Chapter 1568: Looking forward to everyone's performance
The faint light of the early morning spread over Mount Namoa, creating a dull light blue. Huge white warships streaked through the sky, bringing up a cold, hard, murderous wind and soaring over the mountains of Namoa. Like a predator at the top of the food chain, it proudly patrols its territory. It was like the only giant beast that had survived the Flood Era, and since that long time onwards, it has been left alone. Although walking in the sky, peerless and independent, it is still lonely and palpitating.
So, except for the sound of the battleship breaking through the sky, the birds, beasts, insects and fish in the entire mountain seemed to be frightened, and they were as quiet as cicadas. The lush mountains and jungles in the mountains seem to have become a static background map, and for a moment there is a bit of murderous silence.
In this way, it is understandable that everyone on the white ship has always maintained a tense state of combat readiness. The guns on both sides of the battleship were always open, and a third of the stormtroopers on deck and in the cabin were always in combat readiness. Dwarven craftsmen carry guide guns behind their backs and battle axes pinned to their waists, and are on standby next to the machine room. As for the other three of the "Five Golden Flowers" of the Federal Navy Command, they were stationed on the bridge, near the shelling command room in the middle cabin and the organ room in the lower cabin. They are indeed the eldest ladies born in famous families, but they are the ones who are trained as the backbone of the ruling class among the children of famous families, although they lack actual combat experience, their combat effectiveness is still good.
As for the youngest crew member (biological age) on the White Ship, standing at the bow of the ship, looking around with a telescope in his hand, and on the table in front of him was a rather intricately shaped astrolabe, a captain's head. The map of the mountains of Namoa unfolded in front of her, detailing the location of most of the Black Flag Winged fortresses. It's just that after the Battle of Farrahals, the Black Flag Wing people thought they had hugged their real thighs, and they all let themselves go and really regarded themselves as regular soldiers. As a result, he was taught to be a human being in Black Manchester City and a series of subsequent battles, but unfortunately the price was his own life.
It is said that in the Necromantic War, there were more than 30,000 Black Flag Winged Heads that could be counted. If you calculate it this way, the remaining Black Flag Wingers in the mountains of Henas should have lost more than eighty percent of them in the Necromantic War.
As it turns out, this estimate should be very accurate. At least everyone has found a lot of walled cities left by the winged people along the way, but almost all of them have been empty. Having almost lost the wings of civilization, the people had no great ability to build stone buildings that could be preserved for a long time, so only the ruins of the dilapidated wooden village were left, slowly rotting between the mountains and the cliffs.
Between the dilapidated ruins, there is a little bit of slaughter, this kind of atmosphere is too easy to make people cranky. Therefore, it is understandable that everyone on the ship is so nervous.
The only exceptions were the two most experienced in combat, the chief and deputy captains of the stormtroopers, Colonel Ofresa and Lieutenant Colonel Kemir. The two of them were busy on the makeshift stove on the deck, and it would be nice to say that they were making lunch for their men, and there was a comment that they loved the soldiers.
However, they are clearly making small snacks, which makes everyone helpless. At least a few of the stormtroopers lined up on the deck were looking at the two of them with the eyes of their ZZ. If it weren't for the fact that these two were not pure wine bags, rice bags, and military morale, and prestige were not bad, there would have been a mutiny.
"It's just so abnormal." On the foredeck of the ship, Lieutenant Colonel Kemir said as he cut fruit.
"What do you mean by that?" Colonel Ofresa, who was five big and three thick, carefully sandwiched a piece of sliced strawberry with silver tweezers, finishing the finishing touches on a piece of cream cake before nodding in satisfaction.
It is said that at the time of the Battle of Farahals, the entire Namoa Mountains were in this situation. It was as quiet as a grave, except for the cold wind that the battleship sailed through the sky. Smelling the air in your nose makes you unable to breathe, as if it was condensed with blood. The purple sky began to fade, white and bleak, and the clouds seemed to be dead. ”
“…… I didn't know that you guys still had a poet Yaxing. ”
"Eh, you don't know, brother, my dream was to be a poet, well, if a poet can't do it, an essayist or a travelogue writer is also excellent. If it weren't for the persecution at home, I would have gone to the Celestian Academy of Letters. I used to be part of the school's secret poetry club. Hey, under the leadership of Mr. Keating, we gathered late at night, recited the beautiful poems of our predecessors, discussed literary creations together, held bonfires together, and danced together. Oops, that's really a rainbow-colored romantic youth! ”
"It doesn't sound like a poetry club, it's more like a secret villain organization!" Colonel Ofresha couldn't help but ask.
