Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 761 The retreat drumbeats resounded loudly.

"I know what you're thinking." The High Priest of the Night smiled slightly. "But no matter who we target, the first reaction from the outside world is always, how could that guy offend a bunch of petty people like us?"

Also, how exactly did you offend them?

She raised her head and said earnestly, "Perhaps our reasons are indeed untenable and sound like we're just being willful and reckless, but there's still some reason behind them."

Who can tell me about Sofia's problem?

I bet not many people even know his name.

The Dark Moon Priest suddenly awoke, finally understanding the true meaning behind the High Priest's words: "I understand. I will send a letter to Ianse immediately, urging her to find out the truth."

"We can be willful, but we must never be easily manipulated." The High Priest of the Night nodded in satisfaction. "The regret of the goddess back then must never be repeated on us."

This is not only for ourselves, but also for the dignity of the goddess!

Remember? "

"Yes, High Priest."

"Of course, once we've investigated the matter thoroughly, we'll send her and her whole family down with them!" the High Priest of the Night said calmly. "And incidentally, we'll teach Sebefia a lesson."

Don't assume that just because the powerful figures behind them will soon descend upon this world, they'll be able to manipulate anyone.

If they're so capable, why don't they go find the Lord of Qingfeng Territory?
That's what gives them the confidence to face the masterminds who come to inspect the harvest!

“Even if you gave them the courage of the White Dragon, it wouldn’t work.” A Darkmoon Priestess sitting in the corner responded quietly, “Don’t be fooled by the current chaos in the Northern Kingdom; that doesn’t give them a chance to escape the White Dragon King’s orders to be driven out of the country.”

"Speaking of which, you mentioned last time that one of your students came in handy, and you asked my Night Infiltrators to help out a little," the noblewoman asked curiously. "And how did it go?"
Don't tell me it's useless!
Because of your help, one-fifth of my men from the Northern Royal Palace were sent out!

"Very good." The priestess chuckled softly. "They've all entered the underground palace!"
They sent me some messages a few days ago.

It's related to that person, Armies.

"Hmm? The one the goddess asked us to pay special attention to?"

“That’s right, his scholarly retinue has been copying books in the royal library of the Northern Kingdom.”

"A follower? What's the use of that!"

"The archmage in the Northern Royal Star Fortress is being closely watched by some people."

"You're saying this here because you need my help again?" The noblewoman calmly put down her fan. "Tell me."

I need a reason that I can convince myself and my subordinates.

"Many people probably know that Armes is the Greek Hermes," the priestess smiled slightly. "But it seems that many people don't know that Armes' sister, Per, is the Queen of the Underworld in the Greek pantheon."

“Pearl?” The noblewoman was somewhat confused… It wasn’t that she didn’t know who this girl was, but she really couldn’t figure out what was so special about her.

She was no different from the daughters of most of the top noble families in the North.

They have great talent and are quite hardworking, but they don't push themselves too hard... They are absolutely steady and methodical, without making any mistakes, but also without any flashes of brilliance.

It's neither particularly good nor particularly bad, so naturally it won't appear in intelligence reports.

"How could that be?" She pursed her lips, then pressed on, "How did you know?"

“There’s been no news from the royal family or Hamilton Castle,” the priestess said slowly. “But there’s been a loophole in Alsalan.”

During his conversation with the Lord of Qingfeng Territory, my men overheard a couple of sentences.

"Was it intentional?" the Dark Moon Priest asked with some concern.

“That doesn’t matter.” The high priest touched his scepter and joined the conversation. “Arsalan will not stand against His Majesty Travis.”

Hamilton and Green Maple have been Travis's main focus lately, and if Alzalan's actions were intentional, it could only be Travis's doing.

Perhaps it was a deliberately leaked message.

Don't worry about it too much.

There's no need to feel ashamed that Travis recognized your carefully arranged imposter.

That guy is at least three times stronger than he appears.

Their mental strength is also extraordinary.

Don't forget, the magic array of the Northern Royal Family has a special rule... that peerless experts can transcend all its rules.

Although ostensibly this was a way out for the princesses, in reality... it was also a way to leave room for the truly strong.

You are still young and do not know how terrible the consequences would be if a strong person with a personality like Travis were bound by layers of constraints in an era when gods were in full bloom and powerful figures emerged one after another.

