The Seven Seas Traveler is disappearing in the clouds.

In the muffled roar of the magic pod, Sky Blue was staring wide-eyed at the three crystals that were floating above the Wind Elemental Detector, one bright and one extinguished.

She picked up the communication crystal in some scrambles, but it almost fell to the ground, and it was difficult to hold it down, and then she shouted into the established communication channel in a bit of panic:

"Brother Ed, call Brother Ed......"

“…… Brother Ed, twenty miles ahead of the Seven Seas Traveler saw a large number of magical reactions in the clouds, and detected elemental separation, I suspect they dropped the wingcraft. I、I don't know the direction of the delivery, but at least three times have been detected, please be careful, repeat, please be careful......"

Fang Yu waved the torch lightly.

He extinguished the torch, and the light faded into the darkness, and the space around him reverberated only the panicked voice of Miss Poet.

"We have guests coming," Fang Yu looked at the others, his eyes shining brightly, something he hadn't expected, but still within the plan he had planned in advance.

He placed his hand on the information crystal, and as he spoke, a ray of light elicited from it—the blue glow turned into a silver construct above his glove, and he shook it slightly—there was only a little red glow in the crystalline video crystal.

He raised his hand and flicked it forward, the structure turning into a silver light that cut through the darkness and disappeared in the direction of the staircase.

And the others also took off their weapons one by one without saying a word.

……

Sora looked back at the flaming fireball, which had slanted through the walls and crashed into the castle, knocking a large hole in the side of the building there. The wreckage of the wingboat, lying in the rubble, rose from the smoke and lit up half of the courtyard.

The old hunter let go of him, and he breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could recover from this, he only sat up and leaned back against the battlements and looked in the direction of the courtyard, not quite understanding what was happening.

At this moment the hunter stood up from behind the battlements, and put his hand on the battlements to look out, but there was a scream in the darkness, and a sharp arrow pierced through the canopy, and from between the battlements, just above the chest of the former, the man flew up and fell to the ground like a bundle of straw.

"Bow your heads, spread out—" came the stern and decisive voice of the sand night from one side.

The swordswoman drew her sword with her backhand, and with a single sword struck the firewood in the campfire, sparks flew everywhere, and the city was returned to darkness.

Only the light of the burning airplane halfway into the building was left in the distance.

The hunters all bent down and looked behind them. Sora also stared in that direction, and the man who had been laughing before was now lying stiffly on the ground, staring blankly in one direction. And on his corpse, a little white light was rising in the darkness.

Although Sora had experienced the battle in the refugee camp, he had never been attacked so suddenly, killing him in one blow, and the attacker had not even revealed his figure, he was definitely a master. The boy's heart pounded, and the hand holding the bow couldn't help but sweat a little.

It was just that a hand reached out in the darkness and pressed his shoulder, and the old hunter looked in this direction with a somewhat calm gaze. "Don't be so nervous, young man." The other party spoke.

After saying this, the old hunter looked to the side.

"It's a wingboat," Sand Night said with a frown, "The other party should have left the vehicle a few hundred meters away, using a glider backpack, and the landing point is in the forest outside." They have already discovered us, but we don't know how many people there are on the other side, the comers are not good, we must not sit still like this, they suppress us, they will definitely launch the next wave of offensives, Xiaokong, you go and contact Leader Ed. As for the others—"

She looked at the hunters: "Let's split up, one to attract fire, the other to find a way to regain the initiative." ”

"I agree." The old hunter immediately made a decision and nodded: "Let's attract firepower, and you can find a way to find those people." ”

But Sand Night shook his head: "I don't have long-range ability, I'll attract firepower, and you will make the next move." After speaking, she didn't give the other party a chance to refute, but only looked at the young man on the side: "Xiaokong, give me your shield." ”

Sora swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nodded hurriedly, took the iris shield from his back, and threw it over. Sand Night took the shield in one hand, met the other's eyes, and gave him a determined look, before getting up and clinging to the battlements.

She counted one, two, three, and then rushed forward with an arrow.

Several feathered arrows flew over, flew behind the female swordsman, and landed in the courtyard.

