Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 217: To rush or not to rush

The fighting in the inner city became louder and louder, and the flames of war spread throughout the city at an extremely fast speed.

The shock wave of the explosion of the large-scale destructive firearm was higher than the previous wave, and mushroom clouds rose up. Tall buildings collapsed in the violent explosion. The roar was like a thunderstorm and the fire was red. Half the sky.

The bustling inner city suddenly fell into chaos.

It was midnight when the pirates attacked, and those people were sleeping when they were suddenly awakened by the violent movement.

Because the pirates had found out the information in advance, they knew that the richest people lived at the top of the city. When they rushed in, more than a dozen division captains led tens of thousands of vicious pirates into the mansions of various big families. , and began to loot.

The guards that the big families usually support have second- and third-level professionals and are well-equipped. They are already considered the top defense force in Old Lingdun. They were originally thought to be enough to deal with any bandits

But in front of this group of pirates, whose captains were all fifth-level professionals, they were as weak as paper.

The pirates were like a pack of vicious wolves pounced on a group of defenseless sheep.

"Brothers, hurry up, the boss has spoken, let's grab it for two days! Women, treasure, whoever grabs it belongs to whoever!"

"Hahaha, here's your chance to make a fortune!"

"The girls in this underground are so **** tender, a hundred times better than the girls on the ship whose skin is so rough that they can be used as sandpaper! My dear, the high-ranking nobles in the legendary empire are just like this. Alright"

"Quack brothers, charge!"

""

As Su Lun and the others judged, the pirates did not have the ability to occupy the territory, they were just here to plunder.

But it will take three days at the earliest for the ships from the Dukedom of Raphael to come over to support us. This means that in the past few days, the pirates can freely burn, kill and loot...

Old London residents’ nightmare is coming

In the seventh district of the inner city, on the highest building, there is a luxurious mansion with a white stone statue fountain and a colorful tulip garden.

This was once the property of the Reyes family, but because of the recent news of the "tower attack", the owner of the family, Carnegie Reyes, frantically sold the property. This property represents the identity of the largest plutocrat in the inner city. Also sold.

Now, it has become the headquarters of its former rival, the Anderson Consortium.

After the battle in the catacombs, the major forces in the inner city were reshuffled, and the Anderson family had a vague appearance of being the first consortium in Old Town.

The head of the Anderson family is having a banquet for guests today. Heads of the Clark, Oliver, David, and Smith families, as well as ladies and ladies, are all gathered together to exchange cups and cups. It’s really lively.

They celebrated the victory of years of struggle.

The Rais family sold various important assets and was eliminated from the business, with no chance to turn around.

From then on, they had the final say in the inner city.

Unexpectedly, it came very suddenly.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang"

The violent sounds of fighting coming from the center of the Black Tower confused the group of upper-class people wearing luxurious dresses in the banquet hall.

Someone attacked the Duke's Palace?

The inner city is not small, and news of the pirates' appearance has spread to all the big families like lightning.

"Master, madam, it's not good! A group of bandits broke out from the Duke's Palace, and they killed everyone they saw."

"Where is the Guard? Notify the Guard quickly!"

"Sir Bert, something bad has happened! A bunch of bandits seem to be coming towards our seventh district. There are super-level professionals among them. The very strong city defense team cannot stop them and they were dispersed in an instant."

"Oh no, the thieves have already rushed into the building. Guard Captain Mark has been killed. The guards can't stop him!"

""

Bad news keeps coming one after another, and the changes are overwhelming.

A few minutes ago, when they heard the noise, this group of inner-city dignitaries could still remain elegant and calm.

Although they didn't know what the so-called "bandits" were about, they were used to being ruled by the Duke's Palace and thought that the powerful city guards could defeat the bandits.

After all, in their eyes, the Black Tower Guards have the power to destroy everything.

I never thought that every summons would be bad news.

The gangsters were like a torrent, unstoppable.

After the Duke's Mansion was breached, the city guards were unable to stop them at all. The bandits stormed directly into the building at a speed that was completely unprepared.

The group of gentlemen and ladies realized belatedly and began to flee in a hurry.

However, it was too late.

A moment after the news came, several pirates who had taken off their winged uniforms landed on the roof of the building, blocking everyone's way.

The banquet invited Meg Owen, the president of the Hunting Guild and a third-level guild professional "Demon".

This is the strong man at the top of the pyramid in Old Town.

He looked at the uninvited guests and shouted angrily: "Who are you?"

Unexpectedly, before these words were spoken, a human head fell to the ground.

In a face-to-face encounter, a third-level strong man will die!

The pirate captain in the red turban killed him and wiped the **** dagger in his hand with disdain on his face.

In just a few breaths of time, several of his subordinates also killed all the first- and second-level guards.

The remaining ladies and gentlemen crowded into the banquet hall and shivered.

