Arad's Sword

Chapter 244 Escort Mission
The secret exploration of the mansion on the floating island ended, and in the early morning of the third day, Midi's escort mission had already arrived.

The task this time is very simple, to transport goods between two floating islands.

Midi first arrived at a loading port on the corresponding airship, met the old housekeeper Lund, and then the two escorted them together. Three days later, they arrived at the unloading port, and finally returned to the loading port with the empty ship. This task is completed.

The whole process was unremarkable, not to mention the air pirates, and they didn't even encounter the turbulent airflow.

After all, this is just the shortest transportation in a sea of ​​​​clouds in the sky, and it is far away from the big storm area, so of course nothing can go wrong.The reason why the old butler of Lund was present was not so much to be responsible for the escort, but rather to inspect Midi's performance on the airship.

After all, an excellent high-level gladiator may not necessarily be good at real air combat.

Fortunately, Midi is an expert in driving pioneer boats. During this escort, the control ability of the flying vehicle, shooting accuracy, flying skills, etc. he showed were far beyond the expectations of the old housekeeper. It made the crew on the airship stunned, and it can be said that it completely conquered everyone.

The personal force is sufficient, and the air combat skills are qualified. In this way, the main event can begin, right?

Midi thought this way, from her luxurious room on the [-]th floor of the Sky Arena, overlooking the floating island surrounded by white clouds and the Victorian mansion she had been to.

Although it was just a "practice escort" that went through the motions without difficulty, Midi learned a few extremely critical information during this mission——

This Victoria Rothschild is being suppressed by a powerful competitor.

And this suppression has almost brought her career to a dead end.

In addition, for unknown reasons, there was very little support from the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce, so that the eldest lady could only rely on her own strength to deal with it.

No wonder, she will have to reuse that jar of vinegar, after all, a level 58 gunner is quite important.And the reason for recruiting himself is also very obvious-even if a human from the lower realms is unknown, it is unlikely that he will have a relationship with any force in the sky and sea of ​​clouds in such a short period of time. To a large extent, he is innocent. It can be used with confidence.

As for loyalty, it can't be cultivated in a day or two. Besides, from the perfunctory answer of the escort captain Itak, Midi already understands that Miss Victoria doesn't need her loyalty at all.

Because the role I will play is mostly a decoy.

Using an outsider with outstanding military strength as the bait, let the strong man who admires him act as the real core, and one inside and one outside are the horns of each other, and naturally they can fight a beautiful counterattack.

Even Midi, after thinking through all this, admires Miss Victoria's strategy.

As expected, he was the one who succeeded in ascending to the position in the previous life and won the position of president of the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce.

A person's success requires luck and opportunities, but first of all, strength is fundamental, otherwise, even if opportunities and luck come, there is no way to grasp them.And this Miss Victoria is obviously a decisive commander in the commercial battlefield.

As for being a bait, although it is a highly dangerous job, Midi is not dissatisfied.

On the contrary, from his point of view, this is the best position. As long as it works properly, it can confuse the entire pond and then go deep into the core.

Fish and bait, after all, are relative.

As long as the strength is enough, the bait can also swallow a big fish.Not only that, but it might even be able to influence and even control the fisherman behind the fishing rod.

Instead of exposing Victoria's layout now, it would be better to wait until Midi took the initiative, and then use the excuse of "being deceived as bait" to threaten her.

The hole card is always the most deterrent when it is held in the hand.

"Mr. Blade..." The dark elf's secretary's soft and watery voice sounded behind Midi, "That Miss Victoria sent someone to come and said that she would like to invite you to come over, and this time, it may take a long time , I hope you will be fully prepared."

Is it finally here? Victoria's counterattack.

Looking at the white clouds under her feet, Midi smiled slightly.

That night, Midi was alone and quietly left the floating island where the Sky Arena was located overnight, and arrived at a secret port thousands of kilometers away in a small airship prepared by Victoria.

This secret port is extremely simple, it is not so much a port as it is a piece of flying rock, with a total area of ​​only two to three hundred square meters, like a reef above the sea of ​​clouds, just quietly suspended in the air.

However, what is moored outside this port is a swordfish airship with the most advanced technology at present!

Just like its name, this airship has a 50-meter-long outline that presents an extremely smooth streamlined shape. The tip converges into a little cold star, piercing out like a sharp spear. On the upper part of the airship, It also has extremely conspicuous wind-distributing fins.And the four large propellers at the tail, which are constructed with space rings, give people a sense of stability full of power.

