The tactical map hung in front of Gao Wen's eyes, and the map was marked with the correct location of each position, the names of places, and the rivers and tidal flats.

The Gorgon River, Red Maple City, Boulder City, the boundary line of the theater, the main position of Cecil's corps, the direction of the march...... Advanced tactical concepts and convenient means of information transfer make this map a staggering amount of information for the tacticians of this era, and also allow Gawain to calculate most of the variables of a rapid march in a short time.

With the speed of the Cecil Legion's advance - although it was already very, very fast - Gawain's main force could not reach Boulder City in time, after all, the ground forces could not match the speed of Maggie's flying unit, and even if they arrived in two days by forced march, the overly tired army would not be able to fight the already weak Crystal Cluster Legion, after all, it was already the deepest part of the contaminated area, and the entrenched Crystal Cluster Giants were all elite.

But he can attack Red Maple directly.

Red Maple is directly north of the main force of the Legion, and there is only a relatively flat riverbank plain between the two, and the situation along the way has been discovered by reconnaissance troops, and this route is also within the artillery support range of the Cecil River Fleet, and even Red Maple itself is relatively close to the Gorgon, when the Pioneer arrives at the western river of Red Maple, nearly a third of the entire city will be within the range of naval artillery bombardment.

Given the unique organizational structure of the Crystal Giants, they will place more emphasis on the "Command Center" than the human army, and once Red Maple City is under attack, Gawain is 100% sure that all the Crystal Giants in the vicinity will come back to help—including the one that is attacking Boulder City.

This is Gawain's version of "Wai Wei to Save Zhao".

Maggie quickly understood Gawain's train of thought, and realized that this was probably the most likely solution at the moment.

"When our cannonballs hit the walls of Red Maple, the Northern Legion is more than half safe—the Crystal Giants have a certain degree of telepathic ability, and they will sense the danger of the base camp and return to the rescue as soon as possible," Gawain stood in front of the map, his finger sweeping between Red Maple and Boulder City, "and then there will be two possibilities." If we can completely destroy Red Maple's command center before the returning enemy arrives, then the Crystal Cluster Legion that has lost its commander will immediately fall into weakness and loss of control, and they will return to the base camp according to their previous obsession, but the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and we can set up positions and simply destroy those monsters that are similar to beasts;

"If the enemy's reinforcements arrive before we break through the Red Maple defenses, then we will switch to mobile combat, and the mobility and endurance of the mechanized troops are better than the Crystal Cluster Giants, and we can take advantage of this, and with the help of fleet artillery support, we can wipe out those monsters on the plain in front of Red Maple City."

Gawain briefly finished talking about his tactics, and then Philip and his staff began to revise and supplement this tactic, Maggie looked at the orderly scene in this headquarters with a little stunned, and suddenly felt as if the Cecil were handling this war in the way of a machine: all actions were planned, all changes were planned, soldiers, weapons, supplies, and even the enemy's resistance, all factors were reduced to parts and filled into the huge war machine built by the Cecil......

The inevitable contingencies and contingencies of war, as well as the agility of the army, are supplemented by the resourcefulness of these officers with clear duties.

At this moment, Gawain's voice suddenly came from the side, interrupting Maggie's thoughts: "Other...... I have another idea. Miss Maggie, you might be able to give us a little more variety. ”

"Me?" Maggie was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately, "If there's anything I can do, I'll cooperate!" ”

"You're a dragon, and you're definitely better at flying than a griffin or a giant eagle," Gawain's mind became active, and after noticing Maggie's dragon identity, some tactics that had been brewing in his mind for a long time, but which were not yet achievable, naturally came to mind, "What is the maximum amount of weight you can carry when flying?" ”

"I'm ......" Maggie hesitated suddenly, with some embarrassment on her face, "Actually, I'm not very good at flying......

Gawain frowned imperceptibly.

He thought of the pair of wings that seemed to be misshapen he had seen earlier, and Maggie's too thin body in the black dragon state.

It seems that this dragon living in the human world has more serious physical problems than he imagined, the abnormal size and wings...... Sure enough, it was some kind of serious deformity.

Maggie couldn't help but bow her head: "I'm sorry, but I can't help in this situation......"

"No, it's okay, it's just an alternative," Gawain said as he let his Margee-inspired thoughts stretch on, gradually revealing a thoughtful expression, "And I have an alternative to the alternative......"

As he spoke, he rubbed the Mithril Ring that he had always carried with him.

Now that you've established a "friendship" with the dragon, why not give it a try? Now may be the right time......

