Chapter 216: The Tin Knight and The Singing Bones (4)
The scarecrow said, “First, as a premise, it’s impossible for us to arrive ‘quietly’ at the Tower of Protection. There might be survivors from this battle that we haven’t noticed, and even if there are no survivors, a elite unit like this would certainly have established a regular communication network.”
The Tower of Control would quickly grasp the situation and undoubtedly send a pursuit team.
So we needed to shake things up before that, she said.
“Let’s spread information widely. It would be better if it’s in the form of a song. Since it’s difficult to convey overly detailed content and it could also damage the honor of the Friedel people, let’s make it as brief as possible while still stimulating people’s imagination.”
Ordinary people who didn’t know the circumstances would be curious about what this was all about and each would voice their own speculations, while the upper echelons of the tower who knew the situation would turn suspicious eyes towards the Tower of Control, wondering what on earth was going on.
Control would have to focus on suppressing the commotion and resolving the suspicions of other towers, and consequently, the resources devoted to pursuit would decrease.
“Of course, even doing this, it’s impossible to completely manipulate the opponent as we wish. It will depend on how capable the Tower of Control is, but the end will undoubtedly be a power struggle.”
The opponent was one of the four heads of the Magic State.
Expecting such beings to be simply led along by our plan would be underestimating the world too much.
The role of the strategist was to lay out the situation and set the stage.
Achieving success on that stage was the task of the remaining people.
“—I made as many as ordered, but don’t expect much in terms of quality. This isn’t really a necromancer’s specialty, after all.”