They don't want me to work harder

Maybe this man is an exception?

"woooo~"

"Hey! Don't just kick, hug more."

Seeing Richard throwing two bird eggs to the "underage" fire element to play with as balls so that they could help heat them up, Sophia felt inexplicably warm in her heart.

Then she asked: "Is it the same reason why you rejected William?"

"Half and half. On the one hand, I finally became a prince, and I don't want to have more emperors and bosses on my head. On the other hand, I also feel that I can't ignore the generally suffering Connaught people and enjoy the blessings alone."

Richard turned his head, looked directly into Sophia's eyes and said: "I am the prince of Connaught. This body grew up with the support of 50 Connaught people. How can a child abandon his own mother?"

He used the thorn of ghost light to pick out a rough wooden plate, put an egg and a few mushrooms on it, handed it to Sophia and said: "Eat some first, magic potion cannot solve the problem of satiety."

"Oh, thanks……"

Richard changed the topic and said: "While you are eating, I am also criticizing you. Now that the competition is not over, why have you given up?"

"This one……"

"I have always believed in a saying that everything is possible. Even before William gets the trophy, we still have a chance."

Richard said sternly: "Don't talk about the big gap in strength here. You are the famous Princess of Winter. You shouldn't be so forward-looking and timid... Let me ask you one thing, do you still want to win?"

"If you still want to, you should fight until the last second!"

"……puff."

Looking at Richard's serious look, Sofia suddenly remembered that this man seemed to be a few years younger than herself.

Are you going to teach me a lesson, sister?Why should we learn from our elders?

But, as expected, I matched up with the hero image in the simulation...

It seems to be really reliable...

"I know, Mr. Richard."

Sophia ate the bird egg, which was not much bigger than her finger, and said with a smile: "Since you think you can still beat it, let's beat it to the end~"

"Besides, I have already said that the title Princess Winter is just made up by newspapers, right? Don't mention it..."

The reaction felt so bland.

Shouldn't you stand up suddenly, raise a fist with one hand in the air, and shout to show that you are deeply inspired and will fight to the end?

Really, not a hot-blooded comic at all...

Richard curled his lips, and then asked seriously: "Can you tell me specifically how you were defeated before?"

Sophia recalled for a moment and replied:

"At the beginning, Catherine and I planned for her to focus on defense, while I would be the main attacker, using the properties of ice magic to freeze and peel off William's body tissue bit by bit..."

Richard nodded, thinking this strategy was sound.

As a hospital knight, Catherine can certainly use some alchemical auxiliary magic, but she mainly uses physical attacks, so the main C must be Sophia.

As the magic power is not as good as the opponent's, and there are no other high-level means to break the move, Sophia can only focus on using freezing to cut off William's control of the body - after the mage's body is elementally granulated, although he has obtained There are many benefits, but each part of the body is indeed more dispersed than before and can easily escape the control of the main body.

If you are a psychic of the same level, you can even directly use mental spells to interfere. Of course, Sophia can't do that, so she can only use ice.

However, if the strategy is reasonable, then when it is executed...

"Looking back, I was really impatient at the time, but this was also because William changed elements too quickly. As soon as I froze him a little, he turned into the fire element and thawed. I tried several times without success, and then I lost my cool. "

Sophia laughed at herself: "In the end, he caught the flaw, and a torrent of elements struck back, and then, it was what you saw."

I understand, the freezing speed is not as fast as thawing, so the strategy is unsuccessful.

Sophia narrowed her eyes and asked softly: "So, Mr. Richard, have you thought of any good ideas?"

"Currently, the only way to control the situation is to cut off the control."

"Well, after all, we don't have as much magic power as William... but it's still difficult, and I can't help you now."

"Not necessarily."

Richard looked at the bubbling mud pool inside the tunnel and smiled.

"I have an idea..."

Chapter 99 Of course, you have to pinch the soft persimmon first!

deep in the mine.

Sophia took back the ice and snow in her white palms and asked softly: "Is this really okay?"

"...Even if he fails in the end, it will still disgust him severely."

"There's no denying that."

Recalling the hot foreign girl who almost sprayed on her body before, Sophia pursed her red lips slightly, feeling a little scared.

"So, what are you going to do next?"

