It goes deeper into the long borders of the Flame Alliance, with strongholds close to small cities, but mostly in the forests of no man's land. The frontier is mostly dense primeval forests, and mining has been banned since early on. Hiding a stronghold inside is theoretically an inconspicuous thing, but the tricky thing about the matter is that the border patrol team has appointed beast cavalry, and in addition to the standard equipment of the Flame Alliance, the second-class creatures with strict training and a keen sense of smell are naturally good at reconnaissance. There are several ways to avoid these scouting creatures, but they are not necessary and costly.

Sellers know this, and they have the capital not to have to set up a base in these forests. There is never a shortage of buyers with guts. Rather than putting a base at risk, a slight reduction in the price of the goods can attract a large number of customers. Among them, there are many reselling dealers, and the first- and second-level controlled items are almost extinct in the formal trading centers, if you can get some sources, and sell them after returning to Larsa, there is probably no problem with the price of three or four times more in small batches.

After explaining the situation and giving information about the time and place of the rendezvous with several teams, Muriel also dragged his tired body back to rest.

Kasia, who went back to her room, sat down by the window, looked at the darkness outside the window, and thought about what she could do in the shadows in her next action. Keeping the mission process calm and safe, without accidents, ending it as quickly as possible, and then returning as quickly as possible, is the ideal outcome in Kasia's mind. As for whether the deal can be negotiated smoothly, that's not your own business. At best, if there is an opportunity, Kasia will find the right person among the sellers and ask for information that interests him - where to find merchants who offer Class II bioconcentrated blood.

"Trained creatures of the second class with a keen sense of smell. "Thinking of the improved hounds I've seen at the base of the volcano, they don't belong to the second class of creatures, but they show excellent tracking skills. But at that time, a trap was set because of the sense of smell, and the microbes eroded all the hounds. Kasia was confident that the Flame Alliance's patrol team would not make low-level mistakes, and the chances of success were very low if they wanted to target these creatures.

"Nor can we completely pin our hopes on the news that the patrol team passed by the area where the stronghold is located only the day before. "There is no limit to the patrol team, there are too many variables on them, and this kind of news can only be described as psychological comfort. To deal with danger, it is best to completely leave the luck component behind, "then starting from the instinct of the second type of creatures, you may be able to find a relatively safe way." ”

With Isha by her side, Kasia knew she couldn't always exude her aura and dispel potentially dangerous creatures around her. However, when creatures mark their territory, they usually leave their own things everywhere, whether it is hair, feces, or other sources of odors that can be detected. Such habits have been passed down and preserved even in Class II creatures.

"Blood should play a role. Thinking about this, Kasia remembered that there was a shop next to the hotel that sold all kinds of daily necessities, and he would go there tomorrow to buy enough small blades. After spending more than half an hour preparing for tomorrow's noon departure, the suitcase turned into a highly flexible backpack, and the fifteen-day round trip was expected to be extended, and Kasia went to Toynbee for this. Get the answer that every mission is the same, and there are always all sorts of unexpected situations.

"Don't worry, you just bring your own things, and the rest of the teams to assist in this operation are already ready. Toynbee, who knows the specific process of the task and the division of responsibilities, does not feel the slightest nervousness.

By noon the next day, Isha and Muriel stepped on the time to click out the door of the room. After settling the hotel bills, the four of them walked down a street, went to a paid parking lot, got into a regular limousine, and began to drive towards the frontier location of the Flame Alliance.

The more you go in this direction, the worse the road conditions become. By the afternoon, it was hard to see any decent gathering place around, the city was completely lost, and the occasional lifeless village could be seen. The concrete road turned into a potholed dirt floor, and beyond that, the road was just two slight marks of being crushed by tires. By the end of the evening, the road had gradually lost its original face, and could only be identified by the difference between the height of the wild grass.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, with a "bang" crash sound, the vehicle was completely scrapped. Isha was the driver of the trip, and it is unclear whether it was thinking while driving, or the reason for not emitting her perceptions. Kasia relied on the sonic pulses, knowing that there was a large pit covered by wild grass in front of her, a natural trap, and even if there were some verbal hints, she could only watch Isha lead the group to the pit with the vehicle.

"、、、、、、" Neither Toynbee nor Muriel said anything. There was an illusion, and from the expressions of the two, Kasia felt that it was not the first time that this had happened to Isha.

Carrying their own bags, the four of them lined up, turned on the flashlight at the front and the end, and continued to march towards the border of the Flame Alliance in the waist-deep barren grass. Take a break every three hours, about half an hour. At nine o'clock the next morning, Kasia, who had roughly washed herself in the forest, felt much more relaxed, at least the pollen and cohesive seeds that had been contaminated after a night in the grass were not pleasant.

Toynbee then washed up and walked over, went to the base of the tree opposite Kasia and sat down, took out a cigarette and smoked it. The surrounding area is slightly dark, and the forests on the plains have a different dense form than those on the mountains, but the dark and slightly rotting air under the dense foliage has not changed.

The distance that Kasia's calculation team had penetrated into this dense forest was only a few thousand meters, but there were already ancient trees everywhere that required two or three people to surround them. By the time Isha and the others came out, it was half past nine in the morning, and a thin mist was now spreading from the depths of the forest, with a faint pungent smell, like some kind of resin.

"It is the acetate coffee tree, and its resin and fruit are one of the main materials for some narcotics and hallucinogens. The Flame Alliance has made some improvements to it, resulting in several times stronger anesthesia and hallucinogenic effects. Long-term inhalation can affect all senses. Isha took a mask from her backpack and handed it to Kasia, "This forest on the border is the result of man-made, but because of the long time, it will become a primeval forest. It was a natural line of defense created and cultivated by the Flame Alliance for defense a long time ago. ”

"There's a lot more to come, and I'll tell you about them one by one. Isa, who was wearing a mask, said, looked at the dial on her watch, and pointed in a certain direction, "It's not far away, three hours away, and you can meet the support team." ”

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