The Federal Military Department is in close contact with Princess Kurga of Gemir, agreeing on a time and place for a private meeting.

"Dedicated meeting rooms offshore are definitely not available."

It has always been a meeting place between the federal military headquarters and the merfolk clan, not to mention that the military department has a special person guarding it, and the merfolk have been sending people to keep an eye on the situation here.

Of course, the mermaid princess and her party did not want their whereabouts to be known to the Sea Emperor of Malediz or her siblings.

"In a hurry, you put off other things at hand, take full responsibility for the meeting, and find a way to set up a temporary conference room somewhere else, and the movement can't be too big." Chen Jing said to Lin Zexi.

He thought for a moment and added: "Now that we have been contacted, we don't need to hang anyone's appetite here, time is more precious to us, and we must meet Princess Kurga by tomorrow afternoon at the latest!" ”

"Understood, General." Lin Zexi received the general's order and was about to withdraw from his temporary office.

"What is the news from Admiral Chen Xing?" Chen Jing thought of something and asked him again.

Lin Zexi immediately replied: "The news from them is that nothing abnormal has happened. Although the interstellar pirates over there occasionally appeared, the situation was the same as before, and there was no major action...... However, Admiral Chen Xing felt that since this possibility existed, it was necessary to investigate it in depth, so the Sixth Legion said that it would pay close attention to the interstellar pirates in the Fifth Star Region and tell us as soon as there was news. ”

"yes, okay." Chen Jing nodded, indicating that he knew the situation of the Sixth Legion, and then let Lin Zexi leave.

At the same time, Ax, who was in the quarters of the headquarters, was communicating with the people in the Marshal's Mansion.

"How's it going, Your Highness, are you still comfortable over there?" Lin Zexin asked on behalf of Mr. Gray and Xiao Zhengtai beside him.

They all noticed that Ax looked a little tired, so they were naturally a little worried.

"Well, I've adapted to it, I just participated in the general's meeting for the two days I came, and today I stayed in the room, reading books, and watching the class video that my classmates helped me record."

Akers was very happy to see Xiao Lin and them, and his eyes lit up when he spoke, but he regained some vitality, which made the other party breathe a sigh of relief.

"I heard my brother say, you've already seen Nerde's mermaids," Lin Zexin said to Ax, "What do they look like?" ”

Akers thought for a moment and replied, "Actually, it's similar to what is described and displayed on the virtual platform, but the real fish feels bigger." ”

After a few small talks, Mr. Gray told Prince Ax to take a break, and they gave up the holographic screen of the communication to Xiao Zhengtai.

Akers "touched" the little guy's face across the screen, and asked softly, "Is Yangyang well-behaved these two days?" ”

Xiao Zhengtai nodded, and deliberately hugged the little wolf cub in his arms, and the chubby little wolf cub barked a few times at the holographic screen, as if telling Arkes "I'm here", and stretched out his little paw to hug.

It's a pity that long-distance communication doesn't allow them to really touch each other.

Akers pinched the little wolf cub's little paws in the air, and said with a smile, "Miao'er looks good at it. ”

The more energetic the spirit body, the healthier the sentinel, and the state of the little wolf cub directly indicates Chen Xu's state, so Akers felt particularly relieved when he saw the lively appearance of the little wolf cub.

"You're not spiritual." Xiao Zhengtai stared into Ax's eyes.

When Acx heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly responded to the other party: "Don't worry, I'm actually fine." ”

Probably to prove his state, Akers let Qiuqiu come out and show Xiao Zhengtai, originally Qiuqiu was a little reluctant, but thinking - anyway, through the holographic screen, the little villain on the opposite side can't do anything to it, and it's okay to come out!

So the little rabbit appeared quietly, and lay quietly on Ax's lap.

When the little wolf cub saw the little rabbit, he immediately became excited, stood up, and wanted to break free from Xiao Zhengtai's arms and rush to the holographic screen.

Qiuqiu moved his ears, his round red eyes glanced at the little wolf cub writhing in Chen Xu's arms, and "hummed" in his heart, finally giving face, still stopping outside.

Of course, Chen Xu didn't want the little wolf cub to pounce on Akes' Snow Ridge Rabbit, so he tightened his arms and rested his chin on the little wolf cub's fluffy little head, completely framing it.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, the little furball could only look at the little rabbit on Akes' lap, and from time to time he also looked at Prince Akers pitifully, hoping that the other party could speak for him, or bring the "little rabbit" over.

"Miao'er is obedient, don't scare the little rabbit."

