"The chief is pretty good, except that he's a little poor, that's all."
Quick has always believed so.
But Asui couldn't really let them go to the battlefield with just a few large tree branches, so he took some effort to "borrow" five boxes of equipment from Black Fang. Each bug was equipped with a light energy gun and a military dagger. Although there were not many bullets, they were barely enough if they were saved.
Asui also equipped himself with a gun for self-defense. He stood in front of the team and said, "I just snatched all these equipment from the second leader..."
Xu Cenfeng nagged him from behind when he heard this. Asui reacted and quickly changed his tone, "Borrow. All the equipment I have borrowed from the Second Chief and his men. We will return them after the battle. When we raid at night, you must bring back more supplies, including food and ammunition. The more the better!"
"Yes! Big Chief!"
Quick and his men have been completely assimilated into bandits, and they can't wait to rob the Black Hawk Alliance. Even the fat chef is eager to try, wanting to avenge himself for being beaten to the ground last time on the battlefield!
Although Asui only had two starships, fortunately, he had few subordinates, so he could barely fit them in two groups. He glanced at the sky outside and saw that it was getting late, so he gave the order directly: "The first twenty bugs will board my starship, and the rest will board the one at the back. Gather and set off!"
"yes!"
Quick and his team were from the military, and upon hearing this, they immediately formed a team and boarded the starship in batches, with swift and neat movements. Xu Cenfeng sat in the cockpit to control the starship, and waited for Black Fang and his team to gather in front, and then took advantage of the night to sail with the main force towards the direction of the Black Hawk Alliance.
Brand had already changed into a combat uniform. He sat behind the driver's seat and adjusted the gun in his hand, loading it with bullets one by one. Finally, he put the gun into the holster and looked in the direction of Julian.
Asui didn't think much after hearing this, and subconsciously held Brand's hand and said, "Then follow me closely, and don't get lost."
“Whoosh!”
Carlos sneered and said sarcastically, "Military Advisor, you are not worried that we are plotting something?"
"Their starships are all parked behind the dense forest. We will go around them. Black Fang will lead a team to flank from the left, and I will lead a team to flank from the right. You stay where you are and rush over to attack when you see the signal flare."
Asui also raised his sword and prepared to go out, but was caught off guard by someone grabbing his wrist. He turned around and saw that it was Brande. The other party's handsome eyebrows were a little blurred in the shadows, but it still couldn't hide the sharp edge unique to military females. She reminded in a low voice:
How could he forget that female insects have wings, so flying over is a piece of cake for them.
Asui was standing on the edge of a cliff and accidentally kicked a stone down. It took a long time before he heard the echo, which showed how steep it was. He frowned and estimated the distance on the other side of the cliff. He found that the span was more than 20 meters, and there was no leverage point. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
As Quick finished his words, a pair of wings quietly grew out of the backs of those female insects. They soared into the air and instantly flew to the other side of the cliff. Only Asui was left standing there in a dishevel in the wind.
Brand looked down upon hearing this, and found that it was the Solitia Forest. He was somewhat surprised. Although the military had already begun to eliminate the remaining beasts in the Solitia Forest, it was still a dangerous restricted area. "How did you end up in the Solitia Forest?"
Seeing Ah Sui was frightened, Brande's light blue eyes flashed a smile. He thought this male insect was invincible in martial arts, but he didn't expect that it would also encounter difficulties.
Brand could not predict their plans, so he could only prepare in advance. He saw Asui next to him leaning against the porthole to observe the situation, so he raised his hand and pulled down the blackout curtain to avoid becoming a target in the dark: "It's too dark now, you can't see outside clearly."
"A Sui, don't wander around on the battlefield later."
When Brand walked out of the starship today, he happened to find Julian quietly returning to the team from a distance, looking very suspicious.
Xu Cenfeng didn't give him any face: "Indeed."
How should he jump over
No matter how powerful Asui's Qinggong was, it was impossible for him to fly more than 20 meters without a leverage point. Just as he was thinking about how to lead the team across the cliff, he heard Quick say in his ear: "Captain, it's not too deep. We can just fly over it."
It was already common knowledge that the two of them had an ambiguous relationship, second only to the fact that "the big boss was a poor bastard". Upon seeing this, Quick and the others all looked away tacitly, pretending they saw nothing.
