It's not the protagonist, what does it matter if you are trapped in the Shura field

Chapter 532: Chess Pieces and Players

Thorinn was so shocked at the changes before his eyes that he was speechless.

At first glance, this tunnel would make people subconsciously think it was a container for something. From time to time, Rowe asked Nunnuni's people to check out Jorda Elro's residence, and other delegations had also gone in many times. There was no change inside that was destroyed by the fire.

But in reality no change is needed.

Because the thing is already there.

These people are really good at hiding.

If he hadn't seen a similar scene for the second time and hadn't had the cane with him, he wouldn't have thought of experimenting with this kind of thing. Since the death of Jorda Elro, the Sword Fighting Tournament hadn't had the chance to find a second undestroyed Agent base. The fire in the arena was caused by the loss of the cane, which immediately drew their attention to the fire, making them mistakenly believe that the cane only reacted to red eggs.

"What on earth is this?!" Thorin exclaimed in surprise.

Luo Wei glanced at him calmly. In fact, he did not think that this was the result of Thorin's willful behavior. When they were in the old city, the Grand Duke clearly noticed this side but pretended not to see it. It was clearly the result of his deliberate action.

Thorinn was just a puppet who was intentionally providing information to the Archduke, but he himself did not realize it.

I walked to the edge of the red crystal column and looked down. There was still a certain distance from the edge. The whole thing was suspended in this huge pit. I could feel the huge energy just by looking at the appearance.

Destre said the ley lines were affected, maybe it was because of this thing.

And in Luo Wei's opinion, this is probably not the main purpose, but this thing accidentally produced side effects on the ground veins after being placed here.

The location of the agent is not chosen randomly.

They may have as many things like this hidden in as many bases as they have in Melendel.

"I will report this matter to the Fifth Princess. Do you have any objection?" Luo Wei turned around and looked at the other party and asked.

"But this..."

"Think positively. If you want to share the worries of the Grand Duke and solve this problem," Luo Wei closed his eyes, "then at least for now, part of our positions are consistent."

Thorin finally accepted Rowe's proposal. When Rowe came out of the nearest exit of the underground waterway alone, outside was the territory of the church city, and the night could not be darker.

After pondering for a moment, he took out the fairy tale book from the ripples and wrote a passage on it.

"What is Randall doing?"

After a moment, instead of waiting for a written reply, he was wrapped in a green light and suddenly disappeared on the street.

When he opened his eyes again, Luo Wei, who had not resisted the transfer, was standing on the roof of the Lion Garden Palace. Behind the protruding spire in front of him was the Prime Minister's Tower facing him.

I see. Can I see for myself?

He stood up from the tilted roof, but even at this time, Randall was not asleep.

He had to look far to see the scene clearly. After using Lucifer's golden pupil, he saw that the other party was in his office with a scroll in his hand. There were also two female generals in the room. Luo Wei recognized them. One was a third-level god and the other was a second-level god.

At this time, both of them were kneeling on one knee far away from the old monster, as if waiting for instructions, while Randall was holding the scroll in his hand, immersed in thought with a thoughtful look.

He really isn't interested in women.

Luo Wei could not have imagined such an outrageous development that he called his two female subordinates into the office in the middle of the night to discuss official business, and judging from the attitudes of the two women, they seemed to have gotten used to it.

That's not a man.

To them, it was more like a genderless god.

There were many barriers in that tower to prevent the leakage of secrets. At this distance, Rowe could not see the words on the scroll even with his golden pupils. Randall had no intention of opening it either. He could only guess that he had received a report on Red Needle Lord's actions in the old city, and his face was filled with deep thought.

When I looked again, the two generals had already stood up from the ground, accepted the order and left.

Randall was the only one left in the room, while Rowe sat on the roof and pondered. Both of them were making plans in their respective positions.

……

The next day, after the elite competition ended, Lowe called Ryan and Kidd to the pub.

"A red crystal pillar appeared out of nowhere?" Ryan was stunned.

Kidd's reaction was more playful.

"Hey, hey, this is impossible," said the second prince of Hooffire, "You have discovered too many strange things recently, aren't they too frequent? How can this be a coincidence?"

"It's not such a coincidence," Luo Wei replied coldly, "So you might be right. There is someone behind this."

Kidd originally just wanted to make a joke, but he didn't expect to hear such an answer and was stunned for a moment.

Luo Wei explained calmly, "As the situation gets worse, various problems will be exposed. Even if we don't discover these, the scope of involvement is too wide and there will always be holes that cannot be filled, especially during this period."

Then his face darkened. "But this is probably not a coincidence. It was deliberately arranged by someone to cover up the real intention that would be easily revealed in the chaos."

"!?"

Ryan and Kidd looked at each other in surprise, while Goodman just watched.

