However, if it is a natural disaster, it doesn’t make sense.

Within the empire, common natural disasters can be roughly divided into earthquakes, thunderstorms, hurricanes, droughts, floods, and meteorite falls...

The first few obviously did not correspond, only the scene of the falling meteorite was barely similar, but he sent people to question the imperial soldiers who escaped back.

It was night time, so if there was a meteorite falling from the sky, it should be very clear to see! "I suspect this could be caused by an underground volcanic eruption!" Monroe speculated.

In order to gather intelligence during this period, he read all the previous issues of the Magic Daily and keenly noticed that the Magic Star had published a very important paper in it a few months ago - [On the Causes of Earthquakes - The Impact of Continental Plates and Underground Magma Activity]! Although Monroe didn't understand it at all, it mentioned a natural disaster called volcanic eruption.

It is said that due to the movement of the earth's crust, the magma in the abyss of hell flowed out along the cracks on the surface, causing a terrible disaster, which could turn an area of ​​dozens of miles into a lava hell.

"It's very possible!" Alvis said thoughtfully.

In recent times, those wizards have clearly had the upper hand but have remained in hiding. This abnormal phenomenon really confused him.

If Monroe's guess is true, then it makes sense immediately. The other party is bluffing, thereby delaying time to create more weapons of war...

Thinking of this, Alvis felt it necessary to launch a tentative attack to determine the opponent's strength!

Seeing that the Pope agreed with his opinion, Monroe was deeply encouraged and soon revealed a second important piece of information, which was the loophole in the wizards' defense!

It has to be said that the parliament's method of deploying a large number of aerospace airships as eyes to monitor the entire kingdom is indeed very difficult. It is almost impossible to enter the country on a large scale without being discovered.

But there is one exception!

That is the death zone outside the kerosene city!

There were no guards staying in this area, and only a small number of airships would pass by from a distance. At night, with the help of the cover of darkness and divine magic, they could avoid the detection of wizards.

"But I heard that this death zone has radiation that even official wizards cannot resist, and it has not been completely dissipated even after several months." Pope Alvis said with a frown.

"This point is also discussed in the paper..." Monroe hurriedly explained that when a volcano erupts, a large amount of toxic gas will be emitted, which will accumulate in the sky to form a terrifying dust cloud, which can sometimes even last for months. This may be what wizards call radiation!

Of course, there are ways to deal with it. You need to wear a mask or goggles to cover your fragile eyes, and then use a wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose, etc...

Of course, if you go too deep or stay too long, even with protection, it will inevitably cause serious damage to your body.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place, and Alvis naturally understands this truth.

The other party would never have thought that they would launch a surprise attack from this place! "You did a good job, Monroe. Although there were some problems with the last plan, the blame cannot be entirely placed on you..." Alves said comfortingly, praising Monroe's intelligence collection and analysis capabilities, and asked him to continue to pay attention to the situation inside the kingdom.

The three-minute deadline soon arrived. After ending the communication, Alvis did not rush to issue orders, but turned to look at Saint Randall beside him.

"What do you think of Monroe's guess? How credible is it?"

"I don't think those wizards have the ability to cast such powerful magic." Saint Randall said firmly, but for such a major matter, even the slightest possibility needs to be considered, otherwise if a misjudgment is made, the consequences will be disastrous.

So after a pause, Randall continued to speak. "Hasn't Her Majesty the Saint faced this so-called nuclear explosion technique? She should know it best."

The fastest and most accurate way is naturally to ask!

Pope Alvis was silent for a while and did not respond.

"Or is Her Majesty the Saint not in the Holy City now?" Randall immediately realized this, and a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

Alvis did not reveal such important news to himself at all, and let the incarnation of the Lord leave the protection of the holy city.

You have to know that the Lord has just changed the carrier of consciousness, so it is hard to say how much power he can exert...

"Her Majesty the Saint has her own plans, which are not something you and I can interfere with. We just need to do what we should do, that's enough!" Alvis's indifferent words stopped Randall from asking further questions, and he quickly made a decision.

"Give the order. Use the fastest divine power to send a message. Let Thesis, who is stationed at the border of the empire, lead the team to test whether those wizards are bluffing or not."

Randall opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but finally nodded. "I understand!"

…

On the other side, in the City of Kerosene, in the school headquarters of the Wizarding Academy, Monroe, who had terminated communications, walked out of the room tiredly.

Outside the door, Ivana was still leaning against the white wall like last time, watching the wind for Monroe, but her attention was focused on the Magic Daily in front of her. When she saw Monroe coming out, she put down the newspaper in her hand and asked whether there were any new orders from the Pope during this communication.

Monroe hesitated for a moment. In fact, he was somewhat dissatisfied with the recent performance of his partner Ivana. She actually began to study the experiments of those wizards and said that she wanted to replicate the free fall and pendulum experiments done by the magic star to see if they were true.

This is an extremely dangerous signal!

It is not fun to study the knowledge of wizards in depth. If you are not careful, it is easy to be confused by the taboo knowledge.

However, the relationship between him and Ivana was not that of a superior and a subordinate, and Monroe had no way to force the girl to give up these unrealistic ideas. Moreover, in the academy, he had to rely on Ivana's knowledge in the forbidden field to complete the annoying course assignments.

Monroe sighed secretly and finally decided to trust his partner. After all, she was recommended by Lord Gustav. She had sold grain to the parliament on her own initiative before and had indeed found out some useful information. He then briefly recounted what they had just discussed.

