Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 675 War Technology [8.5k words]

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

In the spacious hall made of light blue crystals, the little white crab looked at the surrounding scenery, at the central light column at the top, waving its little claws, its two little eyes full of excitement.

Obviously, for the little white crab, who has mastered both alchemy machinery and technology, he can see at a glance how suitable the core tower in front of him is for him to play, and he can't wait to rub his little claws.

"Come here, Xiaobai, this is the core tower of the mobile fortress I told you about before. Inside is some knowledge of pyroxene technology that Mom and Dad got from the local forces in this world. How long do you think it will take to completely crack the control of this fortress?"

Xin Lailai looked at the little white crab with an excited look on its face and smiled. She carried the crab to the throne where she had sat before, took out the crab's "exclusive equipment" from the storage space, and helped it put on together with Ling Yuzi. Then she touched the layer of soft metal on the crab's shell that was specially added to convey the touch, and handed the CNC board in her hand to the crab.

"Yeah!"

Upon hearing this, the little white crab nodded its two small eyes vigorously, then reached out with its pincers and put on the multifunctional goggles with VR function. Its mental power expanded, and several mechanical tentacles with probes at the ends suddenly emerged from the metallic mechanical backpack on its back. It inserted the probes into the interface of the data board, and under the control of the little white crab, it quickly released analog current based on the structure of the CNC board, allowing it to access the information system inside the CNC board.

Zhila~!

There was a faint sound of electric arc, and the dazzling technological drawings on the CNC board began to roll rapidly. A large amount of formulas and data flashed by, turning into a huge flow of electrical signal information, pouring into the mind of the little white crab, whose intelligence attribute had reached 80 points.

A few minutes later, the little white crab retracted the probe and gestured with its pincers to Xin Lailai and the others. Seeing this, Xin Lailai's eyes lit up and he immediately asked:

"How is it? Xiaobai, how long will it take to gain control of this fortress?"

"Yeah!"

In response to Xin Lailai's question, the little white crab just babbled confidently, indicating that this little thing would only take it ten minutes to accomplish. Then it pointed to the lower and middle levels of the core tower below the hall where people were coming and going, expressing its hope that Xin Lailai would help it clear out all the people in the core tower to avoid affecting its work efficiency.

"Drive the others away? Okay, Xiaobai, wait a moment."

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai nodded without hesitation, closed his eyes, and unfolded the Starry Field. With his vast perception, he completely enveloped the core tower that ran through the upper and middle levels of the fortress. With a thought, he instantly condensed thousands of crystal arms, and threw them all out of the core tower in front of the confused and panicked eyes of the warlocks and passers-by in the tower. At the same time, he spoke with his soul mind:

"Everyone, please go back. From now on, this core tower no longer needs your maintenance."

As he spoke, Xin Lailai intentionally mixed a hint of coercion into his soul thoughts, causing the warlocks who were thrown out to tremble. They all fell silent and dared not say anything more to Xin Lailai.

Xin Lailai simply nodded at this scene, then withdrew his gaze and ignored these warlocks who were in a daze.

"Xiaobai, can we just put it here?"

Ling Yuzi's voice was heard. While Xin Lailai was clearing out irrelevant personnel, he followed the instructions of Little White Crab and placed a large metal block in the storage space aside. At the same time, he moved out the control platform which was obviously much more complicated than that in the Hellsing world.

Because they cannot carry other things when entering the world as summoned creatures, this time, the opponent's full set of equipment is stuffed into their storage space. After all, even the most skilled mechanical master needs corresponding tools to unleash their true power.

"Yeah!"

Looking at the 'technological suit' in front of it that couldn't be more familiar, the little white crab just waved its little pincers confidently, indicating that it would leave everything to it. Then two mechanical tentacles extended from the metal backpack on its back, grabbed the "Key to the Nott Fortress" handed over by Xin Lailai, and brought it steadily to the control platform, where several little legs quickly operated it.

[Ding~Authentication completed, Bee Colony Xiaobai has been activated]

The next second, a childish electronic sound was heard, and a large number of light blue circuits appeared on the large metal block nearby. Then, in front of Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi's astonished gazes, they suddenly disintegrated and transformed into more than 130 small metal crabs.

