Chapter 2234 ()Methods to save people
In the next few days, nothing happened.
Gus, that stupid guy, hangs out with Farnese and the bald Yasan and others in the military camp outside the city all day long. He doesn't know what he is busy with, but Erica, the guy who snatched a bunch of wands,
She was pestering Shirji all day long to learn some magic, so of course Annie, who had eaten enough and had nothing to do, wandered around all day long.
But, I don’t know why today is an exception?
Because when Annie woke up after several days of sunrise and just walked from the bedroom of the fortress to the back garden, she was surprised to see Gus, Farnese, Shirji and Gus who were nowhere to be seen in the past.
Today, Erica and others gathered in the pavilion in the garden in an unusual manner. Then a group of people crowded there and discussed in a low voice with solemn faces, and they didn't know what they were talking about.
"??"
|˙˙)
then!
Annie, who was a little curious and worried that she had nothing to do, naturally didn't even think about it and just trotted over without giving in.
"Hello!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"What do you want to do with so many of you here instead of working?"
(.)
"Eh?"
(⊙o⊙*)
"I haven't seen this little man who looks like a monkey. Who is he?"
(°ー°〃)
Then, Annie, who arrogantly pushed away the bald and powerful uncle Yasang, saw with just one glance the strange little kid with yellow hair and thin body who was surrounded by everyone and sitting on his shoulders was a strange little boy who seemed to be a male elf.
Then, of course, she asked directly and rudely without even thinking about it.
"!?"
"A dwarf like a monkey?"
I heard the very rude and unfriendly words from Anne who suddenly arrived. The one whom Anne called "the little dwarf who looks like a monkey" seemed to be about the same age as Erica, but he was shorter in height.
At this point, the little boy who was even similar to eight-year-old Annie was naturally furious on the spot.
"Hello!"
"Who are you talking about, you stinky girl?"
"Be careful, I'll beat you up!!"
So, the other party, of course, refused to suffer any disadvantage and rushed to Anne with his fists in the air, intending to do something beyond his own capabilities.
"!!"
(**;)
"All petrified!"
(∩ω)--*
Seeing this, Annie of course struck first and waved her hand without hesitation, using a simple petrification spell to instantly turn the opponent into a stone statue with a fist raised.
"ah?"
"this……"
"Holy light..."
"well……"
"..."
Seeing the little boy being petrified in an instant, Gus, Farnese, Yasang and others present were naturally stunned and caught off guard. Apparently they did not expect that a conflict broke out when the two met and someone
How could such a terrible little girl act so swiftly and neatly without even giving them a chance to explain?
"ah!"
"Isidoro!?"
"伱!"
"Wicked witch!"
"I, Uncle Buck, will fight with you!!"
Seeing that his friend was turned into a stone statue by magic with a wave of Anne's hand, the elf who was sitting on the shoulder of the skinny monkey-like boy was so angry that he got a furry chestnut out of nowhere.
Then he waved it up and prepared to use the 'terrible' hairy chestnut with countless spikes to attack the evil witch's face.
"don't want!!"
"Buck!"
"Stop!!"
Fortunately, before the other party actually rushed to Annie, nor before the stern-faced Annie struck again, another elf, Shirji's partner Ibarella, rushed out in time and
He firmly held the waist of the little guy who called himself 'Buck', and then kept pushing him back.
"??"
"Ibarella?"
"what are you doing!"
"Let me go, I'm going to kill her!"
"I want to avenge Isidoro!!!"
However, the little Buck was still struggling and shouting angrily, and he kept vowing that he would be incompatible with Anne's evil witch.
"..."
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Seeing that the little one waving the furry chestnut dared to resist, Anne frowned, and almost raised her hand to hit him with a petrification or other punishment magic.
It's past.
"..."
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
However, Anne has always been a villain, so naturally she will not get along with a little guy like him.
"What happened to them?"
