Arknights: Iron-Blooded Savior

"Hiss... The head hurts..." After

leaving the black snake's gap, Rankopel struggled for a moment, then opened his eyes.

However, what he saw was not the same as he had imagined.

"Huh, here it is, Rhode Island?"

I looked around, and at this time I was lying in a regular hospital room, neither the decoration style nor the level of professionalism seemed to be the product of Chernoberg City.

And what surprised him even more was that he looked at himself who had lost his left arm but grew on him again.

“...... As good as new. Rankopel

raised his left arm and made a few simple movements, without any stagnation, as if this arm was born to grow on him.

"I didn't grow it myself, it should be some kind of Rhode Island science and technology."

Rankopel clearly felt that the joint of his left arm, the previous broken section, still had a wonderful stitching sensation, but it should disappear soon.

"Ah, you're awake, kindred, a little faster than I thought, did you have a nightmare just now?"

Just then, Warfarin heard Rankopel's voice, and she pushed the door through the outside of the ward and said to herself.

“...... Warfarin? Rankopel

immediately recognized the special bUFF-type medical operator he had been carrying in his previous life, and he half-sat up, stretched out his left arm, shook it, and asked:

"This arm... How did you get it?

Warfarin shook his head and said,

"Don't ask, it's just for your own good, it's not a harmful thing, it's just cell cultivation technology."

"To be honest, you made a lot of limelight in Usas, and the Blood Demon Lord was looking for you, but he suddenly had something on his mind, couldn't take care of you, and left."

Warfarin didn't feel anything other than Rankopel's ability to call his name, and his code name was written on his badge, perhaps Kelsey had mentioned himself when dealing with him before.

"Blood Demon Lord...? Be...... Ditheus Brad? Rankopel

remembered the Blood Demon nobleman he had first met in the village.

“...... Hey, you actually recognize him, and you can still say his real name? This

surprised Warfarin.

"I once fought him, but the other party was not serious at all, and probably only three percent of the strength forced me to a desperate situation."

Warfarin said in a somewhat exaggerated tone:

"No, the strength you exerted in the battle that Chernoberg fought in the sky... Even Ditheus will not be able to beat you at all! Rankopel

shook his head and said to Warfarin:

"It's not my own power, it's a ... Contingency.

"But after all, it has left an indelible mark in my body, and maybe one day I will still be able to retrieve it, but until then... I'm just an ordinary blood demon. Warfarin

nodded and said,

"I said, it makes sense."

"But after you obtained the blood of the doctor, ordinary people will no longer be associated with you."

Rankopel hesitated for a moment and said,

"... I'm sorry, but I didn't have a better way to deal with it.

"In the future,

I will find a way to compensate Rhode Island accordingly."

Warfarin replied

, "After this kind of thing, you saved our people, and Scout, we also looked at it,

and we also took a sample of your blood in Rhode Island."

Then she said in a very curious tone:

"How did you do it? I've lived for so long, and I've never seen a blood demon actually be able to cast this... Weird craft. It

is no wonder that Warfarin is curious, she can also clearly perceive the potential of this technique.

“...... I just saw it in a worn-out manuscript in the family, but I didn't expect it to really work. Rankopel

pondered for a moment and replied,

"I can actually tell you how to use this technique... But...... The language in it is too obscure, I can only barely understand it, I am afraid that it will be different from the original after telling you, and there will be errors..." Warfarin

shook her head and said to Rankopel:

"No need, please keep this technique well, don't let the second blood demon know."

Rankopel naturally agreed:

"No problem."

Warfarin approached and said to Rankopel:

"The soldiers under your command are very worried about you, and recently someone has brought you flowers or some other things, if this is not the intensive care unit that needs to be kept as few personnel as possible, it may already be crowded with your fighters."

Rankopel smiled and said, "

That's good, it means that I am still their recognized leader."

Boom....

Warfarin stepped forward and opened the curtains so that sunlight could come in.

"Go and blow the wind on the bridge deck outside, I am going to send the news of your awakening to your soldiers, the temperature is rare and suitable now, you have been suffocating here for three days."

Rankopel nodded, stood up, and went out with Warfarin.

After coming to the bridge deck, Rankopel blew the wind and found that Rhode Island was now attached to Chernoberg, and the two synchronized course and speed and sailed together.

"At the end of your battle, after a risk assessment, Rhodes rushed to Chernoberg to repair its underground engines and start them again, and now it is circumnavigating the territory of Usas."

"Mr. Bodrokasti is also gathering the remaining guerrillas and fighters who are still in the tundra to join us."

Warfarin stood beside him and said to herself.

"I see."

"By the way, Warfarin, I want to ask."

Rankopel thought about it, but still expressed a doubt in his heart:

"Non-immortal blood demons are called... Inferior blood slaves? This

was the name he gave when he fought the Black Snake, but in his memory, no one mentioned it when he was still in the Zoster house.

"It's called a long time ago."

Warfarin looked at Rankopel in front of him and said to herself:

"Actually, blood demons do have a probability of giving birth to non-immortal blood demons when they mate, but they are very few, and they are often not detected until very late."