Om-! !

The sound of the door opening was heard, and a circular passage slowly opened in the center of the crystal floor under Xin Lailai's feet. Not only the floor where he was standing, but all the passages inside the entire core tower were opened at this moment under Xiaobai's control.

““Aaaaah!”!”!”

Then, an unusually uniform creaking sound was heard, and at a glance, one could see that the more than 130 mechanical whites standing around them were like a well-trained army. They shouted slogans in unison, spread their flying wings, and held up two small pincers to jump towards the hole in the center of the hall. With the sound of flames from the thrusters, they whizzed towards the various control facilities in the lower levels of the core tower, and finally took over the control of the entire core tower under the gazes of Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi who kept blinking like country bumpkins.

"Lai Lai, I feel like we are totally useless here..."

"Well, after all, everyone has their own expertise, and Xiaobai is so talented, which is a good thing for us."

Xin Lailai said calmly, without any shame on her face, "What's wrong with eating young ones? If you have the guts, ask others to do the same. Besides, the other side is going to summon a whole Zerg nest. They are only summoning a cute little crab. It's already a big disadvantage, okay?"
"Yeah!"

Suddenly, a joyful babbling sound was heard, and Xiaobai on the control platform cheered, took out the fortress key floating in the analysis device, and shook it towards Xin Lailai, indicating that he had completely cracked the control of the fortress and sealed all the backdoors in the original control program. Now, except for him and Xin Lailai, even if others get this key, they can only get the next level of control and cannot get the highest control authority.

"Really? So fast?!"

"As expected of Xiaobai! So awesome! Come, let mommy hug you!"

Xin Lailai's eyes lit up when he heard that, and Ling Yuzi held the little white crab affectionately in his arms and rubbed it with his cheek.

"Hey~!"

In response to the two people's praise, Xiaobai proudly raised his pincers with an arrogant look, indicating that this level of defense program was nothing to it, especially since Xin Lailai also provided a lot of core knowledge of pyroxene technology.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!"

After a brief intimacy, the little white crab looked at the key in his hand, waved it with his pincers, and then told the two about his other achievement.

"Xiaobai, are you saying that you have completely cracked the technology here, and used the ψ language technology to transform it into a hacking device. We only need to put it in the core tower, so that we can directly control this fortress through branding. If we put it in the core tower of other fortresses, we can even directly hack into those fortresses?!"

"Yeah!"

An affirmative babbling sound was heard, and Xin Lailai became very excited when he heard Xiaobai's description. As for the little white crab itself, it nodded its two little eyes, operated on its own branding interface for a while, and then sent the packaged branding control program to Xin Lailai.

[Ding~ You have a new message to view, sender: Xiaobai]

[Ding~ An unknown ψ language program has been detected. Do you want to download it? ]

"confirm!"

[Download completed, fortress control program activated! ]

A childish electronic voice sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. The next second, a brand new virtual interface opened on his brand interface:

……

【Fortress Control Program 1.0】

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Fortress Name: Nott's Fortress

Fortress size: Medium fortress

Fortress pyroxene crystal reserves: 1302.98 standard units
Fortress Armament: 3 fortress-level pyroxene heavy artillery, 50 city defense-level pyroxene heavy artillery, 300 armor-piercing pyroxene heavy artillery, 500 type II pyroxene power mechas, and type pyroxene power...

...

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Current fortress energy consumption: 0.1 standard unit/day

……

Rows of extremely clear and detailed fortress-related information appeared from the edge of Xin Lailai's sight. Next to this information, there was a 3D fortress model built with a line frame, allowing them to see the entire structure of the Nott Fortress and the conditions of various areas at a glance.

“Aaaaah, aaaahah…!”

Not only that, as Xin Lailai's operations continued, Xiaobai, who was held in Ling Yuzi's arms, also began to explain continuously, making Xin Lailai's eyes brighter and brighter as he listened.

According to Xiaobai's description, through this control program, they can not only control the various automated weapons inside the fortress through branding, but also adjust the inclination direction of the fortress's energy in real time, change production strategies in time, and issue various tactical instructions, so as to achieve the coexistence of macro-control and micro-control in the true sense.

