For a long time, the relationship between the Solant Kingdom and the Irus Empire was neither hot nor cold. This situation started more than a hundred years ago and did not improve during Victor's era. It continued to extend to Tang En's era.
Only during the Glorious Festival would the Solant Kingdom loosen the border blockade and allow some believers to cross the border and go on a pilgrimage to Alinx.
It could be said that among the Prandal countries, only the Solant Kingdom and the Gris Kingdom were the most closed off.
Of course, this only referred to the lower class citizens. King Klein and King Stanley had their own channels of information and were quite clear about the changes in the Irus Empire. They also felt a great sense of crisis.
After listening to Selna's description, Tang En and Jean were silent for a long time.
As a cult, the Chaos religion had always been very low-key — or rather, it was destined to be low-key. It was different from the Serpent of Darkness. Although the Serpent of Darkness believed in Jassas, most of its members still maintained their own will. Therefore, they actively spread their believers and seemed to be more active.
But the believers of the Chaos religion, to be honest, were not so much believers as lunatics who had fallen into Chaos.
How could you expect a lunatic to be rational?
They themselves were moving sources of infection. If a believer of Chaos appeared in a village, in less than a week, the entire village would be corrupted by the breath of Chaos. In the beginning, they would be stimulated by the body's stress response due to their contact with the abnormal power. Therefore, they would appear to be excited and energetic. However, they would frequently suffer from insomnia and nightmares at night. This was because humans were more resistant to Chaos.
If one didn't escape from the polluted environment of Chaos and continued to stay there, they would enter the second stage of Chaos infection. When the human body's potential was exhausted and they could no longer resist the pollution of Chaos, they would become irritable, anxious, and deranged. People with weaker self-control would start to thirst for the denser aura of Chaos. They would actively seek out areas with denser aura of Chaos and involuntarily gather there.
After that, the third stage would naturally appear. At this stage, people could be said to be completely captives of Chaos. After being separated from the aura of Chaos, they would gradually lose their rationality and become complete lunatics. They had to rely on the aura of Chaos to continue living. Then, they would stop relying on it and enter the fourth stage.
The fourth stage of infection was also the most important part of the Chaos religion. At this time, they would come into contact with the teachings of the Chaos religion and worship a fictional God — the God of Chaos, Kaos. They would begin to actively absorb the aura of Chaos and integrate the power of Chaos into their own bodies to gain the ability to move freely. At this time, they would become full-fledged believers of Chaos. At this time, they would become a moving source of infection.
The main forces of the Chaos religion were almost all made up of fourth-stage infected people. They were the cancerous cancer cells of this world. They would continue to spread and affect groups of ordinary people.
If it weren't for the Mercenary Guild, the City of Silver, the Elves (such as Aiguina) and other forces who had been sparing no effort to suppress the Chaos religion, there wouldn't be many normal people left in Prandal.
Jean sighed and frowned. "The Dagger Peninsula … I remember it's in the northeast corner of the Solant Kingdom. It's a peninsula that extends all the way to the Sea of Abyss. The people living there are local fishermen. Due to the cold climate, very few people would settle there. I didn't expect the Chaos religion to have infiltrated that place …"
Tang En's expression was unfriendly. "Since you've found the nest of the believers of Chaos, why didn't you kill them?"
Leaving the believers of Chaos alone would lead to a big mistake!
Selna was angry when she saw Tang En's saintly expression. She said in a huff, "It has nothing to do with me. I don't care if they die!"
"You —"
"Tang En, don't be angry. She's just angry with you."
Jean tried to smooth things over. "Although Selna ran away without fighting when Chaos invaded, she definitely wouldn't just stand by and watch. Let me guess, you must have destroyed the gathering point you found, right?"
"You talk too much!"
Selna glared at him angrily and then said in a huff, "That's right! Although I destroyed one of the nests, my intuition tells me that there must be other gathering points of the believers of Chaos there. It's just that time was tight, so I didn't have time to investigate in detail. "
Tang En was puzzled. "Time was tight?"
Selna curled her lips. "Are you stupid? Of course it was because time was tight. While there were many people at the Glory Festival, it was a distraction. This is the most basic skill in our line of work, okay?"
Tang En: "…"
"All in all, we can be sure of one thing. The Dagger Peninsula has probably completely fallen."
Jean knocked on the table to get their attention. "The believers of Chaos have always spread in bands. Wherever they go, there will be traces of corruption. The believers of Chaos in Bul-Kathos probably came from the same place as this one. As long as we find a chance to exchange information with Sharp Tooth, we can draw a few key points and deduce the source of their spread."
"And then?"
Tang En spread his hands. "If it's confirmed that they came from the Solant Kingdom, what can we do? Are we going to start a war with them? "
"If that's really the case, there's no need to start a war. I think King Klein will be more anxious than us if he knows about this."
