Struggle in the Steam Age

Since living in the referee's dormitory with the little puppet Nora, Lawrence has slowly recovered from the state of being tense because of the constant assassination. Taking advantage of this opportunity to finally settle down, he began to study the knowledge he had acquired from that slate.

The knowledge recorded on the slate of the ultimate inheritance treasure of a certain genre of the Peacock Empire last time is indeed the kind of top knowledge that points to the most basic power, and the soul connection with Nora also allows him to obtain similar knowledge when studying these things. Addition to external brain. So after living in the dormitory and studying quietly for three days, he finally successfully integrated the results of the previous scattered research.

Although it was only a very preliminary understanding of the things recorded above, it also allowed Lawrence to successfully add two faint runes representing new magic next to the phantom of Bai Ze in his mind.

These two runes representing different magics look very similar. If there is a difference, it can only be said that the rune representing zero-level magic is slightly simpler in detail than the rune representing first-level magic. In fact, in a way, the two magics are the same magic.

Because Lawrence does not understand the knowledge on the slate deeply enough, the magic named Elemental Arrow by Lawrence is just a simple magic that causes damage to the target by condensing the concentrated elemental power. It's just that different from those common evocation magics, the two magics that Lawrence now masters can freely adjust the ratio of various elements in the magic structure when they are released, so as to cause maximum damage to different targets.

However, because Lawrence's understanding of those knowledge was too superficial, the elemental arrow made of the released magic element could not explode like the fireball technique. Fortunately, according to Nora's calculation, the arrow-shaped and bullet-shaped magic he condensed can maximize the range and accuracy of the magic, which can be regarded as giving the magic enough lethality.

After dinner on the third day of staying in the referee, when Lawrence was practicing the newly invented magic with Nora in the underground training ground of the referee, suddenly a rush of bells rang throughout the underground space. In an instant, all the magical auras in the room where Lawrence was located went out at the same time, and the emergency lights on the wall turned on at the same time.

"What happened?" Lawrence looked at the room filled with the red light of the emergency lights in a daze, because no one had told him what to do in this situation before. And Nora, who was still recording new magic data just now, floated behind Lawrence as soon as the room changed, and subconsciously made up for his blind spot in vision.

"Attention all units, attention all units. The headquarters of the referee will enter the orange alert state from now on. Please enter your respective combat positions." Soon, a voice spread throughout the room. Then the doors of all the rooms in the corridor opened at the same time, and the members of the referee who were practicing just now walked out of the room quietly and swiftly, and then walked down the corridor to the ground like a silent river.

"What exactly happened?" Nora followed Lawrence to the ground along the flow of people and approached him and asked. This sudden situation confused her a bit, because everything was normal when she had dinner just now, and it didn't look like any major crisis was about to erupt.

"I also think it's a bit strange." Lawrence walked quickly to the room where he lived after coming out of the underground shooting range. In his opinion, institutions like the referee should have excellent intelligence capabilities theoretically, and shouldn't be as sudden as they are now. directly into the state of emergency.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Lawrence took out his weapon and medical kit and prepared for battle. After all, if any battle really breaks out at this time, everyone will definitely need to contribute their own strength.

Just a few minutes after getting ready, Yagoda, a new friend he had made after a bloody battle with him, suddenly opened the door and walked in. He was taken aback by Lawrence in full armor, and then said quickly. "Ready so soon? It's so good, come with me."

After speaking, he walked ahead and took Lawrence and the others to the main building. When passing through the open space in the building, Lawrence saw that all the metal gates on the ground had been opened, and some staff and judges were busy. One after another, boxes were lifted out of these underground spaces.

And now there are many people on the fence, either checking weapons on the platform inside the wall, or arranging sandbags and barbed wire on the top of the wall, a scene of a big war coming.

"What's going on here?" Looking at the tense atmosphere inside the headquarters of the referee, Lawrence asked Yagoda who was leading the way, "Is there an enemy attacking? But this is the capital of Wendobona, why? There may be enemies."

"You're right, this is the capital, theoretically there shouldn't be any enemies." Yagoda led Lawrence and the others into the main building of the court and explained, "But the problem is still here. It’s because of the capital. If it weren’t for the Janissaries, I don’t think it would be—”

Speaking of this, Yagoda closed his mouth, and then led Lawrence and the two of them into the small stairwell under the stairs of the main building, and then walked down the cast iron stairs in the stairwell. Soon, the three of them came to a medical room along a brightly lit corridor.

"I'll trouble you to preside over the field first aid in a while. Our chief medical officer is temporarily detained in the palace to preside over the work there." Yagoda shrugged helplessly. "Originally, he went to the palace this morning to report the situation we found as the deputy director of the interrogation department under the court, but he didn't expect things to turn out like this."

"Can you tell me what happened?" Nora asked curiously, "I just heard you say that something happened to the guards in the city?"

"The current problem is indeed related to the Imperial Guards, but it is not just a matter of the Imperial Guards." Knowing that Nora is a constructed life, Yagoda also answered the little doll's question seriously. . "If you want to talk about it carefully, it has something to do with the few prisoners we captured last time."

According to Yagoda, the colleagues in the interrogation room finally got some very valuable information from the prisoners this morning, including the identities of the behind-the-scenes instigators of these people. But the real trouble broke out after the Inquisition arrested the mastermind behind the scenes and followed the clues to try to get to the top.

"I can't imagine that the one who gave you the assassination order was actually a major of the Imperial Guard." Yagoda shook his head in disbelief when he said this. "After arresting him and conducting interrogation, we found that many of the gunmen who assassinated you were temporarily retired Janissaries. In addition, we also found that more senior commanders of the Janissaries seemed to be What kind of conspiracy is plotting?"

"However, because this happened in the secular world, it also involves the issue of the army directly under His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, as a court, we must report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor met with us and listened to us. After the report, at the suggestion of Your Excellency the Prime Minister, I immediately order you to discuss the recent riots of the Guards as an excuse to invite those suspicious officers into the palace."

"But this process was not very smooth. It may be because the news of our arrest of the Major of the Guards leaked out. Now the Guards, who were already nervous, began to gather in their camps. Under the instigation of those officers, our people were prohibited from entering the camp, and the atmosphere in the city suddenly became tense."

"What's even more strange is that even if the situation has deteriorated so much, the field troops directly under the emperor just set up positions inside and outside the palace, and withdrew some personnel and supplies into the palace. It seems that they are letting the chaos spread."

"It's really strange." Lawrence frowned after hearing this sentence. The best way to do this is to quickly send troops to maintain order and avoid the situation from deteriorating rapidly. It is really a bit of a way to shrink into the palace now. It's not like what the wise old emperor did.