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

Chapter 317 The Real First Step

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"It's actually pretty boring, isn't it?"

"It's not boring, after all, this is how the world is."

In front of the small dessert shop on the street, Richard bent down and helped the elderly lady shopkeeper lift up the tables and chairs knocked down by the chaotic crowd one by one, and wiped off the dirt on the way.Edward scooped up the sundae in front of him with a spoon, watching the huddled people in the distance.

The old lady shopkeeper thanked Richard earnestly, and Richard waved his hands again and again to show that it was nothing, and was presented with a small bag of biscuits in the end.

He took the biscuit, pulled a chair and sat beside Edward, and watched the chaotic and grand parade together.

"You know what that reminds me of?"

Edward glanced at his watch again with no interest: "Think of the Highland Kingdom more than 100 years ago? I remember that at that time, you were either busy arguing or fighting every day, and often the intermediary who couldn't help but ransom people from the Northern Continent collapsed." Understand."

"Why do you say that!"

Richard is righteous:

"As we all know, the 'mummy' culture in our highlands is like Balam's 'preservation of bones', which is a national cultural feature that should be respected, so I let them become mummies, which actually expresses my most straightforward attitude towards them With the highest respect."

"Language skills are good."

"Cough, digressing."

Richard untied the ribbon ribbon carefully tied on by the elderly shopkeeper, opened the delicate and cute little packaging bag, took out a piece of biscuit from it, and put it in his mouth: "I think this country, every country, seems to be Boiling a pot of water."

"Just like this, when the people can't survive, they march and strike, and the nobles and managers know that they need to share more money. As long as there is still a mouthful of food, people will not march again. It's like boiling water , when the water is about to boil, add some cold water, and every time when it is about to boil, add some cold water. Over time, the water knows that as long as it looks like boiling, cold water will come down, and the person who adds cold water also knows that as long as he operates Well done, this pot of water will never boil."

The biscuits were made in the shape of cute little bears. Richard ate two of them, but he didn't want to eat more for the sake of cuteness.

"So what happens if the water actually boils? It doesn't matter, just change the pot of water."

Hell joke, but Richard couldn't help laughing:
"People in this world seem to be going in one direction in the end, and that is to cut seats with themselves, not to mention gaining divinity, and not to mention those ancient things of 'noble blood'. It seems that as long as they become extraordinary and have power, even if it is I can only light a spark that is about the size of a match, and I feel subconsciously proud. It seems that I am no longer a mortal, and I am above countless people."

"But they need anchors. It's really strange. They look down on people and need people. In the end, they will become this twisted look, right?"

Richard wanted to ask, "What does it feel like to kill a god?" But then he felt that his question seemed to define "god" in another level. Since he can still be killed, whether it is a god or a god People, death is the same.

"By the way, what are you looking at?"

The melee in the distance started to ferment, Richard turned his head, and a stray bullet grazed the edge of his glasses frame and hit the gas lamppost behind.Edward slowly dug a gap in the sundae in the glass goblet, and then pointed with a spoon:
"that person."

Li looked over: "Mr. X from the Aurora Society?"

"Then call him that."

Edward stared at Klein's back, but he didn't have the idea of ​​stretching out his hand to grab it. Instead, he thought of a new direction to attack the real creator: "You know him? How do you evaluate him?"

Richard recalled it seriously, and said very pertinently:

"A nice guy."

"One of my investors introduced him and said that he might be able to cooperate with me. According to the investor's description, she felt that the other party has a good moral standard and can go further. And I just saw him and a demigod Amon In the battle, he showed human empathy in the battle, and did not transform other living people into secret puppets because his life was threatened. Well, the emergency wisdom is not bad. I don’t know the fighting skills, but it should be Not too bad."

Edward scooped out a piece of cold cream, but didn't put it in his mouth immediately:
"The real creator wants to help him become a new god, what do you think?"

Richard's brows immediately frowned, and the expression on his face seemed to be asking why he couldn't help me when there was such a good thing.

He coughed and analyzed seriously:

"I think it might be a good thing for his country if he becomes a god with his personality. But after all, I'm not familiar with him, so I'm not sure if he has other ideas."

While speaking, Richard glanced at Klein in the distance again, and saw that the other party seemed to be using his extraordinary ability to separate the civilians who were torn together from the police officers. Those civilians were angrily beating a cardboard box now, and lost consciousness. The police officers walked away unsteadily.

