Mang Hou
Chapter 280 Heresy
"What right does your military intelligence agency have to announce the removal of an imperial royal legion commander?"
"Those Military Intelligence Bureau guys are really crazy!"
"Humph! Yeger, your position in the Military Intelligence Bureau is at most on par with the legion commander. What qualifications do you have to say that?"
"..."
As soon as the man in the windbreaker said this, it was like cold water dripping into a pot of boiling oil, and it immediately ignited public anger.
Barrett's expression did not change, as if he had expected it. But behind him, the soldiers of the Holy Judgment Legion were all excited and reprimanding.
They, the Holy Judgment Legion, had fought and died with 90% of their members just to execute the order and arrive at the depths of this ruin. Now they want to remove their own legion commander from his post?
What right did these damned Military Intelligence Bureau bastards have?
The soldiers' emotions became more and more agitated, like a group of tigers escaping from their cages, unable to be restrained, and their aura caused the faces of the other two men in windbreakers to change drastically.
However, Yeger, the leader, was not afraid at all.
He looked coldly at the group in front of him, then at the silent Barrett, and questioned in a deep voice: "Barrett, do you want to condone the mutiny of the Judgment Legion? Think clearly, I am executing Her Majesty the Queen's secret order. If this really turns into a riot, not only you, but everyone in your Judgment Legion will be implicated... Even those who died before will be held accountable..."
Hearing this, Barrett's eyes became as dangerous as a beast's.
After a moment of contemplation, he seemed to have made a compromise, silently tearing off the general star rank from his armor, and said lightly: "I accept the dismissal order."
Hearing this, the deputy general and the soldiers behind him were filled with incomprehension and anger, and the atmosphere boiled again.
"Commander! You're right, we all support you!"
"Yes! Even if we go to military court, we'll go together. I don't believe that the empire's laws will disappoint us royal knights who fought abroad and shed blood for the empire!"
"Commander, your Barrett family has been royal knights for generations. No one has the right to remove you from your post unless Her Majesty the Queen personally speaks... Don't listen to those Military Intelligence Bureau bastards!"
"..."
Barrett glanced at the crowd behind him, and the unease in his heart grew stronger.
The current situation also made him sure that it was not necessarily Her Majesty the Queen, but a big figure in the royal family must be very eager for this ruin.
That kind of urgency made people smell an atmosphere of "conspiracy."
Barrett didn't say it clearly, but he couldn't let this group of brothers who had lived and died with him take risks with him.
He said with a resolute face: "Now I issue the last order. All of you, leave the ruins immediately!"
"Commander!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces were filled with excitement and anger, vowing to advance and retreat together.
But Barrett had no intention of changing his mind. He said to a deputy general beside him: "Kamul, according to military law, you are now the highest-ranking officer in the Judgment Legion and will automatically take over as legion commander. Take the brothers out and report the situation here to the imperial capital."
The sturdy warrior named Kamul looked embarrassed, "But..."
Before he could finish speaking, Barrett added: "In my personal capacity, I will also prevent anyone from breaking the seal here."
Kamul understood what his legion commander was going to do as soon as he heard it. Although he wanted to persuade him, he knew the commander's character and knew it was useless.
He hammered his chest and gave a military salute: "Yes! Commander!"
The deputy general also knew very well that if they didn't leave, then the Judgment Legion would be facing the Military Intelligence Bureau head-on.
No matter how it ended, the consequences would be similar to "rebellion."
Besides, with the commander staying here, they didn't think that the few people from the Military Intelligence Bureau could do anything.
After all, Barrett was very strong!
.......
The three Military Intelligence Bureau men in windbreakers watched the deputy general take the people away without saying anything.
Anyway, they had already arrived at the seal, and these soldiers were no longer useful.
Instead, Yeger, the leader, looked at Barrett, who was left in place, and questioned: "Barrett, are you sure you want to stop us? Now that you have no military rank, if you obstruct the Military Intelligence Bureau from performing its duties, I have the right to kill you on the spot."
Barrett didn't care about the threatening words at all, and only said lightly: "This seal cannot be broken for the time being. No one can."
Hearing this, Yeger's eyes turned cold, and he shouted coldly: "Then don't blame us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a layer of light blue flames suddenly appeared on his body, which was actually the royal family's secret top-level fire-based secret technique, Wu Shi.
........
Suddenly, dense fighting sounds came from the tunnel.
Because several tree roots had destroyed the original stability of the underground maze, and the aftermath of the battle between high-level professionals was exaggerated, rumbling stones fell down, and it looked like the entire underground palace was about to collapse.
Su Lun didn't expect that Lu Ying and the others would actually fight, and his face suddenly became very strange.
He had seen the strength of that Barrett. With him blocking the way, theoretically, those three men in windbreakers would have no chance at all.
But he was also very curious, those guys from the Military Intelligence Bureau were not fools, where did they get the confidence to take action?
"Could it be... that the person behind the scenes has some backup plans?"
Su Lun thought of something.