Of course, due to the short time, the only parts that can be truly controlled now are facilities like fortress defense cannons that can be directly controlled by the core tower. As for production lines and the like, with the technological level of the Order Tower, it is obviously impossible to perfectly connect facilities such as factories to the management system of the core tower. The most that can be done is to adjust the energy supply ratio of that area.

Therefore, this part of the remote control can only be connected to their fortress control program after Xiaobai has optimized the control program of the entire fortress and produced a sufficient number of 'Bee Swarm Xiaobai'. Before that, if you want to produce certain specified things, you still have to rush to the scene in person, or at least send someone to manage it, instead of just issuing instructions with a brand.

"And the technology tree here. Based on the current productivity level of Nott Fortress, these are the only things that can be produced for now..."

Xin Lailai looked at the technology list sent by Xiaobai, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Because they have just taken over the Nott Fortress, many things are not yet on track. Therefore, even though Xiaobai has a lot of powerful war technology in his mind, he can only produce some simple products based on the current level of the Nott Fortress.

And if there is only less than a day left to start the battle for space coordinates, they will have even fewer manufacturing options.

"Can it be mass-produced in a short period of time and be of substantial use in the upcoming battle..."

Lines of information flashed before Xin Lailai's eyes. He looked at the dazzling technological transformation directions in front of him, thought for a long time, and selected three of them:

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13. Self-destructing Swarm Drone 1.0
Technical basis: pyroxene shuttle technology + swarm drone technology + remote electronic remote control technology

Specifications: Estimated maximum flight speed: 540km/h (based on the gravity environment of this world), estimated maximum flight altitude: 3.4km (based on the atmospheric environment of this world), estimated maximum continuous flight time: 20 minutes, estimated maximum carrying weight: 5.57kg (ensuring that the flight speed is not less than 360km/h)
Technical Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

Production material cost: 0.05kg pyroxene crystal + 3.22kg light alloy + 0.5kg carbon fiber material + 0.1kg pyroxene conductor material
Current production speed estimate: 300~500 units/hour
...

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27. Earthshaker Armored Vehicle
Technical foundation: pyroxene power technology + armored vehicle transformation technology + mechanical dynamics + extraordinary material technology

Specifications: Estimated maximum speed: 375km/h (based on the gravity environment of this world), Armor wall defense strength: 50mm super composite armor plate (equivalent to 62.3 points of defense strength material), Maximum number of passengers: 5~8 people, Carrying weapons: 1 armor-piercing pyroxene heavy cannon, continuous pyroxene...

Technical Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

生产材料成本：1.39kg辉石结晶+1.43t超复合金属材料+9.78t高硬度合金+67.3kg碳纤维材料+7.97kg辉石导体材料
Current production speed estimate: 10~15 vehicles/hour
...

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39. Fortress-class pyroxene heavy artillery·modified
Technical foundation: pyroxene energy technology + pyroxene gunpowder technology + alchemical gunpowder + extraordinary material technology

规格：最大射程预估：129km（原为80km），最大打击范围预估：半径359m（原为200m），最大伤害预估：7520点辉石能量伤害/m（原为5000点辉石能量伤害/m），发射频率：3发/分钟（原为2发/分钟），发射消耗：1.39单位辉石结晶/发（原为1.0单位辉石结晶/发）
Technical Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

Cost of transformation materials: 39.3t pyroxene crystals + 6.43t supercomposite gold...

Estimated time required for renovation: 18~20 hours/door

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Swarm drones + Earthshaker armored vehicle + Fortress-class pyroxene heavy artillery·modified.

This is what Xinlailai decided to produce after careful consideration, a simple war technology improved based on the three existing technologies in the Tower of Order.

War is not a game that can be won by simply comparing combat power, but a comprehensive game of tactics and strategy. If you want to defeat the armies controlled by Samsara Paradise and Death Paradise, you must create means that the other side cannot effectively restrain and guard against within this short period of one day.

