Chapter 441: The Arrow is on the String
Chapter 441 The Arrow
is on the String Petra Fortress.
Escorted by two light pickup trucks, Earl Ruskin, who was riding a motorcycle with his servant, drove out of the city with a sullen face.
With his arm on the window, the captain of the personal guard sitting in the co-pilot seat of the pickup truck waved his hand, signaling the driver to speed up and approach, and said to Earl Ruskin outside the window with a smile.
”If you need help, remember to shout louder, we are not so stingy, we will come to help you.”
”No need for your help! I’ll be thankful that you stay away from me!”
After taking a look at the machine gun on the back of the pickup truck, Ruskin’s eyebrows twitched, and he turned his face to the wind and roared, “Can you put that thing away! We are not going to fight… Do you want to kill me?”
What if those friends who came from afar misunderstood?
The captain of the personal guard and the driver exchanged glances with strange expressions. They didn’t quite understand what he meant, but finally accepted this strange request.
He reached out of the window and patted the roof.
”Put away the machine gun first.”
”Yes!” Hearing the captain’s order, the machine gunner standing behind the pickup truck skillfully removed the 10mm heavy machine gun stuck on the bracket.
The same thing happened to the other pickup truck.
At the same time, the two pickup trucks slowed down and kept a distance from Earl Ruskin who was riding a motorcycle in front.
Looking at the pickup trucks that were pulling away, Ruskin finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.
Although he had some complaints about the order of Lord Sean, and although he knew that the group of jackals were all eaters without spitting out bones, he still had a little fantasy in his heart.
What if there was a misunderstanding between the two sides?
If he could resolve the misunderstanding beautifully and turn the cannon into bread, he would undoubtedly become a hero of Petra Fortress, or even a hero who saved the kingdom.
The nobles of Petra Fortress have always had a dream, that is, to be able to obtain the power of republican autonomy like the Silver Moon City in the south and get rid of the shackles of feudal contracts.
The Petra family, who are loyal to the royal family, is the biggest obstacle.
If they can reach a friendly agreement with the legion, perhaps his family’s long-cherished wish will be realized!
This is of course full of risks.
But it is also an opportunity.
”Drive faster!” Earl Ruskin, who had regained his courage, regained his spirited expression, looked at the dashboard of the motorcycle, and urged the servant riding the motorcycle, “Did you not eat? Or did you not fill up the motorcycle with gas? Why is it only 40 yards!”
”My lord… the road conditions here can only drive at 40 yards. If we go faster, we will fly.” The servant said with a smile.
”Useless thing.”
Ruskin cursed, knowing that it was useless to urge, so he stopped talking.
The convoy consisting of two pickup trucks and a motorcycle quickly approached the area near the Lost Valley.
Crossing the layers of sand dunes, looking at the valley looming in the yellow sand in the distance, Ruskin felt his heartbeat accelerating.
”In front! It’s in front!”
He shouted at the top of his voice.
The two pickup trucks behind him came closer. The captain of the guards stuck his head out of the window and shouted at him.
”Do you want us to follow?”
”No! You wait here for me! I’ll be back soon!”
Ruskin said this and urged the servant to speed up and continue to move forward.
Although the servant’s shoulders trembled when he thought of the legion’s camp ahead, he did not dare to disobey the order of the earl, so he could only bite the bullet and twist the accelerator.
The dust raised by the tires quickly attracted the attention of the other side.
After a while, two three-wheeled motorcycles drove over from a distance.
Seeing the flag of the legion, Ruskin’s face was happy. Just as he was about to wave and shout, two gunshots came from the other side.
The bullets whizzed and landed on the sand next to him, and the servant driving the motorcycle was so scared that he quickly turned a corner and turned the direction to flee in the direction he came from. Ruskin
was also startled. He did not expect the other side to shoot without saying hello, so he quickly shouted behind him.
”Don’t shoot! I’m Count Ruskin of Petra Fortress! There may be some misunderstanding between us! Why don’t we sit down and talk——”
However——
the only response to him was the sound of gunfire.
Those people didn’t say a word of greeting, and opened fire when they saw people. After approaching a distance of about 100 meters, the machine gunner sitting in the co-pilot seat of the three-wheeled motorcycle pulled the trigger and fired.
”Bang, bang, bang——!”
Thick and long flames sprayed, and bullets whizzed around on the sand dunes. Although they were not very accurate, they were too many.
