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

570
East Balam, Gulain.

"There is important news."

Soest strode into the lounge of the Red Gloves, and whispered to everyone: "We have found a member of the Church of Death who has contact with Ince Zangwill. Although it is not the main contact person, we still Got some information from him."

The red gloves cheered up, and the expressions of Leonard and Daly suddenly became serious.

"His words are true. He said that Ince Zangwill's last letter was in early March."

Soster said: "He also stated in the letter that his state was abnormal and he began to show signs of madness, hoping to get help from the Church of Death as soon as possible. But according to that member, after that exchange, Ince Zangwill never heard back."

"Therefore, the contact person speculated that he might have lost control. After several proactive contacts failed, the Church of Death gave up on him."

Leonard frowned, expressing his doubts: "Out of control? Why did Ince Zangwill lose control? Even if similar symptoms do appear, he can completely use that sealed item to adjust his state .”

"You have asked a crucial question. This question can only be obtained from Ince Zangwill's main contact."

Soest nodded and said, "The good news is that we have found clues about the main contact person from him. Get ready, everyone. After we take out the sealed item, we will head there immediately."

……

"His Royal Highness."

The familiar voice of calling with awe made Azik Eggers out of his thoughts, he turned his head slightly, looked at the subordinate who was kneeling in front of him, and said with some helplessness: "I said, you don't have to kneel."

The courtier who looked like a native of the Southern Continent knelt stubbornly: "No, Your Highness, this is your respect, the iron law of the Balam Empire."

Azik Eggers resisted the urge to press his temples with his hands, because he wore traditional Balam gold ornaments and headbands on his head, once his head moved too much, it would make a sound, not only would it hook When it comes to hair, it will also give people an impetuous and noisy feeling.

Before he was captured, he always felt that he could not accept these exquisite but cumbersome decorations, could not tolerate others kneeling at his feet, and could not accept clothing combinations other than a three-piece suit, top hat and tie.But when he really put on the gold ornaments and the loose robe, he felt a long-lost familiarity, as if he was born to be here, to sit here.

All he had to say was, "You can stand up now."

The courtier who looked older than him slowly stood up: "Yes, respected consul."

"Well, what do you need to report today?"

The aged minister handed over a document and said respectfully:

"Our army has achieved phased victories in the central and western regions, and the church has applied to mobilize some members to manage the members who have just taken over."

Azik flipped through the document and saw that the detailed application content was listed on the last page, so he nodded and left an unforgeable mark on it:

"Just do as it says."

"Yes." The minister took the document that Azik handed back with both hands, and hesitantly announced the bad news, "His Royal Highness, the church is a little short of personnel, do we have to face the occupied places to recruit and train new ones?" member?"

The Church of Death was originally just a secret organization whose size was about the same as that of a church. Although the overall strength is almost the same now, the number of talents and resource reserves are completely incomparable.

"Yeah." Azik nodded.

He knew that he was just an empty shell dealing with simple government affairs. The affairs of the Death God Church were managed by the high priest of the fanatics, and his father, the great "Underworld" Salinger, paid a little more attention to the affairs of the empire this time. ——Azik guessed casually, this may be a kind of doing as the Romans do.

After being resurrected, he directly became an enemy of the Northern Continent, so the God of Death tried to use the memory of "Sia Eggers" and the appeals of ordinary people to understand the new laws and policies that the current Southern Continent and the Balam Empire need to "treat human beings kindly" Enlist the help of the real creator for the chips.

Although the Northern Continent claims that under their laws, the Southern Continent is a land where everyone is equal except slaves, but everyone knows that this is just a cold joke.

Now, the plain cities in the central region have also been occupied, and the general direction of Intis is still on the sidelines. The Sonia Island fleet of the Feysac Empire took advantage of the vacancy to hold back the aid from the Rosid Islands. The church of God conveyed some communication under the veil.The attitudes of various countries in the colonial war made Azik feel unbelievable, but also felt that everything was taken for granted, as it should be.

According to the export adjustments of the Balam Empire, he learned that many textile factories in the Northern Continent have been unable to receive cotton, a large number of workers have been laid off, the factories have gone bankrupt, and the lives of the middle and lower classes have collapsed rapidly, but for the middle class and above, only textiles The price is a bit more expensive.

Such a situation had hidden dangers as early as when the people of the Northern Continent burned down the fields of the Southern Continent, forcing them to replace their crops with cotton and other items with higher economic value, and gradually made the Southern Continent the main supplier of raw materials.

Now, it is only the North Continent who has tasted the bitter fruit of this behavior.

