Chapter 1362 Request and Surprise

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

On the quaint and elegant castle corridor, Lei Xiao noticed Fanny's abnormality and asked in confusion.

"Replying to the human majesty, I just received news that the Dragonborn sent a team of envoys and the two light half-elves are coming again."

Fanny's face was obviously filled with anger, and she responded: "They are waiting for an audience outside the capital."

As soon as Fanny said this, the other flower fairy ministers also looked indignant.

It was precisely because of the news brought by the two light half-elves that the flower fairies suffered heavy losses and their strength was greatly affected. I didn't expect that the other party would have the courage to come here alone.

"What a rare guest."

After listening to Fanny's words, Lei Xiao looked very interested.

You know, when we communicated with the other party in front of the battle last night, our attitude was very clear, and we would never give up the mine, even if we started a bloody battle with the other party.

Under such circumstances, it was indeed a little surprising that the other party came as an envoy even though they knew there was no room for easing. I had thought that the other party would continue to march forward and find a way to seize the mineral vein.

"But the other party found the flower fairy first, and we cannot rule out the idea of ​​winning over the flower fairy and dispersing our strength."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao nodded to Fanny and said, "Your Majesty, I know how you feel now, but it is better to understand the other party's intentions. The other party will never come here without reason."

"I understand, Your Majesty the Human Race. I will arrange everything in the reception hall. Your Majesty the Human Race and others just need to listen behind the scenes."

As the queen of the flower fairies, although she was very angry, Fanny's reason quickly prevailed and she immediately began to deploy.

It didn't take long for the envoys of the Dragonborn and the Light Half-Elves to appear in the hall of the flower fairy's castle.

Among them, not only the young light half-elf Ruth and the old light half-elf Myron were there, but also the Winged Prince Davis and the Legion Commander Nar were standing in the front row. They were all old faces that we had dealt with before.

"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

On the towering throne, the crown on Fanny's head was shining, and she said expressionlessly.

"Please forgive our abruptness, Her Majesty the Flower Fairy Queen. The reason we came here is to explain everything to you. We have no intention of deepening the conflict with you."

Ruth responded with an eager look on her delicate face.

"No intention to deepen the conflict? That sounds better than singing. If you hadn't wooed the Shadow Market and deliberately leaked the information about the mine, would my flower fairies have suffered such heavy losses?"

Fanny's voice suddenly became a few degrees higher, and she asked: "And now you want to lightly turn the page on all this with just a few words, isn't that a bit too whimsical?"

After Fanny said this, the hundreds of flower fairy ministers in the lower position also glared at her and snorted coldly.

"Since Her Majesty has figured out everything, let's just be frank."

Davis stepped forward and said bluntly: "Yes, it was indeed us who told the news of the mine to the Shadow Market and asked it to send it to the flower fairies, minotaurs and trolls in the form of cooperation, but in the final analysis, the decision to get involved in the mine and monopolize it was still your own judgment, wasn't it?"

"What? You mean that all this is our own fault?"

Fanny's eyebrows were immediately knitted together, and the veins on her white forehead were faintly exposed.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. His Royal Highness Prince Zhan Yi is just talking about the matter at hand. He has no intention of offending Her Majesty."

Ruth took over the conversation and added: "We just want to communicate with you openly."

In the hidden place of the castle hall, Lei Xiao listened to the conversation between Fanny, Ruth and others, and there was no ripple on his calm face.

As the saying goes, all is fair in war. I will not make any comments on the arguments between the two sides, but what is certain is that in this world where the strong prey on the weak, the only truth is strength.

"To be honest with you, Queen, the reason why we came here is that we guessed that the human king and the leaders of the other three major forces are also here."

Ruth maintained due respect to Fanny and said, "I want to discuss this matter with everyone. Can you please make it convenient for your Majesty to invite the human king out as well?"

"What a joke. The human king is busy with all kinds of affairs. How can you meet him whenever you want?"

