LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 829 Professor Lanqi's Busy Day
Chapter 829 Professor Lanqi's Busy Day
"Are you number six?"
Toliado simply asked Nicholas this.
He took out the photo of Princess Alexia and Nicholas from his coat pocket and showed it to Nicholas.
"……Who are you?"
Nicholas didn't rush to admit it, but when he saw the photo, his eyes were shaken.
Like having to ask Toliado why he had this picture of Alexia, and whether Alexia was okay now.
"Number One, how could anyone other than our dimensional branch create something like this?"
Toliado said a little proudly.
"Meow."
The cat boss looked over Lanqi's shoulder and saw that Toliado was about to turn up his nose.
In fact, they all found a saintly father.
"I'm number six."
Nicholas the Red Kestrel sighed with relief, exhaled a cloud of mist in the cold weather, and in his open palm emerged the pink sacred magic card that Princess Alexia had given him.
[Ultra-remote communication program-6]
[Category: Spell Card]
[Grade: Pink Holy]
[Attribute: Link]
[Level: 6]
[Effect: Compared with ordinary ultra-long-distance communication magic, the communication distance and anti-interference are stronger. 】
[Note: Loyalty to the Empire, unwavering loyalty to the Empire.]
Nicholas held the magic card representing the Silver Moon Reformation Society in his hand and stared at it.
"I am not loyal to this organization. I will always be loyal to the Crane Empire."
Nikolai the Kestrel declared,
"But now I will help you."
He looked up at Lanci and Togliado.
Although cooperating with the Cardinal of the Church of the Resurrection was something he had not thought of at first, at this point, for the sake of the empire, he was very clear about what was the right thing to do and who was his enemy and who was his friend.
"Okay, let's go back to the Hasselport building, the Mafia headquarters."
Lanqi waved to them to go back to the base to continue the conversation. After getting confirmation from Nikola, they had gained a lot today.
"Leave the matters on the battlefield to Mr. Barton. He will return to the Harbor Harbor Building after he is done."
He walked towards the main entrance on the building's foundation level.
Pure white snowflakes fell slowly from the grey sky on a cold winter morning, landing on a thin layer of ice on the calm river surface in the port of Hassel, barely causing a single ripple.
This is a moated port located on the southeast side of the capital, Blierda. The outlines of the buildings on both sides are faintly visible in the snow. Not far from the Port of Hassel is the stronghold of the Blierda Mafia. On the surface, it is a company building with a registered license, and a striking company logo is hung on the gray exterior wall.
"Landry, you are indeed a member of the Silver Moon Reformation Society."
Nikolai the Kestrel followed behind and said without surprise.
He looked at the man who was dressed as a mafia member but whose voice was particularly familiar, and he already knew who the other person was.
Sure enough, that day Princess Alexia asked him to go to the first station where the Brillda arrived to cover the new member who had just arrived in the capital, and that member was Landry.
What really surprised him was that Landry was also a Cardinal of the Church of Resurrection like the Bishop of the Dimension.
Today, two bishops came to rescue him in person. Not only did the Saint of Decay not expect this, but he himself also did not expect it.
"Technically speaking, I'm not Landry. This matter is very complicated. We can talk about it slowly when we have a chance. I'll just talk about the main points first."
Lanqi turned around and smiled and preached to Nicholas.
Nicholas is so confusing that Lanqi really didn't realize at first that Red Falcon Nicholas was also a member of the Silver Moon Reformation Society. And because of this, no one else would suspect that Nicholas is a member of the Silver Moon Reformation Society.
"Then that's right."
Nikolai the Kestrel nodded.
Based on his investigation of Professor Landry, he always suspected that Professor Landry had been replaced, but everything was particularly consistent, and Professor Landry just became a more powerful person.
Nicholas couldn't find any evidence, so he could only keep testing Landry to determine whether Landry was real or fake.
The bad news is that Landry is generally fake as confirmed by the sense of incongruity, but the good news is that the fake Landry is still a friendly party.
"Let's go to a more secluded place first and put the Son of Decay away."
Toliado led the way, and once here it was like returning to his own home.
