Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

Mr. Broda was surprised when he heard this, but he quickly regained his composure and responded politely:

"Is it Her Excellency the Witch of Twilight and Dawn?"

Then, he reacted quickly:

"Are you contacting me about the situation here in Lentiheim?"

Although Broda couldn't see it, Lacier still nodded:

"Yes, I learned from old... Viliden that the elves have already rebuilt their mistress. Based on my understanding of the elves and Lentiheim, is this a little too fast?"

Bloda smiled bitterly upon hearing this:

"Well... I can't explain the specific situation clearly at the moment, but someone can - the governor of Lentiheim, Ms. Fuwenna, is right next to me. Why don't you let her tell you what the current situation in Lentiheim is."

"……it is good."

After that, Lacier indeed heard a familiar voice.

"Is it Miss Rachel?"

"It's me." Lacie responded.

"As you said," Fuwenna replied, "the reconstruction of the Matron has entered the final stage. As for the question you want to know most..."

"You want to know how we rebuilt the Matron, don't you?"

"Yes."

"Then please come to Lentiheim," said Fuwena, "you will get all the answers here."

[To be continued]

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16. Get ready to go

Fuvenna invited Rachel.

She told her that as long as she went to Lentiheim, she would get answers to all her questions.

Logically speaking, Lacier was willing to believe Fuwenna, but this time she was afraid that she couldn't, because she felt that Fuwenna had exaggerated a little bit this time -

There are so many truths she wants to explore: the mystery of the destruction of the previous civilization, the origin and use of the holy sword passed down by generations of brave men, and whether the "prophecy" left by the previous generation of brave men will come true...

Rachel didn't think Fuvenna could answer these questions.

On the contrary, Fuwenna also brought her new questions:

Lentiheim, what happened?

How did the elves rebuild that starship in just two months?

Lacele suddenly felt that Fuvenna was a bit like the Pirate King.

Before being executed, she laughed and said that if she wanted to know the truth, she should come to Lentiheim, where she hid everything she had. Thus, the Great Pirate Era began.

In this way, the Brave Team might just be a small pirate group. They will respond to Fuvenna's call next, temporarily shelve the plan to go to Victoria, and visit Lentiheim instead.

But here comes the problem-

Does the elves' city-state of Lentiheim really hide the truth?

Lacey sighed, bit her fingers gently, pondered for a moment, and finally raised her head to ask Lao Deng:

"According to our investigation, Victoria may declare war on human nations at any time. At this critical moment, do we really want to go to Lentiheim?"

Time is precious. Although it sounds a bit harsh, compared with the upcoming brutal war that may affect most countries and races in the entire Pan-Continent, the fact that the elves repaired their mistress seems insignificant.

Besides, Lacier didn't think that the elves could really revive the ship-borne host.

Even Lacie felt it was doubtful whether they could repair the hull of the starship.

But in the end, before Lao Deng gave his opinion, she sighed again and made a decision:

"Forget it, let's go and take a look. Anyway, we have the warp spell. If there are signs of war here, we can rush back immediately..."

Then, she made a joke with some sarcasm:

"I just hope that His Majesty the Emperor of Victoria will be magnanimous enough to give us some more time to figure out what happened in Lentiheim."

Since Lacie has made this decision, Lao Deng will certainly not say anything.

"The decision is yours," the Lord of the White Tower smiled, "You can go wherever you wish."

"Uh……"

Lacie scratched her cheek and thought, that's strange, the decision is not in our hands.

In fact, she didn't want to go to Victoria or Lentiheim. She just wanted to stay comfortably in her little nest in the Sea of ​​​​Sen and be lazy... with Charles.

But there is no way, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

As the hero's companion, the Witch of Twilight and Dawn of the White Tower, she does have to shoulder the responsibility of saving the world.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but turn her head and look at Charles.

Ever since he learned that the elves had rebuilt the starship, Charles has been lost in thought.

Rachel didn't know what he was thinking, but as a member of the team, she did have to ask the captain's opinion.

"So what do you think? Old... Um! Captain?"

She got stuck in the shell for no apparent reason.

Fortunately, Charles, who was lost in thought, did not notice this, but Old Deng did, so he sat there and laughed mischievously.

Laughing Bull Demon!

Lacee was a little anxious, her face flushed, but she didn't dare show it, for fear that Charles would find out that she had said something strange.

And Charles just raised his head, glanced at Laciel, and then asked a question:

"Is it the starship that the elves rebuilt, or the mainframe on board?"

