She did swear an oath of loyalty to someone…but who didn’t?
Without gods, faith loses its binding force, and oaths alone cannot maintain anything. Everyone understands this truth.
For Xia Yibing, she had never had this opportunity before - when she was a new official, she was busy controlling the entire organization, and after that, there was the change in Pingyuan. On the bright side, she solved the hidden dangers of the evil god level within less than half a year after taking office, which was enough to add another glorious record, but she still had to express her position.
One thing needs to be clarified here: the Shadow Lion system is different.
There have been factional struggles in the history of many dynasties. The power of the powerful ministers and the royal family has restrained and checked each other, which is indeed conducive to national stability to a certain extent.
But Shadow Lion is not such a faction. Shadow Lion was created for one purpose only, that is, the king needs a violent organization that is loyal only to him.
So Xia Yibing is not allowed to sit on the fence.
Elwin must have known about the transfer order, and must have known that some people wanted to take away her power.
But she deliberately did not make everything clear, and the meaning behind this is very intriguing.
Hitzfeld guessed that Alvin wanted to test Xia.
The violent agency is not only responsible for violence. Just like the previous director Batty Villefort, his political attainments and wisdom are no less than those of the powerful officials.
If she couldn't even see through such a simple plot, and easily thought that it was the king's intention, and was fooled and transferred away... she felt that women might no longer be valued by Alvin in the future.
So this can also be considered a counterattack.
It's not as simple as just rejecting a transfer order.
Hitzfeld originally wanted to take credit: she realized this on her own without any reminders, and made the best decision for the woman before anyone else could react, so she deserved a lot of praise.
Of course she wouldn't say it directly - she had to be reserved, and a lady wouldn't do such an outrageous thing.
But she really meant it.
Want women to praise her more.
Then Xia Yibing said that word: honeymoon.
Honeymoon...travel...
This word seemed to have magical power, constantly spreading and echoing in the girl's mind.
It reminded her of some unbearable scenes, and her face turned red.
Chapter 18: The Dead Party
September 7th, evening.
As the Evans airship landed at the outpost base, a sergeant in military uniform but without rank hurried to the main camp of the outpost and made a request: he needed to deliver a transfer order to Shasha-Imaer as soon as possible.
This wasn't really an excessive request. When he came, he thought it would be done in no time.
Anyway, he was just a messenger. As long as he could meet the famous Knight Smail, hand him the transfer order and ask him to pass it on to the person concerned, his mission would be accomplished.
Maybe the Evans airship wouldn't have left by the time he was done, and he would have time to get back to the airship with his backpack - not everyone was willing to spend the night on the cursed red land, and he was very reluctant to stay in the camp.
However, what he didn't expect was that no matter how long he waited, Knight Smail did not come.
He could only watch the time pass until eight o'clock in the evening, which was the departure time of the Evans airship. The ship would continue to carry the remaining supplies westward and deliver them to the most remote border post in the west of the kingdom - Windward Post.
Smail finally arrived.
He seemed to have arrived on time. Just after eight o'clock, when the shadow of the airship began to move, he stepped into the gate in a pair of high-top combat boots and was warmly welcomed.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Corporal Paul, but I regret to inform you that the man you are looking for is not here."
"What did you say?" The sergeant was shocked by the news, "You have got to be kidding me!?"
"Everyone who knows me knows that I don't like to joke." Smail shook his head. "In fact, this is a coincidence. If you put the letter here and returned to the ship, you should have bumped into her."
This is not a coincidence at all!
The sergeant, Corporal Paul, gritted his teeth secretly.
He is not a rookie… It sounds like Smail is feeling sorry for himself, but what is the truth? Without the permission of this procedure, how can he, a corporal from outside, be qualified to meet the director of the Security Bureau?
Even if it was true as the other party said that he ignored the rules and dropped the transfer order and boarded the ship directly without seeing Smail... then he might be able to see the target person.
But where is the transfer order?
The key is not to let "Paul meet Xiasha-Imaer", but to deliver the transfer order to her!
From this moment on, he finally realized that the incident he was involved in might not be simple... Whether it was the transfer order or the other party's deliberate avoidance of the underlying message, he felt as if he had been tricked.
"Things are unpredictable. This is a joke that fate plays on you." Smail observed him with a faint smile and extended a sincere invitation to him.
"Anyway, the Evans won't be back for half a month, so you can stay in the camp first."
"I'll let you know as soon as they get back."
"I promise you in the name of the goddess."
……
Let's ignore for the moment what far-reaching impacts what happened at the outpost base will have. In the air, in cabin 23 of the Evans airship, Hitzfeld was staring at the mixed-haired loli who suddenly appeared with a dark face.
"Contessisus!" She stared at him with her one eye wide open, "Why are you here?"
The plan was secretly set up by her and Russell, and no one except Xia Yibing knew about it. Sixus should have rested underground at that time, and she couldn't understand how things turned out like this.
"I informed you."
The door opened and a tall man with glasses came in pushing a rolling box.
"Considering that Tarignon's condition is quite dangerous, I think we need to bring a trusted doctor with us, and no one is more qualified than Dr. Sixus."
It is impossible for anyone to be more suitable than her...
Hitzfeld's eyelids twitched.
He has superb medical skills, rich experience, and almost no requirements for surgical instruments. He is also suspected to be immortal and is not so afraid of being affected by the battle... Taking all these factors into consideration, Sixus is the best doctor.
But is this the crux of the matter now?
How bad must the situation at Talignan be that it required Russell to take such a step - he didn't even dare to tell them in advance?
