Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 500: Ransom and meat tickets
Chapter 500 Ransom and Meat Ticket
The Dawn Group robbed the secret base on Nugget Island, which was like poking a hornet's nest, triggering a series of sequelae.
After the incident was reported in the newspapers, it seemed like people all over the world were looking for them.
The Luying Navy, hundreds of pirate groups under the command of the "King of the West Sea" Moloch Poppen, the major lords along the Luying coast, and some strange forces.
Some come to seek revenge, some come to buy and sell technology, and there are also those who cooperate and rob. In short, various information merchants and intelligence organizations have become active. The various large and small black markets in Luying were also bustling with unprecedented activity.
As the culprit, Su Lun and his party ignored the official fuss. In order to avoid those people, they also deliberately made a large circle on the sea, bypassing the war zone from the south of Luying, and went to the Marfa Empire.
By the time they arrived in Marfa, it was already a month later.
This day.
A large floating airship is sailing slowly in the sky above Manushil, the second largest city in Marfa.
Steam airships are very useful in mountainous and hilly terrain like Marfa. They save the effort of building bridges and roads, and are low-cost, convenient and fast to operate. Through years of research and development and improvement, the technology has become more mature, and it has become the mainstream means of transportation between the major territories in the interior of Marfa.
This is a passenger airship, and the pod under the airbag has a very large space.
Su Lun, who was wearing a casual suit, was sitting on a seat by the window, looking at the scenery in the clouds.
It is not convenient for the Dawn Group to be exposed to the public now. One day ago, Qianjou and other members of the Dawn Group landed in another city. The entire pirate group was broken into pieces, and everyone went ashore to resupply and relax and have fun.
Su Lun boarded the airship with Miss Meat Ticket.
This is the trading place he deliberately chose.
Although Su Lun was confident that few people could trap him now, he was not careless.
After all, he kidnapped the young lady of the Marshal's family, so be careful.
The airship has limited space and will not be ambushed by large forces. And in the sky, Su Lun was confident that if they really wanted to fight, he would have an advantage over anyone else.
Glancing at the rivets on the airship, he felt a little emotional. Compared to Lu Ying's purely ornamental airships, Marfa's airship technology was really decades ahead. Just the technical content of this civilian steam airship is comparable to some of Lu Ying's military airships.
The sailing time was very slow, and Su Lun was flipping through the newspapers prepared by the airship transportation company for guests on the seat.
About six hours later, they will arrive at the imperial capital of Kabitron.
"Marfa Daily" is much richer than those newspapers in London that can smell a smell of decay just by looking at the words. Because it is a military dictatorship, there is little news about political conflicts. Most of them are at the technical level of people's livelihood, such as industrial exhibitions, machinery expos, patent competitions of mechanical colleges. Of course, extremely developed entertainment news is also indispensable.
Su Lun watched with great interest.
Coming from Luying, I really feel like I have traveled through time.
From the ancient times of knights and magic, we have come to the age of steam machinery.
Sitting opposite him, Dora looked expressionless, probably still sulking about being locked up in the dark room.
At this moment, Dora is no longer the freckled technician she was before, but has transformed back into the capable short-haired mechanic she is.
The facial features are not too stunning, but they are not bad either.
Especially the heroic spirit between his eyebrows, which adds a bit of sophistication.
The purpose of changing his appearance is to conceal his identity. Now that his identity has been exposed, there is nothing to hide. After all, the appearance of the granddaughter of the Moses family is not a secret.
Actually, Su Lun doesn’t want to lock this person up, but she is too smart.
Her learning ability and thinking ability made Mr. Hei full of praise after seeing her. If she really wanted to stay in the small void world, she would probably find out all her secrets before long.
So in order not to leak the secret or reveal the location of the Dawn Regiment, I gave her a single room in the castle.
Although it is delicious and delicious, it is not a bad treatment.
But there is probably still some resentment.
The two sat across from each other, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
While Su Lun was reading the newspaper, from the corner of his eye, he could still catch a glimpse of the angry and resentful eyes of the butcher lady, as if to say: You keep instilling civility and righteousness in me, but in the end you still want to use me in exchange for ransom?
Although Su Lun was thick-skinned, he still felt a little guilty inside.
While deceiving the girl into wanting "righteousness", he also extorted a lot of things from her family.
At this moment, he was waiting for someone to bring something to redeem him.