And the old hunter looked at this scene, raised the bow in his hand, and shouted: "Redeemed, shoot freely." ”

They got up, opened their bows, and a few feathered arrows flew out of the darkness, and two or three flew out, but the others still loosened their bowstrings, and the intertwined rain of arrows met in mid-air.

Sora took a nervous breath as she watched Sand Night leap forward above the castle, dodging the feathered arrows with a roll, causing them to fall behind her. He looked at it for a moment, then took out the communication crystal from his bosom in a bit of a panic before lighting it up.

Several people fell in the forest in a row—

Flame Hunter didn't expect the other party's counterattack to come faster than expected, and he thought that these ransomed should be easy to deal with.

"Don't rush so far ahead of the newcomers, I don't have time to take care of them," he scolded in the communication channel, then raised his bow and aimed in the direction of the city.

The hunters had disappeared in that direction, and the sound of the female swordsman had caught their attention before, but they wouldn't make such a low-level mistake again. Suddenly, he heard the sound of the wind in the darkness, and Hunt Flame turned sideways very definitely, and the arrow struck the main trunk of the cedar with a 'thud', and the feathers of the arrow were still vibrating.

The arrow was coming from the other direction, and Hunter Flame was taken aback, and looked over the tower in that direction - someone had already moved in the other direction, and the reaction of these people was so astute that it was far beyond his knowledge of the natives.

Who are some of those people who are very familiar with their methods of warfare?

The shadow of the female swordsman instinctively came to his mind.

Just as he was wandering, a faint silver light was flashing from the darkness behind him.

Sand Night pressed the wound on his shoulder, bleeding profusely, and was listening to the voice from the communication crystal: "Miss Sand Night, I'll provide you with the other party's position next-"

"Ed," she began, "the other party is of the Flor descendants, and I am familiar with their way of fighting. ”

"Very well," replied Fang Yu, "you cooperate with me, and we will find them." ”

Sha Ye turned around and looked at his hand, only to see a red between his fingers. She let go of her hand, gritted her teeth, and nodded.

……

"Airplane No. 2 begins to deliver."

"Airplane No. 2 detached."

The boy was bowing his head, somewhat absentmindedly buttoning every button on his gloves, putting on his goggles, straightening his collar, and then looking up to listen to the faint sound of orders coming from above.

Six Shadows looked at each other, a little envious of the other party's big nerves, she lowered her head and pulled out the dagger, examined it, and inserted it back into the scabbard tied to her thigh. She examined each piece of her gear one by one, then exhaled softly.

From time to time people pass by them, some of whom they know and some of whom they don't. People they knew greeted them, "Six Shadows, has this guy Kaka taken advantage of you recently?" "Die." Six Shadows gave the guy a roll of his eyes.

The other laughed and walked away, and the men converged on the artillery deck, and then walked forward to the sound of orders, past the officers who were standing there in charge of inspection. The latter looked at them, nodded, and waved his hand to signal for the men to pass.

Six Shadows watched as the men quickly disappeared above the stairs.

They are the next batch.

A bright light was flashing outside the cannon's cannon window, coming from the direction of the Fury, and Six Shadows couldn't help but look in that direction, staring at the golden trail that streaked across the night sky—it was the Skyfire Guild dropping off the second airfplane—she stared at the shadows of the firelit sails above the clouds, and she couldn't understand it for a moment.

It's just a small team, and it's enough to use so many guilds to make such a big move? Even if it's to be foolproof, it's a bit too bizarre.

"Don't you think it's strange?" She turned back to ask Kaka.

Kaka looked up, "What's weird?" ”

Six Shadows rolled her eyes angrily: "Don't ask knowingly-" She always felt that the guy in front of her was sometimes ridiculously smart, but sometimes he deliberately pretended to be confused, just like now.

Kaka yawned, tears hanging from the corners of his eyes: "What do you want to do so much, this is work, as long as you don't work overtime, if they let you work overtime, come and ask me why." ”

"You're not curious at all?"

"Of course I'm curious, but I'm even more curious if I can return the JK pack you lent me last time?"

Six Shadow's eyes widened, "When did I lend you that thing!?" ”

Kaka suddenly came to his senses: "Isn't it, you put it on the bed?" ”

A red glow flew up the girl's cheek, and she looked at the guy with her fists clenched tightly: "When did you enter my room?" ”

"Fifth Squad—" A voice came from there.

