Chapter 299 This War Is Not Normal

Remote communication has always been a big problem.

Amber hid his identity and mailed a pseudonymous letter to James Watson, which took a full ten days to reach him.

The letter sent back by James Watson also took a circuitous route and took eight days to reach Ambersu's hands.

When he got the letter, he first despised James Watson.

"The Dragon Armed Forces is such a big deal, and you only know this little bit of information? You are so useless, aren't you?"

Amber thought that if he became the Supreme Judge of Ryan, he would know exactly what the people of the imperial capital dreamed about every night. Doesn't this old man have any connections of his own?

Forget it. I can't count on this old guy. I can only think of other ways to get information about the Dragon Armed Forces.

"But what's up with that last line? A typo shouldn't be this long, right?"

Amber Xiu observed carefully and found that the line of words was erased very carefully, completely erasing all the written contents.

Amber was very curious. Was this a codeword from the old man? Was he afraid that someone else would get the letter, so he hid the important information?

But there is no magic seal on this ink, it is simply smeared into a blob, how can it be removed?

Amber thought about it and left his laboratory with the letter.

Cross a few streets and arrive at the other side of the city.

There is a building here that has been converted into a residence, where Catherine and the drow elves live. There are more than 20 of them now, and later Melina brought another 20 drow elves, as well as tens of millions of gold coins.

This gift was a bit heavy. Amberxiu once again confirmed that the Withered Rose was the best partner. He felt ashamed to see her generosity. If he had known earlier, he would have bargained with Shar.

Now Catherine and forty drow elves live in this building. The originally rough-style giant building has been transformed by the elves and now looks much more refined. A lot of luminous underground fungi have also been planted, making the building look very dreamy.

Both the High Elves and the Drow Elves have very good aesthetics, which are much better looking than Amber's pragmatic style.

But Amberxiu did not enjoy this luxurious and dreamy style. He walked quickly upstairs, passed through a group of drow elves, ignored their respectful kneeling, and walked all the way to the top floor.

This is Catherine's room. At this moment, Catherine is concentrating on writing at the desk.

Amber ordered her to record all the actions of the drow elves and gave her a lot of memory crystals for this purpose.

Catherine probably wanted to do this so badly that she even used mind detection techniques.

Catherine is a double legend. In addition to her ranger profession, she is also a legendary mage. The success rate of her thought detection is very high.

But this also made Catherine feel even more shocked, because she found that the minds of these drow elves were really only filled with deception and hatred. Regardless of whether their bodies were free or not, they were thinking about how to kill themselves and escape from this place. In addition, they also thought about how to frame their companions and then climb up on their corpses to gain Catherine's trust.

These vicious thoughts made Catherine completely confused. They were clearly well fed and well-dressed, so where did so much hatred and malice come from?

She began to understand the significance of this task arranged by Amber. She knew too little about the drow elves. This made her work more motivated. The parchment used to record the behavior of the drow elves could already fill half of the bookshelf.

Catherine raised her head when she saw Amber appear.

It was the first time that Amberxiu saw Catherine looking so sloppy. Her hair was messy and she had scratched it several times. There were traces of ink on her hands and face.

Catherine asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

Amber said to Catherine, "You don't have to work so hard. The drow have been separated from the elves for too long. It will take more than a day or two to get them to return. You don't have to push yourself so hard."

Catherine said, "I know I can't do anything, so I can only do things according to your assignment. But if I can't even do things step by step, it's not a problem of not being smart enough, but a problem of my personal attitude. This is the oracle of the gods, and I will definitely do my best."

Well, it is difficult for an unbeliever like Amber to understand the behavior of the pious.

Amberxiu stopped persuading him and turned to look at Naomi, who was in charge of organizing the manuscripts beside Catherine.

This druid girl had been living in Amber's private space. The place was a bit messy, but it was big enough, and Naomi also liked this kind of solitary life without having to communicate with outsiders.

Later, when Amber saw that Catherine was under too much pressure, he asked Naomi to help.

