The Papalar man was carefully poking his head out from behind a rock, looking at a group of imperial soldiers patrolling past a hundred feet away with a stern look. This was the second team in a quarter of an hour. Whether it was his misunderstanding or not, the frequency of imperial patrols was higher than before. When he was about to explore the answer further, a hand grabbed his collar from behind and dragged him back.
"Ouch, my waist, what are you doing?"
Alyssa's bright eyes stared at this guy coldly in the darkness, reminding him: "Ed said, don't get closer to him within a hundred feet under any circumstances."
"What's the matter? I'm the Nightingale King of Sanshak. They can't find me even at thirty feet, let alone a hundred feet." Parker rubbed his butt with his short hands and frowned, complaining, "I thought. When I 'stole' this honor in the Nightingale Competition, that guy was still somewhere!"
"First," Alyssa raised a finger to him expressionlessly, "the other party also has combat craftsmen. This has nothing to do with whether you are the King of Nightingales or not. Ed said that the Clockwork Goblin's detection range is extremely wide. But for passive detection, one hundred feet is the limit of its perception range——"
"Second, even if you can do it, it doesn't mean that everyone can. We are just here to help others find the way, so there is no need to get closer and take a closer look. You are just satisfying your curiosity."
"Third, I asked the big cat man and Tianlan, when we were in Sangxiak..."
"Okay, okay," the Papalar man hurriedly interrupted her with a wave of his short hand, "The big cat man has gone back, and Tianlan is not here. At worst, I will take back my opinion. Alyssa, for the sake of protection. That guy’s got some tricks up his sleeve.”
"Oh, really. First of all, the guy you said is the leader of our adventure group," she narrowed her eyes dangerously and subtly, and asked with a smile, "Secondly, do you think I'm boring?"
"That...that's not true," the Papalar man suddenly screamed, "What are you doing? Take the dagger back. We have something to discuss."
Fortunately, the imperial army has gone far, otherwise this guy would have been attracted to come over and take a look.
Miss Nightingale's eyes hidden in the darkness were always paying attention to that direction. A cold light flashed in her eyes, and she raised her hand without looking back. The dark blade accurately hit the head of the Gila monster that sneaked out from the cracks in the rock, causing it to lie down limply.
The next moment, the dagger reappeared in her fingers. Alyssa turned back and looked at this guy with some amusement: "So what?"
Papalar's face turned green and white, and he was a little worried, but he swore that if he had answered wrongly just now, this crazy woman might actually give him a knife or something. After all, she and her sister seemed a little scary when they were listening to the rain, and they didn't act according to common sense.
However, he still said stubbornly: "Actually, I also discovered it."
"What did you find?" Miss Nightingale asked funnyly.
"Of course it's the Gila monster."
"oh--"
"You 'oh--' what?"
"It's nothing. Since you agree, let's go back and report to others."
"Wait, when did I agree?"
"Um?"
"Okay," the Papalar man took a step back in fright, and wiped his body with his short hands, "Even if I agree. But have you ever thought about the possibility that there is something wrong with that guy's brain? "," he said, pointing to his forehead.
"Think about it, how can ordinary craftsmen be so exaggerated? The passive detection range of the Clockwork Fairy is a hundred feet or something. If this is really the case, why do we, Nightingale, need to do this? Do you still remember the content of Nightingale's tutorial, hello?"
Alyssa was slightly startled, couldn't help but stop, and turned back to look at this guy.
This unfortunate guess soon turned into reality. Facing the two people's questions, their young leader looked surprised, as if he had gained some new knowledge. Fang Yu blinked innocently, scratched his head with his hand, and asked the others: "There's another thing. I understand that everyone's detection range is different, but I don't think it will be twice as bad." Is that much?"
broken. As soon as our Miss Nightingale saw the look on her leader's face, she knew that someone was making a joke again.
She looked at the others. Shui Wuming and Xiaoyao quickly waved their hands, "Don't look at us. We may not know more about clockwork goblins than you do. It's okay to control them, but forget about passive detection and so on."
