Cataclysm King

Chapter 552 I must take this batch of equipment
Innocence City.

The elite troops of several Iris Legions received orders to start evacuating on board ships. Seeing this, the survivors in the city rushed to the dock.

No one knows what's going on with these bugs, and no one knows what the 'mysterious bug queen Karakta' means.

But any fool could see that to force the ninth-rank Grand Marshal of the Iris Legion to order an evacuation, the insect plague must be out of control and the top brass had already given up on Innocence City.

Previously, the survivors still held out some hope that the top knights of the southern continent could deal with the insect plague, but now the evacuation has made everyone lose their determination to fight the insects.

If the fight continued to the death, it might take those insects ten days or half a month to destroy the humans in Innocence City.

But now that the evacuation order has been issued, the army is defeated.

The elite troops in various strongholds in the city were the first to break out and evacuate, while the others had no intention of fighting and evacuated like a broken dam.

Soon, each stronghold was conquered by the insects one by one.

As Ji Xun said, in the eyes of the people of the Southern Continent, magic towers and magic cannons are much more valuable than some unusable mechanical equipment.

The Titan Armor cannot be stored in the storage space, and the space on the Void Dragon Ship is limited and cannot accommodate many mechanical equipment.

The situation was urgent, and the people of the Iris Legion had no intention of taking away the captured mechanical equipment in the warehouse.

On the tower, Ji Xun and Reni were still observing the Third Legion warehouse a few blocks away from Downing Street and were not in a hurry to go there.

Needless to say, anyone who dares to pay attention to those machines now will surely be beheaded by the Iris top management.

The main force in this game is the Oran Royal Court. Ji Xun has no intention of attracting their firepower, so he just waits patiently.

However, a magical scene happened in an instant.

Ji Xun suddenly discovered that the coordinates that were previously left on Lei Ke could no longer be sensed!

The magic is here.

The coordinates didn't just move away little by little, but suddenly disappeared!

"Teleported outside the city? Could it be a space teleportation array?"

Ji Xun's expression was also wonderful for a moment.

He was not surprised that the people from the Oran Royal Court would escape, but he did not expect that they would use such a bizarre method.

You have to know that Ji Xun himself is proficient in spatial displacement, but even if he is at the eighth level, being able to teleport one or two kilometers at a time is already the limit.

Now that Rick has disappeared from the perception range, that is to say, he has teleported at least dozens of kilometers?

Thinking of this, Ji Xun also felt very interested.

Normal marking methods have completely lost their purpose.

Not only him, but also those people from the Iris Legion who were following him were probably confused at this moment.

Originally, those guys must have thought of using this little bait to see if they could catch something, but now, the bait has disappeared!
I want to chase her but I don’t know where to start.

Fortunately, Ji Xun had thought of this possibility before and took double insurance.

He patted Ivan who was sleeping in his pocket and sensed the spatial coordinates left on Rick's body.

This perception revealed that the guy was actually 70 kilometers outside the city!

Being able to teleport so far, Ji Xun thought of the only reasonable explanation, and pondered in his heart: "Is it the spatial ability of the 'Mysterious Worm Mother·Karakta'? Divine Art·Wormhole?"

He had seen before that this queen insect could create [Void Mantises], those insects with spatial talent, so he had expected that she would be able to do this and be proficient in the laws of space.

Related magic is also recorded in some ancient court books of the Oran royal family.

However, as it was his first time witnessing this group transfer ability, Ji Xun also found it amazing.

Being able to transfer military forces over a large area, it’s no wonder that the insect army is so terrifying.

From this perspective, it is likely that not only the captured prisoners but also the mechanical equipment were transferred at the same time.

"Hehe, that's quite a calculation."

Ji Xun muttered to himself, then led Reni and ran out of the city.

With the piece of black bread in their hands, the two men soon left the City of Innocence without any obstruction.

But after leaving the city, Ji Xun was even more surprised: "The spatial coordinates are distorted? This wormhole actually has the effect of interfering with perception. Tsk tsk, in this way, the top masters of the Iris Corps can't locate it."

