With the noisy footsteps, hundreds of soldiers dressed in black and armor had entered the central square, and it was the gendarmerie unit stationed on the outskirts of Elichar. They all seemed to be very capable and bright, and before anyone could drink the order, they spontaneously joined the rescue work. The central square, which was a mess, was already densely covered with ruins and bloodstains of corpses, and the screams and wails of the wounded were all in the ears. But as soon as they arrived, the place that originally seemed like hell on earth felt a little more orderly.

This is about the most glorious moment for the black-clad gendarmes since the founding of the Union, right? You know, if the first and second legions, which are also stationed in the capital area, are called "forbidden troops", they are useless specimens, then the black-clothed gendarmes have always been regarded as a public nuisance of Elichar.

Theoretically, the gendarmes' law enforcement powers should be limited to the military, but more than half of the 10,000-strong gendarmerie units are stationed on floating islands on the outskirts of the capital, and they have direct access to the city of Elichar along the Talong Bridge. As a result, citizens often see gendarmes patrolling the city in a loose manner. You really don't see how much they care about the illegal acts of the scum and ruffians in the army. Catching hawkers and confiscating their goods carts, fining the citizens who have quarrels on both sides, and going to various shops to beat the autumn breeze and so on, the above things are almost becoming the daily routine of the black-clad gendarmes. All in all, for more than 100 years, the gendarmes have been called "black dogs" by the citizens of Elichar, and are regarded as the first of the four evils, ranking above rats, flies and mosquitoes.

Of course, during the six months that Admiral Halda Dandileine was the director of the gendarmerie, it is said that a vigorous effort was made to rectify the atmosphere of the gendarmerie. But how can the stereotyped impression of a hundred years of history be so easily dispelled? At this moment, when many citizens who were crushed by the rubble found that they were actually rescued by these goods, their expressions were a little subtle - when they were trapped in a desperate situation of darkness and helplessness and were about to starve to death, but a large group of flies and mosquitoes "buzzed" with food and medicine to rescue them, this is probably the feeling. Well, or rather, discovering that the chef who makes the supreme taste that reminds him of his mother is actually a mouse?

"Tsk, that's fast!" Admiral Agroll couldn't help but snort. He was the Deputy Chief of Military Orders, and the Director of the Military Police, Admiral Halda Dandillane, was also the Deputy Chief of Military Orders, and was ranked younger than him, so even if the existing discord between the commoners and the nobles was removed, the relationship between the two could not be harmonious.

“…… But it's coming too fast, isn't it? Alain was suspicious. The gendarmerie is stationed on the outskirts of the city, and it is understandable that you can enter the city along the Talong Bridge to maintain law and order, but it is too unscientific to enter the central square in just ten minutes. Could it be that these black dogs are all first-class battle mages who can flash, fly, stand, jump, and open dimensional gates?

His Excellency the Admiral pondered for a moment with a calm face, then turned back to Alan and whispered, "Meet your shipping management center and do what you have to do." Take the trail! ”

Even if Arantis was sluggish, he could hear the tension and solemnity in the other party's words, and his heart sank to the bottom, but he nodded calmly, and left quickly and decisively through the smoke and dust of the ruins. After all, he is also a qualified magician, although he lacks combat experience, if he really wants to leave, he is not something that a hundred or so gendarmes can stop.

Alain just left. A gendarmerie officer with the rank of major had already reached the foot of the stone steps. The officer with a gloomy temperament and piercing eyes like a vulture, glanced at the scene, and his gaze quickly made contact with Admiral Agroor. He obviously knew the general, so he hurriedly walked a few steps quickly, and stood up and saluted three or five steps away: "Your Excellency! Major Harris Kringles of the 17th Squadron of the Gendarmerie reports to you. Please instruct. ”

"A side branch of the Kellingers family, right?" The admiral secretly thought, but said in his mouth: "I am not your direct superior, so I can't talk about instructions." I'll leave the scene here to you for the time being. ”

"Yes!" He saw that the other party seemed to be about to leave, and said, "Where are you going?" ”

"Do I need to report back to you where I'm going?" The general said coldly.

"Xia Guan just thinks that at this time, it is not suitable for anyone on the scene to leave at will." He spoke respectfully, but his tone and attitude were unwavering.

