This didn't make Crony feel much reassurance, and the only thing he felt he couldn't worry about was probably Patrick's strength. Much better than himself, and those who can participate in the assessment will not be bad. Before the start of the knight squire assessment, among their group of people, they went through a selection in advance, and the last group of people could be qualified to participate.

Cronie was not among them, having been brushed off at the last screening. The information about the examination of the knight's squire was heard by him through the mouths of those who had participated in the examination. He knew a little bit about the strength of those ferocious creatures, so he had a rough judgment of Patrick's strength.

Nearly two hours into the journey, Croney went on to explain the situation of the mercenaries and bounty hunters. Several of them made a major introduction, and the reinforcements that the king's forces would send also explained.

"Mechanization is indeed a rare way to improve strength, and it is probably the country in this region that uses this method. After listening, Patrick spoke. The person next to him chimed in, "In this case, you should pay attention to close combat, and not have too much physical contact with them." Compared to the alloy, the body is much weaker. In terms of coping, it depends on what you mean, captain. ”

"We need to leave someone behind for interrogation, and our sole mission is related to the king's power. ”

"Okay, after I get there, I'll immediately concoct the corresponding biopotion. As Croney said earlier, the surgeons here have hardly ever carried out surgical development projects, so I think there are probably numerical shortcomings in some basic surgical capabilities. I've probably figured out which potion I'm going to need, and maybe it's going to work well. ”

The limousine arrived at their temporary base in Occam shortly after.

The temporary base is just opposite the stronghold of Phinea and others, and it is also a residential house, with the same number of floors, which is very easy to observe. After a few polite words with Occam and Janet, Patrick went to the window, opened the curtain a little, and glanced at the other side. In his perception, a dozen or so basic humanoid heat sources, either moving or stationary, appeared in Patrick's head at this moment.

"You say that from 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, and the location of Phinea and the others was surrounded by more than thirty red dots in the center, "These red dots are the people who are hiding, right? If so, let them evacuate immediately." ”

Seeing the puzzled looks of several people, Patrick explained: "If you want to catch bigger prey, you have to be willing to put a longer line and put out a more tempting bait. Don't worry about the bait escaping, Crony has already told me the approximate strength of the mercenaries on the other side, and I can guarantee that none of them will escape. This kind of move is only to deal with the Imperial surgeon that may exist on the enemy's side. ”

Occam and Janet looked at each other before nodding to each other. The order to evacuate was quickly transmitted via radio signal, and after a few minutes, all personnel were evacuated.

"It's a bit difficult to find a way to intercept the other party's radio signals, but if the other side is not defended, it's much easier. Besides, they don't know that we're around, so they won't be so vigilant. Patrick said to the four people he had brought, "The potion needs to be prepared in a hurry. Somme, you and I wait to go around the building across from us and feel the environment. Cronie, and Mr. Occam, Miss Janet, I'll leave the observation to you. ”

When they gathered in the living room again, it was 11 p.m. Patrick said he had gone out to touch the building opposite, but in fact he had walked around the entire gathering place before returning. So far, there have been no signs of reinforcements. The potion was debugged over the course of a few hours, and the radio signal was not completely intercepted, but some words could be heard in the other party's communications.

From the evening to the present, the other party has only communicated with the other people twice. There is no valid information, it is all useless information to help bring something specific. Doing his own thing unhurriedly, Patrick asked Som and Croney to take turns monitoring each other with temperature perception, and then began to wait.

During this time, he was also looking at the information provided to him by Occam's side, which described the surgeon of the other empire in much more detail. At about three o'clock in the morning, a communication came from the side of the general army.

