It is basically an impossible task to rescue the unlucky people who are trapped in the mountains of Seyriliu or other remnants of the Federation, or in other words, they dare not talk about rescue, and just go into the mountains to "live and die with their trapped companions".

Olivier shook his head and said, "No, Lu Xiwuyou, it's not impossible, it's suicide." You must understand that if you want to enter the area near the Iron Rock Canyon in the Namoa Mountains from here, you must first go south through the Night Wolf Hills, and even fast horses need to walk for at least three days. In the meantime, Bardoro-Roc wolves, whose noses are more sensitive than hounds, patrol the hills and fields, the sky is watched by dragons and even ptarmigans, and the seasoned plains troll headhunters pull up a vast net. As soon as you enter their hunting range, you are just a moth trapped in a spider's web, with no chance to escape...... In comparison, the famous products of the Night Wolf Hills, the large-scale wolf packs that caravans of less than 100 people dare not pass at all, are just appetizers. ”

"I know. Besides, even if I'm trapped in a spider's web, a quiet beautiful boy like us must not be a moth, but a handsome eagle or something, at least a blue bird...... Don't you hear what people say about me? The bluebird that brings victory! Lu Xi spread out his hands and smiled in a cynical tone.

"Lu Xi, we're talking about business, not joking!" Artoria stomped her foot hard and said loudly.

"Well, dear Artoria, we're just getting down to business." Lu Xi shrugged: "It's not that you don't know me, you have always had this attitude when you speak." You see, we were trapped on the snowy mountains at that time. The road ahead is bleak and isolated. And then...... I couldn't do anything, so I just giggled like that. You see, isn't everything going through now? ”

"But, but...... No, if you're not careful, you'll almost be fooled! Danger and suicide are two different things at all! Yes, these are two different things! ”

There was a muffled "buzz" in the hall. Lu Xi's true relationship with Artoria and the Nord royal family, as well as his role in Artoria's Heroic Soul Trial, is naturally not a secret at the top of Vekia, and of course, the top of the Federation has also obtained some information more or less half-clawed. However, most of the Nord lords and Federation generals in this room belong to the "upper echelons." But it didn't reach that level", it was more or less surprising to see Lu Xi call Artoria's name so naturally without any honorifics, and the other party and the other party's brother also felt that it was taken for granted.

Char looked at Lu Xi seriously and said, "Boy, even if you are lucky, you will win the jackpot and pass the Night Wolf Hills safely...... In Namoa, especially in the area of the Iron Rock Canyon, it should now be the sphere of influence of the undead and orc legions. You're going to get in there and dodge their search party. While searching for survivors who might be able to survive zài. Even if you're a little lucky, you find the survivors, you find Miss Sehireu, and then you're going to be trapped with this group for many days. Lacking food, medicine and adequate recuperation, the poor man, exhausted and shaped like a withered man, retreated to a safe place. ”

"Hmm. If you follow Char's words, it does sound like suicide. ”

"It's not like. And the truth is. The old Duke of Toruń, who looked like a bandit, said in a tone of hatred that iron is not made of steel: "Young man, according to Otto. You're supposed to be a young man who scheming and then acting, but I've never heard of such a brave side. Moreover, courage and recklessness are fundamentally two different things. I'm like, whether it's Artoria's uncle or an old man, I can't watch such a good young man die, right? Life is your own, but you are not just yourself. If you want to be a hero, don't you want to think about your elders or your relatives and friends, how worried will they be? ”

"Uh, Lord Duke......"

"Well, you have such a relationship with Artoria, it doesn't matter if you just call me uncle."

"Uncle Toruń!" The knight princess blushed and stamped her foot again in protest.

Saying...... What is my relationship with Artoria? Anyway, can you not say so much? Don't you see that my Federation governors are all about to show expressions that are about to collapse their worldview?

Just now, it was basically the heads of Vekia who were talking, and the generals of the Federation looked at each other, and there was a ridiculous feeling as if "their family was arguing, and it didn't seem good for us to intervene at this time", but when I think about it, I feel that something is wrong. Lu Xi, who is the party concerned, should still be an officer of the Federation, right? A magician officially registered with the Alliance of Learning, right? That's right?