Luo Wei frowned slightly and said to Fang Plover: "Actually, I just wanted to ask about this, but I'm not sure. After all, I'm just a fairy user and don't know much about combat structures. But according to As far as I know, the passive detection range of most battle craftsmen is less than thirty feet. When the clockwork goblin is moving, it can only detect a few meters around it at most. The craftsmen mainly rely on vision to complete the battlefield reconnaissance, so they are more He is good at reconnaissance during wars and is active on most battlefields."
She paused and looked at Fang Plover, "Actually, those like you who cooperate with the team in combat are relatively rare among combat craftsmen. Although craftsmen also work with adventure groups, they are often only responsible for logistics work, or It’s to explore the nearby terrain or something.”
"Yes," Shui Wuming suddenly realized, "I think so too. No wonder I have always felt that Ed is a little different from other craftsmen. After all, Elite also has many combat craftsmen, and you are completely different from them."
She looked Fang Plover up and down: "Ed, you are such a monster."
Fang Yu understood that his simulation calculation power was much higher than that of ordinary combat craftsmen, so the clockwork goblin's passive detection ability was also much better than ordinary people. But when it comes to moving, he is still not as good as Miss Nightingale or even the Papalar in the meticulous search work of finding hidden creatures and objects.
Combat craftsman has never been synonymous with omnipotence, otherwise he would not need to join the team, this is something he has always understood.
However, he remembered something and couldn't help but look at someone on the side. Shui Wuming and Xiaoyao were ordinary alchemists, and Senior Luo Wei was an elf user. It was okay if they didn't understand, but he clearly remembered that there was another professional present. Here comes the battle craftsman, why haven't you said a word until now?
The person he was looking at was Liu Liyue.
The guy was leaning against a huge rock with his hands on his back. When he saw him looking over, he didn't panic. Instead, he asked: "What are you looking at? I have flowers growing on my body?"
"That's not true. How can flowers grow on the rocks?" Fang Plover said angrily, "Aren't you a professional combat craftsman? Why didn't you remind me?"
Liu Liyue spread her hands: "If I remind you, wouldn't it mean that you can do it but I can't?"
Fang Yu's eyes darkened. This guy actually made a lot of sense, "Could you be able to do it now?"
Liu Liyue was very single: "I can't do it."
"So what's the difference?"
"The difference is, before this you didn't know I couldn't do it."
"you……"
Fang Yu suddenly realized that he was wasting his time by being familiar with this guy. This was something he had already realized when he was at Traveler's Rest - in a sense, this guy was somewhat similar to the box. He glanced in the direction of the box. The young man was holding his sword and talking to himself, as if no one else existed——
Well, Fang Yu suddenly felt a little tired.
But it does look similar.
However, Miss Nightingale, who looked back and forth between the three of them, was even more powerless. The Seven Seas Brigade sometimes seemed very reliable. For example, they were able to overthrow the behemoth Duke Hawke in Ayinbrok and talk eloquently above the arbitration tribunal. At that moment, time was frozen, and everything seemed like a legend.
But few people can imagine what is underneath the glory. Maybe one day the Seven Seas Brigade will suddenly be on the verge of disbandment. It is not surprising for Alisa. Because of funds or other nonsensical reasons, she was knocked down. Never thought about it because few people can beat a fool from the front.
Fortunately, there are still some normal people in the group. Sylvide put her hand on her chin, pondered for a moment, and said: "But in this way, our original plan seems to be too cautious. If the empire The scope of investigation has been narrowed, maybe we can still find many infiltration routes."
As she spoke, she used the ruler in her hand to draw a few lines on the ground. It was a simple topographic map.
After they left the entrance to the underground lake, they sneaked along the edge of the underground lake and measured the terrain of this area. The ship officer lady herself has rich experience in drawing, and the simple drawings drawn with just a few strokes can make people clearly see the key points on it at a glance.
She pointed to a spot on the map, which was the crack leading to the underground world guarded by those crystal clusters - the Imperials had established a fortress on the island in the middle of the lake, but it was impossible to set their sights on the underground world. Behind every shadow, they were able to sneak in smoothly all the way.
But around the gap, there are heavy guards from the Empire. It is not that easy to sneak through without anyone noticing.
