Volume 2: Politicians' Farce Chapter 12: Spy Suddenly Appears

  Twelfth: Sudden Appearance of Spies

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  When the red signal flare rose into the night sky, Fili was still trying to persuade Lenni to give up her plan to buy a house in the port area. The couple quarreled all the way and walked very slowly. It took them a full minute to reach the entrance of the military camp of this new Mazo Soblaya state delegation. Feeling a bit tired, Fili greeted the night watchman and was about to head towards the villa area behind.

  But the keen-minded female pastor discovered a thread of abnormality, she held back Phiri's hand, and listened with her ear to the side for a while, "Dear, I feel the ground shaking, it seems like something big is coming."

  "Maybe Winnie brought his animal friends back." Fili was somewhat skeptical, but still prepared a dim view, and as soon as he looked, he was stunned.

  More than a hundred meters away, Charlotte, panting and naked, was running towards this side, dragging another naked woman behind her. Behind the two, a dark shadow was vaguely chasing after them.

  "Has this guy seduced someone's wife?" Phil felt a bit ridiculous, but still cast an acceleration spell on the two escapees. However, the pursuers behind also discovered this and reacted decisively. Amidst the gunfire, the unfortunate woman's chest burst out with blood flowers, and before she could even let out a scream, she fell to the ground.

  Ferris's pupils suddenly contracted, and he found that the pursuer behind him was actually a cavalryman! Riding horses in the dark forest at night is either crazy or an expert, and he even opened fire on himself.

  Fili casually released a mage shield, but the bullet shattered the shield and hit his robes with almost no energy left, although it didn't cause any harm, it made Fili even more tense.

  "It's actually a demon-slaying bullet!" Each demon-slaying bullet requires a small amount of secret silver and cannot be recovered. Ordinary people absolutely can't afford to use them. Since there is this kind of special ammunition for dealing with mages, these pursuers must be professional soldiers or assassins!

  At this time, Charlotte, who was naked and had run to Phil's side, also quickly pulled out two handguns to counterattack. Although the enemy seemed to be wearing anti-magic armor, the female pastor's gun was also loaded with magic-breaking bullets that she had obtained from Phil, and the pursuers fell down reluctantly after being hit, while the other enemies behind them fired a sparse rain of bullets in this direction.

  A wall of ice rose up, the best way to deal with the magic bullet was still physical defense. After penetrating the ice wall, the bullet had little kinetic energy left - the magic bullet was too heavy, its initial velocity and range were not as good as lead bullets - relying on Fili's long cloak and Renny's leather armor could easily block it. But the attacker quickly changed tactics, a series of spears fell from the sky, all flashing with magical light!

  These guys are endless! Fili gritted his teeth and crushed a precious gemstone, the anti-gravity technique that didn't exist in this era was activated immediately, several spears that were about to hit their targets flew upwards and "fell" into the sky, while Fili and Renni also rose into the air and "fell" towards the sky!

  In mid-air, Feri rolled Renie into a somersault, leaving the range of the anti-gravity spell, and then launched flight magic to soar 400 yards high. Even the best firearms in this era couldn't shoot heavy anti-magic bullets above 200 yards, so it was relatively safe at this height. Meanwhile, Renie also activated the Feather Fall technique attached to her armor, slowly descending towards the military camp.

  As he glanced around the valley in the night, Fili discovered that there was no enemy army behind him as he had feared, and the charging raiders had already bypassed various obstacles outside the military camp and were rushing towards the open gate.

  Fili immediately descended in altitude and launched an attack on the enemy.

  "Sonic Boom! Fear Technique!"

  When dealing with enemies who possess powerful magical equipment but don't quite understand magic, sonic boom is the most effective means of disruption, especially for knights at full speed. This little disruption is enough to make some people with weak will fall off their horses. And while fear tactics may not work on well-equipped knights, their horses are another story...

  When Saorn Nom was splashed with cold water, he found himself tied to a chair. The pungent smell of blood almost made him faint again. He struggled to open his eyes and saw the thick blood flowing on the floor, as well as the captives hanging their heads in despair around him. Many masked men patrolled with weapons, and not far away, the sound of gunfire could be vaguely heard.

  "Mor, what are you doing?! You'll ruin the entire family!" An aged voice echoed through the hall littered with corpses, "Come to your senses... Ah!"

