When the sun was about to set, the steam train Angel was riding passed through the entire Loen Kingdom and stopped at the coastal city on the southeast coast of Jianhai County, Conston City, the capital of Jianhai County.
Her main purpose of coming here was to meet with an envoy of the Tamara Family, and her secondary purpose was to escort a "Red Gloves" team. Now that the war had broken out, she took away the two important Sealed Artifacts sealed by Chanis Gate of Cons ton to avoid losing them when this city, which could become a front line at any time, was attacked.
Of course, this team did not know that they were being escorted by "Goddess Shadow", a Sequence 3's "Unaging" Demoness. Hidden Tracks didn't even wear the iconic Red Gloves, but wore a windbreaker common to travelers, carried two heavy boxes, hurriedly left the just-stopped train and headed straight for Church of Night in the city.
Angel did not hide his figure, but used the "hypocrisy" ring to slightly disguise himself, and followed them just enough to avoid being discovered by Red Gloves. At the same time, he paid attention to whether there were other stalkers or prying eyes.
Of course, until the other party entered the church and was led into Underground Area by the local clergy, Angel did not find anyone trying to attack Goddess Church's official Beyonder.
This did not surprise her. After all, Three Great Churches had been doing the same thing during this period, trying to collect the powerful Sealed Artifact that had difficult to deal with negative effects in various places into the cathedral of Backlund, or simply send them back to the church headquarters for centralized sealing to avoid problems during the chaotic period.
The war broke out less than a week ago. Even if there are already Feysac spies everywhere, it is very difficult to deal with a well-prepared official Beyonder team. And those powerful and unrestrained High Sequence Beyonder will be wary of God's own attitude, and rarely take action against such a target that has a clear mission and will attract attention.
——This is the reason why Angel did not come directly to Cons through Mirror World, but had to follow the Red Gloves team on the steam train.
Even Zarathus, who is hiding in the dark, is unlikely to take action against "Goddess Shadow" who is performing official duties until he understands the current status of Goddess, especially since he just escaped from Goddess's Mist Town. Maybe he is now like a frightened rabbit, burrowing into the soil at the slightest disturbance.
After the Red Gloves team entered the church, they waited for another ten minutes before Angel followed them in. Prayer Hall found a corner to sit in where there were many believers, lowered his head and recited Goddess Honorific Name, and closed his eyes for a moment of tranquility.
Before the Red Gloves team returned to Backlund tomorrow, she had a whole night of free movement, so she was not in a hurry. Instead, she listened to the bishop's sermon like an ordinary believer, stuffed 10 pounds into the donation box, walked out of the church slowly, and looked at the city shrouded in the sunset.
Only then did she have the time to appreciate this Loen Kingdom's largest city besides Backlund.
As the largest industrial city in the North Continent, the buildings here use a large number of concrete and steel bars, and the construction style is more unified, showing a tough and angular appearance, tall and dense, with numerous chimneys and blast furnaces, like an artificial forest, spewing black smoke like a tree crown day and night, it is more representative of the heavy industry of this era than Backlund's East Borough and South District.
The side effects are the soot on the streets that seems to never be cleared away, and the dusty looks on everyone's faces.
But thanks to the wind blowing from the Intervening Sea to the coast, the air quality here is better than Backlund before Environmental Protection Act was implemented.
Maybe this is the retirement place that Artisan Kavi dreams of. Well, it seems that she also got the news that "Angel Granger" died in Tingen. She can find a chance to visit her. I wonder if a year has passed. Has she got rid of the days of making Beyonder Weapon all day long and truly started to "retirement"...
While walking in the reinforced concrete forest, Angel recalled the member of "Machinery Hivemind" who left a deep impression on him even though they had not been together for a short time, and felt the rare inner peace after the war began.
But she knew that in the days to come, tranquility would be a luxury for both herself and the city.
Facing Cons across the Intervening Sea is Feysac Empire's largest port, Indo, followed closely by the capital Saint Millon, which is not far from the coast like Backlund.
If Feysac wants to set foot on the land of Loen, other than attacking Andaman Mountains through the only border between the two countries, or using Sonia Island as Qidian to attack the coastal ports of Loen and trying to land, they can only pass through the Intervening Sea, capture Cons Dun, and then use this as a landing point to transport the army, insert it into the hinterland of the Loen Kingdom, and target Backlund.
Andaman Mountains is the headquarters of Church of Evernight, and there will definitely be High Sequence Beyonder guarding the church, Church of Storms and Loen It is impossible for the E ironclad ship to give up maritime hegemony. Compared with these two goals, the weak Loen Inlet Sea Fleet is undoubtedly the weak point of defense and is most likely to be attacked by the first wave.
But even I can think of this, how could the Kingdom and Three Great Churches not think of it? Instead of immediately deploying heavy troops for defense and gathering powerful Sealed Artifact to defend against God of War Church and Einhorn Family's Beyonder, they were secretly evacuating Sealed Artifact and important personnel... Angel was puzzled by this, and the words "Red Angel" the evil spirit said came to mind:
Among Three Great Churches, there is a different opinion...
