Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 47 Will I meet a familiar guy around the corner?
"I see."

Bishop Clother gracefully swung a blood whip, but it was firmly blocked by the magic shields in the hands of the two magic knights, leaving only two charred marks on the ceiling and the floor, as if fire had burned there.

He didn't care and chuckled: "This is a trap."

A few minutes ago, the gods came smoothly through the sacrificial ceremony, making Closel think that his plan was indeed successful, but the changes that happened afterwards were beyond his expectations. The cult, which had been prepared, jointly activated the "Ether Optical Standpoint" and cooperated with Clermont and Langdenel, two magicians who did not appear at the negotiation table, to successfully prevent the descent of the gods.

At the same time, the night watchmen began to enter to control the situation, and it took less than 5 minutes to complete the blockade of the Maintis Conference Building.

The church representatives who participated in the negotiations broke through the windows and fled without hesitation after sensing the threat. Only Closel did not do so, because he knew that the church alliance was so tightly arranged that no one would be allowed to slip through the net. These guys, whose average strength was only around Sequence 7, could not even last half an hour in front of the fully armed magic knights, at best.

So his choice was to launch an attack on Browning, trying to hold the tribune hostage and gain some bargaining chips.

It failed as expected.

Not to mention the guards of the Magic Knights, Lang Ning himself is a powerful magician, and the methods he masters are even more bizarre than those of the [Monsters].

"Sometimes I really doubt who is the evil party." Closel held the blood whip and swung it at the dark blue magic shield again and again, with a calm smile on his face. He did not think that he was in a desperate situation: "Scarlet fever, cholera, black death, typhoid... The power you wield seems to be more terrifying than the [Monsters]."

Standing in the protective circle formed by the magic knights, Langning Lavelle said calmly, "But I don't mind letting it become the shackles that bind the real evil."

It's a very tricky ability.

Lingge was one of the few people who could keep his sanity. He also had no idea what was going on, but instinctively felt that this was not something he should intervene in. So he stood up without hesitation and looked at his sister and the maid: "Metien, Alice, let's go back now!"

The tribune shouted, then rushed out first and jumped towards the window without hesitation, followed by the two magic knights.

***
And at this time, what were Lingge and the others doing?

The original vampire can transform himself into the form of a group of bats. As long as any one of the bats escapes, Clothel can re-condense his body on it.

The destructive toxin combined with the Black Death was so powerful that even Clother, an original vampire, could not resist the power of the plague, and his breath quickly weakened.

"Go after him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange dark blue color suddenly appeared on Clother's pale skin. His body began to become weak and his mind became very dizzy. It seemed that he had lost the physical fitness that vampires were proud of and turned into an ordinary person.

Fifteen minutes ago, everyone in the Municipal Square saw the strange change that happened on Saint Street clearly. The sky above the Maintis Conference Building was suddenly shrouded in darkness, and a gorgeous blood moon hung high in the pitch-black night sky. Then a giant's arm stretched out, raining filthy blood, bringing a suffocating sense of oppression.

The answer is, running away.

The shrill sound of the wind swept through the messy conference room, and the wreckage of the tables and chairs fell to the ground, but the swords landed in the air. Because just when they were about to hit him, Closel's shadow suddenly broke away from his body and blocked the two swords for him. Then, he turned into a group of black bats, flapping his black bat wings, and flew out of the broken window like a large dark cloud, instantly spreading all over the sky and flying in different directions.

This strange and evil scene almost made people think they were seeing an illusion, and the Town Hall Square soon fell into a boiling and noisy atmosphere. Some people were terrified and knelt on the ground to pray; some were excited and discussed this vision enthusiastically; some even wanted to go to Saints Street to find out what this evil scene meant.

The next moment, Clother's body temperature began to rise rapidly, and his mouth, nose, ears and other organs began to bleed uncontrollably. His chest seemed to be pressed by a heavy rock, making it difficult for him to breathe. He had to cough violently to relieve the discomfort, and in the end he coughed up a large amount of bright red bloody sputum, which looked extremely disgusting.

"I know, it's the vampires who are making this noise!" The golden-haired maid, who had just eaten and drunk her fill, came to this conclusion, and then rubbed her belly, full of confidence: "Now you should finally believe me, right? But don't be too scared, it's my turn to save the world... Hey, what are you doing!?"

Although the overall situation has stabilized, the battle is not over yet.

[Plague] Path, Sequence 8 "Scarlet Victim", Intrinsic Magic: Destructive Toxin, can consume magic power and reduce the target's physical immunity.

"So we never use this power lightly."