The magic structure built into the ring was activated, gradually emitting a slight heat, and after a few moments, Gawain heard Melita Pernia's voice ringing in his ears: "The Mithril Treasury is always at the service of our valued customers - hello, Lord Duke." ”

"You should be nearby," Gawain was already familiar with the other party's skillful "official beginning", and said in a flat tone, "Can you come over?" ”

The person on the other side of the ring seemed stunned for a moment, and then hesitated for a moment before saying, "How do you know I'm nearby?" ”

Gawain's tone was smiling: "Is there anything more worthy of 'you' to 'observe' than this war?" ”

“…… That's true," Melita seemed to smile slightly, "then wait a minute, I'll be there in a moment." ”

The communication hung up, and Gawain's gaze swept over Maggie next to him - he suddenly became a little curious, wondering what would happen when the blue dragon lady from the Mithril Treasury saw this black dragon living in human society.

…… There shouldn't be a bloody fight between two dragons in the camp, right?

At the same time, in the warehouse area deep in the camp, Melita Pernia, dressed in a lilac gauze skirt and covered with light gauze, stood up in the storeroom where she "spent the night", and she casually packed up the beds, bedding, pots and pans around her—all "borrowed" from the nearby warehouse—and then swaggered out of Cecil's rice barn with her head held high.

This way from the south to the giant wood crossing, she has rubbed her way - it turns out that as long as she is not bumped into by that strange half-elf, Miss Melita's dignity as a secret dragon can still be preserved, and after such a long time, Cecil's quartermaster has not noticed that anyone is stealing the army's rice......

Gawain thought that Melita was nearby, and it shouldn't take long for him to come to him, but he didn't think that this "won't take long" would only take less than ten minutes.

When Amber came in with a strange look on her face to report that the Mithril Treasury agent had come outside the barracks door, Gawain even suspected that the Blue Dragon Lady had been living in his camp all along......

Melita Pernia walked into the barracks that served as the headquarters, she didn't care about others, and walked straight towards Gawain, but after taking two steps, she suddenly sensed an aura that she cared about, and following this breath, she saw the black-haired maid standing not far from Gawain's side.

The latter was looking over with a complicated look, a mixture of nervousness and restraint, as well as a hint of vigilance.

The Mithril Treasury agent's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly: "Genetic defects? ”

Then she nodded lightly to Maggie and said lightly, "Hello." ”

At this moment, Maggie seemed to have countless words to say, only to see her open her mouth, her eyes were complicated and inexplicable, but in the end, she just nodded slowly: "Hello." ”

All this was seen by Gawain.

He was very curious to know how dragon society worked, what was going on with a deformed dragon like Maggie, how a healthy dragon like Melita thought of Maggie, and why there were dragons living in human society, but he knew that now was not the time to ask about these things.

He waved his hand away from the unrelated personnel on the scene, leaving only himself and the two dragons.

Gawain pointed to Maggie standing next to her, "As a dragon, she should be able to listen to our conversation here, right?" ”

"Yes," Melita glanced at the black-haired maid, "all dragons know the secrets behind the Mithril Vault, including...... She's like that. ”

"Then we'll open up," Gawain exhaled, "I've got something I want you to help me with." ”

"Let me guess......" Melita's lilac eyes shimmered slightly, "you want to use my power, or the power of the Mithril Vault, to deal with those mutated 'monsters'?" ”

“…… It's pretty much the same, but I didn't think about using the power of the Mithril Treasury directly, it's probably impossible, I wanted to ask you......"

"Unfortunately, I can't," Melita interrupted without waiting for Gawain to finish, "Dragons can't participate in wars on the mainland, it's our law. ”

Gawain stared at Melita's eyes: "But our war with the Crystal Cluster Legion is no longer an ordinary war, it has already involved the power of the gods, and may even involve the demon tide. ”

"It's really debatable," Melita said calmly, "but it's only debatable." From the perspective of the dragons as a whole, the crystalline monsters in your mouth can also be regarded as a new form of intelligent creatures, maybe you don't recognize their birth, don't recognize their behavior, or even don't recognize that they also have a social structure, but in the eyes of the dragons as a whole...... This war is not fundamentally different from the change of dynasty in any country on the mainland. ”

Gawain expected that this Miss Blue Dragon would not agree to him so easily, but he didn't expect that the other party's attitude would be so resolute and the angle would be so difficult to argue, but after a short thought, he still grasped the main point of Melita's words: "You say, this is from the perspective of the dragon clan as a whole......"

“…… Yes, from the perspective of the dragons as a whole," Melita was silent for two seconds and exhaled slightly, "but as an individual, I, and the many dragons, I am afraid that the birth and spread of those crystal cluster infections is a disaster, a disaster that should be stopped in time, but ...... As a collective, we can't act so easily. You know what I mean. ”

Gao Wen quietly looked into Melita's eyes for a few seconds, understanding the deep meaning of the other party's words.

Give me a step, and I'll go back and keep up with .jpg.

Gawain thought about it, and it didn't take long for him to have an idea.

"Well, let's go the other way," he said, adjusting his position in his chair and looking at Melita for a moment, "As far as I know, your Mithril Treasury also has a shipping business. ”

"Yes, indeed."

