Oroxia came quietly and left quietly. On the eve of the struggle for the throne, she had achieved the purpose of her trip by clearing up the misunderstanding with His Highness Randall, the great lord of the south.

Victor also got what he wanted.

In order to express "sincerity" to the shadow priest, the Basileus family leaked Victor's whereabouts and almost killed him. Oroxia came over and told a secret story. Will Victor forgive the Basileus family?

This kind of thing is not like children's play. There is no right to offend or forgive, but Victor is indeed satisfied with Oroxia's story.

People at different levels have different perspectives.

Poor people want money, wealth wants fame, fame wants power, what do rich, famous and powerful people want?

Look at how people describe "God": omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent.

That's right, when a person stands at the top of all living beings, he should think of omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence. Otherwise, no matter how high he stands, he will fall miserably.

The ancient emperor who held the highest power would believe whatever the powerful officials said if he was blocked by powerful officials. When the enemy came to the city, he thought that his army had won the battle outside and was packed up and betrayed by powerful traitors. This way, he was completely ignorant.

The emperor, his power is just a joke.

The same goes for the extraordinary strong man who concentrates his great power on himself.

If Emperor Frederick and Archduke Frederick had known that the centaur they were following was a legendary orc, they would not have gotten so close, and they would not both have perished.

The Golden Knight has a habit of staying in his territory and not moving easily. When traveling, he will be surrounded by soldiers, and he will notify the church in advance and invite clergy to accompany him. When Victor was young, he thought that the Golden Knight was too lethal.

It must be restrained by the church. Only now did he understand that the Golden Knight did this mainly to avoid danger.

Sylvia once told Victor that he should always bring his followers with him when going out to fight, but he always thought his men were too slow, and he almost died at the hands of the Shadow Knight and the Centaur Khan.

Look at Father Miller again. He's a bad old man. He doesn't look smart or strong. He spent all his energy to save a dying stupid guy. A few years later, when the stupid guy meets the paladin master Ron, it will be possible.

Become a glorious God of War at the sanctuary level.

That's why Miller is qualified to compete with evil gods and the like. He is as powerful as the Stormrage Sword Master. If his eyes darken, he is no different from a rat in a hole. He might be picked up by something one day.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger.

Victor's many murders were related to wizards. He suspected that the mastermind behind the scenes was evil gods and his like, and he also believed that evil gods must exert influence on the real world through wizards. Victor had no way to deal with extraterritorial evil gods, but against wizards, he had

Able to deal with wizards approved by Father Miller, such as the Imersons, Victor can tolerate them. And that mysterious wizard organization is the one he needs to be wary of.

To deal with wizard organizations, you must first understand them, the more detailed the better.

The secret story told by Oroxia has brought the wizarding organization to the surface.

Of course, Victor would not believe everything revealed by the Basileus family. Based on the laws of logic, he analyzed and judged the conversation content into the information he already had, and came to a conclusion that was basically consistent with the facts, and based on this, he supplemented and improved his mind.

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The Church of Radiance defeated the Chosen One regime and undoubtedly inherited the legacy of the ancient Pantheon and Wizards' Council. The Pope's line secretly cultivated the young wizards of the El Theocracy and formed the second "Pantheon". This is very reasonable.

There are also traces to follow.

Many important academic achievements of Ivory Castle Monastery have traces of witchcraft. For example, it only took more than a hundred years for the church’s scholars and priests to cultivate foxtail grass into spelled wheat suitable for planting in southern lands. Normal

Under such circumstances, spelled wheat needs at least hundreds of years of exploration from seed selection, breeding to finalization. Only witchcraft in the field of planting can save priests and scholars from many detours, and it is their turn to cultivate non-toxic, high-yield, and easy-to-use wheat.

Stored kidney beans won't work, you have to do it step by step.

Due to the characteristics of extraordinary attraction, it will be very easy for the shadow priests of the Pantheon to absorb the wild wizards. Not only do they have the inheritance of the ancient chosen ones, but they can also provide shelter to the wild wizards. This allows the shadow priests of the church to put on a shell.

, many things do not require them to do it themselves.

