The crowd extinguished the flames of the stronghold and found a relatively well-preserved room that served as a makeshift meeting room, and saw Jack enter. Mia quickly stood up and asked impatiently, "Jack, how's the situation? Did you find Rayne and the others?"
Jack sighed and shook his head, "No, I carefully searched the battle site and the surrounding area, there are no more survivors, but I didn't find Rayne's body, he should have been taken away by the Storm Council's people."
The atmosphere in the room was suddenly gloomy. Mia clenched her fists, a resolute fury burning in her eyes, "No matter what, we must not abandon any of our companions. I must save them!" With that, she took out the communicator left behind by the Storm Council.
The communicator emitted an ear-piercing beeping sound. A confident and arrogant voice then came from it, "Mia, I knew you would definitely call. In this case, it seems that Green's plan has completely failed, what a disappointment. However, this is not important. I think you must be very eager to see your companions now, right?"
Mia's voice was ice-cold, "Ethan, what exactly do you want to do?"
Ethan let out a light laugh with a hint of smugness, "It's very simple, in two days, come to Storm City and have a good talk with me. As long as you are willing to come alone, we can discuss how to end this pointless war. If the negotiations go well, your companions will naturally return to you safely as well."
Mia agreed without hesitation, "Fine, I promise you. However, if you dare to pull any tricks, I guarantee you'll regret it."
Ethan's tone was filled with contempt, "Then I'll see you in Storm City." Before the words left his mouth, the communicator cut off.
Mia looked up at the crowd with a resolute gaze, "I have to go, this is the only chance to save everyone."
Jack immediately objected, "Mia, this is obviously a trap! There's no way Ethan would let you off so easily, he must have set up a trap in Storm City!"
Roy also chimed in, "Yes, Mia, if something happens to you too, the Resistance will really be finished!"
Mia shook her head, her tone resolute, "Because of this, I must go. Otherwise, Reign and the others will never have a chance again."
"If you must go, then I'll go with you!"
"Right! I'll go too! " "We'll both go! "
"What are you guys doing! Do you want to get Rayne and the others killed? So many people are going together, do you think the Storm Council is blind? " Ian opened his mouth to interrupt the bickering, and the crowd fell silent as they listened to Ian's words.
Ian continued to speak, "We do need someone to go with Mia, I'll go with Mia." After saying that, he directly cast the Shadow of Concealment ability, and Ian just disappeared in front of the crowd. Ian's figure then appeared, "I'll go with Mia, I won't be discovered. "
Mia was the first to object, "Ian, this has nothing to do with you, what you promised me has already been done, I can't get you involved again, this time things are too dangerous."
"You haven't done what you promised me, I can't just watch you go to your death, don't worry, I have my own means, it's not dangerous for me. Moreover, this operation is not a brute force, we need to have a plan, I will use my ability to sneak into the city first and find the location where Lei En and the others are being held, you go and pretend to negotiate and stall for time, I will take the opportunity to save Lei En and the others, in this way, it should be a lot easier for you to get out of it."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, "Good idea! This is indeed much less risky." Everyone was clear that if Rayne and the others got out of danger, Mia's strength was completely capable of getting out in one piece.
Mia hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay, let's do it."
Jack still looked at them worriedly, "You guys must be careful, that guy Ethan is extremely devious and cunning, don't take him lightly."
Ian smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I know my abilities well. Everyone, Mia and I need to take a good rest to adjust our state, I'll leave the reconstruction of the stronghold to you."
"No problem, you guys have a good time adjusting, make sure to save the others!" The rest of the people were full of vigor and started to prepare for the rebuilding of the stronghold, only Roy walked to Ian's side and patted him on the shoulder, "Ian, count on me to beg you, don't let Mia be in danger, okay?"
Ian looked at Roy and wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything and just nodded his head heavily.
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Ian left the stronghold and came to a piece of hillside not far away, Mia was also here, looking at the resistance stronghold, with tears in her eyes, within just one day, first she was betrayed by the people she trusted the most, and then she watched the stronghold that she had built with her own hands destroyed, countless of her companions who had fought side by side died in the battle, and now there were still many of her companions who were still alive or dead. All of this had hit her too hard.
Ian silently walked to her side: "Don't worry about it, Rayne and the others will be fine, tomorrow I will head to the Storm City first, pry for information and try to find out where Rayne and the others are being held before you go to the negotiations. "
"Thank you Ian, you've helped me once again, you didn't have to get involved, I'm confident I can escape and won't forget what I promised you. "
"Don't be silly, I was joking, you share my ambitions, I just don't want you to be in danger, this operation is arguably more treacherous than ever, and it would be dangerous for you to go on your own. "Ian's face became unusually grave.
Mia sensed this, "But .... You didn't say there was no danger."
Ian replied seriously, "I was saying that because I didn't want them to worry, think about it, you contacted Ethan which means that Green's plan failed, which also means that Barnes and Billy should have both been taken out already, and he can still be so confident in letting you go ahead and negotiate, you know, the news of that battle shouldn't have been sent back to the Storm City yet, and Ethan doesn't know that we have the back-up thing, this shows that Ethan must still have powerful cards in his hand that we don't know about!"
"You have a point, this time it's too dangerous, why don't you ... "Mia didn't finish her sentence, Ian interrupted her, "I will definitely go, just like you will definitely go, with me, the danger will be much smaller, Ethan has a bottom card, don't I have one? And I'm confident that my bottom card will be stronger than his! "
Mia looked at Ian's confident look, so she didn't say anything else, this man in front of her, had created a miracle just a short while ago, maybe he really did have some powerful undercard, however, if he was really in danger, Mia decided that even if she sacrificed her life, she would still save Ian.