The red-turbaned pirate leader had a greedy smile on his face and was not killing anyone.

He swaggered into the banquet hall, grabbed a handful of meat on the table full of rich food and fruits, and stuffed it into his mouth. He ate with his mouth full, "Tsk, tsk, you guys really know how to enjoy it."

Took another sip of red wine, his face full of enjoyment.

At this time, he looked at a richly dressed lady not far away and walked over with lustful eyes.

The lady in the blue low-cut dress has been backed into the corner, with no way to retreat.

The red-turbaned pirate grabbed her, and in front of hundreds of people in the banquet hall, he roughly touched the woman's chest with a pair of rough hands. He seemed to enjoy the strange smoothness, grinning with smoky yellow teeth, "Hey, this **** is so **** smooth."

The woman screamed in fright and tried to break free, but the red-turbaned pirate tore her dress to pieces without a single blow.

With a "stab" sound, the long skirt was torn into pieces.

The lady's entire body was exposed to the air for the first half of the time.

Looking at the panicked lady covering her breasts, the pirates on the side burst into laughter.

Seeing the noble lady being humiliated, a gentleman-looking man stood up.

"you"

But just as he was about to say something, a line of blood appeared on his neck, and the human-headed Guru fell to the ground.

The human body fountain was staged in front of us. The more than 100 people in the banquet hall were like frightened quails, and no one dared to speak.

This group of pirates, with their absolute strength, showed the top nobles in Old Lingdun what "weakness is the original sin" means.

"Does anyone want to talk?"

The red-turbaned pirate looked around and said, "No one says it, so just listen to me!"

He sneered, shouted loudly and said: "I am the captain of the seventh division of the fourth fleet under Lord Oleg. Now I will give you a chance to live. Pay your money to buy your life."

Pirates are experienced in robbery and are very skilled in kidnapping and extortion.

They know very well that controlling this group of "big men" is much more efficient than finding the treasure themselves.

There was blood everywhere in the banquet hall, and the human fountain on the floor was still twitching. The master and his wife have been frightened to death, how dare they not cooperate

This scene was played out everywhere in the inner city.

The mansions of various large financial groups have become the first places for pirates to visit

The pirates plundered the city.

At the same time,

The secret laboratory in Old Town No. 1.

This is a secret base for researching mechanical warriors, a place that even the top leaders of the umbrella organization have no access to.

After the Black Tower was breached by pirates, the inner city guards were vulnerable. The only place in the city that still had decent resistance was the Mechanical Research Institute.

With the help of heavy mechanical doors and mechanical warriors in the factory, the people in the institute are still resisting tenaciously.

A group of pirates are angrily attacking the attackers.

"Damn it, attacking this laboratory is a waste of my time! Those guys from the 7th Division couldn't even hold the storage ring after grabbing the treasure. The women rushed until their legs were weak and waited for the general to come and break open this **** thing. The mechanical door, I have to put the head of the guy who ordered it to close in his eyes!"

"Captain, Archduke Raphael's 'Super Mechanical Warrior' stole the show during the war. The blueprints have been sold to sky-high prices by major lords on the black market. This is the most valuable thing. I heard that it can be purchased in Mara. The French Empire is changing its title to a duke”

"Haha, that's right. No wonder Duke Raphael is so rich. It turns out that with such a mine, we are now prosperous! By the way, is the general here?"

"He'll be there soon."

""

The research institute has mechanical gates, and most of the buildings are underground.

After closing the door, it is difficult for guns to destroy it.

Unfortunately, there are sixth-level professionals among pirates.

These mechanical gates are indestructible to third- and fourth-level professionals, but they cannot last long under the attack of sixth-level professionals.

Not long after, a bald woman nearly two meters tall came to the entrance of the research institute.

"General!"

"General!"

""

A group of pirates greeted each other one after another.

This person is the deputy captain of the fourth fleet under the command of the "King of the North Sea". He has a bounty of 881 million liso, and is known as "Vice Admiral Sun Flame" Gladys Olmedo. A sixth-level professional awakens a very rare talent [A-036-Flame Girl], a fire element mutant talent that is said to originate from a female demon who controlled lava during the mythical period.

When she came, she didn't talk nonsense at all. With a pinch of the double surgeon's seal, a raging fire suddenly broke out in her body. Looking again, the whole person has turned into a state of lava. Every time he takes a step, the flowing magma burns holes on the ground.

She placed her hands on the mechanical door and shouted softly: "Alchemy Volcano!"

A red seven-pointed star formation lit up, and suddenly her arm was like a volcano erupting, with hot lava emerging.

The magma dripped onto the nearly one meter thick alloy and began to melt visibly to the naked eye

A group of pirates looked at the door that was gradually opened, their eyes showing excitement and fierceness

There was a lot of commotion in the inner city, but on the other hand, there was no impact in the outer city.