Xu Cenfeng heard their conversation from the front, but he never explained. There were two backpacks quietly placed at his feet, bulging with something unknown, and it seemed that they were ready to leave.
Asui saw them nodding obediently, and then he and Brand led the team into the depths of the dense forest. The snow was deep and the road was difficult to walk on. In addition, the terrain was steep, and Asui found a cliff in front of him not long after walking. He quickly raised his hand to signal the team to stop: "Stop, there is a cliff ahead!"
Several leaders including Black Fang and Carlos came over one after another, thinking that Asui really had a crush on this pretty-faced female soldier, and asked in a rough voice: "Captain, the team has assembled. When do we set out?"
This sentence sounds a bit childish, but no one dares not to take it seriously. Black Fang and Carlos are a lesson for us. The last time they offended Asui and were beaten into pig heads, everyone saw it. Only a fool would run into the gun muzzle.
At this moment, Brand suddenly remembered the partner of Justu, the seventh prince of the empire. The male insect seemed to have been picked up in the dense forest of Soritia. Its origin was unknown, and its detailed identity information had not been investigated to this day. He couldn't help but feel a little more thoughtful.
The Black Hawk Alliance's combat starship was docked not far away. The pirates were crowded in the middle of the camp, roasting fire and eating meat, and the guards were loose. According to the original combat plan, Asui and Black Fang were to lead a team to lurk near the starship to destroy the flying device on it, and then fire a signal flare to notify the rest of the companions to launch an assault.
The snow-capped mountains are undulating, the wilderness is silent, and for a moment the only sound you can hear is the whistling mountain wind.
The other leaders nodded their heads to show that they understood. Xu Cenfeng was worried that Carlos might be plotting something, so he took the initiative to say to Asui, "Captain, I'll stay here and wait for orders. If you need anything, use the terminal to contact me."
Brand had already taken out the gun from the holster. His right hand fell quietly by his side, his fingertips on the trigger, ready for any emergency. He had no intention of participating in the next battle. His only mission today was to protect the other party. He added, "I'll follow you from behind."
Brand rarely spread his wings in front of unfamiliar insects. He retracted his wings after landing and stood silently behind Asui as before. He lowered his eyes and frowned, looking gentle and elegant, but the cold gun in his right hand made people feel that he was not as harmless as he seemed.
Based on a general's intuition, Brand had reason to suspect that tonight's war would not go as smoothly as expected, because whether considering the timing or the terrain, tonight was the best choice for the military to close the net.
About an hour later, the starship team finally arrived near the raid site, and one after another quietly landed in the dark. Quick and his team were the first to go down and gather, their footsteps landed silently, as light and agile as a group of beast cats.
Asui felt the weightlessness coming, and subconsciously hugged Brand tightly, and fell to the ground in the blink of an eye. He lowered his head and quietly smelled the light fragrance on Brand, then stood firm and let go of his hand.
Oops, so far away...
"Yes, Chief!"
Looking at the familiar dense forest in front of him, Asui finally realized and remembered his third grandfather, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face.
Ah Sui obviously couldn't explain this question clearly: "I don't know how I got here. I was in the forest when I fell from the mountain. I wish my third grandfather could be rescued by the army."
Upon hearing this, Asui walked to a snow slope and observed the Black Hawk Alliance's base with a telescope. He saw more than a dozen bright bonfires in the white snow. The pirates were sitting around them barbecuing and drinking to celebrate the big deal they had just made. Countless starships were docked neatly in the back, most of which were swallowed up by the shadows of the dense forest.
The Black Hawk Alliance is good at air combat, and as long as their starships are destroyed, the battle will be half successful.
Carlos choked when he heard this: "You!"
Upon hearing this, Julian immediately separated a team and stood behind Xu Cenfeng, which made Carlos' face turn pale. Asui made a sword flower with his backhand and threatened calmly: "If any of you dare to play tricks, I will beat you up when I get back!"
There was a sharp sound of wind, and a pair of translucent wings suddenly spread out behind Brand. He whispered to Asui, "Hold on to me", then put his arms around Asui's waist and flew directly to the other side of the cliff. The night wind and snow blew in his face, scratching his cheeks.
Asui was also worried that Carlos was playing tricks, so he looked at the team behind him and said, "Julian, take a small team and follow the military advisor. Follow his instructions if anything happens."
