Three o'clock in the afternoon, Darkland, Corvis's house.
"Water...Give me water!..." Bedivere felt as if her throat was on fire as soon as she woke up.
"It's so noisy, shut up." Kovis cursed and threw a water bag to Bedi.
Although the water had an earthy smell, Bediwell didn't think too much and took several sips.
When he felt that his throat was no longer stuck together, he asked: "What have you done to me? Have you dug out my heart?"
He took off his clothes and looked at the scar on his chest. The place where the probe penetrated had been roughly sutured, and it didn't look like a heart-cutting operation had been performed.
"Idiot, if you dig out your heart, wouldn't you already be dead?" Kovis said coldly, "Don't worry, we haven't planned to kill you yet. You are an important hostage in exchange for other key fragments."
Bedivere looked at the Leopard Man Corvis with hostility, "Arthur will not let you succeed. To exchange my life for key fragments, this plan was impossible from the beginning."
Corvis sneered, "I know that Knight Arthur is not that kind of person. He still has feelings for you, and he cares for you like a younger brother."
"No, no!" the werewolf boy said with a red face.
"Just deny it. You can fool yourself, but you can't fool my eyes." Leopard warrior Corvis said, "The fox people have sent a messenger to negotiate with the knight Arthur, and he will have a reply soon."
What he thinks, we will know soon."
"Actually, it's not a big deal." Corvis sneered, "If he refuses to exchange the terms, I'll kill you immediately. We still have to conquer the glorious area, kill every human being, and grab all the
Key fragments. It's just a matter of time."
Bedivere didn't say anything. It should be said that he was absent-minded and did not hear what Corvis said. He cast his eyes on the unconscious Lavis beside him.
The child's hand... seemed to move just now?
At the same time, on Arthur's side, Torvill, who was still having a high fever, muttered in a daze like a dream: "Don't hurt Bediville Meow-----"
At the same time, the Knights of the South Sky.
"What? You actually sent a messenger here? The foxes are really arrogant." Arthur said coldly.
"Just meet him, probably to talk about the hostage exchange." Grand Duke Hall said.
Arthur nodded. Soon after, a fox messenger walked into the reception room of the Knights of the South.
"Hall, the celestial knight, and Arthur, the celestial knight." The fox messenger said arrogantly as soon as he came up, "I am here to negotiate with the two of them on the order of the chiefs of the Romani and Grik tribes. Silver Wolf Bewilf
His life is in our hands. If you want to save his life, use the fragment of the key to the wall of the world that you snatched. Tomorrow at 2:00 pm, we will negotiate on the outskirts of the research institute. The specific location is the one you teleported away from last time.
On the hill."
"Are you so sure that we will agree to exchange hostages?" Arthur questioned, "I haven't confirmed the safety of the hostages yet."
"I knew you would say that," the fox man picked up a communicator, "Say something."
"Arthur!" Bedivere's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Arthur, be careful! They are going to-----snap-swish-swish--" The communication was interrupted.
"Don't do any tricks." The fox messenger warned again, "Just as you have methods to identify the authenticity of key fragments, we also have instruments to identify them. If tomorrow we find that any of the six fragments is counterfeit, Silver Wolf will
Bevelf must die."
"Really?" Arthur said coldly, "Are you done? Now get out of here before I make up my mind whether to kill you or not."
The fox messenger smiled contemptuously at Arthur, turned around and left.
"What is supposed to come has come." Hall, the Heavenly Knight, said, "Arthur, come with me, hurry up."
Arthur hurriedly followed the Celestial Knight to the war conference room. Hall pressed a mechanism and locked the two of them in this secret room that was isolated from the outside world.
"Are you sure you want to exchange hostages?" Hall asked as soon as he came up. "This is definitely a trap. I'm afraid there will be several clan leaders at the negotiation site tomorrow waiting for you to surrender."
"But I still have to go." Arthur said, "Bedivere is my companion, and I can't abandon my companion. If I want to fight with the orc chiefs, I have no choice but to bite the bullet."
"Arthur," Grand Duke Hall suddenly said, "I asked the Ivory Tower for their opinion. If they send magicians to help, with the help of the magic amplification array, it is possible for Lianyin to bring more people to teleport together. At most
You can bring twenty people."
"Isn't that a small army? This number is enough to make people feel at ease." Arthur said happily. Although he knew that this was not enough.
"But this is a one-way teleportation. Unless the other side has also set up a magic amplification array, you will not be able to teleport back. However, the enemy will not be stupid enough to watch us set up the array. In the end, we still need to use force to defeat the opponent.
