Chapter 499： Ransom and Meat Tickets

The Dawn Mission robbed the secret base of Nuggets Island, like poking a hornet's nest, causing a series of sequelae.

After the incident was reported in the newspapers, it seemed that the whole world was looking for them.

Lu Ying's navy, hundreds of pirate groups under the command of "King of the West Sea" Moloch Poppen, major lords along the coast of Lu Ying, and some strange forces.

Some came to seek revenge, some came to buy and sell technology, and some cooperated and robbed. In short, various news merchants and intelligence organizations became active. Lu Ying's black markets, big and small, were also bustling and pompous like never before.

As the culprit, Su Lun and his party ignored the official uproar. In order to avoid those people, they also deliberately made a big circle at sea, bypassing the war zone from the south of Luying, and going to the Marfa Empire.

By the time they arrived in Marfa, it was a month later.

this day.

A large airship is slowly sailing above Manuel Hill, the second largest city in Marfa.

The steam airship is very easy to use in the mountainous and hilly terrain of Marfa. It saves the effort of building bridges and roads, and the operating cost is low, convenient and fast. Years of research and improvement, the technology has become more and more mature, and it has become the mainstream means of transportation between the major territories in the Marfa inland.

This is a passenger airship, and the pods under the airbags have a very large space.

On a seat by the window, where Su Lun was sitting in a casual suit, looking at the scenery of the clouds.

The Dawn Regiment is now inconvenient to be exposed to the public eye. One day ago, Qianjo and other members of the Dawn Regiment landed in other cities. The entire pirate group was broken into pieces, and everyone went ashore to supply supplies, and by the way, they relaxed and entertained.

And Su Lun boarded the airship with Miss Meat Ticket.

This is his deliberately chosen trading venue.

Although Su Lun is confident that few people can trap him now, he is not careless.

After all, it was the young lady who kidnapped the marshal's family, so be careful.

The airship has limited space and will not be ambushed by a large army. And in the sky, Su Lun is confident that he is going to fight, he has an advantage over anyone else.

Glancing at the rivets on the airship, he also felt a little emotional. Compared with Lu Ying's purely ornamental airships, Marfa's airship technology was really ahead for decades. Only the technical content of this civilian steam airship is comparable to some of Lu Ying's military airships.

The sailing time was very light, and Su Lun was looking at the newspapers prepared by the airship transportation company on the seat for the guests.

After about six hours, they will arrive at the imperial capital Capitron.

The Daily Marfa is far richer than any of Lington's newspapers that can smell rotten just by looking at the words. Because it is a military dictatorship, there is little news of political persecution. Most of them are at the technical level of people's livelihood, such as industrial exhibitions, machinery expositions, and patent competitions of mechanical colleges, of course, there are also extremely developed entertainment news.

Su Lun watched with relish.

Coming from Lu Ying, it really feels like crossing the times.

From the ancient times of knights and magic, we have come to the age of steam machinery.

On the opposite side of him, Dora was expressionless, probably still sulking about being locked in the little black room.

At this moment, Dora is no longer the freckled technician before, but has changed back to her own short-haired mechanic.

The facial features are not too stunning, but not bad.

In particular, the heroic spirit between the eyebrows is a bit capable.

The purpose of changing his appearance is to conceal his identity. Now that his identity has been exposed, there is nothing to hide. After all, the appearance of the granddaughter of the Moses family is no secret.

In fact, Su Lun didn't want to lock this up, but she was too smart.

Her learning ability and thinking ability made Mr. Hei full of praise. If you really want to stay in the small void world, it won't take long, I'm afraid she will figure out her old bottom.

So in order not to leak the secret and not reveal the location of the Dawn regiment, I got her a single room in the castle.

Although it is delicious and delicious, it is not bad.

But there is still some resentment.

The two sat opposite each other in a slightly awkward atmosphere.

While Su Lun was reading the newspaper, he could still catch a glimpse of Miss Meat Ticket's resentful eyes from the corner of his eye, as if she was saying: You keep instilling civility and righteousness in me, but you still want to exchange me for ransom?

Although Su Lun was thick-skinned, he still felt a little guilty inside.

While fooling the girl to ask for "righteousness", she also extorted a lot of things from her family.

At this moment, he is waiting for someone to take something to redeem people.

