Chapter 410 408: Fallen Lion (Subscribe)
One day later.
Lion Manor, second floor, in the study.
Luo Yi had an extra document in his hand, a thick stack of documents, stapled together into a book.
The black and gold cover is enchanted, so it doesn't have much effect. Once opened, it can never be restored.
Luo Yi fumbled with the cover of the paper and looked at the four big words on it - Fallen Lion.
Yes, this is the list given to him by the Grand Duke of Carlisle.
It was taken out directly from the Imperial Archives, then transmitted to the moon spaceship through the magic mirror, and finally delivered to Roy's desk.
Rather than a list, it is more like a detailed plan and a complete file.
The golden-red fighting spirit on his fingers glowed slightly, and his fingertips flickered like a knife or a blade, lightly scratching the cover.
Fighting spirit and magic collided, a slight "pop" sound was heard, the seal was broken, and a slender hand slowly opened it.
This time, Luo Yi read very slowly. Although there was a blue light flashing in his eyes and the deep blue scanned spontaneously, he read one word at a time.
Then, he found what he was looking for.
The Cardinal of the Church of the Sun God, the Blessed One of the Lord of Light, the fifth-order legendary powerhouse, His Majesty Saint Vermont.
This legendary strong man who has lived for a thousand years was the source of the unrest in Bremen some time ago. After bowing to the Pope, he continued to live.
He is still the pillar of Bremen.
The demon slayer, the one favored by the Dragon God, the man who is said to have carved through the Blood Abyss Plains, the fifth-level legend, the Green Dragon Knight Quentin Perkins.
Although the Old World was unified by humans and almost all alien races were driven out, it is not true to say that there is no bloodline left!
It is said that Quentin Perkins has dwarven blood and is a noble among the dwarves. He inherits the blood of the golden dwarf and is born with great strength.
Relying on this extraordinary power, he once tamed an adult green dragon on an island in the endless ocean and concluded a contract with it, thereby gaining the favor of the Dragon God and becoming a legend.
At this point, he became one of the few dragon knights in the entire Old World.
His most glorious battle record was actually when he was ambushed, fell into the first layer of the abyss, fought a fierce battle on the Blood Abyss Plain, and finally climbed out of the abyss.
This is the origin of his title of 'Demon Slayer'. The number of demons and devils who died at his hands is indeed countless.
This man is definitely a tough guy. He is now a guest of honor of Napoleon III and the most distinguished guest of the Bonaparte Empire.
The fire that burned Lion Castle was the breath of the Green Dragon.
The Fallen of Darkness, the Slave of Shadows, the fifth-tier legendary wizard, 'Blackfire' Farin Zacharias.
This person's identity is extremely secretive. No one knows his past or background, let alone his teachers and school.
As soon as he appeared, he displayed legendary strength.
He is good at dark magic, fire magic and shadow magic. His methods are extremely cruel. He likes to drag his enemies into the shadow plane and torture them to death.
Normally, such a person should be hunted down and killed by the church!
However, when your strength reaches a certain level, even if you believe in darkness and play with souls, as long as you don't do it too ugly and provoke the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people, you can still walk under the light.
Even the church will turn a blind eye!
After all, he is a legend. If you want to kill him, you must bring out at least three legendary units before you can try.
It's just an attempt. If you want to kill it, you must be mentally prepared to die together with it.
So, this person is a guest of honor of the Sardinian royal family. He was invited by the queen herself and is now a tribute to the kingdom.
It was the meteorite he summoned that broke through the magical defenses of the Lion Castle and burned it into ruins.
These three legends are the three legendary strongmen who took action in the "Fallen Lion" plan.
However, contrary to what Loy had guessed, the one who led this action was actually the Church of the Sun God.
Including the so-called Old Noble Alliance and the Witch Hermitage, they were all initiated and organized by the Church of the Sun God.
The reason is simple. Compared with other countries, the one that is most afraid of magical machines is actually the church!
Because the church is afraid that with the promotion of the magic industry, the faith of the Seven Gods will also spread beyond the Habsburg Empire.
Therefore, in the entire Old World, the organization that is most wary of magical machinery is the Church of the Sun God.
It is also because of the secret interference of the church that, let alone industrial promotion, basically even simple magical machinery cannot leave the country.
The church can be said to be on high alert!
It was also because of this that when Count Carl Raymond promoted the magic industry and the church was unable to effectively stop it, he took ruthless action.
This is actually another way of killing the chicken to scare the monkey!
The effect was very significant. After the Lion Castle was destroyed, the Habsburg Empire's industrial expansion plan was completely declared a failure.
Even those nobles who were interested were afraid!