After all, he felt uncomfortable being stared at, which made Su Lun feel like he should say something.
While reading the newspaper, he started chatting with the meat lady.
"So, Miss Dora has been to Linton?"
"Yes. When I was a student at the School of Mechanical Engineering, I spent some time as an exchange student at Luying Royal College. Which class of alumni are you sir? Maybe we have met before. There were many powerful people in my class. Genius students, such as William from the Regard family, Augustus from the Rodriguez family, and Miss Ekaterina, the most beautiful student in the Imperial City. I have a pretty good relationship with some of them. ”
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The two chatted without a word.
Su Lun didn't realize that this meat-and-potatoes occupational disease had occurred again.
Between the words and the lines, he is still testing his origin and identity from time to time.
However, he did not expect that Dora would still know these people.
Su Lun chuckled and didn't know how to respond.
Just say you don’t know me, that’s definitely wrong.
Let’s just say we know each other. The two geniuses you mentioned died in your own hands;
The last one is "Fick"'s wife.
Anyway, it was confirmed that she would not be voted out, and Dora had no worries.
Seeing that Su Lun didn't respond, she asked directly: "Sir, what you mentioned before about the invasion of planes and the continuation of civilization makes sense to me. However, you are definitely not lying to me. Is your name really 'Su Lun'?"
As a professional intelligence officer, the basic skill is to memorize the information of important people in various places.
Dora felt that this guy in front of her was so powerful that she shouldn’t have heard of him before.
But the name "Su Lun" happened to be her name. She recalled the important members of Lu Ying's major families, and none of them matched the conditions.
Moreover, almost all of Lu Ying’s top professionals come from the Royal Academy, but this one is not one of them?
This is bizarre.
Hearing this, Su Lun smiled and said, "There is nothing to lie to. I will call you 'Su Lun'. You will know when your family comes to redeem you."
Dora's eyes became colder and colder, and she choked back: "Oh, I'm very curious about how much ransom you extorted from my family."
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Su Lun smiled and did not respond directly.
On the contrary, he felt that this topic was too lively, so he joked: "As the savior who saved you from the fire in the mine, I didn't have anything to say in return. But after contacting your family, they insisted I can’t refuse to show some gratitude.”
I’m not familiar with it anyway, so it would be best if I could get some benefits in exchange.
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Dora rolled her eyes after hearing this shameless response.
Kidnapping means kidnapping,
Is this turning into saving me?
If you don’t come to cause trouble, most of my lurking plan has been completed, okay!
The airship sailed leisurely in the sky.
It doesn’t look like it’s going fast, but actually it’s not that slow because it’s thousands of meters above the ground.
Su Lun looked at the steaming towns on the ground, thoughtfully.
Except for the city where the lord is located, the rest of Luying's land is almost all rural areas with a farming ecology. Marfa is already highly urbanized, and there are almost no primitive villages. They are all densely populated steel towns.
On this point, the gap between the two countries is not generally large.
The airship is very high and has a wide field of vision.
Su Lun was sitting by the window and suddenly caught a glimpse of a large thundercloud in the distance.
Silver light thunder snakes flickered in the thick dark clouds, looking at it from high in the sky, the movement was scary.
The civilian airship they were on was flying around the thunder clouds. However, Su Lun's eyes caught a small rusty airship heading straight towards the thunder clouds.
"Huh?"
Su Lun let out a light sigh in his heart.
His eyesight was very good, and he saw at a glance that there was someone in the small airship climbing out of the cabin, and then holding a rune lightning rod, which actually attracted the thunder.
In an instant, the airship was like a lightning dandelion, so spectacular.
Dora, who was sitting opposite, saw his gaze, glanced out the window again, and explained: "Those are 'Thunder Hunters'. Those hunters collect thunder in special containers and make energy balls. That's it. Like energy crystals, this is a very good energy source. It is widely used in the mechanical field."
As she spoke, she thought of something else and added: "But after all, thunder is uncontrollable. If you encounter an unstable thunderstorm, the ship will be destroyed and people will die. This is also a very dangerous job."
Su Lun was suddenly enlightened after hearing this, and felt deeply that Marfa's technology could capture the power of thunder and lightning.
Alchemy is really a magical science that creates miracles.
At this moment, the announcement of the opening of the buffet sounded on the ship: "Dear passengers, please note that lunch time has arrived."
