"Oops... I'm sorry... did I scare you?" The main door of the room was opened, and Desmo walked out holding Ruby.

When I saw her, I immediately understood the general reason for the matter. It was simply that the goddess was dissatisfied with this dilapidated house, so she renovated it herself. I just don’t know if the salutes we put in it were lost.

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In short, after it was determined to be a false alarm, everyone quickly left the area. Although Desmo's identity was deliberately concealed, most of the people present actually knew what kind of existence this woman with a cloak covering her face was.

It's just that everyone tacitly understood it. The first to leave now were the elves of Meryl Gil. They politely bowed and apologized to Desmo before calmly evacuating and leaving. As for the humans,

There was some trouble, because except for Marco and a few of his trusted knights, Miles and other Chris's private soldiers didn't know who this woman who seemed to be very respected was.

But the headache is also their headache. As for whether Marco should tell Miles or not, that is their own business. It has nothing to do with me anyway, and the most important thing for me now is to enter the house and see my salute.

I took the lead and stepped into the door. The first thing that caught my eye was the expected clean and bright room. It seemed that the internal structure of the house had not changed much. At most, some small details had become more suitable.

That's all. In short, at first glance when you come in, you basically can't tell that this was a shabby house built by monsters, and there are also some exquisite wooden furniture inside. Although it looks a bit simple, it is definitely very comfortable to use, and

Anyway, now I don't have to worry about sleeping on a cold stone slab and not getting enough rest.

But then again, these furniture appeared a little late, because the battle time estimated in the previous meeting that was not over yet would last for about a day or two. This kind of high-intensity long-term battle would probably be lying on the bed while sleeping.

It can only be a luxurious idea, and based on the known information, it is judged that the number of enemies at the peak of the battle will reach about 6000-8000, intensive attack, and there must be many large monsters attacking scenes. In this case

Under this situation, rest can only be done by staying on the front line and squinting for a while, and the hardest working personnel must be magicians, so magic power depletion should be a fairly common battle attrition situation.

I walked to the place where Diana and I had rested and had a look. Fortunately, our greetings were still there, and some of the clothes that Diana had taken off before were neatly stacked on the wooden bed next to them, and just when I was satisfied

While patrolling the entire room, I suddenly discovered a white stone man standing motionless in the corner.

Frightened by the accident, I subconsciously raised my gun and pointed it at it, but the stone man still stood there motionless like a sculpture. At this time, I basically thought it was just a decoration made by Desmo.

, but just as I stretched out my hand to polish it, suddenly the stone man's "head" lifted up and rushed towards me.

"Alive?!" I once again excitedly raised the Super-Shorty and pointed it at the stone man's head, but before I could pull the trigger, Ruby suddenly appeared beside me and pulled my leg.

"Erica, don't shoot." Ruby's urgent plea made me calm down, and I quickly pulled my finger out of the trigger and pressed hard on the receiver to relax.

"Ruby...did you do it?" I slowly lowered my gun but was still wary of the moving stone man in front of me.

"Well...new friends." Ruby let go of her hand and walked to the stone man's side.

At this time, the stone man also took the initiative to move closer to Ruby, squatting directly in front of Ruby and letting her stroke his stone "head".

It's just that this head is just a metaphor, just like the stone men I encountered below, because its so-called "head" is just a protruding part composed of a pile of smooth stones of different sizes, and there are no facial features on it.

position, but this stone man is indeed very different from those stone men. At least in terms of appearance, it feels much cleaner and more beautiful than the rocks below. I don’t know much about the types of rocks, but at least from the feel

On the surface, these milky white stones do not look like natural stones at all, but more like handicrafts that have been manually polished and polished. Moreover, the size of this white stone man is closer to the human body shape, and the density of the stones on his body also looks tighter.

Some of them are even more precise, and even have a layout close to the shape of human muscles.

One of the most obvious features of the white stone man is that the gaps in the stone on his chest are emitting a certain golden light. It is slightly different from the golden color that gods such as Desmo often emit. This golden color seems to be lighter.

Closer to honey color.

