Chapter 745: Undercurrent
Although the Dark Empire has abandoned the coastal cities on the West Bank, it does not mean that Ulrique is completely indifferent to it. He placed many eyeliners in various cities to monitor the movements of the coalition forces in preparation for the encirclement attack. Hannah, who was far away in the Western Continent, was also repatriated and appointed to direct the surveillance operations of the Eyeliners.
To be honest, Hannah doesn't like this kind of work that can only be secretly scouted, and it feels like the male protagonist who has worked hard to break through countless traps and minefields, break through the obstacles of a large number of maids, and finally get to the vicinity of the open-air hot spring to spy on the heroine of the daughter's bath. And God knows what kind of action the coalition forces will take next, in case they land and advance at full speed on a large scale, it is likely that Hannah and the others will not have time to evacuate to a safe place. This is not in the Western Continent, where the Coalition forces will not attack their own civilians, and if they gather these poor and pathetic creatures together and reduce them to slavery or even execute them en masse, what will Hannah and her party do to escape every time they disguise themselves as civilians?
Although Hannah thinks that with Elicia's personality, she will never do such a thing, and will try to remove the brainwashing effect from the civilians.
In a clearing in a wild wood, many tents were set up. This camp is Hannah's headquarters, and the situation reported by the eyeliners of each city will be centralized here for her to analyze, and then Xiangxia will convey various instructions.
Just as the gloomy girl swept her gaze on the map of the west bank on the table, the curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted. A communications soldier rushed in: "Report, Lord Hannah, the coalition fleet shelled Chebel City more than an hour ago, destroying the coastal walls. There's a good chance they're going to land there!"
"More than an hour ago?" Hannah's face couldn't help but become even more gloomy. At the same time, there was also a trace of black gas coming out of his back, which made the shadow standing nearby couldn't help but shudder, "Which soul is in charge of Chebel City? I didn't report until now, I must make him look good!"
The communication soldier also looked frightened, and replied tremblingly: "Well, when the coalition forces shelled Chebel City, the person in charge happened to take his men to capture the image of the alliance warship at the head of the city, and then ...... So the debriefing has been delayed until now. β
Hannah pouted a little unhappily, "Tsk." In that case, forget it. Then again, who's in charge there now?"
"Master Bob of the Mage Guild. The Signal Soldier said with a puzzled expression, "And." In his report, Mr. Bob mentioned that he wanted you to send him a picture of Alicia Harris, saying it would be useful. β
After a few seconds of silence, Hannah suddenly changed to a very bad expression: "Take it out and jerk it out when you are empty and lonely in the middle of the night?"
The embarrassed communication soldier thought about his own life and decisively chose not to complain: "This subordinate doesn't know." β
After flipping out a photo and handing it to the communications soldier and asking him to tell Bob to restore the relevant functions of the organization as soon as possible and send him away, the tent fell silent again.
Looking at Hannah who was sitting thoughtfully in her chair. Shadow cautiously stepped forward and whispered, "Hannah." What's wrong?"
The girl with short brown hair grabbed the handsome elf's hand and put it on her shoulder, then pressed her cheek up and rubbed it back and forth, as if muttering to herself, "I know this guy named Bob." Although he is only a small role in charge of logistics support, he has great ambitions and always wants to climb the ladder. But in normal times, this guy is very well disguised, and it is easy to get acquainted with others, and he can even behave neither humbly nor arrogantly in the face of the so-called powerful, and in the eyes of people who don't know him, he is a slightly dark-bellied but very easy to get along with and has a sense of justice. β
The touch of the girl's smooth skin coming from the back of his hand didn't have much effect on the shadow, and he continued to maintain this posture indifferently: "That is to say. Bob took advantage of the death of the person in charge to take control of the branch organization in Chebell. The reason why the report had arrived so late was because he had been busy receiving it before, and when he had finished it all. Seeing that the wood is already in place, you won't send a new person in charge there, will you?"
"That's right. Hannah grinned and sneered, "I can play a little clever, but it also shows that this guy does have two tricks." I'll just wait and see what he's capable of for now, and if it's just an embroidered pillow, it's not too late to replace it. In addition, Shadow hides his identity and goes to Chebel, and if I guess correctly, Elysia is in the city at the moment. Find a chance to finish her off. β
Ying suddenly showed a shocked expression, and his body couldn't help but tremble: "You mean it really?"
