Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Samuel looked at the bucket...
Samuel looked at the note in the bucket, Iris and William opposite him stared at him, Anthea held a tube of highly corrosive liquid in her hand. The material of the note is rather special, and it cannot be burned clean by fire.
But Samuel is not thinking about this now, but the sentence "Once the note is destroyed, there is no way back" has been circling in his mind.
The team they attacked before did not know that it was done by the First and Third Military Academy. Compared with Samuel's high profile, the First Military Academy led by Tang En was surprisingly low-key this time, and even endured the Spire University that provoked her.
Those people will of course blame the high-profile Third Military Academy.
Of course, it was also because the Third Military Academy was a soft persimmon in comparison.
Samuel sometimes hated these Betas. Why were there always endless Beta geniuses, such as William, Felix, and even Dorothy and the mediocre Oscar.
But the number of Betas was there, and there would always be a few exceptional ones among so many, who happened to go to the reformed First Military Academy. A Although most of them had a guaranteed lower limit of ability, many people wasted their natural talents or were killed by this society.
But when he thought that the upper limit of these people was just like this, and if they wanted to go further, they had to submit to power.
Samuel felt a sense of superiority in his heart.
"Wait a minute." Samuel stopped, his green eyes looked at Iris and William.
"Where is Campbell, why did you only call the two of you?"
Iris looked at Samuel's appearance and laughed silently in her heart, "Your Highness, I am the deputy captain of the First Military Academy. I was present during the formulation of various action plans. And it was Tang En who asked me to come."
William moved his eyes but did not speak.
Samuel said, "You should call Tang En."
Iris narrowed her eyes and said "Okay".
William followed Iris silently.
——Very considerate.
Samuel breathed a sigh of relief.
He reached one hand directly into the bucket, and his eager gesture scared Anxia next to him.
"Hold the potion in your hand!" Samuel scolded Anxia.
Samuel was not afraid of Iris and William, not to mention Anthea from the same team. If Don was there, he might have given them some face.
Samuel was looking for the note, and this short time of less than a minute made him sweat profusely.
After two days of living in the mountains, he was already soaked in sweat and dust.
Samuel complained, "Damn it."
At this time, someone suddenly lifted the curtain of the tent and came in, and Anthea blocked Samuel.
Samuel thought it was Don, and there was a chaos.
But it was Brin from their team who came.
Brin saw this scene, "Uh... Your Highness, Campbell said they have a mission with a time limit, so she has left with all the team members."
Samuel paused.
The beam of light leaking from the tent curtain shone on the upper half of his turned face.
"Why didn't she come?"
Brin was frightened by the second prince's eyes. She stammered, "They have a mission. And Campbell said that she believes that His Highness, as the proposer of the plan, will handle the mission note."
Samuel's expression relaxed a little.
He believed this reason.
After all, no matter who people doubt, they will not doubt that the original proposer of the plan will abandon the plan.
It is reasonable for Tang En to have such thoughts. Samuel thinks that the reason for the mission is pure nonsense.
Samuel dispelled his doubts.
He stood up straight and said to Brin and Anthea, "You two clean up here and don't destroy the note."
Brin and Anthea looked at each other, and Anthea silently put away the test tube containing the dangerous liquid.
Brin picked up the note that Samuel had just knocked to the ground in a panic, and Anthea followed suit.
Samuel pursed his lips and took a breath, still thinking about something.
Anthea suddenly stood up with a note in his hand.
"Your Highness, this one should not be used."
Samuel looked over and saw that the task note in Anthea's hand had a hole burned through it for unknown reasons, and it also looked wrinkled and even a little worn.
"Maybe when Maxwell and I were doing the experiment, some liquid accidentally splashed on it..." Anthea was worried.
Samuel frowned, took the piece of paper and turned it over.
Even though this piece of paper had experienced too many things it shouldn't have experienced, the words on it could still be recognized:
[Mission 49: Unite ten teams to occupy the area around point C (damaged hole) on the map and earn 70 points.]
