Gold is Justice

Without direct sunlight, some blood soldiers in the mermaid army in front have recovered a little bit of energy now, and they can walk forward without being lifted or carried.

And after walking for a short time, you can see two mountain peaks built from both sides in front of you, like two palms about to close together, with a gap in the middle.

According to Kuang Lan's attitude of not letting people stop, it seems that he wants to let the mermaid army continue to walk towards the gap in the mountain.

Seeing this, Ariel couldn't bear it any longer, and asked, "What is there in front?"

At this time, the smile on Kuang Lan's face gradually disappeared.

He didn't talk to Ariel again, instead, he changed his sitting posture cross-legged, into a posture that could jump up anytime and anywhere with one foot on the frame, with his upper body leaning forward and his eyes looking straight ahead.

Seeing her posture, Ariel also knew that the situation ahead might be far beyond her control, so she could only clenched her fists and silently watched the mermaid army approaching the gap between the mountains.

The clouds in the sky seemed to be gradually pressing down. Although there was no rain or snow, the clouds that seemed to be constantly pressing down gave Ariel a sense of psychological discomfort.

Looking far away, the two mountain peaks in front of her seem to be rapidly approaching her.It seems that as long as it doesn't take long, I will be caught between these two palm-like peaks, and then smashed to pieces in an instant.

Finally, the frontmost mermaid army came to the gap.It was at this time that the mermaid army stopped and stopped moving forward.Not long after, a messenger of the Stormtroopers rode a horse and quickly retreated from the front.

"What happened? Why not move forward?"

Kuang Lan was obviously puzzled by the mermaid soldier's cessation of action, so he asked a question.

The orderly didn't have time to dismount, but pulled the rein directly, and rolled off the horse while shouting: "They said they won't move forward! If you want to move forward, you need to have certain information first!"

"intelligence?"

Kuang Lan was taken aback for a moment, that huge body also got up a little bit now, looking at the mermaid army that was taking a defensive formation in the distance.After a while, he waved his hand and shouted loudly: "What information is not intelligence, let them enter that canyon now is an order! Just tell them directly that this is an order from their leader, Marquis Ariel Garcia !"

The soldier knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and responded.But just when he was about to get up and leave, Kuang Lan suddenly thought of it, and then winked at Ariel beside him.

Ariel's face looked a little stiff, but she still said: "That's right, just say that I gave the order. I'm asking the mermaid army to enter the canyon ahead."

With Ariel's personal order, the soldier nodded, quickly got on his horse, and ran towards the mermaid camp ahead again.

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About half an hour later, the mermaid army still had no intention of moving.Instead, he continued to stand in front of the canyon, but now the messenger ran back again, looking very embarrassed and nervous.

"What's the matter? Don't those soldiers obey their leader's orders?!"

Kuang Lan obviously felt a little nervous about the mermaid army's disobedience to command now.From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Ariel on the horse beside him, and then looked at the orderly again.

The orderly kneeling on the ground quickly responded: "No, the guards of the Marquis Garcia think this should be the order of the Marquis. But those guards are obviously not the commander of this unit! The commander of the mermaid army ruled out The decision of all the guards has been passed, and it is believed that they should continue to stand by in place!"

Hearing this, Kuang Lan froze for a moment at first, but then, the nervousness on his face eased, replaced by a slightly regretful smile.

He turned to Ariel next to him, and said with a smile: "It seems that there are still some people in your army who are not very willing to obey you. Your guards are indeed very powerful and loyal to you, but your generals They each have their own plans, and they don't intend to follow your orders."

Speaking of this, he patted his thigh slightly and said: "I have seen this kind of situation a lot. Some people, with a little pawn in their hands, feel that they are very good, and even think that the original boss It’s a fool at all, can’t follow, and wants to go out independently. Some people trust their subordinates too much, no matter what power they delegate, and finally lead to the betrayal of all subordinates, and finally become a lonely family.”

"Ms. Garcia, these words are really from the bottom of my heart. After this incident is over, please clean up those double-hearted people in your army."

For Prince Kuanglan's "advice", Ariel gave a thankful smile.