After chasing for a while, I found that the mysterious queen insect's methods were really sophisticated.

Not only did it allow Rick and his men to teleport more than 70 kilometers to a safe area outside the city, but even more cleverly, the spatial coordinates were all hidden.

It's like the refraction of light in water, where the fish appears to be somewhere but isn't actually there.

However, the distortion created by the queen worm near the wormhole was still irregular. Even though he knew the coordinates were outside the city, Ji Xun still came up empty-handed.

Double insurance, almost foolproof.

Fortunately, Ivan's spatial ability is very special. After getting close, he sensed the situation and corrected the route many times before he finally located the exact position of Rick and his men.

At this moment, in the rock formation above the City of Innocence, in the belly of an unnamed mountain that was once near the Shangbang Prison.

A team of dozens of people had just teleported out of a twisted wormhole. Most of them were still wearing slave collars. They were the mechanics and high-level captives who had been imprisoned in the City of Innocence as bait.

Along with them were teleported a large number of boxes and the half-finished Titan armor.

And inside the mountain, a group of people had been waiting for a long time.

Judging from the staffs and owl noble emblems they wore, the people who were responding were mostly from the famous "Forbidden Spellcaster Clan - Herlands", one of the Four Knights of the King.

Two months ago, the "667 Secret Mechanical Research Institute" was breached, and it was the Herlands clan who were responsible for guarding that base.

The base was breached by the Iris Legion, and after the new King of Orlan offended them, their clan naturally took on the task of building the Innocence City.

"Master Patriarch, most of the key components of the Titan production line are here! The 003 armor is also intact. It's just that the blueprints are not here."

"Yeah. It was expected that those guys didn't put the blueprints together. It's enough to get these devices back. Let's leave quickly and clean up the collars and suspicious items on the way."

"Yes, Mr. Patriarch."

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After checking the equipment, everyone on duty breathed a sigh of relief.

The stolen equipment was one of the two production lines in the Oran Royal Court that could produce Titan armor. The semi-finished armor was also an important strategic item that consumed the rare magic metals collected by the Royal Court.

Now the things are back and most of the losses have been recovered.

As for the Titan blueprints, the royal court has a backup, so it doesn’t matter whether they can be retrieved or not.

The blueprints fell into the hands of those people in the southern continent, and they were of no use. Considering that machinery was taboo in the southern continent, it was likely burned, so there was no need to worry.

After roughly counting the items, these people did not dare to stay. The porters operated the robotic arms to lift the heavy equipment. According to the original plan, everyone left quietly along the planned evacuation route.

The leader of the response was a white-haired old woman.

Her name is Elsa Herlanders.

Although she is not one of the Four Knights of the King of this generation, she is the head of the Heartlands family.

This time, their clan of forbidden spell masters not only want to retrieve the mechanical equipment that the royal court has ordered them to take back, but also want to rescue their Herlands family's rare forbidden spell genius, Rick, alive!
Because this concerns the inheritance of family bloodline.

Since he was young, Rick has shown an extraordinary affinity for thunder. In a later family talent test, his affinity for thunder was the highest in the Oran royal court in the past three thousand years.

This is the natural talent of the forbidden spellcaster.

If nothing unexpected happens, Rick will also be the next one of the King’s Four Knights!
For this purpose, the old patriarch Elsa took the risk and came in person.

Seeing that his grandson was safe, the worry that had been gathering on the old man's face finally eased away.

The hissing sound of the neat boilers was endless.

The atmosphere was not tense.

They were very clear about the king's plan this time, and they also knew that danger only existed when they were in Innocence City. Now that they were out, it was impossible for anyone to catch up with them.

Walking on the mountain road, Elsa checked her grandson's body. After confirming that the people from the southern continent had not done anything to him, she was completely relieved and burst into tears: "Xiao Ke, I'm sorry for making you suffer during this period of time."

Looking at the grandmother who doted on him since childhood, Rick comforted her: "Grandma, I'm fine."

