High Above

"I didn't expect it was you..."

When Tres came to Ian's experimental building with a puzzled face and saw the goblins who assigned his team to carry out the escort mission, he was not surprised: "I said who has so much energy, we who were about to set off... Stop him and act as a guard."

"It's easy to work with an acquaintance, so you don't mind."

Ian was carrying a box. He put on the empty armor, marked it with the coat of arms of the Patrol Knights, and said in the built-in voice: "If you feel dissatisfied, I will not apologize."

After registering his name at the headquarters, Ian made a small modification to his Mao Kong Armor, which was to load the internal communication module of the Patrol Knights' standard armor into the Mao Kong Armor.

With this special communication module, he can enter the private communication channel of the Patrol Knights to facilitate communication and cooperation.

As a sublimated armor, the performance of the Sky Wind Armor is naturally better than that of the standard armor, and this set of modules can be disassembled at any time, so Ian doesn't find it troublesome.

"Of course I don't mind."

Tres shrugged and smiled happily: "It's all for the empire. The exploration mission and escorting the observation team are equally important."

This knight who has been an undercover agent for too many years really has some habits that he can't get back. He speaks in a very market-like manner: "What's more, I can guess that following you will lead to greater achievements. You must have a serious reason." That’s why you want to find me, an acquaintance who will be more cooperative with you.”

"Guarding the Observation Team, they fight less and get more credit, and they are also appreciated by big people. What's wrong with that?"

With that said, he shrugged: "Don't worry, since you are willing to take credit and earn together, then I will definitely cooperate with you. When the time comes, you will say whatever you want, just don't let me and my young man die."

——That’s not necessarily the case. Our Highness Mikael is not someone who intends to just watch from the side. He will definitely come up with something very dangerous.

Ian thought so, but he really wouldn't let anyone who believed in him die.

As much as he can.

"What exactly is going on now?"

Ian and Tres discussed the known intelligence on a military map. He looked at the Awak area and asked, while Tres drew an area with his hand in the northwest of the Bad Rift Valley in the south of the west. Circle: "This is it. A huge circle with the Viscounty of Avak as the center."

"Ordinary people within the circle will experience nausea, dizziness, gastrointestinal discomfort, and hazy eyes. This is the result of the nerve current being affected by the psychic field."

"At the same time, a large number of biological beasts appeared in this area. Most of them are modified bodies. They have short lifespans but are extremely ferocious. They are the enhanced forms of rot fungi that appeared in the Western Region and Nanling some time ago - and this kind of Enhanced versions of the fungus can even control corpses.”

"It's hard to imagine, isn't it? The people from Feiyandi actually used biological alchemy to create psychic corpses, which have the same effect as the undead in the story!"

When he said this, Tres' tone was very relaxed, but his expression was quite serious. He was just joking to lighten the atmosphere, but he was very clear about the seriousness of the situation: "But this is not the end...the closer we get to the center of the Awak area, the more... The more likely you are to encounter an extremely weird psychic body."

"We call them 'phantoms'. Most of these phantoms look like ordinary people. Of course, they are not humans, but ghost-like existences."

"They will attack all life within the sensing range without fear of death."

"But the further inward, the more powerful these psychic phantoms become. There are even some controlled humans mixed in, and some of them are special forces members of the Flying Flame Land."

"There was even an unlucky team that encountered a phantom of a second-level explosive owl at its peak. Before they could react, they were crushed by the opponent's suicide attack. Only the captain survived."

At this time, Tres shook his head slightly: "Our original mission was this. Gradually move closer to the inner side of the Awak area and figure out the source of the anomaly."

Having said this, the knight frowned slightly, seeming a little puzzled: "Up to now, Archduke Thorin is still refusing official assistance from the empire, so we cannot launch a large-scale frontal operation in this operation, and can only use aircraft to go to nearby areas." area, approaching from the ground.”

"It is very dangerous, but if you gain something, you will definitely gain military glory."

Ian nodded slightly. He probably knew how Tres and his team would have died if he hadn't been there - just like what he said, they were attacked by a crazy psychic phantom and almost wiped out. It was just Tres' luck. Well, maybe you can survive.

As for why Tres wanted military glory so much, he actually knew it.

As a patrol knight, Tres already has a second level. As long as he has enough merit, he can choose to retire at the peak of his second level and become a noble lord in a remote area.

In fact, most of the noble factions that support the Patrol Knights come from this way. Some of the military aristocratic groups in the southeast and east of the empire are related to the Patrol Knights, and most of the fortress nobles around Wusha Port are Patrol Knights. Although most of the supervisory knights are just nobles like the Baron Viscount, the cornerstone of the empire is also the group composed of these basic nobles.

This was the policy implemented by Inaga II, but Axel changed it and it is still used today.

At that time, Tres will completely change the fate of himself and his family.

The question is, why is Tres so urgent?

Ian didn't know this, but he didn't intend to ask. He just pondered for a while and said slowly: "My mission is to observe the changes in the psychic field around the Avak area with these goblin bachelors, and analyze the abnormal formation. reason."

"This mission also involves facing phantoms. If possible, we have to capture one."

"It doesn't matter whether you are strong or weak?"

Tres asked, "Do you need a specific kind?"

"It would be better to be stronger, but it doesn't really matter. The same goes for the types. It would be better to have a few more, but it's okay to have none."

Ian nodded slightly: "After all, we are analyzing the cause. Regardless of whether it is strong or weak, the principle should be the same. Don't worry, I will not choose a target that requires you to take risks to deal with it."

——Anyway, there are precognitive visions and silver chips.

In a critical moment, it is not the time to do research on your own, just cheat.

"Then we will follow your command." Tres did not doubt Ian: "I will call the aircraft."

"That's it, happy working together."

“A pleasure to work with.”

Ian also learned about the current situation through Tres' mouth again.

The empire and Grand Duke Thorin are now at odds. The changes in the Awak region involve the lives and deaths of millions of people. Even the Grand Duke of the West, who existed at the beginning of the founding of the country, cannot afford to pay the price after causing such a tragedy.

The news that Ian received from Isengard's channels was that the Imperial Noble Court had launched relevant actions. If relevant evidence was obtained in the Avak region, the Empire would deprive Archduke Thorin of his dukedom.

In the past, this was almost impossible, because all nobles would object to depriving a noble of such a noble title and having existed as long as the empire.

But when facing the death of millions of people (doubtful), it is impossible for any nobles to dare to refute this decision - unless they also want to be killed by the imperial capital.

"No wonder there is such a big battle, it turns out that we finally found a reason to cut down the vassalage."

Ian didn't find it strange at all. After all, he had already guessed that Archduke Thorin was going to commit treason. Naturally, what the Imperial City had to do was to destroy the rationality of the other party's rule before the other party committed treason.

In this way, the entire northern Grand Dukedom would not be united as one after the independence of Junling Castle.

As long as the public is informed about Grand Duke Thorin's Awak tragedy in the future, there won't be much trouble in recovering the Grand Duke's territory.

After confirming the corresponding information and making all preparations, Ian and Tres came to the flight platform at the entrance to the central city of the imperial capital.

There, there was an aircraft whose style was quite inconsistent with this world but unexpectedly consistent with it, waiting for them.

That's a disk.

A ‘UFO’.

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Next chapter updated on 2022-08-10 8:01:00