A few minutes after the Fat Man Puppet was solved, the underground battle completely subsided. There were no deaths in the whole battle, but a few Lion Guards suffered some flesh injuries while fighting the Fat Man Puppet. This result was somewhat disappointing.

Unexpected and reasonable.

Soon the evil alchemist's lair was controlled by the Lion Guard. Except for some of the alchemist's servants, the fat man among the four alchemists suffered cardiac arrest due to Diana's electric shock paralysis.

Death, but this loss does not matter, since the remaining three alchemists have already been captured.

The work of clearing out the evil lair is not going smoothly. After all, this complex and disgusting underground laboratory is full of all kinds of anti-human and disharmonious scenes. A large number of half-dead experimental subjects can be seen everywhere, even in this space.

There is also a garbage dump next door that looks like a place where failed products are stored. The scene there is even more disgusting than the one Erica and the others encountered outside before.

Everyone is actually worried that Chris will suffer some irreparable psychological trauma here. For this reason, Diana proposes to take Chris out of here first and let the Lion Guards clear the place. After all, although the battle here is over, it does not mean that the entire lair is over.

All the battles were over. Alberta and the others had encountered a fork in the road when they came down, and Norma took the other Chris soldiers there to separate, although she had just followed another route not long ago.

A road has come here, but in fact there are still some half-dead and low-quality flesh puppets wandering in the sewers of the entire city.

"What are you looking for?" Erica asked, looking at Chris who was walking around and looking for something in the entire laboratory.

"Something is missing here." Chris looked at a messy broken table, then walked to a nearby packed baggage to look for something, and then looked at the distance not far away with a vigilant look.

The three alchemists tied up by the Lion Guards and a corpse on the ground said: "Compared with when I came here before, there are fewer research notes of the alchemists, and...an alchemist...

…”

"What? Is there something else that slipped through the net?" After hearing this, Erica couldn't help but pick up the Grizzly Bear Killer and then the realm spread around.

After hearing Chris's question, Alberta immediately kicked the alchemist beside her, and then asked about the whereabouts of the alchemist who was not at the scene.

The old alchemist, who had just recovered slightly from paralysis, was almost knocked out by Alberta's kick. After struggling hard, he looked up at everyone with an innocent face and vomited a mouthful of blood.

"Here... there are only four of us alchemists. The others... are only servants... and some mercenaries..." The old alchemist lay on the ground in pain and said without joy: "No...

…The fifth alchemist!”

"Impossible! I remember clearly when you kidnapped me before. The five of you were all wearing the same robe. I will never admit it." Chris reluctantly planned to walk to the other party to argue, but

However, Erica stopped her and kept her distance. However, Chris seemed to be very concerned about this matter. For this reason, she still firmly pointed at the people around her and said: "I remember you were writing here.

I was reading research notes, while the fat man was checking the corpses over there. The other two people walked past me and then went next door to handle some experiments. The remaining one with the hunchback was watching all this in the corner!"

"Did you remember correctly? Little princess..." The female alchemist planned to tease Chris, but under the threat of the sharp blade that Alberta stretched out, she quickly restrained her attitude and said respectfully: "I...

… We have only had four people here from beginning to end, and they were all hired by Count Klein from the north, and the remuneration was only four... There can be no fifth person..."

Obviously, the female alchemist did not satisfy Chris, and even Chris still thought that the other party was perfunctory with her. After all, the precious experimental notes and other information of the alchemists were not discovered again, although the principality did not intend to inherit it.

Their evil research, but the principality also has the responsibility to work with the Alchemist Association to destroy these evil experiments that have caused harm for thousands of years, and not let anything here spread to the outside.

But the fact is that there are missing things and people here, so Chris seems very anxious. And Erica also found that Chris's anxiety also affected other people, especially Miss Norma, who looked at her as if

The state of torture and extortion of confessions from these alchemists is about to pass.

"Wait a minute..." Suddenly the old alchemist who was the leader said suddenly: "I think... this lady should be right, here... there may indeed be a fifth alchemist before here... or maybe

It's something disguised as us..."

"Speak clearly!" Norma unceremoniously pulled out her sword and put it against the old alchemist's ear, as if she would cut off his ear if he didn't confess.

"Before... our research records disappeared inexplicably before you came, and at that time I tried to use magic to search for it, but..." The old alchemist seemed a little scared and hesitated for a while before saying: "I...

