Wasteland Echoer

"Has Shamon told you? Your brother should be called Yato, right? Can his condition be reversed?" Evante asked in confusion.

"Your Highness, he said no. He said that this is a route that can only be forwarded, and there is no way back, just like time." Aaron repeated Shamon's philosophical words.

"In that case..."

Crown Prince Evante's half-purple eyes turned, and a sly, imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Then, he stretched out the index finger of his right hand and tapped the tabletop gently, making a subtle tapping sound that was unique to wooden products and seemed to absorb all the sounds, between dull and crisp, and said:

"Then we should look forward, Aaron, Teacher Aaron."

"Your Highness, I beg you, I beg you." Aaron's tone suddenly became urgent and sincere.

He took off the round top hat on his head, placed it on his chest, leaned forward and made a standard ninety-degree bow.

"If it's to save Yato and turn him back into a lost person, I definitely can't do it. The royal family of the Zine Empire will generally ensure the purity of their blood. In other words, they cannot be infected with the Heartless virus, even if they mutate into superpowers No, they will be executed internally. Therefore, I don’t control much magic power, and before I officially succeed the throne and become the leader of this huge empire, I cannot use even a trace of magic power. Not at all! "Yvante refused sternly.

"But Your Highness, can't the 'Old Technology Research Team' led by you personally also not work?"

Aaron spoke in a tearful tone. His tone was dry and hoarse. The changes in the situation in just a few days almost took away twenty years of his life, allowing him to officially enter old age on the edge of middle age in advance. .

But when the "old technology research team" was mentioned, Ivant was not surprised, nor did he feel incomprehensible or ordinary. Instead, he felt an emotion of anger mixed with fear that his power was threatened.

In other words, he felt threatened!

"They are indeed interpreting the technology left over from the old Crusted Empire, and naturally made the first batch of copies. I know that now not only the ruling Holly of Sogra city, but also some small groups dissatisfied with the empire are targeting These great and extraordinary technological products.”

"But it seems that these things fascinate the Lost more, right? They hope to control those complex and powerful machines with the blessing of powerful magic power, so as to win this battle that is destined to be unsuccessful. And you, I Teacher Aaron, you should have completely cut off contact with the Hope Church. That woman Kashaeva..."

The crown prince's face, which had experienced vicissitudes of life, showed a slightly yellowish color that revealed the unique royal dignity and sharpness. This time, a very obvious and proud smile appeared, as if he had understood everything.

"She, she is just a victim, right, Your Highness." Aaron's tone was obviously much messier, and he even used the wrong syllable in a certain word.

His lips were trembling, and sweat was flowing down along the top of his forehead and near his black hair, like a seasonal river hanging high above the yellow sand.

"But I also know that she is the bridge between you and the Church of Hope. So I want the escort to execute her. Only if this liaison person dies can you better serve the empire. However, that idiot John made his own decision in advance. ."

The Crown Prince no longer concealed his attitude from Aaron. He stood up straight away, stepped on the wooden floor with his military boots, walked to a wall near the door of the room, and looked at the temporarily hanging, even slightly skewed "Silent Highland War Situation Map" ".

After the harsh sunlight at noon, as the sun set, the space inside the house formed a parallelogram-like abyss-like shadow, with the situation map under the shadow.

Without the illumination of gas or electric lights, ordinary humans would not be able to observe all the information displayed on it in detail, unless they were lost persons with extremely strong night vision.

Snap, sizzle, ding!

Evante turned on an exposed white switch on the wall with familiarity.

After the sound of electricity passed through, eight elegant antique-style electric lamps engraved with chamomile and sunflower patterns hanging in the corner of the room were turned on, and the interior of the room suddenly seemed extremely bright, like daylight.

"Do you know? Teacher Aaron. Our battle in Silent Highlands is actually the last battle. The new era of the wasteland world has been opened for more than five hundred years. The biggest enemies of mankind are no longer those who do not have intelligence, but only know how to fight. The unintentional people who devour and kill are the lost ones, to be precise, the lost ones who are unwilling and do not sincerely submit to the empire."

"As long as the 15th and 15th (revised) medicines are mass-produced, humans will no longer be infected. Without replacements, the unintentional people will lose their most important infection ability, and then they will be lambs to be slaughtered. Moreover, I I am confident that the ambitious people on the Socratic Committee will not dare to rebel during this 'Silence Advent' operation. After this war, the empire will formally consider the issue of reconstruction."

