Chapter 44: Before the Storm
In ancient times, when faced with the lord of the thatched house, the strategists would often say that the other party's situation was extremely difficult, as if they would be overturned at any time.
Anyone will have a sense of fear, and when their lives are threatened, they will be extremely vigilant, and when the lords hear from the strategists that their lives are on the verge of death, even if they disdain it, they will investigate it to the end, and if they find that they are really in danger after repeated questioning, they will naturally look to the strategists for a lifesaver.
As the strategist's opinion became more important and the crisis passed, the strategist's own identity naturally rose, and new opinions became more and more important, and he quickly ascended to the top.
The so-called "when ordered by the defeated army, ordered to be in the midst of difficulties", probably, refers to such a situation, which has nothing to do with the incident itself, but is just a technique used by the strategists to attract the attention of the lord, and the more skilled the strategists, the better they are at this set of skills.
"Sir, save me/Teach me." It seems that, according to this little lady's script, I should shout this sentence by now.
Then she will analyze for me how the Lion King and the Dragon Queen pretend to fall out, as long as we take the initiative, they will start a propaganda war, promote us as invaders sent down from the ground and internal saboteurs of the Covenant, let us be wary and hostile to the Covenant, and then take action herself, forcing us into a corner, and then it will be too late to leave.
But if that's all there is, it's too much to underestimate my sleepless.
"Got it, you should live with your sister first, you should have a lot to say."
"I...."In the face of my unexpected indifference, Victoria got up excitedly, and was about to say something with a hurried face, but looking at me who was still expressionless, she still reluctantly said goodbye and left.
"Eliza."
“……”
"If you don't come out, your next month's salary will be gone."
".......Master, please pay off my salary last month, and then say something like this."
"Ahem, Eliza, what do you think, a gift from this dark elf."
"My lord, there must be something strange about this." Lifting her glasses and leaning close to my ear, Eliza said expressionlessly.
“…… Nonsense, the good intentions of the dark elves are as barren as the girl's breasts, and I'm asking you what you think about the Dragon Queen. ”
"My lord, the original proverb says, 'The good intentions of the dark elves are as false as the sanity of the orcs,' and ridiculing her for her natural flaws is not the behavior of a gentleman who respects women. If you say that, she'll be sad to hear that,"
Having said this, Eliza's tone was noticeably lighter. "However, in my personal opinion, most of what she said is true."
"Why?"
"Intuition."
"Hehe, intuitive your sister, don't tell me, you haven't received the intelligence and analysis of the 'bystander' yet."
As a diplomatic envoy, it is not good to be blind and unaware in a region where you earn a living, especially if it is full of hostility.
As soon as I entered the city, my intelligence organization bystanders had broken down and begun to gather information, and according to my understanding of their efficiency, reports should have filled Eliza's desk by now.
"The Lion King and the Dragon Queen are really doing it, the fight is still very intense, and the news that half of the Lion King's Mansion was demolished is not fake, but it is precisely because of this that it can definitely be a show."
"Too fast? Is it too obvious? Yes, there are still more than 20 days left until the auction period, and it is completely possible to study them together now, and even if there is a dispute, it will not break out now. ”
"No, it's just. If it really tore her face when she fought, the dragon queen, who was two orders higher, would have grabbed something and ran, and now that the scepter is still in the hands of the lion king, it is enough to show that it is a qiē, and if the two top powerhouses start a war, it should be the entire neighborhood where the lion king's mansion is located completely destroyed and not only the mansion is half destroyed, this is a play, ** let's make a move, let's become a public enemy of the covenant. ”
I nodded in satisfaction, and what Eliza said was exactly what I thought.
From the very beginning, our Brimstone Mountain City was a foreign body in the underground world, and if we really joined the Covenant, it might not be a good thing for the existing overlords, especially the Lion King and Dragon Queen who already had a grudge.
I can collude with Kaya and Airul, I can throw out the big trouble of the Scepter of Eternal Night to attract firepower to share the pressure, Tao and Moriel are not fools, and their strategists will not be so bad that they can't even see clearly, so naturally they will not let us succeed in entering the Covenant, and it is inevitable that they will cause trouble in the dark.
Even if this incident wasn't a trap, I just contacted Kaya and Estner, and I didn't want to be involved.
We are new here, or we are new to any racial force, and it is inevitable that we will be wary and guarded.
And if we take the initiative to attack the Dragon Queen, then, as long as we publicize our ambition to ascend to the throne and the birth of Adam's earthlings, we can be greatly wary and hostile to the neutral city lord, and as long as the hostility reaches a certain level, coupled with the instigation of the overlord, it is possible to expel the Covenant and even cause public outrage and be attacked by the entire Covenant.
