Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 869 - 556 Betrayal Mystery_2

Chapter 869: Chapter 556 Betrayal Mystery_2

Grace hoped this would be her opportunity.

The meeting place chosen by Grace was in the hills of a warehouse, in an abandoned warehouse not too far from Efanso.

Her method of conveying intelligence was very unique, dispatching a summoned ghost to verbally pass on messages to designated personnel, and then immediately dismissing it.

This meant that there was no possibility of the intelligence leaking, and Gaven and his party could not relay the intelligence back to Grace; they could only head to the designated place at the appointed time.

Essentially, there was no margin for error; any mismatch in the proceedings could lead to a failure in the defection.

This was also why Gaven and his associates speculated that Grace really might be planning to defect, since as a trap, the success rate seemed overly indifferent, having prepared for a long time while there’s a high chance that Gaven’s side may not have received your intelligence, or might simply ignore it.

Gaven had secretly arrived at the designated site earlier and carefully scouted inside and out, finding nothing amiss. This place didn’t even qualify as a good ambush site—there were no sufficient spots to hide troops, nor were there any magic fluctuations.

The only option was a teleportation tactic, teleporting a force of elite soldiers to surround and kill Gaven.

But without banning teleportation, it not only meant that Gaven could also use teleportation tactics to send a large number of elite troops over, but at worst, a teleportation spell could simply be used to escape, foiling their plans.

Or was the Death Viper really planning to betray her own mentor? Or perhaps, to divert herself and the elite troops from the Conqueror Army, were they planning to use troops on that front?

Yet, the Undead were not known for their reaction speed; the time it would take them to march over would be enough for him to lead the elite troops back to the army.

Their poisoning tactics were also useless, as the camp of the Conqueror Army was temporarily enveloped by the Nine Rings Mist Barrier, banning teleportation, invisibility, and flying—this was Raymond’s doing, initially prepared for use in Dwarf Statue City but now brought here to ensure the safety of the entire Conqueror Army; extra caution was never excessive, as insurance measure, hundreds of thousands worth of casting materials, were not considered a waste under these circumstances.

As the appointed time drew closer, Gaven cleared his mind of messy thoughts, armed himself to the teeth, even activating his Transcendant Body, which made it easier for him to perceive magic fluctuations, the only direction their opponents could potentially exploit.

At the moment the appointed time arrived, Gaven felt a surge of magic power from the direction of the abandoned warehouse, not too intense, and oddly familiar with its negative energy.

A figure appeared out of nowhere not far off; just from the stature, Gaven recognized at a glance it was Grace, the emissary from Efanso he had met several times.

No, it wasn’t actually Grace herself, but a shadow formed from condensed negative energy.

This was a Projection Technique.

No, that’s also incorrect; the Projection Technique is a close-range, deceptive illusion used mainly for scouting or misleading. If it were her actual self arriving, why bother with such redundancy?

Or was it a variant of the Projection Technique, capable of remote projection control?

Gaven did not dare delay, after confirming there were no other abnormalities, he sprinted towards Grace’s projection, knowing that such a spell usually did not last long.

Although it was just a projection, Gaven read plenty of information from the body language she displayed.

After realizing there was no one else around, she looked disappointed yet relieved at the same time, not showing too much urgency, but when she saw Gaven sprinting towards her, she became tense and hesitant again.

When Gaven was about ten meters away from Grace’s projection, he stopped in his tracks, his gaze involuntarily falling on the nondescript bluestone beneath her projection, from which waves of magic fluctuations emanated.

Clearly, this was an anchor point for her projection, a new type of spell that merged preset illusions with the Projection Technique.

Grace’s projection said with a complex expression, "I didn’t expect, Lord, that you would dare come to this meeting. Are you not afraid it’s a trap?"

"I didn’t expect you were actually planning to defect either. May I ask why?" Gaven now was largely convinced that this wasn’t a trap, but that Grace truly intended to betray Efanso and Arms.

"Arms has gone completely mad. He has set up a huge Transformation Array in Efanso. If it becomes disadvantageous in the battle against you, he’ll activate the Transformation Array, turning this place into a wasteland. He even plans to unleash a calamity of death on major cities along the Giant Dragon Coast. It’s outright devilish behavior. Even if he repels your forces, it would still provoke outrage from all around the world. I’m not interested in joining him in hell," Grace quickly responded.

Rather than persuading Gaven, it seemed more like she was affirming her own decision to defect because just a second before seeing Gaven, she was still hesitating, given the enormous risk and minimal benefits to herself.

"So you didn’t know your mentor Arms’ real nature," Gaven said with a cold smile, not at all surprised by what Grace had related.

Such actions, even for a regular person, let alone a Necromancer, were detrimental without any personal benefits. But for a demon, they were profitable.

He would be able to harvest the souls of tens of thousands of innocents, dragging them into hell to become his precious wealth.

"My teacher’s real nature?" Grace replied with some astonishment, "Isn’t he just a powerful Necromancer? What other nature does he have?"