Chapter 214: Let's Make an Exhibition
Although the entire city of Taven had "stood up" once, the puppet was in the same position when it sat back down, so the secret passage used for escape was not cut off from the middle, but only mixed in with a lot of dirt and gravel. When Octavir saw the fault that had been forcibly torn off and joined by brute force, he knew very well what this place was and what it meant to go any further.
Crossing this fault, Nangong Rong is equivalent to completely leaving the scope of Taven City, in other words, it is completely out of the control of the empire, even if the city finds out that the boy and the others have left using the tunnel, it is too late to start the pursuit now.
But Her Royal Highness the eldest princess still decided to continue what she was doing at the moment - to lead the way for Nangong Rong and Lin Weiyin so that the two of them would not get lost in front of the fork in the road that was deliberately built to confuse the pursuers - she believed that her judgment should not be wrong, and she would definitely get the other party's reward tomorrow for helping the boy today, although the girl didn't know how much this reward was.
However, Octavir knew Nangong Rong's character, and that was enough.
No one said anything about the fault, and it was quickly left behind by everyone. After that, more than ten minutes passed, and the eldest princess and the others finally arrived at the end of the passage, climbed up a ladder, lifted the lid on the top, and came to the ground.
"This is a small forest far away from Taven City, and it is very secretive, so you don't have to worry about being discovered by the abyss. Octavir took a big breath of fresh air as she said to the two brothers and sisters who had just climbed out, "I'd like to point out where the path from Mangrove Ridge to Echo Canyon is, but I don't think you need it, and you'll probably fly back directly." β
Nangong Rong looked at the eldest princess for a long time with a complicated expression on his face, and finally held back a "thank you".
Seeing this, the girl couldn't help but shrug her shoulders at the boy indifferently: "I know what you're thinking. Don't worry, even if you owe me a favor this time, I will naturally come back to you with interest when I need help next time. β
"If that's the case, then I really don't need to have any psychological burden. Nangong Rong couldn't help but scratch his scalp and felt a little crying and laughing, "What a surprise, I thought you would raise your hands to support the empire's actions against us and even participate in it yourself, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was you who saved us." β
The embarrassment on Octavier's face was fleeting, and the girl turned her head to look at Taven City, who was not visible from this position in the distance, and muttered to herself, "If there is only one Razfeld plane, then I would indeed be happy to join in today's operation, even if I ...... Ahem, nothing. However, now that I have seen the existence of the abyss, and through the communication with Lin Weiyin and other visitors from another world, I have learned how terrifying the abyss is, this is not a matter of one country in the empire, nor is it a matter of one world, it is related to all the planes near us, and I naturally have to reconsider this. β
So the boy knew that the eldest princess's thinking had begun to change somewhat, but he didn't know exactly what it was, but it was a good thing.
"It's great that Octavir thinks so, and of course it would be even better if you could get others to think the same way, so that after paying off the favor I owe today, I will consider working with the Empire on this part of the Abyss. Nangong Rong said and took the initiative to spread his hands and put on a helpless look, looking a little underwhelmed, "I know, even if I gather all my compatriots and send them to Weiyin to settle down, there is no development in the past ten or twenty years, and it is not even a small force to talk about cooperation." But I guess it's not them that you really need, and I'm enough to be willing to work with you. β
The young man's answer did not surprise the eldest princess at all, even if the empire suddenly stabbed him in the back today, as long as he did not cause any profound damage, then in order to defeat the abyss boy, he would put on a smiling face and cooperate with the empire in the future - Nangong Rong was such a person, Octavir knew this very well.
It's a pity that it seems that it was too late to get to know the boy, otherwise the girl would have had many chances to reverse his bad impression of the empire and leave it behind, instead of having to part ways just to seek the possibility of cooperation between the two sides in the future, as is the case now.
In addition, there is an indescribable feeling about Nangong Rong Octavier, she doesn't know if it's the so-called liking. The eldest princess only knew that she was quite relaxed when she got along with the teenager, and the other party would not treat the girl as the eldest princess and behave respectfully, and she herself would not care about identity and etiquette at all, which the girl could not experience from even the so-called friends around her.
And now the boy is leaving, and he is still away for a long time, and the girl can't even keep him and has to take the initiative to send him away, and she suddenly feels a little reluctant in her heart.
Maybe if he had been better at the beginning and had been objective in matters related to the Han people, maybe it wouldn't have become what it is now.
Thinking of this, Octavier couldn't help but stretch out her right hand to Nangong Rong: "That's what I said." Then take care, don't lose your life before we need your help. Besides, the plane teleportation technology is in your hands and the Empire does not, so what should I do if I want to contact you?"
Lin Weiyin, who seemed to be idle next to her, interjected very casually: "How about leaving it to the group of bigwigs in the alliance to deal with, anyway, they must have equipment that can carry out cross-plane contact, otherwise how to ask for reinforcements from the rear in case of trouble?"
So this is not a problem, the shopkeeper can't just bring a communicator, Nangong Rong only needs to give the other party's spare [borrow] over to the eldest princess. As for when it will be returned to its original owner, well, this is a bit uncertain.
"I'll ask them to borrow one. Nangong Rong grabbed Octavier's outstretched right hand and nodded to her, "Go back, Old Man Longsuo must have been in a hurry after discovering that you were missing." β
"No, Ernie sauce, I think it's more likely that the old man thinks you've kidnapped the eldest princess and is blowing his beard and glaring angrily. β
The little girl's ridicule made the two of them immediately withdraw the hands they were holding each other together, and the situation looked extremely funny and ...... Blind dog's eyes in an alternative sense?