"Ah, really, of course. Hannah let go of Shadow's hand and nodded, "We all know the character of that little queen, she is definitely the master who causes trouble all the time, and it is simply common to leave the entire coalition fleet and personally run to the enemy's city to reconnoiter or something." The reason Bob asked me for a picture of Alicia was because he had already been in contact with the girl and was suspicious. However, the merit of capturing or assassinating Alicia Harris was so great that Bob was certainly reluctant to transfer it to anyone else, so there was no mention of her in the report. It's okay, he doesn't want me to know, so I'll pretend I don't know. Ei, you're ready to go into town now, and become a fisherman after that guy who underestimated Alicia messed up, and kill them both for me. β
β...... Haode, I tried my best. β
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Alicia didn't know how dangerous her situation was, but she was prepared to deal with it. Icarus, who is guarding outside the city and can come to support at any time, will not mention it, if necessary, the little queen can directly summon Ba Asami, who is acting with the slime on the Aurora, to her side, plus her own strength, even if Hannah comes in person, she will not want to leave the girl for dinner.
But neither Bob nor Hannah had the idea of sending a group of people to surround Alicia. Instead, they plan to play with the yin in the dark - but this method is also not suitable for the little queen.
When Alicia, who had been playing with the handheld for a while, feeling bored and wanting to go shopping, saw Bob again in the hallway, her Danger Prediction skill suddenly issued a warning.
The girl couldn't help but frown on the spot. But he quickly returned to his usual cute appearance, tilted his head and beckoned to Bob, "Yo, uncle." You don't look very good, could it be that you have eaten something strangely dirty?"
Bob desperately resisted the urge to fly off a vase on a decorative shelf next to him, smiled politely, and said, "You're laughing, Miss Pearl, my body is very good." Anyway, are you going to go out?"
"Well, it's boring to squat in your room all the time. So I'm going to go out and walk around. β
"Understood. Bob nodded slightly, "Do you need me to arrange for someone to carry your things?" β
[Is this a disguised insertion of eyeliner? What the hell is going on? The warning that flashed in my mind just now can't be faked, which means that Bob already knows my identity and wants to disadvantage me. In that case, instead of informing the military of the Dark Empire, he chose to play with me here? Anyway, it's been exposed, so it's better to refuse. At least then he won't be able to spy on me openly. γ
Thinking of this, Alicia shook her head happily and said, "No need. I didn't plan on buying anything. Just want to try the flavors of Chebel City and its special desserts. β
Bob didn't really care about this, he just suddenly said something with a meaningful sly smile on his face that made Alicia almost squirt on the spot: "Will you be fat?"
"Ulusai, I want you to take care of me!" said the blonde girl, who seemed to have been stepped on in a sore spot, jumped to her feet angrily and angrily, "Besides, with our body, no matter how we eat, we won't get fat!"
After smiling and watching the puffing girl leave, Bob suddenly lowered his face and stretched out his index finger to hook it, and one of his subordinates next to him immediately attached his ear to him: "My lord, what do you command?"
"Follow her quietly. Don't let her find out. β
"Yes. But my lord, why don't we ...... her now," said his subordinate with a gesture of wiping his neck.
Bob immediately vetoed lightly: "No." Alicia Harris has many powerful minions. Her own strength is also quite good. If we don't kill her with one blow, we will die. Let's try to outwit it for the time being, even if you fail, you can fool around by finding a substitute for the dead. If the time comes when there is nothing else to do, it's not too late for us to ask Hannah for help. β
βhaodeγ The subordinate set off. β
But instead of going far, Alicia hid around the corner of the hallway, so she could hear all the conversations between Bob and his men. However, the little queen did not intend to strike first, she walked forward briskly for a distance, and then resumed her usual walking speed, pretending not to know anything and walked out of the gate of the Mage Guild leisurely.
Before, because she was busy doing business, the girl couldn't take care of enjoying the scenery along the way, but now she can take a look at it with peace of mind.
The buildings on the Taranmere continent are somewhat close to the design style of the western continent in appearance, but it is not uncommon to see buildings in the pure eastern continent style - they are mostly shops or teahouses. Compared to the famous city of Paulais in the Union, this coastal city is more or less deserted. Although this has something to do with the fact that the Great Fleet of coalition forces is eyeing the sea not far away and has just been shelled not long ago, it is also an indisputable fact that it was not lively in the first place.
The demons control and squeeze everything of all the intelligent races on this continent, and the economy is naturally included in it. Most of the people are unlikely to have spare money for travel and other entertainment activities, and those who have such financial resources are at least a small aristocracy, so there are no roadside stalls for the common people that Elysia expects in the city, but all of them are high-end and high-end shops that are not favored by the little queen at all.
