Stop, I'm about to become a boss!

Chapter 173 The Courageous and the Cowardly

The moonlight is in the sky, and everything is silent.

Toulon stronghold.

Although the city of Toulon was jointly targeted by other city-states, this is only the first day of [Brilliant Gladiator], and there will be tentative friction among everyone, but the real conflict will not break out for the time being.

It's still early, everyone has to investigate the surrounding environment first, the real climax always comes after the foreplay is over.

However, although the two camps did not have much confrontation, the good combat quality of Toulon City still keeps them vigilant at all times, but human energy is destined to be limited, and it is impossible to maintain this state all the time.

When the night fell, everyone relaxed their vigilance and returned to the camp to rest and prepare for the new round of confrontation coming tomorrow.

It's just that not everyone can enjoy such a luxury as rest.

Camp command room.

Since backpacks and space equipment are disabled, the commanders can't use magic night pearls to illuminate them like they do in daily life, so they can only use the simplest method-burning fire.

Compared with the magic night pearl, the light brought by the flame is really dim, and the flickering appearance always makes people worry whether it will disappear in the next second.

But obviously, in the command room, there are not many people with such superfluous thoughts.

Because, they are worrying about another more important thing.

"Ian and the others haven't come back yet?" The middle-aged man sitting in the main seat quietly opened his eyes, "Isn't it enough to incinerate those happy corpses into ashes in one day, and then raise them to the sky?"

"There should be a problem." Someone below replied in a deep voice, "With Ian's execution ability, it is impossible to do some unnecessary things. They must have encountered trouble, and this trouble is not small."

The man on the main seat nodded slightly: "Of course I know, it's just that in order to prevent the opponent from blocking, we have already deployed additional manpower, and let Ian personally lead the team, unless the opponent predicts our prediction and dispatches more strength Stronger people came to encircle them, wiped out their entire army, and couldn't even get the news out, but, will such a possibility really appear?"

"Generally speaking, it is absolutely impossible." The subordinates below analyzed, "Although they formed the so-called 'coalition forces', in fact, they are still wary of each other. Even if they guessed it, it is impossible to send a large number of people to come— —Don’t talk about anything else, let’s just talk about Adrosson and Marsana, they can’t work together, they are definitely the kind of people you send as many people as I send, and they keep pushing each other to join them.”

"The more they fight, the more doubts they have about each other, and the less likely they are to make choices that are unfounded and waste irreplaceable resources."

"So, the final decision they make is to dispatch manpower within an appropriate range, and our calculation of the other party is also based on this basis, and increases the fault tolerance rate-even if Ian and the others meet It is impossible to annihilate the entire army even if it is blocked."

"But the fact is that they haven't passed on the news so far." The middle-aged man leaned on the chair, tapping his knuckles lightly on the armrest. "Is there any speculation about this situation in your plan?"

"Yes, there is, but." The subordinate said in embarrassment, "We believe that the possibility of this situation is even smaller than the possibility of the entire army of the other side coming up to prevent us from obtaining the stronghold."

"People in Lapa City are obstructing?"

"Yes." The subordinate said, "Only when the people of Lapa City attack us all when we have lost both sides in the fight with the opponent and wipe us all out, can there be a situation where we can't get any news back."

"It's just that in the previous [Brilliant Gladiator], Lapa City's decision-making method has always been to avoid fighting and keep short-tailed to survive in order to preserve its strength. I hope to rely on this way of evasion to get a ranking. Ten times before, there has never been an active attack, the choice of being a fisherman after the snipe and the clam fight, so we think that the probability of this kind of thing happening is very small."

"But, there is still a probability, isn't it?"

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and straightened his body slightly: "Tomorrow, I will personally take someone to investigate what is going on."

"Mr. Dana!"

Just when Dana, the commander-in-chief, was about to make a decision, a soft call suddenly came from outside the tent.

Everyone looked at the door in unison, making the man who was about to come in to make an announcement couldn't help but tremble.

