Half an hour later, I walked out of the conference tent, rubbing my groggy head.

I looked up at the sky, which was still as dark as the middle of the night. I stretched tiredly, and then grabbed Aurora who was trying to slip away quietly.

"Let's go back and have breakfast, and then go to bed and have a good sleep." I dragged her unceremoniously towards the cabin. On the way, I couldn't help but open my mouth and let out a long yawn and muttered.

Said: "Anyway, we shouldn't have much to do today..."

"Let go... I need to go back first and notify everyone to come and gather..." Aurora resisted for a few symbolic moments, and then she could only be dragged towards the wooden house by me strangely.

"Stop pretending, just let Baron Sheldon do this. It's not an urgent matter. Let's go back and rest first." I dragged her to the door of the cabin without any explanation, and then opened the door directly and entered.

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When I first entered the door, an aroma that aroused my appetite hit me. I licked my dry lips, and then I directly pulled Aurora towards the dining table.

At this moment, most of the food on the table has been eaten. It seems that Diana and the others really have no intention of waiting for us to come back. But fortunately, the gentle goddess Desmo left two steaming creamy portions for me.

Soup. Of course, these soups are all fast food I brought down, but it is already a very good treat to be able to drink a bowl of hot soup now, because we did not bring enough food supplies during my attack this time.

All they brought were cold dry food, so the others could only continue to eat hard bread and drink cold water until the supplies were delivered.

The elves seem to have some special means to eat a bowl of hot rice, but their food is also supplied from a centralized source, so they eat the same as everyone else, only hot.

But we can't wait for the supplies to arrive, because we only have a few hours of rest. At noon, we have to form a team again and go directly to the underground city. Although it is not wise to divide the troops, we have no other suitable method at the moment.

Okay, this walled city cannot be discarded yet, because it has become our bridgehead. The messengers to the upper level have already set off. The reinforcements from the upper level will not arrive until we send troops to help us defend the city, but we also need to leave some of it.

The team is stationed here. After all, the losses in the last battle were too serious. Chris's crossbowmen and javelin cavalry can no longer follow us, so we can only leave them here for now.

Of course, they are not the only ones staying here. Nearly half of Lavender's soldiers also need to stay and recuperate. Therefore, the command of the camp is directly left to the command of Baron Sheldon, and all Lavender's soldiers also need to stay here to recuperate.

All of them will stay here. As for the personnel configuration of the advancing troops, there are not many personnel that can be mobilized at present. Apart from Merigil and Algasburg, which are currently almost intact, there are almost no troops left in the last battle.

The princely knights and heavy infantry came into use.

This is not to say that they are useless. After all, in the previous defensive battles, rough guys like them who used swords and axes to chop people were really not of much use. But it is different now, because the next battle may not be stable anymore.

In addition to measures such as walls and traps placed in advance, all we can do is rely on these tin cans and the bodies of rough guys to provide defense means. Even I was considering whether to prepare explosion-proof shields in advance.

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"What's wrong?" When I was distracted, Diana's voice suddenly came out. I looked back and saw her walking over with two steaming steaks and placing them in front of me and Aurora, and asked: "Plan

Are you sure?"

"Well... the rest of us have to divide nearly half of our troops and continue to advance towards the underground city." I directly picked up the knife and fork and cut off a large piece of steak and stuffed it into my mouth, chewing it roughly.

After enjoying the sweet gravy, he took up the napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth with satisfaction and said: "It can be said that it is a plan to die... but I have no objection."

"What happened?" Diana did not leave, but naturally sat directly next to me.

"I just got some bad news. The top camp was suddenly attacked by monsters not long ago. Many chambers of commerce suffered serious losses, so the material problem..." I curled my lips, and then said roughly again

I cut off a piece of steak and said, "Due to the shortage of supplies, there is always the possibility that this operation will be canceled before Chris finds a solution." After that, I unceremoniously removed the piece of meat from my fork.

Stuffed it into his mouth.

This problem is indeed serious, but it actually doesn't matter to a few of us. Whether it's Liz or Puffy, who is a Meryl Gil elf, we are only interested in the results of this operation. As for what happened in the middle

The accident is not within our capabilities. Anyway, we are only responsible for combat. Logistics issues should be left to professionals. And I also believe that Chris can successfully find a solution, so I am wasting time worrying.

For this small problem, it is better to seize the time to adjust my condition, and the monster attack also made me worried.

"Isn't there a passage to other areas above?" Liz was the first to ask.

"Well... I heard... the situation is similar to what we encountered before. Another group of monsters dug up the passage to the upper level, but don't worry too much. Those monsters were left behind by soldiers and caravan guards in the end.

They were repelled." After wolfing down the steak in my mouth, I quickly picked up the cup next to me and took a sip of water. Then I said slowly: "But the origin of those monsters is very suspicious, because most of those monsters are

There are some old, weak and disabled kobolds, and the injuries on their bodies are all new... It is even said that they found bullet holes in some monsters..."

"Uh... would that be..." Liz probably had the same idea as me, so I nodded directly to her.

"That's it, those kobolds are the ones who besieged this place before..." After that, I took out a small bag from my pocket and threw it to Liz, and then said: "M61 armor-piercing bullets, the machine gun bullets we used before.

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Liz was stunned for a moment, then she opened the small bag and took out the deformed warhead. Although the shape was squeezed and distorted, she could still barely see that there was a black tip on the tip of the warhead.

paint, so Liz also determined that this bullet was the type of bullet that had been used before.

"But just based on this warhead, we can't completely identify the previous batch of kobolds..." Liz put away the warhead and continued: "After all, this kind of bullet has been used in several previous battles."