The aged minister left.Some other simple government affairs are left behind, basically only needing Azik to say "good" or "bad", and the difference between stamping or not stamping.

His life is quite leisurely, but he can't leave.

Because his father was very curious about his resurrected hand with some soft human traits, and thought that Azik, who had spent more than 300 years in the Northern Continent, could also be used as a research object for "how to treat human beings kindly".

The "Death Consul" Azik Eggers, who had recovered [-]% of his strength but was still somewhat weak, stood up, put aside the pitifully unfinished simple tasks, stood up, and walked around the palace.

He saw the servants in the garden planting fresh flowers together, and he saw in the palace in the distance, spirit creatures holding palettes and painters, depicting gold leaf and gold powder paintings on the walls and ceilings .

On the painting are his strange memories, from himself 400 years ago, as old as legends and dreams.

He stared there, watching the painter finish painting a mural of a serpent with wings covering the sky, then turned his head and returned to his seat.

571
Ms. D hired a carriage.

Some of their luggage was placed in the carriage, mainly women's, and Klein's new secret puppet was the driver.

Klein looked around and said casually, "I thought Balam's carriage would be a huge coffin."

"I thought so when I first came here." Ms. D smiled, "The climate in the Southern Continent is too humid and warm, which is suitable for plant growth. In fact, at the beginning, they really didn't realize the props like 'wheels'. Importance. Because the road reclaimed this year may be covered with plants next year, and most relocations are solved by manpower—or living corpses and spirit world creatures.”

Ms. D bid farewell to the person who brought the carriage, and talked eloquently: "In fact, there are very few human coffins in West Balam. Seldom can speak and write the basic common language of the Northern Continent. If you go to East Balam, it is estimated that the only way to travel is to lie in a coffin."

Her life experience completely exceeds that of ordinary nobles, she looks like someone who has lived in the Southern Continent for many years... Is it because she can rely on the "Mystic Mage" sealed item to carry out activities easily?
Klein nodded, looked at the leaving coachman, and said, "You have more experience than I thought."

Ms. D was not surprised, she smiled generously, and skipped the topic: "You are also kinder than I thought."

She looked at the man sitting in the driver's seat of the carriage - a gangster who was robbing and making trouble along the street and bullying women.

Ms. D was born in Intis, and due to the existence of the Secret Order, she has a better understanding of "Seer" than ordinary Beyonders.Mr. X, who is most likely to be a "Secret Puppet Master", should be more careful about his secret puppets, instead of just grabbing one and using it.

Klein didn't say much, but felt that his new image had become much more complex and three-dimensional again:

"I'm sorry for a while, maybe I'll be back in a while."

"Okay." Ms. D didn't ask Klein's purpose.

Klein walked into an uninhabited alley and set up a simple spiritual wall. Then, the "creeping hunger" on his left hand opened its mouth wide, opening a "traveler's door" in front of him.

He walked into the door according to the address given by the previous divination results.

After passing through the door, Klein appeared on another secluded street, but this city temple was much larger than the Port of Caesar where he was located, and many people nearby could hear a lot of chaotic voices.He took a few steps and saw the "human coffin" that Ms. D called.

Divination results show that the city is called Gurain.

Walking on the secluded road with few people, he suddenly heard a woman's terrified cries.

The sound only lasted for a short time before stopping abruptly.

Although he couldn't understand what the other party was yelling, Klein could feel the fear, fear, and panic. So, he made a wrong step and entered a narrower path with no pedestrians.

In less than ten seconds, he saw in a hidden corner, a local man in his thirties with brownish skin and softer facial features was pressing on a little girl who was at most thirteen or fourteen years old, and was violently assaulting her.

Klein took a look, slowed down, and stopped in the nearby shadows.

At this time, the little girl's face was distorted by extreme panic, but no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't get rid of it, and even got beaten.

Tears and snot were streaming down her nose, and her mouth was stuffed with rags, so she could only make a whimpering sound.

At this moment, she was surprised to find that the villain's movement of trying to take off her clothes slowed down.

The brown-skinned local man struggled for a while, finally calmed down, smiled, and said in Dutan, "When you meet someone like me in the future, remember to run to the nearest church, or where there are many people."

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then suddenly let out a scream, turned around and ran away.

Klein rubbed his nose, looked at the two crooked marionettes in his hand, sighed, and fed the previous one to "Squirming Hunger"—compared to the previous one, now this one has one " Proficiency in Duttan" advantage.

He had no choice but to pin his hopes on the answer given by Origin Castle: "The location of the new Secret Puppet is near here."

