Chapter 797: The crew who want to go out of the city
Early the next morning, Kant called Abel and Bundak together. The three began to discuss the deployment of operations two days later.
"Shadow and Raphael agreed on one o'clock in the morning." Abel said.
"I want to catch the shadow at night." Abel showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said, "With our strength alone, I'm afraid it's still a little bit reluctant."
"I have sent soldiers to the dwarf guild in the town." Kant responded, "I hope to find some solutions from the information provided by the dwarves."
"Why don't you just seek help from the hunters in the Dwarf Guild?" Abel asked suspiciously.
"I also wanted to do this before, but after inquiring about the process of issuing missions to hunters, I gave up on this idea." Kant replied: "And the time for the guild committee to review the missions is too long, we can't wait so long Long."
"I see." Abel nodded.
"The soldiers will not be able to withdraw from the city until the evening. Let's discuss how to deploy the personnel at that time." Kant suggested.
"Well." Bandak nodded and responded: "In order not to make Shadow suspicious, the soldiers on duty that night can patrol as usual. After Raphael gave us the signal, I took my Calradia soldiers to seal the The entrance and exit of the entire barracks."
"The inspection in the air can be entrusted to us." Abel continued: "That evening, I will take some soldiers to leave the camp ahead of time to observe the shadow's whereabouts from a distance."
"Shadow sneaked into the barracks in a strange and unpredictable way." Kant warned: "If you want to take precautions in advance, you must be careful."
"Yes!" Abel responded.
"At that time, I will bring the guards with me to join Bandark." Kant said, "Use the tricks taught by the dwarves to subdue him."
"Your Majesty" Bundak and Abel looked at each other, and said worriedly: "In order to ensure that you are not attacked, it is better to stay in the camp and wait for the result."
"No." Kant shook his head and replied: "I should still be the one to do the call for action. If I get any important information from the conversation between Raphael and Ying at that time, I will also need to make it." A decision to change the plan of action."
Seeing that Kant had always insisted on his views, Abel and Bundak also made a compromise on this issue.
This concludes the morning action session.
Kant heard the uniform running of the elf soldiers outside the camp, looked at Abel with some strangeness and asked, "I remember that the time for the elf soldiers' physical training was not so early, right?"
Bandak walked to the door of the tent and took a look, then turned to Kant and said, "It looks like the group who left the restaurant last night."
"They didn't behave like soldiers last night." Abel explained: "As a punishment, I ordered all of them to run around the barracks twenty times this morning."
"Twenty laps?" Bandak asked in surprise, "For elf soldiers who usually neglect physical training, running like this is really exhausting."
"Well, occasional punishment is also necessary." Kant nodded. Obviously, he did not approve of the style of these elf soldiers.
Abel bowed his head to Kant and didn't say anything.
The Calradian soldiers who had entered the city returned before dinner, bringing information about the Dwarf Guild.
"The action this time is really fast." Abel held a stack of guild-made manuscripts and said, "The last time Dewitt and Claremont went to the guild to find information, the people from the dwarf guild were on the second day. They sent someone to deliver the materials early in the morning."
"Maybe it's because the path we took this time didn't pass through the hunter himself." Kant explained: "Our soldiers found all these information in the database of the Dwarf Guild."
"It's still possible to do this?" Abel asked in surprise.
"Yes. But these materials need to be returned to the database after they are borrowed." Kant replied: "And the deposit is also surprisingly high."
"I see." Abel nodded.
Kant and Bundak each took part of the materials in Abel's hands. The division of labor looked up and discussed in a low voice from time to time.
"It seems that you have to use the magic of the elves to deal with Ying." Kant said after reading all the materials, took a sip of tea.
"But the light magic mentioned in the ancient books, the current elves don't have elves with this physique." Abel said with a sad face.
"It doesn't have to be light magic, maybe the fire elves can achieve the same effect." Bandak suggested.
"Hmm." Kant took out a page of manuscript paper and said, "Since the ancients have left a diagram of the magic formation for restraining shadows, let's try the power of this formation."
"Alright then." Abel took the manuscript and studied it carefully. Then he said: "I will find a way to adapt this formation. Let it have the effect of restraining Ying in our hands."
"Thank you for your hard work." Bundak said, looking at Abel.
"It's okay." Abel said with a slight smile: "For me, the magic circle is still a relatively difficult field. I have to take the blueprint back to discuss with other comrades. The remaining time is relatively tight, so I will Take your leave first."
"Yeah." Kant nodded, got up and sent Abel away.
Then he sat back to his original seat and began to discuss with Bandak how to fight tomorrow night.