The old man sighed and said repeatedly that as long as people are alive, it's good enough.

At the same time, she looked at her grandson's neck and saw that there was no slave collar. She felt a little puzzled and said cautiously, "Xiao Ke, tell grandma what happened during the time you were captured by those people from the South Continent."

There is nothing wrong with the body, but if something happens on the mental level, then it will be a big problem.

However, after asking this question, she realized that she had thought too much. The people of the Southern Continent looked down on those in the Eastern Wilderness who were geniuses in making treasures. At most, they were high-level slaves.

Rick recounted his experiences as a captive during this time, which basically involved being interrogated, tortured, and then imprisoned.

The intelligence personnel in the southern continent almost all knew what he knew, so there was nothing to ask.

Then he was used as bait and locked up in the City of Innocence until he was auctioned off recently.

After hearing this, the old man was surprised and asked, "Are you saying that someone saved you before?"

"Ah."

When Rick saw the old man's expression, he said, "I knew it was not someone sent by you, grandma. That guy even said he was asked by a friend. Haha, it seems that he is from some other force that wants to take over Titan."

But thinking back to the scene in the restaurant before, he felt that the guy's aura was very special.

Obviously the feeling is not strong, but the aura seems to be engraved in my mind and cannot be dispelled.

However, as soon as he said this, the old man asked back: "That person said he was entrusted by a friend? What does he look like? Did he tell you his name?"

Rick: "That guy is pretending to be a merchant from the southern continent. He looks good, but he is too arrogant. He is very cautious and never reveals his true identity. But a woman with compound eyes came to him before and said she knew someone named JOKER?"

The old man asked again: "Did you see the mechanical arm on him?"

Rick didn't know why his grandmother asked this, but he said in a certain tone: "No."

The old man couldn't hide his concern in his tone: "Is that person safe?"

Rick didn't understand the emotion that had been remembered for decades, and said truthfully: "I don't know. The woman with compound eyes seemed to know him, so she didn't kill him. But then the insect plague came, and the whole city..."

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Hearing this, the old man's cloudy eyes fell into deep thought.

The head of the Herlanders family, Elsa, is an old friend of Rainey's.

When they were young, they were childhood sweethearts and playmates who grew up together and loved each other.

Later, the families arranged marriages. At that time, Reni was the most talented heir of the God of Drama family, and his family arranged a marriage for him with another person.

Elsa and Rainey didn't get together.

This is normal among the aristocracy.

Later, Reni suddenly defected from the Drama God clan and his life or death was unknown. The two never had any contact again.

Elsa knew that it was impossible for Reni to defect, and guessed that there was something else going on. She was heartbroken but helpless.

She was pregnant at that time, and thinking that her childhood sweetheart was missing or alive, she left her bloodline.

It was not until a few years ago when she saw the Drama God Clan issuing a wanted order for Reni that she realized her old friend was not dead.

It just so happened that her people found Rainey first, and the two got in touch, which led to the following story.

Originally, Elsa planned to keep the secret in the grave, but the current situation left her with no choice.

She wanted to save her grandson Rick, so she thought of her old friend in Innocence City.

Although he knew that the royal court had a plan, the plan was extremely risky and the probability of Rick being rescued alive was extremely low.

At that time, almost all of Wang Ting’s spies in the City of Innocence had been eliminated. She was desperate and could only seek help from her old friend.

After all, Rick is also Rennie's grandson.

Then there was the incident later when Rainey went to rescue people.

With thoughts racing through her mind, Elsa sighed.

After hearing what Rick said, the old man guessed that it was his old friend who took action.

Otherwise, no one would risk their life and go out to save others in that situation.

Lei Kejian's grandmother sighed and asked with concern: "What's wrong, grandma? Am I fine?"

The old man forced a smile and looked at his handsome grandson. He didn't tell the truth after all. He just said, "No matter who it was, they saved you and never hurt you from beginning to end. You should always be grateful."

"Oh."

