There is one thing to say, if Caixus were to fight Eternals like Denathrius and Gristia, he would definitely not be an opponent.
After all, there is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, and it cannot be leveled by just relying on combat experience.
For example, you can't expect the Titan Guardians to overthrow their creators, the Titans.
But among the five marquis who are also in the demigod realm, Caixus from the Soul Selection Secret Academy is the well-deserved number one.
Even zooming in to the entire Shadow Realm, except for the five aloof Eternals, Kexus is afraid that no one can defeat it.
The Soul Selection Secret Academy represents the top combat power in the Shadow Realm. This statement is not just a simple bragging, but an objective fact.
No matter how slippery Sindani is, she will still be polite in front of Caixus who can hold her down and beat him violently... and dares to do so.
After all, no one wants to be beaten in front of his subordinates until he is unable to fight back. Do you want to be the boss?
Although Caixus is not interested in Sarlayan's coercive and tempting approach, he is now in a hurry and must find the master of war as soon as possible to save Maldraxxus from Denathrius' intervention, so he can't care less. So many.
"Okay, I'll go to the Ritual Secret Courtyard in person. Sindani should give me some face."
In fact, with the combined strength advantage of the Soul Selection Secret Hall, the Sharp Eyes Secret Hall, and the Withering Secret Hall, it is not a big problem to win the Creation Secret Hall and the Sacrifice Secret Hall.
But Sharlayan didn't want to waste too many troops in internal strife. Maldraxxus's soldiers would have more important battles to participate in later, so of course they should save what they could.
In Saryan's view, war is nothing more than a continuation of politics and a last resort.
The highest state of the art of war is to conquer the enemy without fighting.
Sarlayan can exert pressure through political, diplomatic, economic and other means to force the enemy to make concessions.
Of course, Sarlayan's philosophy is not to actively seek war, but he is not afraid of war either.
In some situations that must be resolved through war, he will not rigidly apply dogmatism and will take action when it is time to take action.
Maldraxxus' culture of respecting the strong has cultivated a large number of high-end combatants who can and dare to fight, but the price is not small.
Objectively speaking, the total population of Maldraxxus is the smallest among the four major countries. Because the local residents kill each other at every turn, the death rate has always been high.
Even with constant replenishment from various material planets, the population of Maldraxxus has never been able to keep up with the other three relatively stable countries.
Sarlayan has no intention of questioning the soldier master's philosophy. After all, this is not a country managed by him.
Maldraxxus's style of ultimate involution has its advantages and disadvantages, which cannot be summed up simply.
At least from Sharlayan's point of view, he would not just follow the Romans and give up using his brain like other Maldron people. He would act recklessly when encountering problems.
As Sharlayan said before, a wallflower like Sindani can always be blown away by the wind unscrupulously. One is because she is strong enough, and the other is because of the special ethos of Maldraxxus.
People around her are willing to follow a set of established rules, which allows clever people like Sindani to take advantage of the loopholes.
Sarlayan was born into a noble class that was intrigued by each other, and he didn't see too much of all kinds of intrigues.
Sindani's two country tricks can only be used to fool the single-minded Maldron people, and Sharlayan will not spoil her.
You want to be clever, right? Yes, I will accompany you, and I will follow the rules of Maldraxxus and make you convinced of your defeat.
As a result, Caixus, Maldraxxus's strongest combat force besides its war master, took action in person.
According to Caixus, there were very few opportunities for him and Sindani to actually fight, and each time Sindani would find various excuses to stop fighting in the middle of the fight.
However, the excuses she made were usually from the perspective of "righteousness", which made it difficult for Caixus to have an attack.
This time, Sharlayan gave Caixus a trick.
After coming to the door, he would start a fight on the grounds that Sindani had colluded with foreign enemies. Don't listen to any of the other party's sophistry until she was completely beaten to the ground.
Although Caixus is not stupid, he has been managing such a reckless group as the Soul Selection Academy for many years, and his thinking mode is inevitably somewhat rigid.
To put it simply, it’s a matter of accepting death.
This time, the righteousness belongs to me. Kexus was full of confidence and forced his way into the ritual chamber with force.
Baroness de la Mare is discussing with Marquis Sindani how to further exonerate the Ritual Chamber. The final conclusion is to throw all the blame and throw all the blame to Baron Stone, who is destined to be unable to stand up... No, it's the former baron. .
