Volume 3, Chapter 98 – What Paradise Manor Needs

In the ruins of the blue city, while watching Bai Lianyue enjoying the energy core and looking quite happy, Yelena sat on the ruins and silently listened to the information Serveiling was transmitting back to her.

As the words entered her ears sentence by sentence, Yelena couldn’t help but furrow her elegant brows.

“This is the trade agreement?”

——”Mm, currently we only know that Paradise Manor agreed to allow the Vassals of Sky to wreak havoc in the Kingdom of Qingyun. During this period they won’t intervene, and moreover won’t stop the Celestial Blight’s actions. In exchange, the Vassals of Sky cannot invade the Divine Kingdom for a hundred years. At the same time they need to help hold back the Covenant’s northern military forces, buying them time to capture Ailiya and the others.”

“Serveiling, do you think this is really Paradise Manor’s true purpose?”

——”Unlikely. Selling out an entire country for a hundred years of peace and an ordinary delay promise? Then completely exposing themselves to the Celestial Blight’s sphere of influence? I don’t think those guys are that stupid. There must be other purposes. But what exactly they want to do isn’t quite clear.”

“Mm, anyway this so-called hundred-year peace treaty is most likely just a decoy. Those guys who directly risk participating in operations probably couldn’t possibly know Paradise Manor’s true purpose.”

Yelena said disdainfully.

After raising her hand to her chin and thinking briefly, the witch miss continued asking:

“By the way, what was that magic array they secretly set up near the northern battlefield for? Did you get that out of them?”

——”He wasn’t clear either, just following orders to set it up. However, according to analysis by several of Yue Linglong’s experts after dismantling it, it’s a large-scale energy redirection array. Should be used to teleport energy from the battlefield and send that energy to designated locations.”

“Teleport energy?”

——”Probably not just energy. The array has soul-binding runes. I feel that the actual purpose of this array might be related to teleporting souls.”

“Teleporting souls? That is to say…”

Yelena’s pupils slightly narrowed, showing unmistakable gravity.

You must know, from current investigation results… during this period, near all the large battlefields in the Kingdom of Qingyun and the massacred major cities, Paradise Manor people had appeared, and these guys without exception had been setting up those strange arrays.

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“Paradise Manor’s true purpose is collecting souls?”

No, it should be more than just collecting souls.

Recalling what she had seen after infiltrating Chengluo a few days ago, Yelena’s expression became increasingly grave.

You know, massacred cities are often shrouded by terrifying obsessions and resentment. But when she went to Chengluo, that city at first glance… was no different from ordinary ruins, at most just having a few hundred thousand more corpses.

Emotions like resentment and hatred had all completely disappeared.

That is to say, Paradise Manor’s people were not only collecting souls, but also accumulating grievances?

What exactly do those guys want to do?

For a moment, confused emotions continuously spread and expanded in Yelena’s heart.

But regardless, since she had roughly guessed Paradise Manor’s plan, she absolutely couldn’t let them continue getting their way. Thus, after briefly instructing Serveiling on a few things, Yelena connected her consciousness with several of Yue Linglong’s high-ranking officials.

——”Protect the remaining people of the Kingdom of Qingyun, absolutely cannot let them make any more mistakes. Also, bring magic trackers and dismantle all the arrays Paradise Manor set up in the Kingdom of Qingyun.”——

With Yelena’s orders issued, the Yue Linglong affiliated forces outside Qingyan City that had just defeated the Vassals of Sky quickly mobilized once again.

At the same time, on the branches of a towering tree several kilometers outside Yue Linglong’s position, space quietly distorted, and then a man in red robes with purple short hair slowly walked out from the spatial rift.

After taking in the movement trajectory of Yue Linglong’s forces, a trace of coldness flashed in this purple-haired man’s eyes.

“Yue Linglong? A military industrial enterprise that can actually mobilize forces capable of directly confronting Corrupted Beast hordes, how unexpected.”

The man said coldly.

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Clearly, the man was quite dissatisfied with Yue Linglong’s interference, which resulted in large numbers of refugees not being killed by the Vassals of Sky.

“Lord Duan, should we make a move and take care of those refugees? We can just say the Vassals of Sky did it afterward.”

A robust man following behind Duan said with killing intent.

However, regarding this suggestion, before Duan could respond, a person dressed as a maid standing beside him unceremoniously rolled her eyes at the other party:

“You really are stupid, Bjorn.”

“What?!”

The robust man glared at the maid beside him with considerable displeasure:

“Moyun! What do you mean?”

“Don’t always think about killing this and killing that. Can you use your brain? Those Yue Linglong guys clearly aren’t pushovers – are they that easy to deal with? Moreover, don’t forget… so much time has passed, the Westivian Covenant’s satellite surveillance has already locked onto this area. Making a move now and then framing others? Would anyone believe that?”

“This, but!”

The robust man seemed to want to say more, but Duan’s next words directly made him shut his mouth.

“Enough, Moyun is right. Bjorn, disperse your spiritual power.”

“Yes, Lord Duan.”

Bjorn fearfully lowered his head.

“Then, then, Lord Duan? So many people survived, our soul and resentment collection isn’t enough! Right now, it’s only about half of what was expected. With so much missing, how do we explain this?”

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The burly man’s expression carried a trace of unease, and within that unease was thick confusion.

“How did these Vassals of Sky trash get beaten back like this? Didn’t Ulutiel come personally? How…”

“Ulutiel being repelled is indeed somewhat hard to believe.”

Moyun beside him nodded noncommittally, echoing in agreement.

“What exactly happened in Qingyan City just now?”

Hmm, the person who repelled Ulutiel?”

Eyes slightly narrowing, Duan seemed to realize something, a glimmer of insight quietly flashing in his eyes.

So, it really was that guy who made a move again?

In that case, that means…

Silently gazing toward the retreating Yue Linglong people, a playful smile quietly appeared on Duan’s face.

“Didn’t expect those monsters to have infiltrated to such a degree. Interesting…”

“Lord Duan, what do you mean?”

“Nothing, hehe. Just thought of how to supplement these souls…”

“Is that so?”

Moyun suddenly showed joy and hurriedly asked:

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“Where will we go to supplement them?”

“Well.”

Speaking thus, Duan thoughtfully looked toward the north, which was the direction the Celestial Blight’s aura had departed:

“Moyun, what kind of creature do you think has the most abundant soul power and resentment?”

“What creature? Hmm?!!”

Clearly guessing something, Moyun’s expression instantly changed dramatically:

“Lord Duan!! Are you thinking of taking the insufficient quota from the Celestial Blight?!! This, this is too crazy!!”

Facing his subordinate’s questioning and anxious gaze, Duan quite calmly let out a cold laugh:

“What’s wrong with that? The Celestial Blight is already injured, her strength must be greatly reduced. Moreover… even if the Celestial Blight were at her peak, our ‘hero’ wouldn’t fear her.”

“Yes.”

Seeing that Duan had made his decision, Moyun slowly lowered her head and said no more.

Meanwhile, Duan slowly raised his hand, pressed his temple, and closed his eyes,

——”Council of Elders, it’s time to bring out our hero.”