As if he had heard a voice for help, Kaka hurriedly grabbed the other party's hand: "Quick, it's our turn." ”

“…… You let me go right away! ”

The Crimson Queen's deck trembled slightly.

Pushing open the hatch through the upper staircase, the cacophony of the deck and the cold wind blowing in the face. Kaka shivered coldly, and then let go of his partner's hand, "It's really lively," he sighed: "I know that some people just like to see everyone doing their job, as if this is what makes the salary valuable, but I don't know how many of them are fishing in troubled waters." ”

"It's just you." Six Shadows replied through gritted teeth.

The girl originally had the heart to question the previous question, but was interrupted, and quickly attracted attention to the scene in front of her.

The four wingboats docked around the Crimson Queen's deck were warming up, having previously dropped two wingboats and sending more than twenty people down. The entire fleet has already delivered seven wingboats as planned, and their landing points are distributed throughout the Altori region.

The pipes that carried the magic there, glowing faintly, and the staff walked over them, hurrying through them. Some of them were overhauling the magic engines, and they were dressed in different colors than the others, the same alchemists on the ship.

Many people were lining up on the deck, and she could barely recognize the names of the teams, although the people in them were from various chapters, and she didn't know most of them, but many of those historic teams had been preserved from the days of the Ten Dynasty to the present day.

The Electees who wore the Jeffrey Redcoats were a dozen or a dozen or as few as three or five, and everyone was fully armed and ready to go.

Although the guy in front of her was a little hateful, she had to admit that the other party was quite right - it was indeed a bit lively, and it had been a long time since the Long Summer War that the Flor Descendants had carried out an operation of this scale.

It's just that last time their opponent was the Rainbow League.

But this time it's just a small free adventure group, and the gap is really confusing.

"Actually, it's because of the Helin Crown."

Kaka said suddenly.

Six Shadows was slightly stunned, and turned to look at the other party, which was a rare serious answer she had heard.

"It is rumored that the crown of Hailin is in the hands of Mia, the witch of the sea, but Mia has an extraordinary relationship with that young man," Kaka's eyes reflected the fire that lit up the clouds, "And in Dorifin's rumors, there is also information about the Radiance of the Firmament - "

"And you really think the other party is easy to deal with?"

"There is a price to be paid for belittling opponents."

Six Shadows looked at each other with some surprise, and their hearts moved slightly, and they couldn't help but subconsciously remember what happened to Fenris. It was their last mission before they were grounded, and few people knew that she had fought the hero of Doriffin with the guy in front of her.

But Six Shadows didn't understand that his partner had actually had such an experience, but it was not in Fenris, but at the end of the Battle of Changxia, which was later known as the Battle of the Elven Ruins.

Kaka lowered his head and looked at the clockwork goblin in his hand, the dragon alchemist, who had actually fought with him.

Six Shadows suddenly noticed that the guy in front of him raised his head and looked in one direction with some distraction, and she couldn't help but look in that direction, but there was nothing special over there. "What are you looking at?" She couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing."

The young man retracted his gaze in that direction and shook his head: "Let's go to the air crew, it seems that whatever the regiment commander assigned to us should be to find the wind ship, and the marines are no longer short of people." ”

"What did you say?"

The six shadows were slightly stunned, and some couldn't keep up with the speed of the other party's thinking jump.

In the direction Kaka was looking, a young man was also looking away from them, watching the two disappear in the direction of the stern before turning away. "White Horse, it's time to board the boat." Not far away, his companions were waving at him.

Bai Ju looked at those people silently, nodded and walked over. "What are you looking at?" Someone touched him with an elbow and asked, "Which chapter's beauty, or the young lady of another guild?" ”

Bai Ju looked at the other party for a moment and smiled lightly: "It's nothing, I just saw a 'genius'." ”

"Genius?" The man looked in that direction and showed a sudden expression: "You mean he, that guy has a bit of talent and doesn't take the tasks assigned by the guild seriously." I heard that after Fenris's battle, the above had an opinion of him, and he fled without a fight, and he was just a coward. ”

"I heard that he was not allowed to join the Marine Corps this time, I'm afraid there is a reason for this......"

