Steel steam and flame

Perhaps because he was asleep, the lava formed an orange-red river not far from Cassia, brightening the surrounding black smoke. The dark rain fell on it and evaporated into green-yellow smoke, which mixed into the air.

The blood solidified on Cassia's body like dry soil, and the lava river remained unmoved and continued to flow to the foot of the mountain. They will all converge there in the end, probably burying everything here, except for some slightly raised places.

After the roar in the sky attenuated, it may have received the energy of the volcanic eruption, and the noise became louder and louder. The white light of lightning sometimes breaks through the layers of smoke and projects onto Cassia's body.

The scales have faded, the wounds have all scabbed over, and the shrapnel embedded in the body has been expelled from the body due to its super self-healing ability. The skin looks a little dry and dark yellow, and has stronger protective capabilities. There are no corrosive symptoms when acid rain hits it. The scaly state not only enhances strength and speed, but also greatly improves the body's other abilities, such as adaptability.

Raising his head again amid the roaring thunder, Cassia bent his hands. The mechanical watch was broken, and his idea of ​​checking the time was in vain. He sat up and looked around at the scene that looked like an overturned stained dish, breathing heavily.

The only weapon left is the revolver. I wonder if the two hexagonal prisms that have not been thrown away count. The ball device was thrown out after he rushed out of the crater. Remember the direction of the throw. Since it is made of hard material, there is generally no possibility of it breaking or being melted by lava.

"We can only come back here to look for it later." Cassia stood up and determined the direction. There should be some enemies left. They couldn't go back in the Borghese area and could only head towards the continuous mountains leading to the southern forest. The lava gathered in the ravine at this time, forming many dark red barrier lakes. The road is not completely blocked, and some places still look dim through the light, which have not yet been flooded.

There was a lot of discomfort in the body, and the vibration damaged the internal organs. I didn't fully recover during the time I lay down, so I guess I needed some medication. Cassia walked towards the entrance of a cave according to her memory and her own sense of direction, while checking her current status. I lost a lot of weight, and my pain and weakness increased relatively a lot. Encountering an enemy attack in the crater, an accident occurred when using a circular device to activate the scaly state. The impact of the explosion failed to allow him to pull out the hexagonal prism at the node in time. The excess white light made the desire to spit out in his heart extremely strong. Most of the high-energy fat turned into a blazing white breath and was transmitted into the interior of the volcano. But the harvest was still abundant. With the help of the power of the tube, he finally achieved his plan without using the red mercury bomb in his hand.

It's just that the power exceeded Cassia's expectations, and he didn't have much knowledge about natural phenomena in his head, and volcanic eruptions happened to be among them. I thought it was at best a more powerful aerial bomb explosion, but the size and charge of this aerial bomb were much larger.

Soon after, Cassia saw the cave entrance reflected in the dark light and survived under the lava. He got in, and after a period of adaptation, his flexibility was basically restored. There is a flowing sound passing here, which is the sound of lava pouring in. Many places collapsed, and the cave network was already riddled with cracks, as a matter of course.

"Well, compared to spending manpower, material resources and time to dig them out again, the more troublesome problem is that the information here is known to others."

Several corpses lay in the underground cavity in front, where Cassia originally designed the trap. After laying down all over his clothes, replenishing basic weapons and ammunition, and picking up a standard pneumatic sword, Cassia moved forward. When the air became agitated, he stopped and fired his firecracker at the rocks in front of him.

Taking out the silver-white box and the second-generation holy sword from the rubble, Cassia sighed, still not feeling relaxed.

After getting out of the cave, the direction of the top of the mountain changed from white snow not long ago to bright red. Shocks would reach him from time to time, and it would probably be a few months before the volcano returned to silence. At least it will take a long time for the volcanic ash floating in the sky to fall away.

The air is mixed with too much acid mist and is no longer suitable for breathing. Nearing the foot of the mountain, the temperature at least dropped a bit. The slope becomes gentler, and most of the lava blocked by other mountains gathers here. The surface has begun to solidify, turning into a burnt black color, and is then covered by newly added lava, layer after layer, and so on. The wreckage of an airship was seen on the edge of the lava. It was probably hit by falling rocks and crashed here. Most of it was covered in lava, with only half of its tail exposed. There were many corpses with cracked skin beside them, almost cooked by the temperature of the lava escaping.

Cassia became cautious here. Cassia didn't know how many of the enemies had survived, nor how many airships were left. They could probably imagine that if they were alive, there was a half chance that they would leave the volcano's no-man's land this way.

The volcanic ash reduced the field of vision to less than ten meters, and sound perception became Cassia's other pair of eyes at this time. For Cassia, the surroundings were quiet. Excluding the roaring thunder in the sky, the only source of sound was the flow of lava.

But the steps were still too cautious. Passing through a ravine of reasonable width from a place not covered by lava, Cassia stepped into another mountain range, and her steps became gentle at this time.

"Phew -" Something was violently rubbing the air. When Cassia noticed it, the smoke around him had been stirred up. He judged that it was not a bullet of any kind, but rather the sharp sound it made when being struck by something flexible.

I don’t know what it was, but my body started to move erratically a step ahead. Cassia also immediately threw the silver box and the second-generation holy sword where they were, and at the same time drew out the tactical knife and revolver. The sound of breaking the air quickly approached after it, and Cassia kept staring ahead. The flow of air allowed him to judge the movement trajectory of the object that made the sound. Extremely fast, like a flash of light, a trail of smoke appeared in the corner of his eye. The next moment, Cassia felt severe pain in his left foot. The end of a soft steel cable was wrapped around the left foot, and it was covered with sharp barbs, all of which penetrated deep into the flesh.

A huge force then came from the soft steel cable, and Cassia's body was immediately pulled into the air, and then fell hard to the ground. After rubbing for more than ten meters, it stopped with the tactical knife thrust into the ground. At the same time, a vague rod-shaped red shadow appeared in front, approaching him quickly.

"Dong dong dong -" At this time, dozens of signal bombs also exploded, emitting hazy colorful light.

Without thinking too much, you can feel the strong danger from the sound of the red shadow hitting the air when running. Cassia directly tore off the steel cable rope with a piece of flesh and blood. While pulling out the pneumatic sword with one hand, the other hand had already held the tactical knife backwards, from the collarbone to the waist, and smoothly drew a long line on the body. Wound.