Him and their stars

Although Viscount Shameen is young, since he is the leader of the Four Knights (the younger generation) of the Knights, how could he not have experienced a bloody battle? Whether he was suppressing riots in the Black Gate Star Sector and the Symoe Star Sector, or going to the Abyss Nebula to suppress bandits, he had fought against all kinds of psykers and powerful phantom beast species.

Even if it was a mysterious virtual realm that even most psykers had never heard of, he had been there several times.

But even so, he had to confirm that the Pallai man in front of him was definitely the most powerful enemy he had ever experienced in his life.

Yu Lian, who must not even be named, is certainly powerful. Even now that he thinks about the whole story of the God of War Festival, he still feels lingering fear and numbness in his scalp. However, if you think about it more carefully, you will see that the strength of that person is extremely efficient, with almost no mistakes or hesitations in his fighting skills, and his courage that can even be described as ruthless.

In addition, it is a wild and unconstrained way of thinking outside the box. Maybe this is the reason why I value Yeager Soback so much?

Apart from that, in terms of his real hard power, he should actually be on par with me.

Viscount Shameen has even simulated hundreds of life-and-death duels with Yu Lian through the spiritual realm and computers, and feels that he is not without the strength to fight.

However, the current Palladium insect called Black Ross is different. Compared with all the knights present, including himself, he has a crushing strength advantage.

The first signs of this kind of confrontation between the two sides began to emerge.

The sudden tiny metal fragments enveloped him like a storm formed by sharp blades, directly involving seven or eight knights around him within the attack range.

Until this time, the knights were not completely alert.

Isn't it Metal Storm? It's not like they didn't brave a more violent attack than this and bravely moved forward. There was more than one knight present who had the experience of charging with the firepower of a Vulcan cannon that fired 100,000 bullets per minute.

Sure enough, all that was heard was a series of tinkling crashes, airtight. Although it sounds terrifying, knights with actual combat experience know that this is the same sound as shrapnel hitting armor, which means that the defense of the heraldry machine has not been broken.

The two brave knights reacted quickly and even activated their spiritual shields and rushed into the metal tornado. They walked with some difficulty, but they were indeed advancing towards the Palla man step by step.

Until this time, they even thought about capturing each other alive. Instead of showing the light spear immediately, they turned on the pulse vibrator on the arm armor. This weapon, when used with a fist to hit the opponent's mecha, can destroy its internal circuits through electromagnetic reaction, knocking it out of commission on the spot. It has a certain effect even against the heraldry machine, not to mention Heiros's standard mecha with a popular face.

However, Shameen had already noticed something and shouted loudly: "Don't hold back!"

However, before the knights raised their fists, they saw the other party also raised his arms and shook them lightly.

There seemed to be a faint trace of black mist overflowing from the storm, wiping past the armor of the knights like a ghost.

Immediately afterwards, a rather ominous blue fire appeared on the heraldic machine. Then, like puppets that suddenly lost their power, they stumbled forward and fell to their knees on the spot.

"Everyone, open your shields!"

Shameen shouted loudly, and he jumped out first. The chain sword in his hand just tore a gap in the steel storm, and he also got into the circle.

In the steel tornado, it is unbelievable that the sun in nature has a relatively stable eye, and the internal situation is even more dangerous. Those tiny metal fragments are almost invisible to the naked eye, dancing like a sandstorm, blocking all directions that can be reached by sight. However, Viscount Shameen, who was staring at the spiritual shield, also rushed behind Heiros.

The saw sword in his left hand danced into a giant dragon again, and it actually resonated with the metal tornado on the same trajectory. Under such influence, the airtight storm finally showed signs of sparseness and was gradually disintegrating.

At the same moment, the atomic light spear in his right hand pierced Heiros's back.

But at this moment, two more mechanical arms grew out of thin air on the back of the opponent's mecha. Yes, it seemed to be condensed out of the air suddenly, but it was definitely not the deformation of armor.

The cold light flowing on the mechanical arm blocked the indestructible atomic light spear.

Force sword? Shameen was slightly startled. But at this moment, the energy sword that was supposed to have no mass suddenly seemed to turn into a heavy war hammer, suddenly attacking along the intersection of energy. The two of them were pushed out at once with their armor on.

At the same time, Heiros's other two arms also lightly probed to both sides, and the force field light blades of the same energy level extended out, directly piercing into the two downed heraldry machines.

