's eyes within a few seconds. .
Rosetta watched this scene quietly, until the nightingale's residual magical reaction completely disappeared, and he whispered to himself with a hint of thought: "The so-called 'Twins'... so it's just one person... It's kind of interesting."
A sound of slightly messy footsteps came from the corridor, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside, and several palace guards and a court mage wearing a purple starry robe appeared in front of Rosetta. The guard saw the messy scene in the study, and the expression on his face became extraordinarily exciting. After a moment of hesitation, the court mage in charge sorted out his sentence, and summoned up his courage to ask, "Your Majesty, here..."
"A visitor came late at night, but unfortunately she didn't want to stay longer." Rosetta waved her hand, signaling the guards not to be nervous, "Let's clean it up, it's a trivial matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Rosetta Augustus nodded slightly, then scanned the nearby bookshelves and walls, and landed on the map not far away.
He stared at Typhon and the border of "Kingdom of Ansu".
Anzu's kingship is over, and this map should be changed.
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On the border of Typhon, inside Winter Wolf Castle, Andersa Wendell was looking away from the battle map.
The Changfeng Fortress and the Winter Wolf Castle are facing each other far away, with only a plain in between. The "peace agreement" between the two countries is still in effect, and the Mithril copy of the agreement is still stored in the contracting fort in the center of the plain. But it is constantly brewing in this confrontation zone.
The Changfeng Fortress is increasing its troops, and the Winter Wolf Castle is also increasing its troops. The border troops of both sides have almost doubled in just one month. All kinds of intelligence agents are trying to infiltrate the towns and villages near the border, none of them are breaking the situation, but all of them are doing the same thing in silence. There is an ironic "tacit understanding" between the opposing sides What is even more ironic than this "tacit understanding of war" is that trade activities across borders are still going on as usual, and even expanded in scale recently.
Andersa is a military commander, but she is not a brave general. She can see a lot of information from the trade orders circulating in the levels she controls. The expansion of the order scale and the activity of merchants mean two things: First, Ansu's vitality has not been greatly damaged in the previous wars, and they still have the ability to purchase and digest a large amount of supplies. A large number of merchants with Cecil's emblem will appear in the East Territory and Typhon checkpoints.
The young wolf general couldn't help pinching the center of his brows to relieve the pressure accumulated in his head, but the knock on the door sounded from outside the room at the right time, interrupting her thoughts.
"Come in."
The door opened, and a young knight walked into the room.
"General, I have new information," the young knight came to Andersa, saluted and reported neatly, "Another troop of about 2,000 people has entered Changfeng Fortress from the northwest. The emblem of the Mountain Corps, but the leading general is unknown, not someone we are familiar with."
"Another two thousand people have been added..." Andersa frowned, "...their mountain corps suffered heavy damage, where did they find so many supplementary soldiers..."
The knight's adjutant has followed Andesa for many years, and he is also an experienced officer. At this moment, he expressed his conjecture: "Maybe they are just private soldiers from the north under the banner of the Mountain Corps. The Ansu people are bluffing."
"Using private soldiers with low combat effectiveness to disguise as the ace army... Maybe it is possible, but it doesn't matter, even if they bring up those private soldiers to show off, the number is limited after all, and their supplementary soldiers should not be more. Too much," Andersa shook her head, "It's just that His Majesty's order is not to take the initiative to attack before finding out the truth, so as not to fall into a trap. We still have to wait until we understand the specific military strength of Changfeng Fortress before we can act."
The knight's adjutant looked at his superior, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "General, do you think we will fight this year?"
Andersa glanced at the young man: "Do you want to fight?"
"Of course," the young knight raised his head immediately, "It is the duty of a knight to fight for honor on the battlefield, not to mention that we are the Winter Wolf Army."
Looking at this enthusiastic subordinate, Andersa couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
With the deepening of His Majesty's New Deal, a large number of small nobles in the empire have been affected by the New Deal, and the traditional life of nobles who rely on the land to sit and worship has become unsustainable. These small families have focused on military exploits. Under the current imperial policy, it is the best way to maintain the family and reap wealth. Therefore, a large number of minor nobles from lower backgrounds like the young knight in front of him have joined the army.
Of course, the empire is now developing the magic industry, which is also a way for the small and medium-sized nobles to return to glory, but investing in emerging industries requires not only courage and vision, but also basic financial resources and connections. It's not for everyone.
"I think so too." Andersa restrained her thoughts and exhaled lightly, but her father's face flashed in her mind, "Don't worry, this battle will eventually be fought."