Him and their stars

This scene is indeed too weird. In the deserted and dimly lit ruins of an abandoned underground factory, a group of gorgeous metal structures more than three meters high were crowding around a lovely girl named Yuxue.

This visual alone is enough to serve as a poster for a psychological horror movie - of course, the gorgeous mecha must play the role of a villain.

There is nothing that can be done about it, after all, the astral knights wearing heraldic machines are looking confused. They are professionally trained people and will not be surprised no matter what scene they see. Many people are even prepared to see a gram-type monster whose appearance alone can scare ordinary people to the point of losing all their sanity.

However, when expectations and reality are at two extremes, it is indeed easy to become confused.

Now, the monster that can make people lose their sanity based on their appearance has not appeared, but a cute girl wearing a dress. She is about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pretty appearance and an elegant and delicate temperament. She should be a beautiful girl who carries a schoolbag and is a son of an aristocratic child. She studied in a public school and earned the title of school belle.

This stiff and weird scene lasted for nearly ten seconds before someone finally reacted, and it was naturally Shameen.

"Stay alert! Those who come are not malicious!" He whispered to his subordinates on the communication channel.

The knights also woke up, and one of them said directly: "That's true. His grandfather told me that when walking in the universe, the most careful people are old people, women and children who are single on the road. This one is both a woman and a child. , there must be something fishy!"

His words immediately triggered a wave of responses. Of course, a small number of female knights expressed their opposition to such vaguely sexist remarks, but their voices were not loud.

Haven't you ever thought that she might not be a human at all? Shamaine thought.

He felt that the possibility of his guess was very high, but he couldn't say directly. After all, the aura of this "girl" is very normal and a completely human reaction. Even the fiery psychic reaction just now completely disappeared, and it was so calm that people had to doubt that the induction just now was just an illusion.

"Your honor." The girl lifted up her skirt and gave the knights a slight salute as a noble lady. Her movements and demeanor were impeccable, and even the pickiest etiquette teacher could find no fault with her.

The knights were even more at a loss. Some even forgot that they were still driving their heraldry machines, and returned the favor with a three-meter-high mecha.

"Excuse me, where is the nearest exit from here?" The girl showed an innocent smile.

"Uh... go here, cross the second intersection, and then go to the right. It's about five or six hundred meters away." A knight said. Judging from the voice, this guy is the guy who just said, "There must be something fishy about being a woman and a child."

"Understood, thank you." The girl smiled at the knights again, raised her skirt and saluted, and as if the forty heraldic machines that were watching her did not exist, she went straight in the direction of the guide. Go.

Probably because this development was so unexpected, Shameen didn't react until the girl had walked about ten meters, and said loudly: "Wait, madam, may I ask you..."

The girl didn't look back or stop, but suddenly quickened her pace and started running quickly.

Shameen gritted his teeth and turned the atomic light spear sideways, ready to hit the girl's back, but at this moment, there was a trace of hesitation.

This momentary pause was not even half a minute long, but it was already too late. The girl's body was like a sand block made of fine sand. It suddenly opened with a roar, scattered into the air, and then disappeared in a gust of wind.

The knights stared at this scene dumbfounded. At that moment, many people had already thought of those weird horror stories they heard in their childhood, and couldn't help but feel horrified.

This place is already very weird, isn't it normal to encounter ghosts? How many "ghosts" have you killed today?

Shameen frowned in confusion. He suddenly realized that when the "girl" appeared, although everyone was on alert, they seemed to subconsciously regard her as a cute girl who happened to pass by. As long as the other party doesn't make any hostile moves, it's difficult for me to be hostile to her.

Even he himself is no exception.

This feeling is really weird.

Viscount Charmaine shuddered. He felt that everything he encountered today was incomprehensible and strange, which made him, the star of hope of the Knights with a strong heart, feel a little uneasy. He is really eager to reunite with Count Seliola as soon as possible.

However, just when the confused knights were preparing to take action, something strange happened again from the direction where the girl came from.

This time it was not a high-intensity psychic reaction, but the sound of mechanical iron hooves stepping on the ground.

