Chapter 1165 ??(Ψ·? ?ˇ·? ) ??← Did You See, His Diplomacy Skills Are Amazing!

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"It's just a bad VR game, what is the sun doing so hot, what is the real thing, so the blinking eyes are really annoying!"

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On the wilderness in the southern gulf area of ​​the Erasia continent, Annie was letting the tall white horse she was riding walk forward step by step with her eyes closed.

She was being ordered to go to an outpost not too far from Calliad City... probably enough for her to ride a horse for half a day to report and accept the report from a stingy queen named Catherine who went somewhere early in the morning. Order.

You know, she originally hated getting up early in the morning to work, but since she seemed to have been hired, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and prepare to fulfill the contract-like employment agreement. So that when he leaves this dungeon, he can earn a large commission that can be squandered for himself?

"Why……"

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"Tibbers, it turns out that it is really difficult for ordinary people to make money. They just want to earn hundreds of thousands of game coins to spend, and they even want to work for an NPC..."

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Anne had already figured it out. According to the agreement between her and Queen Catherine, one thousand gold coins a day, if she wanted to earn enough commission to spend herself for a period of time, she would have to work for the other party for at least dozens of days... So, a Thinking of how long she had to work hard in this dungeon 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 a bad little master of his own, because in his view, in this 2045 earth plane, even ordinary people like this can make money with a little effort in the game The matter of getting money is already very good! If she is asked to do the kind of 996 work system, and then keep her busy for a month without earning the money to buy a one-square-meter house, she will definitely Got mad and burned the boss or some guy on the spot?)

"Eh?"

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"It seems to be somewhere..."

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Sudden,

Annie stood upright on the saddle, and then saw the situation ahead through the head of a nasty tall white horse, and saw a guard post at the end of the dirt road with the Erasia Griffon flag.

There is no doubt that there must be where she is going! So, after looking at the scorching and glaring sun above her head again, she didn't intend to dawdle anymore, and she had no way to dawdle any longer, so she patted her horse to speed up and trotted forward to catch up.

'who is it? stop! ! '

'! ? '

‘You are the Lord Anne Wizard? '

‘Great, I have finally waited for you here... I have a handwritten letter that Queen Catherine ordered me to hand over to you, please accept it quickly! '

Near noon, in this sentry barracks outside the city of Calliad, when an impatient spearman captain finally saw such a little girl riding a tall white horse that was exactly as described in the morning order When he came to their sentry post unsteadily, he hurried up to meet him. After holding the rein for the other party and seeing the mark on the other party's horse's buttocks, he didn't wait for the other party to get off the horse, and took the unopened roll of mud The parchment letter was handed up to the other party.

"Your place is really hard to find..."

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"Really, it's only one thousand gold coins a day. On the first day, I have to run out early in the morning to perform such messy tasks. That guy is too annoying. I haven't had enough sleep yet!"

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Yes, in the end, Queen Catherine still made up her mind to hire Anne, the top tyrant in the tavern in Calliade 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 existence of the employment relationship, she can no longer roam freely in this copy of the Erasia continent, but must obey the orders of an annoying queen, otherwise, the 'Oasis' game system will detain her wages! !

"Hey~!"

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"It's so troublesome, bring it quickly, I want to see, what exactly does that guy want her to do?"

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Seeing that the hand of the other party was shaking the letter towards her, Annie, who had dozed off all the way, stretched a lot, and snatched it from the other party's hand , and then quickly disassembled the rope and the piece of mud that was printed with the seal of the big sister Catherine.

"Eh?!"

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After just a quick glance, Anne figured out that this was indeed an order from Queen Catherine, the envoy:

"Wizard Anne, from the place where we landed and the situation near Enlos, we can clearly find that Erasia 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, Mihan City, and Telia City, should have also been captured by Negan or Ofer's army. Occupied...'

'All the other generals that I can use have been sent out by me. They are investigating the situation in Erasia's land so that I can determine the extent of my country's invasion and prepare for future wars. Prepare! Therefore, your task in this area becomes relatively easy! '

‘Wizard, I now order you: use the city of Calliad I left behind as a base, find out the extent of the nearby invasion by Negan, and find out the route of their invasion! If you can block their main attack route and hold the city of Calliad, 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 understood what the other party asked her to do. It was nothing more than investigating this area and defending the dilapidated city of Calliad. It seemed really simple?

However, when you think about the possibility that there might be an army of Negans active here, think about the remaining gunmen, swordsmen, and twenty or so people in Calliad. The archer, Annie suddenly realized, it seems that this task is not too easy?

