Colonial Suit

Silently, the skin on Blood瞳's right hand suddenly cracked open, and the materialized hand of the colony armor appeared. Immediately afterward, he pressed a sub-seed into Jules's chest.

The next moment, Blood瞳 stood up and walked out of the cave without looking back.

Elder Hans and Mark were waiting outside the cave. Seeing Blood瞳 appear, they hurriedly bowed in respect.

"She needs rest. Have someone guard this place and do not disturb her."

"Yes, my lord," Elder Hans replied respectfully. Only then did Blood瞳 turn around and leave without looking back.

Watching Blood瞳's back, Elder Hans's expression finally softened. After a moment of silence, he said to Mark, "Tell me the truth, have you developed any feelings for this Divine General?"

"I..." Mark didn't expect Elder Hans to ask so suddenly, and he was immediately stunned. His face turned red and then pale, stammering but unable to speak.

Seeing his expression, Elder Hans immediately understood. He sighed, then said decisively, "No matter what you're thinking, from now on, forget it!"

"Elder!?" Mark was shocked.

"Forget it!" Elder Hans interrupted him, shouting sternly.

Seeing his heavy expression, Mark's face gradually paled. He took a deep breath and finally glanced at the cave.

"I understand, Elder. I will forget it."

"I hope you mean it," Elder Hans said without turning his head, but his tone was indescribably heavy. "Remember, you are a Divine Warrior. The purpose of your existence is to become a sword in our Lord's hand. And a sword... is not allowed to have emotions. If you can't do it, then you better give up."

"The glory of the Divine Warrior must not be tarnished."

"Yes," Mark replied, lowering his head. His eyes gradually became firm.

Unconsciously, his fists were clenched tightly, and drops of blood seeped from between his fingers...

On the other side, Blood瞳 was strolling back. The colony armor on his right hand had disappeared. But his expression was still serious.

In fact, he felt a little heartache.

The colony armor's sub-seeds were not generated casually. Each separation of a sub-seed required the colony armor to pay two kinds of costs. One cost was energy, which had been alleviated since he obtained the energy conversion unit. The other cost was a bigger problem. That was highly condensed enhanced cells.

You must know that the colony armor's body is composed of countless enhanced cells. Each separation of a part represents a loss of a part of the colony armor. Of course, with the characteristics of enhanced cells, the colony armor can proliferate infinitely with energy. But after all, it is not the original basic cell. Therefore, both function and activity are somewhat inferior. It can only be repaired and compensated through long-term self-modulation.

It can be said that separating a sub-seed weakens the colony armor's combat power by half for a certain period of time. Although this reduction is not large, a large number of separations can accumulate to a considerable extent. Enough to affect Blood瞳's combat power.

These two costs limit the generation speed of the colony armor's sub-seeds. In addition, there is another key factor. It limits the number of sub-seeds generated.

That is the core's control ability.

Each separated sub-seed must leave a gene code inside the core so that the core can control it at any time. However, due to distance and calculation, the core's actual control has a base number. And this base number will change depending on the strength of the recipient and the quality of the seed.

Simply put, if the base number that the core can control is 100, then recipients like the Gemini siblings and Jules, who have obtained high-quality seeds and are themselves extremely powerful, occupy at least 20 of the control base number. Low-level seeds that Blood瞳 plans to separate to the retainer warriors only need 1 or less. (Battle servants like Wright also need to occupy a base number, probably close to or equal to high-level seeds. But they don't need to be implanted. And he himself can also obtain the permissions granted by the core, participating in the control of recipients with a lower base number than him.)

This is the Crodyll's pyramid combat system. And it is by relying on this system that Crodyll gathered a large number of powerful warriors in a short period of time, spreading like a plague.

Blood瞳 just separated a seed, which is equivalent to consuming nearly one-fifth of the base number. This is not a small number. In this way, the number of retainers he can recruit is extremely limited.

But this is only temporary. The core's control base number is not constant, but gradually increases with the evolution of the colony armor. Especially the evolution of the core itself, which can bring about a leap in improvement. This is why, during the Great Chaos, Crodyll's conquerors could freely organize legions of tens of thousands of people.

Returning to the ice house, Blood瞳 happened to see Robbie drinking the last bit of coffee. Then he smiled at him.

"It is said that the tribe found outsiders?"

"I don't think you want to know who she is," Blood瞳 walked over and sat opposite Robbie. He took the coffee pot next to him.

"But you will definitely tell me, won't you?" Robbie still said with a smile. Emitting a reassuring warm aura.

