EFB Chapter 334 Crisis
Chapter 334 Crisis
Chapter 334 Crisis
"Using a 'Sunfire' talisman as a trigger, Klein really went all out this time! The Storm Church should be the first to get restless!"
As the sky gradually darkened again, Evan mentally gave Klein a thumbs-up for his generosity!
Evan stood in front of the French windows, waiting for Prince Grove to appear!
He believed that if Prince Grove's plan was exposed and went bankrupt, he would definitely consult with him, the mastermind behind it!
Sure enough, just a few minutes later, Evan sensed Prince Grove's summons, sat on the sofa in the bedroom, put his feet on the coffee table, crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and entered a meditative state.
Once Evan entered meditation, he could project his consciousness onto the seal, "Bonaparte's Steadfastness," through his connection with it, and say to the person before him in a cynical and impatient tone:
"What's up now? Didn't we say we should contact each other less during this period?"
Prince Grove ignored the tone of the man before him and asked with a serious expression:
"Did you see the fireball over Backlund just now?"
"I see it. It looks like someone used the 'Sunfire' spell from the solar pathway. I'm very familiar with that!"
What's wrong? Did something happen?
Evan's current character is based on the living characteristics of this Roselle-era sealed artifact. He has lived for over a hundred years and spent most of his time in Intis, the land of the sun, so it is only natural that he can recognize the Sunfire Talisman!
Maintaining an accurate persona in front of all kinds of people at all times is the secret to Evan's ability to navigate between several major forces without being exposed and to reap many benefits!
As expected, Prince Grove was not surprised by Evan's behavior, but instead explained further:
"Someone attacked Kapin's villa. That high-level spell lured Archbishop Simon of the Storm Church there. It was intentional!"
After speaking, Prince Grove stared intently at Evan's reaction, seemingly trying to glean something from Evan's attitude.
"Kapin? What does he do? What does he have to do with me, or rather, with our plan, that makes you want to come all this way to find me?" Evan asked, feigning ignorance.
In fact, Evan had already rehearsed and practiced this passage in his mind many times.
Although Klein didn't tell him the detailed plan, given Evan's sensitivity to "conspiracy," he could naturally deduce what Klein would do!
Regardless of what Klein does regarding Capin's affairs, his ultimate goal is to expose the royal family's clandestine dealings to the light of day.
Consequently, the Augustus family would immediately deduce from his actions that this was not a righteous chivalrous act of punishing the villain Capin, but rather a conspiracy against the royal family. They would then immediately suspect their cooperation with the Witch Cult and even that the subsequent plan to settle accounts had been leaked.
As the person in charge of Backlund's debt settlement plan, Evan will soon face scrutiny from the Augustus family!
So Evan deliberately avoided asking Klein about his plans in order to deal with this test!
"He's our black glove in our collaboration with the Witch Cult, which is responsible for smuggling people from overseas; he uses the slave trade as a cover!"
Prince Grove explained further to Evan.
Oh...it seems someone is deliberately targeting you!
They raided Kapin's villa, then used a "Sunfire" talisman, which the Storm Church was extremely sensitive to, to attract the Storm Church's attention!
As long as the Church of Storms has any doubts about you, they will find out the problem sooner or later!
Wow, this step-by-step work style feels so familiar!
Could it be that Intis has sent another high-sequence hunter to infiltrate Backlund?
Based on the sliver of information given by Prince Grove, Evan pretended to analyze it, while also trying to divert his attention!
Prince Grove, using his "chaos hunter" acumen to scrutinize Evan's words, found no flaws.
I feel that Evan is probably not the source of the leak, so I'm a little less vigilant!
He was also drawn to Evan's analysis, after all, in his eyes, "Evan" was a seasoned hunter-path demigod and a seasoned "schemer," and his opinion was worth taking seriously.
"What I heard was that a strange spirit with the aura of a lawyer and dressed as the Black Emperor appeared at the scene."