After entering the building, there were few sights of mafia members. Today was a holiday and the mafia members were not working overtime. Only their footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.
The interior walls and floors of the Hassell Building are mostly decorated with brown and black stone bricks, which has the style of a high-end hotel with a century-old history.
Soon, under the guidance of Toliado, they arrived at Patton's office upstairs and stopped in front of a seemingly ordinary bookshelf.
Toliado adjusted the order of the books in the opposite direction of how they came out. With a series of clicks, the bookshelf that had been motionless slowly swung open, revealing a secret passage hidden behind it, leading to an unknown depth.
A colder breath than the snowy day outside hit me in the face.
"Are you familiar with this place?"
Nicholas the Red Kestrel looked towards the cold air. He had never been to the heartland of the Brillda Mafia before. Now it seemed that this gray area was actually the territory of the Silver Moon Reform Society.
"I've been here a few times. I'm probably as familiar with it as the Imperial Special Operations Division."
Toliado replied.
The last time he was kidnapped by Captain Maguire, it was the Red Falcon Nicola who brought Ranchi to rescue him, so Toliado had a good impression of Nicola.
He walked into the tunnel inside the bookshelf by himself, followed by Lanqi and Nicholas. The bookshelf made of anti-magic steel behind him closed quietly, as if it had never been opened, isolating himself from all the noise from the outside world.
The light inside the corridor was dim. Every few meters there was a flickering light, emitting a faint and strange light, stretching their shadows long.
Dozens of seconds later, they stopped in front of a silver-white helicopter.
"Did Patton give you a key?"
Toliado asked Nicola.
"Have."
Nikola handed Toliado the crystal card that Patton had thrown to him when he had fought off Maguire and the Son of Decay.
Toliado simply operated the central control panel, and after the magic sensor scanned and confirmed their identities, the elevator door creaked open slowly, allowing them to enter.
"I think Viscount Carmel, who I captured when I was looking for Elsa last time, is still down there."
Lanqi stepped into the ladder box and recalled.
"Then it must have been killed by Ifatia."
Toliado shook his head and sighed.
"Isn't Ifatia that cruel..."
Lanqi still felt that Ifatia was kind-hearted from the bottom of his heart.
It's hard to imagine her doing something cruel.
"Who is Ifatia?"
Nikolai asked, standing behind the ladder box.
"His mom's sister."
Toliado pointed at Lanci and answered Nicholas.
"?"
Nicholas felt he could no longer understand the language.
Lanci's expression also became very strange. He wanted to refute Toliado but couldn't say anything, as if he was afraid that the more he explained, the more confusing it would become.
As the ladder box continued to descend, a dazzling white light would flash on the walls around the ladder box every few meters, and the entire space continued to sink deeper into the earth's center.
The ladder box stopped, and a huge door made of pure white forbidden magic steel appeared in front of it, emitting a chilling frosty air.
Toliado inserted the secret key into a hidden groove beside the door.
There was a low roar from the mechanical transmission, and the heavy magic-proof steel door slowly opened. The blinding white light instantly filled the entire space, making people feel dizzy.
"We're here. This is one of our bases."
Toliado introduced Nicola.
“…You guys really built some amazing things.”
When Nicholas's vision adjusted to the sudden bright light, a huge underground palace appeared before him.
Looking around, the pure white walls and ground reflected a dazzling light under the ice-blue light, making them feel like they were in a different dimension that was cut off from the world.
The Milky Way flows above the towering dome, and twinkling stars penetrate tens of thousands of meters of space and time, reflecting the real starry sky.
No matter what kind of turmoil occurs in Brillda, it may not threaten such an underground base, and the enemy has no way of detecting its space interface.
"The enemy has a hiding place under Crane, so of course we must have one too. Let's go to the warehouse first."
Toliado said this and walked straight to the frozen warehouse-like detention room in the side hall of the Silver Palace.
"I didn't see any prison functions last time."
Lanqi muttered to himself as he looked deeper into the Silver Palace.
Ifatia entertained him and Talia only in the main hall of the palace.
