City Hall Square of North Borough is only one crossroad away from Klee Wood Street, so the three of them did not take a carriage, but walked to the location where Your Majesty was about to give a speech.
Melissa followed Benson and Lily quietly, deliberately keeping a little distance to give them some private space, and scanned the street with his eyes. He found that even on this important day, the street was much quieter than usual. Many shops were closed, and there were almost no tourists from other places or even foreign countries. Even the shouts of the newsboys selling newspapers were listless.
She thought of a word that had appeared frequently in newspapers over the past month: depression.
Along with this, there is a shortage of material supplies and soaring food prices. East Borough, South District and Saint George Borough factories laid off a large number of workers due to reduced demand. In turn, more people lost their income and could not afford goods, forming a vicious cycle.
If Benson hadn't been admitted as a government employee and didn't have those... pensions of Klein, we might still be Iron Cross Street of Tingen City, living in In Franchi's dilapidated apartment, he was calculating how many pounds of black bread he could buy with the remaining money every day... Thinking of this, Melissa couldn't help but look up at Benson, who was walking side by side with Lily in front of him.
The latter's somewhat dignified tone immediately entered Melissa's ears:
"... Not only is the factory shutting down, but many students in schools have also suspended their studies and returned home to try their best to help their families tide over this crisis...
"The Technical University you and Melissa study in is pretty good. Most of the students' living standards have just declined and they can still survive. However, most of the families of students in East Borough's mission schools and free schools are unsustainable and cannot afford to support a student who only has expenses and no income.
"Loen Charity Student Aid Fund, who I am currently stationed at, is already trying its best to help them. Even students who do not meet the conditions for scholarships can receive a relief as long as they are willing to continue to go to school... But this is just a drop in the bucket and cannot help everyone at all. And as the war continues, the situation will probably get worse and worse."
Hearing this, Melissa recalled the morning when the war broke out, and remembered himself shivering in Lily's arms, as well as the explosions and smoke, the cries of his classmates, the devastated campus and the bloody bodies.
Fortunately, most of the injured students have received proper treatment in the hospital, and I heard that there is a "Clown Angel" with a terrifying appearance but a very gentle heart. He will sneak into the hospital at night and completely heal the seriously injured patients. Even the patients who were disabled in the air raid can recover overnight.
Clown Angel...Melissa inexplicably thought of the clown she and Benson met at the circus at the end of the summer when Klein left.
"Melissa, come up quickly."
Benson's shout pulled her out of her memories.
It's all over... Melissa's nose felt sore again, and he hurriedly followed the two people in front of him, passed the intersection together, merged into the more and more people in the team, and walked towards City Hall Square in front.
The surrounding residents include respectable gentlemen carrying canes and top hats, rough-skinned workers wearing jackets and trousers, and women wearing dark dresses and black veils covering their faces.
The only thing they have in common is silence, a silence that expresses confusion about the future.
In this atmosphere, Melissa's joyful feeling due to the growing relationship between his brother Benson and Lily quickly disappeared, and instead resonated with the people around him, falling into the same silence.
The three of them were among the increasingly dense and surging crowd, like a drop of water in a river, moving forward involuntarily, and soon poured into City Hall Square, gathering next to the temporary platform in the center of the square.
Because they arrived earlier, they were able to stand in a front position and clearly see everything in the center of the square.
What surprised Melissa was that the Your Majesty printed on the copper penny was not standing on the platform. Instead, there were several strange-shaped objects installed on the erected Pillar. They were like funnels with their big heads facing around, and their small heads were connected to several cables.
There are several busts standing on the platform below facing different directions. The character in the painting is George III with a serious expression and a crown on his head. His blue eyes seem to be glaring at the crowd below.
Next to the portrait, soldiers in full armor and holding rifles were watching the surroundings with vigilance. Not only on the platform, Melissa found that there were also many soldiers under martial law standing around the square.
"I knew it would be impossible to actually meet His Majesty, but I didn't expect the scene to be so... funny."
Benson secretly said to Lily and Melissa.
"Because this is National Speech, he can't appear everywhere," Melissa finally found the opportunity to say, pointing to the strange-looking machinery above, "I guess the speech should be sent from there. I have seen such a device in Professor Momont's laboratory. The professor said it is called a 'trumpet.'"
"Emperor Roselle's genius idea. You know, even the telegraph didn't exist in that era, but he had already anticipated the subsequent technological advancements."
Lily, who is also a mechanical major like Melissa, nodded in agreement.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound from those "big speakers", and then, a deep and clear voice echoed throughout City Hall Square:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am your emperor..."
"...Loen, East Balam and the ruler of the Rhoside Islands, George Augustus III."