After all, being stared at was uncomfortable, making Su Lun feel what to say.

While reading the newspaper, he chatted with the meat ticket lady.

"So, Miss Dora has been to Lington?"

"Yeah. I used to be an exchange student at the School of Mechanical Engineering and went to the Royal Luying Academy for a period of time. Which class of alumni is Mr.? Maybe we have met before. There are many talented students in my class. , like William of the Regardi family, August of the Rodrigues family, and Miss Yekaterina, the most beautiful student in the Imperial Capital. I have a good relationship with some of them."

""

The two chatted without a word.

Where did Su Lun not hear that the occupational disease of the meat ticket was committed again.

Between the lines of words, he is still testing his origin and identity from time to time.

However, he did not expect that Dora knew these people.

Su Lun laughed, not knowing how to respond.

Saying you don't know it is definitely not right.

Say you know, the two geniuses in your mouth died in your own hands;

The last one is the wife of "Fick".

Anyway, confirming that she will not be torn apart, Dora has no worries.

Seeing that Su Lun didn't respond, she asked directly: "Sir, what kind of plane invasion and what kind of civilization continuation you said before, I think it makes sense. However, you are sure you didn't lie to me, you really are. 'Suren'?"

As a professional intelligence officer, the basic skill is to memorize the information of important people in various places.

Dora felt that the guy in front of him was so powerful that he should not have heard of it.

But with the name "Su Lun", she recalled the important members of Lu Ying's major families, and none of them matched the conditions.

Moreover, Lu Ying's top professionals are almost all from the Royal Academy, this one is not

This is bizarre.

Hearing this, Su Lun smiled, "There's nothing to deceive, so I'll be called 'Su Lun'. When your family comes to redeem you, you will naturally know."

Dora's eyes became more and more cold, and she choked back: "Oh, I'm very curious about how much ransom you extorted from my family."

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Su Lun listened and smiled, but did not respond directly.

On the contrary, he felt that it was too raw to talk about this topic, so he joked: "As the benefactor who rescued you from the fire in the mine, I had nothing to give back. But when I contacted your family, they insisted on expressing some thanks. , I naturally can't shirk."

Anyway, I'm not familiar with it, and it's best to exchange some benefits.

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Dora rolled her eyes upon hearing this shameless response.

Kidnap the ticket, kidnap the ticket.

Did this turn into saving me?

Don't make trouble, my lurking plan has been completed for the most part!

The airship sailed unhurriedly in the sky.

Looking at the speed is not fast, in fact, because it is several kilometers off the ground, the sailing is not slow.

Su Lun looked at the steaming towns on the ground thoughtfully.

Except for the city where the lord is, the rest of Lu Ying is almost all rural villages. Mafa is already highly urbanized, and there are hardly any primitive villages to be seen. They are all densely populated steel towns.

In this regard, the gap between the two countries is not generally large.

The airship is very high and has a wide field of vision.

Su Lun was sitting by the window, and out of the corner of his eye suddenly caught a large thundercloud in the distance.

In the thick dark cloud, the silver light thunder snake flickered, looking at it from a high altitude, the movement was frightening.

The civilian airship they were in was flying around the thundercloud, but at this moment, Su Lun caught a rusted small airship heading straight for the thundercloud.

"what?"

Su Lun let out a sigh in his heart.

His eyesight was excellent, and at a glance, he saw that there were still people in the airship climbing out of the cabin, and then holding a rune lightning rod, it turned out to attract Thunder.

In an instant, the airship was like a lightning dandelion, which was extremely spectacular.

Dora, who was sitting across from him, saw his gaze, glanced out the window again, and explained, "That's the 'thunder hunter'. Those hunters collect thunder in special containers and make them into energy balls. It's like energy. Like spar, this is a very good energy source. It is very widely used in the field of machinery.”

After speaking, she thought of something and added: "But after all, thunder is uncontrollable. If you encounter an unstable thunderstorm, the ship will be destroyed. This is also a very dangerous job."

Su Lun heard this, and felt that Marfa's technology could capture the power of lightning.

Alchemy is really the magic science that works miracles.

At this moment, the announcement of the opening of the buffet sounded on the ship: "Dear passengers and friends, please note that lunch time has come"

Luying is an island around the sea, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and most of its products are seafood.

