After talking about the most sensitive issues, the communication between Gawain and Sölderlin was naturally much more relaxed - for the time being, the tension between Typhon and Ansu was not considered, and the decline of the Cecil family and the current chaotic domestic situation were not discussed, and the two of them began to talk casually like friends seven hundred years ago.

At least, from Sölderlin's point of view.

"Actually, when I first heard that you had established a pioneer territory in the south, I was a little bit convinced that you were real—after all, this is a lot like what you would do," Sölderlin said with a smile, "It is not your style for a man who has been out of touch with society for seven hundred years to go back to the aristocratic circle and fight with people, and it is probably easier for you to explore the land in this barren land." ”

"The main thing is that intrigue is really boring, especially if it's still a bunch of juniors," Gawain waved his hand, "It's too awkward to get along, as long as you think that those people are the descendants of those old guys, you always feel weird." ”

Gawain casually made an excuse for himself to stay away from the royal capital aristocratic circle, but Sölderlin thought about it seriously, he remembered the amazing prosperity of Cecil's territory that he had seen along the way, and also thought of the weapons and equipment of Cecil's soldiers that could be called black technology, and the special temperament he felt when facing Cecil's combat corps - it was a completely different faith momentum from ordinary aristocratic private soldiers, although the momentum was still very immature, it was enough to make people look sideways.

It would be understandable if there was only a small group of pro-soldiers, but it was worth pondering that all the soldiers in the entire Cecil Territory were equally elite.

As an elf, and the sharpest ranger class among elves, Sölderling can deduce a lot from his observation of details.

After the ancestor unveiled the coffin, he took a look at the domestic situation, announced that he did not want to intrigue with future generations, so he ran to a remote place that the king could not control, and then in less than a year, he held back the arms that could overthrow any conventional army in the world, and frantically expanded the army......

It's scary to think about it, and it feels like Dad comes home and sees the living room in a mess, and then looks at the muddy bear child and smiles faintly, and turns to the kitchen to find a rolling pin!

Thorderlin muttered here by himself, but Gawain didn't know what the elven ranger had made up in less than half a minute, he just pretended not to care and casually asked, "Are you in Typhon's army...... What is your role? ”

Sölderling's expression was a little serious: "I can't just tell my employer's secrets, even to you - you should know my principles." ”

"I didn't ask you to tell me all about Typhon's border defenses," Gawain shrugged, saying that the hairless elf was still a principled guy as he remembered, but there was no disappointment in his expression, and he asked casually, "Pick up what you can say and tell me." ”

"I fought under Commander Andesa Wendell of the Winter Wolf Legion, but I didn't have much power or office," Soldlin said, "You know, I'm always an alien, and it's impossible to hold power in a human army—but Typhon's commission is quite high, and it's fair. ”

"Desa Wendell?" Gawain frowned, "The young wolf general? ”

"You know her, too?" Thorderlin was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "That's right, it's the descendant of that guy Tyrian, a very talented girl, both in terms of personal combat power and command ability, and she will not be ashamed of her ancestors." It's just that she's a bit of a tendon, and she has a kind of revenge obsession with Ansu - her father, Bard Wendell, disappeared on the border between Ansu and Typhon, and she always thought that the Ansu killed her father. ”

"Bard Wendell......" Gawain's expression was a little strange for a moment, and he didn't know whether to tell Sölderling the truth about Bard's degeneration into a cultist of the Society of the End of All Things, but after thinking about it, he decided to say it, anyway, for Cecil Leader, whether the news circulated or not had no effect, "In fact, I met a cultist of the end of everything this year, that person...... I'm afraid it's Bard. ”

Thorderling was dumbfounded: "What?!" ”

Gawain told him what he knew, and the more Sölderling listened, the more surprised he became: "There is such a thing...... How could the former wolf general, who had been missing for more than ten years, become a druid who would die at the end of everything?! ”

"God knows what happened in between, I didn't believe it at first, but the credibility of the Mithril Treasury is known to the world, and their information shouldn't be wrong," Gawain shook his head, "Forget it, even if this matter reaches that Andessa's ears, she won't believe it, and the paranoid Avenger doesn't have much judgment." I now wonder more than these things that are far away, how many troops in the Dark Mountains have infiltrated the Typhon Empire. ”

The topic suddenly became sensitive again, Thorderlin's face was slightly hesitant, and Gawain continued to say when he saw this: "Sölderlin, I know your principles, but at this time, it is only good for everyone that you tell me the information of other infiltration forces - you should know that my soldiers have wiped out an infiltration team, and as long as the other infiltration forces are still active in the Dark Mountains, it is only a matter of time before they are caught by me." You've chosen a path that looks safe, but is actually headlong to death - the only way to keep them alive now is for you to tell me their course of action, and I promise to catch them alive as much as possible. ”

