Chapter 45: Gains and Losses
Alan kicked the door open, put the seriously injured and unconscious Captain Benson on the bed in a bedroom, and after carefully checking the other party's injuries to confirm that there was no big problem, Alan closed the door and retreated.
Both Harley and Kramer were a little depressed, and they couldn't imagine that the city they had been desperately guarding all day and night was nothing more than a decoy for the Republic. This is not easy to put on anyone's body, thinking of the dozen brothers who were attacked by the blood corpse beast before and lost, Kramer's mood was even more depressed.
Alexia stood in front of the window, looking out the window, the dead city was like her heart, and she didn't feel any anger or warmth.
"It's cold!" Alexia tightened her coat, although she was in the room, she didn't feel any warmth, the republic she was dedicated to, but used the life of a city as a bait, in order to pull out the power of the cyborg's council in the republic, is it really worth it? Her hands were a little cold, and she couldn't help but grasp the corners of her clothes hard.
Alan looked at Alexia's somewhat lonely back, he stepped forward and gently reached out his arms to wrap around the other party's soft waist. Feeling the other party's tense body, Alan gently forced the other party to get closer to his arms.
"This is the country I once swore to serve with my life!" Alexia muttered.
"Perhaps......" Alan wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start, he thought he couldn't understand Alexia's feelings, because this beautiful woman had grown up in the Knights, and had received an education of loyalty to the Republic, and this idea had been ingrained for so many years, but Alexia, who was good-natured, suddenly found that the country to which she had sworn allegiance had such a dark side, "Maybe this approach seems cruel and ruthless to us." But on another level, it can bring temporary peace to the whole country, and even make life safer for more people. ”
"Sacrifice is indeed a knight's virtue." Alexia said lightly, "That's a noble practice after we know our mission. But now, I believe, Uncle Benson's men, his adjutants, are alive one by one. I am afraid that when they come to the end of their lives, they will not know that they have been completely abandoned by the Republic. ”
Alan was speechless for a moment, he was not interested in these things, and now Alexia was speechless. He had no choice but to tighten his arms and try to bring more warmth to Alexia.
The sky darkened, and the bloody day finally ushered in the night starlight. When you look up, you can see the bright stars outside through the window. Like a silver glow, it adds a mysterious beauty to this dead city.
The Bloodcorpse Beasts had all retreated, and Harley and Kramer went early to find the group members who were hiding, and they agreed to meet in the city square the next morning. Alan and Alexia jumped on the roof at this moment and lay side by side, looking at the brilliant and beautiful stars, enjoying the peaceful night.
"You...... What's the plan? Alexia turned sideways, looked away from the stars, and finally landed on Alan's angular face, her eyes confused and reluctant, and asked softly.
Alan stretched a big waist, put his hands behind his head, found a comfortable position and slowly closed his eyes: "I don't know, but I want to find my friend first." He's been out there for too long. Then, maybe I'll follow the black scorpion out on a mission, like you said, I need to train my own strength, this is the right way. I don't want to become a complete monster by overusing the power of the virus. ”
"Oh! So......" Alexia was a little disappointed, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only murmur to herself, "I'm going back, back to headquarters." After this incident, I think that Barkley's conspiracy will be exposed, and my wanted list will be nullified. I don't know if we'll be able to meet......"
"Absolutely." Alan opened his eyes, his eyes as bright as starlight, "I'll go see you." ”
"When?"
"When I miss you!"
Early the next morning, with his strong physique, the regimental commander was able to walk around the ground, and he went to the regiment headquarters to inform the people hiding underground that the crisis on the ground had been resolved. The dead city finally regained some vitality, and the head of the Benson team temporarily recruited the surviving members of the various bounty teams, divided them into small teams, and maintained order in the silver city around the clock. At the same time, he also recruited a large number of strong young men and began to sweep the streets, gathering the corpses of zombies and blood corpses to be burned outside the city.
The remaining zombie cemetery outside the city is temporarily powerless to encircle and suppress, but fortunately, after the three cemeteries in front of it, the poisonous clouds in the sky are self-defeating and gradually dissipate, but with the zombie cemetery, it is inevitable that there will be battles in the future, these are all later words.
In the evening, a letter of order from the military department was passed into the hands of Captain Benson, and at the same time, the Knights also sent someone to lead the team, and it was Knight Gawain who had been tracking Alan before.
