Chapter 704 Lan Qi is Going to Be a Pest

Night fell, and the streetlights on Palliard Street cast a dim yellow glow.

After dealing with official business, Nigel led Lan Qi and Talia through the quiet streets, their footsteps swallowed by the night.

Originally, he only entrusted Lan Qi and Tata, and the follow-up matters could be handed over to Countess Rosalinda for arrangement, but since Lan Qi had proposed a more important commission, they had to discuss it in detail.

Before long, the elegant sign of the Valentine Gallery came into view.

The three bypassed the main entrance and quietly entered the gallery through an inconspicuous side door.

"Lan Qi, what's going on with the vampires you mentioned?"

Nigel had also heard some incredible information from Lan Qi along the way.

According to what he knew, there had indeed been traces of some mysterious races some time ago. For example, a powerful eighth-order undead had appeared in Lan Qi's hometown, the Southern Vantina Territory.

The three passed through one exhibition hall after another, and a secret black door appeared in front of them.

"Actually, the root cause of the Kruitian Empire's turmoil is the vampires. Of course, it's possible that some guys in the Kruitian Empire themselves have inflated ambitions. The vampires took care of the anti-war faction, which suited the pro-war faction's wishes. Now, the Kruitian Empire seems to have a very high degree of war cohesion, but if I'm not mistaken, the vampires are going to kill the pro-war faction that they can't control in a series of power struggles, and the pro-war faction will find a way to liquidate the vampires sooner or later."

Lan Qi gently pushed open the door, explaining to Nigel, and followed him into a long corridor leading to Nigel's office.

The awakening of Duke Rashaal, the Third Progenitor, in the depths of the Kruitian Empire was the fundamental driving force behind all of this.

Duke Rashaal's authority, Blood Control, is difficult to use in direct combat, but it is the most troublesome vampire power. It is located at the apex of mental magic and illusion magic. The heavier the enemy's negative emotions, the easier it is for Duke Rashaal to find a weakness in their mind, completing mental control and forced domination.

"I thought so... why the Kruitian Empire was able to achieve unification so quickly. Although the Kingdom United Council Alliance has many deductions, they are just guesses..."

Nigel murmured.

Although the Kruitian Empire had enough strength to contend with the entire Kingdom United Council Alliance, as a behemoth, its internal voices had never been unified. Not all the War Gods agreed on the matter of war.

This time, almost all the War Gods participated in the war, making it impossible for the Kingdom United Council to analyze how the Kruitian Empire had reached a consensus among the War Gods.

If a ninth-order super-ancient vampire had intervened, and with an authority comparable to a ninth-order epic spell, everything would make sense.

"But Lan Qi, how do you know these things?"

Nigel knew he shouldn't ask too much, but he couldn't help but ask Lan Qi.

"I'm not too sure about the principle, but after so many journeys, I can roughly confirm that this is the revelation given to me by the Goddess of Fate. Maybe She thinks that I made a vow with Her in a previous life, so She broke the rules to interfere with my destiny, and let me see some things that mortals shouldn't see."

Lan Qi replied.

Originally, Lan Qi would not pass on these secret intelligence at will, so as not to startle the snake and expose his existence. But now that the final battle with the vampires was imminent, and Nigel was now someone he recognized as an ally who could entrust his life to, he was not worried about confiding in Nigel.

"I believe you."

Nigel believed that the Goddess of Fate could do such a thing.

Because the interference described by Lan Qi was just a future sight of the highest specification, plus a mental illusion, given to him in a way that Lan Qi could accept more easily, without damaging his brain.

As long as there was a medium, the Goddess of Fate could completely do it.

If he broke into the Temple of the Goddess of Fate and touched the statue, all the conditions would be met.

As the three walked deeper, bright light gradually appeared at the end of the passage.

When they finally stepped out of the gallery and into the outdoors, a magnificent and solemn government building stood before them.

Nigel led the two up a spiral staircase, and with each level they climbed, the surrounding night scene became more and more open.

When they finally arrived at the office door at the end of the third floor, Nigel used his key to open the heavy oak door.

The door opened with a click, and light instantly filled the entire room, dispelling the cool autumn night air that had enveloped them.

"Please sit down."

Nigel greeted, motioning for Lan Qi and Talia to sit on the leather sofa on one side of the room.

