What did you do with the dice?

She had been bored in the sea all her life, and no one dared to practice magic with her. She had always listened to the advice of her uncle, relatives and friends like Weil, and dared not use her power at will. Now that these humans seemed to have opened a limited-time unlimited trial disassembly activity, of course she wanted to try it.

"No, it's too dangerous down there. The Narcissus Mermaid only needs to stay in the safe extra area. If you go on the field, there will be bubbles. If you go into the cemetery, there will be Designators, Crows, and Abyssal Beasts. Those are all bad guys."

But this didn't faze the clever Vishas. Since Rusalka wouldn't let her, she immediately put her knowledge of the ocean's food chain—the big fish eat the small fish—into practice. She didn't know how, but she found Phoenix, who was hiding in the shadow plane, and began to circle around at what others saw as air, but was actually her own location: "Cat, I want to go down and tear down the house!"

Phoenix walked out of the black mist and nodded: "Agree."

Volunteer? It's a deal!

Vishas is smart, but isn't she also bad?

Recently, Rusalka has been chatting secretly with Weisha, and she has come up with so many new "postures" that she has never seen before, such as words and actions like "Earth Angel Attack" and "Chain", which she has never heard Rusalka say.

Normally when Rusalka saw her, she almost always looked bitter and resentful, but she was grinning happily at a new fish. How could the Cat God of War not be jealous?

If she didn't know that Rusalka was reluctant to let go, she would have wanted to find an opportunity to kick her down, and then burn her over a big fire and turn her into grilled fish.

Seeing Phoenix agree, Rusalka thought Phoenix probably wanted to go down and absorb some life force. "Then I'll go down too. Come on, cats, take anything you like. We'll record this day in the Esterlun history book as 'Anshi's Rebellion.'"

Phoenix: "I disagree."

"No, I don't feel comfortable with you and Weishas going down alone."

"..."

Phoenix understood what Rusalka meant in her little head, but she felt that it would be too deliberate to add, "I won't go down either, let her go down alone." However, if she was willing to let Rusalka go down, he would probably be very happy.

So she could only nod unhappily, pretending that Rusalka understood, and agreed to go down with him.

Seeing Rusalka's expression of "I knew you were concerned about me" and she began to smile smugly, Phoenix suddenly stopped feeling unhappy. She thought it would be a good idea to follow her, and she could also absorb some vitality from the army to enhance her strength.

Smiles might be contagious, but the total amount of happiness is constant. If they were all happy, then all the unhappiness would be transferred to Sanita's heart: (No, brother, actually, I'm curious too. What are you going to do down there? Join in the fight? Don't forget that we still have to fight Basu and other members of the council. Can't you just take a long rest and conserve your strength?)

Rusalka: (I'm going to remind the residents of Yumobang to collect their clothes.)

Sanita: (Huh?)

Rusalka: (Because if Vishas wants to go down, the weather forecast will say: Fishing is about to begin.)

What a fucking joke.

After Rusalka and his group were thrown down, they found that there was really nothing to do. The catapults of the Pearl Tear Territory had been quickly assembled, and a large amount of dust and stones were thrown into the city, smashing the tall buildings. Then the archers lit the arrows and shot the flaming arrows to ignite the dust, causing a secondary explosion and a raging fire.

Several magic patterns hidden in the walls of the building were soon revealed. If there were a few that managed to escape, they would be shattered by the elven archers with point-blank shooting. In a short time, all the nodes nearby were cleared, and the operation was extremely efficient.

However, the army advancing towards the upper passage soon encountered the first obstacle.

Hengzhi piled some stones together and used a bucket of water to create a wet area, preventing the fire from spreading further.

Hengzhi had participated in the last great expedition to seal the evil spirits after all. Although he was just a new recruit at that time, it did not prevent him from knowing how to command on the spot better than anyone else present now.

There were no chevaux de frise, no sandbags, no weapons, and no fences.

But he still has the courage and the determination to never give up.

"Move the things from the warehouse here, quickly!"

