Chapter 472 Avoiding the easy and playing hard to get
With the wind and lightning all the way, Lei Xiao, surrounded by his subordinates, quickly passed through the forest and blocked rivers, and arrived at the vast plain on the other side.
Facing the bright sunshine, Lei Xiao, who was riding on the giant wolf, narrowed his eyes and looked towards Kongqing Town standing not far away.
After day and night construction, the city defense of the entire Kongqing Town has been significantly improved compared to the city wall which was only about three meters in the beginning.
Not only are a large number of arrow tower fortresses under construction, but even the shortest part of the city wall has increased to a height of five meters.
The most eye-catching thing is that the original wooden city gate has been replaced by a thick and solid metal gate, and the trench under the city wall is also being excavated in an orderly manner.
“Not bad, not bad, it’s really getting more and more decent.”
Lei Xiao looked at the busy scene of the construction crowd in front and nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems that it won't be long before Kongqing Town becomes a safer fortified city."
Slowly retracting his gaze, Lei Xiao made a "keep going" gesture to the subordinates around him.
Accompanied by the sound of "swish, swish" breaking through the air, with all members wearing invisibility cloaks, the group of people rushed straight towards the city lord's mansion in the center of the city.
At the same time, the hall of the city lord’s mansion in Kongqing Town was empty.
In the spacious and bright hall, Ariel was wearing a red and gold outfit, her fair and delicate face full of anger, and she was pacing back and forth anxiously.
Not far away from her, stood Lin in a blue knight's casual clothes, Giant Ax General Bert in a gray brocade robe, and General Holy Light Orange in a specially made white slim-fitting priest robe.
"This hateful guy from another world actually made me wait here for so long!"
Ariel, who had her arms folded across her chest, snorted heavily, her eyebrows twisting into knots, and said angrily.
On her slender body, in addition to a smart outfit, her signature thick curly hair has also been tied into a high ponytail.
Although this neat outfit made him look more sassy, the delicate look on his face still did not diminish at all.
"No, when that hateful guy comes, I will definitely scold him."
Ariel's fair cheeks had bulged into buns, and she snorted angrily: "It's so unreasonable to keep this princess waiting for so long!"
After hearing Ariel's angry voice, the expressions of Lin, Bert and Jubai looked normal.
But the whole row of maids from the city lord's palace who were standing by the side were so frightened by Ariel's formation of troops to accuse them that their faces turned pale.
"Dear Your Highness the Fifth Princess, I heard that you are looking for me?"
Following a faint voice, Lei Xiao's tall figure appeared outside the hall door.
"You are finally here!"
Ariel frowned and came forward angrily.
However, before she could speak, Lei Xiao smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How is your sweater knitting lately?"
Hearing Lei Xiao's teasing tone, Ariel couldn't help but be stunned. The anger on her face immediately turned into confusion. She was a little at a loss and said blankly: "You...how did you know that I like knitting sweaters?"
"Don't forget, this is my territory. Nothing can be hidden from me, and no one can disobey me."
Lei Xiao glanced at Ariel's face, which still had a hint of indignation, continued to maintain a faint smile, and walked towards the throne at the top.
"You, you are such a hateful guy!"
Looking at Lei Xiao's condescending behavior, Ariel wanted to reply angrily several times, but in the end she still didn't say anything, just like a deflated balloon, she could only follow behind helplessly.
Seeing this quite exciting scene, no matter it was Lin on the side, or Bert and Ju Bai who had already been secretly subdued by Lei Xiao.
They all couldn't help but smile at each other, and cast a vague look of admiration at Lei Xiao.
To be able to suppress the arrogant and domineering Princess Leng Yan so easily, and yet make her lose her temper at all, apart from the lord, I am afraid it would be difficult for anyone else to be able to do this.
After all, this youngest princess of Leng Yan, who is loved by thousands of people, has always been the apple of the old king's eye.
Ever since she was a child, the people around her have never even had time to flatter her, so how could she treat them so coldly?
