Old Foreman's complexion changed quickly and returned to its original state almost instantly.
He Ao glanced at Old Foreman. He was the only one among everyone present who saw the change in Old Foreman's expression.
Of the six people who have just arrived, the young man is the mole and the middle-aged woman has fainted after being controlled.
The only two brothers He Ao, Old Foreman, and the middle-aged man are left.
Old Foreman put down Bracelet, looked at the crowd and said, "Mining Consortium's joint forces of Mercenary and City Defense Army are coming this way. They will be able to reach the church in ten minutes at most."
"What?"
The one who had the biggest reaction was the middle-aged man Watson. He looked at Old Foreman, "Didn't we arrange secret sentries along the way? How come it was so fast?"
"Our 'eyes' are bypassed."
Old Foreman said softly.
"How do they know the position of our 'eyes'?" He suddenly came to his senses mid-sentence, looked at the corpse on the ground, and cursed fiercely, "Yaz, this traitor."
"Watson, now you go contact the few principals, summon everyone in the church, and go to the small pond in the innermost place."
Old Foreman's tone was calm. Everyone present could panic, but he could not panic.
"Okay!"
Watson nodded heavily.
Although he originally wanted to follow Old Foreman to see Iliyan, the matter was urgent at the moment and he couldn't take care of that much.
After arranging Watson, Old Foreman looked at Ivo again, "Ivo, you and Watson are together."
"Okay!"
Ivo also nodded heavily, and then he subconsciously looked at He Ao.
"Nell Come with me to see the lady. I need the lady's help this time."
Old Foreman slow voice channel.
He did not tell anyone Iliyan's name, but only referred to it as "that lady".
Ivo looked at his younger brother and didn't know what to say for a moment. His younger brother was smarter than him and could fight better than him. He gently patted his younger brother on the shoulder and whispered, "Be safe."
"Well," He Ao nodded gently and said slowly, "Don't be too impulsive when things happen."
"Don't worry, I'm very cautious."
Ivo smiled.
He Ao raised his head and glanced at Ivo, wondering where he got his confidence.
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The two brothers parted ways, and He Ao followed Old Foreman further into the church.
Iliyan's maid led the way from a distance without saying a word. She also stood and watched the entire incident from a distance without making any comments.
The quiet one doesn't even look like a living person.
He Ao glanced at Maid Miss's back, turned to look at Old Foreman beside him, and asked slowly, "Is there B-Rank among the people here?"
Relying on the strength He Ao showed last night, C-Rank can still deliver food no matter how many people come.
This wave of Mining Consortium is coming fiercely. It is probably because he has the power to suppress He Ao with confidence. There is a high probability that it is a B-Rank.
"Mining Consortium Eber, the leader of Mercenary Group, is a B-Rank Transcendental,"
Old Foreman answered quickly while walking quickly,
"This man himself is actually not a bad person. He often helps the poor, but his philosophy in life is to use money to do things. He takes Mining Consortium's salary to do things for Mining Consortium.
"Before the contract expires, as long as Mining Consortium does not harm him, he will not betray."
He Ao glanced at his pace and saw that Old Foreman's chassis was very stable, not at all as old and weak as he appeared on the surface.
Underneath this rickety body may be compact and explosive muscles.
This may be one of the reasons why Old Foreman dared to directly test Yaz, but he did not expect that Yaz had become Transcendental.
At Yaz's age, without the guidance and guidance of Transcendental practitioners of the same path, being able to become a D-Rank Transcendental practitioner would already have an astonishing talent.
He Ao didn't ask Old Foreman about his hidden strength. Since the other party didn't take the initiative to tell him, there was no need to ask.
At this moment, they seemed to be almost at their destination. He continued to ask, "Mining Consortium doesn't seem to have completely controlled City Defense Army?"
"City Defense Army of Rock City has two divisions, namely 107th Division and 108th Division. Mining Consortium fully controls 107th Division, they can easily mobilize the power of 107th Division, but 108th Division is not controlled by Mining Consortium, only partially eroded."
Old Foreman replied.
He Ao: "108th Division Are there any powerful figures who oppose Mining Consortium?"
"Division Commander of 108th Division is a B-Rank Transcendental believer. He believes that City Defense Army only needs to defend the city and cannot participate in the internal struggle of the city. City Defense Army is the defender of the city, not the destroyer of the city,"
Old Foreman thought for a while and slowly narrated, "He believes that once City Defense Army starts to intervene in the internal affairs of the city, it will be like opening up Pandora's Box, which will release unpredictable risks.
