This scene is indeed too weird. In an empty and dimly lit abandoned underground factory ruins, a group of gorgeous metal structures more than three meters high are crowding around a lovely girl named Yuxue.
This image alone is enough to serve as a poster for a psychological horror film. Of course, the gorgeous mecha must play the role of a villain.
There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, the astral knights wearing heraldic machines are looking confused. They are professionally trained people, and they will not be surprised no matter what they see. Many of them have even done it
I'm so prepared to see a gram-type monster whose appearance alone can scare ordinary people to the point of losing all their sanity.
However, when expectations and reality are at two extremes, it is indeed easy to become confused.
Now, the monster that can make people lose their sense of self based on their appearance has not appeared, but it is a cute girl wearing a dress. She looks about fourteen or fifteen years old, has a pretty appearance and an elegant and delicate temperament. She should be carrying a schoolbag.
A beautiful girl who studied in a public school for aristocratic children and earned the title of school belle.
This stiff and weird scene lasted for nearly ten seconds before someone finally reacted, and it was naturally Shameen.
“Stay alert! Those who come are not malicious!” He whispered to his subordinates on the communication channel.
The knights also woke up, and one of them said directly: "That's true. His grandfather told me that when walking in the universe, the most careful people are old people, women and children who are single on the road. This one is both a woman and a child.
, there must be something fishy!"
His words immediately triggered a wave of responses. Of course, a small number of female knights expressed their opposition to such vaguely sexist remarks, but their voices were not loud.
Have you never considered that she might not be human at all? Shamaine thought to herself.
He felt that the possibility of his guess was very high, but he couldn't say it directly. After all, the aura of this "girl" was very normal, and it was completely a human reaction. Even the blazing psychic reaction just now
Everything disappeared completely, and it was so calm that one had to doubt that the induction just now was just an illusion.
"Gui'an." The girl lifted up her skirt and gave a slight salute to the knights as a noble lady. Her movements and demeanor were impeccable, and even the most picky etiquette teacher could not find any faults.
The knights were even more at a loss. Some even forgot that they were still driving heraldic machines, and returned the favor with a three-meter-high mecha.
“Excuse me, where is the nearest exit from here?” The girl showed an innocent smile.
"Uh... go here, cross the second intersection, and then go to the right, about five or six hundred meters away." A knight said. Listening to the voice, this guy just said, "It must be a woman and a child."
That thing is weird.
"Understood, thank you." The girl smiled at the knights again, raised her skirt and saluted, and as if the forty heraldic machines that were watching her didn't exist, she headed straight in the direction of the guide.
Go.
Probably because this development was so unexpected, Shameen didn’t react until the girl had walked about ten meters, and said loudly: "Wait a minute, madam, may I ask you..."
The girl did not look back or stop, but suddenly quickened her pace and started running quickly.
Shameen gritted his teeth and turned his atomic light spear sideways, ready to shoot the girl in the back, but at this moment, he hesitated.
This momentary pause was not even half a minute, but it was already too late. The girl's body was like a sand block made of fine sand. It suddenly opened with a roar, scattered into the air, and then disappeared in a gust of wind.
The knights stared at this scene in stunned silence. At that moment, many of them had already thought of the grotesque horror stories they had heard in their childhood, and could not help but feel horrified.
This place is already very weird, isn't it normal to encounter ghosts? How many "ghosts" have you killed today?
Shameen frowned in confusion. He suddenly realized that when the "girl" appeared, although everyone was on alert, they seemed to subconsciously regard her as a cute girl who happened to pass by. As long as everyone was on guard.
As long as the other party doesn't make any hostile moves, it will be difficult for you to become hostile towards her.
Even he himself is no exception.
This feeling is really weird.
Viscount Shameen shuddered. He felt that everything he encountered today was incomprehensible and strange, which made him, the star of hope of the Knights with a strong heart, feel a little uneasy. He
Now I really hope to reunite with Count Seliola as soon as possible.
However, just when the confused knights were preparing to take action, something strange happened again from the direction where the girl came from.
