Quadruple split.

Chapter 2343 Interlude: Brief Meeting

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The third floor prayer room in the Great Chapel of Dunbuya City, in the northern part of the Holy Land

"If nothing goes wrong, Avery will be able to return to Dumbuya City with the neutralizer prepared by Luna before dawn."

After closing the message board in the center of his vision, Mo Tan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the nervous people in front of him, "According to Luna's speculation, Mino can at least hold on until the evening of the day after tomorrow with Philip's help, so there should be plenty of time, and everyone doesn't need to worry too much."

Renault nodded vigorously, his tense expression finally relaxing a little, and said seriously: "Thank you, sir. I really don't know how to thank you and Ms. Luna."

"I haven't done anything to deserve your thanks."

Mo Tan looked at Mino Paladin, who was leaning on the chair in a very stiff posture. Although he was breathing weakly, his vitality was almost undetectable. "Rather, I should thank Mino. He did the best he could, so much so that I felt that even if I was on the battlefield at that time, I couldn't do better."

Xia Liya shook her head and said softly, "But when we snatched Mino from the lizard's mouth, the first thing he said was 'If Lord Heifan were here, he would definitely do better than me'."

Mo Tan did not respond to Xia Liya's words. He just smiled faintly and said to Raymond, "Take Mino back to rest. I hope he can keep his vital signs as stable as possible before the neutralizer arrives. As for the city defense, since we have stopped this fierce attack, we don't need to worry too much in the short term. Let everyone rest as much as possible while maintaining the minimum level of alert."

"Okay, Your Excellency."

Raymond immediately stood up, bowed deeply to Mo Tan, picked up Mino, and said seriously: "I will settle Mino first, and then go to coordinate the rotation and sentry. I will let the agency members convey the specific content to Xia Liya."

After saying that, he bowed to Mo Tan again and then left quickly.

Since Philip, Xia Liya, Luo Ou and Yizou stayed in the prayer room, Jenny, who had been sitting in a chair with her eyes lowered, had no intention of leaving.

After all, Raymond is the head and deputy commander of the Guards. Now that it has been confirmed that there will be no more military transfers in the short term, there is not much point in him staying. In Mo Tan's opinion, gathering a large number of high-ranking cadres together for meetings all day long is a stupid move that is inefficient and bloated and does not help solve any problems.

It is true that such stupidity is necessary in most cases, and may even be quite appropriate in some individual cases, but at least at this moment in the city of Dumbuya, there is no need for formalism.

So even if this was a high-level meeting in an objective sense, when there was nothing left for Raymond to pay attention to, he still left as quickly as possible, and left willingly.

"I noticed that the losses on Ye Yin's side were quite heavy..."

Mo Tan casually pulled out a piece of parchment filled with information from in front of him, and without looking up, he asked Romeo, who was smiling and looking friendly, "So, how many people can you still contact? What are their respective situations?"

"I have successfully contacted 80% of the casualties."

Romeo grinned and said in a brisk tone, "Half of them have already completed their account creation and regained their status as clergy or low-level Templars in the nearest church. They are trying to get here now. However, considering that they are not as stupid and rich as me, it will take at least half a month to gather them all. As for the speed of regaining combat effectiveness... to be honest, it will not be fast."

Mo Tan nodded slightly and asked again: "You said this is half, what about the remaining half?"

"Among the remaining half, about two-thirds said that although they did not regret dying on the battlefield, their 'military career' had come to an end due to some unforeseen circumstances. In other words, they would not come back and did not plan to come back. I understand this, after all, there are only a few people who like to play the game of 'serving in the military' and following orders."

Romeo shrugged, then raised his right hand and gently shook his index finger: "As for the last ones, although they are still hesitant, I am confident that I can persuade them to come back."

Mo Tan casually wrote two notes on the parchment with a feather pen, then raised his head and said to Romeo in a serious tone: "Thank you, Lao Luo."

"Easy to do."

Romeo crossed his legs, leaned back in his chair and said leisurely, "It's just talking. I'm the best at this kind of work, uncle."

The half-elf Xia Liya, who was who knows how many years older than Romeo, rolled her eyes and snorted, "You are just a young boy, yet you dare to say that."

"Haha, I won't hide it from you, old man~"

Romeo stroked his hairline, which seemed safe, with both hands and said cheerfully, "My biggest wish right now is to be a young boy forever."

"Stop being stinky and poor."

Perhaps because of the overlap in their specialties, Xia Liya, who had always disliked Romeo, still maintained a stern attitude towards him. After adjusting herself in less than half a second, she said to Mo Tan with an adorable, innocent face: "Princess Heifan, the Lun family——"

"Please speak politely, Adjutant Ain."

The Guardian Knight interrupted the cute centenarian girl's whining without hesitation and gave her a stern warning with a stern look.

"whispering sound."

So, the chief steward of Dunbuya City, the head of the [Organization], Xia Liya Ain, who volunteered to be the adjutant of Hei Fan, sat cross-legged on the chair, holding her chin like a high school girl who evolved into a gangster, and asked: "So, since Miss Jenny has taken all the responsibility and you have personally exonerated her, then we, the accomplices... don't have to bear any responsibility?"

"Yes, you did a great job."

Mo Tan nodded without hesitation and said seriously, "As one of the most mysterious powers in the field of mysticism, astrologers who can make 'predictions' to a certain extent have never been considered regular units. My identity as a personal mystic consultant is enough to prove that Jenny is indeed trustworthy. In this case, if we add the bombshell of 'the only apprentice of the great astrologer Damus Remidep', it is enough to shake most of the 'rules and regulations'."

