While saying these words, Jones kept quietly paying attention to the change in the queen's expression.

However, he saw nothing. The kind of thing that had no change, and had even reached a point of being a little deliberate. It was as if the Queen had known what Jones wanted to say, and deliberately made no emotional changes.

Jones seemed to realize something, and his eyes slowly narrowed into a slit.

After listening to Jones' advice, the queen smiled and said, "This sounds like a good idea, but... we have abandoned the development plan for the Kree Martha ruins."

Give up? Is this possible?

Frowning slightly, Jones asked casually, "Why give up?"

"Because there is nothing we want in the remains of Krymatha."

"No? Have you ever entered the ruins?"

"No, we have never entered it, it was inferred from some other historical materials."

"Presumably? If the historical materials you have can guess at this level, then I think you may not want to enter the ruins at the beginning, right?"

The queen was a little embarrassed, coughed twice, and simply said, "Okay, we don't have a lot of information. But Logosini is not young. We have a lot of things to deal with, and we can't be distracted by some illusory ideas for the time being. After all, no one knows whether it can benefit from entering the ruins of Krimatha, right? Maybe it's actually empty? In fact, we have discovered it before and found almost nothing."

The atmosphere was a little stiff.

Dora and Belle both looked at the Queen with confusion. Connelia smiled a little stiffly.

As for William, oh, William was still staring at the flowers on his plate. It was as if he had heard nothing.

Jones then asked, "If you are not available, maybe I can come. Giant Snake City has enough manpower. You only need to provide Giant Snake City Modo ore. In return, the blood elves will be able to share the results of the excavation of Krimatha's ruins."

The scene became even more awkward.

The queen's expression seemed a little unrestrained. She hesitated, shook her head gently, and said with a flashing look: "No, I mean, we have temporarily lost interest in Krimatha."

"But we are interested." Jones opened his eyes wide and said with a smile: "Even if you don't discover it, we want to discover it. I have secret information about the Holy See. I just need to look through the information to know where Krimath is."

The whole atmosphere seemed to freeze, and Jones and the Queen looked at each other silently. They were both smiling, but Jones smiled a little provocatively, while the Queen smiled a little stiffly.

Under the fire, Belle could clearly see a drop of sweat slipping off the queen's forehead.

"Sorry." After a brief silence, the queen suddenly stood up and whispered: "I need to leave for a while. Please wait a moment."

As she said that, she bowed slightly, nodded, and turned and left.

Colelia seemed to be unable to sit still, so she quickly got up, bowed slightly to Jones, and then turned to leave.

There were only four people left on the balcony, including Jones, Belle, Dora, and William.

"What's going on? Why are they suddenly not interested in Krimatha?" Dora asked in a low voice.

"It's not that I'm not interested." Belle looked in the direction where the Queen and Cornelia left and whispered: "They found other solutions and did not need to go through us. Maybe they found someone else who was willing to cooperate with them."

...

"Ah Xiu!" Andrew, who was squatting by the bonfire in the distance, sneezed heavily.

Turu quickly moved towards Andrew, and then pulled two pieces of wood that lit half of the wood from the bonfire to Andrew.

"What are you doing?" Andrew looked at Turu with a blank expression.

Turu blinked and asked, "Master, aren't you cold? You sneeze a lot today."

"I'm not cold." Andrew gave Turu a blank look, continued to lower his head and copy and write on his notebook, thinking about something seriously.

The north wind blew.

Not far away from him, a large group of Gustav soldiers had already set up tents in the wilderness and were drinking happily beside the bonfire, causing a noise.

...

"It must be." Jones looked at the direction where the Queen and Cornelia were and whispered: "So, I just gave her two choices. Either give us convenience and share the results of the excavation of the Kremmasha ruins. Or... we excavate ourselves, and they can't get anything. As for who they are looking for, it doesn't matter. Unless it is heaven and hell, or Richie, we want to excavate, and no one can rob us. Obviously, it is impossible that heaven and hell are willing to cooperate with them, otherwise they would have discovered it long ago. There is no need to wait until now."

"Has Lord Jones threatened them just now?" Dora's eyes widened.

"This is not a threat, it's just giving her a choice. The decision is in her hands."

"Dora didn't hear it at all..."

"It's okay, they both heard it." Jones replied with a smile.

...

In the room, the queen looked at Cornelia with anxiety: "What have you told him?"

"I didn't say anything." Knelia quickly explained: "Before just now, he had never mentioned Krymasha, nor did I mention it."

The queen turned her face, took a deep breath, and said anxiously: "How likely do you think he knows Andrew is helping us?"

"Almost zero." Connelia said with a expressionless face: "I still understand Andrew. He has left the Knights of the Silver Moon... If he still helps the Knights of the Silver Moon, there is no need to leave at all, right? Moreover, he is very selfish, and the conditions we provide him are generous enough. He cannot share it with others. If we have reached an agreement with Jones, what else do we need him to do?"

"What if we didn't get the agreement and the Giant Snake City intervened again?" The queen looked back at Connelia and said, "How sure do you think Andrew is able to snatch the Giant Snake City?"

Cronia was stunned, thought for a while, and whispered: "The chances of robbing are not high, but we all know what kind of person Andrew is. He can't sit still and wait for death, there will always be a way."

"Haha." The queen smiled suddenly, and smiled helplessly. After receiving the gods, she said seriously: "Do we want to pin our hopes on Andrew's cleverness? We have been waiting for many years. The past queens have wanted to discover the remains of Kree Martha, but we have never waited for the opportunity. Now that the opportunity has come, we have to place the bet on a traitor of the blood elf?"

...

On the balcony, Belle held her cheek and looked at Jones quietly, smiling.

Dora stared at Belle with her eyes half-squinted.

"What's wrong?" Jones asked.

