"The vanguard? Hahahaha what's the use of this?"

Suddenly, Thomas burst into an extremely strange laughter: "Do you think a mere defense infantry division can change the situation here? You all saw that the dark creatures outside are types that we have never seen before. Let's talk about it, who have seen such a big ants? Who has seen such a giant with a height of more than ten meters? The emperor is here, this is not a war conflict area, but a gray area. Why do they appear in such places? Why?"

The mercenaries looked at each other, and to be honest, this was also a question in their minds.

The immigrants of Konoha Town have regarded the previous battle as a legendary story. However, Oviado's mercenaries rarely believe that it is true. This is not surprising. People have always believed only the truth that their eyes see. The gray zone surrounds the entire human empire, with a length of more than tens of thousands of kilometers. Konoha Town is just a very tiny point in the middle of this gray strip area. In this gray area, there are probably more than millions of dark hunters and mercenaries active. Most of the targets they hunt are corpses of different levels, or dark warriors. Similarly, in addition to some key strategic passes, dark creatures only attack small human settlements with average defense capabilities.

The reason for this situation is not that both the empire and the dark world can maintain restraint, but because the focus of fierce competition between the two sides is on the space field.

The gray area has been repeatedly explored for tens of thousands of years. Both the Empire and the Dark World are very clear. In this area that is used as a strategic buffer, there is no strategic resource with mining value. This is a dry desert, and its function is only used to act as a separation between the two major forces. Only those dark nobles and humans who are ordinary in strength, ineligible, and unable to enter the space field to compete for resources will choose this kind of place for interests.

This is a kind of conservative rule, but not everyone will abide by this tacit understanding. For example, the Dark Knight Las Messeth, and the current Dark Earl Watson, all caused fierce battles in the gray area with more than tens of thousands of battles due to a small entry point.

Of course, Count Thomas would not know what was going on. He just analyzed according to common sense and believed that Oviado was absolutely safe. Therefore, he accepted the appointment of Duke Marvin and became the city lord here.

Everything was ruined. Even if he could escape back to the empire's territory alive, Thomas could not imagine how angry he would face from the Duke and Marquis.

The vibrations and gunfires from the ground became more and more intense. This shows that more dark creatures have rushed into the city. The mercenary captain looked at Thomas with great concern and advised: "Your Excellency, we should leave here as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late."

"I won't leave if I don't want to leave"

Earl Thomas suddenly raised his head, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot lines, as if a hungry and crazy beast: "No matter where he escapes, it will be the same."

Without waiting for the mercenary captain to answer, Thomas began to yell desperately: "We still have a chance. Konoha Town is very close to us, and it is the territory of the "Iron Warriors" Legion. I have seen that guy named Su Hao, so I ask them for help and ask them to help us..."

The mercenary captain who could not bear it directly hit Thomas on the back of the head. The count's eyes were straight, but he opened his mouth but failed to make the sound behind him, and he fainted on the spot.

"Only in this way can this crazy man keep silent"

The mercenary captain threw Thoma, who was knocked out, onto the hover car, glanced at the fire that faintly appeared from the entrance of the ground passage, and his eyes were filled with fear: "We have to leave here quickly. Things have lost control, and this is completely beyond our ability."

Just as he turned over and stepped onto a magnetic motorcycle, a accompanying mercenary said in a bit unbearable way: "We just left like this, what should those people in the city do?"

A cold chill appeared on the mercenary captain's face. He pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the mercenary's eyebrows: "Why, do you not understand what I said? Or do you want to stay and die with those people?"

The mercenary immediately shut up and stopped talking.

Soon, a very fast convoy drove out of the underground warehouse, quickly passed through the unresolved city gate in the east and left Oviado.

Behind them were the burning fire, screaming loudly.

Standing at the highest point of Konoha Town Fortress, you can clearly see the flames of Oviado City.

Half an hour ago, Su Hao ordered the whole town to enter a high alert state, all defense facilities were lifted from electronic locks, and large-caliber artillery opened the spinning firing world, aiming at the direction of Oviado.

The electronic detection mechanical sentry set up outside the town did not send back any news of foreign invasion. There was no bio-radio wave of special species such as ant demons under the surface, and no large-scale corpse traces were found in the outer area. Everything shows that the core of the battle is only around the city of Oviado. It seems that the only place where dark creatures are interested. They are very clever, avoiding the smaller but comparable to the iron wall of Konoha Town, and chose the thin-shell walnut-like Oviado. Now, they have smashed the outer layer of the walnut and eaten the tender flesh inside.

"Would we... go and help them?"

This is what the pharmacist Zhang Zhongyuan said more than ten minutes ago. The original words he wanted to say were not actually like this, but "We should help them."

The team priest Torugar stood next to Su Hao. Everyone, including him, knew the interests of Konoha Town and Oviado. No one persuaded Su Hao, but just waited silently for the orders from him.

