Enemy infiltration was a very serious problem that all kingdoms suffered with. He himself had exploited the loopholes to infiltrate multiple kingdoms on many occasions.

Even the other day, when he had observed the spies watching Helena and Dalia, he had been reminded of this scheme of his which he had had to shelve before because of the limited funds.

Yet, now that he actually had money and would soon have a great deal of income, he decided to go ahead with it.

The Olympics were truly a golden opportunity to test the efficacy of the system.

The working was simple, but it was this simplicity which increased the efficiency by a large amount.

Each card was supposed to be bound by the blood of an individual, and the secret trick by which the identification trinket worked was that it detected the interactions between the elementary particles and the card.

Elementary particles were present everywhere in nature, and they const.i.tuted the very essence of reality. Interactions between particles were common, and this was what caused the phenomena in nature that everyone saw every day. This simple concept was used in trinkets already in the cases where expensive barrier trinkets protected their user from harm by detecting the interactions between the elementary particles in the area around them and activating themselves when danger was detected – which was typically signified by an agitated change in the particles due to an incoming attack.

In a similar way, a specific alloy composed of different concentrations of different metals would interact in a unique way that was capable of being detected by anyone who had elementary sight.

The ID cards in everyone's hands were made of unique alloys with minute differences between them. Yet, however minute, the interaction with elementary particles still changed.

Because this was a common interaction, there were also many ways to block someone or some trinket from seeing these interactions.

For example, the scanning trinket used by soldiers at the border used the same concept to detect whether someone had a trinket on them. Yet, both the Knight and the spies who infiltrated Lanthanor had methods to hide their trinkets from them.

Yet, with this system, hiding their trinkets would actually implicate them.

Daneel had actually gotten the idea for this identification method from the systems back on Earth where something similar was used by banks to issue cards that people could use to draw money.

Each such card was unique in the fact that it had a specific aspect such as a chip which was authenticated by a device from the bank. This device would check with the database in the bank to ensure that the chip was valid.

Similarly, the indication trinket would check with a database back in the Palace where all the concentrations and interactions were listed extensively. If a card wasn't present with someone or if the card interacted with the elementary particles in a different way, the trinket would be able to detect it and mark that person a suspicious. The high cost of 1000 Gold Lans for each trinket was, hence, justified.

Of course, in both cases, there were still loopholes, but the goal was to make it as difficult as possible to circ.u.mvent the system.

n.o.body in the central continent had used such extensive methods yet, both due to not having the means to deploy something so complex and also because it was a risk.

The creativity of Mages wasn't something that could be underestimated. Even in this system, it couldn't be ascertained with a 100% guarantee that someone wouldn't be able to find some exploit which they could use to easily bypa.s.s the system.

Although Daneel hoped that this wouldn't happen, he wasn't ready to deploy the system throughout the kingdom unless it was tested. Hence, he had taken the decision to do so in the Olympics.

The system would make or break the future of Lanthanor, as he suspected that more and more spies would start entering both Kingdoms when it went public that they were going to unite.

Information was key, and he had no intention to give it up without a struggle.

With this topic out of the way, Daneel moved on to make an important announcement.

"I also have news. The Kingdom of the Elves has contacted me saying that they wish to partic.i.p.ate in the games, but they require us to hold events for Mages. What do you all think?"

The words were met by shock in the room.

The arrogant elves… Were actually requesting that they wanted to partic.i.p.ate?"

"Of course, they tried to instigate me by saying that we are not holding mage events because we are afraid that we 'cannot hold a candle to their skill'. Is this true?"

Ca.s.sandra immediately stood up with an angry expression on her face as she heard these words.

"My King, I guarantee you that my Mages will leave those long-eared p.r.i.c.ks in the dust! Please give me a chance to show just what kind of training I'm putting all the Mages of Lanthanor through. You will definitely not be disappointed."

This made a smile come Daneel's face, as this was the sort of spirit of compet.i.tion that he had hoped to invoke in everyone with the Olympics.

"I don't doubt it, Ca.s.sandra. But you should understand that if we are humiliated in an event that we are conducting, we might never be able to live it down. We must take every precaution to make sure that it doesn't happen, so I have a secret compet.i.tor in mind who might turn the tide."

Wondering who such a talented person might be, Ca.s.sandra asked, "Who is that, my King?"

The answer made her open her mouth and gawk, while the others started to chuckle.

"Me,", said the King, with a grin on his face.