Although Xiao Ran has always been in the capital, seemingly doing nothing and spending time with the Soul Slayer's logistics and technical department every day, he also maintains a constant focus on all the events in District 11 and contacts him almost every day. It can take as little as a few minutes, or as long as ten minutes. It is used to understand all the situations in District 11, but it rarely interferes with things about District 11. It is just a reminder to pay more attention and protect Euphilia. This kind girl is equally important to the next plan. novel.
As for Lelouch, maybe he wanted to train this kid. Xiao Ran did not interfere with anything about the Black Knights. Xiao Ran had no involvement at all in the actions of the Black Knights in District 11. Just contact him from time to time to confirm how far Lelouch controls the cherry stone mining area and how many cherry stones he has collected.
In addition to the eleventh district, Xiao Ran is also concerned about the situation outside Butalia. The main focus is on the changes in the situation between countries and the changes in the war situation in the Butaria border area, but the real focus is still on those Participants who have begun to gradually change the battlefield situation of the entire world, through not too detailed information and some clues of changes, slowly speculate on the current situation of each legion and the strategic power they can bring out.
Every day passed gradually in such a seemingly leisurely situation, and finally one day, Xiao Ran received a notice asking him to go to the palace to see Emperor Charles.
After receiving the notice, Xiao Ran did not waste time. At the reminder of the attendant, he put on a brand new knight uniform and got into the vehicle that came to pick him up. It didn't take long to enter the palace, and then left again. After passing through the long passage, I saw Emperor Charles again in the same hall, who seemed to have not been seen for a long time.
Seeing Charles again, he was still sitting on the throne above the high platform with his majestic and solemn look. Xiao Ran, who walked down the stage, also performed all the etiquette that a minister should do. He raised his right hand and lightly pressed his left chest. He bent slightly and said, "I have met His Majesty the Emperor. Good day, Your Majesty."
Charles waved his hand gently and said calmly without any fluctuations in emotion: "No need to be polite, please get up, my second knight."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Ran stood up.
Charles glanced at Xiao Ran and said: "Thanks to Knight Lelouch's cooperation with the imperial technical staff during this period, I have heard reports that the technical department has almost mastered the current machine called Soul Slayer. The condition of the machine, and Lelouch Knight, you are already completely familiar with that machine, right?"
Xiao Ran respectfully replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, after this period of familiarity, not only the technical department has gradually mastered the logistics preparation technology of the Soul Slayer, but I have also become thoroughly familiar with that machine, and I am confident enough to use it." All the performance of the machine body can be brought into full play.”
Charles said: "Then you know, the technology department has submitted an application to me, hoping to start the next step of research on the Soul Killer."
"Yes." Xiao Ran nodded lightly and said: "Judging from the current situation, if we need to understand and analyze the soul slayer more, we need to actually let the soul slayer enter the battlefield and use it. In order to collect the battlefield performance and more combat parameters of the Soul Slayer, if we want to have a deeper understanding of the machine, it is completely impossible to do it just by testing dead objects at present. Only on the battlefield can we get more information. ."
"Since you already know, you should have made preparations long ago." Charles nodded and continued: "I called you here to inform you that the investigation team is ready to be completed, and the Logistics and Technology Department is also ready to be completed. In three days You are about to leave the capital, and you should not forget what I said before."
Xiao Ran bent down again: "Yes, I am also ready to serve the empire at any time, and I will never forget the tasks that His Majesty once entrusted to me. I will definitely cooperate with the investigation team, and at the same time re-erect His Majesty and the Round Table in each border area. The prestige of the knights suppresses the influence of the Scarlet Knights on all border areas."
"Very good." Charles was very satisfied with Xiao Ran's answer and respect for himself. This could be seen from his unabashed expression of satisfaction. He glanced at Xiao Ran again and asked, "How sure are you? Go to the task I assigned you."
"All of them." Xiao Ran raised his head and said in a confident tone: "There is no possibility of failure in this mission, and no failure is allowed."
Charles narrowed his eyes: "Do you know that the current situation in the empire's border areas is not very good. Even with the help of the Scarlet Knights, the empire is still retreating step by step with the powerful force of the Scarlet Knights. Without the strong support of the Scarlet Knights, , perhaps the empire has already lost at least three numbers, and the Scarlet Knights have now become the most indispensable force in the border area. The task I assigned you is not easy to complete. "
"Nowadays, among the enemies who are against the empire, there are also many armed forces comparable to the Scarlet Knights. They also have bodies as powerful as the Scarlet Knights. Even the Scarlet Knights have suffered a lot. Do you think you are sure to deal with such an enemy? Are you sure that the glory of the Knights of the Round Table will once again prevail over the Scarlet Knights? Even your machine is also provided by the Scarlet Knights. Do you think you can pilot their machine? Does it play a greater role than the Scarlet Knights?"
"Yes." Xiao Ran answered decisively without hesitation, "Because I am stronger than them. I have shown this in previous battles. Even if I drive the same machine, I can still perform better than them." They are more powerful. Even if the Scarlet Knights have other identical soul slayers and machines more powerful than the soul slayers, I can always trample the Scarlet Knights under my feet."
"Very good." Charles once again showed a satisfied expression and said, "I'm very curious about what kind of power that Soul Killer has, and what you can do with that Soul Killer."
Xiao Ran was silent for a moment when faced with Charles' question. Maybe it was intentional or he was thinking about it, but after a few seconds, Xiao Ran gave Charles his own reply: "If your Majesty has read the information submitted by the logistics and technical department, Report, your majesty must know that the power possessed by the soul slayer is definitely the top of the pyramid among the combat weapons revealed in the world today. It has a huge body, extremely high flexibility, powerful destructive power, and the ability to fly. In addition to attacking Apart from certain shortcomings in long-range attacks, it is difficult to describe it as simply excellent in every aspect, and it would not be an exaggeration to call it the strongest.”
