Chapter 79: The Federal Parliament Suddenly Attacked
Finally, before the gentle smile on his face shattered, Kinses quietly withdrew his hand from Dichard's hand, and then straightened the subject.
"It's okay, I'm fine, Dicha, in fact I came because this adventurer found me, she had something important to tell you but couldn't get inside the barracks, so she had to come to me to lead the way."
Dicha nodded, the expression on his face changed from the previous affectionate vein to dull again, and he spoke to Rococo.
"I see...... Strange adventurer, what's the matter with you? ”
Although he knew that this was because he had switched from the original plot mode to the normal NPC standby mode, after comparing Dicha's attitude towards the Greenland doctor and himself, Rococo suddenly felt that the tough guy commander who seemed to have the word "integrity" written on his face on the surface did not seem to be so upright. However, when he thought that the object of the other party's previous affection might actually be his rival or father-in-law, Rococo suddenly felt that Di Cha's serious face looked very happy.
Ahem, no, no, no, be serious, she still has a heavy responsibility!
"Hello, honorable Lord Dicha, I am a new adventurer to Lancarlos City, I have accidentally found some evidence of abnormal undead creatures during my adventures, and I am here for this time."
An NPC like Dicha, who is in a high position and has outstanding personal strength, naturally cannot have only one plot line. The existence of the Greenland physician before allowed him to enter the plot line related to personal feelings, so the whole person will suddenly become iron and tender, and now, Rococo's words obviously triggered the plot line of the commander-in-chief related to this undead invasion, Dicha's expression once again changed from dull to vivid, but this time it was different from just now, Rococo only felt a kind of military slaughter in his demeanor.
"So you're here for the events of the undead creatures, I wonder if you have anything to tell us?"
"Actually, I've been to the City Lord's Mansion to explain this matter before......"
Rococo observed Dicha's expression as he spoke, and sure enough, Dicha's expression changed slightly after hearing her say this.
"Oh? Could it be that you were the one who told the city lord of Farou that there was an undead army hidden in the valley near Gru Village? ”
Rococo nodded and continued.
"Yes, if no one else has approached the city lord of Farouo, I think I'm the one who provided information about that valley...... It's just that yesterday afternoon I saw Lord Dicha leave Lancarlos with the city guards, and then return to the city again this morning, did I find nothing in that valley? ”
If it were in reality, Dicha, as a military dignitary of Lancarlos, was in such a sensitive period, it was naturally impossible for him to reveal any important information to a strange adventurer whose identity was obsessed, but under the effect of the rules of the game that shrouded the whole world, NPCs, especially in the plot mode, unless there is a special setting in the plot, generally speaking, NPCs have a very high degree of trust in the first trigger of the plot on their bodies. And turn a blind eye to the identity of the other party's "strange adventurer with a mysterious origin" before triggering his mission.
Asked by Rococo like this, Dicha opened his mouth with a straight face.
"I shouldn't have told anyone about these things lightly, but since Miss Rococo is the one who told us the information, and Fuya is something I can trust, I'll tell you what happened briefly.
"In fact, as Miss Rococo had guessed, we didn't find any undead armies when we arrived in the valley you were talking about, but in fact we made another, even more terrifying discovery. There are a great number of traces of a regular army stationed in that hidden valley of the basin, and judging by the armaments that remain there before they have time to be cleared, it is likely that this army was secretly raised by someone in our Lancarlos county from military resources that are not recorded in the arsenal.
"And on the outside of the valley, while not humanoid undead, we have found a large number of beings that have apparently been transformed into undead recently. The appearance of these undead creatures all revolves around that valley, and it is obvious that there was some kind of source that can transform living creatures into undead creatures in addition to the armies that left traces in that valley, so that the fate of those armies that once left traces in the valley is self-evident.
"So immediately after returning from the valley, we issued police ring orders from all parts of the territory of Lancarros to closely monitor and guard against any undead in the territory. At the same time, the scholars and physicians in our military have been studying the undead found around the valley, and we suspect that they may not have been transformed by ordinary means, but have been infected through a special magical plague, so our military has also sent envoys and troops to prepare for immediate control of the places where the plague has recently occurred in the territory. Although we have not yet found the army hidden in the valley, with these precautions, Lancarus will not be afraid of those who play with their schemes. ”
Speaking of which, Dicha finally squeezed out a little smile at Rococo.
"Of course, all this is thanks to Miss Rococo's information, although Lord Farouo said that he has already given you a reward, but because this time the stakes are so high, after we have solved all the problems, there will be another reward for Miss Rococo."
Rococo's goal was to alert Lancarlos County to Bekaz's undead invasion plot, so after listening to Dicha's description of their series of vigilantes after searching the valley, Rococo's heart was originally full of satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment, but after hearing Dicha's last words, the girl felt slightly that something was wrong.
