Chapter 923: The Burning River
With a loud roar as the planes flew, these big iron birds quickly attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield. Ralph, who was pestering Icarus and the others, found out but didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't mean to break through the barrier and shoot down all the fighters.
Despite not being together for long, the Redskin Demon also knows how stingy Elysia really is. The fighters developed by the alliance are expensive, and each loss can make the little queen suffer for half a day, and if more than 20 are lost at one time, the blonde girl is afraid that she will go away on the spot......
Hannah has only a handful of flying units under her command, and Ralph is her only trump card. However, seeing that the red-skinned demon was being restrained by the Queen of the Sky and the others, the short-haired woman understood that she couldn't count on him anymore, so she had to find another way.
It now seems impossible to intercept the Silver Pegasus, and the only thing Hannah can do is to speculate on the plans of the coalition forces, and then take targeted measures to disrupt the opponent's actions or avoid greater losses. But the current situation is so urgent that Hannah can't calm down and think about it at all, so she can only watch as the Silver Pegasus formation flies closer and closer, allowing a large amount of cold sweat to slowly soak her whole body.
At this moment, a strange noise nearby caught the attention of the short-haired woman.
Although she is above the river, Hannah has no penchant for swimming with low-class monsters. She stepped on the top of the head of a round-headed tentacle monster with bulging flesh gorgeously, and commanded the whole army with a full aura.
The eerie sound was the sound of some hapless guy hitting his head on some metal object.
The industry of the Ming Empire in the Eastern Continent has indeed developed rapidly, but it has not yet reached the exaggerated level of being able to scoop up more than a dozen catties of metal in a basin of river water polluted by industrial waste. As a result, it is impossible to hit your head on scrap metal while swimming happily.
Where did the metal in the river come from?
Hannah quickly lowered her head and shifted her gaze from the sky to the river. I saw a low-level monster casually dial an object to the side and continue to swim forward on its own, but that object Hannah was very familiar with, because it was something that was often used by the Ming Empire's army.
Cannonball.
Judging by the size. That was supposed to be ammunition specifically for the main guns of battleships. It did not explode after falling into the water, and appeared to be a dud. If it were an ordinary person, he might not care about it, and he would ignore it after a casual glance, but Hannah had learned from Randy after all, and she immediately saw the strangeness in it.
Which shell will float on the water?
The woman who had been licking the blood on the tip of the knife for many years had already put her own life at risk, and she ordered the tentacle monster under her feet to roll it up and hand it in front of her, ignoring the danger that the cannonball might explode, and looked at it carefully.
The unexpected weight is very light, as if it is hollow inside. After picking it up and patting it gently. Hannah hesitated to take it apart - after all, there was a good chance that it would set off an explosive device and reinvigorate the dud. At such a close distance, the woman naturally didn't have time to dodge, and it was small to hang up on the spot. If you don't hang up but you're disfigured, that's a big problem.
Hannah's hesitation didn't last long, though, as a pungent smell crept into her nose and made her shiver.
To be honest, the smell of the river is already very "unique", and the smell of blood here has attracted a large number of scavenging birds such as crows to wander around, but Hannah has long been accustomed to this. What really unnerved her. It is the smell of a certain liquid.
It is a black oily liquid that does not dissolve in water and is extremely flammable. Although it can also be regarded as an energy source, Tyranmere's magic technology is quite mature, so the demon chooses to ignore it. I didn't expect to run into it in this way today.
"Difficult, can you say ......" The stunned Hannah could no longer care about the danger, and directly dismantled the cannonball in front of her, "It is really full of this oil." Is that dead girl trying to play with fire on the water!?I found out too late!"
That's right, that's exactly what Alicia intended. The little queen first ordered someone to make this kind of cannonball filled with oil. In the battle between the fleet and Ralph's forces, the kite-flying tactics were used to mix them into a salvo of ordinary shells, which did not explode on the spot, but were only activated by remote control. Before that, they had only sunk silently under the water, and then Hannah's main army was unaware of the fact that they were on top of the specially made cannonballs.
At first glance, the coalition fleet's main guns were out of range, and at first glance it seemed safe, but it was still possible to strike with the air strikes of the fighters. As long as the silver Pegasus reaches the sky above the predetermined location, activate the remote control and let the special cannonballs release the oil stored inside, and the perfect fatal blow can be formed.
The shells found by the short-haired woman actually malfunctioned during the release process to become like that, but these small things did not affect the whole picture.
Hannah, who knew that something was wrong, was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly used her vigorous skills to jump on the head of the low-level monster and fled to the river bank - ordering the troops to go ashore to avoid it was useless, these hunting curiosities had been immersed in the river for so long, and their bodies were already stained with blood and oil, and they could not be washed off. Even if you climb ashore, you will only end up burning the company camp.
