Chapter 9
Aronfoss didn't care about the humans coming outside the door.
Just like an elephant would not care about the ants crawling to its feet, the devil stood in the hall with an unchanged expression.
He glanced at Lu Mi and thought that the big plan had just taken one step and it was not the time to expose them. It seemed that he could only shut up the unlucky guy.
This extreme rationality and coldness was fully displayed in everyone except Lu Mi.
Rather, this is the true nature of the devil. As its name suggests, it is a monster that crawls out from the "abyss."
At this time, Lu Mi, who also heard the footsteps, put the detonating terminal in his hand back to the scene.
This thing is no longer useful to him.
He took one last look at the scrapped Qiang Zhenyi and said, "It seems that this country is not as peaceful as I imagined."
In just a short while, a lot of things happened.
Aronfoss thought of the two humans he encountered when he first came out of the rift.
Lu Mi was shocked when he heard the demon's narration, then he pondered, "He's already dead... To be able to do such a big thing, there must be more than two people involved... Forget it, now is not the time to think about this."
To investigate this matter, we need more than just the clues we have now.
Come to think of it, why did he unknowingly get involved in something that seemed even more troublesome?
In short, let’s retreat first.
Lu Mi sensed the familiar breath getting closer and closer outside, and stood up calmly.
A door made of shadows appeared on the wall on the other side.
He took a deep look at the murals on the wall and then passed through the shadow door. Seeing this, the demon no longer paid attention to the humans outside and followed him in.
Outside, two people, unaware of their near brush with death, arrived just in time...
"At that time, I was completely stunned!"
This is the extraordinary person in the blue uniform, who was describing the scene to others afterwards.
At this time, a day had passed since the invasion of the palace. Everyone had escaped death and was exchanging their experiences on the ruins of the rebuilt palace.
The most talked-about topic was naturally the group of soldiers in the corridor that day.
"You have no idea. When Donald and I pushed open the door, wow—everything was glittering with gold. I couldn't say anything except 'Wow, wow, wow!' My mind went blank! I thought I had suddenly traveled to some legendary place where gods live!"
"And what happened next?"
The people who had gathered around him couldn't wait to ask more questions, their faces flushed with excitement as if they were all imagining the scene.
"Later, we found something inside..."
For example, there was a scrapped strong calming device, and a terminal suspected to be used to control explosive bombs that was abandoned at the scene.
At that time, countless waves of shock were stirred in the hearts of the two people present, but the secrets involved were too many and too serious, so he could only gloss over it vaguely.
Fortunately, the others seemed to have realized this as well, and they were clearly more interested in the palace itself. "So, did you guys figure out what that palace built underneath the palace was?"
"Well, actually, Donald told me this. It's strange, but he seems to know a lot about this."
The extraordinary person in the blue uniform muttered to himself, then looked around, lowered his voice, and spoke slowly in an atmosphere of telling a story.
"He said that the palace was actually built by the Blue Steel Empire hundreds of years ago and was used by generations of royal families for worship and sacrifice."
"What are we offering?" Everyone's curiosity was completely aroused.
"This brings us to the incredibly beautiful murals in that hall! They actually tell a legendary story—said to be hundreds of years ago, when the Blue Steel Empire was first established, it was invaded by numerous abyssal creatures. At the time, the Blue Steel Empire was incredibly weak and nearly perished several times. Then, a…"
The blue-uniformed transcendent gestured back and forth, scratching his head as if he wasn't sure how to describe it. "A creature with pitch-black eyes, moth-like wings, and overall a human-like appearance...? A god?"
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, as if shocked by the imagined scene.
Only a few captains suddenly stared at him intently, as if they had thought of something.
The blue-uniformed transcendent remained unaware and continued, "In short, the mural depicts an extraordinary and strangely beautiful creature. It also possesses exceptionally powerful strength, easily killing the attacking monsters."
"Afterwards, he made a pact with the then-current king of the Blue Steel Empire: he would protect the Blue Steel Empire from the invasion of abyssal creatures during the king's reign, and in return, the king's flesh, blood, and soul would belong to him after his death."
The others looked at each other, "...This sounds like an evil god?"
"Perhaps." The blue-uniformed transcendent licked his lips with a look of unsatisfied satisfaction. "I don't know if this legend is true, but at least the palace dedicated to it is real. It is said that after that king, the royal family of the Blue Steel Empire has prayed for continued protection for generations, no matter the cost."
……really.
In general, it is worth it to exchange the body of a king for a hundred years of peace in a country.
"But it seems that no response was received, and it gradually faded away over the past few hundred years."
The blue-uniformed transcendent thought for a moment and added—
"However, judging by the fact that the palace dedicated to the shrine has been preserved, the royal family must have never given up..."
"I want to be blessed by God again..."
"Okay!" As if his patience had finally reached its limit, a captain suddenly stood up and interrupted this story that was both full of pure white hope and tinged with dangerous darkness.
"I think it's time for you all to rest. Go help the Kingdom Army rebuilding the palace and find some work. Then be ready for the thank-you banquet tonight. We'll be returning to our respective guilds the next day!"
Normally, extraordinary people like them would go back immediately after completing their mission.
However, the incident in the Blue Steel Empire had a huge impact, and the king tried his best to keep them and express his gratitude, so their extraordinary branch made an exception and stayed for another day.
"Hey, Captain, I haven't heard enough yet..."
There were grumbles of complaints everywhere, but while everyone said so, their bodies were honestly devoted to the reconstruction work.
