These words did not make Croni feel much at ease. The only thing he felt that he could not worry about was probably Patrick's strength. He was much stronger than himself, and no one who could participate in the assessment would be inferior. Before the knight squire assessment started,
Among this group of people, they have gone through a selection in advance, and the last group of people will be qualified to participate.
Croni was not included in this list and was rejected during the final screening. He heard the information about the knight squire assessment from people who had participated in the assessment. He knew something about the strength of those ferocious creatures.
, so we can roughly judge Patrick’s strength.
During the nearly two-hour journey, Croni continued to explain the situation of the mercenaries and bounty hunters. Several of them made key introductions, and it was also explained that the king's forces would send reinforcements.
"Mechanized transformation? It is indeed a rare method of improving strength. It is probably only the countries in this area that use this method." After listening, Patrick said. The person next to him interjected, "In this case,
You should be careful not to have too much physical contact with them in close combat. Compared with the alloy, the strength of the body is much weaker. In terms of how to deal with it, it depends on what you want, captain."
"We need to leave someone behind for interrogation. Our separate mission is related to the king's power."
"Okay, after we pass, I will immediately prepare the corresponding biological agents. Just now Croni said that the surgeons here have almost never carried out surgical development projects, so I think there are probably some basic surgical abilities that have some value.
The flaw is that I have an idea of what kind of medicine I need to use, and it might have a good effect."
The limousine arrived at their temporary base in Ockham shortly after.
The temporary base is opposite the stronghold of Finia and others. It is also a residential building with the same number of floors, which is very convenient for observation. Patrick said a few words politely to Occam and Janet, then went to the window and
He opened a small gap in the curtains and glanced at the opposite side. In his perception, a dozen basic human-shaped heat sources were either moving or stationary, and all appeared in Patrick's head at this moment.
"You said that starting tonight, reinforcements from the other side may come at any time?" Patrick returned to the table in the living room, where there was a map. The positions of Finia and others were surrounded by more than thirty red dots in the center.
, "These red dots are the people hiding, right? If so, let them evacuate back immediately."
Seeing the confused looks on several people's faces, Patrick explained: "Since you want to catch bigger prey, you have to be willing to put out a longer line and put out more attractive bait. Don't worry about the bait escaping.
Ronnie has already told me the general strength of the mercenaries on the other side, and I can guarantee that none of them can escape. This measure is just to deal with possible imperial surgeons on the enemy side."
Occam and Janet looked at each other before nodding to each other. The order to retreat was quickly transmitted via radio signal, and within a few minutes, all personnel were evacuated.
"It's a bit difficult to find a way to intercept the other party's radio signal, but if the other party is not fortified, it will be much easier. Besides, they don't know that we are right next to them, so they won't be so vigilant." Patrick said to the four people he brought with him.
, "We need to expedite the preparation of the potion. Som, you and I will wait and walk around the building opposite to feel the environment. Cloney, Mr. Ockham, and Miss Janet, I still leave the observation to you.
.”
When several people gathered in the living room again, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Patrick said he went out to check out the situation in the building opposite, but in fact he walked around the entire gathering place before coming back. So far,
There was no sign of reinforcements. The potion was debugged in a few hours. The radio signal could not be completely intercepted, but some words could be heard in the other party's communication.
From evening to now, the other party has only communicated with other people twice. No valid information was obtained, only useless information asking for help to bring some specific things. Doing his own thing unhurriedly, Patrick asked Som and Crow
After taking turns to monitor the other side with temperature sensing, Ni began to wait.
During this period, he was also checking the information provided to him by Occam. The description of the opponent's imperial surgeon was much more detailed. At about three o'clock in the morning, a communication came from the main army.
"Sir MacDonald." Patrick greeted politely, "We have only been here for a few hours. It takes time to investigate who is the subordinate of the other party."
"Okay, remember to be careful. You know, this is no longer inside the empire, and the support will not be convenient. In addition, according to the clues disclosed by the unknown person, I already have the doctor who helped Charlotte perform plastic surgery.
