Chapter 47: Dawn Birth
"In the mid-autumn of the 7th year of the Honkai Era, the butterflies of the Amazon River raised their beautiful wings, and the invisible storm pushed the gears of history in the collision and blending, which is the prologue of the legend and the beginning of the tragedy." - "Red Fury Fangs"
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Seeing that Arnold silently endured and did not speak, the ghost hand showed a smile of "count you as acquaintances", he reached out and patted Arnold twice on the face, these two pats are intimate if they are light, and they are slaps when they are heavy, and now it is a naked insult if they are not light or heavy.
After teasing Arnold, the ghost hand looked at Luo Wei again, he raised his eyebrows, and his mocking tone was even more explicit: "This little brother, dressed so thickly, how afraid of the cold are you." ”
Just when the ghost walked towards Luo Wei angrily, Arnold was already a little restless, Luo Wei is not the kind of person who likes to joke, this guy is bound to see blood when he moves, and he doesn't care what occasion you are in.
Just as the Ghost Hand reached for Luo Wei's cloak and was about to tear it off, the Marquis of Charles finally spoke: "Okay, Captain Ghost Hand, don't disturb the guests' interest. ”
Ghost Hand smiled lowly and sat back in his place, and Arnold breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Arnold, I have heard about you, there is no need to be sad for the sacrifice of those people, they just fell on the way to rebuilding civilization." Marquis Charles's words were glorious and righteous, but it is unknown how much sincerity there was, he touched the mustache on his upper lip, squinted his eyes and said, "Tell me about your friends." ”
"Yes, Lord Marquis." In the face of high-ranking people, citizens like Arnold are inevitably humble, "These two are the comrades-in-arms I met in this mission, this little girl is called Ling, and the one wearing a cloak is called Luo Wei. ”
Before Arnold could elaborate, the ghost hand suddenly laughed and said, "Luo Wei? Hahaha, the name is the same as a girl, are you male or female? ”
Maybe he was ridiculed for his name since he was a child, and Luo Wei was used to it, so he completely ignored the taunts of the ghost hands.
The ghost hand is a popular disciple of Marquis Charles, and Arnold didn't dare to attack because of the other party's rudeness, so he could only continue silently: "We encountered team combat in this mission, and lost five newcomers, but in the end we survived, and after returning to the city, we discussed forming a team, and I served... Team... long..."
Arnold's confidence became less and less in the future, and in the end the voice was almost inaudible, which is not surprising, there is a monster like Luo Wei, and as a result, he became the captain, this kind of words is really too difficult to speak, and his face is red when he says it.
Arnold's lack of confidence was misunderstood by the ghost hand as a lack of confidence in his own team, and he sneered: "You can be the captain, you can imagine the level of your team, I am very optimistic about this cooperation." ”
"Cooperation?" Arnold was stunned.
Marquis Charles's fat body leaned on the wooden chair like this, and the fat squeezed out of the gap in the handle, he touched his mustache, nodded and said: "Yes, in recent years, the scarcity of strong people in Dawn City has put us at a disadvantage in the competition with other cities, which is very unfavorable to us. ”
The "contest" that Marquis Charles said is actually a kind of political ecology in the current Republic, the Honkai Era is different from the old era, this is a new world where the strong are rising, and the most important indicator is no longer the soft power of economy and culture, but the hard power of iron and steel.
In other words, the quantity and quality of each city evolutionary team have become a very important measurement indicator, although it is not the only criterion, but the Radiance of the Republic will take this as a consideration to a large extent, rating the city, and at the same time issuing governance funds according to the level of the rating, as well as the rise and fall of the knighthood, etc.
Marquis Charles's Dawn City has been a little decadent in recent years, only one ghost hand can support the field, and the other elite soldiers have died in the wilderness, and he himself is already on the dividing line of demotion to the demarcation line, and the slightest deviation may be reduced from the marquis to the earl, and then he will no longer govern the city of dawn, and he can no longer stay in the marquis's mansion.
Therefore, the Marquis of Charles began to pay attention to every power that could be contained in the city.
"I hope that the official team of Dawn City can absorb some strong people from the private sector to complete the cube task together, for me and for yourself." Marquis Charles grabbed the handle, straightened his fat body, and began to introduce his team, "In order to reduce the number of people, I have selected four members of the Dawn Squad, and the Ghost Hand has already introduced them to you, an invincible warrior who is best at hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. ”
"This one's name is Eric." Marquis Charles pointed to an old man with an exaggerated pirate-like beard, this old man was not tall, but unusually strong, and his muscles were as strong as Arnold's, like tough steel, and the Marquis introduced, "He was a German immigrant in the old days, proficient in Chinese, a reliable engineer, and had a CCC-class tower core. ”
The core of the tower is a kind of deploying turret that can be exchanged in the cube, containing space technology, usually the size of a palm, but after the layout can be formed a fixed or mobile turret, and this is a prop that can be upgraded to the SSS level at the highest level, when the level is low, it is generally an ordinary heavy fire turret, the more it rises, the more powerful it is, it is said that after being promoted to the SSS level, it can unfold a mobile fortress of more than ten square kilometers, and a round of salvo can be fired down to level a tenth of the Dawn City.
"This one, Al." Marquis Charles pointed to the slender figure next to Eric, this is a holy and beautiful woman like an angel, her white face is not stained with a trace of dirt, her eyes are bluer than the clear sky like the jewels of the gods, and her eyelashes are as black as ink, she is wearing a set of nun clothes of the church, her slender legs are slightly reclined, and she sits gracefully in the chair like a goddess, and the extremely rare noble temperament in the end is vividly reflected in her, Marquis Charles introduced, "This is' The Church of the Cross's helper who was sent here a few years ago, she was stationed in the war-torn land for many years in the old days, and she had a lot of experience in surgery, and now she has been more strengthened by the cube, and she is a very reliable doctor. ”
In the disaster of the first year of the Honkai, few countries were spared, and such a powerful country as the Republic collapsed, and the countries of Europe naturally did not survive, the predecessor of this "Cross Church" was the European Community of the old era, and the members were some devout believers who reunited in the Honkai Era, and were helping Europe out of suffering with their own strength, similar in nature to the "Radiance of the Republic".
"Glory to my Lord." Al bowed gracefully to the crowd, his white and slender neck like a swan, and the greeting of the Cross Church poured out from his seductive red lips, and his voice was as soft as a feather, so that it was intoxicating to hear.
"Lu Ren." Marquis Charles pointed to the last person, this is a teenager about the same age as Luo Wei, judging from the cross-legged sitting position, it seems that he still retains the stubbornness of a teenager, the Marquis introduced, "He is a mercenary of the old days, with firearms skills and battlefield experience, and now he has a CC-class infinite bullet individual Gatling, which serves as a fire suppression task in the team." ”
This young man named Lu Ren was very friendly, and he didn't see the iron-blooded temperament of a mercenary at all, he smiled and waved at everyone, adding: "I'm 22 this year, single, and I like that kind of gentle and beautiful big sister, like Dr. Al." ”
As a nun of the Cross Church, Al is more conservative and introverted in personality and easy to be shy, and at this time, he was openly "confessed" by Lu Ren, and his little face suddenly turned red like a ripe apple, which made people can't help but want to take a bite.
Marquis Charles smiled helplessly, he seemed to be used to Lu Ren's flowery mouth, he didn't say much, after he finished introducing the people on his side, he smiled at Arnold and said: "Mr. Arnold, please introduce your partner, next time we will have a cooperation, I think it is necessary to get to know you in advance." ”