Then, she asked, "What's the name of the general who decided not to enter the canyon?"

"It's a general named Cookie," said the herald.

Hearing this name, Ariel's heart immediately became clear.

Cookie was a person from the same team as his current commander-in-chief of the First Army, Pocky.It was this cookie that had decisively predicted before that the troops of the Murderous Seat Empire entered the territory of the Lanwan Empire not to assist Lanwan in destroying the mermaid army, but to join the Demon King's army.

For the troops brought out this time, Ariel had hoped to select a few responsible generals to assist her in commanding the battle.At that time, Pocky wrote a personal letter to recommend cookies, and strongly suggested that it is best to listen to his opinions for all decisions other than eating his dishes.

To be honest, Cookie used to be the cook of the Pocky Army, such a suggestion is really very strange.

But now, Ariel really felt that it was fortunate that she brought him out and arranged him among the generals of her team.

While thinking in her heart, Ariel also turned her head and said to Kuang Lan next to her, "This general named Cookie is not a big official, but he has a good temper. Many people in my army have higher official positions than him. A little bit of people will be a little afraid of him, and he is always too cautious, if he is determined not to act, it is estimated that other people will not be able to deal with this matter."

Kuang Lan frowned: "Why do you bring such a thorn with you, and give him an official position? This kind of thorn can just send him to the front line of the battlefield, and it will be over."

Ariel sighed: "After all, his brother has made some contributions, and he has also worked hard to reward the soldiers. This kind of treatment is still required. Your Royal Highness, I guess he is because of fear or nervousness, or... Let me persuade him myself?"

Hearing what Ariel said, a smile appeared on Kuang Lan's face again, she shook her head lightly, leaned her whole body back, and said, "Don't worry about it. The next thing may be a little bit It's dangerous, Ms. Garcia doesn't know how to fight, so it's safer to stay by my side. I can also protect you conveniently when it's critical."

To be honest, Ariel was really worried that the prince would let her go back among her soldiers.Because in this way, there is no way for him to continue to make false claims by his side to obtain more information.

For frontline soldiers like Pocky and Cookie, Ariel issued a standard "Guidelines for Frontline Orders" a long time ago.The basic content of it is that the soldiers on the front line must be the clearest and have the most say about the frontline matters.Therefore, how to complete the instructions issued by the superiors, the front-line soldiers must know best how to do it, and at the same time they will come up with various methods.

One of the army building strategies of the Mermaid Army is that the superior leaders in the rear should never command the frontline battles from a distance. First, there will be time for information transmission, and second, the leaders in the rear may not have an accurate grasp of the frontline situation. error.

Therefore, every time before the mermaid army conducts a strategic operation, it will explain to the front-line soldiers what the goal of this operation is, and what it is for.What will happen if the action fails.

Only after telling the front-line soldiers "why to do it" will the soldiers consider the question of "how to do it".But now, the prince didn't say anything, just let the mermaid army unilaterally advance towards the canyon ahead.This is obviously a violation of the key order that the superior leaders need to tell the frontline soldiers "why do it".

After not knowing "why to do it", the soldiers of the Mermaid Army, especially Cookie, who is currently the leader, will of course stop marching because they "don't know how to do it".

Although on the surface, Cookie resisted Ariel's orders.

But this is truly executing Ariel... no, executing the organizational order of the entire mermaid army.

In this regard, Ariel expressed great satisfaction.

And at this time, if he was sent by Kuang Lan to his own team, it might not be easy for Cookie to continue to insist on orders. At that time, he would be truly under the control of others.

Ariel turned her head and looked at Kuang Lan Xifeng who was beside her with a serious face and deep thoughts.It is estimated that His Royal Highness would never have imagined that the result of keeping Ariel Garcia by his side would not only be detrimental to commanding the entire mermaid army, but would instead allow the mermaid army to give full play to their subjective initiative.

"Your Highness, if it is said that I cannot go to the front line, can you tell me what is the purpose of our operation this time? What is behind the canyon? In this case, maybe I can convince my soldiers what about them?"

