Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

"what!"

Not long after the search started, Custer suddenly let out a short exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Hiei Jing immediately dropped the book and ran towards Custer's location.

"I... this..." Custer's face turned red. Hearing Jing was coming over and was talking incoherently and didn't know what to say. He picked up the book that fell at Custer's feet in confusion and placed it at Custer's feet. The first time you saw the cover, you knew what was going on.

"Flowers of South Austria - Issue 0023 Underwear Photo Collection"

Wait a minute... isn't there a novel with that content on Custer's office terminal?Or is the graphic content too stimulating for her?

The mature woman on the cover poses with a provocative posture and expression facing the reader. The underwear, which is no different from a strip of cloth, can only be seen to cover the sensitive parts. Hiiragi glanced through it a few times and the contents were all In this case, she didn't feel much. It was normal for her to take a bath with Lingjiu Feier and the others when she was born in the city. That is to say, the mysterious and feminine Man had somewhat touched her that night.

Hiiragi took another look at the bookshelf where the photo impurities were...photo albums, underwear shows, private magazines...the books with marginal color content were actually filled with a row. It's not that this administrator has no reading hobby, and It’s not that he doesn’t have a habit of classifying, it’s just that none of the books just met his reading hobby. It’s not easy to collect so many.

"Custer... there is no need to read this kind of book." Hiiragi Jing reached out to put the book back to its place, but was stopped by Custer.

Um?Does she like watching it?

"Don't, don't misunderstand!" Understanding something from Hiiragi's strange expression, Custer immediately took the photo from Hiiragi's hand and turned to the last page, "Here it is!"

'The Crown Prince announced: The first phase of the Kingdom's first airspace fortress project has officially concluded... The right to live in the airspace fortress is officially open to all citizens for review...'

Airspace Fortress?

Airspace model fortress!

Although there are two words missing, there is a huge connection between the two. They did not expect to find the first piece of relevant information here. Even though there are only a few simple sentences, it proves that the information they are looking for does exist in the castle study. , which is undoubtedly a great encouragement to them.

"Keep searching! Call me when you find it!" Putting the book in Custer's hand back, Hiei Jing returned to the bookshelf she had rummaged through to find new breakthroughs, and soon more information was discovered by them...

"The first airspace city in the Kingdom of South Austria was officially launched, and the United World Parliament cooperated to sign the "New International Airspace Management Law"..."

"The fortressization of airspace cities is inevitable...Many countries are calling for an end to the arms race..."

Basically, they were just fragments of words mixed in magazines. It wasn't until Irene, who had been silent, came to Hiiragi Jing with an obscure newspaper covered in cobwebs that she finally learned about the airspace city that had been mentioned countless times. 's true appearance.

Chapter 28 Castle Incident in Sky City

The remaining cobwebs bring an uncomfortable sticky feeling to the parts touched by the hands. The long history has made the newspaper tattered and fragile. A slight shake can make it fall into pieces, which may be the benefit. Due to the existence of these cobwebs, the damage to the newspaper was not serious, giving the color photo that occupied half of the headline page a chance to remain intact to this day.

With the blue sky and some clouds as the background, a huge inverted cone-shaped object is suspended in the sky, with dozens of complete rings or semi-circular objects surrounding it. It is unknown what purpose the inverted cone-shaped object is used for. There are several extremely eye-catching red highlights below, but due to the shadow and shooting distance, no more details can be seen, and the plane above the inverted cone seems to have a transparent barrier of a hemisphere upside down, if it were not for the reflection on the edge I really couldn't see it for a while.

so big……

Just looking at this suspended building in the air only makes people wonder about its function and purpose, but once the view is enlarged to the entire photo, the so-called "airspace city" against the background of the urban buildings below makes people feel more deeply. Shocking, this is really a city...a city that exists in the sky.

How did it fly?

After carefully looking at the photo several times to confirm that she had not missed any possible details, Hiiragi turned her attention to the text below. Comparing the photo with the text, the damage in the problematic content was very obvious, and the identifiable content was not clear. Halfway through, the rest can only be judged based on the context, and I don’t know whether this is a blessing or a misfortune.

'...Kingdom Calendar...March...Spark Knight Class One Airspace City is officially launched...Residency is open to all citizens for review...applications from foreigners will not be considered for the time being...'

This message should be the complete version of the content that I just saw in the photo collection. Of course, the so-called "complete" is only relatively speaking. The information carried by a large piece of blurry fonts is no longer known. .