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‘My lord, what’s wrong with you? '

Seeing the little wizard girl who didn't know whether she was reliable or not, she sat on the saddle in a daze after reading the letter. The spearman who delivered the letter waited for a while, and saw that the other party still didn't respond. , I was a little puzzled and kindly reminded me loudly.

"ah!"

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"No, it's nothing, I'm just a little dazed!"

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"Correct me, I'm not a wizard, but an arcane wizard! But...forget it, if you want to call a wizard, you should be a wizard, it's almost the same anyway!"

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"That's right! The elder sister of Queen Catherine said that she asked people to investigate and guard this area. How many troops did she leave for them? 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 go back to the city of Calliad to garrison, and then go out and investigate by herself, and it would be almost ready for business.

'how many people? '

‘Not much, except for a griffon flag that can call on the scattered soldiers and warriors of the kingdom of Erasia, that’s all that’s left! '

"The soldiers have been taken away by Queen Catherine. Apart from us and two cooks, there is only one dog left in this post..."

The gunman pointed innocently at the eighteen warriors who were lined up outside the guard post behind him, and said that they seemed to be in good spirits.

"That's all? What do these mean?!"

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Anne's voice became a little sharp in vain, because she suddenly realized that she seemed to have been tricked by some hateful queen?

'It's these soldiers! '

"Counting me, there are nineteen people in total. We are specially stayed by Queen Catherine to assist you..."

"!!"

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"Why are there so few people? You only have nineteen in total. What's the use of that?!"

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If it is outside the Oasis game, Anne said that even if the other party does not send her a single soldier, she can easily take down all the cities occupied by the Negans and successfully complete the task of defending Calliad by herself!

However, if it is in this oasis game, her ability alone is really powerless... because she knows that there are indeed many powerful creatures or mages here, such as the one she met the other day If it was one-on-one, she would be able to easily kill the big devil alone. However, if it was one-on-many, she would definitely not dare to go head-to-head.

'this……'

"Queen Catherine only left us a little less, but Your Excellency the Wizard, with this sacred griffon flag representing the kingdom of Erasia, maybe you can use the name of Erasia or the queen , to gather the scattered soldiers and warriors in the kingdom? '

‘You can also gather more farmers and townspeople who are still alive, and then train them! '

The captain of the spearmen obviously knew that no matter what they wanted to do with such a small number of people, it would be more difficult. However, think about the chaos in the Kingdom of Erasia now, and there are scattered soldiers scattered all over the place. And refugees who took up arms to protect themselves, so maybe things wouldn't be too bad if they could be called together?

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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 hot Catherine in front of her, it was not enough for a spearman who was blasted by a pyrotechnic, and the old and weak guarding the city of Calliade with less than two hundred people Sick and disabled, what should she do in order to complete the task that the hateful queen gave her before she left?

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 gold coins, even in this 'Oasis' game, he can beat that kind of game when he throws it out. The big devil is at least stronger than hundreds of such useless spearmen!

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An hour later, although she was still very reluctant, although she was a thousand and one thousand unwilling, and even though she felt that some spearmen might not be really useful, Anne still took them with a total of nineteen spearmen , carrying the Griffin flag, she embarked on her journey to explore this area and investigate the extent of the Negans' encroachment.

Fortunately, after driving for a long time, they saw a group of guys wearing broken Erathia military uniforms and armor, holding spears, long swords and crossbows, who looked like broken soldiers, but also like robbers Guys we're heading to Calliad.

The road here is not wide, and the two sides are walking opposite each other. Therefore, when Annie and others saw each other, those guys who were suspected of being defeated by the Kingdom of Erasia and who had been wandering outside for an unknown period of time also watched When they arrived, in the end, the two sides stopped at a distance of more than ten meters, and looked at each other vigilantly.

"A lot of people..."

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"You! Whatever you look at, it's you. Go up! Go and order them to join us!!"

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After staring for a while, she was sure that those people should be soldiers of Erasia. At least Anne thought that they might have belonged to the soldiers of Erasia's army. A spearman captain carrying a Griffin flag ordered.

'ah? '

'yes! ! '

The soldier froze for a moment, and after knowing what their little officer was going to ask him to do, he hurriedly responded, and then took a few steps forward with his gold-rimmed and blue-bottomed Griffon flag and stood still.

'Listen up, Erathian soldiers up front! '

‘This is the team of the arcane archmage Anne, the princess of King Griffin, Queen Catherine who returned from the Iron Fist Kingdom! Now, His Excellency the Archmage orders you in the name of the Griffin Banner: Join our ranks immediately, and together with us, drive the Negans from our homeland of Erathia! ! '

Apparently, the spearman captain who was carrying the banner seemed to be a little eloquent, and seemed to have read a book to understand some truths? Therefore, when he opened his mouth, he brought out the identity of Queen Catherine and the righteousness of the Kingdom of Erasia, and expressed his desire to recruit these large numbers of stragglers.

