Chapter 580: Goodbye Nami (3k)
Upon hearing this, the Commander took the token from Su Jiu’s hand and examined it for a while, but couldn’t make out anything.
“This… I actually don’t know the specific appearance.”
He then gave a wry smile and handed the token to the Alchemy Master, who had arrived at some unknown time: “Take a look, is this the so-called key? If it is the key, then it shouldn’t be a problem for this Miss to use Prometheus.”
“If she can get the key, it’s enough to prove Miss Su’s identity is recognized by high-ranking officials.”
Taking the token, the Alchemy Master first gave Su Jiu a somewhat shy smile, looking like a withered chrysanthemum, and then carefully took the token. He then raised the lens beside his left eye and looked again and again.
Finally, he narrowed his eyes slightly, returned the token even more carefully, and spoke with a hint of reverence:
“This token from Madam is indeed from higher-ranking officials, and it might even be said that it is essentially a temporary authorization, like facing a city councilor.”
He paused and then asked curiously, “Madam, may I ask how you obtained this token?”
“When defending against monsters in Lovgrad City, an officer gave it to me and asked me to control the artillery to defend against the monsters…”
Su Jiu replied with a smile. She actually had no idea; after that old man gave it to her, she had forgotten to return it.
“Lovgrad City…”
The Alchemy Master’s expression became thoughtful, recalling recent news about the government criticizing some alchemists who fled in the face of the enemy. Finally, he remembered that it seemed to be a border region of Bear Country defended by Dragon Country controlling the artillery.
“Commander Allie, this is the foreigner who was recently awarded the first-class merit in the past half month.”
He then looked at the Commander, who was already full of astonishment. The two looked at each other and saw surprise in each other’s eyes. They hadn’t expected the mysterious foreign strong person who disappeared in Bear Country to appear here.
“First-class merit…”
Su Jiu didn’t think the merits of Bear Country were of much use. She glanced at the Snow Guards who were handling the debris and then asked softly, “So, can you tell me the specific location? I need to deal with some of the Ancient God Sect’s arrangements.”
“That’s definitely no problem. The place isn’t too far from here, only twenty to thirty kilometers, on West Street. You should have seen its appearance, it’s also a small tower.”
The Commander said with a smile. His gaze now held more respect, which was previously for strength but now for her actions.
One source was awe, the other was from the heart.
“Whoosh!”
As the few people were chatting, two figures flashed across the sky, accompanied by the sound of air explosions. In the hand of one of the figures was a man in black clerical robes, bound tightly by ice crystals.
Everyone could naturally feel the aura from the sky. Almost simultaneously, even the personnel on the ground handling the area looked up. Upon seeing the man in black clerical robes, they quickly summoned their weapons and stood ready for battle.
The Commander scanned the situation in the sky again and found that all three were existences that couldn’t be detected by mental power. He recalled what the Black-clad Bishop had said earlier, that another group would come to deal with them.
“Prepare for battle!”
He then commanded, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword on his right side, ready to face a powerful enemy. Seeing Su Jiu’s indifference, he reminded her: “Madam, this is very likely an accomplice of the enemy. You must be very careful.”
“She is not an accomplice of the Ancient God Sect, but your superior in the Snow Guards.”
Su Jiu glanced at him, chuckled, and shook her head, her gaze quietly fixed on the actions above.
Hearing this, the Commander looked up at the sky in surprise. He indeed saw that the member of the Ancient God Sect was bound by thin ice ropes, and his heart felt a little more at ease.
His superior?
Was it someone of the Grand Commander’s level?
The shorter figure among the two grabbed the man by the neck and reprimanded him in a voice that did not belong to a young person:
“Is the accomplice who was supposed to meet you here?”
“Yes! Yes!…”
The Black-clad Bishop, held by her hand, nodded repeatedly to confirm, but a hint of sinister light flashed in his eyes.
He didn’t know who he had offended to provoke two madwomen who, while powerful, also intended to blow up almost all of the Ancient God Sect’s hiding places.
However, fortunately, there was a great killer here that could give even a War God level expert a headache. After all, this killer was prepared for the subsequent maintenance of the ceremony.
Thinking this, the Black-clad Bishop’s gaze swept over the area below. He saw the white bones covered in frost and immediately had a bad premonition.
“What are you looking at? Do you think I don’t know what you’re thinking? Is there an ambush here…”
This petite figure was Elder Evelyn of the Nine Clans, who had gone “mopping up bandits” with Nami. She tilted her head and asked him with a faint smile.
“Cough… No.”
Seeing his thoughts instantly seen through, the Black-clad Bishop coughed twice but did not reveal himself immediately.
“My patience is limited. You’d better tell me the truth, where did your accomplices hide the hostages?”
However, Evelyn was an old woman who had lived for over a hundred years, and her methods were naturally not as gentle as Su Jiu’s. She slowly clenched her palm, her face devoid of any pity.