"So, you're suspicious of me, a senior mage of the Alliance, a Federation Admiral, and the Deputy Chief of Military Orders?" Admiral Agrol narrowed his eyes and grinned, smiling like he seemed to be very happy, but more like a fierce beast ready to tear open the neck of his prey.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, this is an occupational disease of the lower officials. At such moments, anyone is within the scope of the suspicion of the lower officials. "The other party is still neither humble nor arrogant, and will not give an inch. If you let those who don't know see it, this major is a proper and unyielding strength!

"What if I'm going to rush back to the Forbidden Army camp? Elichar, who has a population of millions, does not know how many of the prisoner's accomplices are hidden inside. With your military police, can you find out? Can the blockade be overcome? Can you protect all the citizens of Elichar? ”

"Your Excellency is right." He said solemnly: "Then, let the lower officials send carriages and guards to accompany Your Excellency." This will be quicker and will protect you closely. ”

Protection? I'm going to be on the battlefield and need the protection of one of your capital gentlemen? The admiral laughed angrily, and just wanted to say a few words, but the other party said again: "The carriage will arrive soon, please be sure to accept the passage escort of the lower officials and others." I insist, Your Excellency! ”

The other party's voice was still flat and straightforward, and it didn't seem to have any emotional color, but Admiral Agrol was startled, and goosebumps rose all over his body. Having been rolling in the front-line battlefield for decades, he is too familiar with this feeling - when a powerful and extremely threatening enemy has locked on him and is ready to attack at any time, the veteran of a hundred battles will have a sense of crisis, as if he is being targeted by a predator. To put it mildly, the survivors who crawled out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood are naturally very sensitive to murderous aura.

What's more, at this moment, the source of the murderous aura that alerted the general was not only the major in front of him, but also behind him.

"When the hell did you get behind me? Three, or four? Admiral Agrol only felt that his back was already sweating, and his hands were subconsciously pressed on his waist, and he suddenly realized that he had come to attend the assembly of the two houses, and he was not carrying a weapon at all.

But what if you have a weapon? Can he really succeed in reverse pushing when the other party has already surrounded the group? The general smiled bitterly, without confidence.

"Then, Your Excellency, please get in the car." Two black-clad gendarmes drove the military carriage to hear the major pressing down the stairs.

What can I do? I'm desperate! Let's not say that you can't fight, you can't be here if you really fight, right?

Admiral Agrol looked deeply at the major who was born in the Keringles family in front of him, and when he was seven points alert and scrutinized, he still had three points of curiosity: "At this age, such strength...... But only in the position of major? ”

He finally understood the essence of these so-called Arcane Gate Valves, the rulers of the Heavenly Realm, who were often hundreds or even thousands of years.

At this time, it may be a little late. The general smiled bitterly, and what worried him even more was that there were so many masters hidden in this "ordinary" gendarmerie team, so what would happen to Alain who secretly left? The probability of being discovered and intercepted by the other party is almost 10 percent, right? So, it's not surprising that even if it is quietly killed by the other party, right? Anyway, no one saw it, and they could have put the blame on the same party involved in the bombing, right?

"Brother Alain, tsk, the goddess has blessed ......" The general could only pray silently for the other party. At this time, he didn't have time to worry about the other party.

At the same time, an emergency meeting was also being held in the field service hall of the Ministry of Military Affairs, which was the headquarters of the Federation's Jinyi guard "Knoss", located in the basement of the old town of Elichar. The participants included all of the chiefs of the North and South Towns, as well as the heads of the 10 executive teams of the Field Service Agency, the heads of the six branches, and the deputy director of the department, Major General Delin Salamis, who presided over the meeting, plus a rare guest, Lillian Aprest, a representative from the Alliance's Department of Internal Inspection.

Major General Salamis is a middle-aged man with a kind view of the light and dust – at least that's what most people in the room think. He doesn't have much talent, and he doesn't have any big ambitions, but he was born in a powerful local faction and married the daughter of Dandelion Dandy Lane's family, and he can be regarded as a peripheral member of the gate lord's brother. Relying on the strength of the Yue family, it is understandable to seek a high-ranking gold-plated gangster in such a critical position as the Field Service Department. Of course, perhaps the gate lord forces represented by the Yue family regarded Admiral Salamis as a nail planted in the secret imperial history; However, in front of the powerful Makarov, he did not show any ambition and action to fight for power, so he stayed in peace and quiet, and it was more than five years at once, and the overall popularity in the department was still quite good.

But now, this greasy middle-aged man, who had always behaved like a soft cotton bag and smiled kindly, sat on the main seat calmly, calm and solemn, and could no longer see the slightest indifference in the past. The dim light only illuminated the outline of the face, but the facial features and expressions could not be seen clearly. Like a poisonous snake, he hid in the shadows, scanning all his colleagues in the Field Service Department with a sinister gaze.

