Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 222: Infinite Vitality in Death
"The secret of eternal life?" Emperor Augustine's eyes suddenly became sharp: "If I really get eternal life, I'm afraid many people will be unhappy."
Prime Minister Gabriel didn't know whether he was flattering the emperor or hitting the horse's hoof. He quietly looked at the eunuch standing behind the emperor, but the eunuch closed his eyes and didn't look at him.
Could the rumor be false?
"Your Majesty, under your rule, the empire has ushered in an unprecedented era of prosperity. We all sincerely hope that you will be in good health and lead the empire to continue to maintain its momentum of growth, so that all nations can bow their heads and congratulate you."
After a round of talk, Prime Minister Gabriel felt that the pressure on him was reduced a lot. Although Augustine the Great was old, his imperial power had not diminished in the slightest.
"If you can use all these evil thoughts to deal with government affairs, I will have to work less and live longer. Remove Grover from all his positions. He will only cause trouble if he stays in Fury City. Let him come to the imperial capital... and arrange a job for him at the Imperial Extraordinary Species Research Institute."
After hearing what Augustine said, Gabriel instantly realized that he had been being too clever.
Life is eternal... Can such things be said in this kind of occasion?
Augustine the Great is portrayed as a man of iron fist and toughness, and if he openly pursued eternal life, he would be exposing his weakness.
At this moment, Prime Minister Gabriel wanted to slap himself in the face. He was really confused because of the matter of Raging Waves City.
Fortunately, Grover's life was saved.
Meteorite was also transferred away from Raging Waves City, and the losses to our own interests were stopped in time, so there may be a possibility of a turnaround in the future.
Gabriel obeyed.
The Imperial Cabinet meeting continues.
Raging Waves City.
Taking advantage of the momentum brought by the naval battle on Glorious Island, Meteorite accepted surrenders from all parties in the city day and night, making so much money that he became jealous and overwhelmed, resulting in insufficient rest and a lack of concentration.
The Reform Society was also expanding at full speed. Three members of the parliament defected, and the other two were in a wait-and-see state without contacting anyone. The Cissé Palace was packed all day, to the point where standing tickets were sold out.
The defeat was like a landslide.
Almost everyone believed that even if Nutao City was not directly governed by the Empire this time, the parliamentary system would exist in name only. From now on, this city would belong to the eldest princess, and she could only continue to enjoy the shade if she climbed up this big tree.
Luke was somewhat surprised by such a crushing victory. If he could kill Grover, he would have taken the entire city of Raging Tide.
A tall tree attracts the wind. If I have no power to restrain it in Nutao City, it will only increase the risk of going to the imperial capital.
You need to prepare self-protection measures in advance.
Luke stopped receiving visitors. Anyway, the people coming at this time were not important people, so he could let Kaileena receive them.
He returned to his dormitory and then followed the secret passage to the secret room.
The clear sky is already waiting here.
All the mysterious props needed are ready, the most conspicuous of which is a coffin standing in the middle of the secret room.
Qingkong opened the coffin and found a corpse in prison clothes inside.
The deceased was a young man of similar age to Luke, with a height and build that was also very high. He had not been dead for long, his skin was still red, and there were no visible wounds on his body.
Luke stood in front of the coffin, looking at the young corpse in front of him expressionlessly. Qingkong took a recurve knife from the workbench and put it in his hand. The blade of the knife was engraved with runes and flickered with blood-colored light. It was a mysterious prop made by Qingkong in advance.
At this moment, the lights in the room went out, and the circle of candles around the coffin automatically burned with green flames. The atmosphere in the secret room became depressing, and a light gray mist lingered.
Luke held the knife in his right hand and cut a hole in the palm of his left hand. Blood flowed out of the wound. He clenched his hand into a fist, and blood actually flowed upward from the base of his palm.
The blood that flowed upwards separated into countless blood lines in the air and pierced the body in the coffin. The blood lines easily pierced through the skin of the body and entered the blood vessels that had not yet stiffened. The blood vessels bulged and pressed against the skin like muscles, and the face of the body showed a look of pain.
Luke's blood continued to flow into the corpse's blood vessels.
Qingkong stood by and watched, paying attention to Luke's physical condition. When Luke collapsed due to excessive blood loss, he stepped forward, hugged him, and then placed him on the prepared recliner.
Then, he took out plasma to transfuse Luke's blood, checked his body functions, and did a full body massage to dredge his meridians. During this period, he released recovery magic every ten minutes and fed him a tube of recovery potion.