He ordered the soldiers who followed him to puncture the food bags stored in the warehouse nearby and spread grains such as rice, wheat and corn all over the ground, so as to make it easier for people to slip and hinder the advance of Zhu Lei's army.

Even though he had never seen Hengzhi in person, Sani Tieta could immediately recognize the unique temperament of Hengzhi, who was standing on the front line, carrying the flag in one hand and holding up a dozen bags in the other, and was also able to use holy light to rescue the injured people.

After confirming with each other's eyes, it was clear that this person, a pillar of morale, needed to be eliminated quickly. This on-site commander-level person arrived quite quickly.

In this case, it was really a coincidence that Rusalka was voted in.

Chapter 378 Twin Towers Free Communication War (9)

The ground was covered with white rice, golden wheat grains, and occasionally a lot of corn cobs. If a horse accidentally stepped on it, it would be easy to slip and break a bone. The cavalry could only rein in their horses and wait for the infantry to go up and find a way to clear the way.

No matter how hesitant you are, other thoughts will inevitably arise.

"Hiss—what a waste on the other side."

"How about picking something up and taking it back?"

Most of the soldiers in Zhulei Territory knew the tactics of "burning granaries" and "surprise attacks on supply teams", but even if the enemy's transport team was completely destroyed, they had only seen soldiers setting fire to their own granaries to prevent the enemy from taking advantage, but had never seen soldiers fighting by simply scattering all the food in the convoy on the ground.

You asked them to burn, kill and loot, but they couldn't do it because Sanita had issued an order prohibiting soldiers from doing such bad things and ruining the reputation of the Pearl Tears Territory.

But what fell on the ground now were not gold coins, but worthless food. Sanita did not say that worthless things could not be taken, so it was inevitable that some thrifty people would be tempted, mainly because they could not stand such waste, so they picked up the empty sack beside them and stuffed the food in, intending to take some back.

What a pity! If I collected all this food, I could eat it for the rest of my life!

Although there is no shortage of food in this world, the classic poem "The rich have wine and meat, but the rich stink" can be seen in every world. Most people in Zhu Lei's army join the army just to feed and clothe their families. Seeing that the other side casually throws away half of your life pursuit, you feel a little unbalanced.

Although Rusalka was quite wealthy, he had never seen anyone so wealthy. Back when he had won the battle after his first time traveling, he had been thinking about "having enough food and drink for the rest of his life." Seeing the soldiers slacking off and picking up food, he was furious: (Am I seeing right? They're actually using food as a defense line? What a sin! There are so many corn cobs on the ground! I, Khrushchev, will round them up and throw them all into Siberia!)

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hengzhi sent out a small team of suicide squads to bring a large amount of finely ground flour. After cutting them into bags, they threw them towards Rusalka's army.

"Throw the flour bags! Don't be reluctant, the council will pay for these supplies later!"

"We are in a time of crisis, and we can abandon all material possessions as long as it is beneficial to survival!"

Under Hengzhi's decisive command and shooting, many flour bags flying in the air exploded. For a moment, a large amount of dust and smoke instantly filled the entire block, severely obscuring the vision. The raging fire instantly ignited the dust, and the flames spread wildly in the air, forming a sea of ​​fire on the main road, blocking the troops' way to advance.

Before the flames almost burned back to Zhu Lei's army, Sani Tieta immediately controlled the guided bomb to activate a wind magic. A gust of wind blew past, blowing the flour away from the army and directly blowing the flour back into their faces.

Having no rival mages on the battlefield is like losing air superiority in modern warfare. No matter how many tricks one has, can they be more effective than a mage's control of the battlefield?

Tongues of flame gushed out, igniting the dust, but Hengzhi deployed a golden barrier to block the dust and the impact of the explosion, and he managed to hold this line of defense in this sudden attack.

Even Hengzhi had never fought such a terrible battle before, so he could only curse to himself: "Damn it, the enemy's magic boat can also provide support for war spells. If only those mages from the knowledge school were present and could provide some countermeasures."

