Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 248 Who declares war first?

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"Hugh, I bought today's limited cake!"

Forsi struggled to squeeze out of the crowded cake shop, holding the cake box high with one hand, for fear that the hard-won delicious food would be spoiled by other anxious guests.

Xio looked at her a little dumbfounded: "You are not happy to let you go out at three o'clock in the afternoon, but you went to queue at 06:30 in the morning to grab the limited cake... What kind of flavor did you grab this time?"

"Because I finished chatting with the editorial department at eight o'clock this morning, I ordered one right after the door opened. Fortunately, I came early."

Forsi handed the cake box to Xio, stretched out her hand to comb the hair that started flying around due to static electricity, and said happily:

"I bought a creamy chestnut cake, which is a new flavor this week."

The warm aroma wafting from the paper box, together with the sweetness in the cake shop, made the guests salivate.

"For your birthday, I ordered an orange ice cream cake, which is a winter special, but it is no longer available." She was a little regretful.

Hugh said seriously: "I like that cake very much, but it's a little sour."

"When I bought the cakes in March, there were not so many people. The development of Fetus Food Factory is really fast."

Forsi pulled Xio back and looked back at the cake shop that was still surrounded by water from time to time, and sighed: "In the beginning, it was only selling grain, but it turned out that a Trier-style cake shop and chocolate processing opened so quickly. Now even the canning factory is open. It is said that it is made according to the standard of military rations, with balanced nutrition and low price. The owner of the factory, Mr. Milan Nora Fetus, is so rich, powerful and young, no wonder everyone guesses He is the heir of a noble family who came out to experience life."

"The factory has been recruiting workers. The weekly salary is 1 pound 5 soli, which is pretty good for an ordinary food worker. Although the working hours are longer, about [-] hours a day, this is also because the business is booming."

Xio nodded understandingly: "It's better than no job."

Forsi shrugged: "Of course, it would be great if the safety of the factory could be improved a bit. It seems that workers in their factory are often injured or die accidentally... However, whenever something like this happens, Mr. Milan will personally It is very rare to see such a conscientious factory owner who inspected the factory and paid compensation to the families of the injured, assisted in reporting and even published an apology statement in the newspaper!"

"These incidents have not decreased, but this is a problem with the factory equipment and workers, not Mr. Milan's fault." Hugh replied.

"That's right, is there any factory that doesn't have accidents? But those accidents are really terrible. They are caught in the machine and crushed, or they fall into the mixing furnace and suffocate to death." Forsi felt frightened. Enthusiastically, "Being killed by a common machine in life has always been a good horror theme! I think the next book can be written like this!"

Xio sighed: "I hope you can really write the next book..."

As they walked, the two of them were suddenly inspired, and vaguely heard many chaotic footsteps, beatings, gunshots, and people's exclamations and screams from the street ahead.

"Has the parade team actually come here? This is the main road in Hillston District!" Fors covered her mouth in surprise, and hurriedly dragged Xio to another road, whispering, "Now the streets are not safe during the day..."

"Yeah... Maybe we should consider reducing our expenses and hoarding some food and precious metals."

As a security officer, Xio couldn't help but glanced there a few times, only seeing the chaotic crowd and the police officers at Sivelas Field, she sighed, and walked away with Forsi.

Newspapers have begun to frequently publish the bloody and cruel crimes committed by the cults in the Southern Continent—now it’s time to call them the "Church of Death", as well as their primitive and evil sacrifices, as well as the injuries and deaths in the past 200 years. Northland population.

These stories can naturally arouse people in the Northern Continent to hate them, because the Southern Continent has always been a backward and uncivilized world. Due to insufficient education, the people of the Southern Continent are generally stupid and cowardly, unsuitable for jobs other than servants and workers .

