Chapter 940 Hero, Pour Tea
The relationship between the Solant Kingdom and the Illrus Empire has always been lukewarm. This situation began more than a hundred years ago, and it did not improve in the Victor era, and it continued to Tang En.
Only during the Glorious Festival will the Kingdom of Solant relax its border blockade and allow some believers to cross the border and make a pilgrimage to Alyinx.
It can be said that, looking at the various countries in Purandal, only the Kingdom of Solant and the Kingdom of Grace are the most closed in news.
Of course, this only refers to the lower-class citizens. King Klein and King Stanley both have their own news channels. They are quite clear about the changes in the Illrus Empire, and they also have a great sense of crisis.
After listening to Serna's description of the situation, Tang En and Jean were silent for a long time.
As one of the cults, the Chaos Cult has always been very low-key - or in other words, its nature dictates that it can only be low-key - unlike the Serpent of Darkness. Although the Serpent of Darkness believes in Gazus, most of its members still maintain their own beliefs. Will, therefore, will actively spread and develop believers, and it will appear to be more active.
But the believers of the Chaos Cult, to be honest, are better described as madmen who have fallen into Chaos than as believers.
What sanity can you expect from a madman?
They themselves are mobile sources of infection. If a Chaos believer appears in a village, within a week, the entire village will be eroded by the breath of Chaos. At first, the body's stress response will be stimulated due to exposure to abnormal power. , so you will appear to be excited and energetic, but you will frequently suffer from insomnia and nightmares at night. This is because humans have relatively strong resistance to chaos.
If you do not escape from the chaotic pollution environment at this time and continue to stay there, you will enter the second stage under the chaos infection. When the human body's potential is exhausted and it can no longer fight against the chaos pollution, the whole person will become irritable, People who are anxious, crazy, and have poor self-control will begin to crave a stronger aura of chaos, and will actively seek out areas with a strong aura of chaos and gather there involuntarily.
Then the third stage will naturally appear. People at this stage can be said to be completely captives of Chaos. After breaking away from the breath of Chaos, they will gradually lose their minds and become complete madmen. They must rely on the breath of Chaos to continue. If they continue to be active, they will stop being dependent and enter the fourth stage.
The infected people in the fourth stage are also the most important part of the Chaos Religion. At this time, they will come into contact with the teachings of the Chaos Religion, worship the fictional god Kaos, the God of Chaos, and begin to actively absorb the breath of Chaos. Integrating the power of Chaos into themselves to gain the ability to move freely, they have become complete followers of Chaos, and they have also become mobile sources of infection.
The main force of the Chaos Cult is almost entirely made up of the fourth-stage infected people. They are the cancerous cancer cells in this world, which will continue to spread and affect ordinary people one after another.
If it weren't for the forces such as the Mercenary Guild, the City of Silver, and the elves (such as Egwen) who have been sparing no effort to suppress the Chaos Cult, I'm afraid there would be very few normal people left in Purandal.
Jean sighed and frowned: "Dagger Peninsula... I remember it was a peninsula in the northeastern corner of the Solant Kingdom, extending into the Abyssal Sea. It was inhabited by local fishermen. Due to the cold climate, , very few people would settle there, and I didn’t expect that even that place would be infiltrated by the Chaos Cult..."
Tang En looked unkind and said, "Since you discovered the Chaos believers' den, why didn't you kill them?"
Leaving Chaos Believers alone would be a big mistake!
Serna became angry when she saw Tang En's saint-like expression, and said angrily: "It has nothing to do with me anyway, I'll just go to hell with them!"
"you--"
"Don't be angry, Tang En. She is angry with you."
Jean smoothed things over: "Although Serna fled without a fight during the Chaos Invasion War, she would definitely not stand idly by in such a thing. Let me guess, you must have destroyed the gathering point you found, right? "
"You are the only one who talks a lot!"
Serna glared at him angrily, and then said angrily: "That's right! Although I eliminated a den, my intuition told me that there must be other gathering points of Chaos believers there. But I was short of time, so I didn’t have time to investigate in detail.”
Tang En looked confused: "Are you pressed for time?"
Serna curled her lips: "You're stupid. Of course I'm here to steal your time because I'm nervous. I can distract myself while the Glory Festival is crowded with people. This is the most basic skill in our profession, okay?"
Tang En: "..."
"All in all, one thing is certain. The Dagger Peninsula has probably been completely occupied."
Jean knocked on the table and called back their attention: "The spread of Chaos believers has always been in a band. There will be traces of corruption wherever they walk. I am afraid that the Chaos believers on Bulcaisuo are different from this one." Originating from the same place, as long as we find an opportunity to exchange information with Sharptooth, we can map out a few key points and speculate on the source of their spread."
"Then what?"
Tang En spread his hands: "If it is determined that the source is in the Solant Kingdom, what can we do? Is it possible that we will go to war with them?"
"If that is really the case, there is no need to start a war. I think King Klein knows this information and must be more anxious than us."