Through the divination stick method, he walked forward for a while, and after divination once, Klein followed the revelation he obtained, and after turning around, he arrived at a steep staircase.

This ladder is connected to several layers of roads in Gurain, and you have to look up to see the top. At this moment, there is no one there.

No one... Klein did not doubt Origin Castle and his own divination ability, but he still sat there without confidence and began to wait.After a while, he heard some faint movements outside, so he switched places with his secret puppet and hid in the dark.

Not long after, Klein suddenly heard footsteps coming from above him without haste.

His secret puppet came to his door.

……

About an hour later, in the alley of Kaiser Port, the "Traveler's Gate" opened again.

With a new Secret Puppet, Enzo's Klein, the "winner" of the "Monster" pathway Sequence 5, appeared in the alley.

It was afternoon, and the sun was shining brightly. Klein walked out of the alley and began to search for Ms. D's location.

The carriage they hired was parked next to a restaurant on the side of the road, the brown horse was grazing with its head down, and Ms. D, wearing sunglasses, was sitting under the eaves, reading a newspaper, with a glass of wine in front of her. Warm tea and a snack.

Probably aware of his sight, when Klein came, Ms. D raised her head. She looked at the new secret puppet beside Klein with some surprise, and then smiled very calmly: "It seems We have a new Mrs. Che selected."

It's easy to talk to someone who understands the "Seer", and there is no need to explain it alone, but there is no chance to play it... Klein nodded, sat down at the table, and ordered a lunch, and also asked for Enzo ordered one.

Ms. D finished flipping through the newspaper and said:

"Some interesting things happened. Last night, a bishop from Lunburg claimed that he was attacked by the Intis, but traces of his activities appeared dozens of miles away, in a colonial city of Loen Said that he was attacked by Lemburg, and the mastermind was the bishop."

She leisurely took a sip of the scented tea produced in the Southern Continent:
"It seems that the Northern Continent is about to change."

Klein asked: "Is it because the churches of the three gods are hostile to each other? But this trap is too obvious."

"If Lunburg starts to lean towards the Church of Death, then the other two gods will immediately start targeting the Church of Knowledge. You only need an excuse, and you don't need to know whether the excuse is true or not. At least the Feysac Empire has made it clear that it wants a piece of the pie." Ms. D Smiling, "Just like me, if I want to search a civilian, I don't need to explain anything, and I can even say that the other party stole my things."

Ms. D sighed, closed the newspaper, and began to quietly enjoy the snacks she brought.

"War is a crucial moment to change the world pattern, but my country is still addicted to luxury and wealth."

Klein suddenly thought of Essinger Stanton, the Renburg detective who wandered in the gray area between the church and the extraordinary.

Not only him, if Backlund's church stepped up its efforts, how many wild Beyonders would be searched out?

Lunch was served, and it was completely different from the Northern Continent that Klein was used to in terms of color, aroma, and taste. It was seasoned with a lot of spices, and it took Klein a few mouthfuls to get used to it.

Two servings of chow mein cost 4p, which is a shockingly low price.

At this moment, a skinny young man suddenly appeared next to Klein as if he had come out of the ground. The young man did not dare to look at Ms. D, who was clearly an upperclassman from the Northern Continent, but looked at her with a begging look. Klein, who had a hint of Southern Continent blood in his appearance, held a fairly neat stack of newspapers in his dirty hands, and asked in the unproficient Northern Continent lingua franca:
"Sir, do you need a newspaper?"

Klein was really uncomfortable being looked at by that look, and couldn't help but think of that child who was eating moldy bread on the street.He thought for a second, then nodded: "Give me one."

But the boy said: "Newspaper, two copies, one penny."

two copies?That's okay too... For the sake of the other party's poor appearance, Klein readily paid the money, and the boy ran away quickly.After Klein finished his lunch and unfolded the newspaper, he found that the date and news were from last week.

Klein frowned, but he didn't want to arrest the boy for a reason for a penny, so he had to accept the newspaper.

"Next you have to watch your wallet, Mr. X."

Ms. D jokingly said: "Those children know who to take money from to avoid being beaten, and know how to use tears to move others' compassion. If you don't need those two newspapers, you can throw them at the door of any house." Before, they will need it.”

Klein was silent for a moment.

"This place reminds me of the East Borough." He said in a low voice, "Becklund, or any city, is like this, even their slums are exactly the same."

"And so is beautiful Trier."

Ms. D ate the last bite of her snack, and suddenly thought of something: "Mr. X, you are from Loen, how is the follow-up of your 'Backlund Great Smog' incident? Your parliament and church have not initiated impeachment against the royal family anymore ?"