Listening to everyone's discussion, Bai Ju shook his head, these are just hearsay. He and the guy actually came out of an academy. The results of both of them are average, but he went for a while, and the other party went to a second meeting.

He just can't get used to the lazy appearance of the other party, the fact is the same as the six shadows, and there are only a few people who can get used to this. It's just that he always feels that the other party's attitude is belittling the efforts made by these people, why should such a person have a score with him?

He opened the hatch and stepped into the wingcraft, through the narrow aisle, to his place and take his seat. The man he was talking to sat directly across from him, and both of them pulled down their shelves and secured themselves in their seats.

The commander of the brigade was the last to enter the airplane, closed the hatch, and then looked at the people present before speaking: "Check your own security measures, the location of the target has been determined, and our operation will be launched in the area of Snow Stone Castle to support the first regiment that has arrived and the flame extinguisher brigade of the Skyfire Guild." ”

"Actually, it's wiping their butts," someone whispered, "I heard they asked for help." ”

"It's a shame to ask for support to deal with a bunch of savages, the people of the Second Guild," everyone laughed in a low voice: "But they have always been like this, even the people of the Heavenly Fire Guild are so unbearable, it is really a bit unexpected." ”

Everyone nodded.

The white horse turned his head a little absentmindedly and looked beyond the porthole, where the bright light streaked across the sea of clouds and fell like a flare to the vast earth below.

He checked his gloves again, took the clockwork elves off his coat one by one, looked at the mana stored in the core crystals inside, and put them back one by one. The regimental commander walked over, looked at the movements of his hands, and stopped:

"I'll leave it to you this time, Hakuko, the opponent is not easy. But I'm sure you're not far behind, you're one of the most talented newcomers to come out of the academy in the last few years, and the guild expects a lot from you, and I guess you can handle the people out there. ”

The white horse looked up and nodded. Their targets had always been the Spear of the Silver Forest, and even the few men in the Silver Vislan, and even a few talented newcomers to the Oak Order of Tapolis had never been in their sights.

That dragon alchemist may have some skills, but the world of combat craftsmen has never been determined by calculation alone, and when they walked out of the BBK academy, the starting line was already higher than most people in this world, let alone now, after more than a year of training in the first branch?

"I already have a way to deal with each other." He replied in a low voice.

The regimental commander nodded in satisfaction before passing him and sitting down on the side.

The communication crystal on everyone's chests lit up, and a low countdown sound came from inside:

"Airplane No. 3 begins to deliver."

"Three,"

"Two,"

"One."

"Airplane No. 3 detached."

The white horse only felt a slight shock when he passed through the gap, and felt a feeling of weightlessness throughout his body, and the airplane sitting down seemed to be detached from something.

The scenery outside the porthole was rapidly changing, and the Crimson Queen was getting farther and farther away, and soon all that was left was the whirring of the wind.

The wingcraft entered the clouds and shook violently.

This ancient disposable dropping device was originally used to deliver dragon knights, but it was later modified by the Electors and can also be used to deliver personnel.

It's just that this is not its job after all, the wreckage rate of airwing boats is quite high, and the crew needs to leave the cabin at the final stage and land with a glider. Whether it's too early or too late, there will be casualties.

As a result, airplanes are often only used to deliver elite draftees with some experience, members of brigades, or marines who have been trained specifically for this purpose and have an affinity for the wind element.

As for the White Pony Gap, they were clearly the former, and he stared at the golden light that flickered above the transverse wings beyond the porthole, the shield was interacting with the wind elemental in the air, otherwise it would have fallen apart at the speed of this thing.

The airplane turned into a meteor that crashed into the night sky.

In the forest, the plover was looking up at the long golden trail.

He shook the communication crystal in his hand and said in a low voice: "Mr. 'Gray Whistle', you take the others to hide, the person who comes may be the brigade of the descendants of Flor, and you can't interfere in the next battle." ”

"Captain Ed?"

"Listen to me, we'll meet later in the forest." He interrupted.

