Only I can make them stronger

"Have you not figured out your identity and position yet?"

"I know it very well, that's why I'm trying to negotiate with you." Jinelle said very calmly:

"I admit that I am her accomplice, and the mark that led her here was also left by me."

As she spoke, she took out an object that looked like an ordinary decoration from the side of her shoe, threw it in front of her and explained, "This is it. It is an engraving device made with fine craftsmanship. It can leave very shallow marks on the ground or wall with low hardness. It is difficult to notice if you don't look carefully."

"She's stalling for time?" Karen noticed that Jinelle was speaking much slower than usual, explaining her machine to a group of men whom she normally wouldn't even look at.

You know, apart from being a little better to Phoenix's mercenary-style colleagues, Jinelle usually has no intention of patiently explaining her inventions to other "idiots".

"So you admit it now, hoping to save the others at the cost of your life and the lives of your accomplices?" Dillwyn sneered, and casually controlled the ice spikes to poke the engraver into pieces.

"No, on the contrary, I want to exchange this honesty for the lives of both of us. I don't care about others." But to his surprise, Jinelle was really quite honest and didn't care at all about the surprised and desperate looks cast at her by the other people in the ice wall.

"At first I wanted my companion to kill you and rescue us, but I saw the difference between her reaction and your strength. She probably felt that she had no chance of winning against you."

"So I can only settle for the next best thing. I don't ask you to let everyone go, but I ask you to let both of us go. I don't want to die, and I don't want her to die either."

At this moment, Jinelle was like she had taken truth serum and started to blurt out everything.

But this attitude did make Dillven let down his guard.

This girl is an extremely smart person. Although she didn't explain many things herself, she seemed to know them all.

For such people, choosing to confess all their thoughts and actively propose a deal in this situation is usually a sign of desperation.

This is in line with their current situation.

"Tell me, why should I let you go?" The panic in Dillven's heart just now gradually dissipated, and the feeling of winning returned to his hands.

"First, we are Phoenix's clerks. Although our rank is not high, she inherited the title of Golden Lion for some reason. If you kill her, Phoenix's people will not make a big move against your organization, but they are likely to take the initiative to cause trouble for you."

"There's no need for me to lie to you about this. If you ask around, you'll know that a year and a half ago, Phoenix gave birth to the lowest-level and weakest of the Four Horsemen in history."

"Hey! There's no need to emphasize being the weakest!" Karen secretly complained in his heart.

"Go on." Dillwyn glanced at Karen without comment and said in a deep voice.

"Second, my knowledge of minerals and my ability to collect minerals on the spot far surpass those of everyone here. I can help you greatly increase your chances of collecting what you want. I have no problem with you killing the others after you get what you want, but before that, I need you to leave these people on the spot to me and order them to completely obey my arrangements."

"If everything goes according to my wishes, I can reduce the construction time to half an hour."

Without hesitation, Jinelle continued, her tone extremely arrogant.

"Hey, little girl! Don't be so arrogant! I've tolerated you for a long time!" One of the middle-aged men finally couldn't hold it in anymore and yelled at her.

This girl has shown an attitude of having no stance from the very beginning. Now she wants to sell out everyone and brag about how great she is. He really can't stand it anymore.

But his roar did not last long, because an ice spike pierced straight through the back of his head to his chin.

"If there's one less person, we'll do as you say."

"But you lied to me before and made me feel insulted, so I will only give you fifteen minutes."

"For every minute that passes, I will cripple one of your limbs. If it passes twenty minutes, I will make you die in front of everyone else."

93. Unspoken understanding

"Deal, but can we let her join in the mining? She's at least a level three mutant, and she can greatly improve efficiency when doing physical work." Another person died before her eyes, but Jinelle didn't even blink, and continued to do her best to negotiate terms with Dilven.

"You, come over here. I still say the same thing. Don't even think about doing anything rash. It's easy for me to kill your companions, including you." This time, Dillven didn't think too much about it. He nodded at Karen with his chin and removed the ice wall at the same time.

The latter could only walk past obediently and dared not act rashly.

