After that night, Xiao Ran didn't see Cornelia again for several days. It wasn't that Xiao Ran was avoiding Cornelia. It wasn't a big deal for Xiao Ran, nor was it that he couldn't accept and deal with it. It's about Cornelia unilaterally and deliberately avoiding any contact with Xiao Ran, including meeting.
As for the reason, although he is not called a veteran, at least he can go on the road alone. Xiao Ran also knows what Cornelia is thinking now, that is, he does not know how to accept this relationship between himself and Xiao Ran. This is a special relationship. Firstly, Xiao Ran was inexplicably instilled with an idea that required loyalty, leaving behind a stalwart figure. Secondly, it was the indescribable story that happened between the two.
After these things happened, it is normal for Cornelia to be complicated in her heart. It is also normal for her to choose to avoid meeting because she does not know how to deal with her relationship with Xiao Ran. However, it is also possible that Cornelia is too strong-willed and cannot It is possible to be willing to appear in front of the person who completely conquers her both physically and mentally, and to let oneself reveal her vulnerable side.
Since Cornelia deliberately avoids meeting Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran naturally has no idea of shyly sticking up to her, or of having a heart-to-heart talk to comfort her. She has no such idea at all, and Cornelia doesn't want to either. Someone needs to do this.
After that night, Charles personally conducted a video communication with this team. The representative valued Xiao Ran's ability to achieve such good results in driving the Soul Killer. He also encouraged Xiao Ran with words, and then wrote down the reward.
One person wiped out part of the enemy's defense line and destroyed an important supply base for the resistance organization, which severely affected that area of defense line. This would relieve a lot of pressure on the 19th District, and it could also lead to There will be many opportunities, and these can be the reasons why Charles can reward Xiao Ran, but whether he knows that Xiao Ran does not care about any of his rewards is unclear, but Xiao Ran himself knows very well, and will also be the person with the greatest power in District 19 The complete conquest started the second key step in overthrowing Charles' plan. If Charles knew this, he might even be willing to eat Xiao Ran.
Later, Xiao Ran did not continue to drive the soul slayer to attack. For the 19th District, Xiao Ran's existence and the previously destroyed local supply stronghold were a huge opportunity to solve the current predicament and gain more advantages, but Xiao Ran did not do anything. What are you thinking about? I just wander around the base every day, walking here and there, either in my room or in the hangar where the Soul Slayer is parked, waiting for new orders, or in other words, waiting for Until the people of the investigation team get the results they want, Xiao Ran can only stay in this place in his current state, bored.
There are many people who see Xiao Ran doing nothing every day. Even if they recognize Xiao Ran's strong strength, they feel in their hearts that Xiao Ran does not devote such a huge fighting power to the battlefield to lead them to victory. They will think that Xiao Ran is not doing his job properly, but the other two Knights of the Round Table , obviously came with Xiao Ran to attack, but were forcefully recruited by Cornelia, and temporarily rushed into the war mission on the front line. At this time, only Xiao Ran was left in the base among the three Knights of the Round Table.
Xiao Ran didn't want to pilot the Soul Slayer for combat missions, and no one could force him in this place. Not to mention that Cornelia, as the top commander, was afraid of meeting Xiao Ran, so who else was qualified to stand in front of Xiao Ran? Where does he attack? And even Cornelia herself, the supreme commander of District 19, has never expressed her hope that Xiao Ran can go to the front line to help District 19 gain a greater advantage.
Xiao Ran had his own reasons for not wanting to go out, and Cornelia also had other reasons for not wanting Xiao Ran to go out. Most of the reasons for the two were exactly the same, but this reason was not the reason in this base. Not everyone realizes it.
In Cornelia's view, the current situation is better than before anyway, and there are two Knights of the Round Table who have helped to go to the front line. They have come through more difficult times. Now that the situation has begun to change, it is even more necessary. Slowly expand to the outside world step by step.
