Inside the Earl's Mansion, Joseph, Barnier and their four-man team had brought the dying rebel members to them.

"That's him"

Sean looked at the man lying on the ground, his clothes already tattered. His health, which should have been over 5,000, was now only 1,000, and his human favorability remained hostile.

"Yes, sir. Several others died in the battle. He was the only one captured alive out of seven people in total." Joseph said, looking at the four people around him.

I just saw how the four of them fought. Even among the mercenary teams, they were definitely at the top. They coordinated very well and their abilities were not weak. My initial estimate was that they were probably not much different from me.

If such a person follows the Earl, I don't know what will happen to my status.

Sean looked at Joseph's hesitant expression and bent down curiously.

"how"

"Oh, it's alright. Sir, we have captured the enemy. It's up to you to decide what to do with him."

He's already half dead on the ground. What else can we do? Just lock him up together.

"Did any of the rebels with him escape?"

"No, we surrounded the hotel completely and didn't let anyone escape." Joseph seemed very confident when he said this, and the four-member team of Barnier behind him also said that they had dealt with them all.

"By the way, sir, there is another thing we found on this person. I'll give it to you to take a look. I don't know what it is, but it feels like some kind of church rhetoric." Joseph handed over the thick-covered book.

Sean took it in his hand and opened it, his expression changed instantly after seeing those words.

Your previous life was completely in ignorant happiness.

Until darkness comes to the door of this fragile world, you wake up from your dream

Something unspeakable horror has awakened from an eons of slumber and all reality as we know it will come crashing down.

"On him"

"Yes, my lord."

"My Lord Earl, I discovered this when I snatched his waist bag at the last moment. Otherwise, it would have been destroyed by the magic." Latina did not forget to add a little drama to herself.

"Didn't I remind you?"

"That's what I took too."

Sean looked at the four people who were arguing again, especially Latina who was talking.

Almost making the other person feel embarrassed, he slowly said, "It's really on him."

"Yes, what's the matter, Lord Earl?"

He seemed to be lost in thought and did not respond immediately to the questions raised by several people. His words were just like the ancient gods that the shallow and deep people he had met before had always talked about. They were obviously the words of believers in the ancient gods.

The rebels are actually related to the ancient gods. If that's the case, it will be difficult to deal with.

Sean frowned and gave another order to the five people in front of him.

"Joseph, during this period, you must tighten the security of Oro City and strictly scrutinize anyone entering or leaving. Also, the four of you. According to our previous agreement, since you have captured the rebels, I will give you corresponding tasks. Since you are not born into the military, I will not assign you to military service. I will allow you to serve as my own forces, hidden among the people."

To put it bluntly, they are thugs trained separately.

There is no armed force around him other than the army, and some things are not suitable for the army to do, so it is most appropriate to let them do it, including collecting intelligence and solving certain special tasks.

On weekdays, they can still be members of the mercenary team and accept tasks from the mercenary guild, but once they give their own orders, they must complete their own tasks.

Of course, the four of them would not object to this kind of easy and profitable job. Even his fangirl asked to become a member of the Royal Guard. Regarding this, Sean said that it depends on their future performance.

After assigning the positions, Sean gathered all his subordinates together again, including Diawara and people from the Morgan family.

He announced the results of his investigation and the empire's preparations for war in front of everyone.

Apparently, no one knew about this yet, and everyone's expression was filled with anger when the Borg were mentioned.

"It's the Borg again. They've been at odds with our Bashalan Empire for years. I thought they might start a war, but I didn't expect them to actually come."

"Those damn Borg have been roaming around the northern border of the Empire. Sooner or later, they will attack us."

"The north is too far away from us now. We have to deal with the things in the city. We must not let the rebels take advantage of the situation and break in, no matter who they are," Sean said, interrupting the conversation.

The rebels' reputation is almost hostile to mine, so as long as I pay more attention to the situation on the city sand table during this period, I might be able to find out whether they seem to have come to Oro City. However, if they are related to the ancient gods, then there will be big problems.

After giving all the instructions, Sean came to the underground cell again.

Ulysses, who had just been captured, was also imprisoned here, but the guy who was beaten half to death was afraid that he would not have a chance to speak at the moment, so Sean still came to Dashiqi's cell.

The two had talked about this before, and Sean found that the girl's mental will was weaker among the three and easier to break than the other two.

"Unfortunately, the information I received this time was more reliable, so your other companion was also imprisoned. As for the others, they all died in the battle." Sean said.

Upon hearing that her companion had died, Tashigi did not remain silent this time but cursed in a weak voice.

"You will die sooner or later, you murderer."

"It's true that I will die, no one can escape death, but my life or death is not something you can decide. Perhaps we will all die at the hands of the dark forces. I like to talk directly. Has your so-called revolutionary army been tainted with the power of the ancient gods?" Sean suddenly asked.

Dashigi said nothing.

But a state of doubt suddenly appeared above my head.

A sneer sneered at his lips.

"This is your nobles' new trick. What crime are you going to accuse us of so that we can be publicly executed? Now that I'm in your hands, I never thought I'd get to live." Tashigi glared at Sean.

"No, then what is this? It was found on your companion Ulysses. You should know his notes." Then, under the dim firelight, Sean unfolded Ulysses' notes, and even read them to her for fear that she had lost sight of them.

Just after I finished reading, the girl's face suddenly became extremely frightened.

"How could this happen?"

"How did Ulysses join them?"

“What do these things represent?”

"cthuhu how did those cultists get into the revolutionary army?"

The girl's body trembled involuntarily.

"Go on, what do these patterns represent?" Sean instinctively felt that this was related to the believers of the ancient gods, and the name the other party said was exactly the same as the one said by the Deep and Shallow One.