Fang Ou extinguished the crystal and looked at the corpse beneath his feet, which was shining with a little white light, and behind it was a feathered arrow, engraved with the symbol that the Paparals liked. "This is the third one," Parker began, "I was sure I would have kept the other one, but that guy was too clever." ”

"Don't be too complacent," Alyssa glanced at the guy, "these people are not the elite of the Flor Descendants, their brigade members should still be behind, these people seem to be members of their core guild, equivalent to the elite group of our rain listeners." ”

Fang Yu nodded, agreeing with this statement.

However, Miss Nightingale said that the members of the other party's brigade had not yet arrived, which was probably not true, and he flicked the outer ring of the goggles with his hand, and at least in his field of vision, he saw something unusual.

……

Hunt Flame panted and hid into a room, he looked around, it seemed to have been a study, in the dark space there were many bookshelves, piled up with books, not far away was a desk, the desk seemed to have been rummaged through, the drawer was pulled out, but it was not put back.

He wiped his sweat and stared at the portrait hanging on the wall not far away, a dark red light flashing in the communication crystal on his chest, "Hunting Flame, is Hunting Flame there?" This is the second communication channel, how are you doing over there? ”

The voice of the people from the Heavenly Fire Guild came from the crystal.

He didn't really want to show his cowardice in front of the other guilds, but the guild asked them to cooperate with each other, and they actually came in to conduct fire reconnaissance - the truth was as expected, the ransomed were not difficult to deal with, and after some fighting, they stormed the castle.

They lost a few men in the battle for the walls, but the other side lost more, and they lost all newcomers who participated in the operation for the first time, and the opponents were obviously veterans. It's just that once you enter the courtyard, the battle that follows becomes a little difficult to explain.

The female elf who suddenly appeared took the lives of two of their team members with a single look, in fact, the opponent's attack was not very strong, but it appeared really unexpectedly, and the timing was not bad for the score.

His best friend, who reacted at the first time, turned around and prepared to fight back. Somehow, however, a bunch of vines wrapped around his hand, and the emerald feathered arrow passed through his throat, bringing up a streak of blood that sent him straight to his ground.

Only then did he realize that the other party turned out to be a druid-level ranger, and it was not surprising that there were followers of Ameya in this place, but wasn't a profession like the guardian of the sacred tree another way of saying a unicorn girl?

How could the holy daughter of the goddess appear in such a place and still be their enemy?

Then the enemy followed them as if they had a pair of eyes behind them, and from time to time the cunning Paparal appeared and took a human life with a crossbow. They knew that this was the work of the other party's brilliant battle craftsman, but the battle craftsmen in the team could not help at all, and they had also lost their lives in a previous battle.

He was separated from the other people, thinking that most of the two people were also very lucky, so he opened the communication list and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw that the name was gray.

Flame Hunter let out a heavy breath, he had expected such a situation, they were also used to accomplish this. He silently turned on the light screen, entered the information he had recorded, and then clicked send.

Every piece of information on it was bought at the cost of human life.

After doing all this, Hunter Flame picked up the crystal, calmed his breath and replied, "I'm okay." ”

There was silence for a moment, with a slight admiration: "Well done, man, you just stay in that place." Your mission is complete, it's up to us, and every member of the Flame Extinguisher Brigade salutes you. ”

Hunting Flame was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but think that the name of the brigade of the people of the Heavenly Fire Guild was really in conflict with himself.

He was about to say something to tease, but at this moment, he suddenly raised his head a little stiffly, and stared at the flickering silver light in the darkness there.

And under that silver light, in the black and dull crystal, the crimson light is becoming incomparably brighter.

Flame Hunter's mouth opened wide in disbelief.

……

The white horse retracted its wings of the wind through the gap, landed heavily in the snow, and rolled for a while before getting up and patting the snowflakes on his body.

The regiment leader's voice had already come from the communication channel: "Everyone, pay attention, the news has just come from the Tianhuo Guild that the first detachment has lost contact with us, and the other party's combat effectiveness is stronger than imagined. The squads should first move closer to each other and keep in touch, and the scout detachment could reconnoiter in the direction of Snow Stone Fort first. ”

A map was teleported, forming a screen of light that opened in front of the White Horse. The head of the group continued: "This is the information shared by the Heavenly Fire Guild, this is the area they have already discovered, and they have asked us to form a siege on the south side of the castle, and not to let go of any of the other party's people. ”

There were a few complaints in the brigade channel, they were on par with the Flameextinguisher Brigade in terms of rankings, or even slightly better, and there was really no reason to obey the other party's command.

