Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 421 Listening to others blowing their own stories

this day.

This was the five days that Su Lun and his apprentices spent on the cruise ship "Queen Rodrika".

Two days ago, Su Lun found out that there was a problem with the professor who led the group of students at the Royal Academy, and wanted to know more about the situation.

But the guy hasn't gone out these days, so he didn't find a good opportunity to contact him.

The investigations these days have not found out what the followers of the Outer Gods are doing.

It just so happens that there is a charity auction tonight, and almost everyone on the upper deck will participate. Su Lun also wanted to try his luck to see if the professor would go too.

By the way, let's also look at the [The Hanged Man].

In the evening, in room A2077.

"Alberk, do I look good in this dress? Will it be too leaky?"

"My sister, this is the fifth time you've asked me. Everyone said it's beautiful. If you don't believe me, ask the teacher, and he will definitely say it's beautiful."

"Teacher, can I dress like this? Would it be too exaggerated?"

"It's pretty. It's not surprising that people in Emperor Lu Ying's capital would wear it like this."

"Oh."

In front of the full-length mirror, Karma was trying on a court-style dress with a tangled face.

This is a very sexy off-the-shoulder bra black dress. Her figure is not too plump, and she looks a little delicate in her dress. But the smell is not bad. It's just that I have been in the pirate circle for all these years, and some are not suitable for formal clothes that have not been worn for a long time.

Su Lun didn't forget Kit's reminder that if he went to a charity party in ordinary clothes, he would definitely become a much-anticipated "hillbilly".

It was much more convenient for him and Alberk, and they bought two sets of exquisite tuxedos on the boat.

Here I have to feel that the threshold of the upper class is very high. The three suits cost a total of nearly 300,000 lisos, which is probably half a lifetime of savings for the lower class.

Hearing Su Lun say it looks good, Karma finally stopped struggling with clothes.

She put on some light makeup, and the whole person looks like it. There were quite a lot of jewelry found in the sea market before, and I picked a few pieces suitable for her age to wear, and the extravagance was just right.

"It's almost time, we have to go to see it in advance."

"Um."

The siblings followed Su Lun out the door.

Su Lun is dressed in a black and white tuxedo. On the left is Karma, who is slightly timid, holding his arm, and on the right is Alberk, who is full of boring faces.

Because he was going to attend the dinner party, he couldn't eat the book after all, so Alberk kept playing with a mechanical Rubik's cube in his hand.

This is not pure play, just like Su Lun used gold coins to practice the flexibility of his fingers, this mechanical cube is specially used to practice the flexibility of fingers and multi-purpose manipulation ability. It is a good professional practice tool for puppet masters. It is also a small antique handed down from Boyle's puppet line.

"Kacha" and "Kacha" have a very smooth rhythm, solve the complex Rubik's cube into various patterns, and then restore it. The organs in the Rubik's Cube will be super random and require very sensitive thinking and fingers. This difficulty is already very high.

Before, there were not some fine needles popping out and stabbing hands, but now Albuquerque has been able to play with it very proficiently.

Su Lun watched with joy as his disciple grew day by day.

The three came to the banquet hall of the auction dinner, showed the ticket, and entered the venue smoothly.

The venue was full of feasting and feasting, and there were already many people when they came.

Looking at it, Kama finally didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her skirt.

The guests, both men and women, were all dressed in gorgeous clothes.

Lington is worthy of being the capital of fashion. Those dresses are luxurious and bold, and they are very pleasing to the eye. Especially those ladies from the imperial capital, the skirts are more sexy than the other, and they wish to use the least amount of fabric to show their graceful figures.

The auction has not yet started, and guests can eat a buffet of drinks and desserts.

The three of Su Lun didn't have any acquaintances, so they just wandered around the venue.

This used to be the antique showroom of the mysterious collector. There are all kinds of antiques displayed in glass windows everywhere in the venue, and the spotlights are on, which has a historical atmosphere.

Su Lun led the Karma siblings through the exhibits, introducing the origins of those antiques from time to time.

Not to mention that he has the eye of omniscience, his knowledge of antiques is beyond the reach of ordinary experts, and he can tell a little about the origin of almost any antique.

"Teacher, why does this showcase have seal runes?"

"This crystal skull is an antiquities before the dawn of the dawn. It should be some kind of sacrificial product, and there is still some extraordinary energy left on it. If the seal is not used, after the energy overflows, it will make people around you dizzy and nauseated."

