Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

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Let me tell you a little secret: that white dog is on its way, and now it's your turn to make a choice.

Don't worry, if you fall into our hands, we won't make things difficult for you. We only have one request: from now on, when we call out to Xiao Te, you have to answer... "I'm here!"

Chapter 753 Leading a Group of People Out to Battle

Central area of Brentwood.

Theresa's face darkened slightly as she listened to the doctor's voice on the communicator.

She remembered that the professor wasn't this mischievous before.

Could it be that when you were repairing the doctor, you weren't skilled enough and injured his brain?

Seeing their prince remain silent, the Sarkaz around them all lowered their heads and dared not utter a sound.

This was the first time they had ever seen their prince with such an expression.

They felt they could completely understand Theresa's feelings at that moment; after all, anyone would be angry to be mocked like that by the enemy.

Just as the Sarkaz were thinking this, Theresa suddenly couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.

The Sarkaz: ?

His Highness was so angry that he laughed in frustration!

“Your Highness!” A Sarkaz stepped forward decisively and volunteered, “I am willing to lead a force out and bring back the head of that Rhodes Island commander for you!”

Theresa found it somewhat amusing:

"Even I'm thinking about how to escape from the Doctor. What are you going to do, complain to the other spirits?"

The Sarkaz almost grew feathers on his ears.

Is His Highness joking with me?

The key point is that His Highness actually admitted that he was no match for the enemy?

Seeing that all the Sarkaz in front of her shared the same question, Theresa's smile faded, and she explained:

"The doctor is not an impulsive person. He knew I was here, yet he still adopted a direct offensive, which shows that he must be confident of victory."

But he also stated that Qi Yan was still on his way, so he must have acquired new power.

After hearing Theresa's explanation, the Sarkaz fell into deep thought.

Three seconds later, the group of Sarkaz with clear eyes gave up thinking.

"Your Highness, I am willing to lead a force to fight my way out, even if it means returning to the embrace of the souls, just to help Your Highness discover the enemy's trump card!"

It was the same Sarkaz who had spoken earlier who spoke again, his tone resolute, with an air of fearlessness as if he were facing certain death.

Theresa felt somewhat helpless.

"Don't be impulsive," she said softly, then began to analyze, "From the end of the Battle of Silverstone Cliffs to now, when we arrived in Brentwood, Rhodes Island has not received any external assistance from the Duke's forces."

So that means the Doctor's new power was acquired by chance along the way... Has the 'Spine of Life' recently been delivering supplies?

The Sarkaz looked at each other, then shook their heads in unison.

Theresa nodded: "It seems that something has happened to the 'Life Spine', but it is not yet clear whether the Doctor has taken control of its body or has received a promise from it to help."

The Sarkaz who had spoken first stepped forward again and volunteered:

"Your Highness, I am willing to lead a force to fight my way out..."

Theresa almost laughed out of anger.

She found herself a little too eager to cultivate these Sarkaz's ability to think.

This is not something that can be changed overnight.

I wonder how the Doctor or Qi Yan would help these Sarkaz if they were in her current position.

Shaking her head, Theresa temporarily put these strange ideas out of her mind.

"Gather all the Sarkaz and do your best to delay the Doctor's advance into the Central District."

Theresa began to give formal instructions: "Remember, no matter what openings the enemy makes, do not risk going out to fight. Your main objective is to ensure that I successfully activate the altar."

Also... gather those townspeople together and send them out of town.

While the Sarkaz may not be good at thinking, they are definitely not lacking in action.

After receiving Theresa's instructions, they turned and left to begin executing the battle plan.

Theresa turned around, looked up at the huge crimson crystal altar not far away, and stepped onto the stairs.

On the other side, the Sarkaz quickly rallied their forces, but disagreements arose when they were about to deal with the townspeople.

“Her Highness said to send these townspeople out,” a Sarkaz said, his eyes gleaming with wisdom. “But she also said we are not allowed to leave the Central District.”

These two orders seem contradictory, but His Highness is unlikely to make a mistake. We must learn to think critically and try to understand His Highness's true intentions!

"Perhaps... His Highness wants us to disguise ourselves as townspeople, lead a group of men out, and catch the enemy off guard?"

"I think His Highness wants us to use witchcraft to turn these townspeople into living spellcasting units, send them out of the town to blow up the enemy, and then... lead a group of people out to fight our way out!"

"This is troublesome. So, all I have to do is lead a group of men and fight my way out, right?"

A group of Sarkaz, each sticking to their own version of events, stood in front of the townspeople's procession, arguing incessantly.

Fester and Lolo, mingling among the townspeople, listened to the Sarkaz's argument with somewhat strange expressions.

According to their understanding, the Sarkaz demon king's meaning was clearly, "Let's fight our own battles and not drag innocent townspeople into it."

What went wrong that caused a simple command to mutate like this?

Just as Fester was about to lose his temper and was about to jump in to explain for the Sarkaz, a figure he recognized walked up to them.

Shovel raised his hand to signal the Sarkaz to stop arguing, his face hidden behind a mask, making it impossible to see his features.

