Chapter 743 Lanqi is Targeted by His Mother-in-Law

Ursula and Elsa anxiously watched the Mafia boss and Professor Landry, who nearly clashed in the dark alley.

Fortunately, they didn't seem to want to fight.

"Meow... Imperial authority is unmatched, the Empire's faith, meow."

Boss Cat recited Lanqi's lines to embolden himself. He actually wanted to crawl back into Lanqi's shadow, but he had to protect these two young girls, so he couldn't back down.

In any case, he was one level higher than the Mafia boss Barton!

But listening to Barton's words, he didn't seem to be aggressive.

This guy named Barton was surprisingly easy to talk to, not misunderstanding them because of the Mafia corpses all over the ground and starting a fight.

Considering the time limit on Talia's intervention and fighting Barton, a seventh-tier battle assassin from the former Imperial Army, would not be cost-effective, at least Elsa and Ursula would be in considerable danger.

It seemed that Lanqi's ultimate trump card was still him, the Cat of Kings.

"Mr. Barton, I caught this vampire, so I can't hand him over to you."

Lanqi replied politely.

His previous battle with Viscount Carmel had been quite restrained, and he had tried to block the sound as much as possible.

The only time there might have been a slightly strong magical fluctuation was when Talia broke Viscount Carmel's mechanics and forcibly grabbed him back to prevent him from using his authority to escape.

He didn't expect the Mafia boss, Barton Hall, to notice them.

"What do you want in order to hand him over to me?"

Barton didn't intend to snatch him but asked Lanqi.

But his attitude was clear.

The worst-case scenario today would be a forced purchase. He would keep this vampire here and not let anyone take him out of his port district territory.

"This really can't be traded, but Mr. Barton, can you tell me what you want him for?"

Lanqi felt that Barton was not an unapproachable person.

At least he was much easier to communicate with than Nikola the Red Falcon, who was also an Imperial soldier.

Nikola the Red Falcon would approach negotiations with a preliminary suspicion, while Barton held a preliminary belief. Of course, it might also be because he had attacked the vampire, which led Barton to roughly believe that he was not an accomplice of the vampire.

"..."

Mafia boss Barton fell silent.

"Mr. Barton, if we fight here, it will undoubtedly be a lose-lose situation, so I hope that no matter what, we will solve the problem through communication rather than force. Although we have only just met, trust can come slowly. If you are not willing to trust me, I can trust you first."

Lanqi said sincerely.

Viscount Carmel was not only the first vampire he had caught in the Krete Empire, with irreplaceable intelligence value, but more importantly, this vampire had a seven-figure kill count.

Lanqi wanted to reform this vampire and give him to Hyperion. Hyperion would definitely be happy.

"Are you sure Hyperion will like this gift?"

Talia felt that although she didn't quite understand human merit, she certainly wouldn't want a fully automatic merit-printing machine. She wasn't sure if this machine added merit or deducted merit.

When she used to sleep with Hyperion, Talia always heard Hyperion's sleep talk, "Goddess, please don't deduct my merit anymore...", "Lanqi, save a little...", "Wuwu, I really don't have any merit left...", which made Talia feel unbearable.

Hyperion, as a devout believer of the Goddess of Destiny, firmly believed that merit was related to luck, because every time she did something bad as a child, her luck would become particularly bad, and every time she did something good, her luck would improve.

But Talia felt that it was likely that Duke Mi Gaia had artificially controlled Hyperion's "luck" when she was a child.

What if Hyperion thought this would deduct merit? Then she might cry, because she wasn't superstitious, she really believed it like a child.

"No problem, double vampire. I have to catch another one to replicate the fully automatic merit machine from the Saint Church Villain's Banquet in the Shadow World."

Lanqi replied to Talia with certainty.

"If she cries, I promise I'll slap you."

Talia agreed to the project.

"Put your heart in your stomach, Tata. Bao will laugh. Back then, in Lichtenstein Castle in the Shadow World, she launched the fully automatic merit machine button with great ceremony under the gaze of the clergy. She couldn't hold back at the time."