He immediately changed his command: "Pile up the flour bags behind my barrier, and explode them when they rush over to delay their attack!"

Although Sanita didn't think the enemy could stop his army with just one Hengzhi and less than a hundred soldiers, he didn't forget to give Rusalka instructions in the private chat: (See that guy dressed like a paladin? He's definitely the enemy's on-site commander. He's quick to react and definitely quite capable.)

Rusalka: (I see. I recognize this person. He was one of the council members at the last meeting.)

Sanitieta thought to himself that it was no wonder. Even though Qi Weiya was not good enough, you should know that she was not specialized in combat but in prophecy and experiment. But even so, she was only one against four and it seemed that she was not good enough. If she was to fight Rusalka alone, she would not be able to win, but she would have no problem escaping.

Sanitta had always believed that every one of Esterlun's councilors was a talented individual who would never underestimate the enemy. Since he was alone on the front lines, why not immediately use our strongest weapon to cut him down? (Even better! If you kill him and hang his head on a flagpole, that would probably completely destroy the enemy's morale and allow us to push through this level.)

Rusalka felt that this was inappropriate. After all, the other party had been responsible for saving many civilians of little value on the battlefield. He seemed like a typical good Paladin. So he certainly couldn't take the initiative to attack him: (Ah, then I might break my oath.)

萨尼铁塔：（这还要我教？你娶菲妮克斯进门是白娶的？再教你一次三段不破誓论，先让猫上，他会揍猫，你去揍他。）

Rusalka felt that marriage shouldn't be a situation where brothers are so calculating. Why should Phoenix always be the one to take the beating for him? He started to rant and ramble: (Then why not two elves? Is it because you didn't marry an elf? You can't be responsible without a marriage certificate, right, you scumbag?)

Sani Tieta was speechless: (Can these two together defeat the opponent?)

Rusalka thought about it and felt that the two of them probably couldn't even survive three moves from her, so she probably couldn't win.

Rusalka: (Cats are good, they are independent women; elves are bad, they are just gigolos and parasites of the Pearl Tears family!)

Sanitta felt that he was still a little short of being able to reply to this sentence, so he kept it to himself for now. If one day he finished eating mushrooms and saw that his dog had made him three dishes and a soup, he would try to reply to Rusalka.

They didn't even think about it. If these two elves combined could kill one of the seven councilors of Esterlun, would the Elven Forest still need a fog array to protect it? Shouldn't the rest of the world's races be hiding?

"Alas, if Heaven wants to give a cat a great responsibility, it will first make her husband have a treacherous brother, and then ruthlessly exploit his surplus value." After Rusalka finished her nonsense, she still honestly did what her brother said step by step. She sighed to build momentum, then pointed at Hengzhi and made a gesture of wiping her neck. "Phoenix, I want to eat fish."

Phoenix nodded, but outside of the Guided Explosion, she seemed to be restricted in her ability to enter the shadow plane. She could only wrap herself in the power of shadow and turn into a black mist to quickly rush through the street area where the fire was spreading.

At this moment, Vishas, ​​who came down with them, just used a very wonderful underground water eruption magic. The huge jet broke out from the cracks in the ground and directly blew a house into the sky. By the way, it also extinguished the fire that had just been lit by Zhu Lei's army. The main point was that there was no coordination, not enough teamwork, and everyone was playing their own games.

If it was an elf who did this, Rusalka would definitely start cursing.

But seeing Vishas's happy smile, Rusalka thought: "Hey, Yuyu, Yuyu accidentally put you in the graveyard, and you say, 'Why did you send me so many times that I can't activate any effects?' But isn't that your fault? It's you, the useless card with no graveyard effect, who's dragging down the deck's strength!"

And if the fire is out, can't I light it again? What's the matter? After eating today's breakfast, I won't eat tomorrow?

Sanitita could only be thankful that when they first crossed over, Rushaka's five points were on Phoenix instead of Vishas, ​​otherwise the Shang Dynasty would have been destroyed immediately.

