Mystery: From Celestial Venerable's Backup to Red Priest

Chapter 431 The Tightening Noose of Revenge

Chapter 431 The Tightening Noose of Revenge

As far as Duchess Georgina knew, George III was increasingly dissatisfied with the local branches of the Augustus family.

George III had already been intent on dealing with these people after the incident involving the new ambassador of the Republic of Intis in West Lavis County, which led to the martial law of Backlund.

The angels stationed in various places were also aware of this matter and took various measures to deal with it.

Some actively expressed their cooperation, helping His Majesty ascend to the divine throne and establish unparalleled achievements.

Some adopted a superficially cooperative attitude while actually resisting, a lip service to the cause.

Among these angels, Dunn Augustus was the most stubborn, which was related to the fact that he was the second most senior angel in the Augustus family.

Having ruled West Lavis for a thousand years, with numerous and deeply entrenched descendants, coupled with his own dissatisfaction with George III, all these factors have contributed to his current antagonism towards George III.

As George III's glove and the person closest to him, Duchess Georgina was increasingly sensing his impatience.

Especially as the mausoleum where the ceremony was to be held was nearing completion and the Fussac Empire was becoming increasingly active.

Therefore, Duchess Georgina judged that George III would eventually decide to take Duncan Augustus, and it wouldn't be too late.

As for helping George III win over Duncan Augustus, Duchess Georgina was completely supportive and willing, because she was a very ambitious woman.

The reason why Duchess Georgina was willing to become George III's glove, doing a job that would make her a scapegoat if discovered, was that she hoped to one day become an angel with George III's support?

However, the Augustus family no longer possesses the corresponding Angelic Path extraordinary characteristics, and the next strategic offensive direction of the Kingdom of Rune is not the Kingdom of Feneport, nor the Castilian royal family, which also possesses the "Arbitrator" path.

Therefore, if you want to obtain the extraordinary characteristics of an angel through the "Arbitrator" pathway, then killing an angel is the best option.

Duchess Georgina believes this is also the reason why her predecessor, Prince Grove, had always supported the reduction of feudal power and strongly supported Robert Horn's military reforms.

If Robert Horn did not carry out military reforms and did not touch the fundamental interests of the angels in various places, how could he deepen the conflict between George III and those angels, how could he make George III determined to make an example of them, and how could he give himself hope of being promoted to angel?

So when Evan warned against informing the front lines that Akhmatova Einhorn would cause border friction, Duchess Georgina immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to persuade George III to take action.

After making up her mind, Duchess Georgina turned her attention to Maxim.

"I will go to see His Majesty in a while and report this matter to him. You should not act rashly now."

Let's talk about Maksim's situation first!

Since you met him outside the city last night and reached an agreement, what's wrong with him? Why did he go to Viscount Witte's mansion in the early hours of this morning to commit such a massacre? Isn't he exposing himself to everyone's scrutiny?

"You didn't use this opportunity with Ahomatowa Einhorn to bring your own agenda, asking him to help you get rid of Viscount Witte, did you?"

This was Duchess Georgina's first reaction upon hearing that the Viscount Witte's family had been wiped out, or rather, by Maxim.

Before she knew that Evan had established contact with Akhmatova Einhorn, she thought Evan was playing tricks, using others to do his dirty work, and taking the opportunity to get rid of those who stood in his way.

After learning that they had established contact, she assumed that Evan had ulterior motives during the negotiations.

Could it be that the letter exposing Maxim's identity was written by Evan himself to silence him?

"How is that possible? What are you thinking? How could I be that kind of person?"

I understand the rule that matters of the martial arts world should be settled within the martial arts world, so how could I rashly use this method to resolve political issues?

To be honest, I was also very shocked after confirming that it was indeed Maxim who killed Viscount Witte, and I didn't understand why he would do such a thing!

