"This is Mr. Klaus," Isdamel said, turning to the side and making a gesture of please, introducing Monia, "Mr. Klaus is an experienced elder who has a high prestige in the forest, and is a wise man of great prestige among the elders of the forest, although he knows neither magic nor swordsmanship, and has traveled around the countries of mankind decades ago, and has an in-depth understanding and unique insight into all aspects of human civilization, such as politics, economy, and culture—by the way, he is also a member of the Mission. He is responsible for the conduct of diplomatic affairs. ”

"Salute you," the mage said, standing up and saluting, "Elder." ”

"May the light of Minerva be with you," the elder bowed slightly, not moved by her too young appearance, "seeker on the path of ether. ”

"Mr. Klaus, as you already know, this is our mage, Miss Monia." Ida Mer was slightly surprised by this scene, but quickly withdrew her surprise and introduced to the old elf, who was obviously showing her old appearance, "Miss Monia's appearance is very deceitful, but in fact she is a very skilled mage, please rest assured that the safety of the ambassadors will be entrusted to her." ”

"Thank you, Miss Monia." The old man bowed.

"No, it's not a big deal." The mage excused himself, and after a few pleasantries, he shifted his gaze to the invitees to the party, "Ismedar, what do you want to announce about inviting me here?" ”

She deliberately mispronounced the other party's name as a small revenge.

"One of the purposes is, of course, to get the main members of the mission to know each other," replied the head of the secret mission, who chose to completely ignore Monia's verbal provocations, "but this is only incidental, and the main purpose is to inform you of the situation of the mission—tomorrow is the time to assemble, and if you still know nothing about the details of the mission until then, it would be my mistake." ”

"So......" the mage pondered, "you invited us out?" ”

"That's right." "It may seem to you that it is too late to inform you of the details the day before the departure, but this is not the case, the success of this mission is crucial to the Elven Forest, and each of the thirty places in the mission has to be selected, and there are so many things involved in it that you can imagine—even I, the person in charge, will only determine the specific list at noon today." ”

"Then why choose to leave tomorrow?" Monia asked with a frown.

"Whether we admit it or not, we've been disconnected from the world for too long." The elder of the forest, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "The same is true in the field of diplomacy - the act of sending an envoy is essentially a link, a link that connects two countries, and if we want to send an ambassadorial mission, we must ask for the consent of the envoy - at that time, we didn't think about it so much, and directly agreed on the date of the visit. ”

"So......" Monia said helplessly, "can only rush into the line?" ”

"That's all there is to it." Esta Mel also sighed, "There are many things that cannot be deeply understood without experiencing them - although in the past few hundred years, the elves have made great progress compared to the previous conservative and closed, but we still know very little about this strange world, and things like this today are unavoidable." ”

"Hmm." The Venerable Master expressed his understanding, but was not able to accept the fact, "Directly agree on the date of the visit—that is, it is possible that the itinerary of our mission can be deduced backwards?" ”

"Logically so, that's right." Equally distressed was the head of the mission, "Because before we noticed the unusual movements of the Holy See, we didn't have too many clansmen in Gabriel, and none of them could speak at the top - we had contact with too many nobles in order to get in touch with that person on the throne......"

He didn't finish his words, but Monia understood what he wanted.

Looking frustrated, the mage sighed, "In other words, leaking secrets is basically a certain thing. ”

"We must be prepared for the worst," said Klaus, whose words carry a significant weight as an elder, "and never forget that the Land of the Mountains has been out of the control of the Holy See for only thirty years, and for thousands of years before that, it had been the god's most devout hound." ”

"Deep-seated faith......," thought Esta Mel, "looks like this trip will be more troublesome than expected." ”

"Church—I mean there is any special movement among the higher clergy in the major churches in the countries of the kingdom of the mountains?" The mage, who was also thinking about the worst-case scenario, suddenly said the question in his heart, and then came to his senses and said apologetically, "Let's discuss this issue later." ”

This kind of intelligence thing, the person who should really be asked is the person in charge of intelligence work.

"Actually, I have some impressions of this......" Klaus raised his brow slightly, as if remembering the information he had browsed—as a member of the Council of Elders, he did have this authority. Later, he said, "The bishops of the countries near the Elven Forest have been summoned to the City of Oracles on the western coast of the continent, and based on the available information, it is inferred that it should be to discuss the war against the Elven Forest. ”

"Oracle City," Isdamel cupped her chin and smiled maliciously, "it seems that they will not be able to fly from the westernmost part of the continent to the southwest in a few days. ”

"If the Holy See doesn't intervene," Hearing this news, Monia's heart finally let go - the bishop-level clergy corresponds to the upper clergy, but there is also a small probability that there will be strong people at the god's side level, and it is best not to deal with them, of course, "Then we only need to face the opposition within Gable." ”

As for the mid- and low-level clergy, the impact on the mission is completely negligible.

