Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1398: The Stolen Tears of the Storm

After passing judgment on these mercenary groups that assisted the evil, Lin Lan took the three ship girls and left the Mercenary Association directly.

After this shock, he believed that there would not be another slave trade in Shemstone City for at least the next few years.

"Commander, aren't you going to place an escort order here?"

Walking out of the Mercenary Association, Marco Polo asked him curiously.

"The level and quality of the mercenaries here are too poor. They are not reliable at all."

Lin Lan finished speaking in a calm tone, but Mogador suddenly had an idea and smiled at him:

"Hehehe, Commander, why don't we wait until we get to the main city of Cavendish tomorrow? I'll mobilize the battle nuns and discipline priests from the local church to escort them."

"That's a good idea."

Mogador's suggestion made him touch his chin thoughtfully.

Compared to the mercenary associations whose levels and qualities vary greatly, the armed forces of the Church of Holy Light should be more reliable.

Before, when he was at Liaozhou Blade Casting Island, he and the Sakura Empire ship girls had seen the combat nuns in the local church.

Those believers of Saint Lothalon who have devout wills are not vegetarians.

"Then let's do this first. We will go to the slave trader's house and free all the slaves."

Agreeing with Mogador's proposal, Lin Lan and the three ship girls have arrived at the arch bridge across the river that crosses the town.

Compared with their Xicheng District, the buildings in the town where the black market is located on the other side of the river are relatively old, and the pedestrians are dressed in gray.

However, thanks to his absorption of Maner's memories, he had a clear understanding of the underground forces and streets and alleys in the eastern part of the Shimmering Stone City.

There are three giants in power in the local black market, namely the slave trader Mander, the alchemist master Loven, and the representative of the local nobility, the Lipton family.

However, he was certain from Mander's memory that the Lipton family had already secretly embraced paganism.

There are even rumors that demons roam this area at night.

The so-called demons are pagans who use the power of the corrupt goddess to project the creatures of the subspace to the main plane through sacrifice to devour souls.

When he was in the Star Sea, he had already learned that the subspace demons in this alien world could actually be divided into two major categories.

One type is the original demons who have not yet been corrupted along with the Corrupted Goddess and can communicate with his meta ship girls.

The Demon Flame Lord that he and Akashi summoned at the beginning should belong to this category.

The other type is the demons whose cognition has been completely distorted like the corrupted goddess, and they have completely become the minions of the Type V threat.

Fortunately, he has eliminated all Category V threats, so these demons should either regain their sanity or be reduced to ashes like the X incarnation.

As for the corrupt goddess in the Warp...

If he guessed correctly, the power of creation that was originally occupied by the Class V threat pollution source should have been transmitted to Shen Lianying's body, just like the power of the Goddess Natlan was absorbed by Shen Lianyou.

"My Lord, I have been waiting here for a long time."

Just as he, Marco Polo, Mogador and the dragoons reached the other side of the river, a tall, green-haired woman in a floor-length grey cloak came up to greet them respectfully.

Seeing this, the dragoon took a step forward and was about to take out his musket, but was stopped by Lin Lan with a smile:

"Don't worry, she is the Naga we met outside the city. This is her appearance after she used the magic of transformation."

After hearing what he said, the serious blonde Sardinian destroyer little loli suddenly realized and stood beside him obediently.

Lin Lan looked at the transformed Naga, and then asked:

"Logatis, what exactly are the treasures you are escorting? I have to know them clearly before I can help you find them, right?" "Well, there is no need to hide this."

Logatis nodded to the three ship girls beside him one by one to show respect, and then replied to him:
“This batch of treasures mainly consists of the magic source crystals collected by the Dragon Breath Lake tribe over the past hundred years, as well as various precious minerals excavated from the bottom of the volcanic lake.

"Apart from these, the most important thing is a legendary item that I obtained from a trade with a legendary dwarf craftsman from the Copper Hammer Court on behalf of the Tide Court - Tears of the Storm."

Hearing the words "legendary item", Lin Lan and the three ship girls beside him all showed curious expressions.

Logatis sighed heavily and continued to explain to them:
"The Tears of Storm is the result of decades of hard work by the Bronze Hammer King's Court, and it can create a majestic ocean force out of thin air.

"Its core is a fragment of the Leviathan mother's magic core. Just from this point alone, you should understand why I am so anxious."

After listening to the reasons and consequences of Logatis's decision to attack the city, Lin Lan nodded:

"I see... The magic core fragments left by Sea Lord Leviathan thousands of years ago have extraordinary significance to your Tide King Court."

The reason why the Tide King Court believes in the Leviathan race is actually very simple.

Whenever the Sea Lord Leviathan is born, the entire clan will begin to attack the land, causing tsunamis to devour the Saint Lothalon continent.

The various marine tribes of the Tide Court can therefore follow these deep-sea monsters to expand their territory.

The magic core of the Sea Lord Leviathan contains unimaginable power of water and dark elements, which will be of great benefit to the development of any race in the Tide Royal Court.

But at this time, Marco Polo looked thoughtful, stared at Logatis and asked:

"Wait, wait, wait, you said before that the Tears of Storm and other treasures you were transporting disappeared overnight. Did you put all these treasures in the magic ring?"

"Exactly. Including the ring that holds the Tears of Storm, a total of six magic storage rings have disappeared. It's as if they disappeared out of thin air."

Logatis answered Marco Polo truthfully, and then gritted his teeth and said firmly:
"Unless it was a legendary assassin or a legendary wizard, the only other person who could steal without me noticing was a heretic using demonic power."

Although Logatis' strength is equivalent to that of an eighth-level profession, Logatis, who has the advantage of the Naga race, is more powerful than the eighth-level profession of ordinary humans.

Lin Lan understood this, so he said to Logatis:
"Don't rush to judge, maybe there are other legendary masters who have been eyeing you for a long time.

“But no matter what, I will definitely help you find the pagans in Shemstone City so that you can confront them head-on.

"Before that, you can take care of something else with us."

After that, regardless of Logatis's anxious look, he took Marco Polo, Mogador and the dragoons and walked into the alleys in the East City District first.

Logatis took a deep breath to calm himself down, gritted his teeth, and quickly followed them.

"Commander, do you think the Naga treasure was stolen by the pagans in Shimmering Stone City?"

On the way to the slave trader's house, the dragoon asked him in a low voice while being on guard around him.

After witnessing the power of the invisible breath displayed by her commander, the lovely Sardinian destroyer girl almost thought that he knew everything.

"It's hard to say. I always feel like there's something fishy about this matter."

While leading the way, Lin Lan was also thinking about this matter:

"Let's wait until we meet the pagans first. I hope I'm just overthinking this."

A few minutes later, under his leadership, everyone arrived at a manor with closed doors.

This manor looks extremely luxurious and its area is far larger than other buildings.

The three-story villa was the residence of the slave trader Mander, and the basement was the dungeon where he imprisoned the slaves.

(End of this chapter)