(lll￢ω￢)
So, without waiting for others to speak, she turned to look at Gus, Shirji, Erica, Farnese, Crete and others present, and asked crisply, wanting to know why this happened today.
There are so many people gathered here, and there is also a strange little boy and an elf that I have never seen before.
"..."
Looking at the stone statue, Gus opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing. Instead, he sighed and turned to look at Farnese and Shirji who were comforting Crete.
"Annie, I know!"
"Is such that!"
"This... well, the guy you petrified, his name is Isidoro. According to him, he is a messenger from Falconia?"
At this time, before Farnese or anyone else could speak, Erica jumped out impatiently and explained loudly.
It turns out that the monkey-like yellow-haired kid Isidoro was rescued from a group of mercenaries on the road when Clete's priest, Lao Tiao, led his troops south to join the Balidanis Alliance.
There is also the elf Buck?
Then, they naturally became the old priest's entourage, and they always followed each other to help each other, serve tea and water, and so on.
Immediately after the Battle of Wyndham, due to various reasons, the old priest naturally stayed in the magnificent city of Falconia with the senior officials of the French King's Hall, and until not long ago, Dang Ge
Si and others brazenly attacked the people of Falconia City in the City of Holy Light, and also killed the high-ranking apostle Fire Dragon Gurung Belludo and detained thousands of soldiers, and officially announced that they and Fal
After Konya completely turned against him, the unfortunate old priest was naturally detained by the other party and imprisoned.
Fortunately, the other party did not harm the unfortunate old guy directly, but released the yellow-haired Isidoro and the elf Buck in front of him.
The other party sent people to escort the two people to the border of the City of Holy Light and asked them to come here to send a message, saying that if they want the old priest to survive, the City of Holy Light must use the body of the fire dragon Gurung Belludo.
And the thousands of captives of the 'New Eagle Group' who were detained in exchange?
Anyway, that’s probably what it means, and this is why today, Gus, Shirji, Erica, Farnese, Crete, Serpico and the bald uncle Yasang and other guys who are rarely seen in ordinary times
The main reason why we all gathered here.
"Is that so?"
(⊙o⊙*)
"So, that stupid old man was arrested?"
(O ^~^ O)
"Is he a fool? He actually stayed in that city of Falconia and never came back?!"
=(*)
Although she knew what was going on, Annie was still a little surprised. She couldn't figure out why that bad old man was still stuck in someone else's property after being so hot for so long.
Well, now, before the two sides could really fight, the other side was captured and used as a hostage, and there was no telling whether they could come back alive!
"Okay."
"Annie, now is not the time to explore that kind of thing."
At this time, after seeing what Anne said, Clete's eyes turned red and she was about to cry again. Shirji hurriedly walked out, interrupted Anne's words, shook his head with a wry smile and said:
"Gus and everyone are trying to figure out a way..."
"You're here by chance, let's help come up with ideas together, shall we?"
"Recover quickly!"
Saying that, Shirji thought for a while, then took out the short wand made of Anne's hair, then waved his hand and used a resuscitation spell to successfully remove the petrification effect of Isidoro, allowing the other party to gradually recover from the petrification effect.
A stone statue transformed back into a big, skinny, monkey-like human being.
"??"
First he was agitated, and then Isidoro was startled for a moment, then quickly put away his fists and stepped back while exclaiming and asking.
"!!"
"What just happened?!"
"what happened?"
He didn't remember what had just happened, but he only knew that the moment before he hit the little girl's head accurately, his mind was confused and he couldn't remember anything, and there was a weird feeling all over his body.
If you feel stiff, something terrible must have happened!
"Very good!"
"Isidoro!"
"You were just petrified by that evil witch!"
"You turned into a stone statue!"
"I thought you were dead!!"
Seeing Isidoro's recovery, the elf Buck, of course, rushed over with tears of joy, hugged his face, pointed at Anne, and angrily explained and condemned him.
"!!"
"She, she is also a witch?"
"Like them?!"
