Mage Veigar

Chapter 15 Virtual and Real
Ivan Steve is an imperial noble.

Alvin is his first name and Steve is his last name. In the Galan continent, only nobles have last names.

In addition to being a lord, he also has another identity as a level 2 apprentice professional.

Thanks to his status as a Level 2 trainee and a noble, he got a lucrative job in the Logistics Department of the Northern District Government of Kareni. However, people tend to move upwards and water flows downwards. Under the temptation of huge profits, he chose treason five years ago. Now he is working for the United Kingdom's intelligence organization and is an important juncture.

Intelligence work is more difficult than imagined.

Although he already had many spies in the Kareni government, intelligence work was still difficult to achieve in an ironclad army. This also caused him to be cautious every month to guard against the military's intelligence organizations' investigations, and to throw out some abandoned contact points to confuse the line of sight, and by the way, borrow the Imperial Army's knife to clean up the useless waste.

The espionage work was carried out in an orderly manner for five years.

Compared to the Empire's army that spans the Galan Continent, the United Kingdom's intelligence warfare is in no way inferior.

An excellent intelligence system can turn the tide of a crucial war, and it is simply impossible for the Imperial Army's intelligence organization to catch up with the United Kingdom's intelligence organization as their strengths are not on the same level.

But something unexpected happened a few days ago.

Due to the negligence of his men, an important document was not recovered from an abandoned contact point. This document is related to the underground intelligence network of the entire northern region. If this map falls into the hands of the army...

Irvin Steve shuddered at the thought.

If that abandoned waste hadn't come to his door and threaten him three days ago, he would probably still be in the dark.

Blackmail him?
But don't forget that his profession is an intelligence chief. For a person who is not even a professional and not an ordinary civilian to threaten an intelligence chief, what's the difference between this and brandishing a sword in front of Guan Gong or swinging an axe in front of Lu Ban?

Less than three days.

Alvin found out the storage points on the map, and even knew the basic information such as the switches and traps set at the storage points, as well as the daily schedules of the fifteen useless people.

This is the United Kingdom intelligence network.

Facts tell us not to think about threatening an intelligence chief, because you will be surprised to find that all your secrets have been exposed to him.

Tonight is the best time to recycle.

He put on a black tights and rushed to the casino alone. Those who work in intelligence know that espionage work is best done alone. The more people involved, the greater the chance of exposure.

Compared to soldiers on the battlefield who turn their backs to each other, spies do not trust anyone, including their colleagues, superiors, subordinates... Sometimes when they go crazy, they even deceive themselves.

Arriving outside the casino, he saw Imperial soldiers.

He frowned.

Although he knew that this place had been exposed and that the imperial army would take over sooner or later, he did not expect the army to arrive so quickly. Therefore, Alvin extremely hated the imperial army, from which he could not obtain any intelligence, as their actions were often beyond expectations.

"I hope we can make it in time."

He didn't want to kill anyone from the Imperial Army unless it was absolutely necessary.

The Imperial Army is extremely protective of its own people. If a large number of soldiers die while on a mission, it will definitely drive the entire division or even the corps crazy. Once the Imperial Army goes crazy, they will launch a costly and laborious cleanup in the city, and the Imperial government cannot stop it even if it wants to.

So Alvin avoided the eyes of the imperial soldiers and headed towards the second floor.

However, he had already made plans for the worst. Compared to having more than a dozen contact points wiped out by the imperial army, it was better than having all the contact points in the northern region uprooted. Moreover, the loss of manpower and material resources in a round of cleanup was astronomical, so the losses were about the same.

Open the secret room.

Ivan was the first to discover the body on the ground. He learned from the information that this was a capable subordinate of the former liaison officer.

"The map was really taken away?"

Feeling irritated, Ivan Steve forgot to hide his footsteps. He walked through the corridor towards the dark chamber with 'thump thump' footsteps, while thinking about how to remedy the situation next.

shhhhh--

Just then, he heard the sound of an arrow breaking through the air.

"Is there anyone else here?"

"Is the map still there?"

The sudden surprise made Ivan stunned. He quickly quickened his pace and rushed towards the dark pavilion...————

shhhhh--

As soon as Veigar moved the box full of gold coins, another round of arrow rain came.

"Repeat the same old tricks?"

The trap set against ordinary people couldn't hurt him at all in the first attack, so how could it hurt him the second time?

Magic power surges.

With a layer of magical defense covering his body, he was still prepared to withstand the attack.

5 meters, 3 meters, 2 meters...

When the arrow was less than two meters away from Vega, alarm bells suddenly went off in his brain.

This is no ordinary arrow.

As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, he quickly took evasive measures, but the arrow was so close in front of him that he could only avoid the vital parts.

Plop...

Relying on his short stature and agility, Vega did dodge the arrows that hit his vital points at the last moment, but two arrows penetrated his magic defense and pierced his left shoulder and right leg respectively.

This is a magic weapon, and only magic weapons can break through the magic defense of professionals.

Vega's face turned pale instantly, and beads of cold sweat fell from his forehead. He felt deeply regretful for his carelessness.

He thought that he could not take ordinary people seriously just because he was a professional, but he didn't know that ordinary people also possessed the wisdom to deal with professionals. Moreover, how could a guy who had the courage to be a traitor and hid such an important document not be capable enough?

If he guessed correctly.

The first round of rain of arrows is fake, used to paralyze the professionals and make them think that the person who set the trap is an idiot. The second round of rain of arrows is real, used to kill the self-righteous professionals on the spot.

Once again, he was grateful to the child's body for saving his life.

Vega sat on the ground, breathing heavily. He was about to shout to his subordinates to come up and pick him up, but he heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming from the aisle. From the footsteps, he judged that it was a person coming in.

Are his subordinates coming?
This idea was rejected by Vega as soon as it came to his mind. Without the order from the superior, no imperial soldier dared to leave his post. His subordinates obviously did not have the courage to disobey his order and run to the second floor.

The visitor is not good.

With his left shoulder and right leg injured, even an ordinary enemy could easily subdue him.

Vega decisively gathered his magic power into his uninjured right hand, clenched his fist and slammed it against the wall behind him. He wanted to escape from here quickly. No matter if they were enemies or friends, he could not trust anyone except his own subordinates before the map was handed over to the regiment headquarters.

Boom boom boom.

Three punches were thrown and the wall broke, but Vega's wound was enlarged and blood spurted out from his left shoulder. The large amount of blood loss made his brain begin to become dull.

At this moment, a man in black tights rushed in.

They are enemies, not friends.

The first time Vega saw the other party, he knew clearly that the other party was probably coming for the map, because the other party's black tights clearly told him that I am the bad guy.

"escape."

There was only one thought left in my dull brain.

Vega jumped down from the second floor. Although he was protected by magic and did not get hurt when he landed on the ground, his wound was aggravated again. Vega's consciousness was close to collapse. He just relied on his strong will to burst out all his strength and escape quickly. At the same time, he used magic to temporarily seal the wound to prevent blood from dripping, and quickly disappeared at the end of the street.

I don’t know how far I ran.

Vega only knew that he ran into a ruined church. When he found that there was no blood trail behind him for the enemy to follow, he relaxed and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)