[The third update]
Daniel's methods today were all thanks to Neris. Neris had many ways to torture people, but in the end, they were all using the weaknesses in the human mind.
Even the emperor of the First Dynasty had a weakness in the mind, and that was the desire for power.
Neris lied most of the time for fun, and Daniel had learned it diligently. It came in handy now. Other than the stubborn assassin, the other four assassins were all shaken, and could not rely on themselves.
Necromancers had too many ways to deal with captives. Even the most bloodthirsty Elementalist could not compare. When Daniel left the secret room, satisfied, it was already fourteen hours later. It was rare for him to encounter such an opportunity. After all, he did not have any materials to use. He could not capture someone in the city to experiment on. Some experiments had to be conducted on enemies, and unforgivable enemies at that.
Daniel could totally get the secret from the weakest assassin, but who knew how long it would take before Sicar could send him such precious research materials. Especially that stubborn assassin. His soul was really stubborn. He could do experiments for so long without breaking down, and provided a large amount of data.
The five assassins provided a lot of useful information, and they were not even together. After comparing, piecing, and filtering all the confessions and memories extracted from their souls, Daniel gave Sicar a complete and detailed statement.
These assassins had been arranged by the Church in Phoenix long ago. They had not been targeting Salin. However, Salin had annexed a third of Phoenix's territory, and recently, he had taken the rest of it. The assassins of the Vatican lurking in Phoenix easily infiltrated Metatlin.
Metatlin was only strict when it came to recruiting soldiers, but it was more lenient when it came to the citizens. These assassins of the Church all had official identities in Phoenix. Some were even the smallest nobles, the kind that did not have a territory.
After these assassins entered Metatlin, the Church did not let them do anything, such as poisoning the water. Because Metatlin's defenses were too tight, there were no wells. It was all one-way water pipes laid in holes in the white stones. Only Spellcasters could deal with them.
The Church did not want to expose these people easily. Back then, when the Caucasian people outside the city broke up, these people did not participate. Later on, the Spellcasters from Seriger Island had arrived and dealt with the situation swiftly, putting an end to the chaos, proving that the Church's patience was correct.
But now, the grudges and conflicts between the two parties were getting deeper and deeper. The Metatlin Kingdom would definitely be the Church's mortal enemy. Only then did the Inquisition come up with an idea. They used this group of assassins in an attempt to capture Salin's two children and blackmail them.
Salin's child was so young. If he was captured and brought to the Church, he would easily be deceived and become a believer. Salin would be helpless then. Moreover, these two children were related to Salin by blood. The Church had countless evil ways to use these two children to destroy everything Salin had.
This was indeed a good opportunity. From the Church's point of view, no matter how many Magic Shooters there were in the city, they were all defensive in nature, and Salin's main fighting force had been mobilized to the Scotia Empire. Therefore, as soon as the inquisitor gave the order, the assassins immediately took action. Other than the people on the sea who were arranged by the Inquisition at the last minute, the assassins in the city were all people who had been lying in wait for a long time.
However, the defense system that Salin had set up only gave the assassination a stunning start. The sword-wielding assassin killed a dozen Evil Demons and heavily injured a Great Evil Demon. He almost succeeded. The assassins who tried to break into the Church of God's secrets were all intercepted and killed.
In the core of Metatlin City, in the Church of God, there were only three kinds of people: the Caucasians, the Church of God's army, and the mages of Seriger Island. These three kinds of people had all been tested by magic, and secret agents could not sneak in. And Salin's defense system was built on this purity.
The Church of God did not leak the secret, so outsiders would never know where Salin's defense weakness was.
Shika looked at the words on the confession and frowned.
The Inquisition promoted another three Chief Judges? That would make six Chief Judges. The Chief Judges had a rigid requirement for their rank. If you were not at the ninth rank, you would never become a Chief Judge.
Shika fell into deep thought. Now that her vision had broadened, she could see things more deeply. This ability was cultivated after she became the Regent. A small Caucasian warrior, even the most powerful priest, might not be able to learn these things.
The Vatican was a whole, and all the plans were connected. And Salin's kingdom had not yet gathered all the power to target a single target.
The Metatlin Kingdom had not been established for long, and it had not learned to do so. Rex had the ability, but she could not directly command Salin's kingdom, and did not want to do so. She needed Salin to mature through training, and teaching him step by step might not be effective.
As Shika thought about it, she could not help but get someone to bring a pen and paper, and started writing to Salin.