This is why Xinlailai chose these three war technologies. Needless to say, the fortress-level heavy artillery can definitely shock the opponent in the subsequent battles, allowing the opponent to experience the helplessness of being hit by the enemy's artillery fire even though the enemy is still dozens of kilometers away from their range. There is also the Earthshaker chariot. Although this thing is based on the chariots commonly used in the Order Tower, its carrying capacity, speed and defense have been significantly improved. Rubbing two rows of this thing can effectively improve the resistance of the front line of defense on this side, and avoid being directly smashed by the Zerg and Undead on the opposite side.

As for the swarm drones, they don't seem to have much destructive power, and there is a saying in the park that 'flying means being a target for concentrated fire', but that is only limited to the case where the things flying into the sky are relatively valuable.

If the entity in the sky is a living contractor, or a fighter jet or airship worth hundreds of millions, then it would be profitable to eliminate it with the cost of one or two saturation strikes.

But what if the drones swarming in the sky are a group of disposable swarm drones that fly at extremely high speeds, are smaller than a basketball, and cost so little to manufacture that only negligible resources are needed?
Saturation strikes do have a great restraint on flying targets. Xin Lailai has never thought about training ace pilots or the like, let alone any wise operations to send his warlocks one by one from the air into the enemy's range. In his judgment, his own flying targets are even meant to be shot down.

The key point is that the outcome of a war is never decided by how many flying objects of the other side are shot down. Especially for a war like this that is obviously going to continue, the game between the costs and material consumption of both sides is the key rather than the number of objects shot down.

When a single saturation strike can eliminate a target whose value is dozens or hundreds of times greater than that of an artillery shell, the advantage of this approach is naturally self-evident. However, when flying in the sky are a group of cheap targets whose cost is more than ten times cheaper than a single saturation strike, it is a completely different situation. At that time, the one who should feel distressed is not him, but the enemy who has to repeatedly shoot down his swarm of drones at a greater cost.

To cause the greatest consumption and destruction to the enemy at the lowest cost, this is Xin Lailai's goal, and it is also the real way of playing the technology side in the war.

In other words, his current practices are normal strategic means after the form of war has been upgraded from a primitive game of numbers to a game of resources.

Not only that, as the rank increases, the form of war will only change rapidly due to the upgrade of extraordinary power, and the strategies and tactics at that time will be more complex and numerous than they are now.

For example, the so-called game of air battlefields may be meaningful at low and middle levels, but after the seventh level, many large-scale operations are three-dimensional wars based on planets and using interstellar space as battlefields. If you still focus on the small piece of land on the ground at that time, you will be severely punished by various beyond-visual-range attacks.

As for why Xin Lailai knows these things so clearly?

Nonsense, he is not mentally retarded. Even if he encounters an area he is not good at, can't he even look up various information and strategies and follow the experience of his predecessors?
Of course, this approach is definitely not as good as those big guys whose strategies and tactics are truly EX-level in actual combat, but it can at least produce an A+ or even S-level answer. In other words, unless the opponent happens to be a character genius who is proficient in the science of war, it is impossible to gain an advantage over them in terms of tactics and strategy.

As for the probability of there being top war geniuses among the participants in Samsara Paradise and Death Paradise? Well... I can only say that there might be a chance in Death Paradise, but as for Samsara Paradise, it would be better to see how the literacy rate is.

After all, the new group of contractors are mostly between 16 and 20 years old, and there is no culture of knowledge supremacy in the reincarnation. They also like to recruit contractors who died early. It can be said that it is very good if 100 out of 50 contractors can finish high school. It is more reliable to expect a lucky person who has the ability to summon meteorites than to expect a genius who has seriously studied various experiences of his predecessors and has in-depth research on the science of war.

"Xiaobai, if we produce these three things at the same time, how much can we achieve in one day?"

In the hall, Xin Lailai asked Little White Crab that the production speed given by the other party was only reference data when only producing this product. If three kinds of products were produced at the same time, it goes without saying that there would be a big gap with the theoretical speed.

"Yeah..."

In response to Xin Lailai's question, Xiaobai touched his chin with pliers, a thoughtful look appeared in his small eyes, and finally gave Xin Lailai an answer on the communication channel, but then he made a babbling sound, indicating that the generation speed listed for Xin Lailai did not take into account too much manpower, and only used the swarm robots in their storage space and the existing workers in the factory. If the overall manpower factors inside the fortress were taken into account, the speed should be greatly increased.

