Chapter 36: The Tripartite
It's been several days since the rescue operation was fully launched, and it seems to be freezing at all. On a cruise ship far away from the ice, a beautiful woman in a male dress looked out over the busy rescue scene on the ice, and her shoulder-length blue face was undoubtedly the black blindfold wrapped around her right eye. The center of the eyepatch is embroidered with the shape of a pentagram in red thread, but you can't feel the flow of magic, and you don't know if it's just a simple eyeband or a magic tool that hides some function.
Next to the men's beauty, a golden beauty is also looking in the same direction, but her image is translucent, looking like a projection from afar.
"Did Camila calculate the area and thickness of this ice sheet?"
Kim Ga-jin asks the beautiful man in men's clothes called "Camilla", and she has an ethereal taste not only in her images, but also in her voice.
"Yes, Miss Erica, this ice is 3.075 square kilometers in size, and the average thickness is 27.5 meters." The men's beauty reported the unbelievable number in a calm voice. "According to the analysis of the structure of the ice, its formation is very similar to the process of supreme alchemy, but when converted into mana consumption, it is far beyond the level that humans can achieve."
“…… In this way, my mother said ......," Erica said, biting her nails, showing a rare hesitation.
"Did Madame Miss, say anything?" Camila asked curiously.
"No, nothing, nothing, it's just that after the last commotion in North America, it seems that I was temporarily grounded in hell by my grandfather. For a while, I couldn't come to the mortal world. ”
Erica's grandfather is Lucifer, the former fallen Morning Star, who ruled over the king of thousands of demons, and her mother is Lucifer's daughter, Lilith of the Scarlet Queen. Erica has the purest form of dark royal blood. This gives her unquestioned control over the Protestantism that evolved through the Dark Guild, and now arguably dominates the Red World throughout Europe.
With the assistance of hell. Protestantism made great strides in alchemy, but it also encountered insurmountable obstacles. Protestantism is an organization that evolved from the Dark Guild, and the two have a very similar composition, but the most essential difference is that compared to the situation in which the alchemists of the Dark Guild work independently, Protestantism has a core of faith.
Past. The gods, known as the "New Gods," suddenly descended on Europe. In one fell swoop, it rescued the crisis of the Dark Guild and held thirteen ancient families with a long history in their hands, which led to the birth of Protestantism and reversed the balance of the red world in Europe. However, the "new gods" that are at the heart of the Protestant faith. But after completing these great feats, he suddenly disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and at the same time, there was a piece of information about him. It is barely possible to find traces of its existence on the remaining materials. However, what fills everyone's memory is a mysterious nothingness, and even Erica can't remember what the "new god" looks like, the only thing that is certain is the fact that he is deeply connected to hell.
With the loss of the core of her faith, the cohesion of Protestantism has weakened, so for the past two years, Erica has tried her best to investigate the situation of the "new gods", but to no avail. When hope was almost lost, news of the "Scourge of the Dead" and "Divine Beast Descending" came from North America one after another, and if these two events only slightly attracted Erica's attention, then the protest that was raised later undoubtedly aroused her strong interest.
Witnessing the remains of the steel golem that was sent as evidence, Erica could see at a glance that it was the product of supreme alchemy, and so far no one in the Dark Guild had reached such a state, she couldn't help but think of the mysterious disappearance of the "new god", but the affairs of Protestantism made her distracted, so she had to send her henchman Camilla to check, and according to the current situation, it seems that this time it is likely that a clue has been found.
“…… Mother doesn't go into details, really. ”
Thinking back to her correspondence with Lilith, Erica couldn't help but frown, her mother was so excited that it was the first time she saw it, and it was hard to imagine that it was Satan's beloved daughter who had come to hell in the name of the Red Queen, but in the end, she only heard clearly about asking her to find someone. According to Lilith's words, it is speculated that the person is likely to be the "new god" she has been looking for, and the clues fall on a series of recent events in North America and the wreckage of the steel golem.
"Camilla: You handled this as you had planned before I came over. If you need S's help, it doesn't hurt to give them a little sweetness at the right time, remember, the highest priority is to find out where the person who used the supreme alchemy is now, do you know? ”
"Yes, Miss." Camila bowed her head in agreement.
"That's it, I'll do my best to finish my chores." Erica nodded slightly, casually, and her image faded into a blur.
"Miss, go slowly......" After sending Erica away, Camila looked up in the direction of the ice field and subconsciously touched the blindfold on her right eye. Two years ago, when the "new god" disappeared, her right eye was locked for no reason, although as a fusion puppet, she didn't have the same intuition as a human, but looking at the extremely magnificent ice floe, Camilla felt that her right eye was faintly hot.
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"Where's that friend of yours, Ziggy?"
Yihao took Hongji back to the Valhalla Heavenly Palace, and Brunhilde greeted the two at the door, but now Lin Hengwei was among them, and couldn't help asking.
