Steel steam and flame

"I still have some things to deal with. I should be able to follow you and conduct blocking operations on the ground soon." Macquarie was a little regretful. There was too much information that he needed to judge and make decisions on his own. These tasks cannot be handed over easily. intelligence services. It involves many high-level surgeons. Once there is a problem with the alignment, the consequences will not only be a waste of one's own strength, but also allow the enemy's plan to be smoothly implemented backwards.

"It's better for you to stay on the fleet. On the surface, we have a clear numerical gap with the enemy, but secretly, the other families in the four forces are not fools. Although many powerful families are in conflict with the Holy Emperor's Hall, The people on that side have no conflict of interest, and they don’t want to get involved head-on in this troublesome matter. But considering the consequences of the success of the Holy Emperor Hall, no one can truly sit back and relax.”

"I remember a saying..." Hilda thought, then looked at Macquarie, and suddenly understood, "Although we are neither enemies nor allies, there is neither conflict of interest nor any friction. It is almost two lines. Parallel lines also exist on their own. However, whether you decline or suffer heavy losses, I will not care. But if you are going to become better and stronger, no matter from which aspect, it is not what I want to see. "

Macquarie smiled and continued: "Indeed, it is not easy to accept others to become better. On the contrary, being in the same circle and seeing the people and things around you continue to suffer, is Something that most people are happy to see and accept.”

"Go down, the enemy fleet and all the teams are approaching Cassia. If a high-level surgeon is put in, it will be a disaster for everyone in that area." Hilda waved her hand from Mai. Gerry walked by, "If you meet MacOnis in the future, you might as well talk to him more. We have been old friends for decades, and if we really fight, I think we will both keep our hands."

"I will, if I meet him." Macquarie said to Hilda's back, "The knight commander, and those people from the military department, Li Suman said that they are guests after all, so don't get involved in this incident. A few died. This is not a good influence on future plans. Give some appropriate care within the scope of your ability."

"Copy that." With that said, Hilda had already gone to the lower floors of the airship, where she would take the small airship to the ground.

Returning to the command room on the airship, on a magnetic screen that occupies the entire wall, with Cassia's location as the center point, and surrounding it in a clearly layered ring area, there are already more than a hundred red dot. Most of the red dots are flashing, indicating that the information is not yet completely clear. These red dots are relatively far away from the central area, and they often appear in pairs on the magnetic screen.

Not long after Macquarie entered the room and sat down, personnel from the intelligence department brought the latest information obtained from the investigation and placed it on the table. After staring at the red dots for a while, Macquarie took the new information, read it carefully and put it aside.

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The black scales merged into one body, and the new form allowed Nichols' overall strength to rise again by one or two levels. It's just that he can't get around the problem of his basic value, and he just has more psychological comfort in his struggle.

From jumping off the dragon's back to the time when Nichols cooperated with the dragon's compressed air cannon to approach Cassia, it only took one or two breaths. But this is just a process of constantly destroying self-confidence. At this moment, in addition to the powerful defense brought by the scaled state, Nichols lags far behind Cassia in terms of strength and speed. It is absolutely impossible to cause substantial harm to Cassia. In terms of experience in close combat, Nichols is the difference between a new student and a teacher in front of Cassia.

The first two contacts allowed Cassia to basically explore the range of Nichols' strength. He is just a person close to the top range. Compared with the family elites and knight attendants, even if he enters the scaly state, he cannot pose any substantial threat. Compared with the imperial surgeons, Cassia doesn't even have to worry about any difficult surgical abilities in him.

"Perhaps because I received unreliable information, I think that as long as it has the external performance of scale transformation, it can directly collide with the top surgeons of the empire in terms of personal strength." Cassia could only tell Nichols this way Find a suitable reason to explain why the scaly state can give him such confidence.

After controlling her power a little, Cassia didn't pay much attention to Nichols when he saw Nichols approaching with a cold light all over his body. He said that he had no way to counter him, but Cassia knew that the vigilance in the enemy's heart was basically overflowing. Because one breath can turn it into ashes, and it is impossible for the enemy not to be wary of this.

In addition, the range of activity is completely centered on the dragon. Just like when you go directly to the raised edge of the pit during the first attack, it will not happen again. Because Nichols was not confident that he could escape from Cassia's hands and return to the dragon if he was injured. In terms of recovery, one of the necessary conditions is contact with the body of a dragon.

Without the cooperation of the dragon's auxiliary attack, he would not approach rashly. This is also one of the situations Cassia is observing now. Perhaps the attack just now impressed the enemy so much that they were mentally wary. However, the enemy did not know that Cassia had not used all his strength in the previous attacks. If she wanted to, Cassia could give Nichols no chance of jumping off the dragon's back. The scaly state has limits, and the foundation that supports this powerful state is always the foundation and strength of the body. Because the black scales do not have the effect of absorbing shocks, the pressure on the internal organs is extremely huge when the force penetrates.

Furthermore, Cassia has been carrying the second-generation holy sword from the beginning. He has long been accustomed to the weight on his body, and it has no impact on his actions. But the weight of the second-generation Holy Sword will not be reduced at all because of Cassia's habits.

Cassia didn't know whether the other party noticed the black cloth bag on her back. An unimportant thing, Cassia never had the idea of ​​using the second-generation holy sword against Nichols. With his fist, he could kill him without using all his strength. Since it is an experiment in nature, Cassia thinks that it is enough to carry it out to the end without worrying about too many details.

Most of his attention was devoted to observing the dragon, and Cassia knew that within a few minutes, it would be able to return to a state where it could move normally. Compared to the dragon, Cassia has lost interest in the dragon knight in front of him. He himself has no information that can be recorded. All that is left now is to wait until the dragon recovers to see how many surprises the two can bring together.

While circling the giant dragon and avoiding the compressed air cannon, Cassia did not forget to observe the sky, where there was always another dragon knight looking down.

Cassia would take the initiative to attack from time to time, but deliberately made it appear that the physical exertion was huge, and the strength was greatly reduced.

It's just that this time there were many flaws in the performance. The enemy could clearly know that he was acting, so he had to be more vigilant. While following him in circles around the dragon, he did not dare to overdo the attack and could only Wait with yourself for the moment of recovery for the dragons.

"Dong..." In the end, it was Nichols who first turned around and retreated to the dragon's back. Then he stood there, looked at Cassia, closed his mouth tightly, and stopped moving. Thinking that the dragon had recovered, Cassia trembled all over. With a sigh, Cassia stood there, discussing with Nichols as if waiting for this unknown period of time to end.