Chapter 15 from the dagger behind the back
The tactical board in Ricardo's hand casts several rays of light that form an image of a burly man in the air. The man was also wearing an eye patch, but in the opposite direction to Sue, covering his left eye. Bulging muscles could be seen on his face and neck, covered in criss-crossed scars.
The man had a hideous face, a cruel smile on his face, his left hand, which was noticeably larger than his right hand, from his shoulder and arm down to his wrist and palm, and wore a dark black glove. He was also wearing a dark dragoon uniform, and Sue noticed that the badge on his arm was patterned with two dark gold one-handed axes, which were the Lieutenant Colonel's emblem. Contrary to the usual emblems, the blades of these two one-handed axes have a blinding dark red blood stain.
"Lieutenant Colonel Calvon, nicknamed 'The Scythe', likes to torture opponents, especially young ones, the younger the better, and there is no special preference for whether the opponent's gender is male or female. The ability domains are fighting and psionic energy, and the main abilities are all sixth-order, and the specific abilities are unknown. His left hand is an artificial arm, which can be equipped with all kinds of weapons, of course, from his personal preference, his left hand is more often equipped with various precision knives. Ricardo's tone of introduction was flat, but based on the images alone, Lieutenant Colonel Cavon already gave the impression of being bloody.
Then, the light from the tactical board shifted, and the image of a red-haired woman appeared. She has red hair and a decent face, if you only look at the left half of her face. It's just that the beauty of the gaudy and almost demonic makes people feel very uncomfortable, like seeing a colorful poisonous spider. The right side of her face is completely covered in a metal mask, and her eyes are marked by composite electronic eyes, with several visible screws around the edges of the mask, making it appear that the mask is fixed to her face. The style of her combat uniform is very strange, although it is still a dark and dark gold dragoon style, but the materials used are leather and metal, and it is not the standard battlefield fabric of the dragoon uniform. On the breast of her chest are two curved metal covers, and what is amazing is that there are also raised rivets on the rim of the cover.
"Bloodthirsty Maria, Lieutenant Colonel, thirty-one years old, main ability fighting domain, it is said that she already has a seventh-order ability, and her hobby is dismembering the human body and **. She is most fond of young people with beautiful faces, both men and women, and after satisfying her desires, she will dismember and eat them. The person she hated the most was Bloody Mary, who felt that she had disgraced the faces of women, and it is said that her name was also related to this. ”
After introducing the bloodthirsty Maria, Ricardo clicked on the tactics board again, and the aerial image immediately changed to a black man with a resolute face, he had a half-gray beard, and his clothes and attire were standard dragoon uniforms, nothing out of the ordinary.
"Lynch, Major, nicknamed Scavenger, Main Ability Psionic Domain, Sniper Expert. Characterized by patience, calmness and cruelty, he is best at finding opportunities to plunder. It is believed to be linked to the deaths of at least two dragoons, but there is still insufficient evidence. ”
After introducing Lynch, Ricardo put down the tactical board and said, "That's all for now." ”
Calvon, Lynch, and the bloodthirsty Maria, these three people on their own would be alarming, but they weren't enough to scare Sue. Although in terms of military rank, the abilities of the three people are much higher than Su, and they all have combat abilities, unlike Sue's main abilities are perception and occultism in the auxiliary field. However, combat is not a game on paper, nor is it fair play, and the level of ability only represents a possibility, and many times does not determine the outcome of the battle. As for the abnormal preferences of the three and the obvious cruelty and murder, it is not indicative of the problem, and it is likely that this is a burden rather than a help in actual combat.
But if the three people are put together, it will be a big problem, especially when the abilities of the three people are complementary.
"These three people are ......," Su asked with a frown.
"It's the people who came to pick us up, or in other words, they're all vultures who have their eyes on the profits here. But these three vultures don't just eat the dead, they don't just eat the weak, even the living. Ricardo spoke with a very serious expression, carefully considering the words so that his partner could understand them accurately. This is a habit he has developed over the years, no matter how cynical and arrogant he is, he must be serious when dealing with the enemy, otherwise he is playing with his own life.