Luying is an island surrounded by the sea, close to the sea, and most of its products are seafood.
Mafa is backed by a mountain of endless monsters, rich in products, and has a wide variety of foods.
On the buffet table, there were a lot of fruits that Su Lun had never seen before.
Red, yellow and green. The color is attractive and the fruity aroma is overflowing.
Dora was a little hungry, so she got up and wanted to get something to eat.
But I thought of something and asked casually: "Sir, what do you want to eat?"
Su Lun said casually: "Let's have some fruit. Thank you."
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Dora's eyes twitched as she listened.
I just said politely, you are really rude.
Lu Ying’s aristocrat is sick?
Although I am a prisoner, I, the legitimate daughter of the Moses family, will serve as your maid?
Although she complained repeatedly in her heart, Dora also turned around and left her seat.
The moment Su Lun turned her back to her, her expression became strange.
Why did I ask so many questions just now?
Have you also been brainwashed by your beliefs?
No way!
With the [blasphemer] costume, I cannot be hypnotized.
Dora felt more and more strange.
And after getting along for a while, she also discovered that the "Su Lun" in front of her was very special.
He obviously looks more like a lawyer or a dentist.
Rational, gentleman, talk less.
The terrifying murderous intention when they met is still fresh in her memory.
This is definitely a man who kills without blinking an eye.
It seems that this guy has two personalities in his heart, one is a normal person, and the other is a murderous maniac.
A very contradictory person.
Dora thought about it and walked to the dining table without realizing it.
She picked up the plate and picked up the fruit.
Su Lun took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was almost the agreed transaction time.
Although it was thousands of meters in the air, he knew that this difficulty would not stop the Moses family.
At this moment, Su Lun was reading the newspaper, and his eyes suddenly froze, as if he had discovered something: "Coming?"
In his perception, he clearly sensed a person flying rapidly from below, approaching the airship, and then walked in through the vent.
"There is only one person."
Su Lun looked out the window and was slightly surprised.
Although the person coming here is very strong, if a fight breaks out, it is absolutely impossible for him to be able to keep himself.
Su Lun locked on the man who flew up and watched him walk into the cabin.
However, what surprised him was that a burly old man appeared in his field of vision. Although this man has silver hair, he is full of energy and has a rosy complexion. It can be seen that his energy and blood are stronger than most young people.
"Thunder Tiger" Meredith Ben Moses? ”
Su Lun recognized the identity of the person at a glance.
He was also very surprised. The Marfa Navy Grand Admiral actually came to pay the ransom in person?
After the old man came in, he took off the windshield on his leather pilot hat, and he immediately saw Su Lun in his seat.
Meredith walked straight over and asked straight to the point with a hint of sullenness: "Where is my granddaughter?"
Su Lun could hear the doting and concern in this tone.
It seems that in the eyes of this old man, nothing is as important as his granddaughter.
Before Su Lun had time to speak, a girl suddenly appeared behind the old man.
Dora recognized the person and exclaimed: "Grandpa?"
Obviously, she was also surprised that her grandfather came in person.
This shout made Meredith's murderous expression freeze, and she swallowed the harsh words she was about to say.
Seeing his granddaughter appearing calmly in front of him with a plate full of fruit in her hand, the corners of his eyes twitched inexplicably.
Not that.
Have you been kidnapped by the most notorious pirate group today, the "Dawn Pirates"?
When the Moses family heard the news, they were all in chaos. (The most important source of information for the Marfa people about the Luying pirates is newspapers. Archduke Raphael described the Dawn Group as a despicable, dirty, lewd, ugly and dirty big pirate)
Though Meredith didn't think it was that bad. But the old woman, daughter-in-law, and various aunts at home are all scary. If they don't pay the ransom, they will be ripped off. In case your innocence is tarnished.
Anyway, the more trouble there is, the more violent it becomes.
He was worried about this old man, so he came in person.
But now, what is going on?
Meredith was prepared to go to war if her granddaughter lost a hair.
Any pirate group, even the one known as the King of the North Sea or the King of the West Sea, who dares to kidnap the granddaughter of the Moses family, should be prepared to be destroyed even if the ransom is obtained!
But looking at the scene in front of him, the generalissimo couldn't handle it.
The three of them looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little weird.
