Chapter 189: Improvisation (2)
Let's organize the situation again.
I mentally sorted the order of information.
First, the Ten Commandments Front began when we declared the Succession War for White Light.
Then, before the fight between Hydra Corporation and White Light was settled, Lampades, who had been deployed to the Yellow Thunder Front, won. And he fired communication jamming signals amplified by the Yellow Thunder Ten Commandments across the Ten Commandments Front.
Next, Argyrion-sourced false news began to spread on the Green Wood Front.
And only then did we win against White Light.
If we re-establish this.
"...President, how about we pretend that White Light won for about 30 minutes?"
"Pardon?"
"Other than Lampades, no one knows that the fight on the White Light Front has ended with our victory."
Because communication was cut off before our fight was over. Other than Hydra Corporation and Lampades, the only people who know the whereabouts of the White Light Front are the (former) mages of White Light.
However, other mages in White Light Main Tower have already been suppressed because the magic power support from the Ten Commandments has been cut off. There are also White Light elders who are isolated because they could not enter the Main Tower due to the sealing barrier, but they themselves know best that fighting without the support of the Ten Commandments is suicidal.
When the sealing barrier is lifted and Carisia shows the double boosting of magic power from White Light and the Artificial Commandments and shouts 'I am descending', they will give up and surrender, saying it's comfortable.
In a situation where cooperation has been sought from White Light's mages in this way, if we spread false information that the Succession War between Hydra Corporation and White Light has been concluded with White Light's victory. If we disguise Carisia as White Light.
"If the president asks to open a space-time passageway to support the Green Wood Front, they will gladly open the door. As it stands, let's take over Green Wood too!"
Who on Earth said that? The person who counts the votes, not the person who votes, decides everything.
The current situation was the same. It wasn't the person who heard the truth, but the person who reported the truth who could decide everything.
Our employees who heard Argyrion's slander would be able to spread rumors.
But Panoptes was in Niobe's hands, wasn't it? The name White Light was also in our hands.
The moment White Light's victory was announced, Argyrion's slander would lose power in the first place. Because Argyrion had exposed his allies, but the allies had already been defeated by White Light and disappeared.
Then Niobe would mobilize Panoptes to spread the rumor that Argyrion's slander was nothing more than a vile trick to bring chaos to the magical society. At this point, there was no reason for an alliance of other Ten Towers to be conceived against Hydra Corporation.
And if Carisia directly descended on Green Wood and ended the Green Wood Front, even if the Ten Towers Alliance was formed from that point on, it would be a fight worth fighting.
The Artificial Commandments, White Light, Yellow Thunder, Green Wood, and even Silver Iron, which Hector had likely obtained. The Hydra Corporation Alliance, which had eliminated all the Ten Towers where the Tower Lords remained, could receive magic power support from five Ten Commandments.
Carisia connected Lampades with direct communication to the Ten Towers. As soon as the jamming signal was released, the communication had to be delivered step by step.
"Please tell Lampades. First, as soon as communication is released, we must spread the fact that 'Hydra Corporation actually won' to our allies. We need to prevent the fake defeat from leading to a real defeat."
After the preventive education by Lampades, Carisia would spread to the other Ten Towers in the name of White Light that the Succession War had ended with the defeat of the challenger Hydra Corporation. Then she would request to open a space-time passageway because she was going to strike down Argyrion, who had raided Green Wood.
"It will be difficult to use interdimensional teleportation on the scale of Etna City using the Artificial Commandments twice. So this time, let's just go with the two of us, who are the most reliable forces."
Carisia nodded. The long-standing feud with Blasphemia had been expanded to the cause and effect with Argyrion through the battle in the Golden Desert.
Now was the time to liquidate the karma that had continued from the past.
"Both Green Wood and Argyrion would have undergone considerable consumption. Considering the support of the Divine Cult by Proditor, we can suppress both forces at once."
Lampades would not be able to directly attend the front, but he would have to spend busy time continuously controlling the communication of the entire Hydra Corporation alliance.
"All available forces must be sent to Green Wood. Even if we exclude Niobe because she has to control Panoptes."
If Panoptes went beyond the level of public opinion control and said things like 'The magical society is in an unusual state, so I will declare martial law', Niobe could naturally sit in that commander's position.