'The Winged Knight Class One Airspace Urban Fortress Renovation Project was officially implemented... The new artificial intelligence core officially took over the urban transportation system, and the kingdom's intelligence process made an important breakthrough... Some facilities in the urban area were closed...'

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'...Wing Knight Class II Airspace City...Management Methods...Excellent Transformation Process...Specially Awarded by His Majesty the King...Model Title...Saint Martí's Frequent Intrusion into the Airspace Caused a Diplomatic Crisis, and the Airspace Fortress Moved North...'

model? ! !

Before she could recover from the shock of the scale of the sky city, Hiiragi's spirit perked up at the sight of these two words. She was now almost certain that the 'Wing Knight Type [-] Sky City' in this report was the prison terminal. The 'airspace model fortress' referred to in.

From the existing content, it can be inferred that these airspace cities have generally undergone fortress-like transformation due to the tense atmosphere of the pre-war era, and the name "airspace city" was later changed to "airspace fortress" in later reports.

After searching so many books, they still couldn't confirm 100% whether the 'airspace ruins' on the Orfanto Community map were actually the fortress that was awarded the name of Model. They only knew that it went north, but from the map It appears that the location is indeed north of Ofanto.

What is strange is that from the available information, it seems that there are at least three airspace fortresses owned by the Kingdom of Nanao, so why is there only one place name for the airspace ruins on the map?

"The current Ofanto community is only a part of the South Austrian Kingdom..." Custer gave a convincing answer to this question, "I don't remember the specific land area of ​​the South Austrian Kingdom, but I know that it is absolutely impossible for the current territory of the Ofanto Community to support a major participating country in the pre-war era..."

That's right, Hiiragi suddenly remembered that according to Buton, the Southern Federation was also part of the Southern Kingdom before the war, so other unknown directions must also have their former territories. Maybe other airspace cities still exist. A place beyond Ofanto's knowledge.

No matter what...it is necessary to visit this airspace ruins.

Just as Hiei Jing put down the newspaper and prepared to look for more information for the future trip to the north, the three of them suddenly raised their heads and looked at the door of the study room and slowed down their breathing, because there was that sound coming from the other side of the door. An old woman exclaimed: "You... what are you going to do?"

"If you don't want to die, just cooperate with the old woman!" The other voice was a strange male voice. The tone was fierce. At the same time, Hiiragi Jing and others heard a slight sound of a gun being loaded. "Tell us quickly, where is the administrator?"

"I...I really don't know!" The old woman's panicked voice was about to burst into tears, "Captain Luo never said that the information he arranged to take care of the administrator, we... How are we qualified to know these things..."

"B*tch, what kind of captain?! He is a usurper. If what happens here can be communicated to others, the higher-ups will definitely send someone to eliminate this arrogant guy..."

Hearing this, Hiiragi Jing and others had a basic idea of ​​what happened outside the door. It was probably some people in the castle who were unwilling to surrender and planned to rescue the administrator and then announce Rocco's rebellion in the name of the administrator to call on more people. Just resistance.

Hiiragi's attitude at this time is very simple. She is just an outsider in the town of Vibus. Whether Rocco or Peps rises to power has little to do with her. Of course, this matter will obviously have a negative impact on her current partner Man. It had quite an impact, but now it was too late to ask Man for his opinion. I heard the male voice outside the door continue to ask: "Who are you serving here? Who is in the study? Xiao Xiao A senior officer in the town guard? Or is it Rocco himself?"

"Idiot..." Custer snorted with disdain from his nose, "If it is really a senior officer operating in an area that is not fully under control, how could he not be accompanied by guards?"

Sometimes they behave politely and thoughtfully, and sometimes they are rude to others. However, there are many similarities between the two sisters in this aspect.

"Misunderstanding...misunderstanding..." the old woman said hurriedly, "They are just three little girls. They are relatives of the owner of the tavern. They came to the castle study just to read a book."

"Little girl? Man's relative?" The old woman's explanation did not dispel the man's idea of ​​​​the study, but became even more angry. "It's that bitch. The administrator is so good to her, but now not only has he not found a way to The rescue administrator ended up hanging out with that Rocco again..."

"Let him know the price of betraying the Lord Administrator!" A low voice echoed from the surroundings, and instead of being angry, there was a hint of snickering in the tone.

"No, wait!"

"Go away!"

boom!

