"Spector?" Cecilia frowned, looking up and down at the strange young man in front of her with an extremely suspicious look, "Are you in disguise?" ”

"Oh! I'm sorry. Spector suddenly apologized, "I was in a hurry to leave, and I forgot to take off my mask." ”

Soon, Spector removed the mask that covered his face, revealing a somewhat tanned complexion. Compared to the situation when he met Cecilia and the others in the Wild Lands before, Spector now obviously looked much more mature: there was a little more determination between his eyebrows, and his eyes were not as floating as before, but a little more vicissitudes of hardship.

Since the last time Spector had performed well on his mission in the Savages, Sean felt that the young man was a talent, so he made a special mention to William. So now Spector doesn't need to run errands like before, and there are currently more than eighty subordinates under his direct control, including two special operations teams specially dispatched from the Void Dark Blade for his convenient mission, a total of sixteen people.

In the division of the Void Realm's domination area, the Savage Land is divided into a total of twenty areas, of which twelve areas are the core areas that need to be monitored and controlled. Only the general leaders of these twelve regions will have two special operations teams dispatched from the Void Dark Blade under his command - according to the current internal system of the Void Realm, except for William and Ruby, including Ellie Kate and Sigley, the two small giants do not have the command and dispatch rights of the Void Dark Blade.

However, there are a total of twelve regional leaders in the Wild Lands, and each of them has the command of two Void Darkblade teams, which is enough to show the importance of these twelve regions.

With Spector's current status, the delivery of classified documents like the current one. He didn't need to do it himself.

But this time, he came in person. From this, we can also see the importance of this confidential article.

Cecilia's furrowed brow did not relax, and she sat back in her chair. However, she didn't open the confidential document immediately, but was thinking that the Void Principality's secret intelligence network might need to be revised and armed. In the Black Swan Castle, it is difficult for ordinary assassins to infiltrate, but in order to prevent harming their own people, there are actually several secret routes for members of the Void Realm to enter and exit, but under normal circumstances, these people are familiar faces, so there is no additional fortification and inspection.

Judging by the current expansion rate of the Void Principality, this method has become a bit dangerous.

Once the spies of the Void Realm are bought, then these secret routes can easily fall into the enemy's intelligence network. This provides the perfect path for the enemies of the Void Principality to be decapitated. Although Cecilia is confident in the Black Swan Keep's defenses, it doesn't mean that the defenses in other places can be so perfect, such as the Void City and Void Fortress that are now in a state of emptiness.

Because Sean's departure gave the others a vacation, Nolo didn't know where to run, and Rottikabas went out to find the ruins of the Rider.

At present, Rena's only high-end combat force is left behind in the Void City, because Shephaneo and Ruby have both traveled to the Fascist Kingdom to investigate information about the Fog Spirit.

And Hatting, who is from the demon clan of the underworld, follows Hela - since the last attack on William, now that the three giants of the Void are traveling, in addition to the guards, there will inevitably be a high-end combat powerhouse accompanying them. Therefore, the lack of high-end combat power naturally leads to the inevitable huge loopholes in the defense system of the entire Void Principality. Especially on the side of the Void Fortress, there is a lack of strong people to sit in.

The Void Fortress was originally built on the basis of the old fortress of the Dabion Kingdom in the Gap Rift area.

The overall size of the fortress was based on the idea of accommodating 100,000 soldiers while stockpiling enough rations for 100,000 people for three years. It's just that because of the lack of alchemy puppets and special technology, even if a large number of magic apprentices and natural master builder races such as dwarves, gnomes, and goblins are invested now. However, with the double investment of materials and manpower in the past two years, regardless of gains and losses, only the main city wall located on both sides of the Gap Rift and the main building of the inner city near the side of the Wild Land have been completed, and there is still a long time before it is truly completed.

Originally, this fortress. It was used by Sean to prepare for the invasion of the tribes of the Wild Lands after one day turning against them.

It was only after Cecilia and Hela, William, and Neil joined forces to reformulate the plan for the Void Empire. The position of this fortress is a little awkward.

According to Neil's thoughts, there is no need for the fortress to be stored today. It would be better to save resources and spend them elsewhere. Although Hela and William both believe that the construction of the Void Fortress is still necessary, the two have a disagreement about the location of the Void Fortress: Hela builds the Void Fortress on the original site; William, on the other hand, advocated moving the location of the fortress to the entrance to the Gap Rift.

For in William's opinion, the enemies on the human side were much more terrible than the enemies of the Savage Lands. Especially in the current Void Principality's territory, there is a lack of sufficient strategic depth, so the existence of a defensive fortress is very necessary; On the other hand, in the Wild Lands, the Great Rift Trade Territory built by the former Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance near the Rift Valley is still under the control of the Void Duchy, so if the tribes of the Wild Lands want to raise troops, they can be defeated in the vast strategic depth.

