Chapter 392
"Yes, cute fake lady, I know you have been watching me, surprise?"
In Loren’s spiritual palace, Asriel is pale There was an imperceptible cold smile on Blood’s face, as well as a faint, childlike expression of triumph:
"You always think that Asriel won’t find your small movements, right— —Taking advantage of my dear Loren’s distrust of me, I successfully mixed in; I have to admit that it really surprised me a little bit at the beginning."
"Now, it’s a test of your loyalty to Loren. It's time."
The young lazily raised his chin and raised the corners of his mouth:
"Thousands of carrion demons went south, unsuspecting the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain. It’s already in danger; for Miss Ayn Rand who is still there, she is now dead and unaware of it."
"And you must be very clear, if you let her suffer What is the'consequence' of the slightest injury."
With a light snap of his fingers, there is an armchair under Asriel's body. The young boy with Erlang's legs raised his cheek with his right hand, showing a playful expression, his scarlet pupils flickered slightly:
"In order to protect Loren who is very important to her, you don’t have many choices. ——Forcibly take Ai Yin away? This will expose your identity, and it will only put her in more danger."
"Or, face tens of thousands of carrion corpses alone Demons, I doubt how long you can hold on-but then again, how much'love' you have for someone depends on how much you can sacrifice for him?"
Asriel showed a very ambiguous smile and whispered softly:
"Then'Miss Counterfeit', how much can you sacrifice for dear Loren?"
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Diejieshan Fortress, the northern city wall defense line.
The little wizard wrapped in a suit, accompanied by two guards, walked onto the city wall of the North Defense Line; probably because of being too nervous, she did not even find her "Moonshadow Cat" There was a slight change in his expression.
The big scarlet eyes flickered slightly, and Ariel, who was tightly hugged in her arms, twisted her small hairy head, revealing a trace of murderous intention that was not easily detectable at the corner of her eyes.
Asriel, this mean and sinister bad guy, should really think of a way to get rid of him!
Ayin, who didn’t notice the cat’s expression at all, felt her chin tickling, smiled and scratched the cat’s head gently, with a gentle expression: "Little Meilin (Ellie), don’t be afraid of the cold. , I’ll come back to the house later to prepare you crumbled bread and boiled fish." It seems that because of the "magic power" of the food, the touched Ariel really curled up in Ayin’s arms like a cat. There was also a pleasant and comfortable expression on his little face.
At the next moment, the two guards walking in front stopped. The slightly startled little wizard lifts the head quickly, standing still a little nervously.
"Nothing for you, let's go on."
A deep and heavy voice came, and the two Legion soldiers who had brought her nod respectfully, and turned to leave; Wall Only a fully armed middle-aged Knight was left beside the pile, looking at the Northern Wasteland of Duanjieshan.
The deputy commander of the fortress Ernst Dresis, the lieutenant of Prince Sackland...the little wizard said silently in his heart.
The middle-aged Knight right hand holding on to the city wall still holds an unopened letterhead, his solemn expression seems to be worried about something, his eyes never leave the wilderness in the distance.
Did something happen?
"Your Excellency, Alchemist Ain Rand, I am very sorry that I suddenly called you." Ernst, who didn't look back, suddenly opened the mouth and said, his voice was as serious and heavy as ever:
"But please believe that if there is no special reason, we will not find you specially."
The little wizard stood up straight, stared wide-eyed and listened carefully.
"As you know, for very special reasons, His Royal Highness Connold Dessalion has led the army north to meet with His Royal Highness Brandon, looking for the real cause of the northern commotion." Ernst sighed, Even now, he can’t accept Connold’s judgment:
"But this leaves a lot of problems. In order to organize this expedition, Connold almost exhausted all the battle strength. , Resulting in a very empty state for the entire Duanjieshan Fortress!"
Ain slightly startled: "Is there a gap in logistics?"
"No, that's not enough ; The reserve of Duanjie Mountain can supply 20,000 troops for one year." Middle-aged Knight shook his head: "But the problem is that there are only three flag regiments with less than 1,000 people. It takes at least 5,000 troops to garrison one to be normal. A moving fortress."
"Now that your Royal Highness is expedition, the southern supply line cannot go north because of the snowstorm; if there is an invasion of monsters in this situation, we must at least do adequate fortifications and preparations !"
slightly nodded, the little wizard finally understood.
With a low sigh, Ernst turned around with a very tangled expression-if possible, he is also unwilling to use the "help" of this alchemist: "I and the fortress are stationed Alchemists have talked about it. They said that without your help, they would not be able to complete sufficient quotas of pyrophoric and medicinal agents within the predetermined period."
"This is not a legally valid verification order, but My private request; although it is not pleasant to get along with each other, please don’t forget the fact that you are part of the empire and do your part for the northern gate of this empire!"
Earnest request in a low voice, Ernst Dresis' words also carried an unquestionable command tone, and his eager gaze was somewhat urging.
Change to Isaac to suffer this kind of "inhuman treatment" is mostly to leave, but the little wizard is not him; he nodded immediately without even a second of hesitation:
"Please rest assured, as long as I can do things, I will do my best!"
"No, even if you can't do things, you must do it!" Middle-aged Knight's expression was dignified to the extreme, and a trace of unnoticeable fear flashed in his eyes:
"You are an empire who grew up in a peaceful age, and you have never personally experienced terrifying from a monster invasion—no sacrifice. Enlightenment, without the determination to bet everything, it is absolutely impossible to defeat the enemies stronger than us——!!!"
Ai Yin was startled by the sudden change of the opponent's face, and instinctively retreated by half. step.
Seeing the little wizard’s expression, Ernst realized that the complexion slightly changed, and finally controlled his sudden anger:
"Sorry...I...Suddenly ......"
"Nothing, I can understand." Ain, who was still a bit scared, smiled reluctantly: "You must have experienced many...very terrifying things, and I am the same."
"When I was in Deep Limburg, I used to help the elves resist Ogre's invasion together with Loren—maybe it can’t be compared with Duanjieshan, but that scene...really terrifying in the same way!"
"That is hell, a living hell..." Ernst slowed down his tone: "And all we can do is to let as many people as possible survive in hell.
I beg you for everything, Your Excellency Ayn Rand."
"Yeah."
When he turned around, the little wizard who suddenly remembered something stopped and looked curiously. A glance at Ernst’s right hand: "No offense, but what you have in your hand...is the letterhead from His Royal Highness Connold?"
The somewhat surprised middle-aged Knight glanced at the ink pad of the letterhead. There is indeed the imprint of the Iron Crown of the Desalion family on it.
"It's just a document on the rear supply line. You read it wrong."
Ernst replied stiffly without looking back. The instinctive instinct made the little wizard still a little uneasy, but he still politely bid him farewell and left the city wall.
Until the petite figure disappeared from the city wall, the silent middle-aged Knight slowly opened the letterhead. It was obvious that the letter written in a hurry came into his eyes:
"The most loyal Ernst Dresis:
The army has arrived in the Valley of the Bloodwreck and has found the traces of Brandon’s camp and two fights here. Obviously they are in There was an encounter here;
But apart from this, our Rangers never found more trails and clues to Brandon, everything was buried by the blizzard; at the same time, the valley of the blood skeletal There was also a large-scale avalanche on the side;
Everything is confirming my guess, Brandon is likely to have been killed...Although it is not what I hoped.
It's coming, get ready, Ernst;
It will be destroyed after reading,
Connold Dessalion."