Lord

Chapter 809: Lord

Fifteen minutes remained until the banquet began.

The four temporarily gathered in their room for a brief discussion, sharing the hidden clues they had uncovered since entering the city and their respective deductions.

The Art Festival was undoubtedly a conspiracy, but what was its true purpose?

The aberrations could not possibly be foolish enough to entertain humans merely because of their own hobbies, much less voluntarily yield during a Siege Battle... After all, a Medium Deed was no trivial thing. It represented the status of a lord, as well as the Old King's trust and blessing.

On the surface, this lord might have intended to use Han Dong's group of four to uncover the Expeditionary Force's secrets, then use Mind Control to have them return to the army and incite chaos from within.

However, all of this rested on the premise of 'control.'

If Han Dong's group could not be controlled... what would this lord do? Reveal his true nature, directly attack the four of them, and forcibly control them?

Or perhaps his goal from the very beginning had not been to control the four of them and obtain military intelligence.

Perhaps it involved something even deeper, something that could not be inferred from the information currently available.

That was all they could broadly deduce.

To learn more, they had to venture deep into the palace, into the core of the aberration city.

At the end of the discussion, Knight Charlie added:

"This city seems to be concealing something as much as possible... Like the puppets I make. No matter how closely they resemble real people, there are still subtle differences and a greater or lesser sense of incongruity.

"A Siege Campaign cannot mobilize the entire army.

"The campaign must abide by the World Rules. In other