After making sure that all the department heads had arrived, the Admiral said slowly, "Now I will read out the order of Master Mayville Kringles, the Supreme Attorney General of the Alliance. Effective today, all services of the Department of Field Service will be suspended and internal reorganization will be carried out. All patrol envoys stationed abroad must return to Elichar for a hearing within 10 days, and if they do not arrive at the expiration date, they will be treated as defections! ”

"It's just a mess...... Ah no, I mean the order doesn't make sense! An inspector with the rank of colonel stood up, obviously angry, but was pulled by his wingmen and friends, and then he restrained a little, and said loudly: "At least one-third of the patrol envoys with field assignments are stationed abroad, and the farthest is even as far away as Sosnes, how can they return within ten days?" ”

"Besides, if the field staff are so casually transferred back to the capital, what should be their mission? Intelligence work in counties and countries will also come to a standstill, and half of the plans will be aborted. How will the damage caused by this be compensated? Who is responsible? Another department chief, who seemed to be very capable, said in a low voice, but with a questioning tone. His words also immediately caused a wave of response.

"Well, I understand what everyone says." Major General Salamis nodded: "But an order is an order, as long as it is carried out well." Everyone is a soldier, so you don't need me to say more, right? ”

“…… Since he is a soldier, it is indeed necessary to obey the orders of his superiors. A white-haired old man with the rank of brigadier general looked at Major General Salamis and said in a deep voice. He was the oldest in the room, and Brigadier General Berdes, the Chief Inspector of the First Group of the Field Service Department, and was 70 years old this year. This is still active in the front line, regardless of ability, but its prestige can be imagined.

"But, Your Excellency Deputy Director, our superior is His Excellency Makarov, right? You shouldn't be the one to chair the meeting anyway. In addition, the Field Service Agency is a special department, and the only officials who need to be responsible are the Minister of War and the Chairman of the Federal Ruling Council, and it is not the turn of the Ministry of Supervision to give orders. ”

Admiral Salamis seemed a little dumbfounded, but Lilian Aprest couldn't help but sneer and said, "This is a bit of a novelty, Your Excellency Bess, isn't the Field Service Department an agency of the Federation and not a subordinate of the Bachelor's Union?" According to the law of the Union, what department cannot be controlled by the supervision department? Besides, we are not giving orders, but carrying out disciplinary inspections under normal procedures, isn't that okay? ”

"Little girl, I have no intention of making fun of you." The veteran said coldly: "The reality is that without the clear instructions of His Excellency the Chairman of the Committee, the Minister of War, and the immediate superior Maklov, everyone has the right to question such unreasonable orders. Nor can we act rashly until the order is further confirmed. ”

"Unreasonable...... Hehe, it turns out that the decision of the Supreme Law Enforcement Department of the Alliance is an unreasonable order in the eyes of everyone in the Field Service Department! I've probably figured it out. Lillian Aptst took out a small incense fan out of nowhere, put it to her lips and giggled, as if she were not in a field hall with a solemn atmosphere, but an aristocratic salon ball somewhere. She was originally a beauty less than thirty years old, with a bewitching and arrogant temperament, and generally speaking, she was the kind of bewitching slut of the "sao (meow) want to (woo) fuck" type, uh, or a beautiful big sister who is open and wants to do (meow). Of course, the style (meow) of the street girl type and the arrogant and unrestrained temperament of the aristocratic lady are completely different things, and the granddaughter of the patriarch of the Aptist family, Lin Nuo, is of course the latter.

Lillian Aprest should be about to turn thirty this year, and is a famous courtesan in the upper class of the Federation, which can be called the top three thousand, and has a wide range of garrisons, from the submissive little fresh meat to the temperament prodigal son to the so-called handsome uncle, it is said that even the black, hard, thick and strong staying orcs have not let go, of course, everyone still understands.

It was impossible for the family that matched her to accept such a notorious mistress, so she didn't marry at the age of thirty. However, her magic level seems to be okay, and she has also mixed up with a serious position as a senior prosecutor in the Alliance Supervision Department. In everyone's impression, this woman is just a Bichi who does whatever she wants with the favor of the patriarch of Lin Nuo. But now, when she waved the incense fan pretentiously, Bichi's feeling of underbeating seemed to be stronger, but no one present could really do it.

