Chapter 314
Chapter 314. Winning Over
Fulan found this very strange. She did not understand why the person before her was telling her these things.
However, Fulan could sense that faintly appearing and disappearing fluctuation related to an Emissary on the other party’s body. Sometimes, she could sense the other party’s Emissary fluctuation, and sometimes, she could not.
This seemed to indirectly prove that the other party truly did not seem to be a real Emissary. Moreover, the other party had also stated her background—she was a mage of the Alliance.
If Fulan were not a mage of the Alliance, she would probably have believed her about seventy or eighty percent by this point.
In the eyes of outsiders, the mages of the Alliance were exactly like this. They could do things that overturned common sense.
But from the perspective of Fulan, a true mage of the Alliance, this statement did not withstand scrutiny.
“I have never heard of the Alliance having a method to disguise someone as an Emissary.”
Fulan raised her doubt first and did not believe Ophelia’s words.
She herself was inside the Alliance, and she had never seen any research in this field. Of course, it was also possible that some school Fulan did not know about had researched it.
No matter what, Fulan would not believe whatever someone else said. She directly maintained her doubt.
Facing Fulan’s questioning, Ophelia merely smiled.
“This is the Alliance’s newest technology. Of course you could not possibly know about it.”
This sentence was no different from nonsense. Even a street swindler could say it, and there was no way Fulan would believe her based on that.
“Fine. I will not dwell on whether you are a mage of the Alliance. Then what business do you have with me?”
Fulan was too lazy to look for flaws in this aspect. Right now, she only wanted to know why the other party had come to her.
By this point, it was impossible for her to deal with Ophelia and then deal with the three Emissaries, so she was no longer particularly interested in what the other party had to say.
Unexpectedly, the other party’s next words made her somewhat tense.
“Lord of Radiance—is that the name of the god behind you? For a god who looted the Emerald Market, that name is rather unsuitable.”
Fulan had never expected the other party to mention this. Even when she had seen Heather just now, she had not expected someone to directly speak of the Lord of Radiance’s deeds.
This left Fulan somewhat awkward. She did not know what kind of expression she should show.
Should she act guilty after being exposed, or should she act arrogantly, as if saying, “Yes, I did it, so what?”
Fulan could not decide how to react for a moment, so she could only follow her most instinctive response and smile awkwardly.
Ophelia continued speaking slowly.
“I believe that as this god’s Emissary, you should be able to contact him, yes?”
Fulan frowned and said in confusion,
“Why are you looking for a god?”
Ophelia blinked and said,
“I said long ago that I am a mage of the Alliance. I want to represent the Alliance—no, to be precise, the Astrology School—and cooperate with you and that Lord of Radiance.”
Fulan did not respond immediately. The expression on her face loosened, and her eyes fixed firmly on Ophelia.
After a long while, Fulan finally spoke.
“First, tell me what you want to cooperate with me on.”
Ophelia revealed a heartfelt smile and said,
“The Emerald Market has always maintained a good relationship with many gods. Or rather, it is not only the Emerald Market. Almost all markets maintain good relationships with the Gods.”
“Under such circumstances, can the Lord of Radiance still find friends in the Spirit Realm?”
“You offended the lords of the Spirit Realm, because the Spirit Realm lords do not welcome someone who is capable of causing destruction and truly will cause destruction.”
“At the same time, you have offended the Gods in the Spirit Realm as well. Now, the share those Gods receive has decreased by one, and your actions have also ruined the good reputation the Gods have managed for many years.”
Normally speaking, after the Lord of Radiance robbed the Emerald Market, aside from the gods with interests tied to the market hating the Lord of Radiance because of it, the other gods should have held an indifferent attitude.
After all, although the Emerald Market sent some gifts to these gods every so often, in truth, most of the time, these gifts were only “small gifts.” The Emerald Market could not offer much more than that.
Logically speaking, the Gods should not have cared about such mosquito-leg profits.
But the identities of the Gods were simply too special. They came from the Astral Realm and had to preach in the Spirit Realm and the Material Realm, using this to make the power they projected even greater.
Before this incident occurred, almost all gods shared one consensus: do not do anything that would significantly damage the image of gods. This was done to maintain the Gods’ good reputation.
But this consensus changed after the Lord of Radiance looted the Emerald Market. Now, almost everyone could clearly realize that those gods were all unstable factors.
Ophelia did not know what reason had caused the Lord of Radiance to make such a decision and directly place himself in opposition to most people.
However, there was one thing Ophelia understood very clearly. The Lord of Radiance’s relationship with the other gods was definitely not good, whether before or after the Emerald Market incident.
