Something's wrong with my undead

Chapter 221: Turning against guests

Vilitas.

After five days of rescue operations, the masters finally buried the crack.

The nightmarish purple sky disappeared.

Instead, there is bright sunshine and moist sea breeze.

The price they paid was not only thousands of tons of charging stones, but also three islands that were completely lost in the rift.

There are also nearly two thousand "mules" urgently mobilized from "Xiacheng District" such as No. 91 to 100.

Wearing simple protection, they were put into the cracks one after another and threw stones to ask for directions. No one survived.

Most of these people are stowaways, and each of them has a criminal record.

They usually live on the messy last 10 islands, and come to the "urban area" to make a living when the islands are opened in the morning and evening.

When a disaster breaks out, wealthy areas numbered 20 or less have top-level protective measures.

Areas 21 to 90 in the middle also have basic protection. Although it is not as strong as the former, it does exist anyway.

As for "Downtown", there is nothing.

Therefore, every time a similar recruitment order of life or death is issued, it is overcrowded.

However, these deceased did not even leave their names. In the end, they only appeared in the newspaper with a short line:

"More than 2,000 casualties"

...

District 4, McDuck Hotel.

The most expensive conference room was rented for private coordination between the Shadow Temple and the Mercury Royal Family.

But the official mediators have not yet arrived.

In the spacious tea room next to her, Siara put down the newspaper in her hand and frowned slightly.

She looked at the "Mage Naga" in front of her.

“Mr. Naga, I don’t understand why such a big thing didn’t make any waves in Velitas… Can’t those who are protesting and demonstrating see such horrific numbers?

"Two thousand casualties and chaos in Xiacheng District. Shouldn't such a serious accident become an excuse for public attack?"

"You still don't understand the politics of Velitas."

Megumin took a sip of tea and shook her head.

"It is true that the six-person parliament represents different races, different opinions, and different families. They often use public opinion to attack each other, and even if nothing happens, they will target the Speaker who is in charge.

"But the premise of all this is: the problem lies with the 'people'.

"The two thousand people you mentioned all come from the lower city area, which is full of illegal immigrants and refugees. It is a place outside the law. They are not Velitas. No matter how many people die, it doesn't matter."

Siara still couldn't understand: "But wouldn't the people who live there be angry about this? They can also read this newspaper, wouldn't they..."

"That's not true, ma'am."

Megumin said in a regretful tone:

"I understand that if the same thing happens in the North, even if the death toll is less than one zero, it will cause an uproar, and many people will lose their jobs and even their lives.

“But there’s a prerequisite for this, angry people see each other as their own.

“People are angry because they see the possibility of something happening to them.

"However, in the lower city, those people looked at each other with vigilance. They were all competitors, not compatriots.

“The lower city is not Velitas, not the place of dreams, but the trial ground before they arrive in the ideal land.

“So, let alone the two thousand people on the surface, even if the 100,000 people who are conservatively estimated to have died were mentioned in the newspaper, they would not be angry, and they would even be grateful that they were lucky enough to survive.

“Because for them, every competitor who dies is one step closer to becoming a citizen of Vilitas.

"For the same reason, the citizens of Vilitas don't care about the life or death of these people...because they are not compatriots either."

Siara listened in silence.

Although the doubts were cleared, her brows were still furrowed.

"Why is this happening...why don't they leave?"

"Have you never been to Xiacheng District?" Huihui asked.

Siara shook her head.

"We can only operate in the first 20 districts."

"That makes sense."

Megumin nodded: "After all, you are the messenger of the Shadow Temple, and Velitas's security only covers the wealthy areas."

After thinking for a moment, she continued:

"Let's put it this way, there are basically no humans in the lower city. They are all elves, dwarves, Zanluo people, your people, the Nice people, and all kinds of messy mixed-blood descendants.

"They form various groups and gangs based on race and live a 'poor but rich' life that you can't imagine.

“They were indeed not recognized and fled their homeland to come to this lonely island.

"However, every morning and evening, hundreds of whale-class airships filled with expired and expired food dump 'garbage' on the island, and those people act as decomposers to digest it.

"Every street in the lower city is covered with Magic Network broadcasts, and an overwhelming amount of entertainment programs, advertisements and news fill their 24 hours.