Then send it to the mountains to mine - Gawain silently added the second half of the sentence in his heart.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to cooperate, but I'm afraid you won't be able to catch them now," Thorderlin spread his hands and told the truth, "Before we set off, Andesa Wendell had received information and envisioned that you would really be resurrected, and the infiltration force would fall into your hands again - as long as the home team I led was in distress, or if two or more squads lost contact, then the others would immediately leave the Dark Mountains with the information they had gathered, and retreat back to the border line by the same route or from the northern forests, And the route of the retracement is completely random, this is to prevent someone from telling the location of the other person after being captured by you. ”

Speaking of which, Thorderling added, "We've been checking the location and safety of the various squads with teleportation bugs every few hours, and now everyone is definitely aware of the incident." I have observed your soldiers, with the speed of their movement and the situation on the mountain roads, they cannot keep up. ”

“…… It is worthy of the elite troops of the Winter Wolf Legion, and there are really no loopholes left at all," Gawain shook his head helplessly, and could only give up the idea of killing the Typhon troops who infiltrated into the Dark Mountains this time - the Cecil soldiers with black technology weapons and equipment are indeed first-class, but there is really no special advantage in pursuing the enemy in the deep mountains, at least not yet.

However, he still has to take some action - such as writing a letter to Duke Silas Loren in the East, telling them to pay attention to the winter infiltration of the Typhon Empire.

The Dark Mountains are indeed a good breakthrough for infiltration operations, but Gawain believes that it is impossible for the Typhon Empire to carry out such an infiltration in just one place, and the entire Ansu-Typhon border is so long that there are many complex terrain in between, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be used as a loophole by the enemy.

After a long conversation, Gawain arranged a place for Sölderling to live - given the current complex identity and position of the high-ranking ranger, Gawain asked Sölderling to temporarily live in a mansion not far from the Lord's Mansion, which was next to Knight Street, so that on the one hand, he was treated in accordance with his status as a high-ranking transcendent, and on the other hand, it was easy to monitor and control.

Even if he knew that this high-level ranger wouldn't make trouble, he had to make an example for the people below.

After sending Sölderlin away, Gawain returned to his study, only to find Amber standing in the doorway waiting for him.

"You're still guarding the door?" Gawain was stunned for a moment after seeing this half-elf, "Why are you so obedient today?" ”

"Look at the door, your eldest granddaughter and that electric man are waiting for you inside," Amber rolled her eyes, "they came here as soon as you left, and they have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

"Hetty and Kamel?" Gao Wen frowned, "Then you don't have to stand at the door, they won't let you in." ”

"Don't mention it, the two of them were excited about a rock inside, chattering like a nervous breakdown, and I was drinking tea next to me, and they both had to pull me to tell me what the dispersion of the magic field was—I might as well come out and wait for you," Amber waved her hand complainingly, "You can go in and have a look, I'll take a look at Anton and the bastards' training." ”

With such a sentence, Amber disappeared into the corridor with a shadow step, not even giving Gawain a chance to reply.

Gawain watched Amber disappear into thin air, shook his head inexplicably, and reached out to push open the door to the study.

Then he saw Hetty and Kamel, who were eagerly discussing the issue, and the so-called "stone" that was placed in the open space in the center of the study.

Amber's ability to describe, obviously, is problematic - it's not a stone, it's clearly a new and complex magic device!

"Ancestor!" "Lord!"

As soon as Gawain pushed the door in, Herty and Kamal, who were discussing a technical issue in the room, immediately raised their heads, and then said together: "Look at this!" "An incredible feature!"

"Wait a minute, you two calm down first," Gawain knew what the state of the researcher would be once he had the results, but he had to let Hetty and Kamel calm down first and explain the situation to himself, "Hetty, you say, what is this?" ”

He pointed to the device in the clearing, the main body of which was a crystal about a meter high, cut into an approximate obelisk, with a deep blue-purple luster, and the crystal itself was mounted on a silvery-white metal base, which was roughly triangular, with the center rising upwards and holding the crystal body steadily, and on its surface a large number of magic patterns and reserved fixing bolt interfaces, it was obvious that it could be fixed on some kind of plane, and on top of the crystal, there is also a smaller metal device, which looks like a miniature version of the base, and the magic patterns engraved on its surface can also be seen.

It's amazing at first sight.

"Its main body is a purified and reforged Holm Crystal," Hetty said excitedly, with a glow on her face, "and this device will solve the problem of the energy delivery of the magic net - it can spread the magic power to a considerable distance in the form of a magic field!" ”