Weishas didn't understand the secret code that Rusalka and Phoenix had agreed on. After hearing Rusalka's words, she responded enthusiastically, "Okay, when Lord Pearl Tear comes to visit me, I'll treat you to all kinds of delicious fish from the sea."

Rusalka immediately started using this to attack his good brother: (Look, he still knows to treat me to a meal when he does something wrong, what a nice guy! Alas, when my brother was on Earth, he ignored everything he said when he was wrong, let alone treated me to a meal. People are no longer the same as they used to be, and the difference is obvious!)

Sunita: (If I have to treat the other person to a meal just because I said something wrong, even if I develop the habit of eating six meals a day, I probably still can't keep up with the frequency of your treats.)

Seeing the enemy trying to block the main road with a massive fire, and the soldiers having no choice but to take a detour, Rusalka immediately ordered the Water Pokémon, Vessa, "Go, Fishy, ​​put out the fire over there and help me clear the way!"

Vishas ran over to Rusalka: "Okay, come to my side!"

This man is not allowed to touch others, how embarrassing.

Before Rusalka could finish the second half of his sentence, he found that his perspective suddenly became higher. A column of water lifted him and Vishas into the sky, and then quickly flattened out and turned into a surging wall of water that was more than ten meters high.

Weishas stretched out her fins and waved forward: "Waves, go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire wall of water began to carry them forward. Wherever this mighty wave passed, not only did it extinguish the flames, but all the buildings it touched along the way were destroyed by the powerful impact of the water, turning them into fragments and debris, and being swept into the surging water.

Rusalka: So you are still Nami. You really are the best of all mermaids.

The water wall absorbed more and more things, and the water flow that seemed harmless at the beginning turned into a deadly torrent of stones and steel. Anyone caught in it would lose most of their lives if hit by the objects in it, even if they were not knocked unconscious by the water pressure.

Hengzhi had just dodged a blast of black mist and was raising his shield to block Phoenix when he saw a wave of physical force over ten meters high crashing down on them, crushing his barrier with almost no resistance. He exerted force suddenly, using the power of holy light to temporarily push Phoenix away, and quickly shouted to the soldiers behind him, "It's the enemy's archmage's spell! Everyone, run!"

Rusalka stood on it and watched the crowd scatter. Cover and defense were useless before Vishas's catastrophic wave, which easily destroyed the entire main road. He thought this thing seemed much cooler than a mount, but he couldn't help but correct Vishas's common sense mistake: "This thing doesn't seem to be called a wave here. Its scientific name is tsunami."

Weishas, ​​who lives in the sea, has never heard of the word tsunami: "Does the ocean near your shores laugh? I haven't noticed it. The ocean where I live is very calm. It doesn't laugh."

"Approved, interesting!"

Rusalka felt more and more that there must be some kind of mermaid resonance between herself and Vishas, ​​at least Phoenix could not say such a thing.

"That's it!"

The roar reached the sky, and the light cut through the heaven and earth.

Hengzhi gathered his strength and swung his sword down on her head. A golden sword light split the waves in two. When it was about to touch Vishas's outstretched arm, Rusalka quickly raised the sword in her hand to block the attack, but the waves emitted by the light still shattered her arm.

The two fell from the sky. Rusalka flipped over beautifully and landed on the ground, while Vishas spiraled down in the air and floated in the air with the help of water mist.

"Wow, that's amazing~"

Vishas didn't care about this injury at all. Her regeneration methods were as diverse as Rusalka's. The water mist floating in the air gradually came to the position of her broken arm and condensed into a new fish fin arm for her.

It’s no wonder that people always misunderstand Rusalka as an immortal mermaid, because the two look really similar.

"Sir Rusalka, as a fellow Paladin, why would you commit such atrocities? Order the troops to retreat now. I guarantee that no one will be harmed."

"There are differences among the Paladins. So let me ask you, why aren't you in Esdi, but came to Estelon instead?"

"Because even though Theresa knew she was wrong, she was blinded by power and was unwilling to change."

