Goddess Wanhua Mirror

Standing on the same spot for a long time in silence, Servis didn't know what to say for a while.Fortunately, another acquaintance came over after a while. It was Sister Shanisi who was stationed in the theater as a bodyguard after the kidnapping incident.The other party didn't wear the conspicuous nun's uniform, but changed into a very handsome black tight leather armor.

After the other party came over, he was obviously taken aback by Sans's exaggerated "personal items", and then cast a puzzled look at Servis.

At this time, a small head with a white face and dark circles suddenly popped out from under Shanis' cloak. His big eyes were looking at Sans not far away with doubtful eyes, and Sans was also seeing this little thing After a moment of surprise, he grinned and made a "shh" gesture at the other party.

The return of Sans did not cause much commotion. Although Serves still suspected that he was an undercover agent, since Lude had already said that he wanted to accept this guy, she could not speak out against it, so she could only arrange for a trustworthy old man in private. The members of the regiment should keep a close eye on this guy's every move.

On the other hand, Lude visited Jed again in private and learned that he had recommended Dick, the necromancer, to be the new elder in a regular meeting.

Although some people always jumped out to object at the meeting, most of the senior directors still agreed, while the attitudes of the other elders were more ambiguous, and no one expressed their objection clearly. All senior directors will then conduct a final vote.

The only thing that caught Jed's attention was Leopold's attitude, which revealed a subtlety.

It is reasonable to say that the other party is Jed's ally, and the two parties have decided in private to join forces to deal with the Navarro family and try to let Jed sit on the chairman's position, but at this regular meeting, the few times before and after Leopold Speaking, Jed faintly sensed something was wrong.

"This guy's position seems to have changed."

End of this chapter

Among the five existing elders of the Brotherhood, "Evil Law" Leopold is probably the elder with the strongest personal combat power.

But also because this weirdo is too obsessed with research and spends most of his time in his mage tower every day, this lonely magic otaku is also the weakest elder, almost alone, and can only interact with various corpses every day. For company.

It is worth mentioning that Leo Potter was once the chief of the Tower of Three. In terms of seniority, he can be regarded as the uncle of Hamilton and Debra. He has been expelled from the Tower of Three for 40 to 100 years.Although it doesn't look particularly old, it is mainly because the lifespan of a high-level magician who breaks through the realm will be greatly extended, and his actual age should be more than [-] years old.

The reason why Leopold chose to unite with Jed before was actually not because he was afraid of the Navarro family. The main funder of Potter's research also found a lot of taboo ancient books about human body refining for the old magician, so he reciprocated and supported Jed.

But at this recent regular meeting, Jed was keenly aware that the position of the old magician seemed to have quietly changed.The other party thought they were covering it up very well, but Jed, who was proficient in speech and communication, could hear something was wrong from the lines and tone of his words.

"You suspect he fell for Navarro?"

"It's possible. After all, what I can give to Leopold, theoretically speaking, Navarro can also give it. I don't think that old guy is a loyal person at all."

Jed is now worried that if Leopold really falls for Navarro, or chooses to remain neutral, he will most likely be at a disadvantage in the next presidential election.

Because of the remaining two elders, Xueli said they were neutral, but they were actually ignorant. Once they found that Jed was in a weak position, they would definitely fall to the Navarro family immediately. Marcy's situation was similar to hers. Mind, not as rough as he looks.

"So, do you think that the next president must be chosen between you and the Navarro family?"

"if not?"

"Mr. Jed, have you forgotten someone?"

"Who?"

"The former president!"

Throughout the entire fraternity, the former president was a very mysterious existence. The reason why the other party wanted to abdicate was that the god of thieves sent down an oracle, and then disappeared without a trace, leaving a few elders behind. Elect a new president on your own.

And Lude took advantage of the opportunity to pour dirty water on him in front of Jed, saying that this guy has controlled the Brotherhood for many years and has been deceiving him. It was Thief God who noticed his blasphemous behavior and sent the oracle to let him "decorate" himself. .

For this statement, Jed was skeptical at first, but his own experience is here. After 25 years of waiting to no avail, he himself has changed from youth to middle age, and he is about to move towards old age. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he might really be cheated.

In front of Jed, Lu De pretended to "analyze" him.First of all, the oracle must be true. God of Thieves asked the brotherhood to select a new president on their own. The reason why there is no official appointment should be that they can choose the most capable person based on their own abilities.

