Fairy’s Box

Whoosh-!

Silently, the chaotic airflow covered up the sudden waves, and the icy blade flowed along the air, stabbing the back of the Calamity Knight's head.

"Um?"

In an instant, Kara felt a tingling in her scalp, her heart shrank suddenly, and her face under the visor showed surprise.

clang--!

Qingguang Dasheng's helmet shook suddenly, and a gap suddenly appeared at the weak link between the back of his head and his neck. He stretched his right hand behind him like lightning, pinched his five fingers, and grabbed a real object from the void.

"These bizarre things... It's really hard to guard against!" Kara just caught the invisible object that was still struggling, and couldn't help sighing.

A cyan flame emerged from the palm of his hand. Under the burning of this fire of life, the rune attached to the mysterious object quickly failed. Under his astonished gaze, a short sword that twisted like a snake appeared in the sky. within sight.

"If the number of rune warriors at this level exceeds double digits, it can be a big threat to us."

The Calamity Knight held the dagger, ready to take this rune item back for research, and looked back at the battlefield of the harpy and the highland warriors, but found that the rune warriors after losing their commanders were completely scattered, and they were about to be destroyed by the monsters. slaughtered.

"Keep alive! Hey! Leave me at least two alive!" He hurriedly roared loudly. If the harpies were to kill this group of people, what would he take back for credit.

"Stop it all!"

When the banshee leader heard Kara's shouting, he immediately called his subordinates to a halt. Eagle glanced across the faces of the corpses, compared with the sketches in his hands, and sighed in dismay:

"Sure enough, exactly like this group of highland warriors... We were fooled."

"It's not too late to know the truth."

Kara easily overturned the two highland warriors who were resisting, walked to the harpy, and said confidently:

"Now that these highland spies have been eliminated by us, if you still want revenge, you might as well go back and have a good talk with our boss. He always counts."

"..."

There was a tangled expression on the other side's face. Cooperation with humans is indeed a shortcut to revenge, but in the long run, it is difficult to say whether oneself and his clan will become vassals.

"I know what you're thinking. Anyway, if you resist cooperating with us, you will definitely suffer in the end."

Cara pulled the two unconscious highland warriors to her side, and when she saw the expression on the face of the harpy, she vaguely guessed the other party's mind, and immediately advised patiently:

"In order to fight the freedom alliance of the southern invasion, the Celtic monster alliance is the general trend. The sooner you join in, the higher the right to speak. No matter how much prejudice you have against the Rosevians, at least we won't have nothing to destroy. Your lair, whatever you want in the alliance, you can talk about it on the open side."

"Your Excellency Kara..."

The banshee leader silently chewed his words, with a moving expression on his face, raised his head abruptly, stared straight at the Calamity Knight, and said coldly:

"We hate Roseviers."

Does that mean we don't have to talk?

He folded his shoulders regretfully, spread his hands helplessly, and prepared to call Gu Feng and leave with the two highland spies who had just been captured.

Unexpectedly, the other party changed the conversation in a blink of an eye, and said in a shrill voice full of hatred:

"But we hate the people of the Free Alliance even more! For our homeland, for our children, and for revenge on the lackeys and **** of the Highland Kingdom, we are willing to obey the Lord Governor's orders!"

"The harpies have finally made the most mature choice." Kara clapped her palms happily and said easily:

"Welcome."

...

"Although it was expected, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. I must praise you for doing a great job!"

When Yale learned that Kara had captured two highland spies and successfully won over the harpies, he couldn't help giving a thumbs up in front of him.

"Hahaha, what a small thing." He couldn't help grinning.

"Perhaps... in the eyes of the harpies, your status may be very high."

The black-haired knight rubbed his chin with his fingers, rolled his eyes, and patted his shoulder with a smile: "In this case, the task of training them to participate in coordinated operations in the open space is left to you, and I look forward to your good news."

"hey-hey……"

Cara laughed gleefully for a while, and when she gradually came back to it, her face immediately collapsed: "No, you want me to hang out with those ugly monsters every day?"

"Calm down, it's about the survival of the Celtic region, so I can only apologise to you first." Yale said with sincere relief.

"That's the only way to do it."

He frowned and sighed, pinched his nose and recognized the chore, and then in front of the other party, handed the dagger that was still twisting in his hand:

"This is the weapon of the spy chief. It can be activated after the owner's death. If my vigilance is not high enough, maybe I can really be killed by that guy."

