Chapter 753

The world is connected, especially between things. Just as the wind blows and the grass moves, the red deer move by the water and grass. The behavior of life is even more so, there is no action without reason. Either by following instinct or out of consideration, the higher life is.

Therefore, it is impossible for Sauron to withdraw his post and issue a wanted order without any reason. There must be a bigger truth behind this news. Zero and jaffetti's inference is logical and close to the truth. Although they don't know how Solon did it, only when he has a high-level combat force in his hands that can compete with the Poseidon regiment, can he dare to fight against a leader.

Apart from the reason why Sauron dealt with Sinai, the existence of this high-level fighting force alone is enough to wake up the spirit of zero. For a long time, the advantage of the zero one side is that there are obviously more high-level talents than the papal hall. If this advantage is flattened or even surpassed, then Poseidon will undoubtedly be at a disadvantage.

I can't help but be glad that I made the right bet in my decision to raid rock city. I won the important city in the north, and because I began to get close to the hinterland of the papal hall, I could easily receive many important news. Although it's not good news, it leaves zero time for preparation.

It can be imagined that once the winter is over, Rome will certainly make a big army and take the high-level group as the cutting edge to go south. At that time, there will be a series of wars in rock city. Before that, zero has time to prepare.

Under the influence of the parable of Pope Paul, the hostility of the residents of rock city to the sea god group has been greatly reduced, so that the orders of zero can be implemented. Zero returns a trident to canon, and Franklin brings Mr. X, mamillo, and the mecha. As for the ordinary soldiers of Franklin and Poseidon regiment, they rush North after the winter snow melts, but before the Legion arrives, rock city will suffer the test of war.

Zero must keep the city, otherwise everything is empty talk.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are still more than two months to go before winter, there are still a large number of recruits in the city from zero. All qualified recruits can get a salary of five gold coins a month, which will double if they graduate from the new barracks. It is no exaggeration to say that zero military pay has far exceeded the knights in the papal hall, which makes men moved.

Although it must be for the war behind the conscription, the cost of appeasement is enough to make people abandon their worries. So soon, rock city recruited nearly 4000 new recruits, and gave Su and froman the task of training new recruits, and asked them to train these people according to the standard of regular troops. It's very harsh, but if they can't even meet these standards, these people's rash to the battlefield will only increase casualties.

After conscription, the city was re planned from scratch. The residents at the edge of Panshi City have all retreated to the city, retaining the buildings used for street fighting in the edge area, and adding bunkers and fortifications. The defense work was carried out not only in the city, but also outside the city. Trenches have been dug out, half bunkers and fortifications will focus on protecting the north side of the city.

However, if the enemy forces bypass the north and attack from other places, they will find that under the seemingly flat road, it is the mine area. There are not only mines here, but also pits that have hollowed out nearly five meters of the ground. Detonators have been laid around the deep pit. Once the enemy gets into the pit and detonates the detonator, the people in it will be buried alive if they are not killed.

Firepower points were added to the city wall. This time, we transferred the mecha troops to the city wall. At the same time, we also asked Mr. X to send them a batch of war materials. Among them are hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns, which are provided by ISTA. In addition, there are also such things as infantry missiles and plasma mines. When the fortifications and war supplies are in place, Solon will find that the city of rock has been armed to the teeth, even if it can be captured in the end, it will cost a lot.

Just when Panshi City began to dig trenches and build fortifications, a caravan came to Panshi City, and they brought the war materials they needed most. In addition to conventional materials such as guns and bullets, they even have several detachable heavy guns and two special machine armours. This aroused great interest and received representatives of the caravan at the city hall.

He is a beautiful woman under 30 years old. The young woman named Isabel has long brown hair, white face and sea blue eyes, which are reminiscent of the ocean of the old times. The faint smile on that face seems kind, but it actually opens an invisible distance with people. When I saw her, zero knew that she was a woman in high position.

That kind of calm, everything in the control of self-confidence, this kind of temperament will not appear in a day-to-day toil of ordinary people.

Just curious, in addition to the papal hall and ISTA, there seems to be a third unknown force in this continent. Only forces or organizations like the two giants in front of them can get the war materials they brought. In particular, the two mechas, which zero has seen, can be regarded as improved models of paladin mecha. It retains the heavy firepower of paladins, but optimizes their mobility. In this way, these two machines are just like a simplified version of the round table knight.The mecha technology that Isabel mastered backstage is not under the papal hall. Not even in ISTA's lab. In this way, the origin of Isabel can be pondered.