At this time, I suddenly remembered the core that I brought back before. I turned around and scanned the gift pile. Soon I found the magic bag that hugged the core of the package, but the bag was now stacked empty on the bed.

You can understand where the core is without even thinking about it.

"Are you surprised?" Desmo led Diana in.

I glanced at Desmo complainingly, and then noticed the flash of surprise on Diana's face when she saw the stone man, but soon her expression returned to normal again.

"You should have told me in advance... I almost shot." I slowly put away the Super-Shorty, then pulled Diana to find a love seat, sat on it without ceremony, and pointed.

Looking at the stone man who was talking to Ruby's relatives, he asked, "Ruby's new toy?"

"This name is not appropriate." Desmo also came to the opposite side of us and then conjured a tea set and poured us each a cup of hot tea and said: "It is alive and has its own consciousness."

I picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and found that the tea tasted exactly the same as the Fortnum and Mason at home. It's not that I don't like drinking black tea, but at this time I wanted a bottle of iced Bailong more, because the false alarm just now made me

I broke out in a cold sweat, so I needed some iced drinks to calm myself down.

"Why did you suddenly think of making a... stone man?" I asked curiously.

"I didn't do this on my own initiative." Desmo looked at Ruby and whispered: "She was in a very low mood because of the remains of Sahar before... so she heard about the earth you found.

The call in the core is essentially the same species as her, so she asked me to help her awaken the new life inside as a companion."

"I see..." I couldn't help but feel nervous when I saw Ruby interacting with the stone man.

"That... shouldn't be the stone spirit anymore..." Diana looked at the stone man with a tea cup and asked, "Earth spirit?"

"Well, it is indeed a species based on the earth elves, but in fact its inner nature is closer to living things than natural elves... just like Ruby now." Desmo also picked up the tea cup and took a sip and added.

: "It's just that there are no suitable materials to help it shape its body, so its current appearance is just a temporary look. I will find time to modify it in the future."

"Oh, this is our 'new companion'?" I looked at the stone man walking towards here step by step and asked Ruby: "Hey, Ruby, what's its name?"

"Kana!" Ruby, who was riding on the head of the stone man, said this not-so-weird name without hesitation after hearing my question. Then she asked Desmo, "Can I bring it with me?"

Want to go out for a walk?”

"Of course," Desmo smiled at Ruby and then touched the stone man's glowing chest with his hand and said, "But don't go too far. It's not mature yet, so it can't leave its 'birthplace'

The coverage needs to wait for at least one day."

"I know." Ruby patted the stone man's head excitedly and said happily: "Kana, let's go for a walk." After that, the stone man continued to carry Ruby and slowly walked towards the door.

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I didn’t quite understand the meaning of Desmo’s words, but Diana seemed to know something inside, so she subconsciously looked at the corner where the stone man stood before. Of course, I also looked there, and only then did I realize that

The ground of the place turned out to be a nest-like shape made of a pile of stones, which was quite strange, just like a pet's nest.

"It was born there..." Diana took another sip of tea and quietly explained to me: "It is not a completely independent individual yet, so it needs to continue to stay in the place of birth to replenish the magic of the earth..."

"Oh... as if the battery hasn't been fully charged yet?" I looked at the stone man slowly walking out of the door and became worried about the people patrolling outside.

Perhaps to the elves, this stone man is not too unknown, but humans are different. Just like my previous reaction, I am really worried about whether there will be any stupid young people who see the stone man.

It will subconsciously attack it. I don't think this stone man will not fight back, and I visually estimate that the thing weighs at least 500 kilograms. Even if it does not attack people intentionally, ordinary people will become...

Seriously injured, I can't imagine how powerful this thing can be. But it's a pity that this stone man walks very slowly. It seems that it can't be described as "slow". I just feel that its movements are very slow, just like some

The rusty mechanical structure seems to move slowly, but fortunately, its body structure is relatively flexible and its balance is very good, and it is not as clumsy as those humanoid machines.

But since I have fighting power, I naturally thought of the next battle, so I quickly asked Desmo about the stone man. But what puzzled me was that Desmo was not surprised at all by my question. It seemed that

It can't be said that she had expected it, but more like she was prepared for it.