"Peng!"
Ignoring the obstruction of the lichs around him, Caixus kicked the castle door of the Ritual Chamber away with one kick. With the light of multiple binding spells hanging on his body, he continued to move forward as if there was no one around.
"Sindani! Get out of here!"
After Baron Delama heard this familiar voice, the body of the lich with only bones left suddenly became agitated.
"Ah this..."
Baron Delama's legs trembled a little when she thought of some tragic experiences in the past. She reluctantly stood up with her staff and hurriedly confessed to the angry-looking Marquis Sindani.
"Lord Marquis, I suddenly remembered that the secret laboratory outside the city needs a routine inspection today, so I will leave first."
Marquis Sindani, who had a gorgeous crown hanging on her head, opened her mouth to retain her, but before she could say anything, Delama had already activated the teleportation technique and disappeared without a trace.
"Tsk~Coward."
Although she complained about Delama's timidity, Sindani was also panicking at this time.
It can be seen from Caixus's expression and attitude that this muscular guy is very angry at this time. If he is not comforted well, he may have to take this beating today.
"Oh~ isn't this my old friend, the Marquis of Caixus?"
Sindani stood up leisurely, pretending to be calm, and welcomed Caixus with a smile.
"What kind of wind blows you...poof!
"
Kexus, who was single-minded, kept Sharlayan's instructions in mind and did not give Sindani a chance to quibble. He used his charge to rush in front of her and punched Sindani's lich head so that it spun and flew out.
As long as the phylactery is not destroyed, the lich is immortal.
It was precisely because of this characteristic of the Lich that Caixus was merciless. In just a few minutes, he punched and kicked Sindani, who had lost her initiative, and reduced her to a pile of bones and sticks.
It wasn't until Kexus's expression calmed down that Sindani's skull, which had been beaten out of shape, floated back tremblingly.
"Um...my friend, why are you so angry? You have something to say."
"snort!"
Caixus was still angry, and his eyes behind the helmet stared at Sindani, who was ready to escape at any time.
"Stop talking nonsense to me! Baron Stone is your man, right? Don't tell me you don't know about his secret collusion with Denathrius and the Warden!"
Sindani forced a smile and argued: "You said it was 'secretly'. I'm not a corpse bug in his stomach. How could it be possible..."
"Shut up!"
Caixus took a step forward and pinched Caixus's skull with his big hands wearing thick armor. The huge force made the bones reinforced by necromancy make a crackling sound.
"I'm only going to say it once, you can weigh it yourself!"
"Immediately recall the soldiers of the Sacrifice Academy on the battlefield in the name of Marquis of Ceremony, otherwise we will regard the Sacrifice Academy as traitors who are trying to collude with foreign enemies to usurp the position of military masters, and we will show no mercy!"
Sindani started to bargain hard: "Baron Stone has already reached a trade contract with Gamal. Now I am taking advantage of my status to intervene. Isn't it against the rules?"
"rule?"
A ferocious smile appeared on the face under the mask of Kexus: "Zindani, have you played too many tricks and intrigues and forgotten the true rules of Maldraxxus?"
"Tell me, who has the final say in Maldraxxus?"
Sindani was silent for a while before reluctantly saying: "...the strong one."
"That's right! I'm better than you! So what I say is the truth, and you must obey it unconditionally!"
"If you don't accept it, feel free to call me back!"
Caixus snorted disdainfully: "I will neither hide nor escape. As long as you can defeat me, I can accept any request you have."
'Hey~'
Sindani felt a little bitter in her heart. She didn't know why Caixus, who had always been fooled by her words, suddenly became enlightened. He didn't give her a chance to quibble at all, and just used a combination of tortoise punches.
'I'm afraid we're going to suffer heavy losses this time... Anyway, just think of it as a matter of survival, and let that stupid pig of Gamar expose his collusion with outsiders, so that we can lose money and eliminate disaster. '
After thinking carefully, Sindani surrendered with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll give it a try, but I can't guarantee that everyone under Baron Stone will listen to me."
Caixus smiled meaningfully: "Don't play tricks. Once I find out, you will continue to do little tricks secretly..."
"Believe me, the Ritual Chamber...at least the Ritual Chamber under your rule, Sindani, will completely become history, just like that stupid pig who begged for glory behind the Lord's back!"
