Lloyd couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. Xiao Ran's one week's time was equivalent to doubling the work of the entire Special Task Force. It should be noted that the one to two weeks he said was already taking into account the overtime work and the testing time of the body into consideration. Now, Xiao Ran was basically asking them to complete all the work in one week's time.
Xiao Ran could clearly see Loide's eyes twitching. Xiao Ran couldn't help but smile in his heart. One week was actually not a short time. Now that the body was completed to such an extent, it wasn't impossible for the entire Special Task Force to completely give up on other tasks and put all their manpower on this body. Moreover, Xiao Ran would be doing the system adjustments himself. At most, these technicians would cooperate with Xiao Ran to complete the rest of the detailed adjustments. The workload was heavy, but it wasn't so heavy that they couldn't get up from bed.
One week was so long. If it was in the hands of Burning Legion, it wouldn't be a problem of one or two bodies. It was estimated that many standard Class A bodies would be mass-produced.
"One week is more than enough time. I will do the final testing and adjustments with you. I believe that one week is more than enough to complete all the tasks on this machine."
Loide exhaled softly, "Oh, one week is really too tight. You're not treating us as humans. I can only say that I'll do my best. I'll try my best to get the body done in one week."
"Not try your best, but definitely." Xiao Ran waved his hand and emphasized the final time again. Then, he looked at the body that was still being worked on and said, "Okay, I won't disturb your work here. I'll come back in a week. Good luck."
Xiao Ran and Yu turned and left, leaving Loide alone. He turned to look at the body that was still being completed. He scratched his head and sighed helplessly, "Oh, what a simple and casual arrangement. One week is killing me."
After leaving the Special Task Force Research Institute, Yu asked as soon as he got in the car, "Where are you going next?"
Xiao Ran opened the window and looked out, "I'm going back. The situation there isn't suitable for me to be away for too long."
Ryukino glanced at Xiao Ran and asked with a smile, "Aren't you going to see Euphemia? That child missed you a lot when you were away."
"No." Xiao Ran turned back to look at Yu, shook his head and smiled, "No one knows that I'm coming here. Besides, I don't have anything to do, why do I have to see her?"
"I thought you would want to see her." Ryukino pursed his lips and smiled, "Aren't you her guardian knight? Don't you want to see the princess that you protect?"
Xiao Ran smiled and didn't say anything. Indeed, he didn't want to see Euphemia now. Now wasn't the right time. However, the next time he met Euphemia, the country would change completely. At that time, Xiao Ran didn't know how Euphemia would look at him, a 'traitor'.
When Ryukino brought Xiao Ran to the 11th District, it seemed like he was just here to take a look. Even if it was just a look, he could have done it through the communication channel. There was no need for him to waste time coming here personally. However, it wasn't that Loide was stalling on purpose. Xiao Ran also felt that it was necessary for him to take a look in person to confirm the completion of the mech. He didn't want to listen to the nonsense that Loide made up to reassure him through video communication.
After returning to the 19th District, Ryukino set a time to pick up Xiao Ran the next time. Then, he piloted the mech and left. Xiao Ran also drove the car that he drove out to the frontline base unhurriedly and went straight to the command center.
The command center was as busy as before. In fact, it was even busier than before. Xiao Ran went straight to the big screen in the command center. A large group of people were either standing in front of the big screen or lying in front of the table doing their jobs.
Xiao Ran's arrival didn't disturb these people. However, when Xiao Ran stood beside Cornelia, she stopped arranging the personnel and tasks. She glanced at Xiao Ran and said coldly, "Don't run around if you're not feeling well. Where did you go in the past few hours?"
"I had something to deal with, so I left for a while." Xiao Ran wasn't surprised that Cornelia knew that he had been away for a few hours. He looked up at the big screen and nodded slightly. "The speed of progress is not bad. You've taken over more than 60% of the resistance's territory in such a short time. Has the EU done anything to counter our actions?"
Cornelia shook her head. "Not yet, but we can't do anything against them. Right now, the EU's defense is like a tortoise, and we can't find a suitable target to break through. Next, we can only wait until we retract our focus from the resistance before we can focus on attacking the EU."
"However, the Blood Knights still followed your orders. They led a portion of their forces to harass and attack the European Union, gradually eliminating the enemy's combat power and looking for weaknesses in the European Union's defense. However, we have intelligence that the European Union has also received support from a new force yesterday and today. However, we have no information on where this new force has been deployed. I'm not sure if this new force is the European Union's special combat power."
Special force referred to participating legions like the Blood Knights. Upon hearing Cornelia's words, Xiao Ran lowered his head slightly, held his chin, and began to think. "It's also very likely that it's both. The EU has always been a strong competitor to Britaria. It's impossible for them to sit back and watch Britaria take back the advantage that they've gained with great difficulty. Perhaps something happened that we don't know about."
Cornelia looked at Xiao Ran. "What is it?"
Xiao Ran said thoughtfully, "The Resistance Army and the EU were originally allies, but now that the Resistance Army has given up, the EU might already know the specifics of the situation. It's normal for them to make some countermeasures. I'll go and find out more. In any case, we need to strengthen our defenses everywhere, especially this base. Ask Corky to send some people over to help with the defense. Also, ask him when my body will be repaired. No matter what, it's best if we can hold on for a while."
