“……”

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"It's just a broken VR game.,What does the sun really do if it's spicy?,It's really annoying to flash your eyes so much!"

(*/?? ＼*)

In the wilderness of the southern bay region of the continent of Erathia, Anne closed her eyes and let the tall white horse she was riding walk forward step by step.

She was on her way to a city not very far from the city of Cagliade...... It was probably enough for her to ride around the outpost for half a day to report and receive orders from a certain queen named Catherine, who had run away early in the morning.

You know, she was very disgusted with getting up early in the morning to work, but given that she seemed to have been hired, she had no choice but to prepare to fulfill the employment agreement like a deed of sale, so that when she left this copy, she could earn a large amount of commission that she could squander?

"Hey......"

ε=(?? ο'*))) Alas

"Tibbs, it turns out that it's really so difficult for ordinary people to make money, people just want to earn hundreds of thousands of game coins to spend expenses, and they even have to work for an NPC ......"

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Anne had already calculated, according to the agreement between her and Queen Catherine, a thousand gold coins a day, and if she wanted to earn enough commission for herself to spend a period of time, she had to work for the other party for at least dozens of days...... Therefore, when she remembered that she had to work hard in this copy for a long time but could only earn tens of thousands of gold coins, she had an urge to burn people!

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

(Tiebs doesn't want to discuss this kind of thing with one of his own bad little masters, because in his opinion, in this 2045 Earth plane, this kind of thing that even ordinary people can make money with a little effort in the game is already very good!) If she were to be asked to do the kind of 996 work, and then let her be busy for a month and not be able to earn the money to buy a square meter house, she would probably be angry and burn the boss or some guys to ashes on the spot, right? ）

"Huh?"

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"I think I've arrived at the place......

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Suddenly, Anne straightened up in the saddle, and saw through the head of some hateful, tall white horse, a sentry post at the end of the dirt road with the banner of the Elasian griffin.

There was no doubt that it would be where she was going! Therefore, after looking at the hot and dazzling sun overhead again, she didn't plan to rub it anymore, and she couldn't rub it anymore, so she accelerated and trotted forward to catch up.

'Who is it?' Stop it!! ’

‘！？ ’

'You are the Wizard Anne?' ’

'Great, I've finally got you here....... I have here a handwritten letter from Queen Catherine ordering me to pass it on to you, and I beg you to take it! ’

Towards noon, in this sentry camp outside the city of Cagliade, when a certain captain of the spearmen, who had long been impatient, finally saw such a little girl swaying to their sentry on a tall white horse as described in the morning order, he hurried to meet him, and after holding the reins for the other and seeing the mark on the horse's buttocks, he handed the unopened parchment letter to the other without waiting for the other to dismount.

"It's hard to find this place for you......"

(lll￢▽￢)

"Really, it's only a thousand gold coins a day, and on the first day, people have to run out early in the morning to perform that kind of messy task, that guy is so annoying, and people haven't been able to sleep enough!"

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Yes, in the end, Queen Catherine made up her mind to hire Anne, the tyrant of the Tavern in Cagliad, and after paying two thousand five hundred gold coins in advance, the employment agreement between the two parties was signed.

And that's why Anne complained.

Because of the employment relationship, she is no longer free to wander around this Erathia dungeon, but must follow the orders of some nasty queen, or the 'Oasis' game system will deduct her salary!!

"Boom~!"

?? (???? 0`??)?? Call!

"It's really troublesome, bring it quickly, people want to see, what does that guy want people to do?"

(?? ⊙▽⊙`)？

Seeing that the other party's hand holding the letter to her shook a little, Anne, who had been dozing all the way over, stretched her waist and snatched it out of the other party's hand, and then quickly unwrapped the rope and the piece of clay that printed the seal of Catherine's big sister.

"Huh?!"

(??????.??????)????????

With just a cursory glance, Anne figured out that it was indeed an order from Queen Catherine, who had summoned the envoy:

'Wizard Anne, it is clear from the place where we landed and from the vicinity of Enloth that Erathia is being invaded by the Dungeon Lords from Negan, and that my people have been ruled by Negan's forces for at least two or three months, so we can basically conclude that the nearby cities, including Prince, Secret Khan, and Tria, must have been occupied by the forces of Negan or Auver......

'All the other generals at my disposal have been sent out by me, and they are conducting a thorough survey of the situation in all parts of Erathia so that I can determine the extent of the encroachment on my country and prepare for future wars! As a result, your missions in this area will be relatively simple! ’

'Sorcerer, I now command you: use the city of Calyad, which I have left behind, as a base to find out the extent of the invasion of the neighborhood by Negan, and find out the route of their invasion! If you can block their main line of attack and hold the city of Calyad, we can quickly destroy any remaining enemies in this area! ’

'Finally, good luck? ”

“……”

(?? _??)

Looking at the other party's letter, Anne probably understood what the other party had asked her to do, nothing more than to investigate the area and defend the ruined city of Calyad, it seemed really very simple?