At the other end of the square, a piece of dusty glass faced the high platform in the center of the square. Angel was listening to George III's remote speech in "Mirror World".
After seeing George III filling the podium with his portrait instead of the large Prince Gowenton used to commemorate those who died in battle, Angel was sure that Klein's plan had been successful.
Because only if you want to use this occasion to complete nationwide sacrifices and use this as a ceremony to ascend to "Black Emperor" God's Throne, you need to put on your own portrait to strengthen people's understanding of this "Emperor".
After all, the vast majority of people have only seen the profile of George III on coins and do not have much specific impression of him.
Angel believes that at this time, in every city, town and town across Loen, and in every square where speakers and radios are simultaneously broadcasting speeches, the same portrait is placed, and there will be no less than tens of millions of people looking at King.
When the speech reaches its climax and everyone's emotions resonate, the purpose of George III will be achieved... At that time, without any obstruction, He will probably follow the "0-08" arrangement, fake the show, take the opportunity to complete the ceremony, and take Potion...
Angel was thinking, and words with a slight electric sound kept coming from his ears:
"... Just this week, Earl Modaire, Govington Augustus, died heroically on the front line of the war of the Ammantha Mountain Range. Along with him, more than 50,000 outstanding young people died in this war. They should have had a bright future, loving spouses, and equally outstanding children... But Feysac people destroyed all of this."
I don't know who wrote the speech, but it couldn't be George III himself. He should be thinking about how to get promoted, and also be prepared for Orthodox Church to take action, worried about Opposition Faction in the royal family... Angel muttered, his eyes constantly changing direction with the flickering of the glass next to the square and the puddles on the ground, taking in the surrounding situation.
Although the speech is old-fashioned, it can arouse people's emotions. I saw Lily, as well as Melissa and Benson. Benson should be a relatively stable person, but his eyes are red. Well, this is related to the fact that he has been working in Charity Fund and has seen too many victims of war...
Her thoughts continued to diverge until the speech gradually reached its climax. At the request of George III, the people in the square observed a moment of silence for the dead big Prince and more soldiers.
In the name of Emperor George III.
This sentence seemed to turn on a certain switch, and Angel immediately noticed Spirituality's touch.
She realized that this was Klein trying to summon herself in "History Void". This was a pre-agreed signal, which meant that George III really intended to use this speech to try to be promoted to "Black Emperor"!
Without hesitation, Angel went deep into Mirror Tunnel and moved quickly outside Backlund city.
Her destination is a Fourth Epoch Ruins in the East Taker County mountainous area, and it is also one of the nine mausoleums of "Black Emperor" George III.
At the same time, at the feet of York Mountain of Awwa County, Klein with Marionette Chunas appeared. The "Creeping Hunger" in his hand was transparent. It was obvious that he had just used "Teleportation" to come from Backlund.
As soon as he landed, he converted a large number of nearby small animals and birds into Marionette, and scattered them around like three cunning rabbits. However, he himself was in the hidden state given by Arianna's "Historical Image", without having to worry about being discovered.
Of course, Klein suspects that what he just pulled out is actually the real Arianna, or at least has real sanity.
Without thinking too much, he used both hands and continued to grab Historical Void, summoning Azik Eggers with bronze skin and a black mole under his right ear and himself ten seconds ago.
The former will be the main attack on this mausoleum, while Klein hid in History Void, allowing the false self to gain a certain degree of consciousness, and approached the location of the mausoleum with a metal vial containing all twenty-two Pathway and Beyonder blood mixtures.
The truly cautious Seer never does it himself!
The sea area where Desi Bay and Escosen Island are located.
A huge black Three-Masted Sailing Ship emerged from the fog that filled the sea. It quickly approached the coastline at a speed far exceeding that of any ship. There was no Sailor on the deck, but the artillery moved and aimed on its own, pointing at the same position.
It was a steep cliff near the sea. The exposed limestone inside was a beautiful white color. But at this time, invisible power was gathering in the sky above White Cliff. Drops of blood shining with gemstones appeared out of thin air, outlining a complex symbol.
The symbol quickly took shape and expanded into an illusory door, covering the entire cliff. The interior was dark and unclear, but a huge mausoleum could be vaguely seen.
The guards inside the mausoleum had already noticed the black ship approaching, but it was not until the secret mausoleum, which was originally isolated from the world and had multiple protections such as "Distortion" and "Secret Keeping", was exposed by the resonance of the mysterious symbol that they panicked and activated the ritual they had prepared to welcome the royal family, Angel Descent.
This is the strongest attack they expected to receive. "Queen Anne's Revenge" also has Angel level combat power!