The walls of Sadina City were covered by a blizzard. In the blink of an eye, the snowflakes that seemed to cover the entire world were swept away by a large number of meteor showers.

This morning -

Sully, who had adjusted his mindset yesterday to accept all possibilities of the upcoming war, was informed of Ophelia's appearance early in the morning.

Ophelia's appearance was followed by the subsequent appearance of Amicbee, whose number was confirmed by the crows to be more than 100,000 soldiers.

When Suli first learned this information, all he could think of was, it's finally here.

But it was something that was expected, so there was nothing surprising about it.

Sully had wrapped himself in his coat early in the morning, and when Cyril thought they were going to walk to the city wall, Sully jumped onto his back swiftly and cleanly.

Cyril was so frightened that she yelled, "Don't jump on me all of a sudden!"

"It's okay. I can still handle this height. I won't fall down by jumping on your back." Sully held Cyril's neck with one hand and caught the snowflakes falling from the sky to his fingertips with the other hand.

But the snowflakes seemed to be separated by something invisible and fell steadily one millimeter above his fingertips without melting at all.

Cyril was dissatisfied and said, "But you can't do that! At least you should have told me in advance."

After Cyril said this, he carried Sully on his back and rushed towards the city wall at high speed like a cannonball.

Cyril, who never stops training, not only has physical strength far beyond that of elementalists of the same level, but also has an escape ability that can be described as parkour-like.

No matter what the ground or environment is, Cyril can always charge forward at the fastest speed.

Therefore, when an attack with a range so large that it seemed impossible for ordinary people to dodge suddenly came from the sky, Cyril's unexpected running speed caused the attack to explode just three meters behind him.

At this moment, Suli turned his head and looked behind him. The light element that had condensed into a solid body exploded, and the hurricane it caused was constantly blowing Suli's hair into disarray.

When the light elements and the dust caused by the explosion slowly subsided, Cyril did not stay where he was like a cannon fodder waiting to be beaten.

He carried Suli on his back and ran towards the city wall as fast as he could.

And he keeps spitting on the people he carries on his back.

"If you had anticipated this situation, you should have put yourself in a safer area. Why did you have to go through this..."

"Of course that's why. This will buy more time for Egg." Sully replied in a hoarse voice, but most of the voices were heard in the back.

The young man who walked out of the dust and collapsed area paused for a moment because of these words.

But in just that instant, Cyril ran more than ten meters at a rapid speed.

…

Just last night, when the ninth-level monsters were forced to act as messengers, the people at the city wall, even before Du Ya finished speaking, immediately ordered the people at the city wall to continue waiting, and they wanted to return to the small building.

When everyone returned to the small building, they found that Sully, who should have been tucked in and gone to bed by this time in the past, was sitting on the sofa with his coat on, as if waiting for them to come back.

"What does Suli think?" Yufia asked immediately without even drinking a sip of water.

Suli was not one to beat around the bush. He immediately said, "What do you think is the possibility that Xia Zuo will be deployed again?"

Lan Zhe frowned and said thoughtfully, "In reality, Ophelia dared to command Xia Zuo to assassinate the Alliance President before the war, so Xia Zuo is definitely not a trump card in the eyes of the other side."

"What's more, the assassination not long ago was Xia Zuo's first appearance. So after going through the most difficult 'first appearance', it is almost certain that Xia Zuo will only be used as a weapon more frequently."

"Yes, I think so too." Su Li nodded decisively.

"With myself in Ophelia, holding this powerful weapon that can finally be brought out into the open, how could I possibly use it as a disposable tool?"

"If I were Ophelia, I would want to deploy Xia Zuo in every battle, because only in that way can I create the most oppressive psychological fear for the enemy."

The sense of oppression brought by the military coverage will bring uncontrollable terror to the city of Sadina, which is like an isolated island.

This kind of situation and phenomenon must never happen.

The means of avoidance were not difficult, and Suli had already made up his mind.

So Suli added, "The enemy has legions whose actual number we don't know, and single soldiers like 'Xia Zuo' who we can't resist at all. Therefore, in the eyes of the enemy, the two superimposed on the cooperation of the Holy See - this reserve of strength is equivalent to their full power to crush the city of Sardina."