Hela's point of view, on the other hand, is the opposite of William's. Hela believes that the original location of the Void Fortress remains unchanged, which can not only serve the purpose of deterring the tribes of the Wild Land, but also serve as a special defensive line, once the Void Duchy and the surrounding lords of the human race have conflicts and contradictions, they can retreat to the Wild Land to make another plan, and with the unique terrain of the Gap Rift, in this square area, it is completely possible to achieve a stubborn defense situation.

It can be said that neither William nor Hela. There is a certain desirability in the considerations of both men.

In the end, however, it was Cecilia who made the decision - she simply adopted William and Hela's ideas at the same time. Two fortresses were built directly at the end of the Gap Rift, which was also the first one-child fortress on the Miracle Continent. And it is precisely because this fortress must take into account the two gaps in the defense facilities at the beginning and the end. That's why it greatly slows down the construction of the entire Void Fortress.

As for the generals defending the fortress, William, Hela, and Cecilia are surprisingly unanimous: Stalin, who is proficient in defensive operations.

For this reason, the First Infantry Corps was now urgently expanded to 100,000 men, and even the Second Infantry Regiment commanded by Nock was directly incorporated into it, and the First Infantry Corps was officially renamed the First Corps, with Stalin as the commander and Nock as the deputy commander. The First Legion was positioned as a legion specializing in the defense of forts, with heavy infantry and shield soldiers in the majority, supplemented by other classes such as archers, spearmen, and a small number of swordsmen. Although the First Legion has directly become the legion with the largest number of troops in the Void Duchy because of this. However, correspondingly, it is at the cost of the decline in the combat power of the entire army: at present, it is only barely maintaining the strength of a quasi-third-level army, and it is not even a real third-level army.

For this reason, Stalin and Nock were simply very busy, even if a large number of veterans took over the middle and lower commanders of the entire corps, but the 100,000-strong corps was not larger than the previous 20,000 or 30,000 men, and training alone was enough to make people feel extremely helpless. Not to mention, a legion that specializes in fort defense needs to train with a lot of arrows and other fort defense consumables.

However, the First Legion and the Void Fortress are the most important part of the entire Void Empire's plans.

Spector came to report that the second phase of the Void Empire's project had been completed, referring to the true formation of the First Legion.

Phase 1 plan. It is to divide the cohesion of the Savage Federation, and at the same time expand the influence of the Void Principality in the Savage Federation. The second phase of the plan is the formation and formation of the First Army Corps, as well as the co-optation of the twelve seats in the Barbarian Federation Council. As for the third phase of the plan. It is the real prerequisite plan for the construction of the Void Empire: to absorb the tribal members of the Wild Federation, and to start building the imperial prototype of the Void Empire in the Wild Lands.

The fourth phase of the plan was to promote the rudiments of this empire of "peaceful coexistence of human beings and multiple races" in the wilderness. Completely absorbed the entire Barbarian Federation into the territory of the Void Empire, and began to radiate to the surrounding areas of the Savage Lands and the Void Duchy. Then the fifth stage is planned. It is to promulgate the relevant laws and systems of the Void Empire and officially announce the establishment of the Void Empire.

This is Cecilia's plan for the Void Empire teamed up with William, Hela, and Neil.

Hella is responsible for grasping the overall situation and creating the general trend, and William is responsible for solving potential threats that may arise. Neil is responsible for the improvement of the economy, law, and institutions. Cecilia, on the other hand, was in charge of diplomatic work with the Barbarian Federation, as well as friendly exchanges between the Void Duchy and the surrounding lords before the establishment of the Void Empire.

It can be said that in this plan, all four people are indispensable.

And as long as they can survive until the completion of the fourth stage, then no one can stop the establishment of the Void Empire.

Cecilia quickly sorted out the relevant finishing ideas of the Void Realm in her mind, and prepared to wait until she came back to bring out the loopholes that the Void Realm had ignored to William. Then she picked up the bag with the word "confidential" printed on it and opened it, but when Cecilia's gaze hurriedly scanned it from above, her expression became shocked: "Does William know about this?" ”

"I don't know, Your Highness Cecilia." Spector shook his head and said, "I was summoned directly by Lord Hela, and she asked me to deliver this letter to you personally, and I don't know anything else. …… However, I guess that Lord William should not know what is going on, otherwise Lord Hela could have used magical communication to communicate with Lord William, rather than having me personally send this document to him. ”

Cecilia's brows furrowed, and her eyes stared at the several copies of Wen Jiàn in her bag.

