Chapter 80 Theatre

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

The sounds of battle in Sector 3 of Inner Old Lindon grew louder.

The power of fifth and sixth-tier mages' spells was comparable to the explosion of high-grade alchemical artillery shells. Several people besieging Suren at once were roughly equivalent to a medium-sized warship firing a broadside. The shockwaves alone shattered the glass walls of tall buildings in nearby blocks, and buildings and iron bridges collapsed in large swathes.

When those mages saw that they had been exposed to the public eye, they immediately knew that something was wrong.

They still didn't know that the people from the Narwhal Trading Company had already been killed by Suren. But this was originally a secret infiltration operation, and being exposed to the sight of these alchemical natives not only meant that the plan was at risk of failure but would even expose the god followers who had arranged for them to come.

These mages could vaguely guess that this alchemical native had suddenly come to their door for a strange reason.

But at this critical moment of life and death, they had no time to think and had to respond with all their strength.

But after fighting, they found that they couldn't kill this guy in the golden-patterned cloak in a short time.

They couldn't instantly kill Suren, so they originally wanted to use a space magic scroll to escape as soon as possible and avoid public attention.

But they were shocked to find after using it that the scroll had no effect at all after being torn apart. After careful sensing, they realized that the surrounding spatial laws seemed to be sealed by a high-level law power?

Other escape methods using various wind and earth escape magic also failed strangely.

But everything else, all attack methods could be used normally.

After fighting a few more times, these guys finally realized the truth: it wasn't that they couldn't kill this native in a short time, but that this was simply his conspiracy!

At this moment, these mages immediately realized their situation. The other party deliberately wanted to expose them.

But they were helpless.

They couldn't escape, and they couldn't just surrender, could they?

Although they knew that the cost of fighting would be high, they had to fight fiercely with Suren.

But the more they fought, the stronger the feeling of despair in their hearts became.

They watched themselves fighting the whole time, but every move seemed to be led by someone else.

Like marionettes in a puppet show, they seemed to be controlled by invisible threads throughout the whole process.

Their lives were completely in the hands of others.

...

With Suren's current strength, if he really wanted to control them, how would he give a few fifth and sixth-tier mages any chance to resist?

What's more, Mr. Mirror, a ninth-tier, was secretly watching the battle in a corner.

The enemy's various escape methods were blocked, and any related magic fluctuations would be interrupted in advance.

The enemies couldn't escape, and magic didn't do much damage to him. Suren wasn't in a hurry at all, just using various punches and kicks to make as much noise as possible.

But even if it was a performance, it was something low-level professionals couldn't understand at all.

The onlookers only saw an extremely fierce battle.

People from the City Guard also arrived as soon as possible, fully armed. Originally, their duty was to suppress all chaos in the inner city, but after arriving, they realized that they couldn't interfere in this kind of high-level battle, nor did they dare to stop it. These people could only evacuate the crowd as much as possible, then control the shockwaves, and try to reduce the damage to the city buildings.

Not long after, people from the Governor's Office also arrived.

The leader was the Governor of Old Lindon, Hunter Gregory, the son of Master Merlin.

And there was also a seventh-tier professional in his guard, Dick Elekt, Master Merlin's proud disciple, known as the "Golden Gladiator."

The accompanying three hundred-knight regiment was also an orthodox aristocratic knight order with strong combat power. The Governor's Office and his party watched the people fighting in the distance with complex expressions.

Governor Hunter was a steady middle-aged man with a handlebar mustache. He looked at the people covered in magic shields and murmured in his heart, "Mages? People from the Divine Realm have come to Old Lindon..."

Although he was slightly surprised, he wasn't shocked.

As Suren and Mr. Mirror had previously speculated, these people were not aware of the secret infiltration of Old Lindon by mages from the Divine Realm.

But as a core member of the Old Faction, how could Governor Hunter not guess some of the reasons?

He was the most outstanding child of the Gregory family, so his father had arranged for him to come to Old Lindon as governor.

Seeing these mages, he immediately guessed that these people must have come through the channels of the Old Faction. And behind it, it was very likely that his family was also involved in some way.

Governor Hunter also immediately realized that something was wrong.

Now that it was exposed, no matter who arranged for the people to come in, the subsequent negative impact would be very large.

