Xingtie, started with a guitar, and made a living by singing

No matter what, having committed such a "rebellious" act, she has rightfully lost her qualifications as a guardian. All she wants now is to fulfill her Iron Guard's duty to protect her people.

Xier met Wendy's gaze and secretly mouthed "well done".

The poet just spread his hands towards her like a student making small movements in class, pretending to be innocent.

Following behind him, Shiluwa also showed a complicated expression, which contained both the joy of breaking free from the nightmare of the past and the sadness of witnessing her former best friend going astray.

Surrounded by the crowd, Kokolia could only mutter absentmindedly, "...This is human nature, an ugly thing that will not change even if the end of the world comes. Since childhood, I have had a narrow vision, never gazing at the stars from this city. I cannot understand His greatness, and I am unworthy of the baptism of evolution."

"—I believe you will have plenty of time to discuss the philosophy of human nature with the Inquisitor in prison."

Jeppard had an expressionless face as he personally put on the handcuffs he had used to arrest Shiluwa in the morning.

"Now, please stay in prison and think about your arguments and conclusions."

If Cocolia continues to stay here, I'm afraid those angry people will hang her on the spot.

That would not be conducive to Bronya's subsequent management, and would also breed many procedural injustices. They could use the rules, but they could not trample on them.

Cocolia still kept her head down, muttering to herself. Her tone became more and more unlike that of a normal person. Instead, she sounded like a schizophrenic patient, constantly asking and answering herself questions.

This made Bronya's expression even more serious, but the scene of Cocolia suddenly attacking and injuring people as expected did not happen.

On the contrary, when she was about to step into the dark cage, Cocolia seemed to have a moment of clarity.

She turned her head and stared at Bronya, giving her a warning and a reminder: "—Bronya. The cold wave hasn't stopped yet. If you really want to save Beloberg, save everyone, sooner or later you'll face the same choice as me. I hope you won't regret it."

When Bronya showed a bit of surprise, Cocolia's expression became empty again, and the words she said gradually became confusing and unclear, making the listeners confused and irritated.

Fortunately, these mumblings alone could not shake the minds of the Iron Guards, and soon she was escorted into the prison under the escort of Jeppard.

Wendy stared at her with a serious expression until her figure disappeared and he came to his senses when he heard Xier's refreshing voice.

"Singer. Didn't the plan succeed? Why are you still acting like you're facing a formidable enemy?"

"...That's not right, Seele. Cocolia isn't a serious enemy. The truly dangerous thing hasn't been dealt with yet."

Wendy shook her head, not seeming to take this major change, which was enough to be recorded in the history of Beloberg, very seriously.

"If the star core were to spiral out of control, humanity's future would remain precarious. At best, we've managed to pull back from the brink of collapse."

"That's right, just as Wendy said. The only thing we can be sure of now is that Beloberg is bound to embark on a more difficult and dangerous path."

On the other side, Bronya also joined in the conversation.

Although the shackles symbolizing the old era have been removed, there is still a long way to go before we can reach a future where everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, not to mention that the current crisis has not yet been resolved.

This is at most a temporary victory, and is far from the end.

For people today, which is more painful: falling off a cliff and being smashed to pieces, or being shrouded in the unknown and more desperate?

No one can guarantee it, but at least all of this is determined by human beings themselves, rather than being affected by the seeds of disaster and becoming a sad and miserable puppet, allowing it to play with human emotions, the future, and everything worth cherishing.

Bronya looked at the people present, gave them a comradely salute, and bowed deeply.

"—Friends with similar aspirations, please lend me a helping hand."

"Alright. Stop imagining it. If we don't go there now, something terrible is going to happen. You don't want to lead a country in ruins, do you?"

The butterfly-like purple-haired girl had a teasing smile on her face. After all, the previous things were just appetizers, and were far from the "miracle" that Wendy said. She was not willing to take such a half-hearted adventure.

Bronya returned a helpless smile.

"I'm sorry. I underestimated everyone's determination—"

She originally thought that it would be difficult for her to reconcile with Xier, but judging from the fact that she was willing to come here from the lower district to help her, Wendy, and Beloberg, her inner awareness was far greater than hers.

"Well then, Lady Bronya, regarding the Wind Dragon subjugation operation, what should we do best?"

