"So, when exactly will we be released?" Aske asked.

Inside the prison, the Mayan queen sat in a chair next to her and answered Asker's question through the bar:

"Not yet. The law and order in the city is not very stable, and if you are let out, it is easy to cause unnecessary trouble. You should understand that this is for your safety. ”

Speaking of this, she calmly took a sip of tea and continued:

"Of course, if our contract goes well, then soon the conservatives will lose the power to make waves, and then I can publicly issue a pardon order to you."

The meaning of this is very clear, the tool man is to squeeze out the value, and he will not release you before he squeezes it out.

"Still." Maya put down her teacup and asked a little strangely, "Aren't you the head of the Azure Sword?" Why do you stay here and let your subordinates go out to work? ”

"They're not my subordinates." "Strictly speaking, we're closer to a co-worker and mentor-apprentice relationship, they follow my commands, and I'm responsible for teaching them to improve. ”

"I see, I originally thought that you were using your power to open a harem, and at the same time driving them to work for you to make money, it seems that I misunderstood." Maya nodded.

Asker: ???

"That's a big misunderstanding." He said helplessly, "Not all groups with more boys and girls are harem groups. ”

"Even if all the girls like you, doesn't count?" Maya blinked.

"Not all girls ......," Aske was weak.

"Okay, then most of the girls." Maya smiled, "Aren't you a single one?" ”

"This involves a private matter, didn't you come to discuss the political situation with me this time?" Asker once again used the Great Method of Diverting the Subject, reminding the other party, "What is the matter with the interference of the upper echelons of the Half-Elves, or the upper echelons of the Aragon-Castian Kingdom?" ”

"Ah, speaking of which." Maya was successfully distracted and sighed, "Captain Aske, do you know the Wizard's Stone?" ”

"The Wizard's Stone?" Aske was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "Lusitania has a vein of the Wizard's Stone?" ”

The so-called Sorcerer's Stone is a mineral that can restore the spirituality of the transcendent when crushed. Even the magic tide that surrounds the entire planet is essentially a large number of wizard stones in the mantle layer, and the magnetic field generated by it changes periodically.

Because of this, the Wizard's Stone is of extraordinary strategic importance to the Transcendental Forces. The two largest mineral veins in the world, one in the Peloponnese region of the Sires Peninsula and the other in the Cairo Plains of the southern continent, did not expect Lusitania to have them.

"Our ore veins and reserves are not comparable to the mining volume of Cireus and the Southern Continent, and the buried location is relatively deep, so it has been strictly kept secret for a long time." The Mayan queen continued, "Except for a few half-elf high-ups, only the royal family of Aragon-Castile knows about it. ”

"Wait, why the royal family of Aragone-Castia......" Aske said, and immediately understood again.

Smuggle.

If Lusitania were to try to sell the Wizard's Stone, it would need a human sales channel. The Kingdom of Aragonese-Castile was the first to hear of this because it was the closest.

Then they reached an agreement with Lucitania to "buy out" the news.

"You guessed it right." The Mayan Queen sighed and said, "Aragorn-Castia secretly purchased the Wizard's Stone from us, and then shipped it outside for a limited sale, and the price immediately multiplied tenfold. Of course, they will not say that they got it from the great forest of Lusitania, the official version is that it was transported from Cairo along the Mediterranean route. ”

"If it's really a long-distance sea freight, the price is reasonable; However, it was actually shipped overland from Lusitania, and the actual profit was quite staggering. Asker pondered for a moment and understood, "So, the realm of the undead also found out about this?" ”

"Most of the southern routes of the Mediterranean, with the exception of those controlled by the Seljuks and the Mamluks, were under the surveillance of the Hafs." Maya sneered, "Aragorn-Castia's excuse can hide from other countries, but it can't hide from the realm of the undead, after all, they can get the real shipping information." ”

"So, the realm of the dead suspects that it was actually the kingdom of Aragone-Castile that secretly controlled a vein of wizard's stone, so it launched an attack on the Iberian Peninsula?" Asker asked, guessingly.

"It's not clear, and I'm inclined to think about it." Maya sighed and looked at Aske seriously, "So, you should understand too. ”

"Once the kingdom of Aragorn-Castile is unable to sustain the undead offensive, it will definitely spread the news to the undead kingdom."

"At that point, Lusitania will inevitably be unable to protect itself. Even though we are surrounded by the Sierra Morena and the Doniana Everglades, the undead will not hesitate to pay any price in the face of the temptation of the Wizard's Stone. ”

"So what the half-elf has to do is to disclose the information of the ore vein as soon as possible, so as to win the protection of other countries on the continent." Aske concluded, "As long as the news of the Wizard's Stone here is confirmed, then even the Shinra, West Francia, and Anjou, who were originally reluctant to send troops, will quickly send troops to the rescue under pressure from the Holy See." ”

"After all, the Holy See will never allow the Wizard's Stone to be controlled by the realm of the dead. Otherwise, in time, the undead will be able to follow the example of the Seljuks and build their own transcendent empire. ”

"You're right." Queen Maya shook her head, "But that's not what the kingdom of Aragon-Castile thinks. ”

"Do they still have the delusion that they can make a private peace with the realm of the undead, so as to divide the production of the Wizard's Stone vein equally?" Aske asked incredulously.

"It's better to share the proceeds with the undead than to be interfered with by the rest of the continent, and that's how the royal family of Aragonese and Castile predicted the current situation." Queen Maya sneered, "Of course, the ore veins are not their thing after all, and they can afford to gamble. ”

"For them, the worst outcome of losing the bet is nothing more than the cession of Lusitania and the veins, or even the whole of Castile, and the preservation of only the region of Aragon near the Pyrenees, after all, West Francia and the Holy See will not allow the undead to invade it. As long as the undead can't gain an absolute advantage in the war, then they can take advantage of the situation and negotiate with the undead. ”

Queen Maya's expression was gloomy and she continued: "However, for the Great Forest of Lusitania, the worst outcome is that it will be defeated by the undead, the forest will be burned, and all the half-elves will be slaughtered. ”

"It is precisely because the chips are the whole of Lusitania that the Aragonese dare to gamble, but we dare not gamble, they try to put our lives on the table, and we must save ourselves."