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Those ragged soldiers who were just looking at this side curiously, without any hostility but also without any kindness, after hearing what the spearman captain said and seeing clearly the blue background and gold-rimmed lion in the opponent's hand, After the eagle flag, the commotion finally started.

'! ! '

'That is our flag of Erasia! '

‘Princess Catherine? she really came back? I've heard her name before, great, the kingdom of Erathia is saved! '

'Yes, great! '

'Shall we join them? '

‘Definitely join, we were originally soldiers of the Kingdom of Erasia! '

'That's right, let's now...'

'Shut up! Who knows if what he said is true? Look, that guy on the horse is just a little girl! A little girl and a dozen farmers who have been training for a few days dare to say the kind of big words that you drive out with others, don't be fooled easily! '

'this……'

'snort! He was right! If a little girl and a group of farmers dare to pretend to be Princess Catherine to bluff and cheat, I won't be fooled! '

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'that is! The last few months have been chaotic enough. There are more than 1,000 people in our barracks, and we are the only ones left after being beaten by the Negans. Let’s leave them alone and go to the city of Calliad. Organized, safer than outside? '

'You seem to be right...'

'...'

Soon, the rioting rangers made a decision after discussing for a while, and then one looked like a crusader, but the helmet had long since disappeared, leaving only broken armor and messy hair And the guy with the beard came out and said:

'listen! '

'We don't know you, and we don't know whether what you say is true or not, but we don't want to embarrass you, you can pass here! '

'hurry up! Do what you have to do, don't think of any bad ideas! '

The guy with only broken armor and messy hair waved back after speaking, and then his companions automatically got out of the way in the middle, and moved to the two sides, gesturing to the guy who was run by some weird little guy. A team of girls and a dozen farmer recruits can pass, and neither of them should make things difficult for the other.

'this……'

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to buy it, the spearman captain who was carrying the flag was a little embarrassed, so he turned his head and looked at their little officer.

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"snort!!"

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boom! !

Annie didn't say much, she just frowned, and then pointed forward, a fireball of explosive fire blasted towards the soldiers not far away, instantly killing several big trees growing together at that place It was blown up and broken in half, and let them fall and burn quickly with that loud bang.

That situation looked very frightening, and the group of Erasia's rout soldiers took a few steps back and huddled together in fright.

'! ! '

'Don't do it! I, we would like to join you! ! '

Shocked, finally, the crusader leader who wanted to say something just now didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and directly raised his hand to express their attitude.

Actually, if it wasn't for seeing that the other party's 'general' was a little girl just now, if any nobleman or knight came to them carrying the Griffin flag, they would have obeyed the order unconditionally. And now, since it has been confirmed that the other party is indeed not some guy with ulterior motives or trying to deceive them, but is indeed a powerful wizard, then they are originally soldiers of the Kingdom of Erasia, and they are just because of various reasons The soldiers who have left the establishment must have no reason to refuse, and they must return to Erathia and return to fight under the sacred Griffin Banner!

??Ding~!

??Your team encountered and successfully persuaded (by force) a group of Erathian routs. You gained 500 experience points and learned elementary diplomacy and elementary leadership. Your general sub-professional level has risen to level 2. You The troops you lead will gain additional attack, defense and morale bonuses.

"Eh?"

∑(??△｀)? !

Hearing the prompt from the Oasis game system, Annie couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then she realized that after accepting the employment of Catherine, she seemed to have an extra one, except for her magic and strength. General panel for 'Level 1 Witch'?

And now, her 'witch' general board has been upgraded to the second level, and she has obtained a primary diplomacy and primary leadership?

Of course, none of those things matter!

Because, now Anne seems to have accidentally discovered an effective method that can quickly increase her strength and complete the impossibly difficult task that the cunning Queen Catherine left for herself!

That is: search for this large area that was originally the land of the Kingdom of Erathia, and engulf Erathia soldiers and people who can fight in all areas including Prince, Secret Khan City, and Telia City! And then, lead them to defeat those nasty Negans?

And this matter, if you put it in a simple way, it is actually-running the map, pulling strong men, and raising wars by fighting? !

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Isn't it?

She just took 19 pikemen who were trained by farmers for a few days, and she has not gone far, and she has earned more than a hundred people. If things like this happen a few more times, she will Wouldn't it be possible to become a general who leads thousands of troops?

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