"So what does that mean is that we need more human hands that can understand human language, can control machinery... or at least know what buttons to press and when?"

After Xin Lailai heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Ling Yuzi and Xiao Bai and said:

"No problem, leave this to me, Ling Yuzi, Xiaobai is in your hands!"

"Ah."

Ling Yuzi nodded slightly and didn't say much. To them, Xiaobai's safety was the top priority. Therefore, no matter what time, there must be someone staying with Xiaobai to watch over him.

"Yeah!"

In response to Xin Lailai's arrangement, the little white crab nodded its two little eyes vigorously, indicating that it would optimize the other contents in the fortress as quickly as possible and let the other side experience the power of the combination of technology and alchemical machinery.

Seeing this, Xin Lailai did not hesitate any longer. With a thought, he took the performer's body back into the storage space and quickly dived downwards in the form of a soul.

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Nott's Keep, bottom floor area.

"Hey, so the owner of Nott Fortress has changed now?"

A surprised female voice came from the simple tin house. The brown-haired woman on the hospital bed, whose dark brown crystal marks on her neck had disappeared a lot, exclaimed with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"Well, the Seraph Warlock provoked that Excellency and was killed by the Grand Warlock of Silence. Iron Tower and Shude's men also died in the attack."

Tafina looked at her friend who had taken the special medicine she had obtained, and saw the dark brown crystal marks on the other's neck which had faded but were still obvious, and she bit her lip lightly.

"Even the Iron Tower Warlock... Wait, Tafina, you shouldn't be injured, right? And the special medicine just now, can't it be..."

"Don't worry, that's not a pension. It's what I got for completing the mission. But, to be honest, this mission was really dangerous. If I hadn't been lucky and happened to be standing next to His Excellency Black Sword, I'm afraid..."

As Tafina spoke, the scene she saw near the gray light column flashed through her mind, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes.

That was the first time she felt death so close to her, and it was also the first time she felt such a strong sense of powerlessness since she became a warlock.

"Black Sword...From Tafina's tone, he seems to be a very powerful person."

"Well, how should I put it? I feel like he's beyond amazing. To be honest, I feel like even the crowned masters would have a hard time gaining an advantage in front of him."

"Even the Grand Master Warlock..."

"Well, that's how I feel, so... Raph, I plan to take you away from this fortress. I have a feeling that if we continue to stay here, we will probably be involved in something terrible."

Tafina nodded carefully, then looked at her friend in front of her and spoke with a serious expression.

"leave……"

The brown-haired woman was slightly startled when she heard this, but when she saw the gray-haired girl's uneasy and hesitant look, she seemed to realize something, smiled gently, held her hand in return, nodded, and said:

"Well, I'll listen to you. I trust your judgment, Tafina."

And Tafina felt the warmth on the back of her hand, looked at the person in front of her who was looking at her tenderly, and the uneasiness on her face gradually eased a little, and she showed a gentle smile again.

"Thanks, Raph."

“Pfft, thank you is too exaggerated. We can continue to stay in this fortress because of your efforts. Since you plan to take us away, we must support you.”

Raph smiled, stretched out his hand, stroked Tafina's cheek, lowered his eyes slightly, and said softly:
"It's become a lot rougher. You must have had a hard time these past few years, Tafina..."

As Tafina listened to her friend's words, she seemed to be touched by a certain chord in her heart. She bit her lip and whispered:
"No, I am now a Grand Warlock. The Tower treats Grand Warlocks very well. I am just a little tired. Well, really only a little..."

The gray-haired girl seemed to be unable to continue speaking, and the words in her mouth were stuck there. The brown-haired woman just looked at her gently, stroked her cheek, and said softly:
"If you feel tired, just lie down and rest for a while."

"Um……"

The gray-haired girl responded softly, and slowly rested her head on the brown-haired woman's shoulder, letting her hug her. She stared blankly at the scene outside the window and murmured:
"Raph, what do you think will happen to us in the future?"

