The first thing that he did was obviously collect information on high-level a.s.sa.s.sins that were affiliated with the Luspel Empire.
『 Premièrement, un fait est qu'il est un a.s.sa.s.sin. Et qu'il est affilié à l'Empire Luspell. Je me souviens de son arme étant des Roues de Vent et de Feu, mais comme les a.s.sa.s.sins peuvent changer d'arme quand ils veulent et l'utiliser, ce serait difficile de compter cela comme un indice. 』
Once he made a list of all the things he thought of, there was not a lot of fundamental information.
『 Bien qu'il n'y ait pas beaucoup d'indices, comme il n'y a pas beaucoup d'a.s.sa.s.sins de haut niveau non plus, ça pourrait en fait être plus facile à trouver que prévu. 』
Ian slowly put his brain to work.
『 Comment devrais-je m'y prendre pour découvrir l'identité de ce type de la façon la plus simple possible ? 』
He had asked his guild members to take care of the information gathering, and as he also told Carwin about the compiling of that information, Ian was thinking of digging into a different part.
『 L'organisation qui recevrait le plus de profit si le Domaine Pyro tombait, ou même une personne. 』
Ian figured out what was the thing that he needed to do immediately.
『 Premièrement, c'est définitivement un fait que ce serait le plus profitable pour les Forces Alliées de l'Empire Kaimon, donc maintenant l'important est de savoir si le côté Kaimon a fait l'offre à l'a.s.sa.s.sin mystérieux en premier ou si un certain genre de pouvoir affilié à l'Empire Luspell a fait une proposition au côté Kaimon en premier. 』
Ian thought that the part that there was some sort of deal between the Allied Forces of the Kaimon Empire and the mysterious a.s.sa.s.sin was an established fact.
This was because even if the a.s.sa.s.sin had a different kind of reason, he wouldn't have caused trouble without demanding any sort of reward from the Kaimon side.
Since if they offered to play such a critical spy part, they would certainly be able to receive an incredible reward.
Ian, who took a moment to organize his thoughts, messaged Herz.
And a reply immediately came.
Ian, who finished his conversation with Herz, leaned his body against the comfortable chair that was inside the Lord's castle as he closed his eyes.
And he slowly began to organize his plan.
『 Il y a aussi la méthode où je demande juste aux membres exécutifs des Forces Alliées de l'Empire Kaimon moi-même, mais si je leur demande si directement, il n'y a aucun moyen qu'ils me le disent. 』
If they were to formally acknowledge the fact that they screwed around with the siege warfare by planting a spy in the opposing nation, the status of their guilds would greatly drop even from their position.
It was even possible that they would be ripped a new one.
Since it was an act that literally broke the commercial morality of the game.
『 Cependant, je dois juste faire en sorte qu'ils ne puissent pas s'empêcher de mordre à l'hameçon. 』
So, the method that Ian thought of was letting some misinformation slide into the executive members of the Kaimon Empire's Allied Forces.
『 La guilde Lotus sait que l'a.s.sa.s.sin qui a ouvert la porte de la forteresse du Domaine Pyro était du même côté. Donc, la guilde Lotus est désespérée pour le trouver en ce moment. À ce stade, si vous faites glisser légèrement l'information à Ian et l'énervez lentement, une division se produira dans l'Empire Luspell, et de la position de l'Empire Kaimon, vous pourrez inversement en tirer profit. Même si ça passe autant, ce sera un appât assez appétissant. 』
Of course, Ian had no intentions of making the mistake of blindly following.
Even if he was to find out which power within the Luspel Empire committed such an act, there was no need to act rashly.
Ian, who organized all of his thoughts, suddenly stood up from his chair and mumbled.
« D'accord, alors pour l'instant, il me suffit d'attendre qu'un résultat sorte de tout ça. »
Ian grinned as he opened his Familiar information window.
« Alors, est-ce que je vais faire monter ce dragon en attendant ? »
The one that revived Ian and the Pyro Domain from the edge of the cliff, that Familiar was the equivalent of a treasure.
After the siege warfare was completely over, Ian opened the information window of Karceus for the first time.
Ring-.
Level: 85
Cla.s.sification: G.o.d Dragon
Rank: Legendary
Personality: Destructive
Evolution possible
Offensive Power: 2992
Defensive Power: 1318
Agility: 1420
Intellect: 1658
Vitality: 89,250/89,250
Inherent Ability
*G.o.d of War (Pa.s.sive)
Proportionate to the number of enemies that are within a 150-metre radius, the Offensive Power of all allies within that radius will increase by a fixed rate.
*Dragon Skin (Pa.s.sive)
Damage from all magic attacks will be reduced by 40%, while damage from physical attacks will be reduced by 10%.
If you remain unharmed for 10 seconds, you will recover 2% of your Vitality every second.
*Dragon Fear (Cooldown Time 10 minutes)
All enemies within a 50-metre radius with yourself as the centre will all fall into a 'Fear' state. The higher your level is compared to the enemy, the chance of falling into a 'Fear' state will increase, and once in 'Fear' state, they will not be able to attack Karceus for 100 seconds.
(Applied disregarding the immunity level of the enemy.)
