Ember Gun

  Chapter 488 Crown

Just like I have seen the rising of the sun countless times, before the first ray of light in the morning, the old morning is always so cold, like a dead world, there is no vitality at all, everyone is falling In the shadows, slowly decayed with the passage of time.

  Lorenzo sat on a familiar sofa, surrounded by piles of old clothes.

It was as if he was going to a serious meeting. This time he was dressed neatly, his clothes were already put on, his cane and coat were just aside, but it may be because the time was not up. Lorenzo sat quietly. , Listening to the broadcast on the radio.

  The city is still silent. In fact, it has already woken up, and it can be said that it has never slept. There are workers walking through invisible corners, and there are constant voices on the radio.

  Lorenzo tilted his head, closed his eyes and thought.

  In the lonely room, the voice echoed.

"With the seriousness of the situation, both Gallunaro and Inverweg have invested a large amount of troops and conducted demonstrations in the White Tide Strait. The good news is that the two sides are restrained enough now, and there is no formal direct conflict. The news is that this kind of restraint will not last long, and the two sides are already at war.

  The Viking nations are still reprimanding Gallunaro, they want Gallunaro to pay the price for the death of Ivar Rodbroke. According to news, there are already a large number of Viking nations sailing from the north, and within a few days they will be able to reach the waters of Inervig and complete the rendezvous with the main force of Inervig. "

  Lorenzo listened to these news, sketching a bad landscape in his mind.

  He was still a bit too late, and too weak. After all, the power of one person was difficult to shake the kingdom. Lorenzo could not stop the war from coming. All he could do at present was to intervene in its direction as much as possible.

  "Galunarau announced the establishment of the Rhine League in a high-profile manner. Several countries have united together for the purpose of resisting Inervig.

This is an approach that fits the current situation very well. Once the war breaks out and the fall of Gallunaro, the gate of the Rhine Valley will be opened, and the subsequent countries, whether it is Leber or others, will be completely exposed to the English. In Ge Jun's vision..."

  The harsh steam blurs the broadcast, and Lorenzo frowns.

If nothing else, this may be the most terrifying war in the Western world in the past century. From north to south, whether it is the Union of Inervig or the so-called Rhine League, this war will bring everyone in the Western world. All rolled in.

  Lorenzo doesn’t like this. War will bring huge casualties, mountains of corpses, countless broken families, crazy lunatics, and darkness that breeds in the dark...

"But the strange thing is that there is no response from the Holy Gospel Papal Kingdom, as if not aware of the approach of war. No news has been heard from the Seven Hills, and the new pope has not appeared in public view for a long time. ."

  Such a sound on the radio, which slightly caught Lorenzo's attention.

  The Holy Gospel Papal State is not important. After the old church disappears on the night of the Holy Advent, they can no longer prevent the arrival of the new era. These decaying existences will eventually be completely forgotten.

  The Gospel Church has lost the ability to influence the world. In this war that is sweeping the world, they do not have the slightest right to speak, but compared to these, what Lorenzo really cares about is the Temple of Silence.

  Sometimes Lorenzo always feels that even though Saint Pro’s Night is over, it is still the most terrifying place in the world.

  It has witnessed the glory of mankind and the inferiority of mankind. It is the starting point of the hunting sect and the end of the hunting sect.

  Countless, dark and dirty secrets, greed and cunning, the evil of human nature is fully revealed here.

  For Lorenzo, its significance is even more extraordinary.

  It can be said that the story of Lorenzo Holmes begins in the Temple of Silence, but it is not clear whether it will be the end of the story of Lorenzo Holmes

  Thinking like this...

  There was a sound outside the door, the sound was very slight, as if someone had lost something in front of the door.

  Lorenzo got up and walked to the door. He wondered if it would be Eve passing by again. This kind of prank was really done by her character.

  Thinking of these, I feel a little good, and it’s really boring to stay alone for a long time.

   Pushed the door open, there was no one at the door, the street was desolate, the abandoned newspapers fell in the corner, and the cold wind brought water vapor on his face. Lorenzo lowered his head and saw the package left at the door.

  A courier, the address on the above is written its own location, but it is not the Winchester office, but 121A Cork Street, and the name of Lorenzo Holmes is written on the recipient.

  Lorenzo felt a little strange, who would send it to him? There were very few people who even wrote to himself, and when he saw the name, his expression became serious.

  Watson.

  The name of the sender is written in the column.