This is the sound when the heraldry machine and exoskeleton are running on the ground.

Of course, if it is the former, when the driver uses some psychic means, he can achieve the silent Wan Ruomeng Phantom. However, this is usually when doing stealth and raiding during combat. Naturally, there is no need to do this when marching.

Are they comrades from other knights? A knight is thinking.

Just as they were about to shout, a figure appeared from the almost non-existent dim light.

This is also a humanoid mechanical body over three meters tall. However, it looks slender than the heraldry machine and power skeleton. It doesn't look like a mecha with someone operating inside, and its appearance is closer to a mainstream combat robot.

"External mecha of the Iron Army Complex." Someone quickly identified the other party's origin.

"Well, commander class?" Shameen saw more from the class badge on the opponent's mecha. He quickly thought of the list of foreign observation groups he had seen before the exercise, and knew that the Iron Army Complex had taken a very high-profile delegation to the Sarna planet.

"Your Excellency Heiros?" Shameen asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency the Knight." The robot bowed its body and greeted him in a pretentious manner, as if it were a human being.

Shameen looked at the other person seriously: This "robot" was covered in stains, dents and scratches, and some places seemed to have faint sparks of electricity. It must have gone through a pretty fierce battle.

"Excuse me, where is General Griffith?" he asked.

"The general and my colleagues have been killed, and I am chasing the murderer." Heiros said in an electronic voice without any emotion: "The murderer is a collection of quantum ghosts, which can already be condensed into entities. It can become Some harmless appearances deceive everyone. Excuse me, have you noticed it?"

The knights looked at each other.

"It should have turned into the shape of a girl at this time." Heiros added: "This monster is extremely dangerous. If it is allowed to escape, the situation will be unimaginable."

The knights were silent.

"I understand." Heiros sighed: "This matter does sound very weird. It is understandable that everyone does not believe it. However, I need to continue to pursue it. There are still virtual monsters in this ruins. Please Be careful.”

He was about to leave from everyone, but he was already stopped by two knights.

"People from Palladium, do you think we are fools?" A knight asked dissatisfiedly.

The other knight looked at Viscount Shameen who said nothing. He saw that the leader of the team had placed the atomic light spear across his left hand, and with the other hand he directly drew out the heavy chain sword that he was best at using, and he immediately understood.

"Turn off the power source and open the mecha cockpit. Palladium." The knight said solemnly: "We suspect that you are related to all the abnormal conditions today. Please cooperate with our investigation."

"If you are proven innocent, we will express our sincerest apology to you and the Iron Army Federation." Another knight said.

It has to be said that the Astral Knights are truly a group of noble elites. If nothing else, at least every one of them is extremely proficient in diplomatic rhetoric.

However, facing the siege of forty astral knights wearing heraldic machines, the electronic light in Heiros's eyes only flickered weakly, and he continued to say in a calm electronic voice: "I don't think this is a... Good choice. Knights. If you haven't seen me today, everything is calm."

The Astral Knights were naturally unmoved. They said that although everyone had just been killed by that so-and-so, the backbone of the Knights was not broken. How could they be threatened by a mere Palladium insect of yours?

"Last warning. Commander Heiros." The knight said.

"I am clearly reminding you, young knights. I have no personal grudges with you." Heiros slowly lowered his robotic arms on both sides: "However, this is fine, young people have to do this. Have their own pride and courage. However, young people should always pay some price for such virtues. Will this painful price be exchanged for the greatest growth? "

Maybe, King Red will even thank me. Black Rose said in his heart.

This is a piece of speech with a sudden change of style. Then, before the knights present could react, Heiros's arms were already hanging down to the ground, but then, the two thick mechanical arms began to fall apart like building blocks, turning into countless tiny metal fragments. poured into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the metal fragments were like tornadoes spliced ​​together with sharp blades, sweeping towards the knights on all sides.

Not only that, a silver-gray halo spread in all directions with the Pallarian mecha as the core. In just a blink of an eye, the dark underground space with a radius of several hundred meters was brought into daylight, and all the knights present were included in this range.

