anovelconsole Chapter 83 The Player's Window of Opportunity!
Chapter 83 The Player's Window of Opportunity!
Chapter 83 The Player's Window of Opportunity!
"Is Holy Stone City open?"
At the front lines of Holy Stone City, the legion commanders who had been preparing for war were stunned when they received this news. Didn't the city lord of Holy Stone City see the commotion outside? Diplomats had all died in Mirandil, and war could break out here at any moment, yet he still dared to open up.
Half an hour later, these legion leaders received a message that the current administrator of Holy Stone City, Lady Eliza who had married and moved to the south, wanted to meet with the local high-ranking officials. Many legion commanders were stunned when they saw this message. Wasn't that pretty boy Antonis killed in Milandir? Could it be that his charm had worked?
Duke of the Raven's internal team was also holding a meeting to discuss this matter.
"Is this willingness to open up Eliza's own idea, or Mirandier's?" At the meeting, the head of the think tank asked:
Duke Raven's strategist, Beckhill, offered his opinion: "I don't believe Eliza has that authority. Her ability to win the case and retain control of Holy Stone City most likely means she's already sided with the Igor family!"
"I think so too. That woman was abandoned by her own family and chose to try her luck in the south to become the wife of the city lord of Holy Stone City. She doesn't have much loyalty to her family and country. Moreover, she knows very well that if she can't inherit her husband's title, she won't even have a place to live. Therefore, she has a good motive to get close to Milandir."
"Having a motive is one thing..." a woman shrouded in shadow spoke softly, "But why was she chosen by the Igor family? Anyone could become the city lord of Holy Stone City, so why didn't the Igor family send one of their own? Wouldn't that be safer?"
"If it were our own people, we would most likely use the murder of the diplomat as a pretext to directly send troops to Holy Stone City, at least temporarily occupy it, and investigate its secrets."
"What bullshit secret?" a tall, burly man grumbled. "We've taken this city before. Decades ago, it was so deserted that nobody cared about it. If there were any secrets, they would have been discovered long ago. Why wait until now?"
The Duke of the Raven, dressed in blue armor, looked grave; this was his biggest worry.
Is it really necessary to pay such a huge price to take Holy Stone City?
From a strategic perspective, the Igor family has controlled Holy Stone City for many years. If there were any secrets, they would have obtained them long ago. The fact that Holy Stone City has remained so peaceful for so many years means either there is simply no way into the forest, or... they just haven't found it yet.
The Igor family probably doesn't want to give up Holy Stone City, but they also don't want to provoke us too much. Just as someone said earlier, if we directly send people from the Igor family to manage Holy Stone City, then we might take action directly.
Once the fighting begins, the two sides will engage in a protracted and irreversible war.
The most important reason is that Os, the son of the Igor family, is old and probably doesn't want to fight.
By opening up Holy Stone City to me so I could send people in to gather intelligence, he was probably sending the message: There's nothing here!
Only in this way can it make sense.
As for himself, if Holy Stone City was meaningless, it was not worth it for him to invade the land of the Rhine Empire.
Whether Duke Os was truly on his deathbed was uncertain. He was indeed the empire's biggest hawk, but if he were to start a war and fail to achieve significant results, his political enemies would surely launch a fierce attack. Moreover, he had wasted a great deal of resources exploring the forest, losing countless troops and wealth over the years, severely weakening his forces. In reality, he was not confident of winning a battle against the Igor family.
If he fails to take down the Igor family as quickly as possible, he will definitely be dragged down by his political enemies.
But the prophecy from there should be right. The things in the forest should be on the verge of recovery, otherwise someone like Michelle wouldn't exist!
"First, let someone meet with Eliza and see her attitude. See if she's willing to help us gather intelligence. If so, give her some benefits and make some promises."
"What promise?" someone nearby frowned and asked, "Who would be suitable to send to the meeting?"
"Who else could it be?" a tall, thin nobleman chuckled. "Of course, it's that... man who has always been ashamed of his daughter."
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Eliza quickly received a reply from the Beth Empire, informing her that they would send a count to meet with her, and the messenger directly stated the count's name.
Earl of Daws...
As far as titles are concerned, Eliza only inherited the title of viscount. The Beth Empire sending a marquis to negotiate was already giving them a lot of face. But given how much Duke Raven values this place, he certainly wouldn't send just anyone. Eliza soon understood why it was an earl.
"Father..." Eliza took a deep breath. She never expected that she would be meeting her father, who regarded her as a disgrace, again so soon.
"What are your plans?" Bright rarely saw the city lord's wife with such a bewildered expression.
"I..." Eliza closed her eyes, and the confusion on her face quickly dissipated.
Back then, after I became pregnant, my father loathed me, my sisters mocked me relentlessly, and my mother wouldn't even see me.
The news of her pregnancy spread like wildfire, and she knew it must have been her dear sisters who had done it. Her father hadn't stopped them, otherwise, with their boldness, they wouldn't have dared to spread it so freely.
After so many years, through her growth and recent experiences, she gradually came to understand why her father hadn't chosen to cover for her immediately.