After they left one by one, the captains of several major branches remained silent, immersed in an inexplicably heavy atmosphere.
"That story just now..."
"That's just a story," a captain said quickly and stiffly, as if to deny something. "And you heard it, too. It's been hundreds of years."
The other captains fell silent upon hearing this and said nothing more.
They passed by the rebuilt ruins and watched the troops dragging the dead snake-headed pterosaurs away one by one, with no emotion on their faces.
He just couldn't help but clench his hands, as if silently expressing his inner unrest.
After this incident, I always have a premonition——
The weather outside is about to change drastically...
On the other hand, Lu Mi, who left with the devil, did not return to the K8 branch immediately.
He originally wanted to learn about the outside world's reaction to this incident through the extraordinary forum recommended to him by Donald.
After all, as a secret participant in the Blue Steel Empire incident, he may know more than Donald and the others.
So he had to see how much ordinary people outside knew about this major event, and then synchronize his intelligence with that of innocent people so as not to say anything out of scope.
As a result, when I opened the forum, I found that the outside world was indeed in a bloody storm.
"Why did I wake up from a nap and feel like the whole world has changed?! Everyone around me is talking about the K1 star region. What happened there??"
"I have a relative working in the Blue Steel Empire's capital, and I haven't been able to contact her yet. Is there any official way to contact her? I'm so worried!"
"I saw the video uploaded by the residents of the Royal City. Wow! That strange bird is so huge! I'm afraid it wouldn't even be big enough to fill its teeth!"
"Isn't it? Look at the photos, the palace is almost razed to the ground. Those are centuries-old buildings..."
"Am I the only one who thinks this incident is clearly not simple? There's a bombshell behind the official statement. Hasn't the culprit been caught yet? I have a feeling it won't end so easily!"
When talking about detonating bombs, we have to mention the group of soldiers who tried to defuse the bomb on the spot in the tunnel that day.
They were all prepared to die, but when the countdown reached [00:00], nothing happened.
"This, is this a dud?" The soldiers at the scene almost couldn't help but doubt their lives.
They thought they were dying and their hearts were about to beat out of their chests!
"No, a successfully launched shell is definitely not a useless one."
"All I can say is that it's been successfully dismantled." The soldier who spoke took a deep breath, finally losing his composure. "Either before we arrived, or... after we arrived, in a way none of us witnessed."
“!!”
The soldier who spoke looked at the shocked crowd, who were suddenly speechless, and said slowly, word by word, "There is no doubt that we survived thanks to them."
"Remember this, everyone."
He said.
"Perhaps, it is the grace of God that allows such a miracle to happen."
A miracle? They couldn't help but think of the previous attack that defeated the leader of the snake-headed pterosaurs. That was also a miracle.
Is there any connection between these two things?
Everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought, as these words echoed in their ears, becoming even more deafening with the joy of life. Their heartbeats accelerated, rumbling in their fresh and hot bodies.
…
Lu Mi had no idea how profound an impact his actions that day had left on everyone.
Originally, after filtering a large amount of information from the forum, he had a rough idea in his mind and was about to close the forum, but suddenly he saw a special post -
"Headhunting Company: We're buying Snake-Headed Pterosaur teeth for a large sum! No limit on quantity. Private message if interested!"
The word "huge sum of money" immediately attracted Lu Mi's attention.
money?
He is so short of it!
The savings he had were enough to last him a week, and he had originally thought about finding some odd jobs, or trying to get Six to give him an advance on his salary.
It’s a good thing that the K8 branch provides accommodation, otherwise, he might really become the first extraordinary person to sleep on the streets because he can’t afford the rent.
Now, suddenly there is another way in front of him, which is a pleasant surprise, and it is not a wasted trip for him!
Lu Mi immediately contacted him before his account was blocked by the administrator.
It was obvious that this was not the first time for the other party to make a deal. He knew that extraordinary people were not allowed to take private jobs openly, so he didn't even ask about Lu Mi's identity.
"You should be in the royal city of the Blue Steel Empire now, right?" Although the man was asking a question, his tone was very certain.
Lu Mi replied with an emoticon: Yes, that's right.jpg
"Indeed, the snake-headed pterosaur teeth you have must have belonged to the group that invaded the palace. Since you were able to sneak into the palace and obtain those teeth, you must have been able to sneak into tonight's thank-you banquet."
Thank you banquet?
Lu Mi had heard that it seemed that a party was held in one of the few intact palaces to thank the troops for coming to support.
However, due to the recent disaster, the banquet was not large in scale, and most of the participants were people from various branches.
"It seems that in order to make the many extraordinary people who entered the palace for the first time feel more relaxed and to keep their intelligence information confidential, they were allowed to participate wearing masks as an exception."
That person probably had an informant from a headhunting company, and he had obtained first-hand intelligence and was very familiar with everything.
He said to Lu Mi, "There is a small garden behind the palace where the banquet is being held. We will meet at the southwest corner of the garden at 21:00. I will wear an owl mask, and you should also wear an owl mask."
Lu Mi: "Okay."
Is this the thrill of sneaking around? It seems quite interesting?
Seeing Lu Mi put away the terminal, Aronfoss asked, "Have you decided what to do next?"
"Hmm..." Lu Mi touched his chin, "Go find an owl mask. I remember there's a shop selling masks around here, but the price..."
He thought about his wallet in distress, then his eyes turned and noticed the furry wings behind the demon.
Lu Mi: "Aaron."
"I am here."
"It's time for you to make a big difference."
Aaron: “……?”
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