Whether it is the great wizard of the Pantheon or the rebels in the Shadow Council, it is normal to resist the enslavement of the Pope or the Inquisition. How can a strong man with extraordinary power be willing to be enslaved and imprisoned?

The royal highnesses of the August family all respected Master Tolfvin, gave him authority and provided him with various resources, and this was how the powerful Faceless Men came into being. The Basileus family must also have their own wizard members who are willing to help.

Their descendants paved the way to the nobility.

The clergy of the church can never do this. The essence of their treatment of wizards is to use violence in conjunction with faith to achieve the purpose of control. Once the shadow priests or the "shells" they find have any abnormality, they will inevitably be brutally purged.

As the saying goes, when a rabbit dies and a fox is sad, it is said that the shadow priests who were taught by teachers and students inevitably felt sad after witnessing the tragedy of their companions. They wanted to change the status quo, so they secretly planned the orc war, trying to completely get rid of the control of the Inquisition with the help of the power of the great lord.

The rebels chose Basilius as a breakthrough point. The Basilius family was originally suppressed by the Radiant Knights, but the all-out orc war broke out, and the Paladin family had to let go of the chains on the Basilius family. They have six highnesses, and this is a force

With strong military and political power, it is inevitable to establish meritorious service and gain reputation. It is also necessary to obtain new land and rebuild the Iron Mountain Empire. Coupled with the support of the powerful southern country Gambis, the Shadow Priest is expected to escape from the Inquisition in up to twenty years.

Of course, the condition promised by the shadow priest is to train blood guards for the pioneer lords.

Victor admitted that although the Shadow Priests were naive, their layout was very exciting.

The question is, how did the shadow priests who were held captive by the Inquisition master the information of the great lord circle? Why did they judge the current situation so accurately that they even knew the actual situation of the eastern front line of defense?

The Centaur army initially opened up a defensive line in the east to confront the main force of the Knights of Radiance. If they had attacked the eastern defense line without hesitation, they would have been pursued by the main coalition forces of the Knights of Radiance and even annihilated. But Satan

The people in the hinterland of the San Empire will surely suffer heavy casualties.

The shadow priest used secret means to force the centaurs to stay on the outside until they slowly died.

Well, even if the wizard's witchcraft can act as eyes and ears and see all kinds of human defenses, the reality of the great lord's family, the rules and intricate relationships of the great noble circle are by no means visible to the naked eye.

The gap between the knights and nobles and the common people is insurmountable. The "shell" of the shadow priests comes from the bottom of society, and they know nothing. Therefore, in addition to having ears and eyes, the shadow priests also have "teachers" that the Inquisition does not know.

Victor has two suspicions about this.

The first is the evil gods. They must be involved, as evidenced by the shadow knight assassins in the giant forest. However, Old Man Miller may have foiled their attempts to assassinate Victor more than once.

With Old Miller dealing with them, Victor can temporarily ignore this factor.

The second one is Nachtigal. After much deliberation, Victor found that apart from the Nakhtigal family, there was no other force within the church that dared to collude with the shadow priests of the Inquisition.

Nakhtigar openly proposed that the Neowest family should develop into the Eastern Alliance. The Eastern Alliance is the place where the Inquisition hides evil and evil. Needless to say, the Shadow Priest's home base is in the Eastern Alliance, and almost all the major forces know it!

Nakhtigar's move caused the church to panic, and even the Cardinals were ready to move to separate the Inquisition from the order of the Radiant Knights and put it under their own command. Trigoval was busy using various connections to

Try your best to encourage the Neowest family to expand southward, for fear that they will enter the Eastern League.

If Nakhtigar really controls the Eastern League, aren't they the strong support of the Shadow Priest?

However, Victor believes that Oroxia's judgment is correct. After all, Nakhtigar is a paladin camp, and its essence will not change. Its attitude towards shadow priests is the same as Trigoval's, treating them as tools and

Divine grace available at any time.

From this point, the only way out for shadow priests is to become self-reliant and have the church publicly recognize that they belong to another category of clergy. Only when the majority of believers accept shadow priests can they truly escape the fate of enslavement.

Trigoval and the Shadow Priest have different purposes. They only have a relationship of mutual use, and neither can completely trust the other.

