"What's going on?" Viscount Campbell, the Minister-General of Defense of the French Palace, looked at the mostly empty display stand with a gloomy face, looked at the body of Earl Phelps with his head missing on the ground, and suppressed the anger in his heart.

, turned around and asked the general in charge of the palace guards, imperial guards and royal guards who were silent behind him.

Several leading generals looked at each other, not knowing how to answer the question of their immediate superior, because they had just heard the siren and rushed over, and they had no idea what was happening now.

However, a senior knight of the Royal Guard stepped forward to relieve his superior and explained the situation quickly and briefly.

It turned out that not long after Count Phelps led the people into the treasure house, two more scholars and most of them left. After that, there was no movement in the treasure house for a long time, and Count Phelps did not come out.

Due to some rules, the Royal Guards and Guards soldiers who were guarding outside the treasure house were not allowed to enter the treasure house to check, so they thought of an emergency solution, which was to directly find the knights and guard captains at the Royal Guard station to guard the treasure house.

The captain, as well as the chief chamberlain of the Feast Palace, entered the treasure house to check the situation, and saw the scene happening now.

While listening to the great knight's lies, Viscount Campbell looked at the stripped scholar on the ground and the open door opposite the treasure house, and said, "Are the thieves from the research institute?"

"It should be," a general understood some of the situation and quickly replied: "They just sent a message over there, and the Silent Knights and Royal Guards over there are all dead."

Viscount Campbell frowned and asked in a deep voice: "Why not investigate..."

"No!" The general in charge of the Royal Guard quickly shook his head and explained: "The Seventh Research Institute is not in the same system as ours, and we are not allowed to enter the Seventh Research Institute without permission."

Viscount Campbell glared at his men angrily and said angrily: "What rules do you care about at this time? If you don't find out the whereabouts of the thief as soon as possible and retrieve the contents of the treasure house, you and I will be sent to Bay by His Majesty."

Go to Rencant Prison."

Although Viscount Campbell said this, the leading generals just nodded in agreement, and no one went to the Seventh Research Institute to investigate the incident, because they knew very well that the Seventh Research Institute was absolutely taboo, something was lost in the treasure house, and everyone shared the responsibility.

, the worst case scenario would be to be dismissed from the post, or transferred to the front line, but without permission to go to the Seventh Research Institute, that would definitely be a dead end.

At this time, the person guarding the door of the treasure house made way, and a middle-aged man wearing scholar's clothes walked in with a gloomy face.

When everyone saw this middle-aged man, they hurriedly came forward to greet him. It turned out that the man's name was Ferlandi Mousse, and he was an advisor to Louis X. Although he did not hold any position or real power, he had extraordinary power.

With his status, he could influence the overall decision-making of the country. He was one of the most trusted people of Emperor Franz, and he was also a student of Count Phelps.

After he came in, his eyes fell on the body of Count Phelps without showing too much sadness. Then his eyes quickly glanced around the treasure house and landed on the statue of the stone throne in the treasure house.

When I saw that the statue was not missing, my tense face relaxed a little.

"You were right not to go to the Seventh Research Institute for investigation." A relieved Ferlandi turned to the generals and then said to the Minister of Defense: "Your Majesty has sent a special team to investigate."

We have gone to the Seventh Research Institute, and the investigation results will be reported directly to His Majesty. There is no need for you to look for the thieves in the palace anymore. The new airship that was being tested just now did not fly around the palace according to the predetermined route, but flew out of the imperial capital.

It should have been hijacked by bandits. What you have to do now is to immediately investigate the insiders. Those two people were able to easily get from the treasure house and arrive at the airship test point at the exact time without alerting any guards in the palace. It is obvious that there are people in the palace.

We are cooperating with them, so what you have to do now is to accept the investigation from the Imperial Security Bureau’s Internal Affairs Department, which also includes you, Viscount Campbell.”

Hearing Ferlandi's words, everyone's faces looked extremely ugly. Although they are now free from the danger of entering prison, they must accept the investigation of the Internal Affairs Department of the Imperial Security Bureau. In their opinion, this is not as easy as going to prison.

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Ferlandi ignored the expressions of the people around him. He gave instructions to the few people he brought, and then pointed to the stone sculpture of the stone throne. This thing was extremely important to Louis X, even more than the Seventh Research Laboratory.

That thing in the treasure house is no longer safe. Naturally, it cannot be allowed to continue to be kept here. It must be moved to another place.

After hearing Fairlandy's instructions, those people immediately walked to the stone sculpture of the stone throne, each took out a pair of gloves and put them on, then recited some incantations that had no meaning to others, and then

As the voices of them reciting mantras rang out in the treasure house, their gloves also emitted bursts of light, and then they were seen reaching out to grab the stone sculpture. It looked like they were asking a few people to lift the very heavy-looking stone sculpture.

The stone sculptures were carried away.

However, the moment their gloves touched the stone sculpture, an accident happened. The stone statue turned into quicksand and instantly shattered into gravel, falling from the display stand and falling to the ground.

The entire treasure house fell silent instantly. Everyone looked at what was happening in front of them and stood there in a daze, unable to say anything.

At this moment, a miserable cry suddenly came from the palace on the ground, and then the ground began to tremble violently.

Ferlandi didn't say anything, and ran outside in a panic. The others followed closely for some reason. When they rushed out of the Royal Guard's station and the main hall of the Feast Palace, they rushed out.

When they arrived outside the palace, they were instantly stunned by what they saw.

I saw streaks of colorful rays of light emerging from the sky. These rays of light intertwined together to form a large net, and in the middle of the big net, a huge monster that could not be described in words was struggling violently, and every time He struggled

It will cause the entire palace and even the entire Donglin City to tremble violently.

