"What’s wrong? Did I say sothing wrong?"
Lette looked disappointed: "Couldn’t you sense if he had soul binding with this magic device? You’re already a legendary strongman, can’t you feel it?"
"If you can’t sense it, surely Sister Lilith and I can sense it, right?"
"Why didn’t you ask? Because we’ve already noticed it."
"It’s just like how we wouldn’t ask you what color your clothes are today."
"You’re a mage, why are you ignoring the most basic questions? Go stand outside the classroom as punishnt!"
Emily’s pretty face turned red with embarrassnt: "But, but... even if it’s his son, he might have been mind-controlled! He’s such a big general, didn’t he suspect anything?"
Lette snapped his fingers at the mind-controlled Bander: "You, explain it to her."
"My magic device has a detection function. It detects techniques like illusion, mind control, hypnosis, and body control, and alerts if detected.
Only the user, which is , speaking truthfully, can relay it."
Emily’s eyes widened: "Can it really do that?"
"Yes, that’s why it requires soul binding. It’s because it detects from the soul level."
"But, but... didn’t all those things get leaked just now? I understand, Lette, you’re deliberately relaying false information!"
Lette covered his face: "I’ll give you a hint... Why did I have Lilith find a high level upper enchanting demon."
"After all, it seems like this task could be done by a low level little succubus."
"Because... because..."
"Because the techniques of a primary level succubus are too common, and humans can usually detect them. Whereas the techniques of a high level succubus, those human-made magic devices can’t detect."
Lette pointed to the position of Maple Valley on the map: "As punishnt, go and set up defenses in Maple Valley right now.
This ti we can’t just use firepower directly. We need those death soldiers to die quietly.
Can you manage that?"
"Of course, that’s no problem!"
Emily agreed without hesitation, also wanting to leave this high-pressure place as soon as possible.
Moreover, she had just gained new powers, and wanted to find soone to test them on.
Emily turned and left the Elf Combat Room, riding the breeze towards her target direction.
anwhile, in the border city of the First Empire, Prince Michael had gathered his force of private soldiers.
"Head towards Maple Valley now, keep low profiles on the way, don’t alert them.
When you see that brat Bander, don’t follow any of his orders.
Rember, your mission is to safely bring him back to !"
"Yes, Master!"
After arranging his private soldiers, the prince turned to look at two people hiding in the shadows.
"Please, I implore you two to lend a hand and bring back my incapable son. He is the future foundation of the Empire and must not be lost."
A male and a female mage wearing black magic robes stepped forward, the older male mage smiled slightly.
"Rest assured, Your Highness, we will certainly bring back Prince Bander safely."
"Then I’ll leave it to you two! There will be a great reward once it’s done!"
The two magicians nodded and followed the private soldiers’ team out of the border city’s gates into the dense forest.
This rescue team advanced along the route Bander initially led his army, and because early traps were destroyed, things went relatively smoothly initially.
But in the latter part, they encountered so interference from magic plants.
Just as the intelligence suggested, these private soldiers were well-equipped and had higher overall combat skills, with two powerful mages holding the line.
Though the journey was arduous, they arrived at the outskirts of Maple Valley while cutting through obstacles.
However, unbeknownst to them, from the mont they entered the forest, every move of theirs was monitored by Lette and others.
As all the armies he had sent out had been captured, none of their prepared battlefield transcription magic devices were operational.
Lette left a few at the prisoner camps for surveillance while redirecting the rest to monitor this private soldiers team.
There were even two occasions where the private soldiers veered off course, and Lette deliberately triggered traps to guide them back on track.
For the sake of sending these people quietly to the afterlife, Lette had gone to great lengths.
Moreover, during the observation, Lette imdiately noticed that the two accompanying mages had the Tower of Truth emblem embroidered on their magic robes.
Although they cleverly used other patterns to obscure it, through countless interactions with the Tower of Truth, Lette recognized it instantly.
"This little bait really did catch two big fish."
Lette connected with Emily’s communication magic device: "Emily, Emily, if you hear , please respond."
"Emily here, go ahead, Lette."
"In the enemy team, there are two remnants from the Tower of Truth. Capture them for us to interrogate about the Truth Remnants’ situation within the Empire."
"So there are Truth Remnants making a move? Good, good, I will definitely capture them, don’t worry."
After cutting off the communication, Emily lay in wait in Maple Valley, awaiting the enemy’s arrival.
Sure enough, after a while, a group of private soldiers stealthily approached Maple Valley.
They were extrely cautious, even outside Maple Valley they didn’t rush in recklessly.
Though they were private death soldiers, they were no idiots.
The leading general, a trusted officer appointed by the prince, sensed sothing was off upon arrival.
Given that there should have been a small unit stationed here after the personal guards helped Prince Bander escape.
While personal soldiers were a class lower than private soldiers, these personal soldiers were among the elite under Michael.
In such a deeply contested area, even if manpower was short, without planting hidden posts, how could there be no visible sentry either?
Furthermore, there were no signs of activity in the vicinity, a professional soldier’s intuition told him it was suspicious.
"Go on, keep moving forward."
Sadly, the two accompanying mages were not professional soldiers. Arrogant by nature, they disdained thinking like the weak about such trivialities.
"Yes, why haven’t we advanced?"
"Gentlen, sothing doesn’t seem right here, I’m afraid there’s an ambush."
The male mage laughed aloud upon hearing this.
"Look at how frightened you look. What’s supposed to be amiss? Just a group of elves, see how scared they make you.
Even if there’s an ambush, we’re not afraid.
Unless the Elf Queen herself shows up, maybe it’d be a bit tricky."
"But... but..."
"Enough with the chatter. Our ti is valuable, we’ve wasted so much ti on the road already, now that we’ve reached our destination, what nonsense are you stirring up?"
The male mage arrogantly declared: "Do you understand how precious our ti is? I’m not interested in playing house gas with your precious prince here.
Get the person and bring them back quickly, understand?"
"But what if this is an elven trap, and the prince isn’t inside..."
"Then capture the ambush elves and force out your prince’s whereabouts. Do you expect a prince to just fall off a tree onto you?"
Though the private soldier leader was displeased, he had no choice.
Besides, the mage had a point, even knowing it might be a trap, they had no choice but to probe it.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to report back.
"Everyone! Prepare for battle! Enter Maple Valley forming a defensive formation!"
Under the urging of the two mages, the private soldiers ford a battle formation and slowly moved into Maple Valley.
However, upon entering, not a soul was seen within the vast valley.
As they looked around searching, ripples began forming on the pond in the valley.
Just then, Emily, clad in water armor and wielding a crowbar, erged fiercely from within.
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