As the former state secretary of the head of state, the Chinese New Year's Eve-year-old Arantis Narciss, who has already taken on the role of head of an extremely important department, can definitely be regarded as a promising future. However, he knew his future, at most, he would end up with ministers or senators who were not in the high ranking of the ruling committee, and of course he was far behind Andrel, who was in the same school, and there was no comparison with that one at all. The very important reason is that he has never had experience as a military commander, and he has not even been to the front-line battlefield. In addition, Alain is self-aware, his talent as a magician is actually limited, and the standard three-star is already the end. Then, in a country like the Federation, where extraordinary spellcasters are equivalent to appeal, it is impossible to become a faction leader in the future.

Alain's perception of himself is indeed very clear, and in the face of this sudden explosion, his reaction is actually not much faster than that of ordinary people. He didn't have time to react when the heat and wind had hit his back, bringing a burning sting. He was so shocked that he almost stumbled, and then he reacted and quickly stood on his heels. For a spellcaster, this is actually quite a shameful thing.

Alain turned his head and looked at the scene with some blankness, and finally saw the center of the explosion after a long time - it was the northernmost part of the square, where the Azure Palace should have stood, the symbol of the Confederation's boiled persimmon oil, but now he could only see a large cloud of smoke and dust with the light of fire, but he could no longer see the formed building. Fragments of rubble flew into the central plaza and countless neighborhoods next to it, injuring an unknown number of passers-by. Among them, a stone pillar with a spire even flew more than 100 meters away, directly smashed the half-pulled body of the sky goddess statue in the fountain pool in the center of the square, and then plunged into the fountain pool under the statue.

"What kind of explosion would have such power? Destroying magic above the eight rings? But why is there no call-up at all? In Elichar, the place with the highest concentration of magicians in the world, who could have silently and unbeknownst to everyone's eyes and ears and attack the Azure Palace with large-scale magic? "Alain could feel the agitation of the elements, which was an inevitable natural phenomenon caused by the explosion, but nothing more, and there was no sense of disobedience to the manipulation of the manipulation. With his strength, in this state, it is already very good to be able to feel this step.

Alain, whose mind was still a little numb, was awakened by the screams next to him. He turned his head and saw the vendor crushed underneath his food truck and a piece of rubble. The food truck blocked the stones, and the vendor was not directly injured, but he couldn't climb out. Arantis held his breath and cast a levitation spell to move the stones and the food cart out of the way, freeing them - he was not completely blown up, and as a magician, at least he didn't stupidly run to brute force.

"Over there in the Azure Palace...... And the teacher, where is the teacher? What Alain knew was that his teacher had already moved to the Führer's Mansion in Beicheng District, which was still a ten-minute drive away, but he wasn't sure if he would come to the Azure Palace so early to wait.

He ran a few steps, but his steps suddenly slowed down. Not far away on the side of the road, the carriage was flattened by a boulder thrown by the shock wave, and the horse had already broken free from the reins in panic and ran away, but the coachman who was napping beside the carriage was crushed by the boulder and had already lost his breath.

It was Alain's carriage, and it was Mr. Tebart who was stoned to death.

Alain paused for a second, then quickened his pace and ran quickly towards the large burning ruins. He didn't look back, but his steps were a little flustered, as if something was chasing him from behind.

He made his way through the noisy and panicked crowd of frightened sheep, and rushed up the steps of the pedestal on his long legs. On the marble pedestal of the five-story staircase, through the smoke and dust, the outline of the main body of the Azure Palace was still intact - this was a super-large surface building after all, and the magic that could destroy it with an explosion certainly existed, but in this case, the central square and the surrounding seven or eight blocks must not be able to report it. However, even so, the hall of the front hall, which served as the entrance and portico, was still standing on a crumbling half-wall, and the columns in the style of the ancient golden empire on both sides of the main entrance of the front hall, and the exquisite murals and reliefs engraved with the major events and important figures of the history of the Federation had long been reduced to ruins.

Many of the white-robed early legislators and their entourage were killed by the sudden explosion and flying rubble, while many more, though not dead, did not even understand what was going on, and could only instinctively scream, cry, and moan.

"Lord Elbat, Lord Elbat, where are you?"

"Vika, Al, it's okay, who's going to save me!"

"Go and call someone for help, gendarmes, forbidden army, mage regiment, anyone!"

"Mommy, Mommy......"

Alan stood blankly in the smoke and dust, but what entered his ears was a whirlpool of chaos, which seemed to make his brain chaotic with it. He stood there for nearly ten seconds before he finally caught a familiar figure in his chaotic and dirty vision, and his breath became rapid—it was a young man named Anson Carter, who had just graduated from the Maritime University of Neosfia and was majoring in international trade law in college. Although he was not a magician, he was quite good as a young scholar of law and economics, so he was favored by Master Russell to be a member of his team of state secretaries. Since he's here, ......

"Anson, Anson!" Alain grabbed Anson's shirt and shouted his name loudly, finally calling the other man out of the confusion, his dull eyes finally getting a little focus, although still a little blank - if he woke up a few seconds later, Alain would probably have corrected his friendship.

"What about the teacher? Where are the teachers? He said loudly.