Richard's brow furrowed again.

"Does he have no position? I mean, what kind of person is he? I only know that he is a rich man, and he has a tendency to participate in politics. He must choose one of the Conservative Party and the New Party. Or is he actually Is a compromise moderate, which side does not agree?"

Edward took a sip of lemonade, watching Klein secretly maintain order and prevent the crowd from hurting each other:
"Probably the faction that both sides disagree with. Or his idea is actually very understandable, that is, he doesn't want anyone to get hurt?"

"...Then he shouldn't become a god."

Richard said bluntly:
"He should go and become a diocesan bishop."

"With his personality and ability, if he doesn't change in the future, I believe he can be a perfect person in his diocese who cares about children and the poor, and at the same time makes the nobles and commoners in the diocese respect him." archbishop."

"But if he becomes a god... I can almost imagine the misery of his country's deceit and meekness in wanting to avoid bloodshed."

"Hmm." Edward agreed with most of Richard's views.

"As you said, I think it may be a good thing for his country that he becomes a god, but I dare not say how good it is. A god who is too moral will become a god of the country to some extent. There may be obstacles."

"Maybe, but we haven't seen that kind of god, have we?"

Richard smiled, he stopped looking at the crowd that was gradually going away, and his eyes paused for a few seconds on the distant clouds.He had a premonition, and stood up holding a small packet of biscuits: "I heard the sound, let's take a step first."

"Sure enough, although I very much hope that Backlund will ascend to heaven in place, I still can't completely stand by and watch the impending disaster."

Edward didn't respond, and his eyes still followed Klein, wanting to see what was so special about this kid.

……

"No, there are too many people, and they have fallen into a collective frenzy. I can't let them leave spontaneously!"

Klein squeezed out from the crowd and stood by the wall, watching these people flock to the west district with lingering fear.

Through various means, Klein saved dozens of people from the hands and feet of these irrational people, but he could not make these people change their direction or regain their senses. Some of them were instigated by the witch because of the disappearance of their family members, and fell into extremes. In the anger of the people, their minds are full of hatred for the country and the king, and some people are unemployed groups attracted by the emotions of the group on the road and resonate.

A large number of people gather on the street, and they continue to attract other people who resonate.People can't think in groups. Some people didn't know where the team was going, so they chanted slogans and followed the crowd to the west district in a daze.

The Sieveras field and patrol teams kept coming to stop them, but their weapons and uniforms made the irrational people even more frenzied, and the casualties continued to increase. Even Klein couldn't take care of every particle in this chaos. Scattered bullets.

Klein was helpless. He had a way to reverse the direction of the large army, as long as he cast an illusion on the leaders in front.But where should he let them go?Walk back to your own home?Go to the suburbs?Such a large group of people is dangerous wherever they are placed.

"At this time, if we want to bring everyone back to normal as quickly as possible, what we need is the group psychological influence of the 'audience', or the 'tranquility' of the Nighthawks... But with so many people, Archbishop Anthony must personally act Bar."

"The crowd has gathered for more than 10 minutes, the Church of Evernight should have reacted..."

Klein was thinking nervously while observing the surrounding situation.

The Jowood District is the jurisdiction of the Church of the Storm, but in terms of secular politics, the kingdom should be the first to respond.The church will maintain a relatively detached position, and only when the kingdom's control methods fail, will the church intervene in a protective manner.

People will also become very talkative at this time, after all, no one wants to fight against the eternity after death.

Therefore, many things are complicated by the kingdom and the law, but become simple after the intervention of the church.

The parade team had already entered the edge of Queens, and bumped into the military members who had been prepared for a long time.Under the strong resistance of extraordinary abilities and weapons, the marching team shouting "Bread!" and "Family!" finally slowed down a bit.

Klein, who had been following the team, heaved a sigh of relief, but he didn't feel relaxed because of it.

"If the parade ends and social order returns to normal, that's fine."

He hesitated to think: "But, after the parade, will George III make a public statement? Will these people get bread and food, or compensation to the families of the missing?"

The answer is obviously no.

It has been almost half an hour since the witch's speech ended, but the royal family and the nobles did not respond at all, as if they did not take the anger of the people into their eyes at all, and even looked at it with contempt.There are always people marching and most people get no response.Klein didn't know how to let the people get what he wanted, but it would definitely be wrong to continue the violent march like this.

