Capítulo 1188: Chapter 95: Hidden in Darkness, Shining Like Mithril (Part 1)
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(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ノToday, I’m conveying the teachings of the Holy Scriptures to you.
We wield weapons to end the spread of evil.
We go to the battlefield, becoming the beginning of sin.
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Agent Will took out his notebook and casually jotted down today’s mo. He was to attend etings with the higher-ups to discuss strategies and think over the possible appearance of “Ranger Seviss,” visit Chikou Lingyin before leaving, clean up the city’s evil forces, and consult with the Seventh Knight regarding handovers.
He noted down the scheduled ti beside each line, and Onowell glanced over unintentionally, chuckling: “Still using a notebook? You shouldn’t be forgetting things anymore by now.”
“When I was training at headquarters, my teacher used to say that an agent must act cautiously because we hold power in our hands,” the unnad agent said steadily. “mory and recognition aren’t always reliable, making more records will reduce errors.”
“Will, you’re still young! Don’t beco as dull as those old folks,” the old principal sat down in the chair in the command room, “Every ti I see your notebooks, I think I’m not cut out for this job, I’d be using a personal terminal by now.”
Will just smiled in response. This room housed many agents from the United, each carrying around a notebook.
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Check the stability of the Dianhuo Network. Take good care of Seviss. Host high-level etings. If there’s spare ti, give the guests a tour of lt Valley City.
The sound of pencils scratched against paper, leaving neat gray records in the high-quality notebook. Jago Drususi bit the pencil tip, reviewing to confirm nothing was overlooked for the day, before closing the notebook.
A finger stuck in the pages, sly eyes glanced over from the side, with the scent of sunshine wafting from the ranger woman’s beautiful golden hair.
“Still using a notebook?” Seviss craned her neck, “Let’s see what you’ve written… ‘Take good care of Seviss’? Haha, you rookie, trying to look after ?”
Jago closed the notebook, saying earnestly, “Church secrets cannot be spied upon.”
“Oh please, with your petty issues, I’ve seen my share of big scenes, not eager to look!”
The ranger leaned back casually against the railing by the deck. She looked just as stunning as in his mories, reminding the red governor of his own youthful vigor. He brushed aside those old thoughts, saying seriously, “You’ve been unwell recently, we need to be cautious for both emotional and logical reasons.”
Seviss scratched her head: “I’m puzzled too, all the dical reports are normal… Why do I keep getting headaches?”
Seviss was only in Sound Curtain City for two days in the hospital before being discharged, every indicator showed she was fine and she was full of energy, even Zhenfan had no reason to keep her for observation. Yet, she was left with so “after effects”: the female ranger occasionally experienced headaches, mild but annoying. Jago knew without thinking it was a consequence of summoning the Angel, but he refrained from discussing this with Seviss. Deep down, he hoped his old friend could continue living worry-free.
“I guess the wind’s too strong here, every year there’s reports from training agents saying they suffer from migraines,” Jago chuckled.
“No kidding!” Seviss raised her voice, “I’m afraid to turn around, I only open my mouth to drink wind!”
Their clothing was whipped around by the strong wind, like two flas of white and red. Suddenly, an eruption of excited shouts sounded behind them as a fire whirlwind over ten ters in diater rose from the dry ground, coloring half the sky like a peculiar geyser. The Dawn Star was swaying in the sky due to the interference from the hot air currents, the airship veered urgently to avoid the fla column, and monts later, a series of clattering noises and curses from the hooligans below deck were heard, sending Seviss into fits of laughter.
“A big ship has its downsides too~”
“I would rather this ship wasn’t so big.” Nearby, Gongsun Ce held a bottle of juice, leaning against the railing despondently, “My personal airship…”
This large airship finally found its day to shine, its lower cabins entirely open to accommodate reinforcents from the City of the Sky, apart from the Three Body Machine God’s oversized fra housed by Shiyu Ling in Dreamland, everyone else boarded the airship without exception.
Strategically, this was the right decision, high-risk superpower users wandering alone are prone to accidents, acting together ensures better cover. However, Captain Gongsun’s private paradise got ruined; he deeply missed the ti when this deck was their exclusive morning workout site, unlike the current bustling scene that felt like a company retreat center.
“Little Yun, Little Qian, Qiluo, look over here, eggplant~”
Kardesia snuggled the girls from both sides to capture the perfect angle, using the still-unsummoned fire pillar as a spectacular backdrop, while Shiyu Lianyi dutifully helped them take “photos under the Fire Wind.” Gongsun Ce found the whole situation incomprehensible: “She can conjure even bigger fire pillars herself, right? What does this an to her?”
“Traveling ans visiting far-off places to see rarely interesting sights, the fun lies in the process rather than the result.” Shiyu Lianyi said with a fond smile.
“Looks like she hasn’t been ho for ten years and got too excited…”
Gongsun Ce paused at this, realizing he’s also been away from ho for ten years. He diverted his thoughts before nostalgia hit, pointing at the fire pillar to ask: “What’s the principle behind this thing anyway?”
“It’s Floating Wind, the Floating Wind! Didn’t I ntion it in the travel log I sent you before?”
Shiyu Ling appeared behind him mysteriously, lazily lying on the back of her boyfriend. Gongsun Ce handed her so juice to sip, and Shiyu Ling smacked her lips contentedly, her explanation tinged with the taste of orange.
