OBS Chapter 4262 "Ambitious"
Chapter 4262 "Ambitious"
Chapter 4262 "Ambitious"
"Shad, you want members of the Astley family to disguise themselves as Grey Gloves agents, is that right?"
Wei Ge suddenly laughed:
"Although this sounds like the 'ambitious' Astley family is finally about to launch a conspiracy, no problem, I'll handle it. Even without using my followers, the Astley family still has many useful people in this city. After all these years of keeping those people around, they can finally be put to use. I'll give you results as soon as possible."
Then she looked at Adelina, and Viggo could already sense that her student had a real talent for this kind of thing:
“Adelina, I may not have time to keep an eye on this all the time, and Eve also has to deal with her studies. So you will be in charge of this. Don’t worry, I’m not dumping everything on you, but you will also have to make some decisions yourself.”
Adelina took this as a sign that her teacher trusted her, and she genuinely wanted to help Shad:
"Okay, teacher, I will do my best!"
Thus began the spy contact plan, in which members of the Astley family, whom the royal family was wary of, disguised themselves as agents of the South and were controlled by the princess of the North.
Vigo didn't think it was a big deal, since it didn't involve ring sorcerers, which is why she felt comfortable letting the eighteen-year-old princess participate. Agelina was very excited about it; this was arguably the first time she had personally handled such a complex matter, and although it wasn't a matter of her own country, she was still very serious about it.
The Astley family's influence, permeating every corner of the city, was fully mobilized because of this Monday's lunch. If Shad knew the true potential Adelina could unleash, and what this lunch meant for the entire Old World situation, perhaps he would consider whether to let Adelina fully commit to the mission.
However, at least Adelina did bring a reply to Shad not long afterward.
The reason Xia De did not personally participate in the subsequent investigation was not because he was lazy, but because he felt that he did not need to spend too much time on ordinary people's affairs that he knew would involve a lot of trouble later. It would be better to hand over the follow-up investigation to someone trustworthy under Wei Ge.
Of course, precisely because this matter only involves ordinary people for the time being, Shad felt comfortable letting Adelina try to unleash her potential.
Viggo and Adelina spent the entire afternoon assigning people to investigate what Shad wanted to know, while Shad was not idle either. He handed over the investigation of the Big-Toothed Sparrow and the banknote master plate to others, and went out to visit Mr. Finch and Mr. Bernhardt, summarizing the information that his friends had.
Shad hadn't forgotten about Iluna either. He told Mr. Finch that he wanted to make contact with the members of the [Magic Eye Club]. The old man thought that the "Caller of Gods" finally didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to take action against the highly suspicious [Magic Eye Club] now.
The old man hesitated only for a moment before agreeing to find an opportunity to lure the "Thousand-Eyed Sorcerer" out alone, and after learning of his plan, Shad immediately explained:
"I just want to get some secret techniques from them. But can we lure out that 'Thousand-Eyed Sorcerer'? If so, I wouldn't mind seeing the power of his top-tier magical eyes. I just don't know if any of his magical eyes are of the unknown level."
Shad confirmed this again, and Mr. Finch nodded and shook his head:
"It's possible, but I don't recommend you attack him directly. It's not that I doubt your fighting ability, but the number of Mystic Eyes the [Mystic Eye Club] houses is unknown even to the Church. If you really push them too far, I'm worried they might use those Mystic Eyes."
Therefore, Shad temporarily abandoned the idea of forcibly attacking the [Magic Eye Club] by violent means, while Mr. Finch agreed to find a way to introduce some high-ranking members of the club to Shad for a deal.
Besides this, Mr. Finch also told Shad an important piece of information.
"Ordinary people in the city have started dreaming of the Sea of Origin."
Mr. Finch sighed:
"This news came from the Church of Peace. It was about an elderly lady who was terrified after dreaming of a red ocean. She went to the church to pray and told a priest she knew about it. The Church of the Five Gods should also have realized what that dream meant."
Xia De breathed a sigh of relief:
"It really is Arcadia City. That's good. I thought it would be Topesco. No, no, I'm not relieved. It's just that now that we've confirmed the location of the Origin Sea is going to be here, we can prepare for many things in advance."
Mr. Finch nodded:
"The Secret Order has already given me instructions: if the Sea of Origin appears, I need to go in and investigate. If you don't appear, we might cooperate with the Church, but that shouldn't be necessary now."
