Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 420: Listen to others telling their stories
This day.
This is the five days that Su Lun, master and apprentice, spent on the "Queen Roderica" cruise ship.
Two days ago, Su Lun discovered that there was something wrong with the professor leading the group of students at the Royal Academy, and originally wanted to know more about the situation.
But the guy hasn't gone out in the past few days, so I haven't found a good opportunity to make contact with him.
In these days of investigation, we have not found out what those outer **** believers are going to do.
There happens to be a charity auction tonight, and almost everyone on the upper deck will participate. Su Lun also wanted to try his luck and see if the professor would also go.
By the way, go and take a look at the [Hanged Man card].
In the evening, in room a2077.
"Albert, do I look good in this? Is it too leaky?"
"My sister, this is the fifth time you have asked me. They all said it looks good. If you don't believe me, ask the teacher, and he will definitely say it looks good."
"Teacher, is it okay for me to dress like this? Is it too exaggerated?"
"It's pretty good-looking. People in Luying's imperial capital would dress like this, so there's nothing strange about it."
"Oh."
In front of the full-length mirror, Karma was trying on a palace-style dress, with a tangled face.
This is a very **** black dress with an off-shoulder bra. Her figure is not too plump, and she looks a little delicate in her clothes. But the temperament is not bad. It's just that after being in the pirate circle for so many years, I feel a little uncomfortable with formal clothes that I haven't worn in a long time.
Suellen has not forgotten Kit's reminder. If he wears ordinary clothes to attend a charity party, he will definitely become the "hillbilly" that attracts much attention.
It was much more convenient for him and Aberke, two men, so they bought two sets of exquisitely made tuxedos on the ship.
I have to lament here that the threshold for the upper class is very high. The three sets of clothes cost a total of nearly three hundred thousand liso, which was probably half a lifetime's savings of a lower-class commoner.
After hearing Su Lun say it looks good, Karma finally stopped worrying about clothes.
She put on some light makeup, and she looked presentable. I had found quite a lot of jewelry in Haixu before, so I picked out a few pieces that were suitable for her age and put on them, adding just the right amount of elegance.
"It's almost time, we have to go and have a look in advance."
"Yeah."
The two siblings followed Su Lun out.
Su Lun is wearing a black and white tuxedo. On the left is Karma, who is holding his arm, looking a little timid, and on the right is Aberke, whose face is full of boredom.
Because he had to attend a dinner party and couldn't chew on a book after all, Yabok kept playing with a mechanical Rubik's Cube in his hand.
This is not pure play. Just like Su Lun once used gold coins to practice the flexibility of his fingers, this mechanical Rubik's Cube is specially used to practice the flexibility of his fingers and the ability to control multiple tasks. It is a good professional practice tool for puppet masters. It is also an antique passed down from the Boyle machine puppet lineage.
"Kacha Kacha" has a very smooth rhythm, solving the complex Rubik's Cube into various patterns, and then restoring it. The mechanisms in the Rubik's Cube are extremely random and require very sensitive thinking and fingers. This difficulty is already very high.
Before, some thin needles would pop out and **** your hands, but now Yabok can play with them very skillfully.
Su Lun was filled with joy as he watched his disciple grow day by day.
The three of them arrived at the banquet hall where the auction dinner was held, showed the tickets, and entered smoothly.
The venue was bustling with entertainment, and there were already many people there when we arrived.
Looking at it, Karma finally didn’t feel there was anything wrong with her dress.
Every one of the guests attending the meeting, whether male or female, was dressed very gorgeously.
Lingdon is indeed a fashion capital, and those dresses are luxurious and bold in style, which is very pleasing to the eye. Especially those ladies from the imperial capital, each dress is sexier than the other, and they can't wait to show off their graceful figures with the least amount of fabric.
The auction hasn’t started yet, so guests can have some drinks and desserts from the buffet.
Su Lun and the other three didn't know many people, so they just wandered around the venue.
This used to be the antique showroom of the mysterious collector. There are various antiques displayed in glass showcases everywhere in the venue, with spotlights shining on them, giving it a historical atmosphere.
Su Lun led the Kama siblings through the exhibits, introducing the origins of those antiques from time to time.
Not to mention having an omniscient eye, his knowledge of antiques is beyond the reach of ordinary experts. He can tell the origin of almost any antique he sees.
"Teacher, why does this showcase have sealing runes?"
