NIKKE, when the stars bloom

"Shouldn't the point be that they are going to die???"

The first mate was very angry. Ever since she joined the squadron, she had believed that the squadron was a humane place, not as utilitarian as the various classes in the Ark. Even if it was a rational strategic abandonment considering the battle losses, it should not be considered from the perspective of "violating military regulations."

"To die? Why would you want to die?"

Hearing what her teammates said, Tia blinked her big, kazilan eyes and asked about her confusion in confusion.

In response, Master grimaced and took a few deep breaths, trying not to pay attention to the idiot in front of her. But she was a straightforward person who couldn't hold back her thoughts...

"They're going to fight a dragon! A dragon that can fly in the sky and breathe fire!"

"Well……"

Tia was distressed by Master's unreasonable temper. She didn't know why he was so angry, and she didn't know why he cared so much about this matter.

"But... that commander can't catch up with the fire dragon."

"?"

As soon as the JK girl finished speaking, the first mate's thoughts were stuck.

Commander can't catch up with the fire dragon?

Recalling the way Walqiulei panted after walking several kilometers in the snow, a flash of lightning representing enlightenment repeatedly wandered across Master's smooth brain.

yes……

yes! ! !

That stupid commander is not our second lieutenant. She can neither run fast nor far in the snow. With such limited mobility, she wants to lead the team to chase the dragon? !

Even polar bears can’t catch up!

"Tia..."

"Ok?"

"You're such a genius."

After JK's unintentional advice, Master felt that his thinking was as clear as the sun after the clouds had been cleared.

No wonder the lieutenant allowed Ludmila to stay. He was afraid that the stupid commander would get lost in the Far North...

……

"commander?"

After walking southward for more than half an hour, Lapi, who followed Phoenix closely, called out to her superior tentatively. Unfortunately, the other party did not respond to her call verbally or behaviorally.

Is the temporary deafness not over yet?

The adjutant couldn't help but look at Mihala on the other side, questioning her with his eyes.

"The eardrum is badly damaged, probably more than just a minor tear."

Mihaela, who had been sharing the pain, shook her head and openly explained her man's physical condition to everyone.

"The pain is also getting worse. It should be caused by the turbulence and airflow caused by strenuous exercise. I suspect that the damage to the eardrum has exceeded its self-repair ability and requires external medical intervention to heal."

"understood."

After listening to Mihala's report, Rabi silently lowered his eyes, blaming himself for failing to protect the commander again.

The feeling of depression was like a plague, quickly creeping into the heart of every Nikki.

Obviously, the ones who should be hurt the most are these Nikkis, but why...

"stop."

Just as the girls secretly made up their minds to protect the commander, Phoenix, who was unaware of the situation, suddenly stopped, turned around, and said with an unpleasant expression:

"Form a group according to the third plan. Form a trapezoidal formation with the entrance facing south. Each group should be 100 meters apart. Everyone should lie in ambush on the spot. Do not move without my order."

After saying that, the man who could not hear any sound turned his head and winked at Mihara and Yuni. Then, as the second group, they turned back to the northwest.

……

An ambush often means that the enemy is large in number or strong in strength.

This is terrible news for the ground intelligence special squadron at this moment.

What kind of enemy could make the second lieutenant change his mind and choose an ambush during the retreat?

Nikkis don't know.

Phoenix himself doesn't know.

The consciousness radar marked more than thirty red dots moving northward at a distance of 600 meters in the south direction, but the hilly terrain meant that the field of vision could not be endless, so naturally there was no way of knowing the specific scene behind the snow hill.

Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty...

The number of red dots continued to increase, and the formation looked quite disorganized.

Judging from past experience, Phoenix, who was hiding under the snow, felt that this was not like a group of Letchers on patrol, but more like a group of lone Letchers that had gathered together inexplicably.

suddenly!

When the lieutenant was still wondering how a group of lone Letchers could gather to a size of sixty or seventy, a huge red cursor appeared on the edge of the consciousness radar.

"!"

Phoenix vaguely remembered what a cursor of this size meant.

That night, the "blacksmith" of the Tyrant-class Letcher was a cursor of such specifications!

Trouble...

The man crawling in the snow closed his eyes and sighed resignedly.

Can't let them go.

There are five enemies and one fool behind me.

It is one thing to go your separate ways due to a disagreement, but it is another to deliberately leave friendly forces behind to the enemy.

Chapter 242: Still Says He's Not the Mad Hatter

Rustling, rustling—Russling, rustling—

The dry powder-like ice crystals rustled, and it sounded as if hundreds or thousands of beetles were flapping their wings vigorously.

Letcher, here we come.

"Sixty-seven low-level Letchers are behind the snow hills in the south, and a Death God-type Tyrant is below the ice valley at 40 degrees south east. Yuni, Anis, Tia, and Anke will listen to my instructions alone. Lavi will instruct the others to clear out the low-level Letchers first."

When Phoenix saw Alnic scan the path of the Spider Tyrant and confirmed that the other party intended to cross the valley directly...

