Embers of Embers

Chapter 48 Blue Emerald
"An hour left."
Shrike sat on a chair and looked at the time on his pocket watch with a serious expression.
This is an abandoned platform outside Old Dunling, but it has become a temporary base due to the construction in the past few days.
According to the plan, Shrike will take the train to a small town called Ende. According to Lancelot's intelligence, the mysterious sacred coffin is stored there. No matter what is there, he will capture it... At least until Lancelot arrives and recovers the sacred coffin.
In order not to alert the enemy, this operation was divided into two operations. Shrike waited here with a large number of armed forces in advance, and the Glory train would arrive in an hour.
Originally, the Shrike was planning to go directly, but now that Galahad has fallen and there is no knight leader, their odds of winning are a bit unstable. For this, the Perpetual Pump mobilized a secret weapon for them, and The Glorious train was transporting that thing.
"Are you ready?"
Looking at the side, the huge machine was silent in the darkness. The huge steel outlined a ferocious appearance, with only the cold light sliding on it.
It was a heavy crane, and in the darkness behind it were reinforced heavy-armored carriages. According to the plan, the Glory set out from the Burhans Arsenal carrying the weapon, and finally stopped here. This heavy crane The passengers will continue their journey, and the weapons-carrying carriage will be connected here, and then go directly to the mysterious town of Ende.
He slowly stood up, because time was running out and Shrike's injury was not fully healed. He tried to take two steps, and he felt pretty good, but the noise was a bit loud.
At this moment, his lower body is covered with a layer of transmission structure. The power rod is connected to the joints of the legs, and then the copper pipe extends to the small steam bag at the waist, and a faint mist will be released from it every once in a while.
This is a masterpiece from the pump of perpetual motion. They call this exoskeleton armor, but it cannot be used in actual combat due to technical problems, just like a useless vase, but this thing can help a person who has difficulty walking to run. Not a problem.
Looking down at the shiny metal, the precise gears rotated under it, meshing with each other, and the structure was exquisite beyond imagination.
To be honest, Shrike's mechanics are barely adequate, but even so, he can still see the precision of this mechanical device, but let alone clarify the principle, he doesn't even know where the power of this machine comes from, if it is not his thigh The exhaust pipes on both sides spewed steam from time to time, and Shrike really thought that the thing had reached the so-called perpetual motion.
So sometimes I really want to cut open the brains of those crazy people to see what their structure is.
"What's the current situation?"
Looking at the blue jade coming in from the other side, Shrike asked.
"The equipment is fully equipped and the soldiers are ready. After joining the Kestrel, our firepower can even win a local war."
Lan Jade wore a black tights and a domed iron helmet with a lighting lamp on it, but because she was indoors, the lights had been extinguished. She was wearing a warm cloak on the outside. The cloak looked light and fluffy, but in fact it was inside the clothes. Lined with high-strength lightweight metal mesh, it will act as a layer of protection when encountering severe impact.
"That's the case with those in the Mechanical Institute. The Perpetual Pump pursues more forbidden technologies, while they pursue deadly firepower. Every mission will eventually evolve into a weapons test for these two scientific research institutions."
Shrike felt very uncomfortable when he thought about this. Every time the weapons in his hands were mostly experimental products, you never know whether the weapon will kill the enemy first or explode in your hands before the end... Just like that damn thing Armor of Original Sin.
"So what did they add?"
"I don't know, but that object must be special. After all, it was shipped directly from the Burhans Military Factory."
Lan Jade has been lucky enough to go there, and for her, just mentioning the name makes her feel hot.
Burhans Arms Factory, the largest military industrial center in Inverg, during the Glorious War, as much metal as a hill was melted there every day, and hundreds of trains transported the deadly weapons out of it. It is said that the steam there The size of the furnace is second only to the Mechanical Institute, and it can be regarded as the industrial center of Inverg.
Shrike thought deeply, then took out a piece of paper and started writing.
"What are you writing? A will?"
"That's right. The place we're going to is very dangerous, and we might die inside. My position is so special, so I have to hand over the work."
"You really love your job."
