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Wang nodded.
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Back in the safe central control room, Minsk came clean: "I didn't actually buy this scroll from a merchant. I seized it by intercepting an expedition team hired by the Union of Arcane Law. I killed the Union of Arcane Law wizard who led the team, and then used the conversation with the dead to find out the origin of this fragment.
"The Austrian Federation bought this fragment and the information about its origin from an intelligence dealer, and then organized an expedition team to excavate the ruins."
Wang: "When did you intercept the expedition team?"
Minsk: "Just a week ago. I promise I'm not lying this time!"
Wang looked at the map and gestured between the capital of Monrovia and the current location of the island.
Nini said directly: "When the expedition team was intercepted, it was almost the same time when the special envoy Xette set out from Minos."
Wang: "People from the Union of Arcane Magic can be teleported to Minos. They could have come to help when the orcs invaded before, but no wizard from the Union of Arcane Magic came to reinforce."
Rosalie continued, "Because someone in the Austrian Mage Union wants the orcs to massacre the city and destroy Monrovia. They were indifferent at that time, but now they are so enthusiastic about sending people to join the rescue team. Thinking about it this way, this Austrian Mage Union is very suspicious."
Wang: "Rosalie, you must immediately order Hasher to guard the place strictly. These people from the Austrian Law Federation may not have good intentions."
Minsk: "Of course they have bad intentions! Do you know why they wanted to destroy our Mage Tower?"
Wang: “Why?”
Minsk: "In order to obtain the knowledge in our Mage Tower! Our teacher was a master of Mordenkainen magic at the time, and he could even create new Mordenkainen rune locks.
"The Union of Arcane Law originally wanted to persuade the teacher to share knowledge, but the teacher refused! Because the teacher looked down on the insects of the Union of Arcane Law. They were just a group of robbers who took away other people's knowledge everywhere, and their own research level was a mess!"
Wang: "Is the Union of Arcane Magic such an organization? According to the records in my...my Mage Tower, there are many good people in the Union of Arcane Magic."
Flint and Marika said together, "Of course there are good people."
Then they both looked at each other.
Wang: "Have you two ever met any decent wizards from the Union of Arcane Magic?"
Marika: "Yes. I was able to escape the bloody fate thanks to a gray-robed wizard from the Arcane Union, who also had a big beard."
Minsk stroked his beard and said, "It's not surprising that any organization will have one or two good people. But this cannot change the nature of the organization! I swear what I said is true! Now that the Austrian and French Federation is looking for you, they definitely don't have any good intentions!"
Wang: "I just said that. The problem is, they won't try to take the knowledge of our Mage Tower for themselves, right?"
Elizabeth suddenly exclaimed, "Your spell book! The Complete Book of Magic! They might want to steal it!"
Wang: "But that is just like my dimensional bag, it is bound to me personally."
Rosalie: "Do they know this?"
The king scratched his head. "They should know. I told the Grand Mage of the Kuosanian Empire. The Grand Mage of Landon Territory also knows... Eh? Wait, did I tell you that?"
Elizabeth: "You did, but you said it when you were teaching my master wizard the dragon form. You said that only you can open that book."
Wang: "That's it. They're not coming here for this book."
Elizabeth: "But...what if they want to control you and let you turn the pages? After all, my master wizard did copy the dragon form spell from your book of magic, which proves that this is feasible. All they have to do is let you turn the pages."
Wang blinked: "This... No way, this is too unreliable, and I resisted the might of the Nine Rings, what kind of magic can control me?"
Elizabeth: "My Charmed Human."
king:"……"
Chapter 223 The Plan of the Austrian and Mage Union
Monrovia ship, cabin.
The Union of Arcane's envoy, Xet, cast a spell to prevent eavesdropping.
After making sure that no one could eavesdrop, Cosette turned to the other mages and the first thing she said was, "Are they on guard against us? What do you think, Todd?"
The man named Todd frowned and said, "There is no old man in a blue robe and blue hat in the intelligence we got."
This is Minsk.
Xet nodded. "That's right. The latest intelligence sent from Shallow Water City didn't mention this old man. Could it be that he is actually the lich occupying Shallow Water City disguised by Transfiguration?"