  "I've had enough of you old man, now just shut up quickly!"

  The elderly head of the Solerton family stared incredulously at the long sword that had entered his chest, his eyes wide with shock as he fell to the ground. Mor Solerton withdrew the blade and casually tossed the corpse out the window, his calm gaze revealing no hint that he had just killed his own kin.

  "Maurice Soliton, you don't think this will make you the commander of the war zone, do you?" Seeing the murderer approaching him with a blood-stained sword, Sorin Norm calmed down and said with a hint of mockery.

  Mole sneered, "So you're saying that even if I kill you, no one will surrender to me? Don't worry, respected General, I don't have any intention of taking your position, I just want to make a deal!"

  "What deal? What do you want?"

  "General Idriel Lyraeton, in exchange for letting you leave safely."

  "Are you a faerie spy? No wonder at the North Pole harbor that time..." Thorne stared at Mor in surprise, taking in his pointed ears, then looked around at the masked assassins and the flying ship above them. "You're half-faerie? But is Idril worth such a grand display? And yet he's still in Emon."

  "Don't worry, we'll take you to Emon's exchange."

  Going to Aimon for an exchange? Could it be... "Idril is probably just a bonus, your true purpose is actually this Gray Castle, no, to be precise, it should be the core of Gray Castle's secret!"

  Clap, clap, Mo Er lightly applauded, "As expected of one of the oldest politicians in New Elyria, you reacted so quickly. Not bad, my goal is indeed Miduo Nucleus, so I'll need a few more people to help me along the way!"

  The construction method of the floating city has always been a secret of the Niseral Empire, and its core technology lies in the Mytlr nucleus, which is also one of the most coveted treasures of other countries.

  The Mithril Core resembles a large crystal ball, which also emits extremely bright light. It transmits the original energy of the magic net to the entire floating city, allowing cheap quasi-magical items to be used like real magical items, and is also a key component that allows the city to float, its importance equivalent to that of a reactor in a nuclear submarine.

  In the early days, the Mystical Nuclear Core had a diameter of 150 feet and its energy could lift an entire island into the air, even entering other dimensions. The miniaturized floating city naturally doesn't require such extravagant power consumption, and the Mystical Nuclear Core has become smaller and smaller, but its nature as an infinite source of power remains unchanged. The desire for the Mystical Nuclear Core in various countries of the Toriel world is just as strong as the desire for nuclear reactors on Earth.

  But just like the major powers on Earth treat their nuclear arsenals, the Nidh?ggr Empire regards its Mithril Cores as its own and absolutely refuses to share them with anyone. Strict security measures are a given, and all floating cities' Mithril Cores are set to self-destruct if they are ever moved from the city's central chamber. On their home soil, in order to prevent an entire city from defecting, floating cities with Mithril Cores are also under close surveillance by the National Security Bureau and maintain permanent contact. If magical contact is severed or a directive is received from the National Security Bureau, the Mithril Core will self-destruct as well. This double insurance has left all spies baffled, and to this day, no one has succeeded in stealing one.

  The only floating city not under the surveillance of the Imperial National Security Bureau was Gray Castle, which was out of contact due to its remote distance. Although it was small, it still had a Mithril Core. However, stealing Gray Castle was not easy. Its Mithril Core could not be removed from the engine room, and the entire continent was within the territory of the Nacelle Empire, making it impossible for Gray Castle to escape by sea, let alone transport it by ship. It wasn't until the establishment of the Elf's North Pole Port Colony that the possibility of a heist emerged. It was also around this time that Mor·Soleiton was bought out and sent to General Soleiton's side.

  But when he learned of the true performance of Gray Castle, Mole found that perhaps due to the shoddy construction, Gray Castle's maximum altitude was only 200 yards, and its horizontal movement speed was equivalent to a human walking pace. Even if they hijacked Gray Castle, it would definitely be shot down halfway - Gray Castle Sanatorium had no defensive capabilities at all, and many artillery could hit it. So Mole had to abandon this task and cooperate with Idriel to sabotage the New Continental Army, which was quite effective, and the defeat of the North Pole Port battle was at least half due to Mole's credit. Afterwards, he also tried every means to destroy the remaining forces of New Nazaril, but unfortunately, it was a pity that he failed again.

  However, this time the mainland meeting was held, it gave a glimpse of Greyfort's long-time observer, Moore, an excellent opportunity.