Pella also asked the question at the right time.

Jeppard and the Iron Guards also looked at Bronya, silently expressing their trust.

"The current situation on the front lines is still unknown, but no matter what, we need to rush to the front lines to provide support as soon as possible. The refugees from the eastern city also need to be properly resettled. Even the damaged city walls need some manpower to be allocated to look after them, otherwise—"

"Um... Lady Bronya, I have something to report..."

As Bronya gave the order in an orderly manner, Pella, with an inexplicably embarrassed expression, raised her hand and spoke.

"Hmm? What's going on, Officer Pelagea? Do you have any ideas?"

Fortunately, the newly promoted Grand Guardian was not offended by her disrespectful behavior and only asked in a gentle tone.

"...You may not believe me, but the walls of the eastern city area have not been destroyed."

Pyra said cautiously.

Bronya was also a little stunned for a moment, and seemed to be unable to react. She couldn't help but ask again.

"I'm sorry. I was a little distracted. Could you please repeat it?"

"That's right. What I told Lady Cocolia earlier about the city wall being breached by the Wind Demon Dragon and a large number of people rushing to the administrative district for refuge was half true and half false."

Pyra pushed up her glasses and explained with a slightly blushing face under the numb and blank gazes of the others.

"Although the dragon's attack was real, and many people were frightened by the shock, it was actually just a trick performed by our other two companions using the Beloberg greenhouse effect device."

As mentioned earlier, the structure of the city of Beloberg is like two large discs connected together. The upper area is responsible for administration and trade, while the lower area is responsible for energy supply and resource extraction.

The underground heating pipeline supplied by the greenhouse effect device connects the upper and lower levels of the entire Beloberg, and is also connected to the underground furnace core energy center.

If someone is very familiar with the system, they can put the greenhouse effect device into self-check and activate the underground pipes throughout the city in a short period of time. There will also be a certain vibration above the city, and a large amount of underground hot steam will emerge from some surface heat vents.

These hot vapors will be rapidly cooled by the cold air and turned into a large amount of fog containing earth's marrow impurities. Under the influence of natural wind direction, they will continue to float higher, forming the unique "marrow fog" landscape of Beloberg.

Now Beloberg is in the darkness, the marrow fog covers most of the walls, and outside there is a giant tornado summoned by the Wind Dragon that keeps hitting the city. The shaking becomes the proof that the walls are being destroyed, and it looks very serious from a distance.

But in fact, if the Wind Dragon really descended upon the city in such a catastrophic manner, how could it be possible that Beloberg's protective barrier, which had already been breached with a big hole, had not yet had any reaction, and even no trace of tremors afterwards?

If it is normal for Pera and Xier to appear together, after all, it was Cocolia who ordered Pera's intelligence officer to investigate Xier.

After the two discovered such a big thing, with the help of Intelligence Officer Pella's quick thinking, it was not surprising that they guessed that they were here. After all, there was only this one prison in Beloberg, and if Cocolia and Bronya wanted to interrogate the two, they could only come here.

But the question is, based on the above process, how did Pera know the situation on the other side of the city?

Not to mention the large number of people in the eastern urban area fleeing here. Who would dare to run out in such windy weather?

I'm really not afraid of being swept away accidentally...

If someone else had made such a report, Cocolia would probably have noticed something was wrong immediately.

But Pera has been working as an intelligence officer for several years, has excellent work ability, and is very trustworthy.

Both Bronya and Cocolia were accustomed to listening to her reports and making judgments based on her investigation results.

This is a language trap woven entirely by taking advantage of existing phenomena, coupled with its own credibility and the psychological application of "concern leads to confusion".

Moreover, the subsequent crisis speculations and the pessimistic view of the impending extinction of mankind are laid out.

All these prevented others from considering that at such an important moment, Intelligence Officer Pelageya would actually lie.

As a result, not only Cocolia, but also Bronya, Jeppard and other Iron Guards mistakenly believed that this was the most accurate information.

Seeing the shy yet slightly arrogant expression of Intelligence Officer Pella, Bronya finally reacted and said in a daze, covering her forehead.

"...So it was just a false alarm?"

This made the iron guards present relax a little. You know, defending the city wall if it was breached and defending it if it was not breached are two different concepts.