Moreover, the fact that Xiao Ran drove the Soul Slayer to attack the opponent's supply base should have caused a big backlash in the entire surrounding area, in EU, and in the resistance organization. Since Xiao Ran was able to attack them with huge combat power, base, then the other party can also gather powerful combat power to attack their base.
But as long as Xiao Ran stays here, this base, which controls the government affairs and war affairs of the entire 19th District, will never be considered for attacks by the other party, and even if other places are attacked, there will be no chance of the main base here. The consequences of being attacked are serious and the impact will not be that huge.
What's more, if the opponent doesn't send enough troops, based on the current strength of the 19th District, the two Knights of the Round Table and the people of the Scarlet Knights are not without the power to fight, or even eat up the opponent's attack power. , but if the opponent really sends out top combat power, Xiao Ran can still defeat the opponent at that time. In this base, he will not be entangled in troublesome wars, and can send reinforcements to any place at any time, so Xiao Ran The benefits of staying are far greater than if Xiao Ran actually steps into the battlefield and appears on the front line, and he is also a Dinghaishenzhen who does not dare to let the opponent do anything rashly while sitting here.
This is what Cornelia thinks, so she will not let Xiao Ran, a nuclear weapon that can completely threaten the other party, leave. The reason why a threat is a threat is because if you don't take action, it will make the other party scruple, and once you really take action, maybe It will become a fight to the death, and not all of the changes it will bring to the current situation will be positive.
Xiao Ran also had the same idea, but compared to Cornelia, he was not so cautious. Apart from the previous thoughts, he did not think that EU or the resistance organization could resist him, even if they hit the other party's hometown. When I went to the other side, I could only swallow my anger, but I also simply didn't want to have a relationship with those who had no power to resist. I also felt that I had to rely on him alone. Even if he could bring any changes to the 19th District, it wouldn't be possible. It will be a long-term change. Only when Butaria's master is replaced and the equipment's body is upgraded, will the changes obtained at that time be truly sustainable changes. What's more important is that there is no need to use Luru yet. As a repair knight, he can directly attract hatred to himself. After all, once the emperor of Butalia is replaced, his external attitude will also need to change. By that time, he will not be able to lead the army forward if he is really needed. Just the slightest hesitation.
But now that he has shown his strength on the battlefield, will Charles let him continue to stay in the 19th District until the situation facing the 19th District is completely solved, or will he use this time to take down the resistance organization base? It is still unknown whether Dongfeng will go to other areas, but what is somewhat certain is that with Charles's vision and overall view, he will always stay here temporarily to cope with the situation here, so as to avoid EU and EU after he leaves. The resistance organization took the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack, so there should be no chance to leave here in a short time.
Time flies like this, and a week slips through the fingers. Xiao Ran only has the feeling that a week has passed inexplicably without doing anything. I am doing nothing every day, but the key is that there is nothing in the base. A place where Xiao Ran could waste time, and even if there was such a place, he could not just go there with his current status in the empire. Even if he wanted to bask in the sun, considering the environment of District 19, it was almost impossible to go there. The desert environment did not give Xiao Ran the desire to stay outside for too long.
Cornelia still has not met Xiao Ran, and she has used various methods to avoid meeting Xiao Ran. Of course, Xiao Ran has never actively looked for Cornelia, and even if she did, she would not be able to communicate with him at all. The topic, and Cornelia deliberately avoided it, Xiao Ran would not ask for trouble, and he was not shy about using Cornelia to relieve his boredom.
All he could really do every day was to pay attention to the situation on the front line and pay attention to the trends and intelligence of the EU and the resistance organizations. He was a little bored, but the front line was very lively every day. He fought with the EU in the morning, In the afternoon, fight with the resistance organizations, or fight with both sides. Even if there are no major military conflicts every day, various small conflicts occur basically all the time. If you shoot twice, I will shoot twice. If you take action, I will Stop it, I have an idea for you to stop it. In the battle of wits and courage at various levels, you come and go, but neither side dares to confirm that it has the advantage to completely gain the upper hand, let alone the ability to completely overwhelm the opponent. It seems more like they are in a stalemate, and they don't dare to break this rare tacit understanding and balance, but they are always looking for an opportunity to decide the outcome in a battle.
