Chapter 411: A choice without a choice
Olivia tapped her fingers on the wooden table and thought about something. — How many people need to be sacrificed to create such a Philosopher's stone?
Edward thought for a moment. "About a dozen people.
— So much?
— And this is only a rough estimate.
After a few seconds of silence, Olivia suddenly asked — " What if the rock is the size of an egg?"?
— What?! Edward looked at Olivia in horror.
— Don't be surprised, I saw a rock this size two days ago.
After learning about the origin of this philosopher's stone, Olivia began to feel the weight of the stone in her hand.
— About the size of an egg... I can't even imagine such a stone, who would even dare to create such a large philosopher's stone?..
Olivia didn't mention the Explosive Alchemist, as she sensed that he had come to her really for the sake of forming an alliance and nothing more.
And if she had to fight the forces of Central, then every alchemist would be very important, including the Steel Alchemist in front of her.
— Okay, I get it, tell me the purpose of your visit, " Olivia's tone became noticeably calmer.
— We came because of...
The two brothers began to tell her about their goal. They came to find a little girl with a panda and wanted to ask her about alchemy.
The Elric brothers had already met a man who looked exactly like their father, but wasn't.
Their alchemy couldn't do anything to their fake father, no, in fact, they couldn't even use alchemy.
And unlike them, the little girl with the panda, Mei Chan, and Scar, calmly dealt with the homunculi.
Edward then felt that a man who looked just like their father might have been the mastermind behind all this, and the homunculi called him " Father."».
— So that's it, " Olivia said, and looked at the portrait of a small panda..
— We want to find...
A soldier suddenly burst into the room with a crash. — Major General!
— Calm down first. What's the matter?
— There is... A monster suddenly appeared on one of the lower floors, it appeared out of the ground!
— Monster?
— Yes, a monster.
Olivia frowned. Problems were beginning to pour in on her, one after another.
— Where?
— Near the arsenal.
As soon as the soldier finished speaking, Olivia stood up and ran out of the room.
The arsenal was the foundation of their fortress and was located under the fortress. If the passageway to the arsenal is destroyed or, even worse, the weapons stored inside become unusable, the surrounding enemy countries will immediately attack the border, as they will definitely learn about the emergence of a temporary and very serious vulnerability..
The Elric brothers started to follow her, but when she reached the door, she turned her head and said, " You two don't need to follow me.
— We can help. We are alchemists, and we will not sit idly by when there are problems in the fortress, " Edward said and grinned.
— Then follow your orders. If you act without orders, don't blame me for being too rude later.
— No problems.
Olivia nodded to both of them and they quickly reached the desired level of the fortress, which was more than ten meters underground.
The fortress had dozens of floors above ground and three below ground, and some of them were used to store weapons and food.
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Under the fortress, in a huge deserted passageway.
A strong man three meters tall with huge muscles was slowly moving forward.
*Boom-boom-boom...*
Bullets streamed in his direction, but none of them could penetrate even his skin.
— So boring, so lazy... the man said slowly, looking a little bored. "Everyone here is so boring...
He only had one eye. There was a blood pattern where his other eye should have been. Just by looking at him, one could tell that he wasn't an ordinary person.
The Elric brothers, upon arriving at this floor, immediately noticed the blood rune pattern that formed the Ouroboros pattern.
— This... Homunculus! Edward immediately realized who the man was and felt a little uneasy. The two brothers had come here to find a way to deal with the homunculi, and right now it looked like the homunculi had seen through their plan and decided to eliminate them.
— We only came here to find a way to restore our bodies, " Edward's excuse sounded too weak. The previous encounter with the homunculi had left its mark on him and he didn't want to act too rashly now.
— Who are you?
This strong man was Lazy.
Laziness was different from other sins. He wasn't particularly smart and was very lazy. His dream was very simple — he wanted to sleep all the time.
— I need to dig a hole... But I created problems...
Leni's task was to create an underground passage under the country's border. What he would eventually dig up would become an energy channel.
— I'm so sleepy... But it's so hectic right now... Leng still walked slowly forward, his every step making a rumble.
— Get ready! a powerful female scream rang out.
The tank's muzzle slowly aimed at Laziness.
— Fire!
*Boom!*
The interaction between Olivia and Leni was not successful, so she needed to quickly eliminate the threat that had arisen.
The projectile hit Leni squarely in the head.
*BOOM!*
Flames and thick smoke enveloped Leng, and the soldiers nearby breathed a sigh of relief.
This monster finally died. No one would be able to survive a direct hit from the tank's main barrel.
But when the thick smoke cleared, everyone saw an unharmed man. He only had a small wound on his cheek, but in the next instant, it disappeared.
— How is this possible? The direct hit did nothing...
The soldiers ' morale was shattered. No matter how brave they were, no one would be able to stay calm after seeing such a tenacious monster.
Olivia was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered.
— Reload!
Ten seconds later, the tank fired again. This time, an armor-piercing projectile was loaded to deal more damage.
Flames erupted from the tank's muzzle.
The dark red projectile hit Leni's lower abdomen, but it only stopped in place, and the projectile bounced off and tore a hole in the floor.
— It hurts, the pain causes trouble... But I need to work...
Laziness ignored that shot, too. He was too lazy to fight or talk to anyone.
*Boom!..*
Shells began to fly into Laziness in a stream.
After a couple of hits, Laziness swayed and finally reacted. He easily tore pieces of the floor out of the ground and threw them at the tanks.
The muzzles of two of the tanks were immediately disabled, while all the others slowly began to roll back.
— Don't stop firing!
Olivia felt helpless. It was the first time she had encountered such a monster and she couldn't find a suitable way to contain it.
— Olivia, we're allies, so why didn't you tell me about your important guest? A voice said suddenly, and Olivia turned around.
Su Xiao was sitting on one of the tanks with a smile on his face, and a huge dog was sitting at his feet.
— Can you handle this monster? Olivia asked, her eyes narrowing slightly.
— Of course, in the end, they started looking for me because I killed a couple of homunculi, " Su Xiao said and jumped down from the tank.
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