Chapter 224: The Secret Plan of War Speculator Earl Royle (Part 2)

Chapter 224: The Secret Plan of War Speculator Earl Royle (Part 2)

Translator: The Light

In the most luxurious hotel of the city, Kunting Grand Hotel, Earl Royle was in the middle of a banquet to celebrate the death of Ancient Demon King Philip. These naïve humans had never expected that the Demon King Philip wasn’t killed in battle. Instead, he had to play dead. Moreover, the boss of that Ancient Demon King had now infiltrated into the banquet hall under the guise of a great aristocrat and was pretending to celebrate with the humans.

Under the curtain of night, Kunting Grand Hotel had a flourishing scene of peace and prosperity. It was as if the Grand Tonitas Fortress in the frontline had already achieved the ultimate victory, and there was no need to worry about anything. The main focuses of this celebration banquet were the three members of the hero party, Paladin Edward, Elemental Archer Fulan and Assassin Selina. They were the members of the Hero Clan. The Ancient Demon King Philip was defeated by the members of this small hero party.

There were five members in this hero party. Among them, four used holy artifacts, and the only divine artifact was in the hands of the captain of this hero party. Other than these three members who came to Kunting Grand Hotel, the other two members were in Grand Tonitas Fortress on night duty to guard against the monster army if they decided to launch a night attack to avenge Ancient Demon King Philip.

Apart from other uninteresting information Clyde got from the heroes, he also learned about the other two heroes. They were Holy Archmage Filomena and Berserker Rex. The divine artifact in the hands of their captain was called “God’s Blessing.” These two heroes, one man and one woman, were guarding Grand Tonitas Fortress for the night and didn’t attend the celebration banquet here at Kunting Grand Hotel.

However, at the moment, Clyde was more interested in the special envoys from the Franconia Empire at the banquet. Franconia Empire was a member of the Clark Alliance, and it had a hostile relationship with the Adrian Empire, which belonged to the Victor Alliance. Moreover, not long ago, the Franconia Empire had even launched an attack against the Adrian Empire. If it weren’t for Clyde’s counter-attack, defeating several principalities and kingdoms belonging to Clark Alliance at the border area to cut off the opponent’s supply line, Franconia Empire could have successfully destroyed Adrian Empire.

Throughout the banquet, Earl Royle had frequent contact with the people from the Franconia Empire. They were also not talking in a low voice. Clyde could clearly hear them from a distance. As it turned out, Earl Royle had secretly contacted the people of the Franconia Empire behind the back of his former boss, Marquis Charles. In fact, he had already betrayed the Adrian Empire. He willingly became the guide of the other party and led Franconia Empire into Adrian Empire using Needham Plain as a breakthrough point.

Once this campaign was successful, the Franconia Empire had promised Earl Royle to promote him to a Grand Duke and give him a principality. Earl Royle was already old, and it was already very difficult to get a promotion. In addition, he didn’t have much time left. After conspiring for a long time, Earl Royle and his son Rhodes had deemed that the only way out for them was to seek refuge with other empires. Moreover, in the member nations of the Victor Alliance, there was the restriction and control of tycoon clans. So, they could only choose the member nations of the hostile Clark Alliance.

When Marquis Charles was defeated, they thought that this was the perfect chance. Therefore, they intentionally didn’t retreat from Grand Tonitas Fortress. They wanted to wait for the arrival of the Franconia Empire’s army. In three days, vanguard troops of over 250,000 soldiers of Franconia Empire’s expedition force would arrive. At the moment, the combined troops of Steinbeck Fief and Earl Winissa in Needham Plain, which were just over 50,000, basically wouldn’t be able to withstand the vanguard troops of the Franconia Empire.

Earl Royle and his son had a very good calculation. The only thing beyond their expectation was that there were nearly half a million monster troops under Clyde’s control in addition to the human army. In a real fight to the death, those 250,000 vanguard troops of the Franconia Empire were just tantamount to moths fighting the battle. Even if the main force came over, they would not be able to cross the Aldington River Area.

“Your Excellency Royle, hold on for just three more days, and our troops will arrive. Though, the monsters of this place are somewhat unexpected!”

“Not a problem, Your Excellency envoys, we have the help of the Hero Clan.”

The Hero Clan was just responsible for taking care of monsters. They didn’t ask about the internal politics of various nations. Therefore, Earl Royle was full of confidence. This fellow was obviously complacent. But he didn’t know that Grand Tonitas Fortress wouldn’t be able to withstand tomorrow’s attack. At that time, there would be at least four first-class combat powers among the monster army, Ancient Demon King Andrisno, Ancient Demon King Tinas, Undead Queen Lafania and her younger sister Cursed Queen Mephis. With this lineup, even the Divine Realm’s valkyries would kneel, not to mention this hero party. In addition, there were Clyde and Lucifer, the masters behind the scene. Their combat power was even more frightening than those four.

