Looking at the red vein on the map, Alan couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info It is clear that the Thlean offensive was purposeful, and the immediate consequence of Frankenstein's accession was the appearance of steam warships. As long as there are warships, metal mines are needed, so this vein has become the target of public criticism at this time.

"It's troublesome!" Alan frowned, there was no better way for a while, he looked at the two Mellies and said, "I think General Benson has already passed on all the information I found to the various forward positions." The Thleans have been lurking for a long time, and they hide their strength in order to potentially deliver a fatal blow to us, and this rare vein is likely to be their most important target. So, is there a way to bring in more people to guard here? ”

Jerry looked at Alan with a wry smile, and then said helplessly: "Actually, we have applied to the above many times. We didn't really pay much attention to the veins when they first discovered them, but as time went on, the Thleans attacked more and more frequently. But the pressure on the frontal battlefield is too great, except for St. Athos and the Twilight Empire, which can barely hold on. The Republic of Stebon has lost a main city, and the situation is extremely dire. The Empire of St. Athos and the Twilight Empire have long since run out of distractions, so we can't find any more manpower. ”

"Actually, I have a question, why don't you recruit more soldiers into the extraterritorial battlefield? And I've also seen a lot of soldiers around level 10 here, why don't we increase the number of these soldiers, although their individual strength is weak, but if the number reaches a certain level, in conjunction with long-range alchemy weapons, the power will definitely not be weak. Alan asked a question that had puzzled him for a long time, in the Inquisition, only the sixteenth-level powerhouses would be thrown into the extraterritorial battlefield, and others would be absolutely forbidden to enter unless they were too talented or had special reasons, such as Fasqi and Selena.

"We naturally understand this truth, but the three kingdoms have to suffer." Merry explained, "The three empires all have their own internal affairs to deal with, such as the civil strife in the Republic of Stibun, which is already well known. If too many ordinary soldiers are invested, then the order in the country will be tested. At the same time, there is also the most serious problem, the investment in all facilities and equipment in the extraterritorial battlefield is several times or even more than ten times higher than in the country. ”

Merry pointed to the plains as far as the eye could see, and said, "Here, the living conditions are poor, and the funds for maintaining the war alone are worth hundreds of millions. The consumption of the strong is still somewhat unsustainable, and if a large number of ordinary soldiers are invested, our pressure will be even greater. So you see, most of the soldiers who come here below level 10 are logistics jobs. Very few are able to participate in head-on battles, and those who can participate in battles have a minimum level of thirteen. ”

Alan nodded, the attrition of war is indeed the most terrifying, not to mention that this war has lasted for at least a thousand years. It is already a miracle that the three major countries have not been dragged down, just like the weakest country like the Republic of Stebon, which has shown fatigue, and the results of the last hundred years can be seen that the republic has gradually become unable to support it.

"How many people are guarding this vein now?" Alan continued.

"Now there's a squad guarding it, led by a fifteenth-level mechanical controller. Most of the people who traveled with him were from the Saint-Athos Empire, after all, they were the ones who cared the most about this vein, a total of thirteen people. The veins have entered the mining stage, and their main task is to handle the entrance to the mine, which naturally contains ordinary workers and mining machines. Our entrance is very hidden, and it should not be noticed for a moment, but the Thleans have been attacking very frequently in recent times, and General Hamilton guesses that the Thleans should have some information about the ore vein, but it has not yet been finalized, so they are trying to attack, if possible, to force us to give up the entire ore vein. ”

Alan rubbed his temples vigorously: "It seems that the commander of this forward position is not easy to be." ”

Melly smiled and said, "If that's not the case, then not everyone is vying to be this commander." You know, the commander's military merits are more than three times that of the average strong. Moreover, after a certain period of time, the coalition forces will also issue fixed military merit rewards to commanders. These are not available to the average person. ”

"Then I've picked up a big bargain." Alan said with a smile.

"It's not cheap, after all, if there is anything wrong in the forward position during your time as commander, you will still be punished."

"Okay, okay, it's useless to talk about this now, let's discuss the next step. If the centaur warriors attack again, how can we resist it? Alan asked, looking at Jerry.

"At present, the garrison in Position 363 is seriously insufficient. When General Hamilton was around, his summoning beasts could be seen as an extremely important force, and after his departure this time, it was up to you to fill the void in this area. I've seen your fighting style, which is very different from General Hamilton's, you are strong in terms of individual combat power, but you are limited in what you can do to contain the enemy in a frontal battle. After all, the summoner's Warcraft can be regarded as a strong man, and a summoner is enough to be worth an army. So our defensive strategy should change now! ”

Jerry looked at Allen with a serious look: "If we blindly defend, we are likely to fall into passivity, and without the containment of General Hamilton, the pressure on our defense will be very great." So, my advice is, take the initiative! Place the battlefield on an open plain and get out in time the way you fight. ”

Alan pondered for a moment and couldn't help but nodded: "You mean to let me hunt the Thles alone?" It's a good idea. If we can reduce their number as much as possible and weaken the high-end combat power, the pressure on our positional defense will indeed be reduced a lot. And, for now, it should be the best thing to do. ”

Alan looked at the map, then inquired in detail about the location of the Thleans and marked them. Melly on the side frowned and asked, "Do you really plan to go alone?" It's dangerous. ”

"It's dangerous for everyone else, but I have a lot of ways to save my life. At least with my current defense, I can withstand most of the damage. Coupled with my ability to fly, I can cut in and out of the battlefield in an instant, and as long as I'm careful enough not to get besieged, the odds of success increase dramatically. I'll set out at once, and I'll go around the territory of the Thleans and see if there's anything to be gained! ”

Without waiting for Merry's persuasion, Alan set out and rushed out towards the territory of the Zeles.