Rick seemed to understand, but he still responded.

As the old man spoke, his complicated thoughts continued for a long time.

She has lived for most of her life, and as an old lady in the Oran court, she has seen too much.

The struggle for power has always been cruel, and even within the four major knight families, there are many conspiracies and intrigues.

She even suspected that some believers of the Outer Gods, and even the royal family itself, had played some dishonorable roles in the previous attack on the "667 Secret Mechanical Research Institute".

The King's Four Knights family is not only the guardian of the royal power, but also the decision-maker of some court affairs.

Their Herlands family is also a "conservative" group that has always firmly opposed the royal court's use of the two sealed Seven Calamity Lords.

After all, these old people in the royal court can certainly see the endless consequences.

But this also made King Arthur very unhappy.

Especially recently, His Majesty the King's promotion in the [Tyrant] sequence was too fast, and he was gradually suffering from the backlash of the Demon Mark.

Brutality has overwhelmed reason, and recently the King's orders have become increasingly arbitrary.

The seal of the "Mysterious Worm Queen Karakta" was unlocked to a certain extent this time, which was the result of His Majesty the King's anger and willful behavior due to the "667 Research Institute Incident".

But even so, as the King's Four Knights, the first knight code they must follow is: loyalty. Even if the royal family needs to pay a heavy price for the wrong decree, they will bear that price together.

They will certainly carry out the orders of His Majesty the King.

Although the restoration of the Oran Royal Court was successful, it also reached the highest level of control over the Eastern Wilderness territory by the Oran Royal Family in three thousand years.

But the current situation makes Elsa confused.

The Silver Moon Cult has become powerful, and now the Outer Gods have been released.
Even she, the ruler of the King's Four Knights family, felt powerless.

Even if the royal court really fought back to the Central Continent from the Eastern Wilderness one day, would the person in power still be King Augustus?

It now seems that neither the Moon God nor the Outer Gods can be controlled by human power.

The situation that once led to the destruction of the Tarun Dynasty seemed to be about to happen again.

Thinking of this, the old man sighed again.

She could no longer see the future of the Kashi civilization.

Although she managed to retrieve the equipment and people from the research institute as planned today, she became more and more worried.

But I don't know why.

It seems like I am reaching the end of my life, and I no longer care about power or interests.

Now that he has rescued his most beloved grandson, it seems as if all his worries are gone.

Instead, the old man thought of his old friend and murmured something that only he could hear, "It would be nice if we could see each other one last time."

Rick didn't know what his grandmother was worried about, so he could only follow her silently.

However, just when this group of people thought it was impossible for them to be caught up.

Without any warning, a loud shout suddenly rang out in the team: "Who is it!"

More than a hundred pairs of eyes looked over there, and saw that at some point, two cloaked figures appeared on the stalagmites on both sides of the road.

Ji Xun looked at the Orlan Royal Court team that he had finally caught up with and smacked his lips: "Oh my, it's really not easy to catch up with you guys."

Fortunately, it is not too far from the Innocence City, otherwise it would be hard for him to stop it.

Hearing these tiny mutterings, Reni's eyes twitched violently.

He originally thought that there might be some surprise attack plan, or a powerful colleague, otherwise they would not have chased after him so rashly.

However, no one expected that they would block these people's way so blatantly.

You know, the people in front of you are the elite members of the Herlands family, the King's Four Knights.

crazy,

Must be crazy.

But I had to do such a crazy thing with this guy.

Feeling the murderous intent like needles, Reni couldn't help swallowing.

But although he was surprised, he was not very scared.

Anyway, I won’t live long, so I came here just to see that old friend for the last time.

It seems like there's nothing to lose by joining in the fun.

Seeing the two men blocking the team's way so brazenly, the people in the Oran Royal Court were all facing a powerful enemy, and they had no idea where the two men came from.

The old man in the lead asked, "Who are you?"

Ji Xun knew this guy and had seen him many times.

Qiao Lin, the "Forbidden Spell Master", one of the King's Four Knights.

