27 Underground Factory

The one who came could call Milo's name in the dark, and if they were either extremely familiar or prepared. Milo was surprised but responded conservatively: "A friend? Or is it an enemy? ”

"Don't worry, I'm not from Sevia." The other party responded directly and put down the raised sword. Holding the middle of the scabbard and raising your hand above your head, this action means that there is no hostility and is how the soldiers of the Spellet Empire recognize each other. Then the comer uttered a phrase we hadn't heard in a long time: "Glory to Splitter!" Hmph, you're finally here! The sailors around him no longer hid and got up slightly.

Erin asked rhetorically, "Are you waiting for us?" ”

"Yes, Miss Akayi." This response was also surprising, and there were quite a few people who came.

"How did you know we were here?" Mello asked, her voice muffled.

"I have a long relationship with the two of you, when I was in Windtown," the visitor said to Milo, "I was the Imperial Special Operations Officer (agent) who tried to arrest Miss Akayi, and you disrupted the situation. He spoke calmly, even taking the failed arrest as a joke, and then he turned in Erin's direction and said, "Oh, Miss Akayi, the wanted notice for you has been lifted, so don't be afraid." "Apparently he's used to the darkness.

"You haven't answered my question yet - how did you know we were here?" Milo snatched the talk, he didn't want to talk about Erin's unpleasant memories.

"Well, that's right: now the army loyal to His Majesty the Emperor has arrived on the outskirts of the city, but it can't be easily attacked, the cost is too great, and it will cause a civil war, so I will infiltrate first to collect information. Three days ago, I was told that wanted criminals would come here to help counter-insurgency in the next few days, and I guessed it was you! Seeing that you've made such a big move tonight, I'll be waiting for you here early. The agent's words are natural and smooth, and they don't seem to be made up, but the mention that "there will be wanted criminals to help counterinsurgency" still makes people wonder - could it be that the plan on Maruyama Island has already been leaked? Melo wanted to ask, but he shouldn't have gotten an answer, and the figures of the guards patrolling the streets outside the alley swayed, so he put the question aside for now. Kelan on the side already knew in his heart that the information brought by this "connector" was somewhat related to her adopted son Domi.

As the patrol walked away, Milo said to the agent, "So we have the same goal, can you help us break into the monastery?" ”

"Please come with me." The agent's reply was brief, apparently planned, and motioned for everyone to follow him.

Erin took Lamelo's hand and whispered, "Beware of deception!" Milo nodded, indicating that she would be cautious, and Koran patted Erin on the shoulder, signaling that she should not worry. Captain Fein gathered the sailors, and the group made an orderly shuttle through the alley.

Feeling that they had not gone far, the agent opened the door of a house and let everyone in. After everyone entered the room, he lit the oil lamp in the room, and Milo and the others saw the face of the spy clearly: a very ordinary appearance, with a central figure, and a shrewd look in his eyes, he was indeed the material for a spy.

"This is going to ......" Milo was about to ask when the agent opened a wardrobe in the house, opened the secret door in the closet with the key, and a secret passage to the underground appeared.

"Explain as you go, please!" The agent picked up the oil lamp next to him and motioned for the others to enter, but then reacted, "Oh, I'll lead the way!" The last one to come in closed the door. So he went to the front, and Milo and the others winked, and they all followed in a line, and Captain Finn closed the door of the closet and locked the secret door.

The tunnel is wide enough to accommodate three people walking side by side at the same time, and it's high enough not to be limited at all. "It's not an emergency escape tunnel, is it?" Erin wondered, remembering that she had used the escape passage in Anseson, which was so narrow that she had to curl up, that it was obviously too ostentatious.

The agent did not rush to answer, but lit the oil lamps or candles in the secret passages as he advanced, and said in a storytelling tone: "These secret passages have existed for quite a long time, some even more than a hundred or two hundred years...... But very few people knew of their existence, the Emperor, a handful of important military ministers, and people who had worked here, for example, me. ”

Kelan sensitively noticed his words: "You say, 'Some are even more than a hundred years old', and other cities have similar underground structures? ”

"Ah, yes." The spy did not shy away from it, "These secret ways ...... It should be said that the 'underground factory' has been built in the previous time, and there are many cities under the empire, the largest of which is comparable to a small city. In the aftermath of the Djinn Crisis, the 'Underground Factory' began to fully operationalize the production of various advanced weapons, but was never allowed to be shipped out, and was 'planned' in order to deal with greater troubles in the future. ”

There were a number of open doors on both sides of the tunnel, leading to various large and small rooms, and some sailors were curious to peek inside, but they could not see clearly due to the lack of light.