Lanqi's biggest regret was that he couldn't bring the fully automatic merit machine out of the Shadow World. Now the opportunity to recast the glory of the merit machine in the real world was before him. He had to consider whether this was his only chance in this life. Vampires in this era were too difficult to find.

He and Talia had been arguing in their minds for a while, and Barton finally made a move.

"I can't say, but I guarantee that if you hand him over to the Empire, he will soon disappear, and then you will never have peace."

He shook his head and said in a deep voice, staring at Lanqi.

Hearing the words of the Mafia boss Barton, Ursula and Elsa looked at each other in confusion.

Although Barton was speaking in riddles, they unexpectedly understood what Barton meant—

Handing Viscount Carmel over to the Krete Empire military was no different from releasing Viscount Carmel. Presumably, a person of great power would complete the perfect operation overnight, erasing Viscount Carmel's accident completely. The next step would be to find a way to silence the Landry siblings.

Just like the way Ursula's brother, Marquis Ryan, handled things, the power organs of this empire seemed to have long been controlled in secret by an unknown force. Those guys could turn white into black and black into white. Imperial citizens had no room to resist under their hands.

"You also know about the vampire infiltration of the Empire?"

Lanqi asked Mafia boss Barton.

"......?"

Barton was obviously stunned.

He remembered that Professor Landry should be a staunch Imperial hound. How could he be so aware of the true situation of the Empire?

Ursula and Elsa were confused listening from behind.

Had the Krete Empire really been infiltrated by vampires?

What a horror story.

What did they two know?

"Landry, regardless of what you know, it is the safest option to leave the vampire in the Mafia territory for me to handle him. As long as you take him out, even on the way back to Saint Krete Monastery, there will be great hidden dangers."

Barton advised the blue-eyed, black-haired young professor with an unchanging expression.

He believed that a smart person could understand good intentions and malicious intentions.

Vampires can not only scout but also divine. If they are not careful, they will be locked on, and the Mafia territory is a rare shielded area. With the interference of ancient magic guides, even divination magic is difficult to easily interfere with.

There were only two types of people who had a clear understanding of the current situation inside the Krete Empire: either enemies of the vampires or people controlled by the vampires.

Although he could not rule out the dangerous possibility of "vampires sending their dependents to put on a show of a bitter trick to catch fish, sacrificing a viscount to deceive him, the Mafia boss, to gain his trust," Landry was unlikely to be a vampire's dependent, because his research on "biological modification," "magical energy fission," and "sustainable energy" would undoubtedly make vampires the biggest victims.

Once it really progressed to the substantive stage, some Imperial people would probably fully support him, and some Imperial people would also fully stop him.

"Then, Mr. Barton, I will leave this vampire viscount here in your Mafia, but it is only stored here. My research needs to be done by me, and you must not interfere, and I will share the final results with you. We will talk about the specific cooperation later. If you can give this promise, I will hand over the vampire viscount to you."

Lanqi gave a solution.

Treat sincerity with sincerity.

Talia could tell that Barton was not lying, which meant that Barton was a practical person and could be traded with.

"..."

Barton pondered for a long time.

"I can't make a decision. Only my boss can judge how to cooperate with you and whether to cooperate."

He replied.

He was very cautious about this kind of transaction and would not easily agree or give others promises.

"Then can you take me to meet the boss you mentioned?"

Lanqi asked.

Sure enough, there was a mysterious behind-the-scenes boss behind the Brilda Mafia.

If he wanted to form an alliance, he would probably have to talk to the real boss of the Brilda Mafia in detail.

"If you want to see my boss, I can responsibly tell you that you must be prepared to be killed. If you can't agree, she will rob you if she thinks she should, and she will silence you if she thinks she should. She may even consider enslaving you."

Barton's eyes swept towards Professor Landry and the two students behind him and replied.

He didn't seem to be joking.

