Steel steam and flame

The scenery flows around him, and with the high-frequency sound wave pulses, Cassia's flexibility reaches a terrifying level. Although it was understood a few months ago that as the strength increases, the effect of sound wave pulses will become smaller and smaller, and Cassia has also focused on her own perception. But this period of time is not what he thinks of the future. To deal with the enemies that will be encircled in the near future, sonic pulses will still be the main method.

Deliberately control the precision of force during running, and keep the body as close to a high-intensity running movement pattern as possible. It is true that there has been no thorough and high-intensity battle for a long time, probably in the border forest of the Flame Alliance, but after all, due to the influence of second-class creatures, those people have not met Cassia, just because of his Due to the breath, less than half of the combat effectiveness was reduced. Except for a small number of people, most of the so-called strange people in the Flame Alliance need to link their combat capabilities to domesticated second-category creatures.

This body needs to be kept in a fiery state, and moderate fatigue will become a kind of stimulation, just like most combat clothing. But Cassia knew that after the battle started, the clothes on her body would be broken into pieces immediately, so she had to rely on other methods. On the contrary, the shoes were completely scrapped after less than ten minutes of traveling. Even though various situations were considered at the beginning of the design and manufacturing, it was not practical for Cassia.

The topography of the mountains changes slowly, with the slope increasing or decreasing along the direction without any regularity. His mood gradually fell into calm, and the whistling wind in his ears was naturally blocked by Cassia. For a moment, Cassia seemed to have entered a quiet space. The direction of the airflow began to become clear, and like the sound wave pulse, it gradually changed into countless lines like data. Breathing and heartbeat, which were not rapid in the first place, became more stable, and every breath and beat became more powerful. Only the blood pressure and flow rate slowly increased as Cassia expected, gradually approaching the values ​​he wanted.

While running, Cassia moved her fingers every once in a while, which was the basic preparation exercise before drawing the sword. Separate a part of your mind to check the inside of your body, hoping that the state will be the peak of the recent period.

It will not be easy to open a hole in the enemy's encirclement, and Cassia is also pursuing the shortest time. During the first mission to the military school, Kara's words actually influenced Cassia, although he did not implement them as thoroughly as Kara did. Things that can be controlled by oneself must not cause problems. What Cassia can control now is to maintain this state.

Twenty minutes later, the surroundings were still quiet, and the environment seemed unchanged. There were still woods and small gravels everywhere. Could this be a sign that keen hearing has picked up a decrease in the chirping of insects and birds? Cassia didn't know very well, but she still maintained her speed, marking a mark every kilometer.

The snow-capped peaks that were in front not long ago were level with Cassia. It was almost noon and the sunlight was extremely strong. There are mottled spots of light under the woods, the temperature has risen a lot, and there is warm moisture. In the sky without a single cloud, the view will be very wide. No huge ancient tree was found during the journey, and Cassia had no chance to observe the front.

Soon after, the time node reached thirty minutes. Cassia estimated that this distance was enough for Isa and the others to move forward for two or three hours. Then she made a sign indicating stop and free movement. She slowed down slightly and changed direction, starting to go retrograde. The slope approaches the peak.

The terrain advantage needs to be taken advantage of, which can provide Cassia with a wide field of vision to determine the approximate location of the enemy airship. The increase in slope allowed Cassia to move almost close to the ground. As the estimated time got closer, Cassia kept looking for exposed rock positions and looked into the distance.

The temperature that was about to reach the highest point of the day caused the air above the woods and mountains to appear slightly distorted. Under the sunlight, the scene was a mixture of dark green and black gray, but no shadow of the enemy airship was seen. His eyes turned to look around the peaks with a touch of white. It was impossible for the airship to reach high altitudes. Its flying height would not exceed the peaks.

"Flying close to the ridgeline, or flying over the woods? Or do you know that the airship is your biggest advantage, so you choose the safest travel strategy, so that the airship is always at the rear of the ground troops. In the first few rounds of support, you only rely on Landing bombs and artillery for bombing?" One after another, no shadows of airships were seen in several open positions. Cassia lowered his altitude slightly and closed the distance with the enemy at a speed that was relatively gentle to him. .

By the thirty-five minute mark, Cassia’s progress had become cautious. Because it is not ruled out that the enemy will send an exploration team to walk in front of the team as an early warning. He also knew very well that once he met the enemy, the information would be immediately passed on to the pursuing troops at the rear. When they speed up, the time to catch up with Shan Yisha and others will be shortened to one and a half hours.

Without knowing the number of enemies in the encirclement, Cassia couldn't calculate how long he would be dragged down by the enemies before he was sure that a hole had been opened.

The steps fell as gently as possible, and the landing point of each step now became those gravels and exposed tree roots. But it wasn't until about forty-two minutes later that the enemy team appeared for the first time in the sound wave pulses with a radius of six kilometers from time to time according to the rules.

"There are four reconnaissance teams, with a total of eighty people." Cassia found a dark place. When the four teams were three thousand meters away from him, the first ground team in the enemy's encirclement finally appeared.

The textbook-style standardized field combat team, starting from the formation, personnel configuration and weapons and equipment, the opponents are not all from within the empire's big families. There are elements of mercenaries in it. At least whether they have received formal training can be seen at a glance from the formation during the march.

It did not give up heavy firepower to gain an increase in travel speed. The enemy's personnel positioning was very clear. I also saw some simple auxiliary armor from the empire, which could be regarded as the logistics personnel following the team. At the back of the team, the body was as tall as a laborer with decades of experience in handling goods near the port.

Wrapping all these logistics personnel in sonic pulses, Cassia finally determined a rough number. Including the investigation team in front, the total number is about 450 people. But for one of the teams in this encirclement, Cassia believed that not far from this team, there was roughly the same team moving forward in the same way.

As her own temperature began to drop, Cassia hid in the darkness and tightened her grip on the tactical knife. At the same time, low-pitched waves also spread out invisibly, covering everyone in front.