After two hours of rescue, Luke was finally out of danger thanks to the powerful recovery ability of his troll bloodline and Qingkong's treatment.
After regaining consciousness, Luke sat up from the recliner with the help of Qingkong, then stood up and walked to the front of the coffin.
When he was in a dying state, he successfully established contact with the corpse through the secret technique, completing the most important step of the secret language.
The body in the coffin exudes vitality all over its body, just like a person in deep sleep. If you examine it, you can feel its heart beating at a very small amplitude, and the blood flowing under the impetus of a mysterious force.
Mysterious item: scapegoat.
Production is complete.
When Luke faces a fatal attack, the scapegoat can protect him from the disaster. Even if his head is chopped off, the head that falls off belongs to the scapegoat.
This was the life-saving trump card that Luke had prepared for himself during this trip to the imperial capital. The difficulty in making a scapegoat was that one had to find a corpse that looked like oneself in every way, and one had to give himself a blood transfusion until he was near death in order to complete the making of a scapegoat.
The corpse was not a difficult task for the chief detective of the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City.
Although it is dangerous to transfuse blood to the point of near-death, it can be saved as long as you are well prepared. However, the body will be weak for a period of time and will need to be properly nursed back to health.
Now we have a subject for the Secret Language.
Luke stood facing the coffin again, and Qingkong slowly retreated to the outside of the circle of the mystical ritual, placing the auxiliary words needed for the mystical language in the correct positions one by one.
The green flame of the candle burst out, shooting up a two-meter-high column of fire. Under the light of the fire, a figure twisting in an extremely strange posture appeared on the wall of the secret room.
Standing outside the ritual circle, she chanted a powerful spell in the clear sky, and a golden sword was pulled out from the void. Then several golden words appeared out of thin air, hitting her body one by one, splashing pieces of golden light.
A murderous aura burst out from Qingkong's body, and the sword energy flew amid the golden sound. The murderous force swept away the evil spirits and monsters on the wall.
The secret language that Luke is about to release will have very serious side effects, and the resentment of death will take the opportunity to invade the body.
Players are not afraid of death, but are afraid of trouble.
After creating this secret language, it was constantly improved.
If you want to avoid being disturbed by the sequelae, you must quickly eliminate the negative energy of death that is about to invade when the secret language is activated.
Using holy energy can quickly eliminate the negative energy of death, but Qingkong discovered in his research on the ancient golden language that although the energy generated by the ancient golden language is not as good as the holy energy, the stronger domineering power is more effective in dealing with this kind of negative energy.
Sure enough, this time the release of the ancient golden language, just relying on the sword force, was enough to wash away all the dirt.
At this moment, under the irradiation of golden light, there was no longer any sense of oppression in the secret room. An overwhelming momentum emanated from Qingkong in waves, like a Valkyrie guarding behind Luke.
Luke was also infected by this momentum and his whole body seemed to be filled with strength. He stared at the corpse in the coffin and recited the secret words:
Infinite vitality in the midst of death.
At this moment, the corpse in the coffin opened his eyes. He had a pair of beautiful blue pupils, looking at Luke with infinite vitality. Then the corpse walked out of the coffin and turned into starlight and disappeared.
The starlight danced around Luke. Luke took out an iron ring and put it on the little finger of his left hand. The starlight instantly penetrated into the iron ring.
The two-meter candlelight circle surrounding the coffin was extinguished instantly, and all the auxiliary words of the secret technique turned into ashes and disappeared.
Luke looked at the ring on his left pinky finger, which had a circle of spell runes on it. He looked up again and saw that the corpse was standing in the coffin again, his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep again.
The occult ritual is over.
The weak Luke's legs went limp, but fortunately Qingkong supported him again.
"Get rid of Grover as soon as possible. If he doesn't want the position I reserved for him, don't let him cause me any more trouble."
"I know. Once he gathers the people together, I will kill them all."
Qingkong gave Luke an IV drip, and after confirming that he was fine, he left along the river. There was still a lot to do at Oulu College, and Grover would come to see him at any time.
This hidden danger must be resolved before heading to the imperial capital.
After Luke regained some strength, he left the secret room and returned to the Secret Affairs Bureau. As soon as he sat down, Kylena pushed the door and walked in.
"Chief Inspector, this is a letter from Her Royal Highness the Princess. You, why do you look so bad... Are you sick... I'll go get a doctor."