But, thinking of the kind of Negan army that might have been in action here, and the few or so old and sick spearmen, swordsmen, and twenty or so archers left in the city of Cagliad, it suddenly dawned on Anne that it seemed that this task was not too easy.

‘？？ ’

'Your Excellency, what's wrong with you?' ’

Seeing that the little girl wizard in front of him, who didn't know whether he was reliable or not, began to sit in the saddle in a daze after reading the letter, the spearman who delivered the letter to the other party waited for a while, and saw that the other party still did not respond, so he was a little puzzled and kindly reminded loudly.

"Ahh

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"No, it's nothing, people are just in a daze!"

('-ω????)

"To be sure, he's not a wizard, he's an arcane archmage! But...... Forget it, if you want to call a wizard, then a wizard, it's pretty much the same anyway! ”

╮(╯▽╰)╭

"That's right! Queen Catherine's big sister said that she asked her family to investigate and protect this area, how many troops did she leave behind? How many people are there in this sentry barracks?! ”

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Anne thought that if there were too many people, she might be able to let them all go back to Cagliad and garrison, and then go out and investigate by herself.

'How many?' ’

'Not much, except for a griffin banner that can summon the soldiers and warriors scattered around the kingdom of Erathia, that's all that's left! ’

'The soldiers have been taken away by Queen Catherine, and there is only one dog left of this outpost besides us and two men.......'

The spearman said innocently as he pointed to the eighteen warriors behind him who were lining up outside the sentry post and looked a little energetic.

"That's all? What do these mean?! ”

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Anne's voice became a little sharper in vain, for she suddenly realized that she seemed to have been tricked by some hateful queen?

'These are the soldiers!' ’

'Nineteen of you, including me, we were the ...... that Queen Catherine had left behind to assist you

“！！”

!!! ∑(?? Д?? ノ)ノ

"Why are you so many, there are only nineteen of you in total, so what's the use?!"

=???????? (??????????????) None—= ???????? (??????????????) ━!!!

Outside of the Oasis game, Anne says that even if she doesn't send a single soldier, she can easily defeat all the cities occupied by the Negans and successfully complete the task of defending Cagliad!

However, if it is in this oasis game, her ability alone is really beyond her strength...... Because she knew that there were indeed a lot of powerful creatures or mages here, such as the lone big demon she met one day, if it was one-on-one, she would indeed be able to kill each other easily, however, if it was one-to-many, she would definitely not dare to hit each other.

'This ......'

'Queen Catherine is indeed a little less than us, but Lord Wizard, with this sacred griffin banner representing the kingdom of Erathia, maybe you can use the name of Erathia or the queen to gather the soldiers and warriors scattered throughout the kingdom? ’

You can also gather more farmers and living townsfolk and train them! ’

The spearman captain obviously knew that it would be difficult for them to do whatever they wanted to do, but considering that the kingdom of Erathia was in chaos right now, with scattered rangers and refugees taking up arms to protect themselves, it might not be too bad if they could be summoned?

“……”

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"Don't talk! People want to be alone now! ”

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Yes, Anne wants to be quiet......

Because, she was pondering, what was she going to do to complete the mission that the hateful queen had given herself before she left, with the nineteen left behind by Catherine in front of her, who were not enough for her to explode a flame-blasting spearman, and the less than two hundred people who defended the city in Cagliad?

Anyway, she knew that these soldiers must be unreliable, and instead of counting on them, she should count on her bear! At least, she had tried it before, and after her bear Tiebs was strengthened by the game gold she spent a lot of money, even in this 'Oasis' game, when thrown out, she could beat that kind of big demon, at least stronger than hundreds of such useless spearmen!

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……

An hour later, though still very reluctant, though eleven unhappy in her heart, and though she felt that some of the spearmen might not really be of much use, Anne took them with a total of nineteen pikemen, carrying the griffin banner, and set out with great poise to explore the area and investigate the extent of the Negan invasion.

Luckily, after a long day's journey, they saw a group of men dressed in tattered Erathia uniforms and armor, armed with spears, swords, and crossbows, who looked like routs, but also like robbers, who were driving towards Cagliad.

The road here is not wide, and the two sides are walking opposite each other, so at the same time that Anne and the others saw each other, those guys who were suspected of the rout of the Elasia Kingdom and didn't know how long they had been wandering outside also saw them, and in the end, the two sides stopped at a distance of more than ten meters and looked at each other vigilantly.

"That's a lot of people......

╭(⊙o⊙)╮

"You! Look at what you see, it's you. Go up! Go and order them to join us!! ”

（?? `▽????)??

After staring at them for a while, Anne, who was sure that those people should be soldiers from Erathia, or at least thought that they might have belonged to the soldiers of Erathia's army before, suddenly shook her spirits, and hurriedly ordered the pikeman captain who was carrying the griffin banner behind her.

'Huh? ’

'Yes!! ’

The soldier paused for a moment, and then knew what their little commander was trying to tell him to do, so he hurriedly answered, and then took a few steps forward with his gold-rimmed blue-bottomed griffin flag.