Hearing this, Isidoro was startled and subconsciously looked at Shirji and Erica. Apparently, Shirji or Erica must have used some kind of magic to trick him before.
Pass.
"laugh!"
"Deserve it!"
Seeing Isidoro surpassing her own eyes, Erica first made a big face at him, and then explained proudly:
"Listen carefully!"
"Sister Shirji is my teacher. She is a very powerful witch. She can burn down an entire city with just one spell!"
"Moreover, she is a dragon mage with a giant dragon as her mount. You'd better not provoke her easily in the future!"
"As for this one..."
"Uh-huh!"
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oh!"
"Even part of Teacher Shirji's magic and our wands were obtained from her, and the giant dragon and the flying dragons in the city were also captured by her, so..."
"She is the person who should not be messed with here. If you dare to mess around next time, you won't be turned into a stone statue!"
After speaking, Erica raised her smooth chin, not hiding the proud expression on her face.
In her opinion, her teacher Shirji learned his magic from Anne. He can be said to be half of Anne's students, and she herself is a student of teacher Shirji, so Anne can be regarded as a
Her master is also her friend, and having those two levels of relationship is certainly enough to make her proud and proud.
"Wha, what?"
"most……"
"The most powerful arcane archmage?"
Although he was shocked by Erica's words, Isidoro was obviously still reluctant to believe it.
"real or fake?"
"How old is she?"
However, even though he said that, he still subconsciously took a step back to make sure that he was further away from a certain little girl.
"??"
"Hello!"
"Ibarella!"
"Is that really the case?"
"Is she that powerful?!"
Likewise, the male elf Buck was so frightened that he immediately hid behind Ibarella and asked his 'fellow race' in a trembling voice.
"What do you think?"
She stretched out her hand to push the other person away, put her hands on her hips and fluttered her little dragonfly-like wings, and flew back to Shirji's witch hat. After sitting down, Ibarela gave Buck an annoyed look as he continued to follow her like a follower.
.
"Anyway, I'm very afraid of her. If you're not afraid of death, why don't you go up and hit her with your hairy chestnut?"
"Anyway, I won't stop you next time!"
You know, when Ibarela and Shirji were caught together by Annie, she was almost choked to death by the other party. Even now, she is still frightened, and she doesn't want to get close to that terrible person at all.
little girl.
"..."
"Let's keep talking about business!"
"Next..."
"What on earth are we going to do?"
After the farce was basically over and the misunderstanding between the two parties was resolved, Gus spoke again and looked towards Farnese and Ke, who was sitting next to Farnese with a face full of worry and sorrow.
Leiter looked at it, as if she wanted to hear her thoughts.
"What else can be done?"
"Besides substituting people, we have no other option."
"only……"
"I'm a little worried now. Do you think their apostles will set a trap where the hostages are being exchanged?"
Seeing that Crete just lowered her head and did not speak, Serpico, the legion secretary on the other side, spoke up and expressed his concerns.
"??"
(.)
"But!"
(^～^;)ゞ
"Can that bad old man replace more than a thousand people?"
(°ー°〃)
"Wouldn't that be a little unfair?"
(′～`●)
At this moment, Annie suddenly spoke.
Anyway, she didn't think that kind of thing was worth it. She always felt that that bad old man wanted to exchange for the more than a thousand people they had imprisoned. That was indeed a bit too bullying.
"!!"
!(;o)o
"All right!"
(O ^~^ O)
"Then just change it, I totally agree!"
(＿＿*)
However, when she saw Clete's tearful and red eyes and the resentful and terrifying expression that suddenly looked towards her, Anne was startled, and then she immediately changed her stance and raised her hands to show that she was completely opposed to the hostage exchange.
No objection whatsoever.
"It must be changed!"
"After all, it's useless for us to keep those prisoners. If we can exchange the old priest back, it would be quite a deal!"
"But the problem now is..."
"I am the same as what Serpico said just now. I am always worried that they will have a conspiracy?"