"Just like no human would deliberately guard against an ant, if a human wants to step on an ant to death, the only thing in their mind is to lift their foot and then put it down. It's that simple."

"And it is this simplicity that we want to exploit."

Suli shook the alchemy armor that made no sound even when it was shaking. He took a deep breath and said, "I was wearing this image during the day, and I'm afraid it has been discovered by the other party as expected, without any disguise."

"I don't know what others think of me wearing this, but I know that the difference between alchemy tools and ordinary accessories is as huge as a chasm to you. Similarly, those below the wall can also deduce this."

"A guy who has been transformed into a mobile defense fortress by various precious alchemy armors can't be a mere passerby."

"'Do I need to kill him?' As long as this thought comes to my mind, I will become a sitting duck."

"No matter what my status and position in this city is, if a person who was defended to such an extent could be killed by a single enemy soldier at will, doesn't it fully prove that all the counterattacks of Sadina City were just a futile and negative resistance?"

Although it is not a particularly important matter for either the Holy See or the royal family to reduce the number of deaths, as long as they think about the fact that the dead will need to be replaced by new people and that resources need to be invested in new people, then simply out of the concept of "saving money", they will not easily let their men rush forward to die for no reason.

Therefore, it can be said that Xia Zuo's killing of Suli was almost expected long ago.

In the eyes of the enemy, Suli was doomed to die.

Even the value of death only prompted the people of Sadina to recognize their own weakness in advance.

And what if this person, who everyone thought was bound to die, not only did not die, but also dragged the enemy commander into the water.

Wouldn't that be fun?

"I was used to fish out Xia Zuo and then take him hostage. Then Euphia acted as a person who was driven mad by anger and took the initiative to attack the army, attracting attention again. Finally, Egg carried out the kidnapping operation."

"Ants' Struggle is the name I gave to this project."

The former game planner said with a frown.

Then it was tragically stopped.

"No, it's too dangerous!"

Egbert frowned and said, "We cannot accurately judge Xia Zuo's strength at present. I don't agree with this plan."

As the Lions leader said not long ago, assassination does not necessarily require absolute strength. Although without absolute strength, the president of the Mercenary Union would not have been fatally wounded before others noticed.

Because of this, he was unable to accurately judge the enemy's strength. As the strongest person in the group who thought he was the strongest but actually had the upper hand, Egbert simply could not believe that the others could protect Sully if he left.

This is particularly relevant to the existence of the raven.

When I got home, I found that my opponent was quietly staying in his base camp, and was even cured by his teammates...

This was enough to make Egbert realize that the people around him were unreliable.

Expect them to protect Suli?

Egbert would rather this plan could not be implemented.

"Then let me ask from another angle."

Sully had an upright posture, and the way he sat on the sofa revealed a rare sharp aura.

"Do you think I would not mind if this city was destroyed?"

silence.

There was endless silence.

Whether it is this small building that costs almost no rent, or everyone standing here, perhaps the focus of acquaintance has always been on Sully, but...

This city of memories is by no means a place that can be abandoned.

"Besides, you said that the things I have on me can hold off Xia Zuo for three minutes."

"Will Egbert not be able to catch Ophelia in three minutes?"

"Or does that mean that without this equipment, everyone will be completely unable to protect me?"

The silence was finally broken by the emotionless "cawing" of the crow.

"You seem to have completely ignored my existence."

The pitch-black crow suddenly transformed into a human form.

The dark element turned into a wide, pure black robe. Suli covered his eyes unconsciously. After being reminded by Euphia that Raven had put on normal vision-blocking clothing, Suli, who had no element and could not look directly at the element, finally opened his eyes.

But he had no ability to control his associations at all.

"If we study the light element, we should be able to block vision and create the appearance of invisibility and transparency. But if someone with this ability appears in front of me... it would be very interesting."

Egbert sneered, "From now on, I promise that I will never let any light elementalist get close to you except me, a light element user."

Sully: ...

The crow said in a hoarse voice: "Don't ignore me."

"No matter how powerful Xia Zuo is, as long as I am here, I will never allow anyone to hurt Suli."

Egbert: ……………………Tsk.

Sully added in a very cooperative manner: "If the plan is perfectly achieved as expected, Iger can ask me to do anything in the future. Of course, I can't violate the bottom line."

Euphia: "Including touching his head?"

Suli: “………………including.”

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