It was another sunny day, and the sea was calm.

The Dreadful Whipmark hovered silently over the sea, like a gigantic steel beast lurking in the ocean, waiting for the right moment to hunt.

However, it was a rather dilapidated ship, and since the Whipmark of the Dread was not a smuggling ship, there was no secret door underneath to hide its cargo. The curves on the sides of the hull and the stepped indentation on the waterline made it easy for the ship to sail at sea.

A series of corridors and staircases connect all the rooms, the engine room is located on the lowest level of the hull, the bridge is located on the top floor of the ship, and there is a large deck area outside the cabin, and a movable door on the deck is also the ceiling of the canteen.

- and the other rooms, including guest rooms, storerooms, lavatories, galleys, canteens, small cargo holds, etc., are all in the hull below deck.

The main part of the general canteen and warehouse is used as a briefing room between missions, and there are intelligence gathering reports on the wall for everyone to read, and Sokolov used to use this place as his art studio.

Now, Mo Chen is here to discuss the next course of action with his allies.

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"In my opinion, Chirin Kindoch is understandably jealous of Sokolov. Who eliminated the plague? After Esmond Rosbore's invention of powerful liquid power, who changed the world with whale oil engines? ”

Empress Emily said with a frown as she flipped through the information in her hand.

"And his paintings! I don't often use the term genius, but Sokolov deserves it. In his heyday, he was even the pride of the whole Danwall, and his invention transformed the whole city......"

At this, she shook her head.

"Or, didn't Dr. Alexandra Hypatia just say that Jindoshi was his former student, but because he was kicked out of the Academy of Natural Sciences, he also loved and hated Sokolov!"

Mo Chen sat on a high stool next to him and echoed casually.

Then he held up a bottle of potion in his hand that took on a certain crystal blue color, raised his head and took a sip, then frowned slightly.

"Hmm——!! It tastes terrible, or should I give her a suggestion to the doctor to at least make sure it tastes? ”

After taking a sip of the blue potion liquid, he seemed to be stimulated by the impact of taste, revealing a subtle expression, and then smacked his lips, decisively picked up the cork and plugged the potion bottle.

He didn't plan to continue drinking the rest of the part, just find an opportunity to throw it away later.

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“……”

“…… What are you drinking? Empress Emily raised her eyebrows, watched Mo Chen's every move, and then asked as if she couldn't understand.

"This ...... It's Admiral's special medicine! I had just gone to Dr. Alexandra Hypatia's cabin to see how she was doing, and asked her to come by the way. ”

Mo Chen looked down at the blue potion in his hand, and then said sincerely.

"Your Majesty, if you're interested, you can ask her for it, her cabin is full of chests - but the texture is a little bad."

“…… Well, let me put it another way, why are you drinking Addermire? Do you also feel the need to prevent haemophila infection? ”

Empress Emily was silent for a moment, then asked calmly.

"No, I just asked her for one on the spot, after all, I heard that this thing is from blue medicine, so I wanted to try to see if I could recover my magic or something."

Mo Chen blinked his eyes and replied.

You know, since it's a game, there must be settings for "blood bottles" and "blue medicine" in it-

But in reality, the blood vial is S&J's cure-all, an antidote invented by natural scientists Anton Sokolov and Piero Joplin in the latter part of the plague fifteen years ago.

It is not a blood vial that restores blood directly after drinking it in the game, but is just an antidote to the possible risk of plague infection.

Therefore, in the same way, Admiral's special medicine, which is a blue medicine, is also only a special medicine in the real world, not a blue medicine that replenishes magic after drinking.

There were many differences between the game and reality, but at least he knew now that there were no blood vials and blue pills in the real world, unless he found a way to follow this line of thought and tinker with it.

"Restore the Magic...... Why haven't I heard of the claim that Admiral has such an effect? This thing is open for purchase throughout Karnaca, but how can ordinary people have magical powers! ”

At this time, Megan Foster came over with two suitcases and asked in a somewhat puzzled tone.

She really hadn't heard of such a thing, it sounded like a cold medicine that was open to everyone, but it had a therapeutic effect that most normal people would not use in their lifetime.

This kind of thing is too strange no matter how you look at it, right?

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"Ahem, it's not...... Okay, you guys just take my head and don't worry about the details. ”

After being silent for a while, Mo Chen finally let out a long sigh, sighing that the settings in the game were really not equivalent to the common sense of the real world.

"It doesn't hurt if you can't recover your magic anyway, one bottle is refreshing, and two bottles are never tired...... Ahem, I mean, let's continue with the previous topic, about the rescue of Anton Sokolov. ”

Anton Sokolov, the name is also a legend.