It can be clearly seen that Cecilia's love is a little intense, because the right hand holding the paper is a little forceful, you can see the protrusion of the knuckles, and even the paper is pinched a little wrinkled.

Cecilia ...... Your Highness? Spector wondered.

"Sean has been gone for almost a year, right?" Cecilia suddenly asked, "Is there any news of him?" ”

"I'm sorry, but I'm not the intelligence officer in charge of this." Spector said helplessly. "And the first task of the Void Realm at the moment is to serve the Imperial Project......"

Spector's implication is clear, that is, there is no news of Sean at all.

About a year ago. Sean disappeared suddenly, leaving no news at all. The inner circle of people who follow Sean knows that Sean is looking for a way to break through the Sanctuary. No one knows exactly where he went. The only thing that can be clear is that Nolo's regular information transmission indicates that Sean is still alive, but where it is, even Nolo does not know, and he says that he can only feel Sean's location when Sean sends the summoning message.

For this reason, others are also quite helpless.

"The civil strife in the Millennium Covenant Empire is over." Cecilia sighed, "I have something to trouble you. ”

"Your Highness, please." Spector said in a deep voice.

"Sue William, Laice was secretly transferred. There is currently a good chance to get off the phone. Cecilia said lightly, "As for whether or not to rescue Laice, it's up to William to think about it." …… If William decides to go to the rescue, you will go back to Sue Hela and must fully cooperate with William's actions. ”

"Yes." Spector nodded, "Any other orders?" ”

"Does Hela have any information on the Fascist Kingdom?" Cecilia thought for a moment, then asked.

"Nope." Spector was a little helpless, because Cecilia was obviously asking too much beyond his ability.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the study.

Cecilia glanced at the door. Then he transferred all the Wen Jiàn in his hand into the Wen Jiàn bag, and then pushed it to the edge of the table, saying, "Give it to William, and let him decide." ”

"Yes." Spector nodded. He got up and took the bag, and then quickly disappeared into the shadows again.

It wasn't until Spector had completely disappeared that Cecilia spoke to the door, "Come in." ”

The door was quickly opened. A young woman with waist-length blond hair walked in calmly, and after entering the study. She turned and closed the door, then walked over to Cecilia. He put the several copies of the text in his hand on the table: "Miss Cecilia, hard work. ”

This blonde woman is Diana of the Simon family, and is now the acting minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Void Principality.

In the revenge battle of the Void Principality against the Simon family, she wisely chose to surrender and took refuge in Sean's command. With the complete destruction of the Simon family, she abandoned her family name and was willing to be just an ordinary Void Duchy lord - but in fact, neither Sean nor Neil could let Diana's talent go to waste, so she soon took on the position of acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Void Duchy's newly created Foreign Minister.

By Diana's side, there were two dead men cultivated by the Void Dark Blade who were keeping an eye on her, which was also William's idea.

And Diana, of course, couldn't have been unaware, but she really didn't care. Because she didn't have much family pride and pride in the Simon family, it wasn't a loss for her to join the Void Principality, but rather a wise choice for her to reach the pinnacle of her life. Because the power and status she has now is even higher than what she can obtain in the Simon family.

Before Sean left the Void Duchy, he made Diana a nobleman: a viscount. He didn't mind that Diana still used the surname "Simon", but Diana insisted on not using it to show her loyalty—she would have liked to use Sean's surname, but this kind of thing was obviously impossible, so Diana has remained silent about the choice of surname.

Before Cecilia took over the diplomatic affairs of the Void Duchy, Diana's name had already swept through the intelligence network of all the nobles who closely followed the situation of the Void Principality like a hurricane. They had some thoughts about Diana, because this woman was not only as beautiful as a stunner, but her talent and abilities were also amazing, and many nobles wanted to use her as a breakthrough to intervene in the affairs of the Void Duchy, so they had very frequent contact with her.

And Diana is really smart.

For those who have other goals, she will not refuse to come. But after contact, everything will be recorded in his writing, and the next day it will all be handed over to William. Now among the triumvirate of the Void Principality. Basically, Diana was acquiesced in becoming the Big Four, and Cecilia also acquiesced to Diana's plan to join the Void Empire.

Merely. The title of "Minister's Agent" will not be removed for the time being, because the Void Duchy really does not have the manpower to send Diana to protect her.

So the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was on the outside in charge of attracting firepower. It was Cecilia who was sitting in the study of the Black Swan Castle at this moment. Rumbel.

