Chapter 568: The Empire's Response

Although everyone left the secret realm safely, the follow-up of this incident has just begun.

According to the descriptions of Princess Starlight and many other eyewitnesses, the alien cult disguised their identities, killed many of them, and even arranged a mysterious ritual with unknown effects, suspected to be calling for the arrival of foreign gods.

If it weren't for the last moment when a mysterious man appeared and fought a fierce battle with the priest, and they both died, they might not have been able to hold on until the reinforcements arrived.

When the news of the incident in the Secret Realm of Glory spread, the upper echelons of the Glory Empire were in an uproar.

A cult of alien gods sneaked into the Secret Realm of Glory and attacked the descendants of the imperial high-ranking officials. This has already touched the absolute red line.

The imperial family was furious and directly defined the Songxing Secret Cult as an extremely evil organization. The entire empire strangled the Songxing Secret Cult members. They also used the rare item [Eye of Destiny] to search for their whereabouts, vowing to completely wipe out the Songxing Secret Cult.

But it seemed that they had been prepared for the reaction of the Imperial Royal Family. The main forces of the Songxing Esoteric Cult had already secretly moved to the Itel Free Federation, leaving the Royal Family empty-handed.

The envoy of the Empire has made a solemn representation to the Federal Parliament, asking them to cooperate with the Ninth Order of the Empire to capture the High Priest of the Song Star Esoteric Cult. However, the other party has not responded yet, and it seems that they are preparing to discuss it publicly at the next meeting.

However, the attack by the pagans was only superficial, and many people noticed the unusual things behind it.

Just relying on the people of Songxing Secret Sect, even if they have some strange means, how can they hide from the surveillance of more than one ninth-level extreme master?

Also, why are the vast majority of those attacked and killed conservatives? If the attacks were random, it would be difficult for such a coincidence.

Some people questioned this at the regular meeting of the nobility, but several openly reformist marquises firmly denied it, believing that this was a complete conspiracy and that the mastermind behind it was trying to frame them.

Their reasoning was simple: if this was an action planned by reformists, there would never be such obvious tendencies and loopholes.

After a fierce debate, since neither side had any evidence, the issue was temporarily shelved, waiting for further investigation results before making a ruling.

But it is foreseeable that the investigation into the reformists will end up in nothing, just like previous similar investigations.

After all, no matter what happens, as long as it involves a ninth-level strongman, it will become extremely troublesome.

To paraphrase a person in charge of the investigation: "We can't investigate everything. What if we find something?"

The most notable people in this incident were the two explorers from the Olivendi family.

The first is the fourth son of Duke Karlas, Anvis Olivendi.

With his unique vision, he ignored all objections and allocated the precious exploration quota to two strangers. At the critical moment, he passed on the intelligence through the strangers' special channels, buying precious time for rescue.

It can be said that Anvis played a great role in the rescue of so many noble descendants, but unfortunately his whereabouts were unknown in the secret realm and he was unable to accept the royal reward.

However, according to information provided by the Olivendi family, Anvis is not dead, but is suspected to be lost in a special area, and there is still hope that he will return soon.

As the second key to providing intelligence, the two foreigners were personally received by Gloria III, and were given the title of honorary viscount of the empire and generous resource rewards.

Although Xia Ye Yinghuo did not contribute to the process of delivering the message, she was a student of the [Secret Star Scholar], so she was also counted when the reward was distributed.

Honorary Viscounts have no fiefs, but they have the right to explore. As mentioned before, although the humans on the Yar continent claim to have unified the entire continent, the actual living area of ​​humans only occupies about 35% of the continent's area.

If the Last Dragonborn or Summer Night Firefly is able to open up a viscount-sized territory and build a city in the empire's no-man's land, they can obtain the legitimate lord status recognized by the royal family.

The imperial family gave this kind of reward for many reasons. The status of an honorary viscount is not big, but not small either. Although the two have made great contributions, they are foreigners after all, so this reward is just right.

If the two did not expand the territory, then the reward would be just a simple title, but even if they found a way to expand the territory, the empire would not lose out.

Moreover, the strangers had no offspring, so after they died of old age, the royal family could legitimately take back the developed territories, which was equivalent to paying wages to expand the empire's territory.

Finally, the royal family may have intended to win over the two of them privately while Anvis was away.

A stranger who was favored by Anvis and invested in the exploration of the Glorious Secret Realm must have something special. It was quite a good deal to tie the two of them down at the cost of a viscountship.

Even if the attempt to win them over fails, it will leave a grudge in Avis's heart, making him afraid to reuse these two people, thus providing an opportunity for further winning them over.

The other one is the third daughter of Duke Karlas, Alanis Olivendi.

Somehow or other, she rescued some people who were attacked by pagans from the secret realm, and won the gratitude of many people.

The rescued people also had no idea what was happening to them. They were in an unconscious state throughout the attack.

Although Alanis stated that it was just an accident, as she found them in the ashes of Avis, she was not the one who actually saved them from the enemy.

But most people didn't believe this explanation, they just thought she was a low-key person and didn't want to bear the reputation of saving people with mysterious means. So they simply asked her to deliver it to the people who saved them, and sent their respective gifts of thanks directly. . ….….On the second floor open-air platform of Moon Castle, the Knight Training Ground.

Several fierce whirlwinds kept rolling in the open field, carrying the scent of ancient snow on the top of the Migaro Mountains, leaving a silvery-white frost mark on the surface of several target dolls used for practice.

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A girl with long ice-blue hair sat cross-legged on the icy ground in the center of the training ground. A thin sword that looked like ten-thousand-year-old ice was placed across her slender white thighs, reflecting a faint blue light in the sunlight.

The girl closed her eyes calmly, her breathing seemed to be in tune with the rhythm of the whole environment. After an unknown amount of time, this harmonious scene was finally broken by the young man who walked into the scene.

"Didn't I already say that saving you has nothing to do with me?"

Sensing Evan approaching, Alanis sheathed her sword, opened her icy blue eyes, and glanced at him calmly.

As she moved, the swirling cold wind in the training ground gradually subsided, as if it had been put into the scabbard of her sword.

After she returned to her family, the first thing she did was to check Avis's blood crystal ball. After confirming that Avis was indeed fine, she felt relieved for a while and checked the sealed box.

Everyone knows what happened next, and she became a hero who saved her companions from the pagans, although she personally denied it.

Although no one knew what happened, she couldn't get over it.

Lies will cloud her soul.

"Don't worry, dear Third Sister, I came to you to talk about this."

At this time, Evan, who had changed into a light white casual outfit, walked slowly towards her and sat down beside her casually.

Seeing the questioning look in Alanis's eyes, Evan stared at the icy ground in front of him and spoke calmly.

"You know, actually when I woke up before, I retained some information.

Unlike them, when I was controlled by those strange things, I was able to sense everything around me."

(End of this chapter)