Akers "patted" the little wolf cub's head lightly in the air, and the little guy immediately rubbed Ax's palm with the top of his head, but unfortunately he didn't rub anything, so he looked at Akes's face in a daze, and then looked at his "hand".

"Hopefully the situation here will get better soon...... "I hope they can find and rescue the fellow Confederacy who was taken by the Merfolk rebels as soon as possible......

Akers used to yearn for a life of traveling around the world, but when he actually left home, he realized that he was more attached to it.

He thought that the two hundred people who were taken away must have been eager to return to their hometown as soon as possible, to their relatives and friends......

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Due to the strong willingness of both sides to cooperate, the Federal Military Department quickly agreed on a specific place and time for the meeting with Princess Kurga of Gemir.

Although Chen Jing didn't want the mermaids to see Ax again, reason told him that the little prince would stay with him in the Fifth Star Region for a while, and they might even have to go to the Nerde Sea, and it was unrealistic to let Ax participate in anything.

So, when it was agreed to meet Princess Kurga officially, Prince Akers still came to the temporary meeting area with Chen Jing and them.

When Akers walked into the room, he couldn't help but praise Colonel Lin Zexi for his efficiency in his heart.

- It looks like a temporary building on the outside, but the interior has been built to be no different from the "original" conference room off the coast of the military base.

For merfolk coming straight from the waterway, it must be even more indistinguishable!

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The merfolk are obviously a very punctual people, and just like Prince Raymond and the others, the hour hand is about to point to the appointed time, and the sea water in the mermaid passage in the conference room begins to vibrate.

This time Akers didn't close his eyes - he was ready to open his eyes and see the "visitor" appear!

Even the screen blocking the water showed that the score was not bad, but Ax didn't have time to praise Colonel Lin Zexi's careful work again, and he was immediately attracted by the mermaid in front of him.

There were only three mermaids who came to the offshore negotiation this time, and all of them were females, and Qiuqiu told Arkes that they were all sentinels!

"All sentinels?! They're all girls! Ax was still a little unconvinced when he heard Qiuqiu's words in his consciousness.

In fact, the females of the merfolk are petite than the males and look more like humans.

Except for the mermaid in the middle, which has a dark red tail, the other two mermaids have silver-gray tails, which shine brightly under the light, which looks very beautiful and mysterious.

Akes was embarrassed to look at the lower half of the woman's body - of course, he was even more embarrassed to look at the upper half of the woman's body......

So you can only focus on the other person's face.

I saw that the three mermaids in front of me all had beautiful appearances - the kind of faces that are extremely difficult to find on land seem to be nothing in the mermaid clan, as if there will be a lot of beauties when you catch them!

Unlike Prince Raymond's indifferent face, this Princess Kurga looks much kinder, at least with a smile at the corners of her eyes and mouth, and she will take the initiative to bow her head when looking at people, which is much more polite.

At the same time that Akers was observing Princess Kurga, the other party was naturally carefully observing the Federation people.

Princess Kurga's pretty eyes quickly swept the scene.

- Sitting in the middle is the Marshal of the Federation Army, General Chen Jingxing, who is also the only dark sentinel of the Federation, and it seems that he really deserves his name!

- The middle-aged general to his left is Admiral Bimont, who is in charge of the Fifth Legion and is in charge of the Fifth Sector, which is also an "old friend" of their merfolk clan, and her subordinates have also expressed their willingness to cooperate by contacting this Federation Admiral.

- Who is sitting on Chen Jing's right?!

When Princess Kurga saw the boy, her eyes lit up - it turns out that there are such beautiful creatures among human beings!

She couldn't help but touch the pendant on her chest.

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Whether they were gentlemen themselves or for the purpose of friendly cooperation, everyone in the room, like Ax, kept their eyes on each other's necks.

So none of them noticed the small movements of Princess Kurga.

But they didn't ignore the mermaid princess's focused eyes when Admiral Bimont introduced Prince Ax...... It is also impossible to ignore the slightly disappointed expression of the princess when the admiral emphasized that Prince Ax is the marshal's fiancé.

Probably having been psychologically shadowed by Prince Raymond, Admiral Bemont had no intention of giving Princess Kurga the opportunity to continue watching the little prince.

He immediately raised his voice and said to Princess Kurga, "The princess came here in person, I hope this time we can reach a consensus and speed up the process of searching!" ”

After all, she had a completely different purpose from her brother, and once she got down to business, Princess Kurga put away her other thoughts and turned to Admiral Bimont.

