After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2715 Dawn Finally Arrives!

It's a kestrel. However, it was injured in the battle a few days ago, and its left wing is still not very flexible.

Zhong Shengguang was startled and hurried back to the government office.

His heart raced inexplicably. Panlong's situation was dire, on the verge of collapse. What other bad news could come from Lingshan at this time? After another major earthquake today, Xu Shichu, the dean of Shumin Academy, cast three divinations for Panlong, all of which read "From adversity comes prosperity." Could this be the beginning of a new chapter?

He rushed back to his office, closed the door, and set up a protective barrier. Sure enough, the Haoguang Mirror on the table was glowing.

This mirror was a gift from Lingshan; it is one piece in a set of Radiant Mirrors and can communicate with other mirror holders. Of course, the greater the communication distance, the more energy is consumed.

Zhong Shengguang sat down, reached out and touched the gemstone on the frame of the glasses, and that was it—the call was connected.

The mirror surface shimmered slightly, quickly transforming into another face.

"Mr. Xin?" Zhong Shengguang was somewhat surprised. "You've already returned to Lingshan?"

“No, I’m still in the Shahe River basin, but I’m very close to Bega,” Xin Yi said solemnly. “Bega has turned upside down! I have to tell you right away, Panlong must persevere, the dawn has broken!”

A glimmer of hope! Zhong Shengguang's jaw tightened instantly. Could Xin Yi mean...?

"Please speak!"

“The Demon Emperor has launched the first attack!” Xin Yi said, enunciating each word clearly. “In the past ten hours alone, the world in Bekaa has been turned upside down.”

"Great!" Zhong Shengguang slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Excellent!"

He had never lost his composure like this in front of the people of Lingshan.

If it weren't for the soundproof barrier placed here, the guards outside would have been alerted.

It's finally here! The dawn that Panlong has been waiting for has finally appeared.

"First, there was a coup in the Kingdom of Yinsha. No one expected that the second prince would suddenly lead troops to force the abdication of the king."

"The second prince? What are his inclinations?"

"Demon Emperor".

Zhong Shengguang was also thinking quickly: "The Hidden Sand Kingdom has remained neutral in the struggle between the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Palace, and has always been the object of both sides' efforts. In the past few months, the King of Hidden Sand has been wavering. He clearly showed a tendency to side with the Demon Emperor, but quickly changed his mind. It is probably because the pressure exerted by the Heavenly Demon is too great."

“It has been wavering for too long, and the Demon Emperor’s patience has been worn out.” Xin Yi laughed. “The Second Prince’s coup was completely unexpected, but even the palace guards were bribed. The operation was very well planned. Moreover, there are nine immortals in his coup force, and they quickly suppressed the old king’s counterattack. It was a perfect operation.”

Upon hearing this, Zhong Shengguang immediately understood: "The power of the Demon Emperor is indeed formidable."

The fact that the second prince of Hidden Sand Kingdom was able to rise to power so quickly must be due to the influence of the Demon Emperor. However, "it's quite remarkable that the Demon Emperor could still find an opportunity to seize power when the position of Hidden Sand Kingdom was being so closely watched by the Heavenly Demon."

The Demon Emperor did not disappoint Panlong, very good!

"The twelve vassal demon kingdoms were originally evenly matched with the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Palace, with the power of the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Palace being roughly equal at six to six. Now that the Hidden Sand Kingdom has also sided with the Demon Emperor, the previous balance has been broken, and the power ratio is now seven to five."

Don't underestimate this swaying "one"; it represents the scales of victory tipping.

Xin Yi shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, it's very likely already eight to four."

Zhong Shengguang was overjoyed: "The Demon Emperor has conquered another country?"

"I'm afraid Baoxiang Kingdom has also sided with the Demon Emperor, because Yinsha Kingdom sent troops to Eling Kingdom, and asked Baoxiang Kingdom to pass through on the way, and Baoxiang Kingdom actually agreed."

