Three days have passed since the attack on the central workshop in Chase City, and Ling and Wiseman have already been making preparations in the capital for two days.
The rain that started the day before yesterday finally showed signs of stopping, probably because the sunny weather returned to cater for the martial arts competition.
The martial arts competition is about to begin. As the most important warm-up event before the Queen's birthday, the atmosphere in the entire royal capital has become lively. If there is anything that makes people feel that the atmosphere does not match the atmosphere, it is that the ones maintaining law and order are not ordinary soldiers of the royal army but
Special agents of the Ministry of Intelligence dressed in black. But after a few days of contact, the citizens of the royal capital gradually became accustomed to these well-disciplined special forces of the royal army.
Ling confirmed from Patil Matil in the sky that Levi's disguised Second Lieutenant Lawrence led a part of Reston Fortress's Intelligence Department agents to enter the royal capital, but this time she did not take the initiative to confront him.
Contact. Because Levi was assigned a somewhat special task by Colonel Richard to serve as an escort for Queen Alicia.
In name, it was to protect the queen's safety. In fact, Ling guessed that it had some other purpose. For example, serving as a liaison between the queen and the colonel. But this was limited to the extent of speculation.
While tasting desserts at a food stall in the royal capital, Ling's aura detected a very powerful warrior aura. She searched for its source and unexpectedly saw a somewhat familiar person. He was wearing the uniform of an Imperial Military Attaché.
, much more heroic than the one wearing the instructor's uniform in my impression. Ling walked forward and said hello to the other party.
"Long time no see, Instructor Mulla."
When he heard the voice, Mulla was a little confused. He lowered his head and then matched the little girl in his memory with the girl in front of him.
"Huh? Ling? I didn't expect you to come to the Kingdom of Liber. But there is no need to call me instructor. You are no longer Thors's student, and I am no longer teaching Thors. Just call me Mulla.
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The young man with short black hair, Mulla Vandel, was the instructor of Ling's third class after she entered Thorz, and was also the teacher who taught her the hundred-style military swordsmanship.
"Well, I heard before that you returned to the 7th Mecha Division as a major. I didn't expect to see you in the Kingdom of Liber."
"Haha, I didn't expect to meet my old friend in a foreign country. Now for some reasons, I am working as a military attache at the Imperial Embassy in the capital."
Just when the two of them had not chatted for a few words, a frivolous voice intervened in the conversation.
"My friend Mulla, I didn't expect you to know such a cute little girl. I have never heard of you talking about her before."
"You guy, don't say such misleading words." The smile on Mulla's face gradually disappeared and returned to a serious expression.
Ling turned her gaze to the visitor and saw a young man with sunny blond hair.
"Prince Oribat?"
When Ling revealed the identity of the other party, both the black-haired young man and the blond-haired young man showed nervous expressions.
"Well, little girl, have you mistakenly recognized the person?" It only took a second for the blond young man to return to normal, flipping his hair and striking a carefully prepared pose.
"Well, I heard that Chairman Olibat of Thors has a charming reputation. It seems to be true." Ling certainly would not be fooled.
"No, no, no, my name is Olivier Langheim, and I am a wandering lute player. Not some Olivier."
"I know. You are the son of Ms. Ariel Langheim."
Olivier's face froze, and he came to his friend Mulla and asked softly, "Hey... Mulla, who is she? Is she from the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau? How come she even knows such a thing."
"Ahem, Ling, stop joking with this guy. The street is not a place for talking. Come to the Imperial Embassy." After speaking to Ling, Mulla confirmed that no one around them cared about their conversation, and said to Olivier
She stretched out her hand and dragged him away from the bustling street. Behind him, Ling followed quickly. There was nothing at hand, so it was good to catch up with the instructor at this time.
Arriving at the entrance of the Imperial Embassy, Ling showed her passport to the guards and entered smoothly.
In Mulla's room, the three of them sat down around the sofa. The maids prepared tea and snacks according to Mulla's instructions. The standards were several notches higher than those at roadside stalls outside.
Olivier was quite surprised, "This kid looks like he's only thirteen years old at most, right?"
