"After the members of this competition are selected, will they go to Nolan again?"
Cecily had finished discussing the espionage with Joshua, and suddenly asked this sentence when Joshua was about to leave.
"The Frost Plains outside the frontier fortress is the battlefield of the elder brother Noggs. Sister Cecily, your battlefield is in the Demon King City, and my words..."
Joshua knew that now may be the most vulnerable period for Sergei, and the passing of her father is unacceptable to any child.
"Is it in Nolan?"
Cecily knew that retaining Joshua at this time was a willful and unreasonable behavior.
The purple-clothed men in the distance had already checked Ciri's summer homework, but they didn't come to disturb the conversation between Joshua and Cecily.
There was also a very brief silence between Joshua and Cecily.
"Then elder sister, I will first..."
When Qiao Xiu was about to say something, Cecily interrupted Qiao Xiu's words.
"How long have you been with that human girl?"
Cecily didn't lower her volume when she asked this question, and both Ciri and the man in purple could hear it clearly.
This question directly aroused Ciri's alert, and she seemed to be about to come over to answer this question for Joshua.
"Two years."
Joshua told Cecily the answer she wanted very directly.
The atmosphere between the two became tense in just a few seconds, and Cecily had never been very supportive of Joshua's search for a human girl as a partner.
But these have nothing to do with Qiao Xiu. Qiao Xiu can obey the majority of the eldest sister's decisions and push her to the position of the ruler of the devil world.
But there are some things that can't be changed even if Cecily is against it. Among them, Joshua's most resolute attitude is the relationship with Ciri.
Cecily's face was always cold when facing Joshua's answer, and Joshua's facial muscles were also tense.
"Have you considered a wedding?" Cecily asked suddenly.
This was a straight ball that was almost too close to be avoided. It not only shattered the silence, but also left Joshua stunned for a short while.
"I thought about it, maybe... in two months."
Qiao Xiu's voice was a little stiff, although Qiao Xiu has accumulated countless rich experiences in the past two years, and he has seen many storms.
But in terms of marriage, what Joshua cannot deny is that he is a pure newcomer both on earth and in this world.
"Really? Remember to send someone to notify me in advance."
This time Cecily didn't give Joshua any room to answer, she pushed open the door beside her and walked in.
When the door was closed, Qiao Xiu let out a long breath.
"Getting... married? This... is this ring really a wedding ring?"
Ciri rushed to Joshua's side at once, and she was even more flustered than Joshua appeared.
"This... this... shouldn't count, it's just used as a talisman for you."
Joshua had previously given Ciri a ring that was immune to mental attacks. This was to prevent the Purple Clothes from affecting Ciri's spirit, but it seemed that the ring had never been used much.
"I'll buy another one for a... wedding ring."
Qiao Xiu answered this question very seriously. During the conversation, Qiao Xiu's voice became extremely low, and in the end, both of them could only turn their heads with blushing faces.
The man in purple next to him looked at Qiao Xiu and Ciri, and the expression on his face was full of envy of "it's nice to be young".
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When Qiao Xiu entered the hall again, he found that the atmosphere was a bit strange. The members of the "quasi-demon national team" sitting in front of the round table were silent, and the atmosphere in the entire hall was so stiff that it was hard to breathe.
"what happened?"
Qiao Xiu asked everyone present aloud. Sehili had just entered the hall and didn't understand the situation. Grand Duke Xue Xue stood up first as a bystander.
"His Royal Highness Qiao Xiu, did the knights under the Queen of the Iron Country really not cheat in some way when playing this game?" asked the Blood Grand Duke.
"Cheating?"
Qiao Xiu came directly behind a blood race player and looked at the magic net interface in front of him. The scarlet word "defeat" on the magic net interface was particularly dazzling.
Defeat is not the most shameful, the shame is the comparison of the number of beheadings on both sides... The cast iron player won a total of 37 beheadings in this round, and the Demon Realm's side was 11.
This proportion can be completely described as a collapsed army.
Qiao Xiu can imagine that these fledgling blood race players have been beaten to the point of doubting their lives.
As for Duke Bone... Although Joshua couldn't see her current expression, it was rare for this duke to be silent.
"There is no chance of cheating in this game, even if the queen has a world tree."
Qiao Xiu can guarantee that there is only one person in the world who can parse the language of the magic web, so that there is only one person who can approach Qiao Xiu's level, and that is the one in gray.
Nolan's "programming class" had not been attended for two months, and it was entirely the gray ones who were there doing research with other spellcasters.
It's impossible for the queen to cheat from the magic net, but there is cheating on "physical reactions" in this world... it can't be called cheating.
There is an essential difference between a strong knight and a weak civilian in the speed of nerve and conscious reaction.
"The reason why you lost so badly in the war is purely because others regard playing the Holy Spirit as their profession, or life."
Joshua didn't have much contact with the queen, but judging from the titles of Dorothy and the Bloody Queen.
Ninety-nine percent of the national teams she formed were of the "win or die" kind.
The five team members that Qiao Xiu had just recruited were far from comparable to the cast iron players in terms of experience and level of practice.
"Say something depressing." Qiao Xiu looked at the blood clans whose confidence was greatly affected and said, "I didn't think that you would win the championship, but other countries also cultivate their players to this extent. If If the Demon World loses miserably in the first round..."
Qiao Xiu turned his attention to the Blood Grand Duke. Among the players, the blood clan under his command was the main one. In terms of punishment, the Blood Grand Duke spoke more intimidatingly.
"I won't talk about the punishment of failure at this time. You won the championship, and I will fulfill everyone's wish." The answer of the Blood Archduke was far more powerful than Joshua imagined.
"Qiao Xiu, can the devil really find better warriors?"
The skeleton finally spoke up, and she questioned Qiao Xiu in a loud voice, with anger in her voice.
It seems that the cast iron not only beat them hard, but also humiliated them.
"They really are the whole village... No, the whole devil world has the best time." Joshua said.
"Let me be the commander of this legion." The fire of the bones of Duke Bone's soul seemed to burn the blood races sitting around him. "You will not have time to rest for a month from now on!"