Chapter 568 The Empire's Response

Although everyone left the secret realm without any danger, the follow-up of this incident has just begun.

According to the descriptions of Princess Xingguang and many other eyewitnesses, the alien god cult disguised their identities, attacked and killed many of them, and even arranged a mysterious ceremony with unknown effects, suspected of calling for the arrival of the foreign gods.

If it were not for the last moment, a mysterious person appeared and suspected of fighting with the priest, and finally died together, they might not be able to hold on until the support arrived.

When the news of the changes in the Glorious Secret Realm spread, the upper echelons of the Glory Empire were in an uproar.

A foreign god cult infiltrated the Glorious Secret Realm and attacked the descendants of the empire's high-level officials. This has touched the absolute red line.

The imperial family was furious and directly defined the Songxing Secret Cult as an extremely evil organization. The entire empire strangled the Songxing Secret Cult members. And used the strange object [Eye of Destiny] to search for its whereabouts, vowing to completely wipe out the Songxing Secret Cult.

But it seems that the imperial family's reaction was well prepared. The main forces of the Songxing Secret Cult had already secretly transferred to the Itel Free Federation, leaving the royal family empty-handed.

The envoys of the Empire have made a solemn representation to the Federal Parliament, asking them to cooperate with the Ninth Order of the Empire to capture the high priest of the Songxing Esoteric Cult. But the other party has not responded yet, and it seems that they are ready to discuss it publicly at the next meeting.

However, the attack of the pagans is only a superficial phenomenon, and many people have noticed the unusual things behind it.

The people of the Songxing Esoteric Cult, even if they have some strange means, how can they hide from the surveillance of more than one Ninth Order Extreme?

Also, why are most of the people who were attacked and killed conservatives? If the attack was random, it would be difficult to coincide to this extent.

At the regular meeting of the nobles, some people questioned this, but several marquises of the reform faction firmly denied it, believing that this was a complete conspiracy and that the mastermind behind the scenes intended to frame them.

Their reason is also very simple. If this was an action planned by the reformists, there would never be such obvious tendencies and loopholes.

After a fierce verbal battle, since neither side had evidence, this issue was temporarily shelved. Wait for further investigation results before making a ruling.

But it is foreseeable that the investigation of the reformists will end up like previous investigations of the same type.

After all, no matter what, as long as it involves a ninth-level strongman, it will become extremely troublesome.

To paraphrase a sentence from a responsible investigator: 'You can't investigate everything. What if you find something? '

In this incident, the two explorers of the Olivendi family attracted the most attention.

The first is the fourth son of Duke Karlas, Anvis Olivendi.

With his unique vision, he overcame all objections and allocated the precious exploration quota to two strangers. And at the critical moment, he passed on the intelligence through the special channels of strangers, which bought precious time for rescue.

It can be said that Anvis played a great role in the rescue of many noble descendants this time, but unfortunately his whereabouts in the secret realm were unknown and he could not accept the royal reward.

However, according to the information provided by the Olivendi family, Anvis was not dead, but was suspected to be lost in a special area, and there is still hope to return soon.

As the second key to providing intelligence, the two foreigners were personally received by Gloria III, and were awarded the title of honorary viscount of the empire and generous resource rewards.

Although Xia Ye Yinghuo did not contribute to the process of delivering the message, she was a student of [Secret Star Scholar], so she was also counted in the award.

Honorary viscounts have no fiefdoms, but have the right to explore. As mentioned earlier, although the humans on the Yar continent claim to have unified the entire continent. But the actual living area of ​​​​humans only accounts for about 35% of the area of ​​​​the continent.

If the last dragon descendants or Xia Ye Yinghuo have the ability to open up a viscount-sized territory in the uninhabited area of ​​​​the empire and build a city, then they can obtain the orthodox lord status recognized by the royal family.

The imperial royal family also has many considerations for giving such rewards. The status of the honorary viscount is not big, but not small either. Although the two have made great contributions, they are foreigners after all, and this reward is just right.

If the two do not expand the territory, then this reward is just a simple title, and even if they find a way to expand the territory, the empire will not lose.

Moreover, the foreigners have no descendants. After the two die of old age, the royal family can legitimately take back the developed territory, which is equivalent to paying wages to expand the empire's territory.

Finally, the royal family may have taken advantage of Anvis's absence to privately win over the two.

Foreigners who can be favored by Anvis and invest in the exploration quota of the Glorious Secret Realm must have their own special features. It is quite cost-effective to tie the two with the price of a viscount territory.

Even if the win-over fails, it can leave a grudge in Anvis's heart, making him dare not reuse the two, providing opportunities for further win-over.

The other one is the third daughter of Duke Karlas, Alanis Olivendi.

She somehow managed to rescue some people who were attacked by the pagans from the secret realm, and received gratitude from many people.

The rescued people also had no idea what happened to them. During the attack, they were in an unconscious state.

Although Alanis said it was just an accident because she found them in the ashes of Avis, she was not the one who saved them from the enemy.

But most people didn't believe this explanation, they just thought she was low-key and didn't want to bear the reputation of saving people with mysterious means. So they simply sent their respective gifts of thanks in the name of asking her to deliver them to the people who saved them.

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On the second-floor open-air platform of Yuelin Castle, the knight training ground.

Several groups of fierce whirlwinds kept rolling in the open field, carrying the ancient snow breath on the top of the Migalo Mountains, and attached a silver-white frost mark on the surface of several target dolls used for practice.

On the ice crystal ground in the center of the practice field, a girl with long ice-blue hair sat cross-legged here, and a thin sword that looked like ten thousand years of ice was placed across her slender white thighs, reflecting a pale blue light in the sun.

The girl closed her eyes calmly, and her breathing seemed to be faintly in harmony with the rhythm of the entire environment. After an unknown period of time, this harmonious scene was finally broken by the young man who walked into the field.

"Didn't I say that saving you has nothing to do with me?"

Sensing Evan approaching, Alanis sheathed her sword, opened her ice-blue eyes, and glanced at him quietly.

As she moved, the swirling wind in the training ground gradually subsided, as if it had been put into the scabbard together with her.

After she returned to the family, she immediately checked Avis's blood crystal ball. When she confirmed that Avis was indeed fine, she temporarily put her heart at ease and checked the seal box.

Everyone knew what happened afterwards. She became a hero who saved her companions from the hands of pagans, although she personally denied it.

Although no one knew what happened, she couldn't get over her own hurdle.

Lies would make her heart dusty.

"Don't worry, dear third sister, I came to you to talk about this."

At this time, Evan, who changed into a light white casual outfit, walked slowly and sat beside her casually.

Seeing the inquiry in Alanis's eyes, Evan stared at the ice crystal ground in front of him and spoke calmly.

"You know, I actually retained some information when I woke up.

Unlike them, when I was controlled by those strange things, I was able to sense everything around me."