As the capital of the Kingdom of Loen, Backlund cannot be called a simple city. In addition to the core city, there are also a large number of towns, small towns, university towns, etc. in the surrounding area. In this city, the most
The central area is Hillston District, Joe Wood District and Bridge District. Although these three districts are not large, the gap between rich and poor is very large. These three districts are divided into four main areas: southeast, northwest and northwest.
Region.
For more than a hundred years, when the Northwest District still existed, it was the most traditional wealthy area, while the East and South Districts were extremely poor. However, with the development of the Industrial Revolution led by Russell, the South District, which has a large amount of open land,
The area ushered in development. Under the promotion of King George II at the time, a large number of factories were built, and the area began to develop rapidly.
The origin of the name of St. George District is to commemorate this great monarch who led the Industrial Revolution and laid the foundation for the "strong man" William VI to once again bring Loen to the top of the countries in the Northern Continent.
Of course, the St. George District, which has a large number of factories, was naturally valued by the Church of Steam and Machinery, and it was regarded as the core area of the church in Backlund Diocese. St. Hillan's Church was established by Saint Hillan at that time.
Therefore, if you want to complete the action against members of the Aurora Society, the Spiritual Religion and other secret organizations here, you must of course rely on the opinions of the Church of Steam. There are too many believers of the God of Steam and Machinery gathered here.
Because a large number of soldiers participated in this operation, in order to hide these people and weapons, "Machine Heart" Deacon Yin Kangse chose a large-scale metal casting and forging factory supported by the Church of Steam. This factory named Gru was located near
Their target was only one street away, less than two hundred meters away. From the back wall, it was less than thirty meters away.
The Gru Factory has nearly a thousand workers, specializing in the production of parts needed for steam engines. Hundreds of soldiers and small artillery have entered here through various camouflage means, and can rush out at any time to surround the target area.
"This factory was chosen well and is not likely to arouse suspicion."
Selt, who was wearing a golden mask, looked at the map on the table and couldn't help but admire him. He was wearing a straight dress, but even so, he was incompatible with the empty warehouse.
This was not a deliberate compliment, and he did not need to do so. The choice of the Church of Steam was indeed the best in his opinion. The Gear Street where the target was located was mainly a textile factory, and most of them were female textile workers. If hundreds of soldiers entered at one time, they would definitely
It will arouse suspicion, and it cannot be ruled out that there are believers of the "God of Death" in the factory.
"Haha, this is the credit of Deacon Yoon Kangseul."
The Archbishop of the Church of Steam and former member of the Council of Gods, Horamik Haydon, pointed at a man with messy hair who looked like he had been baptized by thunder. The latter nodded slightly to Selt.
The corner of Celtic's mouth twitched under the Celtic mask. Last time Lockhard Siakam escaped from prison, he met Yin Kangseul and learned some of each other's secrets. He instinctively looked away and continued to look.
Map says:
"According to the plan we discussed before, our main target is still the members of the Spiritual Religion Group. As long as there is no problem with Mr.
The secrecy of the operation…”
"The 'Artificial Death' plan is very dangerous. I have requested assistance from Ms. Arianna. Although she cannot personally take action, she will pay attention to this operation. She has concealed the information of this operation unless there is someone who transcends the angels."
Otherwise, no one would notice it through divination and counter-divination."
Anthony Stevenson, who was wearing a black and red clergy robe and five dark holy emblems on his chest, opened his mouth to answer the questions. There seemed to be no holes in his deep eyes, only the deepest darkness flowed, giving
A feeling of indescribable fear.
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Selt and Horamik looked at each other, and both noticed the surprise in each other's eyes. Obtaining secret help was one of the prerequisites for action, but Arianna's attention to this matter undoubtedly raised the profile of the Church of the Night.
Level of attention. After all, this is not an action against the "artificial god of death". If the two major organizations, the Aurora Society and the Spiritual Religion, were not involved, there would be no way that four demigods would participate in this operation.
And like the "Red Gloves" captain Sost, the "Machine Heart" deacon Yin Kangse and the "Church Comprehensive Affairs Processing Team" leader Colonel Jordi, when the three demigods opened their mouths to talk, they could only close their mouths and wait.
command.
“Tuk tuk tuk”
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and a thin female figure appeared there, wearing a metal mask, and her voice was quite mature, but it sounded a little shaky:
"Your Excellencies, Mr.
"Yes, I understand." Seeing that they were his subordinates, Selt responded and looked around, "You two?"
"Yin Kangseul, go ahead."
"Soest."
The two demigod archbishops issued orders respectively. Yin Kangse, Sost and Colonel Jordi nodded in acceptance and left the warehouse.
Mr.
During this time, they must be ready to act at any time.
Wearing a mask, Xio quickened her pace and caught up with her boss, Colonel Jordi. The moment she made the report, she felt like a stone statue, her whole body stiff. The three demigods, as long as
If someone notices that she is disguised as a sealed object, he will probably be executed on the spot!
She touched the charm given to him by Jeffrey (Rolls) under her clothes. She clearly remembered that the other party said that it could hide the "arbitrator" path from the Beyonders below the angel level, but he did not know about other paths.
There was no specific explanation, so I was so scared.
But now it seems that there should be no problem.
Covered in cold sweat, she followed Colonel Jordi to a workshop. After listening to the other party's simple instructions, they each led a group of workers to dress up. However, soldiers holding repeating rifles, high-pressure steam rifles, and six-barreled machine guns came near the gears.
Beside the street wall, small artillery also entered the appropriate location under the arrangement of the gunner.
