While Sharlayan's team was busy collecting the runes necessary to open the Seat of the Lord of War in Maldraxxus, Gristia in the Ascension Bastion and the Winter Queen in Ardenweald were also taking their own actions.
When nothing happens in the Shadow Realm, the Winter Queen can live a carefree and Buddhist life.
But now is obviously not the time to take it easy.
The ruler of Revendreth, one of the most important administrative states in the Shadow Realm, betrayed his belief as an Eternal One and secretly coddled with the military leader who was exiled to the Maw, attempting to subvert the inherent order of the Shadow Realm and even the entire universe.
With such a major matter, the Queen of Winter could not help but continue fishing.
It can be seen from the installation of the first-generation Death God Luo'amu'ezara in Ardenweald that Denathrius began to make plans many years ago. There may still be spies he planted in Ardenweald and Ascension Fortress. .
In order to avoid alerting the enemy with too much action, Gristia and the Winter Queen did not immediately start to assemble the army, but adopted Sarlayan's suggestion.
Through a small number of trusted confidants, they quietly launched an internal counter-revolutionary campaign.
After getting rid of the corrupt Drust that had caused trouble for many years, Ardenweald regained peace and tranquility.
Drust, who had been living in seclusion in the mountains and forests before, returned with the orthodox Drust, and publicly vowed to bring order to the chaos and completely eliminate the evil inheritance left by the Gollak family to Drust.
Under the condition of unity and unity within the organization, the counter-revolutionary operation led by the core members of Meiye Royal Court went smoothly, and many suspicious people were caught in just half a month.
You won’t know if you don’t check, but you’ll be shocked if you check.
Not all of these suspicious people were Denathius' subordinates, and some of them secretly defected to the warden under the influence of Muezala.
If that was all, Queen Winter discovered a fact with a headache.
Some traitors in Ardenweald have colluded with Maldraxxus next door, and have been secretly smuggling strategic resources such as herbs and minerals to Maldraxxus for a long time.
After discovering this clue, the Winter Queen immediately sent Lady Moonberry to Oribos again.
Yue Pei, who has a social disorder, has friends all over the world, and there are people who are familiar with her in the four major countries.
Moonberry entrusted an old acquaintance from Maldraxxus to pass the news to Sharlayan and his party who were traveling around Maldraxxus.
If the anti-rebellion operation in Ardenweald went smoothly, the Ascension Bastion was completely different.
The main responsibility of the Ascension Bastion is to collect souls from various material worlds and bring them to the Shadow Realm to be judged by the Arbitrator.
In order to ensure the anima required for the daily operation of the Shadow Realm, the Kyrians will give priority to souls with more anima.
This method of differential treatment is controversial within Promotion Fortress, which advocates fairness and justice, and this is not the only problem faced by Promotion Fortress.
In order to ensure the purity of the Kyrians and allow them to perform their "sacred" duties without distractions, the eldest daughter Gristia stipulated that all Kyrians must erase their memories of their lifetimes to avoid being emotionally involved when performing tasks. Condition.
For countless years, this set of rules has been used smoothly.
Although new Kylian candidates would raise questions from time to time, under the suppression of high-level officials led by Archon Gristia and the Five Saints, they were unable to make any waves.
The eldest daughter Gristia is always very rigid when it comes to official matters and does not tolerate any changes that may cause fluctuations in the overall situation.
For many years, the five great saints have been obeying her orders and preaching the iron rules of promotion to the fortress in their respective temples. Anyone who violates the rules will be severely punished.
In this secret counter-revolutionary operation, Gristia assigned the tasks to the five saints as always.
These five people are St. Jervisi Fernie of purity, St. Gessandria of courage, St. Jacquelos of humility, St. Jessenius of wisdom and St. Jedworth of loyalty.
Each saint will select one of his most capable assistants to serve as the Hand of Virtue to assist them in managing their respective temples and subordinates.
To put it simply, there are only 11 people in total, including Gristia herself, who really know the inside story of the suppression of counter-revolutionaries.
However, something went wrong among these 11 people. Someone accidentally or intentionally leaked the secret information about the suppression of counter-revolutionaries, which soon caused an uproar in the entire promotion fortress.
