Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 55 Who is responsible?
Seeing Luke finally sit down, Virgil secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This person is truly a rare gem among the imperial officials. In this meeting, those who are qualified to sit here, especially the senior officials in the front row, are all knowledgeable, well-educated and respectable people.
Even when arguing over different political views, they are very careful about their words and manners, and must say and do things that are consistent with their status.
If you behave like a low-class pariah, at best you will be laughed at.
In serious cases, people will be excluded from upper class circles.
Faced with the rogue detective of the Cape District Secret Service, Virgil had no way to use his power to expel or punish him. He could only admit his bad luck and spend money to avoid disaster.
After Congressman Virgil used money to settle the matter with the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau, the meeting could finally proceed normally.
Although the elf Qingkong was most likely hiding in the Cape District, it could not be ruled out that she was hiding somewhere else. Therefore, all districts in the entire Raging Wave City needed to be searched thoroughly, and the areas where the rich and powerful lived needed to be searched more carefully.
Virgil issued security tasks for each urban area one by one.
We are all part of a chain of interests, and no one asks for an exorbitant price like Luke.
The entire meeting went very smoothly.
After everything was arranged to hunt for the elf Qingkong, Virgil raised the possibility that things might deteriorate in different ways if Qingkong could not be found.
For example, Clear Sky summoned the red dragon Nierkron in the center of the city.
For example, Qingkong used secret techniques to release the power of the Book of Disaster, causing a large-scale disaster in the City of Rage.
For example... it should be said that the appearance of the Book of Disaster will definitely attract mystics who covet it. The Abyss Temple, which has been active for nearly a hundred years, regards the Book of Disaster as their holy book, and the Abyss Mages will definitely come!
These are the guys who almost destroyed Oulu College.
When talking about the Temple of the Abyss, Professor Lennon conveyed Dean Wilred's warning.
The first seven apostles who were directly affected by the Book of Disaster should still be alive. They were all magic professors at the Oulu Academy, and they were proficient in more than just secret arts.
The apostles are the people most affected by the Book of Disaster. They throw their minds and bodies into the abyss, abandon their conscience as human beings, and pursue the highest level of secret arts that they believe exist.
Their ideas and experiences attracted many mystics whose minds were influenced by the occult.
Dean Wilred has been keeping an eye on the Abyss Temple.
“They are much more powerful than we thought.
In order to deal with these dangerous Abyss Mages and the disaster that the Book of Disaster may cause, the Oulu Academy has reorganized the Crisis Committee and formed the Oulu Battle Mage Corps, which was once established to eliminate the Abyss Mages.
I suggest that Raging Waves City also form a similar combat unit to deal with sudden crises. It would be difficult to effectively deal with such a high-level disaster event by relying solely on ordinary imperial spies and sheriffs, or even military soldiers. "
Yeah, this is not a war.
Nor are they small-scale violent crimes.
The Book of Disaster once almost destroyed the Oulu College. If it breaks out in the City of Raging Tides, it will not be something that ordinary security personnel and a few high-level military forces can handle.
The Oulu Academy has rebuilt the Battle Mage Corps.
Raging Waves City should set up a similar organization to deal with large-scale sudden disasters.
But how should this institution be established and who should be in charge?
This is a department that directly faces countless extraordinary powers such as the Elf Clear Sky, the Book of Disaster, the Mystic, the Abyss Mage, etc. Not only can they lose their lives at any time, but they will also be the first to be held accountable if something goes wrong.
So when Congressman Virgil asked who was willing to take on this important responsibility, no one in the meeting room dared to step forward.
Luke had already received the money , so of course he wouldn't care about such matters. Even if he wanted to, Virgil wouldn't dare to let him.
The remaining officials either did not have the status to take risks, or knew they were incapable of taking the risk and that forcing themselves would mean death.
Congressman Virgil looked at the silent conference hall and his expression turned ugly again.
Next to him was a representative from the Oulu College and a representative from the military. It was absolutely embarrassing for them to see that among so many officials from the City of Raging Tide, there was not a single person who could take on the important task.
Fortunately...someone finally stood up.
"Congressman Virgil, I am willing to take charge of setting up this crisis response unit."
Upon hearing that someone was helping him out, Congressman Virgil immediately looked over with joy and appreciation.
But when he saw the person standing up, his expression tensed again.
Because the one who stood up was Viscount Iscolan.
He is the head of the Blade Brotherhood in Raging Tide City and belongs to the conservative old aristocratic forces.
The City of Raging Waves was the headquarters of the emerging industrial and commercial aristocracy.
Most of the new nobles bought their titles, and they were all nobles, which could not be inherited. They were not accepted by the old nobles, so they gradually formed their own circle.
In recent years, cultural renaissance and technological innovation have led to the rapid rise of new nobles with business acumen. With their strong financial resources and increased influence, they have made great strides in the imperial political system controlled by the old nobles.
In addition, the imperial family also wanted to suppress those old nobles who dared to draw their swords and curse at them, so the new nobles had more weight in the imperial ruling class than the old nobles.
The times and various factors caused the old aristocracy to decline rapidly within this century.
But the centipede is still alive even after death.
The old hereditary aristocracy, relying on inheritance from generation to generation, even though they have gradually withdrawn from the ruling class, still have a very strong influence in the backward rural areas outside the imperial cities.
The old nobility believed that the new nobility were not worthy of the title of nobility.
The new nobles also felt that they were unworthy of the title of nobility, so they were always on guard against the counterattack of the old nobles.
As a port city open to the world, Raging Waves City is firmly controlled by the new nobles.
Viscount Isklan is not only an old noble, but also a high-ranking member of the Brotherhood of the Blade.
He stepped forward and said he was willing to take charge of setting up a crisis response department, which embarrassed Virgil even more than the fact that no one responded just now.
Virgil found an excuse and said, "Viscount Iscolan, the elf Qingkong has taken out the silver blade of the Blade Brotherhood many times... Although I don't think the Blade Brotherhood was involved in the theft of the Book of Disaster, you'd better avoid suspicion."
Viscount Iscolan said loudly: “I have seen the elf Qingkong, and I gave her the Silver Blade of the Brotherhood, but I didn’t know she would steal the Book of Disaster at that time.
There are a lot of bad rumors about our Brotherhood of the Blades, and I want to prove our innocence.
I'm afraid no one here knows Qingkong better than me!
And only our Brotherhood of Blades can quickly organize an armed force to protect Raging Waves. The Brotherhood of Blades has professional assassins, and they are already on their way to Raging Waves . "
The Brotherhood of the Blade was founded by the old nobles to fight against the imperial power.
The original reason why the Assassin's Tavern of the Blade Brotherhood was established was to fight against Imperial spies.
