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The locomotive sped across the wilderness, and a dragon of smoke billowed in the tail of the locomotive. The oncoming wind blew all the knight's silver hair to the rear, and Rhine, who was wearing a goggle, was expressionless, and only kept blasting the speed of the locomotive to the end of the oil needle, which was already a terrifying speed of 300 kilometers per hour!

The wilderness is dead and silent.

It's a real dead silence.

Under the fire of war between the House of Augustus and Valhalla, there is no longer any gap in the wilderness where the mutant beasts can survive. Either they died in the flames of war, or they were gone. Leaving behind the ruins of the city that had been razed to the ground, and there were already large scorched earth.

The scorched earth, the black earth, was devastated by the war, and the land suffered more serious consequences than radiation contamination. The explosion of explosives with large yields, the ravages of various war machines, and the ability to liliang to bombard. The damage caused by these things is far more profound and serious than mere radiation contamination. In the next few decades or even hundreds of years, there will be no grass here.

Even the most tenacious mutant plants can't take root in this scorched earth. Relying solely on the planet's own purification power, there is no telling how long it will take to recover. What's more, this planet wrapped in radiation clouds does not have a good purification ability.

Rhine sometimes finds it ironic that humanity has to invest a lot of resources and time to make little progress in cleaning up the environment. But destruction only takes the blink of an eye, he is not a pacifist, but at the same time he hates war.

Unfortunately, war is not something he can control. And the few people who can influence the war are eager for it to happen.

As he drove through the wilderness, Rhine seemed to see something, and quickly glanced over a small hill in the distance.

But his speed is so fast now, he doesn't even have a second to stay, and the hillside is infinitely far away. Klein still saw two figures, what appeared to be a pair of travelers. The person wore a hooded cloak that covered his face, and one of them had a long object arching out of the back of the cloak, which was supposed to be a firearm or something. And on its shoulder, there was a yellow, strange creature lying on its stomach.

Travelers, people who hike on the mainland. They range from homeless people forced to leave their homes to wandering mercenaries, solo adventurers and wilderness thugs. Either way, Rhine was surprised to see a traveler in this war-torn wilderness.

Now the news of the war between the Dark Council and Valhalla is only heard of even by the alien races in the Far West and the Black Land in the Southwest, not to mention other areas where humans gather. Those who will still rush to the battlefield when they hear this kind of news are either capable people or mercenaries who want to join both sides of the battle, or adventurers who come to pick up leaks.

The so-called picking up leaks is picking up cheap. After a big battle, a large amount of supplies will be left behind, from chariots, guns and even corpses to the target of adventurers. Of course, if you want to grab something between two giants, you have to have enough matching strength to back it up, otherwise you are looking for death.

Looking at those two thin figures, it seems that these are neither.

Maybe it's just a passing by, Rhine thought.

And at the foot of the wild hillside where he had gone, the figure walking in front stretched out his hands. The fingers of the hands were slender and nimble, and it gently removed the hood from its head, and a long hair as pale silver as Rhine fluttered in the wilderness air. The silver-haired master said unexpectedly, "Hey, the person who passed by just now wasn't the Knight of the Council who appeared in the Shadow City three years ago?"

The voice is crisp, it's a girl's voice. But the companion behind her chose to be silent, and the girl seemed to be used to it, and casually touched a round creature on her shoulder, so the creature made a childish voice: "Lala-"

Before dusk arrived, Rhine made it back to Phoenix. Phoenix has now been taken over by the Augustan family, and the flag of the phoenix is no longer flying on the head of the city, but the coat of arms of Augustus. When Rhine returned to the city, there were already soldiers leading the bullet locomotive for him, and Rhine himself got into a car waiting at the city gate.

The car drove to the City Lord's Mansion, which was the residence of the former owner of the city, General Morgan. Now the owner of Phoenix is no longer owned by the gray-haired old man, but the residence of General Morgan and other related possessions have been retained by the Augustus family. For General Morgan, this is already an extremely decent result.

Now that the First Knight Xiuya and her guards are about to arrive in Phoenix City, the only one in this city who can receive her is the City Lord's Mansion.

Therefore, after receiving the news, Rhine has already informed Phoenix City to prepare for the reception, and the city lord's mansion is now busy.

"Hurry up, hurry up, fresh lamb chops and vegetables will be delivered to the kitchen immediately!"

"Damn, what are those cooks still rubbing?"

"Where's the pastry chef, come and help!"

"Who helped me bring the strawberries, and how can I make strawberry jam without it?"

When Rhine arrived at the city lord's mansion, he heard these chaotic voices. People were running around the mansion, and no one even had time to glance at Rhine, let alone say hello. Only General Morgan, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, was waiting at the gate early, and when he saw Rhine, he smiled and said, "My lord, you are back." ”

Rhine nodded and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, General Morgan. Originally, according to the agreement, we will not disturb your life. It's just the one who came to Phoenix."

