Western Fantasy Lord: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Connors's hand involuntarily tightened around the reins, his face still showing signs of shock.

Rex is dead? Then who was talking to me just now?

If it weren't for his previous experience, he would have almost doubted the authenticity of the intelligence.

Connors's expression shifted between light and dark.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck me, and a name came to mind.

Maeve!!

If anything is amiss, it must be with Maeve.

Moreover, Connors felt inexplicably that he had seen this familiar scene somewhere before.

After a moment's thought, his mind drifted back to two months ago.

His fiancée, Talia, was also an undercover agent by his side and attempted to assassinate him, though she failed... No! Strictly speaking, she succeeded; didn't she successfully send her predecessor away?

How similar it is that what happened to Rex is now!

He boldly speculated that the two were very likely from the same faction.

Which force has the resources to make such a large-scale operation...?

Connors then thought of [Intelligence 2]: Maeve was a double agent.

The first layer consists of spies for the nobles within Lake City... What about the second layer?

Thinking of the solar magic that Talia used, he immediately came to a conclusion.

She's a spy for the Blazing Sun Empire! A chill crept over Connors' body inch by inch.

Furthermore, considering the commonalities between the two assassination attempts—both involved the sons of dukes—and the attack on Julian today, this further highlights the importance of understanding the shared identity of the two individuals.

A chilling thought began to form in Connors' mind.

The Blazing Sun Empire is targeting the southern border and has been making preparations for this for a long time. Do they really want to start a war?!

Connors felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

What terrified him was not the war, but his own situation and the situation of Lily Town.

Normandy landings? Am I landing?!

Can you bear this?

The area where Lily Town is located is mostly plains, with the only mountain range being the massive Cliff Mountain Range, about ten miles to the south.

South of the cliff mountains lies the vast, desolate plain, and beyond that plain lies the border of the Blazing Sun Empire.

The open terrain of Lily Town is just like a beautiful woman lying on a bed with the city gates wide open, saying to the thugs, "Come on, sir."

"Baron, what's wrong?" Victor's voice interrupted Connors' thoughts.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and shook his head: "It's nothing, let's continue on our way."

When they were halfway there, Connors parted ways with Victor, telling Victor to continue to Lily Town while he headed towards Walled City.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Blazing Sun Empire is unaware that I know about their plans, he decided to inform his duke father as soon as possible so that he could make preparations.

Otherwise, once the scorching sun's iron hooves cross the border of the steel dragon, it will truly be beyond saving.

He will then face two choices.

One option is to abandon Lily Town and flee to Giantwall City in the north, rendering all the progress made in Lily Town in vain.

Another option is to stay and perish with Lily Town, ultimately perishing under the iron heel of the Blazing Sun Empire.

He didn't want either of these options!

No matter how pragmatic a person is, it's impossible for them to be cold-hearted and constantly weighing pros and cons. He's worked so hard here for so long, how could he possibly give up so easily?

......

Six days later, in Giant Wall City, the sun hung high in the sky, blazing hot.

Connors, looking weary from his journey, followed the crowd into the city.

As for his horse, it had died from overwork half a day ago, but he managed to run here thanks to his physique, which was at the level of a guardian knight.

After all, it's unknown when the Lieyang Empire started its scheme or when it began to close in.

With his knees slightly bent, he leaped up amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, using the rooftops as footsteps to rapidly approach the Lion Fortress in the center of the city.

After passing through a large urban area, a vast expanse of flat land appeared before them, and Connors quickly arrived at Lion Keep.

After being announced by the guards, he met his duke father in the study.

The study in Lion's Keep and the study in Lily Keep are like two different worlds. This one is as big as a playground, with rows of bronze bookshelves neatly arranged in the spacious, high-ceilinged room, stretching as far as the eye can see.

The flooring is made of luxurious tiles with black and green patterns. Each tile is specially polished by craftsmen to reflect light, forming a mirror-like surface under the sunlight, which greatly increases the sense of openness in the study.

Pushing open the double doors of the study, one is immediately confronted with a large desk, where his father sits, holding a manuscript and scrutinizing its contents with a blank expression.

Upon seeing me arrive, he put down his manuscript and said casually, "Sit."

For some reason, looking into his duke father's deep, ancient eyes and sensing his father's calm demeanor, which seemed unperturbed no matter what happened, Connors's inner anxiety seemed to subside.

He was surprised by this calm, and his eyes held a complex expression.

Even though I've probably spent less than a day with him in total, the moment I see him, my bloodline instinct tells me that with him there, all problems will be solved.

He let out a long sigh, considered his words carefully, and then uttered something astonishing:

"Brother Rex is dead."

For a fleeting moment, Connors saw before him a world-destroying flame, powerful enough to incinerate everything in the world. The terrifying flame seemed capable of burning existence itself to ashes.

But when I came to my senses, the study was still quiet, as if it were an illusion.

"How did he die?" Theodore asked calmly, without any emotional fluctuation, as usual, without even a question, as if it wasn't his son who had died.

"The method is unknown, but the murderer should be from the Blazing Sun Empire. I was in Moonlight Fortress..." Connors's eyes were filled with complex emotions as he looked at Ninth Brother, who had just helped him and then disappeared.

However, all he could do was report everything he had seen and heard to his duke father in detail.

In his report, he concealed the existence of the system, cleverly transforming it into his own analysis and findings.

Theodore listened for two seconds in silence, then said a name:

"Talia?"

The tone suggested that he was confirming something.

"That's right!"

Connors's expression was serious:

"Moreover, many bandits have appeared in the cliff mountains in the past two days, including a guardian knight who has a contract with a sun elf."

"I suspect that... the Blazing Sun Empire has been planning this for a long time, intending to wage war against the Steel Dragons, and that our Southern Territory is the first target."

He hesitated for a moment at this point:

"Our other brothers and sisters who are away may also have met with such cruelty."

Theodore remained silent, his eyes flickered for a moment, then fell silent again, rejecting the possibility that Connors had analyzed.

"The situation within the Blazing Sun Empire is complex, and they won't easily start a war; that's not their objective."

Connors: "?"

He was completely baffled.

If it's not war, what do all these actions mean?

It's too sunny in China, so I'm planning to come up north to cool off in October when the weather gets cooler.

Why not just kill a few dukes' sons to meet your KPIs?

He wasn't foolish enough to question what his father said; the two were on different levels, and the information they received was naturally of a different caliber.

After waiting for a while, seeing that his father showed no intention of explaining, he had no choice but to give up.