As for colonial independence, this is a concept that is quite new to both the northern continent and the southern continent. It seems that a tacit tradition has been broken, and a conventional concept has never existed... Or, To put it in an unseemly way, the servant bought by your family last month suddenly ran away yesterday (considering that the Northern Continent has not completely abolished the Slavery Act, it is better to call it a slave than a servant), and in your house Bought a house next door and declared that he is now a legal citizen, not your servant!All the slave contracts or business contracts in your hands have become a piece of waste paper!
The loss of a large amount of property, the fluctuation of stocks, and the fact that "people from the Northern Continent will not receive preferential treatment in the Southern Continent" are really unacceptable.

In recent decades, only the unfriendly neighbor to the north, the Feysac Empire, has been reported in this way.

Now, there are more "Balam Empire" and "Death Church".

With the rapid spread of the news, these two words that were originally unfamiliar can be familiar to old men in their 60s and children in the streets and alleys in a blink of an eye.

War——It was originally a very distant thing for most people, and it seemed to have nothing to do with them, but now it seems to be getting closer. People in the Northern Continent have an illusion that the tense international situation has already It has reached the point where it has to be posted, as if tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, when you open your eyes, you will be able to see the declaration of war information in the newspaper.

Every day is spent in tension and faint anxiety in this way.

They gossiped and walked away gradually.In the busy cake shop, people are scrambling to wait for the freshly baked desserts.

On the signboard outside the cake shop, there was a picture of a smiling handsome young man holding a "recruitment notice", his eyes were slightly purple.

……

Klein saw the arrest warrant published in the "Sea News" newspaper, and after seeing that his bounty was a full 5 pounds, he shamefully changed his mind to exchange his head for the bounty.

But in fact he couldn't do that, because he didn't plan to give up his well-managed identity as "Gehrman Sparrow", and he didn't want to offend the Church of Storms who had issued this reward for 5 pounds.

After bidding farewell to Ian, he squeezed out of the crowd, opened the door and left the "Brave Bar".

After getting into a rental carriage, Klein cast his gaze out the window, waiting for Miss Sharron to appear.

Of course, he can't guarantee that the other party is still here. After several months, the lady and Maric may have changed their usual places of activity.

Silently, Klein had a sudden inspiration. He looked sideways at the window, and saw a clear figure of a young girl wearing a small black soft hat and a gothic court dress on the glass that was made to reflect the scene by the night. reflected.

Turning his head, Klein saw Miss Sharron sitting opposite him. She had light blond hair, blue eyes, and pale face that were no different from before.

"Good evening." Klein, who didn't need to play Gehrman Sparrow, greeted him.

Sharon stood up slightly, lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, and returned the salute.

Thinking that the other party might have read the "Sea News", he couldn't find a topic to chat with, he cleared his throat, and said directly:

"I killed Senor."

"Yeah." Sharon nodded slightly, indicating that she knew.

Klein continued with a smile:

"If Maric still needs a 'Wraith' Extraordinary characteristic, he can wait and gather funds. When I find a replacement, I will sell Senor to him."

Sharon didn't ask what "replacement" meant, and simply responded:

"After seeing that news, he has been waiting for you to come back."

"Very good." Klein smiled, and then he asked after deliberation: "Making every inanimate thing around you attack the target is the ability of the 'Prisoner' pathway high-sequence?"

"Puppet." Sharon replied succinctly.

The ability of Sequence 4 "Puppet"?It becomes an "inanimate" puppet, so it can manipulate all inanimate objects within a certain range?If you advance further, will it directly affect the enemy's magical items?Klein nodded in a daze, then asked:
"Then do you know such a demigod?"

He then described in detail the appearance of the old man who attacked him outside Bayam City.

"Jax." Sharon calmly said a name.

In fact, I hope you can introduce more relevant information... Klein knew Miss Sharron's style, so he said with a helpless smile:

"And do you know Zatwin?"

This is the mentor of the head of the Oravi Island Celestial Sect.

"The demigod who hunted us down." Sharon replied like a puppet without emotion or concealment.

