Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 557: Sacrificial Spy

"Hehehe!"

A dark and twisted laugh echoed from the depths of the sunless dungeon. Around it, there were continuous rustling sounds, like a colony of ants crawling, or thousands of venomous snakes twisting and tumbling, or even more like an unknown creature gnawing on something.

Ghost fires flickered faintly in the darkness, allowing the outline of the road ahead to be vaguely seen. But there were no footsteps to be heard, only the extremely faint sound of flapping wings.

This was actually a water mirror formed by water. The images within the water mirror continued to extend forward, constantly going downward, until they reached a filthy, foul-smelling, and dim cell. There seemed to be nothing here, and it was extremely quiet. Even the dark and twisted laugh from just now had disappeared without a trace.

Just like this, a full few minutes passed. Suddenly, chains clanked, and a savage-like figure abruptly darted out from the dark corner deep within the cell, screaming and yelling, his hair disheveled and face dirty, his expression twisted, and his gaze crazed, looking just like a ferocious beast.

"Let me out! Let me out! Karl, you beast, you coward!"

"No, brother, I didn't want to harm you. I did nothing wrong. Will you let me out?!"

"Father! Father!"

"Mother, Mother!"

The figure screamed and shouted madly. He vaguely seemed to retain a bit of sanity, but not much. His speech was incoherent, clearly on the verge of losing his mind.It turned out that he was none other than the former Mountain Eagle Parker, Falcon Karl's younger brother, one of the dozens of sons of Duke Will.

It was just that after he raised an army in rebellion under the banner of executing Li Wei to clear the side of his elder brother but failed, he had been imprisoned here ever since.

Because he had already gone mad, and after all, they were brothers from the same mother, Falcon Karl couldn't bear to kill him. But letting him go was absolutely impossible. So he simply lied to the outside world, saying things like Mountain Eagle Parker had been brought back to Duke Will's side to fulfill his filial duties and so on, when in reality, he was secretly imprisoned here.

Very few people knew about this.

However, in the next second, an invisible figure flashed by, grabbing Parker by the neck, and then fired a shot at him. But it wasn't a lethal musket, but rather a special Magic Item that could make someone temporarily lose their sanity. Of course, this applied to a normal person, who could recover afterward.

But for someone who was originally standing on the edge of madness, whose sanity was about to hit negative values, this was like giving him a push while he was on the edge of a cliff. There would be no chance of recovery ever again. Or even if he could recover in the future, it would take decades or even a century.

At this moment, the images within the water mirror vanished, and the water mirror fell back down, turning into a basin of clear water. No, this clear water had instantly turned incomparably black and extremely foul-smelling. This was what it looked like after dark magic was cast.

But at this time, a 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Card was directly activated. Through Magic Junk Code, it actually neutralized this foul-smelling black water directly.

And this was also a common method for dealing with Magic Zombies. Especially after killing high-level Magic Zombies, their corpses were very difficult to dispose of. At this time, it was best to use a 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Card to destroy the corpse and erase all traces using Magic Junk Code.

"It seems that the dangerous source, Mountain Eagle Parker, can be eliminated."

A somewhat languid but extremely pleasant voice rang out. It was an extremely beautiful woman, with peerless beauty, dignified and aristocratic, dressed in gorgeous clothes. She was none other than the former Royal Consort of the Locke Kingdom, Tyrant William's wife, a noble 5th-Tier Mage.

And sitting opposite her was a tall man whose face was completely hidden in the shadows. Even just sitting there, he exuded a powerful, suffocating, and unapproachable bearing.

"Mary, you did well. It was hard on you to start plotting a century ago, inciting the two brothers to turn against each other."

The man spoke calmly, his voice as unfathomably majestic as an emperor.

"Sigh, Old Will used to be our closest partner, and also the most important strategist under you. If I had a choice, I truly wouldn't want to deal with him. But since three hundred years ago, he became obsessed with Nature Magic. His whole person became slow-witted and silly, and his periods of lucidity were too short. We simply had no way of determining whether he was feigning foolishness or truly foolish. The Empire Reconstruction Quest is too important; we cannot afford the slightest negligence."

"Yes, Mary, you are right. Mountain Eagle Parker can now be considered ruined. How is Falcon Karl's condition? As Old Will's two most outstanding sons, we must guard against them!"

"Falcon Karl's condition is far inferior to before, but we can't do anything too excessive to him. However, with Jiang Xinran acting as a sacrificial spy to check him, and able to provide us with Karl's whereabouts and actions at any time, including his physical condition, there should be no problem. The key is that Falcon Karl simply cannot guess that Jiang Xinran is actually one of our people. To trick him into entering this trap, I cultivated her for a full fifty years, and even used a bitter-flesh trick to make him mistakenly believe that Jiang Xinran hates us to the bone..."

"But I have to admit, this little bitch Jiang Xinran is really good at acting."

"Therefore, those who achieve great things do not stick to trifles. I guess Falcon Karl should be thinking of ways to cultivate Jiang Xinran into a 5th-Tier Mage right now. In this way, I can finally rest assured."

"By the way, what about that Li Wei? Are you sure he's not Falcon Karl's illegitimate son? He has been growing a bit fast lately! Have you planted any spies by his side?"

"My people are still investigating. The main issue is that this Li Wei has risen a bit too fast. William, you probably can't imagine this, but this is only his third major quest. It's quite a case of being in the right place at the right time; once encountering the wind and clouds, he transformed into a dragon. Everything has been too fast, including the people around him. They were either bottom-tier Players or destitute households on the roadside. Who could have thought of this!"

Royal Consort Mary spoke helplessly. Even the wisest can make a mistake. For this Empire Reconstruction Quest, the couple had planned for hundreds of years. It could be said that all aspects had been arranged properly, and they even had informants planted beside the three great Dukes: Juniper, Will, and Kadel.

But as a result, such a little punk had popped out of nowhere.

"I have already investigated this. Previously, I also sent assassins trying to eliminate this Li Wei, but he seemed to really have received strong support from Karl. Ever since Mountain Eagle Parker was eliminated, this Li Wei's strength has ballooned as if inflated with air, and suddenly a large batch of elite subordinates popped out under his command."

"Although all clues point to a female Lord named Ah Qing from the Kingdom of Rhodoks, I still have to suspect that Li Wei is Karl's hidden trump card. Because according to informant reports, after Mountain Eagle Parker was eliminated, Karl once went to Liwei Fort and released and activated a 6-Star Heaven-Veiling Card there."

"William, you know what this means. 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Cards are everywhere, but 6-Star Heaven-Veiling Cards are too difficult to obtain. The key is that a 6-Star Heaven-Veiling Card can almost shield against all our probing methods. No one knows what Karl and Li Wei talked about or did during that time; not even our informants know. This is what makes me most uneasy, because it means there are too many possibilities."

The room fell silent. Both Tyrant William and his Royal Consort Mary were pondering and calculating.

In their eyes now, Li Wei was still a nobody, but he had the potential to become a nobody who could influence the chess game.

"The grand event is imminent and can no longer be changed. What's more, Karl has publicly surrendered to us. Any rash action at this time would trigger a drastic change in people's hearts. Thus, let Karl lead a legion. Let them head south along the Ness River, pass through the Moduo Basin, and establish the first line of defense along the line of the Whispering Forest, Ennor Highlands, and Kadel Grand Canyon. According to previous scout reports, the Nean seem very interested in the Locke Mountains."

"If Karl and that Li Wei want to cause trouble, let them resist the Nean's attack first!"