Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 179 Hot Potatoes
Although it was short, it made Klein, who had been lonely for a long time, feel a little comfort.The long-lost warm life even once made him want to stay here, and being with his family is more important than anything else.

But in the end, his rationality overcame this naive idea.

This world was far from being as safe as it seemed on the surface, even if he stayed with Benson and the others.But what can he do?Can he really protect them?The faceless man of Sequence 6 is very strong, and he even has the record of ambushing and killing Sequence 5.But in front of the real high-sequence Extraordinary, those saints and angels, he is nothing at all!

What's more, he also has a threat at hand - Ince Zangwill and '0-08'.Unless this threat is dealt with, he will always be in danger.If they stayed with Benson and the others, they would only be involved in danger.

Moreover, on top of that mysterious gray mist——

Although he doesn't know what the essence of above the gray fog is, under the influence of the Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Convergence, this above the gray fog will bring him huge troubles sooner or later.Unless this gray mist does not belong to this world like the embers, it does not need to obey the influence of the Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Aggregation, but this possibility is unlikely.

For example, Amon's last invasion was probably under the influence of the Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Convergence.Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that the other party can put his hand into the gray fog so accurately, as if he knew this place early in the morning.

What's more, the gray mist is related to his time travel, and there seems to be a secret that can let him go home deep in the ladder of light!In Sequence 6, he can climb to the fourth floor, and in Sequence 5, he may be able to climb to the top directly, and he will be able to see what is at the end of the ladder!
The night was so peaceful, the red moon was so dreamy, Klein walked alone, his thoughts spread out like a runaway horse, sometimes thinking about revenge plans, sometimes recalling the captain's unreliable Memories, recalling the sadness hidden under old Neil's humor, recalling the poet classmate who obviously has no talent but insists on pretending to be a poet, Benson's curly-haired baboon, Melissa's "stingy"...

Unknowingly, Klein walked into the nearest street like a wandering spirit, turning one after another.

By the time he completely got rid of that state and fully grasped his attention, it was already two hours later.

He returned to the rented safe house in Zhou Mingrui's appearance, stood in front of the window, stared at the huge red moon in the sky, and suddenly laughed at himself:
"Klein, Klein, you are really selfish."

"We already have Benson and Melissa, but we still don't want to go home. If one day we find our way home, what about Benson and Melissa? Are they going to be ruthlessly abandoned by you? "

"You know that this road is extremely dangerous, and you know that you may die at any time, but you still choose to meet Benson and the others. Why? Why can't you just watch from a distance like before? What is coming? What is there but danger and despair?"

"Do you want them to receive the news of Klein's death again? Or let them, who have finally gotten rid of their grief, fall into a deep haze again?"

Klein's expression became more mocking and bitter.

"I'm sorry, I'm just... so lonely."

In this day and age, in this world.

He is always alone.

He once hoped that Ember would be a fellow, but his experience was far more bizarre than his own, and he was also far more lonely than himself.Klein couldn't understand Ember, and Ember who lost his memory couldn't understand him even more.

They are like two people walking alone in the dark, wrapped in coldness and despair, instinctively seeking the comfort of fire.

That's it.
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Hall's luxury villa.

As entrusted by Earl Hall, Ember stayed here most of the time these two days, protecting Audrey and her family.

As for Earl Hall, as one of the prince's most trusted nobles, he and Prime Minister Agusid have been busy assisting George IV during the recent period, and most of the time they stayed in Sodlark Palace.

Earl Hall just had a home and couldn't go back. Prime Minister Agucide didn't even have time to go to the Kingdom's House of Representatives and the Prime Minister's official residence, so he had to let other nobles and ministers send the documents that needed to be approved to the palace.

But fortunately, after two consecutive days of uninterrupted work, they finally completed the preliminary statistics, and Earl Hall was finally able to get rid of the endless work and go home that night.

