Chapter 428 – Meeting of the Council of Ten
Chapter 428 – Meeting of the Group of Ten
Throughout the afternoon, Kevin continued to copy the book.
Towards evening, Kevin finished organizing his day’s work and prepared to return to his residence in the Bachelor Tower.
To his surprise, Senior Mond came at this time.
“Senior, your authority should be very high, the books in the library of the Bachelor’s Tower still can’t satisfy you?”
“What are you saying, which library can hide all the books in the world? In fact, I come to the Royal Archives every now and then to browse around and see if there are any new collections that interest me, it’s just that I’m busy during the days you’re at work, so I didn’t come, if you don’t believe me, ask your supervisor and coworkers, I’m an old acquaintance of theirs.”
Mond explained with a grin, casually greeting another administrator who was about to leave.
“Well then, let me serve you senior, what books to read?”
“I made a list, please help me find them.”
Mond pulled out a slip of paper and handed it to Kevin.
Kevin took the slip of paper and found the books one by one and placed them on the table, when he found the last one he smiled and said, “You’re in luck, this book was just returned at noon today.”
“Oh, that was indeed lucky.”
Mond laughed and walked away clutching a pile of books.
But not even a minute later, he returned back and said somewhat mysteriously, “Kevin, I have good news for you, Teacher has been dispatched by His Majesty on a mission to the Holy See, his old man intends to take you to see the world, so you have to be ready, oh.”
“Huh?” Kevin was a bit surprised, “I’ve just worked here for a few days, it’s not quite appropriate, right?”
“Oops, it’s just a part-time job anyway, don’t worry, I’ll say hello to your supervisor tomorrow, does he not even give face to our teacher?”
“Uh …… okay.”
……
In the barracks in the north of the Imperial Capital, the ten-member group of the Secret Law Society was having a meeting.
However, the so-called “group of ten” was still only nine people.
The black-robed old man at the head of the group said in a low voice, “Summarizing all aspects of the situation, the current Kingdom of Aldo has been de facto split, and Giles has only maintained nominal submission to the royal family.”
Another man added, “Yes, the power of Aldo has reached its lowest value ever, and the country will continue to decline for the next foreseeable years.”
Others chimed in.
“It’s really lamentable, back then, the founding monarch of Aldo subdued the lords in the midst of chaos, and also recovered the lost lands that had been occupied by the orcs for many years, expanding the territory to the natural boundaries of the Nerodan Corridor in the east, the endless sea in the west, the Rocky Mountains in the north, and the Miasma Forest in the south, and was almost about to recapture the splendor of the Gubela Empire, but I didn’t expect that it would now be reduced to this state. ”
“There is no eternal and undying dynasty, those countries with huge territories in history, with the passage of time, the monarch’s control over his bannermen are all getting lower and lower, and they all go towards falling apart. Alas, even our endeavors, after a few hundred years, are merely a paragraph in the history books. Also watch what you say, what do you mean by recreating the splendor of the Ancient Bella Empire, we, Gabella, are the rightful successors of the Ancient Bella Empire.”
“Hmph!” A female voice rang out, expressing her dissatisfaction with the passage.
“It is clear that the capital of the Ancient Bella Empire and the vast majority of its population and territory are in Aldo ……”
“What, do you still have a fondness for Aldo? Hmph, I know about your past ……”
“I am not understanding, even with Aldo’s previous situation, it is not capable of would be strong intervention in external affairs, so why should we ……”
“You know, that Princess Catherine of theirs is not a good person, what happens once she succeeds and integrates Aldo? It’s only now that it’s at its best, and even if she succeeds to the throne there’s nothing she can do about it. Besides, this is what His Highness Antonio also agreed to, are you going to disobey His Highness Antonio?”
“Shut up! Where did I say I want to disobey His Highness Antonio?”
……
“There!”
Seeing that the argument was about to get more and more heated, the black-robed old man immediately spoke out to stop it.
