Steel steam and flame

It was as if an invisible force enveloped the surroundings, blocking out the sound. The air was stagnant and silent. General Pullman maintained the posture of turning around and leaving, turning into a stone statue, staying still and making no sound.

It took General Pullman two or three seconds to process the simple information in front of him. He felt a "buzzing" in his head, making him dizzy.

No longer resisting, he sat back on the chair, put the coins pressed in the cup into his pocket, and took a sip of the steaming coffee - finally, after a long time, he truly realized the charming and unforgettable feeling in coffee. The bitterness comes.

"This is an order from the Holy Emperor. After what happened two years ago, I thought he would never let me perform any missions again, which resulted in me having plenty of leisure time. Recently, he contacted me and said that I should not relax. It would be better to go down there. There happened to be something going on here in the small country, so I applied." The woman sat across from me and politely and elegantly asked for a cup of black tea. "I have never forgotten you. When I think of the small country, I naturally think of you, and That Mr. Adolf."

"Actually, I really hope you will forget me completely, Miss Lisa Man." General Pullman had no expression, and there was no emotion in his words, but strangely, he could hear the helplessness that kept pouring out.

At this time, the communicator vibrated again, and he pressed the answer button while sighing. On the other side was Adolf's helpless voice: "Mr. Trevikan, I don't want to contact you either." Adolf already knew some information.

"Still in the same place. You haven't left. Just come here."

"Oh..." Adolf sighed, "I'll be there in about four days." With that, the contact was cut off.

The black tea was served at this time. Li Suman picked a fashion magazine from a month ago on the table next to her, took a sip of the black tea, and said casually while flipping through the pages: "It's only been three years since the arrival of the Red Star. The effects of extreme climate El Niño and La Niña are beginning to appear in a year. Now is the time when we should move our bodies, General Pullman."

"We'll talk about it later." General Pullman was a little indifferent.

"The information the Holy Emperor has given you about the situation on the borders of the empire and several small bordering countries is always being updated. A concrete block, the same batch of goods sent out at the beginning, was affected by the close searches of the men he left behind by various forces. , it was only recently that the traces were revealed and the location was locked. In the hands of forces in a dark world, it was exposed on the eve of the transaction. It was really careless."

General Pullman's leisurely mood just now completely disappeared at this time. The more he drank the bitter coffee, the more it tasted like coffee.

"What does the Holy Emperor want to do? Contact the lighting organization of the small country, isn't it because he wants to grab the concrete block? Is it really that important?"

"No." Li Suman's words made Pullman relieved for a moment.

"There are many people gathered there. With good luck, two of the three major knights of the Theocracy were captured not long ago. It should be that they did not evacuate back after the incident in the southern forest." Lisuman's next sentence made Pullman think again. Breathe the "relaxing breath" you exhaled back into your body.

"The target is these two knights, the Holy Emperor said," Lisuman imitated the Holy Emperor's aging and powerless tone, "They hindered a major plan in the Far Sea Commonwealth. I happened to be one of the participants and wanted to do it. Use your strength to clear the way."

"I think it's better to grab that concrete block." General Pullman said immediately.

"You can talk to the Holy Emperor about this the next time you contact him, if he allows it. However, if the Holy Emperor said concrete blocks, it is also feasible by the way. Rob or trade."

After a short period of silence, General Pullman realized the reality clearly: "You, Adolf and me? Just three people? The other party is two knights from the three major knights. They were originally sent to participate in the southern forest incident. No matter what, it will be the fifth stage. I’m a late-stage surgeon.”

After a brief headache, he seemed to have finally regained his identity as an admiral, and began to analyze: "In addition to Adolf, there will probably be one more person in the lighting organization to cooperate? Since it is a matter within the Far Sea Commons, there will also be someone over there. Personnel come over."

"two?"

"There is only one." Lisuman replied with a smile, "The people of the three major knights are not that scary. Information was collected during the Southern Forest Incident. Only the captain, deputy captain and knight captain have reached the level of Knights of the Round Table. strength. As for the remaining ones, they are very ordinary surgeons."

"Alas..." General Pullman sighed. He never agreed with Li Suman's "very ordinary" because the objects of comparison were not the same. He knew Li Suman's danger and strength. Otherwise, due to Li Suman's character problem, the Holy Emperor would have long ago found an opportunity to let her die in a certain mission, instead of still sitting across from him drinking black tea.

Many times, he believed that Lisuman was one of the most powerful surgeons alongside the principal of the Imperial Military School, the principal of the seminary, and the president of the Imperial Council. She was the one who was not known to most people and was most likely to break through the five-stage shackles. People who become the second type of creature.

The Holy Emperor would never give up on Lisuman's powerful combat power once he knew about it. In many cases, he could only rely on her personality. As long as they don't do anything too extreme - such as the plan for "Soriatu" in a small country - pretending not to see it is the Holy Emperor's current approach.

Pullman knew that there were also surgeons in the military who could compete with Li Suman, the principal of the military school and others, but people in the military always only recognized strength. Except for a few general marshals, even five-star generals There's no getting around this weird idea. This resulted in the Holy Emperor not wanting to cooperate with those people who only looked at the caliber and the amount of powder.

There is a twist in Lisuman's words here: "Although only one person from the Far Sea Commonwealth came, we have other collaborators."

"Other collaborators?" When General Pullman repeated this sentence, Li Suman put the silver-white suitcase she brought on the table and pushed it to him.

Li Suman said the password, and Pullman squinted his eyes slightly, opened the box, and opened a small gap. A little sunlight shines in, causing his pupils to reflect a rich dark red - solid red mercury is neatly placed in the grooves, and the shape of the hexagonal prisms makes them like pieces of handicrafts, sparkling and charming of light.

"The transaction partner that the Dark World is looking for is the Holy Emperor?"

Shaking her head, Lisuman took back the suitcase and put it at her feet: "No. The Holy Emperor was the second-ranked trading partner, and the original trader was from the King's faction. Since the King's faction resolved the internal conflicts among the five princes, Later, in order to restore the glory that belonged to the king when the empire was founded, it became less and less interesting. I remember that during the last war, among the batches of young noble members I killed, it was the king’s faction that had the most people.”

General Pullman put down the memory of Lisuman that floated in his head: "In other words, in addition to the two knights of the Theocracy, we also have to compete with the king's faction for that piece of concrete?"

Li Suman shook her head again: "No need, I got rid of the king's faction first and then came to you. The three people who made the transaction were very careless and very confident in their own strength, so they saved a lot of time."

General Pullman's eyes twitched uncontrollably several times. Now that everyone knows what is in those concrete blocks, the people sent by the king's faction will not look like what Lisuman said.