“It’s the Mechanical Kingdom!” Luca cursed, “Those bastards! They sneaked into the Kingdom of God with someone else’s help… This kind of thing has always been common, but no one thought they would be so bold!”
At the same time, the entire banquet hall began to vibrate. The plates and cutlery on the table gave off a series of slight vibrations, and the faces of the guests who were still chatting a second ago changed drastically, and the atmosphere became a little chaotic.
At the critical moment, Shana appeared. She was wearing a more gorgeous long dress that dragged on the ground. The hem of the dress was carried by six maids. After she came in, she attracted almost everyone's attention, and then loudly announced that the vibration just now came from the war zone, and that "there was another exchange of fire on the front line."
She also ordered people to open the large windows of the banquet hall, from which one could directly see the night sky in the southeast direction. From afar, there were mottled lights flickering in the darkness, which seemed to be the aftermath of a battlefield.
"The rhythm is a bit off." Luca hid at the back and warned the two, "It happened after that party... It happened after the sea chart was stolen... I can't think of any reason why they specifically targeted Agor. He is just a border governor! How many years has it been since there was a blood disaster in his jurisdiction? There hasn't even been a tsunami in the past ten years!"
"But you came to us, which means you must have some guesses."
"Of course!" Luca gritted his teeth, "I suspect this matter has something to do with the sea chart!"
"Oh?"
"Theo is dead too!" His next words made the two of them pale. "If only Agor was dead, I wouldn't have come looking for you, but Theo is dead too! Marianne is missing! Everyone who participated in that party is having problems one by one. Of course I have to wonder if you will be the next one, or even... me?"
"Is the news reliable?" Hitzfeld said with a serious expression.
“It couldn’t be more reliable!”
"Do you think it's a problem with the chart?"
"I think they must have gained something from the sea chart! Then they realized at this time that they were not sure whether we had seen the sea chart - at least we knew the existence of the sea chart, so they wanted to kill us to silence us! They didn't want anyone to know the secret of the sea chart!"
This is indeed a reasonable guess.
Especially... they just learned what the tomb of the Nine Knights meant, and this matter is really very complicated.
"Luckily I asked you to meet me in Neptune City!" Luca was also scared when he thought about it. "If we were still at the beach now, we would definitely be assassinated!"
"Has the message been passed on to the Human King?" But Hitzfeld was not in a hurry and asked Luca about his subsequent movements first.
After all, even if this is true, the one who benefits is the Mechanical Kingdom.
This power is almost hers. It is better to have the Tomb of the Nine Knights in her own hands than in the hands of Xina or Yinsel.
"It was transmitted through the blood spirit technique." Luca shook his head, "But His Majesty always falls asleep when his birthday is approaching. I can't say whether Oujin City has received the news."
"Anyway, you better be careful!" He looked at the two of them carefully, and his eyes suddenly fell on Xia Yibing's left arm, and he found that she was also wearing a black silk glove.
Breath hitched.
"I heard there was an attack on the fourth floor below... could that be it?"
"Yes." Hitzfeld motioned to Xia Yibing to pull the gloves down a little and show Luca the mark. "Lucky, we killed the assassin."
These words sounded a bit harsh because Luca did not handle this matter very thoughtfully.
During the meeting in Neptune City during the day, he had learned that this place could be attacked at any time, but he did not give any hints based on this.
He knew Clint, and through Clint's ability he should be able to guess which force wanted to assassinate them, but he didn't say anything... and let them face such a dangerous thing on their own!
Do you have the nerve to say that you want to win me over?
Luca immediately understood the resentment and showed a little embarrassment on his face: "Then I have to apologize... Mainly because I didn't expect it to happen so soon... This matter is indeed a bit strange..."
His embarrassment and confusion did not seem fake. Hitzfeld raised his eyebrows and asked, "How long was the interval between the previous attacks?"
"Six to seven days." Luca confirmed. "We know how dangerous they are... We have killed them before. Their blood carries a curse that can turn humans into lower-level followers. But they have always maintained this cycle. I have never seen them take action so quickly... How many days have passed since you killed Clint?"
"Master Luca, I have a question that I would like you to answer."
"Just say it directly."
“Why doesn’t the Kingdom of God allow the recording of history?”
"You found it?" The old man raised his eyebrows. "There's nothing to say about this... We really can't keep this thing! Because any random words may cause pollution!"
"What's the basis? Records within two generations are not contaminated?"
"The names of the Holy Father and the Holy Mother will be transformed into surnames to protect us." Luca said simply, "This is also one of the covenants. It is the blood of salvation that blesses us..."
After chatting for a while, Luca remembered that he still had things to do.
"I'm just here to remind you!" he reminded again.
"I will send someone to deliver the stuff for the Hound to you. Don't go out during this period. Be careful not to be assassinated by mechanical spies!"
"Until when?"
"Just for these two days, after the battle on the front line is over and Bislo comes back... That guy is the governor here. I can win you over and have a good chat."