The surrounding knights were stunned. They knew that the force field light blade clearly penetrated the front armor of the cockpit. Although it is indeed the hardest part of the heraldry machine, once it is torn open, the knight inside will never survive.

This is indeed a force field sword! A spiritual combat technique that uses spiritual energy to simulate the magnetic field fluctuations of energy blades and gather them together. It's actually not very difficult, even an entry-level psychic at level 2 or above can do it with a little effort. However, its power is far inferior to that of real lightsabers and atomic light spears, which means it can respond to emergencies even when unarmed.

However, although this kind of psychic combat skill is basic, its power is unlimited and can be practiced for a lifetime. In that moment of confrontation, Viscount Shameen even felt the same level of psychic intensity as those of the knight commanders.

This is a six-ring saint! Only those with a sixth ring or above can use a field sword to fight against a real atomic light spear!

However, I have never heard of a master of the sixth ring in the Iron Army Complex. Those Palladium bugs are not the "darlings of the universe spirit" like humans. Even the best masters in history are only five rings.

The officers of the Iron Army Complex actually dared to conceal the strength of their psychic powers. What was their intention?

Also, since the force field sword was derived from the arm of the "robot" just now, it means that there must be a psychic array inside it that can cause ordinary metal to react spiritually. Doesn't this mean that the Iron Army Complex can produce heraldic machines?

How dare a bunch of Palladium bugs covet the most noble and sacred mystical creation of human civilization? His heart is so cruel!

In short, can the empire use these reasons to find trouble with those stubborn "robots"? Of course it's not to the point of starting a war, but as long as there is reason to put pressure, maybe the Iron Army can make some diplomatic compromises?

When Viscount Shameen thought of this, he wanted to slap himself twice. Now that I am almost dying, I am still thinking about these things. Does this mean that my mental structure has become more and more like a "big shot"? You know, before he was fifteen, his ideal was to be a pure astral knight like Count Seliola.

However, whether he is a pure astral knight or an important official of the empire who participates in all aspects of national affairs like Duke Sartolan, everything will be in vain if he does not cross the hurdle in front of him.

Two comrades were lost in just one encounter. Even the most careless guy knew what he was facing.

The well-trained knights had no time to mourn their comrades, but quickly formed formations with almost instinctive movements. Along with the deployment of the halo technique, the spiritual shield instantly coated each knight's heraldic machine with a protective layer like a coating of light. While they deployed their defenses, they used the enemy as a circle, pushed away in all directions, and started shooting with atomic spears.

This is the standard encirclement and suppression formation of the Astral Knights, a tactic used against large phantom beasts and powerful psykers. Spread out in a circular formation, if you can win, you can block the enemy's escape direction and encircle and annihilate them. If you really can't win, you can run away in all directions without being wiped out on the spot.

Although the Tirero military nobles are brave and warlike, they have always been pragmatic.

No, one of the knights activated the emergency warning signal without even asking Shameen.

He really does not need to ask his superiors for instructions, because this is also the standard tactical practice of the Imperial Knights and the army - when you find that the enemy is too powerful, you should not fight hard, nor should you hold on for the so-called sense of honor, but use the fastest speed The speed is amazing!

Of course, they were trapped in the underground ruins of the coordination factory, so this emergency signal should not be transmitted outside. However, Count Seliora, who should also be in the underground ruins, should be able to receive the message, right?

As long as the old man comes, won't everything be fine?

But at this moment, Heiros suddenly stepped lightly on the ground with his foot. In an instant, the silver-gray light centered at his feet and spread along the direction of the ground. In the blink of an eye, the halo seemed to drive the darkness away from the floor, and the silver-gray light sprinkled in the air from bottom to top, reflecting the dark underground ruins like daylight.

Immediately afterwards, the steel fragments that had been separated from the strong wind were spliced ​​together like building blocks, forming small drones in the mid-air around everyone, and immediately surrounded the knights and Heiros himself. central.

Under the silver-gray light, it looks like an automatic satellite fort in space. Just when Shameen was worried that they would really fire from all directions, the drone made a vague "buzzing" sound.

An electromagnetic fault that shields everyone's signals, sounds, heat, and even statements and reactions here lies around everyone.

The knight who sent a distress signal to Count Seliola looked blankly at the red light flashing on the terminal transmitter, and his movements suddenly froze. Immediately afterwards, he was hit by a magnetic storm pulse, and the communication equipment all over his body flashed with unknown electric sparks, and he even fell back several times.

If it weren't for the fact that the knight in charge of communications was also a battle-hardened warrior with very good combat experience, he would have stabilized his figure immediately. The queue of knights may have collapsed by now.