She smiled lightly and said meaningfully: "We are naturally fully assisting the Federation...... However, we also hope that the Federal Military Office will give us a letter...... At the very least, don't step on two boats...... Otherwise, it will make us very sad. ”

"In this matter, we can assure you that since we have established a cooperative relationship with you, we will not contact anyone else." Admiral Bimont immediately said.

"Won't contact anyone else?" Princess Kurga smiled even brighter: "What if someone else takes the initiative to contact you?" ”

- Sure enough, she is the strongest princess of the Nerd mermaid clan, the favorite daughter of the Sea Emperor of Maledez, and she is really very sensitive to some small language traps!

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As for whether to contact more mermaid royals, in fact, Chen Jing and they have already discussed this.

According to their understanding, among the three sons and three daughters of the Sea Emperor of Maldez, the most powerful, in addition to the eldest son Marcus who has "defected", and then Prince Raymond, who has no good feelings for the Federation, Princess Kurga, the eldest daughter of the Sea Emperor, and Prince Aubrey, the youngest son of the Sea Emperor.

The first three adult princes and princesses each have their own descendants, among which Marcus has the most personal followers - after all, he has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and there will always be many henchmen.

Judging from the situation of this defection to Nerde, it is indeed true!

As for the underage little prince Aubrey, because of the favor of the Sea Emperor of Malediz and the care of the current queen's own mother, he is also regarded as a "potential stock" and has the support of many Nerd mermaids.

Jörmungad, led by Marcas, is hostile to the Federation, Prince Raymond has no will, and the only ones left are Princess Kurga and Prince Aubrey.

In this case, it is obviously impossible for the Federation to take it all - if you accept one, you have to give up the other.

Otherwise, they will lose the "trust" of the other party, after all, the most likely reason why the mermaid royal family cooperates with the Federation is to increase their weight as the new heir.

If the Federation helps both, it means that there is no help for one, which is the biggest taboo for the "allies"!

If this affects the search and rescue work, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, when Chen Jing and Princess Kurga were in good contact, they decided not to negotiate with Prince Aubrey, but to join forces with Princess Kurga to find clues as soon as possible and track down the compatriots who lost contact.

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Hearing Princess Kurga mention this matter, Admiral Bimont glanced at Chen Jing, and after the other party nodded, he assured the princess: "Please rest assured that we are also talking about cooperation with 100% sincerity!" ”

Satisfied with the exact answer, Princess Kurga offered to provide some information she knew.

"I believe that last time, the representative of Hadi sent by my father has already introduced the general situation and provided some data and evidence......"

Seeing that the people on the other side nodded, Princess Kurga continued: "Most of these data are true...... For example, about the number of mermaids in Jörmungard......"

Hearing the news about Jörmungad, the Federation people present immediately listened carefully.

"Marcus took ninety-eight merfolk with him when he left Gamir...... Among them, there are thirty-two sentinels and nineteen guides...... There are 70 males and 28 females...... In terms of age, there are nine and eleven mermaids over 60 years old or under 16 years old. ”

This data is obviously much more detailed and useful than the data provided to the Federation by Representative Hardy.

According to Princess Kurga, among the ninety-eight mermaids, only seventy-eight may really participate in the sneak attack!

This is almost the same ratio as they had guessed before, so it can be further confirmed that there must have been foreign aid in Jörmungård's sneak attack!

"So now, counting the wandering mermaids, does it match the data that Representative Hardy said for the first time?" Admiral Bemont immediately asked at Chen Jing's signal.

"It should be eight _nine and ten," Princess Kurga nodded, "The number of wandering mermaids in the Nerd Sea has decreased by nearly thirty, of course, we can't be completely sure that there were more wandering mermaids in the Nerd Sea before, but they are better hidden." ”

She thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it is obvious whether they can complete the sneak attack on the mining operation area on their own...... One more thing I would like to mention is that one of them was a chief guide, who was also our former priest! ”

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When there is not frequent contact with humans, the merfolk live in groups in Gemir.

In addition to the Sea Emperor and the Mermaid Royal Family, there is another identity mermaid, and the status of the entire mermaid clan is very high, that is, the mermaid priest.

He or she is chosen by each generation of priests to be his successor, and then passed down from generation to generation.

On weekdays, he presided over the priestly activities of the merfolk of Gamir, blessed newborns, and prayed to the dead merfolk...... Generations of priests hold the most secret culture and history of the merfolk.

