Chapter 401

In fact, all along, the news and intelligence about the script had been spread by Lin Cheng himself, or by his puppets, and then disseminated outward through images.

In this entire process there was no intermediary, so the degree of trust it could inspire was actually not high.

For this reason, Lin Cheng had once considered cultivating a spokesperson to take his place, along with his puppets, in delivering the news from another world.

Just like running into an old acquaintance in a foreign land, the people of this world might trust the puppets, but the level of trust would never exceed that of the former.

After all, the former were people they were familiar with, while the latter were the ones who had invaded their world and destroyed their homeland; if forced to choose, more than ninety percent of people would choose the former.

This is human nature.

However, although he had taken this point into consideration, finding a so-called spokesperson was not that easy.

First, the person had to be well known to the world, had to have some fame, and to prevent being discovered, could not be controlled by some kind of ability.

At the same time, the person also had to be easy to control.

Otherwise, those who did not obey would only affect his plot.

Satisfying the above three points was not that easy; the very first point alone eliminated more than ninety percent of people, let alone the latter two conditions.

Considering the above requirements, Lin Cheng first thought of Jellal himself; as a notorious tool in the original work, controlled by Ultear for years, and a former councilor, he satisfied two of the requirements.

Unfortunately, Lin Cheng still imagined things too beautifully; by exploiting the darkness in Jellal's heart, Lin Cheng did indeed pull him into the Akatsuki organization, making him betray all of Ishgar.

But Lin Cheng still somewhat underestimated Jellal's will; after losing Ultear's control, Jellal's original heart was also slowly awakening.

Although it was not much, and not obvious, Lin Cheng could still feel that Jellal had already developed the thought of defecting from the Akatsuki organization; such a person clearly could not be used much.

Regarding the internal affairs of the Akatsuki organization, Lin Cheng did not plan to let Jellal join, and kept him in the status of an intern.

Thus, the first pawn failed, and Lin Cheng's second hidden piece—Precht—subsequently entered his field of vision.

And this time, he also changed the routine he had used on Jellal, luring him with benefits to make him join the interior of the Akatsuki organization.

Although this method made it the hardest to gain Precht's trust.

However, this time Lin Cheng did not plan to gain Precht's trust either.

After all, Precht was a Dark Mage who had endured long years; wanting to gain his trust would only be harder than Jellal's, not easier.

In fact, even if Lin Cheng did nothing, Precht would still betray.

Precht was no pushover; as one of the three great powers of the Lamutong Alliance, and the guild master of the Dark Guild Demon Heart, his ambition was greater than anyone's.

Disregarding the lives of seven-tenths of the whole world, he still wanted to create a Great Magic World, and went to seek out Jellal.

Precht's ruthlessness could be said to surpass everyone in the Fairy Tail World!

Therefore, having understood Precht's character from the start, what Lin Cheng wanted was merely to use Precht's mouth to spread the news that needed to be disseminated.

Casually informing him of some news in a very subtle way, making him believe, and bringing Precht to the battlefield; next, Lin Cheng needed not act, only wait for Precht to act on his own.

And in fact, everything was just as Lin Cheng had imagined.

Without him needing to actively control or monitor, Precht chose to betray.

He even took the initiative to tell the news about the fragments of the 'Great Will' that Lin Cheng had leaked through Xuanwozhang Sect to the Fairy Tail members and others.

Of course Precht was not really that kind-hearted, to simply give away the news he had worked so hard to obtain to Erza and the others so easily.

Although he had betrayed the Akatsuki organization, as a former member, Precht was also very clear on how terrifying these otherworldly forces were.

His own strength alone was insufficient to oppose these otherworlders, let alone obtain the fragments of the 'Great Will' among so many forces.

The only possible method was to seek help; among them, Jellal, who had been marginalized by the Akatsuki organization all along, was clearly Precht's first target.

With almost no obstruction, after Precht stated his plan, Jellal, who had long harbored ill intentions, after a moment of contemplation, reached a consensus.

Precisely because of this, when choosing opponents, Jellal would fight alongside Precht.

Of course, a single Jellal was certainly not enough.

Among the many forces, the elite squad led by Jura was clearly Precht's best choice.

Their strength was neither too strong nor too weak, easy to control, and most crucially, they were people of the same world.

Given their status, there was no need to worry about them betraying the Pingyi Society, and if things really went wrong, they could simply be used as disposable pawns and cannon fodder.

After the plan was set, during the melee, Precht had his subordinate take his heart and hide it in some secret location.

And Precht, taking Jellal with him, took the initiative to confront the elite squad, which led to the following scene.

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"'The ability to control everything, to rule the whole world? How could that be possible!'"

After hearing Precht's words, Lucy's face showed a look of utter shock, her mouth wide open, her eyes revealing an expression of disbelief.

Although she had also imagined in her mind the abilities of the 'Great Will' fragments, she had never imagined that the abilities of the 'Great Will' fragments could be so terrifying.

Obtaining a fragment from another world would grant the power to control the world, the power to control everything—such a situation was simply unimaginable.

GLOSSARY:

- Lin Cheng

- Zhang Da

- Changmen

- Pingyi Society

- Xuanwozhang Sect

- Xinzangde Society

- Lamutong Alliance

- Anheigong Society

- Lijingran Society

- Fairy Tail World

- arrived in another world