We are in Terra and there is no book to read.

Manfred also knew very well that whether Sakaz or Carters died were two completely different concepts.

Chapter 200 Archeology acquires technology

With Teresica citing excessive losses in the Lyca War, she officially transferred the Hedley Mercenary Group.Custer's troops in Rembita Eureka were suddenly in a disadvantageous situation. The battle line was cut into a sieve by Victoria's soldiers, leaking air everywhere.

In desperation, they had no choice but to retreat to Eureka State to defend. They have long-term operations here, which is extremely beneficial to their defense.But this is also their fundamental. If they are hurt even a little bit, it will be heartbreaking.

Letters requesting Kazdale to send additional assistance were sent to Kazdale frequently every day, but Teresica did not respond.

At this time, it is approaching the end of Terra 1078. This winter is a rare warm winter. The Kazdare region has a warm climate and the ground is not covered with snow. The originally planned winter energy consumption seems to be unavailable. Heating material subsidies are temporarily suspended. Will be distributed at half price.

The residents of Cazedale, like the Victorian troops who invaded Eureka, were immersed in the atmosphere of preparation for the New Year.

Teresica called Mud Rock at Sakaz Palace and prepared a very small banquet to entertain Kelsi's students, Lilia, and Kelsi.

When she first heard that Kelsey wanted to meet her, Teresica planned to go find her when she was free.But after learning that Kelsey had called one of her students, and that this student was also an expert in ore disease, he immediately changed his mind and held the meeting in the palace restaurant during lunch.

"Vanya climbed all the way from a platoon leader to the chief of staff of the group army under Fyodor's father. He has a lot of prestige in the Ursus military. By accepting him, Fyodor can immediately gain a lot of military strength, which would facilitate the healing of divisions within Ursus.”

“Moreover, he is an out-and-out war-loving person, and becoming a strong supporter of Fyodor will inevitably lead to an increase in his status and an increase in his voice, followed by a greater crisis. "

At the dining table, Teresica looked at the Syracuse Tomato Braised Noodles on the plate, and listened quietly to Kelsi's words before she spoke.

"Teacher Kelsey, the crisis you are talking about Vanya is in the future. And I live today, and I can only look forward to tomorrow at most. Assassinating an Ursus Grand Duke, Teacher Kelsey, your joke is That’s a bit loud, but I’m also curious why you would say such a thing? Don’t you know the dangers involved?”

It was impossible to use foul language. After all, Kelsey was considered his teacher and a subordinate of his sister's faction.

"I know the danger of assassinating the Grand Duke of Ursus, so I will do it myself, so that the assassination by an outsider like me will not cause disputes within Ursus. And I came to Kazdare to seek help, just hoping to get help. Intelligence help, because Sarkaz’s branch can be said to be the most powerful in gathering intelligence in all of Terra, and I have no intention of involving Kazdel in the crisis.”

After hearing Kelsey's words, Teresica couldn't help showing a look of surprise on her face.

Did she do it herself?

"This Grand Duke of Ursus...asks for Rhodes Island?"

Teresica guessed that it was because the ship Kelsey had was a battleship-level hull.

"No, preventing war in Terra due to Ursus is my motive. Other than that..."

Kyle looked to Lilia aside, "It's because of her."

Teresica's eyes also turned to Kelsey's side, where a lady named Lilia was sitting.Her face didn't look good, and like Kelsey, she was in a state that looked like she hadn't fully recovered.But her eyes looked a little more haggard than Kelsey's.

"Hello, Ms. Lilia."

Teresica greeted her. He had already learned about this lady's status in Ursus from public channels.She is one of the leading experts on ore disease in Ursus.

"Hello, Your Majesty the King."

Lilia stood up and bowed.

"Teacher Kelsey said that you can provide the necessary help to kill Vanya. Can you please help me? I can give everything, including my life."

She was obviously a rational medical worker, but Teresica didn't expect that this lady would actually include herself in the bargaining chip.

After glancing at Kelsey and seeing no reaction from her, he asked.

"Ms. Lilia, please sit down first. Can I understand why you hate this Grand Duke so much?"

"My husband Astrov died in the purge ordered by the Grand Duke."

At this point, the lady's mood seemed to rise, and Kelsey spoke for her.

"Her husband is the head of research at a military scientific research institute in Chernobog. The energy core of the mobile city of Chernoborg is a strange device excavated from the depths of the Ursus Icefield. Energy is being generated and dissipated all the time.”

When Teresica heard this, the expression on her face was quite shocked, "Dig it out? Archeology?!"

"...That's understandable." Kelsey nodded.

