Him and their stars.

Chapter 612 The price of growth

This scene is indeed too weird.In the deserted underground factory ruins with no people and dim lights, a group of gorgeous metal structures more than three meters high are watching a lovely Yuxue girl.

This picture alone is enough to serve as a poster for a psychological horror movie—of course, the gorgeously constructed mecha must play a villain role.

There is no way to do this, after all, the knights of the star realm wearing the emblem machine are in a daze.They are professionally trained people, and they will not be surprised no matter what scene they see.Many people are even ready to see a restrained monster whose appearance alone can scare ordinary people out of sanity.

However, when expectations and reality belong to two extremes, it is indeed easy to be confused.

Now, the monster that can make people lose their San value just because of their appearance didn't appear, but it was a cute girl in a dress.She looks fourteen or fifteen years old, with a handsome appearance and an elegant and weak temperament. No matter how you look at it, she should be a beautiful girl who studies in a public school for the sons of nobles with a schoolbag and gets the title of school belle.

Such a stiff and weird scene lasted for nearly ten seconds before someone finally realized it was Shameen.

"Keep vigilant! No one is coming!" He whispered to his subordinates in the communication channel.

The knights also came to their senses, and one of them said directly: "That's true. His grandfather said to me that when traveling in the universe, the most important things to watch out for are old people, women, and children who are on the road alone. This is both a woman and a child." , there must be something strange!"

His words immediately sparked a burst of echo.Of course, there were also a small number of female knights who expressed their opposition to this vaguely sexist statement, but their voices were not loud.

Haven't you ever thought that she might not be human at all?Shameen thought.

He felt that the possibility of his guess should be very high, but he couldn't say it directly.After all, this "girl" has a very normal aura, which is completely a human reaction.Even the fiery psychic reaction just now completely dissipated, and it was so calm that one had to doubt that the induction just now was just an illusion.

"Gui'an." The girl raised her skirt, and gave a little salute to the knights as a noble lady.Her movements and demeanor were impeccable, and even the pickiest etiquette teacher could find nothing wrong with her.

The knights were even more at a loss, and some even forgot that they were still driving the emblem machine, and returned the salute with a three-meter-high mecha "creaking".

"Excuse me, where is the nearest exit from here?" The girl smiled innocently.

"Uh...go here and cross the second intersection, and then turn right, about five or six hundred meters away." A knight said.Listening to the voice, this guy is the guy who just said "It must be strange to be a woman and a child".

"Understood, thank you." The girl smiled at the knights again, raised her skirt and bowed again, as if the forty heraldry machines that were watching her strongly did not exist, she went straight to the direction of the guide go.

Probably because this kind of development was beyond everyone's expectations. Shameen didn't realize it until the girl walked more than ten meters away, and said loudly, "Wait, ma'am, may I ask you..."

The girl didn't look back and didn't stop, but suddenly quickened her pace and started to run quickly.

Shameen gritted his teeth and turned the atomic light spear horizontally, ready to hit the girl's back, but at this moment, he hesitated.

This momentary pause has not reached half a minute, but it is already too late.The girl's body was like a sand block made of fine sand, which suddenly burst open with a whoosh, scattered into the air, and then disappeared in a gust of wind.

The knights stared at the scene dumbfounded.At that moment, many people already thought of the strange horror stories they had heard in their childhood, and couldn't help feeling horrified.

This place is inherently weird, isn't it normal to run into ghosts?How many "ghosts" have you killed today?
Shameen frowned suspiciously.He suddenly realized that when that "girl" appeared, although everyone was more vigilant, they seemed to subconsciously regard her as a cute girl passing by occasionally.As long as the other party doesn't make any hostile actions, it is convenient and difficult for him to be hostile to her.

Not even himself.

This feeling is really weird.

Viscount Chameen shuddered.He felt that the things he encountered today were full of unreasonable weirdness, which made him, the hopeful star of the Knights with a strong heart, feel a little uneasy.Now he is really eager to reconcile with Earl Seriola earlier.

However, just as the bewildered knights were about to act, another change occurred from the direction the girl came from.