After seeing the situation outside, Ferlandi immediately felt a chill, and his heart seemed to be invaded by some extremely chaotic force. His whole soul seemed to be dragged into some unspeakable world.

In a world of horror.

However, at this moment, the Turing Array on Fairlandy's clothes suddenly shone with a burst of light, not only pulling his soul back from the edge of the terrifying world, but also clearing away the source of the chaos in his heart.

, allowing him to return to a calm state.

"Oops, it's a revelation from the gods! Don't..." After regaining consciousness, Ferlandi immediately understood what was going on and quickly issued a warning to the people following him. But when he saw those people, the warning

The words stopped immediately because he knew it was too late.

I saw the Minister of Defense who came out with Ferlandi, the generals of various palace guard regiments and some other knights, guards and guards all standing there with expressionless faces, staring straight at the huge monster figure.

, there is a kind of fanaticism in his eyes, a kind of fanaticism full of chaos.

Just when Fairlandy was about to do something, the huge seven-colored light network in the sky burst out with dazzling brilliance, binding the unspeakable monster, shrinking rapidly, and finally disappeared. At the moment the monster disappeared,

, all the people who fell into the inexplicable fanaticism have returned to normal, at least on the surface they are normal.

However, Ferlandi, who understood what was going on, knew that things did not end that simply, but had just begun.

Although when there was a big commotion in Donglin City, the airship where Leo and Sylvia were flying had already flown far away, and Donglin City could hardly be seen, but the scene of the colorful light network and the unspeakable giant monster projected into the sky was still

It was still sensed and seen by Leo and Sylvia.

"What's going on?" Although he was far away, Leo could still feel some strange emotions in his heart when he saw the speechless monster. At the same time, he felt the same feeling as the corpse collector.

, the energy fluctuations of gods such as the Eye of Truth are very similar, which made him ask with some confusion.

"I didn't think the legend was true!" Leo didn't expect that he would get the answer, but the moment he finished speaking, Sylvia responded thoughtfully.

"Do you know what's going on?" Leo asked again.

"There used to be a legend among the top nobles of the empire. The legend mentioned that the area of ​​Donglin City was not suitable for building a city at that time. In order to build a city here, the Knight King personally went to the Black Forest to kill an evil god.

It was made into the cornerstone of Donglin City." Sylvia explained briefly, and then added: "But no one believed this legend at all. They just thought it was a way for the French royal family to show off how noble their royal blood was.

, a powerful and fabricated story, but looking at it now, it may not be a story.”

At this time, the colorful light network and the monster also disappeared, and the two returned to the driving platform and controlled the direction of the airship.

Although Donglin City looked like something big had happened, it did not arouse much curiosity among the two of them. Their current thoughts were more on getting the airship to fly near the Black Forest as soon as possible.

When the airship flew over a small hill and couldn't see Donglin City at all, Leo suddenly seemed to have thought of something, with a thoughtful look on his face, and then said: "Do you think that monster can

Is it the King of Knights?”

Hearing Leo's words, Sylvia was stunned for a moment. She wanted to refute Leo's guess, but she retracted her words when she reached her lips, because although Leo's guess seemed very ridiculous, it seemed ridiculous if she thought about it carefully.

It's not impossible.

Before, Leo had guessed from some signs that the King of Knights might still be alive, but a mortal, even a mortal with extraordinary power, would be hard-pressed to live for hundreds of years no matter how long he lived. People like Saran, the Chosen King, were definitely considered aliens.

, only by becoming a god or demigod can one have a long lifespan.

If the King of Knights is really alive as Leo thinks, then there are two possibilities. One is that he has a complete dormant cabin and freezes himself to sleep, and the other is to become a god, even an evil god.

Previously, Leo preferred that the King of Knights use hibernation pods to extend his lifespan, because judging from various situations, the King of Knights or the people around the King of Knights knew how to use them, and were even proficient in those cosmic civilization technologies, otherwise it would be impossible to use those hibernation pods.

With reasonable modification, it can be used for hundreds of years without damage.

But just now, Leo felt that his earlier guess might be wrong. The King of Knights did not use the hibernation chamber to extend his life, but used other methods to become the evil god.

This is not only the influence caused by the evil god who just appeared, but also from all the information he can find related to the King of Knights. It is not difficult to see that the King of Knights is a person with an extremely proud personality. He disdains to learn from other people.

This is why the King of Knights would rather sign a contract with the Black Forest than become a Black Forest god like White Deer.

How could a person with such a proud personality be willing to lie in a dormant cabin and sleep unconsciously for hundreds of years, extending this meaningless lifespan? According to his personality, he would definitely find another way to become an unfettered god.

That's right.

It was precisely because of this that Sylvia thought that Leo's guess was not necessarily wrong.

Another point is that the various actions of Louis X and the previous French Emperor Philip III can also prove Leo's speculation about the King of Knights becoming an evil god from one aspect. As the French Emperor, if he didn't know exactly what would work

They would never invest such a huge amount of money into establishing a laboratory or research institute of such a scale.

And if they can make suspicious people like them truly believe in the so-called method of becoming a god, then this method of becoming a god will definitely not come from various legends from the outside world, or those secret forces and churches, but can only come from all the French people.

The king of knights who is highly respected by the royal family.

However, no matter whether this guess is correct or not, whether the French royal family has really mastered a way to become a god, whether the King of Knights has really become an evil god, these are all relevant to Leo and Sylvia's current relationship.

It's not big, there is no need to pay too much attention to it, not to mention that judging from various signs, the French Empire, or rather Donglin City, should be in trouble.

Inaudible, invisible, and unknowable are the iron rules that any mortal trying to get close to the gods must know. Mortals cannot bear the impact of looking directly at the gods, and the scene just now has undoubtedly been affected by everyone in Donglin City.
Chapter completed!