"Is staying at camp the best option? Oops, it's really powerless. ”
"Yes, as the auction and the annual meeting approach, the pressure on Tao will get heavier and heavier, and we will stay away from the center of trouble. Doing nothing now and waiting patiently is the most appropriate thing to do. ”
"Hehe, it's not a good habit to give the initiative to the opponent, and it's not a good habit to inform those guys that from tomorrow onwards you will be free to go out on the streets, and give me any trouble at will, and if you see something unpleasant, just take care of it, and give me the majesty of Brimstone Mountain City. It's enough that you don't suffer a loss, and if you can't beat it, you can call for reinforcements, and if you can't do it, you can escape back to the camp for me, and I will stand up to it when the sky falls. ”
Hearing this, Eliza gasped, her face full of surprise.
"You make those become. Random trouble? Let those single-celled knights take to the streets to enforce the law? Let those legalistic fanatics go out on the streets? You know that this city is completely different from our Brimstone Mountain City, full of evil deeds, once they make trouble, they will definitely not be able to clean up, are you planning to directly demolish Vitan City? ”
"The strong in the underground world are respected, and no one listens to the voices of the weak, so I just introduce myself with my actions. Why don't I bring those bastards for dry dinner? By the way, let the engineers prepare for the attack of the Roland series, and leave a few pilots on standby to support at any time. Cut, those old stubborns who refuse to change their names, this name is really awkward. ”
"I see, then, what should that Victoria do?"
"Let's 'wash it off' first."
"Okay, I'll wash her and tie you to the bed, but you don't seem to be in good shape, I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy it, and you need me to contact you. Do you want to buy some props at the human goods store? ”
"Don't, you know what I mean."
The kindness of the Dark Elves? If these two words were combined, the whole underworld would be a joke, and the Dark Elves prided themselves on betrayal and deception, and it would be strange if there were no problems with their gifts,
However, even if Victoria has a problem, it is not impossible to solve it, since it is a living person, then, it is nothing more than a dead room that can be betrayed at any time, or a living bomb that can explode at any time, and making Victoria obey the orders of the original owner is nothing more than a magic contract and coercion by relatives and friends.
Magic contracts and curses can be erased, bomb fuses can be removed, relatives and friends who have become hostages can help recapture them, the so-called cleansing is a commonly used spy term, nothing more than to make her spit out all her secrets, and then see if she still has the possibility of rescue, if it is possible to transform, try to transform the enemy spy into your own power.
"You're really interested. I thought you'd just order to erase the instability, it's too easy for her to die in an accident, and her stupid sister shouldn't be able to influence your will. Could it be that you have really learned to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? ”
If it was usual, I would naturally not hesitate to erase such a "gift" of unknown origin to prevent future troubles, but if it was the Queen Victoria in history, it would be a pity that it would be gone, and since I now find myself ignoring Diana's potential, I will naturally not let her be so wasted again, and I may be able to become a very useful thug in the future, if I have a mortal feud now, it is not worth it.
But these things are really hard to explain to Eliza, pretending to be a Holocaust prophet is already the limit, and it is too much to predict the potential of a stranger to become an epic hero, well, it's definitely not that it's too troublesome to explain, so I found a bunch of reasons, so, I snorted.
"Don't be stupid, you know there's a man in there, and I, Roland the Lich, am definitely not a."
"Hmph, who knows."
Having said that, judging from the dangling of the little tail with a bow when he left
"Eliza is in a good mood, well, perhaps, since the previous inventory has been found to be in trouble sooner or later, it is time to go to the underground book collection in Vitan City to replenish the stock, since she is in a good mood, maybe even if she sees it, she will let it go"
What? Spineless and no pursuit? I want to pursue it, too, but what can I do now besides having an eye addiction?
I looked at this strange and empty room, inexplicably a little lonely, shook my head helplessly, opened the window, and there was a light outside.
"Intrigue is never the right way, but unfortunately, who is not strong now."
In the final analysis, the strength is still insufficient, the total combat power of the mission is only these five or six legends, and under the accumulation of those overlords for hundreds of years, with full mobilization, four or five hundred legendary city lords are still able to take it out.
The top combat power that we can get our hands on is only one Xiaohong, and there are four underground overlords on the opposite side, and I don't know how many of them exist at the same level.
"If Adam and Margaret are not here, even if they leave behind the work of guarding Brimstone Mountain and investigating the seal of the fire elemental god, then it is not a good thing for the crane to stand out from the crowd, too strong strength and alien identity will make us hostile and besieged from the beginning."