That is the one who made me feel that the chair, table, and curtain wanted to kill me for the first time... What a coincidence... However, this is not an arrangement, it just shows that the Rose School, a secret organization with a history of more than a thousand years, does not have demigods How many... It is estimated to be about the same as the Aurora Society. The number of saints is about five, and the number of angels plus 0-level sealed items is two to three... Of course, this is because they have been suppressed by the seven churches for a long time, and their base camps have become colonies. In its heyday, there must be more than that... Klein thought for a while and asked again:

"Then do you know the members of the Rose School who can make the whole mountain tremble with just one arm?"

He wanted to describe the characteristics of that arm in detail, but found that he didn't dare to look at the other person directly.

After Sharon listened quietly, her eyes turned as if they were alive, and she said in a cold voice:

"What happened to you?"

A saint, an angel, and "Sea King", a demigod of the Aurora Society, a monster that was produced by the artificial death plan of the Spiritual Cult... Klein silently laughed at himself, and said with a wry smile:
"I provoked the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and encountered an ambush from the Rose School of Thought. Fortunately, people from the Church of the Storm and the Kingdom's military took action in Bayam at the time, and I also threw out items polluted by the breath of the 'True Creator' , and things related to the spirit... Church of Death, in short, the scene was very chaotic, so I took the opportunity to escape."

He responded frankly, but concealed the existence of Miss Messenger and Mr. Ards.

"'Mother Tree of Desire'..." Sharon muttered the name, and a rare emotion gradually appeared in her blue eyes.

Klein didn't have the reading ability of "audience", so he couldn't taste Miss Sharron's specific mood. He only vaguely felt that she was a little scared and a little disgusted.

Sharon quickly restrained her abnormal reaction, and turned into an extremely delicate "doll" again.

She looked at Sherlock Moriarty opposite and said:
"You're lucky and mysterious."

Klein smiled and said nothing, neither lying nor explaining.

Sharon didn't ask, but said instead: "The one you met might be Siah, he is the child of the 'God' who was born two years ago in 920 and claims to be the 'Bound God', and he is also the current leader of the Rose School .”

"According to the latest news, He seems to have begun to try to combine the two states of 'temperance' and 'indulgence', and has been hiding for nearly two months. However, the Rose School of thought is not optimistic about this."

No way, in order to deal with me, the Rose School of Thought directly dispatched the leader and a demigod... I'm just a small Sequence 5!If it wasn't for "Orange Light" Hilarion's reminder, I might have been caught by the Rose School of Thought... Klein was afraid for a while, and asked casually:

"'Abomination' is the name of the 'Prisoner' pathway Sequence 2 or Sequence 1?"

"Probably." Sharon didn't give a definite answer.

"I learned from members of the Celestial Sect that the Rose School of Thought is preparing a high priest for Siua."

Sharon's expression didn't change: "This is an impromptu carnival ceremony of the indulgent party."

Impromptu, that is to say, the time is uncertain... Klein nodded and reminded: "Someone has information about you and Maric, and it seems that they want to treat you as one of the sacrifices."

Sharon nodded slightly, neither nervous nor surprised: "I know."

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"Wars are fought not only on the battlefield, but also on the economy and information. Let me teach you a trick. Look, what are the main needs of Loen and Intis in the Southern Continent? It is food, cotton, spices and precious metals..."

Edward drew a circle on the document casually, and seduced the senior members of the Church of Death who were listening attentively with bated breath: "The Kingdom of Loen abolished the "Grain Law", and you announced that Balam would no longer export grain to Loen. The damage is very limited."

The interim finance minister thought thoughtfully: "So we want to continue exporting grain?"

Edward held up a finger and shook it: "No, you just want to announce that you will no longer export food to the outside world, and only sell it domestically. First of all, you people in the southern mainland will not be able to eat enough. If you are full, you will punish your regime. I am even more grateful to Dade. Secondly, with the benefit of the abolition of the "Corn Law", Loen will not be affected too much in a short period of time, and their nobles will relax their vigilance because of this. When the Loen farmers go on strike because they cannot survive farming, When the society is chaotic, your people are almost full enough to go to the battlefield."

