Opening an office in Taila

Chapter 289 Chess Pieces

For Song Yufeng, walking on rooftops was already commonplace. At night, the rooftops between buildings became his main thoroughfare. Before long, Song Yufeng had arrived at the city center of Lentinium, which was also near the heart of the country, the parliament.

Even late at night, large numbers of Sarkaz soldiers patrolled the area. Song Yufeng wasn't in a hurry. He stood on a nearby rooftop, observing the patrol routes of the Sarkaz soldiers.

I don't know if there are any relevant documents within the parliament.

Thinking this, Song Yufeng decided to enter the council to find out what was going on, but just as he was about to take action, flames suddenly shot into the sky to his west, followed by a series of explosions.

What happened?

The Kazdel soldiers patrolling near the parliament were also taken aback. After leaving some behind, the rest of the Kazdel soldiers rushed toward the explosion site.

This is a good opportunity.

Song Yufeng thought to himself that although he didn't know who caused the explosion, he was grateful for their efforts. Then he quickly flashed into the council chamber. In fact, with Song Yufeng's speed, the security forces would have had a hard time finding him, let alone now that the security forces had been reduced by more than half.

Besides the main hall used for meetings, the council also had many small offices. After searching around, Song Yufeng actually found some things.

"The Breath of Kings? What is that?" Song Yufeng asked, looking at a document with some confusion. This thing seemed to be a sword that could eliminate natural disasters, but its current location was not mentioned in the document.

A sword that can evade natural disasters—wouldn't that be the nemesis of the Shard? After all, the Shard is the source of natural disasters. With the Breath of the Kings, the Shard would be virtually powerless to pose any threat to the Duke's army.

But the Duke of Windermere never mentioned anything about it to me...

Was it a deliberate cover-up, or did they genuinely not know about it?

Song Yufeng searched through some more materials, among which he found information about the Citizens' Self-Rescue Army.

“Aldean Cumberland…leader of the noble faction of the Londinium Citizens' Self-Salvation Army…Daughter of Duke Cumberland? Interesting. Kazdel and his group have actually managed to unite nobles and commoners… Clovisia, commander of the Citizens' Self-Salvation Army, hmm, these two must be the leading figures in the Self-Salvation Army. I need to make contact with them…”

Just after Song Yufeng finished reading the documents, footsteps were heard outside the office.

Song Yufeng immediately became alert, but it was too late. The other person's footsteps seemed to be deliberately made for him to hear, and they only made footsteps when they reached the door. Before that, they were completely silent.

I was discovered long ago.

Song Yufeng immediately raised his gun, but when the other party opened the door, Song Yufeng was dumbfounded. Pink long hair, white dress, Theresa? You're not dead!

However, Song Yufeng came to his senses the next moment. Theresa's eyes were so empty that it was definitely not Theresa herself!

It's the "Demon King"!

So, Theresis might be nearby!

Sure enough, Theresis appeared right behind Theresa shortly afterward.

Song Yufeng stared intently at the man in front of him, Theresis. Without a doubt, this was the guy Song Yufeng was most worried about. He was no longer the Theresis from the original story, but the Theresis who cooperated with the Deep Sea Church and received the support of the gods.

“You…have come…” Therese said with a complicated expression.

"You knew I was coming?"

“After I learned that you had appeared in Victoria, I knew that you would come sooner or later, whether in the name of Minghuang or in the name of the gods.”

"I almost forgot, you've already gained the support of the gods. Tell me, what deal did you make with them? And why are they supporting you?"

Therese smiled, not answering Song Yufeng's question, but instead saying to herself, "Song Yufeng, you know, when I realized that there really are gods in this world, I immediately thought that I might be able to talk to them. Terra is definitely not what the gods want to see now, but what if I could make this land what the gods want? No conflict, all countries, all people submit to one country, stability, that's what the gods want."

Risk hedging?

The first thing that came to Song Yufeng's mind was: Do even gods play this game?

"The Deep Sea Church?"

"Oh, don't play dumb, Song Yufeng. You should know that the gods are also using me as a pawn, but I don't want to be a pawn. I want to turn the tables. I can't let the gods do whatever they want. I need a backup plan..."

"Theresis, do you know what you're doing?"

"I know, you don't need to remind me. By the way, you should also be careful. Many people are using you as a pawn, for example, that Master Zhong..."

"Nonsense," Song Yufeng said, drawing his sword.

Therese took a step back, clearly still wary of Song Yufeng's strength, and then said, "Believe it or not, it's up to you. Don't come looking for me if you regret it someday."

Having said that, he led Theresia and slowly retreated. Song Yufeng didn't make a move either. After all, Theresis was incredibly cunning these days, and nobody knew what he had up his sleeve. What if things went wrong?

"Oh, and by the way, let me remind you, Song Yufeng, I might be a little wary of you, but my other friends might not be so wary of that Master Zhong behind you... You'd better watch yourself..."