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Tang En and all the team members were already two kilometers away from their previous base.
She looked up and saw the sky gradually darkening. The light in the forest would dim faster than the sky.
So she made a stop gesture.
Tang En said, "Go to the six o'clock direction."
The few people who were originally rushing stopped.
"Six o'clock," Lambert was a little surprised, but after the surprise came excitement, "Isn't that the direction back to the camp?"
"Yes, give them a surprise."
Tang En smiled and snapped his finger, pointing in the direction ahead.
Iris also laughed. The snapping finger was such a frivolous move, and it was obvious that Tang En learned it from Alicia. She said, "I knew that you must have bad intentions to let Samuel go so easily."
Now it's a surprise, and it's at night. The opponent certainly can't expect that they can take this opportunity to directly eliminate the next biggest opponent.
Although Philus was surprised, he felt that things were not that simple.
Oscar and William kept silent and exchanged glances. Dorothy had no expression, but Shano's face showed the sigh of "the heart of playing tactics is dirty".
A team of people walked in the night. It was very dangerous to rush in the mountains and forests at night, but fortunately they had walked this road once and were familiar with it.
In his heart, Falrus was still thinking about what Tang En said before, whether the second prince would choose "unity" or "death".
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What Samuel was worried about has not happened yet, but he has seen a turning point.
He didn't want to see the siege of the Third Military Academy no matter what.
Whether it was because of being pushed to the limit, the other schools that united, or his failure to get the first place in the competition.
If he really had to rank his three goals in his mind.
That must be his victory first, ensuring the face of the royal family second, and provoking disputes third. The latter two had winners and losers, entirely because provoking disputes can easily backfire. Of course, he himself is still important at the critical moment.
If he has his own reputation outside, then in the end he can take the initiative.
"Eric," Samuel called him over, "you and Brin go out and chase the First Military Academy, we will continue to cooperate."
"Yes!"
Brin hesitated, "Your Highness, that note, I mean, what if it is damaged and cannot be redeemed?"
Samuel slowly turned his head to look at her, a cold and puzzled expression on his face.
As if to say, "What's wrong with a hole?"
Eric bumped into Brin and laughed at her, "What are you thinking about? His Highness the Second Prince said it can be exchanged, so it can be exchanged! The entire empire belongs to the royal family. His Highness didn't just make up a mission out of thin air. This is not even a privilege."
Eric and Brin left.
They walked in the dark for about half an hour. Although the portable light source in his hand was still on, Eric felt dizzy and disgusted when he looked at the beam.
Brin suddenly said, "I figured it out."
"Your Highness is standing on the field with us now, which is the greatest fairness."
Brin's voice was still as soft as usual, not loud.
Eric praised her cleverness: "That's right! You are usually timid and cowardly, but what you say is surprisingly pleasing to the ear."
- If His Highness heard this, he would definitely be happy, Eric thought.
As a prince, he condescended to come to this deserted forest. How could it not be said that it was a virtue of hard work and endurance.
But the night was too dark.
Brin's gloomy eyes were also drowned in the darkness.
There were unknown insects and birds chirping everywhere.
"Hey!" Eric slipped.
When Brin pulled him up, Eric finally complained, "The road is too difficult to walk at night. We can look for it tomorrow."
Brin patted his clothes, "Then His Highness will be angry."
"Tsk," Eric had a headache.
Brin directed the beam far away. "They shouldn't have gone far. I remember it was dark not long after they left."
Eric sighed. Brin suddenly heard an unusual noise.
"Who?!"
"It's me, Phyllus."
Phyllus stood in the grass and patted the grass in front of him. The grass made a rustling sound. "I don't mean any harm. What are you doing here?"
Eric's tense nerves relaxed again, but Brin always felt something was wrong.
"I just heard you say you were looking for someone. Are you looking for us?" Phyllus stood still.
A white halo surrounded his body, and because of the strong light, he slightly lowered his eyelashes.
"His Highness has a mission and wants your cooperation." Eric said first.