From this perspective, if the Habsburg Empire did not have the Church of the Seven Gods, the tradition and conservatism of the Church of the Sun God would probably have meant that even if there were buds of the magic industry, they would have been strangled.
This is a vicious circle!
It is worth mentioning that the opposition forces of the Church of the Sun God are mostly Sun Factions, which are conservative and rigid.
But His Majesty Saint Vermont, who took action this time, is the founder of the Light Faction, who emphasizes openness and innovation.
The reason why it was him was because the Sun Sect took out an angel skeleton, yes, it was the silver angel skeleton that Luo Yi had obtained, and asked him to take action.
At this point, everything Luo Yi had experienced seemed to have finally come to a close.
In addition, Luo Yi also saw many people's names.
Evan Waters, Joseph Carlson, Hirud Zock, Yasmin Guerrero, Angelina Calvin, Benny Ellis...
These are basically fourth-order natural disasters from the Bonaparte Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The Church of the Sun God found the two major kingdoms and forced them to contribute manpower and resources from various places.
Under the cover of the Carlisle family, he entered the Flower Territory, and under the protection of the traitor Regan Durant, he eventually caused the tragedy of Lion Castle.
Only at this point did everything become clear.
When Luo Yi closed the book in his hand, he couldn't help but feel the four big words on the page.
Fallen Lion!
If he had not appeared out of nowhere, I am afraid that this plan would have really become the last swan song of the Lion Family, just like the title of the book.
But he is still alive, the King of Lions is still alive, so there are infinite possibilities.
Ding-a-ling!
The sound of the doorbell woke Luo Yi from his sleep. He rubbed his eyebrows and put the documents in his hand into the cabinet under the desk.
After just a thought, he took out the holy artifact, the Proverbs Ring, on his hand and put it into it.
"Come in!"
"My Lord, it is Lord Robin Water who is visiting."
The door opened and old Hoover pushed it open and walked in, but before he could say anything more, the Imperial Ambassador Lord Robin Water strode in from behind.
He quickly came up to Luo Yi and asked, "Is it settled?!"
"I've got it done on my end, what about you? Do you agree?"
“There were some twists and turns, but in the end, the great Hohenzollern Emperor made the final decision and agreed.
Now, the Empire's discarded magical weapons and bullets have a new destination, generating a substantial income and covering military expenses."
Lord Robin Water paused and continued, “As for this matter, the Imperial Cabinet is actually very controversial, mainly because it is suspected of aiding the enemy.
However, the Chancellor of the Exchequer finally persuaded us to agree, and the cabinet meeting passed it unanimously.”
"I suppose the Chancellor of the Exchequer has done some accounting for the rest of the people, taking stock of the war expenditures and the subsequent subsidies.
Then everyone agreed.”
Lord Robin Water was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Is this your guess, or do you have other information channels?"
Luo Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Even if I have information channels, can I be faster than you?
I'm not just guessing, I know how expensive a war is. Furthermore, the Alsace battlefield is getting more and more intense, and the Imperial Cabinet must be worried about money and food."
"As for the enemy you're worried about?"
"It's actually nothing. First of all, you know the generation gap of weapons better than me. The old weapons we sold have no advantage over the new heavy machine guns and submachine guns.
Secondly, the empire spent so much time and money to popularize education, which resulted in a large number of high-quality soldiers who were new to meditation.
Other empires don’t have this foundation!
Even if they bought weapons and returned, it would take at least half a year to select enough mage apprentices, equip them, and train them!"
Lord Robin Water thought about it and nodded: "You make sense!"
Luo Yi smiled again and said, “Besides, the most frustrating thing about the empire is that it doesn’t have strong enough allies, but that won’t be the case after this battle!
When those people have magical weapons, do you think they will consider buying a few machines and producing their own bullets?
When they want to produce, do they still have to think about steelmaking and metallurgy?
When they start metallurgy, do they have to lay tracks, start running trains, and increase capacity?"
“Whether they like it or not, once they embark on this road of no return, they will be pushed forward.
In the future, machines will be spread all over the Old Continent, and the magic industry has already expanded.
His Majesty the Great Emperor must have seen all of this, which is why he is so supportive."
"Luo Yi, has anyone ever told you that you're actually suitable for the cabinet? That's a really thorough analysis!"
“Haha, Baron Miller said the same thing, but, you know, I actually hate trouble.
Now, we should discuss how much this first deal should be."
"And most importantly, how should we divide the profits? What do you think of Sanqi?
I have three, you have seven, and this is also my contribution to the empire."
"Forty-six, that's the maximum I can strive for, and it's also the Emperor's reward to you."
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