Several other people looked at each other.
Todd: "Damn, that must be the case. Didn't the previous intelligence say that in the apocalyptic crisis, the undead creatures will become unable to survive due to the abundance of positive energy, so the undead creatures will become allies against the apocalyptic crisis.
"The people in the Savior Team must have discovered that Shallow Water City's forces were deeply intertwined, so they simply let the lich slaughter them. The lich's strength increased greatly and could help them fight against the cult."
After he finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement with Todd's judgment.
Cosette said: "Anyway, this contact proves our previous speculation. The salvation team already knows that their enemy is the state religion from Catalonia. We don't need to 'feed' them intelligence to guide their speculation. Our first mission has been completed.
"But we cannot let the Saviors realize that we want them to be enemies of the Order, nor can we show that we want to keep Ragnora's knowledge for ourselves.
"We have to pretend to be unwilling and reluctantly help the Savior Team fight against the Cult so that they can let down their guard."
Todd: "And kidnap the king and Princess Elizabeth."
Cosette: "That's right. Take the king to the shelter we prepared, and then control him by controlling humans. If controlling humans can't control him, control Princess Elizabeth, and then use the princess to threaten him."
Another wizard asked, "Do we need to kidnap the werewolf girl? According to intelligence, she has a close relationship with the king."
Cosette glared at the wizard who asked the question. "Damn it! Can't you stop thinking with your lower body? I know that you always use spells like Charm Human to molest little girls from the slums. You are a disgrace to the Union of Arcane Magic!"
The scolded mage immediately shut his mouth and lowered his head.
Cosette sighed and continued, "There is another reason for not kidnapping the druid. According to intelligence, the druid's school allows her to transform infinitely. This kind of druid will bring variables, and she can use transformation to break free from our restraints.
"No, we are not kidnapping the druids. Our target is the king himself, and Elizabeth, who is held hostage.
"Once we succeed, we must copy as many spells as possible from the book. This is why so many people are needed for this operation, because copying spells requires manpower! When the rescue team finds out that the king has been kidnapped, they will definitely launch a rescue operation. We are in a hurry, and copying spells must be a priority.
"First, we need spells that can prolong life, such as Iollum's longevity spell and Iollum's soul transformation. The masters of the association are in urgent need of such spells. If we can copy them, the Federation will definitely reward us handsomely. Peter, do you have anything to say?"
The wizard named Peter nodded. "I don't think it's necessary to insist on a specific spell. An eighth- or ninth-level spell that the association doesn't have should be enough. For example, Okarim's Memory Weaving. The association believes that this spell exists, but has never found any relevant knowledge, and hasn't even included its low-level version."
Generally, nine-level spells will have lower-level spells based on similar principles at lower levels.
For example, there is a low-level version of the dragon spell.
Peter continued, "There are also various Bigby hand series. In the association's ceremony, there are Bigby palms/fists/hands from the first ring to the eighth ring, but there is no ninth ring. Rumor has it that the ninth ring is called Bigby's Crushing Palm. Maybe this spell is in the book of all magic."
Xaite nodded: "Eighty percent of the time, there will be. This book of all laws is what every wizard dreams of. If I were this king, I would never reveal that I have it.
"Once exposed, all mages will become potential enemies."
The mages nodded in unison.
Then Todd said worriedly: "This king is only a four-ring wizard, so he is relatively easy to deal with. Although he has the glorious achievement of killing a nine-ring lich..."
"Come on," Peter said, "It must be a double act with the lich. Maybe the orcs' attack on Minos was also arranged by the Savior Team. After all, the lich is in the same group with them, and the lich is in the same group with the orcs. The so-called unprecedented orc overlord may have been helped to rise to power by the lich and the necromancer who followed him."
Todd: "Okay, think about it carefully. There are many suspicious points in the process of this king killing the lich. The biggest suspicious point is that the lich had already entered a high-hidden state, but he actually came out on his own. This doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it."
Cosette: "Todd, what did you want to say? The part after 'The king is only a fourth-ring mage, so he is relatively easy to deal with'."