Kenson and Mo Xingkui were not present. They were also undergoing relevant training and tests at the Legion headquarters. However, Su Hao could also imagine the different attitudes of these two subordinates towards this matter.

Kenson is more conservative and more mature. He will definitely persuade himself to send troops to rescue Oviado.

As for Mo Xingkui, he was a radical guy. Faced with this situation, he would only say coldly: "Since they have abandoned this place, they must honestly accept their current destiny."

This is a dilemma.

To be fair, Su Hao didn't want to meddle in other people's business at all. Last time he left Count Thomas' office, Su Hao left a harsh word. At that time, he himself did not expect that the implementation of this sentence would be so fast. Moreover, it was an attack from the dark world.

Su Hao has already worn a full set of power armor, and his weapon backpack and energy device are in the best condition. He silently stared at the city of Oviado, where the flames were burning in the distance, with a cold expression, but there was a hint of imperceptible ridicule on the corner of his mouth, which was slightly bent.

Dark creatures are not all fools, they are very smart. If they are themselves, they will only choose the easy city of Oviado.

Isn't that the case?

Even if they really have the ability to capture Konoha Town, the weapons and military supplies here have no effect on dark creatures. Moreover, this place has become a strong defense military fortress. They will only hit hard in front of hard walls and heavy artillery, causing heavy casualties. In contrast, the prosperous Oviado can make a lot of profits.

Protecting the people is the responsibility of every legion soldier.

But those people were no longer within the scope of Su Hao's willingness to protect. This kind of thing had happened before. Su Hao stood in front of the danger, and they survived. However, they finally chose to leave and go to the city of Oviado, where living conditions are better. Seeking profit and avoiding harm is the essence of human nature, and Su Hao has nothing to say about it. But no matter what, people must always have some belief when they live.

"They have no faith, not even their own faith."

Su Hao's lips opened slightly and said slowly: "They never think that everything now comes from others' gifts, they only think that it is the result of their own struggles. In fact, they did nothing and could do nothing. When danger comes, they will cry and beg. When you appear in front of them, they will only think that this is for granted and will not feel that they have been saved."

Su Hao remembered Wang Hu. Although the death of that person was directly related to himself, it is undeniable that Wang Hu was indeed qualified to be called the guardian of Konoha Town. He gave his life at that time, but now, how many people still remember his name?

There is also a priest in the town. He has been preaching and facing everyone with a smile. But there are very few people who are truly willing to enter the church, and people are even unwilling to listen to him preaching, and listen to him recite the "Holy Book" in his most sincere voice. Compared to the vague and illusory belief, golden coins are more real.

Su Hao always believed that those who were willing to stay were the believers who were truly worthy of redemption. He himself did not understand why the belief in the emperor suddenly arose? Su Hao had never seen that person, but only learned from other people about the emperor's deeds from books. Faith was born from this, which seemed natural, but this kind of thing did not happen to those who left Konoha Town.

Now, the people in the town are not entirely "worker bees". The power of bloodline and genes cannot affect everyone. The most precious thing in human nature is still faith and faith.

Torugar and Zhang Zhongyuan looked at each other and saw understanding and helplessness in each other's eyes.

It has been a comrade-in-arms of Su Hao for a long time. They all know something about what happened in Konoha Town. Zhang Zhongyuan wanted to persuade Su Hao to send troops, but there was nothing wrong with that. This was the responsibility of the legion soldiers. The problem is that the decision lies with Su Hao himself.

According to the combat regulations, if the fortress under control is threatened, the commander can refuse requests such as sending troops to assist according to the actual situation. In short, no one can regard Su Hao's indifference and ignorance of Oviado as a sin.

"They have no faith, but I have."

Su Hao's eyes released a strange light, and his expression became more and more firm: "We are all gathering together for a common goal. The number of people with noble character is because there is an essential difference between them and ordinary people. The devil wants to tempt us with material and interests, and we have always protected our hearts from darkness. Yes, they are sinners, and this kind of crime must be redeemed through death. Isn't the bystander a sin? We could have obtained higher moral and soul purification from it, but because of narrow thoughts, we have become dirty. We are holy and we should not be tempted. Close our eyes, close our ears, hold our breath and concentrate, and make the simplest and most direct judgment with our minds. There is no need for any reference, no persuasion and induction. We are independent and powerful warriors, and we... are brave and powerful Red Dragon Battle Group."

Su Hao himself didn't know why he said these words? At that moment, the content I had read in the Holy Book involuntarily appeared in his mind. He felt that these words had penetrated into his heart and became part of his body.

This is self-consciousness, instinct.

Others can be filthy and sinful. But you must never be disturbed.

"Because, we are purifiers. And they... although they betrayed and made the wrong choice, they are still humans after all."

