"Walk!"
Xiao Linlin's voice resonated in everyone's hearts, resolute and decisive: "Let's leave here first!"
Without a doubt, given the Queen's clear hostility towards the team, the group was militarily surrounded.
A large number of snow sprites and purebloods are near the team, and if a conflict breaks out, the team will be at a significant disadvantage.
As for the tens of thousands of elves brought by the team... Xiao Linlin didn't expect them to help her fight against the Elf Queen. That was almost obvious. The elves hated infighting, and they were not Su Lin's followers. They didn't have absolute loyalty to assist the team in attacking the elves under the Queen's command.
If a fight really breaks out, it would be quite loyal of these elves not to help the queen besiege the squad.
Xiao Linlin quickly assessed the situation, and Jia Zhengyi, without further ado, thanked the pureblood before him, and gracefully returned to the group with the magic ball, showing no fear or unusual expression.
Lyanna, on the other hand, kept looking up at the summit of the snow-capped mountain.
Even as the team returned, she kept looking back, until the team quickly retreated to the edge of the snow-capped mountain area.
Only then did Su Lin release his grip on the sword hilt with his right hand and look at Xiao Linlin: "Should we abandon the plan?"
"Um."
Xiao Linlin's expression was very serious. She and Lyanna gazed into the depths of the snow-capped mountains, their postures quite similar, one large and one small.
"Sister, can't you beat her?"
Xiao Linlin suddenly asked, and Lyanna shook her head: "Not necessarily, but if we had made a move just now, I would have been more likely to lose."
"I see."
Xiao Linlin nodded solemnly. This queen's strength was definitely on par with Lyanna's.
After all, as the leader of the strongest race in the entire world, and since this race determines the leader's identity based on strength, there is no doubt that the Elf Queen is the strongest being in this world.
She has at least demigod-level strength!
In a one-on-one fight, Lyanna might be able to go toe-to-toe with her for a few rounds, but in a siege, Lyanna would also have to take care of the safety of the squad and Sulin, which would naturally put her at a disadvantage.
Therefore, Lyanna was not confident of victory. The only thing that could diminish her confidence was that it involved Sulin.
"So we're just going to leave it at that?"
Jia Zhengyi couldn't help but ask, "We've come all this way, and we're just leaving without even knowing what she looks like, let alone winning her over?"
"What else can we do? Go and get ourselves killed?"
Xiao Linlin helplessly spread her hands: "I know you're a little unconvinced, but fighting without any benefit is the most foolish thing."
“This queen was already on guard against us. I guess she probably possesses the same [mind] ability as Ellie, or even more powerful, and sensed our [malice] in advance.”
"Under these circumstances, we have no chance of seeing her unless we storm the snow mountain... Brother Jia, do you think we have the strength to deal with the nearly one million level elves and thousands of purebloods here?"
"This was a battle that could not be won, and besides... we were able to emerge unscathed only because of the Queen's mercy."
Xiao Linlin took a deep breath and said softly, "The Elf race doesn't like internal strife, which is probably why she hesitated. She would rather give us the magic ball and send us away than have our own kind fight each other."
"At least in this respect, she was an excellent leader; it's just a pity..."
Xiao Linlin shook her head regretfully, without saying anything more.
But everyone understands that it is indeed a pity that such a powerful and excellent creature did not become a follower.
That's just how escape games are; you'll always encounter unexpected events that your team can't handle.
"It's alright, it's just one less demigod. Besides, if she's stronger than a demigod... then even if we see her, we won't be able to recruit her."
Su Lin rubbed the girl's head: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. At least we got the last magic ball."
Su Lin understood that Xiao Linlin, as the team's strategist, had too many things to consider.
Given the previous situation, if the squad had even raised their swords against the Queen, it would have been tantamount to completely breaking ties with the native elves; if they failed to subdue the Queen, the squad would have lost its military and political rights in this world, and it would have completely disrupted their plans.
After weighing the options, the risk was too great, so Xiao Linlin naturally wouldn't take the risk.
With Xiao Linlin's insistence, no one objected, and the elf army quickly returned.
On the way, Xiao Linlin added, "...I've thought about it again and again, and I feel that the Queen probably let us go because of Sister Lyanna. Yes! She let us go!"
"She seemed to care a lot about her sister Lyanna, but she also knew that if they met, they would become enemies."
"She deliberately avoided meeting with her sister Lyanna, which had a kind of 'kings not meeting kings' vibe."
Xiao Linlin paused, and Jia Zhengyi figured it out: "You mean... the Queen has feelings for Lao Lai? She thinks Lao Lai is at the level of heir within the clan, but because we wanted to cause trouble for her at the time, she didn't want to approach him directly?"
"That's the idea, but I don't want to verify this guess."
Xiao Linlin spread her hands: "If we stay in this world long enough, we can help make Sister Lyanna the next queen, but unfortunately we can only stay for a year at most."
"Given the lifespan of elves, this year is at most a week. There's simply no time to compete, and the subsequent profits aren't something we can easily obtain."
"As expected, we can't be too greedy in escape matches. We've already got enough, so we can't keep trying to take the Queen."
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