Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 100 Snake Eyes
Saint Lun City of the Golden Shield Empire.
The empire had been preparing for this celebration for a long time. The main roads in the imperial city were completely renovated, the road was widened, and neon lights were installed on the buildings on both sides. The imperial flag was hung on the street lamps, and gardens were opened on the roadside. The square in front of the palace was also renovated, with a large fountain in the middle and swans in the water.
The major newspapers in the empire spared no effort to promote the celebration, publishing different stories about the Northern War every day.
Although many people knew that this celebration was to promote Queen Christina to the throne, the propaganda was to celebrate the victory of the war in the North. The Snow Legion transferred from the North had conducted many drills for the parade, and the Royal Knights, Palace Guards, City Guards, the Empire's First Magic Legion, and the Empire's Second Magic Legion would also send elite forces to participate in the parade.
During the military parade, the Kingdom of God will display many new weapons, and this information will also be sent to countries around the world along with invitations, inviting them to send people to watch the ceremony.
At this time, the war in the Emerald Forest had spread throughout the world.
The speed and strength of the Golden Shield Empire's support for the Emerald Forest was seen by countries around the world. The most widely watched were the three weapons that the Golden Shield Empire displayed in the Emerald Forest: the Kirov-class super-heavy steam airship, the Magic Titan, and the Steam Titan.
This means that the Golden Shield Empire was not only the first to establish new magic, but also the first to apply magic to weapons and equipment.
Sanye Wang, who had visited the Kirov steam airship, said that this is a weapon that will change the future air combat mode. Steam airships will not only undertake ground support missions, but also have the ability to independently carry out air control operations.
The significance of the Kirov-class super-heavy steam airship is greater than that of the Dreadnought-class battleship. If the Golden Shield Empire applies the magic technology they have mastered to battleships, it may be an outdated weapon when other countries are not yet capable of developing the Dreadnought-class.
The outstanding combat effectiveness of the Steam Titans in the defense of the Emerald King's Court was highly praised by the forest elves. The Emerald Forest has decided to purchase a batch of Steam Titans from the Golden Shield Empire to be used in the battle to clear out the remaining headhunters.
There is also the Magic Titan driven by the Prime Minister of Meteorite himself, which sealed the Hunting Angel King in one fell swoop during the defense of the Emerald Court, demonstrating that this magic weapon has the ability to fight against the combat power of ancient civilizations.
It can be said that through the Emerald Forest War, the Golden Shield Empire showed off its muscles to the world in terms of economy, politics, and military, making other countries feel that although they are both human civilizations like the Golden Shield Empire, there is an unspeakable gap between them.
Originally, due to the threat from the World Bank, many countries were not prepared to attend the celebration held by the Golden Shield Empire, but when they learned about what happened in the Emerald Forest, they quickly formed a viewing group. Regardless of the size and level of the viewing group, the attitude must be shown and the military parade must be watched carefully.
Therefore, a few days before the celebration, delegations from various countries flocked to Nutao City as if they had agreed on it, and after obtaining entry permits, they flocked to Saint Lun City.
With more people coming, the workload of the Imperial Secret Service doubled. Princess Agatha was so busy that she didn't even have time to go to the Marquis of Nutao's mansion to find Luke. Luke was also very busy. As the Prime Minister of the Empire, he had to personally receive the delegations sent by various countries, and sometimes he didn't even have time to eat.
When some people are busy, others are idle.
The Qingkong Museum was closed during this period, and no visitors were allowed to enter. Students from the college were also strictly prohibited from leaving the museum, and they all studied hard in class.
After teaching his own classes, Qingkong focuses on reading and experiments.
Shelley returned from the Emerald Forest and was immediately scheduled to undergo the final extraordinary transformation surgery.
Shelley lay flat on the operating table.
The powerful anesthetic took effect, and Qingkong, wearing a surgical gown, took off Shelley's left eye patch. The moment he opened her eyelids with his hands, the petrification skill was passively released, and Qingkong opened the Ice Crystal Eye and blocked the invasion of the skill after a crisp sound.
"The 'petrification' skill is out of control, so don't look into Shelley's left eye." Qingkong said to the students surrounding the operating table, "This is a typical operation that combines supernatural transformation with mystical techniques. During the operation, I will explain it to you in detail, so you should take notes, as it will be tested in the next exam.
Malus, you are highly resistant to mental skills, so take over from Professor Ben and go to the opposite side of me."