The turbulent thoughts in the man's mind suddenly calmed down.

If low-level Letchers are compared to infantry, and master and tyrant-level Letchers are compared to tanks, then the Grim Reaper who chooses to climb up to the high ground from the bottom of the valley is bound to be out of touch with the small Letchers that come from a detour.

The infantry-tank coordination was not completed, and some of them fought...

Boom——!

Suddenly, a roar like a landslide interrupted the lieutenant's battle train of thought.

A giant pointed foot as thick as two or three stories high suddenly hit the top of the valley, instantly stirring up a large amount of ice, snow and broken rocks, fearlessly exposing them to everyone's sight.

"???"

Just climb the mountain, isn't it a bit outrageous to just jump right up?

Shocked, Phoenix realized that his thoughts were a little too "human" and had no choice but to bite the bullet and issue orders to the squadron.

"Everyone move! Regardless of the cost--!"

"!"

The words "regardless of the cost" instantly made the eyes of Lapi and others shrink like needles.

Of course, the Nikkis understood the true meaning of this sentence - to exchange injuries for injuries, to fight quickly and decisively, and to eliminate all the low-level Letchers before the Tyrant Letcher arrived.

"High cross fire!"

Rabi's solemn and resolute command rang through the earphones. At the same time, the nine Nikkis who were lying in ambush in the snow immediately stood up with their guns drawn and pulled the trigger at the Letcher group that was only about a hundred meters away.

Bang bang bang bang bang-! ! !

Gunshots rang out, and two figures quickly approached Letcher in an arc from both sides of the trapezoidal array.

Since the commander demanded a quick victory, Naga and Lorf, armed with shotgun blasts, had no choice but to charge forward at great risk.

Boom——!

Another muffled thunder was heard rushing towards the sky. Just when Nikki and the others took advantage of the ambush to destroy more than twenty Letchers in one go, the second giant pointed foot had successfully climbed to the top of the mountain.

"First joint on the right! Focus your fire!"

On the other side, Phoenix commanded Anis, Yuni, Tia, and Anke, ordering them to use grenades and missile launchers to fire at the right foot joint of the Death Tyrant at the same time.

He didn't expect that a few individual missiles could kill the tyrant. What he wanted was to give Lavi and the others enough time to clean up the miscellaneous soldiers.

Holding on means success.

boom--! ! !

Four bullets cut through the sky and landed accurately on the Death Tyrant's foot joints, instantly bursting out with raging flames and billowing black smoke.

done?

Just as a glimmer of hope rose in Anke's heart, the lieutenant's urging extinguished her naive idea on the spot.

"Don't just stand there, keep firing!"

Seeing that in the second round of volleys there were only Anis's howitzer and Yuni and Tia's bazookas, Phoenix was frightened and thought that Anker was attacked by other Letchers, and immediately turned his head anxiously to look.

However, after seeing the new sailor carefully observing the black smoke, a certain commander was so angry that his blood pressure fluctuated drastically.

"Do you think tyrants are made of tofu?!"

"Oh...yeah, I'm sorry!"

After being reprimanded by the commander, Anke came to her senses and immediately realized how stupid her behavior was. So she apologized hastily, then quickly loaded the bullets and prepared to participate in the third round of salvos.

Unexpectedly, just as she raised her launcher, a stray bullet from a machine gun accidentally hit her calf from the south.

The wound, as big as a rice bowl, had bitten half of the sailor's calf, easily forcing Anke to kneel on one knee.

In retaliation, Diesel's machine gun, which had endless ammunition, immediately launched a storm of bullets, tearing Letcher, whose two guns were turned towards the commander, into pieces.

Firepower confrontation, insufficient cover, open terrain, all kinds of terrain factors that are unfavorable to Nikki were fully demonstrated on the snowy plains of the Far North.

Fifteen seconds, just fifteen seconds.

Lolfe's left arm was disabled; Nadja was shot in the abdomen; Master's thigh was injured; Helen's right hip was injured...

Fifteen seconds, just fifteen seconds.

Sixty-seven low-level Letchers were tragically wiped out in the squadron's reckless head-on firefight.

"Move the damaged members out!"

After successfully completing the mission assigned by the commander, knowing that the battle was not over yet, Rabi supported Master, turned his head and looked in the direction of Phoenix, and said:

"The rest of you go report to the commander!"

……

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!

As the Death Tyrant slowly climbed up the valley under the crazy ammunition pouring from Anis and her men.

When this giant spider with only four legs reveals its true full appearance, which is comparable to an eight-story building.

Even Lieutenant Phoenix, who had made sufficient mental preparations, could not escape the feeling of powerlessness.

It’s too big…

With Xiaocao, who is over five meters tall, standing in front of it, I'm afraid the name "gorilla" should be changed to "hairy monkey".

"Commander..."

Looking up at the giant tyrant in front of her that seemed to be able to cover the sky and the sun, Anis forgot for a moment that her boyfriend was still deaf.

"Commander! Retreat, we will cover your retreat!"