What did you do with the dice?

Even if we take a step back, our Pearl Tear Territory is so vast now, and I'm in need of someone who understands business. Even if you get fired, you can still come here and help me with things, even if it means replacing Grand Mage Sanita to help me purchase supplies. Wouldn't that be great? For things like purchasing, you need someone you can trust, right?"

After hearing this, Crown's eyes were red, as if he had met a confidant. He immediately confessed everything, like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. Anyway, he said everything and said it directly. He even confessed that the Doug Chamber of Commerce had cooked accounts in private, repeatedly stolen and sold arms, and used the processing plant to create some private businesses.

While he was recruiting, Sani Tieta was taking notes. It took him two or three pages to finish. This Lot Processing Factory has indeed done a lot of bad things in recent years.

This was a case of Rusalka's complete defeat. It was probably because of the ability of the [Social Genius] combined with the 20 Charm. When she met a rookie like Crown, who was praised to the sky before his character was polished and then suddenly got into big trouble, Rusalka directly used her rich experience as an "ignorant newbie" to activate empathy and kill the game.

The two elves looked at Clown with contempt, thinking that humans were too fragile. They confessed everything after just a few words without even being tortured.

Fortunately, our ranger team has all received professional training and generally won’t recruit—unless we can’t help it.

But on second thought, are cream cakes and fire magic really that important? Could it be that we've already fallen under the spell of Archmage Sanita, but haven't noticed? Like the "hypnosis" and "cognitive alteration" spells described in books?

Alice thought about it and felt that the explosion at the entrance of the warehouse area that night was indeed very exciting. Although she was injured in the explosion, it should have been a very dangerous thing, but she was not afraid at all. She was even very excited and wanted to do it again. She dreamed of waving her hands and then the scene in front of her turned into a roaring sea of ​​fire.

It’s over. My body seems to have been controlled by evil human magic. Will I become a dark elf?

As for Shana, she was still relatively grounded in reality, wondering if the cream cake and cookies she was eating had been drugged. Otherwise, how else could one explain why they were so delicious? And why could she never get tired of them?

If I were asked to go back to that life of drinking plant sap and eating fruit every day, without milk tea, cake and afternoon tea, I would definitely not be able to accept it.

Human products are too evil. No, if I have the chance to go back, I must tell my sisters not to touch these things, otherwise the entire spirit will find it difficult to break free from this control. It is more terrifying than magic.

"Don't just focus on watching the show and eating, both of you should make a copy of this."

"Huh? Okay." The two elves who were still daydreaming were called by Sanita, and their consciousness returned to the real world. The instinct of being an apprentice was awakened. They quickly took the paper pushed by Sanita and began to copy it according to the order.

Chapter 180 The Eve of Daybreak

When she heard that there was another fight, and it was an ultimate series of fights like a grandfather beating his son and then his grandson, Rusalka was so happy that she took the trouble to write a letter to Ono in Ropa Town overnight, wanting to tell him in the letter to bring the Ranger Squad over.

So that I can also experience the feeling of being bullied by evil forces.

Fortunately, Sanita took a look at the letter before it was sent out and asked Rusalka to rewrite it quickly.

Rusalka was not happy to rewrite: (Any questions?)

Sanita: (What do you mean by "be fully prepared for battle," "the enemy may offer stiff resistance," and "call all the rangers"? It seems you're planning to massacre the entire town? Should we have Ono send over two more ladders and catapults?)

Rusalka: (There are armed violent groups like the Brotherhood over there, and they also have a batch of our weapons. So I will definitely fight with all my might, like a lion fighting a rabbit. I will definitely upgrade from cracking down on gangs and evil to counter-terrorism.)

Sanita: (I'm impressed. Do you know how big the gap in strength is between regular troops and local armed forces? Besides, with us on the scene, you can easily deal with them with just some improvised militia. The Rangers are just a deterrent. A hundred of them will suffice. Ono doesn't need to come. We'll command them ourselves. Let's have some fun.)

Rusalka really didn't know the difference in strength between militia/soldiers/local armed forces/private armed forces, etc. For him, they could all be killed in one blow, and they couldn't break the defense, so it didn't matter.