  Lorenzo never thought that the sender was Watson, and did not know how she was now, but from the perspective of being able to send things to herself, she was at least still alive.

  He tried to find more clues, but there was no address on the sticky note, and he did not know where the mail came from.

   looked around vigilantly, Lorenzo put the package away, and returned to the house. He looked at the time, and he had plenty of time, so he could do something else first.

   Put it on the table, Lorenzo opened the package with a nail sword, and the box was filled with crumpled newspapers with a delicate crown inside.

It is somewhat inaccurate to describe it as a crown. It is not that gorgeous, but rather simple. The surface of the metal is still beaten and pitted during casting, just like a simple work of craftsmanship. The twisted metal is entangled together, just like Roots with branches entwined in a ring.

  Lorenzo picked it up, and there was a familiar feeling in the cold touch, which he could not forget.

  Holy silver, this is a crown made entirely of holy silver.

Lorenzo instantly thought of the meaning of this package, and then he picked up the card that was also buried in the ball of paper, and on it was written line after line of addresses, most of which were in the territory of the Holy Gospel Papal State, only a few Several involved other regions such as Inervig.

   "The address of the safe house of the new Pope, Seni Lotaire, which contains weapons and supplies, and a crown to block [the gap] invasion."

  Lorenzo read the writing on it.

  There is only this information, but it is of extraordinary significance.

  Lorenzo picked up the crown and played with it, eyes drooping, thinking carefully.

  According to Watson’s intelligence, as long as he possesses this crown, Lorenzo will be able to resist the [Gap] invasion to a certain extent.

This is the material from the so-called new pope. If these safe houses belong to him, then the new pope must also be a member of the information, and he may know it earlier than everyone else, so he could set it up early. There are so many safe houses, and the precious holy silver crown is built in.

  This is a safe house that exists to fight against the silent, and it is spread over every land outside of the Seven Hills.

Lorenzo pushed backwards, with bad thoughts in his heart. What happened to the new pope that made him set up so many safe houses... Maybe he had been targeted by the silent a long time ago and fell into an endless hunt. middle.

  If you say that, everything seems reasonable. Why did the Protestant Group not continue to take any action from beginning to end, and facing this harsh situation, the place of Qiqiu was still silent.

  They are entangled in something, and they don’t have the energy to care about other things.

  Lorenzo felt a little headache, as if the world is really about to usher in a new era, all the old things will be liquidated, everything is moving so abruptly and fiercely, there is no time for people to prepare.

  He tried to think about something, but there was a knock on the door, and Lorenzo subconsciously hid the crown and stuffed it into the pile of old clothes.

   "Mr. Holmes, I'm here to pick you up."

  Blue Jade opened the door, his face was indifferent, his eyelids drooped, as if he hadn't woken up, and he seemed indifferent to everything in the world.

   "Well, let's go now."

  Lorenzo didn’t say much. He put on his coat and picked up his cane, his vision swept to the calendar nailed to the wall, today’s date was drawn in a red circle, and Lorenzo will meet the queen today.

   Sit in the carriage, pull up the curtains, and with the rolling of the wheels, the dark carriage begins to move in the direction of the Platinum Palace, and it moves fast.

   "Good morning, Lorenzo."

  The guy sitting opposite Lorenzo greeted him. It was a little surprised, but it was also expected after thinking about it. Lorenzo responded.

   "Good morning, Arthur, why are you here?"

   "Why do you think I am here? Of course, in case you kill the queen with a single sword."

   Arthur opened his clothes as he said, revealing the pistol pinned to his waist. At this close range, the gun did not have the slightest deterrent for Lorenzo, but Arthur still insisted on showing his strength.

   "The plan has changed temporarily, Lorenzo." Arthur said.

  Lorenzo frowned, feeling a little bad.

"what happened again?"

   "Nothing," Arthur smiled and motioned Lorenzo to relax, "It's just that you are not the only one to meet the queen this time."

   "Who else?" Lorenzo asked.

  "I'll go with you. You know, Lorenzo, you are not alone in dissatisfaction with this situation. I am also surprised by these **** instructions. I also want to ask the queen what she wants to do."

   said Arthur, he did not expect that this time he and Lorenzo were comrades-in-arms on the same front.

"In this way, we start the war inexplicably. Although we are loyal to the queen, we always need a suitable reason. As for maintaining our own supremacy, this reason is ridiculous. As long as we continue to research technology, we will always be in the lead. There is no need for such things as war."