Those people were so eager to break the seal here, obviously they were coming for the super-level things in the Burial Grounds of the Gods.
They had such detailed information, and not surprisingly, it must be directly related to the great battle five hundred years ago.
But at that time, both sides, the Dalu tribe, were completely wiped out, and the great druids turned into giant trees, sealing this place.
Theoretically, there shouldn't be any treasure maps or anything like that leaking the situation here.
In that case, the Lu Ying royal family has a big problem...
Su Lun thought of something, and his expression changed slightly.
Yuta, who was beside him, didn't know what was happening, and thought that those people had broken the seal. He said with a serious expression: "We must not let them break the seal!"
The Dalu tribe had a duty to guard this place.
Su Lun nodded: "Yeah."
The two quietly sneaked over.
.......
The people of the Holy Judgment Legion had already left the underground, and there were only four people in the huge Hall of Valor.
Three men in windbreakers, and that "beast" Barrett.
The two sides were fighting fiercely.
Su Lun and Yuta were hiding in a corner cave, looking down at the battle below.
The two sides in the fierce battle seemed to be evenly matched, fighting back and forth, and there was no one-sided situation as expected.
"That Lu Ying Military Intelligence Bureau guy is actually also Tier 6? That's not right... If he's just Tier 6, he shouldn't have a chance of winning."
Su Lun pondered in his heart.
Although he didn't know why Barrett's conscience had found out that he wanted to stop the seal from being broken, Su Lun hoped that he could win at this moment.
Turning his eyes, Su Lun looked at the man in the windbreaker named Yeger, and his eyes shrank slightly.
This guy was emitting raging cold flames, and those flames condensed into a blue fire armor with distinct scales around his body, making him look like he was wearing a ghost armor. Every move he made had a domineering aura of destroying the world.
"The complete form of the Wu Shi secret technique?"
It was the first time Su Lun had seen Wu Shi of this level.
He himself knew this secret technique, but the current level was only a layer of cold flame gauze overflowing, which enhanced some melee abilities and fire resistance.
But compared with the degree of condensing armor in front of him, it was a world of difference.
Yeger was wearing a cold and beautiful armor. With a wave of his hand, sand and rocks flew, and the flames burned, causing ripples in the air. This layer of armor not only amplified melee abilities, but also had extremely exaggerated defenses. Even Barrett's fist of the law of power, which could distort space, could not really touch that guy's body.
"Hiss~ The condensation level of this Wu Shi armor is even stronger than the Vajra in terms of law..."
Only then did Su Lun understand the practical use of this secret technique.
Magic penetration, physical and magic double damage, elemental affinity, elemental armor... There were too many uses, combining offense and defense.
He only knew a little bit about it in the past.
But he also saw that Barrett, who had transformed into a black ape, also had the upper hand. Probably because he was concerned about the other party's identity as a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he had not killed him.
After all, he hadn't even used the Titan Strength's implantation.
But as he watched, Yuta on the side discovered something and said strangely, "That windbreaker man's power is very strange. I felt a very evil aura."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Su Lun's eyes also focused over.
His current realm was not very clear about this level of battle. But when Yuta said this, he also felt that the windbreaker man's Tier 6 seemed a bit too "watery". The high-ranking officials of the Lu Ying Military Intelligence Bureau shouldn't be this bad, right?
.......
Barrett fought one against three, without losing any ground.
Before long, the other two Military Intelligence Bureau guys had been beaten to the ground and couldn't get up.
But as he fought, Barrett stopped.
He looked at the windbreaker man in front of him and felt more and more unfamiliar. His tone was slightly surprised, "Yeger, I didn't expect you to advance to Tier 6?"
Hearing this, Yeger let out a strange laugh of "Jie Jie Jie," "Yeah."
Barrett obviously saw something and changed the subject, squinting and saying, "However, that power doesn't seem to be your own. Don't hide it, use whatever means you have. Otherwise, with this level, you should leave here."
"Oh?"
Yeger tilted his head and looked at Barrett, his eyes filled with arrogance.
He also saw that Barrett was determined to stop them, so he was no longer polite, "Tsk tsk, are you in such a hurry to die?"
As he spoke, he didn't seem to intend to hide it anymore, and his aura gradually rose. The previous fierce battle seemed to be just a warm-up, and now he was ready to get serious.
Hearing this, Barrett's face didn't show any different color.
But looking at the aura of the person in front of him, his brows frowned, revealing a strong solemnity.
However, in the next instant, an unexpected scene happened.
Dense red lines emerged from Yeger's pores.
The "red lines" grew in the wind. In the blink of an eye, his entire body was like an exploded mess, shrouded in an evil aura.
.......
Su Lun, who was far away, almost thought that this guy was also a puppeteer and was about to use a secret technique like Puppet Theater.
But as soon as the All-Knowing Eye identified it, it immediately discovered that this technique was strange.
Those red lines were not lines, but parasitic biological tissues with body fluids flowing like blood vessels.
This attack revealed evil everywhere.
Moreover, what was even more strange was.
