In the second week after the defensive battle, the first batch of operators sent by the Military Security Intelligence Bureau began to return to the territory one after another, and they not only brought back the manpower requested by Amber, but also brought back Gawain Information requested.
Facts have proved that these people who have been at the bottom of society from the beginning and are accustomed to dealing with various religions and streams are really talents in gathering intelligence - although they do not have the extraordinary abilities of the Royal Shadow Guards, but But there are more cunning and small tricks. In some dark corners, their cunning methods are even more effective than the extraordinary power of the Royal Shadow Guards.
In the study room of the Lord's Mansion, Gawain listened to Amber reporting information to him - embarrassingly speaking, the cultural education of the first phase of operators has not yet been completed, and a considerable number of operators do not even know how to read it. Writing or can only read and write in a limited way, so they use all kinds of weird codes, shorthand and even oral transmission methods of gutter rats to transmit information. Although this messy transmission method is more in line with Gawain's "confidentiality" requirements , but it requires Amber to sort it out in advance. It is precisely because of such additional work content that Amber now looks more and more like a serious intelligence chief - at least she still knows how to show up to the Military Intelligence Agency to do some serious work.
"Our caravans are spreading throughout the southern border. The trade routes have been opened, and the merchants themselves are good at spreading news. This aspect is just like what you originally planned," Amber told Scarface Ann in a serious manner. According to what Dong and others saw in various parts of the Southern Territory, "In addition, a group of merchants have recently gone to the Eastern Territory - Padric seems to want to buy the potion in the territory of the Laurent family."
"That person Mr. Padrick should not be just a consultant to the viscounty. His business acumen and courage are rare talents. It was also my instruction to promote alchemical potions eastward." Gawain nodded, "In addition, Is there any new news?"
"There are two things that I think...are a bit concerning," Amber frowned, showing a rare serious look, "First of all, everything dies. The activities of Huihe Eternal Sleeper cultists seem to be increasing throughout the southern region, and some merchants from the central region have also brought news. There are also shadows of cultists in the Holy Spirit Plains, the west of the kingdom, and even the northern region. . Now the lords all over the kingdom are trying to kill the cult forces in their territories."
"The Death of All Things and the Eternal Sleepers..." Gawain blinked, "Ah, they will come after winter. Not showing up much near Cecil Territory, I almost thought those guys had quieted down... I didn't expect them to be more active in other places?"
"Yes, more active? , as if something big is going to happen," Amber shook his head, "And the second thing is also related to them - due to the intensification of the evil behavior of cultists everywhere, the Holy Light Church has also become extremely active recently, in many places The Holy Light Church has increased the frequency of sending out fighting priests and paladins. More and more clergy are helping local lords solve the problem of the spread of cults.. "
"This seems to be their duty," Gawain said unhurriedly, "Holy Light is a natural nemesis to all kinds of negative forces. When evil forces spread, Holy Light The clergy of the Church of Light are always at the forefront. "
"If they are just running around fighting cultists, of course there is no problem, but the key is a saying that has been spreading in the west recently," Amber said with a look on his face, "The God of Holy Light is going to cause trouble. "With an expression on his face, he said, "Because the power of the Holy Light is always the fastest to respond and has the best effect when fighting against cultists, dissatisfaction with other sects is becoming more and more serious everywhere - especially the Blood God Sect and the Shadow Sect. Churches like these are not good at fighting evil, and their power attributes are slightly negative. Their situation is becoming more and more embarrassing. Anton and the others heard folk rumors near the Earldom of Horsman to the west, saying that the gods of many sects were unable to deal with the fallen, and that only the God of Holy Light could wholeheartedly protect mortals..."
Gawain's brows slowly wrinkled: "Is this statement widely spread? ”
“Currently it is only spread in the area of the Earl of Horsman, but as soon as the winter ends and business travel increases, the spread of the news will immediately become faster. As long as the activities of the cultists remain the same during this period, , the situation of Holy Light Church and other sects will not change significantly, then this view will become mainstream sooner or later. "
Gawain nodded: "Yes... This kind of news always spreads the fastest... Can you find out the source of this statement? "
"It seems to be spontaneously produced by the people. After all, the facts are there. Except for the Holy Light Church, various sects except the Holy Light Church are so late in reacting when faced with the threat of cultists," Amber Shaking his head, "But as the Chosen One of the Shadow Goddess, I just think that the Holy Light Church is going to cause trouble..."
"You are preconceived -" Gawain looked at this and always called himself the Chosen One. The half-elf glanced at him, "But I also think that the Holy Light Church is going to cause trouble. "
Hubo stared: "Aren't you just like me! "
"Don't make trouble, I am not the chosen one," Gawain waved his hand and immediately changed the topic, "These things should not affect our territory. "
"It shouldn't have any impact," Amber nodded, "There is only a Holy Light priest in our territory, and he still has that style of painting - I am not worried at all that he will use Holy Light to brainwash everyone. , I am worried that one day someone from the Church of the God of War will come to preach, and if I disagree, I will be beaten by Wright..."