It would not be easy to defend the city from the attack of the world-ripping monsters without suffering casualties that are more than ten times the latter.

However, as Shiluwa did not witness the scene in person, she raised her own doubts.

"Since the city wall hasn't been breached, did you also make up the story about the Wind Demon Dragon losing control?"

It was this question that made everyone look at Pera again. The expectant gazes immediately made her feel very stressed, and she quickly waved her hands and spoke.

"How could that be possible? Wind Demon Dragon isn't a character in my novel. How could he be like that just because I wrote something up?"

"That is to say—"

Shiluwa tapped his hands and suddenly realized.

"Did that Wind Demon Dragon really lose control and crash directly?"

"Although it seems like your reaction time is a bit slow, it is indeed the case."

Wendy held her forehead and complained helplessly.

"So, if we don't go there soon, I'm afraid that the lie Pella told will become reality."

This immediately caused several people who knew the situation to look at him in confusion. Without asking, he knew what everyone wanted to ask.

Didn’t you attract the Wind Dragon?

Since we can call on such a partner, there should be some means of communication, and it should be possible to make the other party stop the destruction or something.

But unfortunately, not long ago, the ownership of the Wind Dragon was no longer entirely in Wendy's hands.

The Rift Seed inserted in his neck was continuously releasing Rift Energy to erode the wind elemental power in the Wind Dragon's body. Once the assimilation was completed, Tevarin would be taken away from Wendy by the Star Core.

In order to prevent such a bad thing from happening, Wendy now needs to concentrate on fighting against the energy of the rift, and the task of subduing the Wind Dragon has to be left to others.

Therefore, after roughly conducting——

Bronya: The Wind Dragon should still be under your control, right?

Wendy: Hey?

Bronya: At least we can stop Him from destroying things, right?

Wendy: Hey?

After this process.

Everyone looked at each other, and cast a scorching gaze at Wendy that seemed to sterilize him.

Seele and Pella pinched one side of her face, Jeppard covered his face in thought, Sylva laughed, and Bronya crossed her arms and thought about a new solution.

But no one really blamed Wendy...

After all, without the existence of the Wind Dragon, the coup would never have succeeded, and Beloberg would have only been led to a more tragic end under Cocolia's leadership.

Therefore, after simple preparations, the Beloberg team composed of Jeppard, Bronya, Seele, and Pella chose to go to the location of the Wind Dragon in order to complete the suppression operation as soon as possible so that Wendy could calm the Wind Dragon down.

As an off-field aid, Xiluwa chose to go along. She needed to go to the Iron Guard front line to check the situation and ensure that the energy center would not be affected by such a large energy fluctuation.

After such a rush, the group arrived at the scene of the dragon disaster. There were many iron guards constantly strengthening the defense, and Lieutenant Deng En was in command among them.

"Lady Bronya?! And Guard Officer Jeppard, really... did those things just now really happen?"

He asked this question first, but before the two could answer, Lieutenant Dunn sighed again and whispered.

"Of course, I'm not calling you to task. Since Lady Cocolia betrayed her people, it's only natural that she would meet this end.

However, the aftermath of this incident is extremely severe and detrimental. If we can't salvage the situation, Beloberg will sooner or later face internal strife, and some ambitious individuals will unwillingly surface, eager to reclaim the power of the Guardian."

Bronya simply nodded heavily and then asked.

"That's why we're here. Now, tell me what the situation is like on the front lines?"

"We're lucky the Wind Dragon hasn't attacked the defenses yet. It landed in the direction of the Rift and headed deeper into the Reverberation Corridor, as if something was drawing it there."

"It's probably the connection between the Rift Realms. If more Rift Realm seeds take root in him, it will be even more difficult to deal with him."

Wendy reminded.

"In that case, let's not delay any further. Let's set off as soon as possible!"

Bronya gave the order with a serious expression.

"Are you, Guard Officer Jeppard, and Intelligence Officer Pella all going to be put in danger?"

Lieutenant Dunn instinctively wanted to dissuade them, but when he saw Wendy was also in the entourage, he remained silent for a moment.

Then he said solemnly, "Until you emerge, we will defend this place to the death and not let any of the Rift Monsters pass through. The future of Beloberg is in your hands!"

Chapter 84: Tevarin