This time it was not a high-intensity psychic reaction, but the sound of mechanical iron hooves stepping on the ground.
This is the sound when the heraldry machine and exoskeleton are running on the ground.
Of course, if it is the former, when the driver uses some psychic means, the Wan Ruomeng Phantom can be made silent. However, this is usually when sneaking and raiding in battle. It is natural when marching in peacetime.
There is no need for this.
Are they comrades from other knights? Some knights are thinking.
They were about to shout when a figure emerged from the almost non-existent dim light.
This is also a humanoid mechanical body over three meters high. However, it looks slender than the heraldry machine and the power skeleton. It does not look like a mecha with someone operating it, and its appearance is closer to a mainstream combat mecha.
Robot.
“The external mecha of the Iron Army Complex.” Someone quickly identified the other party’s origin.
"Well, commander class?" Shameen saw more from the class insignia on the opponent's mecha. He quickly thought of the list of foreign observation groups he had seen before the exercise, and knew that the Iron Army Complex was
A rather high-profile delegation was photographed on the Sarna planet.
“Your Excellency Heiros?” Shameen asked in a deep voice.
“Your Excellency, Knight.” The robot bowed its body and said hello as if it were a human being.
Shameen looked at the opponent seriously: This "robot" was covered in stains, dents and scratches, and some places seemed to have faint sparks of electricity. It must have gone through a pretty fierce battle.
“Excuse me, where is General Griffith?” he asked.
"The general and my colleagues have been killed, and I am chasing the murderer." Heiros said in an electronic voice without any emotion: "The murderer is a collection of quantum ghosts that can be condensed into entities. It can become
Some harmless appearances are deceiving everyone. Have you noticed any of them?"
The knights looked at each other.
"It should have turned into the shape of a girl at this time." Heros added: "This monster is extremely dangerous. If it is allowed to escape, the situation will be unimaginable."
The knights were silent.
"I understand." Heiros sighed: "This matter does sound very strange. It is understandable that everyone does not believe it. However, I need to continue to pursue it. There are still virtual monsters in this ruins. Please
Be careful."
He was about to leave from everyone, but he was already stopped in front of him by two knights.
“People of Palladium, do you think we are fools?” A knight asked dissatisfiedly.
Another knight looked at the silent Viscount Shameen. He saw that the leader of the team had placed the atomic spear in his left hand, and the other hand directly drew out his best weapon.
The heavy chain sword was instantly understood.
"Turn off the power source and open the mecha cockpit. Palladium." The knight said solemnly: "We suspect that you are related to all the abnormal conditions today. Please cooperate with our investigation."
"If you are proven innocent, we will express our sincerest apologies to you and the Iron Army Federation." Another knight said.
I have to say that the Astral Knights are indeed a group of aristocratic elites. If nothing else, at least every one of them is extremely proficient in diplomatic rhetoric.
However, facing the siege of forty astral knights wearing heraldry machines, the electronic light in Heiros's eyes only flickered weakly, and he continued to say in a calm electronic voice: "I don't think this is a...
Good choice. Knights. If you haven't seen me today, everything will be calm."
The Astral Knights were naturally unmoved. They said that although everyone had just been killed by that so-and-so, the backbone of the Knights had not been broken. How could they be threatened by a mere Palladium insect of yours?
“Last warning. Commander Heiros.” The knight said.
"I am clearly reminding you, young knights. I have no personal grudges with you." Heiros slowly lowered his robotic arms on both sides: "However, this is fine, young people have to do this.
Have their own pride and courage. However, young people should always pay some price for such virtues. Will this painful price be exchanged for the greatest growth? "
Perhaps King Red will thank me. Heros said in his heart.
This was a speech with a sudden change of style. Then, before the knights present could react, Heiros's arms were already hanging down to the ground, but then, the two thick mechanical arms began to fall apart like building blocks.
Lifted away, turning into countless tiny metal fragments and pouring into the air.
Immediately afterwards, the metal fragments were like tornadoes spliced together by sharp blades, sweeping towards the knights on all sides.