A haze flashed in his eyes, and he immediately ordered, "Quickly go to the port and check who arranged for these people to come in, control them first, and if it doesn't work, just kill them directly. Also, immediately notify Lindon and tell them about the situation here so they can prepare as soon as possible."

A guard responded and left, "Yes, Governor."

At this time, Governor Hunter thought of something again and said to the captain of the Knights beside him, "Captain Dick, no matter what the battle is like later, don't let anyone catch anyone alive."

The captain of the Knights immediately understood and nodded, "Understood."

Intuition told him that, whether it was these mages or those who participated in this matter, the fewer people left alive, the fewer troubles the Lindon family would have.

After making these arrangements, Governor Hunter's tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly.

They didn't interfere to stop the two sides in the battle either. In this situation, it was obviously more appropriate to watch.

The best opportunity to reap the rewards was when the two sides in the battle were both injured.

At this time, Governor Hunter's gaze turned to Suren, who was fighting. He was also very curious about which force the person belonged to, so he asked, "Can you tell who that cloaked person is?"

Knight Captain Dick pondered for a moment and responded, "That golden-patterned cloak is a symbol of the core members of the Dawn Organization. Although there are many people imitating it everywhere now, the cloak is rumored to be a good alchemical item, so this one should be real. And that person looks like he has mastered high-level power-type implants and spatial abilities, looking a bit like 'Beast' Alek Barrett. Those mages are not weak, and only a seventh-tier professional can deal with them so calmly."

Hearing this, Governor Hunter's face turned cold, and he couldn't hide a hint of anger at being offended, "Hmph, the Dawn Organization didn't even notify me and made trouble in Old Lindon. They don't take the Gregory family seriously at all. And this guy is making such a big fuss, obviously wanting to make us look bad..."

A mere folk organization, from the current intelligence, only that leader Mr. Mirror is a bit of a threat, and the others are not worth worrying about.

But this kind of organization actually used force in his territory without reporting it. Not to mention that the Gregory family is now the number one offering family of the United Empire, even he, the governor, is not taken seriously?

.....

Suren had long discovered that the people from the Governor's Office were spying from afar, but he didn't care at all.

The strongest was only a seventh-tier, not worth him taking a few more glances at.

But now that the audience had all arrived, the theater performance was about to end, and Suren didn't plan to waste any more time.

Without any warning, his offensive suddenly became sharp, and after a few punches and kicks, the battle ended.

Three of the five mages were dead and two were seriously injured.

In the ruins of the building, the two surviving mages were still breathing, looking like they were about to be captured alive.

However, at this moment, the group of knights from the Governor's Office, who had been watching without participating in the battle, suddenly rushed in, preparing to arrest the troublemakers.

When the Knights rushed over, they didn't forget to shout a warning, "We are the Governor's Office Knights, now arresting the criminals, all irrelevant people evacuate immediately!"

Suren knew what these guys were going to do. Seeing the seventh-tier Knight Captain rushing straight for the two survivors, he sneered in his heart and rushed over as well.

With a "Dong," the two colliding figures suddenly separated.

Suren retreated dozens of meters, and the gaze under his cloak looked at the Knight Captain who had blocked him with a smile that was not a smile.

This guy was obviously here to restrain him from catching anyone alive.

Suren could have stopped it, but he didn't intend to expose his strength, so this collision was a five-five draw.

Taking advantage of this effort, the two survivors had been surrounded by the Knights of the Governor's Office.

Suren looked at it and didn't make any more moves, but questioned in a deep voice, "What do you mean? Don't you know that these are mages from the Divine Realm?"

The questioning voice was like a thunderous bell, and tens of thousands of onlookers in the nearby blocks could hear it clearly.

The residents of the inner city of Old Lindon also looked over. They also wanted to know why enemies from the Divine Realm would appear here.

Even if everyone had witnessed that these people were mages, the Governor's Office didn't dare to admit it.

If they really let the enemy come to Old Lindon, whether they knew it or not, they would have an unavoidable responsibility.

The Knight Captain responded with a dignified expression, "The identities of these criminals, our Governor's Office will naturally investigate thoroughly. We will also never let go of any enemy who attempts to disturb the security of Old Lindon."