"Oh, teacher, that painting looks so special. I always feel as if a monster is sealed inside."

"It's a curse, don't touch it and you'll be fine. This collector seems to like collecting some dark stuff. But I have to say, a real connoisseur with good taste."

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Su Lun has visited the showroom before, but now there are some boutiques that have not been displayed before.

The collection is to see the character, and he is more and more curious about the sacredness of this collector.

When Su Lun led the two disciples around, he did not forget to scan the venue from time to time.

He didn't wait for the bishop of the "Giant Priory" he was looking for, but he did wait for the guy called Kit.

The guy was as personable as ever, holding a glass of champagne and chatting and laughing among the various ladies.

Kit also saw Su Lun, but didn't intend to say hello.

The guy Su Lun was thinking about chatted with his wife so blatantly, why wasn't he caught. At this time, the guy in the communicator sent a secret message: "Su Lun, I am being targeted by Lu Ying's military intelligence department."

Su Lun was also a little surprised when he heard it, and asked, "MIDI? How did you find out?"

Kit was still chatting and laughing in the distance, but a response came from the communicator: "Someone moved my luggage, I suspect they left a special element mark on my clothes. But they should not have I found out that I had noticed it, and I pretended not to know. I guess I want to wait for the auction tonight, so that they can arrest me. So, I need you to help me a little."

"Oh. So, are you still going to shoot?"

"Well. I have to make a move to separate my several identities from 'Phantom Thief Kit'."

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Su Lun understood the guy's plan and thought it was fine.

People who walk by the river all the year round have few means of getting out.

After a few casual exchanges, the two made a plan.

So far, Su Lun has not found out what the "Monastery of Giants" is going to do.

But the calmer he was, the worse his gut told him things would get.

Now the people who have joined the Military Intelligence Service, I don't know if they are related.

It didn't take long for a group of young men and women to enter the banquet hall in groups of about twenty or thirty.

Although they were not wearing school uniforms, Su Lun recognized that they were the students of the Luying Royal Academy.

This group of aristocratic second-generations are dressed brightly, the men are heroic, and the girls are not wearing long skirts with low breasts and open backs. Although their faces are slightly immature, their figures have long been graceful.

Seeing the flamboyant female students, Alberk muttered: "Sister, let me tell you, you're fine with what you wear. But you're much more conservative than them."

Karma blinked, and the brilliance in her crystal eyes flowed, "Ah, it seems so."

If nothing happened back then, she would be a student of the Luying Royal Academy now.

Su Lun smiled slightly.

Glancing at it, I still didn't see the professor who led the team.

He didn't look any further, and continued to look at the collections in the exhibition hall.

I don't know if it was an illusion or not, Su Lun always felt as if there was a faint gaze falling on him.

It's not like being stared at, it's the kind of curious looking eyes.

He thinks that it is most likely because he looks good in a dress?

At least just now, there have been several groups of noblewomen secretly escorting him.

The students of the Royal Academy also wandered around in the exhibition hall.

While strolling around, a few students also came to the vicinity of Su Lun and the three of them.

One of the chubby male students also had a shiny crow standing on his shoulders, and he was bragging to his companions: "I tell you, it is very popular to raise crows in the imperial capital now! The price of crows in the bird market has skyrocketed by ten More than twice. Especially some Corvidae monsters with special effects, each of them can be sold for sky-high prices. My [Crow Crow] can release sonic attacks, which is very rare in the first-order monsters."

Su Lun felt a little puzzled in his heart after listening to the fat student blowing so hard.

Crows usually mean ominous and are rarely raised by people.

Especially nobles.

I didn't think that the trendy capital of Lingdu would actually be popular?

But then, he realized that this trend of raising crows was because of himself?

Having said that, another student also said, "Wow Alex, I also want to get a Raven Warcraft, it's so handsome! The two-way crow of "Death God Puppet Master" before is really too powerful, resisting Marfa hard The firepower coverage of the Mechanical Legion is the top magic pet everyone dreams of. Almost all the newspapers in the past two weeks are news of the war in Romance. Oh my god, if it wasn't for the Fire Warlock path that I chose for the second-order advance, I would also choose to be a puppet master. "

When this was said, everyone started to talk about it.

