Chapter 620 National Celebration

The next day, the imperial capital, Lingdun.

The printing presses of major newspapers had been working overtime all night, and the newspapers were piled up like mountains.

In the early morning, thick fog still lingered in the streets.

Just as a hint of white appeared on the horizon, the clear and excited cries of newspaper vendors ignited the silent streets of Lingdun.

Newsboys rode simple steam engines, their bags bulging as they shuttled through the streets and alleys.

They waved today's "Lingdun Daily" in their hands, excitedly shouting the earth-shattering news from the newspaper.

The residents of Lingdun were already accustomed to the newsboys waking up the city early in the morning, but today was different.

When people clearly heard what the news was today, they were all stunned.

Even those who were still dreaming were awakened, suddenly sitting up in bed, thinking they were dreaming.

However, the entire city seemed to be ignited, the noise from the streets had already arrived, and Lingdun gradually fell into that festive boiling.

It's true! It's true!

Dawn Organization has killed three ninth-tier enemies!

What a heartening great victory!

This sounded like a fantastical war report, with photos and detailed records, right on the front page of today's "Lingdun Daily"!

And there's more!

Imperial traitors, high-ranking nobles of the prince level, will be sent to the gallows today!

One heavy news after another, which seemed only possible in dreams, was clearly written in bold ink on today's newspaper.

Today, those thin few sheets of newspaper felt as heavy as gold.

Everyone who held it in their hands was overjoyed.

The newsboys' bags were quickly emptied, and newspapers were read by tens of millions of residents in Lingdun.

In taverns, on streets, in alchemist guilds, adventurer guilds, alchemy academies... everywhere were excited and jubilant people.

"Dawn is really too strong, those are ninth-tier archmages, and they've killed three of them! How many ninth-tier combatants do we actually have?"

More and more people gathered on the streets.

People spontaneously gathered on the streets, excitedly sharing the joy in their hearts.

The photos of those mysterious cloaked figures on the front page of the newspaper seemed to have a magical power, making people feel inexplicably excited.

And it wasn't just the words in the newspaper that were exciting, in Lingdun's central square, which used to be the favorite gathering place for Lingdun's upper classes.

At this moment, a row of gallows had been erected in the square.

Those who betrayed the Alchemy Plane would be publicly tried today, and sent to the gallows in the presence of everyone.

Those once high-ranking princes, dukes, and marquises were now in a sorry state in cages, waiting for their impending fate with ashen faces.

They would be sent to the gallows under the judgment of the law!

Their crime was treason, betrayal, traitors to the Alchemy Plane!

More and more people gathered near the square.

People were vying to witness this historic moment.

Never before had so many high-ranking nobles been publicly executed.

Not only ordinary people were surprised, but even the vast majority of the empire's high-level officials found it incredible.

Last night, the Military Intelligence Agency launched a city-wide attack, successively clearing out dozens of nobles, almost uprooting the old faction that had not been shaken even by the collapse of the Bona Royal Family, carrying out a thorough purge. Those ancient families who could once shake Lu Ying with a stomp of their feet were raided, imprisoned, and collectively deprived of their official positions and power.

But it was this sweeping action that also puzzled people.

The lower-level people watched the excitement, but the congressmen in the parliament were very clear that the reason why the royal family did not liquidate these tumors before was because they couldn't!

The biggest problem was not only that their families had developed for hundreds of years, with deeply rooted and complex forces and strengths.

More importantly, there was Merlin, the empire's number one master!

Most people didn't know why the royal family dared to do this, what confidence they had to do this.

But not long after, when they heard that Master Merlin was injured in the palace, but he still sat firmly in his position after the purge, everyone felt it was very subtle.

The previous ambush on the joint fleet, and this time the enemy's sneak attack on the leader of Dawn in Lu Ying's hinterland, two major incidents clearly showed that internal spies in the empire's high-level had leaked top-secret information.

Those who truly understood politics knew that it was the "old faction" who was playing tricks.

Now, the crimes of those guys on the gallows in the central square have been clearly posted.

The old nobles were almost wiped out in one fell swoop.

But unexpectedly, Master Merlin, the strongest pillar of the old faction, was safe and sound in the storm!

However, in addition to the surprise, after careful consideration, those very few high-level officials of the empire realized the brilliance of Empress Yekaterina.

After this great purge, the imperial power was completely consolidated, and the last stumbling block for the United Empire to develop its new policies was gone.

And most importantly, those guys in the Celestial God Plane probably didn't dare to cooperate with the people of the Alchemy Plane now.

The information provided twice before was clearly a huge opportunity to severely damage the Alchemy Plane, but both times it failed, and instead, the mages of the Celestial God Plane were severely damaged twice.

This kind of failure was so coincidental that it even felt like a deliberately set trap.

Looking at Master Merlin, the national protector, everyone could easily guess that this master must have made great contributions in it!

Although some people knew that there was something fishy in it, no matter what the truth was, the fact was that all the old factions were purged, and the fact was that Master Merlin was not purged.