It wasn't until dinner time that the two of them walked out of the tent in the center of the camp and set off for the restaurant.
An elf soldier stopped in front of Kant and saluted, "Your Majesty Kant, Commander Bundak."
"What's the matter, what's the matter?" Kant motioned him to get up with his hand, and asked.
"The crew in the city are already preparing to leave the city tomorrow." Soldier Hui reported.
"Do you know where they are going?" Kant frowned and asked.
"Judging from their conversation, it seems that they are going near the volcano." The soldier said, "They say they want to go out of the city with the dwarves' caravan."
"Why are they running so far?" Bundak wondered.
"These crew members have long been notorious on the coast of the island." The soldier explained, "I guess they want to find a job in a small town at the foot of the volcano where no one knows them."
"I see." Bundak nodded.
"Find a way to keep them. It's okay to use money to send those dwarven merchants who want to take them out of the city." Kant ordered.
"Yes." The soldier replied.
"The situation at the foot of the volcano, we don't have any devious paths to obtain relevant information." Kant said to Bundak: "The crew cannot be allowed to flee there."
Chapter 798 : The Formation Formed With Efforts
"Yes!" The soldier replied after receiving Kant's order.
"Have you reported this to Abel?" Bundak asked.
"It has been reported to Captain Abel." The soldier nodded and said, "It's just that the captain and a group of other soldiers seem to be very busy, so let me tell the news to His Majesty and the commander."
"Well, Abel and the others are busy preparing for tomorrow's action." Kant said, "Let's not bother him for the time being."
"Your subordinate understands." The soldier bowed and responded politely.
"It's hard work, go back and rest." Kant comforted the soldiers who had been busy all day.
After the soldier thanked him, he turned and left.
"It seems that since the crew came ashore, the dark forces have not sent anyone to look for them." Bandak said to Kant as he was walking to the restaurant.
"In the eyes of the forces on the dark side, the sinking of the ship is just an arranged episode." Kant shook his head and replied: "These crew members, they don't know each other either. However, if these crew members go to the foot of the volcano, Sooner or later, you will come into contact with the dark forces."
"I see." Bundak nodded.
The two walked into the restaurant in the barracks and sat down in a familiar corner. As soon as he sat down, he saw Raphael appearing alone at the door of the restaurant.
"Raphael." Bandak stood up and called.
"Huh? Commander Bandak, Your Majesty Kant." Raphael was stunned, and responded: "Where is Abel?"
"You came to look for him?" Bandak said while gesturing for Raphael to sit down, "He's still busy now, I guess I have to find someone to deliver today's dinner to them."
Raphael hesitated for a while, and sat down next to Kant. He asked Bandak in surprise, "They?"
"Didn't you notice that there are a lot fewer people in the restaurant today?" Bandak said with a smile, "Abel is leading his men to plan the magic circle that will be set up tomorrow to catch the shadow."
"Hehe, after all, today is my second visit to the restaurant." Raphael smiled apologetically.
"Ah..." Bandak remembered what happened in the restaurant yesterday, and his expression became awkward because of his gaffe just now.
"A magic circle? I've never heard of Abel's ability to do this kind of thing before." Raphael shook his head indifferently and said.
"He didn't create it himself. We found the blueprint of the magic circle that restrained the shadow from the database of the Dwarf Guild." Kant explained.
"After dinner, let's go over and see how they plan." Bundak suggested.
"Hmm." Raphael nodded and said, "I'm still quite curious about what kind of magic circle Abel will lead people to make."
Kant nodded in approval to Bundak. His dinner has been brought to the table by the waiter in the back kitchen, and he is eating quietly at this time.
After a while, Bundak and Raphael's meals were also served.
During the meal, Bandak looked up at Rafael's eating appearance, and said with a smile: "By the way, Rafael, how is your recovery? I saw you still looked sick a few days ago. Appetite looks much better now."
"He's in good health." Raphael wiped his mouth with a napkin, and responded, "Before, I felt in a trance, and I often suffered from insomnia. I think it's probably psychological."
"It's good to recover." Bandak nodded.
Kant paused while eating, and glanced at Raphael, but he didn't say anything.
Today's dinner took about an hour.
After sitting in their seats and chatting with each other for a while, Kant took Bundak and Raphael to the tent where Abel was.
There were more than a dozen elf soldiers standing in the not-so-small camp. Except for the soldiers on guard, all the elf mages were present.
When everyone noticed that Kant opened the curtain and walked in, they knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Your Majesty Kant! Commander Bandak."
