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Chapter 92 The Sealed Artifact Appearing in Hepu

Iloti will also perform a solo dance at the end of the sacrifice.It would be great if we could cancel the memorial ceremony...

By the way, I can stop Iloti!Griffith suddenly seized on a silver lining.Yes, let her hide at home and wait for the disturbance to subside.How to explain to Iloti and get her to quit soloing is a problem, but Griffith believes the girl will listen to her in the end.

If there is no riot in the end, the Hanami memorial will probably be ruined~ Angry city hall and tourists... Hey, don't think about them for now.I can take Ilotti to Homonwarts.

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The mayor soon received them.The elderly civil servant, who is also one of the island's heads of government, coincides with the holiday coming especially early today.He had heard the news that the garrison mage had died in battle, and he was very flustered.

There was also a captain of the city defense army.In terms of level, although the Beyonder team and the city defense team led by the garrison are of the same level, in the event of a Beyonder case or a black magic incident, the city defense force where the city is located must accept the leadership of the Beyonder team.The captain himself is also a Sequence 9, but his subordinates are all ordinary people.

The mayor listened quietly for a while to Griffith's suggestion on assigning the Winston team to strengthen the defense of Hanami Memorial. After a while, he slowly said: "Everyone, I understand the situation. Even Connix Strong men like adults have been killed, which shows what a brutal enemy and a grim situation we are facing..."

But~ you are going to say the word "but" next.Griffith sensed that there was something in the mayor's words.

"However, Your Excellency Winston and we are not in the same system. I'm afraid he will not be willing to go to Hepu Town to be responsible for the funeral," the mayor said slowly, "I will ask the secretary to ask him again."

Amber's brows were already furrowed, and he was about to attack.

"Okay, Your Excellency the Mayor," Griffith continued, "Miss Amber has detected traces of powerful black magic. If the sealed item is activated at the memorial site, there is a great possibility that it will cause a tragedy that shocked the whole country. .”

"I understand, I know," the mayor wiped his forehead. "Then, Captain, your people must ensure the safety of the funeral, and we will count on you."

"No, Mayor, my boys are ordinary people!" The captain sent an assist to Griffith. "Be sure to ask Lord Winston to help us."

"I can't guarantee," the mayor's face became darker and darker, he stood up and walked around the office a few times, "Several, is there no other way?"

"Then please issue an order of martial law and terminate the sacrifice." Griffith said immediately.

"The Hanami Memorial Day is our most important festival. If you have lived here, you will understand the meaning of it," the mayor said with a sincere expression, "The Hanami Day is the same as the New Year in the mainland. It is part of our calendar. The beginning of a new year. Citizens who identify with our culture celebrate this day to say goodbye to the past year and welcome the new year with their families.

"I understand your difficulties and will do my best to provide the resources available to assist.

"However, ending the annual memorial service based on available information alone... is a decision that City Hall cannot make. Please understand us."

Amber was about to slap the table, but Griffith stopped her.

"Mayor, the garrison mage has been killed, and a group of cultists are fleeing with dangerous seals. Based on your experience, you must have realized that the situation has become so bad that it is difficult to add. The safety of thousands of people and the safety of this island Reputation and future may be at stake," Griffith said, "Time is running out, please allow Hepu Town's official Beyonders and captains to form a former enemy committee deployed at the Cangyue Mountain memorial site."

"No problem!" The mayor immediately grabbed his pen.

"I, I can't, I'm just a Sequence 9!" The captain shook his head again and again, "I will obey the orders of the former enemy committee."

The mandate to form the Front Enemy Committee was signed immediately, without consulting the city council or reporting to the military superiors.This authorization is actually invalid, and the mayor seems to know this.It may also be because of this that he signed without any burden.

That's okay, though, and I don't mind that either.Griffith took the power of attorney and put it in his arms, ready to use it to coordinate the necessary supplies.

At this time, an official hurried in and whispered a few words to the mayor.The elderly political officer came to his senses and led the three of them towards the outside of the city hall.

On the wide street, a group of young people was waiting in line.They wore shabby military uniforms, with little or no armor, and a few even had bare feet.

However, just seeing them from a distance, Griffith and Amber could feel a sense of murder in the air.However, when I walked in front of them, I found that the oldest of them was only fourteen or five years old, and the youngest was only eleven or twelve years old, not as tall as Ilotti.

The combination of youthful childishness and real murderousness makes everyone who sees them feel surprised and disturbed from the bottom of their hearts.Pedestrians and police pass them far away, not even daring to take a second look.

"They are?" Amber vaguely had the answer in his heart, but he still asked, "Young soldier? Just retired from the front line?"

"Yes," the mayor pulled his bow tie and opened his mouth like a goldfish, "they are..."