It could also lead to forest fires on both sides of the river and backlash from environmentalists.
The swooping roar of the fighter plane sounded to Hannah's ears like the swing of a sharp scythe in the hands of the Grim Reaper, and every cold hair on her body stood on end. And what is so good that it is not dead, there is a silver pegasus that seems to have found this woman who seems to have a lot of potential and is desperately running, and actually swooped straight towards her.
Hannah couldn't help but curse in a low voice, but there was nothing she could do about it, so she could only let the low-level monsters nearby take the initiative to stand up as shields to try to resist the opponent's attack.
Fortunately, this is the center of the army, and occasionally you can see a few monsters that can attack from a distance. Hit by sparse anti-aircraft fire. Blocked by a large number of low-level monsters, the Silver Pegasus pilot finally gave up the pursuit, pulling up the fuselage and throwing the bomb under the belly of the plane into the water.
Half of the river burst into flames. The foul-smelling gutter instantly turned into a flaming purgatory, causing countless monsters to let out a heart-rending howl inside.
The scorching heat around her licked Hannah's cheeks painfully, and her clothes and even her hair were burned a little. But she didn't care about this, and quickly and accurately searched for a foothold in the chaotic crowd of monsters, and continued to move firmly and at high speed in the suffocating fire.
To stop is to die, because even if you hide underwater, you can't get out of this burning body of water before the air in your lungs runs out. And the oxygen around is constantly being consumed by the flames, and the only way out is to escape before losing consciousness.
The hot and tearing pain hit Hannah's back. It should be that the clothes in the back are on fire. But Hannah ignored it, desperately enduring the almost maddening pain, gritting her teeth and hastening her pace.
There were a few monsters in front of them that had been burned to the ground but were still trembling slightly. Hannah used them as a springboard to leap forward for some distance, but suddenly it dawned on her that she was already near the riverbank. She hurried onto land, hurriedly taking off her burning coat and throwing it aside. He pulled out a bottle of healing potion and bent down to pour all the liquid on his back.
There was a slight warmth in the coolness, and the feeling of comfort almost made the short-haired woman tremble and burst into tears. Exhausted, she didn't care about the fact that she was showing off her welfare, so she knelt on the pebble-covered ground and gasped, looking up slightly at the situation in the distance.
Hannah could hardly see anything but the flames, and the river seemed to be separated by flames, which looked strange and magnificent. Occasionally, some monsters covered in fire crawled up the riverbank, but the charred black appearance of the severe burns could only shake their heads and be speechless when the world's most brilliant doctors saw it, and they struggled in pain for a while before they stopped moving.
"I, my hundreds of thousands of low-level monsters, are you just gone?" Hannah was not only physically active at the moment. It was as if even her mental power had been severely damaged and she had been exhausted, "In the end, I still couldn't beat her." Scold. When this battle is over, I'll go back to Tyranmere. Getting killed by Shadow in a fight might have been a good ending for me. β
No one could give Hannah advice, and the only answer to her was the incessant burning sound of the river.
ββββββββββββββββββI'm a bit of a bleak dividing line for my sisterββββββββββββββββββ
For the incomparably spectacular scene in front of her and the gorgeous results she has achieved, Alicia is still quite satisfied. Although the little queen has made certain arrangements and preparations, after all, time is in a hurry, and there are such and such problems, so the original idea was to burn about fifty percent of the low-grade monsters, and leave the rest to the fleet to clean up...... There is no then.
"Congratulations, sister!" Imrith said with two small fists clenched hard next to her and her face full of excitement, "Another great victory!"
After taking two deep breaths to calm her mind, Alicia smiled and rubbed her precious sister's hair: "It's too early to say victory, the demons and the elite main forces have not been dispatched." But in any case, we have bought time for the next fierce battle, and the morale of the army has been greatly improved, and the situation is very good. β
Little Ace let out a cute and aggrieved cry like a cat, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to arrange her hairstyle and said, "Mi woo, sister, you deliberately messed up Ace's hair again." But then again, the coalition hasn't been consumed much these days, and the demons will still attack?"
"The other side has no other choice. Seeing that the battle was over, the little queen who had relaxed simply leaned on the railing with her back to her, wiped her long hair casually and said, "The alliance systematically integrates the power of the Ming Empire is the last thing the demon wants to see, even if the two sides face off in the Eastern Continent, strategically it is a batwing to lose." They need resources and strategic space to suppress the alliance, and if they can't gain an advantage in Teranmere and the Eastern Continent, the demons who have exhausted all their strength will be just paper tigers. The only way to wait for the other party is defeat. That's right, if we can win this battle, then it's time for the Alliance to officially launch a large-scale frontal assault on the demons!"
