In fact, I don’t think it’s a wise choice to visit Sylvia’s little dessert shop with Sandora, because I apparently accidentally forgot the possible consequences of the peculiar slowness of the silver mole before—
The guy didn't know how long it would take to prepare the snacks to feed Sandora, but Sandora was prone to starve herself to death before that. Of course, it is more likely that Sandora will sweep over with one mouth and tear down Sylvia's shop.
Well, we're already at the door of the store anyway, so it's useless to think about it.
"Dingling bell..." The melodious sound of wind chimes rang as the glass door of the shop was pushed open. Sandora and I walked into this always quiet dessert shop, and found that the shop was as expected. no one.
Sylvia's dessert shop is rarely visited by customers. This is because the stupid silver mole dizzily opened the shop on the military blockade. She has special authority, so it is completely useless to do so. Question, but ordinary residents of Shadow City dare not approach the military blockade without incident, and the nearest Shadow Fortress is full of imperial soldiers and the like. Where can there be customers who can frequent the dessert shop? On weekdays, there are only two kinds of customers that Sylvia can expect. One is the students of the Military Academy, especially the Misaka sisters. They will occasionally come to buy desserts, but the Military Academy is quite far from here, and the Misakas come here The number of times is very small, and the other is the few mass-produced hosts in the base. It may be due to some logical mutations that cannot be explained at present. Some mass-produced Xiling hosts in Shadow Fortress behave differently from other mass-produced The sisters are different, they are interested in desserts, and they are the only regular customers in Sylvia's shop.
But at this time, no one will definitely come.
Sylvia's small shop is like a safe haven in the world. Although it is opened in such a nerve-wracking place as the military blockade, there is always a soothing and peaceful atmosphere here. The small shop has been cleaned The place is spotless, the windows facing the exit of the street are bright and bright, and the gentle sunlight pours into this neat little shop from the windows, making the elves of light jump happily on every small table and round chair, and the wind blowing at that moment Not only did the ringing of the bell not break the tranquil and peaceful atmosphere here, but it filled the surroundings with a warm and leisurely atmosphere.
Behind the long counter facing the store door, a girl with long silver hair is hopping and cleaning the tall glass closet. In the closet are the most proud special snacks in the small shop. Although Sylvia's stature is not It's not low, but it obviously takes effort to wipe the top of the closet. She can only jump up and down to complete this arduous task. People think it's a bit funny, but Sylvia doesn't realize it, she's just immersed in her fulfilling work, her skirt is flying.
"Shall we tell her the ladder is leaning against the wall next door?"
Sandor tugged at my arm and said in a low voice.
"Ten times out of ten it will fall."
I thought about it, and answered in the affirmative.
Then Sandora stopped talking.
Sylvia's ears are very good. She must have heard the wind chimes at the door just now, so Sandora and I found a place near the door and sat down by the window, waiting for Sylvia's response. come over.
I'm worried that Sandora will be starved and run away before Sylvia can react, because I'm really not very optimistic about the reflex arc of that mole. In fact, sometimes I doubt Sylvia's slow Is the reflex nerve the result of connecting all the mass-produced raven reflex arcs together, because no matter how you look at it, her usual temper has slowed down to an unimaginable level. Fortunately, Sylvia was relatively quick this time. When Sandora was about to open her mouth to the table in front of her, she finally realized that a customer had come to the store, so she stopped bouncing in front of the closet and looked at the table. Turning around with a smile, he said slowly and softly: "Ah~~ There are guests—eh? It's you—"
You have to have the heart to live when you talk to Sylvia. The only good thing is that her slow tone sounds very comfortable, and it won’t make you anxious. I pointed to Sandora, Put this urgent question in front of Sylvia in a hasty tone: "Don't say anything, Sandora is hungry, first prepare some hungry snacks for her... Come on, don't prepare, just take the ready-made The ones inside the counter are fine... hey, forget it, I'll get it myself... "
Sylvia hasn't reacted yet. I've already finished speaking. Considering that Sandora might start biting when this guy brings the snacks, I decisively greeted her and went to the counter to move things out. After a long while, Sylvia smiled and said, "Ah—Chen, you are so impatient—"
At this time, Sandora had already started licking the fourth plate.
"Would you like something to drink?" After a while, Sylvia put a lighter pastry in front of me, with a warm smile on her face, and asked calmly.
"Just get something," I said as I glanced at Sandora who was devouring. "Give her a glass of orange juice, before this girl chokes to death."
When Sylvia went to prepare the drink, I couldn't help but glance at Sandora: "Hey, no one is robbing you, eat slowly."
"The perfect way to enjoy dessert is to eat it within three mouthfuls!" Sandora replied without raising her head. Although she ate at a fast speed, it was amazing that she did not affect her appearance and ability to speak clearly at all. , I think Sandora who is sweeping the dinner table like this is the cutest, with a happy expression on her face, and her undefended behavior in front of people she trusts are all cute, and there is also a smile on the corner of her mouth That little bit of cream—I wiped the corners of her mouth, just like taking care of a little girl. This action must be quick and precise, because you may be bitten if you react a little slower. This action can be referred to from Rescuing a cricket in a set of high-speed rotating gear sets has a difficulty factor of at least 9.0, so I guess I am the only one who can help Sandora wipe her face while eating.