"By the way - you can take this opportunity to mix another perfume. The perfume makers in Oujin City are all liars. You can use this to shine at the birthday party!"
After saying that, he left in a hurry. Xia Yibing looked at his back and said quietly, "I always feel that he is treating us as an opportunity to get promoted..."
Looking back, I saw Hitzfeld staring at the night sky outside the window, thinking.
"What are you thinking about?"
Coming closer to her, while everyone was looking outside, Xia Yibing picked up a strand of her hair and sniffed the fragrance.
"Let me guess...you plan to contact Bunoriel? Ask about their assassination at the port?"
"That would be a waste of time."
She heard the voice grow firmer.
"After raising me for so long, it's time for her to make some sacrifices..."
"Let's go back."
"I need to have a good talk with Hashem."
Chapter 128 Acting
"No! I don't agree!"
On the way back to the room, Hitzfeld briefly told Xia Yibing about his plan, which, as expected, aroused strong resistance from the latter.
"Don't you think we are too slow in acquiring intelligence?" But Hitzfeld still insisted, "Even if the Tomb of the Nine Knights falls into our hands, I don't believe that Yinsel and Xina don't have a backup plan... Especially since Kleba Tolar's body has been used before. From this perspective, the bodies of the nine Blood Knights may spread the curse at any time."
"You think the efficiency is too slow and simple." Xia Yibing forced her to lean against the wall of the corridor, "Didn't Billie say that hero bones are worthless? Let Madeline go to the street to buy more, and I'll touch them more to see what memories I can get..."
"That's another thing I wanted to say..."
"Aisun!" All subsequent words were interrupted by scolding. Hitzfeld felt his chin lifted up by this man, his hair lifted up, and he was forced to expose his eyes - and his entire face - to the woman's admiration.
"Do you really understand... how dangerous it is for you to do this?" She felt her heavy breathing brushing against her forehead. "Although you both have gray hair... I don't think you and Hasim have anything in common..."
Xia Yibing thought she was really crazy. She actually planned to switch identities with Hashem and sneak into the base camp of the Church of the Mother of Savior to obtain intelligence.
Isn't this just risking her life alone? She felt that no matter how outrageous it was, she would never initiate such a plan. They were not in a hurry!
No one forced them to do anything, let alone what to do! They came to Aisha Continent just to gather intelligence, so what if it took a year to do it?
Wouldn't it be fine if we could just find a way to pass the information back before anyone truly dominated this land, before they truly launched a war against Sara?
"I have my reasons... Xia." Hitzfeld closed his eyes. Although his voice was a little trembling at the beginning, he became more determined as he spoke.
"First of all, I am the Lord of Mystery. I have discovered that there is no other Lord of Mystery in this area. You know what this means better than I do."
"What does it mean?" Xia Yibing interrupted her. "Does it mean that you can sit in that position? Use the name of the evil god to control all the blood-slaughterers and the power of the church? But even so, what's the use?"
"I want to know where that feeling of uneasiness comes from!" Hitzfeld said seriously, "Don't tell me you can't feel it... I remember that you have always been very sensitive in this regard. That faint feeling of uneasiness is like a layer of dark cloud covering this land. You can clearly feel it but don't know where it comes from. Don't lie to me that you don't feel anything..."
"Oh, I think it's more the influence of the environment." Xia Yibing interrupted her, "Spiritual creature? Curse? Or gray fog? There are too many mysterious things here, and evil things can be seen almost everywhere. Maybe a tree on the side of the road can suddenly speak to you. Compared with theirs, our spiritual senses are so sharp that we can feel that there is something surrounding us - isn't this a very normal thing?"
"It's different." Hitzfeld shook his head. "I once probed my soul into the mysterious network... I could feel those 'hounds', and I could feel them running towards me. The reason they couldn't wait to attack me was probably because they felt that the mysterious factor I carried was particularly strong - I have a deep connection with them so I can feel it especially well! That kind of uneasiness is definitely not caused by the surrounding environment."
She was so stubborn that Xia Yibing couldn't help but feel a headache.
Hitzfeld is good in every way except for this stubbornness... She had discovered before that once a girl made a decision, it was almost impossible for others to change it.
Even Xia Yibing was helpless, unless the matter itself was not important, such as what to eat today, or whether to eat something. She could still force the other party to make a decision in some way, but when it came to making the decision, she had to say that the other party looked more like the head of the family.
"It's not as dangerous as you think." Hitzfeld pondered for a while, secretly observing her expression while explaining his plan in a low voice: "Infiltrating as Hasim and then quickly upgrading to become the 'Mysterious Lord'... may arouse some suspicion, but as long as I gain control of the mysterious network, those constraints will not be worth mentioning."
"You should understand. After all, this thing almost succeeded in Sarah... The lower-level creatures of the same system cannot disobey me. It just so happens that there is no awakened evil god now, which means there is nothing that surpasses me in status. This opportunity is really rare... 伖"
Xia Yibing frowned tightly. She still felt it was dangerous, but Hitzfeld's statement made sense.