General Morgan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's my honor to be able to receive the chief of the Scarlet Knights and the noble daughter of the Speaker." It's just that our little place is relatively simple, and I don't know if Miss Xiuya likes it. ”

Rhine smiled bitterly: "That's not up to her, after all, we are here on the front line, not her mansion in Eternal Night City." ”

Then Rhine was also busy, he first took a shower, and then the maid put on a white crisp suit for him, then put on a bow tie, combed his hair, and changed Rhine in the mirror. From a bloody soldier on the front line, he immediately turned into a personable aristocratic son, and the eyes of several maids lit up.

It was already dusk when he was done, and General Morgan's voice sounded outside the door: "My lord, Miss Xiuya has arrived. ”

At the gate to the east of Phoenix, Rhine saw a convoy coming down the road towards Phoenix. Driving directly in front was an off-road vehicle, which was clearly modified. In addition to the fact that the body of the car is far rougher than that of ordinary off-road vehicles, the four wheels are also exaggeratedly large, and the four exhaust pipes on both sides of the rear of the car constantly spew gray smoke dragons.

There were no firearms in the car, but from a distance, you could see a head of blue hair fluttering in the air.

It was Xiuya's hair, and her long blue hair was her trademark. And with her, of course, the off-road vehicle doesn't need any heavy weapons, because she herself is far superior to any heavy weapons.

Behind the off-road vehicles are hundreds of motorcycles. The knights on these motorcycles are the guards of Xiuya, the members of Binghe. But Rhine remembered that when the eldest lady of the council pulled up the banner and went to the black land, there were thousands of people who fell under her skirt and volunteered to join the Guard. But now there are only more than 100 people left, and it seems that the conquest of the black land in the past two years has been very cruel.

But because of this, the more than 100 people who survived all had a calm and generous breath, and everyone's eyes were awe-inspiring, and none of them were easy to mess with.

The convoy stopped when it came to the city gate, and jumped out of the off-road vehicle in a flamboyant posture.

SHUYA BLUE LOESTER, 168 CM TALL. Wearing the uniform of a scarlet knight, it seemed that out of consideration for the convenience of battle, the original robe was changed to a short back, and below the short back was a white red waist, revealing a sexy navel. The lower body is dark red skinny leather pants, emphasizing the slender and straight leg line of Shuyana. When she put her legs together, she couldn't find a gap.

Her long blue hair fluttered like ice clouds, and the two years of fighting had not left any traces on Xiuya's face, and her arrogant temperament full of pride in her beauty was still the same, and she was obviously the person she looked up to. But for some reason, there is a feeling of being looked down upon in front of her eyes.

It was an empty look, but the worst thing is that this woman has the strength to despise all beings.

It still hasn't changed at all. Rhine sighed, greeted him and smiled, "Welcome, Miss Xiuya." ”

"Get rid of the young lady and call me Major General, I don't need such a weak title!" Xiu Ya said domineeringly.

Rhine smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that Xiuya was not easy to get along with, but he unexpectedly let himself touch a nail as soon as he came. For Rhine, this may be something like no other. Next, Xiuya said with a big stab: "We've been hungry all the way, are you ready to eat?"

"Yes, I have already arranged a banquet for you at the City Lord's Mansion. Rhein replied.

"Banquet?" Shuya let out a high-pitched laugh, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the front line, right? The Augustus family is indeed the largest and strongest family in my council, and even on the front line, it can hold a banquet to catch the wind." In that case, many months have passed since the beginning of the war, and instead of advancing to the enemy camp to the west, you have been beaten back. Are they all wasting resources on these banquets that they don't know what to do?"

The first two sentences can be called pleasant, but in the last few sentences, Xiu Ya is already full of voice. From her, the fierce momentum of an iron-blooded soldier was revealed, constantly reminding Rhine that the woman in front of him was no longer the first knight, but also a major general!

Rhine smiled bitterly in his heart, when he didn't go on the expedition two years ago, this eldest lady held a lot of banquets. It is common to have a big feast in a month and a small feast every three or four days. Her profligacy is as remarkable as her looks. But now, two years later, the eldest lady who spent extravagantly back then is now accusing herself of waste, and Rhine really has the urge to hit her head to death.

Before he could say anything, Xiuya's words changed again: "Forget it, for your enthusiasm." If you are forgiving, I will forgive you this time, and prepare me a measure of food for one, and the rest will beckon my warriors. Remember, you are not allowed to lower your specs without permission. Whatever I eat, they have to eat!"

After saying that, Xiuya walked straight into the city gate.

Rhine hurriedly followed, leaving a stunned General Morgan. The gray-haired old general finally saw what moodiness was, and when he came to his senses, he hurriedly beckoned her glacier guards into the city. It's just that these people are all expressionless, and they exude a special smell on their bodies.

It was the smell of crawling out of the pile of the dead.

In the City Lord's Mansion, the banquet began to skip all the links hastily, and Xiu Ya had only one order, and immediately put the food on the table. All the unrelated personnel left the venue, leaving only Rhine and the two attendants.

