The Dawn Regiment robbed the secret base on Nugget Island, which was like poking a hornet's nest, triggering a series of sequelae.
After the incident was reported in the newspapers, it seemed like people all over the world were looking for them.
Lu Ying's navy, hundreds of pirate groups under the command of "King of the West Sea" Moloch Poppen, major lords along the Lu Ying coast, and some strange forces.
Some are here to seek revenge, some are here to buy and sell technology, and there are also those who cooperate and rob. In short, various information merchants and intelligence organizations have become active. The various black markets in Luying are also bustling like never before.
grand occasion.
As the culprit, Su Lun and his party paid no attention to the official fuss. In order to avoid those people, they deliberately made a large circle on the sea, bypassing the war zone from the south of Luying, and went to the Marfa Empire.
By the time they arrived in Marfa, it was already a month later.
This day.
In the sky above Manushil, the second largest city in Marfa, a large floating airship is sailing slowly.
Steam airships are very useful in mountainous and hilly terrain like Marfa. They save the effort of building bridges and roads. The operation cost is low, convenient and fast. Years of R&D and improvement have made the technology more mature, and it has become Marfa.
The main means of transportation between major inland territories.
This is a passenger airship, and the pod under the airbag has a very large space.
Su Lun, who was wearing a casual suit, was sitting on a seat by the window, looking at the scenery in the clouds.
It is not convenient for the Dawn Group to be exposed to public view. One day ago, Senjou and other members of the Dawn Group landed in another city. The entire pirate group was broken into pieces, and everyone went ashore to resupply and relax and have fun.
Su Lun took Miss Meat Ticket and boarded the airship.
This is the trading place he deliberately chose.
Although Su Lun was confident that few people could trap him now, he was not careless.
After all, he kidnapped the young lady of the Marshal's family, so be careful.
The airship has limited space and will not be ambushed by large forces. Moreover, in the sky, Su Lun is confident that if there is a fight, he has an advantage over anyone else.
Glancing at the rivets on the airship, he also felt a little emotional. Compared with Lu Ying's purely ornamental airships, Marfa's airship technology is really decades ahead. It's just the technical content of this civilian steam airship.
, are comparable to some of Lu Ying’s military airships.
The sailing time was very slow, and Su Lun was reading the newspaper on the seat prepared by the airship transportation company for the guests.
In about six hours, they will arrive at the imperial capital of Kabitron.
"Marfa Daily" is much richer than those newspapers in London that can smell the rot just reading the words. Because it is a military dictatorship, there is little news about political conflicts. Most of them are about people's livelihood and technical aspects, such as industrial exhibitions.
, Machinery Expo, Mechanical College’s patent competition. Of course, extremely developed entertainment news is also indispensable.
Su Lun watched with great interest.
Coming from Luying, I really feel like I have traveled through time.
From the ancient times of knights and magic, we have come to the age of steam machinery.
Opposite him, Dora had an expressionless face, probably still sulking about being locked up in a small dark room.
At this moment, Dora is no longer the freckled technician she was before, but has transformed back into the capable short-haired mechanic she is.
The facial features are not too stunning, but they are not bad either.
Especially the heroic spirit between the eyebrows, which adds a bit of sophistication.
The purpose of changing her appearance is to conceal her identity. Now that her identity has been exposed, there is nothing to hide. After all, the appearance of the granddaughter of the Moses family is not a secret.
In fact, Su Lun didn't want to lock this person up, but she was too smart.
Her learning ability and thinking ability made Mr. Hei full of praise after seeing her. If she really wants to stay in the small void world, it won't be long before she finds out all her secrets.
So in order not to leak the secret or expose the location of the Dawn Regiment, we gave her a single room in the castle.
Although it is delicious and delicious, it is not a bad treatment.
But most of the time there is still some resentment.
The two sat across from each other, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
While Su Lun was reading the newspaper, from the corner of his eye, he could still catch a glimpse of the angry and resentful eyes of the butcher lady, as if to say: You keep instilling civilized justice in me, but in the end you still want to use me in exchange for a ransom?
Although Su Lun was thick-skinned, he still felt a little guilty inside.
While deceiving the girl into wanting "righteousness", he also extorted a lot of things from her family.
At this moment, he was waiting for someone to redeem him with something.
