875 Arnolds Wish (2/2)

”While the main force of the Church is stalled by Abel, Dracula, Danisos, and the other legends in the west, he has to save himself! After everything is settled, he will be no better than a rat in the gutter!

”This is the last chance. It is either death or a better life. Everybody knows it very well. Even if I did not greet them, they would've taken some action recently.”

Then, Arnold chuckled. ”They did not pay much attention to us at the beginning, but Sharp's contract inspired me to plan this operation. The real target has always been Kritonia since the very beginning.”

”No wonder you were so enthusiastic about Sharp's random contract without much confirmation!” Fernando felt even more frustrated that he did not see that. In retrospect, he realized that the old fox was too passionate!

Arnold smiled and did not say anything. Douglas, on the other hand, nodded his head. ”Even we were convinced that it was meant to kill Alfonsol. How could Kritonia have suspected us?”

”But what if League was not a traitor, and the Heart of Time did not come?” Fernando already knew that Sharp's contract was only a disguise to cover the real target, but he still had doubts.

Arnold grimaced like a fox that had just stolen a chicken. ”Then, our real target would've been Alfonsol. By killing him, we will raise the contradictions between the nobles and the Church to win a living space for ourselves.”

Huh? Fernando looked at Arnold in shock, having trouble following his explanation.

Arnold chuckled. ”First of all, you need to remember our path—attract the nobles and sow discord between them and the Church. Therefore, either attacking the Heart of Time or killing Alfonsol is for the purpose, although the former is more effective than the latter.

”If the former cannot be accomplished, the latter will be our Plan B. It's much more than a disguise.”

Fernando listened attentively and felt that he grasped something essential. For the first time, he wanted the old fox to talk.

Arnold turned his eyes to Douglas and smiled. ”In order to achieve a purpose, you cannot create a plan that is so delicate that any accident in any procedure will result in failure because there are too many accidents in actual operations.

”The key to any operation is hiding, pretending, and lying. Hide your real purpose and pretend it to be something else that will actually help you accomplish your real purpose. That's the only way to avoid your failure because the enemy's sabotage will only indirectly help you. Both pretending and lying will require the support of detailed intelligence…”

Flying out of the forest, he talked eloquently with his hands behind his back with the utmost ease. Fernando was so stunned that he cursed to himself, This is truly an old fox!

However, why was he not so elaborate before?

Douglas listened carefully and shared similar feelings as Fernando. Until the battle of Antiffler, he had been focused on research and rejected by other sorcerers. He barely had any experience of making plans and arranging operations. He picked up something during his escape, but he was still immature. After hearing Arnold's interpretation, he immediately felt that he understood a lot of new things.

Realizing something, he asked, ”Mr. President, are you teaching me a lesson?”

He called the man respectfully.

Arnold turned around and looked at the forest that was still covered in absolute darkness, before he said with mixed feelings. ”However strange your questions are, you are the sorcerer with the greatest potential of leadership in the Union. Fernando is smart enough, but he is too impatient and reckless. So, I need to tell you some of my experience before I die.”

”Old fox!”

”Old fox!”

”Mr. President…”

Arnold raised his hands and stopped them before he went on, ”In the war that devastates the sorcerers, so many legends have passed away. Why do you think I am safe? Maybe I'll be killed by grand cardinals, legendary knights, or night watchers at some point. I am not any luckier than other people. Or maybe in another hundred years, I will die of old age. This is a natural law that cannot be broken unless I become a legendary sorcerer.

”My greatest wish right now is to see the sorcerers back to the supreme place of this world and reestablish a glorious magic empire.”

His eyes did not leave the battlefield of legends, and he said in a low voice, ”I wonder if I can live long enough to see that…”

My only wish is to watch you return to supremacy when I am still alive!

His back was slightly hunched, and his white hair was so obvious.

At this moment, an unimaginably dazzling light burst out in the darkness and illuminated the world.