Priests were very important to Gamir because they taught their heirs by word and deed—they were the only ones who knew the oldest merfolk languages, scripts, and customs.

This generation of mermaid priests has found an heir to replace them, and has spent all their time teaching them.

At first, of course, people thought that this was because the old priest had high hopes for the future priest, so they continued to cultivate him.

Who knows, this is actually the old priest who wants to follow His Royal Highness Marcus to leave Gamir, in order to prevent the merfolk from severing ties with the past because of the loss of the priest after he leaves, so he has stepped up the cultivation of his own students.

In this way, even if the old priest left Gemir, they would still have a new priest.

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But for the Federation, the status of the merfolk priest is probably not as noticeable as his identity as the "chief guide".

However, Princess Kurga mentions this man, apparently believing that he played a great role in the sneak attack.

However, the mermaid princess's next words are very different from what everyone imagined.

"Our people told you Meng before, we have some information about the first attack here, and today we came here to explain the situation."

"Does the information you mentioned about the first attack have anything to do with the former priest of the chief guide?"

"That's right," Princess Kurga nodded, "After that attack, Jörmungad asked the Federation to exchange supplies for hostages, and after Chen Jingxing was going to the destination where the hostages were exchanged, they once sang a song to welcome the guests, didn't they?" ”

Hearing the news of the "song", Ax immediately cheered up - could it be that Princess Kurga has news about that song?

Admiral Bimont glanced at Chen Jing again, and admitted the matter under the other party's indicative eyes - but there was nothing to hide about this matter, after all, there were many sergeants with General Chen Jingxing at that time, and everyone heard it.

Princess Kurga immediately looked at Chen Jing and asked, "After that, I don't know if there have been any changes in the life of the star general, such as the spiritual power?" ”

Not only did Chen Jing hear the movement in his heart, but the people in the know such as Akers, Lin Zexi, and Hai En next to him were very surprised that Princess Kurga accurately told Chen Jing's situation.

Lin Zexi pondered for a moment and asked Princess Kurga directly, "You ask this, what is the reason?" ”

"Among humans, there is a saying that we merfolk sing a song that will make people who sail on the sea lose their way," Princess Kurga explained. ”

In the other party's puzzled gaze, Princess Kurga said word by word: "Not all mermaids can sing this kind of song, and not everyone can hear this kind of song. ”

Compared with Admiral Bimont and the others present, Ax and the others all had some strange feelings in their hearts when they heard this.

- A song that not everyone can hear? Isn't that in line with what happened to General Chen Jingxing?!

Akers had entered Chen Jing's consciousness when he was in Chen Jing's fugue, and "listened" to a song in a fragment of a memory.

As it turned out later, the song was not at all what they all heard together during the hostage exchange!

"Jörmungård sang a song during the exchange of hostages, and although there were many people present at the time, all they heard were appearances, songs sung by ordinary merfolk in ancient languages, and had no practical effect, but the priest sang a voice that only the dark sentinels could hear."

Princess Kurga looked at Chen Jing, who was sitting in the middle: "This song is said to have an impact on the subconscious, and then affect the spiritual power of the sentinel!" ”

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Time flies, and the meeting with the mermaid princess is soon coming to an end.

Princess Kurga provided a lot of very useful information this time - both for their search and rescue work and for Chen Jing himself, which was very valuable.

It can be said that this mermaid princess has proved to her new allies that cooperation with her is very useful for the Federation......

The meeting between the two parties was not only successful, but also made them look forward to future cooperation.

"I hope that the next contact can bring more help to each other." Princess Kurga looked at Chen Jing and them with a smile, and her gaze finally moved involuntarily to Prince Ax.

Seeing this, Chen Jing immediately frowned slightly.

And the hearts of the others also hung in the air - please don't have the same thing as last time!

The mermaid princess put her hand on her chest and, as if determined, removed her pendant.

- It's a shame that such a beautiful person can't pursue it openly......

She didn't say anything to Prince Ax, but said to Chen Jing: "Your fiancé, His Royal Highness Axes, came to Nelld from Carter...... The first time we met, I didn't have time to prepare a gift, so I might as well give this pendant to His Royal Highness the Prince to express my heart. ”

I saw that under the pendant, the beautiful dark red scales made people suddenly feel frightened!

"......" There was silence among the Federation people present.

Princess Kurga quickly noticed that the other party was strange, and just when she was about to ask something, Colonel Lin Zexi sneered: "That...... In fact, Prince Raymond still left a bracelet with us, but unfortunately I can't let you help bring it back. ”

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