And Marfa is backed by the endless mountain of monsters, which is rich in products and diverse in food.

On the buffet table, there were a lot of fruits that Su Lun had never seen before.

Red, yellow and green are alluring in colour and fruity.

Dora was a little hungry, she got up and wanted to get something to eat.

But after thinking of something, he asked casually, "Sir, what do you want to eat?"

Su Lun said casually, "Just some fruit. Thank you."

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Dora's eyes twitched.

I'm just polite and polite, you're really welcome.

Lu Ying's nobleman is sick?

Although I am a prisoner, but I, the dignified young lady of the Moses family, will serve you as a maid?

Although she complained in her heart, Dora also turned around and left her seat.

The moment she turned her back to Su Lun, her face became weird.

Why did I just ask one more question?

Have you been brainwashed by faith?

No!

With the Blasphemer outfit, I can't be hypnotized.

Dora felt more and more strange in her heart.

And after getting along for a while, she also found that the "Su Lun" in front of her was very special.

Obviously, he usually looks more like a lawyer, dentist or something.

Rational, gentleman, speak less.

But the terrifying killing intent when they first met was still fresh in her memory.

This is definitely a character who kills without blinking an eye.

It seems that this guy has two personalities in his heart, one is a normal person and the other is a murderous madman.

A very contradictory person.

Dora thought about it and walked to the dining table without realizing it.

She picked up the plate and picked up the fruit.

Su Lun took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was almost the same time as the agreed transaction time.

Although it was several kilometers high in the sky, he knew that this difficulty would definitely not stop the Moses family.

And at this moment, Su Lun was looking at the newspaper, his eyes suddenly narrowed, as if he had discovered something: "Here?"

In the perception, he clearly felt that a person flew quickly from below and approached the airship, and then walked in through the vent.

"There's only one person."

Su Lun looked out the window and was slightly surprised.

Although the incoming person is very strong, it is absolutely impossible to keep yourself if you really want to fight.

Su Lun locked the man who flew up and watched him walk into the cabin.

However, to his surprise, a burly old man appeared in his field of vision. Although this man was full of silver hair, he was full of energy, and his ruddy complexion showed that he was more vigorous than most young people.

"'Thunder Tiger' Meredith Ben Moses? "

Su Lun recognized the identity of the person at a glance.

He was also very surprised that the Admiral Marfa actually came to pay the ransom in person?

After the old man came in, he took off the goggles on the pilot's leather cap, and he saw Su Lun in the seat at a glance.

Meredith walked straight over, with a sullen look, straight to the point: "Where's my granddaughter?"

Sullen could hear the doting and concern in the tone.

As if in the eyes of this old man, nothing is as important as his granddaughter.

Before Su Lun could speak, a young girl suddenly appeared behind the old man.

Dora recognized the person and exclaimed, "Grandpa?"

Obviously, she was also surprised that her grandfather came in person.

This shout made Meredith's murderous expression froze, and the cruel words he was about to say were swallowed in his mouth.

Seeing his granddaughter appear in front of him with a plate full of fruit in his hand, his eyes twitched inexplicably.

Not to say

Kidnapped by the most notorious pirate group "Dawn Pirates"?

When the Moses family heard the news, they all became a mess. (The most important source of information from the Marfas to the Luying pirates is the newspaper. Archduke Raphael described the Dawn Corps as a vile, lewd, and filthy big pirate)

Although Meredith felt that things weren't that bad. But the old wife, daughter-in-law, and all kinds of mother-in-law and aunts are all scary, and if they don't pay the ransom, they will be torn apart. In case of being defiled

Anyway, the more trouble, the more fierce.

His old bones couldn't be relieved, so he came in person.

But now, what's the situation?

Meredith was ready to go to war if his granddaughter lost a hair.

Any pirate group, even the so-called King of the North Sea or the King of the West Sea, dares to kidnap his granddaughter of the Moses family, even if the ransom is obtained, prepare for destruction!

But looking at the scene in front of him, the grand marshal couldn't get it right.

The three looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a bit weird.

After being stunned for a moment, Dora put the dinner plate on the table and sat down with her most doting grandfather: "Grandpa, why are you here?"

