Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 277 Surveillance from the Sky?

After receiving the list of members from Professor David, Rochelle said goodbye and left. He had to hurry up and persuade the people on the list to join in a great event in the name of faith. Before leaving, the walker from the Fertile Earth Sect also warned the professor that he had not concealed his tracks when he came, and the arbitrator of the Balance of Order must have taken action to contact the night watchmen in Nimsher City and secretly search for his whereabouts. As a believer in animism, Professor David would definitely become their focus.

Rochelle was confident that he could deal with these enemies without being discovered, because he had rich experience and mastered a magic of the [Night] Path that could temporarily conceal his aura without being detected. But as a public figure, Professor David could not reveal any flaws, not to mention that he had accepted the jurisdiction of the "Management Regulations" on the surface. If he used magic without authorization, he would be arrested immediately and severely interrogated.

Rochelle never had any optimistic expectations about the methods of torture used by the two violent agencies, the Night Watch and the Scales of Order.

Professor David responded: "If you knew this, you should have left earlier, Rochelle."

"This exhibition hall is not open to the public yet. I entered under the pretext of inspecting the exhibits, but if I stay there for too long, it will definitely arouse suspicion. I'm sure that the people sent by the Night Watch or the Balance of Order to monitor me are on the way, or are already among these tourists."

"So, every second you stay here, I will be more threatened."

"If you really think about me, then make a wise choice."

After saying this, Professor David tapped lightly on the smooth marble floor with his walnut cane.

From the beginning till now, his attitude towards the travelers from the Fertile Soil Sect has always been unfriendly. Rochelle can understand this. After all, she did not come here to bring a few friendly greetings, but as she said before: the time has come when sacrifice must be made.

As a wise man, the professor knew exactly what Rochelle meant by "proof". If nothing unexpected happened, two-thirds of the people on the list he gave him would accept Rochelle's invitation and participate in the ceremony of inviting the gods. If he was more optimistic, it would not be impossible for everyone to agree.

No matter who will be sacrificed in the end, it will not stop this taciturn man, because he actually realized it earlier than everyone else.

"When the time comes, the results I bring will surely prove to you what is the right choice."

Although the Holy Spring Order left the city a hundred years ago, the things they left behind still constantly affect the residents of the city, affecting their lives and concepts. Otherwise, when the order united to take over the Holy Spring Sanctuary, the Holy Spring Temple of Tiphis, how could the Nimsher City Government dare to take the lead and transform it into the Lubeon Museum and hand it over to a Spring Spirit believer for management?
The Holy Land is still the Holy Land. Although it has changed its appearance, as long as it is still in this position, it will always be the Holy Land of the Holy Spring Order. His Majesty Kellur organized the "Great Evacuation Operation", which was not a simple abandonment. In fact, some loyal believers were left behind. They pretended to surrender to the Order and were willing to obey the "Management Regulations" and stop using magic. In fact, they relied on their previous influence to radiate from the capital Nimsher, and had a certain status in the political, business and cultural circles of Leisenburg. Professor David was just one of them.

With these people secretly active, the Holy Spring Order is still alive even though it is dead. Large-scale missionary work in the open is impossible, but many believers are developed in private. The list that Professor David gave Rochelle happened to be the ones among these people who have the most deep-rooted belief in the spring spirit. Until today, they still fantasize about restoring their former status. In other words, they are also some paranoid guys.

After a long while, he slowly shook his head and whispered to himself: "Sacrifice..."

Rochelle, who did not intend to argue for himself, silently put on his hood, turned around and left, leaving only one sentence: "I will come to you again after contacting the people on the list, Professor David. There are still many places in this ceremony that need your help."

"And the necessary sacrifices."

The last word floated away in the empty echo, and his figure disappeared, leaving only Professor David standing on the balcony, holding his walnut cane with both hands, staring straight at the crowd below, his expression seemed very serious, and as if he was in deep thought.

The great achievements of cooperation between two paranoids are quite complementary.

However, when they are ambitious to seek something and prove something, when the Night Watch and the Scales of Order are still wary of the animistic rituals of invoking gods, when people come to this city to talk about the Holy Spring Brothers who once were glorious here... they often forget one thing: the Holy Spring Brothers were not the first religion to be widely spread in the history of Leisenburg.

