Contact with General Toph was made at night, and Hove and the others arrived at the "temporary palace" of the Landis royal family overnight. Because the demon soldiers are divided into four routes, encircling and suppressing the royal capital from all sides, it is estimated that they will arrive at their destination in less than two days. The throne was secondary, and King Amer feared for his own life, so he fled day and night with his queen, mistress, children, and cronies to an old palace hundreds of kilometers east of the royal capital.

"General Topp, what are your detailed plans?" Ian looked at the Landis map in front of him, the demons should have been invading and invading for a long time, two-thirds of the cities have fallen, and the rest are in danger.

"There's already a rough prototype." General Toph had lost sleep for many nights because of his plans, and his former friends, partners, and even relatives had died one by one, his eyes were bloodshot, and his thick beard had no time to take care of, "It's just that we haven't found a way to extinguish the demon flame." No matter what the occasion, as long as the other party ignites an inextinguishable flame, the casualties will become very tragic. ”

"Landis and the demons have been at war since ancient times, and you have never come up with a strategy to solve it?" Ian was a little confused, if Landis had no way to deal with the holy fire of the Demon Realm since ancient times, then the Demon Race would have been able to use this method to conquer the entire kingdom and make it their own territory.

General Toph hesitated, "Except for the Battle of Nadis, where the demons used the Holy Flame to attack the city on a large scale, there has been no such behavior since then. However, so many years have passed since the Battle of Nadis, and the legend of the time ...... Legend has it that General Longbottom once used a strange water developed by a potions master named Seba to extinguish the holy fire, smeared the strange water on the blade of his sword, and slashed it lightly on the demon king's body, causing fatal damage to the demon king and ending the battle. ”

"However......," General Topp frowned, "no one knows where Seba's strange water is, not even His Majesty has only heard of it. Maybe there was a way at that time, but now it's lost. ”

"But think about it from another angle, if Seba's strange water really exists, it will inevitably be something that the demons want to destroy as soon as possible." "I think they're going to send a lot of spies looking for this liquid, too." Maybe you can send troops to track down the demons. ”

"You're right. It's just that Landis's land area is so big, where are we going to look for it? "If there was plenty of time, Toph would have considered doing it, but now it's short and looking for no purpose is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Enough, you've said so much at length, and there's no way to do it." The king of Landis stood impatiently, his pampered fat trembling, "This is but a legend that has been handed down, and is as unverifiable as all the deeds of heroic tales. The most important thing to do now is not to find any strange water in Seba, but to put pressure on all the potions masters to develop a potion that suppresses the holy fire in the shortest possible time. Because of their incompetence, the demons are already on the verge of taking over Landis! ”

"But ......"

"Shut up, Topp. It's because you're too soft-hearted. King Landis pointed at him, baring his teeth impatiently, "Go now, go and tell the potionsmen, the waste that can only eat, and from now on, take all their families outside the city, and dispose of one every hour, until you develop a potion that satisfies me." Remember to make a sound, be louder! ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"What's wrong? It is not said that adversity can create miracles, this is the best, the adversity that can stimulate their potential in a short period of time. The king sank his face, said no more, and left the room, leaving a room full of embarrassed ministers of his cronies.

"Still, maybe there's a way...... When I was studying the history of the Luoyun Continent in the academy, I remembered that the source of the Demon Clan's holy flame was very limited. They had to collect the fire from the purgatory of the demon world with special instruments, and then combined with the power of the spell and the magic circle, the blazing flame was born. I don't know the exact number, but the fires produced in purgatory are very rare each year, and the fires are kept for no more than two years. "It's one thing for Ian to react first, it's one thing for him to be unacceptable to King Landis's cruelty, but it's still going to help them drive away the demon army," If...... If we take away their source of fire, or find a way to delay the time to consume all the fire, then their greatest winning weapon is gone. ”

"It's a good idea." General Hough looked approving, "We will follow this goal and chart our course for the future." ”

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The king turned left and right to an old room, the doorknob covered with thick dust because no one had scrubbed it. He gritted his teeth and pushed open the door to look at the portrait of a figure in the center of the wall, showing a young man smiling slightly, curly hair, and a handsome face.

His smile angered the king, who drew his sword from his waist and slashed the portrait in two. I heard a muffled "bang" echo above the empty room, and the huge picture frame fell to the ground. The face of the young man in the portrait is broken in half. The king, who had been lacking exercise for a long time, was unable to support his body, and he gasped and sat on the dirty bed, "Bastard, you actually put me here." Unforgivable...... It's unforgivable! ”

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Eve got up and freshened up as she had done yesterday, because bread had been laid on the table early in the morning, and she had no chance to contact anyone.

Eve couldn't see the sunset and moonrise, and she didn't know how much time had passed in the room. Such a regular and monotonous life made her a little anxious, and what made her even more anxious was that she didn't even have someone to talk to and get information.

Until at some point, Eve was bored from reading the book on the table and the door was pushed open. She looked up in disbelief and heard her name be called out in a familiar tone, "Eve." ”

Eve didn't expect Eren to be here, she stood there defensively, she was obviously taken away by the dark shadow behind the curtain, how could it be Alan who opened the door? Could it be that Eren saved her, "Alan, didn't you go to Landis with Ian and General Hough?" …… Where are we? ”

"Landis." Alan pulled her to sit down at the table and closed the door casually, "We're in Landis, Eve." ”

Eve looked at this Alan hesitantly, and she leaned back slightly, "How did I get to Landis?" ”