There was naturally no need to say more about what happened afterward. The explanation above had already made it very clear.
Even before the matter occurred, the Lord of Radiance’s relationship with the other gods must not have been particularly good either. Otherwise, why would the Lord of Radiance have chosen to loot the Emerald Market?
Any god would know that once the Emerald Market was looted, it would force the position of the Gods into an awkward place.
Yet the Lord of Radiance had done it anyway. This showed that his relationship with those gods had always been poor.
And knowing this created room for Ophelia herself and the Astrology School behind her to act.
“Just tell me directly what you want to do. I do not want to hear you explain at length what consequences our actions will bring.”
Fulan interrupted Ophelia’s attempt to continue a long speech emphasizing how difficult her and the Lord of Radiance’s current situation was.
To Fulan, if the Lord of Radiance wanted to act, then he had acted. She and the Lord of Radiance were not that tightly bound together either.
Unlike the other Emissaries, whose power all came from gods, very little of Fulan’s current power came from a god. Her strength today had all come from her step-by-step “effort.”
To her, the matters between gods were only an opportunity. She had not even treated the Lord of Radiance as one of her own people.
One could even say bluntly that, to a certain extent, Anna held the same level of importance in Fulan’s heart as the Lord of Radiance.
Both had good relationships with Fulan, and maintaining these relationships could bring Fulan certain benefits.
It was merely that the Lord of Radiance could bring her greater benefits, but the corresponding risks were also higher. That was why she ranked the two at the same level.
Ophelia composed herself, then continued answering Fulan’s question.
“As I said earlier, your reputation in the Spirit Realm is not very good. The mages of the Alliance are the same.”
Fulan raised an eyebrow. She somewhat understood what the other party meant now, and at this moment, she instead began to believe that the other party truly was a mage of the Alliance.
Just as Fulan had participated in the First-Tier advancement assessment as someone at the Formal Tier, before Fulan, quite a few mages had made similar attempts.
Put yourself in that position. You are an ordinary Spirit Realm Professional advancing normally, but during your advancement, a Formal-Tier mage also comes to participate, solely for the chance of obtaining a Spirit Realm talent.
And the trial you are participating in might even be one where you have to compete with other Spirit Realm Excursionists. Under such circumstances, what would you think of that mage?
And the mages of the Alliance had done far more than that.
As everyone knew, the mages of the Alliance were very good at conducting experiments and strengthening themselves with the conclusions obtained from those experiments.
So the Spirit Realm had suffered countless experiments from Alliance mages. Among them, there were always some experiments that went wrong and caused damage to other people’s interests.
Therefore, among the groups in the Spirit Realm, the reputation of Alliance mages was far worse than that of the Gods.
It was even worse than the reputation of the entire godly faction after the Lord of Radiance looted the Spirit Realm market.
However, even that reputation could not compare to the current Lord of Radiance. After all, there was still a difference between an incomprehensible lunatic and a terrorist who specifically ruined other people’s identities and property.
The reason Fulan believed the other party was a mage of the Alliance was because she felt the other party’s actions truly came from the perspective of a mage.
“We need to find companions in the Spirit Realm to pave the way for the next thing we intend to do. And you also need to catch your breath in the Spirit Realm. We each take what we need. Is that not good?”
Ophelia spoke very gently, as though the cooperation she spoke of was also a benefit for Fulan’s side.
“Tell me specifically what you want to do. Otherwise, there is nothing to discuss.”
Fulan did not buy the other party’s card of analyzing the larger situation. It was useless to her, because she was not truly standing on the Lord of Radiance’s side.
Moreover, even so, she still had to first hear the other party’s answer before deciding whether to tell the Lord of Radiance about this matter.
Although her relationship with the Lord of Radiance was only so-so, she and the Lord of Radiance were still “friends,” were they not?
If what the other party said was disadvantageous to the Lord of Radiance, then she had no need to help the other party relay the message. In this matter, she had no particular sense of identification with her Alliance identity.
Ophelia paused, seeming to understand that if she did not give a proper explanation, Fulan would not yield even half a step.
She sighed and said,
“All right, I will tell you. But you absolutely must not... Actually, even if you say it, it does not seem to matter much... In any case, do not speak of it casually when there is no need. Is that acceptable?”
Fulan nodded. Then she heard Ophelia say,
“It is nothing especially complicated. We of the Alliance—to be precise, the Astrology School—have taken a liking to a certain Domain. Although we have the power to capture it, we lack the means to occupy it.”
“In other words, we lack a lord to occupy that Domain.”
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