"Well, the bees always run after the flowers, but this time it may be a flytrap
Yihao pulled out a bad smile at the corner of his mouth, reached out to help Ji down, looked at Brünnhilde, showed a puzzled expression when he heard this, and chuckled and patted Valkyrie's shoulder. "That guy there just has something to do and go first, so it's okay to leave him alone...... But how about Hongji's clothes? It was so hard to pick it out. ”
Yihao pointed to the little phoenix dressed in red and lace as if boasting, looking as cute as a delicate doll, but the Valkyrie frowned as if confused, and said hesitantly. "Ziggy. This dress...... It's inconvenient to move, right? And it seems that there is no divine power protection at all, which should not be useful on the battlefield......"
"Well, is that really the case......" Yihao sighed inwardly, although he had already guessed the fact that Brunhilde lacked mortal common sense, but he didn't expect it to deviate to such a point. It seems that it is not the little phoenix that needs to be corrected first, but the mother of this Valkyrie. "Okay. Brunhilde: Let's go out of Valhalla in a few days and go down to Iceland, right? ”
"Ziggy, I don't really like to go to the mortal ......," Brunhilde hesitated.
"It's for the lovely daughter, oh Brünnhilde." In order to strengthen the persuasiveness, Yihao took a step forward. "Red Hime's eyes are a problem. When I was walking today, I saw a place that was there, although it couldn't be completely cured. But it should have a certain effect, and tomorrow we will take Hongji to take a look, and you don't need to stay in the deserted Heavenly Palace all day, and the mortal world also has the pleasures of the mortal world. ”
"Since Ziggy said so......," Brünnhilde hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded. All right. I'll walk with you tomorrow. ”
"Okay then...... Not? Feeling a faint force, he tugged at the corner of his clothes, and Yihao looked down. I couldn't help but laugh. Although she has the blood of a phoenix, she is only six years old after all, and she has accumulated a lot of fatigue after shopping all day, and at this moment she is grabbing the corner of her father's clothes, sleepy-eyed and half-squinting, swaying left and right like a little tumbler.
"Hehe, baby, do you want to sleep?" Yihao asked with a chuckle, and Honghime's answer was to change her body from side to side to swaying back and forth, and her sleepy-eyed appearance was really cute. "Okay, then Daddy will take you to bed." Yi Hao picked up the red queen and winked at Brünnhilde, licking his lips at the dormitory on the other side, a code that the two had agreed on since the time of mythology.
"Ziggy ......" noticed that the Valkyrie Aurora of Yihao's secret name had a touch of crimson floating on her beauty.
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The next day, regardless of the impact that Valkyrie King's Coming to the mortal world would bring to Iceland, the ice floe in the Pacific Ocean, which was hundreds of nautical miles away from Iceland, was still the focus of attention of the forces of the Red World. S's rescue fleet had set up a temporary command post on the ice floes, and as the only person among S's senior cadres who opposed the previous plan, although it was not intended, Ida was given a great deal of power to deal with the aftermath of the operation and negotiations with the Protestants.
As for the object of her negotiations, of course, Camilla, a representative of the Protestant Church. Ada had investigated her and learned that she was the confidant of the head of the Protestant supreme leader of the Balumina family, and was also a powerful man who galloped through the Red World under the name of the "Blood Witch". In the past two years alone, at least ten or more Red World organizations that are hostile to Protestantism have been destroyed by her, and even the secret stronghold of S in Europe has not been spared, and legend has it that even several extremely dangerous monsters registered on the blacklist of the Demon Hunting Association as S-class seem to have lost their lives.
Therefore, she is undoubtedly the most difficult opponent for S. And in fact, just coming into contact with such a dangerous character caused an uproar among the cadres of S, no one wanted to be the prey of the "Blood Witch", and the cadres passed the buck to each other, and in the end, Ida stood up. After all, no matter how powerful the Blood Witch is, she can't compare to "that", and after seeing the horrors of the god level, it is difficult for Ada to be afraid of anything else.
Five minutes before the appointed time, Ida had already come to the command post to wait, and at this time, Leon next to him cautiously offered him advice.
"Wouldn't this be too reckless, Director?"
"Reckless? You mean the Blood Witch thing? No, at least for now, Protestantism and S are still allies, and it doesn't do them any good to have a bad relationship with S now, and the other party can't do it suddenly......"
"No, I'm referring to the establishment of a temporary command post here." Leon interrupted Ada's words and watched the massive rescue effort around him with a worried expression. "Even if the beast has retreated, no one can tell that it has not reappeared, in the worst-case scenario, even the rescue fleet will become the object of its anger, so be cautious......"
"Ah, don't worry about that." Ida smiled wryly and shook her head. "The other party has forgiven us, as long as we don't bother him anymore, he won't make any more moves on S......"
"Is there such a thing? Director: Where did you find out? Leon looked incredulous.
"This. Would you believe me if I said that I met by chance while shopping yesterday? Ada looked at Leon with a smirk, but the latter couldn't figure out whether she was serious or joking, and looked a little dazed. And at that moment, a low roar came from the distant sky. A transport plane with the Protestant logo came over them from near and far
Landing on the ice.