Raphael was the last one, and was completely covered by Bundak's tall figure, so everyone didn't notice that he was also there.
"Abel, how is the progress of the circle?" Kant walked up to Abel and asked softly.
"We have found a new way to solve the problem of the lack of light elements." Abel said happily: "The circle should be completed by tomorrow morning."
"Well, thank you for your hard work." Kant's eyes were full of trust, and he nodded to Abel.
"Thanks to everyone working together to figure out a way to solve the problem of the mana source." Abel said with a smile, turning his attention to the other soldiers in the camp.
Some of the elf soldiers lowered their heads in embarrassment.
"What are you going to do?" Raphael asked curiously.
After seeing Raphael's figure, disbelief came from among the elf soldiers.
"We intend to condense various elements together to replace light magic and become the mana support of the entire magic circle." After seeing Raphael's face, Abel also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and explained.
"It's indeed a good idea." Raphael agreed with a smile after thinking for a while.
"It may take about fifteen minutes. Let's set up the magic circle." Abel looked into Raphael's eyes and said, "It's up to you to delay the time."
"Fifteen minutes, Ying and I have met so many times, and the time of talking together is not so long. But." Raphael said with a relaxed tone: "I will try my best."
"Thank you," Abel responded.
After the conversation between the two ended, the atmosphere in the field seemed a little deserted.
"The soldiers haven't had their dinner yet." Kandewin said in a low voice, "I asked the kitchen to reheat the breakfast reserved for you. It will probably be delivered soon."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The soldiers said in surprise. I thought I had missed my meal, so I could only eat the dry food in my luggage. I didn't expect Kant to be so careful!
"You guys probably have to stay up all night tonight because of the magic circle." Kant said with a smile: "You must have enough food and enough energy."
"Wow!" The dining car was pushed into the tent, and the dinners for a dozen people were all placed on it, steaming.
Next to the dinner plate, there is also hot coffee for the soldiers.
"Your Majesty Kant, thank you." Abel faced Kant and thanked him.
"It's nothing. If you want to thank, thank the soldiers in the kitchen." Although Kant knew what Abel was referring to, he still didn't face his thanks. Responded easily.
"Let's go back to the camp to rest first." Bandak walked to the door of the tent, turned around and waved to Abel, and said, "The next thing is to get rid of you."
Chapter 799 : Talking After Dinner
"Yes." Abel bowed to Bandak and watched the three leave.
"Captain Abel, hurry up and have dinner too." An elf soldier put down the steak in his hand and greeted Abel.
"Okay." Abel nodded and agreed, and sat down beside the soldier. He took his portion of the meal. He said to the soldiers who had already started eating: "After eating, let's rest for a while and start working."
"Yes! Captain!" After filling his belly, the soldier became more emotional and responded enthusiastically.
After Abel finished eating the food on his dinner plate, he walked to the stove in the camp and added a few new firewood to the stove. Then he sat on the seat beside him and watched the soldiers at the banquet from afar.
"Captain, you haven't had your coffee yet." When Abel was about to fall asleep in a daze, a soldier came to him with two cups of coffee. Greeting said: "Drink this, the body will become warm."
"Thank you." Abel opened his tired eyes and replied to the soldier with a smile.
"It's okay." The soldier smiled proudly.
The two sat quietly by the fire for a while, drinking coffee from mugs filled to the brim.
"Captain Abel." The soldier called softly.
"What's the matter?" Abel was holding the porcelain cup in his hand to warm his hands. After hearing the soldier's call, he was taken aback for a moment, and responded in a gentle voice.
The soldier turned his head to look at him, smiled and said, "It's nothing, I thought you fell asleep again, Captain."
Abel also laughed out loud when he heard the words, and responded, "I'm actually not that sleepy."
After the voice fell, the two looked at each other again and began to chat.
"What do you think about Captain Raphael?" In the harmonious atmosphere, the soldier finally spoke about Raphael.
Abel raised his eyebrows and said: "Before Raphael came to the island, I thought I would never want to see him in my life. But a few days after hearing the news, I still saw him. At the beginning , I still feel angry. However, I felt his powerlessness at that time from him. I began to imagine, if I encountered Raphael’s predicament at that time, what choice would I make?”
"What do you think?" The soldier cast his erratic gaze on Abel and asked nervously.
"I can't give a definite answer." Abel closed his eyes and responded, "Maybe my thinking is not broad enough, which caused my hesitation."
"Is that so?" The soldier put down the porcelain cup in his hand and muttered silently.
"If it were you, what would you do?" Abel met the soldiers' eyes, and asked with a smile: "The soldiers with Raphael also have your former comrades-in-arms, right? , would they be the ones to do that?"