First, there was self-loathing, and then... it was a deliberate act of sending oneself to the south.
Duke Raven needed a woman to infiltrate Holy Stone City, and his father, with the idea of making use of waste, recommended him, which led to everything that followed. He probably never imagined that he could do such a good job.
Not only did she successfully become the wife of the Lord of Holy Stone City, but she also gained control of Holy Stone City, becoming a pawn that the Duke could use.
At this point, even if he loathes this disgrace, he has no choice but to bow his head and face me, right?
"I wonder what kind of expression she'll have," Eliza chuckled softly.
"Expression?" Bright was a little confused by the other person's train of thought.
"Mr. Bright," Eliza looked at Bright, then at her babbling daughter beside him, and asked with a smile, "If your daughter...."
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"I don't have a daughter!" Brett retorted almost instinctively!
Eliza:
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Seemingly realizing his reaction had been too strong, Bright coughed lightly: "I mean... I really don't have a daughter..."
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"I mean, hypothetically," Eliza said, narrowing her eyes. "If your daughter was young and naive, seduced by a man outside, and got pregnant before marriage, what would you do?"
「先看看那男人有没有资格娶我女儿，如果身份相当，那我就先揍他一顿，然后让他老老实实的负责。」布莱特想了想道。
"What if the man isn't qualified?"
"That depends on how bad it gets..." Bright had a headache. These days, there are quite a few cases of young girls being ruined by rich guys. Young girls can be very stubborn sometimes. If that guy is responsible and has potential, it might be frustrating, but it's not impossible...
"What if the man is just playing around?" Eliza laughed again.
"That depends on whether I have the ability to kill him," Bright laughed. "If I don't have the ability, I can wait for an opportunity. In my opinion, even a royal child will always have a chance."
Eliza was taken aback, staring blankly at the other person. This guy... he really dares to say that.
"You should be a good father..."
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"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it..." Bright lowered his head, unusually feeling guilty, and glanced at the little guy babbling incessantly beside him.
Upon getting closer to the little girl, he discovered that she seemed to be resonating with something within his body, like a magnet. Without any instruction, Brett could sense that she was connecting with some kind of extraordinary ability within his body.
I am currently a level 13 Fighter, a level 11 Spirit Healer, and a level 25 Corpse Whisperer. The levels are all different and there is no connection between the professions. But this child seems to be able to synchronize any profession and level with her as long as I want.
However, he had also conducted an experiment on the road these past few days. Every time he synchronized a supernatural ability with this child, the other party would sever the connection, and it would take at least three days before the connection would resume. In other words, if this ability were to be switched, the cooldown period was three days.
If you want to use children for something, you have to plan this cooling-off period carefully...
Damn it, what am I thinking?
What are they plotting by using a child?
I'm getting more and more wicked. Just now, Eliza was praising me as a good father.
Thinking about this made Bright feel even more guilty.
"What should I do in the next round of negotiations?" Eliza asked earnestly.
"Just negotiate the terms normally, showing that you are willing to serve the North, but you must guarantee your return route, open up Holy Stone City, but do not allow extraordinary professions from enemy countries to enter, and keep these conditions in place."
"That duke will definitely send someone in," Eliza said, frowning.
"I know." Blait nodded. "It would be troublesome if you didn't let him send people in. If you block him from his date and make him anxious, he's more likely to do something irrational. He'll be more patient and wait it out as some intelligence is gradually sent over."
"What secrets does the forest hold?" Eliza couldn't help but ask.
"Actually, I don't know either..." Bright said seriously.
Eliza snorted coldly, knowing that Bright didn't want to tell her the details, but then again, if he wasn't after her beauty or the position of Lord of Holy Stone City, then he must be after something else.
I don't care what secrets the forest holds; all I need to do is protect my position as the city lord's wife. Since you all want to scheme against each other, let you fight amongst yourselves as long as it doesn't affect me.
Seeing that Eliza had tacitly agreed with his statement, Bright secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In this way, a temporary balance should be achieved.
Before confirming the intelligence, the northern side will not easily start a war. On the Milandir side, Duke Os has no courage to fight. Both sides are cautiously probing each other, so they will only send unregistered players to gather intelligence.
Some might ask, wouldn't the Empire send out even more powerful superhuman mercenaries?
The answer... is, of course, no.
The secret of elven bloodlines is not something the upper echelons of the nobility would entrust to anyone. Those high-level extraordinary mercenaries, who are not controlled by the noble seals and whose origins and backgrounds are mysterious, even if they were trained by their own country, the Duke of the Raven probably wouldn't dare to use them.
The reason is simple: as long as it is not under one's own control, if one obtains the secret of the legendary elves, there is a possibility of the guards stealing it.
In comparison, those low-level unregistered individuals are the easiest to control; even if they harbor such thoughts, they have the ability to suppress them.
So, if Bright isn't mistaken, what follows will be a chaotic battle between players from Milandir and players from the enemy nation of Beth, who will be spying on each other. It will also be a window of opportunity for players in these two regions to... turn the tide in a short period of time!