Fanny snorted coldly. Although her mouth was still sharp, she nodded to the female attendant beside her.

Not long after, under the guidance of the female attendant, Lei Xiao, Chris, Broy, and Shult walked in from the side door of the castle hall.

The current situation is obvious. Since the other party wants to communicate with all of us, there is no need for us to avoid it.

Seeing Lei Xiao's tall figure walking towards her, Ruth's starry eyes immediately lit up, and she quickly bowed her head to the former politely.

At that time, in front of the Fallswatcher Fortress, Ruth had already noticed that Lei Xiao was the core of the group, so it was not surprising that this situation occurred.

When Lei Xiao appeared, Fanny also flew down from the throne, and quickly arranged a large conference table in the hall for Lei Xiao to talk to the other party.

"Mr. Ruth, His Highness Davis, we meet again."

When everyone sat down one after another, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and said straight to the point: "I have heard about what happened just now. You are not just here to admit your mistake, right?"

"Your Majesty, human race, let me make it clear first, we do not recognize..."

Hearing the sound, Davison frowned, but was stopped by Ruth's eyes.

I saw a smile on the latter's delicate face dotted with golden magic powder, and he quickly took over the conversation and said: "We really want to ease the conflict with you. If there is anything rash, please forgive me."

"Okay, enough of the polite words."

Lei Xiao first took a sip of the flower fairy's sweet flower tea, and then continued to get straight to the point: "Tell me the real purpose of your coming here."

Seeing that Lei Xiao was so direct, Ruth did not continue to beat around the bush and immediately responded: "To be honest with His Majesty the Human Race, and to be honest with all of you, we have only one real purpose of coming here, and that is to mine the mineral veins with you."

After hearing what the other party said, whether it was Lei Xiao or everyone else on our side, they all looked as expected, but they couldn't help but feel a little confused.

With the addition of the Flower Fairy, our strength has been further enhanced, which has undoubtedly completely eliminated the opponent's strength advantage.

Under such circumstances, the other party actually wants to get a share of the mine. Isn't it a bit too whimsical? Unless the other party still holds some unknown bargaining chip in our hands.

Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao looked directly into Ruth's eyes and asked: "Your Excellency Ruth, you should know the current situation. We can complete everything by ourselves. Why should we let you get involved again?"

"Your Majesty the Human Race, I know that mining work has begun in the Yingying Peak area, but please believe me, this mine is not as simple as you think."

Ruth considered her words and responded: "And only by letting us join will things become more worry-free, otherwise there will be unavoidable unknown dangers."

"Your Majesty the Light Half-Elf, are these words a bit alarmist?"

Broy crossed his arms and frowned: "It is true that if you want to mine high-quality magic mineral veins, you really need to go deep into the ground, and there are even powerful monsters among them. But we have dozens of sixth-level powerhouses pressing the formation. Are you still afraid of mere monsters?"

At this point, Broy's voice became a little more proud, and he continued: "Furthermore, if it is a technical problem, then you don't have to worry. The dwarf's technology is enough to meet all challenges. !”

"Your Majesty the dwarf has misunderstood. We are not worried about these problems. We fully believe in your strength and skills."

Ruth waved her hand slightly, looking like she was hesitating to speak, and continued to consider her words: "It's just that you don't know the full picture of this mine, so you don't realize the problem."

"You guys are really capable of making up any kind of nonsense just to get a piece of the pie."

Fanny frowned and couldn't help but said: "Do you think we will believe what you just said?"

After Fanny finished speaking, the surrounding flower fairies and ministers all echoed her words again.

"Everyone, please be patient."

Lei Xiao waved his hand slightly, signaling for everyone to calm down, and then said: "Your Excellency Ruth, you are talking nonsense. If you are really not an alarmist, please show your sincerity."

The reason why Lei Xiao said this was naturally because he noticed that the other party was always hesitant to speak. Perhaps hidden in this was the unknown bargaining chip that the other party held.