"It doesn't matter whether those people from the Sokra Committee are lying down or not. The post-war empire will no longer have Sokra as its capital, but Zhinetsk as its nominal capital, and the industrial city of Chekavsk as its actual capital. You, The next prime minister must be appointed by me personally."

"Your Highness!" Aaron almost cried, interrupting Evante.

Even though he is a lost person at the pain level of Sequence 5, even though he is the ruler of Chekavsk, in front of the absolute power of the empire, he can only bow his head and cannot seek for himself through magic power or force. belong to his interests.

"So your brother is actually not important anymore, don't you understand?" Evante answered first.

"It's not important anymore?" Aaron suddenly felt in a trance.

After he lifted his body, he suddenly felt a dizziness like hypoglycemia, which made him fall forward half a step. Fortunately, the black cane in his hand provided him with relatively stable support, preventing him from falling. On the ground, etiquette was lost in front of Yvante.

"Does it mean that my brother will still face the fate of death? Yes, he... has already died once, and he still did something very detrimental to the empire. Yes... this is the retribution he deserves. Even if the Lord is a girl, Yatuo should bear death." Aaron said pretending to be "relieved".

"Of course not, not really." Seeing that his teacher was a little depressed, Ifant quickly turned around and said in a gentle tone:

"The Battle of Kofu was not my complete decision, it was Kaigu's whim. He was loyal to his old father and was not an officer I personally promoted. In other words, I actually hope that he will be more effective in the battle with Wu Xinren Dead."

The last half of Crown Prince Evante's voice was very low and soft, like a low whisper from a demon with black wings on its back.

Seeing Aaron standing there, tapping the ground helplessly with his cane, his eyes lost focus and stared vaguely at the iron bookshelf in front of him and the several literary books placed on it.

Ifant simply no longer upholds the sense of mystery and superiority unique to aristocrats. Instead, like a real conspirator, he said directly:

"I mean, I will pardon Yato, as long as he admits that he is a superpower and not a lost one after the war. After all, he helped me solve the unstable factors that threatened my power, and now, in addition to saying he is loyal to Outside of old father's city of Sokra, the legions in other cities are basically under my control, so naturally you and Kaiwukski also have a say."

"You should look at it more broadly. As long as Yato is conscious and clear, what does it matter if he turns into a monster in appearance? There are many strong imperial soldiers, and the Church of Dark Night also has 'Tiger Strangers', 'Wolf Strangers' and Does 'Xiong Yiren' exist? Besides, he can fly now. If you don't want him to participate in the military, after the post-war reconstruction is over, you can take him to the manor in the countryside to spend the rest of his life.

I can make a promise to you. As long as the 'Silence Comes' operation succeeds and you serve as Prime Minister of the Empire for no less than five years, I will order the 'Old Technology Research Team' to research and develop the technology left behind by the Crusad Empire. Yato's way to turn back into a human is as long as you are no longer loyal to Pope Hope, but loyal to the empire and myself. "

"Your Highness." Aaron nodded slightly, forced to hold back his tears, and said:

"I am loyal to the empire. However, Aaron's current situation is up and down. He is either violent or mentally confused, and his waking hours are getting shorter and shorter. I went to Shamon for help yesterday and wanted to ask him for some 'Soothing Inner Roll Flowers' I tried to help him relieve my pain, but instead of helping me, he mocked me and even threatened me with a pistol. He also confiscated one of my 'Wolf Brand' pistols on the pretext of disturbing an important experiment of the empire."

"He also told me that Yato's condition cannot be alleviated by medicine. Only the 'Grey Blood', 'Deep Sea Source Fish', and 'Sunni Spirit Fire' mixed magic source potions that can only be accessed by the imperial royal family can be completely solved. Question, so..."

"So you want me to help, right?" the crown prince interrupted:

"I remember that 'Deep Sea Origin Fish' is a sequential monster recorded by the banned organization, right? 'MB-1527' is a young creature that grows in saltwater lakes and seawater near the coast. It has a red face, complete limbs, and Fish that are completely black. They have certain intelligence and ability, and can form a team under certain circumstances to launch an attack on a target. Legend has it that individuals among them can also control basic magic power, and have even been classified as 'alien beasts' category."