Xia De understood what he meant:
"We can communicate about the Sea of Origin at any time. I suspect that the ancestors of the Burgundy family were people who entered that sea but luckily escaped. Some extremely special individuals are able to obtain special powers from that sea. I recently found some information about the Fifth Era."
Shad told Mr. Finch about Ms. Thorne, whose "pregnant witch eyes" had left a deep impression on him. Mr. Finch was also amazed by such eyes, but Shad still didn't know what the witch had experienced in the "Sea of Origin." Only when the witch regained that memory could it help Shad with his preparations.
The Order attaches great importance to the arrival of the "Sea of Origin," not only because it contains the gate to the "Birthplace of Creation," but also because it is the birthplace of the world's original races. Most people do not know much about the "First Men." In most people's minds, the oldest creator is the being who created all life in the material world. Therefore, the "Sea of Origin" is of great significance to all mortals.
According to the elders of the Light Guide Hermitage, recording the origin of life before the world's destruction is of great significance, no less than collecting any information about civilization.
Mr. Finch was ready to enter the "Sea of Origins". He even planned to ask Shad to bring the data out if he failed to come out. However, these things had not happened yet, so he did not discuss this matter with Shad in detail at this time.
However, when Shad later mentioned that the missing items in the Willendale theft were printing plates, Mr. Finch frowned slightly:
"If this is just a political event, that would be a good thing. What I'm worried about is the master copy falling into the hands of a ring sorcerer."
He explained to Xia De:
“The ritual symbols used in a ceremony do not necessarily have to be extraordinary objects. Some valuable antiques, or even modern items with stories behind them, can also be used as ritual materials. This is the most basic knowledge in ritual studies.”
The printing plates for modern banknotes can serve as crucial ritual materials in appropriate ceremonies, carrying a portion of a civilization's power. While drawing upon that power from the printing plates is extremely difficult, the arrival of stolen printing plates in Arcadia is ultimately not a good thing.
Shad had recently discussed the topic of money and civilization with Miss Paavo at the Printers' Guild exhibition, and he understood what Mr. Finch meant:
“I will try to get them back before they cause any more trouble. The Astley family has already started to act.”
Shad looked out the window. He and Mr. Finch were at the Mechanic Tower in the Upper Town, and the view outside was in the direction of the park.
"Could the big trouble caused by those two banknote printing plates be the very thing the Prophet Association predicted? Princess Margaret is about to conclude her visit to the Eastern Front and arrive here, and there's only a week left until the opening of the Industrial Expo."
The old man was also worried:
"Who could know? Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know: the [Holy Son Alliance] has started being active in the area again. They're being very cautious this time, seemingly worried about being attacked by the witches again."
"If that's the case, Hermons might reappear soon."
There wasn't much going on with Mr. Bernhardt. After receiving Shad's letter and learning more about the Silvermoon Library, the Apuna Library officially formed an alliance with the vampires.
They are currently trying to find an ancient tomb hidden beneath the outer city. If they can find an ancient vampire that has not yet awakened in the tomb, Shad even hopes to find the treasure of the Kingdom of Delinor through it.
Not much happened that afternoon: active machinery appeared in the factory in the outer city, a battle involving ring sorcerers was suspected near the Grayrock Pass fortress, uncontrolled relics appeared in the lower city, leading the church to seal off an entire street, and a noble family in the upper city was investigated by the church for suspected possession of contraband. These have been very common occurrences in the past month.
Various organizations are still collecting life force. Although Shad already has a "spark" in his hands, he is not in a hurry to do so, because the life force collected by Mr. Bernhardt and his group using the "container" and the life force obtained by the witch's followers when solving problems in the city will eventually come into Shad's hands.
By evening, when they returned to Fragrant Residence after visiting their friends, Viggo and Agelina had almost finished arranging their contact with the local Grey Gloves agents. They had a complete plan, and even considered using Margaret's identity to do something if things weren't over after Margaret arrived.
The news that the Holy Son Alliance had become active again, brought back by Xia De, only surprised Wei Ge:
"His Excellency the Speaker said that the essence of these people is ashes, only to be resurrected time and time again by 'Abomination'. To get rid of them, we can only deal with 'Abomination' first, but 'Abomination' has not been fully born yet, and there is no way to deal with that thing. How about I call His Excellency the Speaker again and let him wipe them out again?"