Steel steam and flame

The violent breath dispersed throughout the space, and the vibration caused the rocks on the mountain to roll down. The cracks on the outer edge of the crater expanded rapidly, and huge pieces of rock suddenly broke and fell, rubbing all the way and crashing along the mountain to the foot of the mountain.

"Everyone, retreat quickly!" Before Ir could give the order, Stian shouted from the side. A rapid buzzer sounded in the control room, warning that huge danger was approaching them. The continuous muffled sound around them has informed them of what will happen next. The huge volcano will completely wake up from its slumber. Small and medium-sized airships have not yet had the power to face such a natural disaster.

El turned on the communicator, and a harsh noise came out. The communication has been completely disrupted, and it is unclear whether Stian's words have reached the ears of the ground troops. He wanted to contact Theodore, but that was no longer possible.

"Get away from here right now!" Ir breathed out a heavy breath and finally said these words. The airship turned its direction urgently, a large amount of steam escaped from the lift device, and the huge steel body began to accelerate.

A piece of solidified lava burst into a huge gap, and fiery red light spread out, illuminating the entire sky above. A stream of slightly whitish lava rushed out of the deep cave and reached a full one or two hundred meters before stopping completely. The lava dispersed in mid-air and fell piece by piece. It was as beautiful as the fireworks played by children during the festival, throwing down beams of light under the dim night sky.

Just a few seconds later, the sound of "rumbling--" spread over a distance of more than ten kilometers, and the thundercloud completely turned into a sea on a stormy night. The clouds and mist rolled around, and dozens of lightning bolts were attracted and all fell into the crater. edge. The brilliant explosion was completely completed at this time. The darkness was dispersed by the blazing white light. A new sun rose above the sea of ​​clouds, rushing into the sky with a large ball of hot air. Countless dark red rocks were blasted into the air, emerging from the blackness. The tail of thick smoke, after reaching the peak, then fell like a cannonball towards everything around it. The real fireworks are now fully lit.

Several shock waves were generated at the same time. They broke through the cavity-like air wall and crashed into the invisible distance in circles. The clouds and mist became fragmented, and most of them were pushed away by the first impact. A rolling thick wall built a fortress in mid-air, and was shattered into pieces by the impact that caught up in a short moment.

The snow at the mountain pass formed snow mist during the impact, which spread down the mountain like a tsunami. With a roar, it rolled up countless tiny gravels, which turned into a debris flow in a few seconds. The power of each piece of gravel is almost as powerful as an ordinary bullet, crushing everything on the mountain. In less than half a minute, the torrent caught up with the ground troops who were evacuating with all their strength, and hit them unstoppably.

They have become targets that cannot be avoided, being baptized by the volcano that has been silent for hundreds of years. The impact shattered their bones, their chests were dented, and their internal organs were pierced by the bones and turned into fragments during the squeeze, spraying out of their mouths. The gravel that followed pierced through them again, and the heat carried by the spilled blood turned into red steam, and was swept into the increasingly huge wave.

Everyone was running for their lives, and their weapons had long been discarded, just to increase a considerable amount of speed. But most of the ground troops are reserve knights within the Order of the Rose and the Rose, and they cannot stop the force of the impact. Only those who were in the last echelon when the siege was formed found a chance to dive quickly by taking advantage of the angle of the hillside.

The explosive light quickly weakened at this time, and the impact that was about to catch up with them also showed a decreasing trend due to the obstacles of the mountain rocks. But the speed is still fast, and only his destructive power is reduced.

"Boom -" The impact finally caught up with them, and their bodies were stirred so much that they lost their balance and rolled over the mountain.

"Is anyone alive?" Someone woke up in dizziness after the impact, with blood on his face, clothes torn, a sound of black rain rolling down, and bloody scars all over. Still feeling palpitations, he pushed himself up and sat up, looking at the crater behind him. It was a fiery red place, and the lava spewed out more than ten meters high, forming a brightly colored river that was flowing down the mountain. The firelight illuminated a dark thing in the mid-air. It was an expanding cloud that stretched its tentacles around, quickly covering the nearby area.

Maybe in less than a minute, the thick smoke with volcanic ash will sweep over me, he thought, enduring the pain and struggling to stand up, looking around to see if anyone else survived.

The turned head stopped at this moment. On one side of his body, he saw a figure lying on the edge of the rock. The thick blood was mixed with stains, and the rough scales on his body were vaguely hidden. It seems that he was dragged here by the impact just now, and it seems that he can no longer move. It is beyond his own cognitive scope to survive the bombardment of several airships.

"Prey!" This seductive voice immediately sounded in his heart. In a panic, he hurriedly touched behind himself, only to remember that the gun had been abandoned on the way. He immediately pulled out the pistol from his waist, opened the safety catch and loaded the gun. In his eyes, the prey had turned its buried head to look at him. On its ferocious face, the eyes were filled not with fear, but with teasing. look.

He sensed a bad omen but was unwilling to give up this great opportunity. From the number of people and the scale of this mission, he could feel that if he completed the mission and brought back the body of the prey, even the head, to prove that he killed the prey, the rewards and the evaluation of the knights would be beyond his imagination. less than.

"Besides, I have already withstood the impact. Although I was injured, running with a corpse will not slow down the flow of lava." After thinking about this, he shot decisively, and the bullet accurately hit the target. It hit the prey's head, but instead of penetrating, it was bounced away.

"What a monster." He said secretly, not daring to get too close, but just took a few steps forward. Feeling a little panicked, he hinted that he had to calm down and shoot the eyes of the prey with the precision used in training. Even if the prey is in a scaly state, it will still be killed by him.

With this thought in mind, he judged the final safe distance and moved forward slowly. Standing still, he took a deep breath of the air that smelled of sulfur and heat, stared at the eyes of the prey that were always looking at him, and gave a playful and provocative look in return. There was no reaction, the prey's gaze seemed to be conveying some message,

"Are you begging for mercy?" He thought, without thinking too much, his arm became more and more stable at this moment. The muzzle of the gun was aimed at those fiery red eyes and when he was about to press the trigger, a piece of dark red mountain rock of dozens of cubic meters appeared. It fell straight from the sky and pinned him down. There was no scream, the blood didn't even splash out, it was evaporated into gas.

"It's not a good thing to focus too much." Cassia suddenly realized this truth. He thought that he had never been someone who could make people stare at him without looking away. He did not have much charm himself, and what was exposed under his tattered clothes was It's not a white body of a woman, just a non-human body covered with scales.

The tail that was wrapped around the rock was now loosened and fell limply to the ground. He buried his head again to prevent the air waves from falling from the rock from hitting his face. I thought I would really die here, because I was not sure whether the rocks thrown by the tail could smash the enemy's head or body when the distance was close. But it was as if helping the volcano to revive was a blessing from the volcano, and he was helped.

After that, Cassia maintained this posture and could no longer move. It was as if a metal fatigue effect had occurred inside the bones, and the slightest weight could cause the bones to break. After a few breaths, thick black smoke rolled down the mountainside and enveloped the place. Unable to see her surroundings clearly anymore, Cassia simply closed her eyes and felt the vibration of the rocks falling one after another.

I don’t know how long it took, but it started raining again. The color was as dark as blood that had deteriorated after being stored for a long time. It is no longer cold, it is very warm and corrosive, and the air is mixed with the substances in the volcanic ash. Until now, this place can be considered a real no-man's land. Of course, for ordinary people. Cassia thought, sighing deeply, he didn't want to be like this anymore, being passive was too uncomfortable and made people feel powerless.