Mage Legend
Chapter 219: Episode 80 Dessert_2

Chapter 219: Episode 80 Dessert_2

"I just want the answer to one question, nothing more." Lynch held up a finger in front of Briza. "I’ve figured out most things, but there’s one thing I still don’t understand. It’s making me ’lose sleep and appetite.’" Despite saying the last four words, the smile on the mage’s face showed no signs of being ’troubled.’

"One question? That simple?" Briza said, "Stop beating around the bush here, state your true purpose!"

"No, Drow, I like simple ways, and considering the fact that your time is limited, I’ll quickly go over what I’ve thought of. Even if there are mistakes, please don’t interrupt or correct me for now."

"The trap you’ve laid is nothing more than luring the First Family into thinking all your priests are dead or injured." Lynch pointed to the corpses on the ground. "Including you, the Drow’s Matriarch, all will hide. Although it’s easy to think of, you Dark Elves don’t have the habit of abandoning your family and starting anew. It won’t be this simple, especially since you already have a strength similar to the First Family and can potentially fend off this invasion. However, doing so would result in significant losses."

Lynch stared directly at Briza. "If you go head-to-head with the First Family, you won’t last long on the throne of the Second Family. Moreover, the only one you’re wary of is Batana herself!"

"Go on, male." Briza revealed a smile again, "I think you’ve made a good point."

"The Matron of the First Family is not someone who can be easily dealt with, especially when she’s on full alert. Today, at this time, isn’t the moment you planned to deal with her. So the corpses you’ve prepared are for making Batana think you’re dead. There are two possibilities: one is to suddenly appear after the war, accusing the First Family of aggression and rallying the whole city’s Dark Elves to jointly attack the ’peace-breaking’ family. But doing so, you’d suffer great losses and not gain the largest share of the spoils. Even if you’re not swallowed by other families after the First Family’s downfall, your ranking would definitely slip. It’s not worth the loss, and I think you haven’t reached an age where you refrain from being ambitious."

"In fact, I’m younger than you think, male!" Briza said, "I can let you experience the true charm of a Dark Elf."

"Thank you, but I’m not particularly interested in pitch-black creatures, especially those black inside and out." Lynch’s lack of any special expression made Briza a bit troubled, unclear about the mage’s true purpose.

"Then there’s only one possibility left, you’ve seized the opportunity now that the First Family also needs to replenish its strength, pretending to be annihilated, letting some of your family’s priests blend into Batana’s side, and then collaborate with you hidden High-level Priests to directly paralyze the opponent’s core of power, thus rebuilding within the shell of the First Family. This is your purpose!"

"Human! I think your imagination is indeed rich." Briza seemed to have listened to a farce, "You still don’t understand the methods of Dark Elves. Without checks, how could the First Family let people from our family so simply infiltrate their core of power?"

"No, it’s precisely because I understand you Dark Elves that I’ve made this deduction. Your boldness to do this relies on one thing: the Spider Goddess! She is the source of power for you priests. As long as she helps you obscure the effects of Detect Thoughts spells, such an infiltration plan isn’t difficult. And most crucially, the First Family’s current priestly power has also suffered significant blows. You must know that Zarra’s disappearance means Batana cannot personally check each prisoner, and the fighting abilities of the other priests are not particularly adept at mental investigations. Isn’t that a sufficient reason?"

"Is the Spider Goddess that easily persuaded? Would the Great Goddess really agree to such a crazy plan as you describe?"

"Of course, you already knew who was coming to attack and prepared for it. Such intelligence even I, a consultant, didn’t know beforehand. In this way, the only one who could inform you of this is the Dark Elves’ Spider Goddess! But she at the same time tells Batana that now is the best time to attack you. So you need to think of this the other way around; you planned this intrigue, and the Spider Goddess is very interested in the plan. Thus, she gives you a hand, leading Batana to walk into your trap. Does such an explanation make sense?" Lynch smiled and said, "But, what exactly did you offer to make the Spider Goddess so pleased?"