Evan, of course, could not admit that he had led Maxim to do so, and vehemently denied Duchess Georgina's accusations, his face full of grief and indignation at being wronged.

Duchess Georgina scrutinized Evan for a long time but couldn't find any flaws. She could only say, half-amused and half-probing, "It seems that only by capturing Maxim can we find out the truth. What do you think, should we capture him alive?"

The three major churches and MI9 have all gone all out, bringing out all sorts of sealing artifacts that can help pinpoint the target. Duchess Georgina believes that it won't be long before they can find Maxim. Her current dilemma is whether to create an opening to let him go.

She was somewhat worried that her scheme against Ahomatova Einhorn might take an unexpected turn because of Maxim's death.

Evan pretended to hesitate before saying, "I don't recommend that you make an exception for Maxim and let him go."

On the one hand, all parties are now paying attention to Maksim's case, and it's not so easy to open a door.

On the other hand, we must be careful that someone isn't using Maxim as a pretext for manipulation.

Just kidding. Evan set up such a big scheme, and all that's left is the final step of silencing them. How could he let Duchess Georgina ruin it?

At the same time, he wanted to use a third party to reiterate that he knew nothing about the whistleblower letter.

Moreover, Evan believed that this third party, Maxim, would arrange things himself.

Akhmatova Einhorn's orders to him were to eliminate all the potential threats caused by his exposure, including but not limited to the issue of keeping Alice's identity a secret, as well as all information related to the Horn family and the Aurora Society.

Even though Mr. Z of the Aurora Society wrote a letter to MI9 about the massacre of his family, which completely ruined Maxim's life, Maxim still had to do everything he could to extricate the Aurora Society from the matter.

This is also the fundamental reason why Maxim was disheartened after receiving orders from Akhmatova Einhorn.

It was clearly Mr. Z who ruined him, yet he still has to clean up Mr. Z's mess and wipe the slate clean for the Aurora Club. There's no logic to that.

Even though he was filled with grief and indignation, he had to carry out the orders without question.

If he still dreams of a future alternative resurrection with the help of Akhmatova Einhorn.

Therefore, Evan was not worried at all that the whistleblower letter would cause him trouble.

Although Duchess Georgina always felt that the massacre was related to Evan, she couldn't find any evidence and had to give up. She then began to ask Evan for advice on how to deal with the issue of the Fussac Empire's navy secretly seizing the Roside Islands.

"At least you think that Maxim's matter won't affect our plans, so we can ignore it for now."

Although you used the border conflict to test the accuracy of Akhmatova Einhorn's intelligence, we cannot afford to be complacent about the Rothschild Islands situation. What suggestions do you have regarding this matter?

Duchess Georgina believed that Evan must be very interested in this matter and must have thought it through carefully, so she was happy to use Evan's brain.

"This matter is indeed very difficult to handle, mainly in two aspects."

First, even with Akhmatova, Einhorn could not provide the exact timing of the Fussac Imperial Navy's operation, only that they would likely be operating within the next month or two.

If it's a month from now, we can make arrangements at our leisure, secretly deploy troops, wait for them to tire themselves out, and catch them off guard. There will still be time.

But if the other side makes a move within the next two weeks, then unless we send two angels over, it will be too late, and even sending just one angel might be a death sentence.

After all, such an operation must have received the support of the entire Einhorn family and the Church of War, and they must have made thorough preparations.

Secondly, we don't know who the high-ranking inside agent who has already defected to the Fussac Empire is. As long as this person is still around, all our actions here may be seen by the enemy. Even if we make some advance arrangements, it may arouse the Fussac Empire's vigilance. If we are not careful, it may expose the connection between Ahomatova Einhorn and us.

Actually, I've always suspected that Akhmatova Einhorn's knowledge of the Fussac Imperial Navy's operational plans was also a trap.

In other words, the plan to occupy the Roside Islands is real, but for Harold Einhorn, the naval commander of the Fussac Empire, it would be worthwhile if he could use this plan to find a weakness in Akhmatova Einhorn.

