Looks like we've finally arrived at our destination.

In the final journey, we did not encounter any resistance at all. My pointless resistance means that the Regent no longer sends any of his private forces to hunt us down, and the regular army of the Dammoth Empire seems to have turned a deaf ear to us. To our inexplicable surprise, earlier this day, a group of about two hundred men had clearly spotted us, but they had only been nervous for a moment and passed by as if they hadn't seen us. Other than that, there was no reaction to us.

"What's going on? Are we invisible?" Firestorm tilted his head to look at the group of soldiers, and when he was looking, one of the soldiers at the end of the other side happened to look back at them, but strangely enough, after seeing Firestorm also looking at him, the soldier suddenly shuddered in fright, and then immediately ran away without looking back.

Yes, there's definitely a problem here. Firestorm was right, we were such obvious targets, why didn't they attack us or report it. If they were worried that they wouldn't be able to defeat us, then they could have pinned us down first, and then sent someone back to the army to report our situation to their chief, and now these people are just using us as air, what the hell is going on?

Reading is very open-minded about this: "No matter, if there can be less strife, it is not a good thing." Perhaps, my grievances have been washed away unconsciously. ”

"No way. Tie Shan shook his head: "If that's the case, they should come here to greet us, after all, your status is the auxiliary minister of this empire, I don't think they will have any reaction to us like they do now, whether they regard us as enemies or friends." Anomalies are demons, ma'am, do you think they're looking for a good terrain and ambushing us?"

I was lost in thought. That's right, Tie Shan is right, abnormality is a demon. But what was their purpose? It's close enough to the Courage Line, are they trying to ambush us at the Courage Line? I smiled, it's unlikely. However, Reading denied this: "No, it can't be. Further on, there is an unobstructed plain, where we can be the first to detect any ambush. If you think about it, just a few days ago, the hills were already the most suitable terrain for ambush warfare, and their poor qualities would have exposed them in the first place. “

But luckily, there are five of us, and it's more effective for five people to talk about a problem than for one person to think about it. It was at this time that Banksy spoke.

"Since we can't find the reason for this problem now, let's find someone who knows about it and ask it clearly?"

Banks's words woke up the dreamer, yes, we don't know, but don't the soldiers know? Although it is not excluded that those ordinary soldiers have no idea about the tasks they are doing because of the reason of obeying orders, but what about their superiors? Don't their superiors know? Just do what they say, but it still takes a little bit of strategy to catch a relatively high-ranking tongue from these human armies.

Wait, wait, what about Firestorm?

At this time, I realized that the fire storm who had been sitting next to me now did not know where to run, and I looked at the most familiar Iron Mountain with an inquiring eye, but he just put on a helpless posture to me: "He went to scratch his tongue." “

This kid, he's really fast. It seems that while Banks was still communicating with us, Firestorm quietly implemented this plan. But to be honest, I don't care about Firestorm's safety, and if he can't do something as simple as that, then he's not Firestorm.

Sure enough, after we had taken a little rest and replenished some nutrients, Firestorm flew back from a distance with an officer from the Danmoth Empire. The Firestorm threw the officer out of mid-air and to the ground mercilessly, causing him to fall into the mud with a dog. However, this officer's physical fitness should seem to be not bad, because when he fell heavily on the ground, this officer actually got up for the first time, and then threatened us with a posture: "You group of outcasts, you dare to kidnap an officer of the Danmos Empire! Do you know what crime you have committed?" But when he saw Reading standing in front of him, his legs suddenly began to tremble, and then he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "It turns out that it is the auxiliary minister!" The villain is guilty, and the villain has eyes and doesn't know Taishan!"

It's been a long time since I've seen someone compliment me so much, which makes Reading a little fluttery. But that's good, we were going to threaten this officer to get something out, but with him as he is now, we don't need to threaten. And Reading quickly knew his task, and helped the officer up with a smile: "Why do you respect me so much?"

The officer was flattered to be helped up by Reading himself, and he tried to speak several times, but was choked out for nervousness.

"It's okay, don't be nervous, you see, I'm just an ordinary bad old man. “

"But, you're the Auxiliary Minister. “

"Auxiliary Minister?" Redding was surprised, "Don't you know that I have been dismissed by His Majesty the Emperor on trumped-up charges?"

This time, it was the officer's turn to be surprised, and he immediately asked, "My lord, I know this." But just a few days ago, the Lord Regent pleaded guilty to His Majesty the Emperor in the court, admitting that he had slandered you with insufficient evidence. His Majesty the Emperor has already made a decision to demote the Lord Regent, and has also reinstated your official position. “

"Is there such a thing?" Redding glanced back at us, and saw that we were as unaware of the situation as he was at this moment.

