Chapter Seventy-One: The Fall
Day 31 from Lawrence City.
Since boarding the heavy airship, Rafael has locked himself in the VIP room in the stern, barely leaving the house, and three meals a day are brought to the room by the maid, in order to avoid contact with Victor as much as possible.
Victor still maintained a basic gentlemanly demeanor, knowing that Rafael did not welcome him, nor was he reluctant, and rarely went to Rafael's room, believing that time would solve all problems, but sent a man to accompany Rafael.
That person was Shirley Nome, the daughter of the merchant Nome, who was given to Victor as goods in exchange for the right to transport alcohol to the southeast of the Lawrence Empire.
While docking at the county of Fibdache two days earlier, Raphael's father, Edgar Jefferson, received a summons from the House Council of Presbyterians, demanding that he immediately return to the family station, for he had been a staunch opponent of Raphael's marriage to Victor, and that his dear brother had initiated an impeachment against him, intending to take the opportunity to take the throne of Archduke Jefferson. At this point, Shirley became Rafael's only acquaintance on the ship, other than Victor.
Since he was ordered by Victor to contact Rafael, Shirley can be said to be the person who knows Rafael's mind best on this ship, and as close friends of the academy, the two almost eat and sleep on the ship.
Rafael was far from giving up, and Shirley knew that, but she didn't choose to report it, but hid it.
Why did she do this, Shirley herself didn't know, probably because of the guilt she felt when she escaped when she rescued Princess Sophia.
There is no evidence that Qin Shouzhuo is still working to rescue Rafael. Seriously, Qin Shouzhuo's wedding with Sophia at this moment is the best choice. Princess Sophia's appearance, figure, family background, knowledge, talent, etc., have wins and losses with Raphaelbi, and in general, they are slightly better, plus the trouble that may be caused by offending Victor, the high-level of the Holy See, normal people will probably choose to give up.
Suddenly, Shirley felt the shift of the center of gravity, and the airship seemed to be turning, did she want to leave the air duct? This question arose in her heart, Shirley was about to go out to inquire about the situation, but before she could go out, there was a rush of ......footsteps outside the door, and the sound of a battle alarm sounded above.
Enemy attack?
Air thieves?
Which of the short-sighted air pirates dared to touch this airship full of armed men? Could it be those anti-Holy See rebels?
Shirley used to do business with the family, and it was not that she had never seen air thieves and mountain thieves, but at that time she was an apprentice of a magician, and if there was any latest news, someone naturally ran over to ask for instructions and reports, and she knew the situation of the entire caravan well. And this time, she was just a cargo, no one would care about the life or death of a cargo in the battle, she didn't know anything except guessing that the ship was attacked, and she couldn't help but panic, but she didn't notice that the corners of Rafael's mouth beside her silently curved upward......
You have to be on top of things!
Thinking of this, Shirley forced herself to calm down, and prepared to take Rafael to the deck to see that the situation was responding. Standing up, he took Rafael with his right hand, but he didn't pull it, and then he noticed the smile on the corner of Rafael's mouth.
"He's coming?"
"Hmm. ”
Shirley had to hide the panic in her heart with a dry smile: "What are we going to do?
Rafael shook her head, indicating that it was good to wait here, and Shirley couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. When he set off, because he couldn't determine Qin Shouzhuo's movements, Victor left Raphael behind. Later, it was judged that it was impossible for Qin Shouzhuo to catch up, but perhaps he forgot that this order was not canceled.
The first executor of this order was Shirley herself, so she was very sure that at this time, there were at least three powerful warriors in ambush on the side of this VIP warehouse, as soon as Qin Shouzhuo came in, or if something bad changed, they would launch a fatal blow and kill everyone.
Time waits for no one, and no one could have imagined that the attack launched by Qin Shouzhuo would be so big.
"Raphael, fasten yourself to the bulkhead, defend with all your might, prepare for the impact-resistant !!"