Anson, who was covered in dust and bloodstains, and was estimated to still be ringing in his ears, looked at each other in confusion, and subconsciously shouted: "La, Lord Russell, he, he's not here." ”

Only then did he regain a little of his spirits, and then he explained: Rassell had indeed worked overtime at the mansion until the early hours of the morning last night, and he was also resting in the office. Calculating the time, it should be up for breakfast by now, and it is scheduled to arrive at the Azure Palace in half an hour. As for Anson, as a member of the state secretary, of course, he came a little earlier to prepare.

The teacher has not yet arrived. Alain breathed a sigh of relief, but the other party's next sentence made his heart sink again.

"Frank, Sooke...... And Berta, all dead, all dead. ”

It was a member of the secretarial team under Russell, and they were all very promising and enthusiastic young people. As the former chief secretary of state, Alain is equivalent to the direct leader of these young people. Of course, because the "big boss" Master Russell was originally a decent and open-minded person, the atmosphere of the secretary team was also very good, and everyone got along very well. Rather than a relationship between superiors and subordinates, Alain plays a role that is closer to that of a big brother. He still remembers Frank's desire to return to his hometown to become a county magistrate, Suke's dream of becoming a judge, and Berta's plan to find a university to teach history and literature after the age of 50. But now, it's gone, there's nothing......

Yet he had no time to grieve at all, or no time at all. By this time, Admiral Angrol had strode out of the smoke and dust directly across from him, carrying a dying councillor, apparently a survivor from the scene of the explosion.

“…… There are explosions in the front hall, the main hall, the porch, and the large council hall. The one in the front hall is already considered lucky, and there is not one in ten people inside. The Admiral whispered to Alan.

At this time, a patrolling soldier finally arrived and took the two wounded from Angrol. The patrolmen probably didn't recognize the man in scruffy civilian clothes with a dusty and bloodstained face as His Excellency the dignified Deputy Chief of Military Order, and did not stand up and salute. Of course, this is not the time for formality.

“…… Is it magic? Alain asked. He didn't feel the dissonance of the manipulation of his energy before and after casting, but he knew that he wasn't an experienced battle mage with extraordinary senses, and his judgment was not convincing. Besides, apart from magic, he really couldn't think of any way to turn the Azure Palace into this.

"It's hard to say...... But at least it's certain that it must be artificial. The admiral frowned tightly, his face was heavy, his eyes were like lightning, and the lion's eyes were angry and vicious. Those who know him well know that he is only in this state when he faces a strong enemy on the battlefield, for example, when he led a team of 100 men and met an army of necromancers led by three lichs and ten necromantic knights—by the way, the eternal story of "killing" the last ghoul of the enemy army with his teeth took place in that battle. This is also the origin of his nickname "The Ghoul King".

"In any case, today's meeting will not happen." Admiral Angrol patted Alain on the shoulder: "I will rush back to the army now." Citizens need to be the first to see that they are safe! The waste of more than 1,000 road specimens in the capital alone cannot be trusted. ”

Arantis understood what the general meant. The Azure Palace was razed to the ground in an instant, and the impact on the citizens of the capital can be imagined. Under such circumstances, citizens would be somewhat relieved to see the presence of heavily armed and elite soldiers patrolling and standing guard in every neighborhood. In addition, when something so big happens, it is necessary to put the whole city under martial law, lock down the search, and so on. But Elichar is such a big city, and of course it is not possible to rely on road specimens such as a garrison of thousands of people, and it is necessary to use the first and second army corps stationed nearby, as well as the military police.

If necessary, it may even be necessary to send in a central garrison fleet to block all shipping lanes.

…… Of course, the 1st and 2nd Army Corps, commonly known as the "Forbidden Army", were actually "waste road specimen troops" in the past, and if it weren't for Lu Xi, they would have almost lost the battle of Farahals. It's just that after Admiral Agroll's training for such a long time, it should be useful.

"Then, I'm ......" Alan glanced at the ruins of the Azure Palace, and then subconsciously looked at the official residence of the head of state of the Federation in the northwest, but said: "I'll rush back to the Affairs Division!" Have the Dock Patrol Battalion quickly dispatched to blockade all port terminals. ”

As Director of Shipping, Alain had a force of about 500 men at his disposal, responsible for policing several large commercial ports in Elichar, plus managing the large warehouse area of the docks. Of course, these 500 people are not so much troops as police officers, and even the main equipment is wooden sticks and rattan cards. The only "riot" troops are a few third-rate battle mages and 10 clay golems who have little future in the army. Moreover, it is impossible to complete the total blockade of the port of Elichar with such a small number of men.

However, this is always better than nothing.

"In addition, I will have the Admiralty informed and the fleet immediately set sail to block all airspace around the capital. Although this theoretically requires the orders of the three commanders, the commander is Lu Xi, so ......"

Speaking of this, Alan suddenly realized that Lu Xi was not in the country at all at this time.

Could it be ...... Alain was startled and glanced at the general.

A wry smile flashed across Agrol's face, and he said in a straight voice, "Don't think nonsense, whether it's our speculation or something else...... We all have to get back to our jobs as soon as possible. ”

Before he finished speaking, the sound of dense footsteps sounded from the street entrance directly south of the central square.