Arcane Lord

Soon, the figure of the envoy Ryan appeared in the Pearl Square. He came alone, without any members of the investigation team or local magicians accompanying him.

After all, if the former accompanied him, wouldn't it confirm the rumors of being controlled? And if the latter accompanied him, it would be impossible to rule out the possibility of the devil mixed in. If the devil used the identity of the escort to say something that shouldn't be said, it might be more troublesome.

Therefore, Ryan simply came to the Pearl Square alone without any entourage. As a close minister of the Crown King, he had no lack of courage.

For a political creature, compared with gloomy silence, the threat of the devil is nothing!

"Residents of Metriel, I am Ryan, the foreign affairs adviser of the Crown King Helien. I have heard your calls. Now I come here to answer your doubts in person. I hope you will not be used by the betrayer."

With the effect of the spell, Ryan's words instantly overwhelmed the noise of the entire square and became the only voice in this huge square.

But suppression alone is not enough. Ryan took the opportunity to show the token that can prove his identity, and at the same time shouted to Mandatom and other leaders: "Mandatom, you shameless betrayer, do you dare to stand up and confront me?" Mandatom is the commander of the city guards of Metril City. From the perspective of the Yeerlan elves, Mandatom is already in the wrong, and he doesn't know what cards Ryan has. In this case, he is definitely impossible to stand up and confront, because once confronted, the people will think, and thinking will undoubtedly dilute the people's fanaticism. Since ancient times, most cults and conspirators do not debate with opponents, but only use one or two simple slogans to brainwash repeatedly. Because the truth becomes clearer and clearer, their believers can easily see their essence in the end, and make choices contrary to their wishes. But if he does not stand up and confront, Mandatom can continue to incite the people, and through the voice of the people, he can dilute the responsibility behind the speech. In short, the people can blame whatever they say. For example, "It's not just me who said it, others have said it too, why don't you go to others, but come to me?", "I just have a suspicion, is it not okay to have a suspicion?"

Although there is no saying that the law does not punish the masses in Yeerlan, in practice, under special circumstances, it is actually difficult to punish the "masses".

For example, this time, the people gathered here just because of the instigation of the demons, but the people's original intention was indeed good, to protect Metriel and Yeerlan, and so far there has been no radical action.

Does this also need to be punished?

After such a punishment, aren't you afraid that the people will be divided?

The most important thing is that Yeerlan does not have a law on illegal assembly, and even the basis for punishment cannot be found. It is very likely that the matter will be left unresolved afterwards, and it may even need a few words of praise to avoid chilling the people's hearts.

…

Just within a few seconds after Ryan asked Mandatom to stand up and confront, voices of doubt emerged from all corners of the square, and even echoed each other-

"We are all familiar with Commander Mandatom, how could he be a traitor! The messenger must have been deceived by those invaders!"

"Yes, Commander Mandatom has always been kind. Under his leadership, the city guards have never had a conflict with the people. What is there to question?"

"The messenger doesn't look like a good elf at first glance. He said he was a messenger, and I said I was a messenger!"

"The token can also be forged. A strange face suddenly stood up and said that Commander Mandatom, whom we see every day, is a traitor. Who would believe it!"

Such words rang out from all over the square one after another. It didn't look like they were colluded at all, which once again ignited the anger of the people.

Seeing this situation, Ryan couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but he had come to this point. Even if there was an abyss ahead, he would step in without hesitation.

"Everyone, please listen to me--"

...

Xia Duo was somewhat concerned about the situation on Ryan's side, not to mention that he asked Philipa for more tokens and intelligence. After Badiga conveyed it, he immediately passed it to Ryan.

Therefore, Ryan could eloquently list the various relationships among the upper echelons of Metrier City in Zhuguang Square, and even the so-called truth behind the major and minor events that happened in Metrier in the past.

These are what ordinary people like to hear, and in the process of telling these stories, Ryan also repeatedly showed various evidences that could reveal his identity.

At the same time, he also made a small request to the people, that is, to protect themselves and pay attention to possible attackers around them, because the betrayers do not want to see the people stand with the Crown King's messenger.

…

"This guy is quite good!"

Shado praised silently and returned to the collaborative calculation. The reason why Ryan has been fine until now may be that the demon is also trying to delay time, and the most important thing is that

Shado asked the four high-level wizards who were on standby in the Silver Spire to help take care of it. Anyway, the collaborative calculation of Lingsi Network now mainly uses the subconscious shared by each accessor.

The surface consciousness is still idle and can do other things, which does not cause too much burden on the consciousness.

…

In the torment of countless insiders, Shado quickly completed the analysis of Metriel's original puzzle lock, and at the same time made a preliminary judgment on the ritual spell that Paris was performing.

The purpose of this ritual is similar to what Sha Duo had guessed before. It is mainly used to locate and reverse the timeline. Of course, this is determined by Sha Duo's careful analysis, but there is also some speculation.

However, Xia Duo believed that the true function of the ceremony should be closely related to his judgment.

In addition, the ritual itself does not require the use of external mythos. Paris uses the mythos as an important spell-casting medium to increase the scope of influence of the ritual spells.

Shado speculated that the final scope of influence of this spell may be far beyond the area of ​​​​Metril, but may be wider. How wide it is, he cannot say for the time being. After all, this is a spell that he has never experimented before.

The devil may know, but it is impossible for the devil to tell him. He can only guess as high as possible, so as to remind himself not to take chances and to go all out.

…

The next step is to designate a plan to prevent the ritual. If it is any other spell, it is very simple. Just destroy the spell casting and make the spell unsustainable.

As for the impact of spell casting failure, no matter how bad it is, it will not be greater than the impact of successful spell casting. This price is completely worth it.

But now this ritual spell involves the timeline. No one knows what the impact of random destruction will be, and no one can guarantee that the impact of doing so will be smaller than the success of the spell.

Therefore, if you want to stop Paris's ritual, you must seize control of the ritual from Paris, and end the ritual perfectly without Paris competing for or even destroying it simultaneously.

The difficulty is quite high, but Xia Duo is confident that he can complete it, and he will definitely be able to complete it!