In a situation where Argos's virtual loss of power and Eidolon's silence continued, Blasphemia was in control of the real power. The Blasphemia Commander was in seclusion, and Salmosia regarded Niobe as her plenipotentiary ambassador.
The current situation where chaos was spreading like wildfire throughout the Ten Towers. If Panoptes was about to make a 'decision to save the country', Niobe was the only card to control it.
'Actually, it would be more advantageous if Panoptes made a decision to save the country.'
The most ideal scenario would be for Niobe to ascend to the position of temporary commander of Panoptes, and to attack other Ten Towers with those forces instead of attacking the Ten Towers occupied by the Hydra Corporation alliance.
But the situation had not yet become so chaotic. The Blasphemia faction that supported Niobe was forcing silence on the entire Panoptes, but....
"Orthes, I have delivered all instructions to Lampades. Let's have them release the communication jamming signal."
I nodded.
***
At the same time as the sudden communication failure was resolved, shocking news struck the magical society.
The Succession War that broke out in succession as the Succession War for White Light was declared. It was the news that the first Succession War had been concluded.
The owner of Yellow Thunder had changed.
The news of the front was endlessly transmitted without being given time to think over the facts.
Compared to the first news, the second news was within the category that could be understood. The story that Hydra Corporation raided White Light's Main Tower by some means, but White Light ultimately won.
Common sense questions arose, such as how Hydra Corporation could have appeared above White Light's sky, and how they could have secured a mage who could face White Light without any base forces, but solving these questions was not important.
This was because common sense was all volatilized in the last third piece of news.
The identity of those who challenged the Green Wood Front was Argyrion.
The rebellious party, who should have been fighting the Ten Towers Expeditionary Force, was mixed in with the magic society and was proudly holding a Succession War?
It was shocking and terrifying news. Argyrion had already threatened the Ten Towers more fiercely than any other doomsdayist so far. What if those people got the Ten Commandments in their hands?
The end might really come.
Moreover, in light of the circumstances, it could not be guaranteed that the others who were currently holding a Succession War were not in the same group as Argyrion!
It was the new Yellow Thunder Magic Tower Lord Lampades's declaration that resolved the great chaos in the magical society.
"Lampades Magic Tower has no connection whatsoever with the heretical group that calls itself Argyrion. To prove this, Lampades Magic Tower will dispatch supporting mages to the Green Wood Front."
It was an unconventional move. It was the same as declaring that the right of the Succession War, which prohibits external intervention other than the parties involved in the Succession War, would be ignored. But Lampades had already heard the justification for this from Orthes.
"The right of the Succession War, which can only be fought by the Ten Towers and the challenger, is immutable, but the right of the Succession War is not guaranteed to anti-magical doomsdayists such as Argyrion, and extra-dimensional invaders. This is because the right of the Succession War is for mages, not for invaders."
The new Yellow Thunder Magic Tower Lord's declaration met an unexpected supporter. The oldest and therefore greatest White Light.
"Like the Yellow Thunder Magic Tower Lord's opinion, an invader is not a mage. Therefore, we declare that we will resolutely attack Argyrion in order to preserve the universal rights of all mages. Those among the Green Wood Succession parties who are not related to Argyrion should immediately leave the front and preserve their lives."
Then Panoptes's broadcast continued.
'The Ten Towers are focusing all their efforts on subjugating the rebel gang Argyrion, so please rest assured and continue with your business!'
'Mages, rest assured! The magic society is safe!'
***
Halto and Argyrion were also able to hear the suddenly restored communication and the information flowing from it.
Halto could feel the cold malice of the faceless Orthes in all the news from the Ten Commandments Front. Halto could hardly imagine White Light's defeat, nor Orthes's defeat.
Halto's inner self was saying. If Orthes gets involved, the situation always goes to the worst. Halto thought about which victory was more terrible, White Light's or Orthes's.
The future that would follow White Light's descent could be easily predicted. Argyrion would be swept away in an instant, and their great cause would be buried in the soil.
But what if Orthes came?
He couldn't even imagine what would happen. So Halto was sure.
He's coming. Orthes is coming.
The Green Wood Magic Tower Lord, grateful for the support of other Ten Towers, was trying to form a passageway to Eleusis. Halto shouted with a feeling that his intestines were being cut off.
"You must not open that passageway! It's a trap!"