"Are these new texts?" Cecilia picked up the essay sent by Diana, and pointed to a pile of bunch-like bunches on the other side, "These are all already reviewed, and some of them are approved and some are rejected." …… You sort it out and understand it a little, and the work of explaining it will trouble you. ”

"I'm just running errands and talking nonsense as a vase, and it's not hard." Diana smiled, her smile was very sweet, "It's Miss Cecilia who really suffers. …… Here comes Mr. Hassas again. ”

When it comes to the last sentence. Diana's smile was a little narrow.

"Why is that guy here again?" Cecilia's brow furrowed, and her expression looked a little impatient, "Go back and find someone to write a sign that says 'Dogs and Hashas are not allowed to enter', and stick it outside the castle door." ”

"Mistress Cecilia, you're joking, aren't you?" Diana shook her head helplessly.

Although she admires Cecilia's sophistication in handling things, and many things are handled more perfectly than her, and even in terms of attitude and aspects of things, there are many things worth learning from her. And such a person, who is almost like a born diplomat, is actually smaller than himself. This makes Diana can only sigh at God's unfairness, there are indeed legends in this world who can be called geniuses.

Of course, the legend does sometimes have the same temperament as a child.

"No, I'm serious." Cecilia tilted her head. He thought about it carefully and seriously before he spoke, "If he's here to propose again." Then you just kick him out. …… By the way, what do you think of the wooden sign that says 'Dogs and suitors are not allowed to enter'? ”

"Ugh." Diana sighed. Said a little helplessly, "Miss Cecilia." Your identity is the Grand Duke of the Void, Sean. Lord Connery's sister, as long as she can marry you, she can get the help of the entire Void Principality, so naturally there will be many people who want to propose to you. …… Moreover, I believe that there are still many depressed aristocratic young people who don't mind getting involved, because in this way, if Lord Sean falls unexpectedly, then according to the inheritance right, you will inherit a piece of the Void Principality and become the second Grand Duke of the Void Principality. ”

"A bunch of whimsical trash." Cecilia pursed her lips, "According to you, that Hashas is barely a man. ”

"Although Mr. Hashas does not rank high in his family's succession, he is indeed a very good person, and he can only blame his family for giving birth to too many geniuses." Diana explained simply, "Moreover, having Mr. Hashas openly professed his love for you can stop a lot of unnecessary flies from circling around you. At least...... Someone who does not have the same position or status as Mr. Hashas is not qualified to pursue you at all. ”

"Do you think I need him to help me keep those flies at bay?" Cecilia sneered, her expression showing deep disdain, "In my opinion, Hashas is more disgusting than the average fly, because his buzzing is too loud and too noisy. ”

"Okay." Diana sighed helplessly, "But today, Mr. Hassas really didn't come because he proposed or wanted to see you. ”

"Oh?" Cecilia raised an eyebrow, "And what are these flies for?" ”

"Mr. Hassas said he wanted to work with us." Diana pulled out a piece of paper from the text she was holding in front of her, and placed it in front of Cecilia, "I think this matter may be worth our involvement. Because not only can we make great profits from it, but we are also able to reap the friendship that comes from the Zoandon family. …… And based on Mr. Hasas's request for help at this point in time, I suspect that the civil strife in the Millennium Covenant Empire is about to end, so now is the harvest time for the nobles on the side of the Millennium Covenant Empire to grab the spoils of war. ”

Hearing Diana's words, Cecilia glanced at her in some surprise.

With Diana's current status, she is naturally not qualified to have access to the surrounding investigation information of the Void Realm, because she does not need to be responsible for this. Just from and Hasas. Zoandon's negotiation can accurately discover some dynamic information of the Millennium Covenant Empire, and this keen observation and analytical ability is not something that anyone can have. From this, it can be seen that Diana is indeed worthy of a glance from Sean.

The most rare thing is that Diana has already prepared a risk assessment report after her previous negotiations with Hashas - and now she handed Cecilia this piece of paper, which lists the gains and risks that can be obtained in this transaction with Hasas. Although the value of risk is somewhat large, which is not in the first consideration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a principality, combined with the current situation of the Void Principality, the rewards far outweigh the rewards of the risks that need to be taken.

Cecilia didn't care about the gains in this cooperation plan, but there was one thing that caught Cecilia's attention. Her fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, which was a thinking movement she had recently developed, and Diana had been assisting Cecilia for more than half a year, so she knew Cecilia's state well at this time, so she stood quietly and did not open her mouth to disturb Cecilia's thoughts.

After a few moments, Cecilia stopped pounding on the table, and then got up: "Let's go, let's go and see what the big fly is trying to do." (To be continued......)

PS: What should I say? It feels like I haven't spoken for a long time, so ...... Let's brush and save zài sense, meow~