Chapter XXXVII
"Pass my orders!" Regnar stood up suddenly, and he said as he thought quickly: "Let all the members of the three security departments in the department rush me to Annie's alchemy laboratory to monitor, and all the people, medicines, materials, and even the flies in the alchemy laboratory must be carefully examined for me!"
"Yes!" Snow quickly responded.
"And!" Regner then instructed, "go find Goethe, who should still be looking after Ini." Let him pay more attention to the past two days, and tell him clearly that this is my exact words: if anything happens to Innie in the past two days, I will ask him! Also, find someone to prepare for me the information about the recent changes in Melindale City, and I will go to see it when I have time. Okay, that's all there is to it for now, you can do it quickly!"
"Yes!" Snow memorized everything Regner had commanded, and then he saluted Regner and walked out of the office quickly.
"......" Regner crossed his hands in front of his nose, his eyes closed, and he thought carefully.
At first, he was really startled when he heard Snow's reminder, but now that he thinks about it, if Goethe was there, Anne Lot would not be particularly dangerous now.
Immediately afterward, Regner began to think about the whole thing again. Although Ralvin did not consider this a top-secret matter in the Empire, he did not publicize it either. In other words, this matter should only be circulating within the upper echelons of the empire.
How did this news get to the people? There is only one explanation, and someone deliberately spread the news.
"I was careless before...... Regna smiled wryly and rubbed his hair, "Since this matter is not classified as a secret, I did not consider the danger of it being leaked." But fortunately, there is no mess at the moment. ”
"Teacher, who do you think spread the news?" asked Regner.
"I'm not sure. Garona pondered for a moment and then replied, "You don't have a good relationship with many ministers in Melindel, and anyone can do such a thing if they have the intention of harming you." ”
"That's ......," Regner thought about it, and finally felt a little uneasy: "I'd better go to Anne's and see for myself!"
......
Ralvin had originally intended to set up Annelot's alchemy laboratory in the Court Mage Guild. After all, it is fully equipped, and any mage who needs temporary help is available on call.
But since Joffrey would be there from time to time, the Frost Maiden politely made a request to set it up outside the palace. Ralvin didn't say much about it, he just found a house in a quieter neighborhood of Melindell, and then turned it into an alchemy laboratory under the work of craftsmen day and night.
However, fortunately, Ralvin also attaches great importance to this, so although the construction of this alchemy laboratory is relatively rushed, it is also well-equipped.
Although it was already night, there were still a few alchemists from the Court Mage Guild who were busy in the alchemy laboratory. Because alchemy often requires countless attempts and experiments to achieve satisfactory results, working day and night is almost routine for alchemists studying this branch of magic.
This group of alchemists rarely has a concept of time in their eyes, and if the research results are close at hand, it is very normal for them to work day and night for a week.
And this time, the subject they were studying was the latest military magic weapon in the Megatron Continent - the magic cannon! As early as a few months ago, when this magic weapon was first put into use, the people of the Court Mage Guild showed great interest in it.
But that kind of thing is too large, and at present, this weapon is still in the trial stage and has not been popularized on a large scale. But the alchemists with a keen sense of smell saw the significance of this magic device on the battlefield very accurately. Therefore, they jointly wrote a book, suggesting that Ralvin the Great should find a way to find out the performance of this magic cannon no matter what. It's best to get two doors back and take a look.
Ralvin had no choice but to write a letter asking Manhattan to personally lead his army to attack the city of Haichao, which was defended by magic cannons. And as a result, we all know that with the help of Regner, General Manhattan recovered the city of Haichao very beautifully. At the same time, many magic cannons were also dismantled from Ocean Tide City and transported to Melindell. Just two days ago, the first magic cannon had been sent back by the Empire by means of teleportation.
Because of this, the alchemists of the Court Mage Guild were all curious about this terrifying magic weapon. Therefore, until the middle of the night, there are still many alchemists who still insist on their own research. If Regner had seen this zeal for academics, I wonder if he would have been ashamed of his weakness in the military all day.
"Here...... It seems to be two magic transmission circuits, no...... The other seems to be to ensure the efficiency of mana transmission, so as to ...... How did they achieve this circle?" muttered an alchemist, holding some fragments of the magic cannon.
"It turned out to be a cannon body made of optimized fine iron material, indeed, with such a large volume, it is undoubtedly the most suitable to use this high-quality and inexpensive material to make the cannon body. But how do they balance the strength of the material with the power of magic? If they use this material, the barrel will explode after a few uses......" Another alchemist in a robe asked the people around him.
"That's right, it seems that the material of the barrel is a little weird, we might as well remove a little more material analysis. Another alchemist suggested.
Discussions like this are everywhere in the alchemy lab, and although this alchemy lab bears the name of Annelot, the Frost Maiden is not in this group at this time.
