Chapter 146: The Prelude to the Great War
"Monster, monster!"
The captain hid in the corner, even though he was used to seeing death and corpses, but he still couldn't suppress his fear in the face of such a monster that couldn't hurt even a little no matter how much he shot. The scavenging crow had eaten his subordinates beyond recognition, even though he knew that those bones and minced meat were his subordinates, but the captain still couldn't believe it, these were elite soldiers of the Ministry of the Interior, an army armed with a lot of money from the Investigation Bureau, but in front of a flock of crows and a flock of birds, they didn't even have the ability to resist, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a pile of broken corpses.
He didn't want to face that monster at all, even if he would be held accountable for escaping afterwards, if he died here, and in that horrific way, he would rather go to court-martial.
Fortunately, the monster didn't seem to have the intention of killing it all, he walked in one direction on his own, and as long as he didn't take the initiative to expose himself to attack him, this monster wouldn't make a move.
Are you going to the director of the bureau? In this case, maybe retreating in the opposite direction can be ......
"Knock"
Sven's hand pierced through the wall, along with the captain's heart.
"I've given you a chance to escape. Sven didn't stop because of this little episode, he didn't even roll his eyes, "Is this the only degree of hesitation that the soldiers of the Investigation Bureau have?"
For Swain, the elite soldiers of the Ministry of the Interior and the Bureau of Investigation are indeed too weak, but this is also because they are facing Swain, a magician who cannot think with common sense. They can do a great job in covert operations, such as infiltration and assassination, but going head-to-head against a magician like Swain would make even the best soldiers lose their courage - who can muster the courage to take on an invincible enemy?
The secret passages of this fortress are twisted and twisted, and even with the vision provided by the demons, it is quite difficult to find the right way through the twisted and twisted secret passages. However, Swain prefers to be more direct than that time-consuming and laborious approach, and Wallace has added to him that is not a jazz head.
"Is it over here?"
Based on the information provided by the envoy, Swain judged the direction in which Herbert was going. He waved his hand lightly, and the large flock of crows immediately gathered, forming a neat triangular attack formation, aiming at the wall blocking the way.
"Attack. β
With Sven's soft command, the crows did not hesitate to charge, and these demons completely ignored themselves, and used their bodies forged by their magic to bombard the walls. At first glance, this is a ridiculous thing, and it is as inconsiderate as a moth to a fire. But after all, it is Swain's demons, and the legion composed of these crows, not to mention the iron wall, even the real legion cannot fight against it.
The torrent of black wings pierced through the wall with an unstoppable momentum, breaking through all the way, and forcibly opening a way for Swain. And at the end of this pathway, there is the embarrassed Herbert and his party.
When the sound of the building vibrating, Herbert and the others did not react, and then the passage in front of them collapsed, and the falling rubble killed several soldiers who walked in front of the road, and the rest of the people also quickly fell to the ground to avoid the power of the aftershocks.
"See you again, Mr. Herbert. Sven slid down the hard-opened passage and suddenly appeared in front of Herbert, "What are you doing here, escorting the prisoners?"
Beria, who was surrounded by the soldiers, was fine, because he had no self-awareness, he did not make dodge movements, and he was undoubtedly very conspicuous in the middle of a group of people lying on the ground with their butts pouting.
"Jericho......" Herbert's lips twitched, but he didn't know what to say. He never thought that the person who attacked the secret base of the Investigation Bureau would be Sven, although when he met Swain before, he had already realized that this person was a little strange, but Herbert never imagined that Sven's strength was so strong, in Herbert's cognition, Swain, who could easily break through a fortress, was not inferior to Manfred.
Beria is still wearing a hood, but at this time, he will still be protected by Herbert, Swain can guess his identity even with his eyes closed.
"Sure enough, the news that His Highness Beria was protected by the Southern Legion is just a pretense, after all, although there are many people in the Southern Legion, it is not very difficult to break through the protection of the soldiers and catch this Highness, especially with accurate information. That's why you're hiding him in this place that no one knows, right?"
Swain walked slowly, and when he saw the enemy approaching, the soldiers who were protecting Herbert and Beria immediately performed their duties faithfully, and quickly stepped forward, forming a human wall on the commander's body, and at the same time pointed their guns at Sven.
Being pointed at a few rifles was not even a threat to Sven, or rather, it was more of a provocation that would only give Sven a reason to strike.
"Get out of the way. As soon as Swain raised his hand, a flock of crows flew out from under his wide trench coat and rushed towards the soldiers' throats.
