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"The transfer stop location of Mousse and the others is as expected. It is indeed an abandoned outpost in this area. But the observation time is running out. It is bad news that we can't find the pattern. Mr. Hai, you and Ovelia can The personnel have prepared supplies and set off. The team will not move very fast, and there will not be much time left for you, just less than a day." Without thinking about the "relatively smooth" sentence, this is not what Cassia needs to worry about. The problem will be solved. Even if the handling is not satisfactory, it is within the psychological expectations of the two people. After the number of knight attendants was determined, from then on, including some family elites, with the help of their own families, they tried their best to eliminate the information they spread outside.

"The team is always ready. I informed Miss Ovelia. She has many reasons and may only be able to provide the supplies you need, Mr. Cassia. However, there is no need to consider the number of personnel. The plan will be implemented as planned." Hai responded that it was very quiet over there, as if they were in an open space, with vague echoes. "As for your three friends, Mr. Cassia, I will also convey your original words. They are very happy and very willing." Help Mr. Cassia in this matter. After Mr. Cassia's operation starts, they will pass through the belt mountains as planned. For absolute safety, after calculating the time, I informed Mr. Atohuan, and he It will appear at the right time and in the form of coincidence as a response.”

"According to the plan, Mr. Cassia, the news of your battle with Mavis will also be spread by Ovelia and I shortly after the operation begins - this time will be about half an hour to an hour. In response to the battle news and the high-level surgeons attracted by Mavis's contingency plan." Hai added the most important part of the plan, "Mr. Cassia, are you sure there is no problem with this?"

Most of the actual plans were negotiated between Cassia and Hai, but the basic template was already anticipated by Hai. The ribbon mountains are so wide that there are several small countries just bordering them. However, most teams and personnel are concentrated in a large area, and the speed of emergency travel is relatively easy. Using an airship, it is not a problem to reach most places within a day.

Although the plan is only for Mavis, both Hai and Cassia understand that not only themselves, but also Mavis's temporary alliance will take into account an unusual number of things. What concerned the two of them was the contingency plan Mavis and the others had made for themselves.

The disappearance of the persistent signal is inevitable and cannot be prevented. Haike has asked Atohuan about the possibility of simulating continuous signals. Lower-level signals can be simulated using signals of multiple frequencies, but in the face of Mavis's current status, he will definitely not give the opportunity to communication machines. .

Another method is to use large machines to directly interfere with the area covered by the entire belt-like mountain range. The conditions given by Atohuan are interference-type military airships that will only be used during wars. The rules are that they must be at least medium-sized ships. It will have such a huge coverage area that it will completely paralyze communications in an entire area. This condition cannot be realized, even if such things do exist in the private armies of the four forces, but if something appears here, the nature of the belt mountains will be completely changed.

This is the self-help method proposed by Cassia, and it is also a self-protection for judging the situation. Mavis's contingency plan almost certainly included the idea of ​​conveying the news directly to the high-level surgeons they could contact after the continuous signal disappeared for a period of time. In response, all Cassia can do is to use the same method to reduce the time difference between the high-level combat forces of both sides to obtain this information.

After getting a definite answer, Hai pondered for a while, thought about the pros and cons, and then talked about other information after thinking that nothing was missing.

The identities of the other two people have been determined by Hai. One is a supervisory agency member of the Three Primary Colors Group, named Augustus; the other is familiar to both Cassia and Hai, but they are familiar with this family. Both of them had learned some information about the Fruy family because of Miss Shaco. This was probably where the two of them came together by chance. They both hoped that after Shaco graduated from the Imperial History School, he would find an opportunity to cooperate with the Fruy family. Because in the study of ancient history and ancient ruins, apart from several exclusive institutions in the empire, the Fruy family occupies an important position.

The other person is Lidion, an elite member of the Fruy family. Both he and the Fruy family have close ties with the Imperial Mining Company. The Three Primary Colors Group and the Imperial Mineral Resources seem to be an integrated entity, and the Fruy family naturally has a very deep connection with both of them.

"Unfortunately, the two people brought by Mavis herself could not be identified." Hai said with apology, "I set my target on the other three knight attendants of Astus, thinking they were two of them. . But due to the information protection of the major families on their respective knights and attendants, there is no possibility of penetration. Miss Ovelia used people in the family to confirm, but no definite result was obtained. Maybe two of them did not It's really within the family, but whether they stayed in Manoma or not, there's nothing that can be directly proven."

"Then what is the probability that there are two of them?" Cassia asked, "Mr. Hack, you must have the analyzed list in hand, right? Tell me the probability of each of them appearing here, and the information available to each. That's it. The rest can only be determined after they actually meet. The two people have been staying in a secret door room of Mavis's airship and have never stepped off the airship. They want to investigate their The identity is indeed difficult. However, the probability of two of them should be more than half."

After sorting out the information in his head, Hai began to answer Cassia's questions one by one: "The probability is about 30%. Two of Agnes, Isabel, and Phil, because of McDonald, and then the four of them They will indeed stand on the same front for a period of time to prevent McDonald's incident from happening again. There is a high probability that they will reach cooperation because of this, and now I think this will be the case."

"But the people who can reach a temporary alliance with Mavis in Manoma are not limited to the three of them. Before the knight squire assessment, Mavis was a family elite in the Astus family. At that time He has a broad network of relationships. Especially among the five major prince families, there are many people who have maintained contact with Mavis. Where there are people, there will always be small circles after another, which is a normal phenomenon. The knight squire assessment is over, until now , these circles around Mavis have increased. Mr. Cassia, your fame in the empire, coupled with Miss Ye Jielin’s special nature among the thirty-six knight attendants, you want to form an alliance with Mavis and work together. There are definitely not a few people who have seized this opportunity.”