"We're weak guys?" Su smiled, a dangerous glint flashing in her blue eyes.
Ricardo suddenly felt a tingling in his skin, but he nodded and said, "At least from the data, we are." I'm a major with a fifth-order ability, and you're not just a fifth-order captain, but also a fifth-order ability in the perception domain. Did you know that in the eyes of many dragoons, although the Perception Domain is an indispensable Ability Domain, those who major in the Perception Domain are thieves who can only peep, and their combat power can be completely ignored. ”
"Perhaps." Su responded flatly, and then asked, "It's really strange that they came at this time." I don't think there's anything worth grabbing from them, and you, robbing you means making an enemy of Cesc Fabregas, is your family already so weak? Even these people dare to do it to you? ”
Ricardo shook his head, smiled meaningfully, and said, "On the contrary, this probably shows that Fabregas is still strong. They came in at this time with such a lineup, which should have put me on the list of targets. I'm willing to bet a dollar that would have been part of the efforts of some of the Fabregas family. ”
Su silently looked at the information of the three people who were constantly switching on the Ricardo tactical board for a while, and after a while said, "They are not the trouble I just said. ”
"Huh? Why? Ricardo was a little puzzled, and he thought about it again, but for a moment he couldn't find another possibility. In his opinion, the Calamity Scorpion's harvest was rich enough to lure all three vultures.
Sue's face was strangely pale, he shook his head, and said, "There's no reason, just a feeling." ”
Although it is only a feeling, the feeling of any person with occult abilities needs to be taken seriously. When Su said this, Ricardo clearly felt that Su's body lì had lost a lot of time in an instant. This shows that Su has inadvertently activated a certain ability, which is not controlled, and is another typical feature of occult ability. But these are all signs of high-level abilities, and Ricardo can't help but wonder what level Sue's occultism is.
After a moment's thought, Ricardo grasped the heart of the matter: "Assuming your feelings are correct, then there should be another powerful force behind these three people. And the two of us are just a bait, a bait to lure bigger fish. But there's no big fish behind me, what about you? ”
Almost at the same time as Ricardo spoke, a beautiful figure had already appeared in Sue's mind, Persephone.
Persephone!
Sue's face suddenly swelled up with a bright flush, and then slowly flattened down.
There is no doubt that Persephone is a big fish by any measure. Sue, who had been in the Dark Dragoon for some time, had already confirmed the truth of what Persephone had said to him. There was no shortage of ferocious and cunning wolves around Persephone, who would swarm at the moment when she was exhausted or fell to the ground injured.
Now Persephone is in her prime, not only in her intelligence and beauty, but also in her military peak. If it is true that someone has started to make arrangements for her now, it means that these people behind the scenes not only have enough strength, but are already impatient.
If, just if, Sue fell into the hands of these people, or was trapped, what would Persephone do, knowing that there would be a trap ahead?
Su's head suddenly ached, and the piercing pain and chills made him suddenly break out in a cold sweat. In just an instant, nearly half of his body, which was gradually recovering, was consumed.
She will come. A vague voice said in Sue's consciousness.
Sue shook her head vigorously, trying to banish the thought from her mind.
"Nope! She won't come! Sue roared inwardly, desperately trying to convince herself, trying to ignore her instincts that she had always relied on trust.
Sue and Persephone didn't know each other for long, and the reason they met in the first place is still a mystery to Sue. And to this day, at least, Sue has been of little help to Persephone, let alone protective, he is just a drag on her, a drag on her to a huge debt of tens of millions. If Persephone can borrow money to save him, it is also because she still has the ability and certainty to repay her debts, at least not to the point of no return. But today's situation is different, just the front of a trap has already dispatched two lieutenant colonels and a major, and judging from this scale, it is not impossible to capture a general alive.
"She's not coming." Sue stood up, thinking coldly.
Indeed, from any point of view, Persephone will not come, nor should she come. As long as she doesn't fall into the trap or returns to Dragon City safely, then Su is safe. The forces in Dragon City are intricate, and Dragoons also have their own honors and standards, even the three major families dare not openly deal with a general in Dragon City.