"'Gray blood' is a gray powdery substance formed by blood drawn from people with imperial royal blood after being lured into an extremely relaxed state by magic power or drugs, and then roasted by the flame magic power. It can soothe the mind. , it can also dispel the dirt and negative emotions brought by many evil gods and evil souls, and it can also dispel the 'sorrow' that permeates the air, achieve the result of 'sorrow reduction', and restore order."

"The 'Zhene Spiritual Fire', I think about it, should still be deep inside the Zhenetsk Palace. Of course, it can be delivered to me along the railway line in a few days. As long as I use the 'Holy Flame Torch' to intercept it, I believe it can still be delivered to me. Keep the original function. In that case, I should be able to help you obtain all the materials."

With Evante's promise of detailed analysis, Aaron felt that the lightning and thunder that lingered in his heart, and the dark clouds instantly disappeared, replaced by light, and the light that surpassed all sacred things swayed towards His almost dry, semi-mechanical heart.

After thinking for a while, Aaron's eyes became bright.

Immediately afterwards, he stepped forward quickly and made a promise to Evante in a low voice:

"I am completely loyal to the Empire and to Your Highness. Tomorrow I will send a telegram to all the cities in the Empire to announce the determination of the city of Chekavsk and myself to fight against the Lost to the end. At the same time, I will also write an article and make it public Acknowledge my...'superpower' status as a 'superpower' and serve the empire."

"Very good." Evante patted Aaron's shoulder lightly with his right hand, feeling the rough touch brought by the cheap fabric of his suit. He smiled and recalled:

"This is the teacher who taught me mysticism at the History Department of Zhnetsk University. You were a professor back then, a professor who was addicted to academic research. I think back then, my old father sent me to the school when I was twelve years old. After studying at university, he believed that my intelligence was beyond that of children at the same time and that I should receive education as early as possible.

Little did they know that it was a painful period. To use a proverbial story circulated in the Fire Empire, it was as stupid and painful as "pulling up the seedlings of cereal plants to promote their rapid growth." It was you who led me to look up at the stars in the endless dark night, relieved my messy thoughts, and even told me a story about a small town with meteorites. "

"Yes." Aaron seemed to have returned to that relatively peaceful period through a time jump. As a purple-clad cardinal of the Church of Hope, it was not an unusual period for him to lurk into human cities, but whether he had consciously contacted the crown prince, his heart should be different. Be willing to admit that "there is".

"The story of the meteorite is a bizarre story that happened in the city of Eventle Cannon. It is very interesting. Although it is a story before the New Year, the protagonist who came into contact with the meteorite is called Wright, a very familiar name." Aaron thought and sighed. road.

Just as the two of them were thinking about the old days, one meter apart, there was a rapid knocking on the metal door.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Imperial Professor Shamon requests to see you." The rich voice asked in a standard answer. It was the voice of Evante's personal security personnel.

"Let him in, and," added Ifant:

"Inform Kaiwukski and ask him to come up later and report on the progress of the Imperial Military Exhibition Hall on the three underground floors. I'm going to visit it in the next two days. Don't forget the golden piano as well."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Immediately after the security personnel responded, the metal door with a wood grain state was opened, and a man wearing a clean white coat that seemed to have been washed repeatedly walked in.

His exposed skin showed a healthy wheat color, and his face showed a distorted "crazy" look.

One of his eyes was normal brown, and the other was dark red, but the whites of the eyes where the dark red eyes were located had completely turned black, and were covered with many twisted and winding red blood vessels.

"See Your Highness." After entering the door, Sha Meng bent down, covered his chest with his right hand, and saluted respectfully.

After taking advantage of the gap to sit back on the red leather seat, Ivante crossed his legs and put his left hand on his knee. His right hand seemed to be unconsciously rubbing the "Time Wheel Watch" that only the royal family can control. He said with a calm and defensive expression:

"That Ina, the girl who can sing the 'Song of Confusion', is she willing to speak now?"

"Of course, he is in good condition, talking freely, and his mood is very stable. But..." A strange smile with sharp teeth appeared on Shamon's twisted face, and he said:

"Aaron, this cowardly old thing, why is this stupid non-human being here? How is your brother? If you are still learning to scream like a weakling, why not send him to me? I have learned many techniques from the teacher , and can also help him transform and transform.”

"You..." Aaron was extremely angry. A surge of blood rushed to his brain and heart, causing his mouth to open and close. He was so angry that he couldn't utter a single word.