Shaking his head to get rid of the thoughts that he dared not dwell on, Angel found a hotel near the church, took a short rest, and enjoyed a Feysac rugged dinner consisting of beef stew in red wine, fried cod in butter, and beet soup. Then he came to a house next to a machinery processing plant and knocked on the door politely.
This is the meeting place agreed between her and the Tamara Family messenger.
At first, Angel, who was targeted by a certain Archangel, wanted to set the location at Backlund, while those from Tamara wanted to meet in a small town among Sivellas County and Hornacis Mountain Range far away from the capital. The differences between the two sides were too great, so they finally made a compromise and chose Cons ton.
Do they dare not enter Backlund, or are there some arrangements in the mountains, thinking that is the safest place?
Angel thought thoughtfully when he thought that the royal family of Loen had mastered "Justiciar" Pathway, and was one of the four nobles who hunted Tamara Family in Fourth Epoch.
After a while, the door was opened, and Angel looked into the room and found that the living room was brightly lit and the simple furniture could be seen at a glance, but there was not a single human figure.
It's a trick, right... She prepared herself for battle, stepped into the room, and immediately felt the difference in "rules" between the inside and outside with the door frame as the boundary:
Inside the room, any ability related to "mirrors" will be greatly hindered, including taking out Mirror World's objects, summoning Mirror Substitution, or directly drilling into Mirror World.
It is a restriction, but not a prohibition, or the power of this prohibition is not strong. It is the Prohibition of a certain Sequence 4's "Imperative Mage", and the effect is so broad that it is not restrictive enough?
Because "Grazing" has many Arbiter, and as the contractor of "Balancer" Anne, Angel is no stranger to this power. He quickly confirmed the other party's Sequence, felt at ease, and unceremoniously occupied the only single sofa in the living room, as if he was back at home.
"It feels like this has become your home, not mine."
As Angel's body completely relaxed on the sofa, a soft voice came from behind her.
At some point, a woman who looked to be in her twenties appeared there. She had a high nose, shining gray eyes, and plump lips. She was quite beautiful from a non-Demoness perspective. Unfortunately, her face lacked expression and she looked like a wax figure.
This reminded Angel of the messenger who "belonged exclusively to Alicia Tamara", the humanoid Spirit World Creature with an old-fashioned face and symmetrical facial features.
"Alicia Tamara?"
She asked confirmingly.
"It's me," the gray-eyed woman nodded in response, "Then you should be 'Golden Queen' Angelica Zaki."
Backlund Bridge Borough domain, next to a sewer entrance next to the Tussock River.
Xio Derecha took out the dagger from his waist, looked at it in the moonlight, and stuffed the weapon that had participated in two operations today but was not stained with blood back into its place.
From inside the iron door behind her, there could be heard from time to time the dull sounds of fists hitting flesh, as well as screams that were inconsistent with the force, like pigs being slaughtered.
Using the ability of "Arbiter" to interrogate the spy... She sighed slightly, pretending not to hear it, and looked at the river, which was much calmer than usual due to the curfew.
After the war began, Loen Military's intelligence agency "MI9" began a large-scale operation to arrest spies from various countries, especially those who had contacts with Feysac in the past. Regardless of whether they were real spies or not, they would be captured and interrogated first.
Since most of the methods are not very legal, they will not do these things at MI9's residence. Instead, they will take them to alleys, sewers, and even cemeteries, and use various methods that can leave permanent injuries to ask the other party whether they are suspected of espionage activities.
This often results in giving in to defeat.
From the perspective of war, this is understandable, but it did hurt many innocent people... As soon as Xio's thoughts were dispersed, the iron door leading to the sewer was opened. The Golden Mask man who issued the arrest mission today slowly walked out, arranged his clothes, wiped his hands with a rag that came from nowhere, and threw it into the Tussock River.
Behind him, another intelligence officer left quickly. He must have obtained some important information and was ready to report it as soon as possible.
"This guy has been recruited. He is indeed Feysac's spy. He has been lurking in the Veterans Officer Registration Office for five years just to get first-hand information after the war begins..."
The man came to Xio's side, and his voice came out from behind the mask, which seemed a little low and vague.
Xio was a little stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the young man who looked gentle and not much older than her was actually a spy who had been lurking for many years.
This made her feel a lot less guilty.
The masked man seemed to have guessed Xio's thoughts. He first looked at the dark sewer behind him, then chuckled and said:
"The tasks I find for you are all like this. The goals are clear. They only want to arrest rather than kill on the spot. You don't know that other people often have to make a choice between conscience and loyalty..."
Speaking of this, his tone was also a bit sad.
"I know, thank you."
Quinn nodded and expressed his gratitude sincerely.
This member of MI9, who claimed to be his father's old subordinate, indeed gave her a lot of convenience, simple but easy tasks to accumulate contributions, in exchange for access to Potion formulas, materials, and unabashed care.
If Xio hadn't been self-aware and knew that he was different from Fors and had no feminine charm, he might have guessed in a strange direction.
After a moment of silence, she asked as if changing the subject:
"What else did he say? Will there be any attacks against Backlund recently?"
"Such a sneak attack opportunity will never happen again," the man shook his head and said, "And what can a low-level intelligence officer like him know? It's just a guess from the information he collected."
"He believes that Feysac Empire's navy may attack Midseashire recently and wants to capture Cons ton's port."