His response cleverly avoided the topic of the mages' identities and turned to look at Suren, questioning with a very suspicious expression, "On the contrary... who are you? Now is the sensitive period of the Plane War, please forgive my rudeness, but please show your entry identification."

"Me?"

Suren shrugged slightly, naturally unable to produce any entry identification.

He also knew that the other party was sure that he couldn't produce it, so he would continue to harp on this topic.

A seventh-tier professional entering Old Lindon would definitely have a record, and without one, they would have sneaked in.

No matter what the reason for sneaking in, this motive would make people suspect them by three points without saying anything. This guy was obviously trying to change the subject.

As expected, as soon as this question was raised, the expressions of the surrounding residents of Old Lindon immediately became cautious when they looked at Suren.

They had just thought that fighting with the mages must be one of their own, but if it was a stowaway, then they would have to re-examine it.

The Knight Captain obviously wanted this effect, to shift the point of conflict from their Governor's Office's dereliction of duty to another place, so that even if the United Empire investigated something later, they would have some other excuses.

He urged, "If you can't produce it, please cooperate with us and go to the Security Department. We need to understand your identity and your relationship with these people."

"Heh."

Suren sneered. He didn't want to play those roundabout political tricks with these old bureaucrats at all.

As for the two survivors, he didn't care about them at all.

The meaning of survivors was "evidence."

The information that Suren had extracted, he himself knew it was possible, but it was difficult to put it on the table to convince others.

But it didn't matter.

He didn't expect to be able to solve these hidden dangers through normal channels.

If someone secretly obstructed that complicated official review process, he was afraid that the Plane War would be over before he got any results.

Waiting until now, he just wanted to see the attitude of the Governor's Office.

Seeing that the Knight Captain in front of him was obviously talking official nonsense, Suren directly said, "I am from the Dawn Organization..."

But before he could finish speaking, the Knight Captain seemed to have expected it and interrupted him directly, "No matter what organization you are from, if you can't produce identification, please cooperate with our investigation!"

At the same time, this guy's killing intent leaked out, and the surrounding air solidified.

Judging from this posture, even if he said one more "no," he would attack immediately.

Suren sneered, knowing that this guy was afraid that he would not give him a chance to explain more, so he no longer rambled and directly stated the facts, questioning, "The people from the Narwhal Trading Company colluded with the enemies of the Divine Realm to help them smuggle into Old Lindon. Those mages are building an ultra-long-distance teleportation array near the Plane Channel under Old Lindon... I want to ask, does your Governor's Office know about this?"

Hearing this, not only the Knight Captain, but also Governor Hunter, who had been silently watching in the distance, suddenly changed his expression.

He had just been guessing what these mages were doing in Old Lindon. Hearing this, he realized that the problem was big!

If it was just a few people, it could be said that they had mixed in by taking advantage of the chaos.

But if it was organized large-scale smuggling, this would be a crime punishable by beheading and extermination of the family.

No one could bear it!

Moreover, listening to the cause and effect, he also immediately realized that what this guy in front of him was saying was true!

One stone stirred up a thousand waves.

As soon as this was said, shock gradually appeared on the faces of everyone around.

Their gazes also turned to the people from the Governor's Office. If it was true, large-scale smuggling must be related to certain high-ranking officials in the Governor's Office!

The Knight Captain's reaction was also extremely quick. He once again seized on the identity topic and said, "I said that our Governor's Office will definitely investigate the identities of these people thoroughly. Please show your identification!"

This time, as soon as he finished speaking, his domineering aura instantly leaked out.

Because he didn't know what unbearable words the person in front of him would say next time, he had to control him as soon as possible!

Looking at this posture, the meaning of threat was very obvious.

A seventh-tier Knight Captain leading an elite Knight Order, even if the Ten Legends came, they would have to obediently accept their fate.

But he happened to meet Suren.

He sneered, "Good! Since you want to see proof, let me show you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out a space scroll, which exploded with a "bang," and then hundreds of corpses wearing magic robes fell on the spot.

Suren roared, "These corpses are the mages from the Divine Realm that our organization killed in the Dawn Ruins before. May I ask, Governor, do you know about this? How did the enemy infiltrate on such a large scale, and why didn't the Governor's Office respond at all?"

As soon as this was said, it was like a thunderclap in the brain, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

......

No one expected the change to come so suddenly.

They originally thought it was just a few mages, but they didn't expect there to be so many!

