"This is absolutely outrageous!"
Ed briefly recounted the intelligence from the Great Labyrinth City, and before he finished speaking, the two men fishing by the river were already furious.
In the hearts of the brothers Balund and Aiboke, nothing was more important than the safety of the Graycast Corridor.
And now, a force that has almost no connection with the Graycast Corridor and is located across the sea is actually trying to assassinate the Grand Foundry Master!
Even if Gray is only a nominal Grand Foundry Master, merely a mascot, this is undoubtedly trampling on the dignity of the Graycast Corridor.
How dare they?!
Suddenly, Balund stood up, and without thinking, crushed his own fishing rod.
A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and several bubbles rose to the surface of the river. A dozen or so fish of various sizes floated to the surface, belly up.
At this point, Aiboke pretended not to see it, while Ed forcibly suppressed the twitching corner of his mouth and said resentfully:
"Isn't that outrageous? Look at them, they've even angered the fish of our Theocracy to death!"
After making a joke, Ed, ignoring Balund's slightly flushed face, immediately made the decision for the two of them:
"We'll head to the Great Labyrinth City immediately to meet with the Grand Foundry Master and make detailed arrangements."
"Good."
Aiboke and Balund spoke in unison. Balund, who was skilled in using Psionic Energy Formula, immediately began casting a spell on the spot, and soon brought his brother and Ed's clone into the Graycast Corridor.
Despite facing a formidable enemy, Balund did not lose his composure.
To avoid alerting the enemy to the Psionic Energy fluctuations, this experienced warlock did not teleport directly into the Great Labyrinth City, but instead went to a satellite city.
The lord of this satellite city is also an elderly man who once fought alongside Aiboke and Balund against the Blood Corpse. He is a man the two brothers can absolutely trust.
An old friend came in person. The old city lord originally wanted to catch up with the two of them, but seeing their expressions, he knew that something big must have happened.
Soon, a small mobile fortress tasked with transportation departed from this satellite city, heading towards the Great Labyrinth City under the guise of supply dispatch.
Inside the carriage sat Ed and his two companions.
A day later, the small fortress drove into the Great Labyrinth City, and the three of them sneaked into the Rotating Library through an underground passage.
Ed was in a good mood upon seeing the Gray after some time apart. However, due to the imminent threat of a great enemy, the time for pleasantries was extremely limited, and the two mascots, one Machine Spirit, and three reinforcements who had been brought in began a private conversation.
After synchronizing some messages, Balund and Aiboke calmed down.
Putting aside the egregious nature of this incident, in terms of combat alone, their side clearly has a greater chance of winning.
As the top secret of the Graycast Corridor, there are no more than ten people in the world (not counting players) who know the true identity of the current Grand Foundry Master is a Machine Spirit. Because this matter is so important, everyone has tacitly kept the secret.
With this advantage, they already had the upper hand in terms of initiative and intelligence.
If the attacking councilor were only one of [ Giant Arms ] or [ Nether Crossing ], the Great Labyrinth City Machine Spirit wouldn't even have sent out this plea for help.
It is an unprecedentedly large and advanced High Tier. Damage to some structures will not affect the overall operation at all, and it can easily deal with enemies that have entered its "body".
But the enemy has gone from one High Tier to two High Tier, so dealing with them is not as simple as one plus one.
Moreover, these two are not ordinary High Tier; they are not on the same level as the temporary vampire duke created from a drop of True Blood.
With these two combined, the Great Labyrinth City was already stretched thin, and with so many civilians in the city needing protection, asking for help was clearly out of the question.
The act of requesting aid, and even the fact that the enemy has unknowingly exposed themselves, can be used as a trump card for a decisive blow if used appropriately.
After a heated debate, Ed and the two former Grand Foundry Master finally figured out the number of enemies:
First, there are the High Tier combatants. Besides the two well-known High Tier, [ Giant Arms ] and [ Nether Crossing ], there are also two ordinary High Tier, Keen and Brenfield. Both of them are Grand Artisan, mainly responsible for shipbuilding and navigation-related matters. Although their combat strength is average, they have barely squeezed into the High Tier category.
Besides the adventurer Suolaer and a few other mid-level members, there were also some other Middle Tier combatants who did not attend the meeting.
As for the Low Tier, there's really not much to it—the members of the Corrupted Graycast Corridor, which the Skeleton Alliance focuses on corrupting, are mainly concentrated in the mid- High Tier, and they don't care about ordinary laborers and soldiers at all.
"This actually benefits our operation."
Ed thought for a moment and said:
"We should focus on dealing with those four High Tier, secure victory first, and then try not to let any of them escape."
"Although it's four against four including Aiboke in his transformed state, I only have about 70% of my strength outside the Theocracy. Unless an enemy I can counter appears, I'm not as powerful as you think."
Upon hearing this, neither Aiboke nor Balund offered any comment.
They knew that Ed was being modest in saying so, and as for the Great Labyrinth City, although it knew of an enemy called [ Nether Crossing ], it couldn't connect him with Sailesi at all.
Firstly, [ Nether Crossing ] did not truly display its power, and secondly, it did not sense any plant-related aura on the other party.
In the course of this back and forth, the Great Labyrinth City overlooked this most crucial piece of information.
"What should we do with those Middle Tier?"
Just then, Gray suddenly raised his hand and asked.
Although Middle Tier enemies are insignificant compared to those four enemies, if they decide to fight to the death, they could still harm many civilians.
"This isn't difficult."
Ed said with a smile:
"Let the Soul Returner do it. They need some practice, after all. All we need to do is have the Great Labyrinth City mark those people, and they'll handle the rest."
Gray thought of the hundreds of brave men who had escorted him and nodded firmly:
"Yes, having them come shouldn't be a problem. I'll prepare the Corridor Guard uniforms in advance so they can carry out their operations."
With the plan set, Ed suddenly looked at the three Grand Foundry Master, both past and present, and asked in confusion:
"I've thought of something—doesn't your Graycast Corridor have any kind of secret service organization? How could the Skeleton Alliance have infiltrated so much across the sea?"
Upon hearing this question, Balund sighed and said:
"Since the establishment of the Graycast Corridor, the pressure to survive has been great. Due to limited resources and manpower, we have only formed Corridor Guard and a security team."
"Perhaps because I was skimmed off by the kingdom's spies while working in the mines, Aiboke and I have always been somewhat resistant to this kind of thing. After all, once such an organization is established, it's impossible to prevent the abuse of power for personal gain."
Ed thought about it and felt that what the other person said made a lot of sense.