The severe pain from his leg made Ruskin tremble all over, and he almost fainted. He fell on the servant’s back.
”My lord? Are you okay——”
Looking at his left leg that was bleeding profusely, Ruskin uttered a half-sentence in a trembling voice.
”Hurry… run!”
The off-road performance of the three-wheeled motorcycle was still a little worse than that of the two-wheeled motorcycle, and he didn’t catch up with him. The captain of the personal guard who came with him heard the gunshots and brought people to support him in time.
The machine gun was put back on the fixed bracket.
Two pickup trucks stopped at the nearest sand dune. The machine gunners skillfully pulled the bolts to load the guns, unleashing the heavy machine gun fire at the three-wheeled motorcycles that were crossing the sand dunes.
Strings of dust flew up in the desert, and the three-wheeled motorcycle in front was instantly shot into a sieve.
The driver died on the spot, and the two crew members jumped off the car, using the motorcycle as a cover and firing back at the pickup truck on the sand dune with rifles, but they could not withstand the fierce firepower of the heavy machine guns and soon followed the footsteps of the driver in front.
The other three-wheeled motorcycle was lucky enough to escape back to the reverse slope of the sand dune behind.
While the pursuers were suppressed by firepower, Earl Ruskin’s servant rode a motorcycle, carrying his master and fled towards the direction of the two pickup trucks as if his life depended on it.
And the master lying on his back had lost his voice.
Just now…
his master seemed to have been shot in the back again.
A signal flare was raised on the reverse slope of the desert. The captain of the guard sitting in the passenger seat of the pickup truck frowned, stretched out his right fist out of the window and waved backwards.
”Retreat!”
…
the camp not far away.
Looking at the flares rising into the sky and listening to the gunshots in the distance, General McLen, standing on the runway, frowned, picked up the telescope and looked to the west, but could not see anything.
It was too far away.
He asked the officer standing beside him.
”What’s the situation over there?”
The officer obviously didn’t know the situation, but he reacted quickly and answered immediately.
”That’s the defense area in charge of Centurion Wester. It should be his people patrolling that area today.”
General McLen put down the telescope.
”Call him over.”
”Yes!”
The officer turned and left.
Not long after, a strong man came over, stood up and saluted.
”Report! There are two pickup trucks and a motorcycle in the west, probably a caravan from the nearby oasis. They killed three of our followers… I have sent people to chase them.”
Hearing that only a few followers were killed, General McLen stopped asking. In the past two days, there have been some ignorant merchants walking this way.
”Don’t worry about the merchants. Tell your people not to chase too far. Pay attention to the patrols in the defense zone. The plane will be here soon.”
”Yes!” West stood at attention and saluted, then turned around and trotted away.
Watching his back as he left, General McLennan frowned slightly.
I don’t know why…
a strong sense of uneasiness always creeps into his heart from time to time.
However, this inexplicable emotion soon disappeared with the emergence of a silver shadow in the distance.
The temporary tower next to the runway received a landing request.
After approaching the runway, the silver plane with a length of more than ten meters and a wingspan of tens of meters quickly lowered its landing gear and landed on the runway with rolling sand and dust.
The plane stopped steadily on the side of the runway, the gangway was lowered, and the ground crew quickly drove the forklift and the refueling truck to surround it.
Of course, this precious jet plane could not be handed over to the escort army to drive, and several pilots were noble Willant people.
Two pilots came down the gangway and saluted in front of General McLennan. One of them raised his head and chest and said,
”Captain of the 11th Army Aviation Squadron of the 10,000th Squadron and H-55 main pilot, Colen, reports to you!”
General McLennan raised his hand and saluted back. He looked at the plane next to him and couldn’t help but smile.
H-55 “Hurricane” bomber!
Twin jet engines, the fuselage is made of special alloy steel,
and the maximum speed can reach Mach 2! Although the Army Command positioned it as a tactical bomber to support front-line troops, it can also perform strategic bombing missions due to its high-strength fuselage armor and durability, as well as the powerful breakthrough performance brought by the high-power engine.
It is called a tank flying in the sky!
Or a butcher’s scalpel!
Following the Hurricane bomber, a wingman responsible for escort or attracting firepower landed – the H-44 “Saber” fighter.