"In fact, this space is quite large. It took Abigail a long time to knock it out."
Toliado sneered. He hadn't expected Abigail to be a natural civil engineer at first.
"I always feel like you're thinking about something that could easily get you spanked, meow."
The cat boss floated beside them, knowing this expression all too well.
"This contracted beast is so powerful."
Nicholas stared intently at the sixth-level black cat.
Although I had seen Landry bring it out before, it was only when I was actually next to it that I could feel its strength.
"...Do you think I'm a level 6 meow?"
Boss Cat turned around and questioned Nicholas.
"Are you at level nine?"
Nicholas joked with it.
If it is not level six, then it can only be level nine, because only if it is that strong can it disguise itself as a certain level and make others feel that it is at that level.
"..."
Although it was the first time that Boss Cat heard someone guess that it was level nine, the other party's logic and doubts were written on his face.
The world is not worth it, meow.
They came to the ice storage with a door more than ten meters high.
As soon as you open the door, you'll see mosaics all over, bloodier than a slaughterhouse or a butcher's shop.
The cold was raging, and deathly silence enveloped the entire space; even the air was frozen.
Lanqi immediately covered the cat boss's eyes. "What's wrong, meow, Lanqi?"
The cat boss's vision went dark before he could see anything clearly. It must be that Lanqi was protecting him and preventing him from seeing the miserable state of the captured vampire Viscount Carmel last time.
"He was broken into heroic pieces."
Lanqi replied in a deep voice with great regret.
"..."
Boss Cat was silent.
What slang are you talking about?
"Where is this?!"
In the pitch-black vision, Boss Cat also heard the terrified sound of the Son of Decay being thrown to the ground.
Then, accompanied by several screams and the sound of freezing, the Decayed Saint was also locked on the tombstone-like cross and froze.
"Okay, let's go back to the hall and discuss in detail."
Toliado clapped his hands and signaled them to leave the ice storage.
The three people and the cat came to the main hall of the palace where Ifatia always stayed before, sat on both sides of the long table, and reviewed what had happened since the establishment of the Silver Moon Reform Society.
……
"So, Her Highness Alexia is being watched by the vampires in the palace. We can only liberate Her Highness Alexia by waiting until the end of the month for the National Day when all the military gods are unable to act and then defeating Blood Moon City?"
Red Kestrel Nicholas said solemnly.
After nearly an hour of review, he had roughly figured out everything that had happened.
Not only is the situation of the entire Krelian Empire quite bad, but even Princess Alexia has been controlled.
All the signs he found confirmed that the words of Dimension Bishop Toliado were true.
It also completely matches the suspicions he had investigated.
"That's right. The Corrupted Branch will probably also join the battle this time. We must be prepared to fight against the Corrupted Bishop Farmer on the day of the operation."
There was a rare hint of pressure in Toliado's eyes.
Although the Decayed Bishop Farmer is not a particularly difficult bishop, as long as you are tanky enough to withstand his continuous corrosive damage, he should be ranked in the middle, but he is still a bishop-level and can easily fight three ordinary eighth-level ones.
In the siege of Bloodmoon City, the top eighth-order combat units of the Cardinal level are enough to completely overturn the combat power balance between the two sides.
Moreover, if Bishop Farmer of Decayed and Corrupted were to face an ally that had no recovery ability, they would be easily killed by the Bishop of Decayed and Corrupted.
"If the only foreign aid from Blood Moon City is the Decayed Bishop Farmer, our fighting power is still sufficient."
Ranchi, from their current intelligence, saw that Brilda had only shown signs of decayed branches, and Blood Moon City had no idea how many eighth-level warriors they had assembled, so they should still have a slight advantage.
The problem is that when they break into Blood Moon City and fall, the choice of the opponent is in the hands of the seventh ancestor, Marquis Helitier.
Lao Sang used his life to teach Lanqi how deadly the restraint relationship in the eighth-level life-and-death battle was.
The situation of overall balance of power may be disrupted by lane switching, turning into an overall disadvantage. Moreover, if you are targeted by a strong enemy in Blood Moon City, it will not be easy to successfully switch back the lane.
