"In this way, it will expose my bottom line." Alan reminded, "I'm on the mountain side of the castle, but I slashed Rykerd with one sword. After that, he killed the commander of the alien army, which always felt that it was too ostentatious. ”

Edward shook his head and said, "It's okay. You're not going to contact the man named Rhine so you can pave the way north. I've made an appointment with him, if there's a big guy behind him. Then it would be more convincing for your records to come out of your own mouth than to be confirmed by the Empire. Since you want to catch up with the big guys, then you have to show some eye-catching strength, so that you can sell at the price. ”

"It's like I've sold myself." Alan didn't have a good airway, but after Edward's analysis, the previous entanglement disappeared: "Then I'll tell you about the story of Shancheng's party, so that you can prepare a written report." ”

"Listen up."

Alan thought about it, starting from the day he took Onte and set off. It is very detailed, interspersed with some of his own thoughts at the time, as well as various adjustments made according to the situation based on Edward's original plan, etc. These words fell into the ears of others, undoubtedly extremely verbose and complicated, but the lovely Dehua did not have the slightest patience. One of them talked in the study, the other listened, and before they knew it, two hours had passed.

Alan ended the conversation with the punishment of the mercenary named Darang, and Edward was silent for a moment. Alan ignored it and stood straight in front of the southern map, on which Edward circled large and small circles with a red pen, no less than a hundred. These circles spread across several territories, a dozen large cities with a population of tens of thousands, and dozens of villages and towns with a population of hundreds or nearly thousands. If these circles were connected by threads, it would be the net that Edward himself said. Under this net, it is all in Allen's sight.

Behind him, Edward said: "According to the information I have gathered, the lords of various places have established their own intelligence systems. However, most of the lords' intelligence systems are not actually controlled by themselves, but rely on a few local information dealers. After all, it takes a lot of time and money to build a self-controlled intelligence network and cultivate excellent and loyal spies, especially the latter. That's not something that a lord below the earl can afford, even if we are now, supporting such an intelligence network is already the limit. If this network were to be expanded, it would be more than we could afford. ”

"In the past six months, my resources in the dark blade have been much greater than those of the Mountain King and the Inch Fire. But even so, there are no more than three hundred Dark Blades that can be used at present. In order to facilitate management, I have adjusted the ranks within the Dark Blade accordingly, and the ranks are divided into five levels from top to bottom: Dark Gold, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron. At present, the number of Iron Blades at the lowest level is the largest, about 200 people. Twenty bronze blades and five silver blades. The Golden Blade is probably only available to Belmode, and the position of Dark Gold is currently vacant. It depends on the promotion of Belmode or the introduction of other clever assassins. ”

"That's what I want to talk to you about, Belmode I want him to have full authority to intervene in the operation of the Dark Blade, and I'm going to put this spy system in his hands. As for the assassins you need to go north, I transferred two silver blades from the dark blades, and the combat power is naturally not comparable to Belmode, but the espionage information is enough. What do you think? ”

Alan nodded: "Your arrangement is suitable, I can't always keep Belmode by my side, it's time for him to be alone." ”

Edward said "um", "Now the Mountain King has Bloy, Willik is in charge of the Crusaders, there is Udi in the fire, the Dark Blade is in charge of Belmode, and the regular legion is handed over to Roy." This is an armed system that we have built up to grow in the future, and there is no need to add new armies. At most, after the two vehicle assembly lines you bring are put into use, you can select the right people from these units to form an armored division. ”

Alan said sincerely: "It was really my luck to be able to bring you to Heavenly Star back then. Otherwise, I really don't know where to find someone like you who can manage the overall situation in the rear for me. ”

"Don't talk about these meaty words, don't think that lying to me can make me work for nothing without pay." Edward snorted.

Alan laughed, when he joined the hunting group, each member of the group signed a contract with Allen in accordance with federal regulations, which involved service time and salary. Especially mercenaries like Belmode and Roy, but with the expansion of Allen's power in the Heavenly Star, not to mention an important second-in-command like Edward, the remuneration they get is much higher than the salary involved in the contract.

This time, when Alan returned to the floating island, he also went to the mercenary market and paid Belmode their boss enough liquidated damages so that the two men could develop freely. Belmode is already a servant of Allen, so naturally he stays in Heavenly Star unconditionally. And Roy, a man, has no plans to return to Earth, in his words, living a fulfilling life on the Heavenly Star, so he will continue to manage the regular legion for Allen.