Compared with the “Hurricane”, its size is undoubtedly much smaller. Not only does it have a single jet engine, but its fuselage is also made of lighter titanium alloy.
Although the positioning of this fighter is to fight for air superiority and solve high-threat targets that propeller aircraft cannot deal with, since this equipment was designed by a research institute under the Army Command, its ground support capability is also not weak. The
20mm cannon mounted on the nose has an astonishing 500 rounds of ammunition, and two expensive TV bombs are mounted under the wings.
As for why there are no air-to-air bombs?
Because Luoxia Province does not even have propeller aircraft.
If it was known in advance that there was an alliance in the Valley Province, if it was known in advance that the Pioneer planned to go to the Great Desert to find Shelter No. 0, the Legion might have prepared some and sent them from the west.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
General McLen stretched out his right hand, shook the two tall and strong pilots vigorously, and said with joy.
”The stage is ready for you! Let those bugs see what purgatory on earth is!”
Colen grinned and shook the right hand of the unfortunate general.
”That’s what I’m here to do.”
Although Griffin didn’t tell McClane the full content of the plan in advance, they were colleagues who had worked together for so many years. McClane knew what the cunning skunk was going to say when he looked at his butt.
The bomb on the Hurricane bomber was undoubtedly a nuclear bomb –
the three-phase bomb with an equivalent of one million tons!
At this time, there were a few sporadic gunshots in the distance. Carran, who was shaking hands with General McClane, turned back subconsciously and looked towards the west.
”What’s the situation?”
General McClane said with a smile.
”It’s probably the nearby wastelanders. This is close to Oasis No. 4. Don’t worry about them… Those cowards don’t dare to meddle with our business. By the way, before I came here, I got a few bottles of red wine from Griffin’s stinky… old guy. Do you want to try it?”
Carran waved his hand and declined with a smile.
”No… There are still missions tonight. Let’s wait until we come back to drink the wine of victory!” It
is the best time for the Iron Heart to bomb after leaving the Valley Province.
However, this does not mean that the mission is risk-free.
There is also an old survivor force in the southern part of the Valley Province, named Boulder City, which is said to be part of the alliance. There are
many equipment left over by the post-war reconstruction committee deployed there, and the combat effectiveness is a question mark. It is hard to say whether it will pose a threat to the “Hurricane” bomber. There is
only one nuclear bomb transported from tens of thousands of kilometers away. In order to ensure that there is no risk, they plan to wait until dark and carry out the bombing mission under the cover of night
. Nuclear strikes are different from tactical bombings. They do not require too precise coordinates and visual observation of the ground. It is enough to fly to the approximate location, press the switch, and then step on the accelerator to the bottom.
Hearing that the time for the mission is at night, McLen was delighted and laughed in understanding.
”Then wait for your good news!”
When he thought that the bugs that climbed onto his airship would soon be burned to ashes under the shock wave of the nuclear explosion, he couldn’t help but feel happy.
What a pity.
I can’t see their trembling faces before the end of the world.
…
On the other side.
Petra Fortress, the heavily guarded prison gate.
Accompanied by several guards, a muscular, dusty man walked through the tall stone gate and was released.
”Remember to watch your mouth, you won’t be so lucky next time.”
Giving the big guy a warning look, the bearded captain of the guard waved his hand and left with his men.
The door closed heavily.
When the footsteps could no longer be heard, the man spat on the ground and turned around cursing.
As he turned around, he saw two people and a bear standing at the intersection not far away, and the expression on his face suddenly became awkward.
After a hesitation.
After touching the back of his head, he finally stepped forward and greeted the employers, muttering in a muffled voice.
”Sorry, boss, the job went wrong…”
”It’s okay.”
Looking at his dusty appearance, Sisi couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows and looked at the prison behind him, “Did they beat you up?”
The man said embarrassedly.
”Uh… this happened before.”
Sisi looked a little disappointed.
It’s a pity that the bruises were not caused during the detention, otherwise he could have cheated the city lord of compensation.
However, it doesn’t matter if there is no compensation.
People who are content live longer.
Nodding to show understanding, Sisi continued.
”What are your plans for the future?”
The man said with a wry smile.
”I plan to try my luck in Silver Moon City in the south… I probably can’t stay here anymore.”
After he was sent in, several brothers in the mercenary group quickly revealed his identity as the main culprit. This brotherhood is definitely over.
In fact, they were not brothers.