"Oh? It's actually a mithril weapon, so extravagant."

The black-haired knight took the short sword, held it in his hand and observed it carefully for a moment, before asking solemnly, "Is that spy chief's name Duke? How is his combat power? How is it compared to you?"

"It's him. The man's own fighting power is not strong, but the rune props he carries are very tricky. Many pieces are used together, so I have no room to keep my hands."

While recalling the scene of the battle carefully, Kara replied earnestly:

"There seem to be many types of rune props, there are props that can give early warning, props that can initiate space transformation, props that can harass combat, props that interfere with sight, props that have defense and body protection, and props that have melee and long-range combat. There are also items that can heal wounds. Rune warriors like Duke’s level should be able to fight against ordinary Calamity Knights in a frontal battle, and the chances of winning by sneak attack are not small.”

"It turned out to be the combat power piled up by the rune props. For us, this is not a good news."

Alei suddenly folded his palms, flattened the dagger in his hand, and said thoughtfully, "So that's what happened... No wonder the Highland Kingdom adopts the feudal fief system..."

"What does this have to do with feudal fiefs?"

"Because the cost of training a rune warrior is too high, and the highland kingdom's financial resources cannot support a professional army, so the highland king has to use the method of dividing the land and let them find a way to raise money to train warriors... Of course , this is just my inference."

The black-haired knight handed the abolished rune dagger back to the other party, looking at the north, with a smile on his face:

"However, we have some like-minded friends in the Highland Kingdom. With their help, it is not difficult to verify this inference."

"Uh... what's the use of knowing this?" The other party took the dagger and asked with a puzzled look.

"It can help us roughly judge the strength of the enemy."

Yalei gave the other party a look that needed to improve his knowledge level, and calmly analyzed:

"Through your description, rune props can maintain their heritage in the mainstream combat system, which has merit, but the financial resources of the Highland Kingdom limit the level of this power system. Rune warriors have to maintain their land and status. , the conservative forces must be unprecedentedly strong, the usurper king should not have the courage to touch this cake. Moreover, after I cut off the smuggling trade network, they will lose nearly 10 billion sols of income every year, which is a pair of money piled up. In terms of the power system, it must be a major blow."

"So it's better for us to drag it on?" Kara said with glowing eyes.

"If we drag it on, we will collapse first... Don't forget, my money is on credit."

The black-haired knight shook his head and said regretfully:

"It's a pity that His Majesty the Emperor and the Cabinet are bent on stability and do not agree with my countermeasure plan. Otherwise, even if I don't fight head-on, I will definitely be able to consume the reforming Highland Kingdom through the arms race."

"There is also a reason for this. The Empire will transfuse blood to the Celtic region, and the Free Alliance will definitely also transfuse blood to the Highland Kingdom. At that time, it is afraid that it will evolve into an arms race between the Order Alliance and the Freedom Alliance."

Having said this, he said with a look of fear:

"I don't think the empire can cost the entire world if it's all about burning money."

"You're right."

Yale nodded, and his face gradually became gloomy: "So we can only attack the highlands when we are the strongest, and the time can't be dragged on for too long. It's better... to complete it early next year."

"Do you mean to take the initiative to attack?" Kara stared at him with wide eyes, but couldn't close her mouth for a long time.

"Of course not! That's courting death!"

The black-haired knight savagely gouged out the opponent and said in a deep voice, "If the situation allows, I will create an opportunity for the Highland Kingdom to attack us first."

"By those highland merchants? Are you sure they can do it?" Kara looked suspicious.

"You still underestimate the power of money. We are short of money, and the King of the Highlands is also short of money. If the Highland government under his rule faces a financial crisis, I believe that the kleptocratic thief with big Celticism will definitely find a way. Start a war and transfer domestic conflicts."

"Understood, you said before that the highland merchants can fool the king to get a year and a half, which should be the limit of the highland kingdom's endurance."

He showed an expression of sudden realization, and said solemnly: "So that's what happened, money is the super weapon that strangles the neck of the Highland Kingdom."

"It's the same with us... Unless there's a full-scale war, the war between the Celtic Governor's Palace and the Highland Kingdom won't last long."

In fact, there is one more thing Yale didn't tell the other party, that is, he is also eager to fight, and he is not willing to be like that Colonel Seldon, wasted on Celtic Island until the end of the Cold War.