The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

In Anjou, Alberto is waiting for news.

The return of high-level professionals has a far greater impact on Anjou than on Capet, since Alberto and Linde have different tech trees, and professionals hold an absolute dominant position in Alberto's camp.

Moreover, the return of high-level professionals.

For Alberto, this is both a challenge and an opportunity. Although these high-level professionals not only have their own bad habits, but some also have their own powerful backgrounds and are extremely difficult to control, if used properly, they can greatly enhance Anjou's overall strength.

Before Alberto stood a force of professionals who had completely submitted to him.

"Still no news?"

Alberto was getting impatient. The Black Raven Party had clearly said that Capet would have a result soon, and that Alberto should just wait in the hall for news of the returning raven.

That's right, the Black Crow Secret Society has chosen to play both sides. Not only has it submitted to Alberto, but it also wants to secretly manipulate the situation in Capet.

At this moment, the people under the Black Crow Secret Service were sweating profusely. This shouldn't be the case. Even if Raven failed in his assassination attempt, it would be an easy thing for him to escape and report back. Who could stop an eighth-tier professional who was skilled in assassination?

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. After all, Capet is no pushover either. But even if the assassination fails, Lord Raven will still have news."

Hearing the Black Crow Secret Society members say this, Alberto said somewhat irritably, "Weren't you the ones who said it would be easy to disrupt the situation in Capet?"

The members of the Black Crow Secret Society looked at each other helplessly. Just then, the professional in charge of communications finally stepped into the hall.

Alberto frowned after taking a look, shaking his head as he looked.

"Your Majesty, is there any news from Raven's side?"

A member of the Black Crow secret society cautiously stepped forward to inquire, after all, Alberto seemed to be in a terrible mood.

"Yes, but no."

Upon hearing this answer, the members of the Black Crow Secret Society were stunned. It wasn't until Alberto helplessly threw the message down that the members of the Black Crow Secret Society caught it and realized that it was not a message from the raven, but a letter from the Governor of the North.

Raven's assassination attempt failed, or rather, it was discovered before it even began, and he was captured in the enemy's capital. The governor of the enemy directly demanded that Alberto compensate for the losses caused during the capture of Raven and demanded that Alberto provide a clear explanation.

Although Raven most likely didn't expose Alberto's involvement in this operation, it's obvious to anyone with a brain that Alberto is involved, or even if he isn't, it doesn't really matter.

Alberto felt as if he had been sprayed with spittle again. Although Alberto felt he had gotten used to it, ever since he started communicating with this governor of the North, Alberto felt that he was either being scolded or on his way to being scolded.

The members of the Black Crow secret society immediately began to apologize, but Alberto waved them off.

What can we do now? Forget it, let's just deny it to the death. Let them criticize us if they want. Shamelessness is just a basic skill for a king.

Alberto was more concerned about how an eighth-tier assassin was captured in Cape, and whether a high-tier assassin had already joined Cape's ranks.

......

Raven will probably never forget the scene of those red nuns stepping into the café; it was the first time Raven felt what pressure was.

When Raven first saw the red-robed nuns rushing towards him, he was rather disdainful. Did these nuns really think they could capture him? He felt that he could escape with just a simple Shadow Cloak spell.

But the raven soon learned what a city wall was.

These nuns actually had a simple barrier around them that could eliminate shadows, and this barrier could even move with the nuns!

Raven's Shadow Cloak can penetrate physical city walls, but it cannot quickly cross these barriers that are clearly aimed at it. In fact, when Raven hid in other shadows, the nuns directly illuminated it with holy light.

The opponent was clearly prepared; all the magic was designed to prevent the ravens from escaping.

This was completely different from the battle Raven had imagined. Even if he was ambushed, shouldn't the opponent be a mid-level professional with a bunch of underlings who would surround him, only to be outmaneuvered and then escape gracefully?

These nuns, wearing strange masks and red robes, wielded chainsaws in one hand and holy light in the other, launching a saturation attack on the ravens.

Hiding in the shadows is not true invincibility, but rather a means of avoiding damage and adjusting position.

Raven once used rainwater for training, and when in good condition, it could even use various spells to stay dry in the rain. But the rain eventually stopped, while the flames seemed to never stop.

Despite a desperate resistance, the raven was captured. The enemy was clearly prepared and used a continuous supply of resources to wear it down while surrounding it, leaving the raven with no strength to break through.

The raven was killed by holy light, or more directly, it was killed by being showered with money.

Of course, using such extravagant methods and abundant resources to intercept someone would be a huge loss for any other force, but for the nuns, it was just a practical exercise to test the compatibility of the mobile barrier.

Flora carefully observed the high-ranking assassin through the mask. She had originally thought this operation would be very dangerous, but it turned out that the high-ranking assassin was not as mysterious as she thought, at least not as mysterious as the group of madmen in the Lantern Dream.

As the goddess awakens, the nuns' holy light gradually returns. Flora can even feel that her holy light is more abundant than before, and she is more adept at using divine magic. Even high-level professionals cannot hide under Flora's holy light.

All of this is because of the Governor. The current Sisters are less about worshipping the goddess and more about worshipping Lind herself, especially since the nuns have discovered that directly worshipping Lind's Holy Light has not diminished it.

Flora used the magic-dispelling stone to conduct a security check on the raven, removing or destroying the assassin's life-saving items and means, before suppressing the raven with normal magic.

Linde originally intended to use the Demon-Slaying Stone to directly restrict the prisoner, but the Demon-Slaying Stone was extremely expensive and rare. Moreover, it was difficult to combine with other restrictions after use, and it might even backfire, turning the prisoner into a weapon to destroy other restrictions. Therefore, in the end, he used the Demon-Slaying Stone for security checks and then used normal methods to suppress the prisoner.

The raven's final resting place is the newly built courthouse in the capital, where it will be tried.

This is an organization established by Linde specifically to target high-level professionals involved in illegal and criminal activities, at least for now.