So facing a table of food, Xiuya began to eat. In her hands, knives and forks were flying. She moved quickly, and the delicious lamb chops quickly turned into regular cubes under her knife and fork, and then disappeared into her lovely mouth. She is also very elegant at the same time, obviously eating quickly, but not giving people the slightest sense of urgency.

In this way of eating, which is both efficient and elegant, the dishes in front of Xiu Ya are non-stop. In just ten minutes, she had eliminated 20 catties of lamb chops, a lot of desserts and cakes, plus several catties of fruit. Xiuya finally stopped and elegantly wiped her lips with a napkin, indicating that she was full.

During the whole process, Rhine did not even finish a small piece of lamb chops, and only drank a small sip of wine.

Putting the napkin on the table, Xiuya exhaled and said, "I haven't eaten so much for a long time, and in that hellish place on the black earth, sometimes you have to eat raw meat when you are in a hurry." Hey, what a demonic time. ”

Rhine could tell that Xiuya should not have had a good time in the past two years, so he said, "If you still need it, I can ask the kitchen to cook some more dishes you like." ”

"No need. Xiuya shook her head and said, "Food is precious, and there is no need to waste it on me alone. She smiled again: "I haven't seen you for two years, little Rhine, you have grown a lot taller and more handsome." ”

Rhine reminded: "If you look by age, I think I'm older than the major. ”

Shuya Haha smiled and said, "Little Rhine, there is a saying in the East that the master comes first. If you beat me up, even if you call me Xiao Xiuya, I won't mind at all. ”

After Rhine seriously considered the proposal, he thought about it or forgot it. So he said: "Then Major General Xiuya, forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, what are you here for?"

"Distracted. ”

Xiuya said casually, but she didn't want this answer to almost make Rhine spit out a mouthful of old blood. Then Xiuya laughed and said, "I lied to you." ”

She stood up and said, "Listen, this time I mainly brought my father's message." In view of the significance and importance of this battle, my father decided to put the Blood Riders and Servants under the command of your eldest brother Hart. Of course, I didn't come for nothing. My guard Binghe will go to the battlefield tomorrow, temporarily put into the formation of the Blood Cavalry, and hand it over to your eldest brother for unified command. ”

"What about you?" asked Rhine cautiously.

Xiuya walked to Rhine's dining table, sat down on the table and crossed her legs, and made an extremely charming expression to Rhine and said, "Don't worry, I won't rob your eldest brother of command." To be honest, I'm not at all interested in this war. It's really boring, so is my father, it's better to have this kind of resource than to give me a black land. ”

In the face of Xiuya's beauty, Rhine regarded it as a beast poison, and hurriedly stood up and withdrew a little and said, "The speaker has his own considerations, and the major general should not speculate too much." ”

"Little Rhine is missing, I don't know you yet. You kid is not under me, don't pretend to be loyal to my father. But then again, when I came back, I was bored and rummaged through the Bloodriding's mission files, and found something interesting in it. Xiuya laughed at Mimi's words.

Rhine had a chill in his back, and in general, it would not be a good thing to make Xiuya amused.

"I wonder what Major General Tyuya is referring to?" Rhine asked.

"When it's just the two of us, you can call me by my name. ”

Rhine nodded, he had begun to get used to Shuya's capriciousness.

Xiuya looked at him with a smile and said, "It's really strange that there is a record of failure in Little Rhine's mission file. The quest was recorded two years ago, and you were tasked with executing a wilderness mercenary. It's a piece of cake for you, but you fail. And the reason for the failure was because of Valkyrie's intervention. At that time, we and Valhalla had not yet torn their faces, and the principles of the basic peace treaty they took that person away under the pretext of extradition. It will not be a small role to be able to let the goddess of war intervene herself, so I continued to track down the man named Zero. As a result, I became obsessed with him!"

Rhine couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This is not very good. ”

Shuya ignored him and said, "This is really an excellent man, who has made a name for himself in Asgarter in just two or three years. Last year, he participated in an expedition launched by Asgard against the alien circles in the Far West, and to his surprise, he became the leader of the alien race after he returned. Also, I heard that he and Asgard have reached a number of collaborations, one of which is to cooperate in the development of a city called Dawning City near the Shadow Canyon. Little Rhine, you say this man is very capable. ”

"You've said so much, I don't seem to have any room for denial. Rhein sighed.

"So, with such a capable man, how can I not be fascinated by him. You have to understand, not to mention that there are not many men who can stand side by side with me, even if they are more capable than me. Xiuya complained.

Rhine couldn't help but straighten his chest.

Xiuya laughed again, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little Rhine is not bad, and your eldest brother Hart is also quite good." It's just that you have the status you have today, and a lot of it comes from the support of your family. But that man was different, he was born in the wilderness, so to speak, and he had nothing. So, I'm the same kind as him!"

When he said the word, a spark called danger jumped in Xiuya's eyes. Rhine's heart sank, and what he feared most finally happened.