Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 335 - 110: Trust or Not

Marquis Alk was previously the tenth marquis of the Empire, known for being the youngest and shortest-tenured marquis, as well as the grandfather of Knight Girl Alisa.

The news proclaimed by the Empire Family to the public is that he went missing after exploring the Life Forbidden Zone.

However, according to the private intelligence sources of these marquises, Marquis Alk wasn’t actively exploring the Life Forbidden Zone, but rather, he was forced into it with no escape after being pursued by a powerful adversary.

You should know that even the weakest marquis of the Empire is a Ninth Rank Powerholder who has mastered the rules. A ’Mysterious Powerholder’ powerful enough to chase down Marquis Alk is likewise powerful enough to chase them down.

As for the true identity of this ’Mysterious Powerholder,’ the many marquises have long speculated internally, but no one dares to voice it out loud.

The situation he currently faces involves a very delicate issue: in the face of relic benefits, are the Four Great Families trustworthy?

Marquis Winter has thought about probing the intentions of the Four Great Families to see what they truly think.

But after some deliberation, he eventually gave up on that option.

According to the secret information he obtained at a great cost from a High-Level Prophet, this time, the secret hidden within the relic is related to surpassing the Ninth Rank Limit!

The authenticity of this piece of news has been verified through special magic and is indeed true.

And if he could obtain this message, then the Four Great Families and the Empire Family, whose power far exceeds his own, must have also received this message.

There has been no era of legends on this continent for far too long.

In the face of the temptation to break through the Ninth Rank, even if the people of the Four Great Families explicitly told him that they would not raise a hand against him or any other marquis.

But can he trust them? freeωebnovēl.c૦m

On the flip side, the same applies to the Four Great Families.

Marquis Winter asks himself, if he were in the position of the Four Great Families, he might not go so far as to actually make a move against these other marquises as ’Zero’ had described.

But he would definitely keep a close watch on these unstable elements and, if necessary, interfere secretly to prevent them from obtaining the secret hidden within the relic first.

That is to say, the likelihood of the Four Great Families attacking him is low, but if there really is any unexpected discovery within the relic, it’s probably not his turn to benefit from it.

The Enoch family’s Ninth Rank attention towards him is also to keep surveillance on him and to create obstacles for him at critical moments.

The more Marquis Winter analyzes, the more he feels that this should be the actual truth.

"Hmph..."

Casting a sidelong glance at the Enoch family’s Ninth Rank Spellcasters in the distance, Marquis Winter snorted coldly in his heart.

After all, he is also a Ninth Ranker, and as long as he doesn’t make any unexpected moves, Marquis Winter believes the Four Great Families will not quite turn against him.

But this involves another question: can he really give up on the temptation of breaking through the Ninth Rank?

Is he supposed to just watch as the Four Great Families and the Royal Family obtain the relics’ secrets and then break through the Ninth Rank, forever looming over their heads?!

As thoughts churn in his mind, a trace of gloom inadvertently flashes through Marquis Winter’s dark red eyes.

Like most Ninth Rank Professionals, he also bears a special bloodline, that of the rare Ninth Rank Magic Beast, Blood-eyed Canglong, famous for its ability to control thunderstorms and Ocean Vortices.

However, at the same time, the powerful Magic Beast bloodline also subtly influences his personality, making him become cold and stubborn, and unaccepting of any offense.

It seems that relying on personal strength alone, there is little hope of getting a share in the relics.

Then, it is time to make contact with those ’colleagues.’

Perhaps the relationships are usually ordinary, but now, they have a common enemy.

Thinking this, Marquis Winter’s left hand, which was resting behind his back, couldn’t help but touch an inconspicuous ring on his little finger.

The ring was sent by someone from Marquis Draka, allowing for long-distance communication without detection by others.

However, the person who delivered the ring was also a foreigner.

Although they are not on the same side as that agitator ’Zero’, Marquis Winter still disliked these foreigners.

Even though they come from a distant continent sunk in the Endless Sea, he always felt that these people were like a completely different race from them.

Finally casting a glance at a Ninth Rank Professional of the Yiter Family who was watching him from a distance, Marquis Winter turned around and left.

At the same time, his fingers gently rubbed the ring according to a specific frequency, sending out a special signal.

Meanwhile, in a tavern at the edge of a crater in a small city, Zero in a black robe paused momentarily with his cup, turning his gaze towards the panel beside him.

At the top of the panel’s task menu, the status of a certain S-ranked task that is awaiting completion was suddenly refreshed.

The number of recruits below changed from zero to one.

Rather than the words directly told by others, people always prefer to believe conclusions that they have ’rationally analyzed’ for themselves.

But, the so-called analysis could be guided.

"Heh—"

After scanning the long string of various covert surveillance effects on the status bar of the panel, Zero’s face revealed a smile that was dismissive with a hint of disdain.

During his time mingling among many Nobles and their progeny of the Empire, although nobody really took action against him, it was inevitable that they would secretly place some monitoring spells on him.

However, this was meaningless to him. Not to mention that the game panel could not be monitored, if he really needed to clear these statuses, all he had to do was die once and then resurrect.

Casually putting down the cup, he summoned the Message Pigeon system, quickly sorted out the task and plot progress report, and prepared to send it to those people in the club.

’The task to win over the Marquis has just made progress. The panel does not show which Marquis specifically, but based on the character models of several Marquises, there’s a 70% chance it’s Marquis Winter, a 20% chance it’s Marquis Reg.

’Next, if more than five Marquises tacitly unite, they will be powerful enough to truly threaten the Four Great Families. Divine Enigma will inevitably take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, setting the stage for unrest in the ruins.

’Take advantage of the time when the ruins attract the attention of most High-Rank professionals. Arrange manpower quickly and join the ’official’ Resistance Army Camp.

’Make the most of this fledgling opportunity to concentrate resources on one person, gain a higher position within the Resistance Army, and strive for the authority to command troops independently, which will be very useful in the future.’

’I will continue to guide the situation on the side of Divine Enigma. With these few achievements, the Leader will surely value me more.

’Next, I should be able to initially call upon the resources of Divine Enigma to further influence the internal situation of the Empire.’

After writing the letter, Zero relaxed against the chair, casually folding the system’s virtual letter and placing it into the container on the pigeon’s leg.

Am I not passing information right in front of you? Can you see it?

Then, with a thought from Zero, the High-Level Message Pigeon carrying the letter swiftly faded into the void.

"Boss, another ’Divine Enigma’ please."

Placing two Gold Coins on the table, Zero picked up his cup again, his gaze hazy as he swirled the light blue drink in his glass and then downed it in one gulp.

To be honest, he was starting to like this world more and more.

Though virtual, it was an incredibly realistic world—

However, an oblivious and pleased Zero did not consider one point.

The surveillance spell on him from a certain individual could indeed see the game panel.