The streets were filled with spectators, pointing at the flames of war in the inner city.

Those pirates seem to know their stuff.

The outer city is full of low-rise houses and post-war Syrian-style slums, and there are also a large number of factories that emit billowing white smoke. No matter how you look at it, there is not much money to grab.

None of the pirates came to the outer city.

The pirates seemed to have a plan in advance. After breaking through the black tower, several teams directly seized several gates in the inner city, blocking the possibility of escape for the inner city residents and creating a trap.

Two days are enough for them to make a good harvest.

The three major gangs, the Cross Society, the Steam Party, and the Crow Gang, as well as various trade unions with extraordinary professions have also taken action

After the news was sent out, there was a black market in Shadow Alley in North City.

Su Lun also found out later that the black market was the headquarters of the Mirror Organization in Old Town.

The organizer who I once thought was extremely mysterious was Mr. Jing.

In the secret basement deep underground, when Su Lun and Qian Jiao arrived, there were already three people wearing gold-patterned cloaks.

The cloaks of the Mirror Organization look similar, but Su Lun now knows that they can actually tell their identities through the gold patterns on the cloaks.

Of the three people in front of me, the one with the "mechanical gear" pattern is No. 19, the one with the "fist" symbol is the second-stage red demon Kai, and the one with the "book" pattern is Mr. Black.

When the two came, everyone nodded to each other and did not speak.

Because Su Lun was a new member, the three of them looked at him more.

But looking at the "black sickle" pattern on the cloak, everyone seemed to have guessed Su Lun's identity.

Within a few minutes, a few more came one after another.

Not counting Mr. Jing, there are only eight people in the Jing organization.

Except for the man with the "Rotten Flower" symbol on his cloak, Su Lun has seen them all.

The atmosphere was serious.

With these people standing together, an invisible sense of oppression instantly enveloped Su Lun in the secret room.

Even without any movement, the aura of these people is so strong that it makes people feel like their breathing is stagnant.

Su Lun knew that except for him and No. 19, the other six people here were fourth-level professionals who had awakened their secondary talents.

To be able to awaken the second talent, this must be a person who has experienced the great realization of life and death, and has a killing aura in his body.

This is a group of people with tigers in their hearts.

In Mr. Mirror’s words, professionals who can awaken secondary talents were very rare a thousand years ago.

Usually it means that they can advance to the seventh level and truly get a glimpse of the growth possibilities in the top alchemy field!

No one spoke.

The pirate attack came very suddenly, and the information they had was very limited.

In the communicator, Sabina continued to report on the situation in the inner city.

The Umbrella Organization has a huge intelligence system in the inner city and has a clear grasp of the movements of the pirates.

Except for the hidden forces in a few secret laboratories, there was almost no effective counterattack organized in the city.

"Several huge abominations appeared in the No. 7 Biological Research Institute. The pirates entangled them, but a fifth-level professional took action to kill them."

“A large number of mechanical warriors joined the battle at the No. 1 Mechanical Research Institute, temporarily holding back the pirates. However, a very strong professional among the pirates also came, using lava ability. They are about to break through the research institute”

"That group of pirates was very ferocious and killed everyone they saw. Residents in the inner city suffered heavy casualties. Especially in the wealthy areas of the upper city and the residences of major chaebols, the pirates went after them"

""

Su Lun shared the real-time information. Listening to the information, the atmosphere in the secret room became more solemn

Not long after, the mirror light flashed, the light and shadow condensed, and suddenly there was an extra person in the secret room.

Everyone seems to have become accustomed to this weird way of appearing, and no one is surprised.

The person coming is naturally Mr. Jing.

"Chief!"

Everyone opened their mouths to signal.

In front of the strong man, they all showed great respect.

Mr. Jing nodded, without further ado, and said directly: "The situation has almost been investigated clearly. The good news is that the "King of the North Sea" Oleg did not come, but his fourth fleet came. This group of pirates killed all the guards stationed on the Black Barrier Reef, destroyed the defensive restrictions and traps along the way, and cleared a lot of trouble for us."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Oleg Legend is an eighth-level professional and one of the top powerhouses in the surface world.

Mr. Jing’s strength has not yet fully recovered, and that guy is coming. There is almost no room for maneuver in this situation.

Not coming, which is indeed good news.

And those pirates have opened up the road, which means that there will be a lot less trouble in rushing the tower.

But when there is good news, there is always bad news.

As expected, after a pause, Mr. Jing continued: "But the bad news is that there are two sixth-level professionals in the fourth fleet, namely "Vice Admiral Sun Flame" Gladys Olme There are many, and there is also the "Frost Troll" Gar Popov, the youngest son of the King of the North Sea. The two of them are very powerful in combat, and their talents are also tricky. With my current strength, I am pretty sure I can deal with one of them, but two of them will be very difficult to deal with. Among this group of pirates, there are more than a dozen fifth-level captains and fourth-level deputy captains. If they attack the tower now, the risk will be very high. So, I want to ask for your opinion. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into deep thought.