"Uh... you should also know about that mission." Brin said ambiguously.
That mission note should have come from the First Military Academy, at least Brin had never seen it before.
"Oh..." It seemed that Phyllus knew which mission they were talking about, "Okay."
- Is this "unity"?
Phyllus said: "You stay where you are, don't move, I'll be back in a while."
Eric and Brin knew that Phyllus was not the one who could make decisions in the First Military Academy, so they knew that he was probably going back to report the news.
Brin whispered to Eric, "Didn't we find the First Military Academy too quickly?"
Eric refused to think about it, "You just said they couldn't go far."
Brin was speechless. She wanted to say that she thought the First Military Academy couldn't go far, but it was already dark when they set out, and they walked slower than the First Military Academy. In the end, she said nothing.
Tang En and the others were actually not far away. They had already seen the light source of Brin and Eric.
But Tang En stopped the militants Iris and Lambert, and said to Philus, "You go over first and see what they want to do."
Philus came back and told Tang En what Brin and Eric said.
"Is it the stingy mission 49?" Iris found it a little unbelievable, "When did Samuel become willing to do something thankless?"
"Ahem." Oscar cleared his throat awkwardly.
William's throat was also a little uncomfortable.
"It was just a move I made for fun," said Tang En. She pulled everyone into a small circle, "and asked Oscar and William to change the words on it."
"It was changed to ten teams joining together, with a total of 70 points." Oscar whispered.
Just add a stroke to two characters, and then do various processing on the note to make it look more credible.
The one who decides whether to use it or not, and whether to believe it or not, is still the second prince.
"Then should we go with the flow?" Dorothy asked.
"It depends," Tang En patted the backs of the two people beside him, "If they really believe it, it's a good thing."
Iris said, "They've been busy for a few days and all their efforts have been in vain." She smiled proudly.
They all stood up, planning to meet with the Third Military Academy again.
Iris felt the cool dampness of the forest at night, and suddenly thought - what if this was a lie from the Third Military Academy? Just as they wanted to get rid of each other, the other party must do the same.
What if they just wanted to kill them.
Her eyes unconsciously looked at Tang En. Did Tang En think of this?
At the same time, she also saw that Phaerus was looking at Tang En.
To be honest, she found it a little difficult to understand the relationship between Phaerus and Tang En, but Tang En's tolerance of Phaerus gave Iris a strange sense of relief, which made her change from being a little dissatisfied with Phaerus to an attitude that she could ignore.
Just like a friend's property.
Iris couldn't help but think about it. When Ferus looked at Tang En, what he was thinking in his mind was whether he was really happy that he could be of use.
After all, Iris's suspicion could not make her a worm in Ferus' stomach.
Ferus never thought that Tang En's plan would fail, and whether she would lead the team to death.
- What he thought was that if the plan succeeded, when the final mission 49 appeared in the hands of the competition committee, everything would be revealed.
What would Tang En do then?
Ferus didn't think that Tang En would push Oscar and William out to take the blame.
The only outcome is that Don will face the wrath of the tournament committee and the royal family. Falrus is not sure whether the Campbell family's aura can protect Don. He also does not believe that the royal family can afford to lose. Almost all the nobles he has seen are of the "can only win, not lose" character.
Just as Falrus believes in Don, Oscar and William also believe in Don.
Shano and Dorothy are mission-performing machines that don't talk nonsense. In their minds, a competition is just a competition. Dorothy won't think too much, and Shano doesn't want to think too much.
Lambert is excited and regretful. The excitement is that they actually deceived the high and mighty prince. As the son of the Minister of General Affairs, he usually has the opportunity to meet the eldest prince who has begun to enter the government agency. His father also often mentioned that the eldest prince has a domineering personality and does not go back on his word. As the Minister of General Affairs, he can only tolerate the prince's reckless behavior. The pity is that if the prince can be eliminated directly, it may be more exciting and more exciting.
Tang En brought a group of team members with different thoughts, followed by Brin and Eric back to the camp.
