Quadruple split.

Chapter 2461: Returning Horizontally or Vertically

at the same time

In the northern part of the Holy Land, near the city of Dunbuya, a temporary camp [Yaowei San]

"Your Excellency Heifan!"

The deputy commander of the Gray Lizard Hunters, the highest person in charge of this operation at the Cliff of Broken Head, an old lizardman named Danon Dan, opened his eyes wide in shock at the figure not far away that made him subconsciously feel frightened. He almost rolled off the back of his lizard companion and staggered forward.

"Ah."

Dressed in an overly plain black priest robe, he was lazily fiddling with the alchemical chess pieces on the stone table in front of him. Behind him stood Yizou and Philip, the only two epic-level warriors from Dunbuya City. Without even looking at Danon, Priest Heifan responded indifferently and asked without raising his head, "What's wrong?"

"No...nothing..."

The moment he came to about three meters away from Mo Tan, he felt four gazes. He keenly noticed that the female knight had moved her hand to the hilt of the sword. He immediately knelt on one knee and performed the great ceremony to the young priest in front of him that he would only perform when meeting the [Evil Eye King]. He said solemnly: "I just didn't expect that a noble person like you would condescend to come out of the city to welcome us..."

"Please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Danon."

Mo Tan interrupted him casually, stroking the alchemical chess piece that exuded a faint warmth between his fingers, and explained politely and kindly: "The reason why I am willing to inspect your army here is just to confirm with my own eyes whether they are worthy of the information provided by the new guest in Dunbuya City."

Danon was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Mo Tan in confusion: "A new guest from Dunbuya City? What do you mean..."

"Philip."

Following Mo Tan's soft call, Philip Tolan, the Son of Fertility, who was standing behind him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then Danon felt his body suddenly stiffen, and his head, which had been raised, seemed to be pressed down by a huge force, and hit the ground in front of him with a "bang".

Although he was protected by scales, he was caught off guard and because of his old age, his reaction speed was far slower than that of the old lizardman. He was still physically hit on the head and bleeding, but he did not utter a single cry of pain.

Indeed, for a moment, Danon was very confused by the change in attitude of the Black Brahma priest in front of him. After all, when he last came to Dunbuya City, this nominal and actual ruler did not send out any signals that could be associated with "friendliness" and even casually threatened death, but he acted in a measured and methodical manner. But now...

His eyes, which were slightly red and swollen due to the bruises, narrowed slightly. After a brief thought, Danon was not annoyed or angry, but instead breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason was simple. Based on his years of experience of being around the [Evil Eye King], he felt more secure than the Black Brahma priest who looked very polite and gentlemanly but could kill him at any time not long ago. This Black Brahma priest who was only polite for a moment, not only did not even look at him once, but did not even allow him to look up at him casually, actually made him feel safer.

Although the Black Brahma Priest of Dunbuya City and the Evil Eye King of the Cliff of Broken Head look completely different, they are very likely to be the same kind of people in essence. At this moment, Danon is more certain of this inference that he had vaguely come to when he first met the Black Brahma Priest.

After all, over the years, he had seen more than once that the Evil Eye King would smile and order the execution of someone whom he had comforted with kind words just a second ago, and there were lucky people who were able to regain his trust and immunity despite being scolded and punished by him.

In fact, Danon himself is one of the countless lucky people who are still valuable. There were many times when he even thought he was dead, but in the end he was spared by the Evil Eye King who exuded cold anger and murderous intent, and escaped death.

To sum up, Danon not only did not have any negative emotions towards Pastor Heifan's particularly 'rude' attitude at this moment, but he was even relieved because he was at least 'recognized' to a certain extent.

He knew very well that this Black Brahma priest was a big shot who could conduct equal transactions with the Evil Eye King and gain the upper hand in it, and could dispatch the Son of Plenty at will to implement his intentions. So from the beginning he had no intention of gaining any respect. After all, he had long been accustomed to the law of survival of the fittest, and his understanding of "dignity" was different from that of ordinary people.