"No, I'm already seventeen years old. It's just that my appearance and height are the same as four years ago. Instructor Mulla can vouch for me." Ling said.
"Sorry, I was rude." Olivier apologized.
Although she didn't know what Olivier meant by "discourteous" specifically, Ling accepted his apology.
"Her name is Ling Astre, and she is the director of the fourth development room of the Lineforte Group. When I was studying at Thors, I used to be her senior instructor." Mulla explained to Olivier.
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"Being the director of Leinfort? That's really amazing. President Irina happens to be a director of Thors, so no wonder you know about me." Olivier nodded.
Ling felt a little troubled, both the last time she was in Chase and now. She has obviously resigned, which can only be attributed to the fact that President Irina has not yet announced the news to the public.
"You may already know the prince's situation very well. I hope Ling that you try not to reveal this news to anyone."
After hearing Mulla's request, Ling nodded and agreed.
"I thought that your martial arts would become tired after you became a scholar, but unexpectedly, you have become more sophisticated than before. If I return to the empire, I would like to fight you once if I have the chance." Mulla said to Ling.
"Mu La, are you really planning to take action against such a cute girl?"
"Shut up, no one will treat you as a mute if you don't speak." Mulla glared at Olivier fiercely, then turned his attention back to Ling, "If I guessed correctly, you should have figured it out.
Is it the threshold?"
Mulla only realized how extraordinary Ling was after she sat down. Although she knew that Ling was very strong when she taught her hundreds of military swordsmanship, otherwise she would not be able to use a large cold weapon like the horse-cutting sword, but now she is like this
Sitting in front of Ling, he felt like he was facing his father Matthius. Neither his uncle Sykes nor his stepmother Aurie made him feel this sense of oppression.
"Not really. I don't have any idea what the Realm of Reason is. But I don't mind if we fight. Being able to spar with the Ukuden of the Fander style is something I can only dream of."
Mulla's strength has also become more advanced than four years ago, and he has probably reached the master level. Because he has been surrounded by masters in the realm of reason for a long time, so regardless of strength, his eyesight is better than that of Valut
Maybe even better. Ling agreed to the challenge not because she relied on her unusual strength and fighting spirit, but because she was confident that she would not lose to Mulla in terms of pure swordsmanship.
"Huh? So Ling, do you think you are a warrior? I saw that you didn't bring any weapons with you. I thought you were the type who was good at using guidance magic like me." Olivier asked.
"Maybe it's because the weapon is inconvenient to carry. I remember that Ling, like Principal Van Dyke, is a user of the ancient horse-cutting sword." Mulla remembered this matter very clearly, after all, among his students
, Ling is the only one who chose ancient weapons.
"Uh! It's true or not! He actually uses the same weapon as my mentor!" As a member of the royal family, Olivier is a student personally taught by Dean Van Dyke. He is familiar with the classical weapon used by former Imperial Army Commander Van Dyke
I still know a bit about weapons.
"Well, that's the best way to show off my strength. But it doesn't mean that I can't use other weapons. After graduating from Thors, I studied under a swordsman for a period of time. Broad sword, heavy sword,
I can control rapiers, foils, or daggers." Ling first learned the technique of using double daggers for fighting. Later, she learned swordsmanship from Levi and used the most basic practice wooden sword. As long as it has an edge,
The fixed knife can be used equally whether it is single-edged or double-edged.
"It doesn't sound like a bluff. This is really amazing. I didn't expect you to reach your current level in just three years. It still makes me incredible. The sword that took me twenty years to complete is like this.
I'm really unwilling to be surpassed by my former student. Can you tell me how you did it?" There was no loss on Mulla's face. He was not someone who was hit so easily.
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"Because I don't know if my practice method can be replicated, I can only say one thing. Most swordsmen rely on their body sense to understand the efficiency when swinging in the air. Although I also do this, I still prefer to use theory to improve efficiency.
.I am born with the ability to accurately grasp my own situation so that I can do this kind of thing. My junior disciple who is under the same master as me cannot do this kind of thing." Ling's perception ability that is different from ordinary people is thanks to d∴
Given by the experiments of the G Order, Tio is the only one with the same level of perception within her known range.
