Enter the Celestial Veil Behemoth
When I had heard Alice's "prophecy", I hurried to the town hall, only to see Danio and the Vice-Master of the Knights of the Empire, that is, Vice-Master Hyde.
Seeing my surprised expression, Hyde said directly: "Don't be so nervous, I was drinking on the West Coast, and suddenly I heard a loud crash from Donier, so I came over to confirm, and I heard the specific situation from your friend." β
You didn't notice that Lobach was also in the town hall.
But Hyde is a man of the Empire after all, and no matter how he says it, he has to report before entering the town hall, Lobach must be hiding.
With that, Hyde left alone and headed for the Imperial garrison.
"The queen told us to go back to the hotel and rest first. β
All in all, we finally got back to Celia Hostel late at night.
I don't know which room Charlotte sleeps in, but I'll just ask Celia tomorrow morning.
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The next morning, DaΓ±o and I woke up and went downstairs.
"Good morning, Nicole, and Danio!"
Then I heard Celia's silver bell-like voice.
She could remember the names of almost all the adventurers who stayed there, though not too many, and not every adventurer started their adventures with the Elwyn Line. Like Lilou, I still don't know where they live.
The adventurers who live in the Celia Hotel are only three or four teams, and there is no room for this treehouse.
"Good morning. I replied perfunctorily.
"Good morning Celia!" and Danio said kindly, "Did a woman named Charlotte stay last night?"
"Nope!"
Yes?
Didn't she listen to us and come here through the portal?
Did she choose another hotel?
Hopefully she didn't live with the Imperials.
"That's fine, goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
After saying goodbye to Celia, we went to the town hall again.
Last night the queen told us to rest first, and the next morning we would come to the town hall to discuss the contents of the heavenly veil.
As soon as I entered the town hall, I saw the queen sitting on a high throne, dressed in gold and red, and beside her was Ophelia, who was still wounded and weakened.
And I noticed that Alice and Logan were thereβthough Alice's presence wasn't a surprise to me.
And so did Barn and Hyde of the Imperial Knights.
It made me feel like we were late.
"Are you all here?" Barn asked me.
Why do you have to ask me?
And ...... "I was about to mention Charlotte, but she's a rebel after all, so don't mention it."
And Lobach is not here at this time, and I believe the Queen will not want me to mention Charlotte.
"It's gone. β
"Oh well. Your Majesty, can we begin?"
"Hmm. Queen Skady nodded, "I want to know about Rotes, except for a few soldiers, only everyone present." β
"Yes. Alice smiled.
"So. "Given the seriousness of this matter, I hope you will not spread this news in Huttonmar so as not to cause panic." β
Panicky?
So the queen is planning to "quietly" solve Lotus?
"Your Majesty!" Barn's usual flirtatious tone was now extremely polite, "and we understand how serious this matter is. Lotus has the ability of mind control, and since it can manipulate the followers of the GBL Sect, it can naturally also manipulate the Heavenly Veil Behemoth. If it were to allow the Celestial Veil Behemoth to crash into the continent of Arad, the Duchy would naturally bear the brunt of it, and the Empire would fall into an unprecedented crisis. β
"That's right, Lotus is an evil apostle and can't be left to do it. As soon as Alice opened her mouth, she instigated, "You must kill Lotus as soon as possible, otherwise the Arad continent will be destroyed!"
Her alarmist remarks shook everyone in the audience even more.
Only Danio was able to maintain a certain level of calm, and he asked, "If Lotus can mind control, none of us can approach it, so how can we kill it?"
Ophelia said slowly in a soft voice, "Yes...... Yes, the believers who approach it are either dead or controlled. But as long as it's outside a certain range, it won't be affected, and that's how I managed to escape. β
"How big is that?"
Ophelia shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
Danio looked puzzled: "In this case, there is no point in discussing this matter, right? If you can't fight Rotes' mind control, you can't kill him." β
At this point, Barn and Hyde began to whisper, and I began to say to myself, "yes, there is no point in going on like this......"
"Adventurers don't have to worry about that. Alice played her piano to silence the crowd, "I will create a jamming transmitter against Lotus in a few days, and the most important thing now is to eliminate Rotus's minions first." β
"Minions!?" Ophelia shouted, "Those are the GBL cultists!"
"But they are now Rotes' henchmen, and if we are going to kill Lotus, they will definitely stop us. β
"They didn't do it voluntarily. β
"Their sacrifice will save the whole of Arad. β
Ophelia was speechless, and she bowed her head with sadness on her face.
