The civil war that has been protracted for a long time and has affected the entire Erebonian Empire has been quickly quelled under the iron fist of the prime minister's iron-blooded sons, and the news that Osborne is still alive not only caused an uproar within the empire, but even Crossbell and the personnel of the republic were suddenly silent after hearing the news, and the noble alliance that had lost its leader quickly retreated under a series of attacks by the regular army, except for a few powerful factions such as the Golden Rakshasa and the Black Whirlwind who gathered a part of their troops, the leaderless noble army chose to surrender one after another, In the case of the defeat was decided, the Golden Rakshasa and others had no choice but to negotiate an armistice with Osborne, although it is not clear what the outcome and content were, but even the residents of the empire who no longer care about the world understand that the civil war is finally coming to an end, and the situation is overturned in an instant in just a few days after the return of iron and blood, so that all the forces on the continent invariably remember this formidable enemy.

On the outskirts of Tolista, the half-abandoned cottages were filled with people, and the dilapidated houses did not arouse their disgust, but rather chatted with great enthusiasm, not at all like a crowd fleeing.

"That's why I said Tina, you don't need to be sorry for them." Ike pointed to the giggling guys and replied, "And most of the reason for this is also on me, I didn't expect that Osborne guy to be willing to use the rider as bait, it was my fault to let you use the rider, I didn't expect the rider to be able to use magic as a tracker on others, I thought this was a witch's unique magic." ”

"Even that doesn't wash me away." Tina, who was in the chair next to Ike, sat up straight and shook her head stubbornly.

"Efina, and Rhine, have we counted our losses so far?" Looking at Tina a helplessly, Ike turned his head to look at Effina who was standing aside teasing the goldfish and asked.

"Everyone didn't suffer any loss from the stronghold, although the big wood is a big wood, but his intuition is very powerful, after perceiving that the gendarmerie people are leaning over, he asked everyone to leave from the tunnel with important information, although everyone was a little injured, but there are doctors on the Gardney, and it shouldn't be a problem to cultivate for a while, but because of the rush of time, a lot of information is too late to bring out, although in the end a fire was put on fire so that the gendarmerie they have no way to get any useful information, but we can only recover a little bit, Those business channels may be hit by some blows later, and because of the situation, everyone has recently saved me money! Afina's voice became louder and louder, especially the last one became sonorous and powerful, and Ling, who was hugging the chair, rubbed her cheeks while "To sum up, I want to borrow Xiaoling~ After all, Xiaoling is a genius who is more powerful than me~ Whether it is a terminal, paper or something else, this requirement can still be met for the understaffed empire, right?" ”

"You never gave up your plan to kidnap Ling from the beginning, right?" Ike looked at Effina speechlessly, who had the same thing as Estelle, "Let's say it first, as long as Ling agrees, I will agree-"

"Great! Then there's nothing big about us here, and then it's your adult time, Xiaoling and I will go first~" Without waiting for Ike to finish speaking, Efina didn't know the strength she had to pick up Ling from the chair, for fear that Ike would regret it, and quickly left the hall, whispering to Ling while running, "Listen to me, Yo Ling, sister, I bought a lot of beautiful clothes while taking advantage of the war, anyway, now that everyone is hiding, let's go play to our heart's content——"

“。。。 Forget it, just let them go. Seeing that after the two of them left, several people sighed together, and the upright gang was lazy and specially told everyone about this kind of thing, even Rhine was not so cheeky, and I am afraid that only Efina could do it in the audience.

"Crossbell's words are similar to the situation in the Empire." After relieving himself, Rhine replied to the topic just now: "The gendarmerie has been ambushed around very early, and at the same time as you attacked the Huang Demon City, they also launched an attack on the stronghold, although there is still some uncertainty, but I always feel that there is still the shadow of the hunting regiment inside, some of them do not use the way the army should fight, the number of participants in the battle is about five squads, after the initial defeat, they quickly ignited and wanted to burn us to death, although the personnel were not injured, but the data was seriously damaged. Rhine said with a slightly wry smile, "Just like Effina said, plus Crossbell's recent form is even more severe than that of the Empire, and there is really no way to carry out business when access is restricted, fortunately, we made a lot of money before the start of the war, otherwise we will miss the annual sales and encounter this kind of thing, I am afraid that there will be a big reduction in funds this year, even now, we have to collect funds." ”

"Guarantee the research funds on the doctor's side, and we will distribute the rest separately, otherwise the doctor will scold me again." Ike also replied with a wry smile, "As for the commercial channels, they still stopped contact without confirming the safety, they didn't know much about it, in case they were caught by the gendarmerie, it would not be good for us or them, if there is a lack of funds, there will be a lack of funds, it's a big deal to suspend the action of infiltrating other principalities and the Codex country, there was always a feeling that there was no good thing to infiltrate there, and now I will take this opportunity to retract, our personnel are still too small, there are only four or five people in a stronghold, and the rest are scattered all over the place, if this is not the case, With the strength of these squads, we won't be so embarrassed. ”

"So what are you going to do now?" Rhein asked rhetorically.

“。。。 I want to go somewhere. After hesitating for a long time, Ike clenched his fists and replied, "After fighting the Fullmetal Maiden and Macbon, I know that I am no match for them now, and with the appearance of the Rider and the Black Workshop, I must leave either to get information about them or to become stronger." ”

“。。。 By the way, you're not going to tell us where you're going, are you? ”

"I made an oath with them, and I couldn't tell anyone where they were." Ike shook his head, "It's a remote outland, but they don't forbid me to bring people over." ”

"Can't tell people and allow them to be brought in?" Rhein was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to say something, his pupils shrank, and he looked at Ike, who was shaking his head and saying nothing, and seemed to understand something, "Oath, it's really a nasty spell." I know, I'll be in charge of things on Crossbell's side, and there's nothing to do on Crossbell's side anyway. ”

"Please, Rhine." Ike nodded, and turned to look at Tina and Serre on the side, "As for Tina, if you really feel guilty, why don't you take my place as a liaison while I'm away?" ”

“。。。 What should I do? ”

"yes, first of all, how about getting those unruly guys together?"