"I've heard people say that "Death" is now the idol of everyone in the alchemist circle. The puppet major, which was originally unpopular, was already overcrowded. "

"Indeed. The tutors all said that the "Death God Puppeteer" was very special. The physical body of ordinary puppet masters is weak, but that person is ridiculously strong. With that outstanding melee ability, he is a melee professional. I really don't know where the freak came from. I have never heard of this person before in the imperial capital."

"Haven't you heard? He is a member of a mysterious organization called Dawn. It is said to be a neutral alchemy organization, probably similar to the Alchemy Guild."

"I also want to be a puppet master. That "Death God puppet master" was really amazing in the battle of Romance. He killed 50,000 or 60,000 pirates with one enemy and 200,000! Teachers say that in the field of high-level professionals, no other professional can do it.”

"Isn't it? A meteor fell from the city-state of Moros that day, which kicked off the battle. By the end, the central arena was full of pirate corpses."

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At their age, it was the budding of heroism, and they all wanted to be the age of the dragon slayer.

To be able to kill blood in the pirate base camp, isn't that the hero in every boy's dream?

Su Lun's face was slightly weird.

After a long time, these people are actually blowing themselves?

Moreover, the news became more and more outrageous, and his combat power was almost equal to that of Oleg, the eighth-order hard steel.

Albuquerque and Karma on the side were proud, because these people were talking about their teachers!

Although they didn't experience that battle in person, even because they had been at sea these days, they didn't read the newspapers, and they didn't know how intense the battle was.

Now listening to the bragging of these Royal Academy students, there is a deep shock in their eyes.

Looking at the scorching gazes from Albuquerque and Karma, Su Lun couldn't help laughing and laughing, and explained helplessly: "It's not that exaggerated."

The fat student murmured: "Hahaha, I'll just say it. What's the use of you advancing so quickly? Now my line of puppet masters has finally risen!"

Someone immediately debunked: "Alex, don't brag about it. You are lazy, you can't advance to the second rank, and you are not a fighter sequence, puppet master?"

The fat student immediately retorted: "Can't I be a puppet master now? You haven't heard that the fighting skills of "Death God" can be tough on sixth-order professionals. People are also advanced like this, why can't I? "

Another person laughed: "Now everyone is asking about that person's advanced line, but no one has figured it out. How do you know that they are advanced fighters? I listened to the teachers' analysis, that person can have it in the fifth order. With such a terrifying strength, at least at the low level, the advanced materials are very high-end, and even incorporate more than one 'forbidden object' level material. It may be the descendant of some ancient family that has lasted for thousands of years. And Alex Kes, you are reluctant to fuse silver materials, and you still want to be that kind of puppet master?"

The fat student was slapped in the face, and said proudly: "Hmph, you don't understand! Let me tell you, the most important thing for a good puppet master is to have good puppets. The "Death God" can kill alone Seventy or eighty thousand pirates, the most important thing is his special puppets. My father just sent me a message, saying that he had bought a fifth-order puppet for a lot of money. When I go back and get my hands on it, I will be the fifth-order combat power! Anyway, I don't care, the puppet master professional is the strongest profession! To refute, let's take an example of what a fifth-rank occupation can kill 100,000 pirates by one person! "

Everyone: "."

This kind of thing is bragging, that is, the more people blow it, the more mysterious it becomes.

Su Lun's eyelids twitched.

The fact is, he didn't kill 10,000 people, so it's almost 100,000?

But it must not be admitted that if the talent is not good enough and diligence is not enough, the alchemist can indeed improve his combat effectiveness by relying on foreign objects.

And the puppet master is one of several extraordinary professions that rely on foreign objects to improve the most.

As long as you can have a few puppets that surpass your own rank, you can indeed hang the same rank.

However, this is limited to low-level domains.

Or the "click to the finish" arena of the noble academy.

If you really want to encounter a life-and-death battle, no matter how powerful the puppet is, the control ability cannot keep up, or the life-saving ability is not enough, the enemy can be killed in the blink of an eye.

Albuquerque was taught by Su Lun on weekdays, so he scoffed at this notion.

Hearing the fat man blowing wildly, he couldn't help but muttered in a low voice, "Puppet masters don't just rely on puppets. This guy is putting the cart before the horse. Without control, any musket can kill him."

Marfa listened to the increasingly unreliable words, but did not take it seriously. Instead, he covered his mouth and chuckled, looked at his teacher, and whispered, "Teacher, that "Death" is so powerful~"

Su Lun smiled and shook his head, not saying anything.

But probably because Alberk was talking too loudly, the fat student named Alex heard it and looked over with an unpleasant expression: "Hey, what are you talking about, kid?"