"I see, using theory to guide practice? It's indeed very similar to the method you would use." Mulla nodded and fell into thinking.
"By the way, I heard that the fourth development room of Lanefort is independently developing a tactical force guide that does not rely on consortium technology. It seems that it has entered the internal testing stage, right?" Olivier asked a very ordinary question this time.
"The tactical force guide arcus? The research on that has come to an end. But it will take a long time before it is launched. I don't have any spare prototypes around now. But I can show you my tactical force guide." Ling explained while explaining
, while taking out the pocket watch from his pocket.
Olivier quickly waved his hand, "No, there is no need to go to this extent. Speaking of which, the crystal chain and limited hole of the tactical force guide are considered the user's personal privacy. I don't think it is necessary..." he said
Halfway through, I couldn't speak anymore, and stared blankly at the dial of Ling's tactical force guide, with an expression as if I'd seen a ghost.
"Huh? What's wrong?" She was quite surprised that Olivier would show such an expression.
"I didn't expect it to be the same single chain as this guy. Well, this kind of chain is really rare. I have only seen it from people in the royal family before. I remember that the same was true for His Majesty Emperor Jukent and Her Royal Highness Princess Elfin.
Just use a single chain," Mulla said.
"No, Mulla, that's not the point." Olivier's tone seemed to be a different person, "You also use the force guide assigned to you by the army, right? Then you should know the attribute limits and guides of the crystal pores.
The structure of the force chain varies from person to person.”
"That's right." Mulla also took out his fourth-generation seven-hole tactical force guide and put it on the table. He had four crystal chains, and the longest chain was three holes. It was a standard warrior-type force guide.
, is the type that cannot be equipped with any powerful magic, and can basically only rely on inlaid crystal circuits and synchronization to improve its own abilities.
Olivier was silent for a moment, and finally opened his fourth-generation seven-hole tactical force guide and presented the dial in front of Mulla and Ling.
"Hey, are you serious?" Even Mulla felt something was wrong now.
The reason why you are surprised when you see Ling's limited holes with two illusions and one empty, turns out to be because Olivier himself also has limited holes with two illusions and one empty. What's even more coincidental is that the positions and order of the limited holes between the two are exactly the same.
Full-Full-Illusion-Full-Empty-Full-Illusion, the illusion limit for both of them is located in the third hole and the seventh hole, while the empty limit is located in the fifth hole. (This setting comes from the Ogua dial of Flash 3
It’s the same as Ling’s dial in Flash 4. The two people’s dials are really the same... Interested readers can check it out in the game)
The only difference is that Ling's main chains are arranged counterclockwise starting from the lower right corner, while Olivier's main chains are arranged clockwise starting from the lower left corner, showing a completely symmetrical shape. This is the tactical force guide according to the user's gender.
Differences arise from differences. The crystal chains of all male users are clockwise, while the crystal chains of all female users are counterclockwise. (This is true for all dials in the Flash Rail series)
"It's just a coincidence, right?" Ling herself doesn't have many subjective thoughts. After all, she originally had a single chain with seven holes without definition, and the current three holes with limited holes have only gradually emerged in the past two years. Ling originally thought that Ollie
Bart should have only one fantasy limit as when he appeared in Sky Rail. Unexpectedly, Ori Bart's force guide form is actually based on the Flash Rail?
"It's so similar that it's really hard to say it's a coincidence. There aren't many single-chain people in the world, and it's even more incredible if not only the properties of the holes are limited, but the positions and order are exactly the same. It's almost like
Another me suddenly appeared in the world. Well, maybe we are very destined."
"No, no, I think it's just that you're overthinking." Ling felt that Olibat's statement was very unreasonable and was completely subjective.
"Even so, it's nice to meet you, Ling. It's great to be able to meet like this."
Olivier picked up the lute he had on hand and played an impromptu song "Amber Love".
With the accompaniment of music, Ling and Mulla talked about their respective experiences in the Kingdom of Liber.
With the combination of black tea and sweet cookies, Ling's face was filled with a sweet smile that was consistent with her age, which added a bit of cuteness. She found that such a leisurely afternoon was not bad after all.