After all, he felt uncomfortable being stared at, which made Su Lun feel like he should say something.
While reading the newspaper, he started chatting with the meat lady.
"So, Miss Dora has been to Linton?"
"Yes. When I was in the School of Mechanical Engineering, I was an exchange student and went to Luying Royal College for a while. Which class of alumni are you sir? Maybe we have met before. There are many talented students in my class.
, such as William of the Regard family, Augustus of the Rodriguez family, and Miss Ekaterina, the most beautiful student in the Imperial City. I have a pretty good relationship with some of them."
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The two chatted without a word.
Su Lun didn't realize that this meat guy's occupational disease had occurred again.
Between the lines of his words, he is still testing his own origin and identity from time to time.
However, he really didn't expect that Dora knew these people.
Su Lun chuckled and didn't know how to respond.
It's definitely wrong to say you don't know him.
Let’s just say we know each other. The two geniuses you mentioned died in your own hands;
The last one is "Fick"'s wife.
Anyway, after confirming that she would not be voted out, Dora had no worries.
Seeing that Su Lun didn't respond, she asked directly: "Sir, what you mentioned before about the invasion of planes and the continuation of civilization are quite reasonable. However, you are definitely not lying to me. You are really awesome.
'Suellen'?"
As a professional intelligence officer, the basic skill is to memorize the information of important local figures in various places.
Dora felt that the guy in front of her was so powerful that she shouldn't have heard of him before.
But the name "Su Lun" happened to be her name. She recalled the important members of Lu Ying's major families, and none of them matched the conditions.
Moreover, almost all of Lu Ying’s top professionals come from the Royal Academy, so isn’t this one?
This is very bizarre.
Hearing this, Su Lun smiled and said, "There's nothing to lie to. I'll just call you 'Su Lun'. You will know when your family comes to redeem you."
Dora's eyes became colder and colder, and she choked back: "Oh, I'm very curious about how much ransom you extorted from my family."
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Su Lun smiled and did not respond directly.
Instead, he felt that this topic was too lively, so he joked: "As the savior who saved you from the fire in the mine, I didn't have anything to say in return. But after contacting your family, they insisted on expressing some gratitude.
, naturally I can’t shirk it.”
I'm not familiar with it anyway, so it would be best if I could get some benefits in exchange.
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Dora rolled her eyes after hearing this shameless response.
Kidnapping is kidnapping,
Does this mean saving me?
If you don't come and cause trouble, most of my lurking plan has been completed, okay?
The airship sailed leisurely in the sky.
It doesn't look like it's very fast, but actually it's not that slow because it's several thousand meters above the ground.
Su Lun looked at the steaming towns on the ground, thoughtfully.
Except for the city where the lord is located, the rest of Luying is almost a rural area with a farming ecology. Marfa is already highly urbanized, with almost no primitive villages to be seen. They are all densely populated steel towns.
In this regard, the gap between the two countries is not generally large.
The airship is very high and has a wide field of view.
Su Lun was sitting by the window when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a large thundercloud in the distance.
Silver-light thunder snakes flickered in the thick dark clouds. Looking from high in the sky, the movement was frightening.
The civilian airship they were on was flying around the thundercloud, but at this moment, Su Lun's eyes caught a rusty small airship heading straight towards the thundercloud.
"Huh?"
Su Lun let out a light sigh in his heart.
His eyesight was very good, and he saw at a glance that there was someone in the small airship climbing out of the cabin, and then holding a rune lightning rod, which actually attracted the thunder.
In an instant, the airship looked like a lightning dandelion, which was extremely spectacular.
Dora, who was sitting across from him, caught his gaze, glanced out the window again, and explained: "Those are 'thunder hunters'. Those hunters collect thunder in special containers and make energy balls. It's like energy."
Like crystal, this is a very good energy source. It is widely used in the mechanical field."
As she said this, she thought of something else and added: "But after all, thunder is uncontrollable. If you encounter an unstable thunderstorm, the ship will be destroyed and people will die. This is also a very dangerous job."
Su Lun was suddenly enlightened after hearing this, and felt deeply that Marfa's technology could capture the power of thunder and lightning.
Alchemy is truly a magical science that creates miracles.
At this moment, an announcement for the opening of the buffet sounded on the ship: "Dear passengers, please note that lunch time has arrived."