"Master MacDonald. Patrick greeted politely, "It's only been a few hours or so, and it takes time to investigate which person's subordinates the other party is." ”

"Yes, remember to be careful, you know, this is not inside the empire anymore, and it won't seem convenient to support. In addition, according to the clues revealed by unknown people, I already have the general information of the doctor who helped Charros with plastic surgery, and I think that soon, you can start work on your side. Until then, you'd better get the matter out of Cronie's hands with all your might, I don't want you to be held back by something else. If possible, when the clues on my side are clear, I will also take someone to your side. ”

After communication was cut off, Patrick routinely inquired about the situation in the opposite room. There is nothing out of the ordinary, this is the answer of Somme and Croney.

This state lasted until the afternoon of the next day. At that time, Somme was constantly observing, and in the temperature display, a person with a slight temperature difference from the normal person walked into the opposite floor. The observer next to him said it was an ordinary male, presumably a resident of the area.

First, I went straight to the tenth floor and stayed there for half an hour. Temperature perception showed that he was just standing in the hallway, not making any other moves. When the man came down, he stepped out of the elevator on the third floor and passed by the door of the group of mercenaries. Then he walked straight away.

This was told to Patrick and Occam halfway through. By the time the man left, one of the four men brought by Occam and Patrick was already following the man.

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"Say yes, let's continue to determine the information on the map. Harrington took the information that was still at the door and said, "Support has arrived, but we can't meet immediately yet, so let's meet with us first to help find out what happened." If you need a weapon, you can check it out here. With that, Harrington unfolded the two maps in the data, one was the updated topographic map of the mine, with many red circles drawn on it, and detailed notes. The other is a map of the town, where a repair shop is circled, and all the equipment resources that come over are there.

"The two men who met were in the repair shop, and they said they had some information that needed to be met before they could tell us. Harrington continued his words, "Then it's decided that tonight, half of the people will go and half of them will stay here." ”

Phinea sat in the living room, not knowing what to do. Harrington and the others left in the afternoon, and at this moment it was a gray night outside, and there were bright and dark lights everywhere. She wanted to sort out the information about the investigation that was going to be sent to her client, but suddenly she was in no mood. I kept thinking about Harrington's words during the day, "Continue to determine the information on the map."

This means that in the next few days, they will go to the old mine again. There was resistance in Finnet's heart, and the situation that night had a great impact on her, and it was not impossible to say that it was a psychological shadow that could not be removed for the time being.

I'm already a little scared. Phinea has already approached her brother Gels in the past few days, and euphemistically asked if she should give up the commission. Everyone has experienced the dangers of the first expedition, and the subsequent actions will only become more difficult. The 50 million bounty is indeed difficult to match.

Phinea didn't know if Gers had heard his intentions, but there was no response for the past few days. With a sigh, Phinea got up and poured a glass of water, and there was a crisp knock on the door at the same time. There was no fixed frequency of knocking on the door, which made the people who remained in the house instantly alert. After picking up his weapon in a short time and finding cover, a man spoke: "Who?"

"Miss Phinea should be in there, right? It's me, Soriatu. Kasia said, standing in the doorway.

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"I didn't see my 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 handed over the situation to Patrick after handing over to the observer on the side.

Without an immediate reply, Patrick immediately asked Cronnie to contact the person he was following. The next moment, there was a response from there, and the few people who had gone out tonight were all together, and they were sorting out the equipment brought by the king's forces in a repair shop. Occam's side continued to follow up, but Patrick still sent a message to his people, and the answer was that the personnel were not lost, but as if they knew that someone would be following, but they didn't know where the person was following, they could only rely on aimless circles to try to get rid of the two of them.

"I see. Patrick hung up and began to sense the temperature. The temperature is almost the same as several other people, and there is nothing special about it.

"Captain, do you want to 、、、," Som suggested at this time, "there are only seven people on the other side plus this man, and I promise to bring them to meet you within two minutes." ”

"There was a chance for you to perform shortly after, but not at the moment. The other party's support has arrived, but this convergence method shows that they are very vigilant, probably knowing something. Don't attack all support staff until they have their locations. This man may be an Imperial surgeon, and his presence here is also very consistent with the timing of the support. It's like we came to help Croney. ”

"Croney, you pick someone and go 、、、," Patrick paused in the middle of speaking, "Forget it, I think it's better for you to follow it yourself." If the man leaves, follow behind and see if you can get anything. ”

Crony nodded, in response.