Mrs. Caitlin stood at the door, looked at her husband who had just got off the carriage, and asked softly:
"You haven't been home for two days, is the matter in the palace really so urgent?"

Earl Hall smiled bitterly and said:
"Is it more than urgent? In fact, if I can, I really don't want to worry about these things."

Earl Hall shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, at least there is good news, come down."

Earl Hall yelled at the carriage behind him, and under the puzzled eyes of Mrs. Caitlin and Audrey, another person got off the carriage.It was a young man in a black windbreaker, 23 or four years old, with brilliant blond hair, blue eyes like lakes, and pretty good looks.

With a smile on his face, he waved to several people:
"Mom, Audrey, and Hibbert, long time no see, I'm back."

"Alfred!" Mrs. Caitlin covered her mouth, tears flickering in her eyes.

"You're finally back."

Hibbert stepped forward to give his younger brother a hug, and said softly, "We have been worried about you for an unknown amount of time. Fortunately, you have finally returned safely."

"Feel sorry."

With a trace of guilt in Alfred's eyes, he sighed helplessly, "Actually, I don't want to either."

Earl Hall glanced at the hugging brothers, coughed, and said:

"Come in and talk."

Under Earl Hall's order, the surrounding servants retreated quietly, while the Earl's family went to the small drawing room on the second floor.

Before entering the room, Ember took the initiative to say:

"I'll wait for you outside."

"Need not."

Earl Hall shook his head and said with a smile, "Ash, you are not an outsider, come in."

"Let's go." Audrey winked at him, pulled him into the room, and closed the door.

Alfred's eyes were a little playful, and he said with a smile:

"Audrey, why don't you introduce me?"

Although he is a soldier, his ability to perceive words and expressions is not weak. It can be seen that his family has a good sense of this young man, otherwise he would not let him be present at this time.And seeing the close contact between him and Audrey, their relationship is even more obvious.

"Ash Black."

Ember smiled and stretched out her hand.

"Alfred Hall."

Alfred also reached out to shake his hand and smiled.

"Let's talk about business first."

Earl Hall looked at this scene with a smile in his eyes, but quickly turned serious, and said solemnly, "Frankly speaking, the current situation of the Kingdom is not optimistic. If the Feysac Empire launches an attack on the Kingdom at this time, the Kingdom Absolutely can't stop it!"

Hibbert couldn't believe it, and couldn't help asking:
"How could this be? Isn't the situation so good before? The navy even launched an ironclad ship in June, which is a landmark product! Even if the army is slightly inferior to the Feysac Empire, we have the advantage in the navy!"

"Iron armored ship?"

Earl Hall laughed at himself and sighed, "I had the same thought as you before. I thought that with the epoch-making ironclad ship, the Kingdom would be able to completely overwhelm the Feysac Empire in the navy, and even taking back Sonia Island would not be a problem."

"But now it seems that the ironclad ship itself is just a cover, used to cover up the problems in the kingdom!"

Ember suddenly asked:

"Financial problems?"

"Correct."

Earl Hall solemnly nodded, "One-fifth of the kingdom's financial expenditure last year was unknown, and this figure was only one-tenth of our original estimate. Moreover, this is not the first time that this has happened in the past ten years. This happens from time to time. The accumulated deficits of the past ten years have made the fiscal deficit so large that we cannot bear it!"

Hibbert held back for a long time, and couldn't help asking:
"Why is this happening? The kingdom's finances have always been the strongest among the four countries. Why are there financial problems? Where did the money go?"

Earl Hall looked at his eldest son and sighed:

"I'm afraid there will never be an answer to this question, because only the king knows the answer."

Hibbert's color changed slightly, and he immediately realized that he was talking about George III.

After all, George IV has just come to power, and the information he can know is quite limited, not even as much as him.

But the question is, what did the previous king do to spend so much money?And even if you spend money, you must have a destination, right?Can't even investigate the whereabouts of the money?What the hell is the royal family doing?
"Is that so?"