Ever since they came into contact with Red Needle Man, the foreshadowing of the "Red-Eating Star", the truth about the fire, and the red crystal pillar that appeared in the agent's base, these things have unexpectedly come to them one after another, and each one is important information related to the Third World, as if someone had known all this for a long time and deliberately poked a big hole in the back of the Third World.

Luo Wei originally didn't intend to pay attention to this.

After all, he had already made his preparations. He just had to wait for the situation to escalate to the point where the royal city would catch fire. But now the Third World's underwear was about to be lifted up. It was simply prey that had been delivered to his doorstep.

"Keep investigating, maybe you'll get the truth you want."

What the old monster said to him seemed to come true, but Luo Wei still had the same question: how did he know?
Thorin knew very little about the affairs of the Red Needle Duke, so the image that emerged from the intelligence was that of a Grand Duke full of self-contradictions - on the one hand, he was in direct contact with the Third World, on the other hand, he was looking for trouble with them; on the one hand, he was providing help to the Five Princesses, and on the other hand, he was opposing them. This was indeed in line with what the other party said about facing a difficult choice.

But the chess pieces cannot see the intentions of the chess player.

The Grand Duke's position is in chaos. In Lowe's opinion, it is very likely that he was influenced by Randall. There must be a clear reason to explain all these actions, and there will not be any misunderstanding. Even if he doesn't understand it now, he can feel that the current situation is the result that Randall wants to see.

Luo Wei closed his eyes when he thought of this.

However, if the Third World is not a rival in the eyes of the Prime Minister, he will use Red Needle Man to expose the matter of the agent.

Then in this royal city where the situation is complicated and turbulent - is there anything that can be called an opponent by this old monster?
"Let's talk about the red crystal column," said Felicia, who was sitting next to Luo Wei. "I went to another place this morning to check it out. This thing is very likely..."

"Wait, wait," Kidd interrupted abruptly, "I still don't quite understand. The cane you originally got only reacted to the red egg in the arena, right? Why can it create a crystal column now?"

"Because now it can be judged accurately that it is a reaction to the 'already triggered red eggs'," Felica explained expressionlessly, "and those crystal pillars are the invisible foundation that maintains the effects of these magics. Otherwise, Melendel has tens of thousands of red eggs. Do you expect your opponent to hold tens of thousands of short staffs and trigger them one by one, Your Highness?"

"..."

Kidd was stuffed back for a moment.

In fact, it was only after Luo Wei tried it last night that he realized that it was a bit extravagant to have only one red egg for one cane. The fire in the arena was not to provoke them, but to mislead them.

The specific function of this wand is probably to absorb the power of the crystal column to set up and recycle magic. No wonder there are only a dozen or so magic wands they made overnight, and they were all the result of Clothes accidentally knocking them out. It's probably because she knocked the function in the wrong way and had to use it.

"Let's get back to the point," Felicia closed her eyes and said, "These crystal pillars should be some kind of ritual stakes activated by the power of the earth veins. If they can be removed, the magic devices in the area should be ineffective."

"Really?!" Ryan couldn't help but stood up.

"Don't be too happy yet," Felicia said calmly, "Not to mention that this thing is not that easy to dismantle. If you are not careful, it may cause the ground veins to become disordered. And I heard from Luo Wei that many strongholds have been completely blocked and sealed, right?"

"That's true," Ryan stood there, his eyes still bright, "but if we use all our strength...!"

Felicia glanced at Rowe, who nodded.

"Then leave the job of dismantling the crystal pillars to me," she said, turning around. "You will be responsible for reopening the roads to the remaining strongholds. The Fifth Princess already knows about this. This is not an easy task, but we don't have much time left."

"Leave it to us!" Ryan nodded vigorously.

"We need to dig up the underground palace and roads to find the location of the crystal pillar..." Kidd sighed, "But since it has come to this, I will do my best."

In the following two days, the five princesses continued to maintain order in the city, while adventurers, diplomatic envoys from various countries and other assisting forces turned their attention to the underground and tried their best to dig out the ruins filled with special substances.

Luo Wei also received various messages from the delegation and the nobles of the Inquisition. As he expected, almost all of them were related to the developments in the Third World.

It was beginning to become impossible to conceal.

After being picked on by Lord Red Needle, stabbed by Randall, and obstructed by the five princesses, those agents could visibly become restless.

But is this really the expected ending?
Luo Wei put down the documents in his hand, leaned back in the chair in the office and began to think.

……

Southern border of Lion Garden, Morning Star County.

In the castle hall, Scarlett looked at the letter intercepted by her men, which did not mention the chaos in the tribal territory at all.

strangeness……

Logically, the orc spies should have infiltrated, so why is there no news at all? Have they all been discovered?

She picked up the letter again and read it again, and keenly noticed the message deliberately left in the middle.

Then she slowly frowned and began to talk to herself involuntarily:

"Who is Mena?"

(End of this chapter)