The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 99 The Mastermind's Conspiracy
"In a cave tunnel leading underground, this monster suddenly attacked me."

Princess Leah answered truthfully:

"I estimate that it is a mutated species from the underground world, which is why it is so different from surface creatures."

"This is a completely new species that has never been discovered before, and it has considerable research value!"

Looking at the octopus-headed monster, which was bound by iron chains and constantly twisting and struggling, making clanging noises, the elven maid took two steps back in slight fear.

Princess Leah, however, was quite excited. She walked up to the monster, completely disregarding its ugliness and ferocity, and introduced it to her maid while laughing:
"This octopus head is a powerful magical creature."

"When this monster attacked me before, it displayed mental magic power comparable to a fifth-ring mage, attempting to control my mind."

"Of course, with my spiritual will as a legendary mage, I can easily be immune to the monster's mind control effect."

"I wonder how many of these powerful magical creatures exist underground. If there are hundreds of them living in groups, that would be terrifying!"

As she spoke, Leah pulled out various strange research instruments from her package:

"Which part of the research should we conduct first? After all, it's a precious living specimen, so it's definitely not suitable for direct dissection..."

Suddenly, Princess Leah seemed to hear a sound:
"Let me go, let me go, let me go..."

No, the voice came directly into my mind!
It wasn't a language, but a pure transmission of thought.

"Telepathy? This octopus head has that kind of ability?"

Leah became increasingly excited:

"It seems you're an intelligent being? More intelligent than I thought."

"That makes things convenient for me."

Leah immediately launched into a series of questions:
"Do you have any kind of people? Do you have a culture and community? Where do you all live? Why did you attack me? Where did you come from? Do you know the history of your race?"

Elian, watching this scene from a distance, was also waiting for an answer.

If a Mind Flayer has been discovered, then it must be a fellow Mind Flayer from another spaceship!

However, the octopus head just kept struggling, its tentacles flailing wildly:

"Foolish, primitive, inferior creatures, let me go! Let me go! Otherwise you'll regret it!"

Leah's pupils dilated sharply.

Lower organisms?

Is there really a creature in the world that dares to accuse elves of being inferior beings?

The sun elf princess was furious:
"Okay, it's fine if you don't want to talk about it. I can probe your thoughts directly."

Leah raised her hand, made a gesture, and invisible mental needles slowly pierced into the octopus head's mind.

[Detect Thoughts]!
Although what is obtained in this way is only a superficial understanding and the information may be incomplete, it is definitely better than nothing.

"Strange, it feels like this guy's mind is protected by some kind of force, making it slightly difficult to break through..."

Leah adjusted the output of the detection magic, intending to increase the detection intensity.

boom!
Suddenly, the octopus head in front of me expanded and exploded with a bang, spilling filthy liquid all over the cage.

"What? It self-destructed? No way?"

Leah was somewhat bewildered:

"I clearly sealed this guy's magical power, how could he still self-destruct under these circumstances? Did I overlook something?"

Leah sighed, patted herself down, and didn't seem to care too much: "It doesn't matter. Maybe we can catch another one in a while..."

El-Erian observed for a while longer, and after confirming that there were no new developments, he wiped his hand across the mirror and ended the observation.

The image on the mirror disappeared, returning to darkness.

"It's a bit of a pity that we couldn't find the community behind this Mind Flayer, or what the current purpose of this group of Mind Flayers is."

"But at least it's confirmed that at least one Mind Flayer ship from the future has indeed landed on this continent..."

"Unfortunately, these mind flayers who travel through time and space have all been blessed by the Outer Gods to conceal their presence, making it difficult even for the gods to find their traces."

“It won’t be easy to find their secret community if they don’t come forward.”

Although the mind flayers were unaware of his identity in this life, Elion understood that he had to remain vigilant!

The combat power of any ordinary Mind Flayer ship is beyond the capabilities of the currently weak Eldoron or an ordinary elven clan!

The most crucial task at hand is to quickly convert the elves into allies, utilize the rich resources of the elven kingdom, start a magic industry, and manufacture enough constructs and magical items to prepare for the expedition to the Abyss 20 years from now and to control a small piece of Abyss land.

……

Beneath the earth.

In a hidden city of mind-stealers, a place even the gods cannot see.

In the deep darkness, a huge, giant brain wriggled.

Every fold and groove in the cerebral cortex seems to contain a vast and terrifying mental energy that can crush the mind of a high-level professional in an instant.

Beneath this gigantic brain, there appeared to be a massive, slightly trembling body shaped like a lizard. However, it was shrouded in shadow, making it difficult to discern its form.

[The Mastermind]!
The Mastermind is the material and spiritual core of the Mindflayer settlement in which it resides.

It is an expert in psychic powers and a living repository of the community's technology and history. It is also the leader of the mind flayers in the entire city, connecting the minds of every mind flayer!

Sensing the extinguishing of the distant psionic lights, the mainframe knew that a mind flayer had died.

Several high-ranking Mind Flayers stood devoutly around the Mastermind.

One of the elders, a "Perfect Mind Flayer" with the strength of a beginner-level legendary being, turned around:
"One of us gave his life to obtain invaluable intelligence!"

"All the psionic messages were sent back before the self-destruction."

“Those foolish elves still believe that the collars they use to seal away the magic of this world will work on us.”

"This intelligence will help us understand the political structure of the Elven race, the Sidrian gods who created the Elven race, and find the god of time and magic..."

"The mastermind is excited, joyful, and ecstatic; he is overjoyed at the impending victory!"

"Next, we will take further action to execute the mastermind's plan."

"As long as the mastermind's plan succeeds, both dragons and elves will become servants of the great Mind Flayer Empire!"

"Never forget, in the inevitable future, our fleet will conquer every corner of the endless starry sea..."

……

As soon as Leah stepped out of the mage tower, she saw her father, the king, walking towards her.
"Lia, the Queen of the Moon Elves seems quite displeased with your large-scale attack on the human kingdom."

"It is said that she also wants to invite the human king to come and have some peace talks, saying that she wants to prevent the conflict between humans and elves from escalating further."

"Sigh, those moon elves are such a handful."

(End of this chapter)