Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1059 - 117: Turning the Tables on an Entire Army

Chapter 1059: Chapter 117: Turning the Tables on an Entire Army

But Xue Mei Niang was also aware.

She and the other forty or so people, including herself as a "Ten Fingers", were actually just a facade.

Although she certainly didn’t think of it first, the analysis of Longjing Tea and Defu in the forums had already made the players understand the gist of Annan’s plan.

What was really key was Cesilia, whose true identity was hidden under the name "Annan’s personal guard"!

These forty or so silver-tier Transcendents—were also Winter Principality’s intelligence officers. Their sudden group "state visit" would surely make the other party anxious.

They definitely couldn’t be refused.

The Winter Principality might be the weakest country—while they are "almost" the strongest!

Why "almost"?

Because they have the largest number of gold-tier Transcendents in the world.

Every Tower has a Tower Master. In addition, there are several official gold-tier Transcendents.

The reason for saying "in addition"...

That’s because these Tower Masters [all] wouldn’t listen to the commands of King Dennisiowa.

In Noah, the Wizard’s Tower still has to give face to the King of Noah; in Winter, even the Tower Master can’t prevent the Hand of Winter from capturing Wizards. Only in the Union of Kingdoms, due to the special political system, do the rulers have weak power and are unable to restrain the Tower Masters.

One must know that the Tower Masters have the most inflated ranks among the gold-tier.

Because the activity range of the Tower Masters is severely limited, and they have a vast number of "related persons". There are also some who have been forcibly raised to gold-tier by the use of Divine Remains and professional heritage, and their strength may not match that of the wild gold-tier Transcendents.

But the Union Kingdoms can’t control them. Not to mention that the Council of Advisors originally had several votes belonging to the Tower Masters... like the Roaring Fang family.

—Because no matter how the "Council of Advisors" in the Privy Council votes, deciding to target a certain Wizard’s Tower.

Some of them—maybe even several, would definitely plan to betray their colleagues and make good relations with the Wizard’s Tower.

The advisors’ council is also a competitive relationship, and it’s particularly intense. Being able to overthrow someone means being able to swallow vast interests and directly gain a part of the market and power.

As for pledges? That’s even less likely. The relationships between them are all equal, why would they make a pledge to you?

Maybe the thirteen big shots just finished voting, with nine or even ten votes agreeing to sanction a Wizard’s Tower—then, eight or nine "advisors" would message the Wizard’s Tower, notifying them of this matter.

If it were to send a letter, it’s possible that the messenger might run into them on the road.

At least they could set up two Mahjong tables.

Maybe they could even gather one more for a game of Fight the Landlord.

But although these Tower Masters would not listen to the commands of King Dennisiowa or the Dennisiowa Privy Council.

If Dennisiowa were invaded, they would suddenly emerge from all sorts of nooks and crannies of the Feld Archipelago.

That is to say, Dennisiowa’s high-end combat forces are the type that "can defend, but cannot attack."

This is very similar to Winter.

The Winter Principality might have a considerable land area, but it’s all permafrost. It doesn’t hold much strategic value.

And the whole Winter Principality, until Annan advanced to gold-tier, had only Maria as the high-end combat force officially under it.

Besides her, there were only the Tower Master of the Gemini Tower, the Pope of the Old Grandmother, and that dragon "Hairdresser". Now Dmitry is still a cardinal and has not taken over the seat of Pope; these are the types that would not obey the commands of the Grand Duke of Winter.

Not counting Annan, there are at most four gold-tier combatants in total. Moreover, except for the Old Grandmother, there are no True Gods, False Gods, Evil Gods within the territory, let alone their churches and Popes.

It is also because of the Winter Principality’s blizzard great barrier that stops ships and airships, Frost Beasts that stop land forces, and the Hand of Winter that stops spies.

Otherwise, the Winter Principality would probably have been done for a long time ago...

The wave of the Hand of Winter that Annan has now summoned is almost two-fifths of the current Hand of Winter in the Winter Principality.

But Dennisiowa cannot prevent their entry.

Because they were personally summoned by Annan using the opportunity after turning over "Venomhand".

—The sovereign of a country traveling alone encountered a silver-tier Transcendent criminal, and the police were powerless to confront him. Therefore, the Grand Duke Annan thinks Dennisiowa’s public security is lacking, and decides to call over his own personal guard.

Is this reasonable?

It’s too reasonable.

Our Grand Duke is in your territory; he is a Transcendent who cannot leave by means other than the subway. Are we going to dare to misbehave? What reason do you have to drive us away?

Are you planning to make a move against our Grand Duke?

If they are not allowed to enter, then it would be deliberate troublemaking.

By that time, even the Holy Nation might act to carry out "justice sanctions". Of course, the main thing is to look for an opportunity to hammer the Union Kingdoms.

And after they enter, the list of these Hands of Winter will definitely enter the "Council of Advisors". And every member will surely have a copy.

