Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

She suddenly remembered that before leaving, she had to go to the White Tower with Charles to find Old Deng to retrieve the holy sword.

At that time, she seemed to be able to tell Lao Deng about this matter openly and add a sentence:

"Old Deng, you don't want your well-behaved and obedient son-in-law to get into trouble, and you don't want your lovely and charming daughter to be wronged, right?"

Lao Deng had long wanted to start action against the Black Tomb, but in recent years, the group of old immortals in the Black Tomb had suddenly become law-abiding, making it impossible for Lao Deng to make up a reliable excuse to start action against them.

Now you have an excuse, right?

Isn’t this much more reliable than “because you stepped through the door with your left foot first today”?

Thinking of this, Lacie looked back at the intelligence dealer who was kneeling in front of them and was telling them everything.

Although the side effects of the mantra spell would not turn the rat into an idiot, it would at least make him dazed for a while.

Before this, he not only told all about the Black Tomb's conspiracy, but also mentioned his deal with the Black Tomb -

He was responsible for conveying false information to the brave team, and for this, Black Tomb generously promised him a huge reward. Now he has transferred this reward along with the most valuable collection in the secret room to another safe house of his.

By reverse engineering the scrolls of failed warp spells, Laciel was confident that she could find the coordinates of the safe house.

Charles was not interested in material things like money, so she would not be polite. She planned to rob all of the treasures that the rat had collected over the years and then spend them all.

She was worrying about how to continue to enhance Charles's popularity and reputation.

Magic spells are useful, but the easiest way is to spend money, a lot of money.

In order to avoid the trouble that might arise after Ciel's identity as a "fake hero" was revealed - although Lacele was willing to believe that people would not deny Ciel, who had sacrificed his life for others countless times just because of the false title of a hero - she was used to making the worst-case scenario plans in advance.

She had made plans long before she learned of Charles' true identity.

She wants to make Ciel the savior of the entire Pan-Continent.

Maybe he is not a brave man, but he is an absolute hero.

——She wanted everyone to know this.

She wants the entire Pan-Continent to recognize Ciel!

So Charles the Rat had no choice but to bear the brunt of the pain. Anyway, those collections in his hands were just pearls thrown away in the dark. It would be better to let them shine, sell them at a good price, and then turn them into suitable materials to be delivered to those in need.

As for Charles the Rat himself...

For those who are blinded by profit, losing the wealth that they have spent countless time and energy to accumulate is the cruelest punishment in itself, and is even no less cruel than killing him directly.

Perhaps Charles thought that this kind of punishment was fine, so he acquiesced in Rachel's act of packing up Charles the Rat's collection.

Rachel knew that what Charles hated most was being deceived, and Charles the Rat...

He had long anticipated that he might be liquidated, so he faked scars and marks all over his body, and even invited a master who was proficient in disguise to avoid being discovered by the brave warriors with forbidden spells.

"That guy is quite smart, but unfortunately, he met a witch like me, hehe!"

While talking to herself, Lacie packed up all the valuable-looking collectibles in the secret room.

Thank you for the gift of nature!

The witch lady was in a very good mood and almost hummed a little tune. She even approached the intelligence dealer who was still in a trance with malicious intentions and deliberately packed the collections in front of him.

It was like the joy of harvest for others, and she felt full of strength.

At this moment, Joseph, who was originally responsible for collecting another part of the intelligence dealer's wealth - those key resources that might even allow Shuo Shu to make a comeback, that is, the latest intelligence he collected during this period, walked in from outside.

"Boss!" He waved the stack of papers in his hand at Charles and Rachel, "Look at this!"

As he spoke, he had already come to the two of them.

Lacier came over first, took the stack of papers, and asked casually:

"What is this?"

Joseph could not hide his excitement, and answered in a low voice like a thief:

"I found this in a safe in the next room. I knew that Shuo Shu would keep this thing with him!"

"Oh?"

Lacey thought to herself, what could make you so excited? Could it be the legendary secret recipe of the Krabby Patty?

She opened the first page of the paper and was instantly stunned:

"The Mortal Empire Victoria is ready for a full-scale war and will probably launch a war soon. It is speculated that the countries most likely to become victims are Ceylon, Seville, and Tirrila."

The following is Shuoshu’s own comment:

"It is highly likely and classified as top intelligence."

After taking a deep breath, Lacie finally understood the value of the stack of papers in her hand.

Joseph showed a smug expression at the right time:

"This stack of papers is absolutely the lifeblood of an intelligence trader like Shuo Shu. It is even more important than his collections all over the house. With it, our journey will definitely be much easier."

At this time, Charles calmly poured cold water on Joseph:

"Don't be too happy too soon. When it comes to intelligence, the most important thing is always its timeliness. This stack of paper looks so thick, but there is probably very little intelligence that can be used by us..."

"That's better than nothing."

Lacey retorted.

Then she turned to the next page with great interest, wanting to see how much important information was contained in this stack of intelligence.

The second page of news has nothing to do with human countries:

"The long-dormant Valkyrie of the Dragon Clan seems to have awakened, but the Dragon Clan is still closed to the outside world."

The Rat commented:

"Someone witnessed a certain witch on the edge of the dragon's territory, but the authenticity is questionable."

