Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 932: To Be Put Up for Sale

"Doesn't this expose my foundation?" Allen reminded him, "I was at Mountain City, but I killed Rackett with a single saber strike. After that, I killed the commander of the foreign army. I always felt that I was being too ostentatious."

Edward shook his head. Aren't you going to contact that man named Ryan to pave the way up north? I've already made an appointment with him, if there really are big shots behind him. In that case, it would be more convincing for the empire to confirm your accomplishments from your mouth. "Since you want to get involved with a big shot, you have to show some eye-catching strength so that you can wait for the price to be sold."

"It sounds like I've sold myself." Ellen said unhappily, but after Edward's analysis, the previous entanglement disappeared. "Then I'll tell you about the trip to Mountain City so that you can write a report."

"Listen respectfully."

Alan thought for a moment and started talking about the day he brought Ont with him. It was very detailed, interspersed with some of his own thoughts at the time and various adjustments based on Edward's original plan, depending on the situation, and so on. These words were undoubtedly extremely verbose and complicated to the ears of others, but Edward did not show the slightest bit of impatience. Two hours passed unknowingly in the study, one speaking and the other listening.

Edward fell silent for a moment after Ellen concluded the long conversation with the punishment of the mercenary named Darang. Alan ignored it and stood in front of the map of the Southern Domain. Edward had circled the map in red, and there were no less than a hundred circles. These circles covered several territories, dozens of large cities with tens of thousands of people, and dozens of villages and towns with hundreds or even thousands of people. If these circles were connected by threads, it would be Edward's own net. Under this net, they were all in Allen's line of sight.

Edward said behind him, "According to the information I've gathered, Lords everywhere have their own intelligence systems." However, most of the lords' intelligence systems weren't actually under their own control. Instead, they depended on some local information traffickers. After all, it would take a lot of time and money to build a self-controlled intelligence network and cultivate outstanding and loyal spies, especially the latter. That's not something lords below the count can afford. Even now, supporting such an intelligence network is already the limit for us. If this network is to expand any further, it will be beyond what we can afford. "

"In the past six months, my resources in the Dark Blade are far more favourable than those of the Mountain King and Inch Fire teams. However, even so, the number of dark blades that could be used did not exceed three hundred. In order to facilitate management, I have adjusted the ranks within Dark Blade accordingly. From top to bottom, the ranks are divided into Dark Gold, Gold, Silver Blade, Copper Blade, and Iron Blade. At present, there were at most two hundred Iron Blades on the lowest floor. Twenty copper blades and five silver blades. Only Belmord could handle the Golden Blade. As for the Dark Gold position, it was currently vacant. "He said." It will be either Belmord's promotion or the introduction of other brilliant assassins. "

'"That's what I want to talk to you about. Belmord, I hope he can interfere with Dark Blade's operation. I'll leave this spying system to him. As for the assassins you need to head north, I've transferred two Silver Blades from Dark Blades. Naturally, their combat strength can't be compared to Belmord's, but it's enough to spy on them. What do you think?"

Alan nodded and said, "Your arrangement is very suitable. I can't always keep Belmord by my side. It's time for him to be alone."

Edward said, "Well, now the Mountain King has Broy, Wilick is in charge of the Crusaders, Inch Fire has Woody, Belmord is in charge of the Dark Blades, and Roy is in charge of the regular legion." This is an armed system that we have built up. As long as it grows stronger, there is no need to add any new troops in the future. At most, after the two assembly lines of war chariots you brought with you are put into use, you can choose the right person from these units to form an Armored Division. "

Alan said sincerely, "I was lucky to be able to bring you to Planet Heaven. Otherwise, I really don't know where to find someone like you who can manage the overall situation for me."

"Don't say such nasty words. Don't think that just by lying to me and flattering me, you can make me work in vain and not pay me." Edward snorted.

Alan laughed out loud. Back then, when he joined the hunting squad, every member of the squad had signed a contract with Alan according to the federal rules, which involved service hours, salary, and so on. Especially for mercenaries like Belmord and Roy, but as Alan expanded his influence on Planet Heaven, not to mention an important second-in-command like Edward, Roy and the others had already received a much higher salary than the contract involved.

This time, when Alan returned to the island, he went to the mercenary market and paid Belmord and his boss enough penalty to allow the two men to develop freely. Belmord was already Allen's follower, so he naturally stayed on Planet Heaven unconditionally. Roy had no intention of returning to Earth. In his words, he had lived a full life on Planet Paradise, so he would continue to manage the regular army for Alan.