“The Fire Wind State is naturally dangerous. Underground, there are fire paths buried like underground water. The nature of these flas is quite peculiar; they can remain stable in a nearly liquid form underground, and ordinary people can even touch it directly. But once it surfaces…”
Shiyu Ling raised her hand to point at the distant fire tornado: “The underground fire becos extrely active and forms fire whirlwinds or all sorts of bizarre phenona. This is because there are special updrafts above the surface of Fire Wind State; so of the land gets blown into the sky, turning into floating islands where people can settle. Locals call the underground fire ‘Dianhuo’ and the updraft ‘Floating Wind,’ together that’s Fire Wind.”
After listening to the explanation, everyone turned to look at Kardesia. The woman with the hat was startled by their stares: “What, what?”
“It looks calm on the outside but can ‘boom’ and burst into flas at any mont…” Qin Qianbai raised her hand high, “It’s just like you.”
Kardesia nodded proudly: “Right, right, I think my personality is really similar to my hotown.”
“Don’t you realize they’re not really complinting you, hat girl?”
The hat girl didn’t seem to mind at all, enthusiastically introducing her hotown: “Fire Wind State isn’t just a nature reserve; it’s also the Church headquarters. We have the largest Holy Revolver Cathedral in the Federation, the burial site of nurous Saints, and many relics left by the Saints themselves. Once we land, we can tour the cathedral while eating roasted bugs…”
Shiyu Lianyi’s face turned unpleasant at that, and Qiluo shivered as she asked, “R-roasted bugs?”
“It’s our Transformation Spirit, it tastes amazing.”
Gongsun Ce looked horrified: “How strong is your martial culture there that you eat Transformation Spirits?!”
Wawu just popped its head at the door to enjoy the sun, and upon hearing this, ran back inside without hesitation. Kardesia quickly grabbed the startled giant salamander and rubbed it, laughing as she said, “You’ll see tonight, most of them are nothing but troublemakers and are only good as snacks.”
“My impression of your hotown has gone from a modern tropolis to a gathering of savages…”
Gongsun Ce murmured as he looked out, seeing the capital of Fire Wind State, “lt Valley City” not far ahead. The remnants of the fire tornado gradually faded, clearing the air. He thought he would see a giant floating island, but there was no trace of any structures in the sky.
Puzzled, Gongsun Ce directed his gaze downward, and through the thin white clouds, he vaguely saw a fiery red “scar.”
It was indeed a scar, a wound on the earth. The rift stretched for miles, shattering ancient mountains, splitting the landscape, with the bottomless rift dyed deep red by endless Dianhuo, like a one-way passage straight to hell. The usually frantic Dianhuo seed unusually calm at this mont, showing no sign of movent even when exposed to the foreign wind. Silver patches filled both sides of the rift, with countless automated machinery conducting magnificent and complex mining operations. The light of Dianhuo illuminated the silver buildings high above, establishing the city around the rift like a massive country built around a river.
Gongsun Ce looked at the distant city, suddenly picturing the scenery of Weiyuan City in his mind. Jago Drususi walked up to him, his words full of pride.
“Welco to lt Valley City. The Federation’s largest industrial city, the headquarters of the Mithril Pillar and the Church.”
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“Alandia, did you know, I always thought the Church headquarters would be a…”
“A more cultured and elegant place?”
“And closer to nature,” Gongsun Ce added, “not this horrifying image of overdevelopnt.”
“Yet if you delve into the Saints’ teachings, you’ll find that the Church’s doctrine has always been about ‘fighting against nature,’ not ‘protecting nature.’
“True, among Gaius’s supporters, there are more environntalists.”
The Dawn Knight chatted with him while descending the stairs, with the airspace of lt Valley City positioned above the massive rift, they felt the heat wave hit the mont they stepped off the ship. The high temperature twisted the surrounding air, making Gongsun Ce feel as if he were walking inside a volcano.
Jago got off the ship first, bringing another man dressed like him to greet them. The man was an older gentleman with a kind face, a round and chubby visage that made it impossible to harbor hostility against him, standing beside the tall and slim Jago like the funny man in a cody duo sketch. He shook hands with Gongsun Ce first: “Mr. Jihui Bureau, I’m honored to welco you to the Fire Wind State. I am Judas Qiao, a red governor, God’s companion.”
Gongsun Ce replied with a smile: “You don’t need to be so formal, we are just here on a business trip. Judas Qiao, you must be aware of the current situation, so what do you have in mind…?”
The round-faced red bishop cleared his throat and said solemnly, “The Church greatly values the information you have provided. Now, all three governors have arrived in lt Valley City, and we are preparing to urgently convene a high-level eting to discuss our future action plan. It’s no exaggeration to say that this eting will influence the future of the Federation. We need to decide whether to take the initiative against the other states’ totems and whether to use the Holy Judgnt System again. I invite you to participate as attendees.”
Governor Judas spoke bluntly, directly addressing the point most concerned about at the mont. Gongsun Ce was about to agree when he heard a sarcastic response behind him.
“No need, you guys figure out the Church matters yourselves, we’re not attending.”
The young Yan Qi was leaning against the cabin door, arms crossed, and seeing Gongsun Ce looking back at him with a scornful glance, he said, “What does a superpower user like you understand about religion anyway? Why waste ti in so crappy eting? Let’s go for a drive!”
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