"The intelligence shows a large number of people, and it is very difficult to investigate whether they are all in the empire under time constraints. This work is still in progress, and some people have been excluded, and several more will be excluded before the operation begins. But the remaining base is still very large compared to those two people. But Agnes and the three of them have the highest probability anyway. In many aspects, they are the most reliable people that Mavis can find. Members of the Alliance.”

It took some time to tell Cassia all the analyzed information about the people. There was no corresponding printing machine in the mountains. The appearance and characteristics could only rely on the tacit understanding and mutual understanding between the two. Describe it in words.

"Mr. Cassia, the weapons you need will go to the designated location at noon tomorrow." Handover of other things, "Miss Ovelia provided it, but there is nothing she can do about it due to the limited authority of the blue silver bullet. And I am here." , even if we inform people in the family now, or the stronghold of the Hill family in the small country, the length of time caused by the journey is not allowed. Mr. Cassia, the masks you need will be brought with you, and I have also prepared some potions for you. Hope this helps you in some way.”

"The places that should be prepared have almost been considered. Now we can only wait for the other party's next stopping place." Cassia replied. At this point in the communication, there was nothing important to talk about. After two or three rounds of attacks with long-range fire support, the hacker team will quickly withdraw. In the remaining time, everything will be faced by Cassia alone. Haike, who is restricted in many aspects, cannot help Cassia much.

As long as the information about the seven people is detailed enough and has information that is not available in the black market, it will be the greatest help to Cassia. The development ability of a completed surgical project can definitely change the way a surgeon fights. Cassia understands this sentence deeply. Since realizing the convenience brought by sonic pulses and high and low sound waves, these abilities have been considered by Cassia as the core in the battle plan before the battle.

There was still some time until early morning, and Cassia did not analyze Lidion and August's fighting form based on the intelligence, but instead turned the topic to the current situation within the empire.

"Miss Ye Jielin is currently staying at the station of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table, and she has no other place to go. The Webley family will definitely not be able to go back." Hei explained Cassia's interest.

"There will be the second battlefield, a battlefield in the Manoma area. The people who are lucky enough to participate in it are all from the empire, and can even be said to be famous strongmen in the entire Houxiang Continent. In fact, I am I didn’t want to come here. My original intention was to stay in Manoma and enjoy the rare scenery from a great distance that would explode at some point. But there is something more attractive to me here.”

He was smiling, and his words contained the familiar feeling that was imprinted in Cassia's head.

"But I think the place you don't have to worry about the least is Manoma. The capital of the empire. Not to mention the importance of Miss Ye Jielin in this incident, even if someone wants to make a big move at the residence of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table. , the members of the Imperial Council will never allow them to escalate the incident. With them handling the aftermath, there will be no problems. According to the current limited information, no one can say clearly how many people can be attracted to the Knights of the Round Table station. . It’s an excellent place to collect intelligence, but it’s just the third generation of the Empire’s Knight King. Considering the risk of ‘showing his face’... this is an issue worthy of consideration by all major families.”

"Especially for the twenty-three great duke families, the endless loop agreement between them has become fragile after a thousand years and is facing collapse at any time. The combined name of the twenty-three great duke families is one of the four forces in the empire. Once The endless loop agreement collapsed at a certain point, and the consequences..." The sharp laughter made Cassia pull away the communicator, but the keen hearing made the laughter not change in the ears, "This is very... Interesting things, I look forward to sitting down and sharing them with you Mr. Cassia one day.”

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"Sartrick, it's almost time. Everyone who should be here has arrived. Those who didn't come also expressed their attitude with silence. It's time to set off." The old man looked at Sattrik who was sitting in the corridor outside the room. Rick, the dark cane hit the floor regularly as he approached, and the "dong dong" sound was as clear as the zero o'clock sound of a pendulum clock.

Satric tilted his head and glanced at the old man who came over silently: "Otto, when did you become so anxious? In the memory of more than twenty years ago, calmness is the best summary of you. "

"When you see a Knight of the Round Table killed in just one or two hours, and the body melted into air, you will understand how I feel at the moment." Otto looked like Sartre Rick sat down like that and put his cane beside him, "In the past few years in the empire, except for the Visaya Fortress incident, when has anything happened that impacted us people because of the death of one person? Nothing happened. !”

"Impact?" Satric's words contained a sense of contempt. "If you have a chance, Otto, you should also go to the Kingdom of Fog and see the corpses that have been solidified into amber by the World Tree. But it must be done. You have the opportunity to see it only when you go extremely deep, and the scenes there can allow you to redefine what is called 'impact'. I don't want to talk about the mission now, Otto." Satric's tone was very light.

"Then there seems to be nothing to talk about." Otto responded, not paying attention to Satric's attitude.

"Oh, by the way." Otto seemed to remember something and continued, "Maybe you can see some old friends this time."

"Old friends? I don't think I have many friends anymore, most of them are just acquaintances. Do you want to talk about Hilda and Bilda? We did have intersections during the war, and after a few decades, it was all over." Satric said, cutting off Otto's last words, "If you want to talk about other things, I have a few topics I want to talk to you about."

Otto was a little surprised and glanced at Satric, "I'm very interested."

"The Holy Emperor's Office should know about the 'Mechanical Dragon' plan of the Far Sea Commonwealth, right?"

Otto narrowed his eyes slightly and laughed a few times: "After escaping from the Kingdom of Mist, did you go to the Far Sea Commonwealth? I originally thought that the Flame Alliance was your destination for the past ten years. Let me think about it. , in the case of the Far Sea Commonwealth, it must be the King of Steel, Defoni Phoenix Law? Only that person has the strength to accept and continue this ideal project of the Far Sea Commonwealth."