It seemed that the wind had picked up, causing Klein's collar to slap his cheek several times.

He thought it was people from the Church of Storms who came to maintain law and order, but suddenly, spiritual perception issued a subtle warning.

The wind is not blowing from the direction of the Holy Wind Cathedral.

Klein slowly raised his head and looked towards the sky.

He saw that the clouds on the sky shattered, dozens of metal-wrapped giant whales suddenly crushed on top of his head, and the violent wind toppled the hats of countless people.

Many people noticed the large shadows that suddenly appeared above their heads. When they raised their heads, the pressure and fear soared to the limit at this moment.Even Klein, who had become a demigod, couldn't control the panic of ordinary people when he saw the fleet of military airships.

He looked at the airship in the sky and the crowd parading in front of him, and suddenly understood everything.

He suddenly understood why the church did not move, and suddenly understood why the royal family and nobles were indifferent.

Not just because of arrogance, but because of...

……no need.

In his eyes, in less than five seconds, the gun muzzle, machine gun muzzle, and throwing muzzle of the airship were opened one after another, aiming downward.

Cannonballs slid from the opening one after another, falling like rain on the ground and the crowd below.

Many of the shells exploded in the air suddenly, but one's strength was limited after all, and the rest fell to the ground.

Explosions, wailing, interrupted chants and accusations, everything is exploding, everything is burning, everyone is dying.

In an instant, Klein's world turned into hell.

Then, a whistling hurricane took shape and blew swiftly from the direction of the Holy Wind Cathedral. Countless sharp wind blades hit the airbags used by the airship team for balance. After a short confrontation, Fusac's army did not Stopped, and immediately turned to the West District.

……

No. 22 Pacefield Street, the office building of the Ruen Scholarship Foundation.

Audrey has been busy for quite a while, and after appeasing all the emotionally unstable staff members and the students who happen to be nearby, she is finally free to take a rest in her place and take a sip of tea.

She sat on the director's seat. Although she was exhausted and her spirituality had bottomed out, she was quite satisfied.She feels that she has helped others, and she is earnestly fulfilling the duties of a foundation director.

She rested for a few minutes, stood up, and planned to draw the curtains and open the windows for air.

From here, you can directly see the "Bell of Order", the landmark of Backlund in the distance, and you can easily confirm the time.

"After I go back, look at what my parents and Hibbert think about this matter...Of course, they won't believe it...Well, this is normal, if I didn't hear so much in the Tarot meeting Analysis and foreshadowing, if you suddenly hear this speech, you will definitely not believe that she is true."

As Audrey thought, she stretched out her hand to the half-opened curtain and pulled it open completely.

She was just about to look for the "Bell of Order" at the familiar place in her eyes, when suddenly, an iron-gray object flashed from the corner of her eyes and landed on the street to the left of the small building.

Boom!

The ground trembled violently, and Audrey immediately lost her balance and backed up again and again, not stopping until her legs touched the edge of the desk.

She closed her eyes subconsciously, and was stunned for a moment by the loud noise, then she lowered her head and looked at her hands in a daze.She saw that her sleeves and collar had been scratched, the glass exploded and shattered, and the glass shards splashed on her face at the moment just now.

After realizing this, Audrey reached out to touch her face in fear, and found that there were scales protecting her skin, and she was not really hurt.

The window that lost its glass was open like a mouth with sharp teeth, and the world outside the window was billowing with thick smoke.

What just happened?
explode?

Before Audrey could fully understand it, she took a step forward and pushed the door to go out.

Opening the door, she immediately heard countless screams exploding in the small building. Audrey pressed her temples and looked intently, her expression froze immediately.

Many people were falling to the ground with blood all over their bodies and faces. It seemed that they were just as unlucky as they were standing by the window just now, but they didn't have the abilities and defenses of Extraordinary people to protect themselves.Crying and screaming overflowed in her ears, and the people who were finally comforted by herself fell into panic and fear again, and the one who was still sane was shaking and stopping the bleeding and explosion of the injured people. The girl with the scratched glass woke up slowly, and after seeing her current appearance in the mirror, she immediately let out a shrill cry.

"Don't be afraid everyone!"

"Don't panic, don't be nervous, we're leaving here now!"