As soon as this guy made a move, he didn't attack Barrett on the opposite side first. Instead, those red lines were like leeches smelling blood, spreading towards the two severely injured Military Intelligence Bureau partners not far away.
Barrett didn't kill the two of them, but they had already lost their ability to fight at this moment. Watching the red lines attacking, they wanted to avoid them in horror. But those red lines easily pierced into their bodies and devoured them greedily.
"Ah... Captain, what are you doing!"
The scream had just started when it died out.
The two people were sucked into mummies in the blink of an eye.
Su Lun, who was far away, frowned, "This is not alchemy!"
At the same time, Barrett obviously saw what was going on and shouted sharply, "The power of heresy!"
In the alchemical civilization, all power systems that are not alchemy are regarded as heresy.
Alchemists are a group of humans who advocate studying the ultimate mysteries of the world. They do not reject the existence of other forces, but faith is an exception.
Except for believing in the "Primal Creator," alchemists will never become believers of a certain god. This is a matter of principle!
Especially in traditional alchemical empires like Lu Ying, there will never be any heretical warlocks who can gain power.
Anyone who spreads the belief in foreign gods will be sent to the gallows.
It is even more impossible in the royal family!
And this Yeger is a high-ranking official in the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau!
It was chilling to think about.
Barrett finally realized that his guess might be true, and there was a big problem in the royal family!
Now Yeger killed two companions first, and the purpose was also very obvious, to cover up the fact that he was a "heretical warlock."
Then next, it must be serious.
Barrett didn't take any chances, and with a hand seal, he shouted sharply, "Implantation - Release!"
He heard a crackling sound of bones in the air, and his body swelled up visibly, from two meters tall to a domineering black gorilla nearly five meters tall. This naturally released the Titan's implantation.
.......
"I said Barrett, wouldn't it be good for you to execute the order properly? Why do you have to seek death?"
Those red lines quickly condensed behind Yeger, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a pile of blood-colored meat wings. His face also became distorted, like a demon, hideous and terrifying. This appearance was no longer considered human.
Yeger, who had revealed his true colors, had an increasingly high aura, and the blue cold flames formed by the Wu Shi secret technique on his body instantly turned into a strange red-black color. The terrifying energy overflowed and spread from where he stood. The roots that were intertwined throughout the underground palace rotted and turned pitch black upon contact, and then turned into powder and scattered in the air.
Barrett's face became extremely solemn, and his tone also became less polite, questioning, "So, you want to open the seal here because of the 'heretic's' instructions?"
Yeger did not respond directly, "A dead man doesn't need to know."
Barrett snorted coldly, "Since you have faith in heresy, then there is nothing to talk about. I have been fighting for the empire for many years and have killed many heretical warlocks. Today, I will capture you and personally send you to His Majesty!"
Hearing this, Yeger seemed to have heard a joke and sneered repeatedly, "You don't understand what you are facing."
Barrett didn't say much, and with a hand seal, a ripple suddenly burst out under his feet.
With a "pop", he rushed forward.
.......
Su Lun, who was far away, realized that things were serious.
The power field around Yeger that withered everything looked like a "domain" that only Tier 7 professionals could comprehend.
Yuta on the side seemed to recognize something and his expression changed, "This... I felt it in the Cursed Space. This is the aura of the Deep Sea Giant from back then!"
"..."
Su Lun was not too surprised to hear this.
The Cursed Valley was deep in the Silent Forest, and those Lu Ying guys happened to find it. All the signs indicated that it must be related to the battle back then.
If it wasn't the Dalu tribe, then it was the mysterious and powerful Deep Sea Giant.
The battle situation in front of him suddenly took a turn for the worse.
Barrett, who had been in the dominant position, suddenly became the weak side.
Although he still looked very fierce, the shortcomings of power-based professionals were also obvious. If he didn't kill the opponent in the first place, he would become weaker and weaker as time went on.
Under normal circumstances, Su Lun would definitely slip away when he saw this situation.
It was impossible to do anything, and it was meaningless for him to send another head.
However, looking at Yuta's determined look beside him, she probably wouldn't leave. The Dalu tribe had the responsibility to guard this seal. Their ancestors had died here, and she would naturally not retreat.
Thinking of this, Su Lun frowned slightly. He took out the communicator and reported the situation to Mr. Jing, who was on his way.
He wanted to ask his senior sister if she had any ideas, but he didn't expect to get shocking news.
"What! Senior sister, are you about to arrive?"
Su Lun was very surprised to hear this.
She said she would be back in three days, but it had only been two days.
However, Mr. Jing in the communicator was even more surprised, "Wasn't it agreed upon? Did something happen?"
Su Lun realized something, took out a pocket watch, looked at the date, and his expression immediately became very strange.
He thought the date was "today", but it turned out to be "tomorrow."
Only then did Su Lun realize that he seemed to be missing a whole day in his memory.
When he took out his notebook again and wanted to record this strange time difference, he saw the content of the notes that he had subjectively ignored.
Only then did he realize that the problem was in the previous "Time Domain."