In a Gothic castle in the north of Midnight City, Victor stood in his classical-style office, looked at the intercom in his hand for a long time, then pressed the mute button, and said with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect him to know so soon.|/\/\|"

On the couch in the office, sat a woman who was already revealing her age. She was of medium build, wearing a tight-fitting combat suit, vital parts protected by thick, light, specially treated leather armor. In her body, which is definitely not burly, there is a turbulent aura of power.

At the corners of her cheeks and eyes, there were obvious signs of age, and a long scar on her neck extended to her face. The scars were apparently treated and appeared faint, but the medical techniques of the Sinking Blade did not seem to be up to the level of completely erasing the scars.

The woman reclined on the couch, her chin in her hand, and stared at the huge map hanging from the wall of Victor's office. The map depicts the western part of the Great Lakes and the surrounding areas in much more detail than the Suets, including cities, power distributions, dangerous organizations, resources, and trade routes. Her gaze was falling on 69. From this map, Midnight City is located in the northeast corner of the entire area, with 69 being closer to the center. Of course, to the north and northwest of 69, there are continuous uninhabited mountainous areas, which do not see any value, at least not marked on this map.

"With the level of technology shown by Su, it is not difficult to repair and activate the water treatment chip. We should have expected this a long time ago. The woman said this, her voice very hoarse.

"But he brought nuclear fuel with him! You know, without the main energy source, the water treatment unit of the ordinary base will not be able to start at all! Victor said with a wry smile.

"The problem is, we can't take care of those mutants!"

The woman pointed out the core of the problem sharply, which made Victor's face instantly pale, and he retorted with some confidence: "It's not that it can't be cleaned up, but the loss will be too great!" Wipe out that mutant tribe and we'll lose over 300 elite warriors......"

The woman interrupted him with a sneer: "The loss of 300 warriors means that we will be swallowed up by the Iron Gate or Klan City, so we still can't take care of those mutants!" I warned you a long time ago to expand your army as soon as possible. But what have you done in the past two years? You've only added less than 100 fighters to your establishment. ”

In his own domain, Victor's face immediately became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Our fighters are not armed mobs, as long as they are fed. They need salaries, weapons, training, and a lot of ability potions, and they're at our limit! Do you want the financial collapse of the Sinking Blade? ”

The woman waved her hand and said, "I don't understand this!" Okay, don't talk about such pointless things, what are we going to do now? Is it to find a way to control him? At least he doesn't have any foundation yet, only five people. ”

"Control zhì?" This time it was Victor's turn to sneer, "Do you think that with our strength, we can control Su?" An eighth-order capable person with four powerful followers? When we first fought in this area, who was able to surpass the fifth order? Now, do you think it's just the five of us who can defeat Sue together? ”

The woman was silent.

She is Lola in the Council of Five, and a terror warrior with a seventh-order strength bonus. On the battlefield, she is a fierce warrior, but she is inferior to her other four companions in politics, economy, and strategy. Lola also knows that when the ability exceeds the seventh order, the power will drop qualitatively, and generally speaking, it is difficult for the eighth-order ability to be piled up to death by the low-level ability. Although there will be exceptions to everything, exceptions are always associated with luck, and those who are not high-level enough in the occult will most likely not have exceptions with their own lucky abilities. So, from a capability point of view, there has never been an exception.

"Then what do you mean......" the woman asked.

"Cooperation!" Victor made up his mind and said it categorically: "Let's rule this area with Sue, and then try to see if we can cross those mountains and challenge the Ice Throne!" ”

"Ice Throne?!" Lola jumped up, stared at Victor, and said, "You must be crazy!" And we don't know if it still exists......"

Victor laughed and said, "Okay, don't be so nervous, I'm just talking." Even if we do find the Ice Throne, it's not up to us to attack. Alright, we've kept Sue waiting long enough. It was not a good idea to make a powerhouse of the eighth order ability wait. ”

Victor turned on the intercom again, but he didn't expect Sue to hang up, still waiting, which made him more afraid than happy.

For such a powerful eighth-order ability person to be so patient, it is either weak in heart or humble. Although he didn't see the report of the purge of mutants, Sue had fully demonstrated his strength in the battles of Marwofs and Hodel. Almost single-handedly, he managed to defeat two flawed bandits like a game. So Su can't be a liar who pretends to be powerful, then the rest may only be humility.