Meredith looked at the smile on his granddaughter's face, looking like he was wronged.

Moreover, looking at the harmony, do these two mean that they are preparing to eat?

It's like punching out.

He was holding back his anger all the way, and he was full of plans for how to beat up the kidnappers. It seemed that he had nowhere to vent.

Meredith was pulled and sat on the sofa, but his face was still cold.

He looked at Su Lun, and immediately came to a dismay: "Are you the famous "Death God"? "

Su Lun listened without saying a word.

He also saw that the old man was very interesting, fierce was fierce, but he had no killing intent.

Dora, who was on the side, saw that the atmosphere was a little strange, she took the old man's arm and shook it, and shouted in a strange tone, "Grandpa!"

Hearing this, Meredith inexplicably felt that something was wrong in his heart.

But he also accepted the idea of ​​attacking, and took out a storage ring directly, and said with a bad face: "I brought what you want."

There was no friendship or embarrassment at all, Su Lun took the storage ring directly.

Meredith explained in a bad tone: "There are 600 tons of [activated silver] in the storage ring. This is almost all the inventory in the royal family's treasury. There is also the information you need about the dwarf ruins. I can guarantee that this is the The most complete information on that relic on the market!"

When speaking, he squinted and looked at the calm-faced young man in front of him, as if he wanted to see something, and added: "As for Sir Isaac's alchemy notes you want to inquire about. I do know the news. But this is the Empire. top secret"

Su Lun looked up when he heard that the old man was obviously trying to hang his appetite.

More than 600 tons [activated silver is also thirty gargoyles.

It was a huge profit to get these ransoms from a meat ticket that was originally tied up, and the rest didn't matter.

Unexpectedly, the old man actually knew the whereabouts of the notes.

Sure enough, if you ask any intelligence businessman, it is better to ask these big men.

Meredith's eyes flashed brightly, and the style of painting changed: "But before I tell you, can I ask, what's the use of you looking for that note?"

Su Lun didn't know why he asked this, his gut told him that the note seemed to be of great importance.

But there is nothing to hide, he said directly: "Our leader of the dawn, 'Mr. Mirror', she is a direct descendant of Sir Isaac."

Now that the plane invasion has become a fact, there is no need to hide the identity of Mr. Jing. It is more convincing and cohesive to say this identity.

What's more, Dawn's momentum has been so fierce recently, it is impossible for the Marfa Admiral to not know at all.

Hearing this, Meredith was thoughtful.

Suren thought that the other party would negotiate what conditions.

But after pondering for a moment, the old man said directly: "The note is in Marfa, but I can't give it to you now. I need a little time. And I can only promise to try my best, not necessarily."

Is there any news?

Su Lun was overjoyed when he heard this, his expression as usual.

He thought for a moment, then responded directly: "Okay!"

The style of a professional soldier is to act resolutely, and he also likes this kind of non-trivial transaction.

Although it was only a verbal promise, his intuition told him that the old man would do what he said.

As far as possible, you must do your best.

Dora, who was on the side, looked at the two tit-for-tat opponents, and there was a hint of anxiety in her crystal eyes.

Although they didn't slap the table and stare, the atmosphere of the negotiation was not harmonious.

She also kept her arm around her grandfather, as if she was afraid that the two would fight on the spot.

The grandfather who didn't wear the armor might not be able to beat the one on the other side.

Meredith took out the ransom, and the original procedure was supposed to be "putting meat tickets".

But now, with his granddaughter by his side, this process is not necessary at all.

And from the beginning to the end, the "kidnapping" didn't mean to take this as a threat at all.

This is also the fundamental reason why Meredith is not angry.

After a few simple conversations, the old man has actually recognized the general character of a person.

As the Admiral of the Imperial Navy, he is no stranger to "Dawn".

Thoughts flashed in his mind.

He felt that there was something else to say, and without beating around the bush, he asked directly: "I heard that your Excellency robbed Raphael's mine. I want to ask, are you interested in selling the technology and equipment in your hands?"

Suren was not surprised that he would make this request.

He has always had a good impression of this Grand Marshal. Although he looks aggressive, he is actually very good at talking.

Su Lun was not in a hurry to refuse, and instead asked: "The plane invasion is a foregone conclusion. Do you want to use this technology externally or internally?"