The reason why he wanted to bring a large number of rangers was actually that he happened to have so many. Players' habitual thinking was that my troops would be idle anyway, and if there was no need for reserves in the war, then I might as well bring them all. The main goal was to blockade the area and protect civilians, for fear that the other side would get angry and attack civilians indiscriminately.

Okay, just rewrite it, what’s the big deal!

Infinite Phoenix, come out!

As a result, Rusalka's idea of ​​being lazy did not succeed. After Phoenix was summoned, Sanitta smiled disdainfully and said only one sentence, "You can't foster his bad habit of being lazy. Look, he is too lazy to move recently.", and he persuaded Phoenix to change his mind.

This time, he had to personally summon an overseer, who would hit him with his tail if he didn't write, and would stare at him until he finished writing the letter.

Rusalka exclaimed that when she was writing the letter, Phoenix's skin suddenly turned very white, and its tail became very hard, hitting her with a snapping sound.

But looking at her skin under the light, she could see a lot of melanin deposits, and her genetic talent for farming was almost awakened. Looking at the snow outside the window, it felt like cotton growing on the ground waiting for her to pick.

After the letter was sent, everyone went back to their rooms to rest at night. Clown knew that he would be taken to the battlefield again and that tonight would be another sleepless night. He could only drink two large cups of hot milk and pray that he could fall asleep. As a result, he felt a little bloated because he drank too much and did not fall asleep.

Rusalka had just finished picking cotton for Phoenix, and now she had to deliver the grain. While she was beginning to awaken the red gene in her heart, she asked Phoenix to try playing with this black fog tonight. Uh, she also awakened the yellow gene by the way.

Facts have proved that the content of the book and the real experience are completely different. The inside of the sphere is pitch black, there is no light at all, and you can't see anything. There is only warmth and soft touch on the body. It is inconvenient to move. Only Phoenix can move. It feels worse than being wrapped in a quilt.

Rusalka, whose new idea seemed to have failed, was comforted by Phoenix who patted his head. He was not convinced, and in order to save face, he suggested that next time we should not play the Shadow version, but the Light version instead, and he would use Holy Healing throughout the whole process to see what the effect was.

It was naturally dismissed. Phoenix was the faith of Lady Shadow, and playing Holy Light seemed a bit too advanced for her.

Before the Rangers arrived the next day, Rusalka was eager to take Old John back with her, but Sanitta asked Old John to stay in the guest room for the time being and would send him back in a month.

Sanita: "You should stay here for the time being. I'll send you back after the situation over there has died down."

Old John showed a somewhat conflicted look, but nodded obediently. He hesitantly took out a paper-wrapped package from his arms and said, "This is the food I saved from my meals over the past two days, as well as some leftovers from the kitchen. I took it because the chefs in the kitchen said it was going to be thrown away. Could you please send it back to my wife and daughter for me?"

Rusalka thought for a moment, took the paper package, found a piece of letter paper, wrote the words "Part-time Job Recommendation" on it, signed her name, and stamped a quarter of the way around the edge of the letter paper before handing it to him. "Take this and go find the head maid named 'Hua Lin'. Tell her that you're working part-time here helping with odd jobs for the next few days. I'll give you a month's salary in advance, which I'll give to your family."

Old John didn't take the letter, but knelt down and kowtowed to Rusalka: "Thank you, Lord! I will never forget your kindness, I..."

"Stop doing this useless stuff and get back to work." Rusalka felt a little embarrassed by him, so she stuffed the letter into his hand and waved her hand, telling him to get out.

Without even needing Rusalka to ask, Sanita looked around and saw no one else besides Phoenix, who was lying on the sofa and patting a fluffy ball hanging on the wall. He explained directly to Rusalka, "If he goes back now, everyone with a discerning eye will know that he leaked the secret, and he will definitely be retaliated against."

By the way, the wool ball decoration that Phoenix is ​​playing with was thought up by Rusalka. It turns out that when the Filin people are bored, they really like to touch such movable, round, soft things with their hands, and Phoenix is ​​no exception.