Luying is an island surrounded by the sea, close to the sea, and most of its products are seafood.
And Mafa is backed by a mountain of endless monsters, rich in products, and has a variety of foods.
On the buffet table, there were a lot of fruits that Su Lun had never seen before.
Red, yellow, green. The color is attractive and the fruity aroma is overflowing.
Dora was a little hungry, so she got up and wanted to get something to eat.
But something came to mind, and he asked casually: "Sir, what do you want to eat?"
Su Lun said casually: "Please give me some fruit. Thank you."
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Dora's eyes twitched as she listened.
I just said politely, you are really rude.
Is Lu Ying's aristocrat sick?
Although I am a prisoner, I, the legitimate daughter of the Moses family, will serve as your maid?
Although she complained repeatedly in her heart, Dora also turned around and left her seat.
The moment Su Lun turned her back to her, her expression became strange.
Why did I ask so many questions just now?
Have you also been brainwashed by your beliefs?
No way!
There is no way I can be hypnotized with the [blasphemer] costume.
Dora felt more and more strange.
And after getting along for a while, she also discovered that the "Su Lun" in front of her was very special.
Obviously, he looks more like a lawyer or a dentist.
Be rational, gentleman, speak few words.
But the terrifying murderous intention when they first met is still fresh in her memory.
This is definitely a man who kills without blinking an eye.
It's as if this guy has two personalities in his mind, one is a normal person and the other is a murderous maniac.
A very contradictory person.
Dora thought about it and walked to the dining table without realizing it.
She picked up the plate and picked some fruit.
Su Lun took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was almost the agreed transaction time.
Although it was thousands of meters in the air, he knew that this difficulty would not stop the Moses family.
At this moment, Su Lun was reading the newspaper, and his eyes suddenly froze, as if he had discovered something: "Coming?"
In his perception, he clearly sensed a person flying rapidly from below, approaching the airship, and then walked in through the vent.
"There is only one person."
Su Lun looked out the window and was slightly surprised.
Although the person coming is very strong, if a fight breaks out, it is absolutely impossible for him to be able to keep himself.
Su Lun locked onto the man who flew up and watched him walk into the cabin.
However, what surprised him was that a burly old man appeared in his field of vision. Although this man had silver hair, he was full of energy and had a rosy complexion. He could tell that he had more energy and blood than most young people.
"Meredith Ben Moses?"
Su Lun recognized the identity of the person at a glance.
He was also very surprised that the Marshal of the Marfa Navy came to pay the ransom in person?
After the old man came in, he took off the goggles on his leather pilot's hat and immediately saw Su Lun in his seat.
Meredith walked straight over and asked straight to the point with a hint of sullenness: "Where is my granddaughter?"
Su Lun could hear the doting and concern in this tone.
It seems that in the eyes of this old man, nothing is as important as his granddaughter.
Before Su Lun could speak, a girl suddenly appeared behind the old man.
Dora recognized the person and exclaimed: "Grandpa?"
Obviously, she was also surprised that her grandfather came in person.
This shout made Meredith's murderous expression freeze, and she swallowed the harsh words she was about to say.
Seeing his granddaughter appear in front of him with a plate full of fruits and a calm expression, the corners of his eyes twitched inexplicably.
Not to say.
Have you been kidnapped by the most notorious pirate group today, the Dawn Pirates?
When the Moses family heard the news, they were all in chaos. (The most important source of information for the Mafa people about the Luying pirates was the newspapers. Archduke Raphael described the Dawn Group as a despicable, dirty, lewd, ugly and dirty big pirate)
Although Meredith thought the matter was not that bad, the old woman, daughter-in-law, and various aunts at home were all scary. They said they would be ripped off if they didn't pay the ransom. If their innocence was tarnished.
Anyway, the more the noise gets worse, the more violent it gets.
He couldn't bear to worry about this old man, so he came in person.
But now, what is going on?
Meredith was prepared to go to war if her granddaughter lost a hair.
Any pirate group, even the one known as the King of the North Sea or the King of the West Sea, dares to kidnap the granddaughter of the Moses family, even if the ransom is obtained, they should be prepared to be destroyed!
But looking at the scene in front of him, the generalissimo was confused.
The three of them looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a bit strange.
After being stunned for a moment, Dora put the dinner plate on the table and took her doting grandfather to sit down: "Grandpa, why are you here?"