"It's a good relationship." Sylvia's voice came from the side, and the silver-haired girl put two drinks in front of us, her eyes flicked between Sandora and me, "Are you showing off in front of me? "
I was about to take a sip of my drink when I suddenly felt that something was not quite right, and then I suddenly realized that Sylvia seemed to be speaking very smoothly just now.
"Bella Villa?" I looked in surprise at the silver-haired girl who had already sat down next to her, was eating the guests' snacks, and blatantly drinking the drinks between me and Sandora from time to time. The timid and dull silver mole is very different, and I immediately recognized that this should be another personality in Sylvia's soul: the former fallen emperor Bellavira has awakened.
Sandora swallowed the food in her mouth, and stared at Hill... Bella Vila, her tone was full of curiosity: "You have been able to [freely] wake up?"
"It was Sylvia who woke me up." Bella Villa snapped her fingers, and directly transferred the snacks from the counter behind to the table in front of Sandora, replaced the empty plate by the way, and then looked at Looking at the latter, "It's you, I don't think an Emperor Xiling can eat food on his face."
"With my lover by my side, it's my privilege to eat food on my face." Sandora waved her hand indifferently, "It's just a little tacit interaction between me and Ah Jun~~"
"Hey, I just said that you two are showing off in front of me." Bella Vila gave us both a sideways glance. He is completely different from the honest and dull Sylvia. , but the people are nice. "Did you have some trouble in another world?"
I knew that there must be some purpose for Bella Villa to wake up. Although she said that she was awakened by Sylvia, how would the silver mole with a poor brain know when to wake up without the former's reminder? Wake her up, now it seems that Bella Vila is interested in our battle in the world of ruins.
"I fought with your former colleagues." Sandora didn't hide anything, and told Bella Villa as simply as possible about the encounter that happened in the ruined world. Although the other party was once a fallen apostle, but now My own people, and they made such great contributions in the big nebula, they are still trustworthy. "Although we won in the end, there were a lot of battle losses. Now we are doing our best to repair those battleships and replenish the source of new troops. By the way, since you Already awake, that's just something you might know—look at this."
As Sandora said, she opened a holographic projection in mid-air, and a black and red military emblem appeared on the projection. This military emblem was the mark on the fallen apostle battleship that was fighting fiercely with the imperial army at that time.
"Do you know?" Sandora looked at Bella Villa hopefully, "You used to have a high status in the Legion of the Fallen Apostles. Which army is this the mark of? In the entire Legion of the Fallen Apostles, how big is it? ? What position does it occupy?"
Sandora's questions are what we are eager to know now. We must roughly infer the power balance between the fallen apostles and the current new empire, and the breakthrough point is the enemy fleet that fought fiercely with the empire in the ruined world before. , although Lin Xue used her prophecy ability to roughly judge that the other party belonged to a relatively large force in the entire fallen apostle camp, but their more detailed situation was not so easy to predict.
In contrast, Bella Villa is more likely to have accurate information.
"The mixed third army of Harlan and Zadom." Bella Vila casually glanced at the holographic projection in mid-air while eating a snack. The Legion, after reorganizing the army, has become the most active military force in the Fallen Apostles camp. Basically, they are involved in every large-scale foreign operation, and Harlan is still a speculator... Unexpected surprise attacks and various high-risk, high-risk He was the first one in the return action."
Bella Villa really knew!
I was suddenly excited, Bella Vila's awakening was so timely, it seems that our intelligence breakthrough on the fallen apostle will ultimately depend on the former fallen emperor.
"Harlan? Zadom?" Because I heard two unfamiliar names, I couldn't help asking curiously, "Are they also emperors?"
If the opponents were two emperor-level fallen apostles, then it might be a matter of course to encounter an enemy raid of that scale in the ruined world, and that battle was very dangerous. In this way, these two people are definitely very difficult enemy. In other words, there are two more enemies suddenly, and they are at the emperor level. Even though I have known that the fallen apostles must be a huge threat, I still feel a headache.
"Only Harlan is the emperor, and Zadom is the most powerful general under Harlan." Bellavira said in a deep voice, "It's a bit tricky. Harlan was a very powerful Xiling Emperor before he became a fallen apostle, with huge abilities. Basically, no one knows what his full power looks like. Zadom is a war madman like Pandora. He is used to fully armed himself at all times. Of course, no matter how powerful an individual is, there is a limit. The most dangerous thing about these two people is their army... The mixed third army has a huge number, amazing fighting power, and has the most production bases. It is also an important army in the fallen apostle camp. They suffered heavy losses in this battle, but Harlan and Zadom themselves did not appear on the battlefield, which means that you still have not been able to destroy their core, so it may not be long before these two people will make a comeback... Well, it is a bit strange, Zadom often Appeared on the battlefield in person, this time he did not appear..."
