Quadruple split.

Chapter 2594 True and false, sometimes false and true

Game time AM10:49
The northern border of the Holy Land, the bloody region, the Skork stronghold
Under the shade of the tree in front of the alchemy workshop, the little alchemy apprentice pondered for a long time, then pushed the alchemy chess piece with the word "cannon" behind another cannon and said carefully: "Check... Check?"

"Haha, I lost."

The leader of the [Dunbuya City Garrison & Skork Resistance], namely the [Black Brahma Independence Army], the alien priest from the Holy Church Union smiled meekly, then handed a small bag of candy to the harpy loli in front of him and said with a smile: "This is the prize for the winner. Remember to keep it secret from your mentor."

"Thank you, Brother Heifan, but Lisa doesn't want to hide it from the teacher. Let's just say that Lisa has been sharing candy with the teacher from the beginning. Although the teacher always says that she doesn't like candy very much, Lisa knows that the teacher likes sweet things. But she doesn't seem to like the bitter black drink. Even if a lot of sugar is added, she still doesn't like to drink it. Woo, I feel a little dizzy!"

Perhaps because her mentor and parents who would teach her a lesson were not around, the harpy alchemy apprentice Lysa Zalburk, who had already mastered the basic skills of punctuation, was so excited that she talked herself into hypoxia. She swayed on the spot for several times before she managed to steady herself. She raised her wings and rubbed them affectionately on Mo Tan's face, then ran towards the workshop not far away.

"What a lovely child."

The next moment, a calm and gentle voice sounded beside him, with a friendly smile.

"Although she does get a little boisterous sometimes, I actually think so."

Mo Tan lowered his eyes and looked at the double cannon method that Lisa used to kill him, and chuckled: "After all, children should be lively and cute."

"That's absolutely true."

After saying that, the tall man in his early forties, wearing a simple brown linen long coat, walked around to sit opposite Mo Tan, stroked his chin and studied the endgame in front of him.

"What is this chess piece?"

"It's a car. It can go in a straight line and kill any enemy."

"Chariot, what about this?"

"The knight moves one square straight and one square diagonally each time, but cannot cross other pieces."

"Interesting knight, what about this one?"

"The king, like the general on the other side, can only move forward, backward, left, right, or right in these squares. Each time, it can only move one square along the horizontal or vertical line. If it is killed, it will lose immediately. When the king and the general are on the same straight line, there must be at least one chess piece between them. They cannot face each other directly. Otherwise, the violating party will be judged as losing."

"Kings don't meet kings? Interesting. What about this?"

"The cannon moves the same way as the rook, but there must be a chess piece in between to attack."

"...You just let the child go, didn't you?"

"Of course. Although [Heavy Cannon] is indeed a killer move, both cannons must belong to her."

“Fun game.”

The man smiled, then turned his eyes away from the game in front of him, calmly made eye contact with the young man in front of him, and said kindly, "Hello, Pastor Heifan."

"Welcome, Knight Commander Madolan."

Mo Tan also responded with a warm and gentle smile and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Madolan blinked and asked in surprise, "You knew I was coming?"

"My personal mystic consultant is from Danmas Remid. She told me this morning that a distinguished figure will come to visit the Skork Village later."

Mo Tan did not keep the secret, but said in a brisk tone: "So, I contacted Wang Yu who was in the City of Light, and learned that a three-person investigation team was going to the North first, and you... obviously should not be Louise Orlan and Clara Champs-Elysées."

"I see."

Madolan nodded slightly and sighed, "Although I have heard a little about the close relationship between His Majesty Tifilo and the great astrologer Danmas, I am still a little surprised that the master's disciple would be here with you, Pastor Heifan."

Mo Tan raised his lips slightly and said happily: "So you didn't see her just now?"

"So, the girl with exquisite makeup who obviously had no ability to see through my divine illusion but suddenly smiled when I passed by is indeed worthy of attention."

Without hiding the fact that he had just walked around the Skork stronghold, Madolan said cheerfully, "After all, even Tolan, whose power comes from the same source as mine, couldn't sense me so close to him."

Mo Tan played with the pathfinder hanging around his neck and said without any apology, "I'm sorry to have caused you and your Excellencies to worry."

Madolan smiled and said in a brisk tone: "First of all, I don't think you are embarrassed in any way. Secondly, rather than worrying about anything, I care more about why you went to so much trouble to direct such a 'big show'."

Mo Tan thought about it seriously and replied solemnly: "Including Philip, Avery and Fia, I have promised many people to take down these blood barbarians in the north."

"Raised?"

Madolan raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "So you want them to be reduced to ashes?"

"Yes."

Mo Tan gave a straightforward answer, and before the other party could continue to ask questions, he smiled and answered: "Although this sounds a little unrealistic, at least so far, everything is developing according to my vision. At the end of this vision, Xueman will forever become a piece of history that is not glorious, but not worth avoiding."

Madolan nodded and smiled, "So that's how you convinced Philip and the others?"

"No, my process of convincing them was much more complicated than it is now."

Mo Tan shrugged, his eyes gentle and peaceful: "But I believe that, to this day, neither you nor the Lords of the City of Light have any intention of stopping this ridiculous farce from continuing. After all, now that the city of Dunbuya has been burned down, the attention of the entire continent has been focused on this wild land. No matter what results the advance investigation team gets, the temporary investigation team with considerable military power will definitely go north, and..."

Madolan interrupted Mo Tan with a deep look in his eyes and said softly: "And even if I have confirmed that Avery, Philip and Pastor Heifan are safe now, the Holy Church Union cannot easily take you back to the City of Light and rebuild Dunbuya City and pretend that nothing happened." "That's right."