Many hidden issues that Gristia had suppressed with her authority exploded one by one, triggered by this increasingly outrageous rumor.
When Lady Moonberry hurried to Oribos and entrusted her old friend to deliver a message to Sarlayan, the Fortress of Ascension was already in chaos, and Gristia and the Saints were doing their best to "put out the fire."
Such a big movement naturally alerted the spies placed by Denathrius in the Ascension Fortress.
Not long after the turmoil broke out in the Ascension Fortress, Denathius, who was far away in Naslia Fort, received the news.
"Ha~"
Denathrius, who was shaking the wine glass gently, had an undisguised sarcastic smile on his face.
"My stupid sister, do you really think that by erasing the memories of mortals, you will make them loyal to their duties forever? You also underestimate the desires of mortals, but..."
A look of thought flashed in Denasius's eyes: "There must be a source for this turmoil, right? What is the reason that triggered the many hidden dangers that have been hidden for many years in the Ascension Fortress?"
Because the spy installed by Denathrius in the Ascension Fortress was not high enough, he was unable to obtain the original version of the rumor. By the time it reached his ears, the intention and goal of the counter-revolutionary operation had been changed beyond recognition.
As the creator of Nathrezim, Denathrius also possesses the Dread Lord's ability to manipulate people's hearts. He instinctively feels that there is something fishy behind this turmoil.
Sitting on the high throne, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then Denathrius waved to a Venthyr who was completely loyal to him.
"Send someone to check the situation in Ardenweald and Maldraxxus. Be careful not to expose any information related to us."
"yes!"
…
Among the five major kingdoms in the Shadow Realm, only Oribos is at the center and can more easily receive news from the other four major kingdoms.
In order to prevent Denathrius from noticing the truth behind the turmoil in the Ascension Fortress, Gristia immediately issued a death order to the saints after the situation got out of control, and the news of the chaos in the Ascension Fortress could not be leaked to people in other countries. .
Loyal Saint Jedworth accepted this order and immediately led the subordinates of the Loyal Temple to block the space passage from Ascension Fortress to Oribos, openly blocking all connections between Ascension Fortress and other worlds.
Even Moonberry, who was waiting for Sharlayan's reply in Oribos, didn't know that there was trouble happening in the Ascension Bastion, let alone Sharlayan who was far away in Maldraxxus.
The information gap between pig teammate Gristia happened to affect his own people. Instead, Denathius knew part of the inside story in advance and started a new round of secret operations.
Sarlayan had heard Bwonsamdi mention before that there were no direct spatial channels connecting the four major kingdoms to each other, at least not at the official level.
Matching Bwonsamdi's sly expression when he said these words, Sharlayan immediately understood the other meaning hidden in the words.
There is no direct connection at the official level, but private citizens can find ways to sneak across.
Coincidentally, Bwonsamdi, who inherited Mu'ezala's "legacy", happened to know several secret passages that had never been made public.
Knowing that Sharlayan would continue to operate in the Shadow Realm, Bwonsamdi smoothly shared the information about these secret passages with him.
Regardless of whether Sharlayan can be used, Bwonsamdi intends to sell a favor in advance.
Bwonsamdi can tell from the fact that Sarlayan came to the Shadow Realm to rescue him. Sarlayan is an upright man who repays kindness and revenge. The favors bestowed on him will definitely be returned by him in some form in the future. .
On the way to the Secret Courtyard of the Withered Eye after leaving the Secret Palace of the Sharp Eyes, Sharlayan unexpectedly spotted a sneaky figure near a secret passage Bwonsamdi had mentioned.
This man wore a black hood that covered most of his face and a tightly wrapped gray-black robe. He looked like a person with a secret.
Originally, Sarlayan planned to ignore him and race against time to get the runes of the Chamber of Withering.
But Onyxia seemed to notice something. She asked Sharlayan to pause and hide near the secret passage to watch.
Onyxia's instinct for intrigue proved trustworthy.
After hiding for about five minutes, a strange figure dressed in noble clothing and with his chin raised high walked out of the secret passage and entered Sarlayan's sight.
"That is……"
Sarlayan quickly glanced at the answer given by the barrage, and his expression gradually became serious.
"The Venthyr of Revendreth."
