Steel steam and flame

The sounds of birds and cicadas have long since disappeared and are no longer heard. Only the sound of steam gushes out and scatters heavily around. A large area of ​​milky white steam filled the air next to the falling airship. When it touched the ground, it looked like falling clouds, condensed into water, and soaked in. There seemed to be no living objects in this place, any breath had disappeared, and in the early morning sunlight, only the shadows of the trees and rocks gradually deepened.

The movements were very gentle, and even the gestures used to convey information, Mousse and Mavis tried to keep them as small as possible, as if they were afraid of stirring up air currents. Mousse was lying on the ground. The moment the aerial bomb hit the airship, he got out of the room directly through the round window in front of him, attached to the outer shell, jumped off at a suitable distance and at a suitable angle, and For that brief moment, go aside and let the dead leaves cover you.

Mavis and Agnes also made the same move, but there were only three round windows. Isabel, Augustus, and Saint Gerd stayed in the airship and fell to the ground with the airship.

When the aerial bomb hit the airship, they were not far from the ground, about thirty meters. Not high enough to be fatal, but it can cause some trouble. The airship was almost entirely made of metal structures, and as it fell together, the impact received would be much more severe than if Mousse and the others had fallen on the dirt.

The seven people did not disperse, and that little time did not support them to do more. Now no one is worried about the injuries of themselves and others. If an attack of this level can make someone lose the ability to fight, then it is natural for the alliance to automatically break down.

"Continue to wait?" Mousse only let his palms poke out the dead leaves. Except for the slight rotation of his head, his body had been artificially rigid and no longer moved like a dead thing. The rhythm caused by his breathing was also controlled to the extreme. His middle finger and index finger tapped each other slightly and rhythmically, sending messages to Mavis and others around him.

The surroundings were too quiet, and the enemy's attack was like an untimely shower on a sunny day, coming suddenly and disappearing in a hurry. In fact, all seven of them thought that the moment after the airship crashed, they should be greeted by several or even a dozen teams rushing out from the surrounding woods. Then a network of firepower intertwined to block their retreat.

I am worthy of the enemy doing this, and from the analysis of the enemy's aerial bombs that shot down the airship, that kind of thing definitely came from Ye Jielin. It is absolutely impossible for a team wandering in the mountains to carry that kind of thing. The number, power and variety are simply not in line with the characteristics of a wandering team.

The enemy has an insight into the pattern of his handover locations every day and is well prepared. This is something that the seven people are sure of and will not doubt. But, what does the silence at this moment mean? The enemy is waiting for the surrounding teams to gather here?

"The other party is also waiting for support? The number of surrounding teams is not enough to pose a threat to us, or are they unsure and need more numbers to increase their confidence?" Questions spread among the four people outside the airship.

"The signal has been interfered with. In the short period of time just now, the crew most likely failed to contact the mine. The activation of the emergency plan requires half an hour after the signal disappears. The enemy should understand this. If they choose to wait, can their support be confirmed? Faster than they expected?" This was Mavis's question. The four of them are all thinking, and none of their questions have been answered yet.

"Are we too careful?" Lidion, who had been silent, conveyed his thoughts, "If you want to be sure enough to eat the seven of us, without a few enemies equal to us, even if the enemy There are more than a thousand people, so there’s no problem if we want to leave, right?”

There was immediate opposition, and Mavis and the three of them voted in unison with the same objection.

"The current information is enough to show that the other party is well prepared. It already knows the pattern of our daily handover by airship, and the location has also been found out. This is enough to show that the other party roughly knows the number of people on our side. Even if the other party does not know the number of people on my side and Isabel's exists, but for the five of you, they definitely have this number in their hands." Agnes dismissed Lidion's idea, "We still have some time to spend, so we might as well analyze the current situation. Isabel and Isabel in the airship Saint Gede they should do the same thing again.”

"In addition, I am very concerned about one thing. Whether it is perception or temperature detection, at least within a thousand meters, I have never found anything abnormal." Not only Agnes, the other six people also did not capture anything. Although the intensity of perception will decrease with distance, if there are a large number of enemies, some traces will definitely not be covered up and they will always be caught.

But currently, all that everyone can feel is a quiet forest among the mountains, and nothing else.

"Can the enemy observe us?" A very important question to Mavis and the others, because once determined, they can analyze how much free space they have now. "Is there anyone among the enemies who is good at sneaking?"

"If we are sneaking, there is no influence or cover from the external environment, and we are in a combat state. When we are focused, even if the opponent is an assassin of the Hill family with equal strength, he wants to come within a distance that can attack us. It's impossible." Agnes's message seemed to reveal that he had had a similar experience before, "I'm concerned about whether the enemy knows our location? The sound of the airship falling is not enough for all four of us to hide. trace."

"How about giving it a try? The farther back in time we go, the closer the enemy may be to us." Mavis tried to guide her, but no one from Lidion answered her. Silence fell for a moment.