As a true bystander, and as a third party with higher vision and gaze than Cornelia, Xiao Ran really felt that it was completely meaningless to waste the power of the empire in this place, but This is the fact. Even if Cornelia uses all her strength to overwhelm the military forces and resistance forces on the EU side and take back the areas that were gradually occupied before, there is really no way to guarantee that she has the force to defend it. It will also waste and dilute more military power. Such a war is really meaningless.
If it were Xiao Ran facing the current situation, he would have ordered the entire army to evacuate long ago. He would not stupidly guard the defense line that might be breached at any time, wasting resources and wasting strength. In fact, it is now 19 According to the situation in the area, you can completely withdraw to the edge of the area, choose one or several places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, re-establish the front, wait until the new machine is developed and mass-produced, and then counterattack after gaining the advantage in strength, there is no way You must crucify yourself here.
This is just Xiao Ran's personal idea. After all, Xiao Ran's vision and opinions are definitely very different from other people's. He doesn't care about the gains and losses between places. But for Cornelia, this is not the case at all. Once she quits, she will Not only Cornelia, but the entire military would not allow such a thing to happen if their honor was damaged.
However, after a few more days passed, the situation in District 19 finally changed. Many situations also appeared ahead. During a battle between Monica and Luziano, Monica's body was severely damaged and she suffered some minor injuries and was forcibly rescued by Luciano and the Scarlet Knights. This finally meant that the counterattack of EU and the resistance organization had gradually begun. This is also the recent period. The only real defeat the Imperial Army in District 19 suffered in time.
When such a situation occurred, even though Cornelia didn't want to see Xiao Ran, she took the initiative to find Xiao Ran after such a situation occurred, and walked into Xiao Ran's room alone.
The meeting between the two was very dull, at least Xiao Ran was quite calm on one side, but after Cornelia saw Xiao Ran, her serious and frowning expression slowly began to relax, and she even took the initiative to hold her. Xiao Ran kissed her neckline hard.
When everything was calm, Xiao Ran, who was naked, put one arm around Cornelia who was supporting him, and smoothed her messy hair with the other hand, and then asked softly: "During this period Are you under a lot of pressure? Do you use me as a tool to relieve your pressure? Or are you just unable to bear it because you haven't seen me for so long? "
Xiao Ran's words seemed to be a bit teasing and mocking to Cornelia. She raised her head and glared at Xiao Ran with shame and anger, but she could only lay her head on Xiao Ran's chest helplessly, letting Xiao Ran pet her like a puppy. Touching his hair the same way.
Feeling the warm hands sliding on her body, and holding back the sensitivity, Cornelia also said softly: "Yeah, I'm just under a lot of pressure, I just use you as a tool to relieve stress, so what can I do? So, do you still want to punish me?"
"I didn't say that." Xiao Ran smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Tell me what happened."
Cornelia weakly whispered: "You know that Monica's body was damaged, right? That was because EU and the resistance army joined forces to deal with Luciano and Monica, the two Knights of the Round Table. There is also a conspiracy set up by the Scarlet Knights, perhaps to suppress our morale, or perhaps to take the opportunity to eliminate some of our main combat forces."
"The entire border defense line has been under attack in recent times. It was originally just a small conflict of a normal scale, but now the scale of the conflict is slowly starting to become larger and larger, and the frequency is getting higher and higher, and there are even There are some new aircraft, but they never go deep into the enemy every time. Once they reach the goal of consuming our combat power, they will actively withdraw and exchange the destroyed strongholds with us again... I wonder if they are preparing. A general attack, or has the target been set on you?"