“In addition, there are endless fissures and strange beasts around Vilitas, which require adventurers to deal with them.

"When they risk their lives to complete the commission, or take the prey to the real Velitas, they can enjoy the complete supporting services there - medical treatment, training, promotion, and a complete set of hunting-related contribution systems , which is the main channel for them to become legal citizens.

"After listening to this, do you still have any doubts?"

After a moment of silence, Siara sighed.

"Sure enough, I still underestimated Velitas's energy."

"Yes."

Huihui nodded in agreement:

“More than half of the world’s wealth and resources are gathered here. Even if you include the people in Xiacheng District, the per capita resource distribution here is more than ten times that of other countries.

"This kind of prosperity is due to excess resources, so even if you stay in the lower city, you are closer to the 'most advanced civilization'."

Siara suddenly recalled the days at the burial ground and the words spoken by someone.

"It's a shame to waste," she said involuntarily.

Ok?

Huihui was stunned, these aborigines are quite interesting...

This ideological awareness is indeed what Heine likes.

"Mr. Naga."

Siara suddenly raised her head, half-smiling but not smiling: "Are you really just an ordinary mage?"

Megumin also smiled tacitly.

"of course."

Five days ago, after the disaster broke out, just as she thought, the Institute of Truth had no time to take care of little shrimps like Naga.

This was convenient, so she came and offered herself, hoping to become one of Siara's staff.

At that time, she impressed the other party by saying, "It is not advisable to expect a trial, and it is only reasonable to resolve the matter in private."

The reason is also very simple.

Velitas will definitely focus on rebuilding the magic network and restoring trade routes.

Otherwise, over time, void capsule technology will become a street commodity, their core advantages will be lost, and they will face a terrifying pursuit.

In the game, after working hard for several years, they realize that this path is not going to work.

At that time, the player happened to enter their field of vision, so it was natural for him to become the player's agent.

——He is an "agent" who is thousands of times more sinister than Heine.

There are no players in this world, and they have to find another way out.

Therefore, they are happy to see the other four countries having conflicts with each other.

It's best to delay things like court until the conflict intensifies and the Yankees and the elves can fight.

If Eternal Dawn is also involved, it will be a bloody gain!

In addition, Megumin also predicted what will be reported in the newspapers of Velitas in the next few days - the six-person parliament is divided into three camps, among which "Good Morning! The Academy of Truth is the property of Scrooge Darhk.

He will certainly vigorously attack the current Speaker William Phillips.

After showing off her skills, she successfully won Siara's trust.

Moreover, on this basis, Siara has never stopped testing her "true identity".

Considering that the surveillance role of the Chain of Absolution was not yet clear, she did not respond clearly, but only hinted at it again and again.

Now she was sure that the other party had understood her hint and guessed that she was not the real Naga.

This weird question just now is undoubtedly a signal.

Soon, the soul hunter guard named Ya came to knock on the door.

"Sir, the people from Velitas have arrived."

Siara nodded, stood up and walked out of the room.

Seeing that the person responsible for mediating was actually Professor Collins, Megumi's pupils were shocked!

She remembered the other person.

She traveled through time because Hades invaded the Library of Truth.

Later, she learned from Teacher Xia that the two professors who planned the invasion were instigated by the archlich Vega.

One of them is Collins.

So the question is, is Collins already a teenager?

Megumin wasn't sure.

On the other side, Collins didn’t know that he had been seen through, and he didn’t even pay attention to the staff standing behind Siara.

On the surface, he was greeting everyone reservedly, but secretly he was already looking for that "Mr. Donald."

The Archmage Scrooge Dark is extremely talented. He is already an eighth-level mage at the age of 120.

A mage of this level can basically live to be three hundred years old, so he can only be regarded as a "young man".

Behind him and Donald are the McDuck family.

This is an ancient and mysterious family.

The older the family, the more dependent it is on blood.

Because they are aloof from everyone, they often look at others with cold and vigilant eyes.

So he must take a "nephew" like Donald very seriously.

Soon, Collins zeroed in on an old man with gray hair.

There is no doubt that this is Donald.

Because he is an ordinary person - a standard and pure ordinary human being.

This is extremely rare in Vilitas.

There was a hint of hidden envy in Collins' eyes.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the two parties took their seats.