"That's true...but there's more than just one warhead in it." I picked up the spoon and took a sip of the hot soup.

Liz opened the small bag again and groped for a moment, then turned the bag over in confusion and poured out all the warheads inside. All kinds of warheads or fragments fell on the table in front of her with a "clatter".

I watched her pick up a large shrapnel, then looked at Puffy next to her and said directly: "M33FMJ... the .50BGM you used before."

"What about this?" Liz asked as she picked up another small fragment that still smelled of blood.

"30×29B grenade...well, it should be." I waved my hand at her impatiently and said: "Don't keep asking me, I can only see part of it, but these evidences are enough to prove it.

That group of kobolds escaped from here, and they didn't pass through the road we took before. They reached the upper level through another passage, and then dug through the wall and met the people in the camp."

"Doesn't this mean it's no longer safe up there?" Puffy didn't reach out to pick up the shrapnel to observe. At the same time, after Liz reinstalled the shrapnel, she immediately took out her handkerchief to wipe her hands.

"That's right, so even after the passage is sealed, most of the merchants above don't dare to stay there anymore. Although they are still arranging to dispatch supplies from various places, the quota is not as sufficient as before." I paused.

After a moment, I remembered the dude I had a conflict with before, and then said slowly and in a low voice: "Many businessmen have died up there, so some businessmen and chambers of commerce have chosen to withdraw."

"Who died?" Diana next to me asked after giving me a cup of coffee: "I don't remember you having business friends."

"Well, they are indeed not friends... Do you still remember the branch president of the Doria Chamber of Commerce? It was the middle-aged man whose son had a conflict with me, and who later came to us with fruit to apologize."

"Remember..." Diana's performance was obviously a cover-up of not remembering, but I didn't break through her little disguise.

"He is dead. I heard that his chamber of commerce also lost a lot of employees and goods..." I put down my knife and fork tiredly, and then sighed and said, "A very interesting guy, what a pity."

"He just has bad luck, it has nothing to do with you." Diana comforted me, and then asked in a very dissatisfied tone: "So... In the end, Celine and the others decided to make such a risky decision

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I glanced at her with some embarrassment, because I didn't feel down just now, I just felt a little regretful. However, I still didn't care about it too much. Instead, I thought about the messy meeting before and answered helplessly.

He said: "Everyone has their own difficulties. I think this plan is okay. In terms of troop strength and terrain, it is not very risky. Even if it encounters an ambush from monsters, it can be dealt with."

After I finished speaking, I stood up immediately, and then came to Aurora, who had not eaten much since just now. She kept her head lowered and looked like she was thinking about the problem, but I knew her actual state very well.

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"Are you full?" I shook her shoulders with my hand, but when she raised her head and looked at me with dull eyes, I realized that this question was in vain, because she was in about the same condition.

It's almost reaching its limit.

I didn't wait for Aurora to reply, I just picked her up and started walking to the bed. Aurora didn't resist, which was within my expectation, but Diana grabbed my shoulder and stopped me.

And I can guess what her mood is like from the pain in her shoulders.

"What are you going to do?" Diana asked coldly from behind me.

"What else can we do? Go to sleep." I relaxed my shoulders as if to show weakness and successfully escaped from her clutches. I turned around and said, "What else do you think we can do in this small house?"

Diana's eyes were quite dangerous, and she kept staring at me fiercely, which made me feel quite uncomfortable, but it was at this time that I noticed her sitting there behind her, pretending to drink tea, but actually holding back her laughter.

Desmo, I understood what was going on in an instant.

"You...couldn't you have noticed her condition?" I raised my hand to show Diana the sleepy Aurora in my hand and explained: "She is already in an 'exhausted' state.

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After hearing the explanation of my question, Diana lowered her head and glanced at Aurora in my arms. After looking at it for a while, she suddenly rushed forward nervously, checking her body with magic and asking: "What's wrong with her?"

What's going on?"

"This guy almost used up her magic power in the previous battle, and she had been pretending..." I was dissatisfied and pinched her armpit hard with my left hand holding her, but

At this time, Aurora didn't react at all, she still lowered her head and closed her eyes, motionless.

"It's really dangerous... This is not exhaustion, it's just..." Diana suddenly stopped, and then very unexpectedly changed a magic spell and tried Aurora again. It seemed that she didn't know what happened to Aurora.

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This depressing atmosphere really made me a little uncomfortable, and Diana's expression became more and more nervous. Just when I wanted to try to ask Desmo for help, I suddenly heard her voice saying: "She is poisoned."

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All of us looked up at Desmo nervously, but she calmly put down her tea cup and said with a smile: "It's okay, I already detoxified her when she first came in."

, so now she just needs to take a nap. But..."

Desmo stood up slowly, then walked to a nearby clothes rack, picked up his cloak, put it on and said: "Her companions have also been poisoned by the same poison, so I will go and give them to them now."

Detoxify and come back later.”

Having said that, Desmo pushed the door open and went out without waiting for our reaction.

Desmo was walking in the cool streets with her cloak on, looking at the busy people coming and going and couldn't help but sigh softly, because only then did she realize that many people in the camp were not in good condition.

"It seems that the poison has begun to spread."

Desmo stood there and thought for a while, then she turned and walked towards the direction of the stone tower, but after a while Desmo rode the lifting platform to the top of the stone tower.

"It's so... childish..." Desmo smiled helplessly while standing on the top of the tower looking at the bright dungeon, and then continued to mutter: "Poison that doesn't kill people... Is this a demonstration? What do you want?
To be continued...