"What kind of advanced weapons are produced?" A sailor asked curiously.

"The main production here is muskets, and the other cities have their own division of labor, and each [city's] 'factory' produces different things."

"...... in those rooms?"

"Guns, lots of guns." The agent replied coldly.

"It's not logical to start production after the Djinn crisis." Another sailor did a good job of analyzing.

"I think so too, but—" The agent shrugged, looking helpless, "but how to arrange here is a consideration for the people above, and we can only obey orders." ”

"How do you have the key here?" Mello asked.

"The emperor sent someone to me, these secret passages can be used to transfer and hide ......"

Kelan suddenly grabbed the words and asked, "Is the production of these 'underground factories' over?" ”

The spy raised his head, as if calculating the time by heart, and then said: "This place is over, and the rest of the places are also coming soon, and the emperor has ordered that these advanced weapons must be equipped with the army within two years." ”

"That is, the real threat is near...... Kran thought to himself, and then looked at Milo, who also looked at her with understanding.

Erin also joined in the question: "Doesn't Sevia know about this?" ”

"Middle- and high-level ministers and generals don't know, in case there is a rebellion, it will be difficult to clean up in the end." A reasonable answer, "Well, you can go up to the monastery in front." When they saw that there was a staircase in front of them, their pace slowed down, "I'll go up first, and you wait a while." With that, the spy went up.

Taking advantage of the absence of the obstructors, several sailors were really curious about what was in the rooms on both sides of the tunnel, and went in with oil lamps to see, and Erin followed in, only to see that there were many weapon boxes in the room, and a row of new muskets were neatly set up against the wall. The sailors picked up their guns to fiddle with, and Erin picked up one to try it out - better and more advanced than her trial model! She just wanted to sigh, but she heard the voice of the spy behind her: "Don't look at it, go up quickly!" ”

Erin regretfully put down the gun, came to Milo's side and whispered coquettishly, "I want a ......", but in order to hide her inner impulsive desire, she immediately asked the spy seriously: "Do you know my brother's condition?" Pete Akayi. ”

The agent made a gesture: I don't understand.

……

The exit of the secret passage is also hidden in the cabinet, and the group walks out of the secret passage to find themselves in an empty hall, lit by candlelight, and there are two doors in front and back.

"This is the entrance to the monastery," said the agent, and pointed to a large door, "that's the main entrance, let's block it from the inside, the guards outside can't get in, and the two windows are also blocked with furniture next to them." "The sailors worked very quickly and quickly completed the arrangement of the spies. Then, the agent pointed to another gate and said, "Behind this door is the chapel, through which you can go upstairs to find Sevia, this is the only passage, and if you are lucky, there is a guard in the chapel......"

"Bad luck?" The captain asked, squinting.

“…… There will be a lot of guards inside. With that, the agent drew his sword and glanced at the people around him—Melo drew his sword, Erin loaded her musket with her bayonet, and the captain and sailors drew their scimitars, daggers, and hammers...... And Kelan just faced the door, still calm. All of them had serious faces, staring at the door as if they wanted to see through it.

"Bang!" The sailors kicked open the gate - "Haha, it seems that luck is not good!" ”

In the chapel, there are more than a dozen heavily armed guards, and it can be seen from the sophistication of the armor and equipment that they are the elite of the Sevian rebels! As soon as the guards saw that the comer was a stranger, they raised their handcuffs or crossbows and crossbows, and fired them at the gate in unison - the speed of reaction and the tacit understanding of the time of the salvo showed that the usual training was very good.

The room was cramped and crowded, and the sailors had no time to find cover, so they could only barely make evasive movements, and after the volley, the sailors noticed that they were miraculously not shot!

"Kran!" Erin shouted excitedly, and everyone looked at her—Klan stretched out his right arm and cast a protective shield in front of the sailors, blocking all bullets! And on Kelan's own face, there was an elegant and confident smile as always, but there was a rare cold fierce light in his eyes.