This sentence came out of his mouth, Su Hao turned around, with unquestionable decisiveness and perseverance, his eyes swept through everyone waiting by his side in sequence, and he growled deeply and clearly: "We will set out now. The goal, Oviado City."

An indescribable powerful heat current surged throughout everyone present.

Zhang Zhongyuan looked at Su Hao with extremely fanatical eyes, muttering to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "I knew it would be like this. I did not choose the wrong follower. This guy does have noble and pure character. Well, no matter what he had done before, no matter whether there was any conspiracy in his mind, he can be called a qualified team commander now. It is also worthy of my respectful call of him "supervisor".

Torugar's reaction was not as strong as Zhang Zhongyuan. He remembered his mentor, Bishop Modilinia who was still coaching in the 10th training camp. The teacher said nothing wrong. Su Hao is indeed a person worth following. At least, it is difficult for him to forgive those who have betrayed. They do have a chance to atone for their sins, but they must first pay the price of blood and fire.

With the order from the team commander, the entire Konoha Town immediately became boiling.

More than a dozen "Searcher" infantry fighting vehicles quickly opened the hatch, and fully armed legion soldiers rushed out of their respective barracks and gathered on the playground as quickly as possible. The townsmen, the servants recognized by the "Steel Warriors", drove dozens of armored trucks loaded with ammunition and supplies. Behind all the figures of these back and forth running personnel overlapped with countless vehicles, from the underground hangar that took two months to complete the construction of mechanical slave workers, the all-steel gate flushed with the ground slowly opened, revealing a slope from top to bottom. Deep in the tunnel where the lights and darkness were entangled, the dull sound of heavy machinery rolling over the ground was heard, which made people feel heart-pounding, and there was an indescribable shock and fear.

In the armament warehouse of the human empire, few weapons were as popular as the "Ghost Blade" super heavy tanks. In the distant era of all-round war, various types of super heavy tanks were widely equipped to the imperial army. Especially during the First War between the Empire and the Dark World, the Institute designed up to hundreds of giant tank solutions to serve the emperor and his troops. However, the Dark World's comprehensive attack on the research space led to these advanced technologies

With the fragmentation of information storage, the Imperial Military Affairs Department and the Holy See have been unremittingly searching in various space fields, hoping to retrieve the lost technologies one by one and collect relevant data involving super heavy vehicles. After 20,000 years, the searchers have overcome countless bottlenecks and mistakes with their desire for knowledge and their enthusiasm for human rejuvenation, and finally let the fragments of information buried in the deep space field of manufacturing blueprints be seen again.

This is not the heavy-duty tank drawings originally designed in the space field, but combines war experience with actual needs, and combines known armored vehicle technology to form a complete and mature technology. With the last lesson | The Holy See and the Imperial Legion carried out the most stringent closed management measures for the combat vehicle drawings. Only figures at the highest archbishop and legion commander level are qualified to review and call these drawings. This invisibly adds a mysterious cloak to the "Ghost Blade". At least, this seems to be true to outsiders.

This super chariot with a combat weight of more than 180 tons was simply born for war. It is simply a mobile armored fortress. Although it is bulky, it has extremely excellent maneuverability under the power of multiple large engines. The thick and heavy armor ensures that the "Ghost Blade" has an extremely high survival rate on the battlefield, and the dual-equipped combat cannon provides extremely destructive and powerful firepower. It is like a strongest mountain range, a flag, no matter where it appears in the battlefield, it will give the Imperial Army the hardest protection, the most violent fire support, and overwhelming praise and cheers.

This powerful war weapon requires eight crew members, commanded by the commander. Although Su Hao himself also wants to send out more heavy tanks, with the current comprehensive strength of the Red Dragon team, at most, he can form a combat organization of two "Ghost Blades".

Dai Xiaolou seemed to be in charge of an extremely large armory. He gave the Red Dragon combat team five "Ghost Blades" at one time. This powerful and spectacular weapon is very eye-catching in Konoha Town. Even if it is parked in the underground hangar that was completed in the later stage, it still cannot eliminate the various discussions that people who have seen it have.

In another section of the underground hangar, a new passage appeared.

The Fearless Mech is a huge combat machine. Its height is usually two to three times that of the Legion warriors and can weigh more than several tons. This is a heavy infantry mech that is more powerful than the power armor and equipped with more weapons, rather than armor in the ordinary sense. The Fearless Mech technology originated from the earliest civil security equipment in the empire. It is a ground armor weapon that imitates the appearance of humans and walks with two feet. As the original engineering machinery, the predecessor of the Fearless Mech had another name - "walking machine". The reason why the tracks with higher efficiency and faster speed were not used was to adapt to the rugged and complex terrain. After all, in a mountainous environment, vehicles are simply inaccessible.
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