Chapter 1165: ?? (ψ · ?? ˇ ·?) ?? ??

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"It's just a broken VR game. How hot is the sun and what does it really do? So blinking eyes is really annoying!"
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In the wilderness in this southern bay area of ​​the Elasia continent, Annie was closing her eyes and letting the tall white horse she was riding to walk forward step by step.
She is being ordered to go to an outpost that is not very far from Kalyade...probably enough for her to ride a horse for half a day to report and accept the stingy queen named Catherine who didn’t know where she went early in the morning. command.
You know, she originally disliked getting up to work early in the morning, but since she seemed to have been hired, so she couldn't do anything, she had to bite the bullet and prepare to fulfill the employment agreement that was generally sold. So that when you leave this copy, you can earn a large amount of commission that you can squander?
"Hey……"
ε=(??ο｀))) alas
"Tibbers, it turns out that it is really so difficult for ordinary people to make money. They just want to earn hundreds of thousands of game currency and spend money, and they have to work for an NPC..."
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Annie had already given up. According to the agreement between her and the Queen Catherine, one thousand gold coins a day. If she wanted to earn enough commissions for herself to spend a period of time, she would have to work for the other party for at least dozens of days... So, one Thinking of the fact that she had to work hard in this dungeon for so long but could only earn tens of thousands of gold coins, she had an urge to burn people!
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(Tibbers doesn’t want to discuss this kind of thing with some of his own nasty little masters, because in his view, even ordinary people on this earth plane in 2045 can earn money with a little effort in the game. When it comes to money, it’s already pretty good! If she was asked to do the work of the 996 work system, and then she was busy for a month without making money to buy a square meter house, she would definitely be. Get so angry and burn the boss or some guys to ashes on the spot, right?)
"Eh?"
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"It seems to be somewhere..."

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Suddenly, Annie stood up straight on the saddle, and then saw the situation ahead through the head of a nasty high-headed white horse, and saw the outpost with the Erasian Griffin flag at the end of the mud road. .
There is no doubt that there must be where she is going! So, after looking at the hot and dazzling sun above her head again, she didn't plan to dare anymore, and she couldn't do it anymore, so she patted her horse to speed up, and ran forward to catch up.
'who is it? Stop! ! ’
‘! ? ’
‘You are the Lord Anne Wizard? ’
‘Great, I have finally waited for you... I have an autograph letter from Queen Catherine who ordered me to forward it to you. Please accept it! ’
Near noon, in this sentry barracks outside the city of Kaliad, when a pikeman captain who had long been impatient finally saw such a little girl riding a white tall horse, exactly as described in the morning order When he came to their guard post, he hurried to greet him. After holding the reins for the other party and seeing the mark on the other's horse's ass, he didn't wait for the other party to dismount, and then the roll had not been opened yet. Handed the parchment letter to the other party.
"Your place is really hard to find..."
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"Really, it's only a thousand gold coins a day. On the first day, people have to run out early in the morning to perform that kind of messy task. That guy is too annoying. People haven't got enough sleep yet!"
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Yes, in the end, the Queen Catherine made up his mind to hire Annie, a tyrant in the tavern in Kaliard City, and after paying 2,500 gold coins in advance, the employment agreement between the two parties was signed.
And this is why Annie complained.
Because of the employment relationship, she can no longer wander freely in this copy of the Elasia continent, but must obey the orders of a pesky queen. Otherwise, the'Oasis' game system will knock her down. Of wages! !
"Ah~!"
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"It's really troublesome. Get it quickly. People want to see. What does she want others to do?"
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After seeing the other party's hand that handed the letter to him was a little swaying, Annie, who came to a nap all the way, stretched out a lot and snatched it from the other party's hand. , And then quickly opened the rope and the piece of mud with the seal of the big sister Catherine.
"Eh?!"
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After a quick glance, Annie figured it out. This was indeed an order from the Queen Catherine who called the person:
'Witch Anne, from where we landed and the situation near Enros, we can clearly find that Elasia is being invaded by the dungeon lords from Negan, and my people have been invaded by Negan’s The army has ruled for at least two or three months, so we can basically conclude that the nearby cities, including Prince, Secret Khan, and Tria City, should have been occupied by Negan or Over Occupied...'
"The other generals that I can use have all been dispatched by me. They are fully investigating the situation in the land of Elasia, so that I can determine the extent of my country’s violations and prepare for future wars. ready! Therefore, your task in this area has become relatively simple! ’
‘Sorcerer, I order you now: Use the city of Kaliard where I left as a base to find out the extent of Negan’s invasion and find out the route of their invasion! If you can block their main offensive route and defend the city of Kalyad, we can quickly eliminate any remaining enemies in this area! ’
‘Finally, good luck to you? "
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Looking at the other party's letter, Annie probably already understood what the other party was asking herself to do. It was nothing more than investigating this area and defending the dilapidated Kalyade City. It seemed that it was really simple?
However, when you think about the kind of Negan army that may be active here, think about the remaining spearmen, swordsmen, and twenty-something people in the city of Cagliard who are only more than a hundred old, weak, sick and disabled. The archer, Annie suddenly realized that it seems that this task is not too easy?