*Dragon Breath (Cooldown Time 120 minutes)
Within a 50-metre range towards the front, the powerful breath of a dragon will be emitted in a fan-shape. It has the force equivalent to 2370% of Karceus' Offensive Power, and additionally, for 10 seconds, 40% of that force will be dealt as continual damage.
(The effect will decrease to half when facing a user.)
*Polymorph (No Cooldown Time)
Using Polymorph, Karceus can transform into the form of a human. Once in the form of a human, all combat stats will decrease by 30%, and amongst his Inherent Abilities, Active Skills cannot be used.
One of the seven legendary G.o.d Dragons, War Dragon Karceus was given his abilities from the G.o.d of War.
As he has not found all of his strength yet, he is in an incomplete state.
The information window expected of a dragon was so fancy that it was truly jaw-dropping.
However, there was an aspect that Ian was a little disappointed in.
『 J'aurais dû le faire monter en niveau quand son Potentiel était à 100 ! 』
Karceus's Potential at birth was 98, and because of that, up until almost lv 60-70, he had leveled up in a state where he lacked 2 Potential.
『 Ça n'a pas pu être évité, mais 』
Against Ian's will, he had leveled up while he fought inducted to Kaizar.
Either way, the difference between 100 and 98 Potential was minor, and based on the calculations that Ian did like a pervert in order to find out how much stats he had lost, it was a minor level where he lost less than 10 stats even if they were all added together.
However, Ian was pointlessly leery, and thanks to that, Karceus's nickname became 'Mojilee[1]'.
He wanted to actually name him Mojilee, but because he was an individual that already had a name before he was even born, that was impossible.
« Mojilee, invocation ! »
While looking at the system message that popped up, Ian grumbled.
« Comme prévu, j'aurais dû l'appeler Mojilee. Si je l'avais fait, il n'aurait pas pu refuser mes ordres. »
Ian, who smirked, invoked the summoning command again.
« Karceus, invocation ! »
Whoong-.
And in front of Ian, a muscular man with dark purple eyes and hair appeared.
His expression looked incredibly displeased.
« Je sais. »
However, Ian, who found Karceus's sulky form cute, grinned as he shook his head.
« Qu'est-ce que tu veux que j'y fasse, vu que tu es encore un mojilee ? »
« Non, ta Puissance d'Attaque manque d'environ 3, tandis que ta Puissance de Défense et tes Réflexes manquent chacun d'environ 2. »
While looking at Karceus, who was at a loss for words, Ian smirked.
« Mojilee, on va faire du leveling à la place ? »
While looking at Karceus, who frowned intently with his sharp-looking face, Ian smirked.
« Bien, bon, d'accord. Karceus, allons chasser. »
As Ian opened his door and left, Karceus acted as if he couldn't win against him and followed him out.
Karceus was a dragon that loved fighting most.
« Qu'est-ce que tu en penses, Ilahan. Tu ne trouves pas que c'est une idée plutôt correcte ? »
The temporary barracks of the Allied Forces of the Kaimon Empire.
The guild masters of the top-ranking guilds affiliated with the empire were gathered in one spot inside the barracks and were discussing about something.
« Hmm C'est certainement une bonne idée. Si tout se passe bien, on pourra se moucher sans même lever le petit doigt. »
« Je ne sais pas si Ian pourra réutiliser ce dragon qu'il a montré pendant la guerre de siège, mais même sans ça, la puissance de combat de la guilde Lotus est exceptionnelle. »
« C'est exact. »
« Si on peut s'intercaler entre eux grâce à cette occasion, et faire en sorte qu'Ian attaque Splendor ou Oaklan, on devrait pouvoir percer la ligne arrière de défense facilement, non ? »
After they returned with the attack on the Pyro Domain as a failure, the Allied Forces of the Kaimon Empire changed their route entirely.
While ignoring the Pyro Domain that stood alone in the middle of the central area, they chose to go with the method where they advanced towards the east continuously.
The Lotus Guild without the defensive fortress of the Pyro Domain wasn't that threatening either way, but as there wasn't much they could do in a state where they were isolated, they decided to just completely ignore them.
While the masters of many guilds were sharing a variety of conversations, Shyakran, who watched that image quietly from one corner, slowly stood up from his spot.
« Shyakran, où tu vas ? »
At Ilahan's question, Shyakran stretched for a moment as he replied.
« À en juger par les apparences, je n'ai pas l'aptitude pour ce genre de combats qui demandent beaucoup de réflexion, c'est tout. Ceilron écoutera à ma place. »
« Hem. »
Shyakran whisked his arm around as he headed towards the outside of the barracks.
« Décidez vous-mêmes et prévenez-moi. Alors, je m'en vais. »
As Shyakran left the barracks, Ilahan momentarily wore a displeased expression, but shortly after, he began to focus on the meeting instead.
And after about thirty minutes.
The meeting proceeded in the direction that Ian predicted, but instead, a variable that he didn't even think of appeared.
This small seed conceived a large change in the composition of the continent in the future.
[1] Mojilee = Quelqu'un qui manque de juste 1-2 % pour être parfait (ex. Un mec qui a le physique et l'argent, mais qui est un peu limité côté cervelle) Désolé pour la romanisation, ça sonnait bizarre d'appeler quelqu'un juste par « Manquant » ^^;;;