And all the maids in the City Lord's Mansion looked at Lei Xiao with admiration on their faces, their delicately made-up faces full of uncontrollable admiration.
Lei Xiao sat down on the throne, still with a lukewarm expression, looking at Ariel who was sitting next to him with a smile.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that defeating the spirit of Princess Leng Yan to the greatest extent would undoubtedly play a decisive role in the final conquest.
"My dear fifth princess, tell me, what do you want from me?"
Lei Xiao raised his hand and signaled to the maid of the City Lord's Mansion to bring up Ariel's special low stool, raising his eyebrows and saying.
"It's not really an important thing..."
Ariel's starry eyes turned, and she wanted to give an evasive reply and induce Lei Xiao to go to the border battlefield with her. However, she had not finished her words yet.
Lei Xiao stood up from his seat and said calmly: "Since you don't have anything important to do, I have other important things to do. See you later."
Having said that, Lei Xiao walked towards the bottom of the high platform where the throne was located without hesitation.
Since the other party wanted to dodge the important issue, he would naturally respond with a hard-to-get approach.
"Just give me a moment!"
Ariel, who was at the bottom, became a little confused again and said quickly: "Didn't you see my clothes? Of course I want to go out for a walk!"
"No wonder my dear fifth princess, she looks a little different. It turns out she has changed her clothes."
Lei Xiao sat down on the throne again and asked, knowingly: "My dear fifth princess, where do you want to go?"
"You must have heard about it, right? Recently, Holy Night has been continuously adding troops to the border battlefield that is connected to my Lengyan, putting me in an extremely passive situation."
Ariel's arrogant white face became a little dim, and she responded: "I planned to go to the border area to check the situation, so I asked you to come over."
"Then, my dear Fifth Princess, what are you going to do after you go? In other words, what can you do?"
Lei Xiao held his chin with one hand, an interested expression appeared on his face, and asked again.
"With my strength, naturally I can't change anything."
Ariel first involuntarily glanced at Bert and Ju Bai not far away, then shook her head helplessly and said: "Even so, I still can't sit idly by."
At this point, Ariel's expression suddenly became determined: "After all, I am the fifth princess of Leng Yan, and I have the responsibility to protect this place!"
“The momentum is pretty good.”
Lei Xiao shrugged and continued to ask: "It's still the same question just now, what are you going to do?"
"I heard that at an absolute disadvantage, our Lengyan Army has been forced to give up a lot of land, and it was not even enough for the local Lengyan residents to evacuate..."
Ariel first shook her head helplessly, then bit her red lips and said resolutely: "In this case, no matter what happens, I also want to go to the border battlefield and do something within my power, even if I can only help one person, I will do my best. A small effort is much better than staying here and doing nothing!”
Looking at the steadfast white face of Princess Lengyan, Lei Xiao couldn't help but show a slightly surprised expression.
From the opponent's thin body, Lei Xiao clearly felt a hint of stubbornness and determination.
You must know that the current border battlefield is tense. Not only is a large-scale bloody battle likely to break out at any time, but murderous intent is everywhere, and waves are surging.
And this guy actually took the initiative to go there to help the locals, which was indeed beyond his expectations.
"Originally, I thought that the main worry of this delicate and willful fifth princess of Leng Yan was whether the Leng Yan army would be defeated so much that the enemy would advance in and threaten her own safety."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and said with emotion in his heart: "I didn't expect that her focus was not on herself, but on the local residents."
"This is rare in this different world where swords, magic, and nobles are rampant. What's more, this guy is the most noble member of the royal family."
Lei Xiao looked at Ariel with some admiration and nodded thoughtfully.
"It seems that my consideration of supporting her to become the Queen of Cold Flame is indeed a correct choice, and the breakthrough point for conquering Ariel may be here."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and said: "Well, since Her Highness the Fifth Princess can have such an awareness, then I naturally have no reason to refuse."
"Are you saying that you agree with me going?"
A touch of joy suddenly appeared on Ariel's fair and translucent cheeks. With her eyes rolling, she quickly asked: "Then will you follow me?"