The door was kicked open mercilessly, and a young man wearing a squire's clothes broke into the room holding a pistol that looked more like a work of art than a weapon. At a glance, he knew which collection cabinet it was emptied from. , being able to use it as a weapon is enough to show the embarrassment of this group of people's lack of weapons, and they also want to confront the town guards. I don't know whether to laugh at their stupidity or admire their courage.

The moment he stepped into the study, he was greeted by a kick that came straight to the door.

"Ahhhhhh!!!" The man fell to the ground and wailed, covering his severely injured nose. After seeing his nosebleed dripping on the ground, his face became even more horrified: "Blood...it's blood. !”

Irene kicked the man unconscious again. At this time, she had already arrived in the corridor outside the door, and immediately locked eyes with another middle-aged man standing next to the old woman with a shocked expression on his face.

After realizing that something was wrong, the man turned around and was about to run away. Irene immediately threw out a classical novel that was half a palm thick. With a muffled sound, the man who was hit on the back of the head by the strong spine fainted. Well, the whole process lasted no more than a moment.

"Um... ah..."

"Old man, please don't be afraid. The danger here has been eliminated." Hiei Jing and Custer walked out later to comfort the nervous old woman. She could not withstand much fright at such an old age, "You Do you know who they are?"

"I...he..." The old woman Irene first glanced blankly at the double-killer who had achieved a double kill in an instant, then glanced at the young man who was kicked unconscious at the beginning and stumbled and said, "He, he is it turns out... The son of the chief steward...the chief steward was shot to death while supervising the battle last night...the other one seemed to be from the original guard, I haven't seen him a few times..."

Hmm... After losing his original glory and wealth and still having the hatred of his father's death, it's no wonder that he still chooses to resist when the power gap is obvious.

"I know, go and report what happened here to the guards. These two people are definitely not the only ones who want to cause trouble, and Rocco will definitely give you corresponding rewards... By the way, it directly means that someone wants to rescue. That’s enough of the administrator, go ahead.”

After getting the information from Hiiragi Jing, the old woman immediately rushed to the nearest guard to report. Hiiragi Jing did not return to the study but left directly from the stairs. The study must not be able to stay any longer. Staying here will only lead to More trouble.

Regardless of the number of participants, once something like this happens, it will be extremely bad in nature and will definitely cause Rocco to be on high alert. The entire castle will inevitably begin to implement strict martial law measures and launch a large-scale manhunt. This is very important to Rocco. This is not a good situation for the three outsiders. They may be forced to stay on the island in the short term, which will delay Hiiragi Jing's plan to learn about the airspace ruins.

Just as Hiiragi thought, they drove slowly and hurriedly. Just after crossing the suspension bridge, several gunshots were heard in the castle, and the town guards quickly blocked the bridge. However, these things had nothing to do with Hiiragi and the others. .

Chapter 29 Ordinary Prelude

Rocco's actions were faster than expected. From the blockade to the official declaration of martial law, it only took 10 minutes. However, what surprised Hiiragi was that this sudden accident actually brought about a chain result-Man resigned. About The town's reconstruction planning work has become a lot less busy. Not only Man, but also Milang has returned to the tavern to take charge of Man's safety again.

It is said that Rocco recruited a group of reliable manpower from civilians and Peps' original personal guard to strengthen the supervision of Vibus Town, and this also led to an even greater shortage of already limited manpower and some projects had to be temporarily suspended. Priority was given to important work such as fortifications, and the projects put on hold included those for which Mann was responsible.

As for when these suspended projects would be resumed, Hiiragi was not interested in knowing. She only knew that now Man finally had time to answer her questions.

"Airspace ruins?"

She had just returned from the construction site filled with the smell of corpses and high temperatures. She had just had time to drink a few sips of water before she was greeted by Hiiragi who couldn't wait to push the door open. The questions she asked were beyond her expectation and she didn't know what she was asking. Where did I hear the name from, let alone what the purpose of asking about it was.

However, seeing the other party's anxious look, Man still confirmed that there was no one else nearby, cleared his throat and gave a serious reply: "Although I have not seen that place in person, I have some knowledge of it through the internal information of the intelligence team."

"It is a city floating in the air, floating at an altitude of about... 5000 meters above the ground. It is said to be a benchmark for new cities built by the country before the war, used to promote the country's image to attract elites and investment... But most of it was due to the war. The city originally used for people's livelihood has been transformed into a war machine..."

Sure enough, the airspace ruins are the remains of the pre-war airspace city, and this inference is not wrong.

