"The former Holy Son of Light colluded with the Dark Church, so he is unwilling to become the Holy Son of Light again?"

"They even said that the owner of the dark element appeared in Sadina City?"

"That's not all. There's a notice in the inner city stating that Euphia is colluding with the Dark Son and opposing the Church of Light. Even the Mercenary Alliance has become Euphia's one-man show. If she says go east, we can't go west."

Two mercenaries talking on the roadside explained in a tone full of sarcasm.

They all felt that the person who issued the notice in Licheng really did not regard the mercenaries as human beings and was able to make up such fake news.

All of the above information comes from the latest announcement released by Licheng.

First, the previously revoked hunt order against Egbert for colluding with the monster and trying to portray himself as a great hero of Sripuri City was re-issued.

However, this time, the manhunt was accused of being a conspiracy between Egbert and the Dark Church.

Secondly, he dispatched the Knights of Light and the Amicbee Army to jointly investigate the truth about the appearance of the Dark Elementalist in Sadina City, and demanded an explanation from Euphia's father, the president of the Mercenary Alliance.

Third, the notice directly stated that it demanded the death penalty for Euphia, who colluded with the Dark Church.

The first two can be said to be the wolfish ambitions of the Church and the royal family, which are obvious. And the final decree to sentence Euphia to death directly shows that a declaration of war is coming.

As the next successor to the Mercenary Alliance, Euphia already has the ability to inherit this position. Both her strength and personal decision-making ability are sufficient.

The reason why she still exists as an heir, rather than taking the throne directly, is simply because the Mercenary Alliance was established by her father himself.

Euphia also has her own kind of strength in her heart. Even if the second generation of entrepreneurs cannot achieve the breakthroughs of the previous generation, at least she cannot allow herself to make the current situation worse.

Therefore, Euphia finally believed that it would not matter if she waited a little longer to inherit the throne, after all, her father was still in good health.

But all this was broken by the news from Willard three days ago.

No one expected to get any important information from this arrogant kid, just like no one expected that the royal family would have the power to assassinate the alliance leader...

It all happened too suddenly.

Just as Willard initially simply tried to get some information from Ophelia to prove that he was not completely useless, as a tool, he was also very useful...

Who would have thought that, perhaps because of Willard's disastrous defeat this time, Ophelia, who already looked down on him, looked down on him even more this time.

Such contempt actually unexpectedly made it possible for Willard to be an undercover agent.

The source of the information was that Willard overheard part of the conversation between Ophelia and the king while intentionally contacting Ophelia.

At that time, the rough voice of King Amicbee was explaining: "As there is no sword in hand, there is no need for the Mercenary City to exist anymore. We will send troops together with the Holy See in the near future."

Ophelia's cold and arrogant voice rang out: "The Mercenary City should not exist at all. If it weren't for my grandfather's stupidity when he was young, the Mercenary Alliance would never have been established."

"So what do you think we should do?" The king probably felt that Sardina was destined to be his. He also didn't think that an entire country, with the Holy See with all its power spread all over the world, could not solve the problem of a mere autonomous city.

Therefore, in this situation, giving his most beloved eldest daughter a choice that would make her happy can be considered killing two birds with one stone.

Then, Ophelia also expressed her thoughts.

"Send out Xia Zuo. I want to kill the president of the Mercenary Union." Ophelia said in a cold voice, "Since the Mercenary Union was born by him, I want to destroy it by him. This way, the show will be full of drama and attract people to watch."

"Xia Zuo is not suitable for deployment." The king explained immediately after Ophelia finished speaking.

Ophelia didn't take it seriously.

She said with contempt, "Why can't they be dispatched? Even if someone from the Church intervened in this siege, for the sake of face, the most they could send is that idiot Dez. If the elemental affinity transfer experiment didn't damage his talent, that idiot wouldn't be worthy of sitting on the throne of the Son of God."

Having said that, Ophelia's eyes flashed and she mentioned another name.

"If Egbert had not rejected the second invitation from the Church, how could Dez have had the opportunity to ascend to the throne? The Son of God, who is cruel in nature, is much more interesting than Dez, the idiot."

"Even if you say so, I will not let you send out Xia Zuo easily." The king still emphasized.

"For what!" Ophelia yelled in dissatisfaction.

This sharp sound, even through a door, gave Willard a noticeable vibration in his eardrums.

"If Xia Zuo reveals it now, it is very likely that the Vatican will find out. It is not yet time for us to break off relations with the Vatican." The king said earnestly.