But here comes the question again. From a political standpoint, this is what happened. But if the variables of the evil god are taken into account, what will the whole story look like?

Victor sank into the sofa, clasping his hands and holding his chin, meditating quietly. The gleaming dark gold eyes indicated that his heart was by no means peaceful. X-3 was working at full capacity, piecing together all kinds of information.

, trying to find clues to the truth.

First of all, the influence exerted by evil gods on the real world must comply with the laws of the world. They can only induce wizards in secret, but cannot directly control them. Therefore, the development and changes of things cannot be separated from the current situation. Assuming that evil gods aim to assassinate the heirs of the Alchemy Empire,

So in the orc war situation directed by the Shadow Priest, they had already taken action, but they failed to achieve the expected effect.

The shadow knight of the giant forest is the key. The extraordinary power he displays is similar to that of a paladin, and he can almost be identified as the favored one of the evil god.

Who is the Shadow Knight?

Victor only put Nakhtigar in this role, who has the closest relationship with the Shadow Priest Rebel?

However, the possibility that x-3 deduced based on this is very slim. Carsten Nachtigal is not alone. His surrender to the evil god can be hidden from outsiders, and can he hide it from his family? This is a heinous crime of apostasy!

The method of verification is also very simple, just see if King Nakhtigar can cast magic.

Victor decided to find an opportunity to meet with Nakhtigar and test whether he had betrayed the Holy Light.

The second clue is that before the Shadow Knight escaped, he called the Shadow Chancellor to Victor. This may be his way to survive in a desperate situation, or it may be his conspiracy to divert disaster to the east.

No matter what, Victor is going to find the Shadow Speaker, and he has a rough idea.

Now, Trigoval has cleansed the shell of the Shadow Priests and probably executed the traitors among the Shadow Priests. This clue about the Shadow Chancellor can only fall on Trigoval.

It's not easy to pry open the mouth of the chief judge, especially the Stormrage Swordmaster who wants the inquisition's dirty information. Victor thought over and over again and decided to start with the battle for the throne of the Sasan Empire, using rock brick technology to create huge waves.

, pushing His Royal Highness Howard Testiel to the forefront, forcing him to let Trigoval speak frankly.

In the following time, Victor began to fully accept information from the outside world, communicating with Sylvia through letters while improving his plan.

When the ice and snow melt and the earth returns to spring, the wild bears in the mountains and forests wake up from hibernation, crawl out of the tree holes tremblingly, and look for food everywhere. Victor and others are ready to leave Fengling Town and go to Bronzehalberd City to meet Golden Eyes.

Countess joins.

The muzzled draft horses snorted and kicked the ground with their thick hooves. The wheat sprouts on the roadside looked fresh and delicious, but they couldn't eat them. Next to the luxury carriage, Victor held Andrea's hand.

With fair and smooth hands, she said sincerely: "My dear, I hope you will accompany me to Bronzehalberd City."

Her lover sincerely invited her to go with her. Andrea was sweet-hearted. She was reluctant to separate from Victor, but also hesitated. Finally, she forced a smile and said: "My love, I am willing to accompany you, but... I don't want to see Wimbledon."

Countess, and... Wimbledon of Bronzehalberd City and I are not of the same blood, they are supported by the Frederick family, and they may not welcome me."

These days, Victor has spent time with the beautiful Countess of Wimbledon, rubbing their ears together, developing feelings for her, and getting to know her somewhat.

Andrea's temperament is indeed arrogant, but her bad temper does not exist in front of Victor. On the contrary, she has a deep respect for those in power, and her flattery to Victor is absolutely not false at all.

Unlike other high-level female knights who take pleasure in teasing Victor. Being with Andrea, Victor feels a different kind of satisfaction.

To say that Victor is obsessed with Andrea's gentle beauty is far from possible. But Andrea is a gift given to him by the Basileus family.

For their own benefit, the Basilius family leaked Victor's whereabouts to the Shadow Priest. This kind of thing does not require an apology. Even if he apologized, His Highness Randall accepted it, but when Victor needed to deal with Basilius

When it comes to the family, he will also not show mercy.
To be continued...