Bella Vila frowned slightly as she spoke, "Based on your description and my last memory, it can be inferred that the Emperor's army basically wiped out half of Harlan's army this time, even in the entire fallen apostle camp. This is also a very serious battle loss. After the fall, Harlan became a complete speculator. He must have taken such a high-risk action because he was looking at higher returns, but in the end what he wanted to snatch was A wreck of a battleship? What is so special about that wreck, it is worth his effort."
"Then take a look at this again. This is the emblem we got from the world of ruins, the emblem left by the emperor who fought against Viscar 700,000 years ago." I remembered that I wanted to ask Bella Villa before, But I didn't think of it for a while, so I took out the armor fragment with the golden ring mark from the portable space, "The wreckage of the battleship I snatched also has the same mark, can you recognize it?"
"This?" Bella Villa's eyes widened suddenly, staring closely at the metal fragment in my hand, "That guy... Sure enough, it seems that Harlan came here for the debris, this is really dramatic—you guys Guess whose it is?"
Sandora and I didn't speak, and stared straight at Bella Villa, to see how long this little guy with a bad personality could hold back, but Bella Villa surrendered within half a minute: "Okay, okay, you guys The couple really have the same heart - let me give you a shock, this emblem is not the emblem of the main fleet of the empire, but belongs to a special military force, the leader of this force is... Occam."
Bella Vila's voice fell, and Sandora and I were stunned.
"Occam?" I stared dumbfounded at the metal fragment in my hand. "The one that hung up in the Temple Archives?"
Bella Villa nodded: "That's him. One of the top chief scientists in the old empire era, this emblem is unique to his army, and I will never admit it wrong."
"A private army of scientists?" I find it inconceivable. "And the scale is so large that it can defeat Hueska's destruction army. Was Occam engaged in scientific research or military power?"
This is unbelievable. I have guessed a lot about this golden ring mark before, but I never thought that it turned out to be the emblem of Occam, the cunning fallen apostle who was killed by me in the Temple Archives. After hanging up He is still haunted, persistently causing all kinds of troubles for himself, and what is even more unbelievable is that Occam is obviously a scientist, and he even had a huge fleet in the old empire era! Hueska's Legion of Destruction was defeated by his fleet, what is this
Scientists know martial arts, even hooligans can't stop them, but Occam has a fleet, which counts as many hooligans squared.
"Under normal circumstances, researchers will not be interested in the army, nor will they have their own legion directly under them, let alone their own legion logo, but this is just a general situation." Bella Villa took the metal fragment from me, Showing a look of reminiscence, "Some scientists in the old empire are different. They have two identities, researchers, and army commanders. This is not contradictory, because the action policy of the Apostles of Xiling is to put racial interests and victory first. As long as they have the ability to win, scientists can also become military commanders, and in many cases, the army led by researchers will have stronger combat effectiveness, because they always put all kinds of dangerous verification weapons on the battleship without any scruples , as long as they can obtain first-hand new weapon data, they dare to challenge any battlefield environment, Occam is a typical example... "
I deeply agree with Bella Villa's statement. I have seen the lower limit of the scientific research of Xiling technicians. Monster spaceships such as the Eternal Class and Pandora's individual fortress arsenal are their masterpieces. What are these guys doing? Edison's life has Hitler's heart. The data shows that most of the imperial scientists' laboratories have the same alert level as the abyss front line. They like to have a big explosion in their research institute-in fact, I always think that Tavel uses a lot of quality One of the important reasons why the projection is running around is to save the time needed to resurrect herself, a lot of her research is too crazy...
Bella Vila was silent for a few seconds, as if recalling things from a long time ago, and then handed the piece of metal back to me: "A long time ago, in the era of the old empire, Occam's army once suffered heavy losses and returned. , almost two thirds were lost, and it is said that he also lost one of his most important scientific research ships. At that time, that incident had a very great impact on the 103rd area, even I heard about it, Thinking about it now, maybe that was the first encounter between him and Little Viska... It was precisely because of that huge loss that Occam's army never recovered, until the catastrophe happened and the old empire collapsed. The old department just merged with me and Savi's army, and disappeared. You see, I said it, this is just too dramatic."
"Wait, wait" I felt like my head was as big as a bucket, and I quickly waved my hands to stop, "It's a bit messy - in chronological order, the old empire was still there 700,000 years ago, Occam was a scientist with an army, Then he encountered Viska's Legion of Destruction in the ruined world. The cataclysm, the abyss erupted, he, you and Savi and others were transformed into fallen apostles, Occam's remnant army was incorporated by you, so Occam's army was removed, and later, Viska hit by mistake The ground was caught by the fallen apostle, and also infected by the abyss, became a member of your camp, and stayed with the three of you... Then the problem came, Occam didn't know Viska, and Viska didn't remember this emblem Where have you seen it! What's going on here?"