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"In fact, Duke Morodian disappeared not long ago. The Duke Morodian in the past was a puppet controlled by Miss Duchess Cloris. One of the main contents of the deal between Cloris and I was to help her go to the north to investigate the mastermind behind the war in the empire. In fact, I was also saving her."
There was no need for Lanqi to worry about anything at this point, so he answered honestly.
If we want this cooperation to continue, the Tyrant Branch has become an indispensable force.
He originally planned to make the Berenhalder family form an alliance with the Tyrant branch after returning from the north, so this piece of information must be shared.
Sigrid processed the information in a daze, while Gloria almost crashed for a moment.
"No way, this Duke's daughter is so cruel? I almost admire her."
Sigrid said to herself.
She had understood the whole situation, but she was also glad that she had not considered letting Cloris become a saint. If the bishop was in trouble, Cloris, the saint, would probably kill her mother first.
"Normally, all the votes controlled by their family would be cast for us, but now it's a little uncertain."
Lan Qi sighed.
The concurrent situation in the imperial capital was ultimately somewhat counterproductive.
In other words, the partners behind Asksan who are in the real dark are the most difficult enemies to deal with and who control the situation.
"Did you even help me win the votes of the Berendhard family?"
Sigrid's lips parted in surprise.
She thought that this guy had laid a foundation for her in the south and won over an entire province in the north. As a result, he had even negotiated with the Duke of Berendhard's family in the imperial capital.
He promised to help me win, and he really wasn't lazy at all, he was just doing real work.
The happiest thing in the world is that when she knows nothing, someone has already helped her complete her ambition.
"..."
Gloria looked around at Lanci and Sigrid. Her brain was in a state of confusion as she was receiving and processing information. She finally understood how powerful this Holy Son of Tyrant was.
His work rate was a little too explosive.
It is hard to imagine how far he could go in the Empire if he were given another year.
Even Gloria was a little worried that if this continued, her bishop would fall in love with the Son of God. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that the Son of God was the bishop's ideal type, except for age and strength.
But Gloria soon breathed a sigh of relief.
The strength factor is directly rejected.
Gloria was very sure that the arrogant and domineering Catholic Church would never look down on a man weaker than her. At most, she was just raising the Son of God as her own boy.
Unless one day this man becomes strong enough that the bishop needs to rely on him, there is a possibility that the bishop will have the slightest romantic interest in him.
Chapter 369 Lanqi's Teacher Expansion Plan
"So, Holy Son, what are you going to do next?"
Sigrid asked as she sat closer to Lanci and placed her palms on the sofa cushions.
If we lose Chloris' help, and even now we can't tell whether she is a friend or an enemy, the Son of God's plan should change drastically.
But the more relevant the sudden changes are, the more it shows that the enemy in the dark is about to surface, and every effort of the two of them is not meaningless.
At this moment, Sigrid could clearly feel that there was someone behind the scenes planning something unknown to the Protoss Empire.
If she hadn't met Lanci, she would probably have become one of the pawns. When everything exploded in the end, she would most likely have become a loser, and she would have lost without knowing why. This made her very angry.
Not only Asksan, but that guy in black robe will be her mortal enemy of Catholicism from now on.
"Where's Associate Professor Xiduo? Is he okay?"
Lanqi held his chin lightly and thought, then looked at Gloria and asked.
I first met Associate Professor Xiduo in the History Department of the Protoss Royal Academy of Magic, and it was he who introduced me to Miss Duchess Chloris.
Chloris seemed to trust Sido quite a bit, and Sido was also one of the few people who knew about the disappearance of Duke Morotian.
If there was any secret change in Berenhard, the person most likely to know about it would be Associate Professor Xido.
But Gloria shook her head.
"Associate Professor Xiduo had disappeared before Miss Duchess Cloris was arrested, or perhaps a week earlier."
She said while biting her lip.
Associate Professor Xi Duo is a very mysterious person. He often takes academic research vacations and is gone for several months at a time.
Lanqi nodded. He was not surprised by the result.
Xiduo and Chloris are so deeply involved. If Chloris is in trouble, he will most likely not be spared.
After thinking for a moment, Lanqi looked at Sigrid who had been watching him beside him, as if he had already made a plan for what would happen next.
"Sid, you should not leave the school during this period. It is best for you to stay at Gloria's house. I will also restrict the movement of outside visitors and prevent them from approaching the college's accommodation area."
Lanci said to Sigrid.
"no problem."
Sigrid nodded.
There are a lot of chaos in the imperial capital of Helrom right now. After leaving the ancient protective barrier in the school's safe zone, no one knows whether she will be targeted because of the power of the curse on her body.
Fortunately, almost no one would have thought that the tyrannical Catholic Sigrid would hide in the Protoss Royal School of Magic disguised as a student.