"I felt the gaze coming back and forth!" After a few breaths, Lidion, who had stopped moving in silence, suddenly conveyed what he felt, "It's very faint, and the distance is relatively far, but about a thousand meters. Direction,,, seven o'clock direction, the aerial missile launch position moves about a hundred degrees clockwise!"

A few breaths passed again, and Lidion felt that the faint sight seemed to be gradually getting stronger. There was just no pattern, which made him unable to judge for a while. The rigidity of his body became more and more severe. Lidion had stopped breathing. Lying down, he no longer turned his head slightly, but only moved his eyeballs to obtain information.

During the perception, at the position determined by Lidion, his perception spread out secretly and delicately, showing a fan shape, not sparing every small place. But nothing was found. The sight that glanced back and forth seemed to be an illusion created by his own imagination. It was clearly gradually strengthening in his feelings, but nothing existed at the certain position.

"Assassins of the Hill family?" The other three couldn't find anything either.

"There are definitely enemies there." Lidion emphasized at this time, "The distance is getting closer, and the intensity of the scanning line of sight has increased, right at my location. It was probably because I was caught a little bit of the route when I jumped off the airship. trace."

"Can this attract the other party to reveal their flaws?"

"I'm trying to find the exact location of the enemy." Lidian responded. "Currently, the enemy has only determined that I am within a certain range, but has not determined where I am specifically." The high concentration of attention allows Lidian to be more precise. I spread my own perception network carefully, but the grid of the network is too big, and I still can't receive what I want.

The sweep of his gaze was still irregular, but the feeling it gave Lidien became more and more intense. The number of times he went back and forth on himself increased significantly, and there was a brief stay. That was an extremely sharp sight, which once caused Lidion's body to have an instinctive protective reaction. Passing this information to Mavis and others, Lidion showed that the enemy's position and orientation had not changed much, and the distance was continuing to get closer.

"Should we move closer in that direction?" Mousse asked for advice at this moment.

"There may be more than one enemy, and we don't know what situation we are currently in." Agnes responded, "But we need to think of a solution. We are more restricted than the enemy, and the short time we fall allows the enemy to calculate how far we can disperse. Approximate area."

"The gaze is getting heavier, and the scanning range is decreasing!" The speed of the finger's impact showed the importance of Lidien's message, "This is the second time you paused here!"

"Inform Saint Gerd and the others in the airship." Mavis put forward her own suggestion at this time.

"There is no good way at the moment. Any excessive movement will be captured by the enemy." Agnes responded, "We are too lacking in information about the enemy. If we know the number and configuration of the opponent, even the approximate location, we can immediately make the situation better. Simplify it.”

"The third pause lasted more than one second!" The information exchange was interrupted by Lidion. "I'm probably going to take action. Although I'm not sure about the time, you should pay attention to the direction I said. I will move towards the airship. We can use it as a cover to join Saint Geed and the others..."

"The fourth pause!" Lidion moved his finger, "The opponent does know the approximate location where I hid after jumping off the airship, and is currently under continuous investigation. There is only one line of sight shooting back and forth, and I am not sure whether the direction of the enemy is There are others...”

"The fifth pause... the time exceeded..." Lidion paused here. Under concentrated perception, he seemed to "see" a person thousands of meters away looking directly at him through the trees. But this feeling only lasted for a moment, and the line of sight suddenly disappeared and went elsewhere.

"Wait, wait, wait," all the sensations in his body were intensified, and Lidion paid attention to the gazes on his body, "Do you feel this gaze?" As if seeking comfort, the sharp gaze Making Lidian very uncomfortable. At the same time, this may be due to dissatisfaction with one's own luck.

After receiving a negative response, Lidion smiled bitterly in his heart, when a gaze with great pressure suddenly came from a distance and pressed hard on him.

"I've been discovered!" The tapping fingers even made a slight clicking sound. Lidion felt the weight of his sight. When his rigid body instinctively regained vitality, a strong sense of danger suddenly spread throughout his body. . The source of the danger was too close to him. It was not at all a thousand meters away based on his field of vision, but was nearby, only within a range of about forty or fifty meters. As the dead leaves rose, Lidion ejected directly from the ground, and his tightly pressed mouth opened.

But before the first syllable was yelled out, dull and continuous bursts of gunfire came from the direction he mentioned, rapidly spreading around them.

"Sure!" was the most primitive reaction, and Lidian's heart suddenly felt empty.

In perception, the source of danger is either a thousand meters away or very close to him, and the direction deviation is also quite different. More importantly, this sudden gunshot attracted his attention in that moment. I had already noticed that the enemy was not in that direction, but I also felt distracted for a moment... If it were Mavis, Agnes and the others...

Is the enemy's target really you? Mavis?

Lidion did not continue thinking, as the information was not enough to support his continued analysis. While shouting "Everyone avoid", he flipped his body in the air and pulled the trigger at the perceived source of danger.