Lynn was thinking about which restraint method should be used in the nuclear fusion reactor. It took him a while to realize that Del was standing next to him.
Seeing that the magic star had finally come back to his senses, Del hurriedly reported, "Master Dean, the wizards in the western part of the empire who were hunted by the church have all arrived safely in the City of Fire Oil."
"Here is some personnel information that needs attention!" Del said as he handed over a list.
Lynn reached out and took it. There was a series of names written on it, and about twenty people's names were marked with yellow or red marks.
Although the Parliament already had the means to detect divine magic and could ensure that only wizards entered the City of Fire Oil, Lynn would never take these "fellow countrymen" lightly.
About two years ago, in the land of wizards, the disaster caused by the evil wizard Merck is still vivid in people’s minds - it all started when a cardinal sneaked in by disguising himself as a wizard through reincarnation.
With this precedent, the parliament naturally had to be on guard, so they added a small test to Linn's proposal - a psychic wizard would secretly cast a spell to detect emotional fluctuations, and those wizards who reacted violently while reading the note would be listed as suspects.
After all, the more devout the believers are, the more angry they will be about the abusive words on the note, not to mention saying the words out loud in person.
However, this method is not 100% accurate. After all, the false god has accumulated great power in the empire. Some wizards and apprentices in the empire dare not even call out his name directly. There are also cases where they cannot speak due to extreme fear. Therefore, it can only be used as a reference to screen out suspicious targets.
Lin En's eyes quickly scanned the list and he was quite surprised to see a familiar name on it. He couldn't help but pause for a moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
“Evina…” Lynn whispered softly.
"Sir, is this your old friend?" Del asked cautiously.
He naturally knew that this magic star had been active in the empire before arriving in the land of wizards, so it was normal for him to have a few old acquaintances.
The other party's age and good looks made Del have some different guesses.
“I guess so.” Lin En nodded. He couldn’t be sure based on the name alone, but even the age and hair color matched, so it was most likely the person he knew.
When he first traveled through time, in order to sneak into the harbor town and look for the hiding Lame Lord, so as to obtain a boat ticket to the land of wizards, he had to borrow the identity of the other party's brother Lot-Pedrol.
In the end, he didn't find the person, but was caught by the butler and forced into Pedro's mansion.
Fortunately, the relationship within this ruined aristocratic family is very complicated, or even can be described as deformed. The baron is obsessed with currying favor with the powerful. He seems to care about his two children, but in fact he uses them as tools to advance his power and revive his family.
And her younger sister Ivina felt a mixture of envy, jealousy and hatred towards Lot.
Lin En remembered that before crossing the sea and leaving Harbor Town, in order to repay the favor of borrowing Lotte's identity, he gave Ivana a good lesson, hoping to break this deformed family relationship.
After not seeing each other for two years, has the other party become a wizard?
This is an unexpected turn of events...
"Since she is an old friend of yours, there is no need to investigate."
Del picked up the pen and was about to cross Ivana's name off the list, but Lin En shook his head and stopped him. "No, we're not that familiar with each other, let's follow the rules! Don't miss any possibility because of me..."
Although he and Ivana had some contact, their relationship was not really good, and that was all in the past, and Lin En did not plan to contact each other again.
"I understand, Lord Lin." Del thought for a moment and wrote the word "special attention" after Ivina's name.
"Is there anything else to report?" Seeing that Del had no intention of leaving after taking back the list, Lin En spoke again.
"It's about the uranium mine... The guards and miners there were attacked recently, and even a golem was bitten to pieces." When Del said this, a hint of worry appeared on his face.
Hearing this, Lin En's expression turned somewhat solemn. The previous discovery of the Demon Stone had made him guess that there must be a monster, or even a group of monsters, capable of devouring nuclear fuel deep in the uranium mine.
However, during the period of mining uranium ore, the wizards responsible for exploring the mines have not been able to find this monster, so they have been delaying the deal with it.
"Has the parliament sent anyone to deal with it?" Lynn asked.
"Master Raphael has taken a pair of alchemists to capture the monster, but no useful information has been reported back so far." Del said hesitantly.
"In that case, I'll go take a look too!" Lin En was somewhat worried.
You can tell with your knees that such a monster can only be described as horrifying and is definitely not easy to deal with!
…
It takes about five hours to reach the royal capital from the Kerosene City, even by airship. By the time Lin En arrived at the uranium mine, it was already the next morning.
Thanks to the previous blockade by the church and rumors of the devil's curse, there is no one living near this mining area, not a single person can be seen.
But Lynn knew very well that all this was just appearance.
Aurora, who was proficient in visual illusions, set up a super-large polarizing magic here. The airship seemed to pass through a thin water curtain, and the scene inside soon appeared in front of him.
The mining area is very large and the guards are extremely strict. Musketeers holding new flintlock rifles can be seen standing guard and patrolling everywhere.
The moment the airship penetrated the magic barrier, several machine guns and electromagnetic cannons had already aimed at it. This was because Lin En had communicated in advance through electromagnetic waves, otherwise the entire airship would have been shot into a sieve.
Such strict precautions were also specially instructed by Lin En. The protection level of this uranium mine is even higher than that of the capital and the city of kerosene! After all, once the false god gets the uranium sample, there is a high probability that he will be able to replicate his nuclear explosion technique.
Then the sword of Damocles hanging over the enemy's head will stab them! The airship slowly landed in an open space in the mining area. Rafael, Arad and Sanchez, who received the news in advance, were waiting there early.