Zhong Shengguang was taken aback: "The Kingdom of Yinsha just changed its ruler, and before the day is even over, they've already started fighting a war?"

"In his declaration of the new king of Yinsha, he directly stated that he would take revenge on E'ling. As you know, these two vassal demon kingdoms have been enemies for nearly a hundred years. Although they are both within Bega, they have fought each other several times in the past, and many people have died at the hands of the other."

National and personal grievances are all watered with blood.

“However, the actions of the new Demon King of Yinsha must have been at the behest of the Demon Emperor,” Xin Yi analyzed. “He launched a war as soon as he took power, clearly indicating that he did not intend to follow tradition and go to the Heavenly Palace to receive the blessings of the gods. In any case, since the Demon Emperor is going to fight against the Heavenly Demon, I don’t think the new King of Yinsha will take the poison.”

Zhong Shengguang pondered, "I thought that Baoxiang Kingdom was truly neutral."

King Baoxiang's long-standing behavior has shown that he doesn't want to get involved in the open and covert struggles between the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Demon, and only wants to live his own quiet life behind closed doors.

“I think that King Baoxiang may have been won over by the Demon Emperor long ago, but he has been keeping it hidden and remaining neutral on the surface. After all, the Demon Emperor still needs time to study the antidote for ‘Heartbreak’, which makes the Heavenly Demon think that he has victory in his grasp.”

Since the topic had come up, Zhong Shengguang changed the subject and asked a related question:

Has a cure for "heartache" already been developed?

"Ninety-nine percent, and even faster than we estimated." The Demon Emperor has many talented subordinates, and it keeps a close eye on things, so the antidote must have been developed long ago. "It's just that the Demon Emperor still needs to secretly sort things out and make arrangements, and that's the most time-consuming part."

“A single move can affect the whole situation,” Zhong Shengguang murmured. “Since he chose to launch this now, there’s no turning back; he can only keep going.”

Wasn't the Demon Emperor also making a desperate gamble?
"It's not over yet." Xin Yi, an old man who was actually several thousand years old, hadn't been this excited in a long time. "On the same day, Baoshu Kingdom suddenly launched an attack on Bili Kingdom, claiming that Bili Kingdom deliberately disrupted Baoshu Kingdom's trade routes, arrested Baoshu Kingdom merchants, and plundered Baoshu Kingdom's wealth."

The people of Baoshu Kingdom were wealthy and capable of making money, which made their poor neighbors envious. Coincidentally, the merchants of Baoshu Kingdom were unscrupulous and unscrupulous in their pursuit of wealth, and they had indeed repeatedly violated local laws. Therefore, Bili Kingdom found a few charges to arrest them, and their assets were naturally confiscated.

Baoshu Kingdom used to be easygoing, but in fact, it kept track of every single debt. Now, it wanted to settle accounts with Bili Kingdom once and for all.

Zhong Shengguang's breath hitched: "It was actually King Baoshu who made the first move?!"

This is truly unexpected.

It should be noted that the Kingdom of Treasure Tree is arguably the most powerful but relatively peace-loving vassal demon kingdom in Bega. It has never experienced a civil war in its four hundred years of existence, and has only waged war against other vassal demon kingdoms once or twice. Its leader, King Treasure Tree, is an old tree demon who experienced the founding war of Bega, and his emotions and policies have always been equally stable.

Who would have thought that it would be the first to send troops?
Unlike the new king of Yinsha Kingdom, who had just seized the throne and had not yet taken the "Heart-Tethering" secret medicine, the Treasure Tree King's life was already bound to a certain Heavenly Demon in the Heavenly Realm. The fact that it dared to stand up and start the war now meant that it had already taken the antidote!
Zhong Shengguang and He Lingchuan both deduced that once the Demon King of the Demon Realm took the antidote and broke the bond of life and death, the corresponding Heavenly Demon would most likely sense it. Therefore, the Demon Kings of the Demon Emperor's faction would only take the antidote when the Demon Emperor gave the order to start the uprising, so as not to alert the enemy.