General information, I think that soon, you can start work there. Before that, you'd better do your best to solve the problems in Croni's hands. I don't want you to be held back by other things. If possible, wait until
Now that the clues are clear, I will take someone to your side."
After the communication was disconnected, Patrick routinely asked about the situation in the opposite room. There was nothing unusual. This was the answer from Som and Crony.
This state lasted until the afternoon of the next day. At that time, Som continued to observe. On the temperature display, a person whose temperature was slightly different from that of ordinary people walked into the opposite floor. The observer next to him said it was an ordinary male, probably
He is a permanent resident here.
First, he went straight to the tenth floor and stayed there for half an hour. The temperature sensor showed that he was just standing in the corridor and did not do anything else. When the man came down, he walked out of the elevator on the third floor and passed by the door of the group of mercenaries.
Then he left directly.
This situation was reported to Patrick and Occam midway. When the man left here, one of the four people brought by Occam and Patrick had already followed the man.
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"They say they want us to continue to confirm the information on the map." Harrington said, holding the information that was left at the door just now. "The support has arrived, but we can't gather immediately yet. We want the two of us to meet with us first to help with the investigation.
If you need weapon support, you can go here and have a look." After saying that, Harrington unfolded the two maps in the information. One was the mine terrain map with updated information, with many red circles drawn on it.
And with detailed notes. The other one is a map of the gathering towns. A repair shop is circled, and the equipment resources that come over are there.
"The two people we met are in the repair shop. They said there is still some information that we need to meet before they can tell us." Harrington continued his words, "Then it was decided tonight. Half of the people will go and half will go.
people stay here.”
Finia was sitting in the living room, not knowing what to do. Harrington and others left in the afternoon. At this moment, it was a gray night outside, and bright or dim lights were lit everywhere. She wanted to tidy up
I was about to send the investigation information to the client, but suddenly I lost my mood. I kept thinking about what Harrington said during the day, "Continue to confirm the information on the map."
This means that in the next few days, they will go to the old mining area again. There is resistance in Fenit's heart, and the situation that night had a great impact on her. It is not wrong to say that it is a psychological shadow that cannot be removed for the time being.
She was already a little scared. In the past few days, Finia had already approached her brother Gers and asked tactfully whether to give up the commission. Everyone had personally experienced the dangers encountered during the first exploration, and the subsequent actions were only
It will be more difficult. The 50 million bounty does have the difficulty to match it.
Finia didn't know if Gers heard her intention, but after all, she still didn't respond in the past few days. At this moment, Finia sighed, got up and poured a glass of water, and at the same time there was a crisp knock on the door of the room.
The sound of the door. The knocking with no fixed frequency made those who stayed in the house instantly alert. After picking up their weapons in a short time and finding cover, a man spoke: "Who is it?"
"Miss Finia should be inside, right? It's me, Soriato." Cassia said standing at the door.
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"I couldn't see the face clearly, and the light affected my vision. But according to the temperature perception, it should be one of the few people who went out." Som finished handing over to the observer on the side and told Patrick the situation.
There was no immediate reply, and Patrick immediately asked Croni to contact the person following him. The next moment, a response came from the other side. Several people who went out tonight were all together, and were currently sorting out the equipment shipped by the king's forces in a repair shop.
Occam was still following up, but Patrick still sent a message to his people, and the answer he got was that the people were not lost, but it seemed that he knew someone would be following him, but he didn't know where the person was.
He could only try to get rid of the two of them by walking in circles aimlessly.
"I understand." Patrick hung up the communication and activated the temperature sensor. The temperature was almost the same as the others, and there was nothing special about it.
"Captain, how about..." Som suggested from the side at this time, "There are only seven people from the other party including this man. I promise to bring them to see you within two minutes."
"There will be a chance for you to perform soon, but not at this moment. The other party's support has already arrived, but they adopted this converging method, which shows that they are very vigilant and probably know something. They did not obtain the positions of all the support personnel beforehand.