"Welcome, beautiful miss Isabel."

In the town hall, zero received her in the reception room. In addition to the caravan representative Isabel, five guards and an old man were accompanying. The wrinkles on the old man's face are reminiscent of the skin of an old tree. But his eyes were very bright. The attitude of Isabel was not low.

The five guards are all capable. The lowest one has four ranks. The guard captain is a soldier of seven ranks.

A team of seven and four capable people with an average level of about five is enough to cross the wilderness. Strength is not weak, of course, with Isabel's backstage strength, such a guard can only be called the middle distance.

Seeing everything in his eyes, he sat down and said, "Miss Isabel, the goods your caravan has sent us are just what we need urgently. What's rare is that the price you offer is not only fair, but also a great discount to us. I really thank you for your kindness, but I'm curious. Now the whole continent should know that Solon and I are at war, but you send this batch of goods to me at this time. Aren't you afraid to offend Rome? "

Isabel's sea blue eyes were full of smiles and said, "Mr. zero is really a man who thinks of people everywhere. If you were someone else, you wouldn't know a lot. To tell you the truth, I, or my boss, am not afraid of anyone, including Solon. "

"Oh?" Zero smile.

Isabel's words are full of confidence. In addition to showing that his side is not afraid of Sauron, it also implies that they will not be afraid of Neptune and zero. Zero believes that she is not deliberately exaggerating, that self-confidence, and the pride in her eyes are not disguised at all.

"So Mr. zero can rest assured to trade with us. Besides, this transaction is just the beginning. I believe there are still many opportunities for us to cooperate in the future." Isabel laughed.

"For example," he asked

"For example, we can help you bring down Sauron."

"Miss Isabel, be more specific."

Isabel looked around at the Trident soldiers and, without knowing it, gave them a wink. So the soldiers backed out and closed the door for the people inside. Zero just way: "well, now there is no outsider here, miss what can say."

"Mr. zero is really cheerful." Isabel got up and went to zero.

She went to zero and bent down, so she could almost see the beautiful scenery from the loose neckline. Isabel didn't seem to care, but the captain's eyes suddenly showed an unnatural look, and then didn't look away. Zero pretended not to see it. At this moment, Isabel whispered in his ear, "Mr. zero should not have heard of the dark brotherhood?"

"The dark brotherhood?" Zero one sign shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't heard of this organization."

"That's normal. Very few people know us. Only those with strong strength are qualified to know our existence, such as Mr. zero. " Isabel walked away from zero, and her movement relieved the captain again.

Zero said with a smile, "it's my pleasure."

"You don't have to be modest to be able to compete with the papal hall, and the man who breaks into rock city, your strength is beyond doubt." Isabel showed a beautiful smile and said: "our existence can be traced back to the middle ages of the old times, which is far older than you can imagine. Mr. zero, we are guarding the ancient upanism and jointly protecting the supreme wisdom that can promote the progress of the times. We are hidden in the dark, the world does not know our existence. But in every important segment of history, our shadow is everywhere... "

Isabel's face was full of pride: "we are the greatest concealers, and the promoters of the times. When times stagnate, we will appear. "

"Like now?"

"Just like now!" Isabel chuckled: "fifteen years ago, we picked Solon. Because he shows the power to push the times, and we are right. With the promotion of Solon, the mainland has today's pattern of human prosperity. But now, Solon is trying to get rid of us, more importantly. If we leave him alone, he will destroy the foundation of prosperity we have worked hard to build. "

"So you chose me?" Zero rhetorical questions.

"No, the time has chosen you, we just follow its voice." Ishabel said: "Mr. zero's achievements are impressive, but you still have a long way to go to bring down Sauron with your current strength. We can shorten the distance for you... ""What's the price?" "There is always a price to pay for everything. I don't think you will help me for nothing," he asked

"Of course not, but what we have to pay depends on what Mr. zero means."

"I'd like to hear about it."

Isabel returned to his seat and said, "it's very simple. If Mr. zero only needs us to provide ordinary materials and weapons, then our cooperation can be carried out in the form of commercial trade. But if we need further support, such as providing the military, technology and even the capable, then there is only one way

"What method?"

"Be one of us." Isabel pointed to himself and said, "if Mr. zero becomes a core member like me, then we will unconditionally open all our strength to Mr. zero, and we also hope to have Mr. zero as a powerful companion."