Xia Liya sighed and said helplessly, "Who says it's not true? Although the behavior of our [Chief Astrologer] is a naked betrayal, which is an unforgivable felony in the army, the profession of astrologer has never been about reason." "A unit that can predict the future, even in a strictly disciplined army, definitely has a certain degree of say. After all, speed is of the essence in war. There is a saying, something like... the opportunity for war is fleeting."

Romeo smacked his lips, then added, "Of course, this is just the imagination of an outsider. After all, in the world I live in, there are no real prophets. There are people who study the stars, but most of them have not learned how to tell fortunes."

As for Jenny Belial, the person who had just been appointed as the Chief Astrologer under Mo Tan, she did not react at all, but continued to curl up in her chair and remained silent.

"Hehe, anyway, as long as you don't hold me accountable, anything is fine."

Xia Liya clapped her hands happily, then stopped laughing and said to Mo Tan in a serious tone, "Well, no matter whether it is different from your idea or not, in the eyes of most people, including me, the annihilation of the seven hundred gray lizard hunters is definitely a great victory. It is even a great victory second only to the victory of the Sun Cult when the Grand Knight Commander and the Son of God broke into the Blood Feather Terrace and severely injured the Queen in the past hundred years."

Upon hearing this, Philip's eyes widened immediately, and he questioned directly, which was very rare: "Is it true?"

"it is true."

The one who answered him was not Xia Liya, but Mo Tan, who had a calm expression and no emotion. He flipped through the casualty report in front of him and said calmly, "If the casualty ratio is taken into account, this record is even better than the raid by the Grand Knight of the Sun Cult and Blake."

Xia Liya sneered and said in a rare disgusted tone: "Considering the casualty ratio, the combat method that does not take human life seriously should be burned to death on the fire."

Philip frowned and said hesitantly, "Although I did hear that the raid was extremely brutal, after learning about it over the past few days, I do feel that Grand Knight Jeff Harrington was a little too radical."

"But his 'radicalism' resulted in the fall of the Queen of Mutilation, and caused chaos within the Blood Barbarians."

Xia Liya clenched her fists, a gloomy look flashed in her eyes: "So no matter what, they are undoubtedly heroes, and those who died in the battle..."

"He is also undoubtedly a hero."

Mo Tan interrupted Xia Liya and said meaningfully: "But mourning the dead is not our current topic, adjutant."

"Yes, Lord Heifan."

Xia Liya nodded meekly, and then she changed the topic to the present, saying crisply: "After this battle, our army is very excited, and considering the excellent performance of the new units including the Guards Regiment against the Gray Lizard Hunters, the voices questioning your 'reform' have been reduced to almost zero. According to this situation, the assessment conclusion of the Agency is that we have a high probability of completing all the integration work in half the expected time."

"Then speed up."

Mo Tan put down the report in his hand and said to Xia Liya in a serious tone: "Skolk has already held a meeting to analyze the situation regarding this attack. According to the feedback from Ms. Chao Yue Kui, Skolk believes that the vengeful Broken Head Cliff will never give up after losing 700 [Gray Lizard Hunters]."

As the only veteran soldier from Dunbuya among the five present, Xia Liya immediately said solemnly, "Skolk's judgment is not wrong. The ruler of Broken Head Cliff, Fyodor Gota, does not like to suffer losses. You know, he is the strongest, most brutal, and most vicious of the four blood barbarians in the north. But according to my judgment, after this defeat, Fyodor will probably choose another way to re-establish his 'dignity'. It is unlikely that he will attack us again in a short time."

"Oh?"

Hearing Xia Liya's judgment, which was completely different from that of Skolk, Mo Tan asked curiously, "So since their 'dignity' was damaged under the walls of Dunbuya City, why don't they launch another larger-scale attack?"

"Because we are the Holy Church United."

Xia Liya shrugged and said seriously, "It is the largest force in the Northeast Continent, and also the largest religious force in the entire continent. If not for everyone strictly maintaining the so-called 'legendary tacit understanding', how many blood barbarians do you think would have survived to this day?"

Mo Tan, Yi Zou and Philip all nodded subconsciously. After all, the three of them had investigated a lot of intelligence before coming, including the fact that there were no legendary masters among the northern blood barbarians. This was reasonable. After all, even those blood barbarians who were evil and murderous in the eyes of ordinary people could not be defined as the highest danger like the evil god believers. The unwritten rule among legendary masters was that when dealing with things other than the "highest danger", they would not take the lead in activating the legendary power. To explain it with the simplest example, it was the "nuclear deterrence" outside the game.

"In short, although the Blood Barbarians don't think highly of Dunbuya City, with the words "Holy Alliance" behind us, they will have to think twice before doing anything worse."

Xia Liya licked her lips and said leisurely, "If I'm not mistaken, the seven hundred gray lizard hunters didn't fight to the death with us. In fact, it was more like an attitude, a show of force. As a result, not only did we not appreciate it, we even wiped out the enemy. Once this news spreads, the prestige of the Broken Head Cliff, which has already been a dragon's head, will definitely be severely damaged. And their best way is to send a large army to severely damage our Dunbuya City, so we can only retreat to the next best thing."

"For example?"

"I can't tell you how to do this. For example, I only know that the Lizard King, who has almost never left the Cliff of Broken Head, is vicious and fierce, but I can't guess what he will do specifically."

"But you think Skork's judgment is not correct, because Broken Head Cliff does not dare to completely push the Holy Church Alliance behind us into a corner?"

"Yes, I think so."

……

  at the same time

Northeastern Continent, Northern Sanctuary, Broken Head Cliff

"so……"

In the depths of the thick and deep darkness, a pair of blood-red vertical pupils slightly opened, looking at the figure kneeling on the ground and trembling.

"How much do you hate me to come up with such a stupid idea of ​​'bloodbath Dunbuya'?"

Chapter 2334: End