Chapter 799: Professor Malcolm’s Secret Reporting New Year’s Day Plus

Chapter 797 796.Prof. Malcolm’s Secret Report – New Year’s Day Extra [2930

“What do you mean the Brass Fortress can’t be defended?”

The Castilian elves were generous, Murphy had requested before wanting to get back the Avalon Sacred Blades that had been collected by them, and as a result, thirty Sacred Blades were immediately delivered, and with these, the development of the Avalon Sanctuary in Transylvania afterward would definitely be smooth sailing.

But compared to these gifts, Murphy was more concerned about the request that Daimus had just said.

The Vampire Lord frowned and said:
“Isn’t that place blocked off? The news I got is that the Brass Dwarves are still resisting, not only did the Jackals not attack, even their own pits were occupied by the Dwarves in reverse a bit, could it be that things are still repeated?”

“I’m not really sure about the specifics.”

Captain Dames shook his head and said:

“I didn’t go forward to the battlefield at Gorgon’s Pass, that place is blocked by the power of subspace, in which everyone can’t leave freely, but thanks to the Atlanteans’ Storm Rippers that have begun to power up, so that some of the information in it can finally be passed out.

The message sent by our Ranger General is this.

She has determined that Fort Brass will fall completely in the not too distant future, and she is preparing to break out with the trapped Rangers.

The Gorgon Pass is off limits; once the Brass Fortress is defeated, the place will be completely overrun by jackals in an instant, and the Ranger General will have to retreat in the direction of Transylvania, taking the route of the Hungry Plains to the Black Flame Pass, to be precise.

I informed the General of the location of Fort Courage, and I guess that will be the last place General Philosopher will land.”

“Well, I see.”

Murphy glanced at the thirty holy blades on the table, which were instantly less appealing in the moment, and the Viceroy narrowed his eyes and said:
“So, your Ranger General is expecting the garrison of Fort Courage to travel to meet him, right? That’s a little too hard to do! It would mean that the warriors of Fort Courage would need to fight their way across the entire Hungry Plains to pick up your men.

But if we really had that kind of power, we wouldn’t have been pressured by the Jackals of two clans led by Hügensen.

With all due respect, you are simply being whimsical!

If we really want to implement this plan, it would mean that we have to give up the defense of Fort Courage, and we even have to be prepared for the serious consequences of losing a large portion of our army, and now I finally know why people on the continent don’t like you elves.

Letting Transylvania bleed in this critical moment just to save your Ranger General.

This calculation is a bit too loud!”

In the face of Murphy’s rebuttal, Captain Dames was speechless.

Because it was true, the Ranger General’s request was indeed a bit too strong, but it was not like he could let his people get trapped and die in the Gorgon Pass where the situation was now getting more and more critical.

But before the high-ranking captain could say anything, the elf priest sitting in the room wearing moon white robes spoke in a cold and clear tone:

“The Kingdom of Castile has 89 collected Avalon Sacred Blades in its hands, and King Quirion has made it clear that he can gift as many of these precious items as he can to the Church of Avalon in Transylvania, and that we will also assist the Church of Avalon in remodeling its institutions and beliefs.

In addition, the Elven Kingdom will provide Transylvania with a batch of supplies for use in the war as well as a large interest-free loan to help you through this war.”

“So, this is money to buy the life of that Ranger General, right?”

Murphy understood at once.

He said:

“I’ve heard that Ms. Phloxiel is King Quarion’s only sister? What? In the eyes of the Elf King, is his own sister worth so little?”

This rhetorical question directly dry humored the Moon Priest.

No, you are at least a Lord Governor, is it really okay to speak so directly?

At the critical moment, it was still Captain Daims who reacted quickly, he heard the strings from Murphy here, this is not something that can’t be talked about, so the captain gave a wink to the priest, who took over the next conversation, and this cold elf with an eyepatch opened his mouth and said:

“We can certainly offer more, in exchange for the survival of the Ranger General and the Expeditionary Force, but you must make a move, Your Excellency the Governor.”

“Trying to get me to send out the garrison of Fort Courage to meet them is impossible!”

Murphy said, shaking his head:
“The breakout will have to be taken care of by your Ranger General himself, but don’t worry, I have a compromise, get the map of the Gorgon Pass!”

Captain Dames immediately pulled out a map and spread it out in front of Murphy’s eyes.

The Governor glanced at him, and in turn activated the locator symbol on his own farrier’s gauntlet in passing, and then, in comparison, drew a circle somewhere on the outskirts of the Gorgon Pass, and also made a note of the exact location.

He said to the two elves:
“There is a thousand year old ruin in the mountains here . Don’t ask me how I know about it, but have your Ranger Generals lead their men here, but don’t go deeper once you find it!
It was a dangerous military zone in the last epoch, and I am certain that there are still some Golden Era creations active there, and it is because of their activity that this place has been hidden for a thousand years without being found, which means that there is a defense force there.

Find this relic!

Hide inside and wait for our backup.

As long as they make it here, I’m sure I can get them out.”

