musicians of old

Chapter 698 Relevance

"Owen's great terror before his death."

Laxus chewed it over and over again, thought about it carefully again and again, but he still couldn't figure it out.

The original liquidation operation against the luxury cruise ship "Vanessa" targeted Fanning, a music master who had reached the "crescent" and the founder of Turner Cinemas, who had a significant influence on the global art industry.

Decisions at this level cannot be made unilaterally by someone at his level.

In other words, the secret door raid on "Forging Lion" Fanning, who was only the music director of the Art Hall, was not something he could decide at this level.

He was just an inspector general who was acting as a supervisor and was not even qualified to weigh the costs.

Last time, the leader took half a day to make a decision and gave verbal consent.

This time, the leader took a day and a half to make the decision and approved it in writing.

Laxus had never heard of a leader taking so long to make a decision!

"If there is one major shock about the Vanessa incident, it is that the operation failed."

"Even though we had planned ahead for the target's mysterious abilities of the 'candle' and 'key', and still deployed an oversaturated number of personnel and 'phantoms', the operation still failed."

"Fanning's strength is far beyond people's expectations. When he escaped from the secret door, he was just a high-ranking person. Now, I am afraid that even I, who am also at the third level of profound understanding, cannot be his opponent. I don't know what adventures he has had in the past two or three years. Is it an adventure in the waking world or an adventure in the exploration of migration? If it weren't for the fact that he has the remains of the 'Old Days' and he was seriously injured and almost died, I would even suspect that he is taking the path of pioneering like a leader."

"So this is why Owen, a combatant, felt horrified before he died?"

"But does this really match the levels of 'huge', 'extreme', 'beyond comprehension'?"

Laxus was muttering to himself as he walked along the river bank.

But soon, he brought his thoughts back to the current situation: "So, you think that the doubts about this discovery are somehow related to the mystery of Vincent's whereabouts and the area upstream of the Hedgewell River where he was last active?"

This may be reasonable.

The protagonist of Irving's horror before death and the "Vanessa" incident was Fanning.

The person to be investigated now is Vincent.

Of course there is a strong connection, at least worth searching again.

"There is some inexplicable connection."

Mr. Wax changed Laxus's question into a statement and added a modifier.

"Perhaps the revelation tells me that tonight is a more appropriate time than in previous years, and more special secret history factors will be mixed in with the sneakiness."

After Mr. La finished speaking, he lowered his head and said no more.

The wheelchair continued to roll over the river sand and crush the dead grass. For a moment, the only sound in the air was crackling.

I walked and stopped like this for nearly an hour, but still gained nothing.

During the investigation, the investigators also identified several secret ritual sites that they had set up during their investigations in previous years. Of course, the altars have been dismantled now, but they were originally marked on the map.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, seeing that Mr. Wax was still silent, Laxus was just about to ask something again - suddenly, farther away on the other side of the river, he faintly saw a light shining through the black water vapor!

The stars twinkle and fade away.

"what is that?"

"Is there anyone there?"

An investigator quickly ran forward more than ten meters, took two steps at a time, jumped onto a higher rock, and raised a pair of telescopes with a blue-glowing lens.

"From the time we got off the ship at the Mintkincons pier, it took several hours to take a horse-drawn carriage upstream, and if we also estimate the walking distance,

"The last traceable area of ​​Vincent's activities should be along this river bank."

After receiving the arrangement, Chief Judge Melaltin called Bishop Walter as his deputy from among the high-ranking members of the church who were listening to the sermon. At this time, Walter also held a map in his hand, lowered his head and slowly began to analyze.

As a conductor with both loyal beliefs and professional ethics, Walter felt that this impromptu action was a little inexplicable. Hmm, is it the strangeness of fate?

I asked for leave from my boss and came here to listen to the performance, so why are you investigating my boss's father?

After hearing the situation, Fan Ning did not express his opinion.

He has been looking around.

The cold wind on the river bank in the deserted wilderness was very light and cool. The dry grass was shaking weakly. The river sand underfoot was fine and moist. The irregular arcs of the river water eroded in one circle after another, and then slowly seeped away.

Just as Fanning was about to reach out and squat down——

"Um?."

Suddenly, another intuition arose in my spirituality.

It seemed as if at the end of the field of vision a little downstream on the other side of the river, there were some gazes piercing through the layers of black mist and looking towards him!

"Why is this boundary marker so illegal?" So Fan Ning turned his arm and pointed to a huge stone tablet on a raised slope on the side.

Melaltin and Walter beside him, as well as several other clergymen and military officers, now followed the voice and headed over.

The huge crowds of followers behind him, who were keeping a slight distance and formed "long dragons of fire" or circles of "halos of lights", also looked over in unison.

The boundary marker is clearly engraved with words declaring sovereignty such as "Territory of the Kingdom of Lydia", and there is also a crow-shaped relief below.

"Master Lavoisier, we are actually in enemy-occupied territory here." A man who looked like a senior military officer looked a little embarrassed and a little angry. "That's why they put up this thing as a demonstration."

"Since you issued the 'ceasefire negotiation' instruction a few days ago, the church has made many representations, and the royal family of Janus has also responded positively and shown a lot of sincerity, including immediately counting and assembling the Prideful Sun Army garrison in the South Country, and they are just waiting for the final order to evacuate."

"It's just that Lydia did withdraw from some areas of the Apel War Zone, but in terms of military value, they didn't make any difference, especially the upper reaches of the northern region. They didn't show any intention of leaving, saying they wanted to wait until our troops stationed in the south were completely withdrawn before leaving."

"Our troops may have violated your order to 'quickly cease fire', so we have to retreat temporarily. Otherwise, once a conflict breaks out, those on the other side will continue to shoot and those on the other side will continue to bomb."

"Also, respected priests," another deputy beside the officer added cautiously, "If you have to go upstream more than 5 kilometers, you may need to evacuate the large group of civilians following you. I'm afraid they may step on landmines."

"How can this be possible?" A priest next to him was furious. "Father Lavoisier led us on the path of righteousness, negotiated for forgiveness, and showed us great mercy. Do they think Lydia is proud of this?"

"Your Excellency, the presiding judge, in my opinion, it is now the Harvest Art Festival. The smoke of gunpowder is too thick and the blood is too much. It has indeed had a negative impact on the peace of Janus. It is not a big problem for the Apel War Zone to temporarily avoid a ceasefire! But the garrison in the South should continue to use the advantage of fighting to support the war. Continue to fight hard. First, destroy a few of these Lydian enclosures and gathering points, and then negotiate a ceasefire with them. See if they dare to raise the price here!!"

(End of this chapter)