"Think about it, Xia..." Seeing hope, Hitzfeld gently leaned over, grabbed one of the woman's arms and rubbed his body against it, "'Hounds' are something that has been proven to exist. They are basically the followers of the evil god."
"So does Clint count as a member of such a clan?"
"Hashem also said that there are many people like Clint in the church, and that they are from different factions, which means that those people do not worship the same evil god as Clint."
"Clint is the lower member of the clan, 'Hound' is the upper member of the clan, and the highest member is the Blood Knight Kleba Tolar. The real evil god is sealed in his corpse, and he may have already been assimilated by this pollution..."
"Considering the existence of other people - they also have their own gods to worship, and they are probably not serious gods."
"Do you think there is a possibility that the corpses of the nine knights have long been contaminated, and there are a total of nine evil gods hiding in the dark, preparing to wake up, and the pollution they accidentally woke up in the early years spread... It was this pollution that created the evil god clan on this land?"
The woman's breathing quickened, and Hitzfeld made it clear: this was what she was really worried about.
Nine evil gods... and it feels like each one is more terrifying than the Evil God of Desire. If these things break the seal and wake up, what will become of Aisha Continent?
I am afraid that no one will be able to transcend and go back, and this land will be left behind forever.
On this basis, they will even continue to expand their encroachment on the native world of Namiia. When the gray fog can truly swallow up the entire Icarolinian continent, the so-called Namiia will no longer exist.
"Hasim may not agree." Xia Yibing said, feeling her voice was hoarse.
It wasn't just because of her inner struggle, but also because Hitzfeld had actually taken the initiative to rub her body in order to comfort her, acting coquettishly with her in this way.
"Her opinion doesn't matter." Hitzfeld breathed a sigh of relief. "She knows what to choose."
"What about the hero bone?"
"I didn't let you absorb the memory because I was afraid it might contain a curse. Now it seems that it is more of a remnant of the blood source. It is harmless... You can ask Madeline to buy you some more."
Fearing that the soothing effect would not be good, Hitzfeld took the initiative to hold the woman's hand, intertwining all ten fingers together.
"How about we come to the game?"
“Let’s see who finds the source first.”
……
Luca was quite efficient. The next day, when it was still dark, Madeline brought a message saying that the Blood Mage Guild had sent a package.
After opening the package, there was a set of materials inside. The letter inside said that this was a secret recipe that Luca had studied over the years. It could be mixed into an ointment and applied to the divine seal to temporarily block the outside world's perception.
"'Blending shouldn't be a problem for you.'" Xia Yibing still felt a little resentful after reading the letter, "...this lazy pig, why didn't he send the finished product over?"
"This is exactly a manifestation of sincerity." Only Hitzfeld remained calm as usual and looked at the problem.
Even if someone sends you a finished product, would you dare to use it?
Ignoring Xia Yibing's muttering, Hitzfeld glanced out the window.
The lights in Neptune City were still bright in the early morning, and soldiers patrolled the streets every few minutes.
They were wearing a kind of deformed armor with bones as the base and flesh and blood layer on the surface. They were holding heavy bone shields in their hands, and two sharp horns grew directly on the top of their helmets. From a distance, they looked like a group of heavily armored skeletons, very oppressive and powerful.
The battle line has been restarted, and she estimated that martial law would be imposed in Neptune City in the near future. She urged Madeline to buy the necessary supplies as soon as possible, so as to avoid being picked on while walking on the street if she was late.
The clothes for changing into new clothes, the new utensils for preparing the ointment, and the heroic bones that Xia Yibing wants to pass on, these should be purchased as soon as possible.
"Let me confirm one last time..."
Hasim huddled in the corner and stared at the remaining two people. "Are you sure you want to do this..."
In her eyes, Hitzfeld had changed his attire.
She put on a black robe and a nun's veil on her head. She covered her eyes with a horizontal blindfold just like she did at the beginning. At this moment, she and Xia Yibing clasped their hands in front of their chests. If you didn't look closely, she really looked like a nun.
But this is too exaggerated!
They will definitely be discovered, right? If they find out that someone is using my identity, won’t the church expose my identity?
“Don’t be afraid of Hashem.”
Hearing the fear in her voice, Hitzfeld tried to comfort her, "You've already violated enough regulations. They wouldn't have let you go even if this hadn't happened."
The logic is correct, but the way she said it was really funny.
The corners of Xia Yibing's mouth curled up slightly, but because most of her body was hidden in the shadows, no one could see the light flashing in her eyes.
Don't get me wrong, she just thought that this kind of dress was very suitable for Hitzfeld.
A rigid and serious personality, a calm and dense mind, and a preference for wearing conservative dark-colored clothing... If you think about it carefully, Aisuen's features are almost completely identical to those of a nun.
In the case on the beach, if I remember correctly, I bought her a piece of clothing similar to a nun's robe on the way. I don't know why I bought it at the time. Now that I think about it, I should have noticed that she was very suitable to play a nun...
