In the secret room of the castle of the Holy Light, the trio of Bellino, Truk, and Federik looked at each other speechlessly, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Federico broke the silence: "We can't provoke the paladins anymore, Cheyenne is too powerful, unless there are more than three legends coming over, we can only pretend that nothing happened." ”

"Nothing happened?The mine next to the castle was burned to the ground, and it would take at least a month to recover, and the mine used to deal with Cheyenne was also destroyed by him!"

Truk said with a gloomy face: "Now it's not a question of whether something happens, it's a question of what we have to do." ”

"But what do we have?"

Federico had been a bystander before, and he gushed endlessly: "Don't count on His Royal Highness the Prince's side, a bunch of scum mercenaries, and he can't even count on protecting the castle." What about Truk, the troops of the two-kilogram Divine Tinkster Division are all guys who usually do things in the kingdom, they must always be complaining about the treatment, right? ”

"The paladins sent by Erika are also of similar virtue, and before they arrive, they will have to move the people from the branch out of the barracks, or build them a better barracks......

Truk's face was a little unbearable: "I will teach them a lesson! I will let them know that coming here is not a tour, it is a battle, and it is to complete a mission!"

"I hope so", Feder spread his hands: "In short, the current situation is that with our strength, we dare not touch Xia Andia, and on Prell's side, we don't have the strength to touch, what can we do?"

Belino suddenly said, "We still have a mine!"

"But that's more than ten kilometers away! It's farther than the mine against Cheyenne!"

Truk said angrily: "As soon as we move, the paladins will come to smash the mines, and Prell will come to save the slaves, don't think about mining there in peace!"

"No!"

Belino said with a solemn face: "Think about it carefully, who is preventing us from mining the corpse of Rose God?"

"Holy ......, of course"

Truk frowned before he finished speaking, this is indeed a question worth pondering.

"Holy Warrior? No, wasn't it good for the Holy Warrior to be there before?"

Federico said: "The most you can do is to block the road and check it, and let go of the slaves who have not gone through the legal procedures." ”

Truk nodded solemnly: "Yes, it's Prell! After he came, he first grabbed the slaves, and then made the illusion of "Exploration of the Holy Light Castle", and those holy warriors must have been instigated by the illusion!"

At this time, Belino's thoughts were full of thoughts: "That's right, he is a mortal enemy with us, but his strength is not enough to capture our Holy Light Castle, so he will attack our industry, and we will not be able to stay in the Divine Fall Plateau and retreat by ourselves." ”

"Think of Cheyenne's warning to us, we were mining the corpses and he ignored them. I think that warning us is telling us that as long as we don't mess with him and Cheandia, he will also restrain the paladins from caring about us. ”

"In that case, we just need to concentrate on Prell. ”

Federik sighed: "The problem is coming back around, we don't have the strength to solve Prell and his legion. ”

"Why did it have to target his legion?"

Belino asked, "Truk, I remember that Oka promised you that as long as there is a feasible plan, they will send the legend over to help deal with Prell?"

Truk nodded: "That's right, the problem is that you have to plan well and be sure enough, you don't want the legend to rush to his territory and risk great danger to kill him." ”

"No, you don't need to go to his territory, didn't I just say that we still have a mine. ”

Bellino's eyes flashed with wisdom: "I have a bold idea......"

Truk shuddered: "I remember what you said! That's what you said when you came up with the idea of sending slaves to Xia Andia and letting the paladins provoke Prell!"

"Listen to your Highness's thoughts," Federico said, "we don't have any ideas anyway." ”

When Belino finished speaking, Truk was frowning and pondering, and Federico praised it heartily: "This is indeed a bold idea. ”

..................

"Richie, do you want to be a paladin too?

In Beta City, in the near-finished central square, Karin lazily mocks Richie.

"Do you remember how you were thrown by that Nama before? Come, let me fall twice and you'll know if I can be a paladin. ”

Li Qi jumped with Bruce Lee's steps, and the belt around his waist was the belt that Cheyenne gave him.

Karin also took the most serious contempt: "Hey, that's a very professional physical technique, and the physical skills of the holy warrior are at the same level as that of the warrior monk." Do you want to throw me? Did you fall off the floating ship and break your brain?"

Clicking and gnawing off the bamboo shoots, she stretched out her arms and kicked her legs and shook her neck: "Come on, come! I'm trying to crush people!"

Then she stared at something, hesitating, "Did you get some weird thing and want to experiment on me?"

The round Youzan hurriedly pretended to be a robot: "It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with ......"

"It's an experiment, but it's not a strange thing," Richie patted his belt, "Master Fighter's belt, a gift from Cheyenne, it's a good thing." ”

Karin was stunned: "Fighting Master Belt, a magical artifact that can make people master all kinds of fists, kicks, and weapon skills without a teacher?"

The popularity of this thing is really not low, even Queen Tinneway, who has shrunk to a half-plane, knows it.