Alberk didn't pay any attention to what the man meant, glanced at it, and continued to look at the antique in front of him.

It seems like it's a waste of time to say more.

It wasn't that he ignored it on purpose. Su Lun knew very well that his disciple was very withdrawn. On weekdays, except for his teacher and Karma, he ignores almost everyone.

Those aristocratic students were probably arrogant and coquettish, and they didn't mean to let things go. They mocked: "Where are the hillbillies? You dare to say that the puppet masters are not powerful?"

Nobles will show their difference in any detail, so even if they wear a dress, there are nobility's coat of arms on the buttons.

Those people could see at a glance that the three of Su Lun were not nobles, and they had no scruples.

Alberk couldn't hold back after all, and responded: "It's not that puppet masters are not powerful. It's that what you just said is wrong. Puppets are just weapons for puppet professionals, like swordsmen's knives and fighters' gloves. You The cart is upside down."

Su Lun didn't sound like he was going to plug in.

He also wanted to see how his two disciples handled this kind of thing.

Albuquerque's professional talent is very high, but he lacks a lot of human sophistication.

Su Lun took them with him all the time because he wanted them to experience the experience.

What's more, at this time, he finally saw the professor who led the team into the venue.

The fat student saw Albuquer's expressionless expression, and instantly felt that he was humiliated by a little brat, and said angrily: "I am an official student of Lu Ying Royal Academy, do you know me about puppet art?"

In terms of seeing the world, the people in the imperial capital of Lu Ying have the confidence to say this.

Lington is known as the Holy Land of Alchemy, and the Royal Academy is also known as the "First Alchemy Academy".

There is a saying in the field of alchemy that the most powerful professionals in the Lu Ying Empire are not necessarily the students of the Royal Academy, but the most powerful ones must come from the Royal Academy!

But there are worms everywhere.

This fat man is a half-ass.

Listening to the fat man saying that he didn't understand puppet art, how could Aberke, the direct descendant of Boyle's lineage, bear it?

He glanced at Su Lun and seemed to have acquiesced, and then he said: "If you don't understand, you don't understand, just admit it and study hard. My teacher said that puppet art is broad and profound, and only if you are humble enough, you can go far enough. ."

Su Lun heard a strange feeling in his heart, because this was indeed what he taught Alberk to say.

The fat student was stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, he shouted angrily: "Hill bumpkin, you have successfully angered me, I want to duel with you!"

Upon hearing this, Albuquerque seemed to have seriously considered the suggestion.

But he thought of something, and said solemnly: "You can't even beat my sister. I don't want you to fight."

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Su Lun listened, and finally couldn't help but want to laugh.

That's what Albuquerque said. It's choking.

Not to mention lethality, it is quite insulting anyway.

Although it's true.

Su Lun even knew that his disciple had really considered whether to fight or not.

I didn't think people would say hi at all.

Hearing this, the fat man blushed and said angrily, "You have offended a great noble!"

Alberk glanced at the coat of arms on his button, and said seriously: "Your family's title is not hereditary, but a military lord. So, strictly speaking, your father is a noble, you are not. In Lu Ying, The lord of military exploits can be bought with money."

That keen observation gave him insight into everything.

But before Albuquerque finished speaking, Kama, the sister, was afraid that he would cause trouble, and finally interrupted, "Albuquer, don't talk nonsense."

"Oh."

Albuquerque looked boring and didn't want to waste time with these people.

"you!!!"

That fat man was exposed, his face flushed with shame and anger, but he couldn't refute it.

After that, no matter how he mocked him, Albuquer ignored it and slipped away to look at the antiques for himself.

A farce soon came to an end.

The fat student who wanted to show off his superiority left the field in a dreadful manner.

They didn't know that a young student was watching this scene the whole time.

Su Lun has also been keeping an eye on the young man. After all, he seems to have the highest status in this group of students.

Moreover, there are two groups of souls on the person in the perception.

"Dark guard?"

Su Lun probably guessed something.

The assassin hiding in the shadows is very powerful. The identity of a person with this level of guard is definitely not simple.

Seeing the young student come over, Su Lun also quietly backed away.

The young man walked up to Karma and greeted him very gently: "Hello, beautiful lady, my name is Alex. Nice to meet you."

Kama saw the polite blond boy in front of her, and politely replied, "Hello."

