Chapter 411: Helpless

Olivier tapped the wooden table with her fingers, seemingly thinking about something.

"How many humans need to be sacrificed for a Philosopher's Stone as big as the one in my hand?"

Edward pondered for a while.

"About a dozen."

"So many?"

"Yes, and that's a conservative estimate. I've studied the materials on the Philosopher's Stone in detail."

Olivier continued to ask: "Then what if it's as big as an egg?"

"What!"

Edward looked at Olivier in horror.

"Don't be surprised. I did see one that big two days ago, and this piece was separated from it."

Knowing the origin of the Philosopher's Stone, Olivier began to feel the weight of this red stone in her hand.

"Who is holding such a large piece of Philosopher's Stone?"

"……"

Olivier didn't say it was Su Xiao. She vaguely had a feeling that the other party was indeed here to form an alliance with her.

If they really wanted to fight against the Central Army, then alchemists would be particularly important, and this Fullmetal Alchemist in front of her was also combat power.

"I roughly understand. Tell me the purpose of your visit this time."

Olivier's tone was calmer.

"Our purpose is..."

The Elric brothers recounted their purpose. They were here to find a little girl with a small panda and ask that little girl for advice on alchemy.

The Elric brothers had already seen the Dwarf in the Flask, that man with the same appearance as their father.

In front of the Dwarf in the Flask, their brothers' alchemy failed; no, they couldn't use alchemy at all.

Conversely, looking at alchemy, that little girl and Scar fought the Homunculi fiercely with alchemy.

Edward had vaguely felt that the man with the same appearance as Hohenheim might be the mastermind behind everything; the Homunculi called him Father.

"So that's how it is."

Olivier looked at the portrait in her hand, on which a small panda was drawn.

"We just want to find its owner."

Just as Olivier was talking to the Elric brothers, a soldier broke into the room with a bang.

"Major General, something bad has happened!"

"What's the matter? Don't be flustered."

"It's... it's like this, a monster suddenly rushed out from underground, and it's in the lower base."

"Monster?"

"Yes, monster."

Olivier frowned. Troubles were appearing one after another.

"Where is it?"

"Near the armory."

No sooner had the soldier finished speaking than Olivier stood up with a whoosh and rushed toward the lower levels of the fortress.

The armory was the foundation of the fortress. Once the weapons were lost, the surrounding enemy countries would attack immediately.

The Elric brothers followed behind Olivier.

"You two don't need to follow."

Running, Olivier turned to look at the Elric brothers. Whether these two were friends or foes was still unknown.

"We can help. Don't forget we are alchemists. If there's trouble in the fortress, we won't sit idly by."

Edward smiled, revealing his teeth.

"Follow orders then. If you act without authorization, don't blame me for being impolite."

"No problem."

Olivier nodded secretly. The two brothers didn't show any malice.

The group soon arrived at the lowest level of the fortress. This had already penetrated more than ten meters underground. The entire fortress had dozens of floors above ground and three floors underground, used for storing weapons, food, etc.

……

Inside the underground building of the fortress, in an open square.

This was the weapon laboratory. The fortress would develop weapons, and this was the test point for weapons. The surroundings were all steel structures, very sturdy.

A muscular man, three meters tall, with distinct muscles all over his body, was being besieged.

Bang, bang, bang...

Dense bullets hit him, but the muscular man didn't even break his skin.

"So painful, so troublesome."

The muscular man spoke slowly, looking very lazy.

"This place is so big."

The muscular man only had one eye, and the position of the other eye was a red node. Just by looking at his appearance, one knew this wasn't a normal human.

The Elric brothers rushed out from the stairs and immediately noticed the red pattern on the muscular man's shoulder; it was a circular Ouroboros pattern. Just by looking at the appearance, they knew this wasn't a normal human.

"This is... Homunculus!"

Edward immediately recognized the muscular man's identity, feeling somewhat uneasy in his heart. They had come here just to find a way to deal with Homunculi, and his first reaction was that the Homunculi had seen through his plan.

"We came here just to find a way to restore our bodies."

Edward's explanation was somewhat weak. He had been threatened by Homunculi before; if they dared to act rashly, the life of his childhood sweetheart would not be guaranteed.

"Who are you?"

The identity of this muscular man was already self-evident: Sloth.

Sloth was different from other Homunculi; his intelligence wasn't very high, he was born dull, and his dream was to sleep all the time.

"Right, need to dig a hole... so troublesome."

Sloth's task was to dig a circular tunnel underground in Amestris; what he was digging was the energy channel of the National Transmutation Circle.

"Really want to sleep... so troublesome."

Sloth walked slowly to the side, roaring with every step. This guy's weight wasn't light.

"Move aside!"

A female shout came, followed by a series of roars.

Olivier stood in a tank, half of her body exposed.

"Ready."

The tank's muzzle began to turn.

"Fire!"

Boom!

Olivier had no interest in communicating with Sloth. The other party had already invaded the armory; Olivier wouldn't listen to the other party's explanation.

A cannonball hit Sloth directly in the face, and the cannonball exploded.

Fire and thick smoke wrapped Sloth inside. The soldiers on the scene all breathed a sigh of relief; the enemy had been solved, and no one could withstand such shelling.

The thick smoke dissipated, and Sloth's figure appeared. He only had a slight injury on his cheek, and red electric light flickered; his injury was recovering.

"How is this possible? The cannonball actually had no effect."

The morale of the Northern Army was frustrated. No matter how brave they were, they were somewhat confused when facing such an inhuman monster.

Olivier was stunned for a second before reacting.

"Don't just stand there, reload!"

A dozen seconds later, the tank fired again. This time, to increase lethality, the loader changed to solid cannonballs.

Boom, the tank's muzzle surged with fire.

A dark red cannonball hit Sloth's lower abdomen. Sloth only paused, and the solid cannonball was bounced away, smashing a small pit in the ground.

"So painful, pain is also so troublesome. Right, need to work."

Sloth didn't pay attention to the shelling at all. He was too lazy, so lazy that he didn't want to fight, didn't want to speak.

Boom, boom...

Solid cannonballs hit Sloth one after another.

Sloth's body swayed, seemingly hit to the point of impatience. He easily lifted a steel pipe pile to the side and smashed it toward several tanks.

With a clang, a tank was smashed flat, and the other tanks immediately retreated.

"Don't stop the shelling."

Olivier was somewhat helpless. This was the first time she had encountered such an inhuman monster, and for a moment, she couldn't think of an effective countermeasure.

"Olivier, as an ally, why didn't you notify me when something happened in the fortress?"

A voice came. Olivier looked up. Su Xiao was sitting on the iron railing high up, with a smile on his face, a cigarette between his fingers, followed by a dog behind him.

"You have a way to deal with this monster?"

Olivier's eyes narrowed slightly. She had felt that this Explosion Alchemist wasn't simple before.

"I was wanted by those guys precisely because I killed a Homunculus."

Su Xiao leaped down from the railing. ===== CHAPTER 412 =====