"Hey~ Did it disturb your sweet dreams? If so, I'm here to say sorry."
The other party's frivolous words made Haoma and Carissa frown, but Robin showed a thoughtful expression.
Bahram was silent for two seconds and then responded:
"who are you."
"Ha, this is a weird question. Is there any difference between our identities and yours?"
"It was you who killed Fud."
"As if you didn't kill anyone? But I'm not sure whether the person you mentioned was killed by us. We just found this on the body."
Bahram glanced at Haomo, who nodded, indicating that he could continue.
So he pressed the talk button again.
"What is your purpose?"
"The purpose is simple. Judging from the corpses outside, there should be only half of you left, right? It's impossible for this number of people to survive to the fifth day. You should know better than me."
"We now have a stronghold and a machine gun. If you want to seize the point, you can give it a try."
"No need to call my bluff. If we tried to attack you, you would all be corpses by now."
"Oscar, just say what you have to say."
Suddenly, Robin beside Bahram spoke.
The other end of the walkie-talkie fell into silence immediately, and it took a while before the voice came again, but the tone was much more restrained.
"Who are you."
Robin did not reply, but raised his chin towards Bahram.
"He is one of our team members. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Ha, I thought I met an acquaintance. Okay, let me tell you straight. I propose that we both cooperate."
"cooperate?"
Bahram was stunned for a moment. It was not that he had never had this idea before, but in this environment, it was almost impossible for the two teams to have a sense of trust and there was no basis for cooperation.
Now that the other party suddenly proposed this, could it be some kind of trick?
"How to cooperate."
He asked cautiously and made a gesture to the other people, ready to fight at any time.
All of a sudden, everyone except him stood up, clutching the guns in their hands, ready to fight the invading enemies at any time.
"I didn't see a dog, I didn't see a machine gun, and I didn't see any armor. I guess... you must not have brought a dog with you. If you had brought grenades, you wouldn't have been suppressed by the machine gun, so your team should have a flare gun. And flares, right?”
Bahram did not respond, but the other party seemed to think that he acquiesced, and said in a low laughter:
"So your confidence is not the machine gun, but the combat robot, right?"
"Speak directly if you have anything to say."
"There is a foothill stronghold about two kilometers away from you."
"so?"
"I want you to help us capture it."
Bahram couldn't help but sneer. He felt that the person on the other end of the intercom was either a madman or a fool.
"Do you think we are such easy-to-talk people?"
"Ha, of course this is not free. In return, we will also help you defend your stronghold. We are an offensive and defensive alliance."
Bahram almost laughed.
"Are you kidding me? We now have machine guns, strongholds, and more trump cards. Although you have more people, your camouflage uniforms cannot make our defense stronger. If we can't resist the enemy like this, you guys are here. It won’t help. On the contrary, we have to seize the stronghold for you, and the price we pay may be very high. This is not an alliance of equals.”
"Well, you are good at bargaining."
The voice on the other end of the intercom became cheerful.
"Okay, then I'll add another chip."
"I have to see if it's worth it."
"Almost one kilometer away from the foothills stronghold, we discovered the tenth secret stronghold."
As soon as these words came out, the team members around Bahram looked sideways, and even he was surprised.
"Impossible, how could you find out without a secret map?"
"It's not difficult. The two teams neither went to seize points nor find a safe campsite. They just wandered there. You can guess without thinking that they must be guarding the secret stronghold. And those two teams In order to hide, people also choose camouflage clothes.”
After hearing what the other party said, Bahram probably had an idea in his mind, but this did not mean that he trusted the other party.
After all, there is a high probability that they are the ones who killed Fud.
"But what good will that do us?"
"Think about it, there are so few of you now, it's very difficult to defend any stronghold alone, but it's different if it's a secret stronghold, it's safer there."
"You mean, you will give us the secret stronghold?"
"Of course, to each his own."
“Everyone gets what he needs, so what do we have to give?”
"To put it simply, the stronghold at the foot of the mountain is in a good location, and it happens to be guarded by a group of lucky people with machine guns. The surrounding terrain is basically impossible to rush up to it under normal circumstances, and it is also difficult to sneak up there because there is basically no vegetation cover in that place."
Bahram immediately guessed the other party's intention.
"So, only combat robots can charge forward."
"Yes."
"This is our last trump card."
"I know."
"Once we use it, if you go back on it, we will be helpless."
"But what good does this do to us? What we want is just that stronghold, not to eliminate more people. Killing you is meaningless to us and will only increase casualties."
"How should I trust you?"
"Ha, your team member seems to know me. You might as well ask him to find out more about me."
Bahram glanced at Robin.
"I want to discuss it with them."
"No problem. To show our sincerity, we will camp near here. You can have a good sleep without worrying about being attacked in the middle of the night. Good night."
After hearing the other party's promise, which was either sincere or threatening, Bahram turned off the intercom with a complicated look.
Then, he called everyone together and explained the entire situation in general.
"No! Absolutely not! Those guys are sneaky and are definitely not a good thing!"
Kaelisa immediately expressed her objection, and the two boys from the upper levels of the nest probably maintained the same attitude. After all, these people had attacked them not long ago.
The attitudes of Haoma and Robin are relatively ambiguous.
"But the secret stronghold he mentioned is really suitable for us."
"We have machine guns and combat robots here, and we are afraid of a bird!"
Kaelisa immediately retorted.
"What if another team with battle droids attacks?"
"Then fight!"
"Everyone has a robot. Once the robot's usage time is over, do you think 6 of us can fight 10 of them? Even if we fight, how many will be left?"
"this--"
Bahram's attention was on Robin.
"Robin, do you know that guy?"
The boy who had never spoken much nodded.
"know."
"What kind of person is he?"
"An arrogant man, but a little clever, but he usually means what he says."
"How do you know that guy?"
Kaelisa joined the conversation unwillingly, but Robin ignored him at all.
"But the decision whether to cooperate or not is still in your hands, Bahram."
Bahram nodded.
"Please be careful tonight and don't sleep too much. I have to think about it and make a decision tomorrow."