"This Crystal Skull is an ancient artifact from before the Dawn Era. It should be some kind of sacrificial object, and there is still some extraordinary energy left on it. If it is not sealed, the energy will leak out and make people around you dizzy and sick."
"Oh, teacher, that painting looks so special. I always feel like there is a monster sealed in it."
"That's a cursed object, don't touch it and it'll be fine. It seems that this collector likes to collect some dark-style collections. But I have to say that he is a real connoisseur and has good taste. ”
""
Su Lun has visited the exhibition hall before, but now there are also some exquisite products that have not been displayed before.
The collection showed his character, and he became more and more curious about who this collector could be.
While Su Lun was leading his two disciples for a stroll, he did not forget to scan the venue from time to time.
He didn't wait for the bishop of the "Giant Monastery" he was looking for, but instead he waited for that guy Kit.
The guy was as graceful as ever, holding a glass of champagne and chatting and laughing among various ladies.
Kit also saw Su Lun, but had no intention of coming to say hello.
The guy Su Lun was thinking about was so blatantly chatting with his wife, why wasn't he caught? At this time, the guy's secret message came from the communicator: "Su Lun, I am being targeted by people from the Luying Military Intelligence Agency."
Su Lun was also a little surprised and asked: "Military Intelligence Department? How did you find out?"
Kit was still talking and laughing in the distance, but a response came from the communicator: "Someone touched my luggage, and I suspect they left special elemental marks on my clothes. However, They probably didn't realize that I had noticed it, and I pretended not to know. I guess they wanted to wait for me to take action at tonight's auction so that they could arrest me. So, I need you to help me a little bit."
"Oh. So, you still plan to take action?"
"Yes. We have to take action to separate my identities from 'Phantom Thief Kit'."
""
Su Lun understood the guy's plan and felt there was nothing wrong with it.
People who walk along the river all year round don’t have many ways to escape.
The two exchanged a few words and made a plan.
So far, Su Lun has not discovered what the "Giant Hermitage" plans to do.
But the calmer he was, the worse his instinct told him that things would get worse.
Now people from the Military Intelligence Department are involved, but I don’t know if they are related.
Not long after, a group of young men and women walked into the banquet hall in groups of about twenty or thirty.
Although they were not wearing school uniforms, Su Lun still recognized that these were the students from Luying Royal Academy.
This group of second-generation nobles are all dressed up in bright clothes. The men are very heroic, and the girls are not wearing low-cut and backless long skirts. Although their faces are a little childish, their figures are already graceful. .
Seeing the flamboyant female students, Aberke muttered quietly: "Sister, let me tell you, there is nothing wrong with what you wear. You are much more conservative than them."
Kama blinked, the light in his crystal eyes flowing, "Ah, it seems so."
If nothing had happened back then, she would be a student of Luying Royal Academy now.
Su Lun smiled slightly.
After glancing around, I still didn’t see the professor leading the team.
He didn't look any further and continued to look at the collection in the exhibition hall.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Su Lun always felt as if there was a vague gaze falling on him.
It's not like someone is staring at me, it's like a curious and appreciative look.
He thinks it's probably because he looks good in a dress?
At least there were several groups of ladies making secret glances at him just now.
The group of students from the Royal Academy also wandered around in the exhibition hall.
While strolling around, several students also came near Su Lun and the others.
One of the fat male students has a shiny crow standing on his shoulder. He is bragging to his companions: "Let me tell you, it is very popular to raise crows in the imperial capital now! The current price of crows in the bird market It has increased more than ten times. Especially some corvid monsters with special effects can now be sold for sky-high prices. My [Shock Crow] can release sonic attacks, which is very rare among first-level monsters."
Su Lun felt slightly confused when he heard the fat student playing so well.
Crows usually have an ominous meaning and are rarely raised by people.
Especially the nobility.
I didn’t expect that in a trendy city like London, this would be so popular?
But then, he realized that this trend of raising crows was actually because of himself?
After saying this, another student also said: "Wow Alex, I also want to get a crow monster. It's super handsome! The two-way crow in the previous "Death Puppet Master" is really awesome, hard. Covered by the firepower of the anti-Marfa mechanical legion, it was the top magic pet that everyone dreamed of. The newspapers in the past half month are almost all about the war in Romania. Oh my God, if I hadn't chosen the fire warlock path for my second level advancement, I would have chosen to be a puppet master. ”
With this statement, everyone started talking about it.