From a distance, it looks like a swordfish made of metal.

"Let me introduce to you. This is Captain Domon, the main person in charge of this voyage. He will take this latest airship developed by the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce through a secret route. This mission is extremely important. Importantly, the goods carried on the boat are extremely valuable and rare, so there must be no mistakes." The old butler of Lund, who had been waiting for a long time at the secret port, introduced straight to the point.

"Understood, so what is my mission?" Midi asked after briefly exchanging greetings with Captain Dormon.

"Your task is very simple. It is to ensure the safety of the whole process." The old butler of Lund gave Midi a meaningful look, as if to see through his thoughts, paused, and then relaxed his tone, " Of course, since it is a secret route, there should be no enemies, but if it does appear, I hope you can be worthy of Miss Victoria's trust!"

Captain Domon on the side coughed, and leaned over and said: "The battle vanguard boat on the Swordfish airship is also the most advanced. We have absorbed some experience from humans in the lower realms to create a single-seat vanguard boat. Twenty, waiting for your orders at any time."

"Very well, gentlemen, I have no more questions." Midi replied simply, "When are you leaving?"

Now that he has decided to act to the end and make a good bait, Midi will naturally not ask such stupid questions as "since it is an important task, why don't you go to the battle yourself, old housekeeper".

As for the firepower of the Swordfish airship, Midi didn't care too much—although the battle vanguard ship is strong, how can it compare to his awakening secret skill "Flying Sword Dance"?
After more than a year of adventure in the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, Midi's use of the flying sword dance has already reached a level of proficiency. Even if it was destroyed, he could survive alone without relying on any flying vehicle, and finally, return to the floating island.

Possessing flying skills is the biggest reliance on Midi's trip.

Otherwise, how could he easily step onto someone else's airship, enter a route that he has never seen before, and entrust his life under the protection of others?

Besides, it was dangerous work like baiting.

Unaware of the sneer and disapproval in Midi's heart, the old butler of Lund just nodded and said, "If it's convenient, I hope the two of you can leave immediately."

Although he was a little skeptical about Midi's easy-talking attitude, as the old butler said to the lady before, they didn't have much time to investigate, and the only choice was to find a bait that could stand on their own, and then immediately start planning.

Otherwise, the commercial power in Miss Victoria's hands will collapse in a short period of time.

The situation was too much for them to think about.

Patting the old butler on the shoulder, Midi nodded with a smile, and followed Domon onto the most advanced airship developed by the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce.

After just a few minutes, the airship left the secret port and sailed towards the big storm area under the cold moonlight in the middle of the night.

On the first day of sailing, nothing happened.

But at noon the next day, the lookout found that an airship appeared from the sky and followed it at an extremely fast speed. Then, it was about five kilometers away from its side, neither approaching nor far away. There was no response to the inquiry signal from the past, so the cruising speed was kept hanging.

Obviously, the other party came to follow up blatantly.

And this tracking airship is also a swordfish airship exclusive to the Rothschild Chamber of Commerce.

I see, the power struggle within the family...

Midi suddenly understood.

Because it is a family fight, there will be scenes of swordfish chasing swordfish, so Victoria will not get the support of the family, so she can only find outsiders like herself to help out.

However, for Midi, the enemy is the same. As long as there is a real bloody battle, the weakest part of a chamber of commerce will naturally be exposed before his eyes, and he can get a chance to try his best to get a glimpse of its secrets.

"Mr. Blade, I think it's time to speed up." At some point, Captain Dormon had already arrived at Midi's side.

Although nominally the direction of the airship is completely decided by the captain, the strength shown by Midi made Captain Dormon dare not make mistakes.After all, this is a ruthless character who can even kill the level 56 "Bloody Killing Sword" Ba Qiulan, and he is on his own boat, how dare he provoke him at will?

Therefore, every time something happened, the captain would come over and report it personally.

Of course, in his opinion, speeding up is a matter of course when encountering a tail. Even if the other party is also a swordfish airship, as long as he gets into a sea of ​​clouds, the obscuration of vision will sooner or later allow him to escape from tracking.

Acceleration is arguably the easiest and most effective option to deal with tracking.

However, upon hearing this, Midi shook her head: "Just keep the cruising speed and continue to hang."

"Continue to hang?" Captain Domon looked astonished, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"Yes, keep hanging." Midi replied casually.

Now that it is used as a bait, it is natural to make it more beautiful.

(End of this chapter)