Mo Tan lowered his eyes and looked down at the chessboard in front of him, and said quietly: "Things have come to this point, someone must pay the price. Both our Holy Church Union and the Evil Eye King who I have designated as the biggest suspect are very clear about this."

Madolan smiled bitterly and sighed, "Why are young people nowadays so thoughtful?"

"So that younger people can have an easier time in the future."

Mo Tan turned his head and looked at the direction where Lisa left, and said with a slight smile: "If I say so, would it be more to your liking?"

Madolan thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "If there was no second half of the sentence, yes."

"I have always prided myself on being good at judging people, Knight Commander Madolan, and you are undoubtedly a respectable elder and senior to me."

After a brief silence, Mo Tan looked back at the calm Grand Knight Commander in front of him and said seriously, "So I don't intend to say some high-sounding words to package myself."

Madolan's face became serious and he nodded slightly, motioning the young man in front of him to continue.

"I need to prove myself, Your Excellency the Knight Commander. Philip and Avery, although their motivations are slightly different, both want to prove themselves."

Mo Tan stroked Luna's alchemical chess piece in his hand and said carefully, "I hope to get a position that matches my ability, and 'head of Dunbuya City' is obviously not an ideal destination, but if you think about it in a different way and regard this identity as a turning point, it won't be so difficult to accept."

Madolan looked at Mo Tan with some surprise, and said calmly: "If I remember correctly, kid, you don't seem to be an ambitious person who is eager for quick success. Otherwise, even if your achievements in Misha County were overshadowed by the glory of the two Saint Ladies, you would definitely be famous in the United Nations as the actual commander of the Holy Mountain Sumire Battle. So... what exactly made you change your mind in a short period of time and want to "prove yourself" so urgently?"

"Plans never change as fast as they should."

Mo Tan sighed and changed the subject with a subtle expression, "In short, whether it is me or the other two princes, at least our motives are pure enough, and those evil blood barbarians are the biggest threat to the alliance. If we can take this opportunity to completely pacify the North, I think this is also what your Majesties would like to see."

Madolan nodded noncommittally and asked casually, "So, are you sure you are capable of accomplishing this feat?"

“I don’t think it’s that difficult.”

Mo Tan answered in a brisk tone, smiling, "The premise is that the Northern Border troops, as a mixed city of multiple religions, do not fight on their own and hinder each other. These two points are actually very difficult for us, the Holy Religion Union. After all, one of the characteristics of religion is extreme selfishness against pagans."

Madolan nodded and asked, "So, as an alien, you think you can solve this problem?"

"In fact, I have already solved this problem. As of now, the city of Dunbuya has completed the reorganization of all units and established the central idea of ​​putting victory first and faith second. After solving the ideological problem, the combat effectiveness of this team has undergone a qualitative change."

Mo Tan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said confidently and reservedly, "Add to that the epic combat power of His Highness Philip and His Highness Avery, the cooperation of the Skork resistance, and the foul strategic value of the alien scout team. I don't think I'm expecting a fantasy victory. Of course, words are not enough, so if you want, I can even share my strategic ideas with you without reservation."

Although he was not good at strategy, he had a very high level of military literacy. Madolan, who was quite interested in the strategy formulated by the Black Brahma priest, shook his head and said, "Compared to these, I am actually more interested in what happened just now."

Mo Tan: “Uh…”

"Why, as a person from another world who doesn't fight with the world, would you suddenly change your mind?"

Madolan looked at Mo Tan with burning eyes and asked again: "Why do you want to prove yourself? What will you do after proving yourself?"

"Just a rainy day."

Mo Tan scratched his hair helplessly, and then without hesitation, he laid out the "ultimate excuse" he had prepared long ago, and said seriously: "Have you noticed when I started to "change"?"

Madolan, who had indeed conducted a thorough study of the young man in front of him, thought for a moment before saying bluntly, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be after you, His Highness Chen Wangyu, His Highness Fei Yali, His Highness Blake, and Master Tom returned from the [Academy City Exchange Meeting]. Or to be more precise, it was from your arrival in Academy City to the start of the [Warfire League]. By the way, I think that deduction was very exciting."

"You're overly flattering."

Mo Tan smiled reservedly, then changed the subject, his face slightly gloomy as he said, "Although I was told not to spread the news, I met a person whose identity was quite complicated from various perspectives in the Academy City Library."

Madolan stroked his chin with interest: "I'd like to hear more about it."

"He cheated me out of a lot of money when I first entered this world, and then led me to a hopeless path as a disciplined priest. He is a shameless and unfaithful man, the former Pope of the Dawn Sect, Luke Tifilo."

Mo Tan sighed deeply and said in a deep voice: "The first time I saw that guy was at the Dawn Chapel in Dieyan City in the Marshall Territory of the Violet Empire. The second time I saw that guy was in the comprehensive library of Academy City."

Hearing the name of Tifilo, Madolan's expression immediately became more serious: "So what you mean is that these are all the intentions of His Majesty Tifilo?"

"I wouldn't say that, but he did share some disturbing news with me."

Mo Tan narrowed his eyes and said dryly, "In the form of a lot of nonsense."

Madolan, who had never dealt with Luke Tifilo but had heard of his style of doing things, said: "Hmm... Hmm..."

"In his words, it seemed as if some disturbing crisis was quietly approaching."

Mo Tan spread his hands and said helplessly, "Although he was not very sincere, he finally convinced me. Then... as you know, my style of doing things and my attitude towards things have changed to a considerable extent."

"Can you prove yourself?"

"You have said before that Danmas Remidep and Tifilo have a close relationship, and the only apprentice of that great astrologer is currently serving as my chief astrologer."

"..."

"By the way, the great astrologer Dammas Remidep is dead, and the cause of his death seems to be the 'threat' that Tifilo mentioned."

Chapter 2585: The End