At this moment, Ariel felt quite conflicted.
Although I am still quite resistant to this annoying young man from another world in front of me, the hard power of the other party is there after all. He has a fifth-level strong man and many fourth-level strong men who are loyal to him.
If it can be your helper, that would be great.
Not far away, Lei Xiao naturally saw Ariel's little thoughts at a glance, and still maintained a smile and said: "What? Don't you, my dear fifth prince, don't you want me to go?"
"That's not true. Since you insist on following, I don't have any objection."
Ariel flicked her neatly tied ponytail and responded to herself.
Lei Xiao looked at the arrogant Princess Leng Yan in front of him, and did not continue to argue with her. Instead, he stood up from his seat and said leisurely: "Do you still remember the three chapters of the agreement between you and me?"
"Of course I remember."
Ariel wrinkled her pretty nose and murmured in a low voice: "Isn't it true that I can only take Qing Bert and Qing Jubai with me? Furthermore, I must obey your arrangements outside and cannot act without authorization."
"Yes, if you violate it, you will be responsible for the consequences."
Lei Xiao smiled slightly, and then said to the female knight on the side: "Lin, you know the situation on the border battlefield best, so you can lead the way and guide Ariel and I to go together."
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao stood up from the throne and said to the other main subordinates: "Get ready to go!"
"Yes! Lord!"
All the subordinates who were already ready to go bowed together and said in unison.
As for Lin, Bert and Jubai, naturally they could not reveal their subordinate identities for the time being, so they could only nod vaguely to Lei Xiao from the side.
"The last time we went to Luolong City, Bert and Jubai were still serving Ariel, but now, these two corners have been poached by me for a long time."
While preparing to set off, Lei Xiao looked at Ariel chatting quietly with the two kingdom generals, and couldn't help curling his lips.
"I'm afraid Ariel will never think that except for herself, everyone else in the entire team is my subordinate."
In a moment, Lei Xiao and his group of thirteen people, together with Ariel, arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion, preparing to head towards the border battlefield.
Under the bright sunshine, Lei Xiao noticed.
The subordinates surrounding him have begun to put on invisibility cloaks.
Ariel and the two kingdom generals each took out an identical cloak from their storage rings.
"Wait a minute."
Seeing that the three of them were about to put on the invisibility cloak, Lei Xiao stretched out his hand and made a gesture of taking it.
Seeing this, Bert and Jubai naturally handed over the cloaks in their hands without hesitation, and Ariel made the same move after hesitating for a moment.
After taking the items handed over by the three people, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
Then, he handed over three invisibility cloaks from the same batch as those equipped by the subordinates.
This kind of illusion items can only be immune to each other if they are from the same batch and can see each other's existence. Otherwise, only Huzhang and Hongye, who are fifth-level powerhouses, can see the clues.
"These are from the same batch as those on us."
Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and once again handed three illusion cloaks from the same batch as his subordinates to the three of them, in case they needed them in case of emergencies.
"I didn't expect you have quite a lot of cloaks. Are you a cloak seller?"
After taking the cloak from Lei Xiao, Ariel raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but make a joke.
In this way, it will indeed be much more convenient.
"I don't know if it's the cloak seller, but there may be many things that you didn't expect."
When Lei Xiao said this with a half-smile, he turned over and climbed onto the giant white wolf, looking ready to attack.
While preparing to set off, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on Lei Xiao's face.
You know, these are three brand new, unupgraded invisibility cloaks!
"As for the invisibility cloak, I have already conducted a detailed investigation. This thing is extremely rare."
"If I hadn't gotten two pieces from Wang Xi in the place where my ancestors slept, and both had undergone quantitative changes, I still wouldn't be able to equip them in large quantities."
Lei Xiao put the cold-touch cloak into the space bracelet and continued to think happily.
"And now I can upgrade three more pieces. I wonder if there will be a qualitative change this time? What effect will the invisibility cloak have after the qualitative change?"
Lei Xiao did not hesitate and started to upgrade directly. (End of chapter)