"But although he doesn't like Mining Consortium, the mayor and the majority of the council are all Mining Consortium people. Our Rock City is on the northern border. The laws are different from other Federation cities. The mayor has higher command and appointment power over the military.
"So 108th Division Commander can only suppress the inside of 108th Division and prevent them from participating in Mining Consortium's affairs. It forms a weak balance with the power of Mining Consortium, maintaining the basic stability of the City Defense Army and preventing City Defense Army from completely becoming a thug of the consortium.
"Because he is the only B-Rank among the City Defense Army, and he is very strong, and Mining Consortium dare not touch him easily, so this fragile balance is barely maintained."
"We're here."
The cold voice of Maid Miss came from the front.
This is a room deep in the church with a small door, similar to the small chapel that He Ao visited before.
Maid Miss opened the door, revealing what was inside.
This is a room that looks like an ancient castle palace. It is cylindrical in shape, about ten meters high, with a huge dome on top. The bright light shines through the lens glass of the dome, illuminating the entire palace as if it were outdoors.
This palace-like room has almost no interior decoration, only densely packed bookshelves and books. One bookshelf after another is close to each other, clinging to the wall, extending up to the top of the room, under the dome.
This is the first time He Ao has seen these books, which are as numerous as the vast stars.
These books were stacked up, making He Ao think for a moment that he had arrived in some secret ancient library.
If he hadn't seen the emblem of Heptagram that belongs to God of Knowledge in this palace, he would even think that Iliyan is a fanatical believer of Good Friend.
He Ao opened Hyper-memory and glanced at it, memorizing the names of all the books.
It's a pity that the "library" on this ground is full of normal books. Although there are also some rare books that are not in circulation in the market that surprised He Ao, they do not record many secrets like the underground library.
At this moment, Iliyan is controlling the wheelchair and sitting in front of a certain bookshelf.
A book was placed on her wheelchair, and the wheelchair made a fast Artificial Intelligence voice, seemingly reciting the contents of the book to her.
She turned around when she heard the door open and footsteps.
Some of the whitish dome light hit her fair skin, forming a sharp contrast with the lace and black gauze that covered her eyes.
"What's wrong?"
She seemed to hear the rush of everyone's footsteps.
"Eber is coming with the people of Mercenary Group and City Defense Army. They will arrive in a few minutes," Old Foreman said quickly in an old voice, "There is a traitor among our people. We took them to bypass the hidden sentries."
"I understand."
Iliyan Close the books on the wheelchair and put them back into the bookshelf.
Her electric wheelchair turned a corner and drove towards He Ao and Old Foreman at the door.
"I will temporarily block them for you, and you can take the opportunity to move, but I won't delay for too long.
"So you may need to send some people or a strong person to attract attention and weaken the power of the City Defense Army and Mining Consortium Mercenary Group, so that I can buy more time for you, but those who attract attention may die under the encirclement and suppression of the City Defense Army and Mining Consortium Mercenary Group."
Old Foreman nodded. Just as he was about to open his mouth, He Ao looked at Iliyan and said quickly, "I'll go ahead. Can you hold Eber down so that he doesn't move?"
"Okay," Iliyan nodded slightly, "He won't act rashly while I'm here."
"Okay."
He Ao nodded, as long as B-Rank was held back, he could still escape intact.
He was going to investigate some things on his own, and it was just a good reason to separate from Miners Mutual Aid Society.
Old Foreman looked at He Ao. He Ao was not Miners Mutual Aid Society's person. In fact, there was no need to do these things for them.
"Just think that I replaced Ivo."
He Ao smiled.
This kind of death-inducing thing is so attractive that Nell's idiot Fourth Brother will definitely sign up enthusiastically.
Old Foreman opened his mouth. In the end, he did not refute He Ao, but said slowly, "Be careful."
In fact, the crisis this time was not that big, because Old Foreman had an ambush and set up the headquarters of Miners Mutual Aid Society in the place where Iliyan lived in seclusion.
The other party counted He Ao in Miners Mutual Aid Society's power and sent B-Rank, but they didn't know that Mutual Aid Society also had a B-Rank.
Iliyan and Mining Consortium are political enemies, and Miners Mutual Aid Society was supported by her. She will help Miners Mutual Aid Society no matter what.
But she can't protect Miners Mutual Aid Society to death. After all, Mutual Aid Society is just an investment for her. If the cost exceeds the expected income, she will give up Miners Mutual Aid Society.
Therefore, she will forcefully delay Mutual Aid Society for a period of time, but if Mining Consortium's person can't bear it any longer and wants to rush forward, she will immediately get out of the way to avoid a violent head-on conflict with Mining Consortium.