…I sense a very scary aura here, a thing that…don’t know how to put it, is right here…staring at us…”

As soon as the old alchemist finished speaking, everyone around him began to use their own methods to search the room. Even Diana and Aurora activated their own detection magic to look for any clues around them, and Ai

Rika, Alberta and the Lion Guards also hurriedly protected Chris and warned the surroundings.

But as each spell ended, everyone's faces were filled with doubts and confusion. Even Norma still shook the sharp blade on the old alchemist's ear with an angry look on her face. It seemed that she felt that this

The old villain is really bluffing.

"Wait... I really think I found some traces." Diana walked to the corner where the fifth alchemist that Chris pointed out before took a look, then turned back to everyone and said: "This is indeed the place.

There are traces of the existence of something, and there are also magical residues of teleportation magic.”

"I clearly remember there was someone there, but why..." Chris suddenly thought of something, and then quickly took out the enamel stone pendant hanging around her neck and looked at it.

Many people don't know what Chris's pendant is, but Diana and Aurora noticed something from the subtle magic power emanating from it. Even the old alchemist who was proficient in magic looked suddenly enlightened.

appearance.

Chris walked to the three alchemists with the enamel stone pendant, and put the enamel stone close to their heads one by one to try. Then Chris went to the captured alchemist servants nearby.

He repeated it one by one, and finally looked at Diana nervously, as if she was asking for help.

"Just capture them first and keep an eye on them. I will help you investigate the rest." Diana comforted Chris, who was a little scared, and then took her and Thea away from here.

Erica didn't understand why the atmosphere suddenly became so tense, but she still believed in Diana's judgment and remained vigilant to protect Chris from leaving this dirty sewer.

More than half an hour had passed by the time everyone returned to the ground, and during this period many people on the ground were actually more nervous and restless than Erica and the others.

Tyler Taxa was planning to continue the small plot against Bishop Deus Rosen this morning. Yesterday, he cooperated with Dasniel's conspiracy plan against Count Oskander. Although this kind of

The rumor offensive does not mean that Count Oskander will be overthrown in an instant, but at least to some extent, it has poured a basin of dirty water on him that cannot be washed away in a short time. The rest is to follow the original instructions.

Today, the plan is to let the small nobles of the Norman church collectively expose Count Oskander's crimes, and strive to carry out fatal attacks in sequence without damaging his reputation.

The plan was arranged very smoothly and the rhythm was very subtle. Although Taxa thought that this plan was not perfect, at least it would not cause too much disharmony to the upper-class nobles and Duke Michael.

After all, Oskander is also a high-ranking earl. Rumors alone will not pose any threat to him, but this rhythm and intensity will make my good behind-the-scenes offensive also allow Duke Michael to have more influence on him.

Distrust, once this distrust accumulates to a certain level, even if the Duke does not deal with him, other nobles, especially the small noble group under his control, will never agree.

Of course, the offensive against Count Oskander is just a deal between Taksa and Count Klein. In order to win over this powerful "ally", Taksa will take the lead in showing off his abilities. Wait until this level

Only after the relationship is stable will he use the power of his allies to solve his own goals.

The Celestial Religion, a very powerful foreign religion, is also a stumbling block for the Norman Church on the way forward. At least for now, this is how Taksa views each other. In the past, the foreign Celestial Religion was a stumbling block for the Norman Church.

It is a behemoth that can only be looked up to. Although almost all the small local religious groups are jealous of the Tianshen Sect for occupying the resources of the already small religious groups when they come to the principality, due to the strength of the other party and the semi-public nature of the principality,

I support everyone but can only swallow their anger and choose to submit to others.

Although the relationship between local small religions and the Tianshen Sect has been relatively harmonious in the past period of time, and there have even been some related religious interactions many times, this does not mean that ambitious small religious leaders like Taksa are willing to

He has spent his whole life humbled in front of the Celestial Sect. If there is a suitable reason and opportunity, Taksa believes that no one will refuse to give the Celestial Sect a try. However, it is basically impossible to defeat or expel this behemoth, but given

The temptation of others stumbling upon him or trying to win over or even control a regional bishop was too much for him to resist.

