The Villain Saint is my secondary account

The other chip he had hidden in his palm flew across the gambling table like a dart, hitting the dice cup precisely.

The action happened so fast, almost in the blink of an eye.

bad!

Lu Fan realized something was wrong and reached out to press down on the dice cup, but he was distracted by Ye Xiao's words and was a beat too slow.

"Snapped"

The dice cup flew past his palm, revealing the dice underneath.

Two, three, three—small.

Since no influence was exerted, the result of the dice roll was exactly the same as what Ye Xiao had perceived.

Lu Fan lost.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Banquet and its Aftermath

"Baron Kalon!!!"

Once he realized what was happening, Pierberg jumped up from the ground with joy and hugged Ye Xiao's leg, practically wiping his snot and tears on it.

Most of the noble children watching were completely bewildered, not understanding what had just happened.

Morek stared wide-eyed at the dice on the table, looking utterly incredulous.

“It seems I made the right bet, Mr. Lu Fan, Lord Morek.”

Ye Xiao remained calm and collected, reaching out to retrieve the land deed he had placed on the table. "I hope you two will keep your promise."

"Wait a minute! Something's not right, you must have done something wrong!"

Morek rushed forward and grabbed Ye Xiao's hand, "You're the one who knocked the dice cup over!"

Ye Xiao remained unperturbed even with his hands held down; he merely curled the corners of his lips into a smile. "What, is there a rule that says I can't open the dice cup?"

"The dice roll won't change just because I rolled them, or does Lord Morek think the result can actually be changed?"

"you……!"

Morek glared at Ye Xiao's face, gritting his teeth.

Miss Windsor, who was watching from the sidelines, also frowned. She was furious at Morek for making her lose face in front of Tanya. She immediately waved her hand and ordered two guards to push Morek back into his chair.

Morec was dragged back and dared not cause any more trouble. He could only swallow his anger, his face flushed.

Tanya covered the slight smile that was playing at the corners of her mouth with her hand, but her gaze secretly fell on Ye Xiao, who was shoving Pielberg away with a twitching smile.

Only a few people present could vaguely discern the power struggle between Ye Xiao and Lu Fan just now, and they couldn't help but sigh inwardly, no longer underestimating the seemingly ordinary country baron.

“Mr. Pierberg, we’ve been quite lucky this time.”

Ye Xiao helped up Pielberg, who was so excited he seemed to have been reborn, and then exchanged a glance with Zhou Lixun in the shadows.

Zhou Lixun nodded, agreeing that Ye Xiao had indeed fulfilled his promise.

General Doppler breathed a sigh of relief. He never expected that a general who had fought on the battlefield for many years could be so nervous watching a dice game.

But just as the group was about to leave, a voice drifted from the other end of the gambling table and said, "Wait."

Ye Xiao turned around and saw that it was Lu Fan who spoke.

"It's not over yet, is it? You just said there was still one more round."

Before Ye Xiao could speak, Pierberg became angry. After all, his career was being gambled on, and he had finally escaped this predicament. How could he possibly jump back in?

"What right do you, a nobody of unknown origin, have to decide whether I should gamble or not?!"

"Damn it, I want to bet again!"

Unexpectedly, Morek, who was holding back his anger, also hurriedly spoke up.

Their faction went to great lengths to set a trap for Pielberg, almost luring him to his doom, but their own greed caused them to let the cooked duck fly away.

If Pierberg were to simply return unscathed, Morek couldn't even imagine what his future would hold against him.

"Since that bumpkin baron can demand a second chance, I should have that right too!"

"You must be crazy to want to kill me!?"

Pierberg looked disdainful. He could be impulsive at times, but he wasn't stupid. He put his arm around Ye Xiao's shoulder, bowed to Miss Windsor and Saint Tanya to say goodbye, and then turned and left without looking back.

Ye Xiao naturally wouldn't gamble again for no reason. Everything he said during the game was to distract Lu Fan. As the saying goes, there's no rule that you can't lie during a game.

Moreke was furious, but no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he couldn't change Pierberg's mind.

Watching the other person's departing figure, he could only vent his anger on Lu Fan.