But the first king of the North had seen it.

Even his establishment of his own kingdom under the protection of the Storm Lord is related to those... struggles. Otherwise, where would so many nobles have come from, willingly accompanying him to the wilderness to build a kingdom?

You must remember that any seemingly unusual rule has a reason.

No rules appear out of thin air.

"So, he could overhear any conversation that takes place in the palace?" the priestess asked in surprise. "But our conversations are encrypted. They sound like casual greetings exchanged between passersby, and the people she meets are all different."

"He doesn't need to know what someone means by what they're saying," the lady said sarcastically. "He just needs to know that she keeps saying things that sound normal but are actually quite incomprehensible."

Unless, of course, your student greets everyone with the same greeting.

"They can actually control things to this extent?" The priestess asked, somewhat bewildered. "Then, doesn't Travis know perfectly well what those people are up to?"

“That’s for sure.” The lady laughed. “Even those self-enclosed spaces can’t escape Travis’s notice.”

Especially that underground palace you mentioned.

The air belongs to his family.

But I remember that underground palace had an alarm system that would sound if there was a lack of air, right?

The priestess nodded dejectedly: "That's right."

“You don’t need to worry about Pearl’s matter; that was done on behalf of the goddess,” the high priest continued. “Her situation is the same as Armies’s; it’s not a matter of worldly concern, so we don’t need to get involved.”

"What exactly does the King of the North want?" The noblewoman was genuinely curious.
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"So, my grandfather left me a huge mess?" Leon slumped on his throne, looking utterly dejected. "Yuri, Yuri... is it too late for us to turn back now?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Yuri, with four differently colored Ainstones swirling around his head, replied without looking up, "A king should have a show of force when he ascends the throne, but yours is a bit too big."

But look, of the four borders, the only one that needs your attention is the Western Border!

You don't need to bother with the most troublesome parts of the Eastern Territory.

“To be honest, Yuri,” Leon said lazily, “is it easier to deal with someone like Sebefia, a born villain who can be dealt with as soon as you find a weakness, or someone like Ellis, a fool who throws his entire family into the gamble for power?”

If the former has enough strength, it can be easily dealt with.

The latter is different.

To deal with them, we must consider the thoughts of the great nobles.

If he makes it too light, Leon himself will not be willing; if he makes it too heavy... the nobles will inevitably feel insecure.

After all, seizing any opportunity was the motto of every nobleman.

Not to mention, the Ellis family didn't actually want to betray the country; they were simply tricked because of their greed.

“Speaking of which, this is all the fault of the Montes family!” Seven, who was diligently copying down notes, suddenly spoke up. “If the Earl hadn’t been the first to choose to marry into a major noble family outside of the border nobles, the Ellis family wouldn’t have followed suit.”

According to the old rules of their four great families, Earl Montes should marry a daughter from the Ellis family.

This is not collusion, but rather mutual support.

The borders of the Northern Kingdom are very long, and the border lords can only gain a foothold with the help of the King's army.

But this is a double-edged sword.

After all, even a large family that has guarded the border for generations cannot guarantee that heroes will emerge from every generation.

What if our own earl can't even be the nominal commander of the border army?
Moreover, it doesn't matter if one generation gives in, but it will be difficult for the next generation to take it back.

However, if there is support from the other three parties, the King's Army will have no choice but to concede.

They are truly of one mind and one heart.

If the war against the Northern Kingdom hadn't been fought primarily between the North and South... there are many secrets hidden behind the heroic death of Earl Montes.

Otherwise, if Lori's father had suddenly broken the tacit agreement among the four border territories and asked to marry the daughter of a great nobleman in the interior, the other families wouldn't have so quietly acquiesced.

The Ellis family, already harboring guilty consciences, naturally dared not allow the Montes family to acquire a large amount of inland resources and talent.

So they almost immediately followed in the footsteps of the Montes family and made contact with... a branch of the royal family.

This would increase the influence of the royal bloodline in the border territories, which the White Dragon King was naturally willing to accept.

But he was both the one who brought us success and the one who brought us failure.

After marrying into a collateral branch, one will naturally be influenced by the faction to which the collateral branch belongs.

In particular, there were several mages in that group who stayed in the Star Fortress.

(End of this chapter)