The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Just when Leo and Sylvia were implementing their plan step by step, the information related to them had been sent to the high-level hands of various forces. Not only the church and other extraordinary forces paid great attention to this matter, even The governments of various countries also focused their attention on Adoline, who was still under the long-term influence of the night. While sending their own spies and eyes and ears to Adoline, they summoned top officials and dignitaries to discuss countermeasures.

It's no wonder they are so nervous. If it's just the establishment or expansion of a supernatural power, officials and dignitaries from various countries who only pay attention to secular power won't care too much about such things, because these things in the supernatural world will naturally have the Orthodox Church. The Church of True God handles it, they only need to enter the arena to clean up the mess when necessary.

However, what is happening in Audorin now is completely different from what happened in the past, because this is not just a matter of the extraordinary world, it also involves a huge industrial group, and all kinds of machinery produced by this industrial group Weapons, tools, and spare parts are the most in-demand commodities in various countries. If it were not for countries deliberately suppressing the influence of the Dodd Group, perhaps several small countries and regions near the New Porto area have already been completely controlled by the Dodd Group.

Now the Dodd Group actually intends to control Audorin. Once it succeeds, the Dodd Group's control range will no longer be limited to the northern coastline, but will expand to the south, and even control the most important smelting industry in the south. Cities, this is a result that no force wants to see.

It's just that compared to other countries and forces, the United Kingdom of America and the Church of the Sky pay more attention to this matter, so that when the high-level government of the Kingdom is preparing to hold a secret meeting against the Dodd Group, the Church of the Sky He took the initiative to send someone to contact and participated in this meeting.

"What do you think of what happened in Audorin?" After confirming that all the people were present, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of America and California, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, asked the government officials and church bishops around the round table directly.

"The Dodd Group cannot be allowed to completely control the city of Aodorine." Immediately, an official said directly.

Other people around echoed, and their caliber was extremely unified.

This scene made the Prime Minister of the Kingdom sigh in his heart. It would be great if his proposals in the parliament could be passed unanimously as they are now.

Soon he cleared up his emotions, brought his attention back to the meeting, and then asked straightforwardly: "Then how should we prevent the Dodd Group from controlling the city of Aodorine?"

The room fell silent all of a sudden, everyone was looking at each other and waiting for others to speak.

After a while, a general in military uniform tentatively said, "Maybe we can send an army over."

As soon as this proposal was made, everyone around looked at the general with weird expressions, as if they were looking at a fool, and some even whispered to the people around them, "How did this guy get to this position?" of."

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the general's proposal itself. Sending troops directly is the best and most direct way. If one army can't solve the problem, send another one. But the problem is that the current situation does not allow this. .

After the fog disaster, it is common sense that large-scale marches cannot be carried out, and it is common sense that countless people's lives are exchanged for it.

Through observation, it is found that those mutated monster groups always attack places with a lot of people. When the number of people gathered in a place reaches a certain number, it is easy to generate a wave of mutated monsters. As long as the tribe is not too unlucky and happens to be in the path of the monster wave, they generally don't encounter too many monsters, and most of them are just sporadic single monster attacks.

According to past experience, a large-scale personnel movement like an army march will almost 100% cause a large-scale wave of mutated monsters. At that time, the army must first have a field battle with the mutated monsters, and only those who survive will be able to arrive. The city of Aldoline carried out the mission, but it is not known how many people there were in the army at that time.

"If your Excellency sends the army there, even if you don't encounter a wave of monsters, I am afraid that the first opponent you will face will not be the Dodd Group, but the city government of Audorin. Don't forget that Audorin is nominally a kingdom. city, but in fact it is an autonomous region, what will they think after we send troops there? Even if we tell them in advance that we are going to deal with the Dodd Group, do you think they will agree with our statement?” A government official seemed Somewhat at odds with the military, he immediately caught the opponent's little mistake and chased after him.

Although the official said these cynical words aimed at the general, the people around couldn't help nodding their heads in agreement after hearing this, because as this person said, once the army of the kingdom moves over, no matter what the reason is, Whatever the target is, the Aodorine government will fight back vigorously, because they dare not gamble, they only think that if the army of the kingdom cleans up the Dodd group, they think it is not enough, maybe they will clean them up easily, and they can climb to People at the top of secular power will not do stupid things to test the integrity of others with their own lives.

"Even if you want to send troops, where are you going to send them from?" Apparently, the military that has been in the limelight in recent years has offended many people, and another senior official asked unceremoniously, without even using respectful words in his words. address each other.

But his question made everyone present ponder, and after pondering, they were all surprised to find that there seemed to be no place in the kingdom that could dispatch enough troops to carry out a large-scale military operation.

Although the United Kingdom of America has a very large number of troops, and the sum of the armies of other countries in the entire Mozambique continent is less than half of the army of America, America has too many cities, towns, etc., and each region needs Send enough city defense troops to garrison to resist the tide of monsters that may appear at any time, and as a result, most of the troops are dispersed.

In addition to the three kingdom legions stationed in the capital and its surrounding areas, the remaining five legions were sent to the north and south respectively. Among them, the silencer legion, whose number was twice that of the regular legion, was sent to the edge of the southern wilderness. The zone, preventing the mutated monsters wandering in the wasteland from entering the territory of the United Kingdom, is the key to the stability of the United Kingdom, and there is no possibility of any mobilization.

The other four regular legions were dispatched to the Temori Plain in the north of the kingdom. This is the granary of the entire kingdom and even the entire Mozambique continent. The annual grain output here accounts for about 80% of the entire Mozambique continent. The main reason why the mainland is not completely in chaos like Velen is. As long as there is enough food, people's hearts will not be chaotic.