But the former president has dominated the Brotherhood for nearly 200 years, and I'm afraid he is not willing to just step back like this. He may not dare to openly disobey the will of the gods, but it is still feasible to do some small tricks secretly.For example, interfering in the election of the new chairman and letting people who obey his faction take over.

As for why the god of robbers didn't come over to take care of it himself, Lu De had done a "science popularization" with Jed before.

The world where mortals live is called the mortal world, while the gods come from the realm of the gods above the sky, where there exists a kingdom belonging to the gods.Some gods responded to the prayers of mortals and became gods with gods.

But the gods will not stay in the mortal world all the time. They still stay in the domain of the gods most of the time. It is not easy to come to the mortal world. Give some people the opportunity to take advantage of loopholes.

After the analysis, Lude finally emphasized that this is just his own immature guess. After all, they have no reliable evidence, but looking at Jed's thoughtful expression, he obviously listened.

After the meeting with Jed, Lude left the casino and returned to the opera house. Along the way, in his field of vision, dense lights of faith could be seen flying over the entire city, in various colors.And the color that accounts for the largest proportion at this stage is the gray that represents the belief of the God of Thieves. There is a large area of ​​gray, as if it is a surging fog.

Most of these gathered Thief God beliefs come from those who have watched "The Cave King". Individual beliefs may not be worth mentioning, but they have an overwhelming advantage over the members of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand.

So with the influx of this part of beliefs, Yanmu City's Thief God belief circle will unknowingly undergo structural changes.

Perhaps in a short period of time, this is good for that impostor. She will find that her beliefs have suddenly increased a lot, and she is one step closer to breaking through, but as these new beliefs increase, she will gradually begin to Occupying the bulk of the overall belief pool, this fake may not be able to laugh at that time.

However, Lude also knows that this tactic is not 100% sure to work. Its theory is completely based on his guess about the special energy of faith. Before, there was no chance, and there was no suitable object to test it. How much can you say? With a hint of gambling.

Therefore, Lu De urgently hopes that he can force the counterfeit who is hiding in the dark and secretly "molting" to show up as soon as possible.

And with more and more information at hand, Lu De is now becoming more and more suspicious that the mysterious former president is pretending to be a fake, and the other party manages his church in person under the guise of a mortal.Hume himself used a similar method. This is how the original Brotherhood of the Black Hand was established. It's just that Hume's operational capabilities were poor, and it was only possible to have the scale it is today with a change of people to manage it.

The reason why the other party wants to abdicate may be related to the breakthrough. He wants to take the opportunity to give up this vest and simply be a high-ranking Thief.

Lude was thinking about something while walking, when Alvette, who was accompanying him, suddenly stepped forward and whispered something in his ear, Lude's face changed suddenly after hearing this.

"When?"

"Just now, Lady Aina immediately notified me with her divine sense, asking me to pass the news on to Her Excellency."

"Go! Let's go to the tavern."

End of this chapter

Knowing that Hume had suddenly collapsed, and his symptoms were far worse than the previous few times, Lude was terrified.However, when he hurried back to the tavern, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Hume, who was said to be lying on the ground and convulsing, sitting there with his legs crossed, eating and drinking, chatting with others like a normal person. Nothing morbid.

Seeing Lu De running back panting, the other party waved the half-eaten roast lamb waist in his hand, and said in a very aggressive tone.

"Hey, you're back! Have you eaten yet? Let's make skewers together!"

"you……"

"It's okay, that stupid girl Aina is worrying about. It's the same as the previous few times, but this time it's more unlucky. I just fell ill while walking on the stairs, so I fell from it. I'm a god, even if I'm sealed That's right, the cricket just rolled down the stairs without even breaking its skin."

"..."

Seeing Hume smiling and pretending to be relaxed, Lu De came to her with a frown, looked up and down, then suddenly grabbed Hume's hand, and lifted her from the chair with a light tug. The limp arms are weak and weak like ordinary people.

"You can't call it okay."

obviously!Hume is gradually losing the blessing of divine power, and this also shows that counterfeit goods have passed the stage of stalemate, and are gradually replacing Hume as the orthodox belief object of "thief gods".

To use a simple and easy-to-understand analogy, if faith itself is a forum website, believers are users of this website, and clicks bring traffic called faith to the website.The god is equivalent to the administrator of this website, and the divine power is the authority possessed by the god.

So in fact, it is faith that creates gods, and gods represent faith to a certain extent, but they are not faith itself.

As for the curse of the God of War, it can be understood as a "hacking attack". He made Hume lose his authority, leaving only the identity of an administrator.But it is precisely because of this curse that indirectly led to the emergence and growth of counterfeit products!