"Let's start. I'll wait for your good news." Dillven smiled contemptuously, made a "please" gesture, and put away his rational force field.

Strength has always been the most effective bargaining chip in the wilderness and even in the entire Hill Continent.

Dillwyn admitted that he was a little flustered when the unexpected thing happened just now, but this panic disappeared when he saw the strength of the person who came.

After all, if the enemy only dared to send people of this level as vanguards, he was not worried about how much impact this operation would have.

No matter how the remaining few people plan, they will never be able to defeat me.

The worst result would be more casualties.

But Dillwen believed that even if he was the only one who escaped back to the base with the blue crystal, the higher-ups would not punish him.

This is the cold reality.

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"Listen, I'm telling you, just give me a slight reaction." While holding a magnifying glass to check the distribution of the ore, Jinelle gave orders to the other people and spoke to Karen in lip language during her break.

They have lived together for many years, so there is no need to worry about their communication tacit understanding.

After seeing Karen nod her chin slightly, she mouthed, "How many other companions do you have?"

Karen was not surprised that Jinelle had guessed that she had brought in an accomplice.

The latter's intelligence was unmatched even among all the people she had ever met.

After seeing Karen blink three times, Jinelle continued calmly:

"The companion you found has some brains, but not much. If someone with a worse mentality or a slower brain was here today, you would probably be dead... In this direction, split the area I just drew in half a meter."

Karen rolled his eyes and followed the other party's instructions, picking up the sword and slashing.

"There is indeed a blue crystal here. If we want to get it, Dillven is an obstacle we can't avoid... Fortunately, your companion has the same goal as us."

"He wants to kill Dillwyn, too."

Karen gave him a puzzled look - you can see that?

"Because although you are reckless, you are not so brainless as to act without any explanation, so it must be the order of that companion."

"He asked you to show up in the most straightforward way, which means your role is to delay time and attract attention. In this case, he should have already started making preparations... and even came to the vicinity of this mine."

"If you want to defeat a guy who is much stronger than you in a place like this, the best way I can think of, and the one with the highest success rate, is... explosives."

"Fifteen minutes. This is the last time I can buy him. I hope he can move faster and... not hurt his friendly forces by mistake."

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"Karen hasn't come back yet, so we can start the arrangements. We have to hurry and finish all the arrangements within ten minutes." Xia Ye made the arrangements while distributing explosives to Leah and Shana.

Lithium explosives are something that will never be in short supply in the mining areas of Hill Continent.

Shadow Claw's troops massacred almost all the staff in the area, leaving these dangerous goods ownerless.

And Xia Ye intends to use these things to completely destroy them.

His arrangement for Karen just now was to attract Dilven's attention as much as possible, let him ignore his existence, kill the remaining troops for him, and rush over to delay time. If he didn't see Karen show up at the agreed location after ten minutes, it meant that the enemy's strength was beyond his expectation, so he would have to activate the second plan.

Fortunately, the appearance of [Eliminate No. 9] greatly increased the success rate of his second plan.

"Although this kind of thing can indeed cause considerable damage, it is not fatal to a nearly fifth-level alien who is on guard..."

Shana took the explosives and said with some concern.

"It depends on how much time we have... Karen didn't come back, so I can only hope that her partner is smart enough to give us enough time to prepare."

"As long as everything is arranged properly, we will definitely win today's game."

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"You have the last five minutes. I mean what I say." Dillwyn leaned against a boulder, his cold eyes surveying the professionals who were gradually advancing, and urged them loudly.

He believed that the other party could do it.

In Dilvin's opinion, he has completely figured out Jinniel's ways. She always leaves herself a way out.

So fifteen minutes was the time that Dilvyn seemed to be closest to the limit of her ability.

Under the threat of death, he believed that the other party would no longer be able to think about doing anything that might lead to an accident.

But what he could not have imagined was that Jinniel had no intention of doing anything, or rather, what she was doing was indeed looking for the blue crystal seriously.

Although she and Xia Ye had never communicated with each other, they had a certain tacit understanding.

This kind of tacit understanding is something that only those who are truly outside the system of power and use their brains to survive can understand.

