Section 142: The Victim
"What are your plans?"
The conference room was quiet, and after hearing what Lance saw and heard, everyone fell into great fear.
The name Star Demon may be a very confused noun for ordinary people, but for all wizards who have a little knowledge of plane biology, it is a nightmare existence.
According to wizards, most of the broken semi-planes near Criland are destroyed by star beasts. However, in fact, according to the plane algorithm, there should be more planes near Criland. These planes are definitely more than ten times the number of broken semi-planes.
But in fact, where these planes should have existed, it was already nothing at this time.
This is what the Star-Swallowing Demon did.
This creature is completely over the universe. Even if it is just a stomach, it is enough to make the legendary wizard deal with it carefully. If Gianna doesn't handle it well and awakens the consciousness of the dead Star-Devouring Demon, then the matter will be a big deal. Even if the king of the Dead World cannot restrain the Star-Devouring Demon's consciousness, even if ** cannot be resurrected, it will be enough to cause a great uproar in Cliland.
It is estimated that even if the leaders of the twelve witchcraft holy lands join forces, they may not be able to easily suppress this terrifying situation. What's more, in Criland, the most powerful witchcraft holy land, Guwanlun, has disappeared, and the new witchcraft holy land is still brewing.
It can be said that now is the weakest time for the entire plane to be able to withstand additional invasion and damage. The covetous demon can barely fight because of Marce's defense line. Another star-swalking demon comes out, which is definitely the rhythm of the plane collapse!
Of course, the people in the conference room may not have been as long as Lance considered, and they probably only considered their own interests.
They had to find a way to escape this damn bond, otherwise they would become part of the Star-Swallowing Demon's stomach juice. Lance also needed them to help - he could not get rid of so many Scarlet Scorpion's wizards and leader Gianna, and the eleven Demon Hunting Spiders were also a big trouble, so he was willing to take the risk and contacted the No. 8 airboat under the nose of the Scarlet Scorpion Wizard.
Fortunately, dwarf technology does live up to its reputation and is still very concealed.
Lance was clearly communicating with the No. 8 airboat under their feet, but the five wizards on the platform, including the Piper, did not respond to this.
This made him feel a little relaxed.
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"My plan is very simple. But someone needs to make sacrifices. But you can rest assured. You will not be the ones who sacrificed."
Lance's tone was very plain, and then he continued this tone and spoke a shocking plan!
"What? If you do this, the reputation of our Pop merchants will be completely destroyed!"
The captain jumped first and questioned Lance's plan.
"The reputation of the Pope Chamber of Commerce?" The two nightingales looked at the captain with contempt: "Sir, if the Pope merchant's floating boat cannot reach the fallen hills smoothly this time, then the reputation of your merchant will still plummet. And I should not remind you, right? You are also on this ship, and if you can't escape, you will be dead."
“We agree with Mr. Lance’s plan.”
The Nightingales said firmly.
The captain hesitated for a while, finally sighed and nodded.
Lance was also a little surprised when he heard such a dispute from the communicator. In his eyes, the captain was completely useless. He did not expect that under such circumstances, he had a rare kind heart, which made him look away.
But he waited for a long time and had not heard Regis' response.
"Reggis? What's wrong?"
Lance asked.
...
In the conference room, everyone looked at each other. The bearded man showed a look of distress. The captain walked over and patted him on the shoulder, without saying anything.
Both of them have the same considerations. They are not the Nightingale. They have feelings for the ship and have a sense of mission for the people on the ship.
However, although Lance's plan is very likely to work - and is the best way to do this crisis, it actually destroys their sense of mission.
Destroy part of their lives.
This is unacceptable to everyone.
The bearded man took a deep breath and stood up cursingly: "Just do it like this! Gather all the wizards at the bow of the ship, and the mortals let them stay inside the cabin."
"Everyone is mobilized. There is no need for anyone in the cab, just leave me one."
In the conference room, a depressing atmosphere suddenly spread.
But at this critical moment, everyone can only care about their own lives, as for others...
No one is an omnipotent god, isn’t it?
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"What a cruel plan. Use all the mortals as victims in exchange for the escape of the wizard on the No. 8 floating boat, and then hunt the wizards of the demon spider and the crimson scorpion to save other floating boats..."
