Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 522: Reunion in Tulunchuan
The tall mobile armor flew backwards and knocked another sand dune away. The yellow sand, which was thicker than the night sky, covered the sky and obscured the hazy moonlight in the clouds.

The dry river was completely plunged into darkness, and the sudden change frightened the knights of the Blazing Sky Iron Cavalry. All the armors for this operation were treated with sandproof treatment, and he was not worried that the armor would malfunction due to interference from the wind and sand, but he did not know what attacked him.

He subconsciously thought that it was the Xia people who discovered them.

This operation was too close to the border of Xia State, or it could be said that the Tulunchuan Desert could be regarded as one of the territories of Xia State. However, due to its extreme climate, it had been forgotten for thousands of years. Over time, even Emperor Xia himself had forgotten the existence of this land, and naturally it was impossible for there to be garrisons there.

This truly barren land is also the perfect cover for this operation.

Honestly speaking, the Knights haven't figured it out yet. When the conflict between the East and the West is already exposed, sending a team like them to the border of the enemy country is undoubtedly an extremely risky thing to do.

Not to mention, the financial resources and materials spent to send them here and ensure that they are still capable of fighting after reaching the East are enough to arm any armored knight order in the West except the Blazing Knights.

The purpose of doing so was simply to destroy a Seraph prototype that had leaked out at some point in time.

The exposure of the Jinlunga Pass caused a rift between the East and the West, and those Western merchants who stayed in the East retreated one after another. Because all the official checkpoints had been closed, those merchants who were anxious to return home could only take the risk of taking this ancient road that had been abandoned for more than a thousand years.

They took their best guards, the best horses and camels, and spent a lot of money to hire the best guides in the desert. In theory, they could leave the Tulunchuan Desert very quickly.

However, they were not surprised to encounter horse bandits on the road. However, horse bandits driving motorized armor were not seen even in the West!
It was a machine that was taller than the Seraph IV and had more gorgeous armor than the Seraph. In front of such a being, the guards holding muskets and long swords naturally had no way of dealing with it.

Fortunately, they did not take away all the supplies and property, leaving enough supplies for the returning caravans to return to the West. After these merchants returned to the West, they immediately reported the intelligence of this mobile armor.

The Papal States naturally received the report as well. After looking at the photos taken by the merchants, the cardinals fell silent. Even though it was modified to the point where the Minerva Agency could hardly recognize it, they still recognized it as the Seraph.

A Seraph drifted to the East and worked as a robber to rob Western merchants. Even the craziest novelist probably couldn't write such a plot, but this thing happened!
There was another reason that made the cardinals silent: there was a six-winged angel emblem on the armor.

The emblem of the six-winged angel is not uncommon in the Papal States. The emblem of the Inquisition, which silenced the Western world, is a black six-winged angel. The Minerva Agency is a little more special. They are silver six-winged owls.

The six-winged angel emblem on the armor is red, which is why the cardinals remain silent. Because the family that uses this emblem no longer exists in this world.

After the silence, a mobile armored team composed of a mix of Seraphim and Seraph Cavalry secretly set out from Florence, took great effort to cross the uninhabited area of ​​the Caucasus Mountains, and rushed to the Turunen Desert.

Their mission was to destroy the Seraph before the Orientals noticed it, and not a single screw could be left for the Orientals. If necessary, capture the knight in armor alive and ask him if he had the last name of Gattuso...

"Immortal Blade?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

The knights whose memories he read were also stunned. The former was lost in thought because he saw the appearance of their target's armor, while the latter did not notice when this person approached. The hatch of the Knight's cabin of the Blazing Iron Cavalry opened, and before the knight himself realized it, he had already been defeated.

Lu Mingfei frowned as he dragged the knight out of the knight's cabin. The burden of forcing the knight to read his memory left him without the strength to even stand up.

Yuan Cheng, who was stunned, rushed over quickly and tied up the knight tightly. After doing this, he looked at Lu Mingfei who was standing on the fallen armor without saying a word: "Mr. Lu?"