Those without special intelligence, upon seeing the name Selicia, are not likely to realize anything. After all, there are too many people with the same name.

They are even less likely to guess that "Captain Selicia of the Ship in Stone, who appeared in public a few months ago" has been demoted back to silver-tier. And she has sold herself to the Grand Duke of Winter, becoming a Hand of Winter under restraint.

But there were two people who, upon realizing this was "Annan’s personal guard,"

would definitely recognize who this unnamed "Selicia" of Winter’s Hand really was.

That was...

Arthur Burnfang.

And Ofelia Dennisiowa.

The Burnfang family had a seat on the advisory council. Dennisiowa was even royalty of Dennisiowa.

Both of them, one a genius of the Burnfang family, confirmed at the age of twelve to be "certain to step into the Gold rank," a person of intense desire.

The other, the sixth prince of the Kingdom of Dennisiowa, also beloved by Yawen’s subordinate deity, the Bard of the Twin Voices—an individual with at least the qualifications to become a Cardinal of the Twin Voices.

Originally, after the dissolution of the Silver Brigade,

Arthur Burnfang and Euphemia Melvin followed the new god "Atoner" to travel the world, in hopes of becoming Cardinals or even the Pope of the Atoner. According to the intelligence Annan had gathered, Arthur Burnfang seemed to have already returned to Dennisiowa.

While the centaur girl Lucia and Ofelia Dennisiowa stayed on the treasure ship Silver, they still awaited their "captain" Selicia, hoping she would one day return.

Therefore, they did not restart the "Silver," instead, they hid it underground in Winter and left.

As a star of the Burnfang family, Arthur could easily learn of "Selicia’s imminent arrival in Dennisiowa."

And if Lucia and Ofelia had not separated, Ofelia would have surely gotten this information from the centaur miss. And if they had separated, Ofelia could still obtain information from the Dennisiowa family or the Bard of the Twin Voices.

The former members of the Silver Brigade were about to reunite here.

—But this time, they would no longer be allies, but rivals.

The four individuals from the Silver Brigade could all be considered in a love triangle—each of them loved "Selicia" to varying degrees. When Selicia was the only one among them at the Gold rank, her flirtatiousness could only be tolerated... but now, the tables had turned.

All four of them had the potential to reach the Gold rank, and their long travels had accumulated enough experience for them to approximately reach that threshold.

Instead, Selicia had reverted to the Silver rank.

She was not like Hugo because her previous desires had been destroyed, and new desires had not been born... so it was difficult for her to return to the Gold rank. With the Winter Reverser dead, Selicia’s informational value had been fully utilized by Annan.

In other words, she no longer had any "must-stay" value in Winter.

—With their current identities, it was possible to persuade Annan to marry off this "Hand of Winter," a friendless, orphaned servant akin to the Grand Duke of Winter, to themselves. This could also be considered a form of international marriage, and Annan had no need to refuse it—and bringing Selicia along clearly hinted at this.

It made perfect sense.

Indeed, she was in a romantic relationship with "them," and this love had not been severed by their separation, nor did Annan indulge in Minotaur tastes. It was merely a "lover becoming official."

For Selicia, Annan amounted to her father.

...At most, there would be one more elimination round.

In other words, this was going to turn into a contest for "Selicia."

Annan would certainly not just sell her to someone; ultimately, Selicia herself would make the decision.

However, who would finally win her hand in marriage was completely irrelevant.

The key was that the presence of these five individuals would directly muddy the waters. The ensuing chaos in the situation could only be blamed on them.

Because only they had started in broad daylight.

At that time, those players who had "flown over" through the teleportation circle, with no record of entry, could come here and make a scene.

The main objective was to thoroughly sabotage "Damastes Burnfang’s" invention exhibition and to figure out his true identity.

Next, it was to cripple those nobles who were loyal to Ingrid.

Annan and his Winter’s Hand could instead play a positive role, coming in to "maintain order."

Since the players and Winter’s Hand were originally on the same side, Annan’s preservation of order would undoubtedly work much better than the detectives’. No one would suspect Annan.

—In the web of conspiracy woven by Ingrid, who controlled Dennisiowa "in the name of love."

Annan also summoned the four who yearned for love, letting their mutual conflicts burn through this web.

The only thing beyond Ingrid’s interference was the quarrels among these four... or rather, five individuals.

Just as she couldn’t interfere with Annan and Kafney. Because the element of "love" couldn’t twist the essence of love itself—those who originally possessed love in their hearts wouldn’t see that love twisted by the element of "love."

So she could only eliminate, not recruit.

Moreover, this was Annan’s countermove against Ingrid.

From these five "Silver-ranked" lovers...

Could there emerge a "Madman" and "Chariot exclusive to him"?

Regardless, Ingrid must immediately stop her current ritual and come to investigate. She has to use her element of "love" to personally see... just how deep and messy their love really is.

Thus, Dennisiowa would, in turn, become Annan’s home ground.

To accomplish this plan, Annan first had to meet with Yawen and give a heads-up.

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