However, according to the reconnaissance conducted by Alisa and the Papalars just now, the imperial patrols also have their own intervals. If it is true as Fang Plover said, the combat craftsmen accompanying the opponent's team cannot have the same reconnaissance capabilities as him, within a quarter of an hour. In the meantime, they can still seize the opportunity to sneak past.
Of course, the risks are not small either.
"There is no adventure without risks," the Papalar people shouted. "If we are afraid of this and that, then we might as well stay in the city and not come out."
"You are confusing the concept, Parker," Alyssa pointed out ruthlessly. "Risks are divided into controllable and uncontrollable. When encountering monsters like earth elements, we still have the ability to protect ourselves. But in the Imperial Army In front of us, we can only fight with our hands tied, and in such an environment, it is easy to cause diplomatic disputes."
"Are we acting illegally?" Luo Wei suddenly asked.
Everyone was stunned.
Yes, but it seems not. The Empire has sealed off this mining area, but the external reason is that it is dangerous. However, this danger is for ordinary people. If there are adventurers who ignore their own safety and regard life safety as nothing, they insist on breaking into this place. if.
It seems that at most it can only be said to be a violation of regulations, not a violation of imperial laws, let alone any dangerous actions.
Luo Wei's question seemed to wake everyone up. They always thought that they were sneaky and sneaky at first, but although this was true, the Empire secretly built a fortress underground and did not explain the reason to outsiders.
The so-called killing without teaching means that even though the Imperial people have such power of life and death, they are foreigners and are not subject to the jurisdiction of the First Division. The logic behind this is exactly the same as what happened in Ayinbrok. If it comes to the table Go on, the Imperial people may really not be able to do anything to them.
In the end, the most they can do is to ban them here and prohibit them from setting foot here again.
"You're right," Alyssa tossed the dagger in her hand excitedly and praised, "Sister Luo Wei, no wonder Wuming and the others say you are the brains of the younger generation of God-killers. After explaining this, what happens next is It’s much easier to handle, and we’ve seen bigger scenes before.”
Luo Wei smiled slightly, "It's too much praise, it's just that we all entered into misunderstandings before."
"Look," the Papalar man spoke immediately, "I said, this is just a little trouble. This is the acumen of the Nightingale King."
"You go ahead." Alyssa sneered at this guy and walked to Sylvide's side, "Miss Sylvide, make a plan."
Sylvide looked at her and then nodded.
Previously, Alyssa and Parker had figured out the Imperial Army's patrol route and time, and she borrowed Fang Plover's hand to use the Clockwork Fairy to explore the nearby terrain. Except for the crack under the crystal cluster, there seemed to be an invisible layer blocking the order. There is no way for goblins to enter, and they have explored the area inside and out.
So making a plan is not that difficult. Everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade has fought side by side many times, and everyone knows each other's abilities. These black-armored imperial troops seem to be more elite than the imperial troops outside, but their level is also far inferior to the real elite adventurers. After all, in terms of quantity That said, there is a world of difference between the two.
Regardless of the large number of Selected Persons, according to Star Gate's official statistics, since the opening of the Star Gate, there have been one billion Selected Persons who have entered the Star Gate, and those who are still active behind the Star Gate today are on the order of tens of millions. Coupled with the local adventurers of Aitalia, this number is even more exaggerated.
But among these people, first of all, most of them are life professionals such as craftsmen and scholars. The real battle selectors only account for about a quarter of all selectors. And among this quarter, 70% stop before level 25. The higher you go, the fewer people there are, eventually forming a pyramid-like structure.
According to a survey by the Stargate Data Agency, there are less than 2.7 million Selected Persons above Level 25 in the First World and Second World. Between Level 25 and Level 30, this number is The number further dropped to about 300,000.
In other words, in Aitaria, the real elite selectors are some of the 300,000 people. This number seems large, but it is actually not too much when divided equally among all countries. But in the empire alone, the number of several border guard regiments in the empire is far more than this.
Sylvide carefully drew a line on the gravel map, and then added several other shallower lines as alternate routes. If the reconnaissance information was correct and there were no accidents, each of the routes she planned would be enough for them to avoid the eyes and ears of the Empire.
