After leaving the Royal Palace, Li Wei took Sophia back to the Eye of the Sky, then went and hauled Anthony over.
"The current situation inside the Sasha Alliance? Boss, as you know, I haven't infiltrated them yet. All I have are some unconfirmed reports-"
"Just tell me what you've heard. Is someone inside the Sasha Alliance trying to harm that old man?"
Li Wei understood that Anthony's line of work wasn't easy. A spy's most important duty was passing on intelligence, but he couldn't send back false reports and rumors. That was also why the media passed along information faster than intelligence operatives: when publishing news, the media didn't need to consider whether it was true, only how much attention it would attract. But if an intelligence operative tried to fob people off with information of uncertain veracity, he would lose his head.
"From what I've heard, yes, boss."
Anthony's expression grew serious, and he began telling Li Wei what he knew.
As mentioned before, there were currently three factions within the Sasha Alliance: the Surrender Faction, the Resistance Faction, and the Separatist Faction.
The one that mattered now was the Separatist Faction.
To explain that, one had to start with how the Sasha Alliance was formed.
As everyone knew, the Sasha Alliance was an alliance between Sakt and Shabak: two countries under one emperor. There was a reason for that. Long ago, the Kingdom of Shabak had lost a war, and its king had died in battle without leaving any children.
At the time, Ferdinand I of the Kingdom of Sakt was related to the king of Shabak by marriage. So after Shabak lost its king and was left without an heir, Ferdinand I laid claim to Shabak's throne on the strength of that relationship.
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