Standing on the tower of the experimental field and looking into the distance, Duck saw the twenty-two-meter-tall prototype of the Cruel Angel slowly moving.

This is the Cult of Darkness Experiment Ground located in the Wuthering Ice Fields near the Kergomo Strait, where all kinds of technologies can be studied and experimented in the open.

Isabella is testing, this time with sustained combat capabilities. It's quite physically and mentally demanding.

Duck's brow furrowed.

Royce walked over to the side and said, "What, it's distressing?"

Duck glanced at him and didn't speak.

Royce laughed: "It's okay, everything is under control, George, Riley, and Ramos are all there, and it's not the first time that a similar test has been done, so what to worry about." ”

"You haven't operated the Cruel Angels, have you?"

"Nope. Have you experienced it, how do you feel?"

"Very ...... Particularly. Especially after coming down," Duck closed his eyes and shook his head, "very, very uncomfortable, in addition to pain all over the body, dizziness, blurred vision, hearing was also affected, and it took about a week to fully return to normal." ”

"It's hard at the beginning, isn't it?"

"Every time I do it, the more comfortable I feel in it. The more uncomfortable you feel after you come out, the longer it will take to completely eliminate it. The last operation was the one that escaped from Kunshabi's belly. At that time, my cruel angel was almost completely destroyed, and there was only one cockpit left, but I just didn't want to come out, so Lala dug me out. ”

Royce was stunned: "You mean, if you have frequent contact for a long time, you will become one with it?"

"I'm not completely sure, it may be related to my lack of mental strength, Lala's performance is not so obvious, but the general direction is correct, this thing will definitely have a fatal effect on our body. Lara also said that she 'didn't want to fight' and was afraid that she would 'become it'. There is a parameter called 'Synchronization Rate' in the Cruel Angel test, which reflects the coordination between the driver and the Cruel Angel, and the theoretical maximum value is 100%, the higher the value, the more convenient the operation, but I thought, if it reaches 100%, what does it mean?"

"Unparalleled combat effectiveness, of course. ”

The old man's voice sounded from behind: "No, it is the human race that will get another way of survival. ”

The two looked back, and it turned out to be Master West coming.

West, along with Rodriguez, the mad alchemist, and Nicholas, the father of George, are known as the Three Sages of Alchemy. The Cruel Angel was the last work they worked together in their youth. After the Alcatraz incident, West was persecuted by the Church and escaped from the Kingdom of Dorland and came to Jaganke with the help of George and Petrarch. Now a senior technical advisor to the North Sea Alliance.

West looked at the cruel angel who was staggering in the distance, with a complicated expression: "Three people, each with a purpose. Rodriguez thinks it's the sword that overthrows tyranny, Nicholas thinks it's the key to hell, and I think it's the second form of humanity, with which humanity can stand proudly under any firmament, without fear or confusion. ”

Duck asked, "Do you still stand by your ideas to this day?"

West sighed, "Nicholas was right. ”

Royce was puzzled: "I think it's not a fault that it can greatly expand the living space of human beings, right?"

"We have found a way to get rid of our current form, but we have not developed the culture and ideas that have been freed from our current form, and it is actually the destroyer of the existing civilization. ”

Royce spread his hands: "But we can't choose right, right? Urbino forced us, if it wasn't for some mass-produced ...... he did."

Duck suddenly looked up: "Stop immediately, let her out." I don't want her to blend in with that sinful ugly bastard! George, George, don't play dumb, I know you can hear her, let her come out, let her come out!"

George's voice sounded overhead: "There are still ten minutes left to end the test, and forcibly aborting it now could lead to irreversible brain damage." Are you sure to let her out now?"

"You bastard, every time you have a point!"

"Who am I for?"

"I hope nothing happens in ten minutes!"

"Of course. If she adds another twenty minutes, she can take a shower and change her clothes or something, so she won't be covered in slime and hug you, don't you think?"

Royce couldn't help it: "Enough is enough, George!"

George was silent.

Royce snorted, "This guy must be pouting and shrugging." ”

Duck sat down on a chair in the glass gallery and stared intently at the test site.

Royce was a little worried and changed the subject: "By the way, on the Fartican side, Archbishop Whitemire asked me to bring you a message and ask you if you want to be the head of the Supreme Inquisition, Director Paul is old, and he recommends you." ”

"Ha, don't be funny. It was he who couldn't stand up to the factional struggle below, and caught up with the reconciliation between the traditionals and the radicals, so he came to me, a stunned young man, no different from the original three-month patrol of Port Snell. Tell him to think about Fernandez. ”

"Oh, why him?"

"He has seniority and prestige, as well as the ability to accept new things, and behind his son Morse is a political force in the kingdom of Doland. Now that the clergy and the royal power are repositioning themselves and finding a balance, it is better to use him as a barometer and indicator. ”

"This is a position that countless people can't grab even if they break their heads, so you really give up?"

"What's so reluctant? I've been through life and death countless times and still can't see it? It's Vanessa and Woods, help me say hello, just say I'm fine, go to a far away place to fight monsters. ”

"I can't be a hermit, I'm destined to be a wallowing in Vanity Fair - what are you going to do after cleaning up Urbino?"

"I'd like to go with Lara to the Iron City of Einstirr, where the Flame Slime is said to be, and it's the power of fusion and transformation, which will increase the efficiency and speed of the transformation of all magical energy. But let's talk about it later, Urbino is not so easy to deal with. Have you found his lair?"

"I didn't expect him to dare to put such a dangerous and cruel angel near the imperial capital of the Dorland Kingdom. But, strangely, even if I think about the problem in the wrong direction, my subordinates should not be deaf and blind, why haven't they heard the slightest rumor? ”

Duck turned to him, "Have you considered the possibility of Urbino merging with the nobles of the Dorland Kingdom?"

"Impossible, isn't it? The Kingdom of Dorand has always advocated the establishment of religion and does not listen to the arrangements of the Holy See, and Urbino has been declared a heretic by the Holy See, how can it be possible to accept him?"

"Doland's strength used to rank first among the countries of the continent, and it overwhelmed the countries of Ala and the Southern Jungle, but now that Ala and New Tenotiran are ahead of the curve in alchemy, what do you think the Doland Kingdom will think?"

"Take a shortcut? Urbino must have promised a benefit...... Cruel Angel?"

"Yes, the manufacturing cost and technical requirements of the mass-produced cruel angel are relatively low, and it is not difficult to manufacture them with the strength of the whole country, and it is impossible for the nobles who are eager for quick success not to be moved. So, we can't find it, most likely because Urbino is protected by the Kingdom of Doland. ”

"So what are we going to do?

"No, that's against the entire kingdom of Doland. I suggest that the North Sea Alliance Council release the news that the Psychic Hive can influence the minds of humans and make them kill each other. ”

"Good way, in this way, you can fight without blood......"

"Not necessarily, Urbino may take a risk, directly control the royal family and nobles of Doland, and manipulate Dolander to start a war with us!"

The haunting voice made Duck's whole body tremble, and he jerked to his feet, and he saw the familiar long purple hair and clear eyes.

"Lala!"

Then, the two hugged each other passionately.

At this moment, in the world of the two, only each other's breathing and heartbeat remained.

Unbeknownst to them, the surveillance circle above them was working, and on the other end, a worried Riley.

She sighed with a complicated expression and switched the communication line: "Enya, the following is the test of the brutal angel mech battle between you and Wilde, and it is likely that we will only be able to dispatch three machines. ”

Enya's tone on the other end was indifferent and unwavering: "Understood, I will do my best." ”