"Gentlemen, there is no need to argue. His Highness's main objective is to delay the enemy's attack and strive to activate the altar."

Shovel calmly said, "But the enemy is very strong. Just that one round of fire, which was like a declaration of war, destroyed many of our defensive facilities. So we can't hold them off by fighting them head-on."

The Sarkaz, who belonged to the Royal Court Army, showed respect to their officers and did not rush to speak.

But the Sarkaz mercenaries didn't care about that, and many of them immediately started to mock them.

"All that talk is nonsense. Positional warfare is already the best tactic for the weak to defeat the strong. We should turn these scum into witchcraft bombs and send them out to disrupt the enemy's formation."

"If war isn't fought head-on, is it supposed to be a contest of who has the hardest head?"

"I've heard of that Rhodes Island doctor. He's a complete weakling. I could kill him with a single crossbow bolt from 800 miles away if I climbed up to a high place!"

Despite the mercenaries' taunts, Shovel remained calm.

He gestured for them to be quiet, then continued:

"I have a better way to avoid casualties while delaying the enemy's attack as much as possible."

They have already used wide area communication, so we can also access the communication to issue a declaration to them that the lives of these townspeople are in our hands.

Every ten minutes, we release a group of townspeople; if the enemy launches a large-scale invasion, we slaughter all the townspeople.

While the Sarkaz were still trying to process the implications of these words, Fester, a member of the town's ranks, had already changed his expression.

“Lolo, do you have a way to contact the Doctor?” Fester asked in a low voice. “We must pass this message on to the Doctor.”

"It's already been spread that these Sarkaz don't understand the function of the instrument in my hand at all."

Lolo casually fiddled with the homemade communicator in his hand and soon received a reply from the doctor.

Her expression was somewhat strange as she looked at Fester and said:

"The doctor said we have to obey Sarkaz obediently, and if any of the townspeople want to rebel, we are to help Sarkaz manage them."

Just as Lolo finished speaking, someone from the Sarkaz side raised their hand to speak:

"Sir, I know how to use the communicator that's been set up. I can talk by pressing the button, but how do I tune it to wide area communication?"

"Your Highness did have one that was already tuned to wide-area communication, but she took the communicator with her."

Shouzi: "..."

Luoluo: "..."

She glanced down at the communicator in her hand and suddenly realized that it wasn't a good thing that the Sarkaz were so stupid.

Chapter 754 The Crowned King and the Uncrowned King

"What should we do now?"

Lolo asked Fester in a low voice.

Faced with this situation, even Fester couldn't help but scratch his head:

"How about... you go out and help the Sarkaz?"

While the two were struggling with their decision, the shovel spoke up.

"You guys have been ruined by these technological devices," Shovel said in a tone of exasperation. "How did you communicate before these strange technological devices existed?"

“...stood on a high place and roared.”

"This is the end."

Shovel pointed to a watchtower at the edge of the camp and ordered, "Find the loudest one and have him shout over there."

The Sarkaz's efficiency was once again perfectly demonstrated. Immediately, a volunteer Sarkaz rushed towards the watchtower, climbed up in a few strides, and began to transform into the Roaring Celestial.

A moment later, Lolo received a signal of approval from the doctor on his communicator.

She reluctantly informed the Doctor that the Sarkaz didn't know how to use the communicator.

A few minutes later, Lolo heard the roar of Rhodes Island Thorns echoing from the outskirts of the town.

The two sides couldn't even see each other, and all communication was done by shouting, with each of them exchanging words.

But soon, Thorn's voice from Rhodes Island became hoarse, and he was completely defeated.

After a brief pause, the mountain's roar took over from the thorns.

The Sarkaz realized Rhodes Island had made a substitution, and the team immediately cheered, as if they had already won the battle.

Lolo and Fester couldn't help but cover their faces.

They never dreamed that this group of Sarkaz, known for their cruelty and bloodthirstiness, could actually be so naive.

In this situation, a thought unexpectedly popped into Luo Luo's mind.

Fortunately, these Sarkaz are quite fierce. If these big, goofy creatures were as gentle as the Liberi, after so many years of war and upheaval, the Sarkaz would probably be kept as pets by all the races.

On the towering red crystal altar in the central district, Theresa listened to the cheers coming from below and couldn't help but rub her temples.

"Don't you feel exhausted? When will we be able to revitalize Kazdel while working with these insects?"

An unfamiliar female voice suddenly came from behind Theresa.

Theresa was somewhat surprised: "He actually gave his power to someone else?"

Turning around, Theresa looked at Mostima, who emerged from the void, and the Doctor and Rhodes Island's elite forces following behind her.

Mostima fiddled with his staff, smiling as he said:

"I didn't want it, but he insisted on giving it to me. Isn't that annoying?"

Theresa: “…”

Look, is this human language?

"Little Te."

The doctor suddenly spoke up, staring at Theresa from the center of the group.

After waiting for two seconds, he spoke again: "Why aren't you answering? I'm here."