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As soon as these words came out, it was Meredith's turn to be silent.

Complex thoughts flashed in his eyes, but he didn't answer for a while.

The affairs of the empire are not entirely the responsibility of his admiral.

At least the main battle faction can't wait to annex Lu Ying now. The temporary truce was also a result of his efforts to unite several old bones.

Su Lun saw his hesitation and knew that political matters could not be explained in a few words, but he didn't wait any longer, saying: "Since Your Excellency has no idea, then I will leave. As for the news of the notes, I will contact you later. family."

Regarding the information on the plane of the gods, Su Lun has already told Dora what he can say.

When she goes back, she will naturally explain to the old man, so she doesn't need to waste her words.

Today is just a matter of ransom.

What's next, talk about it later.

Su Lun didn't intend to waste time here. Seeing that the old man was silent and did not express his position, he turned to Dora and smiled: "Miss Dora, goodbye."

"?"

Dora was stunned, the negotiation is over?

She felt like she shouldn't be saying goodbye to a robber, but she waved her hand instinctively.

Su Lun smiled casually.

The space fluctuated and he disappeared from the seat.

As soon as Su Lun left, Grandpa Meredith stared at him.

Seeing that her granddaughter was fine and even had a slightly rounded face, she thought that she had not been abused for more than a month.

The Marshal Marfa had many questions on his mind.

But when it comes to the topic of "planar invasion", his heart is very heavy.

This is the big problem that has troubled him the most recently, but he is completely helpless!

Dora looked at her grandfather's gloomy face, took out a fruit from the dinner plate, and asked like a child, "Grandpa, do you want to eat one?"

Meredith looked at the intact granddaughter and breathed a long sigh of relief.

It's okay, it's all worth it.

Let's talk about it later.

He said in broken thoughts: "Hey, I said that you don't need to go lurking. Even if there is no mechanical Warcraft technology, Lu Ying will have no chance of winning in the future battlefield. This time Raphael's secret base was robbed, and the lurking plan Bankruptcy, those guys in the military should also stop. Forget it, it’s good that people come back.”

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Dora is in a complicated mood.

Ransom for freedom?

But it seems that he has never lost his freedom.

She even felt that even if there was no ransom, Mr. Suren would not embarrass herself.

What made her feel more complicated was what she had been talking about with Mr. Suren these days.

She used to have very strong beliefs. Aspire to be the best mechanic and fight for the rise of the empire. Therefore, as soon as he graduated from the academy, he joined the military, and then gradually became an ace intelligence officer.

But now, she is conflicted.

In the face of the plane invasion, those ideals seem to suddenly become meaningless.

Looking at his precious granddaughter's blank expression, Meredith asked with concern, "Girl, what's the matter?"

Dora thought for a moment and then asked: "Grandpa, do you know the 'Heavenly God Race'?"

"???"

Meredith glanced at her in surprise. UU reading was a little unfamiliar with this term.

He knew about the plane invasion, but he didn't know any information about the Celestial Race.

The grandfather and grandson chatted, and quietly, the future pattern of the entire Mafa Empire also changed.

The airship sailed towards the capital of the Mafa capital, Capitron, without encountering any turbulence, and the journey was smooth.

In the cabin, after the grandfather and grandson talked about the serious things that were so depressing, they talked about Dora's recent experience of being "kidnapped".

There was some laughter.

"What! That guy evacuated Raphael's secret base? No wonder the senior management of Lu Ying shook so much"

"Oh, that's the notorious Dawn Pirates, girl, you didn't suffer, right?"

"Grandpa, I think your information may be wrong. The people in this Dawn regiment are not bad."

"Ah? That's the pirate who kidnapped you?!"

"It's good to be a pirate. But in a sense, they rescued me. Otherwise, grandpa, you want to see Dora, I don't know it will be years later."

"Although that's true. But girl, why do I think there's something wrong with your logic?"

"Ah, let's not talk about that. Grandpa, do you know Su Lun? What's he from? Why haven't I heard of him before."

"He also has an identity, and is the current first-in-line heir to the Rhaegardi family."

"Ah? Then how did he become a pirate?"

"How can my old bones know what you young people think? Oh, I have to report to your grandma quickly. I heard that you were kidnapped, and everyone in the family is worried."

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