He was the President of the Academy of Natural Sciences and a Royal Physician. Earlier in the service of the previous Empress and later in the service of the Regent. In addition, he was a highly regarded painter, a prolific inventor, and a major creator of the militarization of the archipelago empire.

As an immigrant from mainland Tyvia, Sokolov established his reputation among the nobility of Danwall as a painter and sculptor in his early years.

At that time, this genius had just come of age, but he was so young that he had already "painted the upper class characters of the whole continent".

Although Sokolov painted portraits of the nobles with disdain, it became fashionable among the nobles to spend a lot of money to paint a portrait of Sokolov.

Subsequently, Sokolov began to establish his status as a master in many fields -

Fifteen years ago, he was already a well-known painter, sculptor, scientist – especially vivisection and cosmology – inventor, writer, world traveler, physicist.

In 1820, Sokolov became acquainted with Esmond Rosball. Following Rothboer's discovery of the potential of whale oil fuel, they collaborated to create a new miracle of the Industrial Revolution.

In 1833, he invented the light curtain generator and arc tower, and in 1836, he created the prototype of the steampunk-style mecha of the Tall Soldier......

It can be said that this is a true genius without doubt. But now he has been kidnapped by his former student, Kirin Jindosh.

Like Sokonov, the genius of Karnaca on the edge of the world, the former capital of the empire Danwall, the mad inventor dedicated to the new Duke of Sokonos, an evil machine that resembles inhuman beings, that is, clockwork warriors who can fight and kill.

Now, what Empress Emily has to do is to rescue one genius and take out the other before the latter actually builds an army of warriors.

"Kirin Jindohi's residence, also known as the Clockwork Mansion, is located in the Upper Avatar district of Karnaca, and the renovated mansion was originally said to have been an observatory, but I don't know if this news is true."

Megan Foster walked between Mo Chen and Empress Emily, placed the two suitcases on the table, and casually talked about the information she had heard while unlocking the code.

"The Avatar district is a district in Karnaca, but now the Lower Avatar and Upper Avatar districts have been segregated, and the location of the Clockwork Mansion is troublesome—"

"Unless we are willing to spend a lot of time finding another way through the deep mountains and cliffs, and the mysterious dangers that lurk, there is only one way to get into the mansion ......"

Only one way?

Empress Emily's brows furrowed visibly: "That is, Avatar Station? ”

"That's right, for now, at least we have to get from the Lower Avatar to the Upper Avatar via the Avatar Station, and as the residence of the great inventor of Sokonos, the Clockwork Mansion must also be heavily guarded."

There was no emotion in Meghan's tone.

"However, I haven't been able to get close, and no one knows the inside information of the Clockwork Mansion, so I can only guess in this regard, and even if it is heavily guarded, it shouldn't be a problem for people like you."

She looked to both sides, her eyes resting on the Outsider sigil on the back of Mo Chen's and Emily's left hands, respectively, for a long time.

"In other words, you just need to pass through the station and get from the Lower Avatar to the Upper Avatar area, right? It doesn't seem to be a difficult task. Mo Chen nodded, and then said calmly.

"Of course, it is not difficult to get through the station, you can destroy a whole army." Meghan said indifferently, "But there is another problem, that is, if you are exposed, the new duke will definitely punish the whole city." ”

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"Wait, that's unreasonable, isn't it?" Empress Emily raised an eyebrow, "So, do we have to be careful about tying our hands and feet?" Can't even be seen by anyone? ”

Of course, it's easy to kill people, but it's impossible to sneak in like a ghost in the face of a station guarded by a large number of guards and a route that is limited to death, right?

At least she doesn't feel like she has any hope of accomplishing anything like that at the moment.

Unless she's sure she'll have more powerful magic in her hands before she can act later.

Megan sighed: "There is no way to do this, the new duke can do everything, but now our first goal is to rescue Anton first, and the rest...... If it really doesn't work, just leave it alone, we really can't save everyone. ”

At this time-

"No, I think there's a way around this."

Mo Chen raised his eyebrows, and then suddenly said this, his tone was very firm, even if the two of them were a little surprised to cast inquiring glances, he just responded with a confident smile:

"Don't worry, I have a way, and I will never be exposed."

This sentence was said with great confidence, and the other two seemed to understand it and were silent for a long time before they nodded and did not continue to ask.

Since the other party said that there is a way, there should be a way.

They didn't doubt it at all, but they sincerely felt that the young man next to them seemed to be really too unfathomable, from the deep impression left at the beginning to the current confident performance.

It seems that without exception, it is confirmed that his ability is extremely strong, at least to the extent that the two of them are far from being able to explore the end.

"Well, let's go straight to the action later, and- these are the things I've been preparing for you in the past two days."

Megan lowered her head and looked at the two suitcases that had been opened.

"Of course, the main funds are obtained by the bone talisman provided by this mysterious man, and after selling it."