“They are below. If you don’t believe me…”
With his neck held, the Black-clad Bishop did not forget to try to trick the two into the already destroyed array. He almost used his last breath to speak: “You can go and see.”
“Below?”
Upon hearing this, Evelyn looked suspicious. After scanning the area below with her mental power, she found two acquaintances and the Snow Guards, but no so-called Snow Demon hostages.
Oh, and there were also many shattered human bone fragments, and traces of an array that had just been activated.
The Black-clad Bishop’s senses were sealed, so he naturally didn’t know what Evelyn was thinking. Feeling the force on his neck lessen, he immediately put on a fawning smile: “As long as you go down and enter that factory, you should be able to find them…”
“Okay.”
Evelyn smiled faintly and glanced at Su Jiu, who was smiling at her from below. Then, following the Black-clad Bishop’s words, she descended.
As soon as she landed, she heard the Black-clad Bishop, with the last of his strength, shout: “Great Corpse God, help me!”
Following his shout, the scene fell silent. Not a sound could be heard. Almost everyone looked at him like an idiot, wanting to tell him that it was right beneath his feet.
But since the big shots didn’t speak, they didn’t dare to say anything.
“Great Corpse God? Is anyone…”
The Black-clad Bishop scanned his surroundings and found no movement. Embarrassment and anger rushed to his face, causing it to swell and turn red.
Don’t falter at this critical moment!
But as he met Evelyn’s indifferent little face, a chill surged from the soles of his feet to his spine. The red on his face rapidly receded…
Evelyn asked faintly, “Are you ambushing us?”
The Black-clad Bishop felt his back was drenched in sweat, and cold sweat appeared on his face. He quickly waved his hands, saying, “No…”
“Tell the truth.”
Looking at him, Evelyn grabbed his neck and threw him onto the ground with a “bang!” A half-meter-long pit appeared on the ground, and dust and smoke billowed up. It seemed like the sound of cracking bones could be heard.
“Heh heh… Those sacrifices were transferred in advance.”
The figure slowly stood up, hunched over, like Iori Yagami from KOF, about to unleash a big move. He pressed one hand to his face and laughed maniacally,
“You should worry about yourself now. Trapped in the array, even a War God level expert will be worn down to death.”
He had clearly realized something was wrong, but in a state of extreme fear, he would force himself to believe what he hoped would happen.
He hoped that the shattered bones on the floor were not what he thought.
Just as the Black-clad Bishop was laughing maniacally, Su Jiu took a dozen steps forward, quietly watching him, then pointed at the shattered bones calmly and said softly:
“These are your Great Corpse God.”
She paused slightly and then added with a smile, “Finally… cooperate and be lenient, resist and be prepared for the great memory recovery technique.”
As soon as Su Jiu finished speaking, Aman walked over with a large club, grinning. A trace of ferocity flashed in his monkey eyes, as if he was preparing to use this legendary great memory recovery technique.
Hearing Su Jiu’s calm words, the Black-clad Bishop’s eyes trembled as he looked away from the shattered bones. He felt that they had truly angered the high-end combat power of Bear Country, and it would be difficult to survive this.
But as a Black-clad Bishop, he also had his dignity… A scholar could be killed but not humiliated.
So, he refused.
Soon, “bang bang” sounds continued to ring out. Under Aman’s repeated cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, the Black-clad Bishop consumed a lot of red dragon fruit and quickly confessed where he had hidden the un-transferred hostages.
After learning the location of the hostages, the police began to act with full force. Commander then took the Black-clad Bishop and Shadow Ryder back for further interrogation. Apart from a few Snow Guards left to clean up the mess within the cordon, there was almost no one left.
“Take this token and activate the artillery. We’ll contact you by phone. If you need manpower then, you can borrow some from these Snow Guards.”
Watching the figures leave, Su Jiu handed the token to the Female Chief, preparing to have her go directly to the small tower for solo operation.
“No problem, I’ve operated this kind of long-range weapon before and have some practical experience.”
Knowing Su Jiu’s intention, the Female Chief was also very curious about human alchemy techniques and readily agreed to her suggestion.
“Just follow me.”
The Alchemy Master glanced at the medal on the Female Chief’s chest, and his eyes trembled slightly. It seemed that none of these people were easy to deal with.
…
Turning her head again, Su Jiu looked at the tall figure slowly descending from the sky. After waiting for a few seconds, she smiled and asked Nami, who had come before her:
“I didn’t expect us to investigate the same thing. We might have to meet with the Ferryman next. Do you want to come and play undercover with us?”
“Play undercover?”
Nami was slightly stunned and looked at Su Jiu with surprise. She was about to say they should go and cause destruction in the thirteen cities.
Seeing her confused look, Su Jiu glanced at Evelyn, who had a cold face but was actually eavesdropping madly, and then slowly explained her idea –
Wearing the clothes of a Black-clad Bishop, enter one of the thirteen cities, and then contact the hidden operatives who had already laid out clues inside, and blow it all up.