"In short, be vigilant, and you must take the changes in the outside world seriously. If The Holy Light Church or the cultists are really going to do something. They won't just leave Cecil aside... By the way, how are the results of the first phase of operators' activities outside? I remember that you seemed to have set an assessment project for them..."
Hubo immediately became excited when he heard this: "If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten. Those guys are really promising back then. The seedlings are all good at field work. I gave them eighty to each one.The silver coins will be used as operational funds, and the least one who comes back has more than ninety left..."
Gawain heard that the first half of the sentence was nothing, and when he heard the last half of the sentence, he almost spit out all the tea in his mouth. Go: “Ha! ? ”
“The most powerful one is Jipri. She pretended to be a magic apprentice sent by her mentor to find gifted children. She infiltrated Carol and cheated her with food and drink for several days. If she hadn’t remembered in the end, She is afraid that she is trying to trick the only son of Viscount Carroll here..."
"Holy shit! ”
“The guy from ‘Quick Legs’ almost became the bodyguard of the local lord. In order to get the target person out of prison, he infiltrated into the soldiers guarding the prison, and then accidentally acted out. Great..."
"emmmmm...Is there anything else? ”
“Anton has contacted a dozen pharmaceutical merchants in the Earl of Horsman who want to join the Cecil Territory. If you think it’s appropriate to turn back, I will forward this matter to Padric... ..."
Gawain: "..."
Facts have proved that the gang of horses under Amber are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, although they were later trained in Cecil Territory And the duke certification documents they carried also played a huge help in their actions, but their idea of managing others to do things along the way cannot be trained, it is all talent...
But in While sighing at the talent of those people, Gawain couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart: "They won't go too far, but make too much noise and be exposed, right? You should know that the most important thing for Military Intelligence agents is their own confidentiality. If they are too active and stand in front of the stage, they will do bad things. "
"Don't worry, of course those guys know this," Amber is really not worried about this, "First of all, they all act strictly in accordance with their disguised roles and do not do anything inappropriate at all. Even if someone pays attention to things that fit their 'role', they will only be more convinced of the false identity they are using. Secondly, those guys did not forget the 'mopping up' I taught them when they acted. They acted in a reasonable way. Appearing at the destination and leaving in a reasonable manner will never arouse suspicion. Finally - do you think that every lord and their advisors and scholars are the same as you? Those guys are very slow, and they don't pay attention to what happens among the common people. Apart from caring about their own titles and property, anything the common people do is just "irrelevant folly" in the eyes of the traditional nobles. Where? It will be the same as yours, with a complete household registration system from top to bottom, and strict personnel management. Even if there is one more person in the territory, it can be reported to the Government Affairs Office on the same day..."
< p>When Amber said this, Gawain also felt that it was true - in this era, apart from the Cecil Territory, where else could there be a so-called personnel control and registration system? The lords didn't even know how many people they had, let alone Not to mention the various concepts of espionage and counterespionage, infiltration and counter-infiltration that have been played out on earth. Although spies, intelligence work, and aristocratic spies do exist in this era, these things need to be done.Everything is still very primitive and crude, or it is just a "competition between the same classes" between the aristocracy and the aristocracy. No one has ever considered three-dimensional intelligence work from the bottom to the top. If not, the aristocrats of all sizes in the southern border will be sent to Serbia. How could all the spies from Xirland be exposed so easily?"This is very good. The first result of the Military Intelligence Bureau is quite good." Gawain smiled and sat back comfortably in his chair. "This is your credit, so..."
“Give me an extra six or seven days’ wages, and by the way, give me the bottle of Poker wine in your cellar, and then give me a holiday or something…”
< p>Gawain stared at the half-elf, feeling that this guy's shameless ability to climb along the pole had improved by leaps and bounds. Before he could finish his words of encouragement, Amber had already made a list of rewards. It's...I'm afraid I didn't list it before I came to report on the work...
At the same time, in the ancient underground palace far away from Cecil's territory, another group of people also Paying attention to changes in the situation.
Wearing priest robes with specific religious symbols removed, they stand in the assembly hall of the underground palace. Proliferated flesh, flesh or plant tissue can be seen everywhere in the underground palace. However, these believers who have already been twisted physically and mentally are not interested in this. The eerie and terrifying atmosphere here is common.
After a short period of silence, a woman suddenly walked into the hall. She was wearing a green priest's robe. She had a beautiful face and a curvy upper body. However, at the hem of her priest's robe, there were It was a bunch of wriggling, weird roots and vines that supported her forward.
The woman glanced at the dull scene and spoke with a hint of sarcasm: "Gentlemen, is there no conclusion to your discussion yet?"
A priest of the death of all things. He said dissatisfiedly: "Headmaster Bertila, you are late."
"It doesn't matter, you were just having a useless discussion before, anyway," Bertila smiled faintly and walked to his seat nonchalantly. , "It just goes to show that... the Anzu-Typhon war that we have worked hard for so long to start is about to come to nothing, isn't it?
"Gentlemen, accept the facts...
"In the wasteland, there have been changes that we did not expect..."