"Adam's stupid fool didn't know how to act at all, and Margaret didn't bother to compromise, and in the end it was an all-out war. Staying in the rear now as a deterrent and avoiding the old lion and dragon from being hard later is the best option. Hey, it would be nice to have two more top-level combat powers. ”
When I complained about the lack of combat power, I did not realize that this was not the old mansion I was familiar with, but the empty room in the left compartment had a small secret room, where I could pass through the peephole left by the original owner of Guò to unilaterally check the situation of this study
"What to do!! Lord Sleepless is actually that bad lich Roland, who accidentally heard the secret of the sky, will Momo be killed! Mo Mo doesn't want it, Mo Mo hasn't saved enough dowry to marry her husband. ”
This secret room was discovered when Mo Mo was in charge of the investigation, but she not only did not report it as an accident, but stayed to be her own idle spot and steal a small stove.
On the other side of the secret room, Diana's face was full of shock, she was just worried about her brother, but Momo said that there was a way to know what they were talking about, and Momo took her to the small secret room she found to eavesdrop, but found such a powerful secret.
"No wonder Roland has never been able to catch Roland, no wonder Roland has always stepped on the edge of punishment, what should I do."
But soon, remembering the city where he and his companions saw the home garden, the future Moon Knight made up his mind.
"The majestic and wise sleepless is the center and foundation of the judicial system, and there must be no problems. This matter must not be leaked! Absolute!! ”
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"Ahh
In the empty underground passages, the sound of sneezing echoed through the rock walls, far away.
"What's wrong? Adam, you still catch a cold? The one who spoke was a female elf riding a tall bone horse, the gorgeous robe had been dragged from the horse to the ground, the black and white eyes were indescribably weird, lying on the rattan chair on the back of the bone horse reading a book, and her leisurely demeanor was extraordinarily eye-catching, saying that she was going to a hurry rather than a vacation.
The slow-moving bone horse is obviously not ordinary, it is more than three meters high, and the ground it walks on leaves frosty hoof prints, and at this moment, the bone dragon queen Golia, who used to be unfazed, is surprised that her outrageous companion who is usually healthy can catch a cold.
"Dad is thinking about Adam, Dad needs Adam, Adam wants to see Daddy."
It was a short dwarf with a pimple face and a chicken leg in his mouth.
His eyes were glazed, and as he walked, his saliva could not stop falling to the ground, and he didn't seem so bright, but he only had two small feet, and he seemed to walk normally, and from time to time he stopped to pick up stones and hit birds' nests, but he walked faster than a tall bone horse.
"Yes, it seems that what Reinhardt said is really right, as the first undead created by the Emperor himself, in a sense, you are also the eldest son of the Emperor, and you should have a connection with the Emperor in some sense, no, your father is there, can you be sure?"
"Below!! Adam can feel it, it's down there! ”
"Hehe, that's good, after this fortress, it shouldn't be far away, the Vitan of the Underground Covenant? I just received the information that Ramsden and they have arrived, and we have to hurry up, or your father may suffer. ”
"Whoever dares to bully Abba, Adam will beat him! Whoever dares to stop Adam from going to see Abba, Adam will eat him!! ”
The voice of the dwarf is quite similar to that of a human child, and the threat of the milky voice does not seem to be so powerful, but Goliath knows that even if it is the legendary dragon queen Moriel, Adam will definitely do what he says, saying that if he eats her, he will not leave a single scale.
Not far away, there is the granite fortress of the underground passage, which is the checkpoint laid by the lord of the nearby dungeon, and in the past, it was also responsible for collecting tolls, but today, it is all armed orc soldiers.
The two had just approached the shooter's vigilance range, and the next moment, the searchlight came on.
"Who is it? It's a state of emergency, and according to the order of the Beast Emperor, all the underground passages are closed, so no matter who you are or why you came to the underground world, please go back the way you came. ”
Golia looked at the lion orcs leading the team in front of her, and found no special characters, and then lay back on the rattan chair boringly, she knew that after eating in the last dungeon, Adam had been hungry for too long, and in front of the hungry Adam, she had no chance to make a move.
"Adam is hungry, Adam wants to eat meat!。"
Seeing the little dwarf running over, the lion officer raised his two-handed giant sword vigilantly.
"Don't come, stand there and don't move!!"
But apparently, the little dwarf was still advancing, and the lion officer raised his right hand, made a gesture, motioned for the archers to release the arrows, and then
No more
In a twist, the gnome vanished, leaving only the dragon's hind legs that had gnawed at the remainder of the dragon.
"Ahhhh What a monster this is!! ”
In a vast black fog, the largest black shadows fill the passages, and unimaginable trolls go from nightmare to reality, while terrified orc soldiers have nowhere to run.
A minute later, when all the qi ē was calm, there was only a big pit left Yes, the granite fortress and the orcs in it were gone, and the only thing left was a big pit.
"How? Is it tasty? ”
"It's a little hard, and it's a little bit of a tooth race that doesn't taste good, it's not delicious, Adam wants to eat something delicious!"
"Well, let's go to Vitan, your next cafeteria is waiting for you."