"Yes, Miss Clear Sky." The angel Malus took over Bruce Ben's position as Clear Sky's first assistant.
Qingkong used two eyelid openers to pry open Shelley's eyes, picked up the special potion and dropped a drop on each pupil.
Shelley's pupils contracted due to the stimulation, and the vertical pupil of a snake's eye appeared in his left eye, with blue-gray light shooting out from the slit of the vertical pupil.
"Malus, record the decay of magic power. When it decays to four scales, add a drop of dispersion potion to each."
"Okay, Miss Clear Sky." The angel Malus carefully observed the radiation in Shelley's pupils.
Qingkong explained to the students on the blackboard beside him the underlying source model of Medusa's Eye of Petrification's skill, and which variables caused the ultimate defects in Shelley's growth process after the extraordinary transformation.
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This time, we implanted the real eye of Medusa into Shelley's eye. The first step of the operation was to release all the energy in Shelley's left eye, and the second step was to perform a vertical pupil change operation on her right eye, taking the magic crystal silk from the left eye to make the snake eye of the right eye.
Who is willing to assist in the second step of the operation?"
All the students raised their hands.
Qingkong called out, "Xiaopang, come here!"
"Okay, okay, Miss Clear Sky!"
Xiaopang made preparations for the surgery amid the envy of his classmates.
Qingkong continued teaching.
About half an hour later, the angel Malus informed Shelley that the energy release of his left eye had been completed.
The operation continues.
An hour later, the right eye reconstruction surgery was completed.
Qingkong used tweezers to take out two pieces of cornea from the petri dish and carefully covered Shelley's two pupils. He then took out two tear stones and placed them on the inner corners of the eyes. Then he continued to take out the prepared mysterious props from the petri dish and placed them in the eyes one by one.
Finally, he took out a box and took out the Medusa's hair snake head from it.
After the training of the third experimental subject, the two snake eyes on the snake's head were completely petrified. This is the subject of the secret technique to be cast this time.
Qingkong took out the snake eyes, which looked like two ordinary small stone balls at first glance. She placed the two snake eyes on Shelley's eyes, and two rays of light shot out from her pupils to hold up the snake eyes. The two stones were suspended in that way, and gradually a faint light came out from inside.
"Who's willing to read out the secret words?"
All the students raised their hands.
Clear Sky called out the name: "Haidisiko!"
"Great!" Heidisiko jumped up happily: "I knew Miss Qingkong would definitely choose me this time!"
Hedicico quickly ran to the operating table, but was stopped by the angel Malus. "Although the energy in the Eye of Medusa has dissipated, it is still dangerous to look directly at it. Follow the rules of the operating table. Any slight mistake may lead to irreparable consequences."
Hediciko immediately apologized: "Sorry! I got a little too excited. Can we start now?"
Qingkong had already written the secret words on the blackboard: "You can start."
Out of awe for the secret arts, Hedisiko put away his playful expression and recited solemnly: "The big eyes of Kazilan who has regained her sight."
The secret technique is activated with the secret words.
All the auxiliary words scattered like starlight, and the cornea above the pupil lit up a bright vortex. The two stone ball snake eyes shot into the bright vortex, like falling into a pool of water and splashing a piece of brilliance.
Qingkong took off his surgical gloves and threw them aside, "It will take about fifteen minutes to complete the secret technique, and I'll leave the rest of the surgery to you. I have a guest coming to visit, and Professor Ban has taken a good look at them. Shelley is a general that the Prime Minister of Meteorite values very much."
Bruce Ban replied, "Yes, Miss Clear Sky."
Qingkong walked out the door, and the students who had been obedient just now rushed to the operating table.
At this time, Jennifer was standing outside the operating room. When she saw Qingkong coming out, she said, "First, let Miss Saint Theresa come to visit. I have already told her that you don't receive visitors, but she insisted on staying and waiting for you."
"This is the stubbornness that is unique to angels." Qingkong did not blame Jennifer: "Take me to see Theresa and see what news she has brought me from Sky City."
"She's waiting for you in the reception room on the second floor."
Qingkong followed Jennifer to the reception room on the second floor. Theresa was sitting elegantly by the window, looking at the street outside and drinking steaming tea.
Qingkong waved his hand to let Jennifer leave, then walked to the chair next to Theresa and sat down.
"I heard from the Templar Knights outside the temple that you went back to Sky City. How come you came back so soon?"