"To put it bluntly, aren't you jealous of the woman who sits on the queen's throne, the adopted daughter of the Pope of Light?"

"Tsk, and you're still raising a daughter. That's really interesting. Everyone knows that saints are tools in the hands of the Pope. She married you by chance and became the queen because she was gifted in the past. Otherwise, she would have been like those rubbish and nothing would have been left of her."

"So after all you have said, you still want to send Xia Zuo?" The king didn't want to go on.

"Why not?" Ophelia felt that as long as Xia Zuo was there, she would be able to go anywhere in the world without having to worry about anyone.

What is the role of the president of the Mercenary Union?

As for the Holy See, the Pope is old, and most of the next bishops are in exile and have not gathered in the Holy City at all. As for Dietz, who seems likely to become the next Pope...

Who cares about an idiot who has been brainwashed by the Pope to act like a good kid?

"We should dispatch Xia Zuo now. As long as we can resolve the Mercenary City smoothly this time, the Vatican will have to avoid our attack in the future. If they choose to avoid it, it will be our opportunity to develop."

"It's all bullshit that the Church of Light and the Amicbee royal family complement each other! There is no need for the Church to exist at all."

Ophelia made no secret of her disregard for the Vatican, and then she said, "Even if I take over your position in the future, I will never be like you, constrained by the Vatican in every way."

"Also, I'm not discussing this with you, I'm just informing you." After Ophelia said this coldly, a hint of vicious tenderness appeared in her tone. "After all, you know that Xia Zuo listens to me the most."

"The president of the Mercenary Union died in his hands. Why do you think you won't?"

"Ophelia!" the king roared.

…

Willard did not dare to listen to the following words, but he already knew that Ophelia must have an identity definition that he was unaware of.

But Willard couldn't tell what the "Xia Zuo" they were talking about was, and he couldn't even be sure whether "Xia Zuo" was a person or an object.

But Willard knew that the strength of the president of the Mercenary Union was completely comparable to that of the Pope. The president might be a little weaker, but that weakness was so subtle that it was impossible to detect it accurately during the life-and-death struggle.

After all, this difference in strength is only due to the elemental characteristics, not real strength.

Usually, when elementalists of equal strength fight each other, the damage caused by the light or dark elementalist will be relatively higher.

But being hurt in a battle doesn't mean everything.

Therefore, rather than saying that the president is weaker than the Pope, it is better to say that he is just expressing his humility towards the Holy See of Light and even the identity of the Pope of Light, and is inferior to others.

The "Xia Zuo" mentioned by the king and Ophelia has the conditions to kill the president...

If during this process the so-called Xia Zuo had the slightest thought of harming Suli, then the current situation would be... no one could stop him.

It doesn't make sense that the person operating the tool would lose his life before the tool is able to do its job.

But what is horrifying is that Willard did not have a single available confidant during the 12 years he lived in the palace.

Just as Cyril had guessed at the beginning, he really chose to send a letter, a clumsy, inefficient and slow method.

What is even more incredible is that the gods, who may or may not exist, may have really favored Willard at this time, and this news actually reached Sully's hands.

But it was not opened by him personally.

In order to prevent the letter from containing anything that might hurt Sully, the others were very strict about such small details.

Therefore, when Euphia learned about the assassination, she immediately returned to the alliance.

But even so, Euphia was still a step too late.

When she arrived, the president had already fallen in a pool of blood. However, when the enemy, who looked not very tall, was about to behead the president who was lying on the ground, Euphia, who was once regarded as the daughter of fire, had dozens of fire dragons whizzing around her in an instant.

The commotion was too great, so the so-called "Xia Zuo" had no choice but to give up the beheading plan. After roughly estimating that the alliance president might not survive, he quietly retreated.

It's not that Yuphia didn't want to stop him, but the man's speed was too fast to understand, and her father was not dead yet.

However, at this time, Lan Zhe, who was one step later than Euphia but not one step later than the God of Death, also arrived.

The medicinal herbs that were once used to provide hatching energy for Naan's child and that took the Dark Saint several months to finally obtain became the source of extreme life-saving at this moment.

But this battle ultimately damaged the foundation. Even though the alliance president ate the medicinal herbs that could provide a large amount of growth energy for the eighth-level monster cub, he was only barely pulled back from the brink of death.

Everything happened so suddenly.

But after her father's life was stabilized, Euphia immediately thanked Lan Zhe: "Thank you very much. If you need anything in the future, I will definitely risk my life to accompany you."

"You don't have to risk your life to accompany me. Just be careful in the future and protect Suli." Lan Zhe had no intention of repaying the favor, but he still thought he needed to fight for Suli.