"Westeros Special Warfare Unit," Griffith's voice was like ice, "mountain warfare troops active in the western and eastern battlefields are all composed of orphans of the western mountain people, where do you find them? of?"

"It wasn't me, it was the Governor's Office of the Sea District who called them here." Although the temperature in the morning was very comfortable, the mayor wiped the sweat from his forehead, "When we learned that the resident mage was killed, we immediately applied to call more They have a lot of combat power. They are the closest and the fastest to arrive. The military originally planned to send them directly back to the Verona region, but the situation was urgent, so they were transferred here."

"Where is your commander?" Griffith looked at the young soldiers, big and small, and asked the tallest boy standing at the front of them.

"The squadron leader has gastroenteritis and has been admitted to a hospital in the port area. The second lieutenant fell into the sea during the voyage. There are no officers in the squadron." The oldest boy among the young soldiers came out and calmly looked directly at the apprentice knight on the steps. , "I'm Sergeant Oscar. There are 167 members of the Westeros Special Combat Squadron, and I'm currently in command."

"I handed them over to you," the mayor turned to Griffith and said, "every reinforcements that arrive will come to support you as soon as possible, please do your best to ensure the safety and smooth progress of the funeral. Please! "

The captain of the city defense army on the side looked nervous.

Although there is still a lot he doesn't know.But as a seasoned local commander, he had already sensed something bad from the actions of the Master Winston and the words of the mayor.After he said goodbye to Griffith and the others, he assembled his team and drove to Hepu with them and the Westeros Special Combat Skills Squadron that had just been sent.

Griffith and Amber also rode their horses and rushed to Hepu Town ahead of the silent Westeros squadron.

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The residents and tourists of Neopolis City have already got up one after another, talking and laughing, gathering at the bus station, preparing to go to Hepu Town.Officials from the city hall also got up early, pulling banners and slogans to guide tourists to attend the memorial service.

The tragedy of the garrison mage has indeed made the town hall tense.Although they couldn't make up their minds to terminate the memorial ceremony, they also obviously strengthened their deployment.

The city defense army and patrol police have all been mobilized. From the road entering Hepu Town to the mountain road leading to the memorial ceremony, there are military and police patrolling everywhere.Pairs of vigilant eyes surveyed the tourists coming and going.

Amber suddenly reacted: "Griffith, in fact, your initial goal was to get the City Hall to approve the Front Enemy Committee to use artillery. You already expected that they would not be able to coordinate the Winston team, and they would not be able to cancel the memorial, right? ?"

"Yes, but in the end it was a helpless move." Griffith shook his head, "Hepu Town is too big, and the patrol forces at hand can only cover the memorial ceremony site and main roads, and most communities are still unattended. "

"The number of cultists is not large," Amber began to comfort himself and his companions. "They want to protect and operate the sealed items, and they don't have so many manpower to attack everywhere. As long as we can hold on until night and wait for the Extraordinary Commando, Is it safe?"

Will cultists give us this time?

Griffith shook his head: "There are too many tourists, and without the full cooperation of the local area, we cannot carry out strict inspections. If the sealed item is activated during the memorial service, it will be too late.

"So, I have a last resort."

"what?"

"I'm going to lock Iloti at home, and then use her to threaten the organizer. If I don't take investigation and isolation measures, I won't let her out! The crowd has just started to gather towards Cangyue Mountain, and there is still time to act," Ge said. Refis said fiercely, "I have Hanami girls in my hands, let's see what they do."

"Why don't you become a villain, you must have a bright future." Amber praised him.

At this moment, Griffith and Amber, who had entered Hepu Town, suddenly heard a certain sound.

"Woo-woo-woo-!"

An abnormal sound came from the distant sky and gradually became clear.

It was a long, rapid, shrill trumpet that lingered in the air.Hearing this voice, Griffith and Amber felt chills down their spines, as if some unknown and unstoppable terror was approaching.

"What is this sound?" Amber's face turned pale, and waves of dizziness kept hitting him.

The desolate, sharp and terrifying sound of the trumpet crazily announced the coming of disaster.

Griffith felt himself enveloped in fear and despair, and he tried to open his mouth, but he was speechless.

On the street not far from him, the bustling tourists were unaware.They were talking and laughing, eating Hepu specialty snacks, and from time to time cast curious glances at the two men riding on military horses.

Something seems to be falling from the sky...

Griffith stretched out his hand, and a white snowflake fell into his palm.

Snowing?Will it snow at this temperature?The curious trainee knight rubbed his hands, and the "snowflake" disappeared immediately, leaving only a black mark on his palm.

It's not snowflakes, it's ashes.

Large swathes of ashes seemed to be flying from the incinerator, falling down like goose feathers of snow.The entire Hepu was shrouded in boundless ashes.

(End of this chapter)