‘? ? ’
‘Your Excellency, what’s wrong with you? ’
Seeing the little girl in front of me who didn’t know if I was reliable, the wizard started to sit on the saddle in a daze after reading the letter. The gunman who passed the letter to the opponent waited for a while and saw that the opponent still did not respond. , He was a little puzzled and kindly reminded loudly.
"what!"
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"No, it's nothing, people just made a daze!"
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"Correct, they are not a wizard, but an arcane archmage! But... forget it, if you want to be called a wizard, let's be a wizard, it's the same anyway!"
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"That's right! The big sister Queen Catherine said that people will investigate and guard this area. How many troops did she leave behind? How many people are there in this sentry barracks?!"

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Annie felt that if there were a lot of people, maybe she could let them all return to the city of Kaliard to garrison, and then go out and investigate on her own.
'how many people? ’
‘It’s not much, except for the Griffin Banner that can call on the soldiers and warriors scattered in the Kingdom of Elasia, all that’s left! ’
‘The soldiers have been taken away by Queen Catherine. Apart from us and the two men, there is only one dog left at this sentry post...’
The gunman pointed innocently at the 18 warriors who were standing in a row outside the guard post behind him, and said to them that seemed a little energetic.
"That's it? What do these mean?!"
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Annie's voice became a little sharp in vain, because she suddenly realized that she seemed to be tricked by some nasty queen?
‘These are the soldiers! ’
‘I count nineteen people in total, we are Queen Catherine who stayed here to assist you...’
"!!!"
!!!∑(??Д??ノ)ノ
"Why are there so many people? You only have nineteen in total, so what's the use?!"
=????????(??????????????) No ━=????????(????????????? ?) ━情!!!!
If it is outside of the Oasis game, Annie said that even if the opponent does not send her a soldier, she can easily lay down all the cities occupied by the Negans and successfully complete the task of defending Kalyade!
However, if it is in this oasis game, her abilities alone are really incapable of being powerful...because she knows that there are indeed a lot of powerful creatures or wizards here, such as the one she encountered someday That single big devil, if it's one-to-one, she can really kill each other easily, but if it's one-to-many, she definitely doesn't dare to head-on.
'This……'
'Queen Catherine only left our team is indeed a little bit less, but the Lord Wizard, there is this sacred Griffin flag that represents the Kingdom of Elasia. Maybe you can use Elasia or the Queen’s name , To summon soldiers and warriors scattered all over the kingdom? ’
‘You can also gather more farmers and surviving townspeople and train them! ’
This spearman captain obviously also knows that it is more difficult for them to do what they want to do. However, think about the chaos in the kingdom of Elasia now, there are scattered soldiers everywhere. And the refugees who took up arms to protect themselves, so if they could be gathered, the situation might not be too bad?
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"Don't talk! People want to be alone now!"
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Yes, Annie wants to be quiet...
Because, she was thinking hard, with the nineteen left behind by the spicy Catherine in front of her, she was not enough, a blasting gunman, and the old and weak guarding city of Kaliad with less than two hundred people. Sick and disabled, what should she do to complete the task that the hateful queen confessed to herself before leaving?
Anyway, she knew that these soldiers must be unreliable. Instead of counting on them, she might as well count on her little bear! At least, she tried it before. After her little bear Tibbers was strengthened by her spending a lot of game coins, even in this'oasis' game, it can be played when thrown out. The Great Devil is at least stronger than hundreds of such useless spearmen!
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After an hour, although she was still very reluctant, she felt a hundred and a thousand unwillingness in her heart, and felt that some pikemen might not really be of much use, but Annie took them a total of 19 pikemen. Carrying the Griffin Banner, she embarked on her journey to explore this area and investigate the extent of the Negan's infringement.
Fortunately, after driving for a long time, they saw a group of people wearing broken Erasian uniforms and armor, holding long spears, long swords, and crossbows, who looked like broken soldiers but looked like robbers. The guys we drove to Kalyad.
The road here is not wide, and the two sides are walking opposite each other. Therefore, when Annie and the others saw each other, those who suspected that the kingdom of Elasia had collapsed and did not know how long they had been wandering outside also watched. When they reached them, in the end, the two sides stopped at a distance of more than ten meters, and looked at each other vigilantly.
"Many people..."
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"You! Whatever you look at, you are talking about. Go up! Go and order them to join us!!"
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After staring for a while, I was sure that those people should be the soldiers of Elasia, at least thinking that they might be soldiers from Elasia's army before, Annie suddenly got a shock, and then hurriedly faced the person behind her. The pikeman captain carrying the Griffin flag ordered.
'what? ’
'Yes! ! ’
The soldier froze for a moment, and then, after knowing what their little officer wanted him to do, he hurriedly responded, and then carried his gold-rimmed and blue-bottomed Griffin flag a few steps forward and stood still.