Eren also gave them a rich enough reward, in the case of Edward, the property that this Malitan man can now dispose of is not much different from that of an imperial baron. And as long as Eren continues to expand, their wealth will rise with it.

Edward paused and said, "After listening to you just now, I was actually thinking about something. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The Principality of Shadows and the Balgaon Empire have been at odds for a long time, and as you know, the two countries are at loggerheads. The first to confront each other was not the regular army, but the spy systems of both sides. Infiltration and counter-infiltration, assassination and counter-assassination, that kind of war without gunpowder is sometimes more brutal and cold-blooded. However, due to the difference in race, it is obvious that neither of these two countries can export spies to the enemy country, and can only rely on buying people like Rykerd to play the role of espionage operation. Even if such a means are used, the gains are extremely limited. After all, those core figures in the empire's political circle are not so easy to be bought, and second, they should be under the surveillance of the imperial intelligence network. Edward smiled and said, "The Duchy of Shadows is the same for Balgaon, which is a hundred times more difficult to infiltrate the aliens. Now the Shadow Principality is quietly gathering troops through the mountain city, obviously planning the empire. I think it won't be long before the war between the two sides starts again. Moreover, judging from the actions of the alien race this time, they gave up the previous tactics of pressing into the empire from the north, and instead detoured to the southern border of the empire, hoping to attack the empire through this area where the military power is not too strong as an insertion point. ”

"If that's the case, then we're ......," Alan frowned.

"That's right, if the Principality of Shadows really has such intentions, then we will be the first to be affected. Therefore, it is important to have information on the Shadow Principality. Speaking of infiltration, Darkblade is also very difficult to do due to racial issues. But we have advantages that no empire has......" Edward pointed.

Alan was not stupid either, and said with a smile: "You have a crush on Hubble." ”

"Actually, I'm also surprised, what method did you use to kidnap a Cato, and that big man is still a major general's strength even if he is lost in the Federation. In our small place, the surface grade alone will stabilize you. ”

"Hubble is a good fit, but I don't think he could be a good spy. It's almost the same to let him be a fierce general, and he can't do most of the intelligence activities. ”

"Of course, I don't need him to be competent for such complicated espionage work. All he had to do was infiltrate the Shadow Duchy and report back every once in a while what he had seen and heard. Edward said lightly: "The most clever spy does not need to hear the news of the military aircraft with his own ears, but from some changes in the market as clues, he can deduce the general outline of the incident." Besides, I didn't think I needed to know the secret information of the alien race, I just needed to find out before they took action, so that we had enough time to respond. ”

"In a word, when war is inevitable. Rushing to fight and preparing for war with all your might are two different things. ”

"Okay, then I'll talk to Hubble before I go to the Bright Territory. If you can, you can prepare the wine for me first, and ask for a lot. Allen emphasized.

Edward gladly complied.

After a long conversation with Edward, Alan returned to his room. He freshened up, changed into a comfortable set of clothes, and sat quietly in order to temper the source power. On the Star of Idahua that day, he was affected by the Heart of the Stars, and when he was promoted, he attracted the Void Source Power, and it was the most violent and domineering Void Heavenly Fire. Even the heavenly fire entered the body, cleansing its own source force and circuit, and walked out of a path without predecessors like a rebirth.

Originally, according to the growth route of the source force system, the ruler could not sense the void source power below, and before the ruler, they all focused on developing their own source power. Once you are expected to cross the level 30 mark and advance to the rank of Dominator, you will only have a sense of the Void Source Force. Only then can the Void Source Force be extracted and gradually assimilated, or replace its own Source Power.

Even the Emperor Void Heavenly Fire, who left a brilliant mark in the history of Idava Star, could not skip this rule, and only after advancing to the rank of Dominator did he sense the storage of the Void Source Power and trigger the Heavenly Fire. With the supreme power of the heavenly fire and the seafall, the void and the heavenly fire have been achieved, which has run through the entire era.

also triggered the Heavenly Fire, but Alan skipped this rule, and because of fate, the Awakened Ascendant made the Heavenly Fire fall down. Even if there are no thousands of waterfalls into the sea, after all, it has also swept a pure ray of heavenly fire from the void. Looking at the entire universe, at the level of the Awakened, the source power is much stronger than him. But if you talk about the quality of the source power alone, no one can control it.