'Listen to the Erathia soldiers ahead! ’

'This is the royal daughter of King Griffin, the team of Her Excellency Anne, the Arcane Archmage under Queen Catherine who has returned from the Tekken Kingdom! Now, in the name of the Griffin Banner, Your Excellency the Archmage commands you: join us at once and join us in driving the Negans out of our homeland in Erathia!! ’

Obviously, the spearman captain who carried the banner seemed to have a little bit of eloquence, and seemed to have read books to understand some truths? Therefore, he opened his mouth to reveal the identity of Queen Catherine and the righteousness of the Kingdom of Erathia, and expressed his desire to recruit these large numbers of stragglers.

‘……’

‘……’

The ragged soldiers, who had been just looking curiously at this side, with no hostility but also no good intentions, finally began to stir up after hearing the words of the spearman captain and seeing clearly the blue-bottomed gold-rimmed griffin flag in the other's hand.

‘！！ ’

'That's our banner of Erathia!' ’

'Queen Catherine? Is she really back? I've heard her name before, and it's great, the kingdom of Erathia is saved! ’

'Yes, that's great! ’

'Shall we join them?' ’

'Definitely want to join, we are soldiers of the Kingdom of Erathia!' ’

'That's right, then let's ...... now'

'Shut up! Who knows if what he says is true or not? Look, the guy on the horse is just a little girl! A little girl with a dozen farmers who have been training for a few days dare to say the kind of big talk you drove out with people, don't be fooled easily! ’

'This ......'

'Humph! He's right! A little girl and a group of farmers dare to pretend to be Queen Catherine's daughter to come out and deceive, so I won't be fooled! ’

‘……’

'That's it! It's been chaotic enough in the last few months, there are more than 1,000 people in our barracks, and we're the only ones left with the Negans, so let's leave them alone, let's go to Calyard City, I heard that it's organized, it's a little safer than outside? ’

'You seem to be right.......

‘……’

Soon, after a little discussion among the rioting rangers, a man who appeared to be a crusader, but whose helmet was long gone, and whose only shredded armor and messy hair and beard remained, came out and said:

'Listen! ’

We don't know you, and we don't know if what you're saying is true or not, but we don't want to embarrass you, you can go through here! ’

'Hurry up! Do what you have to do and don't think about any bad ideas! ’

The man with only his torn armor and messy hair waved back, and his companions moved out of the way, signaling that the procession of a strange little girl and a dozen peasant recruits could pass, and that neither of them would be embarrassed.

'This ......'

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to buy it, the spearman captain who was carrying the flag was a little embarrassed, so he had to turn his head and look at their little commander.

“……”

(ー`?? ー)

"Humph!!"

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Rumble!!

Anne didn't say anything, just frowned, and then pointed ahead, and a fireball blasted towards the soldiers not far away, instantly blasting several large trees that grew together in that place, and causing them to fall to the ground and burn quickly with that loud bang.

The situation, as terrifying as it looked, frightened the group of Erathian routs into taking several steps back and huddled together.

‘！！ ’

'Don't do it! I—We'd like to join you!! ’

After a stir, finally, the leader of the crusaders, who had just wanted to say something, no longer dared to talk nonsense, and directly raised his hand to show their attitude.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the other party's 'general' was a little girl, any nobleman or knight who came to them with the griffin banner would have obeyed the order unconditionally. And now, since it has been confirmed that the other party is indeed not some guy with ulterior motives or who wants to deceive them, but indeed a powerful wizard, then these were originally soldiers of the Kingdom of Erathia, and these soldiers who have just left the establishment for various reasons, they must have no reason to refuse, and they must return to Erathia and return to fight under the command of the sacred griffin banner!

?? Bite~!

?? Your team encounters and successfully convinces a group of Erathian Routers, you gain 500 XP and learn Elementary Diplomacy and Elementary Leadership, your generals reach level 2, and your troops gain additional attack, defense, and morale bonuses.

"Huh?"

∑(?? △｀)？！

Hearing the prompt of the Oasis game system, Anne couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then she reacted at this time, it seems that after accepting the employment of that Catherine, in addition to the magic and strength, etc., there is no change, she seems to have an extra 'first-class witch' general panel?

And now, her 'witch' general panel has been upgraded to level 2 and has gained a primary diplomacy and primary leadership skill?

Of course, none of those things matter!

For Anne now seems to have stumbled upon a proven way to quickly increase her power and accomplish the unlikely and difficult task that the cunning Queen Catherine had left for her!

That is: search this large area that was originally the land of the Kingdom of Erathia, and encompass the soldiers and men of Erathia in all the territories, including Prince, Mihan, and Telia! And then, lead them to defeat the hateful Negans?

And this thing, if you put it simply, is actually - running the map, pulling the strong ding, and fighting to feed the war?!

?? 乛?? 乛??

This is not?

She had only just gone out with nineteen pikemen who had been trained by the peasants for a few days, and she had not gone far to include more than a hundred people, and if she had done something like this a few more times, wouldn't she have become a general with an army of thousands?

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