"The terms are fair." Zero said calmly, and then asked, "suppose, suppose we end up with Solon. But the mainland needs a manager, and I ask myself that I am not the right one. What do you think? "

"Mr. zero asked, is there a candidate in mind?" Isabel asked, showing that she was also a quick minded person, inferring one or two from the tone of zero.

"Maybe Pope Paul is good." Zero trial.

Isabel showed a slightly surprised expression and said: "it turns out that Mr. zero and the Pope really have a cooperative relationship. Now it's OK to tell you that the Pope and ISTA are actually supported by us. Of course, they will not be aware of our existence, which is also a pawn for us to hold Solon. However, although his highness Paul is capable, he is still too young. Now it is difficult to say whether he can become a qualified manager. "

"What if he's not qualified?"

"Instead." Said Isabel, of course.

He nodded and said, "I see. It's almost noon. Please go to the restaurant for dinner. I've asked people to arrange your accommodation. After lunch, you can have a rest at your accommodation. If you need anything, just say it. As for the way of cooperation, I still need time to think about it. I can't answer Miss Isabel for the time being. "

"I understand. Thank you very much for your kind arrangement." Isabel returned politely.

After that, zero had lunch with them again, and then sent them out of the town hall. Others took Isabel and his party to the chamber of Commerce. Zero went back to the office, stood in front of the plasma panel and silently drew a circle outside the territory of the western continent, in which the "Brotherhood" number was written. Then he sat back in his chair and thought about it, sending out an encrypted email with his brain.

The e-mail will be delivered to ISTA, and the content is to ask for a meeting with Paul. As for the reason, there is only one simple line left: this morning, the dark brothers have contacted me.

There are only a few figures, but I believe zero is enough to attract Paul's attention.

Led by one of the Trident fighters, Isabel and his party arrived at a residence not far from the city hall. The residence itself is not big, and it is not necessarily luxurious in decoration, but it is located near the city hall, which used to be basically a rich area. No matter how simple the decoration is, it has its own connotation.

One of the connotations is the symbol of status. Now, the arrangement for the caravan to stay here also shows the respect they convey.

Isabel understood that the old man who had not spoken seemed to understand it, but the guards had some opinions about it. However, it's not their turn to interfere in these matters, but the captain of the guard, who was a soldier of the seventh rank, walked beside Isabel discontentedly and said, "my Lord, the arrangement of zero is such a shabby house as our residence. My subordinates think that he obviously despises us, even the Brotherhood represented by my Lord."

"Rex, do you really think so?" Isabel asked with a chuckle.

"Yes, my Lord!"

The woman suddenly turned cold and said, "so your eyes can only stop here. Do you know why you have been with me for three years and are still a guard captain? It's because you can't take a long-term view and always care about the little things at the end of the branch. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Since you joined the fraternity, you just want me. But you don't look at yourself in the mirror, and you want me to take a fancy to you? "

"It's a joke. If there were no such men, it would be more or less." Without leaving his own captain of the guard, Isabel walked into the house with the old man.

They came to the west study and closed the door. The old man said, "it's not right for the captain of his guard, miss."

"It doesn't matter. I'm going to replace him anyway." Isabel stood at the window and looked coldly at the guards outside. Then he turned around, took off the frost on his face and asked, "Mr. Gondor, what do you think of that zero?""Very good, but I don't think the dark brothers can handle him." The old man said faintly.

"Oh?" Isabel didn't seem to be surprised. She said with a smile: "it's natural. Every strong man is an unmanageable character. And it should not be controlled. All we have to do is guide them in the direction we want. That's it. "

"Leading?" The old man nodded and said, "yes, but I don't think this man can easily change his will."

"You mean that his ambition is so great that it is not moved by us?"

"No, no..." the old man shook his head and sighed, "when you talk, I always look at him. From his eyes, I can only see peace and tranquility. This should not be the eyes of a man with great ambition. He doesn't feel like he has great ambition. On the contrary, he seems to have no ambition. In other words, his ambition is not on this continent. "

"Not on this continent, where is it? The whole world? " Isabel chuckled, but the old man didn't mean to laugh at all. She exclaimed, "isn't that true? What he wants... Is the whole world? "

"I don't know. It's just a feeling. His eyes are far-reaching. Far beyond our reach. As if it were the end of the world