"It's ......"
Ida couldn't help but frown. The transport aircraft has a shape that cannot be fully explained by aerodynamics. At first glance, it looks like a Hollywood science fiction movie has been brought to the fore, and there is no doubt that this is one of the protestant demonstrations, and it seems that they have advanced alchemy to the stage of full practicality by the time S indulged in the god-making project.
"It seems that this negotiation will not be easy......"
Although it was a fact that she had known for a long time, the situation in front of her still made Adadi's mood sink, and she hurried forward to meet the Protestant envoy. The legendary "Blood Witch" Camilla appeared at the exit of the transport plane in the form of a men's beauty. Surrounded by several attendants, Camilla stepped off the transport plane. Although she didn't like this kind of pomp, since she was coming on behalf of Protestantism, it was still necessary to have a certain momentum.
"I am honored to meet the legendary Blood Witch, Miss Camilla."
"Hmm. The name of the subway lady has also been heard for a long time in Protestantism. ”
Ida greeted Camilla after a brief greeting. The group then went to the set up venue. When Camila arrived at the venue, she noticed a young man dressed as a demon hunter sitting in the corner of the room, although he looked quite frivolous, but the Chinese sword he was carrying behind him exuded an almost godlike aura, which made Camila feel threatened for no reason, and couldn't help but raise her vigilance.
"Miss Camilla, my personal habit is to settle unpleasant things first, and I have to ask you to cooperate with my habits here." Ada asked preemptively. "First of all, what I want to know is about whether the person who attacked the S fleet used dark alchemy, and whether he has anything to do with Protestantism, these two things, Protestant concluded, no."
"Well, the conclusion has been reached." Camila nodded indifferently. "It was indeed dark alchemy, but that person had nothing to do with Protestantism."
"Is that so...... Ida said, "I knew you would say that." "But I thought that only Protestants had the power of dark alchemy, but you said that he was not a Protestant, what was the factor that made you make such a judgment?"
"Quite simply, the man is using the highest alchemy, and even in Protestantism, no one has reached that level." Camilla's words stunned Ada, who originally wanted to slowly figure out the relationship between "that man" and Protestantism through conversation, but the degree and content of the conclusions reached were far from the predictions.
"In short, Protestants have no responsibility for this." Camilla's categorical announcement seemed to have the suspicion of halting the negotiations, but after a second of stagnation of everyone's hearts, the Blood Witch spoke again. "However, according to the authorization of the head of the sect, the Protestants can consider providing technical support within their capabilities, but the premise is that S must help the Protestants find the person who holds the supreme alchemy, otherwise they will not be discussed."
“…… Miss Camilla, I would also like to grant you your terms if possible. Ida came back to her senses, exhaled, cleared her head. But so far, the whole thing is still in a state of obscurity, maybe we need to know a little more information, but this limited information does not tell us the true identity of the man. ”
"Yes......" Camila stared wordlessly at Ada's left eye, a dark red glow oozing from the depths of her pupil, making Ida subconsciously nervous, and this reaction fell into the other person's eyes without hesitation. Miss Ada, your heartbeat and blood pressure are rising, and your breathing is becoming rapid, how should I understand your appearance? ”
"Well, no one would be upset when it came to the Blood Witch, would they?" Ida tried to divert the subject, but Camila looked noncommittal. "Really...... Any information about that person is fine, as long as S provides definite clues, the Protestants will agree to exchange technical assistance, and if you are really sure that you have no information in your hands that the Protestants need, then the negotiations will have to be concluded for the time being. ”
"Hmm......" The fact that the initiative is in the hands of the other party leaves Ada with no choice, but even so, she must consider the consequences of provoking the divine beast again. Can I know what you're going to do when you find that man? ”
"That man holds the supreme alchemy, and is an incomparably valuable guest to the Protestants, and we hope to get in touch with him, and we will definitely not be offended in the slightest." Camilla said this, and her indifferent tone seemed to give Ella a reliable reassurance, and she sighed helplessly and pointed in the direction of Iceland. "Actually, I don't know where he is at the moment, the only thing I can tell you is that I ran into him yesterday in Iceland, but that was a very fortuitous situation."
"Iceland? Where in Iceland? Camila asked eagerly.
"...... near the central shopping district"
"Thank you for the lead! Negotiate with my subordinates for the rest, as long as you pay the equivalent payment, and the Protestants can provide you with technical assistance......" Before Ada could finish speaking, Camila hurriedly stood up and walked out.
"Wait...... Wait," Ida and the others came back to their senses after a few seconds, and when they chased out, they only saw Camilla's figure heading towards Iceland and riding away in the wind, and that anxious appearance seemed unusual, but until now, Ida was powerless to stop it, so she had to smile bitterly and pray silently in her heart. "Hope...... Don't get into any trouble, the island is in a powder keg situation right now......"
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