Erica and her team's motorcade had been sent to the garden palace in the inner city by the Lion Guards, and the members of the Algasburg mission were also in the VIP hotel under the palace. Originally, the principality

On the one hand, we plan to live together, after all,

The main diplomatic envoy of Algasburg was in Erica's team, but because the background of the other people on Erica's side was more sensitive, the principality took the initiative after Erica made a simple request.

Different villas were arranged for them to stay.

Cassius took the initiative to hand over the Duke's invitation when Erica and the others got off the bus, and Erica also agreed to be a guest at the Duke's mansion out of some special considerations, but the guests were only gods.

The Chosen One, Erica, and the Divine Chosen One, Agil.

Cassius paid special attention to Galeni's expression, but he seemed to regard Galeni's frowning expression due to motion sickness as a sign of displeasure, but at the moment he could not do anything to make up for the guest's displeasure.

Displeased, after all, Cassius is not a ceremonial officer, and it would be more appropriate to leave this matter to Hugo.

It's a pity that Hugo also asked Galeni to talk to her on the spot, but at this time Galeni was a little confused due to the increasingly severe dizziness, so she didn't

After making any statement, she walked directly into the residence with Selenir, who was still wrapped around her, and without saying a word, she just found a comfortable big bed and fell down to sleep.

Hugo's initial negotiation failed, so the old man's expression seemed to be even worse. However, with the subsequent courtesy opening from Puffy and others, he understood that the other party was not an attitude problem but really uncomfortable. For this reason

He had no choice but to say goodbye politely and boarded another carriage to leave. Because a Nite Owl spy had just come over to report that Agnes had returned to the Nite Owl headquarters, so Hugo felt that since there was nothing here

If things were going well, it would be more appropriate to go back and listen to Agnes's complete report. After all, she was very lucky to be a temporary companion with the group of God's Chosen, and later she also followed them closely when they were in Maryburg.

Hugo had come into contact with special people such as the "Wolf God", so Hugo felt it was necessary to listen to her personal account in person, because in many cases the oral accounts of those who had experienced them were actually more detailed than written reports.

Some.

In addition to the companions staying at the residence, Aurora also needs to contact her companions in Algasburg first, because although she was forcibly appointed as the chief diplomat, she still does not know this until now.

What exactly is Algasburg's diplomatic strategy, and she also wants to know to what extent Algasburg's internal changes have reached after so many days.

At this moment, while the servants in the Duke's mansion were busy decorating the living room to welcome the distinguished guests, Alubage was in his study listening to Chris, who had just returned home with the Algasburg Mission.

Thinking about some things that I have experienced in the past period, just like Hugo's

The idea is the same. For Aruberg, he also feels that listening to the oral accounts of those who have experienced them is far more detailed than reporting in letters. Moreover, his youngest daughter Chris also has some things that cannot be described in letters and needs to be told to her father.

, especially matters involving "gods".

"Those people...are they really gods?" Aruberg rubbed his head and tried to ask: "I'm not actively doubting Miss Perrin's description...but...I really can't understand the...dinner she mentioned.

...A dinner party with several goddesses at the same table? This is really unimaginable..."

"I didn't fully believe it at first, but then I checked her condition and found that she was not affected by mental interference or hallucinations." Chris took out a simple-looking white necklace from her pocket.

After showing it to Alubeg, he continued: "Not only Lisa, I have tested all the people who followed them to the forest, so I

Basically, it can be concluded that everything is real. The same is true for those public incidents. I did not detect any traces of illusions or spiritual interference at the scene. Of course, if you assume...I mean assume...those people are

If they are liars, and their deception can hide from the detection of this thing, then what difference does it make to us whether they are gods or not?"

Arubag glanced at the enamel stone jewelry necklace in Chris's hand and fell silent.

The core of this jewelry necklace is a piece of metal wrapped in a thick enamel material, and a special alchemical inscription called "Sinclair's Formula" is engraved on it.

