Copenhagen.
General Rudolph’s residence.
In the reception room, two middle-aged n et.
Seated in the host’s position is General Rudolph, with a full beard, a face full of fat, a sturdy build, and a rough and bold deanor.
The visitor is a slender man with a sowhat lancholic temperant, with flaxen noble curls and dark circles under his eyes like a kind of eye shadow.
"Rudolph, you are very trusted by His Majesty the King now, given the important duty of guarding the Royal City."
The lancholic and slender man said.
"Luthor, why envy ? Originally, His Majesty’s most trusted general was you. If you hadn’t been too stubborn, constantly opposing His Majesty, you wouldn’t have been dismissed." General Rudolph chuckled.
The forr Danish General Luthor could only sigh: "I wasn’t being stubborn, but loyal to the King, unable to stand by and watch him make wrong decisions."
"Oh, it seems your opinion hasn’t changed."
General Rudolph said, "Last month, you said you wanted to cross the sea to Sweden to verify your assumptions. So, did you gain anything?"
"I mainly went to gather intelligence about the Swedish Military Commander, Dior Fulri."
Luthor said worriedly, "I went to Dior Fulri’s fief Scania, but didn’t see him. The Count Mansion announced that Dior Fulri was in seclusion, seeing no one."
"Ha! What a peculiar guy." Rudolph comnted, "But you? The stubborn Mr. Luthor wouldn’t stop there, right!"
Luthor said calmly, "In order to force Dior Fulri out, I planned a robbery, secretly guiding a few bandits, along with a small group of holess refugees, to occupy the Baisong Silver Mine in Scania."
"A silver mine! This ti Dior Fulri definitely can’t sit still." General Rudolph laughed heartily.
"Yes, I witnessed Dior Fulri in action myself."
Luthor’s eyes still carried profound shock, "He is an incredibly strong person! His combat power rivals that of His Majesty the King wielding a Heritage Weapon!"
"Aren’t you exaggerating?" General Rudolph was sowhat skeptical.
"Exaggerating? A few bandits couldn’t test his full strength. I suspect that even with a Heritage Weapon, His Majesty might not be his match. How terrifying must a man be who can contend with Tyrant Gustav?"
"Here you go again, it’s precisely this talk that displeased His Majesty and led to your dismissal." General Rudolph said discontentedly, "Dior Fulri indeed killed Gustav, but the main force in that battle was Brandonburg’s Elector, Duke William! Currently, Duke William is occupied with the European Continent’s wars, having no ti to intervene in peninsula affairs.
"After this internal strife, the Sweden Empire is badly damaged, which is a great opportunity for us in Denmark to regain glory! Moreover, His Majesty is very prudent, even inviting the Grand Duchy of Moscow... oh no, inviting the Russian Empire to attack from both land and sea, from east and west?"
Luthor waved his hand repeatedly, "Alright, I don’t want to argue with you, Rudolph. You’re guarding the Royal City, a significant responsibility, do not be negligent."
"Rest assured, my scouts are spread across the entire Zealand Island, I am aware of any wind or grass movents."
Rudolph smiled, "Speaking of which, an interesting event happened in the past two days."
"What interesting event?" Zealand Island is not very large, anything Rudolph considers interesting is worth hearing.
"A mysterious guy went to Helsing’s taverns and took on all the adventure tasks! On the next day, taverns in several cities on Zealand Island were burglarized, all the task slips posted on the walls disappeared..."
Rudolph animatedly recounted.
Luthor laughed, "It seems this thief has a strange collection hobby... but, when he went to Helsing for tasks on the first day, he must have gone openly to take down the task slips, right? Didn’t anyone stop this guy?"
"Hmm, I haven’t heard of anything like that."
Luthor’s brows furrowed slightly.
"What’s wrong?" Rudolph asked in confusion.
"It’s a bit unusual. Taverns usually have plenty of adventurers, and there’s no shortage of nosy folks. How could soone who’s just an ordinary thief not get stopped? Unless..."
Luthor paused, "Unless he possesses great strength, making those clever adventurers dare not act!
"Soone with formidable abilities has co to Zealand Island, what he’s doing cannot be without purpose..."
Luthor speculated up to this point and imdiately inquired: "Have you sent anyone to investigate whether there are any changes to the Mutant Monster gathering points around Zealand Island?"
"I’ve sent several clever adventurers to investigate."
Rudolph, not being a re glutton, still questioned, "Is it necessary to be so tense, Luthor? If this person can eliminate those Mutant Monsters, it should be a good thing. At most, give him a larger bounty." Rudolph suggested.
"His aim is probably not as simple as eliminating Mutant Monsters for bounty!"
Luthor suddenly stood up, "The Sweden Empire’s predecessor was the Blood Ring Fortress, capable of recruiting Mutant Monsters into their army. The Sweden Imperial Army’s Commander, Dior Fulri, in the Linköping campaign, temporarily controlled a large number of mutants and surrounded Emperor Gustav!
"This mysterious man... is definitely an infiltrator from Sweden and must be captured imdiately!"
At this mont, a guard ca to report that an adventurer team had an appointnt to et with General Rudolph.
Rudolph slapped his thigh: "The people I sent out to investigate Monster gathering points have returned. Let them co in and report!"
Soti later, a few adventurer-dressed individuals entered the reception room one after another.
"What were the investigation results?" Rudolph, uninterested in idle chat with these low-level civilians, directly asked.
"Reporting to the General, we didn’t see any trace of monsters in the gathering points we visited." A short, robust adventurer said.
"We also didn’t see any battle traces at the gathering points, not even a drop of blood or a scratch." Another tall, thin, dark-skinned adventurer said.
"The monsters have vanished mysteriously..."
Luthor beca more solemn: "Rudolph, prepare for the worst. I revise my earlier speculation; the person who ca is not rely an infiltrator, he might very well be the Commander of the Sweden Imperial Army himself... Dior Fulri!"
"Impossible... is he coming alone to court death?" Rudolph was startled by this unreasonable assumption.
"You don’t understand the fearfulness of this person; the mutants are his source of troops! He likely has already assembled a Mutant Monster army, much like the Blood Ring Monster Legion!"
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