Chapter 370 The Abandoned
After Harold and Sora left, Elhaisen returned to the Great Sage's office with a calm face.
Hearing the knock on the door, after letting Elhaisen in, Azar asked impatiently, "Did you find the person?"
Elhaisen shook his head: "At present, it seems that she has escaped from the Church Order Institute. It is not certain whether she is in Xumi City, but it is likely that she is hiding. It is impossible for her to leave the city in such a short time."
Azar paced back and forth with a dark face, gritted his teeth and whispered to himself: "...It was her, Setare, why did she betray us..."
"...She is a desert person after all." El Haisen said after a moment's silence.
Elhaisen's words actually quenched Azar's anger. He nodded thoughtfully and said angrily:
"...Yes, she is a desert person after all. I made a big mistake again... I actually let a little bug find an opportunity to sneak into the Palace of Wisdom at this critical moment... What should I do now?"
"I have mobilized all the guards in the Order Institute to look for him, but without the Void, the flow of information will be sluggish...
The whereabouts of the traveler have also been lost. I think it is best not to focus on dealing with the traitor. The most urgent task is to find out the whereabouts of the traveler. "Elhaisen replied.
After hearing this, Hazard regretted even more that he had not taken strict precautions against this assistant.
Azar said tiredly, "Please go and notify all the guards to return to their posts and strengthen precautions."
Elhaisen nodded and said, "There is one more thing. Someone is performing a dance at the side door of the Church of the Holy Spirit."
"Caught." Hazard frowned and said without hesitation.
"Someone has been asked to do it." said Elhaisen.
"Well, I'll lock him up for a while. I don't have time to deal with him now," said Hazard.
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Underground of the House of the Decrees
After Kavi and a group of engineers who participated in the god-making project freed the God of Righteousness from his restraints, they were driven to another secret room by the Fatui soldiers armed with live ammunition.
"Hurry up!" Fatty Bing held a musket-shaped elemental force launcher against the waist of a thin scholar.
The pale scholar staggered and trotted with his toolbox in his arms, and finally couldn't help asking, "Where are we going now? Where is the great sage?"
"...Aren't we Xumi's heroes? How could you do this to me?"
There were murmurs of protest from the crowd, but these scholars who had not returned to the surface for a long time were powerless to protest, and these voices were quickly suppressed by the violent shouts of the Fatui soldiers:
"shut up!"
“Ahahahaha, those who don’t want to leave can stay and be made into food for the little darlings!”
Along with the dark voice, many fireflies with purple electric light all around their bodies flashed their wings. They flew to the ears of the frightened scholars, and then hovered just above the crowd. The "sizzling" sound of the electric current gave people an infinite sense of oppression.
A look of panic suddenly appeared on the scholars' faces.
"Ah, don't shock me!"
"I was wrong!"
With heavy hearts, the scholars were forced to evacuate the research institute where they had worked for several years. Kavi, who was mixed in the crowd, gritted his teeth, full of resentment towards the attitude of the Fatui soldiers, but he knew that now was not the time to attack, so he had to suppress his anger and lower his head to follow the crowd.
In order to reduce its presence, Mehrak disguised itself as an ordinary suitcase and was carried in Kavi's hand. At this moment, it felt the emotional fluctuations of its owner and was ready to move, but Kavi patted the corner of its suitcase, signaling it to hide.
This strange team crossed the Ordinance Court along the secret passage and came to another hidden underground dark room. The leading Fatui soldier tried to open the closed door, but found that the mechanism did not respond.
"What's going on?" The leader of the Fatui team asked his deputy in a low voice.
"Maybe there's a malfunction. Let's contact the Great Sage to handle it." The deputy suggested.
The team leader nodded and accepted this suggestion. He touched the air with his right hand and silently said "request for approval" in his heart, but he did not hear the familiar "beep" sound.
"...There was a malfunction." The team leader was stunned.
"How is this possible? The void is a creation of God! Could it be that the great sage doesn't want us to pass?" The deputy was also confused.
"It seems that our cooperation is over. We should now follow the orders of the Master." The purple-clad Thunder Firefly Warlock said sinisterly.
The soldiers of the Fatui turned their gazes to the scholars of the House of the Decrees at the same time, with murderous intent in their eyes.
The exhausted scholars were both shocked and frightened. They didn't know why these "reliable allies" mentioned by the great sages suddenly changed their attitude.
"What on earth do you want to do?!" A shrill question came from the scholars, "We are allies!"
"If you mess around, the Great Sage will not let you go!"
The Firefly Warlock burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, just be my baby's food!"
"Don't blame us. It was your boss who gave up on you." Fatty Bing said in a muffled voice.
The Fatui soldiers gradually reduced the encirclement. Their number was only one twentieth of the scholars, but these well-trained soldiers were able to use elemental power and were equipped with weapons.
Seeing that the negotiations were hopeless, several scholars immediately rushed forward with roars, trying to use their bodies to force their way out, but they were all knocked down by the Fatui soldiers.
Just when everyone was in despair, they heard a cry:
"Mehrak, transform!"