From any perspective, he shouldn't be a hunter!
Now that he had put aside his suspicions about "Evan", Prince Grove naturally provided more detailed information and wanted to make use of the brains of a seasoned "conspirator"!
As expected, it was Klein who did it himself!
Evan was once again certain that Klein was behind tonight's events, and he also resolved to carry out the plan he had previously devised!
"The person who takes action isn't necessarily the one who comes up with the ideas. Can't you even understand that?"
Seeing that he had passed the test in front of Prince Grove, Evan became more unrestrained and began to mock Prince Grove.
"It's like you want to cancel the population register, but you want the Witch Cult to take the blame for you, and you need me to carry it out."
I just said this plan has a hunter's touch, but those who don't make a move are also hunters!
Evan wasn't wrong about this, because he always felt that Klein's thinking was sometimes very similar to his own, and he often wondered if Klein had gone down the wrong path!
On the contrary, he dislikes taking action the most and prefers to do things secretly and secretly. He likes to use a little force to achieve a great result, and he seems to be very suitable to be a 'fortune teller'!
Prince Grove ignored Evan's sarcasm; he already knew hunters were all foul-mouthed, and simply retorted:
"So in what ways do you think we might have leaked information, and which side is targeting us?"
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This is a very important question. For the Augustus family, the most important thing now is to understand who the enemy is so that they can decide what to do next!
"How should I know?" Evan rolled his eyes.
"We recently got in touch with the Aurora Society and got them to agree to help fuel the riots."
Therefore, it should not be the "Iron Cross Society" that also believes in the true Creator!
Since the decline of the Soren family, the hunters' power in Intis has also waned. If there is any movement, it should not be kept secret from the powerful witch cult in Trier.
So, without complete information, the only guess I can make is that the Fussac Empire is targeting you!
Evan will not miss any opportunity to sow discord between the Kingdom of Rune and the Empire of Fusak, and to make trouble for the Empire of Fusak!
"But I remember that not long ago, the founding emperor of the Fussac Empire just broke into Backlund, didn't he?"
You should be wary of the Fussac Empire; would they dare send anyone here under these circumstances?
Evan then turned around and questioned his own guess in a sinister way, as if he were fighting back and forth, trying to avoid taking responsibility for his own guess!
But this triggered Prince Grove's thoughts, and he said with a deep gaze:
"Not necessarily. After all, the Fursac Empire has been claiming that we killed Bock Einhorn, so it's possible they'll continue to send people to Backlund!"
During this period, the verbal battles between the Augustus and Einhorn families never stopped!
The Einhorn family didn't intend to pursue the matter of Burk Einhorn's death, after all, he was killed within the territory of the Kingdom of Loen, and Dante...
Einhorn has just ruined Augustus I's plans again.
However, the extraordinary ability of Burke Einhorn is too precious, and many members of the Einhorn family are waiting for it. Therefore, they have been secretly contacting the Augustus family, hoping to exchange this extraordinary ability!
However, the Augustus family did not actually kill Burke Einhorn. They tried everything, but could not find out who killed Burke Einhorn.
However, the existence of an organization or individual within the Kingdom of Rune capable of eliminating Sequence 3 has always been a thorn in the side of the Augustus family.
Prince Grove has been letting Evan handle the affairs of Backlund for some time now because he is also investigating this matter!
Although the Augustus family privately explained to the Einhorn family that Burke Einhorn's extraordinary abilities were not in their possession,
But the Einhorn family refused to believe it, which has led to ongoing conflicts between the two sides on the border and at sea!
Combined with Evan's assessment that there were hunter activities in the Capin incident, he successfully misled Prince Grove's thinking!
This made him really start to wonder if the Einhorn family was behind this!
But Evan didn't give him a chance to think it over; instead, he spoke first:
"You're still in the mood to test me? Have you already resolved the potential problems caused by the Kapin line?"
