Chapter 220: Sophia's Analysis
As the white light flashed on Ethan's hand.
A cage suddenly rose from the ground, imprisoning everyone except Aflian.
And this cage is the magic treasure that Aphron and Ethan originally exchanged - [Juehead Cage].
Although Ethan wears it every day, he hasn't used it for a long time, and he almost forgot about it.
Aflian saw the cage rising and couldn't help but smile: "Dear Great Sword Master, what are you going to do now?
Once the [Duel Cage] is opened, it will not stop until death.
If you don't kill everyone, you will always be trapped inside.
So you kill everyone? Or kill everyone?
Ha ha……"
When the people trapped inside heard this, their expressions suddenly changed, and they all leaned towards the edge of the cage.
Try your best to stay away from Ethan.
Ethan looked indifferent, but felt extremely sorry in his heart.
"If I were you, I would run away quickly instead of starting a fight."
Hearing this, Aflian's expression froze.
But in the next second he forced out a smile, and then stood up with difficulty.
"So you already knew it!
You are right! Then I'll take my leave now!
See you next time, Your Majesty the Great Sword Master. "
After saying that, Aflian dragged her seriously injured body away slowly.
Looking at Aflian's back, Ethan could only sigh helplessly.
There is no way, we can't kill everyone in the cage just to catch him!
As for why he won't die after entering the [Duel Cage], it's just to fool those who don't understand the inscriptions.
Anyone who knows a little bit about inscriptions also knows that this is absolutely impossible.
Because this violates the most basic principle of equal exchange in magic.
To put it bluntly, energy is required to maintain this cage, and energy cannot be infinite.
Ethan has already studied the inscriptions on the [Duel Cage], and it is not infinitely usable as Aflian said.
When I first took over, there were actually only four opportunities left to use it.
Including this time, there are actually only two times left.
It takes ten days to recharge the cage, and it can last up to one day and one night after recharging.
In other words, a few people would be trapped here for a day and a night at most.
In fact, Ethan had already discovered a strange inscription in the [Duel Cage], but he didn't understand what it meant at the time.
Now it seems that that inscription should allow a specific person to activate the cage in a special way.
Ethan turned back to look at the people, only to see their eyes filled with fear.
Suddenly I couldn't laugh or cry.
However, he could understand this feeling.
The world's combat power is so unbalanced. It may be an exaggeration to say that the powerful force can destroy the world, but it is very simple to fight one against a thousand.
And those without force can only be at the mercy of others.
The only thing that can protect them is rules.
Logically speaking, ordinary people should abide by the rules.
But in fact, those who are more disciplined are those who are powerful.
As for the reason...
Ethan suddenly realized that he had thought too much, and now was not the time to think about this, so he smiled and said:
"Don't worry, it will be lifted here in one day."
When everyone heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, they really thought they were going to die.
…
One day later, Ethan boarded the carriage for the return trip.
Sofia came to pick him up herself.
In fact, she came yesterday not long after the accident.
When she saw Ethan trapped in the cage, she laughed all day long.
Even now that she was on the carriage, she still couldn't suppress her lips.
"Is it that funny?"
Ethan really couldn't stand Sophia's half-smiling expression.
"without!"
Sophia could still hold it in when Ethan didn't speak, but when she saw Ethan's unwillingness, she couldn't help it again, and she suppressed a smile and said a word.
In the end, he saw that Ethan seemed really angry, so he didn't dare to continue, and at the same time changed the subject: "Now that there are no outsiders, you can tell me what that Aflian wants to do!"
Ethan's face turned a little better when he saw Sophia put away her smile.
He repeated what Aflian said in detail, and finally concluded:
"She seems to be tempting me to attack the Duke's Palace!"
After hearing this, Sophia frowned and said, "Very interesting!"
Then he leaned back in his chair and seemed to be deep in thought.
After a while, she came back to her senses and said slowly: "Ethan, it seems we have to change our strategy and go all out to protect the Duke's Palace."
Ethan didn't know what Sophia had in mind, but it was impossible to maintain the Duke's Palace. The limit of peaceful coexistence was already reached, otherwise the parliament would lose control.
"I'm afraid this won't work! Also, what's the reason?"
Sofia shook her head: "No matter what, we have to do it! Nothing can happen to the Duke's Mansion."
"What's the reason?" Ethan asked again.
Sophia pursed her lips and began to analyze: "Before, I always thought that Aflian and Leon were in the same group.
After all, her appearance helped Lyon seize the throne.
But I've been thinking about it a lot recently, and it just doesn't make sense.
You see, as far as we know, she appears three times in total.
The first time was to kill the old Duke.
The second time was to kill me.
Although the purpose this time was not very clear, the target was still the Duke's Palace.
Two of the three times clearly pointed to the Duke's Palace.
In fact, even the time he killed me, he was targeting the Duke's Palace.
I am going to die then, and the alliance will either be disbanded, or we will definitely fight to the death with the Duke's Palace.
I think because of you, the latter is much more likely.
All this shows that Leon and Aphraim have nothing to do with each other, and are even hostile.
Think again about the discovery of the magic node.
I remember you said at the time that those magic nodes had existed for more than a month.
And the old Duke was not dead yet at that time.
In other words, those magic nodes were probably instructed by the old Duke.
Then why did the old Duke give instructions to establish the magic node?
Before, we always thought that those magic nodes were used for practice, but now it seems that they are more like defense.
Perhaps the old Duke had already realized something. He established the magic node just to defend against possible dangers.
In other words, he wanted to use the barrier to protect something.
Only in this way can the timing of the appearance of those magic nodes be explained.
Just now I heard you talking about the underground corridor of the Duke's Palace, and I suddenly remembered something.
When Bird and I were engaged, Bird ran off to find a lover before the engagement party was over, which embarrassed the old Duke.
In order to appease me, he specially took me to the underground corridor of the Duke's Palace.
There is the secret of the Stein family, and only the most core members can enter.
His original intention was to express his respect for me and hope that I could forgive Bird.
But at that time, I wasn't in the mood and didn't particularly care about the contents.
But I still remember that the old Duke introduced me to a magical treasure.
A precious phantom named [Harvest Goddess Statue].
At that time, the old Duke told me seriously that this treasure had been protecting the harvest of the entire southern plain for decades.
Based on this, think about the recent behavior of the Duke's Palace.
Whether they are setting up a parliament or taking the initiative to help us promote new clothes, they are clearly conveying goodwill to us.
But we always thought that they were afraid, or that they were weak, so they repeatedly gave in.
For the sake of solidarity with the alliance, we have never had any communication with them.
Now that I think about it, maybe we missed the most important thing.
Maybe the Duke's Palace is in some kind of crisis. For example, the [Harvest Goddess Statue] is in danger.
In order to protect the harvest in the southern plains, they have been tolerant for the sake of the overall situation.
Because they sensed that some external force was invading, such as the [Fraudster].
They believe that the priority is to prevent external invasion, not internal fighting.
And they keep trying to get our help.
But eventually they realized we couldn't be trusted.
So they've only started to fight back recently, and they're clearly trying to break through.
I think we might have to talk to Leon. "