Dating back to the 5th century AD when the ancient Kreisov dynasty was born, there was another primitive and ancient belief that was born in this barren land. It prospered with the rise and fall of the dynasty, and it also fell with the fall of the dynasty, as if the fate of a religion was the history of the rise and fall of a kingdom. Its name is: The Order of Heaven.

In the shadow of the Luberon Museum, beneath the hundreds of long steps of Mount Seschel, the history of the world, condensed in the professor's eyes, seems so profound, like an unsolved mystery.

He turned and left the room.

As the curator, he was naturally very busy during such a grand event. He thought he had given Rochelle enough face by being able to spare these few short minutes to meet with her and even risk being exposed to provide the list.

Next, it depends on how the practitioners of the fertile soil sect choose.

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The small magic device "Type II Sky Eye Detection Instrument" with an exquisite brass shell and four external nimble rotors is floating about 50 meters above the Lubeon Museum, hidden in the narrow shadow corner of the building. The round crystal in the middle is shining like a black gem, like the pupil of a beast, closely monitoring the people passing by below.

At the same time, at least eight detection instruments of the same model were placed in every direction of the museum. The combined monitoring network was tight and had no blind spots, enough to see even the smallest corners clearly. These detection instruments were commonly known as "clockwork fairies", and were one of the ten types of magic devices that auxiliary wizards must master. Skilled wizards could even control clockwork fairies to shuttle freely on the fierce battlefield of tens of thousands of people and pass the latest intelligence to the rear personnel. This level of auxiliary wizards had an unwritten name, namely "the hand of control", which described their exquisite control over the battle situation.

Aegir, who controls these eight clockwork fairies, has never imagined that he can become the "Hand of Ruler". He has a clear understanding of his own level. As long as he can complete the task accurately and not drag his companions down, it will be enough. Especially in this case where the enemy target is very cunning, it is necessary to be extremely cautious and careful to ensure that there are no omissions.

He was from the White City Republic and had short curly blond hair, which was said to be a characteristic of the locals of Muhlhell. But at this moment, his hair was sticking to his forehead with sweat, proving that he was not relaxed. He wore a pair of large mechanical gloves on his left hand, which had a copper metal texture. On his back was a set of complex instruments: brass dials of different sizes overlapping inside and outside, intricate silver tracks around the inside of the dials, and copper metal indicator balls with erratic moving trajectories. There were exactly eight of them, corresponding to eight clockwork fairies.

There is a steel hoop on the wrist of the glove, with three dull-toned leather tubes connected to the magic furnace at the waist. The end of the leather tube is connected to a silver-white socket, which fits neatly into the slot of the magic furnace, proving that this set of equipment operates with the magic power provided by the core metal inside the magic furnace.

Agil's other hand was not wearing a glove, moving back and forth on the brass dial, manipulating the metal indicator balls to maintain the stability and balance of the clockwork fairy. This was a very basic skill, not very difficult, but the reason why Agil was sweating profusely was because it lasted too long: he had never stopped monitoring the Lubeon Museum since the exhibition opened in the morning.

His companions saw his efforts and although they didn't want to disturb him, for the sake of the mission, Wade Locke, as the captain, had to speak up and ask, "Did you find anything, Aegir?"

The captain's question distracted Aegir for a moment. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head, saying, "At least so far, the target hasn't made any unusual movements, and no one who looks like Rochelle has been found."

"Don't worry about Rochelle. He probably has the magic of the Night Path, which is why he has been able to evade our searches so many times. Once he enters Nimsher during the World Expo, the flow of people will be too large, making it even more difficult to track him down." Wade replied calmly, "The most urgent thing is to keep an eye on the current target. If the intelligence provided by the night watchman in this city is correct, Rochelle will most likely come into contact with him in the near future."

Aegir nodded calmly without saying anything more.

"It's unbelievable."

Female team member Sally has changed into an off-white long skirt, wearing a light brown scarf and gloves, and a pair of Mallorca-style long leather boots, dressed like a tourist. She twirled the light green parasol in her hand, looked up at the magnificent Lubéon Museum, and said with emotion: "Even the director of the national museum, the honorary professor of Nimscher University, and the speaker at the opening ceremony of the World Expo are all believers of the Holy Spring Brothers."

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(End of this chapter)