"Well, that's how cool it feels! That's why it's the romantic youth of the rainbow......"
"Colonel Ofresha, Lieutenant Colonel Kemir." The girl who had been standing at the bow of the boat spoke. The two of them, who were middle-aged and successful, couldn't help but feel excited, quickly stopped the conversation, and squeezed out flattery...... Ah no, a professional and polite reserved workplace smile greeted the past.
In fact, after Sehiliu and Andreel fell into the fortress, it was only natural for the Drow Lori to take over the command of the White Ship. And rightfully so.
First of all, the fists under her hands were the hardest—don't look like this, but the occasional performance on the ship's training ground during this time had already made the crew fully aware of the little girl's strength.
Her "die-hard men" are also the most powerful - for some reason, the group of dwarven mechanics who can 1v5 with an axe and are all armed with guide guns obey the orders of Sehiraeu and the drow girl; And this group of large barrels and dwarf winter melons is indeed the most capable batch on the ship.
Finally, it's no secret that she's a disciple of Lucy Berencaster, a true herald who is qualified to wear the Rainbow Rose Crest. Although she is a drow, and she has not yet gone to the alliance to register for a mage qualification certificate or anything, she is a privileged federal nobleman with only the colorful rose brooch on her cloak.
Well, there are soldiers and fists of the noble lady...... Lick it decisively! People who can't lick can't live three chapters in the workplace.
So, Colonel Ofresa and Lieutenant Colonel Kemir, who had the most experience in office politics on the ship, greeted them with a hippie smile. Every pore exudes obvious flattery, that is, the folds squeezed out of the face seem to be able to trap mosquitoes, and they almost wag their tails.
"Woohoo, Miss Akdina, it's been a hard work, try my craft. It's not me who blows, I'm the one who does everything at home after the baby is gone. I'm still very confident in my craft. Colonel Obresa smiled and laid the cream cake in front of the little girl, and in the face of someone younger than his own daughter, he behaved like his own mother.
"Yes, yes, I'll have some fruit after eating the cake. This kind of afternoon tea is perfect. Lieutenant Colonel Kemir also placed his carefully arranged fruit bowl on the seat, showing the same style of office workplace smile as his old friend.
Suddenly, the big yellow teeth of the two big men almost shone a little in the afternoon sun.
"Daddy, Uncle Mike......" Little Luna, who was at the lookout, looked at it, covered her face and sighed, but only sighed. She is really a sensible little girl, and she will probably be very embarrassed to change to other bear girls who have not graduated from secondary school and have decided not to talk to their parents for the rest of their lives.
Akdina also seemed to sigh silently, but before everyone could react, she smiled with gratitude and forked a small piece of cake with a fork and brought it to her mouth: "It's delicious, thank you." Colonel, well, Lieutenant Colonel, thank you very much for the fruit bowl, I will taste it slowly. ”
After the two dog-like stormtroopers showed touching smiles, she said again: "We have entered the mountains, and we may face the enemy's jumping gang at any time. Are the stormtroopers combat-ready? ”
"Ready to fight! Unless the last man of the stormtroopers dies in battle, neither the deck nor the cabin will be lost! The colonel knocked on his chest, his voice and attitude were a little solemn, but he had the aura of a warrior in a hundred battles. In fact, although he is an official fan obsessed with office politics, he is very dedicated to his job, and you only need to look at the armor that he has never taken off.
…… However, when I made a cake for Miss Akdina, I still remember to wear heavy armor, this guy is not delayed on both sides of his job and office politics, so it stands to reason that he can mix up wherever he puts it, right? The premise is not to get on the wrong boat.
Of course, he was already on the boat, and he had no choice but to hug the thighs of Rose Island.