Jean said meaningfully. "Maybe … the reason why he, who is so ambitious, hasn't expanded all these years is because he's entangled with the Chaos religion and can't get away?"
Tang En was stunned. Jean's words made sense. It seemed like this was really possible!
If the Chaos religion appeared in the Irus Empire, the first thing Tang En would have to do was to solve the problem of the Chaos religion. After all, the rear was not stable. Expanding outside was courting death.
"This possibility is very high … How about this?"
Tang En knocked on the table and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he said to Selna, "I'll let you train the Ghost Agents. After the Light Ceremony, you guys will infiltrate the Solant Kingdom in batches and investigate the Chaos religion."
This was unexpected good news!
Selna was overjoyed. If he let her leave Ellington, wouldn't that be like a fish swimming in the vast ocean, or a bird flying in the vast sky? By then, where in the world couldn't she go?
"That won't work, right?"
Selna pretended to be reserved. "I haven't carefully observed the abilities of your subordinates. Maybe their basic skills are not good enough and they'll be discovered when they're sent out?"
"You don't have to worry about this. Dark elves live underground and are born with the ability to hide. When it comes to stealth, I'm afraid that even some Gold-level assassins can't compare to ordinary dark elves."
Tang En said straightforwardly. "It's settled then. After confirming the information of the Chaos believers, report it immediately and hand it over to Fiona … Forget it, Fiona has too many things to do. Who should be responsible for it …"
Tang En's gaze fell on the teacup. He suddenly clapped his hands and shouted, "Yaya? Yaya! "
"Coming, coming. What's the rush?"
Yaya, who was wearing a maid's dress, pushed open the door unhappily. "What's the matter?"
"Haven't you been quite free recently?"
Yaya stared at Tang En and said faintly, "Cutting grass, sweeping the floor, mopping the floor, washing clothes, and making tea … What do you think?"
"Then you're quite free. If that's the case, I'll give you more responsibilities."
Tang En pretended that he did not hear the resentment in Yaya's voice. "Selna is going to bring the Ghost Agents to the Solant Kingdom to collect information about the Chaos religion. When the time comes, she will gather the information and give it to you. You can put the matter of being a maid aside for the time being."
Yaya had participated in the first war of the Chaos invasion and was an experienced veteran. After living for a long time, she naturally knew more things. This kind of work could be handed over to her.
She might not be used to it at first, but she would definitely get the hang of it soon.
Manage the intelligence?
Yaya's eyes lit up. Thank goodness, she finally did not have to continue being a maid!
"No problem!"
Yaya laughed and threw away the tray in her hand. The magic wave inadvertently leaked out frightened Selna again.
Oh my god!
Even a maid in the lord's residence has the combat power of a pseudo-Legendary-level?!
How many monsters does this guy have around him?!
"But isn't it a bit of a waste to let me only manage the intelligence?"
Yaya moved closer to Tang En and said coquettishly, "Why don't you send me out too? I'm not bragging, but I know a little about the situation in the Solant Kingdom. "
"What do you know?"
Tang En pushed away the immoral Yaya. "You've stayed in Hohnheim's house for so long. How many times have you come out? You probably don't know as much as I do about the situation there. "
"Tsk, you don't know anything about romance at all."
Yaya pursed her lips and accepted Tang En's resignation for the time being.
At least, she could be freed from the maid job of washing clothes and mopping the floor. At least she had some sense of existence, right?
Yaya stretched out her hand indifferently. "Selna, right? Nice to meet you. "
How rude!
Selna frowned and shook hands with her. "In terms of age, I'm older than you. You should call me sister. In terms of strength, I'm stronger than you. You should call me senior."
"Ahem."
Jean had to cough lightly and remind Selna, "Selna, Yaya is a senior who participated in the first war of Chaos as a legend. In terms of strength and age, you're a junior …"
A senior who participated in the first war of Chaos!?
Her!?
Selna was dumbfounded. She could not believe that the maid in the maid dress who was sweeping the floor and pouring tea just now was actually an old witch more than a thousand years old!
But she was indeed only a pseudo-legend!
Jean reminded her again, "Senior Yaya's situation is more special. Her current strength is not what it was back then …"
No matter what, a senior was a senior.
Selna put away the disrespect in her heart and stood up very solemnly. "I apologize to you, Senior Yaya. I hope you can give me more advice."
"Ignorance is bliss."
Yaya raised her slender and fair neck and looked at Tang En proudly. "Did you see that? I'm a hero! "
This was the proper attitude to a senior!
This was the treatment she deserved!
She witnessed the rise and fall of this world!
She participated in the war that changed the trajectory of the world!
She was a hero!
"Oh, the tea is cold. Hero, pour the tea."
"Yes, boss!"
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