"What's the matter?" Dana asked.

"First, gentlemen." The man said tremblingly, "The people in the team that went out this morning are back."

"Oh?" Dana frowned slightly, "Let him in."

"Yes!"

Not long after, a young man in a state of embarrassment staggered in.

He called out a little weakly: "Day, Mr. Dana."

"Huh?" Dana's eyes froze slightly, looking up and down at the blood-stained man.

The next moment, a brilliant golden light burst out from him, overwhelming the young man like thunder.

"Who are you!"

The sudden change made everyone in the field unresponsive, but after regaining consciousness a little, they immediately put on a vigilant posture and looked at the man in the field who was about to collapse to the ground.

At this time, they suddenly discovered that the image given to them by the person in front of them seemed a little strange.

As a command team, it is something everyone must do to recognize their players.

So when a stranger shows up on the team, it's hard not to react to it.

Faced with such a huge coercion, the young man was terrified and looked like he was about to cry.

He wiped the blood on his face vigorously, his body couldn't help shaking when he touched the wound, and then said in a trembling voice:
"First, gentlemen, I, I'm Ig, I, I don't like fighting very much, I always hide behind the team, but didn't you see me when you singled me out to join Mr. Ian's team, How long has it been, and you won't fail to recognize me."

Everyone was stunned by this remark.

At the same time, the perception of "Ig" in their brains gradually became clear as if the fog had been cleared away.

Yige, a young man who is good at stealing chickens and dogs, is a member of the team going to capture the stronghold of Lapa City, and they know each other.

The moment these labels appeared, Yige's face seemed no longer unfamiliar.

"Ahem." Dana withdrew his power and said in embarrassment, "Sorry, sir, because you guys have been here for too long, I am afraid that the opponent will defeat you all and fish in troubled waters to pass on false information, so I am a little more vigilant I am very sorry, sir."

Yige said aggrievedly, "It doesn't matter."

"In short" Dana crossed his fingers and said in a deep voice, "I will compensate you after this matter is out, but before that, can you tell me what exactly happened to you during this trip? Why did you do so? Come back late? And, where are Ian and the others?"

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"Mr. Dana is a little anxious, so he asks a lot." The subordinate comforted, "You can think it over before you answer one by one. Let's not be in a hurry."

"Recall first, what happened to you along the way?"

Others in the command room also nodded and gave Yige an encouraging look.

Then, the command room fell into silence.

Everyone looked at Yige, and Yige took a deep breath.

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale.
Just when everyone was about to be unable to hold back, Yige finally spoke.

"We met the other side."

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Everyone in the command room almost didn't come up in one breath.

You hold it in for a long time, and you just say something like this?
Who doesn't know that you have met the other side, and if you don't meet the other side, you won't come back for a long time?
Dana took a few breaths and asked kindly: "And then?"

"There are more people on the other side than us."

".Then?"

"We lost, and I ran away."

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Now everyone in the command room will never think about comforting this young man who just walked off the battlefield.

Why did such a guy run back, why didn't he fall there and exit?

"Details! Details!!" Dana suppressed his voice, "I want to know why you lost? Is it because the opponent has too many people? Or are they too strong? Or other reasons!"

Yige said tremblingly, "Yes, there are too many of them."

"Much means how much!!"

"A lot, several times as many as we have"

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Dana was almost pissed off by this guy.

Fortunately, when he was about to be out of breath, Yige finally said something that seemed useful.

"While I was running away, I vaguely heard someone say: 'Your Excellency, you are so wise that you guessed that the Toulon people sent more people.'"

"call?"

Dana calmed down and remained silent for a while.

"It seems that we were wrong." The subordinate blamed himself, "We should have thought that this [Brilliant Gladiator] was a desperate attempt by the city-states such as Adrosen. In order to ensure the success rate, even if some human resources were wasted , They will definitely grit their teeth and give it a go—we, confused by experience."

