Arknights: Iron-Blooded Savior

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At this time, Ayafarah, who was half-lying on the ground and taking a nap, was dreaming of countless devastating lavas erupting from the volcano, and the terrifying giant creature emitted a terrifying roar, leading destruction from the sky to the earth.

Their own father and mother struggled to push themselves away, but their figures were engulfed in relentless flames.

"Don't..."

Ayafara in the dream felt the crimson and blazing swept away, and even she suddenly saw a huge lava falling vertically towards her from the air.

"Hmm..." The

dream shattered, Ayafara slowly opened her eyes, but saw that the lava falling towards her in the dream turned into a thick pink cloud and slowly fell on her.

"Little black sheep...?"

Ayafara looked at Dolly, rubbed her eyes and found that she was indeed not mistaken, she had woken up from her dream, and asked in a somewhat shocked tone.

"Did you just have a nightmare? Adele?

"But... You call me Little Black Sheep...? Forget it, it's okay.

Dolly's tone didn't seem to matter, and then he said,

"Why so surprised? We've seen this many times before.

Ayafara suddenly said apologetically:

"Sorry... I thought...... You can't speak...

"Dolly said:

"

I don't usually speak much, it should be said, only I can talk like this, as for those doppelgangers... They probably don't want to communicate with people... Or haven't learned yet?

"Forget it... It doesn't matter either... In a word...... Long time no see, my little Adele.

Immediately, Dolly slowly floated, his eyes narrowed into an arched bridge, and he seemed to be laughing.

"You... Know me?

Ayafara said to Dolly in a surprised tone.

"How to say well... I also watched you grow up, and when you were a child in Lytania, I helped you send down the books on the top of the shelves several times. "

Ahhh... Don't get me wrong, I don't have the habit of peeping at others, it's a kind of... Well...... Simple and simple... Companionship, in short, I was certainly impressed by the lovely little Adele.

"I've been going around you lately, but I didn't expect you to run to the volcano."

Dolly replied.

......

And Dolly's side is talking to Ayafara, who has not been seen for a long time, and Rankopel's side is certainly not idle, and he immediately found Weiss on the high ground after entering the camp.

"Ah, you're back, Leader."

After seeing Rankopel come to his side, Weiss planned to put the crossbow away.

Syllable.

But what he didn't expect was that after Rankopel approached him, he suddenly raised his hand and made a hat-taking motion on the top of his head.

"Uh... What's wrong? Leader? Have enemies? Seeing

this, Weiss was a little puzzled, and immediately looked up at the sky from all angles, but there was nothing there except the gray sky covered with a large amount of volcanic ash.

“...... It's okay. Rankopel

looked at the little black sheep he was carrying in his hand—the movement that looked a bit like he was going to chew Weiss's hair, so he stopped it immediately.

"Meat."

The little black sheep that he carried in his hand did not struggle much, but bleated, and Rankopel put it on the ground, and it walked away slowly.

"It's okay, you just got a little windswept rock chips from your hair, and I helped you remove it."

Rankopel said to Weiss first.

......

Rankopel then returned to the camp with Weiss.

At this time, Ayafara also gathered the others, and Dolly floated beside her.

Seeing Rankopel come over, Dolly even took the initiative to bow his head, and Rankopel also nodded in response.

"Huh? Have Mr. Rankopel and Mr. Dolly already met?

Seeing this, Ayafara thought so in his heart, and Dolly also nodded at Ayafara, seemingly analyzing her expression and confirming her thoughts.

"Leader, are you going to continue your departure? Everyone is almost rested.

At this time, Extreme Realm held a huge pink marshmallow and stood at the front row of the line to ask.

"Ahhh... Actually, no, Mr. Extreme Realm, there is a little bit of a situation..." The

corners of Ayafara's forehead were actually a little sweaty, and the corners of her mouth twitched, but she still said:

"I would like to introduce you to a partner who has joined us temporarily... Mr. Dolly..." Then

Dolly no longer hid and released everyone's perception of himself.

“——！！"

Suddenly, everyone saw that the surrounding area suddenly became pink steam, and a huge pink sheep floated quietly on Ayafarah's side.

"Wow!!"

At first glance, Ji Jing saw that the transmitter he was holding in his hand turned into an extended version of a pink marshmallow, and he immediately waved it a few times, but the little black sheep on top refused to come down at all.

"Meat."

The little black sheep on the top bleated a few times as if in protest, and then the extreme realm was also used to it, the first is tired, the second is that the feel has not become heavier, no different from usual.

Not only the polar realm, but also the silent wood, the scorched earth, the big carton stapler and Weiss they all saw it, and at this time the surroundings were already covered with magenta steam, and small black sheep bleating and running or floating.

"Uh... It turns out that what you just took off my head should be this thing...? Wess

also followed Lan Koper to see a lot of the world, his tone was not much nervous, more curious, and said to himself.