The second prince came out to greet Tang En with a happy expression.
Tang En of course also returned the courtesy, which made Samuel very satisfied and more convinced that he could control the First Military Academy and use it for his own benefit.
"I read the note again before destroying it, and I was pleasantly surprised." Samuel showed the task note to Tang En to see her reaction.
Tang En was flawless, with a look of surprise and realization on his face. "We got this. It was a little dirty when we found it. I guess the mission conditions were too difficult. There were almost no teams that could accomplish this."
"Almost no, but not no." The Second Prince was arrogant.
"Your Highness certainly has the energy," Tang En affirmed the Second Prince, "but it has a hole in it, and it's only 70 points."
After hearing Tang En's advice, Samuel's last bit of doubt was dispelled.
- It seems that the reason why the First Military Academy gave up this mission is very sufficient.
"I thought about it. Since we have already received most of the task notes, it would be a waste to destroy them directly," Samuel said with his hands behind his back. "This task is just to give me an excuse. There are not many tasks left. Some teams may end up with 0 points, which is embarrassing."
"Since our two teams are already ahead in points, why not use this task to give some unimportant tasks to other teams? There is no need to be so extreme in doing things."
Tang En put her hand to her mouth and thought. What she was thinking in her mind was: Should she say "Second Prince is kind and righteous" to praise him?
- In that case, she is really too flattering, but it is indeed a fixed step.
Even the Second Prince agreed with destroying the notes. He was the one who wanted to do things to the extreme, and he was also the one who said not to do it to the extreme.
Tang En was not interested.
If the second prince called them here just to kill them all, Tang En thought it was a bit interesting. Whether the other party thought of the trap set by Tang En or was simply decisive, it was still a smart decision.
But Samuel dispelled the doubts so easily. Whether he was arrogant or not smart enough, it suddenly made Tang En understand that the development of events should be as she thought.
From then on, all they need to do is to follow the procedure and act out the script.
Boring, really too boring.
Tang En praised the second prince according to the procedure, and the conversation ended.
On the third day, they rushed to the vicinity of point C according to the plan, subduing and absorbing some stragglers along the way.
The second prince's use of tasks to bribe these people was very effective.
The fact that they eliminated a large number of people in the first two days also played a significant role at this time -
most of the teams that had been disbanded and were not fully staffed had no ambitions anymore. Just like what the Second Prince said, they only needed to have decent scores, and now they even felt a little grateful to the Second Prince.
The teams with all their members also needed notes. Seeing that the teams around the Second Prince were getting more and more people, they had no choice but to join in if they couldn't beat them.
Now there were only a dozen teams left on the field.
The more people there were, the more people would join in if they couldn't beat them, so there were more people.
Ten teams were soon gathered, and there were even more.
Of course, Samuel didn't tell them about Mission 49, so Tang En didn't know how to fool those people.
Tang En and the First Military Academy still played the role of silent thugs, keeping a low profile, but no one dared to mess with them, so they looked even more low-key.
"When will they be able to react? So many teams have already eliminated...?" Tang En stroked his chin, chewed an energy bar, and did not say the name of the Third Military Academy.
Felix was used to being beside Tang En during meals, and heard Tang En say in confusion: "What?"
Tang En's voice was very small, like her own mumbling when she was bored.
Tang En glanced at him.
Felix squatted on the ground, very obedient.
She touched him and said, "It's none of your business, eat yours."
Feilus had been thinking about this for two or three days, and now he finally said it out loud: "Sister, have you ever thought about what to do if the official finds a problem after the competition and the mission cannot be exchanged for points?"
Tang En blinked.
"You can't kill me just because of a competition that happens once a year."
Tang En looked at him with a smile, "It's not written in the competition rules. Don't take these things too seriously. In fact, what are the consequences?"
Tang En shrugged.
"..." Feilus thought about it, "Is it really not serious?"
"Then let's do this," Tang En spread his hands, "To reassure you and to speed up the progress."
"You, go to the Third Military Academy and get back Mission 49."