The real fire phoenix spread its wings across the void of hundreds of billions of years. In the cold and lonely interstellar vacuum, the Ares star is like a huge furnace. It is like the heart of a giant, erupting thousands of rays of light, and the released magnetic field covers most of the Ares galaxy, making the fierce stars shrouded in gray thunderclouds.
The light screen was opened in Phoenix's cockpit, and a three-dimensional line map of a small planet was displayed on it. At this moment, it was in the outer periphery of the planetary system, traveling slowly in the meteorite belt.
Imperial Fortress - The Holy Maiden.
Opal still remembers the first time he heard about it in the class of the wrench, the ultimate defense weapon equipped with the light shock cannon, the asteroid military fortress.
Phoenix flew to the star, and the space station sent a communication:
"Aha, it's obviously not very good recently. The weather is very bad, and there are too many guests coming to Lie Xing. Let me see, who is the big man?"
"Andre." Opal said, "Are you still alive?"
The voice of the space station was startled, and then said: "Adventurer? Interesting, how do you know my name? Lie Xing has fallen to the point of being saved by the Great Astronautical Association..."
"I think... maybe we were friends in a previous life," Opal said.
Andre said: "It's a bit possible, well I'm sure you're not hostile."
"We're just here to visit Ms. Lefina," Opal said.
"That girl has been very irritable lately." Andre said, "you better not mess with her, adventurers, I hope you can bring some good news for Lie Xing, but don't be too flamboyant."
"Who?!" Another voice said beside Andre.
Andre's voice said, "Adventurers from King's Wharf."
"Oh?" the man said, "Let me check the Adventurer's Handbook."
Opal thought that even the space station was occupied by the factions of the empire, and there were many more fighter jets around, and the blockade was quite tight.
"What are you doing at Lie Xing?" the man asked.
Opal said: "On the order of Queen Yinni, come over and ask about her teacher, Ms. Lefina."
The man said: "Welcome to Lie Xing. The current situation is not very friendly. If you need help, please contact the Imperial Embassy in Lie Xing."
Opal said politely, "Thank you."
The thirty-two magnetic locks were released, Phoenix passed through the clouds, another thunderstorm came, and tens of thousands of lightning rods protruded from the ground. Phoenix landed on the tarmac. After all, most of the interstellar helipads have monitoring devices, and it is too eye-catching to directly turn a large spaceship into a ring under the eyes of the monitor.
As soon as they got off the spaceship, a mercenary stepped forward, making a noise.
"Where did you come from?!"
"Change money?! We only need 1 to 149 here!"
"Will you wipe the spaceship?"
"Where are you from?! Show me your ID card! Otherwise you will be attacked by the locals!"
"Is it from the Empire? Look at your spaceship like..."
"He's a mercenary! Obviously wearing our clothes! Get out of the way! Imperial dog! Don't pull people here!"
"Hey! Are you in the group? To be honest, it's not easy to eat a meal right now... "
Opal was dazed by the noise, and said loudly: "Go away! I'm a mercenary! A mercenary! Locals!"
"This is your hometown?" Rector said.
"It's half a hometown." Opal said, "As for what Raymond thinks... I don't know, he doesn't seem to have a stronger sense of belonging to Lie Xing than I do, but we met here, where our first love was... God, how could Lie Xing become like this?"
The tarmac was full of people, and there were quite a few alien visitors arguing with the locals.
"Go and change money first." Opal said: "The coefficient of gravity is a bit large, and it is easy to fracture. Teacher, please pay attention to safety."
Rickett smiled and said: "Thank you for your reminder, Opal, otherwise the old bones of the teacher will not be able to bear."
Opal smiled and took Lecter to the IRC to exchange money. In the universe, no matter the war is raging, the storm is turbulent, the IRC is always standing, and it is also a safe island on all planets. Lie Xing's situation is indeed very unstable.
"Change some strong star coins." Opal said.
"Ah, it's really rare." The Glock Star clerk said: "Everyone is changing credit points, and there are still people who are changing Star Coins..."
"Hey, I said!" A mercenary said: "Sir! It's not worth it for you to go to the window to exchange money! Why don't you exchange it with us, one hundred and fifty-two for you..."
Opal turned his head and said, "Thanks, no need."
The mercenary said angrily: "We don't make black money! It's not easy for everyone to stutter!"
Opal frantically said: "I know! I didn't say that! Don't push people! All line up! He has no money! Hey, let me warn you, don't tug at my teacher..."