Lacey frowned.

Another witch?

How come there is a connection between witches and dragons?

But she soon remembered that she and Charles had helped the elves kill the mistress, and she felt relieved.

It seems like she has no right to criticize others, right?

So she turned another page.

This time the information is:

"Our people noticed that Victoria seemed to be conducting some secret research. Every day, countless resources were transported to an unknown factory. The furnaces were running all day and all night, and the smoke almost covered the sky...

Victoria, looks like she's making something big."

Lacey was stunned.

Soon, she saw Shuo Shu's comment:

"This information may be very important to those guys in the Black Tomb, but I don't know how much it can be sold for."

[To be continued]

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13. Saint Lily

Lacey flipped through the intelligence book that the rat had revealed, but in the end she couldn't find any more valuable information.

As Charles said, intelligence is often time-sensitive. A piece of information may be worth a fortune a few hours ago, but after a few hours, it will become worthless.

That intelligence book does contain many pieces of information that have lost their value due to expiration.

For example, the elves sent messengers to the outside world, and finally came to Conker and presented the brave with a rare elven mother tree coffin; after the brave ended his adventure in Lentiheim, he came to the small country of Diesel bordering Victoria; the railway from Victoria to the frontier town of Uhar was completely blocked for unknown reasons, and the black train called "Iron Throne" slowly drove out of Sheffield...

As one of the two protagonists of this series of events, Rachel certainly knew the ins and outs of these events.

Shuo Shu was just an intelligence dealer, he had no way of knowing the specific details - but he had an amazing intuition and could see the whole picture from a glimpse, and annotated the following words under the intelligence:

"There may be some intrinsic connection between these events that we are not aware of, and further in-depth investigation is urgently needed."

All I can say is that there is a reason why Charles the Rat has managed to get to where he is today.

Lacie looked at the intelligence dealer who was still kneeling there motionless with a subtle mood.

"It's so pleasant, Charles. I guess I will never forget you in my life, right?"

She thought, and waved the information book in her hand towards Charles beside her:

"I've finished reading it, and there really isn't any particularly valuable information in it. If I have to say, the only things that concern me are probably the recent movements of the dragon clan and the situation in Victoria."

Charles frowned.

"Victoria...what happened again?"

Only then did Lacie realize that what she said could easily be misunderstood.

Although she firmly believed not long ago that Victoria had done all the bad things and that no matter what the blame was, she could just put it on Victoria, but gradually, Victoria was almost cleared of all charges.

The assassin who assassinated Ciel was not from Victoria, but from the Black Tomb; the reason why the riddler, the witch Thea, did not speak human language was because she hoped that she could take a different path; the person who killed the previous hero Elvis was most likely not from Victoria either...

Now that I think about it, the words left by that steam armored unit before retreating in Diesel are actually quite intriguing, aren’t they?

"Pollution cleanup operations terminated, we withdraw."

If witches really came from a previous civilization, and the Slender Man was really the culprit that caused the destruction of the previous civilization, then it is natural that their existence would be regarded by the witches as some kind of "distortion" or "pollution."

If we continue to reason like this...

Lacie bit her fingers gently.

"So, Victoria's original intention of establishing that steam armor unit was not to fight against mages, but to eliminate "pollution" like Slender Man?"

Thinking of this, Laci's mood suddenly became complicated.

Maybe, Victoria's steam armored troops had eliminated other strange things long before Diesel.

From this perspective, perhaps Victoria is the country that has made the greatest contribution to the entire Pan-Continent among all human countries.

While the mages were still obsessed with high and low, and only pointed their staffs at their own people, those weak mortals had already begun to face the horrific disaster that had destroyed the previous civilization...

"Oh, no," Rachel thought again, "It's not just Victoria that got help from the witch, there are other countries as well."

Are they actually also silently fighting against pollution and distortion?

"So we in the White Tower were the only ones who were kept in the dark from the beginning to the end?" Lacele was a little confused, "Because I chose the White Tower? Because the witches would not interfere with the choices of any of their compatriots?"

Therefore, even if she had no idea about the mission she was carrying, even if she was acting recklessly, no witch would jump out to correct her and tell her the truth.

"It's just like... the Wallfacer."

Lacie sighed in a low voice.

Because everything is "part of the plan", the witches can do whatever they want, carry out their own projects in the huge testing ground of Pangaea, and will never interfere with their compatriots.

In their eyes, the topics chosen by every compatriot are "reasonable".

This made Lacier think of the four... no, five wallfacers.

They may all possess the smartest minds among humans, so they all discovered the truth that made them despair - failure is inevitable, there is no way humans can defeat the powerful enemies deep in the starry sky, and the gap in scientific and technological levels is an insurmountable gap.

And what about the witches?

If the witches are all wall-facers, then how do they view the disaster that is bound to come back and destroyed the previous civilization?

Rachel didn't know, after all, she wasn't a real witch.

At best, she can only be considered a half-baked witch, just like Ciel, the fake hero.

And the two of them... this strange combination that you can't even pick out the real thing, can they really save the world?

Lacey didn't know even more.

All she could do was probably ask herself and answer:

"Do you think you are Luo Ji?"

"I think I am."

……