"Useless trash! If it weren't for trusting you, that bastard Pierberg would be in deep trouble!!!"

Lu Fan's expression remained unchanged despite being scolded; he merely turned his bearded face slightly to the side and glanced at Morek with his deep gaze.

There was no murderous intent or emotional fluctuation in his eyes, but for some reason, it made Morek tremble and he dared not continue his curses.

"Tsk."

Miss Windsor pursed her lips. She was also unhappy, but there was nothing she could do. She simply instructed her personal guards to "investigate that suspicious baron" before leaving with Saint Tanya.

……

Back in the main banquet hall, Pierberg had completely changed his arrogant aristocratic attitude, no longer looking down on the country baron, and now regarded Ye Xiao as a good friend.

But Ye Xiao wasn't interested in indulging in a frivolous affair with him and listening to him introduce the wealthy young men and women at the banquet. Instead, she politely excused herself, citing "tiredness," and left with a back view that Pierberg admired, before gracefully departing.

In reality, however, he simply went to a corner and met Zhou Lixun again.

"Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Kalon. I must say, I initially made this request to you with only a sliver of hope."

Zhou Lixun had his hands in the outer pockets of his coat, but his tone didn't reveal much joy at the victory.

Ye Xiao nodded. "So, I guess I've passed that trial you mentioned?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Lixun glanced at Ye Xiao with surprise.

"You're not an otherworldly traveler participating in the trial, so how can you say you've passed?"

"However, I will keep my promise to you. After the war ends in three days and the fighting in the western frontier comes to a close, I will be waiting for you at the airship landing field in Strømsgodset."

Ye Xiao carefully examined Zhou Lixun's eyes, but couldn't discern anything from them, so she tugged at her collar.

"You're quite trustworthy, but I'm curious, why were you so comfortable letting me into your area?"

Zhou Lixun said expressionlessly, "Your stance is not important; the company only values ​​your abilities."

"The destruction of Loren is only a matter of time. You are a smart man, and you will naturally know what choice you should make when the time comes."

Oh ho, is this guy so confident that the Duchy can easily win this war?

I feel really looked down upon.

However, Ye Xiao was not in a hurry to refute at this moment. Instead, he nodded as if he understood, "What you said makes some sense."

"But what if, I mean what if, the duchy loses?"

"That was also in Strømsgodset."

Zhou Lixun answered almost without hesitation, "Don't worry, as long as you are willing to make a decision, your original stance will not be a problem."

"Okay, I understand."

Although Ye Xiao was curious about where this guy got his confidence from, he could only agree to it for the time being.

……

The banquet quickly moved into its second half, and General Desoron, on behalf of the Duchy's military, addressed the lords of the Kingdom of Doum and the fallen territories of the Western Frontier who had come to the banquet, delivering a reassuring speech.

It was nothing more than empty promises and mobilization, but for these insecure lords, even the most illusory comfort was still comfort.

Ye Xiao scoffed at the endless nonsense spouted by the other person on stage. Now that he had accomplished what he needed to do, he took advantage of the bustling crowd to quietly slip away in the shadows.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Smooth Sailing

Meanwhile, after a long night, Ella and Loren, along with a group of player spies, tracked down the location where the cipher machine was hidden.

It was a residential building in a remote area far from the bustling city center. It looked quiet on the outside, but in reality, it was heavily guarded by many soldiers.

This time, however, she didn't sneak in and alert the enemy. Instead, she left a few rat demons to keep watch before leisurely leaving.

The banquet in Strømsgodset came to a close on a calm surface, and the nobles from Durm who had visited the city dispersed, some worried, some nervous, each with their own thoughts on what had happened at the banquet.

……

Time came to the second day.

In a spacious room atop the main tower of Sand Island Fortress in the Western Frontier, a group of Loren players recruited by Holman sat at their posts, beginning their attempt to decipher secret messages.

Because of the rat familiar's surveillance, early in the morning, the carriage carrying Stromb's key messenger galloping through the streets attracted Ella's attention.

