met free Chapter 181 The end of the road
Chapter 181 The end of the road
Alice looked at the injured maid and Lavinia Olicatus, whose face was covered in blood. The situation was very bad, very bad. This was a premeditated operation. Alice had announced that she was going to Dela Leyer by train, and there were three identical train convoys. The other two convoys had not reported any attacks!
Alice frowned. She began to gather her magic, stirring up magical energy, but she suddenly caught sight of a mage in a purple robe holding a staff, the strange staff in his hand glowing.
"That is--"
A flash of light distorted the light and air, and Alice found herself suddenly disconnected from magic. The spell she had conjured was chaotically destroyed. Alice released her grip and focused her gaze on the pistol in her hand.
"Looks like we're out of fire support! Rafis, you stay with us. Miss Lavinia, you run in the other direction and go find reinforcements!"
Alice grabbed the maid and fired two shots haphazardly. Blood flowed from the maid's shoulder, but thankfully, no arteries were hit.
"Go after them! Don't let them get away!"
The wizard called out as Alice and her companions disappeared into the woods.
"Seriously, we've gone to such lengths, do you think we can still catch them?"
Alice was completely baffled, but this wasn't the time to think about it. She could smell the scent approaching from behind and hear shouts in her ears.
"Miss...leave me behind, Miss. You should escape on your own. Let Rafis hold them off alone!"
“Shut up, Raffis, I’m well-trained.”
Alice's tone was cold and subdued. The drops of blood flowing from Raphis explained their whereabouts. Alice glanced at them, took off her coat, and wrapped it around Raphis's wound.
"The magic has been completely cut off, which has never happened before. If I have any magical artifacts on me, they will probably be ineffective."
Alice frowned. In this world, besides the basic senses, there was also a faint connection with magic, a connection that was fascinating. But now, even this slight feeling had been taken away.
She could hear the calls of birds and the sounds of the forest; these senses were much stronger than before.
"Miss......."
"Shh..."
Alice suddenly sensed something approaching. She looked down and saw it was underground.
"Depend on."
Alice pulled Raphis up, and the two continued running forward in the forest, but then a beam of light pierced the soil and broke open the ground!
"......"
The news reached the nearby garrison ten minutes later. For the military, this was undoubtedly a very serious situation. Although the modern administrative system built by Alice could function without a president, it was like a ship without a helmsman; its future direction was uncertain.
Moreover, the current situation is the most intense moment of the struggle. It was expected that the enemy would choose to attack the most critical part, but what was unexpected was that even with good disguise, it was still difficult to turn the tide.
"how's it going."
"The rapid reaction force has arrived at the scene. All the militants have disappeared, leaving only a few bodies... There are bloodstains leading to the forest, but the K9 unit chased them to a large crater and then disappeared."
"Block the news, immediately."
Lavinia looked grim. She had parted ways with Alice in the forest and escaped danger quickly, but Alice was clearly not so lucky. At least after Lavinia contacted the local garrison and the secret intelligence agency's outpost and rearmed, the first group of operatives who arrived at the scene did not find Alice herself.
"Dispatch double the search teams to conduct a thorough search of this area! Immediately!"
Alice's disappearance is nothing short of a bombshell for the domestic and international situation. If not handled properly, the domestic situation, which had just begun to improve, could take a sharp turn for the worse.
Moreover, if certain factions within the country were to find out, they would certainly take action.
Lavinia rushed to the scene herself, and the second person to know the news was Alicia. She immediately arrived at the scene, her expression stern and her aura fierce, exuding a murderous aura.
"Who did it?"
Faced with Alicia's question, Lavinia wisely provided the information, which the latter crumpled into shreds after reading it.
"These beasts... It's clear my daughter did a great job, leaving them helpless... Hmph, don't they know they're courting death by doing something like this?"
Alicia held her breath and focused her mind, channeling her magic. She chanted an ancient, square-character incantation, a rare occurrence for her. The blood scythe was gently enveloped in magic, and crimson magical light surrounded the scythe, pointing towards a distant direction.
"The capital..."
"Is she in the capital?"
"At least in the direction of the capital... she has most likely already been apprehended..."
Alicia picked up the scythe, spread her large bat wings, and flew towards Versailles.
"Receive the Minister of National Police and Public Security."
“Mr. Brightcart... Plan 9, that’s right, in your jurisdiction, right in Versailles... All troops on standby... Very good, SWAT command is temporarily transferred to me.”
Lavinia waved her hand and boarded the helicopter.
"We're going to the Versailles Main Police Headquarters!"
By the time Alice was confirmed to be in Versailles, it was already evening. The two moons had climbed into the clear sky. In the capital, a city that was not yet modernized, only a few government offices with modern lighting equipment had bright lights.
"We have examined the spent cartridge cases, magazines, and weapons left at the scene... The suspect used a military-caliber Madsen machine gun with a 30-round magazine... Currently, there are no more than three hundred of these machine guns in service in the country, and most of them have already been transferred to the Britannian Parliamentary Army..."
“Brittania...of course.”
"The serial numbers of this batch of bullets have also been identified. We traced it to a garrison depot in the Southern Theater Command and arrested the suspect. After interrogation, he admitted to having monetary transactions with a group of unidentified individuals."
"So it wasn't even an internal traitor?"
"It's not that the troops she led were generally like this... Many of these garrison troops were new recruits, had no combat experience, and existed only as regional defense forces..."
"But what's strange is that His Excellency the President's whereabouts have not actually been leaked, at least there is no indication of it now. All relevant personnel have been ordered to return to work, and they have all reported voluntarily. After questioning, there is no indication of any leak of his whereabouts."
"This is troublesome, Miss Lavinia. You mean, this matter...?"
"Yes, the source of the weapons and vehicles certainly involves our internal affairs, but after preliminary investigation, we can rule out the possibility of internal leaks regarding the source of the intelligence."
"This means... they possess reconnaissance methods we are unaware of..."
Lavinia made the final decision, speaking solemnly.