After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 58 - 34: The Plan_2

"It was the siege that killed them," she said with a slight sense of regret, yet she did not complain, as they were now engaged in a significant endeavor.

In order to unleash the Flame Giant Surter, to herald Ragnarok.

...

...

Meanwhile.

Outside the city.

In a dilapidated house.

Fifine sat elegantly on the steps of the doorway, watching Ahtal nearby carrying wood, and asked:

"Lord Ahtal, how did you come to know Princess Letixia?"

"I happened to see her being chased and went to help," Xi Mu replied casually, arranging the wood properly and igniting it with a flame from his fingertips.

And seeing his such indifferent attitude.

Fifine revealed a hint of confusion, not sure whether this Knight was just cold by nature or had an issue specifically with her:

"Lord Ahtal, do you dislike me?"

"No, I’m just not good with words," Xi Mu explained perfunctorily. He had no interest in Fifine, who was just an unimportant NPC after all.

If he communicated too much with Fifine, it could easily trigger unnecessary side plots, such as the player facing a difficult choice: to have an affair with Fifine or to remain a steadfast Knight to Letixia.

However, in this game, one could only have an emotional affair, as a physical affair was simply out of the question, so he didn’t bother too much with Fifine.

She could neither drop rare equipment, nor was she a rich lady with money, nor a powerful ally in battle.

She wasn’t worth the effort of cultivating a good rapport.

"Not good with words, huh," Fifine nodded gently, seemingly surprised as she watched the silver-armored Knight intently.

Just then, Letixia emerged from the wooden house, came over to Xi Mu’s side to help with cooking, and took the opportunity to explain to her best friend.

"It’s not that he doesn’t like to talk, it’s just that he’s not fond of it," she said, not wanting Fifine to think Ahtal was a dull person.

So she subconsciously offered a defense for him.

"Is that so?" Fifine smiled and nodded, taking Letixia’s explanation as an attempt to defend her own lover, without imagining Ahtal to be someone skilled in speech.

Otherwise, why would he be so indifferent to her, a beautiful woman?

It wasn’t long.

Several fish were grilled, this time with added seasoning, the taste much improved, no longer a struggle to swallow.

"Tomorrow, I plan to declare war on the Iris Flower Kingdom," Xi Mu said, while eating the grilled fish, to Letixia who sat beside him, sharing his intentions.

"Given your sister’s current madness, unless she is defeated in one stroke, there will likely be continuous threats against you, capturing your friends one by one for execution."

His voice was disturbingly calm.

"So it is best to resolve it at once."

"No," Letixia refused resolutely, without a second thought, her green eyes more serious than ever, "That’s far too dangerous."

"Rather than call it a risk, wouldn’t it be suicide?" Fifine nibbled on her grilled fish, smiling as she looked at the indifferent silver-armored Knight.

"To face an entire nation alone, do you think you are a hero from an epic tale?"

She placed her hand on her chest, her expression earnest.

"If we can wait for reinforcements from Sky City, it means that the Iris Flower Kingdom can certainly be taken back, what we need now is...negotiation."

"I will go and negotiate with Ashliya. Faced with the threat of Sky City’s reinforcements, as long as she wants to survive, she will definitely compromise,"

"She might even choose to flee."

Against the military strength of Sky City, the Iris Flower Kingdom had absolutely no chance of victory; even if the Iris Flower Kingdom’s power were increased tenfold, there would still be no chance at all.

It wasn’t just a gap in the strength of the soldiers, but also in the high-level combat power, the strength of Siegfried, the Dragon Slayer Hero, would be enough to carve a path of destruction through the Iris Flower Kingdom.

Therefore, in the face of such a disadvantage, it was understandable for Ashliya to choose to compromise for better treatment after defeat or to simply take the money and run.

There was simply no need to confront this nation head-on.

However,

"What if Ashliya refuses to compromise?" Xi Mu raised the question. Even though Fifine’s idea was good, and novice players might follow Fifine’s train of thought,

sadly, Ashliya was a madwoman... no, more precisely, she had staked everything on unsealing the Sword of Light.

As long as she could unseal the Sword of Light, Ashliya would become a top player capable of using a Divine Artifact, with absolutely no fear of Sky City.

And if she couldn’t unseal it, Ashliya would also choose to take away the riches of the Iris Flower Kingdom, including the most important Sword of Light.

To negotiate with Fifine’s current thinking, the only outcome was to have her head chopped off by Ashliya and hung on the city walls.

"I know a bit about Astrology," Xi Mu blurted out, watching Fifine’s indignant expression, wanting to object, and coldly added, "Your diary content is all fabricated, to deceive yourself."

In the first round, he had gone through Fifine’s subplot and learned the woman’s story. At that time, he had felt regret for Fifine’s death.

But now, he had little interest in Fifine and only wanted to skip the story.

Fifine: "..."

Although she wanted to object, this man had indeed pierced right through her biggest secret; the diaries she wrote were all incredibly bright and positive.

It wasn’t because that was truly how she felt inside, but rather that the act of writing a diary was to deceive herself.

In order to make herself fit the image of nobility more.

"If you go to negotiate, you would almost certainly die," Xi Mu asserted, and then silently continued eating the grilled fish.

After a long silence.

Fifine broke the silence by asking, "What are your chances of success if you go up against the Iris Flower Kingdom?"

"Do you think the Iris Flower Kingdom is strong?" Xi Mu asked back. Amidst Fifine’s astonished gaze, he indifferently stated a fact, "In reality, the Iris Flower Kingdom is pathetically weak. If you hire a group of reasonably strong mercenaries, you could take down the Iris Flower Kingdom."

This was a lie. Even though the Iris Flower Kingdom’s military was weak, lacked strong figures, and their economy wasn’t that great, besides being on an inconveniently located island,

the Iris Flower Kingdom possessed the Sword of Light, a Divine Artifact not to be underestimated in the hands of Letixia.

It couldn’t be taken down easily.

"Maybe that’s indeed the case," Letixia unexpectedly accepted the truth of her kingdom’s weakness.

"But those dwarves are not to be underestimated."

"Then we’ll consider it further," Xi Mu nodded, not insisting on facing the entire Iris Flower Kingdom head-on.

At Xi Mu’s words, Letixia breathed a sigh of relief and then showed a curious expression, "Ahtal, are you really an Astrologer?"

"As for that, you’ll have to ask her," Xi Mu smiled and pointed at Fifine next to him. When Letixia looked for an answer, she got a clear one.

Fifine clenched her teeth: "I did not write the diary to deceive myself."

She adamantly couldn’t admit the fact she wrote the diary to deceive herself; otherwise, she might not be able to continue the pretense.

At that moment, she would have to face her own reality.

"Is that so?" Letixia smiled gently, since they didn’t want to disclose, there was no need for her to keep asking.

Everyone has their own secrets.

"By the way, I have a plan," she began to talk about her plan, her green eyes filled with earnestness.

"Actually, there is a divine sword hidden in the palace. If I can get my hands on it, I can also use it to end this war as quickly as possible."

"Even with a very powerful divine sword," Fifine appeared not too surprised but raised a question.

"Given Ashliya’s personality, hasn’t she already hidden the divine sword?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"No, I think I have a guess where the divine sword is," Letixia shook her head, looking towards the horizon, "The purpose of building the divine temple must be to unseal the divine sword."

She stated her thoughts.

"I want to steal the divine sword tonight."

Xi Mu: "..."

A very reasonable deduction, but the divine temple was guarded by a dwarf boss of over level ninety, to go there now would be no different from committing suicide.

Unless the seal on the Sword of Light loosened, players could not safely approach it.