She put down the ruler in her hand, raised her head and looked at everyone with her blue eyes.
The plan sounds simple, but in fact it is too difficult to avoid accidents in the plan. The more people there are, the harder it is to control accidents. Miss Ship Officer deeply regrets this, especially since there are many novices in their team who are completely inexperienced. No matter how elite these 'novices' themselves are, inexperience means no experience, and mistakes are often unavoidable. .
So she also leaves some room for redundancy and gently points this out to others.
Everyone hid in a depression in a rock, avoiding all prying eyes from the outside world. The scene seemed a bit silent, and no one was joking.
Everyone became serious. Even the most unconventional Xiaoyao restrained his attitude at this time. They had invested money in this 'adventure' business. If it was because of their own problems, even if it was in vain, even Fang Plover might They would be polite to them, but as elites of major guilds, they were too embarrassed to ask for their money back.
Money is still a trivial matter, but being embarrassed in the guild is something that makes these elites embarrassed.
Besides, being polite is Fang Plover’s business.
The ship officer lady has her own plans, and she will not be polite to these people. Sylvide naturally understood that these people were friends with Fang Plover, so she would not easily object in front of outsiders, but she was a stranger to these people, and she could do this evil person.
She is the ship's officer of the Seven Seas Traveler, so she naturally knows how difficult the team's financial situation is.
He explained the key points of the next action to others. Of course, Alisa was mainly responsible for providing guidance on the stealth aspect, and the Papalars were responsible for the actual operation and inspection. However, others discovered that there seemed to be one missing person in this plan. people.
"Where's that guy?"
After the Papalars counted everyone, they discovered that their leader seemed to have been invisible from the beginning of the discussion. Not only did he not express any opinions, but he also had no involvement in the entire plan. Everything was done by Ai Li. Sha and Sylvester did it by themselves.
In the past, this was a rare situation.
Only after he mentioned it did the others react. Miss Nightingale turned around and inspected repeatedly, and finally discovered Fang Plover's location on the edge of a rock, "Captain?"
Fang Yu was startled for a moment, then turned around. Seeing the confused looks on the others' faces, he realized that he seemed to have missed something. He scratched his head again and asked: "Have you thought about how to bypass the eyes and ears of the Imperial people? The plan has been made?"
Alyssa's eyes were even weirder.
Even Sylvide couldn't help but look at him strangely, "Ed?"
"It's nothing," Fang Yu looked in that direction, "I just heard Senior Sister Luo Wei talking about our affairs in the empire, and then I got distracted. You must have discussed the plan, since the imperial people have nothing to worry about. , then we just need to find a way to go deeper.”
As he spoke, he glanced at the tall pillars flashing with electric light in the distance and the huge iron cones driven into the ground. They looked like they were injecting something into the Guy crystal veins.
All the actions of the Imperial people seem to be a mystery at present, but the purpose of their trip has nothing to do with it. No matter what the Imperial people are planning in this place, their purpose is only to find the secret of the tower magic furnace. Secrets will do.
But what just caught his attention was another thing.
"What happened?"
Seeing his return, the others didn't think much. Except for Luo Wei, who was slightly aware of it, Shui Wuming and Xiaoyao didn't think much about it. However, his ship officer lady was deeply impressed by the other party's character. After everyone turned away their attention, she came over alone and asked him.
Fang Yu looked into the darkness and nodded, "I feel like someone is spying on us."
"Snooping?"
Alyssa was slightly startled when she heard this. She looked around, "Could it be an illusion of the underground environment?"
She didn't say that carelessly.
She and Parker have the sharpest senses among the team, because they are nightingales by profession. Papalar works part-time as a sniper and is better at hiding than she is, but when it comes to detection, she is the second in the brigade. The existence of number one.
Before Attila left, the elf lady and the big cat man were superior to her in terms of experience, but after the two left, she was the only eye in the team. The cat lady who just joined the team may also have such abilities, but she stayed on the Seven Seas Traveler to watch the ship and took over the big cat man's work and did not participate in this adventure.