When Ivana heard Monroe say that the so-called nuclear explosion of the wizards was probably just the movement of underground magma causing a volcanic eruption, and that the magic star was probably just bluffing to buy more time to prepare for war, her face suddenly became very strange.

Ivana handed over the newspaper in her hand. "This is today's magic daily report, which was just delivered by the fairy a minute ago."

Monroe suppressed his uneasiness, took the Magic Daily and glanced at it.

Ivana also started to explain at this time. "Those wizards did not launch a large-scale counterattack for more than two months. They were trying to improve the nuclear explosion technique. Now it is said that it has been completed. The power has increased by about eight times compared to the past, and the radiation problem caused by the nuclear explosion technique has been eliminated..."

Monroe had just read the report in the Magic Daily about the magic star's improvements to nuclear explosion technology, and was shocked by Ivana's words.

How much? Eight times more powerful?!

Monroe's mind was confused, and then he couldn't help but speak out. "Ridiculous! This must be a rumor spread by those wizards to scare us..."

Although he had not witnessed the power of nuclear explosion with his own eyes, he could get a glimpse of it just by looking at the land of death created by its aftermath. It was definitely powerful enough to be unimaginable.

Now you tell me that its power can be increased eight times?!

"There is no need for them to lie, because the magic star who developed this technique is preparing to test it in public and eliminate the radiation problem in that land of death. The time... is tonight!" Ivana said solemnly.

There is no need for Parliament to tell a lie that will be exposed in a few hours!

Monroe's expression suddenly changed. Could it be that his guess was wrong? Could those wizards really cast a magic that was so terrifying that it could destroy a city or a country? "Wait." Monroe suddenly realized a more serious problem. He grabbed Ivana's shoulders anxiously and questioned with red eyes. "You just said that those wizards were going to experiment with this magic tonight, and in that place of death?"

"Not bad." Ivana nodded, not understanding why Monroe suddenly became so excited.

Before she could ask, Monroe rushed back into the house like the wind and took out the crystal ball for communication.

"Hurry... hurry! Connect me!" Monroe's face was extremely anxious. He grasped the communicator in his hand tightly and even shook it. He knew nothing about alchemy and electromagnetism and had no idea how to charge this thing.

In a desperate situation, he could only transfer all the magic power in his body into the crystal ball.

Before they went to the City of Fire Oil to become insiders, Lord Gustav had injected demonic power into their bodies through a strange magic potion so that they could pass the wizards' tests.

Only after the mission is completed can the evil power be completely eradicated during the baptism ceremony.

Under the continuous infusion of magic power, the crystal ball began to tremble slightly. A hint of joy immediately appeared on Monroe's face, and he immediately increased his strength.

About three minutes later, the crystal ball, which had been forcibly infused with a large amount of magic power, finally...

Exploded! ...

Just as Monroe was falling into endless collapse, the streets of the City of Kerosene were already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.

"Have you heard? The wizards are preparing to pull down the sun in the sky, just like they did more than two months ago!" A short and fat man said excitedly.

The knowledgeable vendor beside him sneered and said, "This is Master Lin En's magic, it should be called the Great Nuclear Explosion Technique, and it has nothing to do with the sun in the sky..."

"That's the sun. My grandfather saw with his own eyes that Master Lin En flew into the sky and knocked down the scorching sun from the sky!" A young boy corrected confidently.

"This is ridiculous. Where does the sun come from at night?" The vendor was so angry that he laughed.

"That's because... because the planet under our feet is round, he must have flown to the other side of the continent!" The boy still insisted on his opinion, thinking that the wizards must have dropped the sun from the sky.

Discussions and arguments were heard everywhere in the Fire Oil City. Thanks to the publicity of the Magic Daily, almost everyone in the city learned that Lin En, known as the Magic Star, was going to experiment with new magic tonight.

Naturally, there are many people who are interested in this, whether they are wizards or the people of the City of Kerosene, as long as they can spare a little free time, no one would want to miss this grand event.

Even many of the kingdom's subjects came by train to watch.

In order to avoid the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of blind people in the City of Kerosene, the alchemists of the Parliament slightly improved the protective barrier covering the entire city, increasing the isolation of dangerous radiation and significantly reducing the impact of strong light.

"It's Master Lin En!"

A few hours later, someone in the crowded crowd suddenly shouted loudly, and everyone present stood on tiptoe and looked inside, wanting to catch a glimpse of this magic star.

Lin En was still wearing his usual wizard robe. He did not make much preparation for the grand scene. He just took some time during the experiment to do a little cleanup of the death land outside the Kerosene City, and to deter those who had bad intentions.

A rather strange magical beast followed behind him impatiently, its hair fluttering in the wind like flames, and it proudly swung its tail. It was very dissatisfied with the inexplicable noise made by these two-legged beasts.

Naturally, Mutos had no interest in such scenes. In comparison, it would rather stay on the grass of the manor, lazily waiting for the two-legged beasts to fearfully bring it delicious snacks.

However, seeing that it was too lazy and had not been obeying orders recently, Lin En forcibly dragged Mutos out and prepared to give it a good beating.

Lin En walked up to the city wall step by step. The wizards along the way stepped aside one after another, looking at the magic star with admiration in their eyes. The nuclear explosion technique created by the other party was the most powerful magic at present, and it could only be described as a man-made disaster!

And today they finally have the opportunity to witness this extremely powerful magic with their own eyes!

(End of this chapter)