Meanwhile, Kasia sat down in the living room under the unwelcome gaze, ignoring the gaze, glancing across the thick curtain in front of him and smiling. "The other side is probably looking at himself in some form. He thought. Seeing Phinea watching her, Kasia nodded lightly and asked Harrington how soon they would be back.

"Not sure. Phinea thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Soriatu, how did you find us?" and that was the question of the other people in the living room. Kasia shrugged her shoulders, "As I said, I'm also a member of the King's forces, so you just need to ask your client for this kind of information." It's just that you don't want to believe it. ”

Knowing didn't dispel the doubts in these people's hearts, and Kasia didn't want to talk much. He had only come tonight to meet the reinforcements sent by the King's forces and to speak with their captain. Just looking at the situation in the living room, the idea does not seem to be easy to achieve. But a good thing, at least it shows that the message released by Waters was indeed accepted by those officials of the king's power, and aroused their vigilance.

But the movement of the king's forces is very slow, and when it comes to internal wars, this is indeed a helpless thing. The map had been perfected a lot by Kasia, but he knew that it would be difficult to rely on the people in front of him to determine this information one by one. So after discussing with Hesley, with the arrival of reinforcements, Kasia wanted to find their captain directly, as if he had gone to the places he had been before, and Kasia himself took the captain of the reinforcement team to determine these one by one.

There were still mercenaries in the reinforcements, but most of them were already the King's own men. Seeing it with your eyes is faster than the speed at which the investigation is being carried out like this little bit as it is now.

But the main reason for choosing this approach was that Kasia was worried about the Imperial Surgeons in the rebel forces. The arrival of reinforcements from the King's forces will push the situation in the mining area to a state of increasing intensity. Kasia feared that the Imperial Surgeons among them would call in for support from behind them. Until now, he didn't know who the other party was or what the purpose of coming here was. I really want to catch one and ask about it carefully, although the reason can be thrown to the king's forces after the action, but the impact of death will definitely not be good, unless the king's forces are sure that there will be a big action, at this time, Kasia is almost always holding a bystander position to sort out the relationship network between the two parties. If you can not interfere, let them develop freely.

Some enemies are alive, but they are not necessarily worth less than they are dead. Moreover, watching the two parties go back and forth, Kasia can also get useful information from it. The matter of Charros was always remembered, and it was something that Kasia tried to avoid touching. Until the relationship between these parties is completely clear, Kasia thinks that he can only be an information provider.

Harrington and the others were also wary when they returned to see Kasia. It wasn't until Harrington contacted the reinforcements that Kasia took the microphone and briefly said "the location of the steam furnace" that Harrington was informed that Kasia's identity was not abnormal. In the communication, Kasia and the captain of the reinforcement team also agreed on a time and place to meet.

After leaving Phinea at one o'clock in the morning, Kasia shook off the people who followed him and found a nearby hotel to stay in.

On the other side, the captain of the reinforcements, Vermer, fell into deep thought after communicating. The recent call had convinced him that the other party was the one who had been giving them the information, the armor, the map of the mines, and the location of the air defense base that had been passed to him through the headquarters not long ago.

But it's still the same unsolved problem. Why this information is being provided, and why is it necessary to help the King's side of the forces. After thinking too much, some people saw it as a trap plan of the rebel forces. Relying on some unimportant or relatively unimportant information to cause confusion, and finally let yourself voluntarily step into the trap.

But as the map and news were updated in real time, not only others, but also Vemmel began to doubt themselves. Targets such as air defense bases can be used as bait, and the rebels are a little overconfident in their trap plans.

Seeing each other tomorrow may solve the question, Wimmer thought.