NOVPUBThere are still several War Gods who have not yet been controlled by Duke Rashar, the Third Ancestor, and they represent the biggest uncertainty.
"Besides the Third Army God, Chained Agate Geat, and the Fifth War God, Mica Lugayard, who will return to the capital after the exchange, only the Tenth Military God, Red Tourmaline Julius, might come back in the short term. Then there’s next month’s Keruti national celebration festival, when a large number of War Gods will successively return to maintain order at the ceremony and receive the blessing of the God of War and Sword."
Maquiel remained kneeling on one knee, hand resting on his knee, and respectfully responded.
All War Gods of the Cerryti Empire are blessed with the time-effective blessing of the God of War and Sword, which grants a slight enhancement to their basic attributes. The annual national celebration festival is the time to renew this blessing.
The blessing of the gods cannot coexist; at most, only one can be held at a time, but the blessing of the God of War and Sword from the Cerryti Empire is a rare pure offensive attribute, and the Cerryti Empire can bestow a long-lasting effect of the God of War and Sword blessing on their War Gods, unlike the short duration of most gods’ blessings.
"What about the Tenth Army God, Red Tourmaline Julius?"
Marquis Heratier nodded slightly, the only surprise being why this relatively weak War God would return.
The Eleventh Military God of the Cerryti Empire, Jade’s Simon Luo, is healing support, and the Twelfth War God, Cat’s Eye Stone Bianca, is a scout; both are more useful than the purely offensive Tenth Military God, Red Tourmaline Julius. One could say that the Red Tourmaline ranks at the bottom of the Military Gods.
"During the Empire and Allied Forces’ first large-scale scramble for resources in the Western Hub Zone, Red Tourmaline reversed the situation with a single shot, causing a massive explosion, almost dragging the Western Chairman-led eighth-order and other War Gods into it."
Maquiel shook his head and said,
"Julius has always been like this, reckless and overzealous, as if he has a screw loose in his head."
For Maquiel, a colonel, the envy had always exceeded respect for this young general who was conferred the title of War God at a much younger age than him.
Facing them, he would not dare to criticize any War God, but here in Blood Moon City, it was different; War Gods, like him, were all inferior beings.
Marquis Heratier was clearly taken aback. She indeed had not expected Red Tourmaline to return because he might face the military tribunal.
"We have two things to do: kill that Wolf Witch with the Eye of Judgement."
Heratier no longer focused on the War Gods, and began discussing today’s real business.
"It might be a bit troublesome. Her brother is now thriving in the Empire, even that old geezer Dex has his eye on him. If we touch his sister and he becomes relentless, inciting Dex to help him investigate, it could lead to big trouble."
Maquiel hesitated for a moment, then answered.
Though the combat strength of Duke Dex’s underlings in the Empire’s Special Operations Department isn’t that formidable, their scouting abilities are quite strong, especially that Red Falcon Nikola, who might catch the scent and come investigating.
The risk of infiltrating the Empire’s Special Operations Department is incredibly high, and widespread infiltration would certainly be discovered by Dex. Currently, only Maquiel is the Blood Clan’s true infiltrator in the department, ensuring he won’t be exposed by any other clanned members.
"The Bulida Mafia is currently experiencing financial difficulties with cash flow. As long as the price is high enough, the killers underneath will likely take the job behind their superiors’ backs."
Marquis Heratier indifferently revealed that piece of intelligence.
"I understand."
Maquiel suddenly nodded.
He got Heratier’s point: first outsource it to the Rebirth Church, then let the Corrosion Branch subcontract it to the Bulida Mafia.
No need for Heratier to teach him any more.
By removing the Corrosion Branch’s connection responsible for liaising with the Mafia, the link between the Corrosion Branch and the Mafia becomes dead without a trace, and even the Empire’s Special Operations Department wouldn’t investigate towards the Rebirth Church.
It could kill two birds with one stone, inciting conflict between the Empire’s Special Operations Department and the Mafia.
The Empire’s Special Operations Department, which the Blood Clan currently could not penetrate further, was undoubtedly the espionage agency that most restricted the Blood Clan’s freedom of activity.
"That Wolf Witch might have seen Count Seberna at Roland family’s banquet the other day; she can’t be allowed to live any longer."
Marquis Heratier looked down at Maquiel kneeling on the ground.
Although Countess Seberna could easily transform into any human appearance, effortlessly adopting a new identity within the Empire, that Wolf Witch had become a ticking time bomb and had to be eliminated at the first opportunity.
In an era when the Wolf Clan was declining, their Blood Clan even understood the Wolf Clan better than the scattered wolves themselves.
At night, warriors of this clan would significantly enhance their regeneration ability and moderately boost basic attributes, while priests would enhance their regeneration power, healing abilities, and gain special spells.
The difference between regeneration and healing is that regeneration is self-healing, while healing can be applied to oneself or others, but its effects are not as exaggerated as regeneration, and it consumes more mana. 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
Most of the Wolf Clan are Material Wolves, with a few magic system wolves essentially being a mutation of the Wolf Clan since the race itself is quite robust, so Wolf Sages would also be more resilient than typical magic system practitioners.
The Eye of Judgement, as a unique talent for Identification attributes, isn’t a particularly strong ability itself, even considered somewhat trivial, but its holder becomes a natural detective, able to see every unit’s kill count under the cover of night.
For humans, this talent is at best an aid to police investigations, adding to the clues available for deduction, but for the Blood Clan, it could be fatal, especially for those hiding within human society.
