Chapter 1237: 1238: Vicious Competition

In the ballroom, Aslan had just closed his pocket watch when he could clearly feel the ground trembling, and the sound of explosions also covered up the music of the ball.

The whole ball was thrown into chaos in an instant.

"What happened?"

"Oh my god, what was the shock just now?"

"Did it explode?"

Aslan stepped back and opened the windows and doors, black smoke began to rise from several industrial areas, and many factories were even more ablaze, turning the night into daylight.

"This is?"

Curry came to Aslan's side with a look of shock on his face.

"You take people to evacuate immediately, I'll go and have a look."

Aslan flew out of the window first, and then he saw a large number of clergymen flying out of the Holy Mass Cathedral, among which St. Paul took the lead and rushed straight to the explosion area.

Sharon and Artoria quickly followed, and Aslan greeted Bishop Ella before joining their ranks.

Aslan asked, "Bishop Ella, do you know what happened?"

Bishop Ella shook his head.

"I don't know either. His Majesty Sao Paulo said that the industrial area was bombed."

"What?"

Without saying a word, Aslan turned around and flew towards the Cremon Defense Company.

Bishop Ella wanted to stop him, but it was too late, so he could only follow with a few people.

Bishop Ella can also understand Aslan's behavior. After all, if someone wants to blow up your factory, if you don't worry, there must be ghosts.

When Aslan arrived at the Cremon Defense Company, it was already a sea of ​​flames.

"Damn it!"

With a roar, Aslan quickly moved towards other factories. Only the Thorn Food Processing Company was spared, and the Raytheon Group's factories in Chester were almost destroyed.

Suddenly, Aslan noticed mysterious objects falling from the sky, only a few, and violent explosions broke out in a factory not far away, and they were also caught in a sea of ​​flames.

Aslan caught up with great speed.

"Stormpike!"

A thunder spear emerged from the palm of Aslan's palm, and threw it towards the aviation magician who threw aerial bombs into the sky.

The aviation magus dodged it without any risk, and shot with a backhand. The golden bullet directly broke the magic shield of Magister Aslan, and shocked Arturia who came over. , hastily raised the knight shield and appeared beside Aslan.

Bishop Ella behind was also taken aback, and hurriedly arranged two layers of magic shields before rushing to the rescue.

The two sides shot at each other, and in the end they could only watch the air raiders retreat completely.

Bishop Ella stopped Aslan who was still trying to chase him.

"Don't chase after them. That's the air magic unit of the Melox Empire. Facing the magisters equipped with air magic equipment, our speed and magic range can't match them."

In the brief confrontation just now, Bishop Ella clearly felt the gap between the two sides. Amuro would have been in danger if he hadn't had a knight mentor around him full-time to protect him.

Aslan took a deep breath, barely suppressing his anger.

"This matter cannot be left alone."

Bishop Ella echoed, and a violent explosion burst out in the sky, causing everyone to look at the sky in unison.

"That's the battle of the great mentor-level powerhouse!"

Bishop Ella and Aslan looked at each other, their eyes full of fear.

The Melox Empire actually dispatched a master-level powerhouse.

Just to bomb Chester.

Aslan was startled and said, "Immediately count all the factories in Chester, especially those factories that are closely related to gun manufacturing. This is definitely a purposeful bombing."

Bishop Ella nodded solemnly. Now that Chester's gun manufacturing has just improved, it cannot be severely damaged because of this.

This night was called the Gentile Bombardment.

The four countries of the Outer Continent jointly bombed the central countries for three hours. The two sides dispatched a total of hundreds of master-level powerhouses and thousands of mentor-level masters, and fierce battles broke out in the sky.

It's a pity that the main purpose of the four countries in the Outer Continent is bombing. The duel between the strong is mainly about entanglement, and there is no deadly battle. It was only when the two sides retreated that they discovered that such a large-scale duel between the strong did not cause any casualties.

But after they counted the casualties, almost everyone's faces turned green.

Raytheon Group's main factories in Chester were all destroyed, even the Beresto Lighting Company was no exception, leaving only a food processing factory, in which thousands of workers were killed in the bombing and thousands were injured.

If it hadn't been prepared, a large number of employees would be arrested, and the number of casualties would continue to increase.

"This is targeted bombing!"

Inside the Holy Mass Cathedral, Bishop Ella shouted loudly.

In the church hall, many people nodded silently. The casualties caused by the bombing this time were not too many, because there were more people in the evening shift than in the day shift.

If the bombed area is a residential area, the casualties will be even more terrifying.

Aslan stood up and spoke in agreement: "In addition to appeasing the workers, we also need to provide pensions to the workers, so as to stabilize people's hearts and resume production as much as possible."

When they heard that pensions would be paid to workers, many people became anxious.

There are at least a thousand workers at the scene, and tens of thousands. For example, Amuro has tens of thousands of workers in Chester, not to mention the factories outside the suburbs.

The pension is less than a dozen yuan, or even dozens of dollars. When there are too many people, no one can bear it.

"If you want me to say, the bombing this time is not just about one or two families, it's about the whole of Chester. It's good that everyone in the pension fund cares about it."

Family representatives from the Wootra plant stood up to speak.

"That's right, rebuilding a factory requires money, and purchasing equipment also requires money. There are too many pensions, and there is no talk of resuming production. We entrepreneurs may go bankrupt. In the end, more workers will only lose their jobs, go bankrupt, and eventually starve."

Some people stood up and echoed. Obviously, when it comes to pensions, many people are unwilling to make too much concessions.

"Your Excellency Amuro, I have long heard that you are sympathetic to the workers, but on this matter, you must maintain a united front with me, otherwise the workers will easily quarrel, and it will be even more difficult to restore the factory at that time."

The mentor-level powerhouse of the Wutra family also stood up at the right time.

As soon as these words came out, they immediately got the support of all mentor-level powerhouses.

Raytheon Group's salaries are notoriously high, so as long as Raytheon Group recruits workers, it will inevitably cause employees from other factories to quit on a large scale.

If the Raytheon Group is allowed to take the limelight on the pension this time, and when the Raytheon Group really resumes production, they probably won't be able to recruit workers.

From now on, they will no longer let the Raytheon Group steal the show, and must bring it back to the original level, otherwise it will only bring huge competitive pressure to the peers.

This kind of 'vicious competition' is absolutely not allowed to happen.