"Give me my order!" Regnar stood up with a sound. He thought quickly as he said: "Ask all the members of the security department of the third department to rush to Annie's alchemy laboratory to monitor the alchemy experiment. All the people, medicines, materials, and even the flies in the room must be carefully inspected by me!"
"Yes!" Snow quickly responded.
"And!" Regnar then ordered: "Go and find Goethe. He should still be looking after Ini. Ask him to pay more attention in the past two days and tell him clearly that these are my exact words: If in these two days I asked him what happened to Yi Ni! Also, find someone to prepare information about the recent changes in Merindel City for me. I will read it when I have time. Okay, that’s all for now. Go and do it quickly!”
"Yes!" Snow remembered everything Regnar ordered, then he saluted Regnar and walked out of the office quickly.
"..." Regnar crossed his hands in front of his nose and thought carefully with his eyes closed.
He was indeed startled when he heard Snow's reminder at first, but now that he thought about it carefully, if Goethe was there, Annelotte and the others would not be in particular danger now.
Immediately afterwards, Regnar began to think about the whole incident. Although Larvin did not regard this matter as a top-secret matter in the empire, he also did not publicize it to the outside world. In other words, this matter should only be circulated among the high-level officials of the empire.
How did this news spread to the public? There is only one explanation, someone deliberately spread the news.
"I was careless before..." Regnar smiled bitterly and rubbed his hair: "Because this matter is not considered a secret, I did not consider the danger of it being leaked. But fortunately, there is no trouble so far. .”
"Teacher, who do you think spread this news?" Regnar asked.
"I'm not sure." Garona thought for a moment and then replied: "You have a bad relationship with many ministers in Melinder. If they have the intention to harm you, anyone can do such a thing."
"That's true..." Regnar thought for a while, but finally felt a little uneasy: "I'd better go to Annie's place and see for myself!"
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Larvin originally wanted to set up Annelotte's alchemy laboratory in the Court Mage Association. After all, the equipment there is complete, and any temporary help from a mage is always available.
But because Joffrey would appear there from time to time, the Frost Maiden politely made a request to set it up outside the palace. And Larvin didn't say much about it. He just found a house in a quieter residential area in Melinder, and then transformed it into an alchemy laboratory as the craftsmen worked day and night. .
Fortunately, Larvin also attaches great importance to this, so although the alchemy laboratory was built in a hurry, it is still fully equipped.
Although it was already night, there were still several alchemists from the Palace Mage Association busy in the alchemy laboratory. Because alchemy often requires countless attempts and experiments to obtain satisfactory results, for alchemists who study this branch of magic, working day and night is almost commonplace.
This group of alchemy madmen rarely have the concept of time. If the research results are close at hand, it is normal for them to work day and night for a week.
And this time, the subject they are studying is the latest military magic weapon that shocked the continent of Chino - the magic cannon! As early as a few months ago when this magical weapon was put into use, the people of the Palace Mage Association showed great interest in it.
But unfortunately, that kind of thing is too bulky, and this weapon is actually still in the trial stage and has not been promoted on a large scale. But the alchemists with a keen sense of smell clearly saw the significance of this magical instrument on the battlefield. So they jointly wrote a letter, suggesting that Emperor Larvin should find a way to explore the performance of this magic cannon no matter what. It would be best to get two doors and come back and take a look.
In desperation, Larvin could only write a letter asking Manhattan to personally lead the army to attack Tide City, which was defended by magic cannons. And we all know the result. With Regnar's help, General Manhattan successfully recaptured Tide City. At the same time, many mana cannons were also disassembled from Tide City and transported to Melinder. Just two days ago, the first magic cannon had been sent back by the empire using long-distance teleportation.
Because of this, the alchemists of the Court Mage Association were all very curious about this terrifying magic weapon. Therefore, until midnight, there were still many alchemists still persisting in their research. If Regnar saw their enthusiasm for academics, I wonder if he would feel ashamed of his feeble performance in the Military Intelligence Department all day long.
"Here... there seem to be two magic power transmission circuits, no... the other one seems to be to ensure the efficiency of magic power transmission. In this case... how did they realize this magic circle?" An alchemist held some fragments of the magic energy cannon and said There was murmuring.
"It turns out that the cannon body is made of optimized fine iron material. Indeed, with such a large volume, it is undoubtedly the most suitable to use this high-quality and cheap material to make the cannon body. But how do they balance the material strength and magical power? What if With this kind of material, the gun barrel will probably explode after just a few uses..." Another alchemist in a robe asked the person next to him.
"That's true. It seems that the material of the barrel is a bit weird. We might as well dismantle some more materials and analyze it." Another alchemist suggested.
Discussions like this are everywhere in the alchemy laboratory. Although this alchemy laboratory carries Annelotte's name, the Frost Girl is not among this group of people at this time.