This time it wasn't some high-intensity spiritual reaction, but the sound of mechanical iron hoofs stepping on the ground.

This is the sound when the emblem machine and the exoskeleton are running on the ground.

Of course, if it's the former, when the driver uses some psychic means, he can be as silent as a phantom of a dream.This is usually the time to sneak and raid while fighting, though.Naturally, this is not necessary when marching.

Is it another comrade-in-arms of the Knights?There are knights thinking.

Just as they were about to speak, a figure appeared from the almost non-existent dim light.

This is also a humanoid mechanical body more than three meters high.It's just that it looks more slender than the emblem machine and the power skeleton. This is not like a mecha operated by someone inside, and its appearance is closer to a mainstream combat robot.

"The outer armor of the Iron Army Complex." Someone quickly identified the origin of the opponent.

"Well, the rank of commander?" Shameen saw more from the rank stamp on the opponent's mecha.He quickly thought of the list of foreign observation groups he had seen before the exercise, and knew that the Iron Army Complex had sent a fairly high-level delegation to the planet Sarna.

"Your Excellency Heros?" Shameen asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency the Knight." The robot bowed like a human being, and greeted him with a vague appearance.

Shameen looked at the other party seriously: the body of this "robot" was covered with stains, dents and scratches, and some places still seemed to be faintly sparked with electric sparks. It must have gone through a rather tragic battle.

"Excuse me, where is General Griffith?" he asked.

"The general and my colleagues have been killed, and I am chasing the murderer." Heros said in an electronic voice without emotional fluctuations: "The murderer is a collection of quantum ghosts, which can already condense into entities and appear. It can become Some harmless appearances deceive everyone. Excuse me, have you noticed it?"

The knights looked at each other.

"It should have turned into a young girl at this time." Heros said again: "This monster is extremely dangerous. If it is allowed to escape, the situation will be unimaginable."

The knights fell silent.

"I understand." Heros sighed: "This matter sounds really weird, and it's understandable if you don't believe it. However, I need to continue to pursue it. There are still virtual realm monsters in this ruin, please Be careful."

He was about to leave from everyone, but was stopped by two knights.

"Palla, do you think we are fools?" a knight said dissatisfiedly.

The other knight looked at the silent Viscount Shameen.He saw that the leader of the team had already put the atomic light spear horizontally in his left hand, and the other hand directly drew out the heavy chain sword that he was best at using, and he immediately understood.

"Turn off the power source and open the cockpit of the mecha. Palladium." The knight said in a deep voice: "We suspect that you are related to all the abnormal conditions today, please cooperate with our investigation."

"If you are proven innocent, we will express our sincerest apologies to you and the Iron Army Alliance." Another knight said.

It has to be said that the Knights of the Star Realm really deserves to be a group of noble elites. Among other things, at least one of them has learned diplomatic rhetoric very proficiently.

However, facing the siege of forty star knights wearing heraldry machines, the electronic light in the eye sockets of Heros only flickered weakly, and continued to use a calm electronic voice: "I don't think this is a Good choice. Cavaliers. If you haven't seen me today, all is well."

The Star Knights were naturally unmoved.They said, although the big guy was just killed by that one, the backbone of the knight order is not broken, how could it be threatened by your mere palladium bug?
"Last warning. Commander Heros." The knight said.

"I remind you clearly, young knights. I have no personal grievances with you." Heros slowly lowered his mechanical arms on both sides: "However, this is also good, the young people want to Have your own pride and courage. However, young people should always pay some price for such virtues. Will this painful price be exchanged for the greatest growth?"

Maybe the Red King will thank me.Heros said in his heart.

This is a speech with a sudden change in style.Then, before the knights present could react, Heros's arms had already dropped to the ground, but then, the two thick mechanical arms began to disintegrate like building blocks, turning into countless fine metal fragments into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the metal fragments, like a tornado made of sharp blades, swept towards the knights who were moving around.

Not only that, but a silver-gray halo spread out in all directions with the Palladian's mech as the core.In just the blink of an eye, the dark underground space with a radius of hundreds of meters was brought into daylight, and all the knights present were included in this range.

