BXBX NOVEL Chapter 257: 257, Spy on intelligence_1
“Any difficulties that I can help with?” Su Yu asked softly.
Alyssa ran a hand through her hair with a haggard look, “Not particularly difficult, just that there are now 300,000 troops gathered in the city, greatly exceeding the capacity of Orleans City. Food, arms, and supplies in every aspect have become scarce… But let it be, Nemesis. Let’s talk in detail after you gather the intel.”
“Alright,” Su Yu nodded. “But you also need to take better care of yourself and not let the stress get the better of your health before the war even begins.”
“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Alyssa forced a smile.
She then drew a brand new brown sheepskin scroll from the Space Ring on her index finger.
As she unrolled it, a plan of a camp was revealed, with several marked with tiny red dots.
Alyssa looked at Su Yu and solemnly said, “This is the map of the rebel camp, drawn by a risk-taker from another world known as Cang Shan You Jing.”
“I marked some important locations on the map with red dots. Try to investigate these places, it should yield quite a bit.”
“No problem,” Su Yu took the map from Alyssa.
“Is there anything else?” he asked. “If not, I’ll start right away.”
Alyssa shook her head indicating no other instructions.
“Then I’ll take my leave, Tina, Princess!” Su Yu waved goodbye to both women.
“Nemesis, let me escort you,” Tina suddenly proposed.
“Ugh,” Alyssa coughed a couple of times, and her face fell, “Tina, we have serious matters to discuss. Come with me to the meeting room at the back.”
Without waiting for Tina’s response, she advanced towards the back of the great hall.
Tina had no choice but to agree.
She glanced at Su Yu, pulled out a pale gold badge from her pocket, and stuffed it into his hand.
“As for you, Nemesis, I have to go. This badge represents my identity. Give it to Fiona, and she will activate the teleport formation to the [Advanced Secret Area] for you.”
“Thank you Tina!”
Upon leaving the Princess House, Su Yu exhaled deeply.
He could see that both Alyssa and Tina had feelings for him, even to the point of jealousy.
But in all honesty, he did not harbor romantic feelings for either of them and simply regarded them as friends.
Now, with the crisis on the Blue Star and the need to improve his strength on his mind, he didn’t have the time or energy for a romantic relationship with either of them.
“I must find the opportunity to explain my feelings to them. I don’t need women. Women will only slow down my spellcasting speed.” Su Yu thought to himself as he mounted Dima and rode away gradually.
After Su Yu’s departure, inside the meeting room at the back of the hall, Alyssa sat at the head of the table, looking sternly at Tina.
“Tina, we agreed on ‘putting our differences aside’ when it comes to Nemesis. Why did you break our agreement?” she asked.
“I just couldn’t help it,” Tina said, a little embarrassed.
“Okay,” The princess waved her hand, “Let me emphasize again: before we defeat the rebels, we must concentrate on the war and not be distracted by Nemesis.”
“After the war, we will compete for Nemesis fairly.”
“Fine,” Tina sighed resignedly.
Alyssa shook her head and changed the subject.
“By the way, Tina, how are the new weapons from Nemesis’s territory?” she asked.
“The ones brought by Veena Blackgold?” Tina set her thoughts on Nemesis aside temporarily.
“Yes, those,” Alyssa confirmed.
“Well …”, Tina tapped her chin with her right index finger in thought and began, “There are a total of 50 barrel rifled cannons in this batch of weapons. Together with the ones in our warehouse, we now have 300 barrel rifled cannons that can be very useful.”
“Moreover, the latest firearms developed in Nemesis’s territory have been mass-produced. This time, 100 barrel rifled guns, 70 shotguns, and 15 Gatling machine guns have been sent.”
“I plan to use these weapons at the most crucial moment of the war.”
“Alright,” Alyssa rubbed her aching temples, “As long as you have got the battlefield in control, I will not interfere.”
“It seems like the only thing we need to seriously tackle right now is the problem of resource shortage. But we can leave this to Nemesis …”
The scene cuts back to Su Yu’s point of view.
After leaving the Princess House, he hurriedly sets off on his mission. But as he infiltrated the rebel camp and began stealing intel from the locations marked with red dots on the map, he realized that the mission was quite simple.
These missions were designed for players at stage one, and Su Yu, who was at stage four, was still several hundreds of times stronger than an ordinary stage one player even without his gear.
Furthermore, he had the Invisibility Skill that would last for more than an hour, so he easily investigated several rooms marked with red dots and got several task items such as the [Sixth Army’s Operation Order], [Night Hawk Plan], [Strategic Operation of The Athlante Command Room], and so on.
After obtaining the task items, Su Yu didn’t linger and returned to his territory directly with the Hearthstone, then he went to Orleans City through the teleport formation of the territory.
In the Princess House of Orleans City.
“Nemesis, you did a great job! You got the intel so quickly!” Alyssa was pleased as she skimmed through the task items Su Yu handed her.
“It was nothing,” Su Yu replied.
Alyssa placed the task items into her Space Ring, came down from the throne, and handed the Root Potion to him with utmost seriousness, “Here, Nemesis, you deserve this!”
“Thank you, Princess!” Su Yu took it with a bow and quickly checked its attributes.
[Root Potion (Consumable)]
Effect of use: After drinking, your basic attributes will permanently increase slightly.
Note: If you drink 5 bottles at once, your in-game character will upgrade to [Elite].
“So, Princess, what should I do next?” Su Yu was eager to get his hands on the next four bottles of Root Potion.
Alyssa pondered, then said, “I need you to deliver a letter to the Lord of Pearl City for me, and also solve some supply shortages for our army.”
Just as the princess finished her sentence, Su Yu received a game notification:
“Ding, your main storyline has been updated to [Goldfinch Empire (52-55)].”
“Task: Recruit 20,000 players, deliver Princess Alyssa’s letter to the mayor of Pearl City, Michelle Dreyk, and bring back a large amount of supplies prepared by Michelle Dreyk.”
“Task Reward: 1-4 bottles of [Root Potion]. The exact number of rewards depends on the task completion rate.”