In this case, it is undoubtedly more appropriate to understand everything clearly.

"Forget it, you have already started taking action anyway, and you will find out soon."

Ruth gritted her teeth and told the whole story: "In fact, what is hidden under Yingying Peak is not a brand new mine, but an ancient ruins of a mine!"

"Ancient ruins of the mine?"

Hearing the sound, everyone on our side, including Lei Xiao, looked surprised.

I have to say that the other party's words were indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

"Yes, this is the ruins of a mine that was shut down due to the blank era. There are still many high-quality magic crystals that have not yet been mined."

Ruth nodded and responded: "You must also know that even in the Silver Moon Era, high-quality magic crystals were extremely valuable, even more so than now. There are many major forces competing for each other."

"Therefore, in order to prevent this kind of situation from happening, this ancient mine is undoubtedly full of various magic traps and summoning circles. The degree of danger is self-evident."

At this point, Ruth nodded to everyone and said, "Now do you know the danger in this?"

After hearing the other party's explanation, Lei Xiao and everyone on our side couldn't help but look at each other.

If this is indeed the case, the danger level of this mine will indeed increase significantly.

And because the other party also said it at the beginning, with our digging, things will soon become clear, and the other party obviously has no need to lie.

"Your Majesty the Light Half-Elf, so what if that is really the ruins of an ancient mine?"

Broy calmed down and frowned: "Even without you joining us, we can still deal with it alone under the guidance of His Majesty the Human Race."

"Your Majesty the Elf only knows one thing but not the other."

Ruth's fair face was full of solemnity, and she continued: "The owners of this ancient mine are the kind of people who are extremely difficult to mess with even in the Silver Moon Era, and that is the dark elves!"

"Dark Elves?"

Hearing the sound, everyone in our party frowned slightly.

The dark elves' magic trap skills are extremely sophisticated and concealed, and they are known for their ferocity and ruthlessness. This is something everyone knows.

If this is really an ancient dark elf mine, it may indeed bring us a lot of trouble.

But that's all. After all, the ancient magic trap is in disrepair. As long as we investigate carefully, it will only delay some mining time at most.

"Things are not as simple as you think. According to the literature records of our bright half-elves, the ancient dark elves have a characteristic, that is, no matter what kind of place they are, they often deploy self-destruction arrays in order to prevent others from getting involved. Of course that includes mines.”

Ruth's face was solemn, and she added: "This means that once you fail to disable the self-destruction circle within the specified time, the entire mine and the unmined magic crystals will be destroyed, and everything will cease to exist. ”

"And we, the light half-elves, have been entangled with the dark elves under the guidance of the light elves since the Silver Moon Era. Naturally, we know the weaknesses and key points of the other side best."

Ruth's voice became a little more calm, and she added: "Therefore, only by allowing us to participate can the mining of the ore proceed smoothly."

"So that's it."

Lei Xiao gently rubbed his chin, looking like he was contemplating.

While chatting with Erza and Teresa, I did hear some information about the ancient dark elves, and it was consistent with what Ruth said.

If the ruins of the mine really come from the ancient dark elves, it would indeed be much more convenient with the help of the light half-elves. Otherwise, it is very likely that it will turn into nothing.

"I understand. Since Lord Ruth is so hard-pressed, we naturally have no reason to refuse."

Lei Xiao barely hesitated, then nodded slightly and said: "No problem, I allow you to join."

"Um?!"

As soon as Lei Xiao said this, not only Ruth, but also Davis and others who were accompanying him looked surprised.

They never thought that Lei Xiao, who had always behaved with stability and maturity, would agree so happily!

As for the rest of our team, they naturally fully support Lei Xiao's decision.

"Of course, there is a small condition."

Looking at the surprised expressions of everyone on the other side, a smile appeared on Lei Xiao's face and began to grow stronger. (End of chapter)