Meredith looked at the smile on her granddaughter's face. She looked like she had been wronged.
Moreover, looking so harmonious, these two people are preparing to eat?
Like punching the air.
I had been holding back my anger all the way, and my mind was full of plans on how to beat up the kidnappers, and it seemed that I had nowhere to vent.
Meredith was pulled to sit on the sofa, but her face was still cold.
He looked at Su Lun and immediately said, "Are you the famous "God of Death"?"
Su Lun didn't say anything.
He also saw that this old man was quite interesting. He was fierce, but he didn't have any murderous intentions.
Dora on the side saw that the atmosphere was a bit strange, took the old man's arm and shook it, shouting in a tone of reproach: "Grandpa!"
Listening to this, Meredith felt something even more wrong for no reason.
But he also put aside the thought of attacking, directly took out a storage ring, and said with a shameless face: "I brought what you want."
There was no friendship and no embarrassment, so Su Lun took the storage ring directly.
Meredith explained in a bad tone: "There are six hundred tons of [activated silver] in the storage ring, which is almost all the inventory in the royal family's treasury. There is also the information you need about the dwarf ruins. I can guarantee that,
This is the most complete information on that ruins on the market!”
As he spoke, he kept squinting at the young man with a calm face in front of him, as if he wanted to see something, and then said: "As for Sir Isaac's alchemy notes that you want to inquire about, I do know the news. But this is the Empire
Top secret"
Su Lun heard that the old man was obviously trying to seduce her, so he raised his head and glanced up.
More than six hundred tons of [activated silver], which is thirty gargoyles.
If the person who originally kidnapped a meat ticket can exchange it for these ransoms, he has already made a huge profit, and the other things don't matter.
Unexpectedly, this old man actually knew the whereabouts of the notes.
Sure enough, asking any intelligence dealer is not as effective as asking these big shots.
Meredith's eyes flashed brightly, and she changed her tone and said, "But before I tell you, can I ask, is there any use for you to find that note?"
Su Lun didn't know why he asked this, but his intuition told him that this note seemed to be of great importance.
But there was nothing to hide. He said directly: "Our leader of Dawn, Mr. Mirror, is a direct descendant of Sir Isaac."
Now that the plane invasion has become a fact, there is no need to hide Mr. Jing’s identity. Speaking out this identity will be more convincing and cohesive.
What's more, it's impossible that the Marfa Navy Grand Admiral didn't know about Li Ming's recent momentum.
Hearing this, Meredith was thoughtful.
Su Lun originally thought that the other party would negotiate any terms.
But after pondering for a moment, the old man said directly: "The notes are in Marfa, but I can't give them to you now. I need some time. And I can only promise to try my best, but I may not be able to succeed."
Is there really any news?
Su Lun was overjoyed when he heard this, and his expression remained as usual.
He thought for a moment and responded directly: "Okay!"
The style of a professional soldier is to act vigorously and resolutely, and he also likes this kind of transaction that is not sloppy.
Although it was only a verbal promise, his intuition told him that the old man would do what he said.
When we say try our best, we must try our best.
Dora on the side looked at the two people facing each other tit for tat, with a flash of anxiety in her crystal eyes.
Although there was no slap on the table and glare, the atmosphere of the negotiation was not harmonious.
She also kept her arm around her grandfather, as if she was afraid that the two of them would fight on the spot.
Grandpa who is not wearing armor may not be able to beat the guy on the other side.
Meredith took out the ransom, and the original procedure was supposed to be "release the meat ticket".
But now, with my granddaughter by my side, this process is not necessary at all.
And from beginning to end, the "kidnapper" never meant to use this as a threat.
This was also the fundamental reason why Meredith wasn't angry.
After a few simple conversations, the old man had actually recognized a person's general character.
As the marshal of the Imperial Navy, he is no stranger to "Dawn".
An idea flashed in my mind.
He thought he should say something else, so he didn't mince words, so he asked directly: "I heard that you robbed Raphael's mine. I would like to ask, are you interested in selling the technology and equipment you have?"
Su Lun was not surprised that he would make this request.
He had always had a good impression of the generalissimo. Although he looked aggressive, he was actually very talkative.
Su Lun was not in a hurry to refuse, and asked instead: "The plane invasion is a foregone conclusion. Do you want to use this technology externally or internally?"