Jean said meaningfully: "Perhaps... the reason why he, who is so ambitious, has not expanded externally in these years, is because he is entangled in the Chaos Cult and can't get away?"
Tang En was stunned. What Jean said made sense. It seemed that it was really possible!
If the Chaos God's Cult appears in the Illrus Empire, the first thing Tang En must do is to solve the problem of the Chaos God's Cult first. After all, the rear area is unstable, and expanding outward is courting death. In order to resist foreign aggression, one must first settle down the country.
"This possibility is very high... let's do this."
Tang En knocked on the table and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said to Serna: "I will hand over the ghost agents to you for training. After the Glorious Festival, you will sneak into the Kingdom of Solant in batches to investigate the news of the Chaos Cult."
Unexpected good news!
Serna was overjoyed and let her leave Ellington. Wouldn't that mean that the sea is vast and the fish can leap, and the sky is high and the birds can fly? When the time comes, the world is so big that she can’t go anywhere?
"No way?"
Serna pretended to be reserved: "I haven't carefully examined the abilities of your subordinates. Maybe they are not good at basic skills and were discovered when they were sent out?"
"You can rest assured on this. The dark elves live underground and have innately mastered the skills of concealment. When it comes to stealth skills, I am afraid that even some gold-level assassins are not as good as ordinary dark elf civilians."
Tang En said simply and neatly: "The matter is settled like this. After confirming the information about the Chaos believers, report it as soon as possible and hand it over to Fiona... Forget it, Fiona has too many things, who should be responsible for it? …”
Tang En's eyes fell on the tea cup, and he suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "Ye Ye? Ye Ye!"
"It's coming, it's coming, what's the rush?"
Yeye, who was wearing a maid skirt, opened the door with an unhappy look on her face: "What's the matter?"
"Aren't you quite leisurely lately?"
Ye Ye stared at Tang En and said quietly: "Cut the grass, sweep and mop the floor, wash clothes and make tea... What do you think?"
"That's quite leisurely. In that case, I'll give you some extra burden."
Tang Enquan pretended not to hear the resentment in Ye Ye's voice: "Serna will then take the ghost agent to the Kingdom of Solant to collect information about the Chaos Cult. When the time comes, let her compile the information and give it to you. You can take care of the maid. Let’s put it down for now.”
Yeye had participated in the first Chaos Invasion War before, and she was also an experienced veteran. The longer she lived, the more she would know. This kind of work could be left to her.
She might not get used to it at first, but she'll definitely get the hang of it quickly.
Management intelligence?
Ye Ye's eyes lit up, thank God, I finally don't have to continue being a maid!
"no problem!"
Ye Ye laughed and threw away the tray in her hand, and the magic wave inadvertently leaked scared Serna again.
Oh My God!
Every maid in the lord's house has pseudo-legendary combat power! ?
How many monsters are there around this guy?
"But wouldn't it be a bit overkill to only let me be responsible for managing intelligence?"
Ye Ye came close to Tang En and nuzzled him and said coquettishly: "Why don't you send me out too? I'm not bragging. I still know a little bit about the situation in Solant Kingdom."
"You know shit."
Tang En pushed away the shameless Ye Ye unceremoniously: "Have you stayed at Hohenheim's house for so long and only come out a few times? You may not know as much as I do about the current situation there."
"Hey, you're a guy who doesn't know anything about style."
Ye Ye curled her lips and accepted Tang En's fate for the time being.
At least, you can be freed from the maid's job of washing and mopping the floor, which can be regarded as a sense of existence, right?
Yeye stretched out her hand nonchalantly: "Serna, right? Please give me some advice."
How rude!
Serna frowned and shook hands with her: "In terms of age, I am older than you, so you should call me sister. In terms of strength, I am stronger than you, so you should call me senior."
"Ahem."
Gene had to cough lightly and remind Serna: "Selna, Yeye is the senior who participated in the first Chaos Invasion War as a legend. No matter in terms of strength or age, you are the junior..."
Seniors who participated in the first Chaos Invasion War! ?
she! ?
The dumbfounded Serna could not believe that this maid in a maid skirt who was sweeping the floor and pouring tea just now turned out to be an old witch over a thousand years old!
But she is indeed just a pseudo-legendary in strength!
Gene reminded again: "Senior Yeye's situation is quite special. Her current strength is not as strong as it was then..."
No matter what, seniors are seniors.
Serna put away the disrespect in her heart and stood up to salute very solemnly: "I apologize to you, Senior Yeye, and I hope you can give me more advice."
“He who does not know is not guilty.”
Yeye raised her long, fair neck and looked at Tang En proudly: "Did you see that? I'm a hero!"
This is the way you should treat a senior!
This is the treatment she deserves!
She has witnessed the rise and fall of this world!
She participated in a war that changed the course of the world!
She is a hero!
"Well, the tea is cold. Hero, please pour the tea quickly."
"Okay boss!"