"It's really rare, Master Lin En, it seems that your new research has been completed?" Raphael walked forward enthusiastically and hugged Lin En.
He knew that this magic star had been staying in the laboratory these days studying new magic theories.
Last time, he revealed the internal structure of the atom and created the terrifying magic of nuclear explosion. I wonder what grand idea he will come up with this time.
"I guess so." Lin En nodded, but he didn't mean to reveal it. He asked, "Where is the monster that attacked the miners? Have you found any trace of it?"
"Not yet!" Raphael shook his head helplessly. "It's very fast and elusive. So far we haven't found a single hair of it, let alone what it looks like."
They looked extremely tragic, almost all of them were dismembered by one blow, with large amounts of minced meat mixed with blood piled together. However, Lin En keenly noticed that there were no signs that these bodies had been eaten.
Instead, the broken golem on the side had half of its head bitten off.
Isn’t flesh and blood within the other party’s diet?
Lin En immediately thought of this and became more and more interested in this strange monster.
Since it was not hunting, the reason why these miners were attacked is worth pondering.
"Where were they attacked?" Lynn asked thoughtfully.
"It's deep in the uranium mine." Raphael replied.
After testing, they found that the deeper they got into the mine, the stronger the radiation became, so they all suspected that the deepest part of the uranium mine was the lair of this monster, but they did not dare to enter rashly.
Lin En immediately understood that these miners seemed to have entered the enemy's territory and were killed as invaders.
"In addition, we also found that this monster seems to be very interested in high-energy things that it has never eaten before. We are preparing to use this as bait to set a trap to lure it in." Arad said with a smile. "So you came at the right time today, Master Lin En, otherwise the three of us would not be able to capture it."
After seeing the marks of damage on the golem's head, Raphael and others were ready to ask the parliament for support. At least they had to send a speaker to resolve the matter.
They knew very well how tough the golem was. Its entire body was made of mithril, and one would need very good teeth to be able to gnaw off its head and eat it directly!
Faced with such an opponent, several great wizards felt a little scared.
Fortunately, Lin En arrived in time, giving Raphael and others full confidence!
As soon as the nuclear explosion was performed, in the eyes of many wizards, this magic star has become the highest combat power of the entire wizard council! Unlike Raphael and others who were full of confidence, Lin En was not sure if he could handle it.
In his impression, the monster that could devour nuclear fuel only existed in the fantasy of an old movie in his previous life.
It seems to be called... Godzilla?
But this mine obviously can't accommodate such a big guy...
At the invitation of Raphael and others, Lin En agreed to the arrest operation. It would be unreasonable if he was scared and asked for support without even meeting them.
Even if the arrest fails this time, at least we can find out the other party's background.
…
It took about a whole morning to set up the trap, and Raphael's method was very simple, which was to let the miners go deep into the mine and continue mining ore as before.
The only slight difference is that there is a lot of mithril filled with magic placed next to them.
At the same time, the two conditions they suspected of the attack were met...
High-quality food and territory are being invaded!
"I think, isn't this a little too obvious?" Lin En, who was hiding in the corner using concealment magic, looked at the very conspicuous alchemical runes above his head and on the ground, and couldn't help but complain.
"It should be fine. As long as it is not activated, there will be no magic fluctuation." Raphael said confidently. He didn't think that the stupid Warcraft could understand the meaning of the runes.
Lin En shook his head and said nothing more. Instead, he focused his attention on the miners.
These baits obviously knew that they were in danger. Although they did not stop mining, their legs were trembling slightly.
However, Lin En did not sympathize with them, because there were only two types of people who could be thrown here to dig uranium ore. They were either the sons of nobles who were keen on enslaving the poor, or they were serious criminals who had committed serious crimes and were facing the death penalty.
Now that they are here, in order to ensure that the intelligence will not be able to get out, being irradiated during the uranium mining process can be considered an alternative form of criminal law.
As for the captured devout believers, Lin En didn't dare to let them get close to here. After all, their souls would "ascend" to heaven after death, which would be equivalent to passing information to Ella for nothing, so they were all thrown into the road construction! Lin En, Rafael, Arad and Sanchez waited quietly, and the roar of the machine rang in their ears. It was the sound of the drills in the hands of the workers.
However, after waiting for ten hours, they did not see the so-called attack.
"Could it be that it's full?" Arad, who was getting a little impatient, couldn't help but guess.
Raphael wasn't sure if there was something wrong with his arrangement.
Just when several people were wondering whether to let the workers stop and try again tomorrow, Lin En suddenly spoke.
"It should have come already."
"Where?" Raphael asked hurriedly.
Lin En did not reply because he did not know either, but a vague sense of threat arose in his heart.
Just as the miners were loading the mined uranium ore onto the mine cart and preparing to leave, a streak of blue light flashed across the sky, and the entire world seemed to be split in two. Red blood spurted out, and in an instant the five miners and the mine cart were torn into pieces...
Such a fast speed...
A chill suddenly rose in the hearts of Raphael and the others. Lin En finally got a glimpse of the full appearance of the monster. It looked to be about two meters tall, blue all over, in the shape of an animal, and its skin was constantly flowing like flames...
No, it was not appropriate to describe it as skin, because it had no flesh or blood at all. Its body was made of pure energy, a pure energy or pure element creature that he had never seen before...
Born a legend?!
Lin En had already thought about running away...
(PS: I had something urgent to do today, so I posted it a little late.) (End of this chapter)