This Sinclair does not refer to the current great alchemist Sinclair Alberon, but to a certain research left behind by the legendary great alchemist Ms. Maria who was restored by an ancestor with the same name.

Results. Its function is to perceive and resist a certain degree of spiritual or illusion spell influence, and it can also

It is accurate enough to detect whether the holder has been hit by a trick in a certain period of time in the past. And based on a rather profound academic theory, this peculiar alchemical inscription can detect traces of almost all spiritual spells so far.

, at least in the past hundred years, the Michael family has never failed to use it.

However, although there were many of these things at the beginning, they were later destroyed due to many reasons due to the passage of time. Today, there are only less than 100 in total, and most of them are with the Alberon family and the Alchemist Association, but the Michael family

He also relied on his relationship with the alchemists to obtain 9 tools to protect the core members of the family.

Although it seems to be a simple engraved metal piece, it has a considerable effect, and it has also given a lot of help to the Michael family in the past hundred years. After all, spiritual spells are always the most commonly used attack method by people with ulterior motives.

Therefore, in order to prevent being recruited, the core members of the Michael family always

Wear this item around you in case of emergencies. However, although the power of the Michael family has reached its peak in history, relatively speaking, family members have become very rare, because most family members died in the War of Independence.

Among them, there is a lot of space left for treasures like this.

The one in Chris's hand was an inscription disguised as jewelry that Alubeg gave to his wife, Chris' biological mother Sarah Rosas. Later, after Sarah's early death,

This thing had no use, so it was collected by Alubeg.

It wasn't until some time ago that he learned that Chris had been brainwashed and controlled by someone while patrolling the south in his name, so he quickly secretly sent this object to the Night Owl agents, but even Arubag didn't think of it.

This thing was actually used by Chris to test things related to gods.

But in general, Arubag still believes in this result, because the origin of Sinclair's formula comes from the legendary era thousands of years ago, and the power held by the people of that era is not what mortals can now.

The degree of comparison is just like the plots in Chris's previous report. These people have shown various powers intentionally or unintentionally in the past period. It is really impossible to detect any trace of fraud.

For example, when the goddess Hex first came to Welsk City, or when the goddess named Desmo came to the Envar ruins later, or when she appeared in Selida Forest almost a month ago.

The sky is full of fire and the huge flamingo hovering over the forest, etc.

etc. It is really difficult to fake these large-scale events that are observed and felt by many witnesses with human imagination. It would be even more nonsense to say that it is a group illusion, because Alubeg’s magic consultant also gave him

gave an answer similar to what Chris just said.

If events of this scale are the result of illusions or spiritual interference, then the mastermind behind these things must be God, or a being very close to God.

In fact, there are quite a few people who have this answer, and even Adrian and Kabarov, who have been guarding Maryburg, have given almost unanimous answers recently. Because that day fell on the battlefield.

Everything the holy guards did to deal with the monster's follow-up time was ignored by Ma from afar.

The Fort Lia sentry saw it. If Adrian and the others could not believe seeing before, then this time after seeing the guards of God flying in the sky and the huge light prison they created, they were almost completely convinced.

I believe that what this group of people headed by Erica is telling is true.

At this point, even after the so-called God's Chosen One has come to his city and his children have given almost unanimous answers, it is difficult for Alubeg to fully believe the fact of this matter.

It's not that he is still questioning anything, but it's really hard to believe the authenticity of this kind of thing. After all, the gods have been away from the mortal world for too long, and humans have forgotten the memories of the past due to the faults in civilization, so the gods

It is really hard for people to accept this result so easily when they suddenly appear in the mortal world again.

But speaking of it, if the other party is really a god, it doesn't actually matter whether humans accept it or not. After all, humans are too small compared to gods. In other words, gods probably don't care about human feelings at all, so those

The chosen ones in the mortal world have never forcibly given anything to anyone in the past.