The two magic knights who were protecting Lang Ning seized the opportunity, rushed forward, drew out the magic swords behind them, input magic power from the magic furnace, activated the conduction circuit, and then slashed at Clother who was suffering from the disease from the left and right. The pure magic power swept across the sword edge, coating it with a layer of cold light, which was even enough to cut through steel armor.

Whoosh——

[Plague] Path, Sequence 5 [Black Death], Intrinsic Magic: Black Death. As the name suggests, by consuming magic power, the target can be infected with a severe form of Black Death, commonly known as the plague.

"I don't care whether you are a vampire or some other monster. Just come back with me first." Linger grabbed Alice's wrist, pulled her back, and then looked at Medien.

The little girl seemed a little hesitant, but she also knew that now was not the time to be willful, so she nodded vigorously: "I'll listen to you, Lingge!"

So Linge brutally suppressed Alice's resistance, took the two of them out of the open-air cafe and rushed to the nearest public transportation stop.

The road out was also chaotic, because there were quite a few people who had witnessed the change, but they did not want to leave. Instead, they crowded to the Municipal Square, wanting to observe this strange celestial phenomenon up close, as if they were going to attend an open-air gathering. Some people even hired horse-drawn carriages, and the crowd filled the two-story carriages. In the office buildings and apartments on both sides, some people stuck their heads out and pointed in the direction of Saints Street to discuss with great interest. Tramps, beggars, coachmen, cleaners, company employees, housewives, students, merchants and hawkers... This city is extremely dull, but people find fun for themselves.

They reminded Ling of the medieval townspeople who gathered to watch a city fire.

Times have not changed at all. Fortunately, there are still police officers in black uniforms, gas masks and riot shields maintaining order and evacuating the crowd.

Lingge was a little surprised. When did the city police become so efficient?
But the efforts of these policemen could not suppress the violent impulses and wild instincts flowing in the blood of the citizens, so the crowds continued to surge and make noise, gradually moving inwards, as if to block all the ways out, and some people took advantage of the chaos to make profits, causing chaos. Crowding, pushing, trampling, robbery, theft... the situation became increasingly difficult to control.

After noticing that the road was congested and difficult to pass, Linger decisively changed direction and began to walk into those remote dark alleys. It was dark, damp and cold here, and full of the stench of sewage and garbage. At other times, Linger would not let Metien walk on such a dirty path, but now he could not care so much.

For some reason, he always had a premonition that something was about to happen that would drag him into a huge vortex.

That should be... fate?
“Lingge!” Alice, who was being dragged to run but had been paying attention to the changes in the sky, suddenly shouted, “Look, what is that!?”

Ling Ge subconsciously stopped and looked back, with a look of astonishment on his face. He saw four majestic pillars of light rising into the sky, dispelling the darkness that enveloped Saint Street. Then, a blue light curtain gradually formed, enveloping the entire block. Then... the vision disappeared.

There was no dark sky, no enchanting blood moon, and no giant's arms. There was only a rare clear sky, tall buildings, and the Maintis Conference Building standing intact on Saints Street.

The change in the sky that I just saw seemed like an illusion.

Linger murmured, "Mirage?"

He had seen this strange natural phenomenon in a popular science magazine.

but.

"It's definitely not a mirage!" Alice shook her head and said in a decisive tone: "Wake up, Lingge, do you really think that what you just saw was just an illusion? Humph, absolutely impossible! I dare say that what we are seeing now is an illusion! Someone wants to cover up and calm the situation!"

Ling replied: "Oh."

Alice was dissatisfied: "What do you mean by oh?"

"It means that it has nothing to do with us." Ling Ge did not stop: "No matter what the truth is, let's leave here first and return to Tianxin Church."

"You don't want to know the truth at all?"

"Do not want to."

"..."

Alice was unable to persuade Ling Ge and was furious. Meitian, who did not wait for the negotiation result, comforted her and said, "It's okay, Sister Alice. You will know in the newspaper tomorrow."

"Ah this!"

You are so naive to think that such a thing can be reported in the newspaper, Metien.

Just when Alice wanted to explain to Metien what "freedom of speech" meant, Ling'er's pace gradually slowed down, and finally stopped in front of a forked alley. Alice and Metien were forced to stop, showing puzzled expressions.

"What's the matter, Lingge? Why don't you keep going? Do you want to go back..."

Alice's voice suddenly stopped, and the unfinished words were stuck in her throat.

Because the person who appeared in front of them at this time was an absolutely unexpected person.

A guy I just met not long ago.

An unscrupulous journalist who has lost touch with high taste and likes to fabricate news.

"Fialli!?"

Alice blurted out: "Why are you here!?"

　Woo woo woo give me some meow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)