Arcane Lord

Erinthal.

High Mage Tai Lun hurriedly broke into the palace of Mian Wang. Almost half a quarter of an hour later, messengers kept coming out of the palace, and at the same time, a piece of news came out——

This year's orc wave is ahead of schedule and is more serious than in previous years!

All parts of Ilfaran, especially the towns in the north, have sent scouts further north to control the movements of the orcs at any time.

At the same time, within the Crown Prince's court, the advisors also had different views on how to deal with this sudden orc wave.

One of the consultants looked relaxed and seemed not to take this unprecedented wave of orcs seriously at all, and said calmly:

"The news brought back by Master Tyran is very timely. The most important thing now is not to find the possible mastermind, but how to deal with the impact of the orc tide."

But as soon as he finished speaking, another consultant expressed a different opinion, "Your Majesty, my suggestion is just the opposite. As long as the Northern Mystery Lock is closed, the orcs can at most wreak havoc outside the Levi Forest and eventually retreat, even if they don't. If you retreat, you can easily defeat it next year.

"The most critical thing now is to find the driving force behind this incident. Since they can do such a thing, they may not have other back-ups. Ignoring this will only make us fall into endless passive responses."

"Who else is behind this matter, either Cormanso or Yeerlan? Are we going to go to war with them now because of this matter?"

As for who is behind the scenes, the advisers of the crowned king of Rorian generally have the same judgment, it is either Cormanthor or Erlan.

The former is almost a mortal enemy of Ilfaran, and the latter, an ancient fortress recently appeared in Sluvende, and Ilfaran also wants to profit from it. In order to hold off Ilfaran, Yeerlan may not be able to do such a thing. .

The same Cormanthor would not be willing to give up the ancient fortress where war instruments may be stored. In addition, Ilfarang has always been hostile to them. Therefore, it is not impossible to trigger the orc tide in advance.

As for Netheril, or other small countries, these advisors didn't think much about it.

After all, Netheril is an ally of Elfaran, and the ancient fortress belongs to the elves, and no matter how much fun the humans have, it is not their turn.

And those small countries do have motives to muddy the waters, but if they do this kind of thing, it will definitely leave traces. Even if there is no conclusive evidence, for big countries, there is no need for conclusive evidence at all, just a suspicion is enough. It makes the small country restless.

The advisors of the Crowned King of Lorien do not think that those small countries really have the courage to plot against Ilfaran, and it is too late to protect themselves. Isn't such a provocation looking for death?

Luo Ruian watched the consultants arguing with each other, but he focused on another issue:

"Mage Tyran, you just mentioned that you found traces of the activities of the Orc Slayer Society in the north, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Are there any preserved samples?" King Mian asked again.

"Yes, I even captured an orc shaman who met the spell caster at that time."

"Ignore the orcs for now, show Wallis the preserved traces."

When the crowned king said this, the advisor named "Wallis" was immediately dissatisfied, "Your Majesty, it is good that the Orc Slayer Society bears my name, but your Majesty - and everyone, do you think that I have control over the society? Is the strength that bad?”

"Wallis, don't get excited. I'm not blaming you, but I want you to see the methods of those behind the scenes and see if you can find any flaws." King Mian quickly comforted him.

Ilfaran has already completed the centralization reform, but the power is not concentrated in the crown prince, but in a real power department called the "Governing Advisory Group".

At the same time, he is also the real controller of the Ilfaran Mystery Lock System. The Crown Prince only has the power to remove and supervise him. As for appointments, they are all recommended by the lower-level parliament.

In the same way, the previous generation of Mian Wang is responsible for the appointment and succession of Mian Wang, but it can be dismissed by the [Governing Advisory Group].

However, at the beginning of Ilfaran's centralization reform, the crown prince and his governing advisors swore an oath to each other to be loyal to their duties. As long as they did not make some principled mistakes, they would not have to worry about being dismissed.

Like this time, if the spellcaster who triggered the orc tide in advance was a subordinate of Wallis, then he might indeed be deposed by the crowned king.

It's just that at this moment, a kind of ruling adviser has already made a conclusion, such as Comanso or Yeerlan behind this matter.

Therefore, after a few words of comfort from the crowned king of Lorien, Wallis regained his composure. In fact, he was more worried about his colleagues than the crowned king.

The number of governing advisors is limited. Sometimes, in order to promote a candidate governing advisor who is closer to their own camp, colleagues may not be able to replace an existing governing advisor.

However, once you become a governing advisor, there must be many forces gathering around you. The governing advisors generally only have seniority, but not authority, making it difficult to control them for a long time.

If forcefully manipulated, it will push the other party to another governing adviser.

Therefore, in the nearly two hundred years from the establishment of the centralized power system in Irfaran to the present, no governing adviser has ever stepped down due to a power struggle.

After all, there is a Mian Wang above, and the rights and responsibilities of both parties are clear. If the Mian Wang is unfair, it may not be the trigger for his own removal in the future.

Next, under the display of the Talon mage, Wallis saw the so-called traces of the Society's activities - several badges and ornaments with the Society's logo, as well as the aura remnants that were not eliminated after the spell was cast but were intercepted and preserved by Tyran.

Badges and accessories are not surprising. As long as you are willing, you don't even need to imitate them. You can buy genuine ones directly from the academy store. However, the remnants of the aura made Wallis hesitate.

The [Orc Slayer Society] he founded has some unique spells that he created specifically for the society. Each exchanger has a record, and it is almost impossible for outsiders to obtain them.

But now, he discovered the characteristics of learning a unique spell from the remnant of aura, which was simply unacceptable to him.

"This must be a trick of the enemy. Although the beast-slaying spell restricts redemption by spellcasters outside the society, as far as I know, the beast-slaying spell has been secretly circulating in the country for a long time."

"I can prove it!"

The speaker was none other than Tai Lun, who had preserved the remnants of the spiritual light. Although he was not a member of the ruling advisory group, he also had law enforcement authority within the system.

On the way to the palace, he had already used the Mystery Lock to search for the essential characteristics of the aura remnants saved this time. There are indeed many spellcasters in the country who have mastered similar spells.

If it is a power struggle, even if other spellcasters have mastered similar spells, the remnants of the aura with the characteristics of the spells learned under Wallis can be used as a lever to overthrow him.

But now, the priority of external threats is obviously higher than the priority of the struggle for power.