In addition to the overall situation, Annelot is also responsible for the most critical part of the restoration of the magic cannon, the research of the magic cannon's magic power release circle. So this afternoon, Annelot and Perilia went out to the outskirts to test the power of their preset circle. After all, this kind of thing is very powerful, and if it is casually tested in Melindel, the defendant will disturb the civil matter, and it will be a big deal if innocent people are accidentally injured because of this.
Because of this, Anne Lot didn't bother to go back to the chaotic lab after the experiment. She simply went back to the Wind Mansion to sort out the follow-up data, and then prepared to take out some of the data she had obtained tomorrow and analyze and discuss it with others.
As for Iniris, she is now in charge of some numerical calculations for the energy transmission of the magic cannon. Because Innellis is the best at this kind of math thing, and she doesn't need the little girl to make up too much magic knowledge about the magic circle, so Annelot also handed over this matter to her. At this time, the little girl did not rest, she sat on her work desk in the corner of the laboratory, and let the alchemists around her quarrel in the dark, but she just sat quietly with a pen next to her writing and calculating.
"Stop, who are you?" asked the guard standing guard at the door, who had arranged for Goethe. Because Innellis also came to the alchemy laboratory, Goethe naturally followed. Anne Lot saw that the MIA agents arranged by Goethe were quite honest, so she didn't say anything to drive them away. On the contrary, sometimes it is quite useful to let them run errands and buy some food and drinks.
"I'm a member of the Court Mage Guild, and I've been ordered to send some materials to the lab this time. A middle-aged man dressed as a mage spoke.
"Is there a warrant from Miss Anne?" the guard asked.
"This ......," the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment before he said, "Because this batch of materials is urgent, Master Anne has never given us a warrant." But I have here a token for His Highness Joffrey. ”
As he spoke, the middle-aged man took out a pure gold token from his bosom, engraved with an eagle flapping its wings in the wind, and the inscription "Imperial Prince Joffrey Hawke" underneath.
"The Prince's tokens can't be counted!" the guard shook his head, he had also heard some rumors, it seemed that Prince Joffrey also wanted to participate in the research of the magic cannon, but Miss Anne refused. Could it be that this man was sent by Joffrey to show goodwill again?
Seeing that the guards refused, the middle-aged man was not angry, he just smiled, and then said: "It's normal for you to suspect us this brother, so let's do it, there are not many of these materials." And I also know the name of the alchemist who needed this material, his name is Kadir. You might as well call him out, and then I'll hand him the materials, and we'll be on the job. They're really urging this batch of materials, otherwise I wouldn't have come here in the dark, wouldn't I?"
As the middle-aged man spoke, he quietly stuffed a small bag of gold coins to the guard: "Be accommodating!"
The guard hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Okay then, you wait here." Shuk, you're watching him here. ”
"No problem!" The other guard nodded happily, he had also seen the small movements of the middle-aged man just now, it seems that he can have a good drink after his duty tonight, do you want to find a chance to invite Master Goethe to have a drink too?
It didn't take long for the guards to call out the alchemist named Kadir. The person in charge of delivering the materials was not polite, he just took out two strange gems engraved with magic patterns from his space pocket, and handed them to Kadir.
"In that case, I will take my leave. The middle-aged man nodded, then turned to leave.
Goethe had just arrived at the door of the alchemy laboratory, and although Regner had given him the task of taking care of Inilis, he also had the insight to protect Annelot secretly (as for who protected whom, it will not be discussed). In the afternoon, he followed Annelot to the countryside to conduct a magic experiment, not that Goethe could participate in the discussion, but that some manual work was required to be done during the experiment. So Annelot didn't let Goethe continue his clumsy hiding, but called him out and asked him to help.
After that, Goethe found a restaurant and had some dinner by himself, and then he came back to see if the bunnies were lazy.
"What is the matter?" Goethe asked, gesturing to the middle-aged man who was fading away, and then to the guard.
"I said I was here to deliver some magic materials, but don't worry, I only asked him to hand over the materials, but I didn't let anyone else in. The guard replied.
"Material ......" Goethe frowned, and then asked: "What happened just now, don't miss it, tell me!"
"Yes......" the guard recounted what had just happened. But before he could finish speaking, Goethe's face changed suddenly, and he slapped the guard in the face, and then cursed: "Rubbish!"
Before the guards could figure out what was going on, Goethe hurried into the alchemy laboratory.
"Boom!"
But as soon as he touched the door of the alchemy laboratory, two violent explosions rang out from inside the alchemy laboratory, and the violent explosion directly blew out the iron door of the alchemy laboratory. It slammed directly into Goethe's chest, spurting a mouthful of blood.
"Miss Ini!!!" shouted Goethe in a hoarse voice after he fell to the ground.