Weapon seller in the world of magic

Imperial Leon City, Leon Empire;

In the palace, Emperor Shi called for an urgent assembly of the ministers in his throne room without any public audience. General Fan and Grand Marshal Yu were also present at the meeting.

Whether it is the Grand Marshal of Leon Empire, Supreme Commander of Phoenix Empire, Sovereign Supreme of Dragon Empire, or the Supreme General of Western Moon, the titles might be different, but basically, all of them are just the same. They are the heads of the entire army and are often considered the second most powerful person in their country.

General Fan briefed the situation in Bloodhill forest, explaining, "Apart from King Qi and his three legions, there are more than five hundred adventurers, and Mt. Hudang disciples were also trapped in the barrier. For all we know, Lu Zhen has ordered the capture of intruders in his territory. And for those who resist, they will be killed. That barrier from the demigod beasts wouldn't let anyone go in or out without his permission."

"The situation has indeed become dire. We have to do something," commented the minister of finance.

The minister of war slammed the table with his fist of anger, "This is clearly an act of war, Your Majesty."

The Prime Minister of the Empire reluctantly voiced his opinion, "Your Majesty, as far as we know about Lord Lu, he is someone who would prefer peace when he could see profits. It's best if we negotiate with him."

"Negotiation? That's something we have to do if we have no other choice, Prime Minister Wang," commented the Grand Marshal.

Emperor Shi has added to the Grand Marshal's comment, "If we negotiate, there is only one thing he will ask. The recognition of his country, which we will never will. We have been guarding the pact of not touching the forest for the past 1785 years. There is no way we will let it break now, just because some demigod is interested in having his own country."

Everyone felt silent for a few seconds, now that they have heard their Emperor's thoughts.

The Emperor's eldest grandson, Prince Shi Chong's son, Prince Shi Xuan, who often competes against his own father for the throne and was the most vocal in the assembly, spoke on the matter as the others were still wondering what to say, "Your Majesty, we don't need to act on our own. We can move the guilds."

"Hmm?" Emperor Shi looked at his grandson for an explanation. The others also did the same, except for the Prime Minister who already seemed like he understood what the prince wanted to say.

He quickly warned the prince, "Your Highness, you do understand what you are about to suggest, right? If taken wrong step, the entire world will burn in the flames of war."

"Yes, I understand it too," As the Prince solemnly nodded, the Emperor asked him for a clear explanation.

The Prince went on to explain, "Lu Zhen could form a country on his own. It is not a problem for anyone. It's because Bloodhill Forest is not the land claimed by any Empire. He can even cut down the forests and build his own cities.

However, if he is wiping out all the beasts and harvesting their corpses for himself, covering up the entire forest with the barrier, and banning entry for the outsiders, he is going to affect the livelihood of thousands of adventurers.

Based on this act, we can force the guilds to act against Lu Zhen in order to protect the interests of their fellow adventurers. An egoist like Lu Zhen will never bend to someone's will. Obviously, the guilds will lose. But, if we carefully act, we can involve the other empires to give justice to their guilds.

The guilds are one of the primary sources of income for every country. The restaurants survive on the meat of the corpses they buy on the market, and we cannot forget the usage of spirit beast bones in medicine. Of course, the usage of beast cores in raising one's cultivation, and some key parts like blood, eyes, and heart are used in making high-quality weapons.

And before involving everyone, we have to bring our neighbors into our fight against Lu Zhen. According to our spies, weeks ago, Lu Zhen announced that he intends to bring every single region in the Vermilion Bird continent under his rule. The South is more or less under his control, but before he makes his move, we have to ally with Qilin and Kun Empire. If we also bring the dwarves to our side, it will make our job even easier."

"Hmm…" "What His Highness makes sense" "Your Majesty, I agree with His Highness" "me too" "Me too" "Me too" "I also agree with his opinion" "I'm not sure about it. I mean this will paint us as weak" "No, Minister Li. If Lu Zhen attacks us directly, we have what it takes to protect our land, but it is another thing to venture into the wild and attack him. We clearly have no idea what else is lurking in that vast forest." "Your Majesty, please make the decision."

"Hmm…"

After much pondering, the old emperor commented, "I guess my wastrel of a son indeed did a good job of giving birth to a smart one. However, it isn't enough to bend his will for a very long time. We need a key hostage, a betrayer, and a strong adversary."

"You mean…"

"Find out where the Supreme Pontiff of the Church of Doom is hiding. And contact that mage. It is time to wake up our sleeping spies."

Meanwhile, at Fujian Island;

As Alina sat there on the table obediently, Mark was inspecting the details.

Alina Spencer

Species: Android

Rank: 8

Spirit Path: Assassin/Mage

SKILLS:

Shadow Cloaking: Turn invisible for 120 seconds and escape the sense of 8-circle and lower. In this state, Alina can attack the enemies. CD: 10 min

Short Teleportation: She can teleport 500 meters away. CD: 30 sec

Shadow Daggers: She can summon two protos daggers and use them as weapons. They can interrupt the energy of enemies. CD: 0 sec

Twilight Shackles: She can manifest three energy chains with blades as the tip. Enemies who pierced by the chain will lose speed by 50% for 5 minutes. CD: 2 min/chain

Undead Creation: She can create undead creatures that can unleash magic such as Lich and wraiths. CD: Depends

Specter Extraction: She can extract specters from the dead creatures, out of their hatred. The specters extracted will retain 50% of the strength that the dead body has, at their peak moment. She can only maintain one such specter at one time. CD: Depends.

Death Knight: She can call forth the Death Knight from the netherworld to battle the enemies on her behalf. The Death Knight will have +1 rank stats than her and will stay in the world of living for a period of 30 minutes. CD: 24 hours.

Passive:

Aegis of Night: Her stats increase by one rank after sunset and is immune to all the curses. She also turns a bit sadistic and violent.

Interrogation: She can bewitch the minds of enemies with a 7-circle or lower to extract information.

Friend of the undead: Any undead creature will automatically act friendly towards her unless she lands a hit on them.

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"Hmm…" Mark couldn't help but fall into deep thinking, wondering about the implications of such new abilities in Alina.