"We can't choose our opponents when we play away from home. The seventh ancestor, Marquis Helitier, will definitely match us with the worst opponent. The only thing I can ensure is to forcibly send you to the third ancestor, Lachar, so that your opponent is the right one."
Toliado could not predict what powerful enemies would appear underground in Blood Moon City on that day, or who he would face.
But only Lanqi can defeat the third ancestor Lachar alone.
As for the other core condition of rescuing Duke Migaia, if he still has the strength to spare, Toliado will use his ability to sneak and escape to rescue Duke Migaia, but if he himself is also delayed, this task can only be handed over to Hyperion who has similar abilities.
While they were chatting, the door of the Silver Palace was opened again, and the mafia leader wearing a heavy cloak walked in.
Patton, who had just finished a battle, did not seem to be injured, and even his clothes were not damaged.
"Mr. Barton, how are you doing?"
Lanci asked with concern.
"I executed Maguire on the spot, and I also ordered my agents to capture or kill all the archbishops of the Decayed Branch."
Patton sat down on the opposite side of the long table from Lanci and Togliado and answered them.
Lanci and Toliado both nodded and understood the situation.
Patton was originally from the Imperial Army, so it was not surprising that he would command Nicholas' men. In addition, with a strong man like him leading the way, it was enough to ensure that none of the high priests could escape.
First of all, keeping Maguire, who has strong vitality and recovery speed, will be risky. Secondly, Maguire may escape again at night. In addition, the process of convicting Maguire and sentencing him to death is too complicated. There is a high probability that the vampires will secretly operate to rescue Maguire.
Killing the murderer during the arrest process is the only most effective way to eliminate Maguire, a hidden danger.
"What are the casualties among my men?"
Nikolai the Kestrel asked self-reproachfully.
"Except for the casualties in the initial attack, there were only a few serious injuries afterwards, and the rest were mostly minor injuries. I have already sent them safely out of the port, and they are probably receiving medical treatment now."
Patton understood Nicholas' feelings very well.
They were all soldiers of the Empire and had never betrayed the Empire.
He also asked Nicholas's men to bring Maguire's corpse and the archpriests of the Rotten Branch back to the Imperial Special Operations Department for report.
"Nicholas, on the day of the National Day, I'll have to leave the situation on the ground to you. At the beginning of the assault, try not to let your agents get close to the Brillda City Hall to facilitate our entry into the underground Blood Moon City. At the end of the assault, if any vampires escape, help us intercept and capture them as soon as possible."
Lanqi asked Nicholas for help.
Not only them, the main force that raided Blood Moon City, also needed a reliable rear.
With the city defense barrier suppressing them and the battle being fought on the Imperial Army's home turf in the Imperial capital, coupled with advance defense preparations, the elite troops of the Imperial Special Operations Department could handle even a seventh-rank vampire earl.
Patton, the strongest seventh-level imperial soldier, should be able to easily defeat two vampire counts, and should be able to defeat three. If he cooperates with Abigail, the seventh-level space magic craftsman, he should be able to hold back several vampire counts. Nicholas is also leading the team to guard the ground.
There is a high probability that a balance can be achieved.
The key lies in which of the eight levels is stronger that day.
"In the turmoil caused by the vampires, many young soldiers died in both the Allied Forces and the Empire. Some of them had just reached adulthood, some had just gotten married, and some had just become fathers... As an officer of the Empire's Special Operations Department, I should have been able to monitor the vampires, but I could only watch my compatriots sacrifice themselves and the country slowly fall into their hands. This sin is not enough for me to die a thousand times, but no matter what, I will drag the vampires into hell."
Red Kestrel Nikolai clenched his fists, and his anger could be clearly seen in his eyes.
"Maguire's escape was originally the fault of the Capital Prison and the Military Police Brigade, but I caught him again, and the merits are more than enough. You can be promoted to colonel and successfully succeed the position of director and then promoted to major general. I will also do my best to help you take the top position of the Empire New Energy Committee. You can just fight with confidence."
Nicholas assured Lanci and others.