The "Great Smog of Backlund" has had a bad international impact. The shocking fact that the smog can be thick enough to kill ten thousand people has been hanging in the newspapers of countries other than Ruen for a long time, and has received a lot of ridicule and criticism from the international community. Satire.

"Impeach the royal family?"

Klein asked back in doubt, and then said with the same tone:

"The smog incident has ended in Loen. The third prince committed suicide in fear of crime. The air protection and governance bill was subsequently introduced, and anthracite coal was promoted... The current environment of Backlund has been significantly improved."

Ms. D was also obviously taken aback for a moment, then nodded as if to convince herself:

"It's over. If it happened in Intis, someone in the House of Lords would definitely be impeached and leave. As expected of Backlund, who once had a large-scale plague in history, the government and the people are used to such a simple and rude population. Have you cleaned up..."

This time it was Klein's turn to be surprised: "Population clearing?"

Ms. D was dumbfounded, and then realized that the two may have different understandings of one thing, and immediately added: "Yes, the population is cleared. In the conclusion of the investigation of the Feysac Empire, the 'big smog' is defined as A vicious population cleanup. Official researchers believe that it is pure nonsense that the fog alone can kill tens of thousands of people in such a short period of time. There must be extraordinary abilities involved in it. poisonous gas, but the investigation of the Extraordinary World revealed that it was a witch, and it is very likely to be a high-sequence."

"The official of the Feysac Empire declared that this was a vicious massacre of useless people in the slums at the national level. In the end, it was just a random prince who had no inheritance rights to block the gun."

"..." Klein's eyes widened following the other party's statement.

It's not because the information conveyed by the Feysac Empire is sensational, but each of them is true and credible-yes, the root of the great smog is a witch, and Prince Edsaac Augustus is just a shield .

There is something strange about his death, as proved by his housekeeper Walter and Trischik who appeared in the sewer.It is very possible that the royal family has hooked up with the Witch Sect, but it is definitely not Prince Edsac—it is another faction who masterminds the smog, and then puts all the charges on the third prince. From this point of view, Austrian The ancient royal family is undoubtedly the accomplice!
Judging from the follow-up situation of the Great Smog, the royal family quickly introduced new bills, and the economy was not affected. The population of the Eastern District was greatly reduced to the point that many jobs were vacated. Everything was indeed as announced by the Feysac Empire. It is a "population cleanup".

"... Where did the Feysac Empire get this news?" He asked hoarsely.

"Some of the victims from Backlund, some of them fled to other countries, and some went to the Rorsted Islands with a little compensation. In short, they don't want to make a living in this horrible place."

Ms. D's eyes flickered a bit: "I used to be responsible for arranging them, but some of them were taken away by the spies of the Feysac Empire, and of course there were Extraordinary ones...Compared with foreign spies, the Church of the Storm would choose to attack me first." Extraordinary of the Sun Path."

Ms. D has been to sea?Been in the Rorsted Islands for a while?
Klein suddenly had a flash of inspiration, remembering the source of the familiarity when they met for the first time——

A few months ago, when he was still preparing to be promoted to Sequence 5, he once saw a female Extraordinary with a clear Intis style of clothing and a medium-sequence spirituality on the way to a charity hospital to do volunteer work!
"But... why did the royal family of Augustus do this?"

Klein still couldn't understand, the royal family personally came down to do such a thing, could it be that they just felt that there were too many people in the Eastern District?
"Maybe there are occult reasons, but newspapers for ordinary people cannot write too much. My family seems to be aware of it, but I am not qualified to know the truth." Ms. D shook her head and did not mention her own Family details.

"Newspaper?" Klein was taken aback, "These contents were written in newspapers??"

The truth that I have been pursuing so hard, actually exists in the newspapers of other countries in such a grandiose manner?
"Yes, newspapers."

Ms. D nodded very naturally, and then suddenly understood: "Ah, you are from Loen—"

"——The newspapers of the Feysac Empire have been spreading in Intis and other countries for more than a month. Although the official edition was published, many newspapers with certain influence are enthusiastically discussing Ruen's disregard for human rights this time. Population clearing."

"Especially in Lunburg and Fenepot. It is said that the Church of the Mother Earth is very angry at this behavior that desecrates life."

"...There is no news at all in your Loen territory?"

TBC
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Historically, the "high economic value" crop that was really forced to grow was hemp compared to cotton, which was a necessity.

There are no more descriptions of these items in the mysterious world, and they appear as a kind of anesthesia or hallucinogenic drugs.