Theresa looked at the clear sky and said with a different emotion: "I also heard that you appeared in the Emerald Magic Academy some time ago. Why didn't you tell me when you went there?"
"I know why you came to me." Qingkong took out a letter: "Princess Dai'er of the Empire studied abroad anonymously at the Emerald Magic Academy. She was the first to discover the headhunters. I went to the Emerald Magic Academy secretly out of consideration for Princess Dai'er's safety. Helping the forest elves to deal with the headhunters was the princess's request, and it is also what I should do as a grassland elf.
I was the one who captured the Holy Judgement Angel Sifos, and I also released him. Keeping him is useless to me, and it will also cause the Emerald Magic Academy to offend Sky City. But I didn't expect that Sifos would assassinate Archangel Elzer. I wonder what deep hatred there is between them?"
Theresa took the letter and looked at it, then asked casually, "How do you know that I came to you about the assassination of Archangel Elzer?"
Qingkong poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Because your attitude is very different from usual, I can feel that you are here to accuse me. You asked me about my trip to the Emerald Forest, probably because you suspect that I have something to do with the assassination of Archangel Elzer.
Do you still think I had anything to do with this?"
Theresa kept staring at Qingkong, trying to find signs that she was lying, but she found nothing unusual.
"I can't be sure! This incident dealt a heavy blow to Sky City. The person who died was an archangel who hated the Holy Inquisition, and the assassin happened to be a Holy Inquisition angel. The testimony of the surviving angels in the assassination was very unfavorable to the Holy Inquisition and the Sword of Oath.
The Archangel Siphos was not tortured or mind-controlled. The assassination took place after Elzerel threatened the Inquisition. It was simply a fanatical Archangel who wanted to die after making a big mistake and took away an Archangel who intended to harm the Inquisition.
There is credible testimony, credible motives, and a suicide assassination without a mastermind, which puts the contradictions that have always existed in Sky City in front of everyone! "
Qingkong pretended not to know about Theresa's probing. She picked up her tea and sipped it slowly, saying, "Any group, no matter how united it may appear from the outside, must have internal conflicts. Sometimes it is not necessarily a bad thing for conflicts to emerge. But if conflicts accumulate to the point where they cannot be reconciled and then erupt, it will not be a problem that can be easily resolved."
Theresa asked, “Ms. Clear Sky, you seem to have your own opinion on the dispute that arose in Sky City.”
"No!" Qingkong denied, "If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't know what the current state of Sky City is. I was just comforting you casually, you don't have to take my words seriously.
Perhaps the incident that your Sky City encountered this time was the result of a massive explosion of pent-up and irreconcilable contradictions."
Not only did Theresa fail to get Qingkong to talk, but her explanation made her feel like she had a lump in her chest and she couldn't let it out.
Theresa took a few deep breaths to calm the congestion in her chest.
"Ms. Clear Sky, it seems that you really have nothing to do with the assassination of Archangel Elzer. I apologize for doubting you without any reason. I came here for another matter and hope to seek your advice. Please, for the sake of our friendship, do not hesitate to give me your advice."
"What's up?"
Theresa said: "Archangel Elzer was assassinated, and a position in the Sky City Archangel Council became vacant. The Sword of Oath wanted me to compete for this position, but I did not respond to him immediately.
I think if I compete for the Archangel at this time, it may intensify the conflicts within Sky City. The usually gentle Archangel got very angry this time. Archangel Gold proposed to abolish the Holy Inquisition and provide psychological counseling for all the Holy Inquisition Angels at this Archangel Conference.
If I don't compete for the Archangel, the Inquisition might really be abolished.
Do you have any suggestions for me? "
Qingkong thought about it seriously and replied after a while, "Theresa! I remember I once said that life in Saint Lun City has changed you a lot. And Malus has changed from an extreme Holy Judge Angel to a devout student.
Compared to you, the Holy Inquisition Angel Siphos is a typical counterexample. His worship of the Sword of Oath makes it difficult for me to communicate with him, and I just want to know the location of the Hunting Queen's Lair. The individual worship of the Sword of Oath may be the inducement for his incredible assassination. You have to admit that there are big problems within the Holy Inquisition.
If you do not compete for the Archangel, once the Archangel Council decides to abolish the Holy Inquisition, it will definitely provoke a backlash from the Holy Inquisition Angels, and if not handled properly, it will turn into a civil war.
If you compete for the Archangel, you will be able to solve the problems of the Archangel from within the Inquisition."