Well, it seems that this is not limited to the Film Clan. When Rusalka is bored and lying on this chair, she will also pat the thing hanging above her head, and then watch it shake, and touch it again when it stops shaking.

This seems to be an instinct from living things, just like when you see an empty swing, even if you don't sit on it and swing a few times, you have to run over, grab the rope and pull it. There is no reason, it's just that it makes you uncomfortable when it's not swinging, and it feels much more comfortable when it starts swinging.

The same is true when seeing the basket. Some people will go over and make a shooting gesture even if they don’t have the ball in their hands.

Maybe sometimes humans think cats are weird when they look at them, why do they like to push things? However, cats may also think humans are weird when they look at humans, why do they make a "meow" sound when they see them, but not when they see other things.

Just like Rusalka, he didn't understand why Phoenix always liked to wrap her tail around his waist. He felt it was very inconvenient when walking like this, as if he was trapped in a lasso. But Phoenix also didn't understand why Rusalka liked to hold her hand. She felt it was very inconvenient when drawing her weapon like this, as if she was arrested.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as it is compatible.

At this moment, Rusalka was also staring at the ball, and asked, "Won't Clown be retaliated against?"

Sanitta: "He is the boss of the Doug Chamber of Commerce here. Have you ever seen a revenge attack where the boss of the opposing team is killed personally?"

Oh, yes. Rusalka then remembered that Clown had been promoted to the position of general manager. "I didn't expect that someone like him could become the boss. Who is so blind as to trust him so much?"

Sanitieta rolled his eyes at him: "You."

Rusalka was confused and pointed at herself: "Me? When?"

Sanita: "When you gave him the tax exemption order, and later when you talked to Arlot, you verbally asked Crown to be in charge of the processing plant here."

Rusalka seemed to have some impression that she had just said it casually at the time. Is this okay? What kind of history book?

At this moment, a loud explosion suddenly sounded at the door of the lord's mansion, and the guards were alarmed. For a moment, the surroundings were filled with the sound of metal boots running on the tower floor. Phoenix suddenly entered the black fog. Rusalka thought that another blind assassin had come here to deliver food, and excitedly picked up the big sword and shield beside her and prepared to go out.

When everyone arrived at the scene, they saw Shana sitting in a snow pit in the yard, covered in dust. She was drenched by the snowflakes that were blown up by the snow.

There was also an elf named Alijie next to her, holding her belly and pointing at Shana, laughing so hard that she was shaking with laughter.

If it weren't for the fact that the explosion just now, the big hole in the snow, and the tattered clothes on Shana's body were real, everyone might have thought that the two of them were just playing snowballs.

When the guards saw Rusalka coming, they all dispersed and returned to their posts. It was a false alarm.

In the worldview of ordinary people, mages are such creatures. It is very common for them to suddenly self-explode. If they are not dead, it means nothing happened. Later, ask the servants to come and see if there are any holes on the ground. If there are, just fill them with some soil.

Sanitieta threw his robe to Shana. Seeing the traces of residual magic nearby, he knew that the explosion was caused by the overcharging of the wrong magic rune. "I asked you to practice drawing the runes and show them to me after you finished. I didn't ask you to input magic power into them, and you put in so much! You're not afraid of death, are you?"

Fortunately, the elves have strong vitality and these two idiots have thick health bars, so they are not harmed by this fire damage, which seems to be only 4d6 points or about 12 points of expected damage according to the rule book. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been seriously injured by the explosion.

After Shana wrapped herself in her robe, she subconsciously reached into the inner pocket to see if there was anything good. She replied aggrievedly, "It was Alice who said this painting method was feasible. She said she had tried it."

She touched a scroll and took it out to see that the rune drawn on it was not a red rune or a yellow rune, but a black rune. She immediately lost interest and put the scroll back.

Sanitta's eyelids twitched as he watched. The scroll was the intermediate magic "Shadow Fixation Curse" he made. If the flying shadow ball hit the shadow after it was torn off, the main body would immediately fall into the state of "unable to move outside the shadow's range".