“Although we come from different countries, I hope that we don’t have conflicts because of our countries. The current weakening of Aldo and the staging of the Horned Bay are acts of last resort for the sake of the plan, we are not destroying for the sake of destroying, and we are not doing it purely for the sake of the Gabella Empire’s interests, but because of the empire’s national strength and His Royal Highness Antonio’s approval of us, it makes Gabella the best platform for us to realize our plan, but everything we do is for the sake of the entire human race’s future.”
The black-robed old man said word for word: “I hope everyone will not forget that terrible prophecy.”
This last sentence caused everyone here to look aghast.
The meeting returned to the original topic.
“Since we are already already in the state we expected in Aldo, it is time to make a move in Horn Bay.”
The black-robed elder turned to the woman from earlier, “Ms. Red Flame, you personally went to Horned Bay earlier, what do you think of the situation there?”
The female named Red Flame had a pretty face and dazzling red hair, she replied, “The conflict between the coastal states and the church has reached its peak, and all it takes is a single spark to ignite it.”
The black-robed old man said, “Well, Nathan is still lurking there, isn’t he, I’m sure with your son’s ability, he can easily do that, not to mention we have someone in the Church of Horned Cove to curate the situation.”
He continued, “We also have to arch a fire at the Church’s headquarters, the war in Horned Bay is not the goal, pulling the Church down is the goal.”
Someone responded, “Lord Aldrich’s mission has already been arranged, he has convinced His Majesty the Emperor to support the Holy See in the upcoming Horned Bay dispute, with the support of the great nation of Gabella, it is thought that it will greatly increase the Holy See’s determination and boldness to intervene in the situation in Horned Bay.”
“Very well.”
The black-robed elder nodded.
A hoarse voice rang out, “The business is almost finished, let’s discuss another topic about …… Barnett.”
Mentioning this name, the crowd suddenly realized that Barnett, a member of the group of ten, hadn’t shown up for several years, and they …… seemed to every feel that there was something wrong.
It was no wonder, after all, that Barnett guy liked to keep to himself.
That hoarse voice said, “Barnett hasn’t shown up for so long and hasn’t fulfilled his duty of responsibility for a long time, I propose that he be expelled from the Order of Ten.”
“This ……”
The crowd murmured.
Someone said, “Expelling Barnett without authorization, he’ll come back and turn against us, Barnett’s status is not low in their lineage.”
“Come back?” The hoarse voice grunted, “Let’s just pretend he’s dead. Have you guys ever gone this long without hearing from him?”
Those who knew Barnett recalled that although Barnett had been out for longer periods of time at a time, it was the first time he hadn’t been heard from for such a long period of years.
A spell caster that powerful, could it be that if he really hung up, the mortals would have to send out an entire army to take him out, right? But that guy also has the ability to escape under the siege of the army ah.
Someone muttered in a low voice, “Mages honor freedom, using his prolonged absence from the meeting as a reason to expel ……”
A hoarse voice retorted, “A bunch of gutter rats still have the luxury of talking about freedom, let’s wait until our purpose has been achieved, until then, we must keep the Secret Society of Magecraft as a tightly-knit organization, a loner like Barnett is a black sheep.”
Everyone was silent.
The black-robed old man said, “In that case, then I propose that Lord Aldrich of the Maester’s Tower be added to the Order of Ten.”
“What, how would that work?”
Someone disagreed.
“A member of the Secret Society must be a caster first and foremost, not to mention leading the Secret Society’s Order of Ten. Of course, I respect Maester Aldrich, but I can’t break the rules.”
The black-robed old man smiled, “Oh, you guys don’t know, actually ……”
“Let’s put this kind of thing on the back burner for now ……”
A voice came from outside, and then the owner of the voice revealed himself, and it was precisely Maester Aldrich.
He said gravely, “I need you all to take action immediately.”
“About Marshal MacDonald ……”
(End of chapter)