"Yeah, we were wrong." Dana rubbed the space between his brows, "I thought we were watching them play tricks on the first floor on the second floor, but unexpectedly, they looked at us like clowns on the fifth floor .”

He suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were extremely sharp: "It's okay, it's just a fall, it's not a failure, and it's a real failure if you can't learn from the fall."

"The success on the opposite side has made us feel their determination, so next, we must go all out in any competition for strongholds!"

"do you understand!"

"Understood!!" Everyone responded in unison.

Dana turned to look at Ige, trying to calm down his voice: "Mr. Ige, you have worked hard today, go back and rest early."

"In addition, you can take these medicines. Although they are not particularly precious medicines, they will at least allow you to sleep peacefully tonight."

"Thank you, thank you."

After receiving the medicine, Yige left the command room as if fleeing.

However, after leaving the command room, he didn't go back to his tent to rest immediately, but quietly held his breath, slowed down his steps, and tried his best to hide his figure in the shadow that the light couldn't invade.

Then, a very strange scene happened.

He didn't deliberately force the patrolling person to leave, but even if he passed by the person, the person did not respond immediately, and it took a long time before he looked back suspiciously.

In this way, "Ig" followed the trajectory of the shadow, all the way out, until it entered a dark corner where the high point could not be noticed.

"Sir, you are back." The girl poked out a slightly anxious face from the darkness, "Is there anyone chasing you behind, do you need me to solve it? Also, are you not injured?"

"I can come back intact like this, there must be no accident, otherwise, the one who came back may not be a human being."

"Ig", or Linton took the handkerchief from the girl, wiped the blood from his forehead, and then took out the medicine Dana gave him, and wiped it on the wound on his forehead.

Seeing Linton's actions, the girl said guiltily, "Sorry, sir, I may have acted a bit carelessly."

"No, you're doing very well, Iris." Linton said with a light smile while rubbing the medicine, "The truth in the hypocrisy is often more believable than the real truth. The effect of this medicine is very good, I guess They brought it in from outside in advance."

"Let me help you." Iris snatched the medicine very forcefully, stood on tiptoe, and gently rubbed it on the man's wound.

The distance between the two was very close at this moment, and they could even feel each other's warm breath gently pat on their own skin.

At first, Miss Knight hadn't reacted yet, but when she realized that the distance between the two seemed a little too close, her body gradually stiffened.

The girl's nature is still too shy after all.

Linton was terrified to experience the sense of power coming from his forehead, and said in a low voice.

". Iris, how about we sit down?"

Due to the training direction of Miss Knight, her personality is relatively rough.

She probably won't learn to take care of people in a while.

"Ah! Sorry!" Iris withdrew her hand in a hurry, her face slightly embarrassed.

Although Linton's words were very euphemistic, she still understood the meaning.

After finding a suitable stone and sitting down, Iris didn't exchange the things back, but she paid more attention to her movements.

While rubbing the medicine, she asked, "Sir, is your plan too risky?"

She was referring to entering the camp of Toulon City, using false information to induce the other party to divert their attention, and to temporarily divert their attention from Lapa City.

"Is it risky?" Linton thought for a while and said, "It's a bit risky."

"Actually, at the beginning, my plan was not like this. I have to thank Sargerus for the reason why I finally implemented this plan."

He pointed to his clothes.

"As the equipment made by the most powerful spiritual mage on the mainland, the effect of this dress is beyond my imagination."

"Reducing existence, needless to say, I was able to walk out of it without using any skills and without being noticed, thanks to this, but what surprised me even more was this distorted cognition effect."

"Cognition refers to the process by which people acquire knowledge and information and transform it into something they own. It is the most basic activity of human psychology, including feeling, intuition, memory, and subsequent thinking."

"To explain this thing, it is very complicated to describe it in words. You just need to know that this is a subjective feeling of a person."

"In fact, although there is no one named 'Yig' in the Toulon team, after I gave some specific labels, they subjectively used their own thinking to fill in the outline I gave. , perfection, and finally convinced myself that there is indeed such a person in the team, but they didn't remember it for a while."