But by this time, the knights had already understood what each other meant.

He used both psychic and technological shielding methods at the same time? He clearly wants to keep all of us here!

At this juncture, the sense of crisis that Shameen felt was so strong that he could hardly breathe. Of course, as the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Knights (the younger generation), the more he feels the crisis, the faster his head turns. He finally realized that those metal "shards" that were sometimes as violent as the wind, and sometimes as strange as ghosts, were by no means sharp shrapnel, but some kind of nanomachines.

However, when these "debris" are completely dispersed, you cannot see them with your naked eyes and can only perceive them through your spiritual sense. However, Shameen remembered that the smallest medical nanorobot he knew was as small as dust and could be injected into the human body through pills and injections, but he could still see it.

Can current nanomachines be this small? Has the robotics technology of the Iron Army Complex advanced to this point?

Viscount Shameen is a talented psyker and knight, but he does not have a deep understanding of technology and has not had much exposure to the cutting edge of robotics technology.

However, he remembered that he had participated in a military science and technology exhibition jointly organized by the Wisdom Palace and Tiangong Institute in the first half of the year, and also attended a report that only insiders could attend. He remembered clearly that at the report meeting, a senior scholar from the Wisdom Palace told everyone in a very firm tone that only in automation and robotics technology, the empire, alliance and iron army complex should be on the same level, each with their own strengths. , each has its own merits.

If they really have their own strengths, there would be no qualitative gap in nanotechnology.

In other words, these nanomachines, which are so small that they cannot even be seen by the naked eyes of fourth-ring psykers, but have excellent gathering and dispersing properties, are most likely relics of the Enlightened Ones?

When he thought of this, Shameen couldn't help but feel excited.

In short, whether it is the relics of the Enlightened One or the iron army's brain-expanding technology, the empire has enough reasons to trouble the Pallai people.

Of course, the premise is that they can escape.

Then, at this time, the second round of confrontation between Black Rose and the Knights began.

With the help of the nanomachine, Heiros's body suddenly expanded in a circle and became nearly two meters taller. Facing the heraldry machines of the surrounding Astral Knights, they all have an advantage of being above the ground.

Immediately afterwards, his grief grew four more "arms" and completely transformed into a six-armed mechanical giant holding different weapons. If there was an earthling present, he would definitely find this scene quite intimate.

Four of the arms suddenly stretched another three or four meters under the influence of nanomachines, immediately surrounding the knights. Tomahawks, warhammers, machetes, and propellers grew out of their arms. The weapons were filled with dazzling spiritual light. In addition, they launched fierce attacks on the knights.

At the same time, his other two arms also grew Vulcan cannons and blaster tubes respectively, and began to bombard them in all directions.

Amid the flashes of lightning, thunder, and fire, the twenty Astral Knights and Black Rose had passed nearly a hundred moves, but they were completely at a disadvantage.

"If we continue fighting like this, we will all be wiped out sooner or later." Shameen gritted his teeth and stood at the front of the team to resist the opponent's attack. He has even given up attacking in order to support his less powerful companions. However, despite this, wounded and even dead people are still being produced in the team.

"Mainly... it's these nanomachines." The Viscount already understood at this time that although the opponent's spiritual energy was strong, it probably wasn't a star ring that was good at fighting. Otherwise, the majestic six rings and a few big moves would be able to defeat everyone. Went out. The reason why they can completely suppress all the Astral Knights is because of some large field control arrays and these elusive nanomachines.

However, I have never fought against this kind of combat nanorobot!

For the first time, Viscount Shameen had the new experience of being too inexperienced in combat. He didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

I need reinforcements, reinforcements who know this stuff. He thought so, but he also knew that he was fanciful.

However, just when he had given up on this fantasy, a circular dimensional light gate unfolded around everyone. A figure that Shameen was all too familiar with jumped out of the light door.

Yu Lian? Viscount Shameen was stunned.

Yes, this person is not his old enemy who cannot even be named, the nightmare of the Astral Knights, but who could he be?

The two sides who were fighting did not expect such an unfolding at all, and were stunned on the spot. Even the nanomachines stopped vibrating, leaving only some tiny lights flickering.

Of course, Yu Lian should also be very surprised at this time. He opened his eyes slightly, looked at Heiros, and then at the embarrassed heraldry machine. After pondering for a moment, he finally showed a simple and warm smile: "Ah, are you busy? I'll leave first. .”