"When I drive the Soul Slayer, I can bring out the full performance of the Soul Slayer. If I have to use an example to compare... The Soul Slayer driven by me can completely destroy all the knights of the Round Table led by me." The entire fully equipped kf army, and the time will not exceed sixty minutes."
"By driving this machine, I am even certain that I can single-handedly capture all the military forces of the next number. It will not take too long. There are ten people with the same skills driving ten Soul Slayers. Your Majesty, please forgive me." I bluntly say that such a force can completely defeat all the military forces in Butaria."
Charles' eyes suddenly narrowed, the expression on his face became slightly heavier, and his voice was slightly heavy as he said, "Are you sure of what you said?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I can confirm every word I said." Xiao Ran nodded solemnly and said in an equally solemn voice: "Because of this, the Scarlet Knights, who can hand over the Soul Slayer without hesitation, should still have it in their hands. With more powerful power, they can take out a machine like the Soul Slayer. It can't be said that they don't pay attention to the Soul Slayer. After all, this is a machine with powerful power, but it can be said that they don't care enough about the Soul Slayer. Pay attention to."
"In other words, there may be other soul slayers in the hands of the Scarlet Knights, and it will not be one or two, there may even be more than five, and there must be more soul slayers in the hands of the Scarlet Knights. There are more powerful and terrifying machines, so the true strength of the Scarlet Knights cannot be underestimated, but because of this, it is even more important to suppress the prestige and influence of the Scarlet Knights."
"But on the other hand, those armed organizations that can compete with the Scarlet Knights and make the Scarlet Knights suffer may also have bodies that are as powerful as the Soul Slayer or even more powerful. This As a result, there will be a certain limit to what I can do in the end, but fortunately, this limit will not be encountered in a short time, but the power of the Scarlet Knights is indeed indispensable to the empire for the time being."
"So to what extent we need to suppress the Scarlet Knights, to make them feel fearful and powerful of the Empire, but also to make them be able to concentrate on doing things for the Empire and not feel resentful and betray the Empire, I don't dare to measure it. I've gone too far, and I hope your majesty can give you a hint."
"But if Your Majesty decides to completely suppress the Scarlet Knights, I will do my best to complete all the tasks assigned by Your Majesty, and Your Majesty does not need to worry too much about the Scarlet Knights resisting, because even if the Scarlet Knights do have a more powerful machine, But I can also push the soul slayer's performance to its true extreme, reaching more than 250% of the performance under normal conditions. I believe this should be the most powerful force for an organization similar to the Scarlet Knights. The power of war.”
Charles closed his eyes. It seemed that what Xiao Ran said did not bring him too many fluctuations. However, in his heart, he was not as calm as he looked on the outside. Many of the things Xiao Ran said were also what Charles said. I have thought that the Soul Slayer will definitely not be the most powerful machine of the Scarlet Knights, because the Scarlet Knights will definitely not be willing to take out the most powerful machine, so now even if Xiao Ran has a Soul Slayer as powerful as The machine may not necessarily become an opponent of the Scarlet Knights, but can only exist as a banner and a tool of checks and balances.
Internal and external troubles are the best illustration of the current empire. Butaria still looks so powerful and calm now. It has been carrying out external conquests as if it wants to occupy the entire earth. But in fact, even though Butaria is as powerful as it is today, It still cannot destroy all other countries and occupy the entire earth, but it can also maintain all its advantages because of its strength.
But suddenly, the situation in the entire world suddenly changed. Countless powerful organizations suddenly appeared from different parts of the world, and then began to resist the empire. The power of these organizations was very powerful, but inexplicably harmonious. The empire began to rebel, as if God deliberately allowed these organizations to appear to prevent Butalia from conquering the entire earth and preventing him, Charles, from realizing his dream. Once, twice, and three times, the empire suffered losses and was defeated again and again. He has resisted many counterattacks by the empire and seen through many traps, and the first time he almost lost his excellent daughter in their hands.
These organizations that suddenly jumped out joined the forces that opposed the empire. They oppressed the empire from all directions and made it impossible for the empire to advance. It could only defend the area it currently occupied, and no one knew how many outstanding emperors had been sacrificed in this defense. **people.
From the beginning, the empire was still able to fight against these powerful organizations that suddenly jumped out, but gradually the power exposed by these organizations became more and more powerful, making it difficult for the empire to withstand, but just now At this time, the Scarlet Knights appeared and actively joined the empire. It was precisely because of the addition of the Scarlet Knights that the empire had the power to compete with those inexplicable organizations and gradually stabilized the situation that was almost completely defeated.
However, the appearance of the Scarlet Knights was too coincidental, which made Charles full of distrust of the Scarlet Knights from the beginning. However, he could not do without the help of the Scarlet Knights, and the Scarlet Knights had powerful power. It doesn't look like they are serving the Empire wholeheartedly. The completely untrustworthy Scarlet Knights have become an internal worry again, and they are worried that they will do something unfavorable to the Empire and Charles.
All these things actually gave Charles a headache, but fortunately, a lot of good news came out one after another in District 11. The first was the emergence of a new generation of machines like Lancelot, which first allowed Charles to see some things that could get rid of the enemy. The possibility of relying on the Scarlet Knights, and then starting a new machine plan, allowed Charles to see the possibility of gaining power beyond the Scarlet Knights. But from the current point of view, even if a machine like Lancelot is specially mass-produced, It is also difficult to truly compete with the power level of the Scarlet Knights.