Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 99 - 91: Cabin in the Dense Forest
Chapter 99: Chapter 91: Cabin in the Dense Forest
Once again, the war developed in an unexpected direction.
By mid-summer, news broke from Golden Rock City about the disappearance of Marquis Golden Rock.
As a result, the morale of the Golden Rock Alliance Army at the front line plummeted, and the already crumbling defense line collapsed in an instant.
The army from Flashing Territory advanced triumphantly, quickly reaching the base of Golden Rock City and successfully capturing it within just two days.
The moment the news spread, the entire Starry Principality was in an uproar!
No one anticipated the war would end so quickly.
Yet even more astonishing news was still to come.
Three days after the fall of Golden Rock City, news arrived from Starry City—a sect called the Star God Sect presented the royal family with the corpse of Marquis Golden Rock and the weaknesses of the Beastification Infected.
The Grand Prince of Starry was overjoyed and declared the Star God Sect as the national religion, allowing its emissaries to spread their faith across various provinces.
As expected, this news caused a great commotion among the principality’s nobility.
Some were supportive, some opposed, while most nobles remained observant, wanting to see what this so-called Star God Sect intended to do.
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Golden Rock Province, Flash City.
Council Hall.
Sunan finished reading the battle report in his hand, his face showing an extremely peculiar expression.
Clearly, this so-called Star God Sect was just the Starfire Sect in a new guise.
“I didn’t expect the Starfire Sect to make a move to kill Marquis Golden Rock, which indeed helped us; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to capture Golden Rock City so quickly.”
Kei stroked his chin, a hint of regret on his face.
“The Starfire Sect is ruthlessly calculating—dismissing anyone the moment they lose their value, using them as stepping stones without hesitation.”
With their intelligence, Kei and Sunan quickly grasped the nuances behind these events.
They gained a deeper understanding of the Starfire Sect’s cold-blooded cruelty.
“But does the Grand Prince of Starry believe in the Starfire Sect so easily? I can’t believe he’s unaware of what the Starfire Sect has done in Golden Rock Province. Declaring such a cult the state religion seems quite naive.”
Kei frowned as he spoke.
Sunan calmly said, “Perhaps they’ve reached some kind of agreement behind the scenes.”
“No matter what agreements they have, I will never allow the Starfire Sect to enter Golden Rock Province and spread their faith here. They are dreaming!” Kei sneered.
After quelling the rebellion, the royal family fulfilled their promise, enfeoffing Kei as Marquis Flash, with the fief of Golden Rock Province.
Unlike other provinces, the original noble lords of Golden Rock Province either perished at the hands of the Golden Rock Alliance Army or were exterminated following Marquis Golden Rock’s rebellion, almost entirely wiped out.
Now, except for Kei, all the nobles in Golden Rock Province are newly enfeoffed by him.
Therefore, as a lord, Kei had unrivaled control over these military-achievement-based nobles, unlike any other marquis.
It can be said that Kei has complete control over the entire Golden Rock Province, and his words are absolute.
As one of the rare marquises among the six who can control an entire province with real power (since Red Leaf Province is under royal control without an individual marquis position), even the royal family is powerless to stop him from preventing the Star God Sect from spreading their faith there.
Sunan naturally approved of Kei’s decision.
In fact, he estimated that, except for Red Leaf Province, the other marquises in other provinces would not easily allow the Starfire Sect to enter their territories and spread their faith.
There will surely be a confrontation between both sides.
Let’s wait and see.
Turning his attention back to the battle report, Sunan’s gaze fell on the words ’Star God Sect presents the weakness of the Beastification Infected’ and he pondered.
According to his analysis, the Starfire Sect should have no knowledge of the beastification disaster.
Otherwise, it’s impossible that during this war between Marquis Golden Rock and Flashing Territory, the Starfire Sect didn’t participate at all.
For them to know the weaknesses of the Beastification Infected, they either learned it from Marquis Golden Rock or found Herb’s laboratory.
Sunan guessed it was most likely the latter.
If Herb had any sense, he wouldn’t have disclosed such crucial information about the Beastification Infected to Marquis Golden Rock.
“So it seems Herb’s belongings have likely fallen into the hands of the Starfire Sect.”
Sunan felt a slight sense of pity, but it quickly faded.
After all, he hadn’t really expected to find anything left by Herb.
Herb’s dwelling was most likely in Ranshuang Province, and to seek it out alone in an unfamiliar province without any intelligence was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, having just advanced to a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice, he was at a stage where his power was rapidly increasing, and it was impossible to waste time and effort chasing a faint hope.
After setting the battle report down, Sunan looked at Kei and asked, “So, what do you plan to do next?”
Kei was already prepared and replied without hesitation, “Although this war didn’t last long, Golden Rock Province has suffered significant damage. I plan to focus on rest and recuperation for a while, greatly boosting economic development and gathering strength.”
“Indeed.” Sunan nodded in agreement.
Although unspoken, both knew that things weren’t over yet.
The grudge against the Starfire Sect has to be avenged!
Right now, what they had to do was quietly bide their time, and when strong enough, uproot the Starfire Sect entirely.
“I’ve already arranged for the aptitude testing; all towns that haven’t conducted aptitude tests will host them in the coming days, and the children who pass will be sent to your base.”