Among the remaining generals of the Federation, Lieutenant General Reeves, who had the highest status, pondered for a moment, feeling that it should not be good not to speak again, but the tone of his speech must be considered. He thought for a moment and said, "This, Lu Xiqing, well, I'm a few years older, so I can barely be regarded as your elder." There are one or two sentences, I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

Well, look at the attitude of the people, it is said that they are putting on the appearance of the elders speaking seriously, but the posture is actually almost low to the pit. Lu Xi said that when it comes to fighting wars and doing practical things, this kind of so-called civilian magician or bureaucratic officer is a pure waste, and it is not beneficial to the army or the country, but when it comes to the "emotional intelligence" of looking at the face and the dishes, it really wants to become a racial talent. It really takes a long time for me to cultivate to the point where the other party wants to cultivate.

"Your Excellency, you are so gracious. I'm your subordinate, just say what you have to say. Although Lu Xi was very disgusted with this kind of waste old fritter who knew how to seek people but didn't know how to make a career at all, it was not good to not give face at all in the public, so he also tried to say in a friendly tone.

"You must know, Lu Xiqing, you are an excellent young man, no, it should be said that you are the best young man in the young generation of the Federation, and you will inevitably be the pillar of the country in the future. You are a very precious genius, and a treasure that is much more precious to the Federation than any treasure. Lu Xiqing, you are much more important than you think. I understand your feelings, and I know that it is right not to abandon your robes. But...... There is a famous proverb of the elves: 'A true wise man does not put himself on the edge of a cliff.' The soldiers trapped in the mountains were naturally pitiful, but. From a practical point of view, the chances of them being rescued are too low. Because of such a small possibility. is to put yourself in danger of death. Lu Xiqing, this ...... Are you paying too little attention to yourself? ”

"Indeed, the chances of them being rescued are very low, and so far, the survivors of those battleships that crashed into the mountains may not survive one in ten." Lu Xi said with a smile.

"Then you still ......"

"But Sehireuk is still alive, at least I can be sure of that."

"Lu Xiqing......" Mr. Lieutenant General smiled helplessly, and wanted to say something, but then he saw that Lu Xi was still smiling at him. But his eyes were already a little delicate, and he couldn't help but shake a spirit, and he couldn't say anything.

Olivier looked at his expressionless brother and frowning uncle, and then at his sister with a worried face, and sighed heavily, "Alright, my friend, let's calculate your route again." Even the Goddess is always guiding your course as you dove from the armies of orcs and undead. Finally found Miss Sehireu and the other survivors. In any case, your actions must have alarmed the enemy, and they will put a tighter net on your way back. Well, this time. Are you going to take a group of exhausted wounded over the mountains, return the same way from the Nightwolf Hills, and then come back here? The Black Duke Angmar is not a fool. He will make you successful once, but you think. Will he let you fool him a second time in the same position and in the same way? ”

“…… I wasn't prepared to fool him a second time. Lu Xi spread his hands: "So, I'm not going to come back here." After finding the survivors. I will take everyone into the Black Forest, under the cover of the dense jungle, and go south along the Black Water River, and then directly into the Black Man City! ”

Lu Xi's voice was very calm, but everyone present couldn't help but be surprised. Even Olivier, who seemed the most calm, was stunned for a full five seconds.

"Lu Xi!" Artoria exclaimed, "The more you talk, the more you lose your score!" ”

"It's one of the most ambitious ideas out there." Lu Xi looked into Artoria's eyes and laughed.

"Well, let's figure out your best idea. The Black Forest itself is a forbidden area of civilization full of ancient elven traps and labyrinths, and 'adventurer's paradise' does not mean that it is a paradise, but only adventurers with their heads squeezed into their trouser belts...... Well, well, even if you break out of character again, and escape from the Black Forest with everyone alive and soul, and enter the Black Manga City. Indeed, it was now the territory of the Federation, but there were only 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of trembling immigrants in the city, and the army of orcs and undead was about to invade the city. No, it's more likely that by the time you arrived, they had already besieged the city! Olivier smiled wryly and spread out his hands: "It's just going from one place of death to another. ”

"Who said it was dead? Forgot our nickname? Guardian of Adventurer's Land! Lu Xitian shamelessly gave himself a very middle two nickname: "It means that as long as I am here, the adventurer's paradise will never be breached!" Uh, well, I'm not kidding. ”

Looking at the knight princess who was about to run wild, Lu Xi hurriedly changed the topic.

