***
Meanwhile, Angel Leo and his men arrived near the Radiant City's main Headquarters. If not for their appearance they totally looked like beggars or Vagabonds who traveled a lot.
After looking at the Eclipse and then the magic formation, Pope David went to greet Angel Leo who was totally injured.
When David came near Angel Leo and tried to help him, David heard a grumpy snort from Angel Leo and spoke, "If not for the incomplete information about our adversary we would not have faced such humiliation."
After looking at the Angel Leo and his group, David sighed as he understood that today's plan was a total failure. He sighed and asked, "Did the demons also made a move today to protect that sinner, Milord?"
Angel Leo and his group had a face as if they took shit when they heard David. Without speaking anything, Angel Leo and his group headed inside the Headquarters to take some rest.
After taking some rest, David heard about the whole situation from the Cardinal who survived. He was totally shocked after he heard about the battle and its results.
David muttered slowly, "The Demon Gods didn't make a move and he still managed to kill the Shadow Silhouette? How is this possible? How can that sinner have so much firepower? This is next to impossible. Now this will only increase our fights. I guess we will have to go for the battle of attrition and use our coffers just like the yesteryears."
Angel Leo had a pale face as he heard about the results of the Lunar eclipse from his seniors via the crystal ball. He slowly muttered after hearing his senior, "This guy is really a hard nut to crack. Even this can't place a bad luck curse on him. Well, he has a bounty attached to him so angels of other gods may try to assassinate him in off chance they travel here."
Meanwhile, Felix had a pale face as soon as heard about the battle results from his informants.
He slowly spoke and read the report, "So even Lukav was present there, It is good that I didn't go there or else it would have been a disaster for me. I can only meet other leaders undercover or with good protection at least. It seems that father has been successful in keeping some face by using Sally after signing this peace deal."
"Should I try something to Sally's mother? No, this will only enrage Lord Father. And I guess that he might have already increased the protection of Sally's mother in Redwood City's exiled Palace. Then there is that Plato who might hold a grudge against me if I mess up this North-south peace deal."
"As for Radiant Church, should I abandon them or still seek their protection after the previous loss? Then there is Duke Von Longbonder who is subtly giving me hints to keep a distance from the Radiant Church due to their new policies which are touching their interests."
***
In a big palace in Garyil City which is south of Imperial Capital of Aelius. There was a slim handsome man in blue clothing who was thinking deeply after he read about the battle results which took place yesterday in North-frontier Plaza. He looked at the new newspaper which was showing moving images used by Illusion Ink and Illusion Cameras.
He muttered slowly, "So he even killed Irmela's Shadow Silhouette. If it was only Angel Leo then I would have believed it since it is possible to kill the Angels via various means as recorded in Longbonder family history."
This man was Duke Von Longbonder. His secretary knocked on his door as he came and spoke, "Milord, this is the report about that former Slave Trader Tom from Pearl City. It seems that he is selling the unwanted slaves to Sky and it looks like he is going to change his profession. From the news, I heard that he is going into this thing called Human resources and Infrastructure business under Marquis Ray. They are radically changing the nature of their business. However, there is one good news."
Duke LongBonder nodded him to continue.
Secretary spoke, "They are ready to help us fight against the Radiant Church in an alliance. We have not told him about our cooperation with Prince Hector against Lord Sky due to their good relations with his Majesty Sky."
Duke Von thought a lot and spoke, "We too should hedge our bets. Since his Majesty Sky has been able to kill the Shadow Silhouette of Lord Irmela then I don't think we can be more than a small hindrance not worth his glance. If it was only Angel Leo then we might as well give it a shot against his majesty Sky. Ok, I have decided."
Duke Von smiled cunningly and continued, "Since the Radiant Church wants to play with us, then we might as well play with them. We will be selling all of our Human Slaves to Sky. Also, inform other Alliance members that they can follow my lead if they want to and hedge their bets and earn profits by selling the Slaves to Sky. I wonder what will be the reaction of Radiant Church when they see hordes of people leaving their domain of Influence."
"We also have to find other avenues for income. Our Longbonder family has not been a hegemon in this region for nothing."
At this time, there was a knock on his door as the guard brought a letter to his secretary.
Secretary looked at the Letter and spoke, "Milord, it is a letter from Lord Plato. This has urgently been delivered by a Dragon Knight delivery for matters of grave importance. He says that we shouldn't try anything funny this time against Sky as we might not be able to face the consequences if the current Sky is made an enemy. He rather advises us to sell the slaves to Sky on a profit or free them so that we can conspire against the Radiant Church."
Duke Longbonder took the letter and muttered, "Interesting. Why is he trying to provoke me against Sky? He should know that I am averse to orders. Most likely he wants me to fight against Sky. Ok, we will hold our plan which we made with Prince Hector. Yesterday's fight has really changed a lot status quos. Our immediate enemy is the Radiant Church so we will focus on them. Last time as well they wreaked havoc when they sent an Angel about 200 years ago."
***
After the party, the next day in Sky, there was a hubbub everywhere after people read Plato's comments on the Alliance. Even the Diplomats from other countries were quite shocked after hearing that John and Princess Sally were going to marry shortly.
For the first time, Dwight was happy after hearing Melanie praise for alerting her right in time yesterday. However, Today Dwight's mind was ringing with bells after he read that both Sally and John were going to marry each other.
Immediately he headed to the Administrative Headquarters so as to complete Melanie's Plan. He already had a gist of what was planned by Melanie when she gave him the incense sticks.