Looking around, after Nigel was promoted to lieutenant general, the office was still much the same as before. On the dark brown walls, old maps and yellowed clippings were still neatly arranged. The yellowed newspapers and manuscripts were organized in an orderly manner.

Nigel went behind the desk, took off his black military coat, revealing the neat suit inside.

He opened the office's soundproof barrier next to the cabinet, and as quickly as before, poured three cups of coffee and sat down opposite the two.

"Thank you."

Lan Qi put the cat on the sofa and thanked him.

"In addition to the Kruitian Empire being united, it has also obtained the joining of top combat forces and neutral forces such as the Withered Bishop Niedoczka, the Decay Bishop Farmer, and the Dimensional Bishop Tolyado."

Nigel picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a sip.

His sharp eyes penetrated the rising mist, looking directly at Lan Qi and Talia, telling them the latest confirmed information.

Before separating from Lan Qi and Tata, he had to share all the information he knew with Lan Qi and Tata in detail.

Among them, Tolyado, as the intelligence cardinal bishop, would provide more intelligence assistance to the Kruitian Empire, and would not necessarily appear on the battlefield.

Although his intelligence had indirectly harmed the Destruction Bishop Ivanos badly, after considering the time, it proved that the Dimensional Bishop Tolyado's intelligence was indeed accurate.

Although the Research Department's Night Bishop has not expressed his position, his position has been in the Kruitian Empire for many years, so it is suspected that he has already joined the Kruitian Empire.

"If you only look at the war situation in the eastern region, you can't see the true terrifying strength of the Kruitian Empire. After all, most of the War Gods and cardinal bishops are on the western hub area's front line."

Nigel continued to remind Lan Qi.

"The Kruitian Empire's hinterland will be far more dangerous than the eastern region. You also have to be careful of running into the Resurrection Church's cardinal bishops."

According to the Allied intelligence, the wielder of the Original Tablet [Wood], the Withered Bishop Niedoczka, and the wielder of the Original Tablet [Corrosion], the Decay Bishop Farmer, are both level 88, while the wielder of the Original Tablet [Space], the Dimensionalist Tolyado, is level 87.

Just thinking about the fact that the Kruitian Empire has these monsters in addition to the Twelve War Gods, Nigel's brain has been aching these days.

"Why does the Kruitian Empire have the ability to open multiple battle lines at the same time? Wouldn't it be possible to break through the whole world by focusing on one place? What are the people making decisions thinking, meow?"

The cat boss raised its head and interjected.

Nigel didn't answer the little black cat.

After all, it was just a little black cat, and many things could not be explained to it.

"For alliance organizations like the Kingdom United Council, declaring war on one is almost equivalent to declaring war on all of them. If you read more history books, you will find that you can only blitz one at the beginning at most. Then, whether the warring party wants to or not, it will have to face multiple fronts at the same time."

However, Lan Qi was very patient. He would carefully answer such naive questions, "Furthermore, for the vampires, the faster the Kruitian's power is consumed, the faster they can infiltrate the Kruitian Empire, so they may wish the front line between the Kruitian Empire and the Kingdom United Council Alliance would be more intense."

Of course, Lan Qi's analysis was not necessarily accurate.

Because war and strategy are things that people in later generations analyze, and everyone has their own reasons. None of the participants has an omniscient perspective.

Perhaps many years later, there will be questions related to this war on the history exam, and the people related to the question will not be able to answer it correctly.

Now, the main force of the Kruitian Empire is concentrated on prioritizing the breakthrough of the western hub area. In the eastern region, the Kruitian Empire can be said to only be suppressing it. Their strategy is obvious, aimed at preventing the eastern region from having the strength to help the western hub area.

The Kruitian Empire's chosen blitz target is also in the Central Plains countries, all of which are conducive to capturing their largest strategic target, the western hub area, the Kingdom of Canberra.

The noise outside the window had long since subsided, and only the voices of the three echoed in the office.

"Anyway, Lan Qi, you have to be mentally prepared. Even if there is an identity that allows you to sneak in, it may be quite different from your appearance and age. The Kruitian Empire's capital, Brilda, has a special forced dispersal barrier. If you want to sneak in, using magic to disguise may be very risky. You have to take more sophisticated physical disguises."