Everyone just got together to make money and make a living. There are only six or seven people in the mercenary group. It’s easy to get together, but it’s easy to disperse.
Sisi nodded, not surprised by this, and continued.
”If you don’t have a place to go, just follow old Bulma to work. The White Bear Knights’ base needs security… Well, if you are interested, go there and be the security captain.”
The city lord Petra plans to allocate a base for the White Bear Knights to help them more conveniently implement the charity of helping refugees.
To be honest, there was a lot of misunderstanding involved. For example, she actually wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to help everyone make a fortune.
But once the words are spoken, it is too late to take them back.
”They came here under the guidance of the gods to rescue those poor people” – she said this herself.
The moment he heard this, the man was stunned. He looked at the lady in front of him in disbelief, and even broke his voice with excitement.
”You…you still want me?”
Looking at the man who took a step forward, Sisi took a step back in disdain and glanced at the guy.
”Don’t say such strange things, or I’ll change my mind.”
”No, no, I don’t mean to disrespect you!”
The job opportunity almost slipped away because of his slip of the tongue. The mercenary leader hurriedly explained, and his voice became incoherent.
”I just… don’t quite understand. I clearly messed up what you asked me to do–”
”Everyone has a first time, and everyone goes from being unskilled to being skilled,” Sis interrupted him, looking at the grateful guy and continued, “Of course, you have already used up one chance. If you mess up again next time–”
”Just shoot me! No, you don’t have to do it, I will bury myself in front of you!”
The mercenary leader looked loyal, and said in a sincere and respectful tone, “You may not remember my name, my name is Qiaodi! It’s an honor to continue to serve you.”
Regardless of whether that loyal expression was pretended or from the heart, Sis nodded with satisfaction.
The regional reputation of the White Bear Knights will probably reach its peak after this war. In fact, they have already gained the trust of the local city lord.
However, they can’t stay here to manage those fixed assets that cannot be taken away. They have agreed to travel to more distant places.
Therefore, the best choice is to find a reliable local to help manage it.
For example, old Bulma is a good choice. She is honest, capable, devout in her faith, and owes them a favor.
But even so, she is still unwilling to test human nature with interests and hand over everything to one person.
It is better to divide the money and guns into two different people.
Later, she will hire an NPC from the Merchants Guild in Dawn City to take charge of the accounts, so that she can keep abreast of the situation here at any time.
Since this game is said to be 100% real, she naturally has to do her best to make it foolproof.
Hearing the name of the mercenary, Tail suddenly spoke.
”Oh! Jodi! Have you considered changing your name?”
The mercenary said immediately.
”Please give me a name, Miss!”
Just waiting for this sentence, Tail raised his thumb with shining eyes.
”From now on, you will be called Qiao Qiao!”
The mercenary looked confused, but still nodded.
”Okay, Miss… From now on, I will be called Qiao Qiao.”
Rourou: “…”
Sisi said with a subtle expression.
”Awei’s naming skills are comparable to those of the manager.”
Tail looked at Sisi in surprise.
”Eh?! Is my name so impressive?”
Sisi raised his hand.
”Oh! It’s really impressive!”
Rourou urged with a smile.
”Anyway, the matter has been done. Let’s go back quickly. It’s too pitiful for Zhimahu to stay there alone.”
Regardless of whether the city lord and those nobles completely believed Sisi’s lies, at least the old man in the white robe had been fooled.
It is said that he also planned to write a letter to the capital to tell the respected high priest and His Majesty the King.
The Silver Moon Goddess has sent down a miracle to protect her people!
Is there anything more exciting than this?
This is indeed an exciting thing for the believers of the Silver Moon Sect, but not necessarily for them.
She always has a bad premonition.
The trouble is still to come…
…
At the same time, Earl Rosskin, who was on a diplomatic mission to the Lost Valley, was carried back by the captain of the personal guard of the Lord of Sean.
Shot in the leg and back, Ruskin was lying on a stretcher, dying. Excessive blood loss made his face even paler.
The court of the city lord.
The nobles gathered here were silent. Even the one with the loudest voice was stunned by the unbearable sight.
Sitting on the stone chair, Sean admired the expressions on the faces of these cowards with satisfaction, and a cold smile rose at the corner of his mouth.
Look.
This is the fate of cowards.
Ruskin’s lips trembled, and he squeezed out a frightened and angry voice.