Barton Hall was surprisingly upright.

Even though he had now fallen into becoming a Mafia boss, the soldier's temperament on his body had not changed.

For him, the safest solution was undoubtedly to silence the Landry siblings and Ursula to prevent anyone from knowing that Viscount Carmel had fallen into his hands.

Barton Hall also upheld certain principles and did not intend to do so.

But his boss was obviously different.

Elsa and Ursula both felt a little frightened. It was not until this moment that they more clearly realized that they were actually in the territory of the notorious Brilda Mafia.

It was definitely impossible for them to return to Saint Krete Monastery alone at night. Elsa had encountered a vampire because she was alone. Today, it was definitely safest to follow Landry back and forth. If Landry was going to meet the Mafia boss's boss, then they would naturally have to follow him.

"The boss won't let too many people see her. She will probably only let you see her alone, and your two students can wait outside. I can only try my best to ensure their safety, but if the boss wants to do anything to them, I can't fight the boss."

Barton explained.

His opinion was still not to recommend Landry to see the boss.

"We won't hold you back."

Ursula seemed to see Elsa's thoughts and said to the professor.

"...Let me see your boss, Mr. Barton."

Lanqi considered for a moment and gave a reply to the Mafia boss Barton.

The combat power gap in the Blood Moon City siege was too large, and he could not miss any high-combat power targets who might form an alliance.

"Lanqi, when you really get into the core building of the Mafia, that's the enemy's home field. If there is an opponent stronger than Barton, even if I go all out, I may not be able to take advantage of it!"

Talia reminded him in a panic.

If he fought the enemy in a trap full of prohibitions and barriers, it was no different from fighting with city defense facilities on his head.

"The other party seems to be an enemy of the vampires, so we must not miss the opportunity to establish an alliance. Even if the big boss of the Mafia is not a good person, we have to gamble and talk."

Lanqi told Talia.

"Don't worry, if you encounter danger, I will protect you."

He assured Talia.

"Who's protecting whom?"

Talia's mental voice became smaller and smaller.

She never thought that she would need a frontier boy to protect her.

But she didn't say anything else, which meant she agreed.

"I'll contact her."

Barton looked at Landry helplessly and took out a long-range communication program.

He had already explained everything clearly.

If Landry still wanted to insist, then he would not delay any longer.

"Boss, someone wants to see you and talk to you about a deal."

Barton dialed the communication magic and spoke to the translucent card with purple light.

He always maintained caution in his words and actions for communication magic. Any communication magic that was popular today had the possibility of being stolen.

"Who?"

A vague female voice came from the translucent card.

"That professor."

Barton replied concisely and clearly.

"Bring him over."

The boss hung up the communication after replying.

Under the night, the dark alley was as deep as ever, but Barton had already turned sideways and motioned for Landry and the others to follow him towards the core area of the Brilda Mafia.

……

On the other side.

The Mafia's hinterland, hundreds of meters underground in the river port building, a secret palace.

This underground space was like another world from the outside. The silver-white six-sided demon-forbidden steel walls seemed to swallow most of the light and echoes. The mechanical dome looked particularly heavy under the sparse lights, only the deep-sea-like silence and coldness.

Several giant demon-forbidden steels extended upward, supporting the underground palace, flashing pure white spots of light. Each jump of light would slightly illuminate the area filled with test benches and magic guide instruments.

Looking through the gaps in the demon-forbidden steel, there, in the very center, stood a figure, like a statue covered in frost and snow, surrounded by books.

The figure in the mechanical ice cave hung up the communication.

The barriers were covered with frost, similar to the thin ice covering her skin, but it would soon be evaporated by the blood-red scars on her body.

She had short silver hair, and the slightly upturned ends just reached her chin, looking casual and fresh.

But her maroon eyes were full of insane, murderous joy.

"I didn't expect this Imperial lackey to offer himself..."

She picked up a willow leaf knife from the operating table, clenched it in her hand,

"Let me dig into your brain and control you."