Having learned the lesson of being pestered and accosted before, Alicia carries a temporary cyan wind staff in her hand to show off her identity as a magician. This trick really works. Although the girl wore a luxurious gothic dress embroidered with bright red lace on the pure black surface, and her fair skin looked more beautiful and moving, no one dared to take the initiative to talk.
I didn't even dare to look at her too much.
[The atmosphere here can't be compared with the West Continent at all, it's like a pool of stagnant water. Anyway, the one who is watching is still following. I'd better find a random cafΓ© and sit down and act. γ
Naturally, Alicia could not have the currency issued by the Dark Empire, but gold, as a hard currency, could be eaten anywhere. After sitting down in an aristocratic cafΓ© in a prosperous area, the waiter who received a few gold nuggets from the girl as a tip immediately offered her as a god, and kindly recommended the store's special desserts.
But the little queen, who had lost interest in shopping, didn't pay attention at all, and she ordered a cake with a lot of strawberries and a pot of coffee, and then turned her head to look outsideβthe Bob's men were still following the girl unrelentingly. Even though he couldn't even enter the store, he stayed outside and refused to leave.
I guess I won't give up until Alicia returns to the Mage Guild.
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While the beautiful blonde girl was bored in the cafΓ© to pass the time, the coalition fleet in the distance was a busy scene.
According to the orders given by Alicia (actually a slime). Tomorrow the coalition forces will conduct a small landing operation. Although Zuihou had to pretend to flee in order to cooperate with the operation to remove the brainwashing, it was to set foot on a land occupied by demons, and this honor was enough to make every officer and soldier who participated in the battle excited. Everyone is vying to be the first person in the legend.
As everyone knows, the honor of this first person has been taken away by the famous Alicia Harris - the first poison island to rush to the shore in the landing operation, when he learned about it afterwards, he could only smile helplessly.
But now everyone doesn't know that the real Elysia is currently in the enemy camp, and they only think that it is a knockoff transformed from a slimy ooze monster, even if it is caught by the enemy and sliced and studied, it will not be distressed.
"Queen Bixia, I don't really understand. Dibes asked with a respectful look as he walked up to the slime after finishing his work at hand. "Weishenme wants to make the troops feign defeat. Wouldn't it be better to directly capture the city and then gather the inhabitants and use that method to remove the brainwashing? Even if it was to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, what should we do when attacking other cities in the future? The demons will definitely be on guard against this. β
Slime casually played with the hair on his chest and said nonchalantly, "The Empire has recently launched a new product for entertainment, you should know about Dibes, right? β
Whether it is the demeanor, tone or movements, it is exactly the same as Alicia, and no one can see any difference from the usual little queen.
Although he didn't quite understand that Queen Bixia Weishenme would suddenly mention this, Dibes still replied seriously: "Yes, Bixia." The name seems to be called...... What's wrong with this thing?"
"You think, if you let Icarus, who is in charge of support nearby, film the slime while it's performing. In the future, when you want to attack a city, you don't have to go to such a big time, can't you just play the video on a loop in those cities?"
Playing the footage in public is already very disturbing. What's going on with that "looping" again, hey!
Imrith next to her immediately showed a star-eyed expression full of admiration when she heard this: "I see! β
The embarrassed blue-haired handsome guy is desperate for his girlfriend to wave a paper fan and spit on the little queen in the vicinity - but Angel's knightly soul has been completely ignited by a fighter called Silver Pegasus, and is currently rolling in the air at a height of 3,000 feet above the sea.
A few days ago, after learning how to operate a fighter plane under the teaching of Peacock Dance, Angel tried to fly with an unfamiliar jishu, and then she was completely obsessed with flying. When the girl knight pilots the fighter plane, no one wants to call her down from the sky, even if her little queen Alicia's life is threatened on the ground, the girl will only fly the plane to a rapid dive and refresh the number of times the cute girl falls from the sky.
It's not that there are no other spit battles in the fleet, and the two good friends Francis and Jikrem are also very good at spitting skills. However, none of them are currently on the Aurora, and Dibes can only look at "Alicia"'s undisciplined mind and sigh: "Okay, Queen Bixia." You get it, and it seems like a way to do it. However, that slime is using your appearance. It really doesn't matter if it's played casually all over the continent of Taranmere? I mean, you're not only a queen, but you're also an unmarried girl......"
"Ah, you don't have to worry about that. Slime said nonchalantly as he touched Imrise's head, "There's a fundamental loophole in the conditions set by that Randy, and what you're worried about won't happen." β
"Fundamentally...... Vulnerability?" (To be continued......)