"That's just a rumor," Yuzan corrected, "First of all, it's not self-taught, it's a teacher." It will tell you how to move your hands and feet, but you have to direct your body to keep up with it, and you still have to do long-term exercises to reach a level of proficiency. Secondly, it is not a skill that can be used, it will only be the skill of those who have used it. ”

"I see......"

Karin nodded and said, "But Richie, you haven't exercised yet, so you want to find a bargain on me." Do you think you're talented, or do you think Cheyenne's skills are so good that they're more than enough to deal with me?"

Richie compared Bruce Lee's signature starting style and beckoned: "I just think that when Nama threw you, she fully exposed your clumsy and slow shortcomings." ”

In the midst of the howl, the two tall black-backed white wolves appeared.

"You say to a wolf that you are clumsy and slow?Human, your arrogance has made me fully understand what it means to have a thousand wonders in the world. ”

The giant wolf Karin's cold eyes stared at Li Qi, and said very forceful words, but unfortunately because his eyes were a little right, there was no deterrence.

Li Qi slapped his belt, screamed, and pounced on the giant wolf.

Crackling......

Boom Boom Knock Knock......

After a while, the smoke and dust in the square dispersed, Li Qi was pressed to the ground by the head of the giant wolf and couldn't move, Li Qi held the wolf's neck between his legs, and held the wolf's mouth with both hands, and he couldn't hold on to each other.

"You throw in the towel!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

The white light flashed, and the giant wolf turned back into a human form, lifted Li Qi's arm, twisted his waist, gave him a spin backflip, and then turned around and straddled his waist.

Karin smirked, "This is your physical skills?"

Li Qi struggled hard, still stiff-mouthed: "Why not, judo!"

The two of them had their bodies up and down, and Yuzan finally couldn't help but say, "Don't you notice that your posture is terrible now? I'm still a minor...... No, underage ghosts!"

Boom......

Karin turned into a giant wolf again, whipped Yuzan with one tail, and walked away with a triumphant stride.

"No, I can't keep up with ...... at all"

Richie rubbed his waist and got up, complaining to Yuzan, who was rolling over.

"I just said, you have to focus on training for a while, the belt is just a hint for your mind, and it doesn't directly command your body," Yuzan said. ”

Li Qi scratched his head and said, "I think it's better to leave it to Elle or Tina to use it well, they will have some skills." Wouldn't you be able to analyze the flow of mana more quickly and figure out how this thing works?"

The magic of this thing is not its function, but that it doesn't need to convert the device, and it can be activated directly with the crimson divine power, which makes Youzan amazed and asked Karin to practice.

"The condition of your soul and body can be obtained in the Crimson Divine Constellation with the most primitive and accurate data, but the witch can't. ”

Yuzan's answer made Li Qi frown, this guy often typed on the keyboard in the Crimson Throne, could it be that he was fiddling with his own data?

"And the path of the holy warrior's power is also worth learning, not only can you control the divine power more finely, but also allow the body and weapons to play a greater role, saving the consumption of divine power. ”

You Zan is right, although he fights head-on and fights with strength, and he doesn't need any skills, but he can control his divine power finely, and the benefits are many.

Litchie said, "Well, I'll take an hour a day to practice ...... in the future"

Yu Zan picked up: "National art!"

"Are you looking at the dragon snake or something again?"

Li Qi said angrily, "Didn't you say that you can get rid of the Epsilon and Beta City's Ethereal Spirit Center in a few days?"

"Don't worry, it's actually done, and it still needs a few days to do debugging", this guy really has free time.

Li Qi didn't have much to spare, and was about to go back to the office to continue tinkering with the economic system planning, when the beep boy rang.

His face changed as soon as he heard it, which was really rare.

In the communication room of Alpha Castle, Li Qi bowed his head respectfully: "Your Majesty......"

It was Theresia looking for him.

The queen frowned slightly, raised her eyebrows, the corners of her mouth were calm, and her whole person exuded a sharp aura, as if she had just come down from the battlefield. In a trance, Li Qi actually gave birth to a sense of strangeness.

The queen's tone was not very friendly: "Richie, you are really making a lot of noise on the Divine Fall Plateau. ”

Li Qi suddenly woke up to the fact that the mirage of "Exploration of the Holy Light Castle" should be known to the entire Finn.

"We're also using weapons imbued with corrupted powers, and your vision has revealed the ugly face of the Loyal Divine Court, but we've also been affected. ”

The queen rubbed her brows and said, "In the past few days, druids, paladins, and other people with an excess sense of justice have been sending pressure to me through various channels, asking us to clarify how such weapons came from, and whether they are also mining the fragments of divine corpses with living people. ”

It's another pass, and it's an opportunity, Richie said to himself.

He straightened his face and said in a sincere tone: "Your Majesty, I want to state my point of view, I am firmly against the weaponization of corrupt divine power, and I don't think it's necessary. The Quadruple Rate Magic Cannon has already begun to be mass-produced, and the Ninefold Magic Cannon is about to be mass-produced, and we will soon have a large number of weapons that break the protective barrier, so why use such a controversial and indeed evil weapon?"