The senior leaders of the Death Church suddenly realized.

The Minister of Finance scribbled down his notes and asked again: "What about Intis? Are we going to announce that we will no longer export spices and precious metals?"

"No, but reduce exports."

Edward once again tried to persuade: "What Intis buys is not staple food, but luxury goods that are in high demand and easy to consume. You don't have to raise tariffs, but you need to reduce the export volume to one tenth of the original. Their The aristocrats have plenty of money and will be more willing to buy."

The Minister of Finance carefully tried to draw inferences: "In this way, the nobles of Intis can still use our special products, which can ease the relationship between us and Intis, and we can also make money."

"Easy relations are not the main thing. A colony is gone. Is it possible that you still want to make peace with Intis?"

The devil whispered: "After the reduction in circulation, these things that are equivalent to luxury goods will continue to increase their value rapidly in Intis, and the nobles of Intis will continue to pursue your special products, internal comparisons, money loss, you have money Earn, I also have money to earn."

The senior members of the Church of Death suddenly realized again.

Richard Ernst raised his hand and said: "The Loen side is already engaged in a public opinion war, trying to occupy the moral high ground. I suggest that the Balam Empire should also immediately respond effectively, and put the garrison and the Zhongsonia Company's All kinds of bad deeds are spread back in the form of reports."

Edward glanced at the Temperance Angel who had sneaked in, and nodded:

"Of course, and as soon as possible, not to mention that the newspaper industry in your Southern Continent is simply miserable compared to that of the Northern Continent. Find out all the unjust, false and wrong cases in the police station as soon as possible, and it is best to set up one or two more models. As a banner to attack the North Continent. The most important thing for public opinion is not only to prove who is right and who is wrong, but also to piss the other party off."

A demigod said: "We can convey messages through spirit bodies, which is more efficient, and it doesn't have to be through ordinary people's channels."

"Of course, so the newspaper is not for you to read." Edward shrugged, "You still don't understand the meaning, the newspaper is just to provide some shocking news for people in the northern continent, after all, these things belong to your southern continent. Everyday meal."

The current Balam is also considered a big family, and he has also received the secret support from the Feysac Empire, so he can do a lot of things.The senior leaders of the Death Church discussed for a while and agreed to this policy of conduct.

After all, when it comes to destroying the order of ordinary people's world, causing chaos and large-scale vicious incidents, demons know better.

Richard rubbed his hands together and said, "Teacher, when will our highland..."

Edward rolled his eyes: "You just wait. If you committed suicide by the end of the year, at the beginning of May, I have already led your highland rebels to the northern continent to happily burn, kill, loot and fight guerrillas."

"Suicide is impossible to commit suicide unless I fulfill my wish."

Richard refused immediately, and then began to rub his hands again: "So... when will Sierra plan to announce the restoration of the Highland Kingdom? Since he claims to have found a balance between the two roles and has shown a corresponding intention, then I Also very willing to personally fight as a member of the Resistance in future wars. As long as he (accent) doesn't mind."

Edward snorted, and began to draw a round and big pie:
"I think Siua shouldn't mind, the more combat power the better, and if you join as an individual, on the premise of Reinette Tinekerr's death, some members of the fleeing Temperance Faction will also be willing to go You defected. There are simply too many benefits for you to join the Rose School of Thought, of course, you will definitely not let go of your subordinates in the Northern Continent casually."

Hearing this, Richard fell into silence thoughtfully, and began to seriously think about this matter.

TBC
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Weekly salary 1 pound 5 soli ≈ monthly salary 4760.

Adam: This declaration of war is very precious, and Fusac should come first.

　About the double update, ah, there is an exam at the end of the month, after the exam, I will double update on the 30th...

　　Petty tip-off Ian Wright is believed to be a descendant of Trensost.Because he has red eyes and obsessive-compulsive disorder that symbolize blood blood, and is controlled by the Loen military, he is an orphan who has completely lost contact with his parents' family.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)