Lan Jade raised her eyebrows. Unlike Shrike, who was dedicated to his duties, she was reluctant to take this job at first.
Lan Jade was born in a seaside town. Her father died young. After her mother remarried, her stepfather was also a drunkard. He had been looking forward to Lan Jade growing up so that his good-looking stepdaughter could marry into a wealthy family. In exchange for a betrothal gift that can provide for retirement.
To be honest, it was not a good memory, it even made people break down. The drunk's stepfather looked at the growing blue jade with a different meaning in his eyes. In order to escape this damn fate, Lan Jade hid in the She got into the truck, and she didn't know where it would take her, but she just hoped to be as far away from this nightmare place as possible.
She survived for several days by relying on the bread she brought before getting in the car and the condensed water droplets on the copper pipes. When the car door opened again, she was in that dreamy city. For Lan Jade, who lived in a remote town, this place was Everything is so magical, like a legendary place.
Huge airships were cruising in the sky, steam trams and cars were speeding on the flat road. Compared with this perfect city, she was so dirty and out of place. She raised her head and looked at the stop sign on the station, using With my poor knowledge, I could barely understand the text above.
Welcome to Old Dunling.
"But I still hope to survive if possible. After all, I am still young and I can plan my retirement life very well."
Shrike said as he wrote, it would still be some time before the Glory would arrive at the station, and he could still chat for a while.
"for example?"
"For example, buying a small island on the ocean and living for the sunrise and sunset, or chartering a boat and traveling around the world...or going to the East. I am still full of curiosity about that mysterious country."
That is the country called Jiuxia. Since its stunning appearance more than ten years ago, it seems to have been forgotten by the world. If no one deliberately mentions it, almost no one will remember that there is such a mysterious country in the east. .
"If it weren't for the demon, I might become a navigator. What about you, Blue Jade, I remember that you have been trying to get Arthur to fire you by being passive and slacking off. You seem to dislike this job very much."
Lan Jade rolled her eyes at Shrike and sat next to him with heavy equipment. She was not wearing a mask, but the domed iron helmet also covered most of her face, but even so, she could still see from the exposed corner. That stunning beauty.
"Yes, fighting with those twisted and hateful things every day, only a lunatic like you would like it!"
Blue Jade cursed angrily.
"I only have one wish, to find a rich man, marry him, try to find a way to kill him within five years, and then live happily with the money."
Men are unreliable, as can be seen from her father who died young, her damn stepfather, and those former guests Lan Jade.
Lan Feicui has been struggling in Old Dunling for many years, and her appearance has become more and more charming as she grows older. Someone discovered her and made her an actress in the theater.
Many people didn't care about this new girl and just thought she was lucky to have a good skin. But what the girl did next was beyond everyone's imagination.
This is a purpose-driven girl. Her status in the theater is rising step by step. With the skills she has spent in Old Dunling for many years, all enemies who tried to stop her have been eliminated. Her reputation is getting bigger and bigger. Covered in flowers from admirers.
But this is not the end of Lan Jade. No one is reliable but herself. She begins to attend dance parties, get those who hold power drunk one by one, steal scandals, and exchange for wealth.
Just like a snowball, Lan Jade's power is growing. Under the coercion of the scandal, even the high-ranking nobles have become her pawns. They call her the queen of the underground, until one day she tries to get drunk with a codename. Arthur's people.
There are only two ways in front of Lan Jade, stay in prison until death, or join the purge agency. Arthur needs a skilled female knight.
So Lan Jade fell into the den of thieves until now.
"That sounds really scary. Why are men so unreliable?"
"Do you think Galahad is reliable?" Blue Jade looked disdainful, "A pure knight, the youngest knight captain, and then he almost killed you and Mockingbird. If it weren't for Nicholas, he completely lost his power. Before, he could kill everyone in the lower city."
"So the only one you can trust is yourself, Shrike."
Lan Jade said, and at this moment the melodious whistle sounded, and the headlights of the train at the end of the darkness were like approaching meteors, bringing water vapor and cold wind, as well as thousands of troops in the carriage.
　I had insomnia and had one day of class, so I rushed out the update first.
　
(End of this chapter)