"Ah? Oh, what I want to say is, how do we deal with the people around him? That drow elf was once a member of the drow queen's guards, and she has been in the drow intelligence and assassination forces for so long. She is not a good person, and she will not sit idly by and watch us kidnap the king and her master Elizabeth."
Cosette: "We can use Divine Might. It has been confirmed that Divine Might is effective against this drow. We can use Divine Might to control everyone, then kidnap the king, and then use Domination of Humans to control the king."
Todd continued, "What about the Lizardman Monk? We can tell at a glance that he is extremely powerful. I don't think we have any control magic that can control him, not even God's Might. How can we kidnap the king with his interference?"
Several mages from the Union of Arcane Magic looked at each other.
A transcendent monk, in a sense, he is the nemesis of mages.
Because this type of monk is basically immune to all control spells, and their fists can penetrate almost all spell defenses.
There is only one way for a mage to deal with this kind of monk: fly. The only shortcoming of this kind of monk is that he cannot fly.
But if in a narrow space, the mage can either use invisibility to escape or summon thugs to hold the monk back.
The summoned creatures of the Nine Rings can still compete with the monks. If that doesn't work, summoning a legion of demons will do.
In short, it is very tricky.
Several members of the Union of Arcane Law looked at each other. Todd said, "Why don't we ask the Union headquarters for reinforcements? After all, this old wizard and the monk were not mentioned in the intelligence, so they are unexpected situations."
Kset nodded: "Alright, take out the crystal ball."
Chapter 224: Armandbrook, President of the Austrian Federation
Todd took out the crystal ball from his dimensional bag.
The crystal ball of the Arcane Union is different from the spellcasting equipment used by ordinary wizards to cast divination or surveillance spells. In fact, if the crystal ball of the Union is used as a spellcasting equipment, it may explode inexplicably.
The crystal ball of the Arcane Federation is itself a magic item, and can be seen as a superior substitute for the voice stone commonly used in Monrovia. As long as magic power is injected and the corresponding spell is recited, this crystal ball will establish a two-way image and sound channel with a specific crystal ball.
Of course, the spells used to establish channels with different crystal balls are unique. If a spell is not known, the crystal ball is just an ordinary glass product.
After taking out the crystal ball, Todd looked at the special envoy, Cosette. As a special envoy, he was the leader of the team, so naturally he was also in charge of the spell to communicate with the boss of the mission.
However, most envoys will not deliberately avoid other team members when using the crystal ball, so team members generally know this spell, and it is just a customary courtesy for the envoy to activate the crystal ball.
The team of Ksette is different. Their immediate superior is the president of the Austrian Federation, and the tasks they carry out are also issued by the Supreme Council of the Austrian Federation.
Cosette finished reciting the spell in front of everyone and injected magic power into the crystal ball, and blurry images began to appear inside the crystal ball.
The image gradually became clear, and the face of Armand Block, president of the Austrian Federation, appeared in the crystal ball.
"Have the new supplies arrived?" he said. "I'm looking forward to that half-elf girl. She's so perfect. I have prepared the potions and scrolls to make her perfect... Oh, it's you."
Armandbrook looked very embarrassed. He coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and sat up straight: "How is the mission going?"
Cosette looked at his team members and decisively decided to pretend that he had not heard what the president said before - the channel was not fully established at that time, so it was normal that he could not hear it.
Cosette: "We have contacted the rescue team, but found that the situation is different from what the intelligence mentioned. They have two new members, one of whom should be a monk. According to our direct observation, the monk's rank is very high, possibly already a master level.
"His body may not be physically real anymore."
Armandbrook frowned. "Aren't monks of this level the abbots of the monasteries? They wait to drop relics and immortality after death. If they follow the adventuring team and die on the way, it will be a great loss to the monastery. Did you see it wrong?"
Cosette: "We will verify it with prophecy magic when we have a chance."
"If there is a chance?" The president frowned, "Are you afraid of even a fourth-ring wizard? Can't you even secretly cast a prophecy spell in front of him?"
Cosette: "Now he has an old wizard with him, whose strength is unknown."
Armandbrook: "A new wizard? From our Union of Arcane Mages?"