"… "
Ah Sui opened the curtain a little, pointed to the vast forest below and said, "Do you see the forest below? Brother Cen Feng and I came here from here. I wonder if my third grandfather is also in there."
Quick wasn't sure whether Brand had noticed their move to inform the military, so he could only bite the bullet and proceed according to the original plan. He lowered his voice and said to Asui, "Captain, you are not familiar with the structure of the starship. How about we go over and destroy the take-off device first, and you stay here and wait for us?"
He didn't seem to want to involve Asui.
Asui certainly wouldn't do such a cowardly thing. Upon hearing this, he patted Quick's shoulder and said, "I'm your leader. If something happens, I should be the first to rush forward. Let's go together!"
“…” Ah, he is indeed a naive person.
A subtle expression appeared on Quick's and the others' faces at the same time, and their consciences began to ache: as expected, harming the honest bugs could not bring any sense of accomplishment, but would only make them feel condemned by their conscience.
Asui led the team forward in the snow, and soon they reached the back of the dense forest. They saw the space pirates standing guard with guns not far away. A rough count showed that there were about ten of them. When they got closer, they could even hear their faint conversations.
"I heard that Black Hawk leader has already negotiated a price with the buyers. Ten male insects cost 10 million star coins. I don't know how much we can get..."
"Come on, it doesn't matter to us little guys how much we get. They eat meat and drink wine, but we can only stand here in the cold. If you want to make money, you'd better climb up as soon as possible..."
These guards were obviously not interested in their duty, they were just chatting and complaining. Asui made a gesture, and Quick and his men immediately dispersed in the dark. One bug found a starship, then quietly drilled to the bottom of the starship and began to dismantle the starting device.
Asui also found one, but he didn't know how to dismantle it, so Brand crawled in to help find the fuel pipes under the starship, dismantle them, and cut off the power generation device.
After doing all this, Asui and Brand climbed out from the bottom of the starship. At the same time, Quick and his team also completed the task and made a gesture from a distance in the dark.
Brand lowered his voice and said to Asui: "Ask Black Fang how things are going over there. Don't let them play tricks."
Ah Sui also felt uneasy about working with such a useless teammate. Hearing this, he lowered his head and glanced at the terminal on his wrist: "They haven't sent any messages yet. Let's hide in the woods first. If something goes wrong, it will be convenient for us to run away..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of gunfire from the camp in the east, followed by the anxious shout of the guard on duty: "Oh no! Enemy attack! Be alert!"
"Enemy forces appear near the starship!"
"What?! Enemy attack?!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire camp instantly fell into agitation and panic. The pirates even stopped drinking and immediately rushed to the starship with guns. A burst of dense gunfire was heard from the east, instantly breaking the silence of the long night.
At the same time, the terminal on Asui's wrist suddenly flashed twice, and a message came from Black Fang and his men: [We have been discovered by the enemy, requesting support! ]
Ah Sui's expression changed slightly when he saw this: "Oh no! Heiya and the others have been discovered! Quickly fire the signal flare!"
Upon hearing this, Quick quickly took out two flares from his pocket, pulled the fuse and shot them into the sky with a whoosh. Two fireworks, one deep red and one light red, exploded in the air and could be seen from kilometers away.
The deep red firework was for the Clete Alliance, and the light red firework was for the military.
But Asui didn't know the rules. At first glance, he thought the two fireworks looked the same. He drew his sword and immediately led his team to the east to provide support. At that time, Black Fang and his men were already fighting with the Black Hawk Alliance, and screams were heard everywhere.
Seeing this, Asui said to Brande, "Find a safe place to wait for me. I'll be back soon!"
After he finished speaking, he leaped and rushed directly into the encirclement, nimbly dodging the dense bullets. He stabbed out with the long sword in his hand so sharply that only a group of afterimages could be seen. He injured a group of space pirates in just two or three moves.
Brand did not rush into the battle circle rashly. If a female insect with a restless spirit saw blood in the fight, it would be easy for her to lose her mind and turn into an insect. He found a safe place to hide his body, raised his gun and pointed it at Asui. Whenever a pirate tried to attack from behind when Asui was not paying attention, he was shot dead by a bullet from the dark.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Brand fired shot after shot without batting an eyelid. He looked noble, with a temperament as bright as the moon, but he was ruthless when it came to taking lives. However, no reinforcements arrived until he ran out of bullets.