But the last time they saw each other was in the Shenxu Treasury, and those four guys were beaten up by Gong Wu together.

At that time, he was still a legendary card master, but now it seems that he is at the eighth level?
"Tsk tsk. Moon Goddess's dream space is really a powerful tool for top-level card masters to cultivate."

Ji Xun sighed in his heart.

This is the heritage of the royal family.

It’s not surprising, as those who could advance to legend in that kind of environment were all extremely talented.

Hearing the question, Ji Xun openly lifted his cloak, revealing his face full of playful smiles.

If a real fight breaks out, you won’t be able to hide your career sequence.

After all, he is quite famous in Eastern Wilderness.

He has been wanted almost all the way since he was a card player.

Ji Xun remembered the last time he was wanted in the Eastern Wilderness, when he and Qin Rushi went to the Bai Family's Thieves City, and then killed the people from the Holy See of the Southern Continent who were hunting down Ivan.

The high-ranking officials of the Oran Royal Court should all recognize his face.

Sure enough, when they saw his face, most of the people from the Oran Royal Court on both sides of the road recognized him.

The old people can still keep their composure, but the young people cannot.

Although Rick knew Ji Xun on the wanted poster, it was the first time he saw him in person. He felt vaguely familiar with him.

Taking another look at this guy's temperament and the strange smile on his lips, he suddenly realized: "It's you!"

Isn't this exactly the same as the one I bought before!
Seeing Ji Xun appear here, Rick was not stupid and immediately thought of something: "You are here for the Titan mecha!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Oran Royal Court became nervous.

"Ah, it's me."

Ji Xun looked at the more than one hundred murderous people and grinned, without any fear at all.

Instead, he looked at Rick and couldn't help but teasing him, "You're not stupid. I really came here for these devices."

"you"

Rick was furious when he heard this blatant robbery. Do you really think that there is no one left in my clan of forbidden spell masters? ! ! !
The two sides were on the verge of a fight.

The old patriarch Elsa in the middle of the team shouted, "Wait!"

She had just exchanged a glance with the Forbidden Spell Master Qiao Lin, and knew that the person in front of her was very powerful, and it might not be wise to attack him.

At the same time, she also saw the other person next to Ji Xun and became inexplicably expectant.

Seeing that Ji Xun was not hiding, Rick, who was standing by, also lifted his cloak, revealing an old face that had been very popular on the wanted list recently.

When he showed his face, others didn't think much of it, but the old chieftain Elsa's eyes trembled instantly when she saw him.

When old friends meet, they are both filled with emotion.

But in front of so many people, they didn't say a word.

After a silent eye contact, Elsa's gaze turned into confusion: Are you helping outsiders to harm me?
Of course, Rainey knew that his old friend had misunderstood.

Although it is true that Ji Xun came to rob.

But not to harm her.

If it were before, if Reni knew that Ji Xun's purpose was to rob the Titan Armor, he would definitely not show up.

He and Ji Xun were friends, so he was happy to see things being robbed from the Oran Royal Court.

As long as my old friends and grandchildren are well, it doesn’t matter.

But now that he has appeared, what is more important is that Reni knows that there is another legitimate King Augustus!
After knowing this truth, he realized very clearly that all the loyalty of the Four Knights families to the "false king" seemed so stupid.

Far from harming his old friends, he corrected their mistakes.

But this is obviously not the right time to say these words.

Rennie looked at his old friend's puzzled and gradually angry gaze and quietly avoided it.

He glanced at Ji Xun beside him again and sighed slightly in his heart.

He really didn't know what this person was planning.

I can't explain it now.

The two sides confronted each other.

It is obvious that the more than one hundred people in the Orlan Royal Court have an absolute numerical advantage, and they also have the top combat power of "Forbidden Spell Master" Qiao Lin.

In theory, as long as the ninth level doesn’t come, they can handle it.

However, they were blocked on the road by Ji Xun and the other man, and everyone was silent, no one dared to act rashly.