Just as Kylena turned to find a doctor, Luke stopped her.
"I'm fine. I'm just a little tired from being so busy these past few days. You said there was a letter from the princess. Where is it?"
Kylena took out a letter from the folder in her hand and put it in Luke's hand, then lowered her head to observe Luke's expression: "Chief Inspector, I think your condition is very serious, let's let the doctor take a look."
"It's okay, don't tell anyone what you saw." Luke warned Kylena. He first took out a bottle of potion from the drawer and drank it, then picked up the princess' letter and checked the seal.
After confirming that everything is correct, open the envelope.
This time Agatha's letter was relatively brief. She told Luke that the events in Wrath of Waves had aroused the suspicion of Emperor Augustine, and if he did not come to the imperial capital, both of them would be in big trouble.
This was within Luke's expectations.
It's all because the new nobles of Nutao City are too weak. You guys are looking for trouble in a situation that everyone can accept. The important thing is...even if you lose, you have to struggle a little bit and negotiate. Only then can I create a stable situation that looks stable to outsiders.
The result is that some people are trying their best to join, while others are thinking about taking one more chance and turning their bicycles into motorcycles.
It’s not that Luke doesn’t want to stop now, it’s that he can’t.
He could only watch helplessly as he took full control of Nutao City.
The emperor and his ministers sitting in the imperial capital certainly didn't want to see this situation. Agatha certainly didn't want to see the situation in Nutao City, but she had no choice.
At this time, Luke was truly a tree that attracted the wind, and his tree was not yet big enough to fight against the entire empire.
Now there is one more reason to go to the imperial capital.
Then Agatha told Luke about the content of the imperial meeting, and Grover would be dismissed and transferred to the imperial capital. She told Luke to always pay attention to his safety, especially on the way to the imperial capital, the people of the Cross would definitely do everything they could to stop him.
Finally, Agatha told Luke some things to pay attention to when arriving in the imperial capital.
"His Majesty has agreed that you can continue to serve as the Chief Inspector of the Secret Affairs Bureau of Nutao City. This is something I have fought hard for you. I don't know whether this is right or wrong for the empire, but I am willing to use my sincerity to express my goodwill towards you.
After arriving at the imperial capital, you will soon be questioned by His Majesty. I will tell you in advance what His Majesty will ask and how to answer. As long as you can get His Majesty's approval, you will definitely be able to take on an important position and start another legend of yours.
In short... everything will wait until you arrive safely in the imperial capital.
I'm looking forward to meeting you.
This will surely be a meeting that will be recorded in the annals of the empire."
Agatha's tone in this letter changed again. It was neither as strong as in the first letter nor as pretentious and humble as in the second letter.
The words in my heart are more like the chats between old friends. Although they are talking about national affairs, they give people a strong sense of intimacy.
It seemed that Agatha also understood why the first two letters did not receive a reply.
This time I won a great victory in Nutao City, so I have to go to the imperial capital. Therefore, in the letter, she did not invite me to go to the imperial capital, but asked me more about what to do when I get there.
After reading the letter, Luke lit it up, and was looking forward to what the scene would be like when he met Agatha.
I don't know if she is the same as the eldest princess in the game.
After Kylena waited until the letter was burned, she asked Luke, "Chief Inspector, you are so happy. Is it because Her Royal Highness the Princess transferred you back to the capital?"
"Am I happy?" Luke immediately put away his unconscious smile and said, "It is something worth being happy about... Her Royal Highness the Princess is indeed going to transfer me back to the imperial capital, and the official transfer order should arrive soon.
After arriving in the imperial capital, I will be questioned by His Majesty and then entrusted with important tasks.
It's time to get busy again.
You should finish your work as soon as possible and buy some necessary things. The Imperial Capital is different from Raging Waves City, some things are not easy to buy. "
Hearing that the Chief Inspector was going to meet the Emperor of the Empire and would be promoted, Kylena was happier than she was about her own promotion.
"Yes, Chief Inspector, I will definitely take care of all the work! Do you need anyone else to accompany you when you return to the capital this time?
If His Majesty has an important task to assign to you, the people here can be used immediately."
Luke thought about it for a moment and said, "You notify Shelley, Pisco, and Sandpaper to make preparations, and then let Shelley pick a group of reliable spies. You are right. This time when we go to the imperial capital, it must be convenient for our own people to use it."