"Although the undead invasion has been discovered and preparations have begun, I think Lord Dicha seems to have other concerns?"
Sure enough, Dicha nodded, and spoke without hesitation to explain to Rococo.
"That's right, although the undead invasion and the plague event have not been completely resolved, at least we have the corresponding countermeasures and solve the abdominal case, which is just another matter...... In fact, after this leak, we are aware that there are people behind the invasion of the undead in Lancarros who colluded with the plague mage Bekaz, and because of the existence of a mysterious army, the Lancaros high-level now has a suspicion. ”
Rococo and Quinzes glanced at each other, and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. That's right, this was originally one of the purposes of their visit to Dicha this time, in addition to confirming that Lancarus was already wary of the undead invasion, all they left was to remind Dicha, the most reliable military commander in the upper echelons of Lancarros, that there was something about the inner ghost, and if possible, with Rococo's player status, to see if they could trigger a key mission such as "finding the inner ghost".
But they didn't expect that the other party didn't need them at all, not only that, but the information and progress in the other party's hands even seemed to far exceed their expectations.
"Who's the suspect?"
Dicha's face was a little gloomy, and he slowly spat out the human life under the gaze of Rococo and Kinses.
"It's the lord of the city, Farouo."
There was silence for a while, and Rococo silently digested the revelation while looking at Dicha's face.
"Not sure yet? No...... Lord Dicha seems to have a different opinion? ”
With a sigh, Dicha spoke.
"Here's the thing, after discovering that there was once an army in the valley that was probably secretly fed by the Lancarus side but was not registered, we returned to the city and immediately began to investigate in detail, but before we could investigate, all of a sudden the Federal Assembly intervened."
Hearing the unexpected term, Rococo's eyes widened suddenly.
The Federal Parliament?
The supreme political organization of the Free Federation, which is composed of representatives from the 26 counties of the Southern Continent according to their respective quotas, is responsible for resolving internal disputes and collective policies of the 26 counties, as well as various external diplomacy with the Glory Empire.
Since Lancarros County is the nominal head of the twenty-six counties in the Southern Continent, the organizational headquarters of the Federal Assembly is also located in Lancarros. However, although the Federal Assembly seems to have power over the internal political system of Lancarros, in fact, the presence of the Federal Assembly in Lancarlos County is quite low, except for the annual regular Federal Assembly or when the Federal Assembly is temporarily convened due to some radical actions of the Shining Empire, although the President and permanent members of the Federal Assembly live in Lancarlos all year round, in fact, they are far less powerful than the local political leaders of Lancarlos like Farouo.
How did they come out of nowhere?
"The Federal Assembly claimed that the army hidden in the valley was related to them, and even directly pushed out their Deputy Parliamentary Governor to testify, and the man also simply admitted that he had colluded with the Minister of Logistics of the Lancarus Military Department, and secretly transferred a large number of military reserves within a few years to build this secret army, so that the members of the Federal Assembly would no longer need to be escorted by the Lancarus side for some activities in Lancarlos in the future......"
Dicha was sarcastic when he said this, and Rococo and Quinzes were not stupid, and they could immediately understand that this was simply nonsense.
It seems that the group of people in the Federal Assembly are also fed up with the days when they are obviously superior in the title, but in fact, they have no real power in their hands and are constantly being watched.
"Originally, this was nothing, but immediately the council issued a statement again, although they had secretly formed this army, there was no collusion with Bekaz, and the army that had been put together with so much effort was all undead, and in the end, it also caused them heavy losses. According to them, in fact, the secret intelligence service directly under the city lord of Lancarlos has noticed and tried to spy on the existence of this army several times, if there is anyone in Lancaros besides them who knows that there is such an army in the valley, then it must be the city lord Farouo, and now the undead of this secret army Although it is ostensibly a threat to Lancarros, in fact, it is likely that Farou colluded with Bekaz behind his back and secretly betrayed the council's army to Bekaz by killing people with a knife. ”
"At first, Lord Farouo and I thought it was just a deliberate attempt by the council to divert the subject, hoping to prevent us from holding them accountable for their secret formation of the army, but what we didn't expect was that the other party really came prepared, and it was just an unreasonable suspicion, but suddenly many members of the Lancaros County Interior Council were received...... Especially the affirmative votes of the MPs from the outer circle......"
Speaking of this, Dicha, who was obviously supporting Farouo, sighed very depressedly.
"The council doesn't know when they bought those people, and with their internal and external cooperation, the council passed a motion of no confidence in Lord Farouo as the lord of Lancarlos almost in the blink of an eye, and after today, Lord Farouo will be temporarily forced to step down from his post and accept an investigation into whether he has a connection with Bekaz."