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As soon as these words came out, it was Meredith's turn to be silent.
Complex thoughts flashed through his eyes, and he didn't answer for a moment.
Not all affairs in the empire are decided by him, the marshal of the navy.
At least the main fighting faction now wants to annex Lu Ying. The temporary truce was also a result that he achieved with great difficulty by uniting several old men.
Su Lun saw his hesitation and knew that political matters could not be explained in a few words, but he did not wait any longer and said: "Since you have not thought about it, I will leave. As for the news about the notes, I will contact you again later."
family."
Su Lun has told Dora everything he can about the information about the plane of gods.
She will naturally explain it to the old man when she returns, so there is no need for her to waste her breath.
Today we are just talking about the issue of ransom.
We’ll talk about the rest later.
Su Lun didn't intend to waste time here. Seeing the old man's silence and no expression, he turned to Dora and smiled: "Miss Dora, goodbye."
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Dora was stunned. The negotiation was over?
She felt as if she shouldn't say goodbye to a robber, but she still instinctively waved.
Su Lun smiled handsomely.
The space fluctuated in a flash, and he had disappeared from his seat.
When Suellen left, Meredith and her husband were left staring at each other.
Looking at my granddaughter's well-being and even slightly rounded face, I think she has not suffered any abuse in the past month or so.
Marshal Marfa had many questions in his mind.
But when the topic of "plane invasion" came up, he felt very heavy.
This is the big problem that has troubled him the most recently, but he is completely helpless!
Dora looked at her grandfather's gloomy face, took out a fruit from the dinner plate, and asked like she did when she was a child: "Grandpa, do you want to eat one?"
Meredith looked at her granddaughter who was intact and breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what happens, everything is worth it.
Let’s talk about the future.
He thought to himself: "I told you that you don't need to go lurking, girl. Even without the mechanical monster technology, Lu Ying has no chance of winning in the future battlefield. This time Raphael's secret base was robbed, and the lurking plan
If they go bankrupt, those guys in the military department should stop. Forget it, just come back."
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Dora's mood was very complicated.
Ransom for freedom?
But it seems that I have never lost my freedom.
She even felt that even if there was no ransom, Mr. Su Lun would not embarrass her.
What made her feel even more complicated was what she had been talking to Mr. Su Lun these days.
She once had extremely firm beliefs and determined to become the best mechanic and fight for the rise of the empire. So as soon as she graduated from the academy, she joined the military and gradually became an ace intelligence agent.
But now, she is conflicted.
In the face of plane invasion, those ideals seemed to suddenly become meaningless.
Seeing her precious granddaughter's blank expression, Meredith asked with concern: "Girl, what's wrong?"
Dora thought for a moment and asked: "Grandpa, do you know about the 'Celestial Clan'?"
"???"
Meredith looked at her in surprise, a little unfamiliar with this term.
He knew about the plane invasion, but he didn't know any information about the Celestial Clan.
As soon as the grandfather and grandson chatted, quietly, the future pattern of the entire Marfa Empire also changed.
The airship sailed towards Kabitron, the capital of the Marfa Empire, without encountering any turbulence and the journey was smooth.
In the cabin, after the grandfather and grandson talked about serious matters that were so depressing and breathless, they also talked about Dora's recent experience of being "kidnapped."
Then there was some laughter.
"What! That guy emptied out Raphael's secret base? No wonder Lu Ying's top brass was so shaken."
"Oh, that's the notorious Dawn Pirates. Girl, you didn't suffer a loss, right?"
"Grandpa, I think your information may be wrong. The people in this Dawn Group are not bad."
"Ah? That's the pirate who kidnapped you?!"
"It's good that they are pirates. But in a sense, they are the ones who rescued me. Otherwise, Grandpa, if you want to see Dora, it will take several years."
"Although you are right to say so. But girl, why do I feel that there is something wrong with the logic of your words?"
"Ah, let's not talk about it anymore. Grandpa, do you know Su Lun? Where is he from? Why haven't I heard of him before?"
"He also has another identity. He is the current first-in-line heir of the Raigadi family."
"Ah? Then why did he become a pirate?"
"How can I, an old man, know what you young people are thinking? Oh, I have to report to your grandma quickly. I heard that you were kidnapped, and everyone in the family is worried."
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