Hengzhi's answer surprised Rusalka. Among so many paladins, the only one he had seen who thought Theresa was wrong was called Caster. The latter originally thought it was a problem of his faith, but now Rusalka suspected that he was probably cursed and lost the holy light.

He continued, "The operation of Esdi relies on us, the strong ones who wield the Holy Light, to protect the weak. However, this results in all the power of Esdi being in the hands of those who possess the power of the Holy Light. This system is undoubtedly backward and will cause people to blindly pursue and worship the Holy Light, and give up too many of the talents and rights that should belong to them."

"With the Holy Light, one can rise high. Without it, one is labeled a weakling and forced to obey the rule and accept protection. But a true nation should not have its rights determined in this way."

"In the early days of Estelon, everyone had their role and fulfilled it. From the Twin Towers to the small villages on the border, everyone had an equal voice and the right to pursue progress. There was no clear distinction based on whether or not one possessed the Holy Light. I believe this is true justice."

Rusalka glanced at the demolished buildings lining the street. Most of them were restaurants and entertainment venues, with plenty of clothing stores, but there were no blacksmith shops or places like those making tools. "But now, Esteren has become a mere empire. Everyone thinks only those who live in the Twin Towers can be considered superior. After all, life in the End of the World is obviously much better than outside. There's no need to worry about food and clothing, and there are places for pleasure everywhere. According to you, I, the one who's demolishing the Twin Towers, am here to help you regain equality."

Hengzhi shook his head. "You're wrong. The establishment of Youmobang is just a model. The resource allocation you see is just like the large amount of materials a wizard needs for experiments. This is just a temporary downturn. I believe that in the near future, we will be able to successfully make Youmobang's first happiness drive happiness, projecting the life there to the entire Esterlon, and create a system that is truly superior to Esdi."

Rusalka was originally worried about how to find an excuse to attack him, but after hearing this, DNA took action and immediately raised the greatsword in his hand towards Hengzhi without hesitation: "Then you should understand why I stand against you, a person chosen by the Holy Light. You are the shield of those who enjoy happiness first, and I am the spear of those who enjoy happiness later. There is no point in saying more. Take it!"

As expected, there was no hint of breaking the oath. As expected, this ambiguous ideological issue cannot be distinguished simply by "right" and "wrong".

Chapter 379 Twin Towers Free Communication War (10)

The sacred light clashed with each other, and the golden battle blade and the pitch-black giant sword collided with each other.

Hengzhi is very strong, and the resources he received from the Esterlen Council have indeed helped him a lot in improving his strength. If he were in Esdi now, he would probably be able to at least become the Grand Master of the Paladins.

But he happened to meet Rusalka, and he happened to be a human being.

Rusalka struck out with a Holy Slash of 21 strength. Although Hengzhi maintained a blocking posture, his feet in iron boots left two clear grooves on the ground. His body was swept back for about dozens of meters while maintaining a blocking posture.

This sword can immediately determine the superiority and inferiority of each holy light.

Hengzhi looked at the notch on his sword blade and was secretly shocked. He had heard of Rushaka before him, but according to historical records, he was just a wild paladin who awakened himself after being exiled to Sinidi by his family. He had been unknown during that time, and it had only been a short five years since he returned to Sinidi and became the Grand Duke.

What happened to him in these short five years? How could his power become so strong?

But he didn't need to ask, as Rusalka would proactively answer his questions, "The Holy Slash you Paladins wield is nothing more than simply coating your blades with holy light, adding a touch of faith, friendship, passion, justice, responsibility, and other emotional ingredients to unleash a powerful blow. While it's powerful, it's still a little lacking. This is the gap between us."

"Lack?"

"That's right." Rusalka swung her greatsword in a flowery motion and spoke in a resounding voice, "Although I may not be as talented as you Paladins, chosen by the gods from childhood, I can't compare to you in terms of hard work and perseverance. That's what you lack. You rely too much on and trust yourselves."

Hengzhi was confused because he was reading too fast. If Rusalka had not learned the common language well since childhood, then what did he mean by this sentence?