Behind the Conspiracy

"Captain, we have delivered the letter to the Lord's Mansion."

In an inn in Sunset City, a middle-aged man is talking to two young men.

"We weren't exposed, were we?"

One of the young men quickly added, "It's just delivering a message. The guards who receive the mail won't recognize us. Don't worry, Captain."

Upon hearing the young man's reply, the middle-aged man glared at him and said, "Being careful is always the best policy. We're here to atone for our crimes. If we fail to achieve anything, we'll still die in the end."

After saying that, the middle-aged man suddenly reached up and wiped his face. Instantly, his appearance completely changed, and then he stood up.

"We should leave now. Everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged. Whether it succeeds or not is no longer our concern."

"We should leave Sunset City; we still have a mission to complete."

"Yes!"

The two young men also wiped their faces like the captain, and they both changed their expressions.

The captain looked you over carefully before nodding in satisfaction. "Your Disguise Technique are finally complete. It seems that the life-or-death crisis last time was useful. Your skills have also improved a lot. I estimate that you will soon have the opportunity to meet Veteran Secret Guard."

It turns out these people are actually Silver Maple Secret Guard. I wonder what their purpose is in appearing here?

The three of them soon left the inn, retrieved a carriage from a merchant guild in the city, and drove away from Sunset City.

Although the city guards found it strange that a caravan would be leaving Sunset City at this time, they let them go once they saw that their travel permits were complete.

When they were far from Sunset City, the two young men got into the car and asked their captain, "Captain, shouldn't our target this time be Viscount Golden Sunflower?"

"Won't we be punished by headquarters if we just give up like this?"

"So what if I'm punished? Do you want to die?"

We finally made it back to Silver Maple City alive from the Northlands. Isn't all this hardship just to survive?

"You witnessed Viscount Victor's skills that day; even if the three of us took the secret medicine, we couldn't possibly kill him!"

After hearing the captain's words, the young man seemed to recall something, and his body suddenly shuddered.

He asked incredulously, "Captain, how is that Viscount Victor so powerful? He easily took down several charging Cavalry all by himself without even getting hurt!"

The middle-aged man replied irritably, "You're asking me? I don't know either!"

All I know is that even a small team of fully-fledged Veteran Secret Guard, let alone you who are only close to senior-level, couldn't possibly kill Viscount Victor. The difference in skill level is too great.

As he finished speaking, his eyes flashed back to the scene at the Battle of Rotten Tree Beach a few days earlier, where Victor had dealt with the First Legion's Cavalry flanking from the rear, casually killing the First Legion's Personal Guard and several other Cavalry.

He was also a senior Silver Maple Secret Guard, having carried out many missions for the Silver Maple Ducal House, including intelligence gathering and assassination. He had dealt with powerful generals and cunning nobles, and had seen warriors with extraordinary martial prowess, but none of them were as terrifying and powerful as Victor.

Especially after the great war, they did not give up and tried to use drugs to get close to Victor to carry out an assassination. But as soon as he got close to Victor, his brain seemed to be frantically alarming, as if Victor could discover him at any moment.

This incident terrified him. The disparity in strength was already enormous, but now even his only secret identity was gone. How could he possibly assassinate him? So he simply abandoned his mission against Victor himself with two team members.

However, before and after leaving Silver Maple, the tasks they gave them included not only assassinating Victor, but also finding a way to create chaos in the three eastern counties, making it impossible for the Northern Alliance Army's Southern Marching Legion and the Northern Frontier nobles to coexist.

But the battlefield situation changed too quickly. In just one afternoon, the entire First Legion and the Eastern Coalition of Nobles were wiped out by Victor's troops and the army of Great Oak Territory.

It's unlikely that this secret guard team will cause any trouble for Victor's southward army in the Eastern Region now, since most of the nobles have already been won over by Victor in his own name and in the name of Count Black.