"However, even non-immortal blood demons have a much shorter lifespan than immortals, but for other races in this land, non-immortal blood demons can still survive for more than two hundred years, or even longer."

Rankopel nodded.

"Some blood demons may discriminate against non-immortal blood demons, but there are not many now, and high-level blood demons who are often in high positions or are old and heavy, in fact, do not value these."

Warfarin thought for a while, and then said:

"After all,

there are many immortal species among the blood demons who have lived for thousands of years, and there are many non-immortal blood demons that have burst into brilliant light in a short period of less than a hundred years."

Rankopel said:

"... I see, thank you for answering for me. "

Snap....

At this moment, the door behind him was opened, and Kelsey walked out, and came to the two of them under the gaze of Rankopel and Warfarin.

"It's time for you to go to work, Warfarin, there's still a lot of erroneous data over there at the blood bank."

Kelsey looked at Warfarin and said to her.

"Good, good, Kelsey... So let's leave for a moment, Rankopel, and see you later.

Warfarin shrugged lightly, said goodbye to Rankopel and turned to leave.

"Kelsey..."

Lan Koper also nodded to Warfarin, then looked at Kelsey, a little speechless.

“...... You seem to have a question you want to ask me, Rankopel. Kelsey

turned around, her emerald green eyes shining strangely, and looked at herself and said.

"Yes, Kelsey, I do have a problem... Wanted to ask you.

"Although I was involved in a large part of the Chernoberg incident, Rhode Island ... You can't stay out of the way, and you are also involved in the offensive and defensive warfare coordination of the dragon gate. Rankopel

thought for a moment and asked

, "It is likely that Usas and Dayan will have an undercurrent next,

and Rhode Island is now on the cusp."

"How are you going to find a way to keep Rhodes Island from being crushed by the waves of Usas and Dayan?"

In fact, Rankopel already had some speculation about Rhode Island's next move, but now that the plot has changed too much, he doesn't know how much his guess can match.

"Actually, we intended to detain Tallulah at first."

Kelsey said to Rankopel, his tone could not hear much emotion, maybe Kelsey was like this most of the time, after all, she had lived too long, and her feelings had become weak many times.

"In a Minoan fable, two swords of Damoxley hang above our heads, one in the hands of the Dragon Gate and the other in the hands of the Third and Fourth Armies of Usas."

"Participated in stopping Chernoberg, participated in the Dragon Gate offensive and defensive battle, know the inside story, these three alone, Rhodes Island is enough to be secretly destroyed by Usas dozens of times."

"Although we saved Wei Yanwu, if the Great Yan Tianzi wants the dragon gate to attack us and remove the last link between us and the dragon gate, then what will Usas do?"

Rankopel replied

, "I think they wish your Chocob burned out in the wilderness,

and a piece of their heart went with it."

Kelsey nodded and said,

"And vice versa, a private enterprise that is not registered with the Dragon Gate and is not protected by the Dragon Gate has collapsed in a corner of this land due to an armed attack by unknown forces."

"What does this have to do with the Dragon Gate? And what does it have to do with Da Yan?

"Unless we detain Tallula."

"So whoever wants to strike at Rhode Island has to think about whether to send a signal to their opponent now: 'I want to seize the key evidence: Talula.'"

"We want to use this evidence to build strengths and erase weaknesses."

"In fact, under normal circumstances, such tactics are already the only option for Rhodes Island to survive, and our only survival comes from the operation mode of Usas and Dayan."

"They will clamp each other down because Tallulah is in our hands, and no one will strike easily."

Kelsey said at the end, with some changes in tone.

"Then it looks like you've changed your mind."

Rankopel caught this, and he clearly heard a subtle twist in Kelsey's final tone.

"Yes, because of you."

Kelsey's green eyes stared at Rankopel and replied

, "Now that Tallulah doesn't really do much to us,

I don't even need to rely on my covert intelligence officer in Usasri to inform me that the political scene of Usas has become a mess because of you."

"In just three days of your coma, almost half of the Grand Dukes have been assassinated, and their mouthpieces quarrel in the palace every day about Chernoberg, but on the way back from the palace, you have to be careful whether you can save your tongue-to-mouth head."

"They didn't even have time to take care of the abandoned city of Chernoberg for the time being because of this incident, but used this incident to cut off their opponent's henchmen and protect their roots."

"This is both foolishness and cowardice."

“...... They are even avoiding talking about taking it back or even destroying Chernnoberg.

"Should I say that? Rankopel.

Kelsey's

expression began to get complicated.

"You alone deterred the Third and Fourth Armies of the Usas Empire, and even the entire upper echelons of the Usas Empire, and now they are swinging, a city-state abandoned in the Great War as a result, but if you want to bet, the gamble is deep."

"We should all be glad that we didn't reveal more information in that big battle, and now the top of Usas is facing an unknown deep pool, and no one knows what exists underneath."

Rankopel smiled and said:

"That really lifts me up, that power does not belong to me after all, although one day I may still have the opportunity to retrieve it, but now I still can't directly compete with the entire Usas Empire."