Cornelia nodded. She thought that Xiao Ran was referring to the time when the Demon Deity Kaiser was repaired and the time when they spread out to take over the territory abandoned by the resistance. However, she didn't care about Xiao Ran's real intention at all. Xiao Ran's real intention was a week before the Demon Deity Kaiser was completely repaired in Area 11.
On Luluxiu's side, under the protection of Corgi and some members of the Scarlet Knights, the landline was safely parked in one of the few bases left by the resistance army. It was originally a civilian airport, but because of the war, it was converted into a special purpose long ago. At the same time, the airport was completely transformed into a base.
In this base, Corgi and other members of the Blood Knights who protected the plane from landing were surrounded by countless airframes as soon as they landed. Corgi and the other members raised their weapons to protect Luluxiu's plane. However, under the premise that both sides were about to start a real negotiation, even though there was a confrontation, both sides still maintained their rationality. Whether it was the encirclement, guns raised, or confrontation, they were just defensive measures taken by both sides because they didn't trust the other side.
When Luluxiu opened the door of the plane and walked to the ground alone in a black cloak and helmet, the leader of the resistance, Selius, appeared in front of Luluxiu. Selius didn't know that under such an extremely tense situation, Luluxiu's forehead was covered in sweat, and even his back was soaked. He was cursing Xiao Ran in his heart for letting him participate in such a dangerous operation where one person convinced a group of people to fight against the strong. It was the same for the Blood Knights and the current resistance army. However, this time, Xiao Ran wasn't by his side. He drank on the plane to ease his nervousness and didn't let Xiao Ran see his nervousness.
Selius looked very sunny and handsome with golden hair and a chiseled face. He was wearing a white vest. He took the initiative to extend his hand to Luluxiu and introduced himself, "Selius, the commander-in-chief of the resistance army, the leader of the Roaring Lion Legion."
Luluxiu took a deep breath under his helmet, stepped forward, and shook Selius' hand. "ZERO, the leader of the Black Knights."
Selius nodded and smiled brightly. "I knew you the moment I saw you. You are the famous leader of the Black Knights in District 11, ZERO. But I didn't expect you to come here to negotiate with us. I wonder what is your relationship with Knight Luluxiu?"
"We are both founders of the Black Knights, so it shouldn't be difficult to guess the answer. My purpose of coming here this time is to let you join the Black Knights. I wonder what Mr. Selius thinks of this."
Luluxiu didn't hide this. After all, his purpose of coming here this time was to merge the resistance army, or rather, the Roaring Lion Legion that Selius mentioned, into the Black Knights. There was no need to hide this. Besides, Xiao Ran had already said that the other party wouldn't go back on his word.
Selius shook his head. They were no match for him in terms of strength, so he had no choice from the moment he failed. Although ZERO's appearance was indeed a little unexpected, and what was even more unexpected was that ZERO wanted him to join this mysterious new organization, the Black Knights, and he didn't know if any of the participants supported this organization, no matter what, he didn't have any thoughts of going back on his word. After all, they couldn't afford to go back on their word.
After shaking his head, Selius looked at the Mechs piloted by Corgi and the others, and asked in confusion, "The Blood Knights are now members of the Black Knights. Have they been since the beginning?"
"No, just like you. After realizing that their strength isn't enough to resist that knight, and they urgently need the support of the materials we provide, the Blood Knights can only become one of us and obey our orders. However, they are different from you. For the Blood Knights, their loyalty is only to me, not the Black Knights. Although there isn't much difference from my standpoint, your loyalty is to the Black Knights."
"I see. It seems that your identity isn't simple, ZERO." Selius nodded and revealed his sunny and handsome smile. "But there are also differences between us. After all, the person who defeated me back then was Knight Luluxiu, and the request he made was to be loyal to him. If it's his wish to join the Black Knights, of course, it won't be a problem. But just like the Blood Knights are loyal to you, the person we are loyal to is only Knight Luluxiu."
Was Selius stupid? Of course, they weren't fools. Now that they had confirmed that they were going to join the Black Knights, an organization that didn't conflict with each other and could be integrated, they naturally agreed without any hesitation. The Black Knights were essentially a different type of resistance army. Moreover, the two had no conflict and were never considered enemies. There was no problem in joining them.
Needless to say, the person they were loyal to was Knight Luluxiu. In Selius' impression, Knight Luluxiu was already a powerful person. However, ZERO was just an ordinary person in Selius' eyes. The key was that Luluxiu's name was too special. It was obvious who they were going to choose.
Luluxiu didn't care about this at all. After all, he had always been the leader of the Black Knights. Even if the Blood Knights were loyal to him, Xiao Ran still treated them like servants. Besides, to a certain extent, the one who was in charge of the cooperation between him and Xiao Ran was still Xiao Ran.
So, Luluxiu nodded and said, "Of course, that's not a problem. As long as we are willing to become a member of the Black Knights, we will have a common goal. Everything else is negotiable."
Selleus smiled and said, "Then we need to talk about it in more detail. For example, what kind of obligations we have to fulfill after joining the Black Knights, and what kind of missions we need to complete. I have already arranged a place for everyone to rest. Rest for a while, and after dinner, we will talk about it in detail."
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