Chapter 156 Explosion

Just when Roland took some time to rest and finally had some free time in his busy schedule, there was a loud explosion and a ball of sparks bloomed in front of Roland's eyes.

The moment the sparks burst, Roland's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

At the same time, a ray of light rushed in from outside the New East District.

At the center of the explosion, Roland traveled through countless distances and instantly appeared high in the sky.

Then, without any hesitation, a space wave centered on him and quickly swept downwards.

In less than a second, the sparks and explosions that were still spreading below were forced to stop.

As the incident happened suddenly, Roland did not have time to perform micro-management, so some ordinary people were also controlled by him.

Roland took a quick look and didn't find anyone who had caused the explosion. He probably thought it was detonated remotely.

With a gloomy face, he began to micromanage.

First, Roland lifted the restrictions on ordinary people who had not been caught in the explosion.

After the restrictions were lifted, they continued their previous actions and looked at the place where the explosion occurred with curiosity or surprise.

Some people who were close to the explosion, or even very close to it, were stunned when they saw the sparks stagnating in front of them, and they broke out in cold sweats.

"Leave now."

Roland's voice reached their ears from high in the sky.

Awakened by Roland, they all looked at Roland floating in the sky, and then they all rolled and crawled away from the area.

After they started running away one by one, Roland also looked towards the center of the explosion.

Compared to those people who were rescued immediately by Roland, those affected by the explosion were more difficult to rescue.

At the center of the explosion, the people who were affected at the first moment were basically blown to pieces, and some even their souls were blown away because the explosives were mixed with some undead matter. However, the people on the periphery were better off. Their bodies were gone, but their souls were not damaged.

Basically, those people at the center of the explosion could not be saved. If their souls were still there, Roland could consider helping to resurrect them.

However, the people at the center of the explosion were not dead. Roland looked into the depths of the ruins.

Deep in the ruins, Anna was lowering her head, holding the amulet tightly in both hands.

The amulet was glowing slightly, and it actively deployed a shield in all directions. Although there were already countless cracks on it, it still withstood the first wave of impact, allowing them to hold out until Roland arrived.

In addition to the amulet, Anna also had several glowing objects all over her body. These were little gadgets that Hela gave her.

It was precisely because of this that the shield centered on Anna protected the room she was in and the two rooms next to it, saving more than a hundred boys and girls. Seeing this, Roland nodded slightly.

The amulets Hela gave her were all based on her subconscious. If Anna only wanted to save her own life, the shield would only protect her, but, obviously, Anna was a kind girl, and the shield was almost expanded to its limit.

If Roland had arrived a few seconds later, they would all have died here.

Roland locked onto the more than one hundred boys and girls, waved his hand, and used space teleportation to teleport them all out of the ruins and onto the open space outside.

Roland then removed the restrictions on them.

I just felt that everything in front of me had changed drastically. Suddenly, the boys and girls who had walked out of the classroom into an open space looked around in confusion.

Roland did not waste time to comfort them. The Crown of Domination on his right hand flickered slightly. Under his control, the Crown of Domination began to absorb the ordinary souls that were in a daze after their bodies were blown up into his body.

After Roland gathered all the souls, the Radiant Knights and the Inquisition's people in the New East District also began to appear on the scene.

They looked at Roland who was gathering his soul in mid-air, then looked at the stagnant area in front of them and the crowd sitting outside after running out. Although they didn't know what Roland was doing, they could guess that Roland was saving people.

Therefore, they did not disturb Roland, but moved quickly. On the one hand, they sent people to seal off all the stagnant areas and prepare for the impact of the explosion. On the other hand, they quickly controlled all the people who escaped, maintained order, and collected relevant information.

At the same time, the Radiant Knights and other members of the Inquisition began to blockade the entire New East District and restrict all population movement.

Although they knew that it was unlikely that someone who could cause trouble under their noses would be caught so easily, they still had to have the right attitude. Besides, what if? Maybe they could really catch someone?
In addition, as an emerging urban area in Ginza that is currently developing in full swing, especially with the emergence of new alchemical potions, the New East District can be said to have attracted countless eyes and attention. Even the Silver Family and the Silver Emperor are paying close attention to the New East District.

Therefore, in less than an hour, the extremely serious explosion in the New East District quickly spread throughout Ginza, and various related information was also placed in front of the bosses of various forces.

Anyone who is not a fool knows that this matter has become a big deal.

This blatant provocation was enough to make the Radiant Knights and the Inquisition furious.

Especially the trial court. They finally obtained the complete law enforcement power in the New East District, but such a serious accident happened before they could even get comfortable with the power. How can they tolerate this?

Although there are factional struggles within the Inquisition, when faced with issues that slap the Inquisition in the face and damage the interests of the entire Inquisition, they will always face the outside world no matter how serious the internal conflicts are.

Moreover, apart from the Radiant Knights and the Inquisition, other forces were also quite dissatisfied with this.

The price of the new alchemical potion has increased several times, but in order to respond to the support of other religious orders, monasteries and the Pantheon, the large orders they placed before were all at prices much lower than the previous lowest price.

The explosion would definitely affect the Alchemy Workshop, so what would happen to their orders? Moreover, since they had the benefit of a low price, they didn't mind saying something nice.

The most terrible thing is that the Silver Family is also dissatisfied with this. The Radiant Knights have never evaded taxes. The taxes they received in the New East District are not a small amount, and they are still increasing. What if this explosion makes the Radiant Knights angry and run away?
It’s all thanks to them that the East District has been transformed from a garbage dump into what it is today.

If pushed to the limit, the Radiant Knights can simply move all the alchemy workshops to their own estates and lands. Then they won't have to pay a penny in taxes to the Silver Empire, and the New East District will once again become a garbage dump.

(End of this chapter)