Steel steam and flame

The sound of explosions was heard, and the hot wind reached the ground team, losing its violent power, leaving only a warm feeling.

"Mr. Jeremy, the situation is completely different from what you said."

A team of ten people appeared from the side and came to the ground team who was resting in place. The captain's kinetic energy armor came forward to meet him, and his alloy mask automatically unfolded, revealing his face that was slightly sweaty. The captain turned to look at the thirty or so members behind him who were either lying down or sitting at the roots of the ancient tree, and informed Jeremy of the current situation.

"Without more detailed information next time, I think there will be no more cooperation between us, Mr. Jeremy. This kind of temptation is too dangerous. If you are not careful, the entire team will be completely annihilated in a few minutes. It depends on whether the enemy is in good or bad mood. We don’t even know where the enemy is, how many there are, how far away from us, and we don’t know what he was contaminated with during the march, leading to the onset of symptoms. For a long time, without noticing it, there is no way to prevent the symptoms from getting worse.”

The captain said a lot at once. From his understanding, he and dozens of other members of the kinetic armor did not have the same symptoms, and they relied entirely on the protection of the kinetic armor.

"Thankfully Mr. Nichols arrived, otherwise we..."

Explosions were heard one after another next to them. From time to time, the captain and Jeremy would turn their heads to look in the direction of the sound, each thinking about their own matters briefly.

But when Jeremy heard the name "Nichols", he smiled unconsciously. Think of funny things and enjoy them. Observing the powerlessness of these people in front of them in front of strong men, listening to their unreasonable speculations, and feeling the fear in their bodies, eyes, and expressions has always been Jeremy's entertainment project. This kind of thing can make him feel that he is right. Enjoying the joy.

Jeremy asked the captain to lead the team to evacuate as soon as possible. The enemy would definitely surround them soon. In their current state, they will never be able to make a decent breakthrough after the time is too late.

"Captain, almost all organs are damaged or bleeding." Gemili continued to move forward. Behind him, two people who had observed the injuries of the team members on the ground approached. "No obvious biological toxin components were detected. It is more likely to be physical." caused by.”

"It's sound waves, sound waves containing energy." Jeremy said. He and the team beside him were not moving very fast. They had no intention of rushing to Nichols immediately. In other words, he appeared at this moment and only came down to collect necessary information. That's all, there is no other purpose other than that. "It seems that Nichols has encountered the enemy's main team. However, if there is only one enemy, an elite member of certain families, or our target Cassia, the chances are high. It’s reciprocal.”

Jeremy thought for a moment: "We will continue to search for various traces. As for Nichols, Sasir and Komishur will take a good look at it."

At the same time, a giant dragon was hovering high in the sky. Sasir stood upright and closed his eyes tightly. He did not need to touch the dragon's body like Nichols did, but he could directly establish a spiritual connection with the dragon at his feet and share its broad and precise vision. But Mishuer sat cross-legged next to Sasir, looking like he hadn't slept well. His eyes opened and closed from time to time, with no pattern at all.

"What's going on? When do you need us to go down and help him?"

"I don't think Nichols needs help. It will only hurt his strong self-esteem. This kind of injury is more painful than when he broke a dozen bones yesterday." Sasir spoke calmly and kept talking about the situation below, and His own prediction, "Has already caught up with the distance and forced the enemy to stop. Nichols' next step must be to launch a larger-scale air wave attack and press down from above to limit and weaken the enemy's mobility. After that Depending on the situation, he will choose compressed air bombs that are lower in intensity but can be used continuously.”

"A standard and streamlined training process, right? It's like removing the tab of a steel-cased bomb and then throwing it next to the enemy. Has your coach taught you how to count seconds?" Mishuer half asked, half stated. , "Four people died when we met. The other party was not a secret sentry, but a captain-level figure who was specially guarding this area to prepare for hunting. He had the same identity as you and me. Nichols wanted to kill him by relying on routine training. , It’s impossible, but it will leak too much information about your dragon knights’ attack methods.”

"This..." Sasir suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Komishur who was sitting cross-legged, "Miss Komishur, every dragon knight is somewhat special, and universal things are just made. The lower limit of dragon riding, but the upper limit of the areas that are favored, are not determined by these general trainings."

"Nichols's upper limit, Captain Sassel, you should have information, right?"

"I know." When Sasir replied, the shock wave generated by the explosion of high-density compressed air formed a huge hemispherical cover. Even without connecting to the dragon's field of vision, Sasir believed that he could still observe clearly with his own eyesight alone. The shock wave continued to expand, and it took more than ten seconds to completely dissipate. "Oh...Nichols still hid something. I don't know how long it took him to let his dragons learn and practice the attack method."

"It seems that Nichols can give us a surprise today? Fortunately, the bigger surprise is the enemy he faces?" Mishuer followed the surprise in Sasir's tone, "Captain, you haven't answered yet. Finish the question I just asked."

"It's not that I didn't want to answer, I was just interrupted by the movement below." Sasir said something to excuse himself, "The decision of the upper limit can be learned, which is just like the operation of surgeons like Miss Mishuer. Developments are the same. Of course, there's a fork here."

"Remember in the Operator Development Project, as the top surgical ability, 'scaling' should be the most famous one in the empire, right? Miss Mishull? You can think of Nichols' upper limit as 'scaling' state , this is also his biggest reliance on our batch. However, trying to express this kind of 'scaling'-like upper limit in practice will not go smoothly. It is not that there are various conditions and rules that restrict Nichols. , simply because his own upper limit is not enough, relying entirely on the power of the dragon to force him to this position. But if used forcibly, the huge side effects may cause Nichols to be directly assimilated by his own dragon. Also That is to say, Nichols' body was directly swallowed by the dragon, and then his spirit became attached to the dragon, and then completely dissipated in a short period of time and died completely. So this is how we know which method Nichols is learning, but both The reason why he doesn’t think highly of it is that he doesn’t dare to use it, and even if he uses it, his head will definitely be filled with worries.”

"And here is the bifurcation I just mentioned. The group of top dragon knights who have not come to the Dark Forest can not only use the upper limit of 'scaled state' with safe side effects, they We can also work with our own dragons to reasonably develop the top-level method that best suits them. In other words, the teacher teaches us, and the various things we learn are actually the experience data left by the top dragon knights in the past. This sequential relationship stopped us at the second batch.”