Chapter 835 Meeting with Lina
"Hela, what's the situation at the front?" He flipped through the documents in his hand. Compared to before, he now had several mechanical arms behind him, constantly reviewing the mountain of documents piled up on the table while he was talking.
Standing before his long table was Hela. Many people thought that after the Mechanical Sanctuary lost power, this Grand Master of Machines would be killed and the Candlelight would take control of the entire Sanctuary.
On the contrary, Hella has now become Jules’s spokesperson in the Vatican, and often even takes over his duties, making her the second most important figure in the Candlelight Vigil.
Hela, veiled in black, with the intricate mechanical structure of her face faintly visible, looked down at the report in her hand and said, "@#%*……*！&@#".
Jules sighed, "These old machines are always like this."
His words suddenly turned into a long string of sharp ticking sounds of varying pitches, and Hela's eyes glazed over for a moment after hearing them.
"The language system has been switched to: Imperial Language."
"Your Holiness, the situation on our front lines is not optimistic. The steam tanks only gave us an advantage at the beginning, but this advantage has become smaller and smaller after the self-propelled guns produced by Castells arrived on the battlefield."
"Moreover, the number of self-propelled artillery pieces far exceeded our expectations; Castells' production capacity was terrifying."
Even Hela's emotionless, mechanical voice trembled slightly, as if she were afraid of Castel.
"Do machines also have fears?" Jules murmured.
"In short, we need to deploy the war fortresses on the battlefield, otherwise, in the face of the enemy's rapidly increasing self-propelled artillery, defeat is only a matter of time."
"No need to rush. Castell's potential has not yet been fully unleashed. Just maintain the stalemate."
Hela nodded quietly.
"By the way, have you been in touch with Lina?"
"Yes, she seems to have restarted the Gear Sage, and now she is showing signs of breaking free from our control. She wants to meet with you."
"So, she noticed the change too." Jules seemed to be lost in thought.
After a long pause, he slowly said, "Then let her come over."
Hela paused, a slight glint in her eyes as if she were considering the command, then abruptly raised her head: "Warning! Logically, Lina's risk of betrayal exceeds the threshold! Please reconsider!"
"Okay, grant her permission and let her come over."
"good."
Hela's voice had barely faded when a figure suddenly flashed in front of her.
Jules' arm was still scribbling on the paper when he slowly raised his head and looked at the long table in front of him.
The place was empty just moments ago, but now there is a girl with blood-red hair.
"Long time no see, Lina."
"Ha, you've finally agreed to see me."
Lina sneered, and just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Hela.
"Who are you? You look familiar."
“Minister of the Myriad Machines, Hela, the sage of the Mechanical Sanctuary, has been controlling the Sanctuary both openly and secretly for hundreds of years, and now you’re telling me she just looks familiar?” Jules’ tone was somewhat helpless. “Your memory has deteriorated too quickly.”
Lina ignored his sarcasm, staring warily at Hela for a long time before turning to Jules: "Jules, I want to talk to you."
"Sigh, you won't even call me uncle."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lina frowned. "I'm not joking with you. You know, this world is on the verge of collapse!"
"Know."
"Heh, it's normal that you don't believe me. After all, you were just waiting. What did you just say?"
“I know,” Jules shrugged. “Castel has taken over the entire Storm Ocean. The North, the White Raven Duchy, and the Tis Territory are all their territory now, but in terms of land area, it’s larger than the Empire. Isn’t that enough to put them in imminent danger?”
"Having controlled the Storm Ocean, controlling the Sea of No Light is only a matter of time. As for the Temple of the Sleepless in the Southern Continent, I even think they will directly ally with Castel, after all, their ideologies are too similar."
"As for the Corridor of Despair, the monsters there won't join forces with them, but they also won't listen to me."
"So, while the Candlelight Society may seem to control the entire empire, it is actually besieged on all sides."
Lina opened her mouth and then closed it again, swallowing back the words she was about to say, her face full of awkwardness.
She had prepared a long speech to persuade Jules, trying to prove the danger of his situation, but why did it seem that the man in front of her saw things more clearly than she did?
Jules looked at her with a smile: "So, Miss Lina, what brings you here to me this time? You must have some blueprints to offer me, right? After all, your goal is for the Vatican and Castell to perish together, and the Candlelight Society can't be finished now."
"Ha. You don't understand anything. I'm saving the world!"
“Yes, yes, yes, if you kill everyone, the world will be saved. Isn’t that what you named ones all do?” Jules finished speaking, enjoying Lina’s angry expression, and just as she was about to explode, he suddenly spoke up:
"I think I've found your [father]."
Those words were like a switch, freezing Lina in place. Her anger vanished instantly, and after a moment of stunned silence, her eyes gradually reddened: "How did you know to tell me where [Father] was first?!"
Why should I tell you?
A ferocious look flashed across Lina's face, and she pounced on Jules with extraordinary strength, like a runaway locomotive, instantly carving a furrow in the ground and shattering the marble floor with its golden patterns.
boom!
Jules remained seated at the table, motionless, his expression unchanged, while Lina's terrifying impact was firmly pinned to his long table.
Lina's eyes were bloodshot as she slowly raised her head and looked at what was in front of her.
"Hela! So you are an Ancient One after all!"
"What ancient beings? You named beings just like to make up new terms. You're nothing more than a general-purpose fighter servant."
Lina's eyes glazed over for a moment when she heard the words "fighter servant," but then she focused again and stared intently at Jules.
Jules looked at her, just smiled lightly but didn't say anything.
Taking a few deep breaths, Lina barely suppressed her anger, glared at Jules resentfully, threw a package onto his table, and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "This is the control method for the war fortress, which can activate the second form. This is the manufacturing template for the steam rifle."
"Is there any more? It's not enough. We still can't beat Castel."
"That's it! How was I supposed to know the Vatican was so useless! They couldn't even beat us after taking all my technology!"
(End of this chapter)
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