These soldiers subconsciously pulled the trigger, because they had not seen the posture of Swain breaking through the fortress just now, they were completely unaware of the horror of their opponents, and only regarded these crows as ordinary creatures, and wanted to shoot Sven and then shoot them down with the handle of their guns. However, their bullets were unable to inflict any real damage on Sven, and the soldiers had no time to see the bullet into Swain's body before they were tricked into the throat by a crow that was faster than they had imagined, and then bitten off the neck by a sharp beak.
His own subordinates were killed in front of his eyes, and in such a strange way, Herbert couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Although he had met Swain before and had played with words, it was only after seeing Swain's methods that he truly realized how terrible it was for the people who had been in the same carriage with him to be.
Swain walked up to Herbert, glanced at him, and walked toward the hooded Beria.
Tearing off the black hood, Beria's face was also revealed to Sven.
"It looks like a doll. Swain stared at Beria and didn't look back at Herbert, "What did Manfred do to him?"
Herbert swallowed, he had no intention of giving his life for Manfred, since he could betray Beria, he could also betray Manfred.
"He used Beria's illegitimate children to make a new Beria...... I don't know how he did it, the original Beria died in the fire of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now this one is indeed a puppet. β
"It doesn't make sense, but it's not surprising. Sven raised his staff, turned the handle, and pulled the sword out of his staff, "It's a monster after all, and monsters don't make sense with common sense." β
You're a monster too...... Herbert said something in his heart, but he didn't dare say it.
"Although the position is different, I do take a lot of care from the Marquis of Wood. You go, I didn't mean to hurt you. And you'd better go faster, I think Manfred should be coming soon. β
Hearing Swain say that he didn't plan to kill himself, Herbert breathed a sigh of relief, but Swain's words later made him nervous again, this time it was no better than when he betrayed Beria, he no longer had a backstage figure for him, Swain would not accept his surrender, which could be heard from Swain's tone.
Leaving Herbert alone, Swain let him go, and now, he had more important loot to deal with.
"I didn't expect Manfred to have such a skill. Swain looked at Beria carefully, and from the appearance alone, he couldn't tell the difference between the puppet and Belia himself, "But it doesn't seem to have a soul, is it a defect? It doesn't matter, dead people don't need souls, not even to speak." β
With a flash of the sword, Belial's head had fallen into Sven's hands.
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Manfred, who hurried to the secret base of the Investigation Bureau, only saw a ruined wall, obviously there were thousands of people stationed, but in front of Swain, he couldn't even delay Manfred's arrival, although many people escaped in time, but the base was destroyed, even if these people were alive, it would be of no use to Manfred.
Manfred's footsteps stopped in front of the half-collapsed fortress, his face pale, the doll had been cut off from him, and Manfred knew that the doll he had made had become Swain's trophy.
Seeing Manfred's face, Yang immediately understood what was happening.
"Do you want me to chase it?"
"It's useless, if we catch up with you, we may not be Jericho's opponent, and we have prepared so much, there is no need to waste all efforts to fight Jericho in a hasty battle, we have to deal with more than just him. Manfred took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, "But we don't have more time to prepare, since the puppet was killed by Jericho, then it is very likely that he will carry the puppet's head to Alexander to ask for credit, once the news of Beria's death spreads, we will not be able to continue to control the Ministry of the Interior and the Southern Army." β
"Then send troops immediately, and take them by surprise while the Tiamat Palace and the outside world don't know the news yet. Yang did not hesitate at all, at this juncture, the slightest hesitation could bury their years of hard work.
"You're right. Manfred nodded, "You take the troops of the Southern Army and the Ministry of the Interior to the western suburbs, the troops of the western provinces are our biggest obstacle. I'll take the Cruel to Tiamat Palace, and if we take Alexander, then we can hold another card even without Beria. β
Alexander thought that he could threaten Beria by taking Beria's children, he was so naΓ―ve, how could a person like Beria care about his own children if he could even do it to his father. β
Manfred glanced at Young, and Young, who noticed Manfred's eyes, deliberately avoided his gaze.
"Hurry up. Manfred sighed and didn't say anything more, "We don't know what Jericho's plan is next, and we can't be so passive anymore, this time we must take the initiative and force Jericho to come out and fight." β
"I know, what about that Herbert, do you want to send someone to chase after you?"
"Hmph. Manfred snorted coldly and put on a grimace, "If there is more than enough to succeed, let him spare his life, and when the main thing is done, I will come to him to settle the score." β
In the night, the two figures immediately split up and ran in different directions. At this time, the panicked imperial capital did not expect that a war that would affect the entire empire was about to start in this ancient capital, and from then on, the empire, and even the entire world, would be overwhelmed by a torrent that was enough to swallow everything until the end of this era.