"Keep an eye on him here, and wait for your people." Lu Mingfei said quickly, "You don't need to follow the next one, or you will die."

Before Yuan Cheng could answer, his figure had already disappeared in the yellow sand. The latter was stunned, kicked the knights under his feet twice, and rushed in front of the Blazing Iron Cavalry and began to grope.

……

The temperature in the desert at night was terribly low, and the whimpering wind had been blowing here for a thousand years, like the sound of the dead souls of the ancient country buried under this land. But tonight, in addition to the sound of the wind, the sound of fighting made this place very lively.

The tall and gorgeous armor spewed blue flames into the sky, and the slender sword blades surrounding it made a clear sound and were blown away by the wind.

Three completely black armored vehicles, not much taller than ordinary people, were galloping back and forth on the sand.

Mobile armor has been developed for more than a hundred years, but no one has succeeded in making it fly. The armor in front of them is similar to the Seraph, but completely different. It is beyond the expectations of everyone in this armor team.

It soared into the air, the long swords on its body like wings. It held a spear exactly the same as the Holy Spear Equipment Longinus, and the dazzling flames it emitted made it impossible for the people on the ground to counterattack.

The intelligence was wrong! This Seraph didn't show these things at all when facing those merchants!

Come to think of it, this Seraph is almost twice as tall as the normal armor, and ordinary people will lose their resistance just by looking at it. How can they really fight against some caravan guards holding muskets?

The cardinals have put a lot of effort into this mobile armored squad. All of the Seraphic Cavalry have been tactically enhanced, and the knights driving them are also top-notch experts.

Not to mention the Seraphs, the ancestors of all mobile armors, the original and strongest armors. They are equipped with weapons second only to the Holy Lance and Holy Sword, so it is not a problem to fight against many enemies alone.

Although the number is small, this team is definitely the elite among the elite. If the leader of the Blazing Knights had not been sent out of Florence for a mission, he would have been the one leading the team this time.

…But even so, they are like mice being toyed with by a cat.

The long sword, as black as the holy sword Excalibur, cut off their proud weapons, and those slender blades hidden in the wind liked to fly out from tricky angles, leaving hideous scars on their armor.

This mission was undoubtedly a failure, and the captain of the team felt something was wrong. According to their current plan, three Seraphim would face the unknown model of Seraphim head-on, six Seraphim Iron Cavalry would provide fire support from a distance, and the remaining one would be on guard outside the battlefield.

But now, the artillery support from afar has stopped, and there has been no response from the aircraft on guard.

The captain suddenly remembered that in the merchants' narration, there was a girl with short blond hair who followed the unknown model of Seraph closely, like her adjutant.

But from the beginning of the battle till now, the girl has not appeared, and it is clear that the bandits are wandering around, looking for an opportunity to support the Seraph. Thinking of the Seraph Iron Cavalry who had lost contact, an absurd but seemingly impossible possibility appeared in the captain's mind.

The captain felt deeply frightened by the sight of the short-haired girl who walked towards the battlefield in the darkness, with a decent smile on her pretty face but holding two Seraphim Knights in her hands.

Seven fully armed Blazing Sky Iron Cavalry were defeated by a girl with her bare hands. This fact was even more shocking than the mobile armor being able to fly into the air, and it made him speechless with panic.

"Everyone, you should go back." The girl, who was obviously Western-looking, spoke standard Latin. "The young lady doesn't like meaningless battles. I'm sure you've already discovered that. Continuing to be in a stalemate is not a good choice for you."

"You are from the Papal States! You are from the Papal States!" The captain was shocked. Possessing Seraph and speaking such standard Latin, this girl was undoubtedly from the Papal States.

"It's not the Papal States. According to your geography, it should be from Rome." The short-haired girl smiled slightly. Her dignified demeanor was not suitable for appearing on the battlefield. Instead, she looked like a housekeeper or head maid from a noble family.

"New Rome?" The captain was a little confused.