"Naomi, I need your Time Dragon power." Amber took out James Watson's letter and handed it to her, then said, "Help me remove the stain on the last line and see what's written inside."

Naomi took the letter, and a translucent cloud condensed on her fingertips, which she gently wiped over the stains.

Soon, the ink faded away bit by bit, revealing the original content.

Ambersu was surprised by Naomi's progress, as she was able to control the power of time even before transforming into a time dragon. But what surprised Ambersu even more was the content of the letter.

"The Lion Empire is going to send troops to fight against the Tieflings? Are these Lion people crazy?!"

The Ryan Empire has just fought two major battles, one in the desert and one in the mountains. Although Ryan won both battles, it costs money for them to fight wars. Food, equipment, and logistics are all real costs.

Because of Amber's intervention, the desert dwarves had more time to retreat and were able to arrange their retreat more leisurely, so they took away most of their wealth. Most of the desert cities that the Ryans had seized had been emptied. Although Ryan had gained a lot of people, for a long time, the desert had been supported by Ryan's money. It would take three to five years for them to regain self-sufficiency.

This is a bottomless pit of expenditure, while the orcs are constantly on guard against the orcs' counterattack day and night, which is a state of protracted war. This requires continuous investment of troops and materials, which is also a state of spending a lot of money.

Sending troops to the Tieflings at this time? "No matter how rich the Lions are, they can't do this, right? Aren't they afraid of problems at home?"

You can't fill your stomach with just the fanaticism of faith. For civilians, if you are hungry, you can't even stand up. How can you devote everything to the empire? Amber Xiu didn't know much about the economic situation of Ryan, but Ryan must have been affected by the elves' substantial increase in the export of magic materials. In addition to the cost of the two wars, their economy was not much better.

They don't have any internal conflicts that need to be diverted, so why do they have to fight the tieflings at this time? Catherine also saw this sentence and said in surprise: "What reason does Ryan have to send troops to the Kingdom of Unholy Song? The tieflings have only been increasing the number of Hell Gates on the border over the years, and have not had any direct confrontation with Ryan. If Ryan wants to attack this kingdom, he should at least find a reason, right?"

Amber Xiu laughed and said, "Perhaps Ryan is too lazy to even find a reason now. Ryan has fallen to this point, and James Watson is still wavering. He is indeed a rotten thing that can't support the overall situation."

Amber Xiu probably guessed James Watson's dilemma, otherwise he wouldn't have written and erased it. Just as he said before, this old man didn't have the youthful vigor and drive of a young man, and couldn't break free from the shackles on his body. Facing the empire, he couldn't do anything that violated his duties, but facing the future, he was worried and couldn't stand firmly on the side of the empire.

To sum up, we should only think about reform, not revolution.

Amberxiu didn't expect this old man to play much of a role in the division of Ryan. The real leader was still traveling around the continent. By the time Allen returned to Ryan, it would be the time for the empire to split.

But now Amberxiu must participate in the war between Ryan and the Unholy Hymn. This war is different from the previous ones. It is a war launched by Ryan under unreasonable circumstances after the revival of the Dragon Armed Forces.

This war should have been initiated by the royal family. They must want to get something from the tieflings, or achieve some purpose.

Amber estimated that it was 90% related to the Dragon Armor. This artifact could be used suddenly, and the Lion royal family must have paid a heavy price. It was very likely that this attack on the Tieflings would be related to the use of the Dragon Armor.

Amberxiu can't let the Ryan royal family get their wish. This set of artifacts is more terrifying than ten Silver Moon Knights.

"What are you going to do?" Catherine asked.

Amber Xiu shrugged and said, "There is no information now, what can I do?"

"Can't you tell fortunes?" Catherine asked.

"Of course you can, but you can't just do divination without knowing anything. You need to at least have some information and find the real direction. Otherwise, the result will only mislead my judgment."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

As a senior prophecy mage, Amber has always adhered to one principle.

