Chapter 75: Countdown to Server Launch

“…”

Arno stood in front of the service desk and turned to look outside.

Chaotic and noisy sounds occasionally reached his ears through the glass door that was not tight.

The staff at the service desk had disappeared.

When Arno came down from upstairs, only Sophia was waiting for him.

“What happened outside?”

Sophia grabbed Arno’s sleeve and asked timidly.

It was normal for her to be afraid.

Just a minute ago, there was another madman outside who wanted to rush in, knocked down the glass door and fell down.

He is still lying on the ground in front of the glass door.

“It’s okay.”

“No matter what happens, I will protect you.”

Arno patted Sophia’s hand gently and said softly.

The strong wind was howling outside,

and it came to Arno through the small gap of the glass door.

The chill of the wind was blocked by the glass door, but it brought a shrieking sound.

It was like the sky was crying, and it was like the sound of scissors scratching a famous iron plate, which made people feel creepy.

Arno looked at Sophia,

Sure enough, her body had shrunk.

At this time, footsteps suddenly came from the corridor around.

Sophia quickly leaned into Arno's arms.

Arno smiled helplessly, hugged her, and turned to look at the corridor.

A team of armored guards trotted to her.

"Fortunately I found you, are you okay?"

Arno shook his head and asked in a deep voice.

"What happened outside?"

Because there was a rain shield outside the glass door, blocking Arno's view, he did not see the hole in the sky.

But it can be roughly guessed that this was caused by the server about to be opened.

"Don't you know? There is a big hole in the sky outside."

"Now heretics and terrorists are making trouble in the capital, and that lord asked us to protect you."

That person is probably Ivy.

Her identity is special, and she doesn't have any code name, and she is usually called vaguely.

"Terrorist?"

Arno frowned.

"Yes, it's very chaotic outside now."

"I suggest you take it to the hospital, we can protect you better."

"If you need it, you can--"

The soldier wanted to continue talking, but was interrupted by Arno's wave.

"Don't talk about this first, what about the defense and security forces of the capital?"

"This... they didn't go out, I don't know why, you know, our intelligence network..."

The guard soldier smiled awkwardly when he said this.

Except for the Corrector Intelligence Network that Arno personally seized, the old noble forces in the capital are no different from blind people.

"I asked an idiotic question."

Arno said speechlessly.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise.

The hospital seemed to shake.

Arno squinted and looked out the door.

However, he didn't see anything, and the scenery outside was still the same as before.

"What's going on!? What happened?"

The guard soldier's face was solemn, and he called the people at the headquarters through the headset to ask.

"What? The building collapsed?"

"..."

"Well... I know."

He hung up the phone and looked at Arno.

"My lord, good news. It seems that the Military Commission has taken action. The current situation should be stabilized soon."

Military Commission?

My mother took action? Or someone else?

Arno pondered for a while.

"What happened to the explosion just now?"

"It seems that the terrorists detonated explosives in the building and wanted to carry out terrorist actions by blowing up the building."

The terrorists have so many explosives, enough to blow up the building?

The Empire's control over gunpowder is relatively strict, not to mention that it is still a large amount of gunpowder. Unless you are blind, the Empire's departments cannot fail to find it.

The direction of gunpowder has always been under strict monitoring.

After thinking for a while, Arno asked.

"Are there any civilian casualties?"

The soldier was stunned, asked a few questions through the headset, and then replied to Arno.

"No, it seems that because of the alarm robot, the surrounding civilians have escaped."

It sounds reasonable.

But the doubts cannot be ignored.

However, this has nothing to do with Arno. He just asked casually and did not intend to investigate further.

[One minute left before the server is turned on. ]

[The countdown starts now. ]

[59...]

[58...]

Arno listened to the machine sound in his ear and turned his head to look outside the door again.

In his sight, the sky suddenly turned dark.

There was no sign, nor any extraordinary movement.

Just suddenly, as if someone pressed the light switch, the whole world fell into darkness.

"What happened?!"

The soldier was very anxious and quickly asked people to surround Arno and Sophia.

"What? The sky cracked? Are you kidding?"

Listening to the nonsense in the headset, the soldier's face turned red with anger.

Although the guards have been useless, he was still angry when they failed at this time.

"My lord, I'm really sorry, please stay where you are, we will definitely protect your safety."

The soldier said apologetically to Arno.

"No……"

"Open the door and let me out."

When Arno finished speaking, he could clearly feel that Sophia held his hand tightly.

However, Arno was as unfazed as if he didn't notice.

This was the moment when the server opened, and he had to witness it with his own eyes.

"Let me see the true face of this world."

Ya Nuo whispered in his heart.

"Sir, you must not do this."

The soldiers tried their best to dissuade Arno.

This is making their job difficult.

If it were another person, he would have tortured the other party away long ago. How could he tolerate the other party being so presumptuous?

But facing Arno, they had no other choice but to dissuade him.

"There will be no danger."

Arno glanced at the soldier and said calmly.

"If you can't protect others from danger and can only live in a safe place, then how can I prove your ability?"

"...The Guards, are you a little behind?"

Arno said the last sentence in a low voice.

However, the soldiers heard it clearly.

What does it mean to be out of date?

This is already clear.

Either reorganize or disband.

With Arno's current influence among the old aristocracy, he could do this kind of thing.

"...Yes, I will open the door right now."

The soldier swallowed, braced himself, and asked the men around him to open the door.

In an instant, a strong wind blew in. The wind was so strong that the soldiers were unable to stand firmly.

Only Arno's body stood upright.

"you……"

Sofia looked at Arno's face through the faint light and was stunned for a moment.

That was the indifference that Alexander's face never showed.

For a moment, she felt that this man was not the husband she had been with day and night.

But just when she wanted to ask, strong wind poured into her mouth, making it impossible for her to speak.

"Protect your lady."

Arno glanced coldly at the staggering soldiers and let go of Sophia's hand.

The warmth she brought to Arno was fleeting, and then turned into coldness.

Then,

Arno walked out the door.