The mission of Xio and his colleagues this time is to lead these hundreds of soldiers into the positions planned in advance after the operation begins, complete the deployment of the fire network, and bring down all hostile targets that appear within the fire network.
If Sir Sirte promulgates the law of "weakened mystery, enhanced reality", in one minute, everyone will enter the suspicious area including the textile factory to search.
After making all the arrangements, Xio now only has one wish left, that is, her good friend Forsi did not come to this party as she said, otherwise she can only pray that she runs fast enough.
Bullets can't catch her.
This morning, as soon as Xio arrived at the headquarters, he received the mission. After that, his movements were restricted and he was unable to notify Fors at all.
…
The place where Mr.
In this warehouse, which is not that big, dozens of chairs have been placed at some point. Under the dim light of the gas lamp, the figures of the dozen or so members who have arrived look quite vague. There is a tense atmosphere in the silence.
Come on.
Some of these people had attended Mr. A’s gatherings in the past, and some had attended Mr.
Not suitable for them to hide their tracks.
If there were no other channels to obtain resources, they might all give up on this gathering. Even so, they still have the idea of coming as little as possible. This would be too easy to be reported and attract the "mechanical heart" Beyonders.
Klein, who was wearing a black robe and a hood and disguised as Fors, followed the newspaper's instructions and knocked on the warehouse door of No. 73 rhythmically, and was led to the gathering place.
During this process, Klein's inspiration was touched, and he felt a series of invisible eyes coming from nowhere and sweeping over him. He pretended not to notice anything, examined the environment, and found a place away from the main seat.
A location that's not far but not close either.
And the moment he entered here, all the attention disappeared and disappeared.
If the "resentful soul" hadn't been isolated by three layers of seals, it would have probably been noticed just now... Mr.
He opened his face, and there was an inexplicable smell in the air. It wasn't bad, but it was a bit unpleasant. It should be the smell left over from the items stored in the warehouse in the past.
Before entering here and entering Gear Street, he tried to observe nearby, and even tried to determine where the church and MI9 people were hiding through divination, but they all failed. According to Mr. "Emperor", this operation
There will be cooperation from "hidden" forces.
As a former "Nighthawk", Klein knew very well that this should come from the Church of the Night and the Goddess of the Night. After all, the goddess's honorific name included the description of "Mother of Secrets".
After about ten minutes, Mr.
He was wearing a black classical robe and a pointed magician's hat. As he walked, he had a restrained aura, which made everyone present unconsciously lower their heads.
After turning around and sitting down slowly, Mr. X looked around and said in a low voice:
"let's start."
The distance was within four meters... Klein was not in a hurry to take action. He withdrew his gaze and patiently watched several party members exchanging information about people with unusual luck for gold pounds. He listened to Mr.
There were not too many people, but not too few either. There were about half the normal number of people.
…
In the warehouse of Gru Factory, two starlight curtains hang down from the sky, projecting the surrounding scenes of No. 73 and No. 47 Gear Street. The former is where Mr.
Possible hiding place.
"Is this the power of the 'Astronomist'?" There was a hint of surprise in Celtic's golden eyes, which was very similar to the sealed object called "Projection of Light" from MI9.
"Well, that's right. This is a method of using power conceived by Emperor Russell."
Wearing a white priest's robe and a clergy hat, Horamik had a very gentle and kind face. He did not look at the picture on the curtain. He could directly see what was happening in these two places through his own power.
This is just the corresponding projection.
"It is said that Emperor Russell wanted to use mechanical creation to achieve such an effect, but he only had corresponding conjectures in his manuscript, thinking that it could be installed in factories to supervise certain behaviors of factories and prevent them from over-exploiting workers."
"If it is really possible, it would be a good help for us." Saint Anthony said with some sentiments.
Protecting the basic rights and interests of workers is what the three major churches have been doing, but the resistance has always been great. Even if laws were enacted due to the smog, it still takes a long time to see certain effects.
"Is the St. George area better?" Selt also asked casually. As for other places, he naturally knows.
"It's just barely better." Horamik shook his head slightly, with a complicated expression.
In the St. George District, under the teachings of the Steam Church, factory owners here cannot squeeze too much profit from the workers, otherwise they will be fined by the church inspectors, and they may even be "expelled" if they do not change their behavior many times.
.
This is not based on an official law, but comes from the influence of the Steam Church in St. George's District, and a church law proposed by St. Hilary at that time, called the "Workers' Health and Moral Law", which aimed to
Concerned about the health of workers and child laborers. This law was not officially allowed and could only be implemented within the St. George District under the pressure of the Steam Church.
As long as factories are willing to abide by this law, they can receive guidance and help from the Church of Steam in industrial technology. In addition to the granting and research and development of patented technologies, it also includes the modification and maintenance of machinery, etc.
However, this is limited to some factories that pursue this aspect. If it is a pure labor factory like a match factory, then it does not care about these. It is more suitable to go to the East District where there are more poor people.
"There are many factories that have now learned to open a small branch factory in the St. George area, hire dozens of workers, and comply with the regulations, and receive technical assistance from the church. But in other areas, other cities open the same factory,
Use the technology we provide to expand production, but there is no need to abide by the regulations and workers can be exploited arbitrarily."
Although the Church of Steam has great advantages in the fields of machinery and technology, it cannot expand this ecclesiastical law. This will not only arouse resistance from the industry, but also cause dissatisfaction from the royal family and parliament.
"Perhaps you can find a lawyer." Saint Anthony rubbed the dark holy symbol on his chest, "The goddess has a believer, and his law firm is the largest in Backlund. Maybe he can solve some problems for you."