Suddenly hearing the shout of the familiar voice, Shirley didn't understand what it meant, and turned her head to see that Raphael's half body was already frozen with the ship's main beam.
"Boom !!!"
The whole room trembled violently, the floor and walls continued to burst open and twist, and Shirley suddenly felt herself soaring into the air, surrounded by debris and debris, and slammed into the wall in the direction of the bow of the ship along with the furnishings in the room, and the strong impact hurt Shirley's organs, and Shirley couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of blood. Fortunately, the furniture and other large pieces are fixed to the floor, otherwise the consequences are worrying.
Looking at Raphael again, he had frozen himself firmly with the main beam, and set up a few cold ice shields to resist the flying sawdust, although it looked a little scrambling, but in fact it was as steady as a poi.
Leaning against the wall, Shirley could clearly see from the VIP cabin window the mast, canvas, broken wood parts, metal parts, and even the human body flying into the air in the direction of the stern of the ship, plus the gravity anomaly that could now be felt, it was obvious that the airship was falling.
Ignoring the pain all over her body, Shirley stabilized herself, mobilized her magic, and began to condense the elements. Before making contact with Rafael on the ship, Victor had ordered Rafael to be killed if necessary.
There is only one moment, that is, when the airship falls to the ground, the huge inertia will destroy everyone's homeostasis, and it is already a rare thing to be able to maintain enough defense to save his life at that time, even if Rafael freezes himself in the ice, Shirley is sure to explode Rafael's defense in an instant, and at that time, the powerful inertia and sideways debris will naturally kill Rafael.
Of course, if she did, Shirley would be dead.
There is only a momentary opportunity, and the position of the three samurai who are helpers can probably guess by themselves! Shirley looked into the window at the stern of the boat, and the treetops suddenly appeared in sight, and the time had come!
Shirley forcibly lunged towards Raphael, the light of the fire element in her hand condensing. Raphael gritted his teeth, urging the magic more urgently. Sure enough, Shirley has completely fallen to Victor, her previous defense was right, and at this time, she can only desperately strengthen her defense, and she must withstand this wave of impact!
Shirley lunged at Rafael, who had frozen his whole body with the main beam in the freezer cabin, which allowed him to immobilize himself while gaining high defense, but also caused him to be unable to move. Shirley's left hand was about to touch Rafael's chest, Raphael's brow furrowed, her whole body lit up with an aqua blue streamer, and she closed her eyes. The icy armor that enveloped Raphael was growing in thickness at a rate that was recognizable to the naked eye.
"You must resist !!"
I saw that Shirley had already grabbed the solid ice covering Rafael's shoulder with her left hand, and used it as a fulcrum to fish hard, completing a mid-air turn, and bypassing Raphael at an unabated speed, heading straight for a bulkhead in the VIP cabin......
"Mom, Dad, I'm sorry. In the end, Shirley still wants to make a choice according to her own heart, just as her daughter's first and last spoiled nature......"
Rafael, who sensed that something was wrong, opened his eyes, and Shirley was no longer in front of him, and felt the movement behind him, and quickly cast an ice mirror technique to relocate Shirley's position. At this time, Shirley's right hand was completely shrouded in boiling elemental flames, and it was a punch to the main beam of the stern:
"Flame Burst Fist!"
The elemental flame covered by Shirley's right fist suddenly erupted and rushed towards the main beam of the stern tower 3 meters away, triggering a violent explosion of the main beam, breaking the main beam and cracking half of the bulkhead, revealing three samurai with shocked faces: they had fixed themselves to the main beam, but the main beam was broken.
Looking back at Rafael with a surprised face, Shirley showed a smiling face, which was the simplest and most relieved smile Shirfael had ever seen......
"Sure enough, this is the location, I guessed it right......"
"Boom !!"
The airship landed, and Raphael only felt a flash in front of him, and burst out of the ice shield with all his strength, and in an instant, he felt countless attacks, smashing several large logs and smashing through several layers of compartments. The airship that landed on the ground then collapsed again, leaving only a few main beams and keels, barely maintaining the shape of the ship.