This young man named Alex magically took out a tarot card and said with a smile: "The tarot card tells me that you are a very special person."

Karma frowned, but she didn't feel any fluctuations in her approach to this kind of stranger.

She is not as crazy as other girls, she just asked calmly: "Hello, what's the matter with you?"

She had an evaluation in her heart in an instant: Although the blond guy with the Duke's coat of arms on the buttons of the dress in front of him made a good first impression, he didn't have the arrogance of the nobles just now, but he was far worse than the teacher.

"Uh"

This indifferent tone made Alex appear to have doubts about his own charm for the first time, and forced a smile.

But he didn't mean to be annoyed at all, and still said politely: "Hello, if possible, I want to buy this Rubik's Cube in your brother's hand. I am a collector and a tarot magician. The Rubik's Cube is the best finger exercise tool I've ever seen"

He could see clearly just now that this boy who played Rubik's cube listened to the girl's words very much. In other words, they are likely to be siblings.

Karma shook her head and said, "Sorry, this is my family's heritage, not for sale."

"Oh, that's a pity."

Alex didn't force it, and seemed to see that they were not from the imperial capital, so he naturally handed out a business card and said, "If there is a chance to meet you in Lingdun in the future, I will be a qualified guide. I also hope that I It's an honor to have that."

The other party was impeccable, and Kama politely took the card, "Okay. If necessary."

Alex showed a friendly smile, and walked away without being too long-winded.

This is the true descendant of the nobles, without the arrogance and arrogance of the upstart chubby just now.

Su Lun watched the whole process silently, and also caught some key words, Tarot Warlock?

Came for the [The Hanged Man Card]?

Suddenly, he thought of something and used the communicator to contact Mr. Hei in Lingdun.

When I asked the origin of this "Alix", it seemed that everything was understood.

After the young man left, Su Lun also walked over.

Antiques are almost the same, and Albuquerque and Kama also obediently followed their teacher.

Su Lun asked with a smile, "What do you think of that young man just now?"

Kama hooked Su Lun's arm, with an expression of no interest, and said in a mischievous tone: "No interest. After all. You are far worse than the teacher."

Su Lun smiled and shook his head.

Albuquerque, who was on the side, keenly knew what Su Lun was going to ask, and said, "Does the teacher suspect that the believers of the Outer Gods are here for the person just now?"

Su Lun's eyes narrowed slightly, "Oh? How did you see it?"

Alberk said: "The aristocratic coat of arms on that man's button is a hereditary first-class duke, and there are few Lu Yings in the whole. There is a high probability that his family has an important seat in the parliament. And he is a tarot magician, so he must not I will let go of the 'Twenty-Two Mikutarot Cards'. If I am the setter, if I want to deal with him, this is the best bait. Now the motives of those cultists on the boat are unknown. At present, the biggest Maybe it's for him."

Having said that, he tilted his head for a while and said, "If you guessed correctly, it should be a political conflict or something. As for whether those people want to kidnap or kill, it's hard to say."

Hearing this, Su Lun showed a very relieved expression and praised: "Alberk, your thinking is very clear and your judgment is not bad."

Hearing this, Albuquer showed a happy smile, "Thank you teacher for your compliment."

At this time, Karma stuck out her tongue.

Only then did I know that what my teacher wanted to ask was this, not some gossip.

Su Lun had always brought the two of them with him, so they knew everything about the Priory of Giants.

But through this sporadic clue, the whole thing can be connected, and Albuquer's crisis insight and logical thinking ability are indeed extraordinary.

Moreover, the truth of the matter is likely to be what he guessed.

Su Lun also thought of this just now, and asked Mr. Hei.

This inquiries, immediately speculated the ins and outs of the whole thing.

That "Alix" wears the coat of arms of the Duke, and Lu Ying doesn't have a second family, so he knows it when he asks.

It was none other than the young master of the Roberts family, the first-class Duke "Grand Duke of the Smoky Mountains", Alex Roberts.

This is not an ordinary noble, but a first-class real power family of Lu Ying.

Their family is as old and powerful as Catherine's Reims family, and one of the five "grand members" of Parliament.

and!

The most important thing is that the Roberts family is the biggest opponent of the Bona Royal Family's "Proposal for Freedom of God's Belief"!

Now there is a motive.

So many believers of the Giant Priory came on board, and even the leading professors were believers.

Now there is still such a son of an opposition member of parliament on board, who dares to say that it is a coincidence?

(End of this chapter)