"Large-scale frontal assault......" Imrith couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement when she heard this. "Are we finally going to start working on driving the demons out of Drowlivan?"
"Well, today is just the first step, and it's a small step. However, it is much better than standing still. β
As he spoke, the fleet had rearranged into a marching formation, and many of the anti-aircraft guns immediately unceremoniously beckoned to Ralph, who was stunned by the raging sea of fire below, and the red-skinned demon was out.
In fact, the army of low-level monsters was not completely wiped out, and many of the hunters who rushed to the forefront as cannon fodder in the cannon fodder happened to avoid purgatory. But since it is cannon fodder, the number has been drastically reduced. No matter how much they jump, they can't make much of a storm.
Seeing that the general trend was gone, Ralph couldn't help but rub his head and sighed speechlessly: "ThisβThis is really ...... Well, since the opponent is Alysia, it's not surprising that it would turn out like this. The angels and evil gods over there and the black dragon, anyway, now the victory and defeat are divided. Let's stop fighting, let's go back and wash and sleep. β
"Definitely. There is no point in continuing to fight, and stopping in time is the right choice. Icarus nodded lightly in agreement, after all, Ralph's rank and strength firmly suppressed everyone. He didn't use all his strength, which was already very face-saving. The Queen of the Sky is naturally happy to push the boat.
The red-skinned demon looked at the pseudo-three-dignified angel in front of him who didn't know how many times he had blocked his attacks in the battle, but in the end he didn't say anything, and after gathering the remnants of the defeated army in the dense anti-air fire, he fled away leisurely, and by the way, Hannah, who was also out of strength, was also found and brought to the team.
Icarus then began to sail back with Kezi and Tsuruye, and when she returned to Alicia, the little queen had already left the daily life of a common warrior and a tsundere lady, no, it was a ship for a romantic trip, and sat back in the conference room of Lin Feiyun's flagship.
The rest of the friends have all gathered there and drank tea leisurely.
βMasterγ It's almost time for dinner, and it's not time to enjoy afternoon tea. Icarus pushed the door open and walked into the room, immediately reminding him solemnly. "It's going to be fat. β
"It doesn't matter, even if I'm fat, people will still want me. Alicia said decisively rubbing her head into the arms of a dark-haired boy next to her, "You're right?"
Ilya did not answer, but gently touched the girl's little head.
The mercury lamp sitting on the coffee table didn't wait for Li Huayin, who was full of madness next to him, to hold high the banner of the FFF regiment and blackened violently, so he preemptively said indifferently: "Well, I don't know why I suddenly thought of the scene of you snuggling up in the arms of this sao nian with a bulging belly after gaining weight." Tsk, could this be the legendary vision of the future?"
"Definitely. Imrith closed her eyes and held her heart in her hands, trying to fantasize, "My sister looks so happy. β
"Give, wait a minute. Alicia patted the coffee table with black lines on her head and said, "It's just a topic of sweets and getting fat, why did you deflect it to that aspect?
"Before you know it, that's it. β
"Mercury lamp, can you look me in the eye and speak?"
This time, the chairman simply brushed his head to the side.
But Kezi, who was standing behind Icarus, was almost fainting with her hands on her forehead, and covered her chest with her sweet and long unique voice with great grief: "My sister is pregnant, but the child is not mine. Woo, is there anything more cruel in the world?"
A paper fan that had just been pulled out of Alicia's bracelet hit the bridge of the lily's nose accurately, causing her to crouch down in tears of pity on the spot.
"Don't make trouble there, and don't call me sister-sama!" said Alicia, glancing at her red-haired ponytail in disgust, "Anyway, it's inevitable that you're going to eat fat at that time...... Anyway, now I will never gain weight, and I can eat sweets as much as I want. β
[Because we have a certain undisciplined ghost animal with the support of my loving brother, this petite and slender body will never change!]
"Sister, if you say this, you will make Cecilia-senpai jealous to death. Imrith wiped a cold sweat and said with a smile.
The blonde girl decisively patted her sister on the shoulder and comforted: "Big husband, Cecilia and Fabiano have their own special way of exercising, panting and sweating are commonplace, no matter how much sweets the girl eats, the calories absorbed will be consumed in this exercise." So, she couldn't be jealous of it. β
"Wait a minute, little Ellie. Li Huayin next to him seemed to have thought of something, his cheeks were slightly red and he touched the tip of his nose and said, "The special exercise method you just mentioned is not what you mean...... Is that one?"
"Well, which?" said Alicia with a quiet smirk, then a serious look on her face, "I'm talking about their favorite game of hide-and-seek with magical girls chasing people upside down." β
"Why do you usually look like you are undisciplined, but now you have such a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, hey!?" (To be continued......)