An icy touch brushed over Brigadier Bedes' neck. This old man, who had been bloodied on the secret front all his life, had no idea that he would be touched behind him silently. The other party's movements were so ruthless and decisive that before the old man could express what he said, the trachea in his neck was completely torn open.

Brigadier Betis clutched the sudden sharp pain in his neck, and reached out with a slight trembling hand, pointing at the woman who was still smiling, wanting to say something, but the strength and vitality were flowing out of his body through the wound, through the blood and air that kept flowing.

He's not the only one. Behind everyone present, the shadows of the gray light swayed and waved, and then condensed into a strange human form. Those who had just spoken out against it, as well as the heads of the departments who were considered to be Makarov's descendants, were fatally stabbed in the back almost at the same time.

The only inspector who reacted was the colonel who first spoke out to question it. He didn't have time to use a spatial flash to shake off the backstab, and he didn't fight back against the sneak attacker, but pounced directly on Lillian Aptist over there. Raised his hands, his hands were already covered with thunder and lightning, which was the most colorful "martial arts" skill in the arcane system, bombarding his palms.

However, it was enough to crack the rock, and before it could hit the woman, his body was hit by a torrent of shadows. Vlada's dark magic silently pierced through the Colonel's steel-skinned defenses, bursting straight from within.

Dark magic took his life in the first place, but it still didn't stop invading after turning his internal organs into powder. However, in a short moment, a large man fell to the ground with an expression of extreme pain, and the corpse began to dry and wither, and then turned into a cloud of black flying ashes.

As a result, in just an instant, more than sixty percent of the participants in this conference room were treated as corpses.

"These people regard the Field Service Department as a place outside the law, and I can only do this in order to maintain the law of the alliance." Lillian said to the few people who were trembling in the rest: "After you go out, calm the hearts of the people below, and you won't be missing your benefits in the future, understand?" ”

The rest of the people were the most spineless. At this moment, since he has been frightened, of course he can only nod his head and accept the order.

"Also, don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't know what you shouldn't know as if you didn't see it. Shadows are with you all the time. ”

They were so frightened that they hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy to show their loyalty, and then they retreated tremblingly.

Major General Salamis, who had been sitting in place, looked at Brigadier Betis who was staring blankly, and after staring at the other party's out-of-focus eyes for a few seconds, he then sighed faintly and snorted coldly, "...... Hmph, the dark magic of the Warlock of Voldara. I can't believe that you have even left this kind of power inheritance. ”

"We're magicians, understand? Demons, magicians, teachers. Got it? Arcane is just one type of magic. As a member of the Learned Alliance, of course, it is obligated to keep these ancient magical inheritances extinct. This is the sacred mission given to us by the goddess of wisdom and the goddess of the sky! Lillian Aptist clenched her hands into fists, her face full of devotion.

"Of course, the power attributes of some magic inheritances are indeed easy to misunderstand, and they are not known to the public, and they are also to maintain the existing order of the Federation. For example, if this dark magic is used for assassination, it is too effective. Covert operations are no worse than those of the Faceless and Dark Brotherhoods who wield the power of shadow. She giggled again: "The secret veterans of the Field Service Department think that they are the best secret walkers in this country, but after all, they are just a group of special civil servants who prevent espionage and snooping, so they have to wait for orders from their superiors to kill people." In front of a professional assassin who has only trained assassination and black magic since childhood, what an amateur! ”

"Don't flaunt yourself! The best secret histories in the Field Service Department are all outside the country, and if Makarov integrates them, he will be the best spellcaster of nearly 100 people, and the best at stealth combat. You might as well take these crows with you and stage a magical assassin battle in the streets of Elichar. Salamis.

"That's why I need you to stabilize the situation in the Field Service Agency, so that these particularly 'excellent' secret historians can be honest. The old man doesn't want these outstanding federal talents to waste their lives. ”

"If Makarov were still alive, I wouldn't be able to control them. I said I had to see his head within today, but now? You've been in ambush at his mansion since the early hours of yesterday morning, but you've been in the air? Heh, pounced. ”

"Don't worry, my Delin brother, you need to calm down! Think about you in bed the night before, and you were steady from start to finish. The woman unfolded the fragrant fan again, covering half of her face, and a pair of peach blossom eyes smiled like a crescent moon: "You will see Makarov's head, very soon." ”

Rassell Clement's fierce dogs still bite people, so it's more reassuring to see the corpse. However, if the overall situation was decided before, then this side is not a big deal. The woman thought.