Although    is a meritorious family, Arthur’s words seem to be very disgusting with war. This reminds Lorenzo of the books he has read before, which briefly introduces the famous Phoenix family.

The    family is powerful and terrible, but in fact there are very few people with the Phoenix surname. Most of them died in the Glorious War. Lorenzo still vaguely remembered that Eve seemed to be the last blood of the family.

  In this way, the reason why Arthur hated war was much more reasonable. In the glorious war of one hundred years, the Phoenix family lost too much, and Arthur could not and would not allow it to lose more.

   "And Merlin wanted to come too, but his injury was a bit serious. Don't look at that guy's very young, it's just the product of his failed experiment. In fact, he may be older than me."

   Arthur said sadly, Merlin is the one who has worked with him the longest.

   "Hmm... failed [Sublimation]."

Lorenzo responded. Merlin told him this. The alchemist pursued the truth madly, and finally sublimated himself as an experimental subject, but unfortunately he failed. His life came back.

  "But Merlin would be interested in this kind of thing? I thought he didn't care about it. The only thing that caught his attention was knowledge and responsibilities." Lorenzo said again.

   "This is natural, but I suspect that this may have something to do with the Secret Keeper. Merlin is a big fan of them."

   Arthur said solemnly, while Lan Jade on the side looked out the window. She was still indifferent, as if she couldn't hear the conversation between the two.

   "Secret Keeper?"

  Lorenzo felt a little nervous when he heard this word, and then got a headache.

   "Remember the last time I met the queen?"

  The memories were hooked up, and Lorenzo's voice was slightly angry and puzzled.

   "At that time, she told me about these things about the Secret Guardian, these technologies far beyond the understanding of the world, they piled up into mountains, buried in what is called a library.

  The queen told me at the time that she wanted to stop the war from breaking out. I believed her, but she fooled me. War was destined from the beginning. "

   "So I think you have matured a lot, Lorenzo, otherwise you should have hacked the queen to death according to the previous you." Arthur said helplessly.

Lorenzo’s thoughts were hard for him to guess. Sometimes Arthur thought he would make rational judgments, but he acted like a madman. Sometimes he thought Lorenzo was destined to be crazy, but he calmed down again. Peeping at the development of the situation.

   "No, I just don't think it's necessary. In this case, every move you take needs to be extremely vigilant. Killing the queen naturally needs to be carefully considered, and..."

  Lorenzo's voice paused, and he gave a smile that Arthur couldn't understand.

"Faced with my assassination, she didn't have the ability to resist, didn't she? She could only be trapped in the Platinum Palace because of Wang Shu. No...Even without Wang Shu, she could not escape at will. "

This is where Lorenzo’s confidence lies. He is willing to explain the reason for the opportunity to the queen. From the beginning, the beacon has been inferior. Under the influence of the power Gabriel, the queen has nowhere to escape, and she has nowhere. Secrets can be hidden, as long as Lorenzo thinks, her [Gap] will be easily invaded...

  From the moment she saw Lorenzo, her life did not belong to her. Lorenzo would be a sharp sword hanging high above her head.

   "Talk about this kind of thing so openly, don't you really know the crime of treason?"

  Lan Jade probably couldn't listen anymore, and looked at the two with contempt.

  Sometimes she also thinks the world is weird. These two guys who kill the Queen with their mouthfuls can be regarded as the protectors of this country. I don’t know how the Queen feels when she knows this.

   "Ahem..."

  Probably aware of their gaffe, Lorenzo and Arthur coughed a few times in unison, tidyed up their clothes, but then they realized one thing.

  The carriage stopped.

   Arthur and Lorenzo looked at Lan Jade with horror, and Lan Jade waved their hands and said to these two hopeless guys.

   "Well, we have arrived at the Platinum Palace. It's probably because you talked too much. In fact, we have all been here for a long time."

Lorenzo tremblingly pushed the car door, and saw row after row of royal guards carrying rifles standing beside the carriage. They looked so stern, as if only waiting for an order, they were ready to take the carriage with everything on the carriage. People shot into a sieve.

  Anakin stood in front of the royal guard and stopped by the car door.

  This guy seemed to have heard something, and his expression was a bit subtle. Anakin seemed to want to say something, but he wanted to open his mouth, and finally closed it back. He really couldn't think of anything to say to break the **** embarrassment.

  In the car, Lorenzo and Arthur's expressions were the same embarrassment, as if they had eaten a dead fly.

  　The new chair is on the way to horseback

  (End of this chapter)