"It's definitely not possible to go looking for them directly." Richard said: "With Aaron and Damon by our side, even if we can deal with William, we will definitely lose in the end."

Sofia nodded in agreement.

Catherine has probably withdrawn from the game, and both she and Aaron on the other side have injuries that are difficult to recover in a short period of time. Calculating, Richard will have to fight one against two, and he will definitely lose if they go head-on.

"If you pick a soft persimmon, I think you need to cut off William's wings first."

Richard touched his chin and said, "And I guess William and the others will split up."

Sophia blinked: "Oh? What should I say?"

"Because Aaron is already a burden to William."

Richard analyzed: "Although William has obtained the key, even if we are not considered, his battle is not over yet."

"First of all, he betrayed the dwarves. He may not know the location of the Dwarf King's treasure house, and he will probably have to find it. Secondly, I counted that there should be half of the team alive, and they will come out to stop William at the last moment - —Even if you can't win the trophy, actively participating in the battle can improve your ranking in the post-game summary, which in turn increases the future worth of these people."

After all, there are many players who don't want to win the championship. They participate in the competition purely to gain more qualifications, just like college students in previous lives actively participated in various competitions.

"Mr. Richard, you and I want to go together~"

Sophia smiled sweetly and expressed her speculation in a sweet voice:

"Since there are still a lot of troubles, with William's fighting style and aloof character not suitable for protecting his teammates, he will definitely leave Aaron behind and let Damon help take care of him."

"Is such that."

Richard added: "If we attack William first when they split up, and they have been entangled for a long time, Damon can come quickly as a griffin knight, but on the contrary, it will be easier and faster to attack Damon and Aaron first. William may not be saved in time.”

"Then it's settled~"

The next step is how to find Damon and the others.

This problem was surprisingly solved within half a minute...

Richard and Sophia got their things and were about to return to the entrance when they heard heavy breathing coming from behind the wall beside them.

next second...

"Go to hell you traitors!"

A secret door opened, and several dwarves armed with axes rushed out.

...Then he was slowed down by Sophia, and the earth elements summoned by Richard were pressed to the ground one by one.

"You dirty ones..."

"Calm down buddy, I'm from the dwarves' side."

Richard recognized one of them as the dwarf who helped him lead the way, and quickly activated the [Newspaper Tycoon] feature, and said slowly: "I and the two traitors who led the orcs into the city are also enemies, and we are in the same group with you. .”

"Only ghosts believe you... Huh? It's you, this... well, maybe you are good people."

"Of course, believe me, you're right! If I lie to you, I'll have to live with you for the rest of my life!"

Huh?Is this a curse?

For people with strong self-esteem, it seems so, probably...

The dwarves had swirling mosquito coils in their eyes, and soon they all let go of the axes in their hands.

Sofia on the side raised her eyebrows slightly. Although she knew that Richard was telling the truth, she always felt like she was watching a fox deceive an honest person.

Inexplicably, I feel like I'm looking in the mirror...

I kind of want to step on his fox tail...

Richard, on his side, pulled the dwarf up, looked at the secret door and asked, "Did you escape from the city?"

"Yes, the city is built on a mine. There are many hidden tunnels underneath, which the orcs can't easily find. We used this to escape."

"What's going on in the city..."

"Our king died in the battle. The orcs have occupied most of the place and are looting and plundering."

As the stout dwarf in iron armor spoke, a tear flowed from the corner of his angry eyes.

I just don’t know if this is also a pigment...

Even though he knew that everything in front of him was a painting, as a good boy who never killed NPCs randomly when playing games in his previous life, Richard still observed two seconds of silence and then said:

"The traitor who led the orcs into the city took your king's key and went looking for the treasure house..."

After he briefly stated his prediction of William's actions, the dwarves were really excited.

Richard added: "I plan to help you stop those three people, but I need more information..."

"We don't know where the treasure house is exactly...but two of the three people are indeed still in the city, resting in the king's bedroom."

Does that mean they have indeed split up?

This is enough.

After successfully obtaining the information, Richard planned to sneak back to the main city.

The dwarves who learned about the "traitor's" plot also cheered up and decided to burn themselves for the last time and follow Richard.

They entered the tunnel and headed back...