Nigel was still a little worried about Lan Qi's safety.

He wanted Lan Qi to understand the danger of going to the Kruitian Empire.

Once caught in the enemy's hinterland, even if Lan Qi had strong strength, he would be thrown into prison.

"Don't worry, Nigel. You don't know that I have the function of a beautician, do you? Whether it's magic disguise or physical preparation, it's my specialty."

Lan Qi said with a smile, not surprised.

He had heard that the Kruitian Empire had magical engineering technology different from that of the Kingdom United Council Alliance, and could even be independently called Imperial Magical Engineering.

But he had been researching how to enter the Kruitian Empire a year ago.

"..."

Talia looked at Lan Qi suspiciously, but thought that since this guy was so good at drawing, it was not surprising that he could do makeup and make skin masks.

"What can you do in Brilda?"

Hearing Lan Qi's answer, Nigel also confirmed that Lan Qi's destination was indeed the Kruitian capital, Brilda, as he had guessed.

Whether it was an empire or any kingdom, as long as it was in the core city-state area, similar to the City of Flowers, Palliard, force could not be used casually except in special circumstances and special places. Once a large-scale magic was used incorrectly, the next thing to face might be trial and execution.

"Although I'm not particularly fast at stealing homes, if you really ignore me, something will happen."

Lan Qi shook his head and replied.

"..."

Nigel was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.

Although he didn't want his friend to take risks, and he had to be the one pushing him, it seemed that Lan Qi had already made up his mind.

"Then Lan Qi, I will arrange for you to be a special spy for our Boysen Kingdom's military, with the identity of a lieutenant general in the Boysen Kingdom's Capital Defense Army. I am your only contact. When the war is over, as long as I am still alive, I will be able to prove your identity to the Kingdom United Council. If you need any intelligence or support in the middle, I will arrange for our Boysen Kingdom's other spies in the Kruitian Empire to pass it on to you. You will be the superior of the Boysen intelligence officers. Only you can instruct them. They cannot take the initiative to meet you."

Nigel said, watching Lan Qi in a deep voice.

This was not only helping Lan Qi provide an identity, but also entrusting Lan Qi with an important task.

"Don't worry, the Alliance will win, and the Empire will be defeated!"

Lan Qi clenched his fist and said with confidence.

Looking at Lan Qi's firm appearance, Nigel's eyes became moved and complicated.

"Yes, we will definitely repel these invaders and protect our homeland!"

Nigel tried to hide his emotional fluctuations. Both Lan Qi's sense of mission and responsibility seemed to be able to infect him, making his thoughts surge.

"The Alliance will win, and the Empire will be defeated."

He shook hands with Lan Qi, pulling each other, and all the difficulties melted away at this moment.

"I'll wait for you to come back in the City of Flowers."

Nigel added, believing firmly.

"Nigel, meow, you see, this guy is pretty normal in the City of Flowers, but if he wants to be abstract, he can be very abstract."

The cat boss was very sure that it was more reassuring to throw Lan Qi, this pest, into the enemy's camp.

He shouldn't stay in his own half of the South Continent, but should live in the opposite half.

"What kind of name can he make for himself?"

Talia looked down at the little black bread with contempt and asked.

She listened to Lan Qi and Nigel talking for a long time, and didn't expect that the always timid cat boss would be so optimistic about Lan Qi this time.

Was it because they had once gone to the Protos Empire in the Northern Continent together?

Logically speaking, excluding the three months of travel, the influence Lan Qi had gained in the Protos Empire was limited at most. According to the past that Hugh was unwilling to mention, Lan Qi's greatest contribution was helping her capture Hellstrom Prison.

"...Tata, meow, you are very similar to me when I first set off."

The cat boss seemed to have remembered some bad memories, choked up, and gradually became unable to speak.

It felt that even if it said it, Tata wouldn't believe it.

At that time, it didn't believe that Lan Qi could transform into a dragon once he encountered favorable circumstances.

Until it witnessed the large-scale legendary documentary, The Legend of Lucky McCarthy.

"Then I'll see what you can do in the Empire, and if you can make me eat more."

Talia crossed her arms with interest, looking at the man.

It would be nice to have more bedtime stories for Hugh to tell.