"After all, if Su Li hadn't hastily added, 'Lan Zhe, hurry up and catch up. I'll explain when I come back,' after you rushed out, I'm afraid I wouldn't have thought about the worst-case scenario along the way, prepared the necessary herbs in advance, and given them to your father as soon as I saw him."

Everything happened too suddenly.

At that time, Lan Zhe really didn't understand why Suli asked him to follow.

Just like Lan Zhe didn't think that anyone could directly cause fatal harm to the Alliance President in such a short time, Euphia didn't think so either.

She rushed out of the door simply because she cared about the most important person in her life.

But she was extremely grateful for this care.

After making sure that her father was out of danger of death, Euphia quickly figured out why Sully asked Lan Zhe to come with him.

Sully's way of thinking is that he always easily thinks of the worst-case scenario, but he also always takes reasonable follow-up actions for the worst possible scenario.

While the others still held on to the idea that the president would not die so easily, Suli thought: If the worst case scenario really happened, then among their group, the only one who could be saved would be Lan Zhe.

Euphia felt a warm feeling in her heart that she couldn't tell anyone. Perhaps she felt that this emotion was too gentle and tender, so she blurted out: "Protecting Sully is something I am willing to do. But in the future, if I risk my life to help you, it will not only be because of your help to my father."

Lan Zhe raised his eyebrows and said, "If you have anything else to say, let's say it all at once."

"Another point..." Euphia pondered for a while and said, "Of course it's because you trust Sully enough. Just like Egbert, that guy with a brain full of water. Even if he wanted to kill Willard, who had the knife on Sully's neck, he would let him go because Willard could still be reused and might help Sully."

"I'm almost the same. You came here because you trust Suli and are willing to compromise for him. That's why you, the Dark Son who always stays in the small building to prevent others from discovering your identity, can be called by Suli."

Euphia was extremely fortunate at this time. She used the low rent of the small building to establish a deep revolutionary friendship between landlord and tenant with Suli.

"But my willingness to sacrifice my life for you is not because you saved my father's life, but because I will truly be your most loyal partner when you are in danger."

"Then thank you in advance." Lan Zhe nodded in agreement, but after agreeing, he still said something extra, "Although I don't think anyone can threaten my life."

Euphia: ...

"Men are indeed the best example of low emotional intelligence," said Euphia coldly, but she also added, "Except Sully."

Lan Zhe ignored the evaluation of low emotional intelligence and felt that he had learned some bad things from being with Egbert.

Otherwise, how could he think that no one can compare to Sully, and therefore no one's words can compare to what Sully said, so what others say is bullshit...

Lan Zhe shook his head, dispelled this strange idea from his mind, and said, "I'm going back first." Then he turned around and rushed directly in the direction of the small building.

At the same time, people in the small building were also discussing what Willard wrote in the letter: "Perhaps, Ophelia is the true heir of Amicbee."

The eldest princess' basic information is relatively easy to check, or rather, there is no need to check it.

As a princess of non-orthodox origin, she could directly challenge her mother, the former Saint of Light and current queen. This was already incredible to many people.

But once this point is added, that he was too rude because he was favored by the king, some self-righteous people would think that he was just a brainless person.

After Suli learned this information, he even had a thought for a moment: "Isn't this better than using Egbert to cover up the existence of Geditz?"

Look, Ophelia lived her life as if she was being praised to death. In fact, she was really praised, but she was never killed as others expected.

Egbert didn't care about this comment and took the initiative to say: "It's still different. I can't judge what Dietz thinks now, but in the past, he was just a puppet in the hands of the Pope."

"But the Ophelia portrayed in Willard's letter is different. This is a character who can openly challenge the king, but for some reason will not be ignored by the king."

"Besides, the letter also stated that Ophelia has the ability to control that 'Xia Zuo'."

"Whether it's jealousy or something else, Ophelia is undoubtedly a very dangerous person."

The fact that the Mercenary City should not exist in the first place has proven that Ophelia's thinking is completely different from that of ordinary people.

You have to know that today's mercenaries were just private soldiers in the hands of the nobles in the past, and they did not have a centrally controlled alliance to back them up.

The deaths of the mercenaries at that time were not only caused by the war missions that Euphia still regards as cruel, but more by reasons that are so bloody that they can make people feel bloody just by talking about them.

The mercenaries at that time were not called mercenaries.

The nobles who were good at superficial work called the mercenaries subordinates, while the nobles who were bad at superficial work simply called them slaves.