The once huge Rome was divided into two parts. The western part was the territory of the Papal States, and the eastern part was the later New Rome. If you call yourself a Roman now, you will undoubtedly be considered a New Roman.

There was no immediate answer. The short-haired girl continued to smile slightly: "Unfortunately, the young lady does not think that New Rome is Rome."

"Pasi, step back." The girl's noble but cold voice came from the gorgeous armor, "Let me see what kind of performance these original models of Seraphim have!"

"Understood." Patsy bowed slightly. "Miss Lucrecia, please don't spend too much time. They are likely attracted by your high-profile behavior this time."

If becoming a bandit meant throwing away the dignity of the Gattuso family, then using the Immortal Blade to scare the merchants was trampling on that dignity repeatedly... Although Lucrezia kept explaining that she did this just to let people know she was here.

All of the holy sword equipment Durandal hidden in the wind flew out, and the slender blades accurately destroyed the joints of the three Seraphim.

Screams of pain came from within the armor. The neural control system allowed the bulky armor to move like a normal person, but when parts of the armor were damaged, the knight in the armor would also feel pain.

"Neural connection, what an ancient technology." Lucrecia sighed, as if she had not remembered that she was using this technology not long ago.

The brief pain made the captain of the team respond. He suddenly remembered that before setting off, the cardinals ordered them to destroy the unknown model of Seraph at all costs.

This is at all costs, including their lives.

The energy packs of all the armor of this team have been modified. In addition to being able to hold more red mercury and provide energy to allow them to fight after a long journey, they can also be used to detonate the energy packs as red mercury bombs in a critical moment, wiping out the team and the enemy together.

The detonator was in the captain's hands. In order to destroy an unknown model of Seraph and its knight, he lost an elite armored troop and three precious Seraphs. This was an unprofitable deal no matter how you looked at it.

But the captain felt that the cardinals were not afraid of the new type of Seraph, but the surname. They obviously did not want anyone with the surname Gattuso to stay in the world. For this, no matter how much it cost, it was worth it.

A huge roar and dazzling flames came from afar. The captain first detonated the Blazing Sky Iron Cavalry of several people captured by Patsy. At the same time, he gave the final order to the other two.

He came to hold back the new type of Seraph, and they immediately evacuated after rescuing their companions.

However, the third party that appeared on the battlefield at some unknown time made everyone stunned.

Lu Mingfei looked up at the Immortal Blade that was soaring like a six-winged angel, then turned his head to look at Patsy who was stunned beside him, and sighed helplessly, "It seems that not everything will go as I expected."

The silence on the battlefield was not directed at the two Seraphim who wanted to rescue their companions. They rushed towards them, and the dust they raised disrupted the battlefield.

Lu Mingfei glanced at them silently, his eyes flashing with noble gold. He said softly, "No one should disturb us at this moment of reunion."

The dust stopped, and the three Seraphim also stopped moving. The Immortal Blade fell from the sky, the door of the knight's cabin opened, and the bright golden girl jumped out and threw herself into his arms.

Lucrecia blinked at Lu Mingfei and said, "Let me make it clear in advance that I have been following your instructions and have no intention of setting foot in this world."

She sighed and continued, "But the guy who claimed to be my dad didn't intend to let me go..."

……

Going back a little bit in time, Lucrecia looked at the white figure in front of her and sighed: "You really are haunting..."

The figure in white robe raised his head, and the golden eye was so noble. This dragon king seemed to have many tricks. After being killed, he stood up as if nothing had happened. He didn't feel tired of repeating it so many times.

"I told you, you can't escape." Odin said darkly, the single eye on his face bleeding.

Lucrecia suddenly smiled: "It seems that what happened just now was not easy for you either."

"It doesn't matter." Odin replied, "As long as I can be the only one, all the suffering now is worth it."

"But, in my opinion, you are the one who is causing suffering to others." Lucrecia sighed quietly, then looked at Odin and suddenly said, "I wonder how you plan to get through this suffering?"

Odin was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw the Great Summer Dragon Bird surrounded by flames falling.

(End of this chapter)