It won't be easy for the rat-like familiar to sneak into the apartment building where the cipher machine is located without alerting any of the guards, because Ella had already discovered last night that alarms and defensive barriers had been set up all over the place.

If they manage to break through the barrier or knock out the guards and force their way in, even if they obtain the keybook, the other side will discover the problem and move to a different location within half an hour. The key is only valid for one day at most, but next time there won't be such a grand banquet for Ella and Ye Xiao to infiltrate and gather intelligence.

Therefore, Ella deliberately waited until the messenger distributing the keybooks appeared, allowing the hidden rats to run out from the corners and, using the shadow of the carriage wheels, crawl into the messenger's trouser leg, following him into the heavily guarded residential building.

Upon seeing the messenger arrive, the guards inside the building temporarily lifted the barrier after verifying the messenger's pass, allowing him to enter.

In this way, the rat-like familiar successfully infiltrated the secret room without alerting anyone.

It was a room where all the windows were drawn with curtains, preventing even a sliver of sunlight from entering. One might wonder if staying there for too long would cause depression.

A familiar, cabinet-sized precision brass machine sat against the wall, and a slightly overweight male codebreaker sat beside it. After receiving the key from the messenger and confirming it, he began to adjust the cipher machine.

The rat demon seized the opportunity to emerge, grew tentacles, crawled along the base of the wall, and hung upside down from the ceiling, observing the decoder's every move and the keybook spread out on the table.

Perhaps no one in the duchy could have imagined that Ella would be able to synchronize the contents of their painstakingly hidden keybook so quietly.

Ella projected this information to Holman through the Divine Kingdom, who, along with a group of Loren players, immediately began making the same configuration adjustments to the cipher machine in the secret communication room of Sandbar Castle.

Another group of players kept a close eye on the constantly refreshing system forum, waiting for the secret report from the duchy.

When the first anonymous post containing a meaningless string of letters appeared on the forum, the Duchy of Strømsgod translator and the Loren translator of Sandbar Castle began working on decoding the message almost simultaneously.

"The weather is clear, the red 'stereo' is on, and the third castle has crossed the river and arrived at the main city."

After several rounds of trial and error, the first piece of information with a coherent tone was finally copied down by the Loren players.

Ye Xiao was also nervously observing everyone's situation in the secret reporting room. After seeing the first secret report appear, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

The code has been successfully deciphered, which means that the Principality's army's cipher machine will no longer be an unbreakable intelligence system for them.

"But what exactly does this secret report say?"

Holman asked.

"Sir, the weather forecast is their default format, and 'rigid' indicates the key version, meaning that barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will uniformly use the key book marked 'red' today."

The Loren player spy reported, "As for 'Castle,' it's the code name for the steam tank unit, 'River' refers to the Yellow Sand River, and 'Main City' is Strømsgodset. This message indicates that their Third Steam Tank Regiment arrived in Strømsgodset this morning."

Holman rested his chin on his hand, "...Sigh, as expected, only the best of us fellow travelers from another world can handle the way these otherworldly travelers think."

"Hahaha, relax, Mr. Holman,"

Ye Xiao comforted him, "After all, this knowledge was developed and accumulated over many years by countless wise people in our country. The current world does not have such a long accumulation, so it is normal to feel disappointed."

"However, you don't need to put too much effort into this. Now that our little experiment has been successful, we can leave the rest to the players of Loren."

After saying that, Ye Xiao glanced at the players who were busy eavesdropping and deciphering the next secret report, but he wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the faces of two of the players looked somewhat familiar.

It was a girl with braids and glasses, and a young man with some freckles on his face.

Neither of them had any particularly outstanding features; they were the kind of people you would easily overlook in a crowd. But Ye Xiao felt like he had seen them somewhere before.

Could it be someone I met in my previous life?

Slightly surprised, he walked to the side and called over the squad leader in charge of the players in the room, asking him to show him the files of the two players.

The squad leader handed two parchment scrolls to Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao took them and examined them carefully, but found nothing unusual.

Just as he was pondering, a message suddenly popped up on the system panel, disrupting his thoughts.

[Orange (Susie Yun): Ye Xiao, Miss Samael has contacted me]

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