"Captain Alexia, Barkley has been found to be infected with the virus and has now been summarily executed. The warrant for your wanted has been revoked. Please return to HQ now! Gawain handed the order with the Knights' insignia to Alexiasi, "The airship is ready, and we'll leave in half an hour." After Gawain finished speaking, he glanced at Alan with a little meaning, and then led the knight behind him to the airship harbor in the Silver City.
Alexia's expression darkened, she put the order away, and then turned to look at Alan. At this time, Harley was extremely interested in leaving with someone, and the surroundings instantly fell silent.
"I'm leaving!"
"Hmm!"
"Don't you want to say something?"
"Hmm...... Take care! ”
Alexia glared at Eren with some resentment, then took out the Cold Moon Cold Frost in her hand and stuffed it into Alan's hand stiffly.
"I'll leave this for you as a memento." Alexia said with a slight blush.
Alan wanted to refuse, but Alexia was too strong to resist. He had no choice but to put it away closely, and then said with some embarrassment: "I'm too poor to leave you with nothing." But I think the best gift I can leave you is to find you a decent bodyguard. ”
Under Alexia's puzzled gaze, Allen's right hand was placed on her shoulder, and a small emerald green snake crawled lazily onto the back of Ellen's hand.
"This little guy is really well hidden." Alan smiled and said, "This is the best bodyguard left for you." ”
"What are you going to do?" Alexia hurriedly asked.
"Make it a little more powerful, don't worry, I won't hurt it." Alan said, the pitch-black irregular lines drilled into the body of the little snake from his fingertips, different from Kramer's painful look, the little snake was completely enjoying it, "I knew that this little guy was infected by the virus for a long time, but it has been suppressed, and the damage to his body by the virus has been very serious, this time I will modify its body, not only to make it live, but also to make it more powerful." ”
Alexia looked at the little snake enjoying it, and finally let go of a hanging heart, but as a knight, it really sounds a bit nondescript to have a pet snake infected with the virus.
Finally, Alan withdrew his fingers, and black markings appeared on the body of the emerald green snake, and the little snake, which was still lazy, finally became a dragon and a tiger, climbed on Alexia's shoulder in a puff of smoke, and then quietly entrenched down.
"You're really stingy enough to give me back what belongs to me." Alexia said angrily, just when Alan didn't know how to answer, she walked up with a smile and kissed Eren lightly on the face, "Remember to come to me, you still have the bomb I hid in your body, only I can unravel it in this life!" After she finished speaking, under Allen's stunned gaze, she carried the large alchemy sniper on her back and ran towards the port quickly.
Looking at Alexia's agile figure, his brilliant long golden hair streaked through the air, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Goodbye!" ”
"Really let her go like this?" At some point, Harley appeared next to Allen and asked.
"How long have you been eavesdropping?" Alan asked angrily.
"Let's start with you exchanging gifts." Hallie said seriously, "Master, why didn't you keep her?" ”
"With me, she would be very dangerous. My main goal next is to work on my strength, and then gradually find Raymond's lair, and we have to have a knot between us. Alan recalled the image in his mind and couldn't help but clench his fists, "This is my most important task right now." ”
Luoyin City suffered heavy losses this time, except for the almost complete destruction of the defenders, even the bounty team was completely knocked out, except for the redbeard, viper and black scorpion, which were still complete, the rest of the team was almost disabled, especially the wanderers, and now there is only one leader left, a light pole commander, which is completely removed from the bounty team.
Benson gathered all the leaders, including Allen. Benson cleared his throat and spoke for a day making his voice hoarse, "Guys, this time we have suffered a great loss. We have lost our brothers and comrades-in-arms. However, Luoyin City has been preserved, and the military department has promised to increase the number of troops, and at the same time, it will improve the infrastructure of Luoyin City and strengthen its defenses. And concentrate all your efforts to clean up the zombie graveyards around Luoyin City. Now, all we have to do is stabilize people's hearts and start rebuilding our homes. ”
Bensen's speech was infectious, and the leaders of the bounty team echoed him. After the meeting, Allen did not leave, but stayed and asked, "Is this a real order from the military department?" ”
"I will be transferred, and then a new regiment commander will be sent from the military department. I know so much, this is the black history of the Republic, and the fact that I have not been executed is based on my years of military exploits. I will be transferred to the front lines of the war, and that is where I would most like to be. It's better than being calculated by your own people here, isn't it? ”
"When are you leaving?"
"Tonight!"
"Take care!"
"Hey, you kid too, I can see that Alexia girl likes you very much, you have to take advantage of it, don't say it, I'm going to prepare, if I can still come back from the front, we'll have a good chat."