The military force was suppressed first." Grand Duke Hall said.
"It's not difficult to deal with the miscellaneous soldiers," Arthur thought, "What I'm most worried about are the clan leaders. If every clan leader has the power to rival the heavenly knights, then------"
"They can't mobilize the heads of all the clans in the Underdark in such a short period of time. The heads of the bear tribe are too far away to come, and the heads of the fox and rabbit tribes have little fighting power. The werewolves were exterminated a few years ago, and they are now new candidates.
The leader of the clan is not yet mature, and his combat effectiveness cannot be expected."
"So the only clan leaders that the orcs can fight with are the Tigers, Leopards, and Elephants..." Arthur said, "...No, the territory of the Elephants is also far away."
It's quite far away, and as people are so selfish, the possibility of them coming here for a trivial matter like exchanging hostages is extremely low."
"Let's include the leader of the Elephant tribe first. The worst case scenario is that the twenty people we bring will have to fight an army of more than a hundred people, along with the three tribe leaders of the tiger man, leopard man, and elephant man." Tian
Knight Hall said, "I don't know what other experts they have brought with them, but in order to defend against Rome, the number of experts they can mobilize is also limited. In short, I still sent an urgent letter to inform Lyon Dickens and Younes. The temporary idea is
The three clan leaders will be restrained one-on-one by the three of us. It is up to you to find a way to deal with the remaining troops."
Arthur thought about it for a moment. He suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but gasped: "Wait a moment. Why do you say it as if you are going to have a final battle with the Hungarians?!"
Grand Duke Hall paused, and then he looked at Arthur and laughed: "Hahahahahaha. That's right! This can indeed be said to be the final battle! If you think about it carefully, if all the key fragments fall into the Hungarian
If they get it from the Canadians, we will lose directly and there will be no need to fight. On the contrary, if we can grab all the fragments from them, it will greatly demoralize them. If we are lucky, we may be able to kill one of them.
Clan leader, further weaken their combat effectiveness."
"The premise is that you heavenly knights don't lose in one-on-one situations..." Arthur said.
"Leon Dickens' injury is basically healed. Thanks to you, Younes is not injured at all. This is the most ideal situation. If they lose or even die in battle, it's just because their skills are inferior to others. There is nothing to complain about.
." Grand Duke Hall said in a tone that said it had nothing to do with him.
Hall's tone sounded as if he was confident that he would not lose, which made Arthur feel a little angry. But Arthur was not moved. He was worried about other things.
"If a fight breaks out, Bediville will be in great danger..." Arthur said, "I just hope that you, the Grand Duke, will not take action until I rescue Bediville."
"Of course. Protecting your knights is the top priority of this hostage exchange. If the other party's clan leader does not act rashly, we will also be on guard and do not act. If they really intend to exchange the hostages fairly and do not engage in small tricks, we would have been
There is no need to fight with them." Grand Duke Hall said, "Don't worry. No matter what, your knights will return safely."
I hope so. Arthur has never felt so uneasy.
(In the so-called final battle, we were at an absolute disadvantage from the beginning!)
(No. If new variables are not added, the battle may fail! This is what my intuition tells me.)
(What else do we need.)
(Variables that change destiny!)
Arthur picked up the phone subconsciously, "As for asking a mage to help, I have a friend who is a very powerful mage. Do you want to contact him?"
"Can you trust this person? Can you put the life and death of your companions in this person's hands?" Celestial Knight Hall asked.
"That guy still hides a lot of secrets. But, yes, I can trust this person." Arthur replied.
"Okay, let's go." Hall opened the barrier of the war conference room, "Don't tell the details on the phone, we will talk in person when he arrives."
After one hour.
"Arthur, you made a wise decision to come to me at this time." Merlin said solemnly, "I can help with the preparations for the teleportation, and I can even help you prepare the magic amplification array for the return trip, but there is
One condition: I will not participate in fighting and will never kill anyone."
Arthur asked disapprovingly: "Is it necessary to make such a fuss?"
"I can't kill, I just can't kill. If I kill people randomly..." Merlin looked at it, but confirmed that no one was eavesdropping, "...it will produce an irreversible variable. It will cause huge distortions in this world."
"What?" Arthur asked in confusion.
"...You will understand in the future, Arthur." Merlin said, "In short, leave the work of preparing the amplification array and defense to me. You can take care of the other parts by yourself."