"I heard someone say that the "God of Death" has now become everyone's idol in the alchemist circle. The puppet major, which was originally unpopular, was suddenly overcrowded. ”
"Indeed. The instructors all said that the "Death Puppet Master" was very special. Usually the physical body of a puppet master is a weak point, but that person was ridiculously strong. With his excellent melee ability, he could even be called a melee professional. I really don’t know where this weirdo came from. The Imperial Capital has never heard of this person before."
“Have you not heard? He is a member of a mysterious organization called ‘Dawn’. It is said to be a neutral alchemy organization, probably similar to the ‘Alchemy Guild’.”
"I also want to be a puppet master. In the battle with Roman Kingdom, that "Death Puppet Master" was really awesome. With one enemy against two hundred thousand, he killed fifty or sixty thousand pirates by himself! Teachers all say that in the field of high-level professionals, no other professionals can do it."
"Isn't it? That day, a meteor fell from the sky in the city-state of Moros, kicking off the war. By the end, the central arena was filled with pirate corpses."
""
At their age, heroism sprouts, and they all want to become dragon-slaying boys.
Isn't that the hero that every boy dreams of being able to kill a river of blood in the pirate base camp?
Su Lun looked slightly strange when he heard this.
After doing this for a long time, these people are actually bragging about themselves?
Moreover, the news became more and more outrageous, boasting that his combat power was almost comparable to that of Oleg, who was at the eighth level of Hard Steel.
Aberke and Kama on the side are full of pride, because these people are talking about their teachers!
Although they did not experience that battle personally, and even because they had been at sea these days and did not read the newspapers, they did not know how fierce the battle was.
Now listening to these Royal Academy students bragging, their eyes were full of shock.
Looking at the scorching looks from Yabok and Kama, Su Lun couldn’t laugh or cry, and explained helplessly: “It’s not that exaggerated.”
The fat student said sarcastically: "Hahaha, that's what I'm saying. What's the use of you advancing so quickly? Now my line of puppet masters has finally risen!"
Someone immediately exposed it: "Alex, stop bragging. You are lazy and can't advance to the second level. Are you a puppet master? Aren't you a fighter?"
The fat student immediately retorted: "Can't I be a puppet master now? You haven't heard that the "Reaper"'s fighting skills can defeat a sixth-level professional. Others have advanced in this way, why can’t I? ”
Someone else laughed and said: "Now everyone is asking about that person's advancement route, but no one can figure it out. How do you know that he advanced to the fighter sequence? I heard the teachers' analysis, that person can The fifth level has such terrifying strength, at least at the low level, the advanced materials are very high-end, and even incorporate more than one 'forbidden object' level material. It may be the descendant of some ancient families that have lasted for thousands of years. And Alex, you can barely fuse silver materials, and you still want to be that kind of puppet master?"
The fat student was slapped in the face and said arrogantly: "Humph, you don't understand! Let me tell you, the most important thing for a good puppet master is to have good puppets. Then the "God of Death" can be a He killed 70,000 to 80,000 pirates, and the most important ones were his special puppets. My father just sent me a message, saying that he asked someone to spend a lot of money to buy a fifth-level puppet. When I go back and get it, I will have level 5 combat power! Anyway, I don’t care, the puppet master profession is the strongest profession! To refute, let me first give you an example of a fifth-level profession that can kill 100,000 pirates by one person! ”
Everyone: ""
The more people brag, the more ridiculous it becomes.
Su Lun's eyelids twitched when he heard this.
The fact is that he didn’t kill ten thousand people, so it’s almost one hundred thousand?
But we must not admit that if the talent is not good enough and the diligence is not enough, the alchemist can indeed rely on external objects to improve his combat effectiveness.
The Puppet Master is one of the extraordinary professions that relies on external objects to improve most significantly.
As long as you have a few puppets that are beyond your own level, you can really defeat the same level.
However, this is only limited to low-level fields.
Or the "point-and-end" arena competition of the Noble Academy.
If you really encounter a life-and-death battle, no matter how powerful the puppet is, if the control ability cannot keep up, or if the ability to save life is not enough, the enemy can be killed in the blink of an eye.
Aberke usually accepted Su Lun's teachings, so he scorned this view.
Hearing the fat man's constant blowing, he couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "The puppet master doesn't just rely on puppets. This guy has put the cart before the horse. Without control, any musket can kill him."
Mafa listened to those increasingly unreliable words, but did not take them seriously. Instead, he covered his mouth and chuckled, looked at his teacher, and whispered: "Teacher, that "God of Death" is so powerful~"
Su Lun smiled and shook his head, not having much to say.