"Usas found a way to collect its dissipated energy and converted it into the core of the mobile city, using its dissipated energy to meet the energy needs of the mobile city. However, Ursus was not satisfied with this, and they decided to It conducts further research and establishes specialized institutes.”

"The research purpose of the Ursus military is to use it as a weapon, and Vanya is the person in charge of this project. And Fyodor's idea is to use Chernobog without replenishing energy and can use it at a low cost. The cost was rooted in the characteristics of the desert, and it was transformed into a commercial city that competed with Longmen, and a conflict broke out."

After listening to Kelsey's explanation, Teresica paid tribute to Lilia, "Ms. Lilia, your experience is very sad. Please forgive me."

Then, he looked at Kelsey in confusion, "Are you afraid that Vanya will secretly continue to carry out the military's goals?"

"Yes, and being parasitic on Fiordo's back will gain more support."

Kelsey said: "It's just like taking away the Origin Stone skill crystal from Sargon. My purpose is just not to cause disaster to all living beings."

Teresica looked carefully at Kelsey's expression, but couldn't see any disguise.he asked again.

"Teacher Kelsey, do you want to assassinate yourself?"

"Yes."

His eyes wandered back and forth between Lilia and Kelsey. After a long moment of silence, Teresica didn't give an answer, he just said.

"Ms. Lilia and Teacher Kelsey, you two are both medical workers and you both understand the importance of the body. Please rest here first. The shapeshifter hasn't come back yet. We'll talk about it after he comes back."

Chapter 201 Too Extravagant

In response to the absence of the shapeshifter, Teresica neither refused Kelsey nor agreed to lend a helping hand.

The matter was so big that he didn't dare to make the decision alone, so he had to wait until the real veteran came back and then leave it to him to judge.

Kelsey didn't say anything more, but mentioned another thing.

"If Kazdaele can't handle the corpses of Sarkaz-infected people who died in the Leitanian War, Rhodes Island can help share some of them."

"...Thank you. I will let people negotiate the temporary employment of personnel and equipment rental agreement with Rhode Island."

Although it's unclear how Kelsey knew about the infected corpses in Kazdale and they can't handle them at the moment, but if she is willing to help, he will not refuse.

After a simple meal, Teresica and Mudyan stood up and sent Kelsey and Lilia out of the Sakaz Palace together, but at this moment.

Kelsey turned around and said as if it was a warning.

"It's not long before it appears. You will see what kind of danger an Ursus without internal differences will bring to the surrounding areas."

Looking at Kelsey's leaving back, Teresica didn't move. Ni Yan, who was silent at the banquet, asked softly.

"Do you want to help her?"

"No, I didn't think about it deeply at all. I was just listening to what she said."

Teresica looked ahead, where he could see Kazdale's West End, which was being rebuilt.

"Chernobog... the 'Dragon Gate' of Ursus, whether I help Kelsey or not, I want to understand this city and what is going on in it. It is really a luxury to kill even the researchers. !”

With a sigh of envy, he asked the messenger to order: "Order the shapeshifters operating in Ursus to collect information on the recent purge incident in Chernobog."

This order was issued, and the compiled information was sent to Kazdaele that night. It was a large pile of newspapers and photos of reporters' manuscripts.

"It's been published in the newspapers. It seems like there's a lot of movement..."

Teresica found a copy and opened it, and then she was shocked. The entire page of the newspaper was reporting on what Archduke Vanya had done.

He originally thought that the Grand Duke just accidentally affected Lilia's husband, but what was written in the newspaper was that the Grand Duke had bloodbathed the entire institute, and nearly a hundred senior intellectuals and researchers were all turned into dead bodies on the ground.

'What kind of novel way is this to spend money? '

Teresica was blown away by Ursus.What a luxury!

The research direction of these researchers is wrong, just change it!How come all the offenders deserve to be killed? !

.........

"Why were all the people in the entire research institute killed? These are the driving forces for the empire's future progress!"

Not only Teresica felt strange, in Ursus Holy Castle, Feodor was roaring angrily at the moment.He did have an order to directly eliminate some stubborn people who opposed him.

But what does this have to do with researchers?They are only responsible for studying the excavated ancient devices. Where do they have any political stance? !

Moreover, this unknown ancient device that can generate energy independently needs to be further studied!If all the researchers are gone, then everything has to start from scratch!

"I promoted him from group army staff to chief of staff, and this is how he responded to me?! Send an order to the internal guards!"

Werther, who hurried to the Holy Castle, heard the roar before entering the Emperor's office. He directly reached out and grabbed the waiter who pushed the door open, and dragged him in.