After being stunned for a moment, Dora put the dinner plate on the table and took her doting grandfather to sit down: "Grandpa, why are you here?"
Meredith looked at the smile on her granddaughter's face, and she looked like she had been wronged.
Moreover, they looked so harmonious, did they mean they were getting ready to eat?
Like a punch to the air.
I had been holding back my anger all the way, and my mind was full of plans on how to beat up the kidnappers, and there seemed to be nowhere to vent it.
Meredith was pulled to sit on the sofa, but she still had a cold face.
He looked at Su Lun and immediately shouted: "Are you the famous "God of Death"? ”
Su Lun didn’t speak.
He also saw that this old man was quite interesting. He was fierce, but he had no murderous intentions.
Dora on the side saw that the atmosphere was a bit strange, so she took the old man's arm and shook it, shouting in a reproachful tone: "Grandpa!"
Hearing this, Meredith felt something even more wrong for no reason.
But he also put aside the thought of attacking, took out a storage ring directly, and said with a shameless face: "I brought what you wanted."
There was no friendship and no embarrassment, so Su Lun took the storage ring directly.
Meredith explained in a bad tone: "There are six hundred tons of [activated silver] in the storage ring, which is almost all the inventory in the royal family's treasury. There is also the information you need about the dwarf ruins. I I can guarantee that this is the most complete information on that ruins on the market!"
While speaking, he squinted his eyes and kept looking at the calm young man in front of him, as if he wanted to see something, and then said: "As for Sir Isaac's alchemy notes that you want to inquire about. I do know this information. But This is the top secret of the empire"
Su Lun looked up when he heard that the old man was obviously trying to whet his appetite.
More than six hundred tons of [activated silver], which is thirty gargoyles.
If you can exchange the ransom for a meat ticket that you kidnapped, you are already making a lot of money, and the rest doesn't matter.
Unexpectedly, this old man actually knew the whereabouts of the notes.
Sure enough, asking any intelligence businessman is better than asking these big shots.
Meredith's eyes flashed brightly, and she changed her tone and said, "But before I tell you, can I ask, is there any use for you to find that note?"
Su Lun didn't know why he asked this, but his intuition told him that this note seemed to be of great importance.
But there was nothing to hide, he said directly: "Our leader of Dawn, Mr. Mirror, is a direct descendant of Sir Isaac."
Now that the plane invasion has become a fact, there is no need to hide Mr. Mirror’s identity. This identity is more convincing and cohesive when spoken out.
What's more, it's impossible for the Marshal of the Marfa Navy to not know about Dawn's recent momentum.
Hearing this, Meredith was thoughtful.
Su Lun thought that the other party would negotiate any conditions.
But after pondering for a moment, the old man said directly: "The notes are in Marfa, but I can't give them to you now. I need some time. And I can only promise to try my best, but I may not be able to succeed."
Is there any news?
Su Lun was overjoyed when he heard this, and his expression remained as usual.
He thought for a moment and responded directly: "Okay!"
The style of a professional soldier is to act vigorously and resolutely, and he also likes this kind of transaction that is not sloppy.
Although it was only a verbal promise, his intuition told him that this old man would keep his word.
When you say try your best, you must do your best.
Dora on the side looked at the two people facing each other **** for tat, with a flash of anxiety in her crystal eyes.
Although there was no slap on the table and glare, the atmosphere of the negotiation was not harmonious.
She also kept her arm around her grandfather, as if she was afraid that the two of them would fight on the spot.
Grandpa who is not wearing armor may not be able to beat the guy on the other side.
Meredith took out the ransom, and the original procedure should have been to "release the meat ticket".
But now, with my granddaughter by my side, this process is not necessary at all.
And from beginning to end, the "kidnapper" didn't mean to use this as a threat at all.
This is also the fundamental reason why Meredith didn't get angry.
After just a few words of conversation, the old man had actually figured out a person's general character.
As the Imperial Navy Marshal, he is no stranger to "Dawn".
An idea flashed in my mind.
He thought he should say something else, so he didn’t mince words, so he asked directly: "I heard that you robbed Raphael's mine. I would like to ask if you are interested in selling the technology and equipment you have. ?"
Su Lun was not surprised that he would make this request.
He has always had a good impression of the generalissimo. Although he looks aggressive, he is actually quite easy to talk to.
Su Lun did not refuse in a hurry and asked instead: "The plane invasion is a foregone conclusion. Do you want to use this technology externally or internally?"