However, at this moment, the knights' attack also began. The orange-red light beam, like a blazing flame, pierced directly into the center of Black Rose, immediately triggering the opponent's spiritual defense. The translucent light curtain that appeared suddenly formed the shape of a shield, shattering the red light and causing an explosion reaction.

"Boom..." The roar sounded for just a moment, and the air seemed to be sucked out of the scene instantly, and there was no sound anymore.

At this time, Shameen had already thrown away his chain sword, which was two meters long before unfolding. The seemingly huge and clumsy heraldic machine seems to be so flexible that it is not human at all. With the wave of its wrist, the chain sword unfolds like a huge snake, constantly fighting against the metal storms sweeping all directions. .

Under a series of silent impacts, several knights who were caught off guard were saved by their leader.

However, an equal number of knights were still concentrated by the metal storm. The moment these violent metal blades came into contact with the heraldry machine, they seemed to suddenly turn into cunning poisonous insects. They burrowed in along the joints of the mecha, frantically destroying the internal psychic array and exquisite Power structure.

After just one encounter, three mechas instantly lost their power and fell to the ground on the spot.

The knights roared. They had always felt that these forty knights wearing heraldic machines could join a gang and suppress a dreadnought, but they suffered such a big loss against just one enemy.

However, Shameen knew that even the most exquisitely designed heraldic machine could only use five rings at most.

Further up, for those who are truly strong, these priceless war artifacts that represent the highest-end expression of mysticism and technology are just more expensive toys.

In other words, this Black Ross is at least the sixth ring?

A sixth-ringed person who doesn't know the origin, against forty fully armed astral knights, the strongest among them is his own fourth-ringed one.

Shameen didn't know what the outcome of this battle would be, but the only thing he could do now was to focus all his energy on the battle in front of him. However, he still couldn't help but think of another group of his comrades who had cut off communication.

"Today's situation is weird! I hope everything goes well for Soback and Ye Hailuo over there in Crystal City. After all, they shouldn't be as unlucky as us, right?"

What Viscount Shameen didn't know was that the current situation of his comrades was not only smooth, but could be considered to be fine, and it was not a small good but a great good.

The comrades he had high hopes for were more "decisive" than he imagined, and they arrived at the tactical position faster than expected.

Therefore, before the change occurred, eighty astral knights led by Yeager Soback and Baron Hayero had already entered the Crystal City.

In the division of the exercise, Crystal City was still a company affiliated with the red side as a defensive force. However, facing eighty heraldic machines shining brightly in the sun, these soldiers almost surrendered without any struggle.

Anyway, these people were actually temporarily recruited from the local garrison in Sarna, and they had no fighting spirit or spirit. Rather than coming to participate in the exercise, it is better to say that they are waiting for the excitement.

Soback felt that his choice was simply a wise one. He did not have to attack the enemy's heavily fortified front line like Viscount Shameen did, and he occupied a city on the red side without a single blow. Among the big guys in the exercise director's department, he should be very popular.

In addition, if everything goes well, if I really lead everyone to successfully occupy the center of Crystal City, take over the city's support artillery group, and directly bombard the position of the 12th Garrison Division on the opposite side, I might be able to immediately trigger a total collapse of the opponent's defense line.

In this way, his military exploits may be even more outstanding than Shameen's.

As for whether he will be criticized for not appearing "heroic" enough... Soback believes that there must be such pedantic people, but there must also be clear-minded bosses who will value their own merits, and this is enough.

To put it bluntly, Soback is very self-aware and never expects to obtain a high position in the knights. Using the Knights as a stepping stone, you can gain recognition from above and successfully pass the school rank. After a period of transition to the position of military chief, it is estimated that the family title can be restored.

Of course, if he could find a job as a governor of the New World or even as a district guard commander in the Milky Way before he was forty years old, his life would be very complete.

This can be regarded as living up to the expectations of the ancestors of the Soback family.

Yeager Soback, you are such a clever guy! he thought happily.