"Huh?" Claire frowned slightly, "What does this mean?"
"Archmage Merlin is about to take action."
"Does this have anything to do with the changes in the war situation?" Claire further asked. In his inherent understanding, a strong man at the Dharma Saint level is the same as the nuclear weapons in the previous life. If both sides have them, then the main battle is the strength of the armies below.
Otherwise, why would those kingdoms raise so many soldiers? It means winning on the battlefield when the top combat powers are restraining each other.
"Of course it is related. If it is an ordinary Dharma Saint, it will not have much impact on the changes in the war situation, but that is Archmage Merlin." When talking about Archmage Merlin, even the always arrogant Sophia couldn't help but show admiration.
"In the past few years, we and the enemy have been evenly matched on the battlefield of Raging Flames. Why do you think the other party withdrew from Blazing Flame Plane so quickly after Archmage Merlin came back? It's all because of Archmage Merlin's deterrent power on the battlefield."
Claire blinked. He didn't expect Merlin to be so powerful. Listening to Sophia's description was a bit beyond his imagination.
"So?" Claire continued to ask.
Sophia suddenly closed his mouth at this time and looked at Claire with a mysterious face, "The following are state secrets, I can't tell you."
Claire: "..." This woman is really good at keeping people appetizing.
Then Claire looked at the desk beside him and said, "I will help you organize these files later. You can tell me now."
Sophia covered his mouth and laughed, "Hahaha, oh, I'm just teasing you. Even if you don't help me sort it out, I will tell you."
"Well, I won't help you sort it out."
Sophia: "..."
"No! You have to do what you promised."
"Okay, okay, hurry up and say it."
After receiving a positive reply from Claire, Sophia continued, "Archmage Merlin's strength is considered very strong among the Dharma Saints, strong enough to single-handedly kill any one of the two Dharma Saints Blazing Flame Orcs."
"So Archmage Merlin doesn't plan to rely on those soldiers to solve the war, but solves it from the top combat power. He directly attacks and kills one of the opponent's Dharma Saints. In this way, their high-level combat power is unbalanced. We can crush them through high-level combat power. After solving the high-level combat power, Blazing Flame Orcs will be annihilated in one fell swoop with a dimensionality reduction strike."
Claire nodded suddenly, and he didn't ask anything. Since Archmage Merlin was so strong, why didn't he just attack and kill the opponent's Dharma Saint from the beginning? If it was that simple, then this wouldn't be called a war. Why did it take so long?
Even if Merlin can attack and kill a Dharma Saint of the opponent, he will definitely suffer some damage. Compared with injuring a strong Dharma Saint level, Norris, as King, definitely hopes to use the lives of the soldiers below to promote victory. Claire estimates that when Merlin made this decision, Norris must have tried to dissuade him several times, and finally decided on this plan for unknown reasons.
So Claire asked, "Aren't there two Dharma Saints on the other side? One is High Priest, the other is Ancestral Spirit of the Blazing Flame Orcs, and Melly Dharma Saint wants to fight against two and kill one of them?"
"How is that possible?" Sophia said in surprise, "Archmage Merlin is very strong, but not that strong. One of them will be restrained by Six Archmages."
"Oh." Claire nodded, "Then the Dharma Saint from the royal family won't take action?"
Claire is asking about the ancestor of Norris and the first King of this kingdom - Archmage Ivan, but compared to Merlin who is still active, he seems a bit low-key.
"You mean Archmage Ivan? He has been in seclusion in the secret realm for more than two hundred years. If it were not for something as important as the subjugation of the country, he would not come out."
"But don't worry. Although Six Archmages is not as strong as the Dharma Saint, it is still no problem to contain the opponent."
Claire nodded and learned some more secrets in the kingdom.
After chatting for a while, Claire fulfilled his promise and began to help Sophia organize the files on the desktop. As he continued to organize, Claire also inferred many useful facts from the information obtained.
In the next few days, Claire stayed in the Magic Academy's library. When he got tired, he went out for a walk, laundered money for Yana, and then inquired about Blazing Flame Plane's recent news.
On the fifth day, the news that Merlin attacked and killed the opposing orc Ancestral Spirit spread throughout the capital, and everyone in the streets was shouting Merlin 666.
However, it did not achieve the ideal effect. Merlin failed to kill the opponent, but only seriously injured the Ancestral Spirit of the Blazing Flame Orcs. He also suffered a certain degree of injury. However, overall, this battle was beneficial to their side.
After Claire inquired so much information in the royal capital, it was finally useful. After getting the news, he quickly returned to the basement of the residence where Shane gave him temporary residence, opened the plane teleportation, and headed to Wizard Plane.
Previously, in order to prevent Blazing Flame Orcs from taking advantage of others, Claire asked Daren to trade thousands of sets of equipment each time, lest the other party would fall out of favor after taking the big deal. Then Claire did not really have a fictitious backer, so they could only swallow the pain.
This time Blazing Flame Orcs's ancestor was seriously injured. Maybe Blazing Flame Plane will be captured at some point. Now I still have more than 10,000 sets of equipment in my hand. If I don't sell them quickly, I will lose them. And Blazing Flame Orcs, because Ancestral Spirit was seriously injured, he can still sit back and raise prices a little bit.
After arriving at Wizard World, Claire asked the wizards who were going to trade to bring all their equipment, and opened the way to Blazing Flame Plane for them.
The worst-case scenario that Claire imagined did not occur. Blazing Flame Orcs did not take advantage of others and accepted their price increase.
When they came back, the other party asked the leading wizard to bring them a message: they wanted to make other transactions and asked Claire if there was any treasure to repair the soul. As long as there were so many Blazing Flame Essence Ore, they would be willing to pay.
Blazing Flame Orcss have already regarded the green-skinned toads disguised as Claire and others as a strange race that trades between planes.
Claire also quickly thought of the orc Ancestral Spirit being seriously injured by Merlin. Maybe it was because the other party tried various methods but failed, so those Blazing Flame Orcs placed their hopes on themselves.
When he heard the news, the wizard who went to trade was a little confused. He neither refused nor agreed. When he came back, he reported the news to Claire.
Claire was a little hesitant after hearing this. After thinking for a long time, he decided to go there in person. As the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger, so he had to go and see if there was any chance of a cure. The level of the other party's medicine was not as good as Mage World's. If the priest there couldn't cure it, maybe Mage World's medicine would be effective.
So if you have the chance, don't give up so many Blazing Flame Essence Ore in vain.
However, Claire still knew something in his heart. Even if he could cure 80% of the other person, he would only cure 50%. Although he was "treasonous", his relationship with Merlin was pretty good. He couldn't just stab him in the back and rescue him after he worked so hard to get the other person seriously injured. This will make Merlin know that he has to strangle himself to death.