Divination cannot be used to guide yourself, but only after you have a direction can you use divination to obtain more information.

A novice prophet might tell his fortune every day to confirm whether he will stay at home or go out for adventure tomorrow. But the result is often an ambiguous prophecy, and then a serious mistake is made when interpreting it, which ultimately hurts him.

The reason is that he has no plans for the future, knows very little about it, and tries to let fate help him to pass through safely.

Amber also reminded Harvey not to leave everything to the dice of fate. Only when he has a goal, the power of fate will have meaning.

A life without self-goals is meaningless, no matter whether you are a legend or a god.

Amberxiu knew too little about this war. If he asked for divination now, the result he would get would most likely be some tricky fragment that would lure Amberxiu into committing suicide.

"Then how do we find information? Are you going to the Kingdom of Unholy Carols?"

Catherine didn't want Amberxiu to leave. She couldn't live without him now. If she had to deal with these drow elves alone, there would probably be a big mess in a few days. She could only feel at ease when Amberxiu was here.

Amber said, "No, I will write to some old friends. Didn't I tell you that the longest time I have spent in the Tiefling territory over the years?"

When Amber Xiu crossed over, he appeared in the Tiefling Kingdom of Unholy Hymns. However, it was an unknown village, and the villagers were half human and half tiefling, plus a few other races, forming a small village with not too many troubles in this place.

It was also in this place that Amber Xiu almost lost his life just after crossing over.

It’s so miserable to travel through time without any cheats. You have to rely on yourself for everything.

Amberxiu survived for a few days and finally met his teacher, Old Pete. Amberxiu was beaten up by the villagers as a thief, while Old Pete was a disabled old man who was driven out because his house was blown up accidentally due to alchemy.

The two of them felt sorry for each other and became master and apprentice.

Later, Amberxiu finally became an alchemist and took Old Pete to live in a bigger town. Then, before Old Pete died, he cheated Amberxiu and turned him into a negative asset.

In order to avoid debt, Amberxiu ran away again and came to another city, where he began a life of wandering, changing his name all the way.

Amber spent most of his life in this kingdom, but eventually chose to leave.

It’s not that this kingdom is bad, but Amberxiu left too many unpleasant memories here in the first half of his life, and there are so many enemies whose names can be added up to fill a book.

It's like playing a game that can't be loaded. Even if you make the wrong choices, you have to keep going until the plot collapses and you have to run to another city to start over, leaving a mess behind.

"However, after so many years, most of my enemies should be dead by now."

With this idea in mind, Amber returned to his laboratory and took out a piece of parchment to write a letter.

The tip of the pen stayed on it for a long time before it began to write: "Dear Senior Brother Uladimir, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you very much. How are you these days? It has been nearly two hundred years since our last discussion on prophecy..."

Amber spent a whole day writing this long letter, revising it many times. The final draft was more than 2,000 words.

After Amber Xiu sealed the letter, he called Harvey back, handed him the letter, and said, "Harvey, you have to deliver this letter for me personally."

Harvey quickly agreed.

"Teacher, don't worry. I will definitely deliver the letter to Mr. Vladimir."

Amber Xiu reminded: "Don't call him Mr. Vladimir when you see him. You can call him anything you want, but don't call him by this name, or you will definitely be in trouble."

"Huh? Why is that?" Harvey asked.

"I made a bet with him back then, and he lost, so he gave me his name. So, I am the only one in the world who can call him by his name."

"Uh... Teacher, is this your enemy?"

"What enemy? He is my fellow apprentice. We learned the prophecy spell from the same stone slab. It is normal for brothers to learn from each other. Don't think too much. He is not a grudge-bearing person and will not take his anger out on you."

"Teacher, you still say that they are not enemies?"

Harvey was speechless. Why were the tasks his teacher gave him always so weird? Either he had to escape with the life box or he had to open a store and do false advertising. And this time he was asked to deliver a letter to his enemy. This seemed like a scam no matter how he looked at it.

(End of this chapter)