"What does it smell like?" Normally, the outskirts of Daxis, the scent of earth and grass - since it is not a forest with a terrifying density of plants, the woodlands around it never produce anything like miasma.

Besides, it's not a miasma at all.

“…… Do you have gunpowder weapons stored in your territory? Levi pondered for a while, then suddenly asked.

"What...... No. "Heliga instinctively wondered - why do you ask this? Immediately, I understood what Levy meant.

"Is this the smell of old-fashioned gunpowder?" Heliga asked. After receiving Levy's affirmative answer, he was even more confused.

Before the power guide became the mainstream of this world, there were also some vehicles or weapons that were mainly driven by gunpowder and fuel oil around the world. However, everything changed when the inexhaustible supply of conductive energy, which was both clean and easy to control, was applied by the efforts of Dr. Epstein's research team.

As far as Heliga himself knew, the last time someone used an old gunpowder weapon may have been back a few years ago during the Liber Mutation - when the appearance of floating cities in the sky caused the entire Liberl and the southern part of the Erebonian Empire to fall into the phenomenon of channeling ceasement, and all the conductive equipment failed. In that case, the Kingdom Army had no choice but to take out some of the gunpowder equipment that had been in the warehouse for a long time, and hurriedly threw themselves into the battle with the chasseur unit to which the association belonged - the result was naturally heavy losses, until Richard and the old soldiers of the Intelligence Department, mainly in melee combat without the need for a power guide, succeeded in countering them.

In addition, it was the steam chariot mechanism that was secretly made at the time - although the Imperial Army did not really do anything at the time, Helriga suspected that those chariots must also be filled with gunpowder weapons.

Because guided weapons are lighter and easier to modify, not to mention that all the current cutting-edge research directions are mainly based on guided weapons - there are almost no individuals or organizations in the world who still use old gunpowder.

"I have a bad premonition." Levi reminded aloud, "Let's go back to town." ”

"It should ...... No way. Heliga muttered to herself—deep down, there was a hint of unease.

I seem to have missed something.

"Let's go."

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When he reached the edge of the town, where the sparse lights were faintly visible, Heliga had no doubts.

Sporadic firefights, cacophony in the distance. The occasional cry came.

"Is this ......" Helliga frowned, "is it the direction of the Vault......?" ”

"There, there should be someone from the Rose you brought...... Garcia should also be there tonight. Levi thought for a moment, "Is it ......?"

"Hmm...... I'm afraid there was some kind of armed conflict - we don't have gunpowder weapons here, so we have to bring them from outsiders. Considering that the average homeless person would not carry a sufficient number of heavy weapons in any case......"

"Hmm...... It's probably something like a "hunting regiment". As for why a gunpowder weapon...... Perhaps it was to avoid people's eyes, because some of the weapons used by the hunting regiments were very characteristic and very easy to recognize. "Levi himself had spent some time in the hunting world, and unlike people like Helliga who hadn't actually fought a few battles, he started up from the basics of hunters," such as the Crimson Constellation's saw spear and Zephyr's heavy axe. ”

"You mean, the hunting regiment is deliberately disguised by changing into gunpowder weapons......" Helliga understood what Levi meant, "then, this is a deliberate act of aggression, not some accident." ”

"Hmm...... I'm afraid that's the case. Levi nodded, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Needless to say." Heiliga gritted her teeth and said.

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"Drink!" Slamming a hunter directly against the wall with his fist, Garcia let out a muffled roar as he watched the hunter in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

He was not unscathed. With close-range attacks as his main attack, he must be close to the enemy in order to exert sufficient combat power. However, the fighting spirit of a warrior who can defend himself in the barrage of small attacks such as stray bullets is a little overstretched when facing more powerful gunpowder weapons.

What's more, the hunters on the other side are not easy to mess with—more than a dozen people have infiltrated this shelter before they can find them. Although the members of the "Rose" are all young elites, it is clear that this hunting regiment of unknown origin is of a higher rank.

The whole body was dressed in ordinary steel armor that could be bought in the market, and the nameplates and symbols symbolizing the belonging of the hunting regiment had long been worn out; And the gunpowder weapons in their hands made Garcia wonder if he had traveled back to thirty years ago, when individual hunters could not afford the more luxurious guiding weapons of the time - he had never heard of any active hunting regiment still using gunpowder weapons.

It was clear that the purpose of the other side was more than simple infiltration—after Garcia discovered them, the large force that had stayed outside the town had apparently retreated because of the exposure of the troops at the front; The rest of the gang were just covering each other's cover, fighting and retreating.

However, Garcia knows that there must be some deep-seated reason behind this matter that he doesn't know. Even if the combat power in his hands is not enough to completely defeat them, he should at least keep one or two prisoners, because Heliga will definitely ask later.

The princess of the Empire is hidden here—and Garcia knows that. He doesn't quite understand the complicated political relationships behind it, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand it. This invasion is definitely not as simple as it seems.

"Mr. Garcia." Just as Garcia grinned his teeth while gently touching the abrasions on the side of his abdomen, a water-blue light enveloped the wounds all over his body, and his physical strength quickly recovered under the aqua-blue guiding magic. It turned out that Martha arrived in time.

"Thank you...... What's going on over there? "When the battle broke out, Martha and Garcia happened to be on opposite sides of the vault - after the battle broke out, the two lost contact for a while. Seeing that Martha was safe and sound, Garcia was also slightly relieved.

"There were about twenty intruders...... Most have already retreated. They had powerful gunpowder weapons in their hands, and it was night again, so I did not give the order to rush into pursuit. Martha shook her head helplessly, originally the task of these patrols was only to make sure that there would be no disturbances here, and few people would be ready for an invasion at any time, especially if there were hunters.

"Is that so?" Garcia frowned, "It's a bit risky though...... It seems that this is the only way to act. ”

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