In addition to coordinating the overall situation, Annelotte was also responsible for the most critical part of the recovery work of the magic cannon - the research on the magic release circle of the magic cannon. So this afternoon, Annelotte and Perelia ran to the outskirts to test the power of their initially preset magic circle. After all, this kind of thing is very powerful. If it is tested casually in Melinder, it will be a minor civil nuisance. If it accidentally hurts innocent people, it will be a big deal.
Because of this, Annelotte was too lazy to go back to the noisy laboratory to continue working after completing the experiment. She simply returned to the Wind Mansion to conduct subsequent data compilation, and then prepared to take out some of the data she had obtained for analysis and discussion with others tomorrow.
As for Inelise, she is currently responsible for some numerical calculations of the energy transmission of the magic energy cannon. Because Inelise is the best at this kind of mathematics, and the little girl does not need to supplement too much magic knowledge about magic circles, so Annelotte also left this matter to her. The little girl didn't rest at this time. She was sitting on her work table in the corner of the laboratory. Although the alchemists around her were noisy and the sky was dark, she just sat there quietly with a pen and wrote and calculated as if no one was around.
"Stop! Who are you?" the guard standing guard at the door asked vigilantly. These people were actually arranged by Goethe. Because Inelise also came to the alchemy laboratory, Goethe naturally followed her. Annelotte saw that the military intelligence agents arranged by Goethe were quite honest, so she didn't say anything to drive them away. On the contrary, sometimes it is quite useful to let them run errands to buy some food and drinks.
"I am a member of the Palace Mage Association. This time I was ordered to deliver some materials to the laboratory." A middle-aged man dressed as a mage said.
"Do you have Miss Anne's warrant?" the guard asked.
"Well..." The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and then said: "Because this batch of materials is urgent, Lady Anne has not given us a warrant. But I have His Highness Joffrey's warrant here."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he took out a pure gold token from his arms, engraved with an eagle flapping its wings in the wind, and below it was the inscription "Prince Joffrey Hawke of the Empire".
"The eldest prince's token cannot be counted!" The guard shook his head. He had also heard some rumors. It seemed that Prince Joffrey also wanted to participate in the research on the magic cannon, but was rejected by Miss Anne. Could it be that this person was sent here by Joffrey to express his goodwill
Seeing the guard's refusal, the middle-aged man was not angry. He just smiled and said, "Brother, it's normal for you to doubt us. So be it. There's not much material. And I also know that this material is needed. The name of the alchemist, his name is Qadir. You might as well call him out, and then I will hand over the materials to him. This can be regarded as our deal. They are really pressing for this batch of materials, otherwise I would not come here in the dark. no?"
As the middle-aged man spoke, he quietly handed a small bag of gold coins to the guard: "Please be accommodating!"
The guard hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Okay, you wait here. Shuke, you watch him here."
"No problem!" Another guard nodded happily. He had also seen the middle-aged man's little actions just now. It seems that he can have a good drink after his duty tonight. Do you want to find an opportunity to invite Mr. Goethe to have a drink too?
It didn't take long for the guards to call out the alchemist named Kadir. The person responsible for delivering the materials was not polite. He just took out two strange gems engraved with magic lines from his space pocket, and then handed them to Kadir.
"In that case, I'll take my leave." The middle-aged man nodded, then turned and left.
Goethe had just arrived at the door of the alchemy laboratory at this time. Although the task given to him by Regnar was to take good care of Inelise, he also had the foresight to protect Annelotte secretly (as for who is protecting whom? No further discussion). In the afternoon, he followed Annelotte to the suburbs to conduct magic experiments. It was not that Goethe could participate in the discussion, but some manual work required manual labor during the experiments. So Annelotte did not let Goethe continue his poor hiding, but directly called him out and asked him to help.
Afterwards, Goethe found a restaurant by himself to have some dinner, and then wandered back to see if the group of bastards were lazy.
"That guy came here just now? What's going on?" Goethe pointed at the middle-aged man who was gradually going away, and then asked the guard.
"He said he was here to deliver some magic materials, but don't worry, sir, I only asked him to hand in the materials, but I didn't let anyone else in," the guard replied.
"Materials..." Goethe frowned, and then asked: "What happened just now, don't miss it, tell me everything!"
"Yes..." The guard told him what had just happened. But before he finished speaking, Goethe suddenly changed his expression. He slapped the guard on the face, and then cursed: "Trash!"
Before the guards could figure out what was going on, Goethe hurriedly rushed to the alchemy laboratory.
"boom!"
But when he just touched the door of the alchemy laboratory, two violent explosions rang out from inside the alchemy laboratory. The violent blast of wind directly blew the iron door of the alchemy laboratory flying out. It hit Goethe's chest directly, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Miss Ini!!!" Goethe shouted hoarsely after falling to the ground.