"Well, that's good, I know everyone is a little nervous because of the chaos on Daroshure's side. But the more this happens, the more you need to be calm. Do your own side first, and then think about the future. ”
“…… But is it okay to leave Miss Sehireux and Miss Andrell like that? Lieutenant Colonel Kemir showed concern about the application.
"If they say it's okay, then it's going to be okay. If we stay, it will complicate the situation even more. "That way, it will be much more troublesome to clean up the situation later. Akdina glanced at the other and didn't say the second half of the sentence.
After that, it was enough to make the group of outsiders suspicious and suspicious by adding two cannons to the Chenhai fleet to announce the existence of the white boat. If you have to stay and fight with the Tatsukai fleet, you will be caught up by the enemy main fleet that appears (most likely), and maybe it will bring other dangers to Sehireu and Andrel who remain in the fortress.
Anyway, there are still 200,000 people on such a large floating island, as long as the two girls don't mess around, with their abilities, there will be no problem in hiding well.
In comparison, the group of legion veterans led by the red thunder light, who is said to have fallen into the trap, is even more worrying.
"Actually, don't worry." In the face of everyone's worries, Akdina was very calm.
"Astrology tells me that Master Asterley and his troops are in trouble, but there is no major crisis."
Lieutenant Colonel Kemir couldn't help but look at the blue sky during the day, and was sure that he couldn't see half a star with his sense of vision and vision as a spellcaster.
…… emmm, although for the caster, the astrology in the night magic and the prophetic magic of the arcane system cannot be said to be completely metaphysical, and in many cases can even determine their own strategic choices. However, it feels like those top astrologers are either gray-bearded old men or ghostly old ladies, and you loli is pretending to be mysterious here, which is too unconvincing.
"Astrology also tells me that in a little while, our journey will be surrounded by blood and fire, and the stench of plague and poisonous putrid will once again bloom in the sky. That's why you need to be prepared. Please give the order to go down and let the crew prepare for the last battle. ”
It's really getting more and more chattering, and isn't it all limericks that normal people can't understand at all, and even rhymes don't have a flat rhyme? You say it so clearly, but it's not convincing!
Also, what the hell is the rancid stench of plague and poison? Sounds pretty bad! But the more bad it sounds, the more unbelievable it becomes!
Although they may have thought so in their hearts, the two officers who were several times the age of Akdina still maintained a sincere expression of attentive listening, but even their eyes did not reveal anything unnatural.
"But rest assured, the sun is on the other side of the blood and fire, and the rancid stench of the plague is only a lingering struggle, and I don't see any foretaste of a great evil. So victory will be ours! The little girl took a jug of red wine from the table, and filled the three glasses in front of her with a dark red wine—when she had brought the jug and the glasses out, and Colonel Ofresha and Lieutenant Colonel Kemir, who were so close at hand, did not even see it.
"Well, then, wish you victory in advance!" The little girl raised one of the glasses of wine in an old-fashioned manner.
The two looked at each other, and Colonel Ofresha raised his glass with both hands on a slightly deliberate look of flattery. However, Lieutenant Colonel Kemir hesitated for a moment, and then he involuntarily shuddered, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back, as if he was being targeted by a natural enemy upstream of the food chain. It was only for a moment, but he felt as if he had been oppressed by panic and fear for a long time.
Of course, he knew where this sudden fear came from, but at this time he didn't even dare to look at the other party, so he could only laugh dryly twice, and then drank the wine head-on.
Then, he heard the other party's voice again in his ignorance, but this time it was a very soft and waxy Lolita voice that was very in line with the other party's (physiological) age: "Great, look forward to the performance of the two!" ”
What happened after that, as the little girl herself said, was that less than ten minutes after the crew had each received a bottle of anti-corpse poison potion and had completed the final combat readiness check, the battle began.
The first to attack was a large group of flying creatures that came out of the cracks in the mountains and cliffs on both sides, about the size of crows, all of them were either black or gray, and their appearance alone exuded an unpleasant and ominous color.
"Black Death Raven! Sure enough......" Akdina sneered, completely unmoved. Her crew's scalps were already starting to tingle.
The crows swooped down on the white battleship like a swarm of flies swooping down on the white swans. In the crevices of the rock walls behind them, a dark green aura of necromantic magic flickered and flickered.