Kuang Lan glanced at Ariel from the corner of his eyes, and after a while, there was a malicious smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "Since the front line does not obey the order, then I will be kind and help Ms. Garcia directly." How about eradicating these rebels?"

Regarding this counter-threat, Ariel was very calm, and said with a smile: "It would be best if the rebels can be eliminated directly. What does His Royal Highness plan to do? After all, it seems that those rebels have already done so." Well, the defense is ready."

Kuang Lan looked at the mermaid army in front again, and as expected, the mermaid army over there had completely set up a defensive formation, it was a look that didn't care about the life and safety of the leader of the mermaid army—Ariel Garcia at all. , and intends to fight to the death.This kind of strong will has fully told the storm army on Kuang Lan's side——

Want to annihilate the mermaid army?Can.But do you have the awareness that you must pay heavy casualties?

Obviously, the Stormtroopers obviously don't have such awareness.

After all, the soldiers of the storm army were very difficult to understand the hostility shown by the mermaid army on the front line when they suddenly counterattacked. After all, there were [-] soldiers on their side, while they only had [-] on their side.And there is no conflict between the two parties, why are they suddenly endless?

Looking at the formation of the Mermaid Army soldiers in front, it was confirmed that this army can still keep calm in such a critical moment.Even while preventing the attack of the storm army, a small part of the manpower was allocated to defend the canyon.This kind of military literacy really surprised Kuang Lan.

At the moment, he was silent for a while, nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, I just didn't want to make things too troublesome. There are some confidential contents that not every soldier needs to know. Since your people are so If you want to know why, then I'll tell them why."

After the pleasant smile on his face, Kuang Lan once again showed that kind of calmness like a lion.

He suppressed the smile on his face, looked at the mountain in front of him with palms folded, and after a moment of silence, he finally said——

"Ms. Garcia, do you have an urge to explore the unknown in your heart? Do you have the joy of searching for all the unexplored secrets, and then unlocking the unknown things in the world?"

Ariel was slightly taken aback, but she still kept a calm smile on her face: "Your Highness is talking about...adventurers?"

Kuang Lan waved his hands, and continued to say in that calm and steady voice: "It's not the kind of adventurer who is willing to give up his life for a few dollars. It's an explorer. Explore all secrets and unknown areas, and deeply immerse yourself in the world. The urgency of ancient cultures or deeper natural wonders."

"As you can see, I am the prince of the Stormwind Empire and the future leader of the Stormwind Empire. I am well aware of the heavy responsibilities I bear and the mission I need to shoulder for a country. Such a heavy responsibility requires me to restrain myself. The innate and unique curiosity shown in the unknown secret realm. I can't take risks, I can only sit on my throne safely, and then watch everything go according to the expected result to develop."

"However, my innate curiosity can't be restrained. When I was younger, I even fled the palace voluntarily for the sake of exploration, and joined an adventurer's guild as an adventurer for almost a whole year .During that year, the most commissions I received were surveys of various terrains, and even searches for various haunted ancient houses and monster lairs. In my memory, the commissions of that year Time is the happiest period of my life."

Ariel doesn't know whether what the prince is saying now is true or if he is deliberately deceiving herself, but if he is deceiving herself, then the gleam in the eyes of this burly lion-like man is not unavoidable. A little too masterful.Then after thinking about it, if what the Storm Prince said is true, then Ariel can somewhat understand why he proposed to her as soon as she saw her.Is it because I was the president of the Adventurer's Guild before, and I have a natural favorability bonus in the heart of this big boy?

However, this kind of speculation cannot be said casually.Otherwise, either the prince will die or he will die.

"One year later, Father finally found me. It wasn't until then that I found out that there was a lot of trouble in the palace because of the disappearance of the prince, and there were even several mutiny and rebellion incidents. It was also from that time that I I really realized the burden on myself, and I also knew that I was doomed to never act like this again in my life."

Kuang Lan restrained the light in her eyes a little bit, became stable again, and continued: "However, it is also because of my escape this time that Father knows my heart, and also knows how to blindly persecute me and push me away. Something might happen if I was imprisoned in the palace. Therefore, my father agreed with me to explore the mysteries of various places in another way."

