On the Seven Towers

Xiao Chen rode on his horse and moved quickly through the night. In front of him and behind him was a dark group of riders. Chen Hansheng, Li Tianrui sandwiched him on the left and right, looking at him from time to time, fearing that he would suddenly lose strength and fall down. A gust of cold wind blew by. Chen Hansheng saw Xiao Chen shivering and asked with concern: "Is it cold? Have you recovered your energy? Your face looked horribly miserable yesterday."

Xiao Chen tightened the leather jacket he wore tightly. This was a piece of clothing he bought in Suero. It was rough in workmanship, but it was very windproof. "It's much better. I don't want to feel like I'm mentally exhausted again. It's like... brain matter." Got scooped out.”

Li Tianrui looked at Xiao Chen's frightened look and smiled: "If you can give me this skill, I will give you as many headaches as you want. If you don't have that magic trick and fall into Mai Si's hands, you won't be able to deal with them."

Xiao Chen could see the envy in Li Tianrui's eyes, and maybe there was a hint of jealousy, but he smiled calmly and said: "When I find a safe way to learn magic, I will try my best to teach it to everyone. My situation can only be regarded as one An adventure that cannot be replicated.”

Guo Qian asked Xiao Chen not to reveal the process of learning magic easily, so Xiao Chen just stopped. Li Tianrui nodded and said, "We can crane our necks and wait."

At this time, Chen Hansheng said again: "If we hadn't rushed to save lives, we wouldn't have been so anxious and let you go on your way with your injuries. According to the news on the road, they may have started fighting, which makes people feel uneasy."

"Speaking of worry, I'm less worried now." Xiao Chen's answer surprised Chen Hansheng.

"Oh? What do you say?" Li Tianrui asked first.

"Xiao Li, you have also seen a group of horse thieves. What do you think of their fighting ability?"

Li Tianrui pondered for a while and said: "In terms of individual martial arts, they are indeed good. However, the organization is a bit chaotic. There is no formation, no discipline, and they swarm forward. The morale is not good either. They were thrown into chaos as soon as we raided them. In Canada We have several guns, which gives us a clear advantage.”

Xiao Chen nodded in agreement and asked: "What if they are all cold weapons?"

Li Tianrui thought for a while and said: "If they all use cold weapons, they are still no match for us. The more people there are, the more chaotic they will be, and the greater our advantage will be. If my former company were here, facing Don’t worry if there are multiple enemies like this.”

"What if it's a convoy?"

"Guards..." Li Tianrui was hesitant. There were two perverts in the escorts, Ji Yijun and Ye Zi, but the level of the average team members was beyond praise. "It's hard to say. The escorts are still much worse than the regular army..." If we are so confident, we don’t have to worry here anymore.”

"You said the escorts are not as good as these horse thieves?" Chen Hansheng asked.

Li Tianrui remained silent.

Xiao Chen smiled and shook his head: "I'm not that pessimistic. I believe that the school's guard team will not lose to them."

"You can't win a war by relying on faith alone." Li Tianrui said a little irritably, "I had a nightmare yesterday. I dreamed that by the time we arrived, they would all be dead and the school would be ransacked by horse thieves."

Speaking of such nightmares, Chen Hansheng also frowned.

"But it's even worse if you don't have confidence." Xiao Chen said seriously, "When I raided the horse thieves, I saw a lot of things. After I was captured by Mais, I heard a lot of things they said. I found that our advantage is very Obvious.”

"Although our team has limited technical and tactical capabilities and has never been on the battlefield, everyone is a screw trained in an industrialized society. Everyone has a clear understanding of discipline and knows their role and position in the team. The entire escort team has a clear structure. , even if Wang Jiyuan can't use his fingers like an arm, he still has smooth military orders, and the horse thieves are pieced together. Not to mention having discipline, they themselves have old and new grudges, and this time they were forced together by a big business. It’s good if there is no internal strife. It’s all about waiting for others to be cannon fodder. You should know how important discipline and desire to fight are to an army, right?”

"Although I say that, the guards are not real warriors. I don't believe that if Wang Jiyuan lets them charge, they will charge despite the rain of arrows." Li Tianrui retorted.

"Then we have to talk about another advantage of ours. We have no retreat. If we lose, we will die or become slaves. They clearly know that they must fight hard to have a chance to survive. What makes soldiers brave is not ignorance. , It’s not money, but they know what they want to protect. Crisis is our motivation and confidence! A dog will jump over the wall when it is anxious, let alone a group of trained people with weapons?”

When Li Tianrui heard this, he glanced at the mercenaries around him and said, "According to what you said, the troops we brought will probably only be able to fight against the wind."