In this era, if a strong person can be humble, it means that he is confident that he can control a qiē, or that he is brewing some conspiracy. Either way, it's not something to be happy about.

Victor's cold sweat immediately fell.

But his voice was still a little fiery, and if you only listened to the voice, you would never imagine that the sweat had caused some gray hair to cling to Victor's forehead. After a short and brief conversation with Su, the result was reached. Su had cut off the communication, but Victor looked at the telecompass in his hand in a daze, and after a long time, he exhaled heavily, turned around, and his face was full of bitter smiles.

Lola saw Victor's expression, her face became solemn, and she asked, "He refuses to cooperate?" ”

"No, he's willing to cooperate, but the way we did it was not what we originally expected." Victor sighed and was silent for a long time before he seemed to regain some strength and said, "What he means is that he will be the sword that sweeps in all directions, and our role is to be his logistics and training base. ”

"What!" Lola jumped up from the couch again. She wanted to loudly reprimand Sue for her arrogance and ignorance, but when the words came to her mouth, she found that she couldn't say it at all for some reason.

Victor took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Actually, if you think about it, it's nothing, we're no longer warriors, but businessmen, aren't we?" It's not just me, Lola, but even you've lost the courage to fight hard. The prosperity of Midnight City has brought us unprecedented enjoyment and happiness, while also smoothing out our ambitions and dreams. Otherwise, we would have taken down the N69 a long time ago, wouldn't we be fighting a war with the Iron Gate or Crane City at a disadvantage? Twenty years ago, in which war did we have the upper hand? In fact, it is also a good choice to let Su master the force, after all, the most dangerous things will be borne by him. ”

"You just believe in him like that? We don't even know where he came from. Once again, Lola asks a key question.

"It doesn't matter where he comes from, it's how we position ourselves. We are businessmen, as long as we pay attention to profit and enjoyment. You, me, and Ramos, the five of us have not lived very long, and for us, it is really important to enjoy the peace and wait for the breakthrough of medical technology. We can't control Su, but we can guide him to lead the war to the Iron Gate and the city of Kran. Whoever wins, in the end, we will benefit, even if it is not the greatest benefit. Now, we just need to supply supplies and personnel, and then observe, and that's enough. Victor said calmly.

Lola also calmed down from the initial anxiety and said, "Or we should control the supplies provided to him, even if it is an investment, we need to consider the cost and risk." ”

Victor nodded and said, "Don't worry, we can observe first." If Sue is really ambitious, he will restrain his desires. ”

At the entrance of the N69 base, Sue put away the telecom, turned around and walked towards Medirli. On the far side, Rei and Rigorei stood with their backs against a dead tree, looking at Sue from afar. It's the closest they've been able to tolerate, and the smell of mutants is definitely more intimidating than their strength.

"Don't you think something has changed?" Leigh said suddenly.

"Tell me, what's changed?" Rigore was also looking at Sue, thoughtful.

Leigh scratched at her short hair, and finding the right adjective wasn't her forte, so she thought for a moment before saying, "Why do I think he's so fierce, more than before?" ”

Rigore laughed at first, and then said: "The boss is not a fierce person, but in this hellish place, how can he survive if he is not fierce." Don't you think that when we are with the leader, we will be much easier? ”

Leigh nodded: "Well, yes, there are many things that don't have to be thought about. ”

"He's fierce to the outside, so we can have an easier time, probably, that's what the boss thinks." Rigorei said leisurely.

Li nodded as if she didn't understand, but muttered unconvinced: "I think it's true that he wants to make that girl's life easier!" ”

Rigolei smiled and did not take up the topic.

Rei was not used to being silent, and after a while she asked, "Hey, you're almost twenty evolution points, right?" ”

"It should be more than a little." Rigore replied.

Leigh snorted and said, "I'm probably more than thirty." But now, we're probably on our own. I still want the ability of the martial arts domain, and hopefully this time with a bit of luck I can develop speed. What about you? ”

"Let's strengthen the area control." Rigoray said.

"Do you want to strengthen regional control? Isn't that fifth-order, but this doesn't seem to help your personal combat strength. Leigh was a little strange about Rigore's choice.

Still smiling, he didn't answer, but lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

In fact, it has long been concluded that this is an ability that is not much useful to individuals, but can significantly improve the combat power of the entire team.