Cecilia said, "The ones who killed Count Denton weren't underground monsters, but a group of humans! Their armor had the Bossuwei noble family emblem on it. Nicholas IV also knew the importance of this scene, so he told the court painter to restore the scene as much as possible, and asked me to bring it over for you to see. "
Cecilia handed over a scroll.
Bai Xiaowen unfolded the scroll. It was a painting of the scene before Count Denton's death — to be precise, it was what Nicholas IV saw and remembered.
Many parts of the scene were blank and blurry, and from the overall appearance of the painting, it was obviously not up to standard. But this was also Nicholas IV's request. He asked the painter to only draw what he had memorized, without any embellishment or completion, so as not to interfere with Bai Xiaowen's judgment.
The most obvious and impressive one was a young man who was as strong as a bull. He was wearing aristocratic armor with the insignia of Bo Suwei. Blood dripped from the greatsword in his hand, and he had a lazy smile on his face. He looked rather lifelike.
The other people's faces were not so clear, and they were standing at the back.
"It seems that this is the person who killed Count Denton."
Bai Xiaowen asserted. "Since he's a noble from the Bossuwei family, the Gorse Empire should have a record of him. Who is this person? "
"It's the eldest son of Duke Bossuwei, August Bossuwei," Cecilia said. "It's strange to say that this August has always been very mediocre, and there's nothing special about him. If it weren't for Duke Bossuwei's serious illness, he wouldn't have been able to take charge of the territory's affairs … But after August took over the territory's power, he showed excellent ability, and managed the territory's affairs in an orderly manner. This time, when he killed Count Denton, he showed his strong personal strength. "
Qiao Rui said, "I'm afraid this is a fake."
"Yes, I also think he's not the original. He should be an Awakened. To be able to enter as the eldest son of a Duke with real power, this must be a special ticket. "Li Shuyi also expressed his opinion.
Bai Xiaowen frowned.
It was obvious that Ogyust was an awakened one. What made Bai Xiaowen ponder was a deeper problem.
The other team members held their breaths, not wanting to interrupt Bai Xiaowen's train of thought.
After a long time, Bai Xiaowen exhaled and said, "This is getting serious. I'm afraid we're facing more than just a five-man team of hunters. "
Under everyone's astonished gazes, Bai Xiaowen continued to state his judgment, "There are two possibilities for the hostile Awakened who have appeared in the Cain Dimension."
"First, the other party is made up of three independent Awakened teams. There is cooperation and competition between them, but their common goal is to unify."
"The basis for this inference is that we already know that there are awakened teams from the old aristocrats' faction, and there should be one from the underground monster camp as well. In order to fight for the war contribution of killing Count Denton, the underground monsters couldn't wait to launch a surprise attack. But before the battle, Count Denton had made preparations in advance … This means that someone had secretly warned him through some channels. "
"Who is the person who warned him? Since it's not from our camp, then it's very likely that it's an awakened from the old aristocrats' faction. They want Denton to be defeated, but they also don't want him to die at the hands of the awakened from the underground monsters' faction. After Count Denton fled, the old aristocrats — that is, this Ogyust — led people to intercept and kill him, and pocketed the war contribution. "
"This means that the awakened from the underground monsters' faction is competing with the awakened from the old aristocrats' faction, so there are at least two teams of hunters. And we've already deduced that there are still awakened lurking in the Central Province. "
"In a situation where the two teams are competing, none of the teams will divide their forces and send them to the Central Province's camp. Then the awakened from the Central Province should also be a team of their own. Perhaps they have reached a war alliance with the old aristocrats' faction. "
Bai Xiaowen's explanation was very detailed, and his teammates also understood.
"What's the second possibility?" Cecilia was listening attentively. Seeing that Bai Xiaowen was silent, she asked.
"The second possibility is what I'm most worried about."
Bai Xiaowen took a breath. "There aren't three teams, but a huge awakened team! This awakened team has a clear division of labor. They should have used at least three high-level tickets. When they chose to cut in, they chose the underground world, the old aristocrats, and the Central Province's aristocrats! The goal of this huge team is to promote the unification of the Cain Plane and promote all of them to evolvers! "
"Is this … possible? The spirit realm tickets are randomly matched to the plane worlds. It's very difficult to get all the awakened members of the huge team to be directed to the Cain Plane, "Li Shuyi said.
"It's indeed very difficult, but it doesn't mean it's impossible."
Bai Xiaowen sighed. "People like us, who know little about the operating rules of the spirit realm, can figure out a way to increase the success rate of matching by locating items. Those big forces with deep backgrounds and long inheritances must do it more perfectly."
"But you also said that the awakened team of the underground world camp is competing with the awakened members of the old aristocrats …" Li Shuyi said.
"That's right. However, from the results, this level of competition isn't considered a vicious competition because the outcome of Count Denton and the Empire's vanguard army being completely annihilated didn't change. The only difference is who killed them and who contributed to the war. It's within the acceptable range for such a large team to have such a degree of scheming. "
"No matter which speculation it is, there are two points in common. First, the other side has a lot of people. Second, the other side's ultimate goal is to unify. "Qiao Rui summarized.
"For us, there are obvious differences between the two situations. The most important difference is, who will unify?"
Bai Xiaowen said. "In the end, there can only be one camp for unifying. Will the underground monsters unify the Cain Plane or the old aristocrats? If the other side's teams are relatively independent, then there will definitely be internal conflicts. However, I'm more inclined to the latter guess. The other side's teams all belong to the same large team. "
Qiao Rui said, "If it's a large team, then the camp they chose to unify should be the old aristocrats."
"Why?" Li Shuyi and Cecilia both asked. Han Xu listened attentively and continued to be silent.
"Because Count Denton's contribution to the war ultimately fell to the awakened members of the old aristocrats camp." Qiao Rui pointed at the most conspicuous young man in the picture scroll, Ogyust.
"That's right. This Ogyust should be the leader of the team. He can scheme against his team members and steal their contribution, but not vice versa. The camp chosen by the leader of the team when he cut in must be the one they preset! "
Bai Xiaowen said with emotion, "This Ogyust is very ambitious."
Qiao Rui nodded. "The old aristocrats should be the weakest of the three camps. If they can succeed in their counterattack and unify, their contribution will break through the sky … even if there are so many awakened members participating to share the contribution, as the leader, he should be able to get at least a rare Leader-class class book. If he's lucky, he might even get a Lord. "
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