The brutal phenomenon of mercenaries fighting each other like beasts, and even putting monsters and monsters in the same field to fight to the death, was a common phenomenon before the establishment of the Mercenary Alliance.

In the eyes of the nobles, the lives of the lower class people were never lives, but tools to please themselves.

Mercenaries can be any civilians who can't make a living, but nobles are always nobles.

Later, the Mercenary Union emerged, and mercenaries no longer had to take private jobs. For civilians who wanted to become mercenaries, it was no longer just a forced choice because they could not survive, but it became a career choice.

Now mercenaries only need to accept missions from the alliance to sign a one-time employer-specific contract with the mission target. After the contract ends, they no longer have to lose their freedom once signed, as in the past.

With the Mercenary Alliance, mercenaries finally began to behave like human beings.

But perhaps in the eyes of the princess, all of this was just the president looking for trouble and causing her unnecessary trouble.

What's more, some people may be just symbols in Ophelia's eyes.

Mercenaries? Tools that can be manipulated at will by gold coins.

Common people? A number that is useless except for paying huge taxes.

The mere thought of this view is suffocating.

However, when I think about the fact that this concept exists because Ophelia lives in a royal family, I understand that there are probably more so-called nobles who do not regard their peers as peers, which is why teenage children have the same view.

This is much more brutal than the war between humans and monsters.

Even though there are no scenes of severed limbs, it doesn't mean it's not bloody.

Maybe it's just because everything has rotted into mud, and all that remains is the inescapable stench.

At first glance, I only noticed the stench, but ignored the cruelty.

And Ophelia is one of the few people who can make Sully frown just by the words Willard repeats in the letter.

Suli originally thought that the royal family should be a battle between the queen and the king. The marriage of the saint of the Holy See to the king can indeed be said to be a strong alliance, but above the saint there are not only the cardinals who control the real power, but also the pope who can be on par with the king in terms of power...

The saint, on the other hand, has multiple identities and is not unique at all.

But despite this, the saint still became the queen.

These points reveal in all aspects that even though this marriage has the side focus of a strong union, the real focus is definitely not just this.

In line with the inevitable conflict between theocracy and human rights, Suli had always believed that the phenomenon of the saint marrying the king was the Pope's unilateral attempt to take the initiative in attacking human rights.

Now looking at Ophelia and "Xia Zuo" in her hand, I suddenly realized that the saint is actually the completely weak party in this marriage.

On the other hand, if his mother took advantage of him, there might be deeper information to be uncovered...

But what is more important is "Xia Zuo", whose name is still unclear, and he deserves more attention.

The ability to confidently kill the president...

Even Egbert had no confidence.

Even if I had the thought of solving the problem of the president by myself, I would feel that I was too arrogant.

But in the eyes of the enemy, that "Xia Zuo" has the ability to kill the president and escape unscathed...

What kind of realm is this?

Suli had no idea how others judged him, but he knew that was a realm he would never be able to reach in his lifetime.

Suli pressed his temples and rubbed them for a while before he couldn't help but mutter, "My brain is about to explode."

There is too much hidden information and not enough revealed clues.

What kind of unknown deal is going on between the Pope and the King? How will Sardina survive the real "big war mission"? And where will it go in the future?

While Sully was thinking about all this, he also noticed that because of his words, everyone was surrounding him.

How to say it.

I just feel that the gap between people is still quite large.

However, although the people around him are not extremely smart, they are not weaklings who have no power to resist.

Suli inexplicably felt that in the subsequent disputes, they would either rely on "force over skill" to crush the opponent to the end, or... that would be the end of it.

When I think about it this way, it is as rare to find someone who is of the same royal blood, has a strong sense of justice, and has his own self as to find a garlic among ten thousand oranges.

Willard's words...

Maybe it's because it's rare to be this stupid.

"When I think about it, reality is the kind of thing that doesn't seem out of place no matter how badly people describe it."

Ignoring the thought of cursing, Suli said again: "It is also very clear in Willard's letter that the Vatican and the royal family are about to officially attack the city of Sardina. We should organize our people in advance and make preparations."

And then, as expected, the message from Willard almost became obsolete.

Three days later, the information on the notice in Licheng spread rapidly throughout the streets and alleys.

Judging from the development of time, when "Xia Zuo" left Euphia's attack range, the direction he left was most likely the direction that Lan Zhe was chasing Euphia in.

Similarly, even though the royal family didn't know why Lan Zhe pursued Euphia at the time, they had already led everything to a situation that was beneficial to them.

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