Therefore, even if there were still some fish that escaped the net in the future, it would be impossible to have any trust anymore.

Besides, without the support of a ninth-tier, under the iron-blooded Empress Yekaterina, no old faction rebels could make waves.

After this battle, the imperial power was greatly stabilized.

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Lingdun was boiling with excitement.

No. 19 Shenghui Avenue, the mansion of Reginald Roberts, the Minister of Military Aircraft of the Empire.

In the garden, Reginald, who had not slept all night, looked at the newspaper in his hand, his hands trembling, and his old face overflowing with excitement.

Last night, the Military Intelligence Agency arrested people in the city all night. Others didn't know why, but he, the Minister of Military Aircraft, was very clear.

Yesterday, he played chess with Master Merlin in the palace all day. At that time, he was guessing that Her Majesty Yekaterina was probably going to attack the old faction.

But those old nobles held a lot of resources and troops in their hands. Once they were forcibly purged, it might cause unpredictable turmoil to the already precarious empire. What's more, there was also that ninth-tier Master Merlin.

However, Reginald worried all night, and looking at today's newspaper, he found that his worries were superfluous.

He also immediately understood everything.

Reginald put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at the blue sky again, his eyes extremely deep.

Today's Lingdun was a rare good weather.

Without the heavy fog, the sun poured down.

The fresh fragrance of flowers and plants rushed into his nose, and the crisp chirping of birds.

The news in the newspaper, like today's bright sun, penetrated the suppressed fog, and the dark clouds that had been squeezed in people's hearts for many years suddenly dissipated.

Three ninth-tier fighters from the Celestial God Plane were killed, the empire's old faction was completely purged, the first guardian perfectly resolved the situation...

One problem after another that had been pressing him breathless suddenly became clear, and the clouds parted to reveal the sun.

From now on, there would be no more secret sabotage.

The imperial power was highly concentrated, the United Empire was united internally, and the Alchemy Plane was united against foreign enemies.

If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, Reginald Roberts would not have believed that anyone could perfectly solve these thorny problems in such a short period of time.

The old duke was filled with emotion, and after a long time, he sighed from the bottom of his heart:

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This exciting scene not only happened in the imperial capital Lingdun, but almost at the same time, people in major cities of Lu Ying learned about these exciting news through newspapers.

The news also spread like wings to Mafa across the ocean, and the resistance fighters who were sticking to the front line also learned about Dawn's killing of the ninth-tier archmage.

Nothing was more inspiring than a real victory.

It turned out that the Celestial God Plane's ten thousand mage corps was not invincible, and the ninth-tier archmage could also be killed!

An enemy that could be defeated was not so desperate all of a sudden.

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Today was destined to be a day of great celebration for the United Empire.

Not only were there constant good news, but also substantial benefits appeared on the potion counters of major alchemy shops.

Those were tubes of colorful bloodline potions.

People only needed to spend a reasonable price to buy a basic bloodline potion.

Dragon bloodline, elf bloodline, giant bloodline, Titan bloodline... and other mythical gene potions appeared in large quantities.

This was an absolute treasure that could directly raise the talent for cultivation.

For alchemists, successfully transforming the bloodline was equivalent to having an extra rare talent for cultivation out of thin air!

It should be known that before, the bloodline potion recipe was a secret exclusive to the noble lords, and a bloodline potion recipe could be exchanged for a high-level title.

Now, gene potions were no longer the exclusive secret of nobles, nor were they highly lethal witchcraft potions. Instead, they were items that everyone could touch to improve their talent and bloodline.

Not only were they sold on the market, but the imperial government also promulgated laws, providing basic bloodline potions to students in various alchemy academies for free, and armies and military academies could obtain advanced versions of high-level bloodline potions.

Everyone could also exchange for top-level bloodline potions with military merits!

If the news in the newspaper gave the people of the Alchemy Plane hope, then these bloodline potions added wings to that hope, helping the Alchemy Plane take off! Now that bloodline potions were widely popularized, the upper limit of the plane's laws was constantly increasing, and the imperial government had opened up alchemy knowledge to everyone, the base number of alchemy apprentices had increased a hundredfold!

With a large base number, those with outstanding talents would always stand out.

Today, there were only two ninth-tier professionals in the Alchemy Plane, but in the future, there might be hundreds or thousands of ninth-tiers!

Moreover, there was no need to worry about internal spies causing trouble.

Even if the alchemical knowledge and potion recipes were stolen by those people in the Celestial God Plane, it would be meaningless.

The mages in the Celestial God Plane regarded alchemy as a forbidden technique and alchemy civilization as heresy.

Even those captured fighter mechas in Mafa were destroyed on the spot.

When alchemy bloomed everywhere, one day it would bloom into an ocean.

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Just as Lingdun was celebrating throughout the city, there was peace and leisure in an apartment on the banks of the Roker Wallen River.

As one of the protagonists on the front page of today's newspaper, Suren was very calm and had a good rest last night.