"Ishdamel, how much do you know about the opposition within Gable." This time it was Klaus who asked the question, and even the elders in the forest didn't know everything.

"I don't know much." The elven swordsman replied, "We don't pay much attention to the land of mountains, and the only information that can be determined now is infallible - the leader of the opposition is Leon, who is known as the lion, and there are many of his diehards in the army, even the king does not dare to touch him easily, and even worse, he himself is an extremely powerful warrior, and he is recognized as a man who stands on the top of the mountains." ”

"Difficult guy." There may be vanity under the fame, but mages are not accustomed to pinning their hopes on the weakness of others - not to mention that he also has a useful combat power on his side, "He will leave it to you." ”

Glanced at someone, and said casually.

"Aha?" Isdamel didn't react for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile bitterly - didn't he just underestimate her once because of his appearance, as for holding a grudge like this? But he was the only one in the team who could contend with him, and he couldn't afford to let this burden go, but—"Can you not be so light-hearted?" Little Miss. ”

Said not without purpose.

However, with the elder by his side, he didn't want to behave too much, so he just stopped and said: "There are still two things to explain to you - one is the itinerary, and the other is the composition of specific personnel - if there is no opinion, I will explain these two things clearly now." ”

Silence is the best answer at this time.

"Very well," Isdamel nodded, and continued, "There are no big problems with the itinerary of the mission, there is more than one route from the Elven Forest to the Land of Mountains, and although we should not take it lightly, I don't think our enemies should be scattered and ambushed everywhere - after all, there is no better option - the reason why Gable is called the Land of Mountains is largely because this country is built between mountains and ravines, and there is only one road from our direction to Gable's capital...... You know what this means. ”

It's clear, indeed.

This is the most dangerous part of the road, and both the church and the opposition can set up ambushes on the part of the road they must pass through - not necessarily an attack, as long as they blow up a bridge or a mountain as they pass by, it is very likely that they can be wiped out without a single soldier - which is why there must be a mage who can detect and even counter enemy traps and ambushes.

"I don't have a problem." After figuring out the joints, Monia said.

She does have this self-confidence - when it comes to playing tricks, who can beat a mage? But mages are obviously unlikely to be involved in church-related matters, knowing that compared to relatively harmless elves, mages who are truly capable of threatening the ruling authority of the Holy See are the first order of hatred. And without the mage, those noble ministers who play with intrigues all day long may have enough bad water in their stomachs, but with the cooperation of the clergy and the warlord, what tricks can be played? Even if she can really play some tricks, she is confident that they won't be able to make a little wave!

"I hope so." Ista Mer said - he didn't really trust the abilities of the little mage in front of him, but there was no better choice at this time, he could only choose to trust the eyes of Nya and the eyes of the elven archmage - and leave the most dangerous part of the journey to her.

"That's all for the journey." There was nothing to discuss, and the elven swordsman passed by, "Now we need to discuss the selection of the ambassadors - the list is here." ”

He unfolded the roll of paper and flattened it.

The mage's gaze naturally focused on the names one by one, and then he was startled.

"Lajuana."

Her gaze unconsciously lingered here.

"How?" Estamael asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

"No," the mage realized his gaffe and narrowed his gaze slightly, "nothing ......"

She said this, unexpectedly, and before her words could fall, the elders of the forest objected.

"Wait!" - I saw the old man pointing to this list, the whole person trembled inexplicably, and asked in an extremely rude and even rude voice, "Esta Mel - this list...... You're sure you didn't go wrong! ”

"I'm sure." The head of the mission seemed to have anticipated the other party's gaffe, and replied in an extremely calm tone.

"That'...... What is the name? The withered finger stopped under a name.

"That's it." Isdamel followed his gaze, and after a moment, she looked at him and spread her hands helplessly, "I'm sorry, that's what Your Majesty meant." ”

Is there anything special about that name?

Monia listened to their conversation, frowning imperceptibly.

Then, as the two of them fell into a long silence, her gaze turned curiously to the name that had sparked the controversy—but with a single glance, she understood why the well-informed elder of the woods had lost his temper.

After all, that name is......

—Isis von Üctrasil.

ps: This chapter was stuck a few times.,It's not that it's stuck when it's written.,It's the next chapter card.,I had to fix it a few times.,Surrender some plots.。

PS2: The score in the early 100s of the national examination - it really does not give people hope or disappoint the results - doesn't this force me to work hard!