"In short, only the adventurers of Nicole's squad and the Imperial Knights participated in this operation. β
"To be honest, the number of adventurers is too small, isn't it?
"That's right......" Queen Scardy asked me instead, "Nicole, do you have any other people you recommend to join you?"
Yes!
"I think the Lilou team can do it. β
"Lilou's team, who are they?"
I glanced at Danio because I couldn't tell if the Lilou squad I remembered was correct, though Bigg had warned me.
"It's the Demon Scholar Lilu, the Mechanic Kohler, the Sword Soul Lando, and the Qigong Master Nancy. β
"Okay, I'll send someone to invite them over, and then you can take Magadha to the Celestial Veil at the docks. Queen Skady commanded the people, "I will also send soldiers to set up a camp in the Heavenly Veil Behemoth, and supply them regularly." β
Very thoughtful.
Ophelia added, "Stay on the periphery of the temple, there will be no impact on mind control. β
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After the four of Lilou arrived, we followed the Imperial army to the docks.
The sea looks pretty good during the day, not as scary as last night.
The sun shines brightly from the other side of the sea, warm and comforting.
And we were on the west shore of the sea waiting for Magadha to start.
As soon as Lilou arrived, she came to me and whispered to me, "You're so lucky to get such an adventure!"
"Isn't that what you're calling?"
"Ha, it's really a good sister from the Demon Realm!"
...... This guy is as lively as I remember.
I saw that Lilu still had a lollipop on her mouth, and said inarticulately, "Do you want to kill more monsters than anyone?"
"They're not monsters, they're all innocent humans who are being controlled. β
So far, I've slain many monsters, and I've only killed Sarah.
I didn't feel the slightest sense of guilt when dealing with monsters before, and when I killed Sharan, I still used "self-defense" as an excuse.
But now, I'm going to the Heavenly Veil Behemoth to deal with the humans who have become the "minions of Lotus", no, I've already killed at least two people, those two Dorniers were broken and fell into the sea, can the people on it be saved?
Am I really ready?
"When I was in the Demon Realm, I was often hunted down and killed by the people of the She Cultivation Sect, and my hands were already stained with blood. Lilu suddenly talked about a heavy topic, which was really uncomfortable.
"And then?"
"Later, I was rescued by my aunt, and then I came to the Arad continent in order to rebuild the Demon Realm, and met a group of reliable friends......"
"No, I'm asking you, how did you figure it out later? Why did you ...... you killed so many people?"
Lilu sighed, "Because they wanted to kill me first!"
Isn't that similar to Shalan's situation?
"I thought that you, who are also from the Demon Realm, should be able to understand. β
I stared blankly.
Could it be that I will become a murderer in the future?
Am I going to get used to it?
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect you to be so belligerent, but you're still afraid of killing?"
Lando's figure flashed in front of me all at once!
"What do you mean?"
"If you're afraid, then don't be an adventurer, go home and be a good boy!"
Where am I going?!
This guy's tone is still as hot as in memory!
"You wait for me, I will definitely destroy more monsters than you this time!"
I've already defaulted to the people who are controlled by Lotus as monsters, albeit in anger.
"Okay, let's compare!"
On the other side, Kohler and Danio were chatting, presumably talking about Amy's situation.
Because Amy was injured after being kidnapped by Sharan - she didn't know why she was kidnapping, and it was all over anyway.
Amy is still in the hospital today, and it is estimated that she will have to travel for three or four days, and Coller is also from the celestial realm, so he naturally cares about her very much, which is normal.
Nancy, on the other hand, closed her eyes and seemed to meditate.
Unlike in her memory, Nancy wore a dark cheongsam, a double bun head, two strands of long hair, a hairpin on her head, and a lot of oriental-style jewelry around her neck and waist.
Compared to Lilou's almost identical magician outfits, I couldn't even tell who was who when we walked down the street together. Nancy seems to have a lot more personality.
The crowd waited for a while, and saw a huge Magadha flying from the distance, the size of which had already caught up with the sound of the Holy One.
The big ship did not dock on the shore, but floated above the heads of the crowd.
"Hey, come up quickly!"
From above came the voice of a young man, and then four soft ladders descended from the side of Magadha.
We, the Imperial Army, and the logistics team sent by the Principality, a total of about fifty people, boarded the huge Magadha, only to see only one man in the cockpit.
He was dark-skinned, small, and had silver hair that covered one eye. But his expression looked as if everyone owed him money.
"I'm Kakun, and I'm also the one who took you to the Heavenly Veil Behemoth, hurry up, let's go!"