In the past, we had to face a personal guard of Archduke Raphael when we rushed to the tower. We had been planning for many years, and many of the arrangements were clear, so the problem was not too big.

Now, things have changed.

They have to face an entire fleet of the "King of the North Sea".

It is definitely not that simple to be a sixth-level professional who even Mr. Jing calls difficult.

After all, the "mine" has limited development space. No matter how powerful they are and how good their growth talents are, they have only just advanced to the fourth level.

Even the second-level talents and some special curses will make up for some of the combat power, and it can barely be regarded as the fifth level.

It is also very different from the sixth level

Hearing Mr. Jing's question, what did Red Devil Kai think of? He spoke first and said: "From the current information, it takes at most two or three days for the warship to sail at full speed from Duke Raphael's territory to the Black Tower. . So there is a high probability that this group of pirates will not stay, and 80% of them will leave in two days. We wait until then to go out, without defenders and without pirates, which should be the safest plan."

This is said,

Everyone fell into silence,

They felt something was wrong, but they couldn't figure out what was wrong.

If it were that simple, Mr. Jing obviously wouldn't discuss it.

Su Lun frowned slightly when he heard this.

There is actually nothing wrong with what Kai analyzed.

But because he lacked some necessary knowledge of the ground world, he failed to take into account some factors.

Su Lun harvested some memory fragments from outside. He is probably the person here who knows the most about outside intelligence besides Mr. Jing.

Thinking about it, he felt that it was necessary to tell him some information that he had thought of, so he said: "I don't think it is a good choice to wait for the pirates to leave before rushing into the tower."

After saying this, everyone looked over.

Su Lun continued: "After all, when we leave the Black Barrier Reef, we need a ship that can withstand wind and waves. If we wait for the pirates to leave, I think they will definitely not leave us a complete ship."

As soon as he said this, Kai also knew that he had overlooked something, and then he suddenly realized and said to himself: "Yes, there is also the sea."

After a pause, he looked at Su Lun again and asked: "Do we need a boat? Can we swim? If we need a boat, how big a boat do we need? Can we build it ourselves?"

"Well, we must have a boat! And a big boat as much as possible!"

Su Lun nodded: "The area near the Black Barrier Reef belongs to the storm zone. The wind wolves nearby are very large, and the weather changes irregularly. Moreover, the intelligence shows that there are many terrifying sea beasts on the bottom of the sea, and it is impossible for a small boat to safely allow us to cross the sea. Arriving at other territories."

People in the underground world have never seen the sea and have no idea.

I don’t even know what the standards are for sea-going ships, nor do I know how weather, waves, and storms affect navigation

But after listening to Su Lun's brief analysis, everyone gradually understood a little bit more.

Mr. Jing remained silent, so he naturally agreed with this statement.

Hearing this, Mr. Hei also spoke and agreed with Su Lun's statement, saying: "Well, I also agree with rushing the tower now. Otherwise, after this pirate attack, the existence of Old Lingdun will be exposed in the surface world. The Duke's Palace will definitely be heavily guarded, and the defensive force will be stronger in the future. It is very likely that other forces in the Luying Empire will intervene. If you miss this opportunity, it will be no less difficult to break out in the future than it is now. What's more, this time Princess Theresa The annihilation of the team may have aroused the alarm of the Duke's Palace. If it were not for the war between the two empires, Archduke Raphael would probably come to investigate in person. If this continues, there may be some unforeseen changes in the future."

Hearing this, everyone understood why Mr. Jing said that charging the tower was very risky, but did not mention the option of not charging now.

Because they have no choice.

Underground, it is impossible for Mr. Jing to fully recover to his peak strength. She still needs to find some high-level materials from the outside world.

The risk of "rushing the tower" now will be very high.

But if we don’t rush now, there will be more unpredictable problems later.

You might be trapped here forever.

Everyone understood this and expressed their opinions one after another.

Card: "I also think now is the best time to rush the tower."

Qiantiao: "Agree!"

Lei: "Agree!"

The Mirror Organization is a very loose organization, and members have the right to make their own choices.

But everyone comes together for the same goal.

Because there were only a few people and there were people with sharp minds present, the meeting was extremely efficient.

After a few simple words, everyone voted in favor.

Mr. Mirror actually means the same thing.

In fact, there is only one way to choose.

Whether you are willing to take risks and rush to the tower, you will face death.

After the voting, Mr. Jing didn’t say much and said: “Since everyone agrees to act now, we will gather in the secret passage in two hours and prepare to rush to the tower!”

Everyone: "Yes!"