"Nothing? I was just a little surprised. You could see the queen's weakness so quickly. Just a few words." Belle sighed softly: "It was not like this. You were always straightforward and merciless."

"That's because of the experience," Jones replied casually. "Sit in this position and deal with different people every day. They are all guessing what I'm thinking, and naturally, I have to guess what they're thinking."

...

"But if we cut off contact with Andrew..." Cronia said hesitantly: "Andrew is not a good person, and he will definitely not give up. The key is that he is also very interested in the ruins of Krimath itself. Did you forget? When Andrew defected from Logsini, he took away Krimath's pendant. If we turned to cooperate with the Giant Snake City, he might destroy it. The key is that he was also a member of the Silver Moon Knights. We have no idea what means he would use."

"Then we bet on both sides?" asked the Queen.

Cronia looked at the queen and hesitated, and could only answer: "I can't give you this question. The Queen's Highness. Andrew's asking price is not low. Although the time is relatively short and he has not yet seen results, the ruins have fallen into the hands of the Lombuck Empire. Andrew is controlling everything, and he is prepared. As for the Giant Snake City... they have a large group of lichs. Although the magic of lichs is a little different from what we need, it is also truly powerful. If we provide enough Modo ore

Given to them, they will have no idea how much they will arm humans. Gods and demons all have threats to us, but that threat is powerful but controllable. As long as they have balanced strength and we keep swaying, they can check and balance. Humans may be out of control. Just like when they captured elves on a large scale thousands of years ago, their lords cannot completely restrain their personal behavior. Once they are armed, a large number of adventurers pour into Logosiani for money, we will be exhausted."

The queen stared at Cornelia quietly, hesitating.

Connelia was also quietly looking at the queen.

...

After a while, the queen finally took Cornelia back to the balcony and appeared in front of Jones and her party.

"I'm so sorry for letting you wait for a long time." He gently lifted his long skirt and sat back in his seat.

Connelia also returned to her own position.

After a pause, the queen smiled and looked at Jones and said, "You just said that you are also very interested in the ruins of Kree Martha. Is that what it means? Hum?"

"Yes." Jones replied with a smile: "I'm very interested. In fact, our Serpent City is working on the research of new uses of magic. Although the magic of the Lichs is powerful, the requirements for use are very high. I think Krimatha's magic should be easier to popularize."

"Yes." The queen nodded: "This is also the reason why we are interested in the ruins of Krimatha and lack interest in Lich magic. Also, the most powerful magic of the Lichs is the undead system, which repels the holy arts. Other races actually have many problems when used. Of course, the blood clan is an exception."

"So, are you still interested?"

"Yes, we still retained some interest."

"Then, His Highness the Queen agrees with my proposal just now?"

"Think, think about it." Looking at Jones, the Queen whispered: "Actually I have a better offer, you can trade the secrets in the ruins of Krimatha for Modo ore."

"Isn't this the suggestion I just said?" Jones was slightly stunned.

"Some are similar, but not exactly the same." The Queen took a deep breath and continued: "If I heard correctly, your suggestion just now should be that we jointly discover the ruins of Krimatha and share the results. Then we provide Modo ore to Giant Snake City, right?"

"Yes."

"My suggestion is that you will excavate the ruins of Krimatha by yourself, and we will not participate. Of course, we can also participate a little. We send some people to the scene and follow you. But we will not participate directly or intervene. The point is that when you excavate things, you can exchange them with us. As for how much Modo ore you get, it depends on how much the excavated things are worth. If they are really valuable, we will definitely be willing to exchange them at any cost, right?" As he said that, the queen smiled faintly.

Jones stared at the Queen expressionlessly.

Dora's eyes kept going back and forth on Jones and the Queen.

William was still staring at his flower, hesitating to stretch out a hand, ready to pick it up.

"Thank God." Belle, who was standing beside him, suddenly laughed and sighed helplessly: "So, how much value is there in the things and how much Modo ore can be exchanged for depends on the results of the negotiation? I have already had a premonition that there are endless negotiations. Because we must negotiate for every excavation result."

"If I know correctly, Lord Cronia should have told you." Looking at Belle, the queen smiled and said, "Supplying Modo ore for you is not in line with our overall strategy. We need to take strategic risks for this. It is not too much to talk about such an important thing."

“What if we need Modo ore in a desperate situation?”

"Then you can speed up the excavation and maybe you will discover some useful things?"

"Aren't you afraid that we will discover something particularly useful, but you won't tell you?"

"So we will send people, although we can't know everything even if we send people. However, your demand for Modo ore is always real, right? In fact, in this agreement, our relationship is equal. You can discover many useful things. If the price we offer is too low, you can completely refuse the transaction. In order to get what we want, we will have to expand the output of Modo ore as you wish. By the same token, if we have a lot of Modo ore but are unwilling to give it to you, then you will have to speed up the excavation progress and exchange it for more Krimatha's secrets. We are restraining each other and taking what we need."

"What if the price you set is too high?"

"The price is measured by us. You hold the secret of Krimatha. We hold the Modo ore. No party can decide the price separately. The transaction must be felt by both parties before the transaction can be completed. Isn't it?"

After several questions in a row, the queen answered them fluently. Belle, who wanted to reject this idea, couldn't continue to ask.

"What if the remains of Krimatha were excavated?" Jones suddenly asked, "After that, if we still need Modo ore, will there be a follow-up agreement?"

"This is not the issue we are going to talk about now." The queen smiled and looked at Jones and replied: "If the remains of Krimatha are soon excavated, and if the secrets in Krimatha's ruins cannot be exchanged for a period of time, enough ore used by Giant Snake City, it means that Krimatha's ruins are worthless. In this way, the agreement itself has no value. Do you think a valuable agreement still requires a subsequent agreement?"
Chapter completed!