"Boy, because of that previous battle...... I'm afraid it's hard for your Federation to dare to send reinforcements to Black Manga again, right? Xia Ya said coldly: "Then, relying on the more than 10,000 people under your hands, there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals, why do you hold Heiman City?" ”

Char's made the Federation generals present hang their heads in shame. But what he said was a very real question, when half of the battleships were lost and the rest of the battleships were seriously damaged, would the transport fleet dare to act alone? What's more, the undead and orcs are not without air supremacy at all. Whether it's the empty whale zombies, the flying cavalry, or the group of undead birds that don't know what black technology has been transformed and will explode, they will all deal a fatal blow to the transport ship that lacks protection and resistance ability, is slow and unsatisfactory in maneuverability.

The transport fleet couldn't get through, and the 30,000 reinforcements originally planned to be put in naturally couldn't be transported, and more importantly, the scheduled supplies in Heiman City couldn't be delivered.

"If you want to replenish it, you can use the Blackwater River to buy it from the Dragon's Claw Peninsula Alliance, or even go to sea along the river to the Vanya Elves in Twilight Isle. If I don't have enough troops, I can sign all the citizens in the city who can be armed. I've done this kind of thing once anyway, and I've had some experience. Lu Xi smiled and said, "After two or three months, you can always persevere." ”

"And what about two or three months from now?" Olivier asked directly.

"If I really can't hold on, I can run." Lu Xi said in a natural tone: "Hundreds of thousands of people can't escape, but with my own strength and ingenuity, it shouldn't be a big problem to escape with a few people." If you really can't, you can still drive the Qiyao Aurora to pick me up, and with the speed of this ship, you can easily break through the encirclement of those bulky big empty whale zombies and air cavalry...... Uh, well, seeing everyone's face as if the worldview has been subverted again, our family said that the pressure is a bit high. Well, I really don't have to be so disrespectful. In fact, even at this point, we are not without the possibility of turning the tide of the war, but this involves a so-called grand strategy problem. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xi paused, and suddenly said to Artoria: "First of all, I must say, Artoria, the Federation now needs the strength of Nord's allies. However, in the current Great Lakes region, the strength of the Virginia Empire should only be about 50,000 people, right? ”

"There is more than enough self-preservation and not enough attack. At present, most of the forces that the empire can mobilize have been personally commanded by his father to suppress the rebellion of the Nikianthals. "Char is very single. There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing, and hiding it will only make your compulsion appear very low.

"Strange thing, I thought that your Uncle Otto's temperament should have allowed Artoria to personally suppress the rebellion as the commander-in-chief. Isn't that a great way to build up her prestige? ”

"Did I choose to come to the Great Lakes theater of operations? Counterinsurgency inevitably involves the killing and injury of civilians...... Moreover, I am not mature enough to deal with such a complex national issue. Relatively speaking, here, facing the enemies of orcs or undead, things are more simple. Artoria said.

Lu Xi nodded, and suddenly seemed to change the topic without a head or tail: "By the way, what do you think of the Qiyao Aurora that I parked at the dock?" ”

"Uh...... Not bad! Although she didn't understand what Lu Xi meant, Artoria nodded subconsciously: "It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful floating ship." ”

"Do you like it?"

"Loved it...... Uh, wouldn't it? ”

"Won't it?" Char's eyes widened as well.

"Oh, the little Lu Xi I know is not such a generous person!" Olivier is so authentic.

"I've always been generous, but it depends on whom. Artoria, the Aurora will be lent to you for the time being. Of course, it's just borrowing, the technology of this thing is not yet mature, and even if I want to give you one, it will be a few years to wait. Also, remember, only you can use it. ”

Lu Xi looked at Char and Olivier on the side, and did not hide his disdain.

"Your eldest brother is a cold-faced and black-bellied, the second brother is a black-faced and black-bellied, the third brother is a black-bellied egg, and as for Uncle Otto, he is completely a female ghost father with a black belly, no matter how you think about it, they are a group of particularly unreliable guys. Only Artoria, I can be completely trusted! ”

"Hey! I'm sorry, I'm sitting here with a cold face and a black belly. ”

"Oh, can you actually say bad things to someone's face? Such a cool little Lu Xi is really the same little Lu Xi. ”

Lu Xi said to Artoria, who was already stunned: "After you run out, remember to pick me up in Black Man City before August 1st." (To be continued......)

PS: The first month in February is to ask for a monthly pass.

Also apologies. Things will start to get more and more from this month, and you should drink a lot of alcohol during the New Year. In short, in order to continue to change during the Chinese New Year and after being busy with other work, starting from this month, I have resumed the rhythm of one shift a day and two shifts occasionally in November and December last year, and I was scared of three shifts, I hope you understand.