"Your Majesty, please make your decision carefully. He is the chief of staff of the Fourth Army."

The impulse caused by the emotion quickly disappeared. Fyodor motioned to the waiter to stand aside, and then looked at the dusty Werther.

"You...seem to be old friends with him?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I was under his care when I was young."

Witte admitted openly without hiding anything, "I just came back from Chernobog, and I stopped by to visit this old friend of mine."

"Did you ask anything?"

"Your Majesty, Vanya is a thoughtful person. He kept silent about the actions at Chernobyl from beginning to end. The only relevant words he said were that he was executing orders."

Werther rummaged in the briefcase that had been inspected by the guards for a while and took out two newspapers.

"Your Majesty, these are the newspapers from the day and the next day when the Chernobog incident broke out. Please read these civilian reports."

Fiordo stood up and took it. He saw that the page was filled with the writers' condemnation of the Chernobog incident and their contempt for Vanya's cruelty.

Crazy reporters blocked Vanya's car when he was on his way to inspect Chernobog, demanding that he explain the massacre.But he said nothing. Judging from the photos taken by reporters, his eyes were extremely calm.

"What would you do if you were Vanya?"

Fiordo pointed to the photo in the newspaper, and Werther hesitated for a while before replying: "I may...will release the news and say that I am executing your order."

Vanya is the chief of staff of the Fourth Army, and it is not easy for Fiordo to touch him.If he really moved Fiordo out to block the wind, then Fiordo could only order to control the spread of the news immediately, and then find a way to calm the situation.

So, there is obviously a simple method, why doesn’t Vanya use it?He also deliberately went to Chernobog for an inspection after the purge, as if he was waiting for reporters to report on him.And what was the purpose of his bloodbath in the institute?

"We must find a way to investigate..."

He knew that he should investigate the reason, but Fiordo had no idea where to start. Vanya was the chief of staff of the Fourth Army. Not to mention how many people he could mobilize, he was also an old sergeant who had climbed up from the grassroots level step by step through military merit. With him, There are many people with good friendships in the Ursus military.

Originally, Fyodor was overjoyed when he turned upside down, but he didn't expect that something like this would happen...

"Your Majesty, when I was chatting with him, he expressed to me that he was not feeling well."

What Werther said at this time awakened Fiordo.

"Grand Duke Vanya has been working hard for the empire for a long time. Let's arrange for him to go to Songxin Sanatorium to rest and recuperate for a while."

"As ordered."

Werther bowed and saluted.

An officer who leaves the army is just an officer. At that time, he can investigate anything he wants, but will the Grand Duke leave the army in peace and contentment?

The message was sent out of the Holy Castle that night. Throughout the night, Werther didn't know whether Fiordo fell asleep, but he really couldn't sleep.

Until the next morning, a message was delivered to his office, and he took it directly without waiting for his secretary to read it.

'Thank you for taking care of me, I'm really tired. '

There is only such a brief sentence on the communication paper, and the source and time in the lower left corner clearly read: Ursus Fourth Army Communications Department, January 1079, 1.

Chapter 202 Abrana

A chief of staff of a group army with a lot of troops and extensive connections was so easily transferred out of the army and put on a long vacation?

Werther couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He sent someone to see the actual situation on the pretext of matching the schedule and bringing personal greetings.It turned out that the Grand Duke really left the army and went to Songxin Sanatorium, with only a minimum guard of 40 people.

Fyodor also felt a little surprised.

Grand Duke Vanya was put on recuperation leave, but the entire Ursus military and people who had close contacts with him did not jump out and say anything. On the contrary, they showed a strange kind of obedience.He had several plans under discussion that would cause some damage to the interests of the old nobility, but suddenly there was no opposition.

The internal fighting among the entire Ursus senior leadership simply disappeared.

Teresica has also been paying attention to the situation in Chernobog.

How could a grand duke lose his military power just like that?Does Fyodor have such great skills?

Doubts settled in his heart, but not long after, on January 1, the Shapeshifter patriarch returned to Kazdaele from Victoria.

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty. Victoria's steam engine is their core technological achievement. I have no way to bring back the finished product in a safe and secure manner."

Traveling to Victoria this time, he contacted Leto, who had previously traded.He had become Victoria's Major General with the bribe of Originium Ingots, but even with his supervision, he could not make a fuss about Victoria's steam turbine.

All steam power equipment manufacturers in Victoria have strict material procurement and product production monitoring.Every piece of equipment produced must be registered with a serial number and tracked for product placement. Destruction must also be carried out in an independent dedicated control department.

Smuggling is really out of the question.