Hollow Regalia, Vol.4: Where Angels Fear to Tread by Gakuto Mikumo and Miyuu

Author:Gakuto Mikumo and Miyuu [Gakuto Mikumo and Miyuu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2024-04-16T00:00:00+00:00

6

Liu Ryland welcomed Rosé at the hotel lounge inside the Nagoya Station Fortress.

This was normally the place to receive high-ranking army officials visiting the fortress; one could look at the whole of it from the viewing platform.

“It is an honor to meet you, Ms. Berith. You’re as beautiful as the rumors say.” Liu stood up from his seat and bowed gracefully.

The handsome man looked younger than his real age, and his bearing was flawless.

“Thank you for the invitation, Chairman Liu. And please, call me Rosetta.”

“And you can call me Ryli,” he responded cheerfully to Rosé’s gruff greeting.

Rosé took a seat as an undoubtedly luxurious teacup was placed before her and amber-colored tea was poured into it. The sweet scent of ripe fruit wafted about.

“These are good tea leaves, Chairman Liu.”

“I am glad to hear you like it.” Liu shook his head with a forced smile as Rosé ignored his request to call him by a nickname. “Have you heard of Melora Electronics before?”

“Yes, of course. It’s one of the biggest IT corporations in the world, covering everything from semiconductors and industrial robots to game consoles. Everyone in the financial world knows about how you grew it from a five-employee venture to this scale in under fifteen years.”

“I admit I feel bashful hearing about it like that so directly.” Liu smiled at Rosé’s flat praise.

“But why would such a successful man be here in this tiny, ruined country?” Rosé glared sharply at him.

Liu smiled ambivalently and evadingly.

“Haven’t you realized the reason yet?”

“No… I am but a paltry arms dealer. How could I?”

“Ha-hah… Wonderful. You are very wise. It was very worth the hassle to ask you over.” Liu clapped overdramatically as Rosé stressed the words arms dealer. “Yes, it’s just as you imagine—I am here to develop new weapons. Melora is collaborating with the Chinese Federal Army to create the next generation of biotactical weapons.”

“Mass-produced Relict Regalia?” Rosé inquired nonchalantly.

Liu Ryland’s eyes grew wide in shock. Even though he expected her to surmise Melora was in Japan to test new weapons, he could have never anticipated her to realize the weapons in question were artificial Relicts.

The dragons’ powers brought about cataclysmic destruction beyond the known laws of physics—were one to mass-produce artificial Relicts that replicated them, one would create the strongest army in the world.

That was the Chinese Federation’s and Melora Electronics’ goal, and the reason why they built the Nagoya Station Fortress. The Chinese Federation was fixated on obtaining the Relict to use as a sample for their research and development.

“…Precisely. Do you know the true nature of the Relict Regalia?” Liu asked shortly after getting a hold of himself.

Rosé replied without hesitation, “The dragon factor—the dragon mediums’ and Lazaruses’ organelles, or so I’ve heard.”

“Indeed. Just as the mitochondria creates ATP—the chemical energy necessary for the eukaryotes’ biological activity—the dragon factor creates the dragon aura for activating the medium in the Lazarus’s Regalia. Magical energy.”

Liu took a handheld device out of his pocket and projected a complex tridimensional image on the table, like a molecular model.

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