Because of the playful smile on Ji Xun's face, it gave people a very strange and uneasy feeling.

It seemed that as long as they took action, they would suffer a devastating disaster.

Although Ji Xun didn't look at Reni, he also noticed the resentful eye contact between him and the old woman.

Ji Xun grinned, confirming that their feelings were indeed deep.

Rather than an old friend being taken advantage of.

What others don’t know is that it was precisely because of this confirmation that the violent murderous intent in Ji Xun’s eyes subsided.

Otherwise, he really didn't think that these people in front of him could stop him from robbing the goods.

They confronted each other for two breaths.

Ji Xun took the initiative to speak, but he did not say anything related to the goods. Instead, he asked some seemingly irrelevant questions: "Are you from the Herlandes family?"

The team finally got the old woman to speak: "So what?"

Although he knew that these two people had saved his grandson, he did not give them a good look.

She's not stupid either.

Judging from the current situation, the two people who rescued people had bad intentions.

He must have left a mark on his grandson, which is why he was able to track him down.

Ji Xun did not explain further and continued to ask: "I am very curious about a question. Are you loyal to King Augustus or to the Royal Family of Oran?"

The old woman didn't know why he asked that, and sneered, "Humph! I don't know who you are. But our Herlandes family is the king's guardian knight, don't try to sow discord! No matter what you say, it's meaningless."

Ji Xun raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh. So you are King Loyal Augustus?"

Some things are not suitable to be said in public.

Telling the truth now will not only fail to achieve the purpose of persuading people to surrender, but will also make people think that I have ulterior motives.

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When the old woman heard this, she didn't say anything else.

It cannot be denied and it cannot be denied.

Ji Xun didn't ask any more questions.

that's enough.

The old woman was a little confused about the two people's purpose, so she asked again: "Excuse me, what do you mean by stopping us?"

The tone of voice carries the arrogance of the King's Knight Family, and it cleverly expresses his attitude: he does not want to fight, but he is not afraid of a fight to the death.

Ji Xun looked at the old woman, took another look at her, and said with emotion: "She is worthy of being the old patriarch of the Herlandes family."

One has to admit that these old-line aristocrats do have strong backgrounds.

But the camps are different, and Ji Xun will definitely not show mercy when he starts killing.

He glanced at the mechanical equipment in the team and said directly: "I must take this batch of goods away."

Before the more than 100 people below could get angry, he directly added: "But because my friend has a history with your family, I don't want to embarrass you. After all, as you know, this place is not far from Innocence City. If a fight really breaks out, I don't care, but you will definitely not be able to escape."

Upon hearing this, Reni's eyelids twitched and he glanced at Ji Xun beside him. His expression seemed to say: Mentioning me at this time doesn't feel like a favor, but rather a way to stir up hatred.

Sure enough, when he looked up, he saw his old lover glaring at him.

At this time, Reni hadn't realized that Ji Xun's words were a huge favor he did just for the sake of his friend's face.

Ji Xun must take this batch of goods away.

If he really encountered resistance, he wouldn't mind killing everyone here by himself.

The more than one hundred people of the Herlands family were furious after hearing this.

Once you make a move, you must take action.

However, the old patriarch shouted again: "Stop!"

Her experience enabled her to see through people's hearts, but when she looked at the young man in front of her with a sly smile on his face, she couldn't figure it out.

But she had a strong sense of crisis in her heart, as if if she really took action, there would definitely be very bad consequences.

Looking at her old friend Rennie again, the old woman had a thought that even she herself could not believe: Could it be that he is really helping me?
Why did they join forces with outsiders?
The old patriarch hesitated for a moment, and finally asked Ji Xun: "What do you want, sir?"

Hearing this, Ji Xun smiled brightly and said, "How about this, a large-scale battle is not appropriate. How about we duel?"

This proposal is beneficial to both parties.

The Herlands family did not dare to speak out.

Ji Xun himself didn't want to be targeted by the top warriors of the Iris Legion just for getting these goods.

(End of this chapter)