When neither she nor Parker noticed anything, Fang Plover said that it felt like someone was spying on them. Even though they had unconditional trust in their leader, they still felt weird.
In this team, if there is something that she and Parker are not aware of but someone is aware of it, it should be the box, not the battle craftsman Fang Plover.
She asked carefully: "Captain, did your clockwork fairy see something?"
Fang Plover shook his head. This was where he was confused. Of course he released his 'Silver Bee', but compared to his intuition, the Silver Bee found nothing. His intuition had always been accurate and had saved his life more than once during the July War, but compared to his intuition, he believed more in the information gained by his other eye - the Clockwork Goblin.
But now the two are in conflict, making it very difficult for him to adapt.
At this time, Luo Wei came over. She had been listening since just now, and Fang Yu did not avoid this senior. He actually had nothing to hide, it was just his own unconfirmed speculation, and he did not want to show up. It just caused unnecessary tension among the team.
Luo Wei looked at the three of them and asked, "Ed, is the spying you mentioned the same as what you mentioned to us before when you went to the Adventurer's Guild?"
Alyssa was slightly startled, and then she remembered that incident, but at the time she thought it was a local gang, and there were no subsequent incidents, so she didn't remember it for a while.
Fang Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.
The four of them looked at each other in confusion for a moment.
If you put it this way, wouldn't it mean that someone has been following them since then, entering this underground, until now. Although this possibility cannot be ruled out, the Seven Seas Brigade has never encountered such a thing before, which is too creepy.
If this is really the case, wouldn't the other party be able to avoid being noticed by everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade? How outrageous is the other party's strength?
Even Alyssa shook her head after thinking carefully for a while, and couldn't help but said: "I know... Captain, the necessary vigilance is indispensable, but if you just rely on speculation... without any evidence, you can do it yourself If you scare yourself..."
"I understand, Miss Alyssa," Fang Yu interrupted her, with some doubts in his heart, "But it was just a feeling without any sign, as if it suddenly appeared in your heart. Under such circumstances, I really It’s hard to get around that.”
He shook his head. "But I also understand that you can't scare yourself, so I didn't mention this to others for this reason. In short, if you heard about this, just keep it in your heart for now. There is no harm in paying attention to it, but we are currently The main focus should still be on the current matter.”
Everyone nodded, this might be a solution.
Sylvide pondered for a moment and then said: "To say the least, if someone is really spying on us from behind, but if the other party is from the empire, then now is the best time for him to catch us. There are imperial troops everywhere here. He only needs to shout, not even a shout, as long as he reports to the Imperial Army, we will be unable to fly even with our wings."
"Indeed," Fang Pultru also agreed with this point, "As long as the other party is not from the empire, then we have nothing to worry about. Even if the other party has any intentions, as long as there is a need, even if the ultimate goals are inconsistent, at least we can still talk. "
Sylvester's words dispelled everyone's doubts. After all, as she said, it would be unnecessary and redundant to spy on someone from the empire. But if it didn't come from the empire, and if the other party had any bad intentions, then they should have taken action when the earth element attacked them. That was the moment when the Seven Seas Brigade was at its weakest.
But the other party has been following him so far and insists on not showing up, which can only mean that he must have other intentions. But as long as the other party is not the empire's side, completely contrary to their interests, and does not have any quarrel with the Seven Seas Brigade itself, then other possibilities should be negotiable.
Of course, all this is based on the premise that Fang Plover's feeling is not an illusion.
After thinking about this clearly, Fang Yu felt relieved and glanced at his ship officer. He had been worried about this matter since before, and it was only at this moment that a big stone fell from his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little grateful.
However, Sylvester didn't care at all and just smiled at him.
"It's your job," she said.
"Thank you, Sylvide."
The ship stewardess snorted lightly when she heard this.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Fang Yu always felt that the other party seemed a little dissatisfied after hearing his words.
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As I said yesterday, the status has just recovered recently, so the daily update will be a bit late.
But as I said before I got sick, I will continue to update this time when I come back to write. It was a special situation before, but I will try my best to keep it updated after it recovers this time. If there are any interruptions in the future, I will probably say something in advance.
(End of chapter)