Feeling this aura, Blood瞳 felt better. He forced a smile. Then he poured himself a cup of coffee. After taking a small sip, he said.

"It's Jules."

"It's her?" Robbie was slightly startled, but not too surprised. "No wonder... I think with the quality of that batch of spaceships, only she can keep up with us. What, didn't you guys fight?"

After the Gemini siblings' retelling, Robbie knew about the battle between Blood瞳 and Jules.

"No," Blood瞳 shook his head. "In fact, there was no fight at all. Because she was seriously injured."

"What!?" Robbie was truly surprised this time. He knew Jules's strength, and he even reminded Blood瞳 to be careful of this Queen of Hearts. It can be said that even if he didn't use 'Heaven's Armament', Robbie wouldn't be a match for this girl. Especially Jules's 'metal negation' was the nemesis of all armors. Robbie couldn't imagine who could hurt her here.

"Could it be that a Meteor-class appeared here?" Robbie's expression became serious, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes.

If things were really as he imagined, then this trouble would be really big. A complete Meteor-class warrior is definitely not something that their few Apprentice-class can shake. They might even be killed before they can even touch the edge.

"This..." Blood瞳 was also stunned. He was a little unsure. "I'm not very clear either. But she told me... be careful of the Odd Numbers."

"Odd Numbers!?" Robbie was startled. "You didn't hear wrong? It's definitely the Odd Numbers?"

"I trust my ears," Blood瞳 gave Robbie an annoyed look. He wondered why his reaction was so big. Could it be that this Odd Numbers is really powerful?

"This is a big trouble," Robbie smiled bitterly. He said to Blood瞳, "I know what you're thinking. But this Odd Numbers is more than just powerful. If possible, I would rather encounter a Meteor-class than encounter him."

"So serious?"

"Yes, very serious. Because the Odd Numbers is not a person. But a mercenary squad," Robbie took a deep breath, and said with a serious expression.

"A very famous mercenary squad. All composed of Apprentice mercenaries."

All Apprentice-class mercenary squad!?

Blood瞳 also opened his mouth wide, unable to imagine hearing this news.

This is an incredible combination. You must know that the enemies Blood瞳 encountered in the past were mostly Vassal-class, and even if he occasionally encountered an Apprentice, they were all fighting alone. But he had never had the experience of fighting a mercenary squad. And even if he didn't have any knowledge, he should know that squad combat and solo combat are definitely vastly different. The cooperation, communication, and even the improvement of combat power are not as simple as one plus one equals two. Fighting a well-coordinated mercenary squad is definitely more troublesome than fighting a higher-level warrior.

You must know that a genius mercenary has only two or three abilities. And a five-person mercenary squad, even if each person has only one ability, has at least five! What a huge difference.

No wonder Robbie's reaction was so big.

Although Blood瞳's side is also Apprentice-class, and the number is not small. But after all, it is not a real mercenary squad. There is almost no cooperation. Encountering such a combination will definitely be very棘手(jishou: troublesome, thorny).

And most importantly...

"The members of this Odd Numbers are not ordinary mercenaries."

"What do you mean?" Blood瞳 heard a strong ominous feeling from Robbie's tone. He frowned.

"They are Death Mercenaries. This Odd Numbers is a mercenary squad composed of Death Mercenaries," Robbie sighed, and took out a bottle of whiskey from the suitcase next to him. He filled two glasses.

After taking a small sip of one glass, Robbie continued.

"Death Mercenaries are a special organization. Although they also carry the name of mercenaries. But they are completely different from us. They are true butchers, ruleless executioners. Although we also take combat as a profession, we still have to abide by the rules. But they are different, they are born for killing. As long as they achieve their goals, they will stop at nothing. A long time ago, there were many incidents of Death Mercenaries destroying planets. Their bloodthirsty nature is even scorned by space pirates."

"It is said that they take the Crodyll combat nation during the Great Chaos as an example. They destroy planet life in order to sell the planet as a commodity. It's just that the means are too cruel. So they have always been rejected by the higher worlds."

"But no matter what, the strength of the Death Mercenaries is terrifying. Because of their perennial bloodthirsty fighting, they are more cold-blooded and aggressive than ordinary mercenaries. They accept tasks without any scruples."

"And this Odd Numbers is the best of the Death Mercenaries, the butchers who have been performing tasks in the Fifth World for many years."

"I don't know why they appeared here. But there is no doubt that..." Robbie put down his glass and said seriously to Blood瞳.

"We are in trouble, and the trouble is not small."