According to common sense, these four regular legions can be mobilized, because these four legions are mainly responsible for cleaning up monsters inside and outside the plain and surrounding areas, so as to prevent these monsters from breaking into the plain and destroying farmland. Action, the number of monsters inside and outside the plain is very small, and it is difficult to gather in groups. As long as the call time of these four legions is not long, they can be dispatched to other places to perform tasks.

But no one dared to gamble on this one, because what if the four legions encountered a wave of monsters on the dirt road they were dispatched and suffered heavy losses, what if the legions suffered heavy losses when they attacked Aodorine, and what if the legions were transferred, Tai A wave of monsters suddenly appeared in the Murray Plain. Any unexpected appearance would be enough to destroy the current relatively stable situation in the United Kingdom, and even destroy the overall situation in the Mozambique Continent. Everyone knew this very well, so when the officer proposed to send troops At that time, no one would consider dispatching the four armies guarding the plain.

"What about the special bureau?" Although the Prime Minister of the Kingdom didn't like some of the military's actions over the years, he didn't want to see such provocative behavior by civilian officials, so he interrupted the conversation directly, turned his head to the side and asked asked the chief of the bureau.

Although the Special Bureau, which is in charge of things in the extraordinary world and various intelligence departments, is a disgusting department in the eyes of many people, but the director of the Special Bureau looks like a kind old man, making people who see him feel alive. I can't afford too much disgust.

The director of the special bureau was silent for a while, then turned to look at the chief foreign affairs archbishop of the Church of the Lord of the Sky, and asked in a deep voice: "If the church is willing to provide help, I think we can organize an action against the top leaders of the Dodd Group. Although it may not necessarily cause them any harm, it can give them a warning and let them understand what we mean."

Hearing the words of the Director of the Special Bureau, the Prime Minister immediately asked the Chief Foreign Affairs Archbishop, "Your Excellency, what do you mean?"

The Church of the Lord of the Sky is the state religion of the United Kingdom of America and California, and its influence in the kingdom is naturally very large. The Chief Foreign Affairs Archbishop is in charge of all things related to the church and the government. In terms of power and status, it is even higher than the prime minister of the kingdom. It is equal to the king of the United Kingdom, so even the prime minister has to lower his stance when facing the chief foreign affairs archbishop.

Facing the inquiry, the Chief Foreign Affairs Archbishop was silent for a while, and then gave an answer that disappointed everyone and puzzled everyone. He shook his head and said simply and clearly: "The church can provide reports and Material support, but will not participate in any actions against the Dodd Group, and even those in charge of your actions will not be able to use the church’s channels and facilities anywhere.”

Hearing the church's answer, everyone showed obvious disappointment and dissatisfaction. Anyone with a little intelligence can hear that although the church is willing to provide a little support, it is absolutely unwilling to do anything with them. It has nothing to do with the actions related to the Dodd Group, which makes people feel a weird feeling that the church seems to be a little afraid of the Dodd Group.

Some of the kingdom's high-level executives and dignitaries present here looked at each other, as if they were exchanging opinions through their eyes. It was the director of the special bureau who suddenly asked the chief foreign affairs archbishop: "Your Excellency, I don't know if I misunderstood what you just said. It makes me feel that you seem to be a little afraid of the Dodd Group, does the church still fear the first witch group behind the Dodd Group?" He paused for a while, and then said: "I remember the assassination room of the church not long ago There seems to be some action against Sylvia, why has the attitude of the church changed so much?"

Facing the questioning from the director of the special bureau, the chief foreign affairs archbishop just looked at the other party calmly, without making any answer.

The director of the special bureau didn't seem to intend to give up his speech against the church, but continued: "Are the tower wizards really that scary? It's just the last tower wizard that made the church shrink back so much. "

Everyone at the scene fell silent, and the surrounding atmosphere became a little dignified. Everyone's eyes moved back and forth between the director of the special bureau and the chief foreign affairs archbishop with some concern. Some sensitive people even noticed the words of the director of the special bureau. Another person mentioned.

It is not a secret in the United Kingdom government that the director of the special bureau is an anti-church. In fact, the previous directors of the special bureau are all anti-church, because the royal government needs someone and an organization that can compete with the church to prevent the church from Unlimited expansion.

However, even if the government doesn't want the church to grow bigger, it doesn't want to see the royal government and the state church turn against each other, so when the atmosphere became tense, the prime minister immediately spoke to the director of the special bureau and said, "Don't bring your personal emotions into the world." At this meeting, the theme of our meeting is to prevent the Dodd Group from mastering Audoryn, not other things."

After the prime minister's words were spoken, he immediately turned the antagonism between the government and the church into the personal emotions of the director of the special bureau, and took the kingdom government out, which is not unwise.

"Sorry!" The director of the special bureau also lowered his posture at this time and apologized.

Watching the performance of the prime minister and the director of the special bureau, the chief foreign affairs archbishop did not show any displeasure, and always smiled calmly, as if he was not one of the parties involved, but a bystander.

The atmosphere in the room did not relax, it was still very tense. At this time, someone suddenly asked: "Who is the last tower wizard mentioned just now? Is it the people from the wizard's assembly hall?"

The person who asked this question was not very old, and he should have been born around the time of the mist disaster. However, judging from his accessories, he should be an important member of a large noble family in the United Kingdom of America and California. He has a noble title. He was also one of the people sent by the noble council to attend the meeting.

"Of course not those shady rats in the wizarding hall." Before the director of the special bureau could explain, a rather old dignitary said, "The wizards of the tower were called the most powerful in the era when the gods appeared. People who are close to gods, some even think that their power is no different from that of gods at that time, Your Excellency, am I right?"

The chief foreign affairs archbishop did not remain silent this time, but admitted with great certainty: "Yes, this is the main reason why the church will not directly participate in any targeting of the Dodd group."