Just when Su wanted to say something to Ricardo, his eyes suddenly darkened, and the remaining body was almost completely gone, and all the body tissues almost came to a standstill at that moment, and he almost fell into a deep sleep due to lack of energy. When he was about to fall, Sue's delicate manipulation of his body took effect, supporting his body with the last trace of strength and not falling.
At the moment when Sue completely sank into darkness in front of his eyes, a voice in his consciousness said with great firmness: "She will come." ”
"Sue! Sue! Hi buddy, wake up! If you don't wake up, a woman will come to pick your clothes! Ricardo's cries echoed in Sue's ears, noisier than a thousand ducks. Su had never noticed that his voice was so penetrating, and even some of the tissues in his body were vibrated and activated.
Sue barely opened her eyes and used all her strength to push Ricardo away, which was a little quieter. He collapsed in his chair, gasping for air, oozing sweat that had soaked through his uniform.
"Sue, what happened to you just now? Looks like you've unleashed some new abilities? But let me say that those weird abilities in the occult can't be used lightly, and God knows what the results will be. "Ricardo some?? Collect? Still? Blowing the trade falcon word Qinyuan? Tomb Copy?
"I'm fine, just a little tired." Sue smiled tiredly. After the initial period of emptiness, his body began to coalesce bit by bit, recovering at a fairly steady pace, but unfortunately, he was hungry again.
So less than an hour before the last big meal, Sue began to eat violently again. This time Ricardo sat at the table and ate with him. What is surprising is that it turns out that Ricardo's appetite is not bad, at least in just ten minutes, he has swallowed the food of four strong men, and there is no sign of fullness.
"So you can eat that, too?" Sue glanced at Ricardo with some surprise as she dealt with the food.
With a click, Ricardo pried open another can and began a new offensive. As he munched, he said a little indistinctly, "You have to eat enough now, and there may not be anything to eat in the next few days!" ”
Su stopped what he was doing, looked at Ricardo, who was still suffering, wrinkled his good-looking eyebrows, and said, "They are coming for me, you don't have to get involved at all." You better take your people with you, of course, if you can, it's best to bring my people back to Dragon City as well. ”
Ricardo's speed of eating was not affected by Sue at all, and he still said while eating, "It's a matter of the two of us." Do you think they'll let me go if I go back alone? It's better to deal with them together, and you can be more sure. ”
"But ......" Su frowned, he liked to hunt alone, and when he was alone in the wilderness, it was the moment when he could exert his combat effectiveness the most.
Ricardo raised his head, glanced at Sue, and said, "Wolves are always more powerful than lone wolves. I know you're used to fighting alone, but trust me, a well-coordinated team is invincible. Not only will I stay, but my six servants and two of your servants will also stay, and our team will surprise those vultures. ”
Sue didn't insist any longer. He knew that he couldn't persuade Ricardo, and he also knew that if Ricardo went back by himself, there would be a lot of danger on the way back. Ricardo is right, at this time, it is necessary to concentrate the forces in his hands in order to be able to counter the enemy. The battlefield is ever-changing, and numbers, abilities, ranks, and equipment do not determine a single qiē.
After this battle, Ricciardo declared war on the forces behind the three vultures, and sided with the obviously weak Sue and Persephone, which was also tantamount to breaking with Fabregas Sr. Why did he do it?
Looking at Ricardo, who was still bored, and thinking of Leigh, Rigore, and Quinn, Sue felt that he was now carrying more and more new things on his shoulders, and he could no longer roam the vast wilderness at will as he had done before.
And, too, Persephone and Medirli, two people who deserve Sue to stand in front of them with their bodies.
Su took Ricciardo's tactics board, silently looked at the images of Calvon, Lynch, and Maria scrolling on it, and suddenly smiled slightly, and said, "Ricardo, do you know what I like to use most to dispel other people's malice?" ”
"What?" Ricardo looked up in amazement.
"Horror." Su smiled, his smile as beautiful as a demon: "The horror is beyond their ability to bear." ”