"I don't recommend it to fight now. As I said, it is not mature yet, so it is a pity that it cannot go to the front line to help you fight." After hearing Desmo's answer, I was slightly disappointed, but Desmo followed immediately.

Mo added: "But... although it can't go up and fight the monsters, it can help you carry supplies and... use some tools to assist you in fighting."

After hearing this answer, I felt some anticipation again in my heart, and then I noticed Desmo's sly eyes. It seemed like she was deliberately trying to whet my appetite.

"Can I use a gun?" I couldn't help but express my thoughts first.

"Those big guns of yours are indeed fine. I will give it flexible hands later, and it is also very smart. You just need to teach it some precautions."

"Really?!" I stood up so excitedly that I almost shook out the tea in my hand.

There's nothing I can do about being so excited. After all, I'm really short of people here. The only ones who use guns are Liz and Puffy, and the enemies we have to face this time are not the same as the one above.

The battle seems to have all kinds of advantages, so just relying on the few of us is definitely not enough. For this reason, I even thought about finding some temporary helpers to help form a more complete machine gun fire network, but in the end it was because

Too worried to make a decision.

Although on the surface it looks like there is just another clumsy stone man, at least I can let it use my weapons with confidence, and I don't have to worry about the battlefield pressure of the machine gunner. The only thing I have to worry about is how this stone man will turn out.

How smart is that?

You must know that a machine gunner is not just able to pull the trigger. In addition to being proficient in the structural performance of the machine gun and infantry tactics, the most critical point for a qualified machine gunner is teamwork. These things cannot be achieved in a short time.

The knowledge they have learned, even Liz and Puffy have only scratched the surface of. And the battlefield positioning of us and others for this battle has not yet been decided, because according to the defense line arranged by Celine and others,

No matter which position is suitable for us, either the firepower is dispersed and cannot form an effective fire suppression, or the entire battlefield cannot be taken care of, resulting in loopholes in the defense line. In short, I have been having a headache with this problem during the meeting just now.

"It can indeed be done, but... it may not be as accurate as Liz and others." Desmo's answer was not a basin of cold water, but it still dampened some of my expectations.

"...Are you okay?" Diana quickly stood up and supported me when she saw me stunned and asked.

"It's okay... I was just too excited." I followed Diana and sat back on the chair, and then I breathed a sigh of relief and said to Desmo: "Maybe as you said, it's not as good as Liz and the others.

It's suitable...but I have no choice now because I'm really short of people."

This worry of mine was also born from the meeting that has not yet ended, because there are only three people here with guns, including Diana, there are only four people, and among them we have to use machine guns.

In addition, anti-material rifles must be prepared to defend against attacks by large monsters, so strictly speaking, we people are not considered regular machine gun firepower at all. So in this case, I don’t want to position machine gunners according to past military regulations.

, but even so we still can't cover the entire battlefield with firepower, because I just learned about the terrain of this generation.

Generally speaking, the high ground where this walled city is located is not as advantageous as I thought. The biggest reason is that the defensive structure of the walled city and the direction of the enemy's attack are more complicated than I imagined. I won't talk about the former for now, let's just talk about it.

The latter words gave me a huge headache, thinking that I had miscalculated the actual distance and offensive level of the surrounding fortresses.

The three large fortresses near this walled city are much closer than I thought. Of course, part of the reason for this error is also part of that damn hand-drawn map, but my biggest mistake was that I trusted that map too easily.

, because the straight-line distance between the nearest large-scale walled city to us is less than 500 meters, and it’s also because we didn’t find it before due to the darkness of nightfall, and the straight-line distance between the other two large-scale walled cities is also within 1000 meters.

, which means that once a battle breaks out, the monsters in the three cities will definitely crowd in front of us in a short time, not to mention that there are many small and medium-sized cities and some wild monster communities nearby.

You know, I just learned what kind of monster the so-called "stone-skinned lizard" is, because during the meeting just now, Celine's rangers brought back some magical images of monsters for our reference. To be honest,
To be continued...