"It is located due north of Ofanto, roughly between the advancement association and the eastern section of Ofanto's control area. At its center is an irregular circular nuclear wasteland with an area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers. , one-third of which are heavily contaminated areas where even wearing the highest-level protective clothing cannot stay for more than [-] minutes... Although it is a bit timid to say this, in fact, it is the existence of this nuclear wasteland that promotes the meeting without worrying about military strength. Ofanto, who had an absolute advantage, opened up a second front from the flank..."

How many?Seventeen thousand? ! !

This number made Hiiragi subconsciously sit up from her chair. Only now did she realize that even if she deliberately increased the difficulty in her imagination, she still underestimated the difficulty of exploring this so-called airspace ruins, the NC abandoned city nuclear wasteland of the Southern Federation. She didn't know exactly how big it was, but it was definitely not as big as the nuclear wasteland of this airspace ruins. Yes, such an important area was naturally the focus of natural disaster weapons. What was even more incredible was that the airspace ruins were not removed from it. Crash in the air?Not to mention how to cross the heavily polluted area, how would they reach an altitude of 5000 meters even if they reached the central location?

"So...where do you want to go?" This time Man finally couldn't help but break her image of a smart person who doesn't explore and asked. Judging from Hiiragi Jing's various performances, her guess was probably true. She just asked this because she didn't want to reveal too frankly that she wanted to know the reason.

"Yeah." Hiiragi didn't intend to hide anything at this point. After all, if you want to get here in the future, you will definitely need the help of Man and the promotion committee behind her.

"Is it because...you...discovered something in that prisoner of war camp?"

"Some very important things." Hiiragi thought for a while and finally didn't say anything more. Hiiragi didn't want too many people to know about the identity of the witch.

Finally, after a moment of silence, Man spoke again: "The closest city to Vibus Town is Fenglin City. It does not belong to any nobles. It is nominally a direct jurisdiction of the United King of the Ofanto Community, but it is actually designated. The first family of the leader of the West Mau Dominion to surrender to Ofanto is in the hands of the family.”

"In the propaganda, they were set up as role models for the Dominion that surrendered to Ofanto. Although they were once tribes of the Dominion, they treated their compatriots much more harshly than ordinary lords... You can arrive there soon by heading north... Remember Pay attention to the black market there, the intelligence team often operates there... As for whether I can find it now... I don't know..."

Man seemed to have said something that had nothing to do with the ruins of the airspace, but Hiiragi knew that this was Man expressing his support, and he was also willing to provide information about the intelligence team. This was all the help that Man could provide, Hiiragi He nodded slightly to express his understanding and made his promise: "Whether I can successfully enter the ruins of the airspace or not, I will go to the occupied area of ​​the Advancement Association to tell them about your affairs, and I will bring support here."

"This is the token of the intelligence team, take it..." After listening to Hiiragi Jing's words, Man showed a strange-shaped knife. The handle is no different from other knives. The reason why it is strange is that its blade is extremely sharp. It was an awkward semicircle. Hiiragi had never seen a knife of this shape before. It was very disadvantageous for cutting and stabbing. How could anyone make a knife into such an inconvenient shape?

Seeing Hiiragi Jing's confusion, Man chuckled and explained: "The Advancement Council was once the No. 11 Group Army of the Kingdom of South Austria, responsible for the defense production and construction of several cities in the northwest border. I heard from the old man that at the beginning of the war, the North The enemy bypassed the Eleventh Army and surrounded their station. They lost contact and cut off supplies. The soldiers and residents together smelted the metal knives they could find to make weapon parts, and then used the lids of cans as cutting tools. The enemy attacked The siege of the Eleventh Army lasted the entire war, and we also persisted throughout the war, even longer than the Kingdom of Nanao itself..."

"Okay, just think of it as a story. Just listen and you will know the origin of this kind of knife." After speaking, Man sighed softly, "When do you plan to set off?"

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Unknown to everyone in the small town of Vibus, somewhere in the south only a few dozen kilometers away from them, the disaster they should have borne was gradually coming to an end.

"Find the monster target, fire!"

"The area our team is responsible for has been cleaned up..."

"A large number of zombies are advancing towards the base! Be sure to stop them!"

The chaotic situation has continued from last night to now. Although it did not cause many casualties to Ofanto, it seriously hindered their exploration of the depths of the underground facility. If it were not for the noise caused by the fugitives and witches before, they had to be extracted. A large number of manpower went out into the mountains to hunt down and expand the warning range. This tide of corpses would not be so troublesome to them at all.