"Oh, you go. In addition, tell the general of the Courage Line that we are coming. ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll go back at once!" After saluting Reading with reverence, the officer immediately ran as fast as he could. Only a few of us were left and the firestorm was still in mid-air watching the lively firestorm with wide eyes.

"Ma'am, do you think such a thing is true?"

I shook my head and gave him an unknowing look in return.

"Iron Mountain, what about you?"

"I don't know. But seeing that tongue is so cooperative, I think it should be eight or nine without ten. But now a new question arises, why does the regent go and plead guilty and reinstate you?

"I think this may be the reaction to the previous apostle's failed attack on us. I explained, "Anyway, I think it's not as simple as we thought. Now we're shooting at the two choices they might make. One is that the Lord Regent saw that they had nothing to do with us after the failed attack on us, so it would be better to stop harassing us and let us have less evidence against him. After all, we don't have any evidence to prove that the regent is secretly doing the trick. And looking at his confident appearance now, he should have already explained everything on the Courage Defense Line, so after we arrived at the Courage Defense Line, what we saw would definitely not be a real situation. In that case, we will have no evidence to bring down the regent. With his ability, although he lost this game, his position was not shaken in the slightest. And I can guarantee that in a day at most, a large number of Imperial troops will be watching us everywhere under the pretext of hosting us. Here I made a joke: "I think even when we go to the bathroom, they will send at least ten people to keep an eye on us, for fear that we will run around and find something we shouldn't see." By the way, Banksy, you have to be careful when you go to the toilet. “

As soon as I said this, the three men of Reading, Firestorm and Iron Mountain immediately pointed at Banksy and laughed, and Banksy also blushed and fought back: "Madam, aren't you also a woman, aren't you afraid of being helmeted by them?"

"I don't go to the toilet. Even I laughed at that. After a while, I continued: "That's just my first guess so far. And the second guess is not so good. “

Firestorm, who was naturally adventurous, was immediately interested, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

I stared at Firestorm with a strange expression, smirking at him and asking, "What is your heart like when you see my expression now?"

"There's a creepy feeling. Firestorm subconsciously shuddered and answered truthfully. "But, I'm sure you won't do anything to me, will you?"

I nodded, ignoring Firestorm's next words and continued, "What I want to say next has to do with this. Think about it, are they really going to just give up on us?"

"I guess so. After all, their greatest power has been defeated by us, and they have taken the risk of borrowing the power of the apostles, and if it were not for the help of those in the north, perhaps we would be dead by now. “

I glanced at Banks approvingly, and continued, "But why didn't the Lord Regent send his own arms, is it really because he had lost all his men in the previous attack on us?"

Banksy shook his head blankly.

"No, we beat them badly, but I don't think a man with such ambition could have been easily defeated by us. While his strategic abandonment may seem like a good and a very frustrating choice, if he did, then the Lord Regent wouldn't have been in the position he is in now. So I think the real test for us will come when we take you back to your life. “

Reading's face became solemn in an instant. It seemed that he felt that he had been too optimistic, and at the same time regretted what he had just done.

"There's no need to blame yourself, it has nothing to do with you. I said to Redding with reassurance, "Now that I think about it, that tongue must have been caught on purpose." And I'm sure there are a lot of soldiers hiding nearby, and if we do kill that officer, there will definitely be a lot of Imperial troops coming out of the hiding place. If it was only to protect himself that he killed these soldiers before, then it would be absolute treason to kill that officer just now. I haven't forgotten to boast about Firestorm: "You sat nicely and didn't have murderous intentions, otherwise we might be in trouble again." ”

"Actually, I wanted to throw him to his death. Firestorm whispered, but I heard it anyway. I'm happy, this kid, it's really not worry-free.

"Alright, now let's find a place to rest. The environment here is not very good, and Banksy has had several stomach pulls. "Whether the future is good or bad, at least the situation is starting to become clear. So I was in a much better mood, and I didn't even forget to turn on the Banksy joke again. But seriously, it's quite humid here. Reading had told me that this was the last forest away from the Line of Valorant, and that some of the forest was covered in swamps. It is understandable that Banksy is uncomfortable, after all, her constitution is still the weakest among all of us. Well, even the old man Reading is a little better than her.

After walking for about ten minutes, we walked out of this dense forest, which was not very large. Finally, we came to the plains. In the distance, we could even see the towering walls of the Courage Line. But we're certainly not going to do that now. I was planning to sneak in, but now I don't need to. Well, there's a water source not far to our left, and there's even some wild animals drinking there, and it's good, we have food and water. It just so happens that we can take advantage of these armies to have a good rest before they come. And Firestorm has already started to use its own specialty: barbecue.

In the evening, we can finally enjoy the delicious food without worry. After privately ordering a piece of roasted meat from a late-night animal, I have to say, it was really delicious.