However, at this moment, the knights' attack also began.The orange-red beam of light, like a raging flame, directly pierced Heros in the center, triggering the opponent's spiritual defense immediately.The translucent light curtain that broke in formed the shape of a shield, smashing the red light into pieces, and immediately formed an explosive reaction.

"Boom..." The roar just sounded for a moment, and the scene seemed to be sucked out of the air in an instant, and there was no more sound.

At this time, Shameen had already thrown away his two-meter-long chain sword without unfolding it.The seemingly huge and clumsy heraldry machine, its movements seem to be so flexible that it is not like a human being at all. With the swing of its wrist, the chain sword unfolds like a huge swimming snake, constantly confronting the metal storms sweeping around. .

Under a series of silent impacts, several knights who were caught off guard were rescued by their leader.

However, an equal number of knights were still concentrated by the metal storm.The moment these violent metal blades came into contact with the emblem machine, they suddenly turned into cunning poisonous insects, and burrowed in along the joint gaps of the mech, frantically destroying the internal psionic array and delicate power structure.

Just a face-to-face meeting, three mechas instantly lost power and fell to the ground on the spot.

The knights clamored.They always felt that these forty knights wearing coat of arms could completely suppress a dreadnought ship, but they suffered such a big loss just by facing one enemy.

However, Shameen knew that even the most exquisitely designed heraldic machine could only use five rings at most.

Further up, for those truly strong, these priceless war artifacts representing the most advanced manifestation of mysticism and technology are nothing more than expensive toys.

In other words, this Heros is at least the sixth ring?

An unknown sixth ring, against forty fully armed star knights, the strongest among them is only his own fourth ring.

Shameen doesn't know what the outcome of this battle will be, but the only thing he can do now is to put all his energy on the battle in front of him.However, he still couldn't help but think of his other comrades who had cut off communication.

"Today's situation is weird! I hope that Sobaek and Ye Hailuo in Crystal City can go well. Anyway, they shouldn't be as unlucky as us, right?"

What Viscount Chameen didn't know was that the current situation of his comrades was not only smooth, it could be considered that everything was well and it was not a small good but a great good.

The comrades-in-arms whom he had high hopes for were more "decisive" than he had imagined, and they reached the tactical position faster than expected.

As a result, eighty star knights led by Yeager Soback and Baron Hayero had already entered the city of Crystal City long before the mutation occurred.

In the division of the exercise, Crystal City is still a company belonging to the red side as a defensive force.It's just that, facing the eighty emblem machines shining brightly in the sun, these soldiers declared their surrender almost without any struggle.

Anyway, these people were actually temporarily recruited from the local garrison in Sarna, and they had no fighting spirit or energy.Rather than saying that they came to participate in the exercise, it would be better to say that they were waiting for the excitement.

Sobaek felt that his choice was simply wise and powerful. He didn't have to gnaw at the enemy's heavily fortified front line like Viscount Shameen, and occupied a city on the red side without bloodshed.Among the bigwigs in the exercise director department, it should be very famous.

In addition, if everything goes well, if I really lead everyone to successfully occupy the center of Crystal City, take over the city's support artillery group, and directly bombard the position of the 12th Division guarding the opposite side, it may immediately cause the total collapse of the opponent's defense line.

In this way, his military exploits may be even more prominent than that of Shameen.

As for whether he will be criticized for not being "heroic" enough... Sobaek believes that there must be such pedantic people, but there must also be clear-headed bosses who will value their own merits, and this is enough.

To put it bluntly, Soback was very self-aware, and never expected to get a high position in the Knights.Using the Knights as a platform, let yourself get the appreciation from above, and successfully pass the rank of school officer.It is estimated that the family's title will be restored after a period of transition to the position of military chief.

Of course, if he could find the governor of the New World before the age of forty, or even the chief security officer of the local galaxy, his life would be complete.

This can be regarded as worthy of the expectations of the ancestors of the Sobaek family.

Yeager Soback, you are such a smart ghost!He thought happily.

(End of this chapter)