Chapter 727: Incident
"I'm sorry, Sister Osvia, I really want to accept your invitation, but I must get my father's permission to leave the province of Karlas."
Shaking her head regretfully, Fiona politely declined the invitation.
"That's a pity, but if you want to go out for fun someday in the future, I can help you mention it to His Excellency the Duke."
The fourth princess nodded and did not continue the topic.
"Speaking of which, have you heard about it? It's the construct network headband promoted by the Federal Parliament. It seems to have been circulated in a small area within the Empire recently."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Catherine Alfred, the seventh daughter of the Alfred family with blonde hair and purple eyes, spoke up and redirected the topic in a new direction.
"I have tried it before. It does have a lot of interesting gossip and local legends, as well as some special games that allow you to simulate the life of a high-level professional. It seems that there is a reason why it is so popular among civilians."
"The Empire has been strictly prohibiting the spread of such things. Those headbands you mentioned were probably spread through some special channels that are not visible to the public.
Also, that thing is actually very dangerous, it’s best not to touch it lightly.”
Hearing her words, Osvia shook her head and her expression became serious, which was unusual for her.
"If we dig deeper into the reasons behind the arrival of the Lord of Dreams that shocked the entire Yar continent, as well as the birth of the contactee group, the Construct Network Headband played an indispensable and key role in both.
In that incident, many professionals who wore headbands fell into a deep sleep and never woke up again.
Although they have now removed the ability of the network headbands to directly connect consciousness to the network, according to research by scholars from the Royal Academy, these headbands are still absorbing the professionals' dissipated mental energy and injecting it into the constructed network to maintain network operation.
Furthermore, behind the construction network are many high-level prophet masters of the Federation. Under their control, it is difficult to ensure that a disaster similar to the previous advent of the Lord of Dreams will not occur again."
"Is... is that so? Thank you for telling me, Your Highness."
Catherine's smile was a little stiff. She had prepared several high-level construction headbands to share with everyone at the tea party, but now it seemed that the original plan would be ruined. While the 'girls' were holding a tea party, Anvis found the head maid Annie who was on standby at one side of the garden. She was directing many maids to work in an orderly manner and was ready to remedy any problems that might arise.
"Miss Annie, have there been any unusual personnel changes or situations in the City Lord's Mansion recently?"
"Unusual personnel changes and circumstances?"
Annie looked at him with some confusion. As the city lord's adjutant, why do you need to ask me for this information?
“I’ve received some news that a powerful being may attack City Lord Fiona in the near future, and I need to make some defensive preparations in advance.
But if I rely solely on my own sources, I might miss some key factors, so I'm willing to hear your opinion."
In response to Anne's question, Anvis gave a half-truthful explanation.
"A powerful being is attacking?!"
Annie was shocked when she heard what Anvis said.
"Well, from what I understand, there have been no personnel changes in the castle recently, and no special events have occurred. Everything is normal."
After thinking for a moment, Anne finally shook her head.
"Besides, with His Majesty, the ninth-level guardian, here, we don't need to worry about the young lady's safety, right, Lord Boli?"
...Level Nine is not omnipotent after all.
Seeing Annie's disapproving look, Avis sighed inwardly, but she also knew that this was not a level she could reach.
"Nothing, don't worry about it, I'm just asking."
Turning away under Anne's puzzled gaze, Avis decided to temporarily make some arrangements around Fiona, waiting for the enemy to lose patience and take action.
As a top child of destiny, Fiona's own power is actually quite strong. As long as she can create some opportunities, the power of destiny will most likely help her turn danger into safety.
When his attention was focused here, the invisible premonition became stronger, which also made Avis sure that he was not looking in the wrong direction.
Although according to the Duke, Fiona, as a creation of magic experiments, has no blood relationship with him.
However, since his special double blood structure was used as a reference during the modulation, the relationship between him and Fiona is actually a special destiny connection that is different from that of blood relatives.
Even though the web of fate was temporarily obscured by the power of the outer gods and could not predict related things, it could not completely obscure the vague premonition brought about by this connection. . ….….Two days later, somewhat to Anvis's surprise, Duke Carrot still did not return, but Pomona appeared alone with injuries.
Anvis originally thought that the two people would not be able to come back for a while, but he didn't expect that one of them would come back.
Anyway, this is a good thing. There is one more ninth-level combat force, and we can also understand what happened at that time.
According to Pomona who returned to his family, he was ambushed by the enemy due to his carelessness and was trapped in the divine flame. In order to save him, Duke Carrot fought a fierce battle with the alien god priest.
As a result, when the battle was most intense, he was suddenly teleported away by the ball of divine fire and landed directly in a primeval forest near the west coast of the Federation.
When he rushed back to the battlefield, Carrot had disappeared. Only traces of their battle remained at the scene, and the tracing spell was ineffective.
The family members did not suspect Pomona's words, because they could not locate the Duke at present.
Taking security issues into consideration, the family guardian decided to personally investigate the battlefield where Carrot last disappeared, and let Pomona come back to recuperate, while temporarily taking care of Fiona on his behalf for a while.
No one objected to this development.
Although Avis always felt that something was wrong, he couldn't put his finger on it.
That night, out of a strange feeling of irritation, Anvis did not continue to deal with daily affairs, but walked aimlessly to the terrace on the top of the City Lord's Mansion.
The summer night sky was very clear, with two silver and purple moons hanging in the sky, casting bright two-colored moonlight, which seemed to make one's mental strength more active.
Under the terrace, Silver Gull City showed its other beautiful side in the night. The light shining through the windows of countless houses seemed to reflect the stars in the sky, quiet and brilliant.
"Um?"
However, it seems that Avis is not the only one who knows how to appreciate it. On the terrace, there is already a dark figure standing there.
"I wonder who you are?"
He approached with some doubt. Although he had recognized Pomona, as an ordinary fifth-level lieutenant 'Levin Boley', Avis still pretended to be confused and asked questions.
"...you are a fool."
However, contrary to Anvis's expectations, Pomona's reaction to seeing him appear was to slap him in the face.
Under the influence of the power of rules, Avis's clone turned into a pile of ice crystal dust on the spot! (End of this chapter)
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