Captain Dames and the Moon Priest exchanged a glance, and after a few seconds, he asked:
“Can you be certain of this information? Forgive me for being cautious, but after all, the lives of thousands of Rangers and a Forest Prince are at stake should something happen to them”

“Do you think I would joke around about a matter that could lead to a rupture in the relationship between Transylvania and the Elven Kingdom if something went wrong?”

Murphy swept a glance at Captain Daimus and said while putting the weapon cases containing the holy blades into his special psychic bag:

“Hurry up and send a message for them to find it, time waits for no one, but remember my warning! Don’t try to search inside until I arrive, it’s really dangerous there, and if there are casualties due to your reckless actions, then I won’t be held responsible for that.”

“You should at least tell me the name of that relic, right?”

Captain Daimus finally asked, and Murphy shrugged and said:

“The ‘Farfarer’s Headquarters’ ruins, that’s what it’s called, can you guys send something in to the Gorgon Pass now?”

“Yes, but not too much.”

The saintly groomed and rather well-built Priest of the Moon explained:
“The Sailor Storm Rippers of the Great Reef Province are trying to disrupt that subspace force field that envelops the Gorgon Pass, but that will take time, and the several paths that are now open will only allow for a single person to pass through and there is a risk of getting lost.

We sent seven, but only three made it back.”

“Good, meet me at the Scarlet Fortress, I will prepare a set of armaments for identification to send to your Ranger General, this will keep her and her soldiers safe from the Golden Age’s creations. As for the matter of the Elven Kingdom’s aid and interest free loan for Transylvania, you may take it up with Consul Miriam, I will not intervene.”

Murphy made a promise and left the cabin with a few pleasantries.

As he walked towards the cabin where Professor Malcolm was, he activated the quantum communication and said to Tris:
“My precious, please go to the exhibition hall and pick up a set of farrier gauntlets and pack them, I’ll be useful later.”

“Hmm?”

Tris immediately asked back:
“What? Running into a new ‘random event’?”

Murphy described the Ranger General’s matter to Tris, and the Scarlet Witch pondered for a moment and said:
“But isn’t the Farseer Company’s headquarters your intended treasure? Is it really okay to just leak it to those elves? What if they find those things before we do? Isn’t this a basket case?”

“They can’t do it.”

Murphy said confidently:

“My collaborator Mannis has been explicitly and implicitly requesting me to travel to the Land of Creation to find the creation energy for it yet, that company relic is the place we discussed going to before, if the elves beat us to it, then Mannis’s hope of unlocking the seals is dimmed by one point.

So in this matter, the Endless will be more than willing to help us watch over those elves. It will take time for them to find the place, so let’s use them as free labor to help us locate the exact location, and when the subspace force field at the Golgon Pass is destroyed, the two of us will gather all of our men and make a trip over there in person.

We’ll go there ourselves. We won’t waste any time.

If we can locate the Farseer Corporation’s arsenal, then the Maginot Line will have one more point of victory in holding out.”

“Good, since you’re sure, I won’t say anything else, I’ll prepare what you need.”

Tris answered and disconnected the communication, causing Murphy to sigh repeatedly that having a reliable and virtuous assistant is really the happiest thing for a man, with such thoughts, he reached out his finger and tapped on the hatch in front of him, a few seconds later the door of the room opened, and the haggard face of Professor Malcolm appeared in front of Murphy’s eyes.

“How did you get yourself into this state?”

Murphy said in surprise:

“You look twenty years older all of a sudden!”

“Ah, the world is a hard place, and I wonder about the relationship between stress and gray hair, but this condition always reminds me of that general in the history of the Otherworlders.”

Professor Malcolm sighed and invited the lord to step into his cabin.

He had it filled with all sorts of information while he was preparing a report to be presented to the Scarlet Consul and the Executive Branch.

Professor Malcolm, who had been appointed ambassador, would not be staying in Transylvania for long this time, and in three days he would be departing to return to Chardonnay Harbor, where his wife and children and students were still.

“Then let’s make it short.”

Seeing how tired the professor was, Murphy didn’t waste time on pleasantries as he said:
“When we get to Scarlet Castle, you must make a trip to the Avalon Sanctuary to have the priests perform an anamnesis ceremony for you, your stress and exhaustion is visible to the naked eye, I don’t want an important person like you to suffer health damage due to work matters.”

“I will go over there, but I must finish this debriefing first, it is important to us and indeed everyone in the war.”

The professor took a sip of his coffee to clear his head.

He picked up his journal and flipped through it, rubbing his brow as he addressed Murphy:

“You should have spoken to Captain Paula, but what I’m telling you is that the situation in Chardonnay Harbor is deteriorating far faster than you can imagine, and that bustling city was in a self-panic even before the scourge of the jackals arrived.

The unstable aspect of the halfling’s personality was completely unleashed in the face of such pressure.

Before I returned, the city had been overrun by a dozen gangs of bandits, who had taken over the sewers of Chardo Harbor and a portion of the Lower City, and were confronting forces loyal to the Steam Lords.