"That way everything will be ready."
Lanqi's voice also became more determined.
Even though the princess was controlled, causing them to temporarily be unable to find the last three members of the Silver Moon Reform Society, they already had a chance of breaking through Blood Moon City.
……
On the day of the Moon Goddess Festival, the morning was almost over before we knew it.
After safely sending Red Falcon Nicholas back to the Imperial Special Operations Department, Lanci and Toliado also returned to the opera house and then slowly drove back to St. Clement's Monastery.
"I have some work to do when I get back."
Lanci sat in the co-pilot seat, looking at the monastery's flying buttresses building getting closer and closer, and preached to Toliado.
Their work this morning went smoothly, and the Son of Decay saved them a lot of time.
Toliado can now leave work as he wished.
The imperial research work that Lanqi had put on hold before leaving had not yet been completed.
"Go out and have some fun this afternoon. You'll get moldy if you stay at home all day."
Toliado advised.
"It's because I have to attend an event as a professor in the afternoon, so I have to finish my work by noon."
Lanqi pinched his eyebrows and calculated the time.
He really doesn't have much time to play today.
Although he discovered that boys were happier playing with boys, today he was not a student, he was a teacher.
Fortunately, the afternoon schedule at the monastery was a relatively relaxed tea party, which also felt like a ceremony.
He and a group of teachers will go to the outdoor banquet hall and activity center of the main hall to send students their wishes for the new school year, and he will also be present as Elsa's parent, fulfilling Landry's duties.
And at the same time have a similar dinner?
Because it also has the nature of afternoon tea and dinner buffet, the monastery will provide plenty of delicious food.
If it were a family member of a faculty member, they might be able to come in and eat and drink for free, but he has been involved in a lot of scandals recently, so he won't bring anyone with him this time. It would be best if he goes alone.
"Then I can only wait until I return to the kingdom to visit you. I haven't been to Ikerit yet."
Toliado knew that Lanci, a workaholic, was someone who could not be persuaded.
"No problem, I've arranged accommodation for you."
Lanqi discovered that Boss Cat's Restaurant was in need of a delivery man.
The seven great demon tribes all seem to be perfectly suited for Cat Boss Restaurant.
Five people working, plus two people just eating and waiting to die.
"Meow meow."
The cat boss lay on Lanqi's legs, feeling conflicted. After finishing his work today, he also wanted to go out and play.
But everyone was out, and it wouldn't be easy to find anyone else. It wouldn't be a good idea to leave Lanqi alone at home to work overtime.
"How about I take you out to play?"
Toliado put his hands on the steering wheel and turned his head to look at the little black cat.
"Uh meow."
Boss Cat always felt that this guy was a little unreliable.
"I heard that you also have the spatial attribute. Maybe I can teach you some spatial magic."
Toliado continued.
"Toliado-meow, my friend!"
The cat boss immediately raised his tail and said excitedly.
Everyone thinks that it was by luck that it stood out among the dwarves and drew the spatial attribute talent, thus becoming a space elf cat. But in fact, what it is best at is the spatial attribute, it just can't learn it.
It dreams of learning other space magic.
Now there is a master of space magic right in front of me, maybe he can teach me a thing or two!
"Then I'm counting on you, Mr. Cat. Please don't lose it."
Lanqi said with relief that he actually hoped that Cat Boss Moon Goddess Festival could have fun.
The school may be crowded in the afternoon.
For the people of the Cretan Empire, on the day of the Moon Festival, the Monastery of Saint Cretan is the most symbolic place of prayer.
If the students didn't all know that this was Professor Landry's cat, they would probably want to pounce on the little black coal ball when they saw it.
Even Lanqi learned from Naira's secretary that a military god who has a good relationship with the principal Shui Cangyu Violet might come to the school today.
Don't be captured, Mr. Cat.
"Don't worry, brother."
Toliado drove one-handed and patted Lanci on the shoulder.
“Meow, meow, meow, how could I, a divine beast, get lost in a large monastery?”
The cat owner felt that Lanqi still underestimated it.
(End of this chapter)