The rewards Allen had given them were abundant enough. For example, Edward was no weaker than an Imperial Baron in terms of the amount of wealth that the Maritans were able to dispose of. As long as Alan continued to expand, their wealth would rise.

Edward paused and said, "After listening to you just now, I was actually thinking of something."

"What is it?"

"The Shadow Duchy and the Bailey Empire have been enemies for a long time, and you know, the two countries have been enemies. The first to clash was not the regular army, but the spying systems of both sides. Infiltration and reverse osmosis, assassination and counter-assassination, the kind of war without smoke of gunpowder was sometimes crueler and colder-blooded. However, due to their different races, neither country was able to export spies to the enemy. They could only rely on people like Rackett to operate as spies. However, even if he used such methods, his harvest would still be extremely limited. After all, the core figures of the empire's political circles are not so easily bribed, and they should be monitored by the empire's intelligence network. "Edward smiled." The Principality of Shadow is like this to Bailegan, and it's a hundred times harder for the latter to infiltrate outsiders. Now that the Shadow Duchy had borrowed Mountain City to gather troops, it was clear that they were plotting against the empire. I think it won't be long before the war between the two sides starts again. Furthermore, judging from the actions of the outsiders this time, they had abandoned their previous tactics of invading the empire from the north and instead circled to the south of the empire, hoping to attack the empire through this region where the military power was not too strong.

"If that's the case, then we …" Alan frowned.

"That's right, if the Shadow Duchy really has such a plan, then we will be the first to be affected. Therefore, it is very important to have information about the Shadow Duchy. When it comes to infiltration, because of race, Dark Blade is also very difficult. However, we have an advantage that the empire does not have" Edward pointed out.

Ellen wasn't stupid either. He smiled and said, "You've taken a fancy to Hubble."

"Actually, I'm also very surprised. What method did you use to kidnap a Gatu? Furthermore, even if that big guy was thrown into the Federation, he would still be at the level of a Major General. In a small place like ours, just on the surface, he would be able to suppress you by one head."

"Hubble is indeed a suitable candidate, but I don't think he can be a good spy. It's more like letting him be a fierce general. He won't be able to do most of the intelligence work."

"Of course, but I don't need him to do such a complicated espionage job. I just need him to infiltrate Shadow Duchy and report what he sees and hears every once in a while." "The brightest spies don't need to hear any important news about military planes," Edward said indifferently. "They can deduce the general outline of the incident from some changes in the marketplace. Besides, I don't want to know much about the outsiders' secret information. I just need to find out before they act, so that we can have enough time to react."

"In short, when war is unavoidable, hurrying to respond to it and preparing for it with all your might are two completely different things."

"Alright, I'll talk to Hubble before I go to the Light Territory. If possible, prepare some wine for me first. I want a lot." Alan emphasized.

Edward readily agreed.

After a long talk with Edward, Alan returned to his room. He washed himself, changed into a comfortable set of clothes, and sat quietly to temper Origin Energy. That day in Adahua Planet, under the influence of the Heart of the Stars, he had triggered the Void Origin Energy during his advancement, and it was the most violent and tyrannical Void Skyfire. Even the Heavenly Flame entered his body, cleansing his Origin Energy and circuits, as if he had reborn and walked a path that had no predecessors.

Originally, according to the growth path of the Origin Energy System, no one below the Dominator could sense the void Origin Energy. Before the Dominator, all of them were focused on developing their own Origin Energy. Once he had the chance to break through Level 30, he would only be able to sense Void Origin Energy when he advanced to Dominant. Only then could he extract the Void Origin Energy and gradually assimilate it, or substitute it for his own Origin Energy.

Even the Emperor Void Skyfire, which had left behind a brilliant mark in Adahua Planet's history, was unable to skip this rule. Only after advancing to Dominant did he sense the existence of the Void Origin Energy and trigger the Skyfire. With the supreme might of the Skyfire Waterfall and the Ten Thousand Waterfalls into the Sea, the Void Skyfire had become a great reputation throughout the entire era.

Alan had also triggered the Heavenly Flame, but he had skipped this rule. The Awakened ones who ascended through fate would cause the Heavenly Flame to fall. Even though there weren't ten thousand waterfalls that formed a sea, they still managed to obtain a pure strand of heavenly fire from the void. Throughout the entire universe, at the Awakened Realm, Origin Energy was much stronger than him as if he had crossed a river. However, in terms of the quality of Origin Energy alone, no one could compare to him.

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