A figure wearing a gray-white cloak appeared from the door. What was different from the past was that he stood at the door and did not move for a long time. He neither seemed to be planning to come in nor left after a glance, but was just standing by the door.

The lights in the room were as dark as usual. But I could clearly see Yilan sitting on a chair as usual, holding her cheek with one hand, as if she was thinking about something.

The gray-white cape is sure that Yilan has discovered his existence a long time ago, but neither side has spoken at this time, just maintaining this delicate silence.

"Why are you here to find me?" After a while, perhaps because he felt it was meaningless, Yilan finally spoke. "What are you doing at the door?"

"What the hell do you want to do, Yilan?" The gray-white cape's voice was very stern. "I saw the plan you submitted to the committee!"

"Oh, what's wrong with that plan? Is there something wrong?"

"That plan...that plan...ylan..." The gray-white cloak's voice softened. "We have been friends for a long time. From the perspective of friends, I don't want you to do this."

"Some things are irreversible." Yilan smiled softly. "There is no way back after taking the first step."

"You don't have to make such sacrifices for the committee!"

"This is not a sacrifice...it's just a rational choice. I remember I told you that I hate men who are mediocre and frustrated the most, and I can't stand myself being mediocre and frustrated." Yilan asked suddenly. "Do you agree with my judgment of Ash Rufate?"

"Judge? Which?"

"It's a memory thing. Based on the judgment I met with him last time, plus some other scattered information from different places, I think he lost the memory before becoming a vampire. However, what he lost was only memories about life experiences, other common sense, skills, language, habits, etc., but they were all preserved. The reason for this situation is because of the influence of artificial intelligence. The artificial intelligence called "Carley" controls his brain and locks up all his past memories. In other words, artificial intelligence controls him much more than we expected."

"I don't object to this." The gray-white cape replied. "It's very reasonable. If I were Qin Xin, I would have done this."

"In this case, it is really difficult for the committee to obtain artificial intelligence. Besides, there is that damn logic bomb!" Yilan replied lazily. "It was probably expected of this situation from the beginning, so everyone is very interested in this matter. Indeed, with the current situation, it is almost impossible to get a running artificial intelligence...unless that artificial intelligence is turned off."

"If it is closed, the logic bomb will be invalid. Isn't it easy to use our power to deal with primitive civilization creatures on a wild planet?" Yilan suddenly laughed. "Although Ash Rufate is very strong, no matter how strong he is, he still has his limits..."

"But your plan is too dangerous!" replied the gray-white cape. "You will die."

"It doesn't matter." Yilan shrugged. "Anyway, I can't live long... Even if I survive in this way, I can't live long... I said that I hate myself doing nothing. For me, death must be the end of everything that blooms, not the disappearance of unknowns. This is my philosophy of life."

The gray-white cape was silent for a long time. But he could feel that although Yilan spoke very easily, she had an unusually firmness in her voice.

"How do you tell that Ashu Rufate will go to the place you chose?"

"That half-beast named 'Mimilu' is about to die, so Ashu Rufat will definitely go to save her." Yilan replied. "The universal healing device in his hand cannot handle this serious injury... Since he has obtained the map information from us, he will definitely find a way to get the programmable chip from afar."

"Why is that sure? That beast is just one of his subordinates. He takes this risk for one subordinate..."

"Don't ask me why, this is a woman's intuition," Yilan said.

The gray-white cape spread her hands, showing a look of "Okay, you won". He and Yilan had bet on "female intuition" more than once, and both lost.

"In addition, did you come to me so quickly mean that the committee agreed to my plan?" Yilan asked back.

"What can they have?" replied the Gray White Cloak. "And you have been granted full authority to handle this matter long ago. Even if you don't report the plan, you can do whatever you want."

"Do whatever you want..." Yilan repeated the word once, then showed an expression that seemed to be a smile.

"What are you going to do next? According to my inference, the dark elves and the magic elves are launching a great war. I'm afraid that the action of Ashrufate is very difficult..."

"It's very difficult?" Yilan chuckled this time. "This is for others. I'm still planning to add a little difficulty to him! Otherwise, wouldn't it be too boring?"

...

This trip was much easier than expected.