Prince Grove ignored the dissatisfaction in Evan's words, shook his head, and said with some helplessness:
"I did indeed resolve the potential dangers of the exposed cardin according to the previously prepared measures!"
But this can only be considered obliterated evidence. Archbishop Simon must have had doubts about the royal family, which was inevitable!
The situation was urgent, and I had no other choice. Fortunately, he no longer has any evidence, so there's still room for maneuver!
"Hmph! Naive!" Evan sneered.
"As I've already said, there's a mastermind behind this, a seasoned 'conspirator'!"
A key characteristic of a schemer is that they do not base their plans on the mistakes of their opponents, and once they launch a scheme, it will be a series of interconnected steps, and they will not stop until they achieve their goal!
Now that someone has discovered your cooperation with the Witch Cult and wants to expose it, how can you be sure that this is the only way he can do it?
Since he has decided to target you, given his intelligence, how could he not have prepared some pre-planned measures for you?
If I were him, I would leave my own unique mark at the scene, then write a report to the Storm Church, attaching that unique mark to increase credibility, and then reveal everything I wanted to expose!
Prince Grove felt a chill run through his body, and even cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, something unimaginable for a demigod!
"It shouldn't be like that, right?"
Prince Grove instinctively didn't want to accept this possibility and stammered as he spoke.
If what Evan guessed was true, then it would have been better to let Archbishop Simon take those three arbitrators away!
Even if the three arbitrators' statements were shocking, they wouldn't implicate the upper echelons of the Augustus family in the short term.
After all, they are too insignificant; we can just find a scapegoat later!
Now, however, his actions—eliminating three arbitrators—conversely prove the facts that the mysterious ghost wanted to reveal, completely shifting suspicion towards the higher-ups of the Augustus family.
What terrifies Prince Grove even more is that if something is exposed, he is the most likely to be made the scapegoat!
Because those three arbitrators were all naval officers from the Sunia Military District, not intelligence officers from MI9!
And he is none other than Prince Sonia of the Kingdom of Rune!
The Witch Cult and Evan were his cover for his actions, but wasn't he also George III's last cover?
He believed that once things reached a point where they were no longer understandable, his increasingly inhuman brother would not hesitate to push him out!
Prince Grove was suddenly drenched in sweat!
Evan sneered again at Prince Grove's somewhat self-deceptive words, "We can't gamble on how much the people who orchestrated all this know about the accounting!"
We can only assume the worst!
It's been quite a while since that fireball exploded!
If what I predicted is true, then Archbishop Simon should have received the report and taken action immediately!
Once all the evidence is confirmed, neither you nor I can escape!
I'm sure your Augustus family won't let someone like me, who knows so much inside information, get away with it!
Evan's words brought Prince Grove back to his senses, and he suddenly realized that Evan and he were actually in the same boat, in the same boat, so he couldn't wait to speak:
"You're a seasoned schemer too, you must have a way, right!"
Seeing Prince Grove, a demigod of Sequence 3, so helpless in the face of crisis, Evan was filled with disdain.
But thinking about it, when faced with a life-or-death crisis, how many people can calmly face the threat of death?
The most important thing now is to delay Archbishop Simon's progress!
As long as you can stall him for two hours without giving yourself away, everything is under control. Do you have any ideas on how to stall him?
Klein wanted to drag the Church of Storms into the picture, while Evan wanted to drag the Church of the Goddess of Night into the picture as well to put pressure on George III!
The most likely thing to drag the Church of the Goddess of Night into this mess is, of course, the whereabouts of the traitor Ince Zangwill!
Since Triss's existence cannot be exposed as in the original story, Evan will naturally have to find another opportunity to expose her!
Sure enough, facing a life-or-death crisis, Prince Grove couldn't care less about keeping it a secret and spoke directly to Evan:
"We recently partnered with Archbishop Ince Zangwill, a traitor from the Church of the Night. He possesses the sealed artifact 0-08, which can hold off Archbishop Simon!"