As the opening remarks ended, the scene suddenly became tense.

Especially Siara.

Her eyes fell on Donald's face, not hiding the anger in her eyes.

The other party just smiled, then looked away and looked at Collins.

"Your Excellency Professor, I am Donald Duck, on behalf of Eternal Dawn, I fulfill my obligation to monitor the changes in the undead.

"Before negotiations begin, I first apply to hand over the matter to Eternal Dawn."

Collins frowned slightly: "What's the reason?"

Donald: “There are three reasons.

"First, the cause of this incident was that the people from the Shadow Temple entered the McCalla Mountains on the pretext of 'dealing with the spread of Holy Light'. Therefore, they violated the "Four Nations Convention" first, and they should not be the initiators of accountability. .

"Second, they took away most of the information on the research on shapeshifter spells. It is reported that the researcher's name is Barry Gitiller. Considering the specialness of this surname, we have reason to suspect that this was their work in the 800s. Research carried out secretly years ago.

"That is, the Shadow Temple is engaged in unknown illegal research behind the scenes.

"Third, they abducted Silver Wing without informing the Mercury Royal Family and used torture on him. This clearly violated the original agreement between the four countries and endangered the personal safety of the extraordinary.

"So, we think that when the courts in Vilitas are temporarily unavailable, we can hand it over to arbitration."

After speaking, Donald looked at Siara with a smile.

It seems that he hopes to see stronger anger in the other party's eyes.

However, his hopes were dashed.

What he saw instead was peace.

what's the situation?

"What do you think about this?" Collins asked Siara.

The latter slightly raised his delicate chin and looked directly at Donald.

All this is the same as the deduction of "Mage Naga".

Sure enough, after the people from Eternal Dawn intervene, they will definitely act rogue.

They will refuse to admit that they privately built the Holy Light Energy Storage Well, and then they will rake up the dirty water and pour the dirty water into the Shadow Temple.

Huihui gave a complete response plan.

Don’t fall into the self-certification trap.

To put it bluntly, when someone scolds you, don’t think about why you are being scolded, but just scold them back!

Since they want to change the nature of things, they might as well target Eternal Dawn.

"We believe that the Mercury royal family, or all elves, are victims in this matter."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Even the third princess Renee’s eyes widened.

Why did the plaintiff start speaking for the defendant? ? ?

Siara continued:

"We all know that Eternal Dawn has the responsibility of monitoring the changes of the undead and the escape of death energy. However, the root cause of the withering of the three major forests is the uncontrollable death energy."

Having said this, she apologized to the dead Principal Garay in her heart.

She knew it was wrong, but it was the "consensus" among these people.

Megumin emphasized to her that she should learn to speak in other people's languages.

"...In other words, the birth of Blight is the failure of the Eternal Dawn, and the inability to do anything about Blight is another symbol of their incompetence.

“We all know that it was the blight that led the elven pioneers to the Whispering Forest, and Saberia founded the tree shepherd’s school of transformation.

"Subsequently, this type of magic was sent to the Mercury Royal Family. At that time, they were closely associated with the Eternal Dawn, but with the latter's permission, they included it as an official school.

"Why? Why does Eternal Dawn acquiesce?

“Obviously, this link is also Eternal Dawn’s dereliction of duty.

“Going back to what happened recently, the reason why our floating city appeared in the McCalla Mountains is indeed to solve the problem of the spread of Holy Light.

"However, why is the Holy Light flooding the area? And why do we find another unauthorized Holy Light storage well in the Whispering Forest?

"Not long ago, death energy erupted in Yingzhi Mountain, and was later neutralized by a large amount of holy light - the third holy light energy storage well.

"So, as you can see, the three holy light energy storage wells are the key to the problem."

She suddenly pulled out a thick stack of files and slapped them on the table.

"In addition, we have listed the flaws and mistakes made by Eternal Dawn in the past hundred years in the performance of its so-called 'obligations'. Among them are a large number of behaviors that endanger the personal safety of extraordinary people and violate common sense.

“This is only part of it.

“Therefore, we have reason to suspect that Eternal Dawn no longer has the ability to perform this monitoring obligation.

"Their fault in this aspect of their work is the key to today's situation."

After speaking, Siara glanced at Donald, who was sweating profusely, and showed a smile.

(End of this chapter)