Speaking of this, Linton couldn't help admiring: "I can only say that it is worthy of being a mind mage who plays with people's hearts. Even if the props are not made with heart, they can still achieve this level."

"Although the level is limited, but at the same level and the wearer's intelligence is not low, this piece of equipment is simply a divine weapon."

Intelligence is about the mind and soul.

Although the description of the equipment does not say that the higher the intelligence, the greater the shielding and distortion, but the blessing of high intelligence can interfere with the opponent's detection, thus affecting the final judgment.

The reason why Dana didn't become overly suspicious was that when he was overpowering others and using probing skills, he was interfered by Linton's intelligence higher than his, and then combined with the effect of distorting cognition, he successfully Make him think that "Ig" is indeed someone he is familiar with and knows, and therefore let go of his doubts.

"However, it is indeed a bit risky to carry out this kind of plan by entering the enemy's camp alone after testing with you."

Having said that, Linton didn't seem to care too much about it.

"Adventures are risks, but they are risks taken with certainty."

"At times like these, we cannot afford to hesitate."

"After all, it's a very painful way to die from starvation, and I don't want to try it."

"How can you say that?" Iris said angrily, "We won't die!"

"Yes, yes." Linton laughed.

After a pause, Miss Knight asked again: "You just said that your original plan was not like this?"

Linton nodded and said: "Before entering the secret realm, I made a certain plan based on my previous experience, but I didn't expect that Sargerus would suddenly give me such a thing, so it might be more beneficial for me to choose Plan B for our next development."

Iris became even more curious: "Then, what was the original plan?"

"It's nothing special," Linton said. "It's just docking for survival."

"It's also the team that wiped out both of them. However, we will immediately prepare to move and move to the neutral stronghold—we have time to wipe out the neutral monsters guarding the stronghold."

"More and more powerful men sent by the Toulonites and the coalition forces will fight for the stronghold we gave up. After all, this is a stronghold worth three units."

"At the same time, I guess that this stronghold will definitely fall into the hands of the coalition camp in the end-there are still fewer people in Toulon City. With the loss of a large number of people, it is impossible for them to concentrate all their forces here. Because in this secret realm, not only our stronghold is worth three units."

"Don't forget, Lacey City is still there."

"Because of the estrangement caused by rumors, it is almost impossible for Lacey City to cooperate with Aderson, but it is too difficult for them to get a ranking after being hit hard."

"However, they can still make an exchange."

"Exchange the stronghold of three units of my own for one stronghold of one unit, and obtain the protection of the city of Toulon—it's just protection."

"The monopoly of Toulon City in the past has made them too many enemies, and Lacey City is one of them. This has led to the fact that although Lacey City is willing to make a deal with them, it does not mean that Lacey City will help them-they want to help them. Neither can we."

"We need to maintain the balance between several parties, and then find a place where we can survive in their cracks,"

"After the transaction is completed, we and Lacey City each occupy a neutral stronghold, and there are only three remaining neutral strongholds."

"After they realize our strength, they will inevitably let us go temporarily, and then start fighting for these three strongholds. At this time, we will usher in a breathing opportunity."

"And then? Then?" Iris anxiously wanted to know the follow-up.

"There is no future." Linton sighed, "I am not an all-rounder, so I can only think of this, because there are too many variables in the future, so I can only take one step at a time."

"The best situation is that they beat both sides and we steal our ass, and the worst is that they each take a stronghold, and then finish us before fighting for the last stronghold."

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"Okay." Linton clapped his hands. "This is all the previous plan. Now, we need to proceed to the next step of the existing plan."

"There is false news in Toulon City, and the coalition forces can't be less!!"

　Thanks to the boss "Wei Ai Hua Liyi" for the reward, and thanks to the boss "Book Friends 160612173109711" for the reward of [-] points, thank you very much! !

　　
　
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