Clyde and Lucifer didn’t attract much attention at the banquet. Baron Rhodes, Earl Royle’s son, came to exchange greetings a few times. This young master with short brown hair looked at Lucifer a few times. The temperament of this bloodkin Lolita was very different from the human girls. However, Lucifer’s entire attention was on Clyde the whole time. She didn’t pay attention to anyone else. Upon seeing that her attention was on Clyde, Baron Rhodes left wisely.

Earl Royle’s daughter, Miss Ronia, was also there. This beautiful girl with brown hair was standing at a corner of the hall with a helpless expression. The pair of coffee-colored eyes were filled with disgust. It seemed that she didn’t want to participate in this banquet. Miss Ronia was quite dissatisfied with the treason of her father and elder brother. But her power was limited. She couldn’t stop them. She basically had no right to speak anything in this matter.

Clyde quickly noticed this lonely-looking beautiful lady. Miss Ronia was dressed in a black evening gown. Her profession was Prophecy Master, but the standard term was Astrologer. Ronia was a Prophecy Sorceress who mostly relied on divination. Unfortunately, most of the people around her didn’t believe in the result of her prophecy. After all, Ronia’s level was limited as she couldn’t change many divinations.

Ronia showed a worried expression from time to time. Although the war situation at Grand Tonitas Fortress was calm now, and it seemed that there was no major problem. But when she used her magic crystal to predict the state for tomorrow just now, that magic crystal turned black, then shattered completely. The broken crystal was a bad sign; it was very ominous. Ronia wanted to explain it at the banquet quite a few times, but her father, Earl Royle, never believed in her divination. Moreover, it was very likely that both her father and brother wouldn’t like her talking about such things at the celebration banquet.

“Big Sister, what are you worried about?”

“Little sister, you don’t understand the things about adults. It’s obvious that danger lurks on every side, but many people still gloss over it.”

Lucifer walked over to Miss Ronia. Then, with a harmless and innocent expression, this bloodkin Lolita’s excellent acting brought out all advantages of her Lolita attributes and cheated many unaware ladies. Ronia was also not spared either. As a Prophecy Sorceress, apart from making divinations, she basically had no combat power. Moreover, she just had a supplementary profession. She could not identify a bloodkin.

“Big Sister, the Human Race is so pitiful. They are always thinking about infighting. You are a diviner, but since you cannot change the future, everything is destined, there is no need to worry and be perplexed!”

“Little sister, you…”

Ronia had an inexplicable expression and looked at Lucifer for a while. She was a bit speechless. She felt that her knowledge was inferior to this little girl. At this moment, Clyde stepped forward at the right chance, gently hit Lucifer’s head, making this bloodkin Lolita hold her head and step aside.

“Miss Ronia, don’t worry about this little girl. My younger sister likes to talk nonsense. You don’t need to worry.”

“Big Brother, how many times have I told you to not hit others’ heads? What will you do if I become stupid? If I became stupid and couldn’t get married, you will be responsible for it!”

“Mister, what your younger sister said is not unreasonable. By the way, do you have something to discuss with me?”

“Miss Ronia, I want you to divine my fortune.”

“This… okay, follow me. It’s hard to be divine with so many people here.”

Miss Ronia hesitated for a moment. But when she saw Lucifer at one side, looking at her with eyes full of expectation, she made an exception and agreed to Clyde’s request. Her crystal ball had already broken today. According to the professional habits of sorceresses, it was not good to divine more that day. Clyde had a hidden purpose for this. He wanted to take control of the other side’s Prophecy Sorceress before the war to prevent her from predicting anything more before the war.

Paladin Edward and Assassin Selina were indulging in the flatteries of the aristocrats. They completely forgot the instruction of their Captain Filomena to confirm tomorrow’s matter with Prophecy Sorceress Ronia during the banquet. As the captain, Filomena immediately felt that something was wrong. Even after the death of the Ancient Demon King Philip, the monster army had no sign of collapse or panic. The likely reason was that another Ancient Demon King took control over the monster army, which was not good news for the hero party.

Elemental Archer Fulan still remembered this mission. But she was also helpless. She was surrounded by aristocrats, as well as, Selina held her one hand. She couldn’t get out of here. She could only watch Prophecy Sorceress Ronia leave with Clyde. This male aristocrat was the one who purchased gem ornaments for them before. He didn’t seem like a bad person. Therefore, Fulan decided to wait for a while before finding a way to get out of here and find Ronia later. There shouldn’t be a big problem. But who knew that this would become the turning point in history. The hero party missed the last chance to know the future in advance.