The difference between the corpses of mages and alchemists was very big.

Alchemists relied on the fusion of implants to advance, so after death, the implants and materials would be analyzed, and the corpses would also be polluted and distorted by the remaining uncontrolled power of curses, with different shapes.

Therefore, as soon as they saw these corpses, everyone immediately realized that these were all the corpses of mages!

Moreover, this also directly proved that what Suren had said just now was true: there were enemies smuggling over on a large scale, secretly building a teleportation array in the Plane Channel!

This was a big problem!

The enemy establishing a teleportation array in the rear of the empire would put the entire Alchemic Plane in a dead end.

Plane traitor, who would dare to bear this crime?

With this evidence, even the Knight Captain couldn't continue to bite down on Suren's identity and became very serious.

If he avoided it again, it would inevitably make people feel that there was something wrong with their Governor's Office!

At this moment, even Governor Hunter's expression changed greatly.

There was another layer of relationship. Few people knew that although the Dawn Organization was an absolutely neutral folk organization, there was a very special existence among its members.

That was "Fick Raggadi."

This person was now the husband of Empress Catherine the Great.

Who dared to guarantee whether the current actions of this Dawn Organization were the intention of the royal family?

Moreover, he was also thinking about a question at the same time, being able to kill hundreds of mages also meant that this cloaked person had accomplices.

If they really fought head-on, the Governor's Office might not be able to take advantage.

In an instant, Governor Hunter thought of too much.

He knew that he couldn't get away with this matter by playing dumb. He finally stood up.

He spoke to Suren from afar, and also to all the residents of Old Lindon, "I dare to swear in the name of the Gregory ancestors that I am completely unaware of this matter. As for the 'Narwhal Trading Company,' it is indeed an important partner trading company in our Old Lindon. This Governor dares to guarantee that he will thoroughly investigate whether the trading company has colluded with the enemy and give everyone a satisfactory answer..."

It was another long string of seamless official rhetoric.

"..."

Suren captured the guy's mental fluctuations and raised his eyebrows.

He had no interest in wasting time listening to the high-sounding nonsense of these old nobles and interrupted directly, "It better be unrelated! Our Dawn will definitely investigate this matter to the end!"

Without waiting for the guy to finish speaking, he had already disappeared on the spot.

Leaving behind a pile of corpses.

And the stunned crowd from the Governor's Office and tens of thousands of onlookers.

......

And in the next moment, in a small alley a dozen blocks away, Suren reappeared, having already taken off his cloak.

He and Mr. Mirror strolled on the street, chatting as they walked.

"Those guys in the Governor's Office really don't know. But they are also deliberately concealing and misleading some things. Probably guessing that the truth may be related to their family, they wanted to make some preparations in advance."

"Yes. We can only go to Lindon and see."

"Heh, Lindon is going to be lively this time. Once the Narwhal Trading Company is exposed, just this line alone will cause many people to die in their own internal cleanup."

"..."

The atmosphere of the two's conversation was very light, because everything was as expected.

Their purpose had also been achieved.

The Dawn Organization's high-profile attitude had let those behind-the-scenes traitors see it.

The meaning expressed was also very clear. As long as the other party didn't act, they would definitely dig deeper and investigate step by step.

But as long as they acted, it might not be longline fishing at that time, but directly blasting the pond and blasting out the big fish that were sinking in the water!

Then there were the corpses of those mages. Even if there were no survivors, there was no point in quibbling in the face of so many corpses.

Although Old Lindon was closed off, the Military Intelligence Department controlled by Catherine the Great was definitely not vegetarian. The United Empire would definitely get the information as soon as possible and would take action.

A very big disturbance might occur later.

But at least one result could be foreseen. After such a big incident, the Gregory family's position as the Governor of Old Lindon would probably not be preserved.

Old Lindon returning to the power of the Empire would probably be stable for a long time.

The two walked on the street. Mr. Mirror saw a sign being taken down on the street. With a thought, he suddenly spoke, "There is a restaurant over there with a very good taste. I used to go there often. Do you want to try it before leaving Old Lindon?"

"Okay."

Suren grinned, revealing his white teeth, and raised his eyebrows, "You're treating me, Senior Sister?"

Mr. Mirror glanced at him and smiled faintly, "Yes."