Audrey sighed softly in her heart, and subconsciously looked at Ember.

She is one of the people who knows best what George III is doing.

While most of it is just speculation, what is certain is that George III wanted to be a god!
Whether it is the "extraordinary materials" he needs to become a god himself, or the arrangement of the rituals to become a god, he needs a lot of financial support.And this money is naturally provided by the Loen Kingdom's finances.

If George III succeeds in becoming a god, then all these costs will be completely worth it.

With the blessing of a god, the Feysac Empire must not dare to invade the territory of the Loen Kingdom, and even took the initiative to return Sonia Island.

But the problem is that George III's plan to become a god has gone bankrupt, and even he himself has been killed on the throne.And all the royal family's expenses on this are naturally in vain, but the price is that the entire Loen Kingdom must pay for it together!
As a result, the finances of the Loen Kingdom were even worsened, to the point where it was almost on the verge of collapse.

"If George III really becomes a god, even the three major churches will not easily conflict with the royal family."

"But now that the plan has gone bankrupt, the royal family is also very clear that what they have done may be discovered by the three major churches. And once they are caught, they will inevitably face liquidation. In other words, the royal family will definitely be eager to destroy the evidence. That's why Dad couldn't find any evidence, and couldn't find out where the royal family misappropriated funds..."

Audrey quickly sorted out the ins and outs of the whole matter in her heart, and immediately wanted to understand the whole story.

But even if she knew the truth, she couldn't tell the truth.

After all, whether it is George III trying to become a god or the royal family trying to make a god, speaking out is enough to put her family in danger——

Because they who know all these secrets will inevitably become one of the evidences that the royal family wants to destroy.

Mrs. Caitlin frowned and asked:
"Can't you ask the royal family directly? The saints in the royal family must know the specifics of what the king did."

"No."

Earl Hall shook his head slightly and sighed, "Instead of asking, we have to find a way to help the royal family solve this problem. The reason why the royal family allowed His Majesty George IV to succeed to the throne is precisely for this purpose."

Although the aristocrats and the royal family have conflicts in terms of interests, when facing the foreign enemy of the Feysac Empire, the aristocrats and the royal family have both prosperity and loss.Even if they knew that there was a financial problem, and the problem was caused by the royal family, the nobles had to fill the hole.

At best, they are forcing the royal family to do more, otherwise even forcing the royal family to step down will not do any good, and it will only make the financial situation worse.

Alfred pondered for a moment, then slowly said:

"I may know where some of the finances are going."

Hibbert immediately cast his gaze.

Alfred knocked on the table and said in a deep voice:

"One thing you may not be aware of is that the kingdom has lost at least three demigods in the past few months!"

"Three and a half gods?"

Even Earl Hall's color changed slightly, they all knew what a demigod meant to a country!
You must know that even the archbishops of the three major churches are only demigods, and the kingdom lost three demigods at once, which is not a small loss!
Audrey subconsciously looked at Ember again:
"The three demigods were all killed by you, right?"

Ember understood Audrey's eyes, and shook her head slightly to indicate that it had nothing to do with him.

He killed at most two, and the rest has nothing to do with him.

Alfred went on to add:
"Every demigod has its duties. Once there is a vacancy, it will lead to a vacancy in the defense of the kingdom in some aspects. Therefore, the loss of any demigod is fatal to the kingdom. The three demigods The loss also prompted the kingdom to find a way to re-train several demigods to fill the vacancies."

After a pause, he continued, "And I am one of the candidates."

"Demi god?"

Hibbert suddenly opened his eyes wide, and said in disbelief, "Alfred, are you already a Sequence 5?"

"Yes."

Alfred nodded slightly, and apologized, "I was called back to Backlund because of this incident, because of the confidentiality level. So I can't leave, and I can't report to you."

"Then why..."

Hibbert was a little puzzled at first, but he quickly realized that his color changed slightly.

Obviously, there is something tricky in it!
(End of this chapter)