Chapter 71
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Chapter 71: Thank Goodness I Found It in Time, or Else I Would Have Guessed It Right!
Lolth came to Hillenbrand Town for a simple reason.
Because when she was planning to go back and slack off while having tea, she finally discovered the traces left by Qiong when they sneaked into the town yesterday!
“The magic essence residue of stealth-type skills…”
Lolth furrowed her brow.
One of the air-entry magic arrays was broken, and she had purposely woken up early this morning to fix it. Yet, someone still managed to sneak in so coincidentally?
Moreover, the opponent’s stealth skills were very skilled and cunning.
She almost doesn’t notice these traces herself!
Following the residues of this magic essence, she eventually arrives at the corner of the central square where Isabella and Qiong had met yesterday!
At the same time, she also senses that some magical object seems to have been destroyed here!
The destroyed magical object also left behind new magic essence residue, extending to the west side.
Lolth followed the trail and eventually arrived at the side of a tributary of the Larech River.
The residue of magic essences ends here.
In its place, Lolth could sense that there was some magical “fragment” in the river.
“Could it be that someone is poisoning rivers, trying to kill all the fish?” Lolth muttered.
Lolth muttered to herself.
Of course, she knew that this was impossible.
Would a member of the Holy Alliance—a highly skilled Sneaker, no less—come all the way here just to dump harmful magical garbage into the river?
The Holy Alliance seems incredibly idle if that’s their idea of a plan!
But Lolth wasn’t entirely sure what their true objective was.
The only thing she could do now was to salvage those “fragments” first.
Fortunately, since the fragments were imbued with magic, it didn’t take Lolth long to locate and retrieve them using a magical pulling spell.
And then…
To her surprise, it turned out to be a pile of paper scraps.
“It looks like… a letter? And it’s been enchanted with waterproof and fireproof magic,” Lolth murmured.
The salvaged fragments showed no signs of being wet, thanks to the enchantment.
Still, it wouldn’t have mattered even if they had been soaked.
“Let’s put it back together again —”
She held the fragments up in the air, where they floated one by one. With a wave of her fingers, Lolth summoned a faint glow that enveloped the paper pieces.
She wasn’t in the mood to play a literal jigsaw puzzle, so she used restoration magic to piece the letter back together.
The restoration relied on the “magical reinforcement” still lingering in the fragments. Before long, a complete secret letter appeared in front of Lolth.
She skimmed it quickly—and froze.
It was a detailed plan for the Holy Alliance’s counterattack, set to take place in a month!
The letter was addressed to Isabella, urging her to seize the opportunity to escape and coordinate with their forces from inside.
After reading it, Lolth’s heart pounded.
“I thought my big mouth had already caused enough trouble! Who would’ve thought someone really sent a letter to Isabella?”
It was clear that the Sneaker from before had been targeting Isabella.
However, the two of them didn’t coordinate well. The letter from the other party was protected by a very high level of magic to prevent damage, but Isabella didn’t realize that the letter was waterproof. She tore it up and threw it in the river, but it didn’t destroy the letter.
Of course, if it was just a coincidence, Lolth wouldn’t be so scared.
But the problem is…
She seemed to be jinxed!
Not only had someone sent a letter to Isabella, but the contents of the letter also made Lolth extremely nervous.
Although she hadn’t yet begun fabricating intelligence, Lolth already had a rough idea and framework in her mind.
She reasoned that since it was a “counterattack” action, the likelihood of the enemy’s main attack being on the Western front was quite high.
Thus, she decided to create false information about the Western front to mislead the Demon Army.
But she didn’t expect…
Her fabricated stories, based on common sense, were shockingly similar to the plans described in the secret letter from the Holy Alliance’s commanding officer!
While not completely identical, they were alarmingly close.
If she were to submit it according to her original plan…
The consequences could be catastrophic!
The Demon Army wouldn’t just achieve a significant victory; they would also capture a large number of prisoners!
And because her “success” would seem to stem from exceptional interrogation skills, the Demon King would undoubtedly hold her in higher regard and likely assign her even more prisoners to interrogate.
Even if she made mistakes in the future, the Demon King probably wouldn’t lose trust in her!
It would spiral into a vicious cycle.
Thinking about this, Lolth felt a shiver down her spine.
Fortunately… she had found this secret letter!
It wasn’t too late to come up with a revised plan for misinformation.
To begin, the battlefield would be set at Vera Plain and the fallen Western front.
Their strategy involved launching a coordinated attack from the front of the new Western front and the southern flank of the Eastern front, eventually converging at the Loess Plateau on the new Western front.
Collaborate with the remaining forces in the territory to defeat the demon race on the front line!
Lolth thought for a moment and decided to do the opposite.
Since the main attack direction is from the south and southeast…
Then she will pretend it is from the north!
The army from the east will directly attack Demon King Castle from the east, while the original western army and central army will take the opportunity to move through Dragonspine Mountain from the central line to reclaim the original western defense line.
The Anti-demon Great Wall and fortresses still exist, but the demon race has not utilized them effectively.
By reclaiming the western line, they will cut off the connection between Demon King Castle and the demon race on Vera Plain!
Hmm… it sounds very cunning and feasible indeed!
Moreover, most importantly, if the garrison troops from the eastern and central defense lines take the initiative to attack, according to Lolth’s knowledge, the army responsible for the counterattack by the Demon Army will be the ones originally stationed in the eastern, central, and Demon King Castle areas.
They will not divert the few armies currently on Vera Plain to defend in the wrong direction, so there will be no gaps in defense.
At most, they might be caught off guard, and the defense line was pushed back a small part.
This kind of mistake was just right to make the Demon King aware of the limitations of intelligence, without putting oneself in danger!
“Let’s just make it up as we go!”
After thinking through both sides in her mind, Lolth felt that the idea she had just come up with had no logical loopholes and was indeed feasible.
So she casually waved her hand, causing the magical energy on the letter to be destroyed, ensuring thorough destruction.
In this aspect, Lolth was much stronger than Isabella.
After all, destroying evidence was not part of a knight’s training.
But Lolth knew that this kind of thing absolutely could not be left behind – if anyone from the Demon Army saw it, her plan would be completely ruined!