In fact, if there is no curse, Hume can detect the existence of the counterfeit at the first time when the counterfeit appears, and then directly use the authority at hand to kill the other party, or take it under his command and become a younger brother like an envoy. These two coping strategies are used by other gods in the face of occasional "heteromorphs".

But the curse made Hume incapacitated, so she couldn't detect the counterfeit in time, and when she finally found out, the other party had grown enough to threaten her status.

Once the counterfeit completes usurping the throne, Hume will no longer be the God of Thieves, and whether he will live or die at that time will all be in the mind of the opposite party.

Seeing that Hume's situation was so serious, Lude realized that their actions must be accelerated, and the next stage of action must be launched in advance.

In Lude's original plan, the first step was to change the structure of the local Thief God belief circle in Yanmu City, and the second step was to provoke the Brotherhood of the Black Hand to fight among themselves. Then launched the final general attack, referring to the practice of God of War, and also gave a seal to the counterfeit.

At present, the first step has been very effective, Serves and her rainbow song and dance troupe have contributed a lot, and the second step is in progress, the elders of the Black Hand Brotherhood are already fighting for the position of president, but The counterfeit has never shown up, and now it is time to launch an offensive in advance.

Lu De's plan is to directly attack the counterfeit from the source of belief.Doesn't your Brotherhood of the Black Hand rely on "divine wine" to attract believers?Then I'll blow up your secret factory that produces divine wine, and then write a report letter to a certain priest of the God of War Cult who hates hatred, and ask him to take the apologist knights to smash those harmful meeting places.

If this is the case, although there will definitely be a lot of noise in the end, but this is no longer the time to care about getting angry.

As soon as he said it, Lude immediately assembled the heroic spirit team, preparing to attack the Mir Mine, the location of the Brotherhood's drug factory after nightfall tonight.

The Mir Mine is an old mine located north of Yanwood City. The Navarro family bought the coal mine from the dwarves, and then transformed the mine into a drug manufacturing workshop for the production of "sacred wine".

When reading Hu En's research notes before, Lu De accidentally discovered the formula of the divine wine. Among them, there is a raw material called "ghost mushroom", which only grows in dark and humid cave environments, so it just happens to be produced in the mine. Artificial cultivation.

It is worth mentioning that although the Mill Mine is nominally the property of the Navarro family, it is actually the public property of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand. The security here is very strict, and the mage tower of the evil magician Leopold is also there. Here, he is also one of the defensive forces.Lu De not only wanted to destroy the drug factory, but also wanted to get rid of this guy.

Lude had investigated Leopold's past deeds before. This man was expelled from the Tower of Three because of his obsession with taboo body refining.

From the perspective of the current era in this world, the desecration of corpses is the number one evil, and Leopold is undoubtedly the leader in this field. There are at least seven or eight thousand human bodies that he regards as experimental materials.

If it was for the purpose of medical research, it would be fine, and Luther would still respect him as a great pioneer, but Leopold's research on the human body is obviously not for the medical progress of this world, but because this bastard wants to create it himself. A "perfect creature" in his ideal.

Almost a templated mad scientist, the kind of human scum that urgently needs to be humanely destroyed as soon as possible.

Lude counted the "available soldiers" on hand. In addition to the heroic spirit team, there were also Shanisi, Hydera, Fallen Leaf, and Kanna. Aina and the three sisters provided logistical support, and Lude was the commander of the operation.

Originally, Hume could also be considered a combat power, but with her current poor physical condition, Lude was really worried that she would end up participating in the battle.

The attack, code-named "Sweeping Drugs", was planned to be carried out in the middle of the night two days later. Before that, Lu De wrote two letters of report and attached a map of Yanmu City with all the locations of the meeting places to let the fallen leaves They were sent to the Temple of War and the Duke's Mansion in the city respectively.

Before going out, Lude specially told the fallen leaves not to put the mailbox, but put it directly in the most conspicuous place of the desk, so that Priest Nomon and Duke Crude can see it when they go to work tomorrow morning.

Then Lude called the three sisters, took out a few design drawings he had prepared on the spot, and asked them to start working overnight, trying to make all these equipment before the next day, when the "anti-drug operation" started , the heroic spirit team will come in handy.

End of this chapter

In the Duke's Mansion, the diligent Duke Crude, as usual, went to the study to deal with official duties after breakfast on time every day.

Recently, due to the return of the eldest son Jacob, who was stationed in the border fort, the Duke ordered him to serve as an assistant officer while he was at home, and to learn how to be a good Duke from himself.