............
Qin Shouzhuo, who destroyed the heavy airship with one blow, did not expect his plane to be shot down by the wreckage of the other party's explosion, and barely controlled Caterina to fly towards the predetermined landing site in front of him.
Fortunately, the altitude is high enough, even if he loses power, he can still rely on gliding to stay in the air for a period of time, Qin Shouzhuo did not stabilize Katarina's flight attitude until the altitude of about 200m, fortunately, a small stream appeared in front of Qin Shouzhuo's eyes, and it was naturally not qualified to land normally, but it was enough for forced landing.
Out of the corner of his eye, watching Victor's airship crash through a large forest and slam into the ground, Qin Shouzhuo didn't have time to celebrate, because it was about to be his turn. In the screams in the cabin, Qin Shouchou's roar was faintly heard:
"I'm really the one who forced you to put on your seat belts, I'm a talent, grab the handrail, prepare for a forced landing, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it......
I saw a huge metal iron bird, swaying its broken wings, slowly aiming its nose at the stream, the height dropped rapidly, and it slammed into the stream, causing a splash in the sky. The shallow stream was not enough to absorb the impact of Katarina's fall, and the bottom of the ship had been completely flattened and deformed, the skeleton of the engine room burst open, and the stern breach, which had been repaired only two days earlier, broke open again, cracking even bigger. Caterina slid forward along the creek of insufficient depth, rubbing its belly against the creek bed violently, but fortunately there was water all around her, which prevented it from catching fire.
"Babbling babbling babbling ......"
The cabin was full of people's screams, Qin Shouzhuo gritted his teeth and habitually clenched the violently vibrating control stick, watching one wave after another hit the nose windshield, at this time the control stick could no longer control the attitude of the aircraft, Qin Shouzhuo could only watch the plane hit a boulder like a springboard.
"Squeak~......"
Thanks to the bow shape of Katerina's nose, the plane did not hit the boulder straight up, but was cocked by the stones on the riverbed, and the belly of the plane slid over the surface of the boulder, creating a series of sparks, and the plane took off 5-6 meters, and then smashed heavily on the riverbed with insufficient depth. Under the tremendous stress, Katerina's main wing snapped, and the fuselage spun and crashed into the ridge by the creek and stopped.
"Bang!"
After a while, Caterina's cabin door was suddenly kicked open, and Qin Shouzhuo pulled Sophia out first, followed by Sally, Andy, Elsa and her subordinates, everyone got out of the cabin one by one, walked to the gentle stream bank, and lay on the ground regardless of the image:
"XXX, Lao Tzu is still alive!"
"Qin Shouzhuo, you XXX, I'll clean you up when my mother recovers!"
"Oh ~ God of Light is on ......"
In the middle of the creek, Katerina, who had flown more than 5,000 km, was completely scrapped at this time, and it was almost impossible to see the original form. The bottom of the cabin has been flattened, the bubble cockpit is all shattered, a crack in the tail of the cabin almost cuts off the tail nacelle, the half-section of the tail has disappeared, even the main wing has been broken from the connection on the nacelle, the right engine with a piece of special-shaped metal parts is soaking in the stream water, the two propellers are broken, but the left engine still seems to be completely suspended under the main wing.
Qin Shouzhuo, who had slowed down for a while, stood up, walked into the water, used the space wrist wheel to put away the left engine that looked quite intact, looked at the magic crystal reactor in the cabin, and took out the magic disk that was still in good condition, and the rest of the things were completely scrapped.
Walking to the shore, the soldiers were already ready to go, Qin Shouzhuo took out his equipment from the space wrist chakra, and his eyes swept over the soldiers in front of him in turn, Sally, Sophia, Elsa, Andy, Officer A, Officer B...... The sense of distance that the people who did not die because of their first acquaintance had disappeared unconsciously, and everyone was looking at Qin Shouzhuo, who had finished dressing, with hopeful eyes.
"Let's go kick Victor's ass!!"
"Ha !!"
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