Alliance

Viscount Weissman committed treason!

Although all three intuitively felt this was the truth, it involved a powerful noble with real authority. As the deputy chief of the police department, Gloria still felt uneasy and found it hard to believe.

But Lizer knew that verifying this matter was actually not complicated.

Just as a magic caster inevitably leaves energy traces, everything that happens in the world leaves a mark.

As a territorial lord, one only needed to review Viscount Weissman's governance policies over the years.

Lizer believed there would inevitably be subtle changes in his policies before and after his treason, allowing one to see the big picture through small details.

The reason others couldn't see it was that they never even considered the possibility of his treason.

And based on this assumption, many originally illogical things suddenly made sense.

A moment later, Gloria said,

"Ten years ago, Viscount Weissman suddenly began increasing the military funding for the Burst Flame Army year by year.

Nine years ago, under the name of 'regional transportation development', he built a large number of main roads leading to worthless areas in the border region..."

Gloria sighed,

"This is truly terrifying.

What exactly is the reason? Why would he betray the Principality?

Is the Principality not good enough?"

Lizer shook his head. Aside from the person involved, it would probably be very difficult for anyone else to know these reasons.

Philina, on the other hand, was thinking about another matter.

"If, and I mean if...

If we report this to the Internal Intelligence Bureau, wouldn't it be a great merit?"

It seemed Philina still valued her identity in the Internal Intelligence Bureau quite a bit, but this approach wouldn't work.

"We don't have evidence!

If we report recklessly, we might end up just like Bobby's entire family."

Hearing this, Philina pondered how to obtain evidence to complete this highly meritorious task, while Gloria raised her own concerns:

"Oh! Is Gele City still part of the Principality? Just how many people are in league with Viscount Weissman?

My superior, the mayor of Grey Fog Mountain town, Senior Brother Sven...

Good heavens! Who can I still trust?"

Hearing this, Lizer also took a sharp breath,

"From Bobby's information, Wilson was clearly a minor pawn for Viscount Weissman.

When he was recommended to Rice back then, it might have been an arrangement by the Feiting Federation's 'Lurkers' to place a monitor under Rice.

Hmm, let me ask a question. How exactly was Wilson's cause of death reported? It didn't mention Rice or us, did it?"

Philina recalled for a moment,

"Senior Brother gave me a hint, prohibiting any involvement of people or things related to Rice on the grounds of confidentiality.

He had me fabricate an unwarranted charge. Since Wilson and I had a grudge, many people in the police station now mistakenly believe I was the one who secretly killed him.

Fortunately, the gunmen at the time were all my trusted subordinates, and no one knew about or saw Rice."

Lizer thought for a moment and solemnly instructed,

"Then you had better make sure your subordinates keep it a strict secret!

No matter what, Rice is still useful. Try to keep him alive; it benefits us too."

After a brief pause, Lizer continued,

"Gloria, you can tell Sven about our speculation. At the very least, he should be trustworthy.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have planned the capture of Rice with us, nor would he have given you a hint.

Hmm, perhaps he has also sensed something. That would make a lot of things make sense."

Addressing Philina's suggestion, Lizer said,

"This matter is up to the will of heaven.

On one hand, he will be exposed sooner or later. Maybe before we even find evidence, he will expose himself.

On the other hand, this also indicates that the situation has become extremely corrupt and chaotic. We should seize the time to improve our strength so that we can protect ourselves in the turmoil."

Speaking of this, Lizer suddenly thought of the young girl Felin he had encountered by chance in Gele City.

At that time, her questioning about why Gele City lacked high-precision lathes seemed pointed. Furthermore, he didn't know if she would actually help him make connections for purchasing high-level lathes.

Hearing the conversation between Lizer and Philina, Gloria was suddenly taken aback. Then, she looked at the two and said solemnly,

"Let's form an alliance! To deal with the upcoming chaotic situation, I think you will also need my help, and I too need some trustworthy allies."

Hearing this, Lizer smiled and shook hands with her. Her hand felt cool and smooth to the touch.

"We have been allies for a long time, haven't we?"

The night had grown too deep...

The few of them chatted a bit more about the upcoming arrangements. Gloria would help Lizer commission a construction team to renovate and reinforce the buildings on the two empty lots, and add some structures according to Lizer's requirements.

With enough gold coins and the effect of magical items, it should be completed in about ten days.

By then, the equipment Lizer ordered would basically be secured. Lizer also asked Philina, who kept in touch with Rice, to urge them to issue the Feiting orders and payments.

It was already very late when they returned to the academy, but Philina, deeply in love, still clung to Lizer and brought him back to her apartment.

She no longer cared at all about being seen by other mentors and students. It was just that Lizer felt his body getting weaker and weaker.

Noon the next day.

Unable to hold back, Lizer went to the library to look up potion information regarding physical strengthening and vitality consolidation.

In a book titled Secret Methods of Rejuvenation, he found a related aphrodisiac potion called Vigorous Might. He also saw a few familiar notes on it, and upon careful recollection, he realized they were actually Mentor Snape's notes.

Lizer suddenly remembered seeing Mentor Snape looking flustered in the laboratory.

So this guy was brewing aphrodisiacs!

He wondered which lady was so fierce?

However, the description of Vigorous Might stated that it could only prolong the duration of the relevant organ, and it had to be taken every single time. It absolutely could not solve Lizer's fundamental problem, and it might even have side effects.

Checking the relevant information, enhancing his own physical fitness was still the fundamental way to solve the problem.

Time flew happily, and another week passed...

Urged by Lizer and Philina, Rice finally delivered the first batch of payment: 200 gold coins.

The Feiting Federation planned to order ten thousand military knight swords in one go. The requirements for these knight swords were much higher than those of the academy.

They needed to be able to withstand intense slaughter and frequent hacking on the battlefield, bringing the cost to 2 silver coins per sword.

Because it was a secret transaction, Feiting, in order to encourage Lizer, the traitor, offered a high price of 3.5 silver coins per sword, attempting to bind him deeply.

Incidentally, they paid a one-time 5-year custody fee of 1.5 silver coins, which converted to 5 silver coins per sword. The Feiting Federation also paid 50 percent of the payment in one lump sum, totaling 100 gold coins, fully displaying their generosity.

With this, Lizer suddenly became wealthy. He discussed it with Philina and spared another 20 gold coins for her, telling her to mail it to the senior necromancy wizard apprentice as soon as possible so that Philina's sister could receive treatment quickly.

The necromancy expert had already received the previous 20 gold coins and sent back a message:

If Philina could pay off the 100 gold coins within a year and pay an extra 50 gold coins, he happened to have a batch of rare materials recently.

These could speed up the organ preparation and also add a small amount of half-elf bloodline to the heart of Philina's sister.

Lizer made the decisive call for Felina to accept, signing the new organ transplant surgery contract. This moved Felina so deeply that, right in the middle of the day, she insisted on clinging to Lizer all the way back to the apartment.