Because Nangong Rong and Octavier, who were the main owners, bowed their heads and were silent for several seconds without speaking, and it seemed that they never intended to speak, just standing there stupidly like statues, Lin Weiyin finally had to take the initiative to break the silence: "Okay, okay, even if I obey you, any little joke can be turned into a stuffy can." Since it's not elopement, can we say goodbye? There are still many places in Mangrove Ridge occupied by monsters in the abyss, and there are still a large number of Han prisoners of war waiting to regain their freedom, and there is no time for you two to snuggle here!"
After being slapped by his cheap sister, the young man finally coughed and put on a serious expression and looked at Her Royal Highness the eldest princess again: "Uh, what's that." We'll go first, if there's anything you can do for Nakiris, or let her deliver the letter, you don't have to risk it yourself. β
The adventure here does not mean that the girl will be attacked when she approaches the camp, but that it will cause her political problems. Octavir naturally understood, smiled and waved his hand to signal that the other party didn't need to worry: "I'm definitely not going to go, because someone will definitely be watching you around when I go back." Be careful on the road, we'll see you later when we have the chance. β
After the two sides said goodbye, Lin Weiyin quickly took Nangong Rong and flew into the sky under the gaze of the eldest princess gently shaking her arms, and it didn't take long for them to see each other clearly.
Rog had apparently left the area entirely, as the boy had spotted a group of flying transformed monsters diagonally below, and the other party had apparently spotted them, but instead did not react, and instead lowered their altitude and threw themselves on the groundβthere was a herd of hapless deer surrounded by abyssal monsters running on the ground, presumably preparing for a feast.
Two humans flying extremely fast and a group of winged deer, the flying monster chose the latter without hesitation.
"If the abyss in Mangrove Ridge is full of this kind of reaction and performance, Octavir and the others should be able to counterattack and regain their lost ground. Nangong Rong looked at the group of monsters who didn't even pay attention to him, and suddenly sighed sincerely, "But how to remove the erosion of the abyss energy on the environment is another matter, I hope Matthias can find a way." β
If you don't pass on Lin Weiyin's hometown's experience in fighting against the erosion of the abyss, there is actually Nangong Rong's selfishness, after all, if the erosion can keep the empire busy for a while, Dresspel's side will be much easier.
Seeing this, the cheap sister couldn't help but pout: "If you are so concerned about her and feel reluctant, why didn't you just try to take her forcibly, there is nothing wrong with directly making a real elopement, maybe she will nod and agree after struggling twice? I think you both have a little meaning to each other, but neither of you showed it." β
"Oh, the goddess is above, if I really try to use force on her, I'm afraid I'll be beaten into a panda's eye by this time. Thinking about what the eldest princess did to me before, it is not difficult to see that she will always consider the interests of the empire first no matter what circumstances, how could she leave the empire in a critical period and run away with me in a critical period that is about to clean up the mess and restore her power and dominate the world?"
Lin Weiyin completely defeated her brother-in-law with a sentence that was neither salty nor light: "That's because you don't have enough favorability on her!"
"I always feel like there's something wrong, but there's nothing to refute......"
The embarrassed boy grunted indiscriminately and then fell completely silent, looking down at Mangrove Ridge getting farther and farther away, until at last only a small patch of red hung on the edge of the horizon.
Just when Nangong Rong was thinking that the ghost place of Mangrove Ridge would never go again in the future, his watch screen suddenly lit up, and the cute blonde little Lori image of the system suddenly appeared in front of the young man, and she was still dancing and making a rather exaggerated shape and movement.
"Nana, just now the system received a special message from Zhou Yishaonian and others, saying that Rogge has left the Razfield plane. β
This was probably the best news the boy had heard in recent times, and after he and his sister looked at each other, the two of them invariably changed their expressions of happiness and relieved.
Only by really facing those out-of-specification existences can you know how powerful the other party is, and what kind of gap between his ant-like strength and him, it is definitely not an enemy that can be fought by numbers, fortunately the shopkeeper followed in time, otherwise the battle in Taven City would have been another ending at this time.
However, the system has not finished talking about it all: "There is also bad news, Rogge did not directly return to the Birjad plane of the abyss as a frontline fortress, but took some of the monsters transformed into artificial monsters through the alliance to another nearby plane. Since the alliance was blind to the situation in this area, and they didn't know what the other party wanted to do when they went there, Zhou Yi and they could only choose to follow Rogge for the sake of safety. In other words, there is no way to achieve your plan to use the Alliance's fox and tiger power, and you will have to rely on yourself if the Empire launches an attack on the camp. β
The golden cat's words made Nangong Rong frown, the young man knew very well that in the absence of threats from alliances, abysses, and rebel lords, the empire had almost an eighty percent chance of choosing to attack the camp, and it was even possible to set up checkpoints everywhere on the road to Delimpel to prevent the Han people from gathering towards Delimpel.
After all, they are only facing a group of refugees and not some serious national power, and there is no need to maintain any gentlemanly demeanor and slowly play diplomacy with the other party. What's more, one of the most favorite things to do in the upper echelons of the empire is to crush their opponents with absolute strength, and then trample their feet into the mud with their mouths that constantly curse and curse.
Fortunately, Lin Weiyin spoke in time and gave the boy an idea: "It doesn't matter, we can pretend that the alliance is still here to support Ernie sauce." β
The system tilted her little head in confusion: "Can this kind of thing also be faked?"
"Why not, anyway, no one, including the eldest princess, has seen the alliance's troops and equipment, and they have also not seen our troops and equipment, how can they identify it?"
"That's true, but you can't let people send a few old-fashioned antique tanks that break down frequently within three miles to do the faΓ§ade work, right? Your army over there is basically a virtual situation, and no one will believe it, and it is impossible for the navy warships, which can make the hillbilly who are still using coal-fired ironclad ships, stunned, run ashore, and can't do it. β
"So, why don't we put the battleship on display in the lake near the camp?"