Those terrified fellows are demanding that the Council of Steam Lords open up the harbor and airspace, and they hope to escape the city before war comes.”

This report made Murphy frown.

He asked:
“It’s already messed up to this point? But Paula told me that the Steam Lords are gathering an army to prepare to defend their city by force, and isn’t there already military control there? The halflings are a bit more politically naive, but they’re not so merciful at this stage, are they?”

“They are decisive, believe me, Lords.”

The professor lamented:
“Bandits will be eliminated as soon as one appears, but the problem is that the Halflings were too well protected by the Brass Dwarves before, and after now suddenly losing the security provided by the Brass Dwarves and being told that they might have to face the Black Plague of Jackals, those little men are caught in a strong sense of crisis.

Their special character and civilization caused this sense of crisis to be infinitely amplified, coupled with the Steam Lords to implement the military control of the thunder and lightning exacerbated this uneasiness.

I now doubt that there are other forces of the Twilight in Chardonnay Harbor besides the Witch’s Café, or else I can’t explain that the city would be in such a state of chaos in such a short period of time.

The panicked populace was stirred up, and they marched through the streets.

They shouted slogans, but honestly, I don’t think they knew what they wanted, it was purely to vent their frustrations due to their trepidation.

Every march ends up in a big riot, even the Chaldo Artisan University has been affected, I suggest we should send our children to safety as soon as possible, the current state of Chaldo Harbor gives me a bad feeling.

There seems to be an invisible vortex generating there.

The jackals are only one aspect of it, even if the Black Plague doesn’t come, and the halflings wrapped up in panic are allowed to continue messing around like this, sooner or later they will destroy themselves.”

“Why does this sound so familiar? That whole color revolution thing?”

Murphy mentally muttered for a few more seconds of thought before speaking to the professor:

“Then with your knowledge, do you think that if the Jackals really go over the Gorgon Pass and attack Chardonnay Harbor, the Halflings can defend it?”

“Relying on them wouldn’t work at all! The Halflings don’t really have an army at all, the Thieves’ Guild and Mechanics’ Guild can only be auxiliaries, there’s no way for them to fend off the Jackals without an army.”

Professor Malcolm said decisively:

“The Halflings aren’t known for their force either, but before I left, I had confirmed that the Sanghaians would be sending a sunship in support, and the Castilian Elf Kingdom is also interested in sending the mighty Amastasia fleet into Shardo Harbor.

With the support of these two forces, the city of the Halflings will not fall, but the entire Shardo Peninsula will definitely be viciously poisoned.

That place has escaped four black plagues, it’s the most prosperous and affluent place on the continent, it’s simply a disaster, and now it seems like it’s only a matter of time before the Brass Fortress falls, which means that the most terrifying catastrophe of the Chardo Peninsula is about to unfold.”

“Well, it’s consistent with the elves’ judgment.”

Murphy said, rubbing his chin:
“Then, with your considerations, how should we get our share of the benefits from this event that is bound to happen?”

“That’s exactly what I’m going to say next.”

Professor Malcolm said softly:
“Perhaps it’s time that we liberalize the borders of Lake Thulpus and suck in the panicked inhabitants of the Chardo Peninsula into Transylvania. They’re really scared, and that fear doesn’t even need to be dramatized; anyone who’s read the history of the Black Plague knows what a disaster they’re about to face.

The upper classes and the rich could flee to safer places, but what about the lower classes?
Those poor people had nowhere to go!

Other than to stay on the Chardon Peninsula and wait for death, they had no choice but to follow that railroad that ran the length of the peninsula all the way north, either into the Cato area or into Transylvania.”

“But you can’t go to that part of Cato, it’s dangerous.”

Murphy narrowed his eyes and said with a subtle lengthening of his voice:
“So, for the sake of those poor people’s little lives, it’s better to let them enter Transylvania’s embrace, and I guess, the Batasin Chamber of Commerce has already made some preparations for that?”

“Well, Lady Parian is really competent and perceptive, and she has sent out business representatives all over the Shardo Peninsula in various cities, all that is needed is for you to send out an executive order and we can start organizing the migration.”

The professor said:
“But I guess King Louis won’t let go of this great opportunity either, what I can see of the situation, that Sun King will only see it more clearly, and I suspect that the Cato region is also ready to take in the stragglers, they have a natural advantage in that regard.

After all, the Cato region will not be directly threatened by the Black Plague, while Transylvania is directly facing the Black Plague.”

“Don’t be afraid, we have an advantage as well.”

Murphy said as he waved his hand:

“It seems like I need to find a chance to meet with our dear Archduke Edward, the Wolfsbane Clan is expanding its power in the Cato region, so many foreign stragglers are pouring in at this juncture, isn’t that adding to the Wolfsbane Clan’s cause?

We are all vampires, we should help each other.

Although the Blood Vulture and Wolfsbane’s relationship in the past few hundred years has been average, I guess, Old Edward will give me this face.”

(End of chapter)