"Fortunately, there's always a way out, and we've discovered the undercurrents within the Great Oak Territory!"

"As long as they can organize an army to attack the Great Oak Territory Manor as planned, even if we don't kill Viscount Victor, our objective will still be achieved."

The middle-aged man said smugly to his two teammates, who nodded in agreement.

It turns out that they were also involved in the plot to Rebellion in the Great Oak Territory. The intelligence agents that Steward Magnus had placed in the branch of the Great Oak Family did not discover the Silver Maple Secret Guard hidden behind those people.

"Is everything ready in the POW camp?"

The captain of the secret guard questioned his two subordinates.

"Ready, Captain!"

The Rage Potion has been placed in the wells, but unfortunately, the dosage is small; it's only in one well, and it's estimated to affect at most a thousand people.

"That's enough. If these thousand people have a manic episode, they can definitely disrupt the entire POW camp and then affect the larger serf camp next door. I estimate that Viscount Victor's troops and the private army of the Great Oak Territory will have to work for a long time to suppress them."

With the help of the thugs we've planted in Sunset City by those few Great Oak Family, and their subsequent arson throughout the city, Sunset City will be thrown into complete chaos.

This way, for at least half a month, this army won't be able to move, neither north nor south. We'll have done a great service for the duchy.

The two young men were also very excited after hearing what their captain said.

"Captain, what's our next step?"

"It's very simple. Try to make the three eastern counties even more chaotic. Isn't that Viscount Golden Sunflower trying to mobilize the nobles' private armies?"

"Let's go kill a few minor nobles, preferably their entire families, and see if they still dare to obey the orders of the duchy's traitor."

After the captain of the secret guards finished speaking, the two young secret guards revealed maniacal smiles, as if they were eagerly anticipating the killing.

The captain of the secret guard frowned, but after a while, seeing that the two had returned to normal, he didn't say anything more. He sent the two to drive the carriage, while he stayed in the carriage alone to organize the tools.

After the two left, he took out a notebook and began to write, "Experiment Observation Diary, Issue 6: The two experimenters' strength has increased rapidly and they are already close to the senior level. If they take the secret medicine, they can definitely have the senior level of skills."

However, the mental state of both subjects was not ideal. They usually behaved normally, but if they were involved in a fight or stimulated by words related to killing, they would develop a bloodthirsty impulse.

I suggest that the experimental remedy should be used more cautiously. Although it can greatly enhance combat power, it severely affects rationality. Even if the experimenter reaches the skill level of a senior-level expert, they would not qualify as Veteran Secret Guard.

After finishing writing, the captain of the secret guard closed the notebook and sighed.

"Ever since the herbs for the secret medicine suddenly started growing faster, the Secret Guard Camp has changed. Although they have brought more secret medicine than before, the side effects have also increased."

"Well, I'll send this experimental diary back to Silver Maple City when I reach the next noble territory. Hopefully, it'll be of some use."

The captain recalled that after they had gone through many hardships to escape from the Northlands and returned to Silver Maple City, all the survivors of their secret guard team were included in a secret medicine experiment by the secret guard camp. They were tested on the newly produced secret medicine in the camp. As a result, except for the two young men, the other survivors all died from the side effects of the secret medicine.

Although the two young people survived and were greatly enhanced, the captain always had concerns about the experiment.

The manic-depressant drug is also a product of the production of this secret medicine. Ordinary people only need to take a very small dose to go mad and become unrecognizable to their relatives, frantically attacking those around them. They will also become stronger and have less pain.

After experiencing these experiments, the captain believed that the tradition of the Silver Maple Secret Guard should be followed, and that the guards' physical and mental will should be tempered through painful training and difficult missions. This would allow for better use of the secret medicine, rather than using large amounts of the medicine to create guards with strong combat power but unstable mental states.

But he was just a Squad Leader, and his words carried little weight. He didn't know if his Experiment Observation Diary and suggestions would even reach the hands of the important figures.