Even if the plan fails, he won't lose out!

These are the two major challenges we face in dealing with the Fussac Empire's operation!

At this point, Evan paused, glanced at Duchess Georgina, and noticed that she was listening intently, nodding in agreement with his analysis. He chuckled inwardly.

Could she be secretly memorizing what I said, planning to recite it to George III later?

Seeing that Evan had stopped, Duchess Georgina rolled her eyes and said with displeasure, "Can you stop pausing and just finish your sentence in one breath?"

Evan picked up the water glass in front of him, took a sip, and said, "My mouth is a little dry, I'll have a sip of water."

After Evan finished drinking the water in his glass, he said again, "Actually, of these two problems, the first one is easier to solve. That is, we need to find a way to get Harold Einhorn to postpone the time of his action plan, at least until next year, and preferably until mid to late January."

So how can we get Harold Einhorn to willingly postpone the operation until mid-to-late January next year?

The best approach is to give him a goal that he values, a goal that would make him change his action plan!

"Stop keeping us in suspense about what the target is!"

Duchess Georgina couldn't stand Evan's cryptic way of speaking any longer and rudely interrupted him.

Evan rubbed his nose helplessly, then pointed to himself and said, "That's of course a member of the Horn family who has been promoted to Iron-Blooded Knight, which is me!"

News has been released that Evan Horn, with the support of the Augustus family, may ascend to the status of a demigod and will lead his new army to conduct naval training exercises in the waters off the Rothschild Islands after the New Year!

Duchess Georgina gazed at Evan, having essentially grasped his plan, and asked solemnly, "You should understand what it means for this news to spread. The entire Einhorn family will see you as their primary target, eager to eliminate you, even if the news is only partially true and difficult to discern."

"Of course I know, but do you have any way to delay the Fussack Navy's operation without revealing that we've received intelligence?"

Duchess Georgina shook her head. Although she felt that Evan was taking a risk, the risk would ultimately be borne by Evan, so as the beneficiary, she would not try to persuade him further.

"So, what's the second problem? Do you have a solution?"

"We don't have enough information, and I don't have many ideas for the time being. I can only remind you that you must find this inside man as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if we take no remedial measures, we may end up doing more harm than good and it will be difficult to succeed."

In fact, Evan already had some ideas, but in front of the Augustus family, sometimes it's best not to act too smart.

Moreover, Evan also saw a glimmer of opportunity in this.

However, it all depends on how George III responds.

In fact, if Evan were George III, the best way to find this inside man would be to find the leader of the Twilight Hermits who supports him, the "viewer" through the Angel King Adam.

In this world, apart from a few deities who, due to their special authority, could deceive Adam, very few secrets could be kept from him.

Evan also wanted to take this opportunity to see if Adam's attitude toward George III had changed as the world situation developed to this point.

Duchess Georgina didn't expect Evan to solve all the problems, so she wasn't disappointed with his answer. She simply told Evan not to act rashly recently before leaving his bedroom and flying towards Sodraco Palace, which wasn't far away. She was going to meet with George III that very night.

Evan quickly took a shower, changed his clothes, and headed towards the nearby Earl Ahova's mansion.

Because there were too many things to do tonight, he hadn't yet told Robert about the Fussac Empire's plot to seize the Rothschild Islands. He wanted to work with Robert to align their efforts and jointly push things forward.

After the explosion at the Earl's Café, Maxim also began his own operation to silence witnesses.

He first swiftly silenced everyone on the list provided by Evan, and then systematically exposed some of the Fursac spy hideouts he knew about, leaving behind some dubious evidence about Viscount Witt.

These dubious pieces of evidence, under Maxim's guidance, will become irrefutable proof that Viscount Witte secretly allied himself with the Fussac Empire's navy.

This was incredibly easy for Maxim, who had been closely monitoring naval movements for a long time.

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