"Although I did agree to the deal with the Lizard King, but..."

Mo Tan chuckled and asked leisurely, "You don't really think that I would let those warriors under my command who hate the Blood Barbarians to the core accompany you to go around in circles to find the lair of those so-called 'elusive' Skork people, do you?"

Danon pursed his lips and asked nervously, "So what you mean?"

"What I mean is, even though I gave the Lizard King enough face during the last contact, you don't really think that I would believe that you scum know nothing about Skork's whereabouts, do you?"

Mo Tan sneered and said coldly: "As a capable and intelligent leader who has increased the overall strength of the Cliff of Broken Heads several times by himself and has already become the leader of the Blood Barbarians, I think he will never sit idly by and watch the Skork Resistance grow. Even if he needs it as the fourth force to balance the harpies, boarmen and gray dwarves, he will not let it be in his 'blind spot'. In other words-"

Mo Tan stood up and walked slowly to Danon, who was half-kneeling on the ground with his head lowered, with a hint of contempt at the corner of his mouth.

"You are certainly well aware of where those so-called 'unidentified' Skorks are and what they are doing, aren't you?"

Mo Tan squatted down, gently patted the old lizard's cheek, then stood up again, put his hands in his pockets and turned to walk towards the temporary base where a total of two-thirds of the elite forces of Dunbuya City were stationed. The Guardian Knight and the Son of Plenty followed closely behind him, without even looking at Danon the whole time.

A few seconds later——

"Hahahahaha, hurry up and get up, Deputy Commander Danon, our boss has left."

Along with the hearty little hand, Danon suddenly felt his shoulder lighten, and when he turned around, he saw a middle-aged human in his forties wearing plain leather armor with the emblem of the Holy Church trying to pull him up. Unfortunately, the other party's strength was too weak, and he couldn't even pull him up.

"Sir Romeo."

Danon immediately stood up and said to the middle-aged man in front of him, "I am very sorry. I seem to have upset Lord Heifan just now. It's just..."

Before the old lizard man could finish his words, Romeo and the Pig Spend the Night put their arms around his shoulders cheerfully and shook their heads, saying, "I understand, I understand. In the final analysis, the big guys up there are scheming against each other, and in the end, the ones who suffer are those of us who work diligently and do our jobs in a law-abiding manner."

Although Xia Liya Ain is more suitable as the representative of the "equally matched" side of Dunbuya to negotiate with Danon, and she does possess excellent professional qualities, for example, she can still answer questions fluently and smile beautifully even when she wants to tear the other party into pieces, but that is only when she has no choice.

So with Romeo's smooth colleague to shirk responsibility, Xia Liya decisively handed the task of finalizing the details with Danon to the former, and Romeo completed the task very smoothly. Not only did the communication with the deputy commander of the Gray Lizard Hunter go smoothly, but he even won a certain degree of friendship from the other party. "It's okay, I'm used to it."

Danon shrugged at Romeo and said in a relaxed tone: "Compared to the one above us, Lord Heifan is actually quite 'gentle'."

Romeo pulled the corner of his mouth and said dryly: "Really? I think our man is more scary, but maybe you are right. After all, we basically don't kill people casually here, but the Cliff of Beheading..."

"That's what I meant."

Danon sighed, then coughed lightly, changed the subject, and asked in a low voice: "So what does Lord Heifan mean?"

"Hey, what else can it mean? I just don't want to beat around the bush."

Romeo sat down on the flat stone where Mo Tan had just sat, and lowered his voice and said, "Although he did not reject the proposal of your evil-eyed king, he did not want those frontline soldiers who were already unhappy with you to suppress their anger and accompany you in vain."

"This……"

"Think about it carefully, man. Even if Pastor Heifan's status is so high... ahem, right? Even the two Holy Sons dare not contradict him. But just because the big guys don't dare to have opinions about him, it doesn't mean that the little guys won't have opinions about him."