"Speaking of which, Sid, do you think the black-robed man who fought with you at that time used his full strength?"
Lanqi seemed to have some last doubts and asked Sigrid.
"He clearly wanted to kill me with all his strength, but I personally felt that he always relied on strange and powerful abilities like the black chains and the abyss black worms... It stands to reason that someone with such powerful magic should have mastered many other magics, but I never saw him use them."
Sigrid thought about it and answered slowly but firmly.
Even though the black chain could change in thousands of ways and was enough to cover all attack modes, Sigrid always felt that the man in black robe knew more than that.
"You mean... could it be that Xiduo is the man in black robe?"
She suddenly raised her eyes and asked Lanqi.
There was a very strange thing. She had never seen Associate Professor Xido at school. It was only after listening to Lanqi and Gloria talking about it that she realized that this associate professor of the history department had such a strong presence.
"..."
Lanqi shook his head, looking uncertain.
He personally got along well with Xido, and could even be said to regard Xido as the first friend he made after coming to the Protoss Royal Academy of Magic.
At least Xiduo had no ill will towards Zestilara, which made Lanqi feel good about Xiduo.
Previously in school, Lanqi had spent several days in close contact with Xiduo, and he had also seen the man in black robes in person on the battlefield in Bandera City in the northern border province.
Lanqi always felt that the man in black robe had a strange feeling and he was not like Xiduo.
Now, more and more people are in the dark, whose identities and powers are a mystery. The situation in the empire is about to explode and is approaching the critical point of solving the mystery. The more it feels like a big fight.
Multiple forces may have had ulterior motives, and his and Sigrid's trip to the north led to a series of chain reactions that disrupted everyone's plans.
"Askersan is the only enemy we have now, so we can definitely go for him. As for the rest, we can only make full preparations and respond accordingly."
Lanqi said to Sigrid with a sense of responsibility.
In this game, they are the ones who are in the open, but being in the open also has its own advantages. Both he and Sigrid like to do things in an open and aboveboard manner.
The more than two months of work travel and social practice since coming to Northern Continent taught him one thing.
Justice and fairness often either do not come enough or come too late, resulting in lawless criminals everywhere in the country.
Unlike the useless people who just eat and wait to die, he had a high level of ideological awareness when he was in the Southern Continent.
He now understood that this version of the Protoss Empire was all about messing with people, and their Tyrant branch was best at messing with people.
This does not conflict with his role as a philosopher, educator, thinker, and doer. It is also the most efficient way to practice justice in the current version of the Protoss Empire!
As long as all the bad guys in the Silent Branch are eliminated, the Protoss Empire will surely be happy and prosperous.
This is his greatest ideal and goal!
Seeing that Lanqi was still so positive and enthusiastic, Sigrid didn't know whether she should pour some cold water on him at this moment and tell him the actual situation.
"But I can't beat Asksan now."
Sigrid's eyes dimmed.
Originally, Asksan was the opponent she should have dealt with, and the Son of God should have been responsible for other preparatory work. Now, not only can she not help the Son of God, but she has also become a burden to him.
Even though their Tyrant branch has the power of Rocky McCarthy as the Son of God, it no longer has the military force that truly possesses the highest level of deterrence.
Even if she had a hope of winning the bishop's vote by then, it would be meaningless as long as her true condition was revealed.
The empire does not need a paper tiger as a partner; force is the basis of all negotiations.
"Just remove your seal."
Lanqi looked at her and said, as if to tell her that Big Daddy must not be dejected.
"If you want to break the seal, you can only find a ninth-level sealer or kill the caster..."
Sigrid's voice became a little softer, and she was somewhat reluctant to meet Lanqi's gaze, as if she had never shown such weakness to anyone before.
It is simply impossible to find a ninth-level sealing wizard stronger than Asksan in the current era. The only solution is to enter the Shadow World and take a gamble to see if she can meet a ninth-level ally who is good at sealing techniques to help her forcibly unlock the seal. However, with her current condition, if she enters the eighth-level Shadow World, she will be dead if the start is not good. There is no chance of survival, and there is no chance of gamble, which is almost the same as suicide.
Now it was a vicious circle, she couldn't recover to her full potential unless she killed Asksan.
But if she cannot recover to her full strength, she will not be able to kill Asksan, even if the Son of God helps her.
"Then kill Asksan."
Lanqi stood up and looked at the clock. He has always been a man who keeps his promises.
It was time to turn back into Rocky McCarthy and head off to Helrom Broadcasting.
"..."
Gloria felt a chill of fear. It was the first time she heard someone talk so casually about killing Bishop Silent.
Even Sigrid had failed to defeat Asksan many times, let alone capture and kill him.