So she said she needed some people to attract the attention of Mining Consortium people and lure some people away. The lighter the pressure on her, the longer time she could buy for Miners Mutual Aid Society.
As for Miners Mutual Aid Society, because Mutual Aid Society itself has no strong people, those who go out to distract the enemy will be in danger. This is actually a death mission.
Of course, the premise of all this is that He Ao is not involved.
He Ao becomes involved and things become simple.
As long as B-Rank is held back, it will be easy to leave with He Ao's strength, so he is the best candidate to distract Mining Consortium's power.
Because time was urgent, after the matter was settled, the three of them prepared to separate.
Old Foreman went to the pond. There was a secret passage there that only he knew, so the inner ghost Yaz could not send people to intercept them.
He Ao went to the main entrance with Iliyan.
Just before the three of them parted ways, He Ao remembered something and looked at Iliyan,
"Vincent's two Hell Apostle Mech escaped during the siege last night. Now Vincent is dead, and his power should have been annexed by the mayor.
"But the two people driving Mecha are probably Vincent's die-hard fans, and they won't surrender so easily. Do you know where Vincent is and what Safehouse is?"
Iliyan was stunned for a moment, and she thought for a moment, "I once read a piece of information. Vincent bought a huge warehouse at No. Annano Street 157. The place is very remote and surrounded by abandoned factories. It is very suitable for hiding Mecha. However, this warehouse should not be hidden for long. You can try your luck."
"Okay, thank you."
He Ao nodded.
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The three of them separated, and He Ao and Iliyan quickly arrived near the main entrance.
At this moment, the sounds of vehicles stopping and neat footsteps could be heard outside. It was obvious that City Defense Army and Mercenary Group had arrived.
He Ao follows Iliyan to the main entrance, but he won't go out.
Old Foreman once made a second-class escape passage, right next to the main entrance. All the core personnel knew it, and Yaz naturally knew that this passage could be used to attract the attention of the people surrounding it.
When he was almost at the door, Iliyan handed He Ao a glass bead dripping with Purple Radiance.
"You hold this glass bead. When the time comes, this bead will affect the thinking of the people around you, making them think that you are followed by a group of people. This bead is disposable. Just crush it when you use it. It is only effective for three minutes. You try to lure as many people away as possible."
He Ao took the bead. This was the first time he came into contact with this kind of ability that was not control, but could affect people's thinking and judgment.
However, this kind of beads can only be used by relatively strong people, because the weak ones will most likely be killed directly before they can run very far. Only the strong ones can go in and out and attract more people's attention.
If the strength is not enough, the only way is to gather enough people to attract the attention of the City Defense Army and Mercenary Group outside.
So what Iliyan just said is that he needs some people or a strong person.
Iliyan couldn't see anything, and He Ao walked very lightly, so the direction she handed out was not the direction of He Ao, but the void on the side.
He Ao stretched out his hand to put away the beads and retreated to a corner.
Iliyan's maid opened the main door of the church and pushed Iliyan's wheelchair out.
The outside was already densely surrounded by people wearing two kinds of neat uniforms.
City Defense Army's uniform is white, while Mercenary Group's uniform is gray and white.
At this moment, a man who looked to be forty years old, with a square and thin face, short brown curly hair and a short beard was standing in front of the church door.
He stood upright, holding the exquisite and gorgeous sword at his waist with his right hand, and stared intently at the beautiful woman in black dress walking out of the church.
And very close to him, stood a thin young man with a pale face and sinister eyes. He held a trumpet in his hand and seemed to be preparing to shout, "People inside, listen, you are surrounded."
That middle-aged man should be Eber, the leader of Mercenary Group, and behind him is the traitor Yaz.
Yaz leaned close to Eber, almost hugging Eber's thigh against his back.
This traitor seemed to be very afraid of death. He hugged his thigh tightly and refused to leave.
After Iliyan came out, although he didn't know Iliyan, he quickly got closer to Eber.
His behavior made Eber frown slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Yaz is so close to Eber. Anyone who wants to kill him needs to break through the defense of a strong B-Rank first.
I'm afraid long-range sniping won't work either. Although He Ao doesn't know what Eber's Talent Sequence is, since he is the leader of a force group, he should be more focused on combat. Ordinary sniper rifles will most likely not be able to break his defense.
Yaz seems to think so too. After he betrays Mutual Aid Society, he will inevitably encounter revenge, so he hugs his thigh tightly. If he wants to kill him, he must be prepared to face B-Rank.
Similarly, whoever kills him will gain great prestige in Miners Mutual Aid Society.
He Ao glanced at Yaz and disappeared into the shadows in the corner.
------Digression-----
I'm done. There will be an update tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'll go over the outline.
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