"After the team I led was defeated by Mai Si, I understood this. If we want to win, we can only rely on ourselves." Xiao Chen whispered.

"I'm afraid it's true that teams fighting for money are unreliable." Chen Hansheng agreed. He glanced at Karanda and others who were following them closely. "Even if some people are reliable, it's only because of the character of a few people." It’s just better.”

"But there are only so many of us. Even if we survive this disaster, what will happen in the future? Are we all going to have to fight on our own? If everyone is exhausted, how can we defend ourselves?" Li Tianrui asked .

"We'll talk about the rest later! Let's fight this battle first." Chen Hansheng stopped the tendency to continue the discussion and sighed: "We still don't know what kind of fight they will have when we get to school."

Although Xiao Chen did not answer Li Tianrui's words, he knew that the other party raised a good question. He had also been thinking about this question in the past few days and had some ideas in his mind.

Kalanda and Catalina were following behind them. They couldn't understand what the people in front were arguing about.

However, Catalina's mind was not here. Ever since Adams was killed by Max, she had been in poor spirits and looked sad. But Karanda couldn't see any change, and his expression was as serious and cold as usual.

"Ms. Karanda, how long do we have to go?" Chen Hansheng turned around and asked.

"At the current speed, we can reach Frollo before midnight." Kalanda replied as he rode forward.

"Very good. When we are half an hour away from Floro, we can rest for half an hour and regain our strength." Chen Hansheng said.

"Mr. Chen, your idea is right. We'd better insert ourselves from the weak area behind their encirclement when we have enough horsepower and manpower. Only in this way can we work together from the inside and outside to inflict a heavy blow on them. Wait for us to rest. When the time comes, I'll let Katarina lead the scout team and get a good feel for their deployment," Kalanda replied matter-of-factly.

"Very good! During the break, we have to discuss the allocation of the team again. I think our strength needs to be concentrated as much as possible. We should not allow things like the night attack to happen again, otherwise a defeat may happen at any time." Chen Hansheng said .

Kalanda's face changed slightly, and she nodded and said, "Yes."

Xiao Chen seemed to sense Karanda's emotional changes and interjected: "We sympathize with Adams's experience. It can be said that he sacrificed to save me. But failure is failure, and we must face it without personal feelings. Yes. I hope you can understand."

"I understand." Calanda said seriously, "Adams is a soldier. He understands this. If we can think of it this way, he will feel at ease in the embrace of the God of Nature."

Calanda rode back to Catalina's side, gave instructions on the previous arrangements, and asked her scout team to prepare for action in two hours.

Two hours, this is a strange unit of time for magicians, but Catalina is now very familiar with it. She looked at a plastic watch on her wrist. This was a gift Xiao Chen gave her the day before yesterday, saying it was to thank her for riding on his back, but she knew that maybe he just hoped that he could let go of the sadness caused by Adams' death and get over the tears as soon as possible.

Seeing that Catalina still had no energy, Kalanda said what Xiao Chen said to persuade her.

"Who said this?"

"You don't have to worry about it." Kalanda said, "Just know this."

"It must be Xiao Chen who said it, right?" Catalina asked, "Although it sounds cold, she really understands what Adams is thinking."

Calanda could only nod.

"He is such a strange person." Katarina said softly to Kalanda, "After he was kidnapped by those bastards and almost killed last time, he seems to have become more energetic."

Kalanda glanced at her in surprise, then nodded and said, "Maybe he figured out something. Magicians always have many strange ideas and can see many things that we can't see. . It’s not surprising that we don’t understand their thoughts. After all, they are not the same kind of people.”

"However, he avenged Adams."

"I know that Adams treats you like a biological sister." Karanda's voice became serious, "But you are a mercenary. Remember this rule, mercenaries do not shed tears for the past. We are walking on the road, We can only look forward. Mr. Xiao killed Mais to save himself, you don’t owe him anything.”

Catalina heard some meaning from Kalanda's words. She covered the watch on her wrist and asked in a low voice: "Are you... warning me?"

"I think you should return to him what he gave you. You took him for a horse ride. It's just a small thing. It shouldn't be treated as such a gift, let alone the possible meaning behind it." Kalanda There was a pause here, as if it was difficult to choose the right words, "When you get along with people from different worlds...you must pay more attention to your methods. A powerful magician is like a whirlpool. If you are not careful, you may be shattered to pieces." ...Maybe it would be better for you to stay away from him."

The green-haired girl pursed her lips tightly and was speechless, but her hand was tightly covering the cheap watch and refused to let go.