Facing Abel's questioning, the soldier was at a loss for words for a moment.
Abel also had no intention of continuing to discuss this topic. After seeing the soldier's speechless appearance, he turned his face to the side and continued to drink the coffee in his hand.
the next afternoon.
Kant and others received the news that the crew was prohibited from leaving the city.
Bandak asked the soldiers who came back to report: "How did you do it?"
"We took out some silver coins and handed them over to the dwarves guarding the city." The soldier explained, "Let them find an excuse to detain the crew and others. In the morning, the soldiers squatting near the original residence of the crew saw the crew People returned to the hotel."
"Good job." Kant nodded and said: "There are not many caravans going to the foot of the volcano. If this group of people wants to leave the city with the next caravan, they will have to wait for a while."
"Thank you for your hard work." Bandak said to the soldiers: "Let the soldiers in the city go and say hello to the dwarves guarding the city, and let them lift the ban on the crew. Don't embarrass them too much."
"Yes!" The soldier bowed and replied.
At this time, Abel was leading his soldiers to set up formations on the ground where Raphael's camp was located.
And Raphael is sitting on the sidelines watching how they operate.
After the conversation between Abel and the soldiers last night, the attitude of the elf soldiers in the battalion towards Raphael eased a lot. Although he just treated it as nothing, he still let go of the original look of cold brows.
"Okay." Abel clapped his hands, announcing the success of the formation.
The soldiers who had been busy all night breathed out a sigh of relief, and collapsed to the ground one after another.
"Everyone, hurry up and rest. We will gather at the camp in the evening." Abel ordered the soldiers under his command.
The elf soldiers still have a few hours to replenish their strength.
"Yes, Captain." The soldiers responded. Then they returned to their respective tents, where they needed a good night's sleep.
Abel looked around at the Calradian soldiers who were on duty instead of the elf soldiers, walked up to Raphael, and said, "This formation has been completed. It's up to you next."
"Well, you should go to rest quickly." Raphael nodded.
"Yeah." Abel squeezed a smile out of his tired face and nodded.
Then it was convenient for Raphael to pass by, and walked back to his camp.
Because of the absence of more than a dozen elf soldiers, the barracks suddenly became quiet.
The only sound was the patrolling footsteps of Calradian soldiers.
Bandak led his soldiers to practice in the open space outside the camp. While supervising everyone's training progress, he also paid attention to the movements around him.
However, few pedestrians appeared in the camp chosen by the elves. The situation around the camp was as calm as usual.
"It seems that Ying intends to come to the appointment alone." Bandak said to Kant beside him.
"I heard from Raphael that the Shadow will bring the rewards given to Raphael by the dark forces at this time," Kant said.
"What's the reward?" Bandak asked suspiciously.
"I don't know." Kant shook his head and said, "Maybe it's a treasure, or maybe it's the scimitar in Shadow's hand."
"Raphael is in danger." Bandak yelled.
"Of course he knows, and now you know too." Kant said casually.
"Abel doesn't know yet, right?" Bandak frowned and said, "However, according to Raphael's character, it really seems that he won't tell Abel himself."
"Both Raphael and I want the mission to succeed, so we keep silent about it." Kant ordered: "You can't tell anyone else the news either."
Bandak's eyes became complicated, he sighed, and said, "If Raphael really sacrificed himself for this mission, how should Abel and others face it?"
Chapter 800: Ambush laid in advance
"Everything will pass." Kant looked at the distant sky and said, "Besides, if Raphael can successfully hold Ying back, of course we will rush in and rescue him immediately."
"Yeah." Bandak stood aside and nodded.
In the evening, the elf soldiers woke up from their sleep, put on their mage robes, and gathered in the open space of the camp.
"How is everyone resting?" Abel asked as he stood in front of the crowd.
"Very good!" The soldiers responded neatly, with a much higher volume than in the morning.
Abel smiled and nodded, "That's good. Today's mission will last until 1:30 in the morning. I hope you can continue to concentrate until then!"
"Yes!" the soldiers replied.
"Then disband. Go to your respective posts and replace the Calradian comrades who have been on duty all day for you." Abel ordered.
The elf soldiers dispersed in small groups, trotting to every corner of the camp, waiting for the night to come.
At one o'clock in the morning, Ying sneaked into Raphael's camp on time.
"Long time no see." Standing by the bed, Ying whispered to Raphael who was lying on the bed.
"Coming?" Raphael rubbed his sleepy eyes when he heard the sound, got up, walked to the square table and sat down, and lit the candlestick on the table.
