Chapter 409: Negotiation

A blonde female general stood in front of Su Xiao, holding a rapier.

This female general immediately reminded Su Xiao of Esdeath, but this female general was different from Esdeath; she didn't have the hobby of torturing people and was a brave and battle-hardened female general.

The female general was named Olivier Mira Armstrong, and some called her the Ice Queen. She held the rank of Major General and was responsible for guarding "Briggs Fortress."

This kind of general being sent to a bitter cold place had only one reason: her ability was too strong, and the Homunculi were somewhat wary, so they didn't give her the opportunity to enter Central City.

"You are... the devil of the Ishval Extermination War!"

Olivier Mira recognized Su Xiao. She had learned about the Ishval Extermination War. As the alchemist who killed the most people in the Ishval Extermination War, being remembered for one's appearance was a very normal thing.

"What are you doing in the north, and sitting in my seat?"

Olivier Mira hated alchemists who ran around everywhere. In her view, alchemists should be imprisoned or directly sent to the front line to become combat power.

"Looks like the news here is a bit behind, or Central City has already cut off the communication here."

Su Xiao's expression was calm; he was here to negotiate today, not to fight to the death.

"Less nonsense, state your purpose."

"Fine, I don't want to waste too many words either."

Su Xiao organized his thoughts and spoke:

"Finding you this time is to pull you into rebellion."

Even though Olivier Mira had thousands of conjectures, she couldn't have guessed that Su Xiao's purpose was this.

"What?"

The always calm Olivier Mira's voice raised a bit.

"Do you know what you're saying? As a State Alchemist, actually discussing rebellion with a major general? Do you believe I'll have people take you down right now?"

"I'm already not a State Alchemist."

Olivier Mira's eyes narrowed slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"Forget it, let's start from the beginning. You can doubt my description; I'm just giving you a general direction."

Su Xiao began to tell Olivier Mira about the purpose of this country's establishment, the Homunculi, the Dwarf in the Flask, the military upper echelons being bought off, etc.

Olivier Mira's expression didn't change from beginning to end.

"Absurd! I only believe what I see with my own eyes."

Sure enough, Olivier Mira wasn't so easy to persuade.

Su Xiao didn't intend to persuade Olivier Mira just like this; he was just providing the other party with a train of thought.

As one of the main forces to defeat the Homunculi, Olivier Mira was an ally that must be united.

"If you have any doubts, you can call your subordinates, and by the way, bring a map of Amestris."

Olivier Mira hesitated, pushed the door and walked out of the office. Not long after, several of her trusted subordinates came to the room.

Among Olivier's subordinates, there was a mixed-race Ishvalan and Amestrian; his name was Miles, inheriting the appearance of an Ishvalan, white hair and red eyes.

Miles naturally recognized Su Xiao, and his gaze toward Su Xiao was very unfriendly, but he didn't speak.

Su Xiao took the map in front of him.

"First, let's look at the map of Amestris. Have you discovered anything wrong?"

Pointing at the map of Amestris, Su Xiao looked around at the few people. Everyone was full of vigilance, seemingly ready to arrest Su Xiao at any time.

"Nothing wrong."

Olivier shook her head.

"The map of this country is a circle."

After Su Xiao spoke, everyone's brows furrowed. A circle wasn't anything wrong either. Amestris had been invading surrounding small countries, and opening up territory was a normal thing.

"First, let's compare this country to a circle."

Su Xiao drew a circle on the map of Amestris, just wrapping Amestris inside.

"July 1558, Livi Incident, over 10,000 deaths."

Su Xiao marked a point at the location of Livi.

"October 1661, Cameron Civil Strife, over 20,000 deaths."

Su Xiao marked another point at the location of Cameron.

"February 1799, Sopman Incident, over 50,000 deaths."

Su Xiao continued to mark points on the map.

"1811, Wesli Incident, over 30,000 deaths."

"June 1835, First Southern Border War."

"May 1911, Second Southern Border War."

"1913, Interhans Civil War."

"1914, Liore Riot."

……

Su Xiao began to outline on the map.

"If all the locations where wars have occurred are outlined together, what will happen?"

Everyone leaned in. As Su Xiao outlined with a pencil, an alchemical array appeared, the lines without any deviation.

"This is... what?"

Olivier Mira's subordinates were stunned. Now even a fool could see that the situation in this country was wrong.

Olivier Mira was the first to react: "What does this kind of transmutation circle represent?"

"This is the transmutation circle for the Philosopher's Stone."

Su Xiao took out a stack of documents; this was a detailed introduction about the Philosopher's Stone.

Olivier Mira flipped through the materials, her face becoming uglier and uglier. The Dwarf in the Flask actually wanted to transmute all the people of the entire country into Philosopher's Stones.

But she wouldn't easily believe Su Xiao's one-sided words, but she had heard of all the wars Su Xiao mentioned. This was something that couldn't be faked. Was it a coincidence? Impossible!

"Give you another piece of information, 'Briggs Fortress' is here." Su Xiao pointed with a pencil at a point on the map.

"This is also a node of the transmutation circle, a very important node. Although 'Briggs Fortress' often has small-scale conflicts with surrounding enemy countries, the bloodshed is still far from enough."

Su Xiao didn't speak anymore. After that, he just needed to let Olivier Mira consider it herself.

"I haven't found any flaws in your words for now, but I only believe what I see with my own eyes. Based on your one-sided words alone, I won't believe it."

Olivier Mira still didn't express her stance.

"As you wish. If nothing goes wrong, Central City will soon send people down. By then, you have two choices: abandon your subordinates and cooperate with Central City, or rise up and resist."

Su Xiao wasn't worried about Olivier Mira cooperating with the Dwarf in the Flask; that was an impossible thing.

"What identity did you play again?"

Olivier Mira looked straight at Su Xiao.

"Me? Now I'm a wanted criminal."

"Wanted criminal? What reason?"

"Because I killed a Homunculus."

Hearing the words, Olivier Mira sneered.

"I could believe the others, as for Homunculi, it's ridiculous. Humans aren't created."

"No need to rush to deny. Perhaps Homunculi will soon appear in front of you. For alchemists, Homunculi aren't impossible."

The negotiation between the two sides ended here. Olivier Mira needed time to verify Su Xiao's words.

Su Xiao wasn't in a hurry either. Without the help of Olivier Mira and Mustang, his chance of defeating the Dwarf in the Flask was very low, or even 0.

Su Xiao temporarily lived in Briggs Fortress. Although he could move freely, Olivier Mira arranged a dozen "guides" for him, lest he "get lost" in the fortress.

Looking at the dozen or so burly men in front of him, this surveillance was too obvious.

After waiting for two days, a turning point finally appeared. The protagonists, the Elric brothers, arrived at Briggs Fortress. ===== CHAPTER 410 =====