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"Sometimes we just need to know these things in our hearts. During the mission, we can become the captain, but they will always be team members for us to drive, and there must be their own reasons. If they know it and can use it on themselves, enter Having been in the Knights for so long, the situation should have changed long ago. But you have also seen the actual situation, changes and so on. The workload and the pain and difficulty in the process are still too harsh on a person."

Theodore did not talk too much about this matter. He walked to the window, looked at the rapidly flowing clouds below and said: "It has been a few days since the prey allies set sail. I don't know if it is a coincidence. The Borghese area and the south The forest is not far apart. Once we find prey, we have to devote all our firepower to it. Otherwise, every time we give the prey a little breathing time, it will increase the risk of failure of our mission. Although the mission still gives us a lot of time, But for you and me, we can’t completely tie ourselves to this mission. We still have to make careful preparations for the knight squire assessment half a decade from now.”

"Sitian is following up. As soon as there is news, I will detach a group of people to take the initiative. As long as their support can be delayed, it will be easy to handle and reduce losses."

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Ressa looked at Truro from the side, and waited until his emotions calmed down completely before he spoke: "I'm going to call Clesy and Miwejia over." After taking a few steps, he added, "I said before After all, it won't be an easy job for us to come here. Even if Il and the others are already on their way here, we can't escape what we should do. That's fine, everyone on this mission We can arrive here in ten days, and the risk of the mission will be much reduced by then."

"This is good news, but only if you can bear it." A kind reminder. After Resa walked out of the room, Trono nodded to express his understanding.

Half an hour later, Clacy and the others began to discuss gathering information in the hall of their residence.

"The only ones I can provide here are the twenty white knights. You can also use the weapons transported from the temple headquarters." There is nothing to say. Compared with the Rose and the Rose Knights, Clecy's The strength does have to drop a lot.

"Just have those white knights, because they are just exploring the terrain and related information, and almost no weapons are used. The final capture or killing of the prey will have to wait until Il and the others come over to get the results." Lei Sa tapped on the map, "This is a geographical atlas bought in a store. It was published eighty years ago, and has not been reprinted or revised since. The place where the prey lives is between two and three hundred years ago." It became an uninhabited land many years ago. It is said that it was caused by a large volcanic eruption. It may have a great impact on the terrain. What we need to do is to note these impacts and draw the latest map. .”

"The difficulty lies in not alerting the prey. Judging from the past few days, the prey has been staying inside and does not understand our situation. This is our advantage. As long as our strength is in place, we can avoid being discovered by the prey. I The plan with Trono is to break up the people we can send out to collect information into small groups and then..."

Various exploration equipment arrived in the hands of Clacy and the others in the evening. There were three people in each group, and nearly thirty or forty groups were all ready. Each group has its own mission. Trono and the others are still unclear whether the group of prey's subordinates are also in the no-man's land of the volcano. At this point in time, even with the train and limousine, it was just enough to reach Borghese.

Choosing to penetrate that area slowly, they had ten days, enough to explore some basic landforms in the uninhabited area of ​​the volcano. If there is a conflict between teams, this information will be extremely important. Under the premise that the power of platinum and blue silver bullets cannot be ignored, flexible selection of attack plans based on the terrain will greatly increase the possibility of offensive victory.

A few hours later, nearly forty teams had arrived at their respective starting points. Although they were still a long way from the uninhabited land of the volcano, in order not to disturb anything, both Crecy and Trono chose The safest approach.

"There is a small town far in front of the uninhabited area of ​​the volcano. It is full of old people waiting to die. You may be able to get some news from them. Before the mission target goes to the uninhabited area of ​​the volcano, if you follow the road , to bypass that town. Maybe the mission target also asked something from the group of old people before going to the no-man’s land." Clacy spread out the map in the limo, pointed at a red dot and said, " When I rushed here, I was not in a hurry to avoid exposing myself. Since more clues need to be collected now, I think we can focus on them in this small town. "

"Because I work in the church, some of the people who come to pray or consult in the church are such old people. When dealing with them, as long as you are a holy envoy, your ability in this area is not bad. There are many people under my command. If such a person pretends to be an old man of the same age and asks for some information, he should not leave any traces."

"The method is feasible, but before your people go there, you have to let other people check whether there are any subordinates of the prey mixed in. As long as a person with the ability to detect temperature can complete it, the body temperature of the operator is still very different from that of ordinary people. Big difference."

The old people in the town gave them a lot of help and once again confirmed that the prey was there and never left. Four days into the plan, Trono and the others had arrived at the edge of the volcano’s uninhabited land. All the real-time information obtained was also passed on to Il and the others.

"Is this the influence of the 'germs' that those old people were talking about?" Neither Clecy nor Trono took a step forward. They looked at the gradually transitioning dividing line in front of them. Only then did they pay attention to what they had learned from childhood a few days ago. News got in town.

The scope is much larger than what the old people said. The front has become a dead land. In early summer, all the plants that should have grown crazily have withered and turned into a light yellow color. Everywhere they could reach was probably in the same state, with no sound at all. The chirping of insects that would appear from time to time suddenly disappeared without a trace when they got closer.

The dead leaves were soaked by the light rain and foamed, gradually developing a rotten smell. The immersed air above seemed to be different. Several people couldn't describe what it felt like. It was like the darkness outside the fire at night, which made people unable to have the desire to take a step forward. They just wanted to stay quietly in the light of the fire.

"Take some samples and let the hospital in the small town check them." Clacy put on gloves, grabbed a few bags of dead leaves and the soil below, packed them in special bags, put them in a metal box and froze them, " We will also ask people to send a few samples to the nearest big cities for analysis, but it will take time and may not be able to keep up with our plan."

"There is no problem if the prey stays in there for such a long time. They are all surgeons. Even if there are differences in individuals and bodies, I don't think the differences are big, right?" Ressa raised another point at this time, "Even if It will affect us just like a common fever or cold. What do you think?"

"Each team is equipped with several special antidotes, and each person also carries a few more tranquilizers. If an unexpected danger occurs, this preparation can also give us time to react and evacuate. If you are still not worried, choose If a temporary field hospital is set up in one place, complete treatment will not take long, but it can still be done to extend the time for treatment."

"There is no need for field hospitals." Trono interjected, "If these 'germs' are really useful to the surgeon, ordinary hospitals probably won't be able to come up with even a treatment plan."

He turned around and prepared to return to the garrison he had set up nearby in the past few days. "People who hunt for prey will probably end up with either death or immortality. We are all people who will put a shot in the back even if the enemy's head falls off." , it’s better not to think too much.”