Audrey shouted loudly, and the power of appeasement was sent out together with her voice, effectively alleviating the fear in people's hearts.

Pairs of expectant eyes looked at her immediately, and Audrey swallowed nervously. She had never encountered such a thing before, and she was expecting that her parents would quickly come to help her and help them leave. here.

Boom!

There was another loud bang, and people couldn't stand still. This time they appeared on the right, as if they were approaching themselves.

"It's bombing!"

Audrey finally found the corresponding vocabulary from the history book, her brain spun rapidly, and immediately thought of a countermeasure:
"Help the wounded up, let's go to the nearest subway station!"

"The underground area is safe!"

The building is in danger of collapsing, the basement is not safe, and it may become a Jedi.

"Don't be afraid, we can escape! We can survive!"

Audrey said loudly, and set an example, she took the initiative to pull up a staff member who couldn't stand up, and helped him lead the way to the stairs.Her behavior strongly encouraged the people around her. If a pampered and pampered noble lady can calmly hold herself in danger and find a way out, then why do others not dare to move forward?

People helped each other to stand up, and went downstairs very quickly.

The descent was smooth, like a gap between two explosions, and nothing bad happened.

Audrey watched the situation carefully, then stepped out of the gate, and walked towards the subway station against the wall.She saw that the street in the distance was already in ruins, and there was a large piece of hollow in the middle of the townhouses. As for the people in it, she didn't dare to think about it, for fear that fear and anger would affect her current judgment. .

Boom!

A huge explosion appeared not far away, and sand and stones flew over like bullets.The wounded man being supported by Audrey fell to the ground immediately after his feet softened, and Audrey was also pulled sideways by the other party, and had to lean on the wall to continue standing.

"Miss Audrey!" The people behind stopped immediately.

"Don't worry, let's move on."

Audrey took a deep breath, her legs stood firm, her arms were strong, and with the ability of a mid-sequence Extraordinary, she easily pulled the wounded up again. She was panting slightly. Although she was not tired, her heart was already beating like a pounding. drum.

"Turn the corner ahead and we'll be there!" Someone from behind shouted encouragingly.

That's right, just around the corner...

Audrey's heart was beating violently, and she suddenly felt that her skirt was too much of a hindrance, and the pannier that kept her face was pressed tightly against her leg by the wounded, not only making it inconvenient to walk, but also making her skirt skewed into a strange shape.It is also somewhat inconvenient to walk with heeled shoes on. Although Extraordinary people can control their bodies perfectly, it is really troublesome to be affected by the wounded while walking, shaking from side to side.

In this way, she led the small team all the way around the corner.

Boom!

This time the explosion was so close that it seemed to happen at the feet, and the moment of the shock, the person seemed to fly weightlessly.The entire team fell to the ground in an instant, and even Audrey half-kneeled, her eardrums buzzing.

"what!"

"above!"

Audrey struggled to look up, just in time to see the scene of the collapse of the house around her.

Time seemed to slow down, and she saw large or small bricks and building materials detached from the building itself, and smashed towards the small escape team from a height of about ten meters like rain.

Gravel fell into her blond hair, and the sand blinded her emerald green eyes.

Help us.

Obviously, there are still a few meters to the subway station...

Audrey closed her eyes, and hugged the wounded man who was about her own age tightly in her arms, her despair was stretched to the limit at this moment.

pat.

Something hit her on the head, and there was no death she was waiting for, no smashed-in-the-meat look she was waiting for.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

More things hit the ground, they landed and bounced, with screams and cheers.

Audrey opened her eyes in doubt. She saw beautifully packaged candies and chocolates constantly falling from the sky, and the sand still permeated the surroundings, but countless large and small fudge and hard candies crackled on the ground and fell on the stone slabs , falling on her shoulders.

A hand reached out to her.

Li looked at the girl who was covered in dust and had tears in the corners of her eyes, and sighed with emotion about the expensive fabric of the other party's dress, which was now completely scrapped.He stretched out his hand, and in the palm of his hand was a small biscuit that he was not willing to finish.

"You're brave, would you like a cookie?"

He praised the somewhat familiar little girl: "Don't be afraid, you are safe now."

Audrey wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand. She looked at the other's palm, and the brown bear was smiling at her.

TBC
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Arrived late.

(End of this chapter)