‘Listen to the Elasia soldiers in front! ’
‘Here is the Queen Griffin’s queen, the team of the Arcane Archmage Anne of Queen Catherine who has returned from the Kingdom of Iron Fist! Now, in the name of the Griffin Banner, the Lord Archmage orders you: Join our team now, join us, and drive the Negans out of our home in Elasia! ! ’
Obviously, the spearman captain carrying the banner seems to be a little eloquent, and seems to have read a book to understand some truth? Therefore, he opened his mouth and moved out of the identity of Queen Catherine and the righteousness of the Kingdom of Elasia, and expressed his desire to incorporate these large numbers of skirmishers.
‘...’
‘...’
Those ragged soldiers who were originally just looking here curiously, without any hostility but also no kindness, heard the words of the gunman captain and saw clearly the blue-bottomed lion in the opponent's hand. After the Eagle Flag, it finally started to stir.
‘! ! ’
‘That’s the banner of our Elasia! ’
‘Catherine Queen? She really came back? I have heard her name before, great, the kingdom of Elasia has been saved! ’
‘Yes, great! ’
‘Are we going to join them? ’
‘Definitely join us, we were originally soldiers of the Kingdom of Elasia! ’
‘That’s what I said, then let’s now...’
‘Shut up! Who knows if what he said is true? Look, the guy on the horse is just a little girl! A little girl with a dozen farmers who have been training for a few days, dare to say the kind of big talk you drove out with others, don't be fooled! ’
'This……'
'Humph! He was right! A little girl and a group of farmers dared to pretend to be the Queen of Catherine to bluff and deceive. I will not be fooled! ’
‘...’
‘Yes! The past few months have been messy enough. There are more than a thousand people in our barracks. We are left behind by the Negans. Just leave them alone and go to the city of Kaliard. Organized, a little safer than outside? ’
‘What you said seems to be right...’
‘...’
Soon, the riotous guerrillas and soldiers made a decision after discussing for a while, and then one looked like a crusader, but the helmet was long gone, only the broken armor and messy hair were left. And the bearded guy came out and said:
'listen! ’
‘We don’t know you, and we don’t know if what you are saying is true or false, but we don’t want to embarrass you, you can go from here! ’
'Faster! Do what you should do and don't think of any bad ideas! ’
The guy with only broken armor and messy hair waved back when he finished speaking, and then his companions automatically stepped aside from the middle of the road and moved to the two sides one after another, indicating that some strange little The team of girls and a dozen farmer recruits can pass, and neither of them should be embarrassed.
'This……'
Seeing that the other party didn't seem to buy it, the pikeman captain carrying the banner was a little embarrassed, so he turned his head and looked at their little officer.
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"Humph!!"
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boom! !
Annie didn't say much, she just frowned, and then pointed to the front. A blasting fireball blasted towards the soldiers not far from the soldiers, instantly blasting a few big trees that grew together in that place. The bomb broke down and caused them to fall quickly to the ground and burn with the loud bang.
That kind of situation looked terrifying, and the group of Erathia's defeated soldiers retreated several steps in terror and squeezed together.
‘! ! ’
‘Don’t do it! I, we are willing to join you! ! ’
After a rush, finally, the crusader leader who just wanted to say something no longer dared to talk nonsense anymore, and directly raised his hand to show their attitude.
Actually, if they just saw that the other party's ‘general’ was a little girl, if any noble or knight came to them carrying the Griffin flag, they would unconditionally obey the order. And now, since it has been confirmed that the other party is indeed not some guy with ulterior motives or who wants to deceive them, but is indeed a powerful wizard, then they are originally soldiers of the Kingdom of Elasia. They are just due to various reasons. The soldiers who have broken away from the establishment certainly have no reason to refuse, and they must return to Elasia and fight under the sacred Griffin Banner!
Ding~!
?? Your team encountered and successfully persuaded (force) a group of Erasia defeated troops. You gained 500 experience points and learned elementary diplomacy and elementary leadership skills. Your general and deputy professional level rose to level 2. You The troops you lead will receive additional attack, defense, and morale bonuses.
"Eh?"
∑(??△｀)? !
Hearing the prompt from the Oasis game system, Annie couldn't help but froze for a while, and then she reacted. It seemed that after accepting the employment of Catherine, apart from the fact that there was no change in magic and strength, she seemed to have one more. The general panel of the'first witch'?
And now, her "witch" general panel has been promoted to the second level, and has obtained a primary diplomacy and primary leadership skills?
Of course, those things are not important!
Because, Annie now seems to have accidentally discovered an effective method that can quickly strengthen her strength and complete the difficult task that the cunning Queen Catherine left behind for herself!
That is: searching for this large area that was originally the land of the Kingdom of Elasia~EbookFREE.me~ and encumbering the soldiers and soldiers of Elasia in all regions including Prince, Mikhan City and Triya City Fighter! Then, lead them to defeat those nasty Negans?
And this thing, if you put it in a simple way, is it actually-running a map, pulling a strong man, and fighting a war? !
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Isn't this?
She just went out with 19 pikemen who had been trained by a farmer within a few days. She hadn't traveled far, and she had earned more than a hundred people. If things like this happen again, she Isn't it possible to become a general with thousands of troops?
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