Chapter 983 Secret Mentor
According to the tradition of the inner circle, when a member of the inner circle proposes a proposal, all members will vote secretly. At this time, the candles in the conference hall will go out, and the room will fall into complete chaos. of darkness.
Each participant has a white ball and a black ball, representing votes for and against respectively. Everyone has equal voting rights, even the Supreme Master is no exception.
There are grooves carved on the big table of the conference, which are connected to a container in the center of the conference table. In the dark, each member uses the white ball and black ball in his hand to vote for and against. They vote The outgoing balls will slide along the grooves on the table into the container in the middle. After the voting is completed, the candles are relit, and a machine will take out the container in the center of the conference table and present it to the Supreme Master, who will conduct a test on the balls of different colors. The count determines the final result of the vote.
Soon, the candles in the hall were extinguished one by one, plunging into complete darkness.
None of the inner ring members could see each other, and no one made any noticeable movement, only the faint sound of breathing, and then the clink of the sphere colliding with the grooves on the table.
When the candles lit up again, the voting results were out.
There are 7 white balls and 5 black balls in total.
“That’s it.”
Azrael didn’t want to cause any further trouble, so he immediately decided on the voting result.
"Put the channel on."
After more dial turns and button flicks, static washed over the communicator before fading.
“Captain Soshyan, I am Azrael from the Dark Angels. We agree with your decision. The Dark Angels will engage in joint operations. I will rush to the ground to talk to you later. . ”
Soon, the return message came.
“I am extremely grateful, Grand Master Azrael, I look forward to your arrival.”
When the link goes down, more static comes through.
Azrael's face then turned stern and determined, and he looked directly into the eyes of every member of the Inner Circle.
"Go now, brothers, and prepare your companies for battle."
These words announced the end of the chapter meeting, but after everyone left, Some people quietly stayed and headed to another, more secret space.
As mentioned before, a major feature of the inner circle is that there are circles within circles, and there are secrets behind secrets. (Don’t say that the Eleventh Legion is hot anymore, Suo Zhanshuai doesn’t have so much time to play with extreme matryoshka dolls)
So it is very natural that even in the chapter meeting, there are also more senior inner circles who know more secrets. They are the six secret mentors.
The Hidden Mentors were summoned by Azrael himself, and they were summoned because of Cypher.
More than ten years ago, not long after Azrael became the Supreme Master, the long-lost Lord Seifer suddenly surrendered during the battle in Tharsis and was subsequently transferred to the Great Stone.
Azrael believed that some knowledge about Cypher should not be widely discussed in the Inner Circle, so he summoned the other five most senior Inner Circle members. They were the Grand Master of the Think Tank Ixi Knot, Priest Grand Master Sappho, Inquisition Chief Chaplain Asmodei, Deathwing Grand Master Belial, Ravenwing Grand Master Samuel.
The six of them had a secret discussion about Cypher's surrender. At the meeting, Azrael also revealed a secret to the other five mentors - in the past ten thousand years, Cypher had surrendered seven times. He took the initiative to visit the giant stone, and he successfully escaped every time. At the same time, he also revealed the true reason for the establishment of the Inner Circle to the five mentors.
Then, not long after the meeting, it was very shameful because of a series of accidents (actually a very long story, but gw didn’t say exactly when it happened at the end of M41, so I moved it to before the Battle of Pandora , if the boss knows about it, he can correct it), Seve once again escaped from the sight of the Dark Angel——
The meeting place of the six people was called the Secret Room, and the six people also made a blood oath here , to keep the secrets discussed at the meeting, and afterwards Sappho used the term secret mentor to refer to these six people.
And these six people, in a sense, are the real leadership core of the Dark Angels Chapter.
The secret room is very small, and the furnishings are also very simple, with a huge rough round stone seat, six huge stone chairs, and a candlestick in the center of the table, but the weak candlelight can only barely Wrapping the figures of those seated at the edge of the table, most of their silhouettes are sunk in shadow.
". Sever once mentioned the name of the Paihua Star during the interrogation. In that conversation, he mentioned that there seemed to be a huge secret hidden in the old era, but what this secret related to he had no idea. Still unwilling to elaborate.”
In the darkness, Asmodai recounted the most confidential information in a rare calm tone.
“But we have found nothing until now.”
The Priest Grand Master Sappho sighed lightly. "Is this another lie?"
"No, he must be here, Abaddon's existence is enough to prove it all!"
Asmodai's tone suddenly became high-pitched.
"The Black Legion will never come here without a reason. We have already discussed this matter before setting off."
"You mean that Seve led the Black Legion here? ”
Ezekiel’s voice was full of doubt.
“This possibility cannot be ruled out!”
"In that case, why did he reveal this to us in the first place?"
Asmodai did not answer this question.
Azrael sat motionless on the chair, as if he were a sculpture, but no one present would really think that he was a sculpture.
The Supreme Master is always thinking.
Suddenly, Beria spoke.
"Do you feel that the Gray Knights are very abnormal this time? We have cooperated with them several times in the past. These people have a fanatical desire to attack demons and heretics. They usually attack without saying hello, but this time they seem to be watching. Like others, there is almost no action."
"On the surface, there is nothing."
Samuel's deep voice is like the engine of a motorcycle.
“Jushi once detected that several small aircraft quietly left their battleship.”
“The White Templar and the Astral Knights are also very suspicious. I still can’t understand why they want to travel thousands of miles away. Come all the way here ”
Asmodai voiced his opinions loudly as always.
"Suspicious! Very suspicious!"
Finally, Azriel spoke with unquestionable authority.
“I was also present when Seve mentioned the banishment star. He only said a few words, not much. The traitors have long been accustomed to releasing various smoke bombs to attract our attention. We I don’t know that I suffered such a loss once, and even got into trouble with other war groups because of it.”
“But——”
"The primary goal now is to defeat the Black Legion. As long as we defeat the enemy, you can turn the whole world upside down. However, if the battle is unfavorable, not only will we fail our oath to the throne, but it will also cast a huge shadow on the war group. The shame! We have enough shame. I don’t want to add another big predator. Let’s put aside the pursuit of the traitor during this period. Sappho, Asmodei, I need you to go to the front line to inspire the soldiers. They."
Sappho nodded, Asmodai struggled for a while, and finally made no objection.
Azrael breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand gently.
"Let's break up then."
In an instant, the candle went out, and all the secrets and betrayals were hidden in the darkness again.
(End of this chapter)