"I neglected this. After all, we are..."

"If you have any objections, just cut it off, so everyone has gotten used to not having any objections, right?"

"Oh, yes."

"But that won't work here. Although our leader has great abilities, skills, and status, his direct control over the city of Dunbuya is not as strong as your king's control over the Cliff of Broken Head."

"so……"

"So although I as a staff member can fully understand it, it may be difficult for the grassroots soldiers to understand. Moreover, we also have an old woman who comes from a knowledge sect and is highly respected in the garrison. She is very smart and will definitely be able to figure out that you are aware of this. Do you think she will be unhappy?"

"I totally understand."

Danon nodded slightly and said helplessly: "What should we do now? We can't..."

"Don't worry, I won't let your evil-eyed king lose face."

Romeo patted Danon's shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "Not long after you left, Lord Heifan summoned the intelligence department in Dunbuya City. Although the Skorks are not hostile to us and the intelligence collection on them is far less than that of you serious blood barbarians, we can still find some clues."

Danon, who didn't want to send a message back to ask the Evil Eye King for instructions, nodded vigorously and asked anxiously, "So?"

"So Pastor Heifan asked the icy beauty beside him to go and capture a Skork man. After that... it became a confidential matter."

Romeo gave a mysterious smile and said, "All I can tell you is that although you so-called 'blood barbarians' are indeed fierce and cruel in a broad sense, compared to the professionals in the Inquisition... hehe."

Danon was also tactful and did not ask even a single question. After all, even in a wild place like Blood Savage, it was definitely covered by the infamous "Inquisition". So after understanding what he meant, the deputy commander of the Gray Lizard Hunters, who had already guessed the result, asked directly, "So you have found the location of Skork's gang?"

"Take a look at this."

Romeo casually took out two pieces of parchment, stuffed them into Danon's hands, and said seriously, "If there is no problem, we will go directly to him. In this way, we will not offend your Evil Eye King, and our Lord Heifan will not have to bear unnecessary dissatisfaction. As for our warriors, whether they vent their anger on you or on Skork, as long as they can vent their anger, there will basically be no big problem."

Danon nodded, then unfolded the two pieces of parchment and examined them carefully. He found that although the content was not very detailed, there was no problem with the general direction. Whether it was the approximate location of the Skork rebels, or their actual control range and immediate combat capabilities, they were all quite accurate.

That's right, just as Romeo had just deduced, the Cliff of Headless has always been keeping an eye on Skork's movements. Although they really found it difficult to catch the elusive movements of the rebels a long time ago, after the Evil Eye King Fedor became the boss, the intelligence and espionage work, which he attached great importance to, has been advancing by leaps and bounds. Not only Skork, but also Bloodfeather Plateau, Gray Plains, Steelmane Tribal State, Dunbuya City and even Gospel Mountain City have Cliff of Headless's eyes and ears.

The two border towns of Skork and the northern border of the Holy Land can be said to be the easiest to infiltrate. After all, leaving aside slaves and prisoners, the Bloodfeather Plateau, the Gray Plains and the Steelmane Tribal State are basically composed of an extreme proportion of harpies, gray dwarves and boars. However, the city of Dumbuya and the city of Gospel Hill are centered on "belief" rather than "race". In addition, because there are some civilians instead of all believers, it is actually very easy to insert "nails" into them.

As for Skork, as a "refugee concentration camp" for the bloody barbarians, it is the least likely to stop infiltration.

Now, leaving Gospel Mountain City aside, the "nails" in Dunbuya City and Skolke Village have been completely pulled out. The reason is very simple. In a nutshell, Ms. Jenny Beryl, the chief astrologer of Dunbuya City, is not a pushover.

However, this is not what Danon needs to know.

He now has only two tasks.

Choose a way to die for the five hundred people in his team, and -

Give the other three hundred people the choice of another way to die.

Chapter 2452: End