The original intention of establishing Mirror was to have an absolutely neutral alchemy organization. Without being affected by external forces, this organization would shine for the development of alchemy civilization in the present and in the future.

Therefore, Dawn did not intend to have too deep connections with the imperial government.

But Emperor Yekaterina's invitation, Dawn still had to give some face.

So the leader, Mr. Mirror, went to the palace.

And Suren stayed in the apartment to rest.

Of course, with Shabina serving, there was naturally no shortage of vivid and fragrant scenes.

The sky was already bright, and the sun shone into the apartment.

Suren sat on the sofa flipping through today's newspaper, while Shabina, wearing pajamas, was giving him a massage.

Even though the photos in the newspaper didn't show his face, Shabina recognized him at a glance, "Wow, Mr., this must be you!"

Suren smiled when he heard it.

The silk pajamas felt soft, and the touch of a large area of skin always gave people a sense of teasing.

However, Shabina's massage skills were very relaxing, and although it was quite energy-consuming, Suren thought it was pretty good.

The battle last night was naturally clear to him, the person who experienced it himself, so he didn't look at it much.

He flipped through the content behind and saw the report about the empire's internal purge of traitors, and couldn't help but sigh:

From the current news, this Master Merlin must be inseparable from those people in the Celestial God Plane.

But what Suren didn't expect was that the royal family purged those old nobles, but this first guardian was safe and sound, and didn't take any action.

Shabina was the intelligence chief of the Mirror Organization and knew the imperial situation like the back of her hand.

Hearing this, as a qualified intelligence officer, she immediately analyzed:

Suren frowned slightly when he heard this:

After returning last night, he slept well all night, and he really didn't know this information.

Even the ninth-tier Master Merlin suffered a hidden loss?

Suren's eyes turned, thinking of Yekaterina, who could control the power of the stars, and he roughly guessed something.

He was probably the only one who had seen her strength.

If she advanced to the eighth tier, her combat power would be very strong.

With the palace's restrictions, she might not be able to defeat the ninth tier.

Suren thought of this and suddenly realized.

He didn't say much and continued to flip through the content of the newspaper. They rushed back to Lingdun last night, originally afraid that these old factions would cause trouble.

Thinking that they might have to kill another ninth-tier Master Merlin. Unexpectedly, the problem was solved quietly.

Even the old faction of old nobles were dealt with, without causing any turmoil. This skill was indeed admirable.

But no matter what the situation was, the result was good. Now that the old faction traitors were cleared, the United Empire would have much less trouble.

Looking at his expression, Shabina's beautiful eyes turned and she didn't mention any inappropriate topics.

At this moment, a strange energy surged in her body, and she seemed to suddenly grasp something, and said in surprise:

Suren smiled slightly, "Not bad."

Last night, he harvested the insights of three ninth-tier archmages, and some of them were absorbed by the succubus's special talent. It was really... a very powerful talent.

Shabina obviously understood something and showed a charming smile, "Thank you for your favor, Master~"

Suren looked at his maid who was sticking to him again and interrupted:

Shabina then restrained the succubus's charm talent that was always present and sat obediently to the side.

Sure enough, not long after, footsteps sounded outside the door.

Mr. Mirror and Reina walked into the house.

They were invited to the palace in the morning and had just returned.

......

"After listening to her state affairs strategies, I think no one can do better than her. As long as she is given a few more years, the United Empire will definitely prosper, and then the strength of the entire Alchemy Plane will skyrocket, even reaching a more glorious level than a thousand years ago..."

......

It seemed that the results of the talks were very satisfactory, and Mr. Mirror praised Yekaterina when he came back.

Suren was also hearing his senior sister praise someone like this for the first time.

But that title always felt strange.

The few people sat on the sofa chatting.

Mr. Mirror talked about some of the content of the talks with the royal family. Yekaterina, on behalf of the royal family and the empire, expressed various thanks to Dawn, as well as material support. They also talked about some future cooperation plans.

From the current point of view, the overall situation was also developing in a good direction.

Suren listened quietly.

He was not very interested in the development of the empire and couldn't get involved.

Obviously, his senior sister could handle these things.

Obviously, Mr. Mirror also had arrangements.

Finally, Suren asked:

Mr. Mirror talked about the upcoming itinerary:

Hearing this, Suren also responded,

It was exactly what he wanted.

He now knew the refining method of cosmic source matter and was short of ninth-tier materials. There was no place more suitable than the front line of the war.

Moreover, the situation in Mafa was not optimistic and urgently needed some top combat power to reinforce it and change the battlefield situation.

Now going to reinforce was the most suitable time.

Besides, after harvesting three ninth-tier archmages, Suren now had the confidence to face the ninth-tier archmage alone.

Moreover, no one's puppet legion was more suitable for dealing with the ten thousand mage corps than his. With the combination of Suren and Mr. Mirror, at least before those top powerhouses in the Celestial God Plane descended on a large scale, they were enough to deal with any situation.

Mr. Mirror smiled slightly and said lightly:

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