Moreover, this is a noble magic that "takes effect first and then judges" and "does not require concentration to maintain", so this state will last for at least 10 seconds. Even Rushaka cannot be exempted from it and can only wait for the first exemption judgment after ten seconds.

Of course, he can use Eel Transformer to eat this debuff. Sanita has always felt that Rusalka's legendary move is actually very powerful, but he himself does not think so because his other abilities are too amazing.

But the reason why this magic is an intermediate magic is not only because the shadow ball's flying speed is not fast enough, but also because it has a limitation: when hit, it can only take effect when the shadow is no larger than the main body.

It's not easy to hit in a head-on fight, but it can be used to ambush enemies at night with magic that can provide light.

Fortunately, these two elves don't know magic, otherwise they would definitely think it's fun and want to learn it. If these people who are only interested in magic for a short period of time suddenly start to pursue fun and learn magic, he would be annoyed to death. He would rather they learn some straightforward fire-based damage magic that is easier to manage.

Alice quickly waved her hands to shirk responsibility: "I didn't do that. I only said it could explode, and I actually tested it myself. I didn't lie to you at all."

Rusalka thought about it and thought that what Alice said was right. Could it really be Shana's fault? But why did it feel strange?

Damn, you've even tried it yourself?! Sanitieta couldn't help but sigh. It was too late to regret teaching them fire magic now. He had originally wanted them to stay home and study more, but he was lucky the bombing had happened early. He suddenly changed his mind and decided to take them with him. Otherwise, he was afraid that when he returned, he would be like Clown, surprised to find the lord's mansion had been blown up.

The magic power of elves is still very strong. Unlike humans, they not only have magic circuits in their bodies, but also magic in their blood, so they have more magic than humans. Sanitieta does not understand this body structure problem. He does not study medicine and biology, not to mention that there is no anatomy in the other world. The books only know the facts, but do not use scientific methods to explain the reasons.

It's just that the destructive power of the wood/water magic they usually use is not strong, so they don't leave the impression of "being very knowledgeable in magic" in the records of the world.

Wood and Water Magic were the two most benign elemental spells after Divination, so you could do whatever you wanted. And how bad could you possibly get? At most, you'd just use plants to blow the roof off, or make the rain flood the lord's mansion.

But fire magic is different. Too much magic power is used to cause a magical accident, which can really blow up the entire lord's mansion.

Sanitieta originally agreed to bring Qingfeng with him because Qingfeng was capable and reliable. Rusalka wanted to bring Kaster with him because he was a security captain and Rusalka originally planned to keep him in Tester for a while.

Phoenix is ​​a must-bring. She is bound to Rusalka. Even if you don't bring her, she will follow you into the Shadow Plane. She is more sticky than a magic contract weapon.

Now, for the sake of the safety of the base camp, two more elves were brought along, and the team was expanded again.

Ai Li actually wanted to go with them, but she was left behind in Silver City. In name, she was asked to select and personally train a group of medical teams, but in reality, it was because she felt that there would be no need for Rangers if she continued to lead the team, and she could just fill up the team herself.

Moreover, you never know when Ai Li will suddenly transform. Every time Rusalka feels that Ai Li is around, she has to think before she wants to speak, which is very inconvenient.

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The 100-man ranger squad arrived soon. After the captain reported the number of people to Rusalka, Rusalka proudly rode his flawless white chocobo and announced that he had become the commander of the legion for this operation. He then immediately appointed Sanita as the commander-in-chief.

A typical brother duo, Rusalka feels like his youth has returned.

The legion leader and the commander are equal in rank, but since they are in charge of different functions, the legion leader appears to be a little more senior than the commander.

In terms of the priority of commands, the legion commander has the highest priority during non-combat periods, including deployment/mobilization/marching formation arrangements, etc.; while in combat periods, for commands such as "charge", "retreat", and "assembly", the commander has the highest priority.

This is the required "cultural course" after becoming a reserve soldier. Being a soldier certainly requires more than just a good physique. We don't expect you to have a good brain, but at least you have a brain. If you can't remember such basic things, you will only cause trouble to your friendly forces on the battlefield.