Not only that, a silver-gray halo spread out in all directions with the Pallarian mecha as the core. In just the blink of an eye, the dark underground space with a radius of several hundred meters was brought into the daylight.
, all knights present are included in this range.
However, at this moment, the knights' attack also began. The orange-red light beam, like a blazing flame, pierced directly into the black rose in the center, immediately triggering the opponent's spiritual defense. The translucent light curtain that broke through formed a shield.
The shape of the red light shattered it, causing an explosion reaction.
"Boom..." The roar sounded for just a moment, and it was as if the air had been sucked out of the scene instantly, and there was no sound anymore.
At this time, Shameen had already thrown away his chain sword, which was two meters long when it was not unfolded. The seemingly huge and clumsy heraldic machine seemed to be so flexible that it was not human at all.
When swung, the chain sword unfolded like a giant snake, constantly fighting against the metal storms sweeping across all directions.
Under a series of silent impacts, several knights who were caught off guard were rescued by their leader.
However, an equal number of knights were still concentrated by the metal storm. The moment these violent metal blades came into contact with the heraldry machine, they suddenly turned into cunning poisonous insects and burrowed along the joints of the mecha.
Go in and frantically destroy the internal psychic array and exquisite power structure.
With just one encounter, three mechas instantly lost power and fell to the ground on the spot.
The knights were in an uproar. They had always felt that these forty knights wearing heraldic machines could join forces and suppress a dreadnought, but they suffered such a big loss against just one enemy.
However, Shameen knew that even the most exquisitely designed heraldic machine could only use five rings at most.
Further up, for those who are truly strong, these priceless war artifacts that represent the highest-end expression of mysticism and technology are just more expensive toys.
In other words, this Black Rus is at least six rings?
An unknown sixth ring, against forty fully armed astral knights, the strongest among them is his own fourth ring.
Shameen didn't know what the outcome of this battle would be, but the only thing he could do now was to focus all his energy on the battle in front of him. However, he still couldn't help but think of his other batch of cut offs.
A comrade in communication.
“Today’s situation is weird! I hope that everything goes well for Soback and Ye Hailuo over there in Crystal City. After all, they shouldn’t be as unlucky as us, right?”
What Viscount Chamaine didn't know was that the current situation of his comrades-in-arms was not only smooth, but could be considered to be fine, and it was not a small good but a great good.
The comrades he had high hopes for were more "decisive" than he imagined, and they arrived at the tactical position faster than expected.
Thus, long before the change occurred, eighty astral knights led by Yeager Soback and Baron Hayero had already entered the Crystal City.
In the division of the exercise, Crystal City was still a company affiliated with the red side as a defensive force. However, facing eighty heraldic machines shining brightly in the sun, these soldiers barely made any struggle.
Directly declare surrender.
Anyway, these people were actually temporarily recruited from the local garrison in Sarna, and they had no fighting spirit or spirit. Rather than coming to participate in the exercise, it was more like waiting for the excitement.
Soback felt that his choice was simply a wise one. He did not have to attack the enemy's heavily fortified front line like Viscount Shameen, and occupied a city on the red side without a single blow. According to the bosses in the exercise director's department,
It should be very popular.
In addition, if everything goes well, if I really lead everyone to successfully occupy the center of Crystal City, take over the city's support artillery group, and directly bombard the position of the 12th Garrison Division on the opposite side, I might be able to immediately cause the total collapse of the opponent's defense line.
In this way, his military exploits may be even more prominent than those of Shameen.
As for whether he will be criticized for not appearing "heroic" enough... Soback believes that there must be such pedantic people, but there must also be clear-minded bosses who will value their own merits, and that is enough.
To put it bluntly, Soback is very self-aware and never expects to obtain a high position in the Knights. He uses the Knights as a stepping stone to gain recognition from above and successfully pass the school rank. He will then serve as a military officer for a period of time.
It is estimated that the family's title can be restored.
Of course, if he can become a governor of a new continent or even a district warden in the galaxy before he reaches the age of forty, his life will be very complete.
This can be regarded as living up to the expectations of the ancestors of the Sobek family.
Yeager Soback, you are such a clever guy! He thought happily.