"Evil ......"

Theresia asked rhetorically, "Isn't it evil to lie? But don't you still use it in the propaganda of the incident in White Jade City? What do you say? The war we are fighting is a war of life and death, as long as you can win, all means can be used, right? Why are your standards different when it comes to corrupting divine power?"

Li Qi sighed: "Your Majesty, our war is your life and death, not everyone's death. Using corrupt divine power as a weapon is the same as driving the undead to fight, it is the path to the destruction of the world, and in Conrad City, there was His Majesty the King......"

At this he coughed and said no more, and Theresia's body trembled, her eyes twinkling, and she opened her mouth, but turned into a long sigh.

The two were relatively silent for a while, Theresia's face softened, and she smiled bitterly: "Then what's the solution, your magic guide cannon is indeed of great help, but the power of Erxiang is getting stronger and stronger, and the accumulation of thousands of years is indeed not to be underestimated." And the people of the fragrance are also using it, we don't use it, isn't this self-restraint?"

Li Qi asked, "Is it hard for Your Majesty to fight over there?"

He has been paying attention to the war in the north, but he only looks at the general situation and does not pay attention to the details. Looking at Theresia like this, although it is not to the point of being very annoyed, the pressure is also high enough.

"Everika has mobilized several countries north of Valentine, and there has even been a large-scale army of ice dwarves. Although we are still advancing, the plan to besiege the Valentine Cathedral within this year has been frustrated, and the casualties are still very high. ”

"Sylvie is also struggling, the three countries don't have much strength left, and they all rely on our legions to support them. I organized four more legions in the rear to support her, and so far I have only stopped the orc offensive. ”

Theresia bit her lip: "From the Tangus Conference to the present, more than 20,000 people have been killed on our side, and twice as many people have withdrawn from the battlefield because of the disabled. If we continue to fight, I don't dare to think how many more people will die, but we have to fight, so ...... I think it's always good to have fewer deaths. ”

"But that is not a reason to open the gates of hell," said Rich, "and do you remember your Majesty's proposal at the Tangus? ”

"At this time, we are faced with two choices, one is to quench our thirst, which means that in order to solve the current trouble, we do not care about the inevitable outcome of death in the future. The other is to break certain shackles and inspire greater strength, so that more people and more resources can join this war......"

Theresia had a smile on her lips, a knowing smile.

She shook her head and said, "Richie, are you selling your set of things again? In my opinion, your so-called other choice is also to quench your thirst." Even if the undead disaster swept Finn, or the dark elves or even demons invaded, they could not compare to the evil consequences after the collapse of order. It was the loss of the human heart, the collapse of faith. ”

It was the last time I tried, really, and it still failed.

Li Qi sighed and smiled again: "I don't mean to implement it all, but I don't think some of these details will not destroy the existing order, but also help us gather forces more efficiently, such as the establishment of a unified communication network as I mentioned." ”

Theresia thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "If it's just this, it's not that it can't be done." ”

She sighed again: "But this is indirect after all, and I need direct and effective power now. ”

The queen's tone became powerful: "I also know your position, and I didn't force you to mine the corpse of Rose on the Godfall Plateau for me. But you can't continue to drag our feet on this matter, and I don't want to hear all the talk and visions about Rose's corpse spread from you, you understand?"

Li Qi dared to say no, so he had to nod honestly.

The queen added, "Very well, Richie, I know that you only need to request, not command." ”

This is a warning!

At the end of the communication, Li Qi took a few turns in the communication room, and secretly said that it was not good.

Theresia's side, with heavy casualties and slow progress, seems to have entered the stage of mutual attrition with Erka.

Compared with the resources accumulated by Erika for thousands of years, although Theresia has the Dawning Star certification and the alliance of many parties, it is still too far behind, so she has the idea of weaponizing corrupt divine power.

If this momentum continues to develop, it will deviate from the direction of the popularization of extraordinary power that he hopes to promote, and then the two sides will really have a situation of spraying each other with corrupt gas.

What should I do......

On the one hand, it is necessary to speed up the research of new magic weapons, and continue to improve the cost and performance of existing magic weapons.

On the other hand, the Rose Divine Corpse on the Divine Fall Plateau is currently the largest source of corrupt divine power on both sides, and if this source can be cut off, it can at least temporarily curb both sides from continuing to climb this crooked technology tree.

Li Qi returned to Beta City with a heavy heart, and at this time, the Circle Hook came to report the latest information on the Holy Light Castle.

"They're going to mine the corpse of Rose at another mine?"

Li Qi sneered, it seemed that he had to give the Holy Light Castle a heavy blow, completely cutting off their thoughts of mining Rose's corpse.

Round Hook quickly added: "It's a trap. ”

Hey, another trap? Is it ......

Round Hook nodded: "It's the news that the halfling got again." ”