598,

"I've said it before, we have a common enemy," he said confidently, without any hint of nervousness in his voice.

As if the words coming out of his mouth were the most sincere thoughts in his heart.

Empathizing, Cyclone tried hard to persuade the people present.

"At least, if you fail, the power of the Water Shrine will never be overthrown."

"Will I fail?" King Karkar finally spoke, but like Cyclone, there was no trace of nervousness in his tone.

Cyclone's words could only influence the heathens nearby, deceiving King Karkar would require more convincing words.

"Yes, if you continue like this, you will only fail," Cyclone decisively answered, cutting off all possibilities.

He spoke as if it were true, and in fact, half of it was true.

Cyclone didn't know how much effort King Allen had put in to make King Karkar believe this mission would succeed, but the underlying motives were not simple.

"The High Priest of the Water Shrine already knows about your plan..."

At this point, King Karkar still calmly retorted, "If what you say is true, then why did the monster let you leave? Why did he let you bring the secret to me?"

This question was quite powerful, instantly revealing the harsh reality to the heathens already deceived by Cyclone.

But Cyclone was not weak; he calmly answered, "How do you know he knows?"

With a counter-question, he suppressed King Karkar's attack.

Facing King Karkar's doubts, this time Cyclone was finally able to respond properly.

Since he was able to respond properly, he had to give it his all to face the challenge.

With every sentence, he never gave the opponent a chance to challenge his credibility.

Taking a step forward, Cyclone approached King Karkar, causing three heathens to react to Cyclone's actions.

These steps of probing confirmed Cyclone's next target.

Changing the subject, he persuaded them one by one, "Haven't you always served King Karkar wholeheartedly? Are you going to watch your King die in vain?!"

Next, Cyclone made an exaggerated move — he opened his mouth, pointing inside.

"If you hadn't abandoned me back then, I wouldn't have had to swallow that piece of paper!"

A lie to deflect the question back to the other party.

"Do you know what was on that paper?!" Cyclone took another step towards the man who had reacted to stop him earlier.

"What was written on it was the exact address!"

"The address?"

"Yes, it's the address you intended to summon the Great Dragon!"

Cyclone delivered the crucial line.

...

Yet, in an instant, everyone fell silent.

At the end of this silent moment, their laughter rang out.

"Hahaha!!!"

"Humph..."

Even King Karkar laughed.

"Now that you know the address, why don't you tell me, prove to me what the monster knows?" King Karkar's tone shifted in an instant.

Sharp-witted Cyclone sensed that something had exposed his lies.

But Cyclone wouldn't back down.

Through the art of language, Cyclone would win this war of words.

"How should I know!"

"Oh~" King Karkar smiled.

"I can't even read, I only know it's an address."

"That's enough!"

This time, it wasn't King Karkar, but one of her subordinates who spoke.

"King, this trickster is a liar!! Let me kill him with one strike!!"

"Hey hey hey! Were all the things you just said lies?"

This time, not only the heathens, but even Gray, who should have stood by his side, showed a look of distrust.

Suddenly, Cyclone found himself at the brink of despair.

"Why do you think what I said is a lie?"

Cyclone remained calm and responded with a question.

"Why?!" The subordinate who doubted Cyclone roared angrily, grabbed the large axe at his waist, and approached Cyclone.

"Because we haven't even decided on a location yet!"

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