Black Fang in the field was already covered in blood. He quickly discovered something was wrong and screamed, "What's going on?! Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?!"
Ah Sui also noticed something was wrong. He kicked the nearest pirate to him, jumped onto the dead tree next to him and looked into the distance. He found that a large number of troops were rushing towards this side. However, the clothes on those insects were not the clothes of the Clet Alliance, but the combat uniforms of the military. At least a dozen pure black warships appeared in the sky. The pilots avoided the male insect captives imprisoned in the starships and directly opened the hatch to drop a light energy bomb to the most densely populated area of the battlefield below.
"boom!"
A light energy bomb suddenly fell in the middle of the camp with a deafening roar, creating a deep pit on the ground. The pirates around were affected and their arms and legs flew everywhere. Even Asui was knocked down from the tree.
Brand subconsciously looked toward the horizon, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he immediately shouted to Asui in a deep voice: "Asui! Retreat quickly! The military is coming!"
Ah Sui hadn't reacted yet, but Heiya was so frightened that his face turned pale. Seeing the military gathering troops to attack, he was almost mad with rage. He grabbed his subordinates and fired at all directions: "Damn it, we've fallen into a trap! Retreat quickly!"
Black Fang's subordinates were not only fast at stealing things, but also very fast at escaping. When they heard that they were surrounded, they immediately picked up the treasures scattered on the ground and ran into the depths of the jungle in a panic, without even looking back at their surrounded companions.
Asui was about to flee, but because the battlefield was too chaotic, the entire team was dispersed. He saw the military team rushing over from the snow slope not far away, and anxiously wanted to find Quick and his men, but suddenly a huge force attacked from behind, and Brande threw him to the ground and rolled down the snow slope.
"boom!"
There was another loud explosion, and the light energy bomb that was dropped created a deep pit where Asui had just stood, and Brand's back was also injured by the flying fragments, leaving a bloody mess.
"Well!"
Brande groaned in pain, sweat dripping down his forehead. He didn't care about anything else, and struggled to get up and pull Ah Sui up from the ground: "Ah Sui! Hurry up! It will be too late if you don't leave now!"
Asui was stunned by the explosion, his fair face was black, just like a little black bear. He wanted to say that Quick and the others had not been rescued yet, but Brand suddenly spread his wings behind him and took him up into the sky, flying quickly towards the distance in the sharp wind.
Brand was flying very fast. Asui could only feel the whistling wind in his ears, which made it difficult for him to open his eyelids. The battlefield below, where the sound of fighting was deafening, was getting farther and farther away.
Asui subconsciously hugged Brande's waist, but his fingertips suddenly touched a sticky liquid. He put it to his nose and sniffed it, and found that it tasted sweet and fishy, very much like blood.
Asui widened his eyes nervously: "Brand, are you hurt?!"
Brand had no way to answer him, and flapped his wings as hard as he could to fly away. Every time he flapped his wings, the blood from the wound flowed faster and faster. Finally, due to excessive blood loss and exhaustion, he fell heavily from mid-air.
"boom!"
They both fell into the snow at the same time, creating a deep pit in the ground.
At the critical moment, Asui turned around and held Brand tightly in his arms. He felt his vision spinning and he rolled on the ground several times before finally stopping.
Ah Sui hurriedly climbed up from the snow and went to check on Brande's condition. He found that the female insect's back was covered in blood and flesh, and her clothes were soaked. He quickly pressed several acupuncture points on his body to stop the bleeding and said anxiously:
"Brand, you're injured! What should I do? I'll carry you to find a doctor!"
Asui was about to carry Brand off the ground, but the female insect suddenly stopped him. Brand's face was pale and almost transparent. He struggled to get up from the ground and uttered a few words incoherently: "Asui... hide behind the tree... don't come out..."
Brand lowered his head in pain. His light blue eyes gradually turned scarlet and his pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip. His mental strength was almost unable to maintain his human form and he was about to transform into the most primitive insect state: "Hide inside... Don't look back..."
Brand didn't know whether Asui was afraid of his insect form. He only knew that most of the male insects in Salilanfa could not accept the original form of female insects and found them ugly and scary.
He could no longer maintain his current form, and he didn't want Asui to see that ugly scene...
(End of this chapter)