This is his signal to everyone in Calradia.
Seeing his movements, Ying frowned and said, "What are you doing?"
"Oh, sorry, I forgot that you are afraid of light." Raphael smiled apologetically, then turned around and blew out the candlestick.
Kant and the others immediately dispatched troops to set up an ambush around the camp after seeing the momentary fire.
Abel also walked carefully to the tent with his elf mages, and began to operate the magic circle.
"Abel, you must hold on." Bandak stared at the swaying figure in the camp, praying in his heart.
"Didn't you say that there will be some rewards?" Raphael asked pretending to be relaxed.
"Don't talk about that first." Shadow's eyes sank, he sat down beside Raphael, and asked him: "I heard that the crew members who helped you are already planning to flee to the small town at the foot of the volcano. Are you going to When will you persuade the Calradia gang to withdraw from the island?"
"How could they listen to me." Raphael shook his head and said, "I can only prevent them from prying any information from me now, so I will fight with them. As long as you don't show up, they will find you If there are no clues, they will naturally withdraw from here."
Ying's brows and eyes showed a bit of anxiety, and said: "No, they must leave this small island as soon as possible. The 'Master' and the others are already preparing to fight the army of the dwarves. The army of the human race has stayed there until then Anything here is not good for us.”
"Don't worry." Raphael was stunned for a while after hearing the news of the war, and said, "No one from Calradia has the real power to mobilize the army this time. They don't have the guts to participate in the island." In the midst of the struggle of the upper powers."
"No." Ying said: "You have to find a way to drive them away quickly. If it really doesn't work, I can send a few men to help. Anyway, with you as the internal response, we shouldn't have to spend much trouble."
Raphael heard the murderous intent in the other party's words, and couldn't help but churned in his stomach. His right hand subconsciously covered his stomach.
"What's wrong with you?" Shadow looked at Raphael and asked.
"It probably hurt my stomach from eating. It's been hurting for a few days. But it's okay." Rafael waved his hand and said, "My body may not be able to cooperate with you to do those things. Moreover, I am now all day Being locked in this camp, I can’t receive any news at all. Let me try and find a way to get rid of this pile of troubles. If there is anything I need, I will ask you for help.”
"That's all right, if you have any needs, just send me a message from the messenger on the island." Ying agreed with Raphael's suggestion and said, "I'll go first."
Raphael looked at his back as he turned and left, remembering that Abel was still casting spells outside the camp, and hurriedly asked to stay: "By the way, if there is a war, will the 'kings' be in danger?"
Ying turned around suspiciously, and asked, "When did you start caring so much? The 'Lord' is so powerful, and of course there is nothing that can threaten them as a noble person. When the time comes, if the war starts: It’s only little people like you and me who suffer.”
"So that's the case," Raphael responded with a guilty conscience.
Seeing his expression, Ying thought he was afraid that he would be affected by the war. Sui walked in front of him, and said with a half-smile, "It's just that you shouldn't be on this island by then."
"Why?" Raphael raised his head and looked at the shadow.
"It's nothing." A coldness flashed in Ying's eyes, and he said, "I just thought you should have escaped by boat at that time."
"That's why." Raphael lowered his head and responded, "But where can I escape? The Elven Kingdom won't recognize my identity."
"That's your own business." Ying said coldly: "I have other things to do, so I'm leaving first."
"Okay." Raphael nodded and said, "When you come next time, remember to bring the 'reward' you mentioned."
"What's yours is yours anyway, don't worry too much about it." After leaving a sentence of unknown meaning, Ying turned over the window and went outside the tent. I met Kant and others head-on.
"Raphael!" Shadow frowned, knocked angrily towards the camp, and shouted angrily.
"What's the matter?" Raphael walked slowly from the main entrance to Ying, and said with a half-smile: "I haven't seen you in a place with lights before, but you are similar to what I remember, the same Hateful."
"Hehe." Ying sneered, "We will meet again in the future, just wait for me."
Before Raphael could reply, Ying transformed into a figure, ready to rush out of the surrounding crowd from the air.
However, it was bounced back by the magic circle laid down by Abel.
"Ah!" Shadow screamed. It fell to the ground, stirring up dust.
"We will indeed meet in the future, but when I want to see you and when I don't want to see you. It depends on my mood." Raphael walked in front of the mana-burned shadow and said calmly.
"You traitor!" Ying shouted, "Live as a traitor for the rest of your life!"
"I will." Raphael's eyes fixed, and he replied: "But before I end my sinful life, I hope you can save your dog's life until then!"
(end of this chapter)