Taksa's ultimate goal is to use the same method to deal with Count Oskander to calculate Bishop Rosen. Although he has always hated this old man who always has a condescending attitude, to be honest, it is more important than getting rid of him.

Speaking of which, Taksa wanted to control him, at least it was similar to the original plan, but some details needed to be changed after joining forces with Count Klein.

Use some extremely threatening shady secrets to control Bishop Rosen, and then slowly make the Celestial Church make more concessions and use this to develop the Norman Church, and then finally allow the Church to cover the entire Principality of Michael.

A glorious vision to become the state religion.

This kind of hope has been a fantasy that Taksa could only dream about for a long time in the past, but today is different. After today, Taksa confidently believes that he will take a historic step. Because he thinks he will do it.

The Norman Church has reached a new height that no one has reached since its establishment. He even imagined that he would become extremely noble in the religious field and the aristocratic circle of the principality in the future. Perhaps when the most glorious moment comes, let Norman

It will no longer be a fantasy for the Church of Mann to secretly control the Principality of Michael.

Taksa was in an extremely happy mood after waking up this morning. He almost walked and jumped out of his luxurious bedroom and went to the restaurant outside to eat. He also specially ordered the maid to prepare a luxurious breakfast.

The food culture in the north of the Principality of Michael places great emphasis on meat, but in fact this kind of food is not that expensive. After all, the northern region has the grain-producing area of ​​Bar Plain, which can almost satisfy the entire principality.

They are all relatively systematic animal husbandry industries. Big fish and meat are just common meals for ordinary nobles, and the ingredients that can truly reflect the nobility in various noble circles are actually honey and sugar shipped from the south.

.

Many things in the human civilization of Hiltia are almost the same as those in similar eras on Earth. Sweets such as sugar and honey are always the most expensive ingredients. After all, there is no sugar cane in the human countries on this continent.

Although beet is an extremely high-quality sugar-making raw material, its output is still not high so far. Even if reincarnations from the earth have made many improvements, it is of no avail. For this reason, in human society, the main types of sugar are

Some plant syrups, cereal maltose, fructose and honey with very low yields, etc.

The main ingredient of this so-called luxurious breakfast in Taksa is honey from the south. A jar of honey that is almost as big as an ale bottle can be sold for 10-20 gold gold coins in Trikla, and in addition, nowadays

There are major transportation obstacles in the north and south of the principality. Nowadays, this jar of honey can be sold for almost 3-4 times the price in the city. Normally, even if Taksa convenes church members for a dinner, he will only take out a few bucks.

A small cup of honey was used as a garnish for dessert, but today he was unexpectedly generous and asked the maid to bring a whole jar of honey for him to squander.

Bread for breakfast? Spread honey! Milk for breakfast? Mix it with honey! Ham and sausage for breakfast? Just take these meats that are fried until soft and oily, roll them in the honey jar, and put them in your mouth.

The feeling of almost choking to death from the sweet smell made Taksa feel as if he had ascended to heaven and become a god.

The main reason why Taksa dared to squander expensive ingredients like this is because he is convinced that after today, within a month at the latest, Count Oskander will be brought down by Count Klein. Although he may not be removed from the title, he will definitely

In terms of property, he will receive a huge blow, and even his Tharil Chamber of Commerce will most likely be embezzled by Earl Klein.

However, Taksa feels that based on Count Klein's code of conduct, he should not do such a thing personally. After all, through the analysis of "reliable sources", he already knows some of Count Klein's secret methods in the black market.

That's almost it. Taksa is convinced that after wiping out Count Oskander, Count Klein will definitely need a new "agent" to help him take care of his excess properties, and Taksa himself thinks that the Norman Church is the best

A good candidate. And judging from the wealth of the Thrill Chamber of Commerce, even if the Norman Church only occupies a small part of the industry, the church will make a lot of money. By then, let alone this mere jar of honey.

Even expensive crystal sugar or white sugar can still be eaten.

With this confidence supported, Taksa's breakfast this morning was considered a waste. He actually wasted nearly a third of the entire jar of honey, and the honey was mixed with grease and meat scraps.

It was all over the table, and even the maid who was eating next to him was "rewarded" by Taksa with honey on her face. But this breakfast was not very smooth, because when Taksa was eating

When he was in high spirits, suddenly a servant came from outside and brought a piece of bad news to Taksa who was daydreaming.
To be continued...