The powerful bald uncle Yasang also spoke at this time, groping his fat bald head and mumbling out some of his worries.
"What do you mean..."
"Worried that they will set up an ambush at the exchange place again?"
After pondering for a while, Gus suddenly frowned and raised his head and asked.
"It would be better if diligence was to set up an ambush!"
"We can use giant dragons or flying dragon knights to conduct reconnaissance first. The place is very empty and it is unlikely that many people can be hidden. Even if we set up an ambush, we can detect or prevent it in advance. The problem is not big."
"So, compared to them secretly causing harm in the prisoner exchange place, what I'm more worried about is..."
"Do they have other purposes?"
"For example..."
"When we led the elite out, they attacked our City of Holy Light?"
"After all, our territory is surrounded by mountains and dense forests. In such a large area, it is really easy to hide some elite troops, such as their demon-fighting soldiers!"
Serpico answered Gus's doubts and expressed some of his not-so-good ideas with some worry. The key is that it is very possible to find out in that situation. The key is that they have nothing special about it.
Good way to cope.
"..."
After listening, Gus stopped talking.
Because what Serpico is worried about is indeed a big problem. If they want to exchange hostages, their senior leaders and elites will definitely set off. They may even have to prepare heavy troops at the border of that place to prevent any unexpected events?
But in that case, the defenses in other places, such as the City of Holy Light, would be relatively weak.
Although they currently claim to have a full force of 20,000 troops, they can only use most of the 10,000 Holy Light Legion warriors who have understood the Holy Light. Among them, the Silver Dawn and the Scarlet Crusaders are not very powerful in terms of combat effectiveness.
The knights of the Silver Hand, who are the strongest and most mobile, will definitely escort the prisoners to the exchange location. If that happens, the problem will be huge, and it is very likely that the enemy will really take advantage of it?
"What should we do?"
"People must change, right?"
At this time, Clete finally spoke, with a hint of crying and helplessness, as if she was afraid that Gus and the others would decide not to save her father.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Gus, Farnese, Serpico and others didn't know what to do, so they continued to discuss certain details in a low voice just like they had seen from a distance before Anne came.
"or……"
|˙˙)
"Why don't you just stop thinking about how to change and just go and rob people?"
(-)
"Can't Shirji know how to teleport?"
o(▽｀)o
"You just need to find those guys, and then kill them while it's dark, find that stupid old man, and then teleport back directly?"
(▽)
For a long time, seeing these people starting to make useless plans again and still worrying about the gains and losses for a long time, Anne finally couldn't help it anymore after listening for a while, and then directly said what she thought.
A more direct and faster idea.
"No way!"
"How can it be that easy?"
"It is indeed not difficult to find the enemy and break through the defenses of those apostle monsters. What is difficult is... what should we do to prevent them from jumping over the wall and hurting the old priest."
"Our goal now is to rescue people safely and not to take too big risks."
Shaking his head, the method Anne mentioned seemed to have been discussed by these people before, so Serpico hurriedly smiled wryly and waved his hand to reject Anne's bad idea.
"!!"
(╭╮)
"This won't work, and that won't work either. Then you can continue to discuss it slowly. I won't play with you anymore!"
o(*｀ー)o
Seeing that these adults were only wasting time in meetings here and worrying about gains and losses, Anne was a little annoyed, and then she simply waved her hands and walked away in annoyance, not wanting to mess around with these guys anymore.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Gus, Farnese, Yasang, Shirji and others who were already familiar with each other and already knew what kind of character Anne was naturally didn't mind too much. After Anne trotted away angrily and quickly
After almost disappearing, they just looked at each other in silence for a while, and then continued to gather there and began to discuss various possibilities and some plans that were not too clever, but relatively safe and moderate in a low voice and anxious voice.
Obviously, they seem to have decided to exchange hostages. The only problem now is how to do it safely and guard against each other.
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Chapter completed!