Don’t attack them. This man may be an imperial surgeon. He will come here, which is very consistent with the time of support. Just like we came to help Croni."
"Crony, you choose someone to come out," Patrick stopped mid-sentence, "Forget it, I think it's better for you to follow him yourself. If this man leaves, you can follow him and see if you can
Get whatever you want."
Croni nodded in response.
At the same time, Cassia sat in the living room under the unwelcome gazes, ignoring these gazes. He glanced at the opposite side through the thick curtain in front of him and smiled. "The opposite side is probably looking at him in some form.
." He thought. Seeing Finia looking at him, Cassia nodded slightly and asked Harrington how soon they would be back.
"Not sure." Finia thought for a while and said, "Mr. Soriato, how did you find us?" This was also the question of several other people in the living room. Cassia shrugged, "I told you,
I am also a member of the king's force. All you need to do is ask your client for this kind of information. It's just that you don't want to believe it."
Knowing that could not dispel the doubts in these people's hearts, Cassia did not want to say more. He came tonight just to see the reinforcements sent by the king's forces and talk to their captain. Just looking at the situation in the living room, his thoughts did not seem to be the same.
Easy to achieve. But a good thing is that at least it shows that the information released by Waters was indeed accepted by the officials of the king's power and aroused their vigilance.
But the movement of the king's forces was very slow, and it was really helpless when it came to internal war. The map had been improved a lot by Cassia, but he knew that it would be unavoidable to rely on the people in front of him to confirm this information one by one.
There were some difficulties. So I discussed it with Hessler and took advantage of the arrival of reinforcements. Cassia wanted to find their captain directly, as if revisiting the places he had been to before. Cassia took the captains of the reinforcements one by one.
Confirm these.
There are still mercenaries in the reinforcement team, but most of them are already members of the king's force. Seeing it with your own eyes is faster than the current little investigation.
But the main reason for choosing this approach is that Cassia is worried about the imperial surgeons in the rebel forces. After the reinforcements of the king's force arrive, the situation in the mining area will become increasingly intense. Cassia is afraid that the imperial surgeons among them will
Called for the support behind them. Until now, he didn't know who the other party was or what the purpose of coming here was. He really wanted to catch one of them and inquire about it carefully. Although he could throw the cause to the king's forces after taking action, death would bring
The impact will definitely not be good, unless the king's forces are sure to take big action. At this moment, Cassia is almost sorting out the relationship network between the two parties from the standpoint of a bystander. If he can not interfere, just let them be free.
develop.
Some enemies are not necessarily less valuable if they are alive than if they are dead. Moreover, Cassia can also get useful information from watching the exchanges between the two parties. She always remembers the incident of Charlotte, which is what Cassia tries to avoid contact with.
. Before completely clarifying the relationship between the two, Cassia thought that she could just be an information provider.
When Harrington and the others came back to see Cassia, they were also wary. It wasn't until Harrington contacted the reinforcements and Cassia took the microphone and simply said "The location of the steam furnace" that they informed Harrington.
There was nothing unusual about Cassia's identity. In the communication, Cassia and the captain of the reinforcement team also agreed on a time and place to meet.
After leaving Fenia and the others at one o'clock in the morning, Cassia shook off the people behind her and found a nearby hotel to stay.
On the other side, Weimer, the captain of the reinforcement team, fell into deep thought after communicating. The call not long ago made him believe that the other party was the person who had been providing them with information, including the armor, the map of the mine, and the information that had been sent to them via the headquarters not long ago.
The location of the air defense base in his hand.
But it is still the unsolved problem. Why should we provide this information, and why should we help the king's forces. After thinking more about it, some people regard it as a trap plan of the rebel forces. Relying on some unimportant things,
Or the relatively unimportant information can cause confusion, and finally let yourself step into the trap voluntarily.
But as the map and news were updated in real time, not only others, but also Weimer began to doubt himself. Targets such as air defense bases would be used as bait, and whether the rebel forces were a little overconfident in their trap plans.
If we meet each other tomorrow, we might be able to solve the problem, Weimer thought.