Lacey was stunned.

She subconsciously wanted to ask if there was any difference between the two, but soon she realized what Charles was talking about.

If the elves rebuilt the ship's mainframe, it would mean that they truly resurrected their mistress, rather than just creating a shabby starship with nothing but appearance.

But hasn’t the elves’ mistress been irreversibly polluted?

That was why she was transformed into a mad mother, and that was why the elves commissioned them to kill the mad mother.

Besides...

Laceier was silent for a moment, then asked:

"I clearly remember that the ship's main engine was completely destroyed by us, right?"

Charles nodded.

"Yes, at the end of the battle with the Mad Mother, we used the Holy Sword together to pierce her core - that is, the main body that carries all the data of the Mad Mother, the mainframe on the ship."

"The elves definitely couldn't have resurrected Him," Lacier concluded. "They just inherited the legacy of the mistress two months ago. How could they have created a new ship-borne mainframe out of nothing?"

That thing is definitely not something that can be made just by “thinking about it”.

Even the pre-civilizations in the Pangaea had a question mark over whether their technology had reached the level to create strong artificial intelligence. If the elves really wanted to claim that they had resurrected the Matron, then Laceel could only guess that they had achieved their goal through some unorthodox means.

For example, using a limited wishing machine to make a wish, or simply injecting the souls of living people into the starship.

In a sense, both methods can "revive" the carrier host, but...

Would the elves really adopt such an approach?

Lacey shook her head.

It’s better not to think about it anymore.

"When we get to Lentiheim, the truth will come out," she said. "I want to see what the elves are up to!"

Charles nodded.

"But no matter what, we have to be careful. According to what you said, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. It is very strange that the elves can rebuild the starship in such a short time. In addition, there is the warning of the Dream of Continuation, and the activities of Diesel's slender ghost in the outside world in the past thirty years..."

Of course, Laciel understood what Charles was worried about:

"Do you suspect that the elves of Lentiheim have been corrupted?"

Ciel was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it."

Rachel comforted him:

"Okay, stop imagining things. Didn't we just communicate with Fuwenna? At least she sounds pretty normal. It seems that there is no problem with the delegation we sent to Lentiheim..."

"But when we first arrived at Diesel, we also thought that everything was normal in Diesel," Ciel smiled bitterly, "It's just a communication spell, and it may not prove anything."

"...That's true." Lacie muttered in a low voice.

Then she asked tentatively:

"Are we still going to Lentiheim?"

She knew how important the planned trip to Victoria was to Charles.

It involves the truth behind the death of the previous brave Elvis, and the origin of the disaster that destroyed Ciel's hometown...

Heart to heart.

If she were Ciel, she would have been eager to go to Victoria a long time ago, but now this kind of thing happened by chance...

But it doesn’t matter.

Anyway, Charles is the captain, so if Charles wants to go to Victoria, she will follow him, or he can go to Lentiheim.

She listened to Charles.

After a brief silence, Charles looked at her and answered without hesitation:

"go."

Then he added:

"Please contact Godot right now and have him inform Joseph and Siree - the mission has changed. We will not go to Victoria for now. We will go to Lentiheim first to confirm the current situation of the elves."

Upon hearing this, Lacie replied "OK", and then, as Charles instructed, she drew out her wand and used the communication spell to send a communication request to Godot.

On the other side, Charles looked up and made eye contact with Lao Deng.

"Ms. Verliden," he pleaded, "I want to ask you a favor."

"what's up?"

"I would like to ask you to help us keep an eye on Victoria's movements after we go to Lentiheim. If Victoria shows any signs of launching a war or similar abnormal situation, please notify us immediately."

Upon hearing this, the Lord of the White Tower smiled and agreed:

"It's impossible."

At this time, Lacie had also contacted Godot.

Facing Charles' order conveyed by Laciel, Godot was a little surprised:

"What? Not going to Victoria, but to Lentiheim instead? But I remember... Captain, you two have been to Lentiheim before? And you helped the elves solve a big problem?"

Rachel explained:

"The past was the past, and this is now—now, Lentiheim is probably in even bigger trouble."

At this time, Joseph's voice came from Godot:

"How big is it?"

Lacey was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"You two are together?"

Joseph replied:

"Not just the two of us, but also Xi Rui. She hasn't left for Victoria yet, so it's a good opportunity for the two of us to go back to the base."