However, since the head of the regiment has no opinion, the others can only mumble a few words in private.

Hakuma didn't care too much about these false names, he only looked at the map, the people of the Heavenly Fire Guild were very meticulous, and the other party obviously also had one or more excellent battle craftsmen, and they marked most of the areas where the enemy had been found, or where the battle had taken place, and even the places where the people of the first detachment had fallen.

In this way, the trajectory of the opponent's actions from the beginning of the battle to the present has a rough outline. It's just that this outline is not clear enough, especially in the direction of Snow Stone Castle, there is still a large blank area, Bai Ju pointed to those places with a gap, and suddenly had an inspiration in his heart:

The other side was breaking through to the west, and they should have left the castle after killing the first detachment.

He immediately reported his thoughts, then took out a few clockwork elves, pulled down the goggles, and with a flick of his right hand, the little things flew lightly from the snow into the night sky. There were twenty-two clockwork elves in total, but that wasn't his limit.

"Commander," he said as he was distracted, "I will find a way to find out the trajectory of the other party's movements and provide you with support." ”

"I'll leave it to you."

The message from there was concise and to the point.

Bai Ju understood that there was trust in these simple words. However, he doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, and his performance in this team has always been worthy of everyone's trust.

The guild tilts its resources towards these people, and they naturally have to be worthy of the value of cultivation, and this is what he looks down on the guy who left the academy with him. Every resource of the guild is the result of the efforts of many people, and no one can easily blaspheme.

With a flick of his hand, a dozen constructs flew through the cedar forest in the direction they had set. In the narrow-field mode, he was extremely responsive, and his concentration allowed him to easily distinguish obstacles from any direction, and the dozen or so clockwork elves flew between the heavy canopies as if they had been given life.

Bai Ju knew that the opponent also had such an ability, and even the means of control were still above him, and he was far behind in terms of quantity. But that doesn't mean he's going to lose the battle – because defeat is defined by what he's trying to achieve.

For most people, the battle for first and second place will always seem so coveted, but in Hakuro's eyes, the battle craftsman is just one part of the battlefield. What they want to accomplish is not to defeat the opponent's battle craftsmen, but to achieve their own tactical goals in this battle.

The process is not important, it is the result that matters.

So when the first clockwork fairy faded from his field of vision, Hakuro knew that he had caught his opponent's tail.

He unleashed a second batch of goblins, only four, but at the same time, he stopped the clockwork elves on the other side, marked the location of his attack on the map, and watched closely what was happening in that direction.

For a moment, his right hand suddenly moved, and a clockwork fairy suddenly left where he had been hovering and flew deep into the forest.

And on the other side of this battlefield, Fang Yu was slightly stunned.

It's kind of interesting –

The thought crossed his mind as he saw the dark red beam disappear from his vision, but instead of piercing through the other's clockwork elf, it left a golden scorch on the trunk of the cedar tree.

This is one of the few times he has failed to attack.

This reminded him of the situation a long time ago, outside the smuggler's harbor in Istania, when he fought with the blind follower's combat craftsman, and the current combat craftsman was at least at the level of the other party.

And his operation method gave him a sense of familiarity, he silently felt this familiarity, and the memories in his heart surfaced one by one, gradually overlapping, and the time seemed to go back to the night before everything that happened in Dolifin, in the elven ruins.

He had also fought against a combat craftsman from the Jeffrey Redcoats, and the two were almost identical, with only minor differences. Almost immediately, he understood what kind of opponent he was up against.

"The people of the Jeffrey Redcoats," Fang Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, it wasn't that he didn't expect that he would meet his old opponent at such a point in time. He took back the Scourge Stars slightly.

The other party's actions made him realize a problem - how did the clockwork fairy with the other party's back to him detect the attack from behind? He was immediately and sensitively aware of this - the surveillance net.

He used his clockwork elves to build a 'supervisor net' in the forest, incorporating each clockwork elf into a chain of visual networks to ensure that they could see each other's blind spots.

The other party's actions were obviously not to discover their 'traces', but to detect the 'tracks' of his clockwork goblin's attack.

What is the purpose of the other party?

……