The encounter that Verinor was worried about did not happen, but it was not surprising, because since the dark elves had sent such a force to cut off reinforcements, they naturally did not have to send other small troops to harass the road. The only evidence of the traces of war on the road was a burned village. However, the residents of this village should have withdrawn, because no corpses or blood were found except for the burned houses.

The elves scattered, looking for traces of the enemy to judge where the enemy was going, how many people were, and Ashrufate looked at the burned village next to the village.

This is an inconspicuous village with only a dozen houses in total, and only a few dozen residents. In the human country, the houses of such small villages with dozens of people are generally built very simple and rough, and are chaotic and randomly constructed. The situation of the elves is obviously completely different. Although they were burned down by fire, the exquisiteness of the design and construction can still be seen in the ashes of the flames. Every detail proves the elves' craftsmanship skills, which illustrates the ingenious conception and ingenious construction. According to human standards, this level is not impossible to be created, but at least an experienced designer is required to be responsible for the design and a team of corresponding architects are responsible for the construction.

This is the benefit of the longevity race. The elves have enough time for all their compatriots to learn language, writing, art, poetry, etc., which are quite luxurious for humans.

The search work was soon over. All traces proved that all this should have been done by a team of the Dark Elves. They found this little village that had nothing, and were angry when they had not caught anything. When they retreated, a fire turned the village into ashes. Judging from the flames, the fire should have been released half a day ago.

"How far is this place from Irebe?" Ashu Rufat asked.

"If you walk faster, it will take only one day and a half to slow down." Verinau replied. "I'm worried... I'm afraid that the guy's words before his death were not intimidation..."

Asu Ruffat also agreed with Verino's view. In fact, setting fire is an entirely unnecessary action, just to vent anger. This shows that the dark elves' actions are already unscrupulous, and it is indirectly proved that they think they have a great advantage, so there is no need to hide their whereabouts.

If not mistaken, the Dark Elves had assembled an army near Ireb and were preparing (at least Vilino hoped) to invade Ireb.

"Vilinau, how many troops are there in the city?" Ashu Rufat asked.

"A large part of the army was sent to support the Phoenix King." Verino replied, knowing a little about the situation in the city. "We don't have many troops left, but if we can mobilize urgently, we can assemble at least three thousand defenders. However, I'm worried that in this case... maybe... it can't be done."

"But without urgent mobilization, how many soldiers can there be?"

"One thousand." Villino replied. "Eight hundred Marines and two hundred Silver Helmet Knights. There were more, but I guess many people went out to perform cruise missions like me and didn't have time to come back."

Asu Ruffat actually wanted to ask what kind of soldier the so-called "Silver Helmet Knight" was. But he knew that he would have to be exposed after asking this.

"This has entered the reconnaissance range of the enemy's army, and scouts can appear around us at any time." Verino, "We should search and advance slowly to avoid being attacked by the enemy."

"No, I think we should speed up and rush back to Irebe as fast as possible." Ashurufate objected. "Don't worry, I don't think we will encounter scouts. Since they have sent a force to be responsible for the defense in our direction, we will not waste scouts reconnaissance in this area...Virino, I think we have two choices now."

“What choice?”

"Either we will take advantage of the opportunity that the enemy has not yet noticed and march back to Irebe to strengthen the defense in the city. Or we will not go back to the city and harass the enemy as much as possible outside the city. Our number is small and small, and we can take mobile and flexible guerrilla operations to avoid large groups of enemies and attack small groups of enemies. They will make them dizzy and win time for strengthening defense in the city."

Verinor shook his head. "I don't think it's a good idea." He pondered. "I believe that what Ireb lacks is not the time to prepare. Our walls are very solid, our combat readiness has never been relaxed, and our supplies are sufficient. If it really doesn't work, we also have enough fleets to retreat all the residents of the city... All Ireb lacks is Prince Berland. Without the prince, I am worried that no one knows what to do..."

It seems that the customs and traditions of elves are slightly different from those of humans. In human traditions, if such a situation occurs, things are not that bad (at least not as bad as Verino said). The crown prince will be immediately supported as a new monarch. If the crown prince is also surprised, it will be replaced by another prince or prince, or even any nobleman with royal blood. If the new monarch has no experience or ability (for example, a young child), there will naturally be a prestigious minister who comes forward to govern and organizes resistance.

Ashu Rufate guessed that this might be related to the long lifespan of the elves.
Chapter completed!