"This ...... Some are too anxious, right? Jerry just made a suggestion, but Alan not only accepted it, but also said to leave. Jerry was also worried that Alan would doubt his motives, after all, going into the desolate plains alone to hunt the Thyrians was tantamount to death from any point of view. It's just that in Jerry's opinion, Alan has unique physical fitness and ability, and he is the best candidate for this hunt.

He never expected that Alan would agree so happily!

"Of course he's anxious, this guy has an urgent need for military merit, and he wants to get that hellfire!" Of course, Melly understands Allen's thoughts, and through the conversation just now, he already knows that Allen has a strong interest in mechas, especially after he introduced Hellfire, Allen's eyes have begun to glow, so what Allen wants most at this moment is military merit.

"Hellfire is a good thing, but the intentions of the people of St. Athos are obvious, and if Eren is absorbed by St. Athos for the sake of Hellfire, it will be a big problem." Jerry said with a frown.

"Uncle Jerry, what do you mean?"

"Although our three kingdoms have always been external, they are also in competition with each other. If Allen is pushed to St. Athos, it will not be a good thing for us in the Twilight Empire. Jerry pulled a chair and sat down, then looked at Melly, "St. Athos has suppressed us in terms of national power, and Aren should see his potential, not to mention that he is also the heir to the throne of judgment." Although the Republic of Stebon is the weakest, it has the ownership of the Judgment Throne, and once Alan inherits the Judgment Throne, then he will be the leader of all the Judgment powerhouses, what kind of power will that be? Have you thought about it? ”

Melly sat down slowly, then poured herself a glass of water: "So, what do you mean?" ”

"General Hamilton left me a piece of secret information when he left, saying that it was specially for you." Jerry stretched out his right hand as he spoke, and a purple ball of energy the size of a fingernail flew out before Melly's eyes. Feeling the familiar arcane energy inside the energy ball, Merry's slender index finger directly broke the arcane energy ball.

A series of secret energy formed a special symbol into Mei Li's forehead, Mei Li's expression changed from initial solemnity to shock, and finally stood up and hurriedly knocked the water glass on the table down. The fragile glass shattered on the ground.

Jerry saw Melly's reaction but didn't know what to say, and he eventually stood up and exited the command post.

As for Jerry's departure, Melly suddenly did not know, and she sat down in a decadent manner, but her fair face was unusually white.

"Father, do you have to do this for the sake of the royal family to which you are allegiant?" Melly muttered to herself, tears already welling up in her eyes......

Alan took advantage of the night to go deep into the desolate plain, he unfolded the alchemy map, looked at the target location that was getting closer and closer, and began to gradually slow down his speed, with his previous exploration experience, Allen's insight into the world was staring at the ground all the time. His gaze has a powerful piercing ability, and he has an unobstructed view of what is going on underground.

Sure enough, just as he expected, as he approached the Thlean gathering place, Alan discovered an anomaly underground. Inside the huge underground pit are rows of life capsules, and dense metal wires can be seen covering almost every corner of the life module. And inside the life cabin are the Thles warriors, and in several of the large life cabins, there are even centaur warriors.

Eren felt his head grow for a while, and the last thing he wanted to provoke right now was these centaur warriors. One is good to say, if the two appear at the same time, Alan will only have to escape. He crouched on the cracked earth, his eyes penetrated the dirt and searched carefully in the underground cavern, Alan suddenly had a bold idea, now these centaur warriors look unusually quiet, if Alan gives these guys a hard time at this time, will he directly wipe out these centaur warriors?

Alan pondered the feasibility of this plan, and his eyes began to search for the entrance to the underground cavern. Eventually, his gaze was fixed on the distance, and then Alan got up and walked cautiously over.

The entrance to the underground cavern is an iron door hidden by dirt. Perhaps due to the danger of being discovered, the iron gate was buried dozens of meters underground, and if you want to enter the underground cave, you have to dig like a marmot to dig through it.

Fortunately, Allen's physical strength is amazing, and the whole person instantly turned into an excavator, and he dug until he was outside the iron gate.

Alan looked at the iron door under his feet, but found that it was not as simple as he thought, this iron door was set up with multiple protective measures, the most important of which was an electronic lock in the middle. Several wires can be seen spreading out from the electronic lock, drilling into the door frame of the iron door, as long as the iron door is opened in the wrong way, the electronic lock will warn, you can imagine the horror of the underground Thles after being woken up.

Alan looked up with some annoyance and looked at a passage that had been dug up by himself. Now that he was a little reluctant to return, Alan began to use his insight into the world to explore the electronic lock on the iron door. The most powerful thing about insight into the world is its powerful ability to parse, and the structure of the electronic lock happens to be something that can be parsed. Alan was shocked and began to analyze quickly.

Taking advantage of the gap between the insight into the world and the analysis of the electronic lock, Alan began to remove some of the defensive measures on the iron door one by one, compared with the electronic lock, these defensive measures are a little insufficient, so they were easily disassembled by Allen.

Ten minutes later, the analysis of the electronic lock was finally completed, and Alan excitedly opened the electronic lock, and then slowly pushed open the iron door.

The entrance is a long and narrow road, with a diameter of five meters, and the road is unusually smooth, and the traces of artificial repair can be clearly seen.

Eren used his flying ability to enter the corridor, and then began to fly inward along the corridor!

"Success or failure is here, if you can really end this nest, then the days will be much more leisurely." Alan thought to himself, so he mustered up his spirit and began to fly into the deepest part of the tunnel......