She had to do one thing, and that was to go to Qin Yin and destroy the army that attacked Lone Star City. This was not impulsive, but the Vatican was too unscrupulous. They had to pay the price for attacking their own children. But this matter had to be discussed with Salin. Shika estimated that she would not be away for long, but during this time, she would not be able to contact Salin, so she had to inform him.
Besides, they needed Rex's help for this. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to defeat that army. Shika's hope was to completely destroy the Inquisition army.
After writing the letter, she used the teleportation formation to send it out. In Ceylon City, inside the Elemental Magic Tower, Salin, who received Shika's letter, had a very ugly expression.
The Vatican had attacked his own children. His anger was ignited, and he almost wanted to immediately drive the Magic Tower to fly to the Tanggulas Empire and start a massacre. But he held back. Back then, Great Emperor Chanak was extremely powerful, had a large number of soldiers, and high-level equipment, but he was also ambushed by the Vatican and died on the battlefield.
Perhaps the Church was doing this to infuriate him and make him advance recklessly.
Once he entered the Tanggulas Empire, the large number of believers there would provide endless power for the mages.
Shika's plan was actually feasible. The war in Qin Yin was chaotic, and the armies of both sides were intertwined in the north. The Qin Yin nobles still controlled the big cities. With the help of the Alchemy City Mages, they had only lost their rural territories for now. But in any big city in Qin Yin, there would be huge warehouses to store food.
Every city could be guarded for more than a decade without starving.
Under such circumstances, the Vatican was also under great pressure. Shika's attack had a ninety percent chance of success. The Vatican was so bold because they didn't think Metatlin could attack.
Salin really wanted to participate in this plan himself, but he couldn't leave Tilan City. The allied forces of the Vatican and the Scotia Empire would arrive soon, and the Vatican's fleet was still attacking the sea. Salin couldn't spare any manpower.
He replied to Shika's letter. Salin decided to ask for Rex's help himself. Shika wrote to him because he didn't want to ask for Rex's help. This was caused by his own children, and Salin couldn't let Shika ask for help.
Shika needed Rex's Metal Titan. To attack an army, he had to first destroy the enemy's large equipment, or he would suffer heavy losses. The Metal Titan was now mining in the northern wilderness of the Metatlin Kingdom, and only Rex's Mages could drive it.
This metal lifeform devoured large amounts of ore underground every day, and what it expelled was extremely refined metal. This metal refinement speed was very fast, and the finished product was also better than any mine. Although the Mages were good at alchemy, the production rate was too low.
Now, almost all the high-level metal materials in the Metatlin Kingdom and the Bitter Water Prefecture were provided by the Metal Titan.
Rex received Salin's letter, read it carefully twice, and then wrote three letters back to Salin. One was to Salin, expressing his concerns. The Vatican seemed to have gained more power, so they were acting more and more without scruples. The lesson of Iron Wall City didn't seem to be enough to make the Vatican back off.
As for the other two letters, one was addressed to Silva. In the letter, there was only an order for his Magic Shooter to hand over the Metal Titan to Shika. She had to help him with this. According to Qin Yin's laws and customs, if she didn't have children in the future, Salin's children could also inherit the throne of the Bitter Water Prefecture.
The Vatican's attack was the same as targeting the current successor of the Bitter Water Prefecture.
The third letter was to the general of Guderian City. She used her status as the royal family of Grex to ask the army of Guderian City to cooperate with Shika and destroy the army of the Inquisition.
This wasn't an order, but it was hard to refuse. Although the Metatlin Kingdom had taken over the whole of Phoenix, it was still related to the royal family of Qin Yin by marriage, so it was their own business. Moreover, the Metatlin Kingdom was also a country that decided not to attack Qin Yin. No matter how angry the general of Guderian City was, he had to give face to the heir of the Grex royal family.
Moreover, the whole north was in turmoil, and Guderian City was already an isolated city. Because it was too difficult to attack, the army of the Vatican temporarily avoided it.
To put it bluntly, if Guderian City didn't help, and the Vatican was free to deal with Guderian City in the future, once the city was breached, and the Metatlin Kingdom refused to let the army of Guderian City retreat, the army in the city would be completely destroyed.
It wasn't a bad thing for Guderian City to be on good terms with the Metatlin Kingdom now.
Seeing that everything was taken care of, Shika immediately sent people to the mines in the north to transfer the Metal Titan. At the same time, she also sent two Temple Legions, a main force legion, a total of 30,000 elites, and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers to the border of Phoenix, to the city built by Duke Guya.
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