Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 243 Negotiation Preparation

"That's perfect." Howard wasn't surprised to find himself trapped here. He said to the nun and the elves, "Although coming to this haunted place wasn't part of our plan, there must be a reason behind it that shouldn't be ignored. Let's act together. Miss Mei, you don't need to scout ahead like you did before. I think something will find us."

"We already have enough troubles." Gloria said unhappily, but she did not object to Howard's proposal.

The plan was finalized, and the three of them set out again. As usual, the more capable nun and May walked in front. May held the flame high, because Howard had said that something might come looking for them, and then there would be no point in hiding their whereabouts.

And taking a step back, even if she and Gloria could sneak in dark environments, Howard couldn't, because he was just a mortal after all.

"Ugh!"

But just as the nuns and the elves were about to move forward, Howard suddenly called them back.

Mei and Gloria both turned around and looked at Howard, wondering what this mortal had to say.

The words Howard wanted to say just came to his lips, but he shuddered slightly, so he swallowed the words back.

"What are you doing?" Gloria looked at Howard, who was pulling himself apart, with a slightly displeased expression.

"Nothing...nothing..." Howard waved his hands repeatedly.

Although Howard successfully prevented Gloria from asking further questions, it did not escape Mei's eyes.

"You have something to say to us, and it's very important, but you're not sure whether you really want to tell us, right?" Mei asked directly.

Howard looked at Mei with a strange look. Mei was tall and thin, and judging purely by her features, she looked like a skinny girl in her teens, the youngest of the three. But then Howard realized that Mei only looked young. As an Eldar with an almost infinite lifespan, Mei's true age was probably older than him and Gloria combined.

Of course, this does not mean that Mei is pretending to be young. Whether a life is young or not depends on the proportion of his current age stage to his total life. Two years old is still in the stage of ignorant childhood for humans, but it is already old age for hamsters. Similarly, hundreds of years may be an unimaginably long time for ordinary humans, but for the immortal race, hundreds of years may just reach the standard of adulthood.

But despite being young, the years had brought real improvements in abilities and experience. This was why, despite their brief time together, Howard found May's interactions with her much more enjoyable than with Gloria. This was because May's experience with humans completely eclipsed both Howard and Gloria's. Perhaps from May's perspective, this mission was simply babysitting two hairless monkeys.

What's that saying? If you're having a really good time with someone, it might not be because you're compatible, but because their level is completely superior to yours, and they're being backwards compatible.

So his hesitation naturally did not escape Mei's eyes at all.

Since May saw through his thoughts, Howard no longer hid it. He pointed at May, then at Gloria, and finally at himself, drawing a circle.

Howard: "I think... we're no longer hostile to each other. Or to put it another way, we should have established some initial trust..."

As he spoke, he glanced at Gloria. "Of course, I know you'll probably still choose to kill me or hand me over to the Inquisition after this is over. But for now, we should have a consensus that we're on the same side."

"What exactly do you want to say?" The nun looked a little impatient.

"I think we need to exchange information," Howard said. "May also said that this place blocks electromagnetic interference, and even psychic energy can't penetrate it. I suggest that we take this opportunity to pause and exchange information while no one is interrupting us."

As he spoke, Howard reached into his pocket and pressed the power button of the Ohm Messiah. After a slight vibration, he took his hand out.

Although it is not clear whether this can completely shut down Om Messiah, at least I feel a little better.

"Although there are only three of us now, we represent at least three different factions. The main reason we're acting together is because we share a common enemy, but having a common enemy doesn't necessarily mean we share common interests. I think we should be clear about this upfront to avoid internal fighting before we've defeated our common enemy."

Howard said this because in some of the novels he had read, some plots could be explained clearly in just a few words, but the characters insisted on being riddlers, which led to a lot of unnecessary trouble. In the process of acting with the nuns and the elves, he always had a bad premonition, so he took the opportunity of this improved relationship to express his inner concerns.

After Howard finished speaking, neither the nun nor the elves responded. In fact, Howard knew that it was extremely difficult to make the two understand each other, but he did not expect them to really agree to his proposal. However, even the proposal itself was enough to serve as a warning. If there were any misunderstandings later that led to the crisis of internal strife, they would at least think about what Howard had said before fighting.

Just when Howard thought he was asking for trouble, May responded.

Her answer was simple: "I agree."

Howard looked at Mei gratefully, and after a second he felt even more grateful, because although he had not thought too much about it when he proposed to exchange information, if the information was really exchanged, Mei, as an elf, would definitely be the one who suffered, and the one who gained the most would undoubtedly be the combat nun who was completely out of shape.

Although Gloria was impulsive, she was not a fool and of course understood the pros and cons. So when she saw that Mei agreed, she certainly had no reason to refuse.

"Since it was me who proposed it, I'll go first," Howard said. "You can ask any questions you have, and I'll answer them. But before we begin, I hope we can reach a consensus..."

Howard paused for a moment before continuing, "If you have a question you can't answer, please just say you can't answer it instead of lying."

No one raised any objections.

Then let’s start the truth or dare game.

Howard said in his heart.