Who spread the information about the gods behind them? If you think about it this way, it may be easier for Alubeg to convince himself, because in the past, he has never heard of any of the chosen ones of Severna doing anything shocking.

Bad thing... maybe the Olaf in the west is a fake.

However, although Alubeg was trying to convince himself, he really did not dare to jump to conclusions. After all, he was Grand Duke Michael and the head of a country. He needed to be careful about many things. Once something went wrong, it would bring disaster to the principality.

It caused quite a big impact, and now the principality is still dealing with the aftermath of a war.

In particular, the monster disaster in the central region has directly broken the territory of the principality. This kind of loss is more serious than the loss directly affected by the war. For this reason, in this situation that is very sensitive and dangerous in all aspects, Archduke Michael's decision

There must not be any problems that affect the principality's post-war reconstruction.

In short, there are still many things that are worrying him now, but no matter what, these things must be dealt with slowly one by one. For this reason, he is not in a hurry. Anyway, after his beloved little daughter returns home safely,

It also somewhat eased his bad mood these past few days, and the two chosen ones will also be invited to his home later, and some questions can be answered directly from them.

"So, my dear little princess, do you want to relax before the guests come?" Alubeg picked up his horn pipe from the table and walked to the nearby cupboard and said, "The maids are here.

I have been busy preparing your favorite snacks for you since morning."

"We can talk about this later, father." Chris also understood that her father was deliberately distracting her, because every time he needed to think about a problem alone, he would always have a glass of wine in the study and then

With a pipe of tobacco. But now Chris still has some questions and needs help from his father, so when he got up and was about to leave, he asked in passing: "Father, can you designate someone to lend me some help?"

"Oh? Who do you want to borrow?" Arubag, who was about to open the cupboard to get cigarettes and alcohol, unexpectedly looked back at Chris and then continued: "Or...what are you going to do?"

"I want to borrow your bodyguards. I want to contact several businessmen in the black market, and I want to do so in the name of Duke Michael." Chris answered simply, but because of the risk of exposing Alubeg,

After understanding and hesitating, he quickly explained: "I

I want to contact the local black market merchants... or give me a warning. In short, before I set off, I had contacted the envoy sent by the Elf Chief Meryl Gil. She brought me a message, telling me to pay attention to the interior of the principality.

Some black market news."

"...It has something to do with the elves?" Arubag unconsciously stroked the empty pipe in his hand and muttered.

"Yes, and it's still related to Isheka." Chris replied decisively.

"Tell me more details." Arubag once again stretched out his hand to signal Chris to sit down. Then he opened a small box filled with cut tobacco in the cupboard, picked up a handful of cut tobacco, stuffed it into the pipe, and quickly sat back down.

He sat in his seat and waited for Chris' story.

"The cause of the matter is that two envoys from Isheka visited the Nafal Forest some time ago. They were the two generals and princes of Isheka who you said went to Maryburg not long ago.

Lord, but judging from the itinerary, they should have gone to Meryl Gil first before heading west again." Chris briefly told the story about the elf relics falling into the Black Market in Borderlands, and

It also hints at the possibility of these things

It is possible that it will flow into the principality some time ago. However, there is not much information she can grasp. Although the source of the information is from Servain, Servain only gave her a reminder, and most of the rest is

It was Chris's own inference. Of course, the reason why she didn't tell Aliberg about this matter before was because she didn't have any evidence at the moment, so she wanted to get in touch with people in the black market first to get further information.

After hearing this, Alubeg's understanding was similar to Chris's, but his thoughts were not as gentle and gentle as his daughter's. The black market problem has always been the most troublesome hidden danger for Alubeg in the past, although it had always been

It was a tacit policy of turning a blind eye, but at that time it was because the principality was busy dealing with some important matters.

So I don’t have much experience dealing with these black market trades that are like tarsal maggots. But now the situation has changed. At present, the principality has nothing to do externally. For this reason, all the energy has been transferred to the interior of the principality.
To be continued...