By the way, I kept this kid under my nose, so that he didn't have the time and opportunity to go out and gamble.

For his father's arbitrariness, Jacob, who was afraid to the core, only dared to complain in his heart, and did not dare to show the slightest reluctance on his face.After all, the old duke was a strict father who believed that "a dutiful son comes from a stick". From childhood, Jacob was often "educated" by the duke's ancestral belt of the Seven Demon Wolves.As long as you see the belt, your body will automatically stick your butt on the ground according to muscle memory.

After the father and son had breakfast, they came to the study together, only to find that there was a large envelope on the desk that was missing yesterday.

Seeing this, Duke Crude frowned and looked around cautiously.This envelope was obviously not for the Duke's own use, let alone a document handed in by his officials.

The Duke realized that someone sneaked in and released it last night.

So the Duke raised his hand to stop his son who was about to reach for the envelope, and turned to call the two guards standing guard at the door of the study to come in.

"Ask the magician in the house to check this envelope, and then call me all the guards who patrolled last night."

The cautious Duke quickly made a series of arrangements. After hearing the news, the magician first checked the envelope and confirmed that there was nothing unusual in it. There was only a map and an anonymous letter. Then the Duke questioned the guards who were on duty last night. Everyone said that they didn't notice anything unusual, and nothing was lost in the house.

The old duke understood that the sender should be a master of stealth, and there is a high probability that he would not be hostile.

So he took the envelope, flipped through the contents, and couldn't help frowning.

"Father, what the hell is this?"

"Look at it too, and tell me what you think."

Handing the letter and the map to his son, Jacob saw it and knew that his father was asking him a question, so he picked it up and read it carefully.

As far as the content is concerned, this is an anonymous report letter. The letter said that there are many local organizations and chambers of commerce who privately sold an addictive poison called "Sacred Wine", amassing a large amount of ill-gotten wealth, and poisoning Yanmu City. the body of the resident.All the places where the holy wine is sold are marked on the attached map. I hope the Duke can uphold justice and protect his subjects from being poisoned.

After reading the contents of the letter, Jacob pondered for a moment, then said to his father.

"Father, if what is said in this letter is true, then we should indeed take action immediately to clean up all these drug lairs, and then impose the most severe punishment on those chambers of commerce involved, as an example to others!"

"This is your judgment?"

"Yes, I think it is a lord's duty."

Looking at his son who was looking directly at him, the old duke couldn't help showing a gratified smile on his face.Xin said that although this kid has some bad habits and failed to fully inherit his own intelligence, he has not dishonored his family and is an upright and responsible knight.

It's a pity that the child won't like what I'm going to teach him next.So the old duke asked his subordinates to retreat first, and then turned to Jacob and asked.

"Jacob, I want to ask you a question for my father. Do you think I know what is said in the report letter?"

"You...you probably don't know about it? Or you've heard about it long ago, but there's just no conclusive evidence..."

"No! My child, the father knows all these things."

"Uh this..."

Seeing that Jacob was as surprised as he expected, the old Duke looked at the family coat of arms hanging on the wall and said.

"Jacob, I have taught you since childhood that you must be upright, kind, and compassionate, but as a lord and a noble who is loyal to King Duran, we have a more important mission, which is to guard this land that our family has ruled for generations. Don’t give up a single bit of land lightly.”

"Father, I naturally understand this. You sent me to the frontier fortification, isn't it just so that I can understand this truth for myself? But this should not conflict with the current matter, right?"

"If you want to protect this land, you can't do it with just blood. We need a strong army, strong walls, and more fortresses to fight against the empire from the south. And if you want to have these , They all need money, a lot of money.”

In front of his son, the old duke showed Jacob two ledgers, one was the increasing military expenditure over the years, and the other was the "filial piety" from the major families in the city.The Duke told his son very clearly that he not only knew many dirty things in the city, but also accepted the same dirty bribes from these dirty guys, and then used the money to subsidize military expenses.

It is no exaggeration to say that without the connivance of the Duke, Yanmu City would not be in such a filthy situation as it is today.

But what is very ironic is that Yanmu City's current prosperous situation is indeed due to these ghosts and monsters.Without the large sum of money they provided, the Duke of Crude would not have sufficient military expenditures to build border fortresses and maintain a standing army of thousands of people.

If that was the case, Jacob might not need to go south to defend the border fort nearly a hundred kilometers away, because the walls of Yanmu City would become the front line of their confrontation with the imperial army.