"Well... I think you, Tafena, will become the seventh Grand Master and realize your dream, right?"

"Grand Sorcerer... Indeed, if you can become a Grand Sorcerer, you should be able to do a lot of things, right? But... are you really still there at that time?"

The gray-haired girl murmured, the distant scene reflected in her pupils. The dome covered by iron sheets was reflected in her pupils, preventing her from seeing the scene further away.

When the brown-haired woman heard the other person's words, she just covered her eyes and said nothing, but the hand that was stroking the other person's back obviously paused.

"Raph, I'm really scared..."

The gray-haired girl murmured, turned her head, felt her friend's body temperature, buried her head in her friend's shoulder, and said with a trembling voice full of anxiety:

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to protect you, afraid that one day I'll come back and see your smile no longer, afraid that when I wake up I won't be able to feel your body temperature anymore..."

"Well, I know, you're really strong, Tafena. If I were your age, I probably wouldn't be half as good as you, right?"

The brown-haired woman looked at the gray-haired girl who was trembling slightly in front of her. She did not blame her for showing such a weak side as a great warlock. Instead, she gently stroked her head and comforted her softly.

The gray-haired girl just hugged her tighter, as if she was afraid that the brown-haired girl would disappear from her sight. Finally...

"Raph, let's run away..."

A whisper as thin as a mosquito was heard, and the gray-haired girl buried her head and muttered:

"It's not about escaping to another fortress, but escaping to a place where no one can find you."

"I have learned a lot of pyroxene spells and saved up a lot of pyroxene crystals, so that we can live well even outside."

"We don't have to live in this tin house anymore. We can cut down trees or burn bricks to build ourselves a real house. We can also use pyroxene magic to create a piece of unpolluted land and grow rice in it."

"As for the water, my purification spell is perfect, so you don't have to worry about drinking problematic water. You can also breathe cleaner air than here, so, so..."

As the gray-haired girl spoke, her voice gradually choked up, and finally turned into obvious sobbing. In her eyes, which were wet with tears, she reflected the crystallized body of the brown-haired woman hidden under her robe, and she choked up and said:
"Don't leave me... Raph."

After she finished speaking, the brown-haired woman's palm trembled noticeably, but she did not respond to the other party's words. She just kept stroking the other party's back, holding the other party in her arms, and said nothing.

She knew very well why the gray-haired girl had broken down, and she also knew very well that she no longer had the ability to respond to her words.

When the special medicine worth thousands of pyroxene crystals could only prevent her pyroxene disease from getting worse, many outcomes were already doomed for them.

"I'm sorry, Tafina, I..."

Crunch——!!

Inside the iron house, the brown-haired woman lowered her eyes with a look of sadness on her face. Just as she was about to say that to the gray-haired girl in her arms, there was a sound of a door being pushed open, and then...

"It seems that I accidentally picked the wrong time."

A frivolous voice sounded, causing Lav to be startled. She looked at the masked man standing at the door with a look of surprise and confusion in her eyes, as if she was wondering who this strangely dressed man in front of her was.

When Tafina, who was in his arms, heard the devilish voice, her pupils trembled, and she suddenly broke free from Lav's arms, looking at the man in a tuxedo standing at the door with great vigilance.

"Don't be so vigilant, Miss Ash Warlock. I came here just to make a deal with you."

A frivolous and demonic voice echoed from the iron house. The performer walked into the house slowly and said to the gray-haired girl in front of him:

"I need a lot of manpower now, and the majority of people in this fortress are from the lower levels. But I just happen to lack an acquaintance who is trustworthy and can make them obey me, so I wonder if Miss Ash Mage is willing to help me~!"

The performer said with a smile, his scarlet pupils flickering disturbingly from the two crescent-shaped outlines that represented eyes on the mask.

Want her...to help?
When Tafina heard the other party's words, her pupils shrank slightly. Just as she was quickly thinking about the other party's purpose, the other party's next sentence made her stunned:

"Of course, as a reward for your help, I will also prepare a satisfactory reward for Miss Ash Mage, such as... curing the disease of the lady behind you~!"

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(End of this chapter)