But it was probably because Yabok spoke too loudly. The fat student named Alex heard this and looked over with an unhappy look on his face: "Hey, what did you say?"
Aberke didn't pay any attention to this man's intention. He glanced at it and continued to look at the antiques in front of him.
It seems like any more words are a waste of time.
It's not that he ignored it on purpose. Su Lun knew very well that his disciple was very withdrawn. On weekdays, except for his teacher and Kama, he almost ignores everyone.
The group of aristocratic students were probably used to being arrogant and had no intention of settling the matter. They mocked: "Where are these country bumpkins from? Do you dare to say that the puppet master is not powerful?"
Nobles will show their differences in every detail, so even if they are wearing a dress, there will be nobility crests on the buttons.
Those people could tell at a glance that Su Lun and the others were not nobles, and they had no scruples.
After all, Yabok couldn't hold it back and responded: "It's not that puppet masters are not powerful. It's just that what you just said is wrong. Puppet is just a weapon of a puppet professional, just like a swordsman's knife and a fighter's fist. You are putting the cart before the horse."
Su Lun didn’t intend to interrupt.
He also wanted to see how his two disciples would handle this kind of thing.
Aberk's professional talent is very high, but he lacks a lot of worldly sophistication.
Su Lun kept them with him because he wanted them to practice.
What's more, at this time, he finally saw the leading professor entering the venue.
The fat student saw Yabo Ke's expressionless expression and instantly felt that he had been humiliated by a little brat. He said angrily: "I am an official student of Luying Royal Academy. Do you know how to do puppetry like me?"
When it comes to seeing the world, the people in the Luying Imperial Capital have the confidence to say this.
Lingdun is known as the Holy Land of Alchemy, and the Royal Academy is also known as the "First Alchemy School".
There is a saying circulating in the field of alchemy that the most powerful professionals in the Luying Empire may not be students of the Royal Academy, but the most powerful ones must come from the Royal Academy!
But there are moths everywhere.
This fat guy is just a dabbler.
Listening to the fat man saying that he doesn’t know how to use puppetry, how could Aberke, a direct descendant of Boyle’s lineage, be able to endure it?
He glanced at Su Lun, as if he had received tacit approval, and then said: "If you don't understand, you don't understand. Just admit it and study hard. My teacher said that the lineage of puppetry is broad and profound, and only if you are humble enough can you go far enough."
Su Lun felt strange in his heart when he heard this, because these words were indeed what he taught Aback.
The fat student was stunned for a moment after being lectured. When he reacted, he shouted angrily: "Hillbilly, you succeeded in irritating me. I want to duel with you!"
After hearing this, Aberke seemed to consider this suggestion seriously.
But he thought of something else and said seriously: "You can't even beat my sister. I don't want you to."
""
After listening to this, Su Lun couldn't help but laugh.
Aberke's words are quite annoying.
Let’s not talk about the lethality, but it is quite insulting anyway.
Though it's all true.
Su Lun even knew that his disciple had really considered whether to fight just now.
I didn’t expect it to be just a compliment.
The fat man's face turned red after hearing this, and he said angrily: "You have offended a great noble!"
Aberke glanced at the heraldic pattern on his button and said seriously: "Your family's title is not hereditary, but a meritorious title. Therefore, strictly speaking, your father is a noble, but you are not. In Lu Ying, the Lord of War Merit can be bought with money."
That keen observation ability allowed him to understand everything long ago.
But before Yabok finished speaking, Kama, a sister, was afraid that he would cause trouble, so she finally interrupted, "Yabok, don't talk nonsense."
"Oh."
Aberke looked bored and didn't want to waste time with these people anymore.
"You!!!"
The fat man's background was exposed. His face was red with shame and anger, but he could not refute.
No matter how much he ridiculed him, Aberke ignored him and slipped away to look at antiques on his own.
The farce came to an end quickly.
The fat student who wanted to show off his superiority left the scene in despair.
What they didn’t know was that a young student was watching this scene the whole time.
Su Lun has also been paying attention to the young man. After all, he seems to have the highest status among this group of students.
Furthermore, there are two souls in that person's body.
"Secret guard?"
Su Lun probably guessed something.
The assassin lurking in the shadows is very powerful. The identity of a person with such a level of protection is definitely not simple.
Seeing the young student approaching, Su Lun also quietly stepped back.
The young man walked up to Kama and greeted him very gentlemanly: "Hello, beautiful lady, my name is Alex. Nice to meet you."
