Firefly Journey

Chapter 154 Rescuing the Journalists in Action (11)

“But we’re all in a precarious situation.” Dick frowned.

The current situation is that everyone is trapped in the city lord's mansion and their lives are in danger at any moment.

Leaving aside whether the reporter could be rescued, even his own safety was uncertain. In Dick's eyes, rescuing Victor was important, but the princess's safety was the top priority.

After all, his main purpose in accepting this commission was to support Claudia; if something happened to the princess, then he would have put the cart before the horse.

Given the current situation, Ario is essentially trapped in a tiger's den, and escaping would be extremely difficult. It would be better for him to retreat now and plan for the future.

From his perspective, his thinking was correct. Although he and Lin Yuanran were both students at St. Louis, they had no prior interaction. It was clearly impossible for him to risk his life for someone based on a mere ten days of friendship.

His opinion doesn't mean everyone thinks that way.

When Claudia said she wanted to be friends with Lin Yuanran, she wasn't just talking the talk.

At the beginning, Claudia tricked Lin Yuanran at the college's welcome party, making everyone think that the two had a deep friendship. In reality, she just hoped to use this as a link to get in touch with the people in Class 29.

It's important to know that many of the students in Class 29 are descendants of noble families in Yicheng. As for the rest, even if their status isn't particularly illustrious, the fact that Cassius has personally chosen to teach them at least indicates that their talents are extraordinary, and their future achievements in the extraordinary path will naturally be quite remarkable.

She is a princess of the Kingdom of Delos and must consider the future of the kingdom. Making friends with anyone in Class 29 would be a highly rewarding investment.

That's why she was always looking for opportunities to get close to Lin Yuanran. As she got closer, she discovered that he had many interesting qualities.

Claudia doesn't have many friends, and Lin Yuanran is one of them.

If a friend is in danger, it is only natural to do everything in one's power to help.

“Senior, that’s not right. Even if we don’t go to save him, do you think we can just force our way out?” Claudia said.

Flames raged within the city lord's mansion, and imperial soldiers were eager to turn the place upside down. Add to that the presence of imperial military superhumans, both overt and covert, and it seemed unlikely they would be able to escape.

So let's just not go out at all, and do the opposite.

Hugh said, “What she said makes sense. The reporter has done a great service to my northern border. Even if I die today, I will save him.”

Seeing how resolute his princess and Mr. Hugh were, Dick had no choice but to keep them company.

The three of them evaded the searching soldiers and headed in Lin Yuanran's direction.

……

Mondl's eyes were calm and his expression gentle. Facing the clowns who broke into the prison, his heart was as still as a deep well.

In this northern region, when it comes to strength, apart from the chieftains of a few major tribes, no one can rival him.

The young man in front of him looked like he had just come of age, and he might not be very strong, so whether or not he made a move immediately wouldn't affect the final outcome. He even had the idea of ​​teasing him, hoping to extract some useful information through conversation.

Viktor looked reluctant: "I'm just an ordinary person. Your protection is only a burden. You should focus on breaking through and maybe you can survive. As for me, you don't need to worry about me."

Once you return to Yicheng, you can use the original agency contract to go to my house and find my wife. She will pay you your payment as usual.

Lin Yuanran remained tense and said, "Mr. Reporter, if I had known before I came here that I could get paid without saving you, I probably wouldn't have come."

But it's too late now, and I don't think I can get out safely. So I have no choice but to stay with you.

Victor said, "They kept me here until today because they want to use my status as a well-known journalist to glorify the image of the Empire raising an army without a name. For the time being, I won't be in any danger, but you... it's a different story."

The Empire went to such great lengths to capture a living Viktor, naturally because of his identity. The Empire's ultimate goal was to use Viktor to their advantage and cover up their war crimes.

Although the Empire could also use hypnosis or similar divine pronouncements to control Victor, an ordinary person, his hometown was in Il City, which was the territory of the Papacy, teeming with extraordinary experts. It was impossible for them not to discover that he was being controlled.

If you want Viktor to work for the Empire, extraordinary means won't work; you have to make him truly submit.

Victor is a prominent reporter for Endor's newspaper. If he leaves the newspaper, his fame will decline significantly. Therefore, the Empire has no choice but to either kill him or imprison him and slowly win him over to return to Il City and serve the Empire.

Viktor was a man of strong character, unyielding and inflexible, and naturally unwilling to associate with beasts.

Of course, he could choose to feign agreement and reveal the truth upon returning to Yicheng. But the Empire was not to be trifled with; it had plenty of lie detectors for ordinary people, making that approach completely impossible.

The empire was unwilling to kill him, because a living, great journalist was far more useful than a corpse.

Do you have any last wishes?

Mond Toby has lost his patience.

Lin Yuanran tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Yes."

Mond smiled. "I'll give you a chance. Tell me what you think."

Lin Yuanran sighed, "I want to go home. Also, I've never had a girlfriend, and I really miss the food the cafeteria auntie makes. If I remember correctly, this week's menu includes braised carp."

Mondl's lips twitched. "You have quite a few last wishes, but the reason they're last wishes is because they can never be fulfilled."

Lin Yuanran suddenly laughed: "Who said that?"

"Ok?"

Mond suddenly sensed something was amiss.

The two balls of flame in Lin Yuanran's hands suddenly erupted, converging into a long, winding dragon that rushed straight towards Mond Toby!

Mondstadt casually waved his hand, and the Great Fire Dragon was torn apart and returned to nothingness.

What he didn't expect was that after the Great Flame Dragon, a deafening roar of a beast rang out.

The roar was like a thunderclap, and the terrifying, chaotic sound waves shattered all the furniture in the small room, followed by a series of booming sounds, like thunderclaps.

Mond's expression finally changed.

He underestimated Lin Yuanran, and he will pay the price for it.

Under the cover of the chaotic sound waves, the spellcaster Lin Yuanran remained unaffected and pulled Victor out of the door.

Mondstadt remained motionless, his mind still reeling.

Once his mind cleared, he squinted slightly.

He was extremely familiar with that beastly roar. He had been the commander of the tundra for so long, and he had fought against the chieftain of the Black Mountain tribe, "Iron Stone" Iru. That was the other party's signature move.

But that boy was at most a second-level awakener, so how could he use his divine oracle?

Mond paid the price for his arrogance.

Long before the plan even began, Lin Yuanran had asked Iru to unleash the beast's roar once in the Black Mountain tribe and record it in the "Fantasy Ledger," which is now proving very useful.

Lin Yuanran led Viktor out of the corridor, still feeling uncertain. The soldiers at the door were still there, and this layer upon layer of blockade was the biggest problem.

He used telepathy to inform his three teammates to come and meet him.

But when he got out of prison, he was stunned by what he saw.

The steps and open ground in front of the door were littered with corpses, and their death postures were also very strange. Their fatal wounds were all pierced with the swords and spears of their colleagues, making it look like a case of fratricide.

Lin Yuanran also saw Boros Fair's body, with a long knife stuck in his chest, its size perfectly matching his own scabbard, which was tantamount to suicide.

Lin Yuanran didn't have time to think and grabbed Viktor, running all the way.

The beast's roar was powerful, but given his level of cultivation, it was already a miracle that it could stop that person even for a moment. In less than a minute, that person would chase after him like a mad dog.

While fleeing for their lives, Lin Yuanran and Victor tried to contact Claudia. There was no way he could get the reporter out of the city lord's mansion by himself.