After preparing for transmigration, Xia Yuan, a top player of storyline mages in his previous life, transmigrated into an NPC, and was even the fourth son of the newly born Duke of the Empire!
<...Chapter 778 Lan Nuo's Request
"I am ready to participate in the fight for the throne between my brothers and sisters as a competitor."
Lan Nuo's tone remained calm, but the content was earth-shattering.
"So, I hope to have your support, Lord Anvis."
"Is that how you say this?"
Glancing at Lan Nuo, Avis did not respond.
"Don't worry. This is the Word Sealing Ring given to me by His Majesty, the Royal Guardian [Star Guardian]. Under its 'secret-keeping' rule, the content of our conversation cannot be detected by others."
Lan Nuo took off the glove on his left hand and showed Anvis a ring sparkling with starlight on the little finger of his left hand.
"...Then I can tell you that the Olivendi family will not support any prince in the fight for imperial power. It will be useless even if you come to me."
Looking at the ring with a bit of surprise, Avis gave Lanno a heads-up in advance to prevent him from having the illusion of gaining the support of the Olivendi family through him.
"…Although it's a pity that I can't get the support of the Olivendi family, I didn't have much hope. After all, my eldest brother and fourth sister have probably already tried."
Lano shook his head.
"I have already said that I came here to gain your support."
"I am just an ordinary fourth-level mystic scholar, Your Highness Lan Nuo."
In response to Lan Nuo's invitation, Avis looked calm, and his words and actions conveyed the meaning of "you should ask for help from someone else."
"An 'ordinary fourth-level mystic scholar' who can ask a high-level prophet to punish the Hengjin Club, command unknown strong men in the Glorious Secret Realm to overwhelm the alien god priests, and even face ancient beings and still return to the mainland safely?"
Lan Nuo's words carried a touch of aristocratic sarcasm.
"Those are just rumors, don't take them seriously."
Avis flatly denied it. After all, he had never been instructed by anyone, nor had he really faced the ancient existence directly. There were the old secret scriptures standing in the way.
“Once or twice it may be a coincidence or an accident, but if the coincidence happens too many times, it is no longer a coincidence, Lord Anvis.
If I were facing the descendants of the other four major families, I might not say these words to them, but the feeling you give me is completely different from theirs."
Faced with Avis who was determined to pretend to be ignorant, Lan Nuo pursed his lips and simply laid his cards on the table.
"I can be honest with you, Anvis. In fact, I have now won the support of the imperial reformist nobles, including several marquises who are still neutral.
And you have also seen the ninth-level ring that His Majesty the Star Guardian bestowed upon me, and you should understand what this means."
"You are telling me this now, aren't you afraid that I will spread it later?"
After taking a playful look at Lan Nuo's handsome face, Avis turned around and leaned slightly on a rock pillar carved with vine patterns beside him.
"Will it do you any good to spread the word?"
Lan Nuo shrugged and analyzed it nonchalantly.
"Besides, even if you spread it, what can you do? Every prince has a lot of rumors and gossips circulating in the outside world. However, the details of what I just said are not even as complete as some of the rumors in the outside world.
If it is really exposed, it can only mean that there is a problem on my side."
"interesting……"
After a moment of silence, Avis's eyes turned slightly serious.
"Well, let's be clear. What kind of support do you want from me?"
"I remember that in our previous secret agreement, you could provide me with some 'necessary' high-level professional power, and help me share the pressure from my brother."
Lan Nuo smiled slightly, with a hint of cunning in his expression.
"Then first of all, I hope to get the help of a sufficiently high-level prophet. Otherwise, facing the prophet behind my other brothers and sisters, my situation will be very passive.
Secondly, I need a strong person whose existence is unknown to the outside world to protect my personal safety in secret and avoid being assassinated by some "gangsters".
Also, now I am on the side that supports my fourth sister. When I become independent, a large number of the reformist nobles who currently support my fourth sister but are not completely satisfied with her ideas will switch to my side.
I heard that Fiona has a pretty good relationship with my fourth sister, and you have a very good relationship with her, so I hope you can help and ask her to mediate for me to prevent my fourth sister from having a grudge against me because of this matter.
After all, I still hope to join forces with her in the future to fight against my eldest brother and the Aslade family."
"You're really welcome."
Avis also laughed.
"But you should know that there is no free lunch in the world, right?"
"Of course, Avis."
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Lan Nuo nodded.
"In the process of dealing with other nobles, I learned a truth. A relationship of interest may not be the best relationship, but it is one of the most unbreakable relationships.
I will naturally give you a corresponding reward for your help. If you need anything now, Anweisi, you can also tell me. "
"This matter is of great importance. I need some time to think about it, Lano."
After thinking for a moment, Avis still did not give Landon an immediate answer.
"Also, I have a question, what is your relationship like with those foreigners?"
"Those strangers?"
When mentioning this, Lan Nuo looked a little distressed.
“To be honest, I have also privately tried to form a force composed mainly of foreigners, but the effect was not good.
Most of those foreigners are unwilling to be restrained, and there is almost no way to check and balance them. They have no family, no relatives, and all their actions are for making money and becoming stronger.
Although they are also attracted to the opposite sex, the firmness of this emotion is questionable due to the fundamental difference in their physical structures. I cannot truly trust them and can only use benefits as bait to attract them to work for me.
As for the loose rules of your secret society, they don't really apply to me.
But now, as they become stronger, I think their existence is a very big potential threat to the empire."
"I understand. I will give you an answer within three days."
Avis nodded and finally put an end to the conversation. … ..… Watching Lan Nuo leave, Avis thought about Lan Nuo's condition and considered how to help him.
In this life, Lan Nuo's early rise was actually due to the shadow of gray fog.
With the help of Gray Mist and the support of a group of new nobles in the empire, Lan Nuo has secretly acquired a force that cannot be underestimated.
But now, the gray fog was unexpectedly taken away by the stargazer.
Thus, in this era after the gray fog disappeared, the series of influences that he had carefully designed became ownerless.
(End of this chapter)