Kama saw the polite blond boy in front of him and politely returned the greeting: "Hello."
The young man named Alex magically took out a Tarot card and said with a smile: "The Tarot cards tell me that you are a very special person."
Kama frowned, but he didn't feel any fluctuation in his heart when he was approached by such a stranger.
She was not a nymphomaniac like other girls, she just asked calmly: "Hello, what can I do for you?"
She immediately made an evaluation in her mind: Although the blond guy with the Duke's coat of arms on the dress button in front of her gave a good first impression, he didn't have the arrogance of the nobles just now, but he was far worse than the teacher.
"Uh"
This indifferent tone made Alex seem to have doubts about his charm for the first time, and he forced a smile.
But he didn’t mean to be angry at all, and he still said politely: "Hello, if possible, I would like to buy the Rubik's Cube in your brother's hand. I am a collector and a Tarot Warlock. , this Rubik’s Cube is the best finger training tool I have ever seen”
He saw clearly just now that the boy playing the Rubik's Cube listened to the girl's words. In other words, they are most likely siblings.
Kama shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, this is my family's inheritance and will not be sold."
"Oh, that's such a shame."
Alex did not force it, and seemed to realize that they were not from the imperial capital, so he naturally handed over a business card and said: "If we have a chance to meet in Lingdun in the future, I will be a qualified guide. I hope I have that honor."
The other party behaved impeccably, and Kama took the business card politely, "Okay. If necessary."
Alex showed a very friendly smile and walked away without saying much.
This is a truly well-established heir of a noble family, completely without the arrogance and arrogance of the fat nouveau riche just now.
Su Lun watched the whole process silently and captured some key words, Tarot Warlock?
Are you here for the [Hanged Man Card]?
Suddenly, he thought of something and used the communicator to contact Mr. Hei in Linton.
As soon as I asked about the origin of this "Alex", everything seemed to be clear.
After the young man left, Su Lun also walked over.
Having finished looking at the antiques, Yabok and Karma followed their teacher obediently.
Su Lun smiled and asked: "What do you think of the young man just now?"
Kama hooked Su Lun's arm, with an uninterested expression on his face, and said in a naughty tone: "I'm not interested. After all, I'm far behind you, teacher."
Su Lun smiled and shook his head.
Albock on the side knew keenly what Su Lun was going to ask, and said, "Teacher, do you suspect that these outer **** believers are here for that person just now?"
Su Lun's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, "Oh? How did you tell that?"
Aberke said: "The noble coat of arms on that man's button is a hereditary first-class duke. There are only a few in Luying. There is a high probability that his family has an important seat in the parliament. And he is a Tarot Warlock. So I will never let go of the 'Twenty-Two Secret Tarot Cards'. If I were the person who set up the trap, this would be the best bait to deal with him. The motives of the cultists on the ship are unknown at present. Come here, the most likely reason is for him."
At this point, he tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "If I guess correctly, it should be a political conflict or something. As for whether those people want to kidnap or kill, it's hard to say."
When Su Lun heard this, he showed an expression of great relief and praised: "Aberke, your thinking is very clear and your judgment is also good."
Hearing this, Yabok smiled happily and said, "Thank you, teacher, for the compliment."
At this time, Karma also stuck out his tongue.
Only then did I realize that this was what my teacher wanted to ask, not some gossip.
Su Lun has always taken the two of them with him, so they know all the information about the "Giant Hermitage".
But through this sporadic clue, the whole thing can be connected. Yabok's crisis insight and logical thinking ability are indeed extraordinary.
Moreover, the truth of the matter is most likely what he guessed.
Su Lun also thought of this just now and asked Mr. Hei.
After asking about this, I immediately figured out the whole story.
That "Alex" wears the Duke's coat of arms, and Lu Ying doesn't have a second family, so you will know as soon as you ask.
It was none other than Alex Roberts, the young master of the Roberts family, the first-class Duke "Grand Duke of Kiriyama".
This is not an ordinary noble, but a powerful family of Lu Ying.
Their family is as old and powerful as Catherine's Reims family, and is also one of the five "grand members" of the Parliament.
And!
The most important thing is that the Roberts family is the biggest opponent of the "Proposal for Freedom of Belief in Gods" proposed by the Bona royal family!
Now there is a motive.
There were so many believers from the Giant Monastery on the ship, and even the leading professors were believers.
Who dares to say that it is a coincidence that the son of an opposition congressman is on board now?