"Then I'll entrust you with sending something to the Crystal Cluster Commanders in Red Maple City......"

"What's that?"

“…… Three tons of crystalline bombs, airlifted, collected. ”

Melita looked at Gawain with wide eyes and didn't speak for a long time: "......"

Gawain was a little worried: "Is there a problem?" ”

“…… Forgive me for my upbringings that prevented me from swearing in such situations – but I must admit that this is the most wonderful exploitation I've ever seen. ”

Gawain exhaled, "That's no problem." ”

"No, there's another question," Melita immediately interrupted Gawain, "I don't think...... It is very important that the target customer will pay after receiving the goods. ”

Gawain blinked, but he couldn't see the slightest hint of a joke on Melita's face, so he had to think about it seriously and try to say, "Remember that 'god's metal'?" If you're still interested, I can give you a piece that is bigger than the last time, which we excavated not long ago. ”

He was talking about the "Zenith Relic" found in the Fort of Disobedience, and as far as he knew, the Dragons had been collecting similar things, and those fragments of ancient devices were hard currency for the Dragons that were harder than gold, silver, and gems.

And in his hands, there are semi-warehouses piled up.

Melita's breathing couldn't help but become short, and she wanted to shirk it again, because after all, this matter was playing the edge ball of the Supreme Council, and it was very likely that she would be punished, but ......

"Deal."

But Cecil offered too high a price.

After the deal was struck, Gawain finally breathed a sigh of relief and casually said, "Your attack...... I mean, your delivery will be a covert operation, and I'll prepare the 'goods' in advance on the hill on the west side of the camp, and you will pick it up yourself. ”

"I understand," Melita nodded, but then her expression became serious, "but I want to warn you, this is probably the only time in the entire war that I can help, and it's already a loophole in the rules - you found a good time, if it had been earlier, I wouldn't have thought that the Crystal Cluster Infected were so threatening, and if it had been a little later...... The jury will focus on the continent, and they won't allow me to drill holes right under their noses. ”

Jury...... Sounds like the ruling authority of the dragons?

Gawain silently kept this information that might be useful in the future, and before Melita left, he asked a curious question: "You just said that dragons can't participate in wars on the mainland, right?" ”

Melita nodded: "That's what I said." ”

Gawain pointed to Maggie next to him: "And what about her?" ”

Melita glanced at Maggie with a slightly complicated expression, and then looked into Gawain's eyes, "Except for her and her clan."

"She is from the Principality of the Holy Dragon, a descendant of the Vault Dweller."

After saying this, Miss Lanlong didn't seem to want to stay here longer, and turned around and left the room directly.

"What do you mean by the offspring of the Vault Dweller? If this question offends you, don't answer it. ”

After Melita left, Gawain raised his head and looked at the black-haired maid who was standing silent.

Maggie's mood had calmed down at this time, and she took a light breath and said in a tone that didn't seem to fluctuate, "It's not offensive—everyone knows that the people of the Holy Dragon Principality have always called themselves dragonborns, but few people know that there is a reason for this claim.

"The ruler of the Holy Dragon Principality, and some members of the nobility, is indeed a dragon - a dragon banished by the dragon's hometown 'Talrond' due to genetic deterioration and some kind of ancestral fault."

Then she smiled and shook her head, with a self-deprecating tone in her tone: "So no matter how the years change, how the kingdoms rise and fall, these poor creatures will never leave that bitter cold mountain, and will always call themselves 'principalities' and not kingdoms or empires......"

Gawain listened to these unexpected information with a little consternation, and suddenly reacted to one thing: "So...... Are you a nobleman of the Holy Dragon Principality? Or is it the ...... of the Dragon's Blood Grand Duke?"

Maggie interrupted Gawain with a little resistance, "I'm sorry, it's just a marginal family that doesn't get taken seriously, and that's a thing of the past, I don't want to have anything to do with it anymore." ”

"I see," Gawain sighed, "Anyway, let's take a break, we're still in an hour to go." ”

……

The chariot was activated, the ship was pulled at anchor, and Cecil's war machine was back on its journey of fire and iron after a brief refurbishment.

On the Gorgon River, the Pioneer led the Aurora and the Morning Star, several river warships converted from cargo ships and two light gunboats to ride the wind and waves, the magic wings were covered by black cloth, the sound of engines running was masked by soundproof barriers, the bow of the steel ship split the river, and the fleet sailed north like a silent ghost;

On the east bank of the Gorgon, chariots and troop carriers followed the route explored by the Steel Rangers and Eagle Scouts ahead, running over rocky beaches and ravines, and the night vision potions distributed to individual soldiers and the shimmer filters mounted on each chariot kept the army on the dark wilderness at a rapid pace;

This day is the 43rd of the month of recovery.

Red Maple City, along with the Mountain Corps trapped in Boulder City, is ahead.