Of course, in addition to dealing with the zombie tide, there is one most important thing that must be confirmed again.

"Didn't you say that the corpse wave would be directed to Vibus Town and would not pose any threat to this place?" The middle-aged officer glanced at the report in his hand with lowered eyebrows. It was a report from a few days ago. Report, the red arrow on the simple schematic diagram of the report screen was originally intended to point directly to the location of the underground facility, and then was guided by a green arrow in the direction of a nearby human town. Yes, that was Vibus Town.

As early as three days ago, the patrol team on the periphery discovered this large-scale corpse tide coming from the west and determined that the underground facilities were on their path. Several researchers and officers jointly organized a document to guide the corpse tide. The action plan for the town of Vibus appeared on his desk, and he remembered very clearly that he personally approved its implementation.

But he never thought why the tide of corpses that was supposed to go to Vibus Town would suddenly turn back. Judging from the expressions of these people, they were also extremely confused.

"This...according to the observers' reports, there was indeed a battle between the zombie wave and Vibus Town. They also evacuated after confirming that the zombie wave had invaded the outer wall of the town..." The leading researcher was trembling, "It's just that Due to unknown reasons, the corpse tide suddenly turned back..."

"So... it was people from the small town who discovered our place?" The young lieutenant colonel Liu Jinqi on the side spoke out his guess.

"So what if it's discovered? Guide the corpse tide here? Why didn't the perimeter security personnel find anything?" The middle-aged officer's face showed a rare hint of embarrassment and then he sighed heavily, "You... were demoted. Level [-]... The person responsible for guiding the zombie tide should go and manage the slave workers... If the zombie tide is handled well, these punishments will be suspended..."

"Yes……"

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Chapter 30 Departure from the small town

With the defensive strength of the underground facilities, it is impossible to break through a zombie wave of this size in just one attack, not to mention the lack of autonomous citizens who lack heavy weapons. The only two people who had originally placed hope on the promotion meeting were Man and Miran, who had lost their communication channels with the organization. They are just people, which is why Hiiragi decided to go to the airspace ruins first.

Not only to find the truth about the witch, but also to get in touch with the promotion meeting in the north. At present, if you want to return to the Southern Federation, you can only seek the help of this force. After all, Hiiragi Shizune and Wakako have made up their minds after the death of Ping Cang. determined to completely destroy the underground facility.

The agreement with Buton to meet again in five days has expired. Buton did not come to the town of Vibus, and no other nomads came to send a message, but Hiiragi Jing was not in a hurry and stayed for one more day, because As early as the first few days after they arrived in the town of Vibus, they already knew that several passages in the south were blocked. They stayed for one more day just to see if the wave of corpses attracted could weaken the blockade of Ofanto. At present, it seems that there should be no more.

"So do we have to leave?" Hiiragi Jing had informed everyone of this decision a few days ago, and Ruoxiang was also ready to leave. But until that day came, she still felt a sense of reluctance. .

Although she spends her days taking care of the sick and wounded, for her, this is her first normal life after escaping from the cage. No one knows her identity as a witch, and no one knows her identity as an idol. , just like every ordinary person in the wasteland, truly or generally, rather than being reluctant to leave the town, she was more reluctant to say goodbye to this experience that she had never had before.

Not only Ruoxiang was reluctant to give up, but several bartenders who had a good relationship with Ruoxiang and all the injured people placed in the tavern expressed their reluctance. In the past few days, Ruoxiang has become somewhat famous in the town, exquisite. With her gentle appearance and magical singing voice that soothes pain, she is simply an angel-like figure in mythology. In fact, many people in the town use this title to refer to Wakaka.

Irene didn't say much after confirming to Hiiragi that she would return here. As for the Windsor sisters, it would be better to say that since they left the prison, their interest in exploring outside has become more and more high, especially when Poluk is bored. I don’t know how many times I have wandered around the surrounding jungle in the name of patrol.

After Ruoxiang formally bid farewell to the people in the tavern, Hiiragi and others boarded a caravan that was preparing to go out. This caravan was very special. It did not belong to a private caravan, but was led by Captain Rocco. The surviving caravan leaders in the town respond to organize the caravan and the town guards provide protection for the caravan.

Because this caravan is responsible for a very important task for the reconstruction of the town: selling crystal cores.