The gates of the city of Babus were wide open, and nobles from all over the world had come to the capital of the Kingdom of Mara to participate in the coronation ceremony of the new king of the Monar family. At the same time, they swore allegiance to the new king. This was a contract made hundreds of years ago between the Monar family and the nobles of the Kingdom of Mara.
The city was decorated with lanterns and streamers, and security was tight. Because it was an important moment for the succession of the royal power, the city guards were deployed all over the city. Although there were many people pouring into the city, with the patrolling of the city guards everywhere, the security was even more stable than usual.
Recently, however, the city guards seemed to have had a lot of conflicts with the King's Guards over the defense of the city. Prince Adenos Monar, who had not yet succeeded the throne, was said to be extremely dissatisfied with the commander of the city guards, Hans. However, because he had not yet been crowned, he could not exercise the power of the king and dismiss Hans, who was the city guard officer.
Cardinal Peter of the Diocese of the Kingdom of Mara had led a group of Knights of the Light and several priests to the city of Babus last night. The knights led by the lords from all over the country had gathered in the city of Babus. Within the various castles in the city, the neighing of horses could be heard, and knights with long swords could be seen shuttling back and forth.
Inside the city defense hall, it was already past midnight, and the sky was about to turn bright. However, an emergency meeting was still going on. The participants were not only internal members of the city guards, but also some nobles of the Kingdom of Mara, as well as a middle-aged priest of the Church of Light in a white robe.
"The other side has a total of a thousand high-grade ghouls, and an unknown number of ordinary ghouls. There are at least two thousand of them. I have calculated the number of people who have gone missing in the city and outside the city during this period. So many people have disappeared without us noticing."
"The other side is very careful. Most of the targets are people that not many people pay attention to, and we did not expect that they would specifically target foreigners."
"Are our people in place?"
"They have been placed in various predetermined positions. They are in the underground sewers. I can guarantee that none of them will be able to climb up."
"The King's Guards … Well, what should we do about those high-grade ghouls?"
At the conference table, everyone kept talking and discussing. When it came to the issue of the King's Guards, a priest from the Church of Light immediately spoke up. He represented Cardinal Peter.
"The three thousand cavalrymen of the Third Church Legion have already set off, and they are now in the forest not far from here. The thirty members of the priest group have all entered the city of Babus, ready to support you at any time. However, Bishop Peter asked me to tell you that no matter what, you must minimize the casualties in the city." The middle-aged priest's words were like a hammer that made everyone calm down.
City Defense Officer Hans touched his big head, which was like a light bulb, and his face lit up with joy. "In this case, we are already in an invincible position. What we need to do now is to reduce the casualties of this operation. We also need to consider the civilians living in the entire city of Babus. If we make the slightest mistake, it could affect tens of thousands of ordinary people. I don't want to see a devastated city of Babus after this operation is over."
The sky was turning white. After such a long time without rest, everyone was a little tired, but they did not dare to slack off. They watched as the overall layout and plan was perfected bit by bit, taking into account all aspects and safety issues. They were just waiting for the coronation ceremony to give Adonis, a fatal blow.
Edward, who was the consultant hired by Hans, suddenly said, "The plan is perfect, but there is a problem."
At that moment, Edward looked extremely tired. He had not slept for a long time. Perhaps he had not been able to sleep since Hathaway's death. He wanted to find Adonis, and ask him why he had done all this. At the same time, he also knew that when it came to witchcraft and power, he was no match for Adonis,. Adonis, was a level two wizard, while he was only a level one wizard. There was still a long way to go before he could reach level two.
Although the difference between their mind power scales wasn't large, the gap between their combat effectiveness was huge. Moreover, Adonis was a type of witchcraft that specialized in lethality. He had also developed his own path and mastered the extraordinary bloodline of ghouls and the powerful power of ghouls. As such, it was impossible for Edward to defeat Adonis. However, the dream witchcraft notes that Lu Zhiyu had left him gave him a chance to do so.
For the past few days, Edward had been reading and analyzing Lu Zhiyu's witchcraft notes. The small notes recorded all kinds of complicated witchcraft principles and formulas, as well as the details and taboos of dream witchcraft, as well as the cultivation methods of various combinations of dream witchcraft and curse witchcraft. Edward wanted to gain the ability to confront Adonis, by practicing this aspect of witchcraft.
Moreover, he had developed his own trump card based on Lu Zhiyu's dream witchcraft. Although it was rough and imperfect, and Edward did not know how effective it would be, he knew that it would be very powerful. This was a trump card that Edward wanted to use at a critical moment, as he did not want to have to use it at the last moment.
Edward's sudden interruption drew everyone's attention to him. He had provided them with a lot of information about ghouls, which had allowed them to seize the initiative. Moreover, it was the antidote that Edward had provided that had cured many ordinary people in the city who had been infected by the ghouls' corpse poison. This had curbed this existence, which was even more terrible than the plague, and made people start to pay attention to his opinions. Especially when Edward revealed that he was the disciple of the legendary medical pioneer, Porl Kelermo, everyone trusted him even more.
Hans asked, "Is there anything that we missed?"
Edward immediately said, "Although the other party doesn't know about our overall plan, he definitely knows that we've discovered their purpose. Under such circumstances, how could the other party just sit and wait for death and let us lay out our plans for the past few days? This doesn't make sense. I'm worried that the other party might have a secret plan or a method that we don't know about."
In the end, it was Hans who said, "At present, we have yet to discover any movements from the other party. Our people are also monitoring their every move day and night, as well as all the changes within the city. It will be very difficult for the other party to not attract our attention and make any plans under such a high level of attention. So, the current plan is the safest one to implement."
After the meeting, the sky lit up, and everyone left. A large number of people in the entire city of Babus were immediately mobilized. The ordinary people of Babus still got up early to welcome the new day and cheer for the coronation of the new king. No one noticed what was happening in the dark.
In a forest dozens of miles away from the city, in a hidden valley, a temporary military camp had appeared. A large number of knights in armor and sun-patterned cloaks had set up camp here. Many of the knights were leading their horses to drink water by the stream. At this moment, the sky had just brightened, and smoke was curling up from the chimneys. They were preparing breakfast.
Several knights took off their helmets and were carrying buckets of water to prepare for cooking. The stream was near a pool, and they were stationed here because it was convenient to get water. Thousands of troops needed to feed their horses, so they had to have enough water.
"Ya ~ Ya ~"
A strange and ancient sound came from a stone next to the pool. The soldiers immediately looked over and found that it was a strange crow with blood-red eyes. Crows were known as the Bird of Death, which made them feel very afraid.
"Get out of here, get out of here, don't stay here."
They hurriedly fetched water back, but these soldiers did not notice that there was a faint blood-red color in the pool that they had dug out. It gradually dispersed and disappeared.
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