"yes, I just saw that it was ready to brush your hair, I can't watch you become bald."

Rankopel shrugged and replied.

......

Then Rankopel and Ayafara began to introduce Dolly, both of them exhausting their words, trying to be as concise and understandable as possible for everyone to understand.

At the same time, the two of them and Dolly tried not to mention the concept of [Beast Master] as much as possible, after all, this identity even Dolly himself has not fully understood and is being explored.

Under the introduction and explanation of Rankopel and Ayafara, everyone gradually accepted the existence of Dolly, and Dolly was also waiting around to see if any brave child could talk to him as quickly as possible.

"I can actually understand a little... Mr. Dolly... After all, I have been to the Dragon Gate before, and I have even had the privilege of attending Mr. Emperor's concert in person..." Unexpectedly

, it was Lena in the crowd who spoke first, and she said:

"If you are its companion... It must be a very friendly kind... Although Mr. Emperor's tongue is a little poisonous sometimes, I feel that his heart is actually not bad..." Dolly

replied

, "Yes,

but you are a bit preconceived."

"Not all beings like us are friendly, and if you go not to the Dragon Gate at that moment, but to Syracuse, you may change your mind."

Lena asked:

"Syracuse also has something like you... Does it exist? Dolly

replied

, "Yes,

it's just a bunch of guys who aren't very annoying to you... Forget it, let's not talk about this, in short, let's all work together to go to the crater and see the scenery there.

Lena started to talk, and everyone else had questions and confided them to Dolly.

Dolly also answered as much as possible, occasionally with some period humor, which made everyone feel that the overall atmosphere was very relaxed.

"Mr. Rankopel..." Just

then, the stapler touched himself lightly with his elbow.

"What's wrong? Stapler? "

Ask yourself right away.

"I find that whenever I am with you to attend a mission or go anywhere, it seems that at some point it suddenly becomes incredible, far beyond the imagination of ordinary people."

The stapler answered itself so.

"Uh..." the

corners of Rankopel's mouth twitched, as if... And really.

......

After the introduction, everyone was accustomed to the existence of the little black sheep, and even Lena took the initiative to touch the head of the little black sheep, and finally held a whole little black sheep in her arms.

But soon it will be about to leave, and Ayafara and Momu and Jiao Yang are also doing the final data analysis in front of the source stone energy detector.

The sample of the source stone flower that was previously picked by Lan Copel was also returned to the original owner by the little black sheep, and it was now placed in Ayafara's hand, converted into data and rolled on the screen.

"That's not right... How so...?

Suddenly, Ayafara's tone became urgent, and at this time everyone gathered around Ayafara, and Rankopelton was the first to step forward and ask:

"What's wrong?" Ayafara, did something happen? As

a result, he suddenly saw that on the screen of the source stone energy detector, nine out of ten data were all marked in red, and the suffix [Warning] was flashing at the back.

"That's right, Mr. Rankopel, the source stone flower you just gave me bloomed in an extremely short time, which is estimated to be more than ten times shorter than normal."

"It's clearly an early warning."

"I immediately reversed the environment from the energy absorption trajectory of the flower's source stone, and I found that the concentration of surface gas did not change... But the geothermal temperature is rising..."

Ayafara's

tone was rare and uncertain

: "If this data is true, it means that the energy stored in the crater at the top has reached ten times the previous value, but how is this possible... Is the volcano detector broken? Rankopel

immediately asked Weis, who was standing beside him:

"Weis, is there a way to raise the reconnaissance drone as high as possible to the location of the crater?"

Weiss immediately shook his head and replied with some regret in his tone:

"No, leader, I had this idea when I first heard Miss Ayafara say this, but we are still more than a kilometer away from the crater."

"This is already a high-altitude area, and the drones equipped by the Deep Wilderness Advance are already quite advanced, but the maximum flight altitude is only 700 meters, and there will be signal loss further up."

"And just now, the drone has detected the presence of a violent magnetic field interference formed by the source stone energy higher in the air, and it is likely to be in the location of the crater."

“...... We'll have to find out for ourselves, Leader.

Rankopel took a deep breath, knowing that there was basically no turning back now, bowed his head slightly, turned his gaze back to Ayafara, and asked

, "So this omen is a very bad phenomenon,

isn't it?"

Ayafara immediately replied affirmatively:

"Yes, Mr. Rankopel."

"If it is speculated according to common sense, it is only possible that a large number of active source stone deposits suddenly occurred inside the crater, and the energy inside was continuously detonated radially with high heat."

"The energy after detonation will exceed the maximum threshold that the container of the volcano can withstand in a very short time... The next step is to release it outward

..." "This actually means..."

Rankopel

and everyone seemed to already know the answer.

Yes.

Volcano, about to erupt.