"Don't look at me like that." Sixus had a usual sullen expression. "If he hadn't begged me, saying that it had to be done by me... do you think this doctor is so easy to hire?"
She was also carrying a large suitcase, almost as tall as herself. She was dressed in a serious black dress, which looked a bit funny whether you looked at her from close up or far away.
"Aisun." Xia Yibing reached out and grabbed the girl's neck from behind, slowly massaging the back of her neck.
Hitzfeld knew what she meant was that there was no need to do this. After all, even if he was deceived, it would definitely be beneficial for Sixus to accompany him.
"I need to know detailed information." Hitzfeld turned his gaze to Russell, "All of it, otherwise I will refuse to continue cooperating with you."
"That's what I'm going to do, Hitzfeld." Russell kept pushing the rolling box in front of the people.
At this moment, the whole room shook, Xixus's face turned pale, and he quickly ran to his seat and fastened his seat belt.
"what is this?"
This degree of shaking was not enough to change the girl's color. She maintained her center of gravity well and watched Russell squat down and open the box.
What is this - this sounds like a useless question, because it is visible to the naked eye that the box is full of newspapers.
But Russell knew that the girl was not asking him that, so he followed up with a reply: "Something that can answer your doubts."
"Although it's only a part, after watching it you will know how messy it is over there."
Xia Yibing brought out a stack of newspapers, sat down, and gave about half of them to Hitzfeld.
The two sat there and watched for a while. Hitzfeld suddenly looked up and stared at the man who had been standing there without moving: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
There was nothing special about these things - just newspapers, and a few pieces of torn paper did not contain any magical powers.
But they were special because they were not Sarah's newspapers.
But it came from Metz, a county in Talignant.
The content in the newspaper does seem a bit exaggerated... Hitzfeld has read the seventeenth copy so far, and fourteen of them have murder stories on the front page.
The remaining three were directly confirmed to be tragic crimes committed by evil spirits. She had never seen such outrageous newspapers.
There were indeed many channels, such as books, notes, and oral accounts... telling her how chaotic and terrifying the place without the protection of the Holy Stone was... but she was still a little shocked that it was so chaotic that the evil information was printed on the front page of the news.
Newspapers are directly linked to public opinion, and public opinion is directly related to regional stability.
Even in Blackwood City, Sheriff Rand did not dare to make the news public. She did not understand why these Tarinians were so brave?
Aren’t they afraid that the news will get out and cause panic among the people?
"I need an explanation."
Xia Yibing also put down the newspaper she was folding and looked at Russell with an interrogative look.
It's not like she had never been to a human settlement that wasn't covered by the Xieyang Stone Carvings. She had been to smaller settlements like earthen forts, but she had been deeply impressed by the foul smells and disgusting murders that were brewing.
But those are just small places. "Large settlements" like Talignan are large enough to be called "kingdoms", or at least "alliances", and they have their own mechanisms to deal with evil spirits.
It's not just the Sara people who produce extraordinary people.
They also have troops similar to the Shadow Lions.
Because of the lax control, extraordinary organizations are everywhere in Tarignan. She knows of 42 in Savan County alone.
Hmm... Although she thought most of the 42 organizations were just jokes, for example, there was an organization called "Marble Brotherhood", whose purpose was to use spirits to organize marble competitions.
But if there are enough of these people, when they encounter Eternal Night, they do have their own way to solve the problem...which is also true.
The impression I had of Talignan was not this chaotic - there were some tragic cases involving evil spirits, but it had to be...
Come once every two weeks?
Or a week.
If the scope is narrowed down to one county, this is the case, and it cannot be any smaller. ①
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①: The county of Talignan is a city, much smaller than the city of Sara, but much more prosperous than a village.
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But looking at these newspapers, the longest interval between two tragedies was four days, and the most recent was only one day.
If the newspaper was not printed once a day, this time could be shortened to 4 hours.
It's too exaggerated no matter how you look at it.
"This is because an evil organization has emerged in Tarignan. They call themselves the Death Party," said Russell.
"Dead Soul Party?"
"Yes. According to the intelligence we have investigated so far, the nightmare species that are currently very active in Talignan are all related to them. We speculate that they are supported by the power of the Sunflower Reverse... They can't just appear out of thin air. This is their emblem."
He pulled a badge from his pocket and handed it over.
Hitzfeld caught it, held it in front of him and examined it carefully, and found that it resembled an enlarged black button with a twisted skull painted on it in white paint.
Clusters of long, wriggling strips emerged from the top of the skull, looking a bit like hair, but also a bit like tentacles and spider legs.
All in all it makes people feel very uncomfortable.
"The Necromancers have declared their allegiance to the Queen." Russell's description continued.
"They would kill anyone who dared to claim that they had the blood of the Dragon God. Although there was no evidence in many cases, those people did die."
"And our first step is to save someone from them."
"Who?"
"Mr. Eugenie-Copperfield."
Chapter 19: The Shadow of Terror
The shadow of the Evans airship was cast on the earth, looking like a bent banana from a distance.
Hitzfeld came to the observation deck wearing a long black dress with wide sleeves and a waist. He first adjusted his collar in front of his reflection in the glass, then stroked the collar that locked his neck, staring at it in a daze.
But the state of the glass will change due to light and shadow. Soon, as the clouds above were left behind, the dazzling sunlight slanted through the glass and projected in.
She could no longer see her own reflection, and her gaze was forced to penetrate the barrier and look at the barren land below.
This place is no longer red soil. What you can see is endless sand dunes, with occasional rocks sticking out of the ground, each with an extremely curious appearance.
