From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 465 A Last Stand

Although Lilith was somewhat curious about Amber's previous words, she gave up asking further questions after realizing that Amber had no intention of elaborating.

Having been with Amber for a long time, she had long discovered that Amber actually had many secrets, and he had never mentioned these secrets to anyone, including her.

Lilith, who already knew Amber's personality, knew that if this girl had something she didn't want to say, she would keep it to herself until she died, so she never had the idea of ​​finding out these secrets.

This time is no exception.

However, in order to continue the current conversation, Lilith still asked: "Master, do you know the situation of this 'Cloak Society'?"

Amber had no intention of hiding anything about this issue. Apart from the information related to the "game", he told her all the other information he knew.

"Well, I don't really know. I can only say that I've heard some rumors. Anyway, it's a secret organization created by a group of old nobles who are half buried in the ground in the Star Dragon Empire, which is full of stereotypes.

If you must say, it's a bit like the "counterpart" of the Federal Military-Industrial Complex in the Star Dragon Empire? However, unlike the close relationship between the Military-Industrial Complex and the Federal Government, there is no royal family of the Star Dragon Empire in the "Cloak Society", and they are all hereditary aristocrats. "

"But if these nobles form cliques and are discovered by the royal family, wouldn't it be a death sentence?" Lilith asked curiously.

"Of course it's a capital crime, so no one knows which nobles are in the Cloak Society. Even someone like you, Lilith, who has incredible information-gathering abilities, only knows that Arthas Sevo is suspected of having had contact with this group."

When Amber thought about how this incident actually involved this organization, she felt that this "surprise" was indeed a little too unexpected.

"But since the Cloak Society is related to this matter, we can probably guess which nobles are in this organization."

Thinking of this, Amber's mind immediately turned. He quickly absorbed and sorted out the information in his mind, and said to Lilith:
"Check the records of previous attacks launched by the 'Lightless Ones', focusing on those attacks against great nobles, and whether there are any 'beneficiaries' in these attacks."

"Understood, Master~"

Lilith nodded and began to search for relevant information in the virtual space. At the same time, she asked, "Master, don't we need to look at the attack on the royal family?"

"Well, those who didn't need to look at the attack on the royal family by the 'Lightless' were all deadly~"

Lilith: "."

There is so much information about the attacks of the "Lightless Ones" on the Internet, and after obtaining the target information, it is necessary to extend it to obtain other additional information. Some information even comes from some non-public secret networks, which requires Lilith to make some adjustments to obtain it.

So Lilith's search this time took longer than ever before, and she stopped after almost a minute.

"Master, the 'Lightless' has previously verified 42 large-scale attacks. From the information I have been able to obtain, the situations and results of 21 of them are very similar to the attack on Dominic Sevo.

The heirs of these attacked nobles were all found to have had contact with the Cloak Society. As for the other 14 attacks with surviving heirs, due to the lack of relevant information, it is impossible to determine whether they are related to the Cloak Society. " "It's okay, that's enough," Amber said:

"At least we know that this attack was most likely controlled by the Cloak Society, and we can basically conclude that the Cloak Society is the mysterious force behind the Lightless Ones.

Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought that I could find so much information by following the clues. "

"So what should we do next? Do you plan to reveal this news to the Regent or the Princess? This should be a good opportunity to get to know them and improve their favor."

Lilith looked at Amber. This man privately knew more about every aspect of the Star Dragon Empire than anyone could imagine. It could be said that his experience was totally inconsistent with that of a man of his age.

But after thinking carefully about what this man had done, Lilith suddenly felt that it was not worth being surprised.
"We don't need to tell anyone. We just need to know it ourselves. Besides, Norton II is not a fool. Although he doesn't have as strong information gathering capabilities as you, I estimate that it will take at most a week or two for the regent to discover the trick.

As for the royal family, there is no need to reveal it for the time being. Keep it in your hand as a bargaining chip, it may be useful in the future~"

Amber thought for a while, made a decision, and finally said:
"Lilith, archive the intelligence we collected and sorted today and set it to the highest confidentiality level. If others want to view it, they need my authorization."

"Understood, Master, the archive and permission settings have been completed~"
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Although the sudden incident on the Star Dragon Empire's side was not as great in impact as the friction caused by Atlas on the battlefield and in the financial market on the Federal Military-Industrial Complex, it still had a certain impact on domestic public opinion and the relationship between different camps.

In particular, for the first time, open and large-scale doubts emerged within the "Regent Party".

Many nobles who joined the "Regent Party" halfway through began to doubt whether Norton II wanted to use this method to crack down on disobedient people. At the same time, more and more nobles were worried that their own interests would be greatly affected after Norton II's "success".

Everyone was waiting to see how the Regent would respond to this incident, wanting to see how he would act when he suddenly encountered headwinds.

The "Princess Party" headed by Agnes expressed concern for the attacked Sevo family and stated that the imperial family would never tolerate such armed attacks and asked the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs to conduct a thorough investigation of the matter.
As for the mastermind behind the scenes, he continued to hide his identity, secretly waiting to see whether Norton II would make a decision to "give in" due to pressure from within the camp.
As problems began to arise one after another within the Empire and the Federation, the long-prepared 'decisive battle' finally came to the night before it broke out.

The explosive military capacity of both sides under the "general mobilization order" turned into a massive fleet arriving at the front line at this moment, and the huge "sphere" that appeared on the Federal Navy's front also boosted the morale of the naval soldiers.

Although they may not know the difference between the 'mobile fortress' and the 'artificial celestial fortress', in their opinion, at least they have similar strategic weapons, and the shadow brought by the Empire's 'artificial celestial fortress' in previous battles has also been largely dispelled.

At the same time, for both sides who are facing the same dilemma and pressure from all sides, this decisive battle will also be a "fight to the death".

If we win, we can reverse the downward trend in the war, stabilize the domestic situation, and gain a window of opportunity to transfer pressure.

But if they lose, the series of chain reactions that follow will completely detonate the long-accumulated contradictions.

(End of this chapter)