"Awesome!" "It's dangerous!" "So lucky!" The sailors sighed sincerely, and then invariably turned their heads and stared at the overwhelmed rebels on the opposite side with angry eyes, maybe the scene reversed too quickly, maybe they were intimidated by Kolan's exquisite magic, and the elite rebel guards didn't even make the next reaction, and even a few retreated.

The morale of the sailors was boosted, and Milo and Erin moved to the front to take a fighting stance. But there was one man who was further ahead than the two of them—Captain Finn, pacing as if he were the protagonist, and playing with his scimitar, smirked:

"Hey, little ones! Let's kill with Lao Tzu! ”

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The fire in the port warehouse and ammunition depot was still not extinguished, and even with reinforcements, the fire was still under control, and the sailors docked on the steamer in the harbor had to come down to extinguish the fire. It has to be said that the British sailors led by Parrett and the Green Dragon Mercenaries are indeed masters of hide and seek, and they even openly pretend to be a firefighting team in front of the rebels without being recognized, which is also taking advantage of the defects of the rebels' own chaotic organization. Before they knew it, they had done two more things: extinguishing the lighthouse and destroying the steamship's rudder, so that they could stop the steamship from leaving the harbor.

The fire finally subsided, and the rebels in the harbor were surprised to find that they could no longer escape by steamboat - the lighthouse could not guide the way, and the rudder could not control the ship! And Parrett and the Green Dragon mercenaries have already infiltrated the city with sailors, like Milo and others.

……

The bloody battle in the monastery chapel had just ended, more than a dozen elite rebel guards were lying on the ground, either dead or wounded, the originally solemn chapel was already in shambles, all kinds of weapons were scattered all over the ground, none of the wooden tables, chairs and furniture in the room were intact, the red blood stains seemed to be spilled on the wall and the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of blood after the killing.

On Milo's side, except for the two ladies, Klan and Erin, were all wounded, but fortunately no one was killed. Captain Finn chewed on tobacco leaves, looking at the gaping hole in his leg, the hideous flesh and faintly visible white bones greeting him, but fortunately the bleeding had stopped in time; The sailors helped each other to heal their wounds, they had no fighting skills, and the shouts of killing were surprisingly loud, making the scene chaotic and doing their part for the victory; Melo had many scratches on his arms, but fortunately he was protected by a saber-toothed tiger fur coat, otherwise both arms would have been scrapped, and by this time he had bandaged and wiped the blood from his face and hands, and came to Erin's side; Erin sat on the floor, trying to suppress her staggered breathing and heartbeat.

"First killing?" Mello asked.

Erin snorted, then nodded, and said in an almost haggard voice, "There are too many firsts today...... Are you okay with your injuries...... Looks like you've taken care of it......" and lowered his head, looking at the blood stains on his body in disbelief - fortunately, it wasn't hers.

"It's good that you're not hurt," Milo patted Erin on the shoulder, "you stay here, they'll protect you." I'm going up to Sevia ......"

"I'm going!" Erin suddenly raised her head, trying to straighten up, but then collapsed again—the bloody and brutal combat was still too powerful for her spirit.

At this time, the Imperial agent walked over, he had just finished torturing the wounded rebels, "Sevia is in the dean's office on the third floor, the good news is that there are no other guards besides him. "His injuries were severe, and the clothes on the joints of his limbs were completely stained crimson with blood, and perhaps it was perseverance, more of a miracle, that kept him standing.

There was a loud crash at the entrance, and the rebels outside noticed the noise in the monastery and tried to rush in, but the main entrance and windows were tightly blocked. "If they want to come in, I'm afraid they'll have to wait until dawn!" Captain Finn said in a gruff voice, hiding his nervousness from the sharp pain of the wound, but his expression and eyes betrayed him.

"Let's go up!" After observing the movement on the stairs, Kelan walked over, her body and face were splashed with blood, but as a woman, she did not wipe the blood from her face, and even the spy was stunned and felt inexplicably afraid. Her face was as indifferent as if nothing had happened just now. As before, the way she fought was still unclear - because it was so fast! "Let's go up." Klan repeated what he had just said, his voice did not change in the slightest, and Milo and the agent hesitated for a moment, then nodded to each other, and the three of them came to the stairs together.

Before going upstairs, Milo looked back at Erin, who was also looking at him.

"Gotta come back alive." Erin's mouth shape is like this.