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As soon as these words came out, it was Meredith's turn to be silent.
Complicated thoughts flashed through his eyes, and he didn't answer for a moment.
Not all affairs in the empire are decided by him, the marshal of the navy.
At least the main fighting faction now wants to annex Lu Ying. The temporary truce was also something he achieved with great difficulty by uniting several old men.
Su Lun saw his hesitation and knew that political matters could not be explained in a few words, but he did not wait any longer and said: "Since you have not thought about it, I will leave. As for the news about the notes, I will tell you later. Contact your family again."
Su Lun has told Dora everything he can about the information about the plane of gods.
She will naturally explain to the old man when she returns, so there is no need for her to waste her breath.
Today we are just talking about ransom.
We will talk about the rest later.
Su Lun didn’t intend to waste time here. Seeing the old man’s silence, he turned to Dora and smiled: “Miss Dora, goodbye.”
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Dora was stunned. The negotiation is over?
She felt as if she shouldn't say goodbye to a robber, but she still instinctively waved.
Su Lun smiled handsomely.
With a flash of space fluctuation, he disappeared from his seat.
As soon as Suellen left, Meredith and his father were left staring at each other.
Seeing that my granddaughter is well and even has a slightly round face, I think she has not suffered any abuse in the past month or so.
Marshal Marfa has many questions in his mind.
But when the topic of "plane invasion" was mentioned, he felt very heavy.
This is the big problem that has troubled him the most recently, but he is completely helpless!
Looking at her grandfather’s gloomy face, Dora took out a fruit from the dinner plate and asked as she did when she was a child: "Grandpa, do you want to eat one?"
Meredith also breathed a sigh of relief when she looked at her granddaughter who was intact.
No matter what happens, everything is worth it.
Let’s talk about the future.
He muttered: "I told you that you don't need to lurk, girl. Even without the mechanical monster technology, Lu Ying has no chance of winning in the future battlefield. This time Raphael's secret base was robbed , the latent plan went bankrupt, and those guys in the military department should stop. Forget it, just come back."
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Dora's mood is very complicated.
Ransom in exchange for freedom?
But it seems that I have never lost my freedom.
She even felt that Mr. Su Lun would not embarrass herself even if there was no ransom.
What made her feel even more complicated was what she had been talking about with Mr. Su Lun these days.
She once had extremely firm beliefs. Determine to become the best mechanic and fight for the rise of the empire. So as soon as he graduated from the academy, he joined the military and gradually became an ace intelligence agent.
But now, she is conflicted.
In the face of plane invasion, those ideals seemed to suddenly become meaningless.
Looking at her precious granddaughter's blank expression, Meredith asked with concern: "Girl, what's wrong?"
Dora thought for a moment and asked: "Grandpa, do you know about the 'Celestial Clan'?"
"???"
Meredith looked at her in surprise, a little unfamiliar with this term.
He knew about the plane invasion, but he didn’t know any information about the Celestial Clan.
As soon as the grandfather and grandson chatted, quietly, the future pattern of the entire Marfa Empire also changed.
The airship sailed towards Kabitron, the capital of the Marfa Empire, without encountering any turbulence and the journey was smooth.
In the cabin, after the grandfather and grandson talked about serious matters that were so depressing and breathless, they also talked about Dora's recent experience of being "kidnapped."
There was some laughter.
"What! That guy evacuated Rafael's secret base? No wonder Lu Ying's senior management was so shaken"
"Oh, that's the infamous Dawn Pirates, girl, you didn't suffer a loss, right?"
"Grandpa, I think your information may be wrong. The people in this Dawn Group are not bad."
"Huh? That's the pirate who kidnapped you?!"
"It's good that they are pirates. But in a sense, they are the ones who rescued me. Otherwise, grandpa, if you want to see Dora, it will take several years"
"Although it is true to say so. But girl, why do I feel that there is something wrong with the logic of your words?"
"Ah, let's not talk about this. Grandpa, do you know Su Lun? Where is he from? Why haven't I heard of him before?"
"He also has another identity. He is the current first heir of the Raigadi family."
"Huh? Then why did he become a pirate?"
"How do I, an old man, know what you young people are thinking? Oh, I have to report to your grandma quickly. I heard that you have been kidnapped, and everyone in the family is worried."
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