Lance half leaned against the rock, and sighed in his heart.
This is the best way he could think of. I have to say that this method is quite cruel, although for wizards, ordinary people are so weak and powerless.
But they are still living lives - for the people of the Pope Chamber of Commerce, these mortals are their customers!
And now, in order to survive, they must sacrifice the lives of these customers.
No wonder the captain himself and Regis were very hesitant.
Lance understood that perhaps Regis could kill one or two mortals without hesitation for the safety of the entire ship - for example, he planned to do this when dealing with Gian; unfortunately Lance stopped him, otherwise he might have forced Gianna's trump card.
But letting him directly kill all mortals' lives for the survival of himself and other wizards. Such a choice is undoubtedly difficult.
Although in terms of value, there is no doubt that the wizard is of higher value, theoretically speaking, sacrificing mortals to save wizards seems to be the best decision.
However, the value of life is not a simple addition and subtraction algorithm.
No matter how cruel the world is, everyone has their own bottom line. It’s just that the depth is different.
Lance never thought he was a good person, but this time, as an advocate of the plan, he had to at least bear most of the negative and disgraceful scenes.
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On the high platform, the flute player continued to gently play his magic flute.
The sound of the flute is melodious and slowly echoes in the vast space.
Under the influence of the sound of the flute, the demon hunting spider continued to drag the No. 8 floating boat toward the star-swallowing demon's stomach.
Because of the previous lessons, this time, the flute blower seemed more cautious.
He ordered the demon hunting spider to go even slower, and to choose solid rocks at every point of landing.
Although based on past experience, the gastric juice secretion frequency of the Star-Swallowing Demon is fixed, and there must be a long time interval in the middle; but he knew in his heart that after Jaina obtained the seed, the Star-Swallowing Demon's recovery speed was increasing day by day, and God knew when this thing would suddenly wake up.
Therefore, he must be careful and do his best to avoid the possibility of manually waking up the stomach of the Star-Swallowing Demon.
The Demon Hunting Spider walked very slowly, but the personnel inside the No. 8 floating boat had already completed the assembly.
All the wizards hid at the bow. This place is farthest from the power cabin, and there is a defense cabin. Around the defense cabin, an internal protective cover that has not been controlled by the Crimson Scorpion can be raised. The effect of this internal protective cover is average, but it is enough to resist some explosion damage.
The reason why I chose wizards is because the protective strength of the internal protective cover is far from enough. Wizards must bless themselves with some protective spells - and this is exactly what ordinary people cannot do.
This is also the reason why Lance finally gave up on mortals in the plan.
How much they can survive is purely based on their luck - according to the fox's calculations, if the plan goes well, the probability of mortals on the No. 8 floating boat will survive is only three in a thousandth - a very slim data, which also reminds Lance that the transaction fee rate in the stock market in his previous life happened to be this number.
"Three out of thousands... There are three or four hundred mortals in total, and in the end, only one or two people may survive?"
Lance stared at the aerobatic. At this time, his mentality became extremely calm.
The plan has been decided, and nothing can be changed.
Moreover, in any world, the weak may become victims, but the meaning is different.
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"Best, speed up." A wizard reminded on the platform: "The airboat behind has also caught up."
The Piper nodded and raised some of the tone.
The demon hunting spider stepped into the realm of the Star-Swallowing Demon, but at this moment, a terrifying explosion suddenly came from the aerobatic hundreds of feet away behind it!
Rumble!
The huge roar continued to rotate in the deep darkness, and the flute of the flute player was suddenly interrupted!
"How is this possible! What are they doing?" The flute blower was so shocked by the scene in front of him!
These wizards actually exploded their own aerial boat? Don’t they want to live anymore?
Just as the question was constantly echoing in the minds of the flutemakers, a cold voice rang in their ears:
"Sorry, your plan failed."
Witchcraft insulation!
Under the influence of this strange ability, Lance suddenly appeared and resisted the witchcraft of two Scarlet Scorpion Wizards and was safe and sound.
At the same time, the dagger in his hand easily cut off the flute blower's head.
Chapter completed!