Is it true that every time you hear an order, you have to ask your teammates, "Hey, what does this mean? Who are we listening to now?"

Therefore, before becoming a regular soldier, a basic military knowledge test will be arranged. The content of the test is very simple. Basically, as long as you are not suffering from amnesia or mental retardation, you should be able to pass it. Sanita jokingly called it "even Rusalka can pass it" in terms of difficulty.

Rusalka: Here comes the long-lost intellectual joke, let’s see Manli.

If you can't pass this, Rusalka's Shadow Regiment won't accept you, and you can only be assigned to serve as a guard in a town.

After checking that the armaments were all in good condition, Rusalka equipped these light cavalrymen with the latest visors from Silver City.

Unlike the cross-shaped visor that the paladins liked to use before, the nose of this visor adopts a breathing hole structure, and several vertical iron bars are added to the field of vision, which is a bit like the big iron door of a prison, so it is called "prison-style visor" by Rusalka.

Don't underestimate these small iron bars. First, they will not affect the field of vision (put two fingers in front of your eyes and you will know why). Secondly, they will increase the probability of an arrow being intercepted when it hits the eye port by 50%, which is roughly equivalent to saving a life or an eye.

For this group of ordinary soldiers, their combat effectiveness cannot be quickly improved through training, so success or failure can only be determined by details.

Of course, Sani Tieta did not forget to arrange dozens of infantrymen to load baggage carts and crossbow carts in advance. If he felt that a protracted war was going to take place, he would send someone to let the baggage team in the city go out for supplies and deliver some military equipment.

The military equipment was definitely not brought out to be used. After all, no matter how powerful the military equipment was, could it be more powerful than Rusalka?

But when Rusalka stands there, and a heavy crossbow cart that fires moon ring blades stands there, for people who don't know Rusalka, the deterrent effect of the latter is definitely greater than the former.

The best option is to make the opponent surrender. After all, once Rusalka takes action, it is basically difficult to leave them alive. If they want to surrender, they can only kill until their morale collapses.

Sanita is not a Tatakai person. He is a very goal-oriented person, so he will use all means to achieve the combat objectives and reduce the cost of combat - if he can avoid killing people on his own territory, he will try not to do so. This will have a certain impact on Rusalka's "non-killing personality" that she has always maintained.

Rusalka felt that she would never be able to develop a habit of such meticulously planned details.

Han Xin still has a point. The more people who can play the game, the better. It is best not to bring people who can't play the game.

Chapter 181 Tester's Reorganization (1)

Rusalka, who was riding at the front of the group, was holding the little Phoenix who was sitting in front of her.

Today, Phoenix is ​​in charge of driving the Chocobo, while Rusalka is in charge of using the telescope to observe the surrounding situation.

Sanita played his usual cautious role and chose to stay in the middle of the team, so he could only use the PL channel when chatting.

Rusalka: (Brother, you picked a day without snow, what a lucky day.)

Sani Tieta: (What kind of luck? Only you have luck. I used the "divination" of the Fourth Ring. I asked about the weather for the next seven days. I knew today would be sunny, so I prepared for the day and chose today to set off.)

Rusalka was shocked. How could she not know this? (Can you communicate with DM?!)

Sanita: (No, but I can communicate with the "system". Every time I cast a question spell from the School of Prophecy, the system responds to me. It shouldn't be a reply from the DM himself or any other god. This may be related to my own lack of faith.

For example, if I used a 5th-level [Divine Communication] and tried to communicate with the gods, the system would pop up a prompt saying [Communication channel established, please ask three questions that can be answered with "yes" or "no"].

I first asked [Is Theresa the Messenger of the End?], and the system popped up [Restricted conditions, unable to answer, please ask a second question].

When I asked [Is there a way for Xiao Ge and I to return to Earth with our abilities], the system popped up a reply [Yes].

The third question, also specifically for you, is [Is there a way to bring Phoenix back to Earth?] Yes, and the system popped up a "yes" answer.)

Rusalka: (Great! Then how do you do it? Where to go, what quest to do, who to kill, what items to collect?)