”The Legion… They don’t intend to talk to us at all! Those barbarians! No, they are beasts! There is no way to communicate with them using the language of civilized people!” Sean
stood up from the stone chair.
Walking to the bottom of the steps, he glanced at Ruskin lying on the stretcher and said lightly.
”You have to thank that lady for giving you a chance to come back alive.”
If he was riding a horse.
He would have no chance of escaping.
Ruskin’s face was full of humiliation. He turned his head to look at the woman standing in the corner of the crowd, and almost squeezed out those words from his teeth.
”Thank you…”
Sis shrugged and said nothing. There was no change in her expression.
She just didn’t want to waste time on such an insignificant NPC. His life or death would obviously have no impact on the subsequent game plot.
But if she rode there on horseback, it would take a lot of time, and it would probably take two or three days for Petra Fortress to find his body.
”What did you see there?” Sean looked at his captain of the guard.
The reason for sending this person out of the city with Earl Ruskin was not to monitor whether the idiot was doing his job properly, but to find out the situation in the Lost Valley. As
early as when Ruskin left the city, he had ordered the troops in the fortress to prepare.
The captain of the guard saluted.
”The garrison is about 10,000 people. The construction in the north of the camp has been suspended and is probably completed. Before leaving there, I noticed a plane flying from the northwest, and it seemed to have landed there.”
”Plane?” Sean frowned.
The crowd around him immediately spread a commotion.
Every face was filled with fear and anger. Even those who had previously doubted the prophecy showed surprised expressions at this moment.
”Plane…are they building an airstrip there?”
”Those people are really planning to attack the Petra Fortress!”
”Has the Lion Kingdom fallen?”
”Spirit of the Sand Sea…those greedy barbarians are really insatiable!”
”We shouldn’t have waited so long! We should have taken action long ago!”
Listening to the indignant conversations of the people around them, the faces of the White Bear Knights also showed surprised expressions.
Pulling the meat next to him, Tail asked in a low voice.
”Did the official website say that they were building an airport?”
She was busy posting. She
didn’t look at the posts carefully.
Rourou was actually filling in the water seriously, but after carefully recalling for a while, she didn’t have any impression and shook her furry head.
”It seems… not.”
Weiba was shocked.
”Giao! Could it be… that the treasure has been found by them?” Rourou
said with a smile.
”How did you come to this conclusion?”
Weiba gestured with his hands with a serious face.
”Think about it, the armor of the God of the Sky… must be very big! It’s so big, it can’t be transported by truck, right? Maybe they built the airport to transport the treasure away…”
Listening to this random analysis, Rourou’s face gradually showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and his expression became serious.
”Hiss… Maybe it’s really possible!”
Zhimahu, who was standing aside, said with a smile.
”I think if it is really the armor of the God of the Sky, let alone an airplane, even a train can’t drag it away…”
Without hearing the whispers of her teammates, Sisi frowned slightly.
Although she didn’t see any discussion about the airport on the forum, she always felt that the airport was not that simple.
Oasis No. 9 has not fallen yet.
Moreover, the administrator has brought the Iron Heart and the Storm Troopers to the Lion Kingdom for reinforcements in the past two days. Although the Legion and the Falcon Kingdom are powerful, they will not take the initiative to fight on two fronts.
Unless…
a glimmer of enlightenment appeared in her eyes, and she seemed to have thought of something.
”That ‘scepter’… maybe they really found it.”
A pair of eyes looked at her.
Sisi looked at the Lord of Sean and said seriously.
”The scepter that fell from the sky sealed the evil god and destroyed the oasis. The evil ritual may have reached the last step… We don’t have time to hesitate, you must make a decision immediately!”
Sean showed a kind smile on his face.
”It seems that we think the same thing.”
After saying that, he looked at the ministers in the palace, and suddenly restrained his joking expression, and his expression became solemn.
”I heard the call from the yellow sand. The great will is calling us. Our kingdom is facing the most severe test in history. Whether our enemy is the Legion or the ancient demon, Petra will be the kingdom’s strongest shield!”
As he said this, he drew the saber from his waist and looked at the captain of the guard and the officers beside him who also had solemn expressions.
”Gather your men——”
”Prepare for battle!”
——
(Thanks to the leader of “East China Sea Fishing Village” for the reward!!!)
(End of this chapter)