The two of them just did their own work without any communication, and even the time for preparation was almost the same.

Jinniel carefully identified the veins and degree of hybridity of the ore in front of her, and roughly estimated that the pale crystals were probably in the rock layer twenty meters away, and it would definitely not be possible to mine them within five minutes.

But it’s better this way, at least Dillven can’t guess where the target is and can’t take the initiative.

Just as she was thinking about what to do if Karen's "temporary accomplice" was not very reliable, a loud bang was heard.

"Is it coming..." Jinelle and everyone looked in the direction of the explosion.

There was smoke and dust everywhere, accompanied by the vibration of the rock mass and the rolling of stones.

After everyone was stunned for two seconds, they suddenly realized something terrible.

They were under a mine and someone started setting off explosions around the mine!

This also means that they may be buried under the rocks at any time!

For a moment, except for Dilven, Karen, Careya and Jinniel, everyone present, regardless of friend or foe, began to riot like never before.

94. Cat and Mouse

The final decisive battle began without warning.

"Someone is detonating a mine!" A scream came from somewhere unknown camp, causing almost everyone present to run around like headless flies.

Stones fell like raindrops. These aliens could still endure one or two stones, but if it was a huge rock, or they were simply buried by a collapsed tunnel, then even if they were much stronger than ordinary people, they would be buried there.

"Don't fucking move!" Dillwyn widened his eyes. The terrifying pressure of Lisu instantly spread to five meters around him. The cold breath made everyone's blood flow seem to slow down.

The man behind this is simply a lunatic!

Obviously there are accomplices here, but they directly adopted such a tactic of not distinguishing between friend and foe.

This behavior... is exactly the same as Shadow Claw.

Could it be someone from the same industry... or even someone in the organization? !

A terrible thought arose in his mind.

In this way, everything seemed to make sense. The enemy knew about their situation and was able to intercept Enzo in advance to participate in the operation, but...

He glanced at Karen and Genelle, both of whom were genuine Phoenix clerks.

Although Dillven was also very arrogant, he also had a clear understanding of his own identity - the people of Shadow Claw were no different from rats in the sewer to these regular firms.

At best, it's just a big rat with sharp claws and sharp teeth.

Why would Phoenix's people cooperate with people in the organization?

It's a pity that now is not the time to think about this matter carefully.

More and more explosions were heard from all directions. It was obvious that the other party had already deployed sufficient nuclear explosives around the area and planned to bury the entire mine.

Dillwyn's brain worked rapidly, and he soon came up with his most important goal at the moment - at least to capture the seemingly smart blacksmith and force her to find the blue crystal for him as soon as possible.

Mine collapse would also be dangerous to him, but it would not necessarily kill him.

But he couldn't tolerate losing so many soldiers and only being able to bring back some scrap metal. If that happened, his future in Shadow Claw would be the same as being dead.

"Damn it! I told you not to move!" Dillven finally exploded completely and directly activated his fourth-level ability [Rapid Cooling].

This ability can freeze the moisture in the air around you in a compressed and solid form almost instantly, which is a very powerful control ability.

But soon, Dillwyn saw through the smoke and dust that three people were missing from the scene.

The stronger-looking aunt, the tall blonde woman carrying a huge sword, and the smart girl wrapped tightly in clothes.

It was just a very brief moment of chaos just now, and they completely disappeared without a trace. It is impossible to say that they were not prepared in advance.

"Damn it..." Dillwyn felt like he was being fooled again. Extreme anger filled his heart, and the energy on his body became larger and larger, and even began to condense into a light blue and white translucent molten crystal.

Then, a circle of ice spikes suddenly exploded from his body. Everyone present didn't even have time to react, and they stopped shouting at the same time.

The same standard ability of the second-level spell domain, [Release], had such a terrifying effect in his hands.

"It's no use keeping you bunch of trash. I'm going to...kill! all! of you!" Scarlet bloodshot filled Dilven's eyes.

What he had to do now was to quickly find the three women who had escaped and find out the hateful mastermind and torture him to death.