"So, in addition to continuing to learn how to take on the heavy responsibility of the entire country in the future, I can also use such troops to set off with me to find various unsolved mysteries. Over the years, I have explored many The undiscovered ancient city also chased the traces of many rumored extinct beasts. I even visited the eternal underground city Alaye that only existed in legends. But after exploring various puzzles , after all, there is a secret realm that I have never been able to explore."

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At that moment, the Prince of Stormwind, who claimed to be an explorer, stretched out his hand, pointed at the canyon ahead, and said——

"That is at the border of our Stormwind Empire, the permafrost realm that is far norther than the Extreme North, this area that has no information recorded in any ancient books, has been called the border by us Stormwind people for hundreds of years the place of the gate."

"That place, I still don't know what's behind it? This shape is just a wonderful workmanship of nature. Behind this border gate is actually a completely worthless rocky road? Or is there a cave behind that? ? Can you reach another world after passing through the border gate?"

"I want to know all this, and I want to know it urgently. And this is why I am here now."

Speaking of this, Kuang Lan paused for a moment, then continued: "I know what you want to say in your heart. You want to say, if I just want to be an explorer, why didn't I come to explore before?"

Ariel remained silent, expressing her acquiescence.

Kuang Lan: "The reason is actually very simple. Because before that, the gate of the border...that is, the canyon was full of hard ice and rocks, and the mountains on both sides were too tall to be climbed. Even though I spent a month and used all kinds of materials to melt the ice and snow and remove the stones, it seemed that there was some kind of strange balance. The snow that melted the night before was the next day Re-freeze. A stone removed today will fall from the mountain tomorrow."

"Everything here seems to be showing some kind of strange balance, and this balance has always prevented me from going in and exploring. After my efforts were thwarted several times, I finally had to admit and give up."

"But this time, after your envoy was attacked by the army led by the elf, I got news that the elf army was marching north with the captives, and finally disappeared in this extreme north. The only thing that can be regarded as The way out is the only possible stronghold that seems to be the eternally frozen border gate. And my people later came to tell me that the ice and rocks that originally blocked the door seemed to disappear overnight gone."

"Since everything in the way has disappeared, my search for the last lost secret realm naturally begins here. Ms. Garcia should understand this."

In terms of understanding, Ariel understood it in a literal sense.

But what about in practice?

Is this guy an explorer?A guy who can even spend a lot of manpower and material resources in order to explore everywhere?

But...he is a prince, and he does have this financial strength.If Ariel had this kind of hobbies, it would be really hard for her to imagine how much money and wealth such "entertainment" would cost.

At that moment, Ariel exhaled slightly, and said, "Then, do you have any clues about the situation inside that border gate?"

Kuang Lan shook his head slightly, his face still maintained that calm and persistent attitude, and said slowly: "No. The only clue to say yes is that I was in the period before your mermaid army arrived. , has been under surveillance all the time, and has never really sent anyone in."

Ariel: "Why?"

Kuang Lan turned her head, her eyes stared at Ariel silently: "Why do you say?"

After a moment of hesitation, Ariel understood the reason for this.

Since the Demon King Army has captured the Mermaid Army's envoys, the Mermaid Army will definitely send people to negotiate or attack.All in all, as long as they continued to stay at the location of the attack, they would definitely meet the rescue team of the mermaid army at some point in the future.

At that time, as long as this army is used as a vanguard to test the Demon King's army, the Stormwind Empire can find out the situation inside the border gate without any loss.In this regard, although Kuang Lan Xifeng always stated his interest in exploring in the words just now, his exploration is obviously not to use up all resources regardless of the consequences, but to use his brain and think about his ideas. The result of a decision or action.

Alas, what to do?

To be honest, Ariel really thinks that this prince is indeed a good man who is excellent in every aspect~~~

However, calm down.

Is there a good man who is good in everything in this world?Of course not.Therefore, there must be some pitfall in it that Ariel has not discovered yet.Besides, it's only a few days now, let alone see a person completely.

After knowing everything about the matter, Ariel took out the paper and pen she carried with her, briefly wrote down the content of the matter, and then dispatched heralds to the mermaid army in front.