Opal went to push the mercenary who was pulling Rector away and warned him, and came back to continue the line. Behind him, there was an endless stream of people selling to Rector, saying, "Are you here to play? Are you staying in a hotel? I guarantee absolute safety..."
Opal's purpose is not just to exchange money. He gave his ID card, and the clerk said: "One credit point is exchanged for one hundred and ten Star Coins, look at it, today's exchange rate..."
Opal said: "It doesn't matter, for five thousand credits, can you tell me how things are going recently?"
"IRC is considering withdrawing the branch." The clerk said: "The new mercenary king obviously can't pick the lead... Of course, he may also be unlucky. This is true. Everyone needs luck, and everything needs luck... Luck is the universe. The truth in! Fingerprints, sir."
Opal pressed his fingerprints and asked, "Is Xun back?"
"Ah - the leader of the Bloodbath Army, it is said that he will be the next new king." The clerk said: "I came back half a month ago, here, look outside, there are people from the Bloodbath Army. The imperial faction controls the capital and the apron. , the bloody army controlled five big cities..."
"Thank you." Opal took back his ID card, transferred 200,000 Star Coins to Recht, and said, "It's a joke."
"It's no different from the last time I came here," Recht said.
Opal didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The last time was a war..."
Recht said: "I mean the last time I officially came to Fierce Star, four thousand years ago, when Azeroth was not in power."
Opal was a little curious, connected to the communicator on his wrist, and called Raymond.
"How was the last time?"
"The Dark Ages was a mixed bag of dragons and snakes before the final battle, as you can see," Recht said.
As soon as he received Raymond's communication, Opal saw a group of mercenaries bullying a half-year-old boy. Many people were shocked on the tarmac.
"Don't do it!" Opal said loudly.
What about the police? There were no police officers to maintain order. A young man was strangled by the throat of a tall man and pushed him directly against the wall, making a muffled sound.
Opal rushed forward and shouted, "You will kill him!"
He pulled the man away, punched him in the head, and someone threatened: "Don't meddle in your business!"
Opal was furious, pressed the man's neck with his bare hands, slammed into the wall, and shouted, "Isn't it interesting to fight like this?! Bullying children, right? Let you try it too!"
"Opal! Don't be impulsive!" Recht entered the crowd, released the power of faith in the crowded mercenary, and pushed people out directly. The alarm sounded, and the surrounding area of the apron was in chaos. As soon as Opal moved, more and more people joined the battle group, those who were carrying boxes, and those who were selling hotels. All the mercenaries joined the battle group. It continued to escalate, and then evolved into a group fight of nearly 1,000 people on the entire tarmac.
The sirens sounded one after another, hundreds of security aircraft approached, and all shops on the tarmac closed.
Opal protected the boy and staggered back, and the two sides were temporarily separated. Rickett stood in front of several people and said, "If you have something to say, talk about it."
"The fight is over." A mercenary laughed, "I'm just saying this now."
"What's the point of killing each other among compatriots?!" Rector's voice exploded like a muffled thunder.
All the mercenaries fell silent.
"Is the imperial dog a compatriot?" a mercenary said: "You ask the opposite?"
I didn't have time to take a closer look before, but now I finally have time to tell the difference. With Opal living on Lie Xing for so long, it can be seen at a glance that the boy he rescued was a local mercenary, and the one who took the lead in beating people was from the Empire. Mercenary faction.
The opposite shouted: "What do you say! Say it again!"
The two sides were about to fight again. Under the surveillance of the security aircraft, a security officer came and said, "Who is it? Show your ID card. Are there any rebel members here?"
"No, Chief." Pili Yangqiu, the mercenary behind Opal, said: "We are all good people, but we just don't like him bullying this child."
"What's your name?" the security guard asked the boy.
"Shanin," the boy said.
"Why beat him?" the security officer said to the perpetrator.
"I brought him to Lie Xing." One of the mercenaries sent by the empire, a strong man said: "The travel cost is 3,000 credit points, and the debt is actually delinquent..."
"I just don't have money now!" Shaning said loudly, "I will give it to you if I can make money after receiving the commission."
The security officer said: "Coordination in private. Stop fighting, how about you? What is your identity? Take out the card and see."
Opal glanced at Lecter, he didn't dare to show his ID card to the public, otherwise he would be besieged by mercenaries as soon as he was born in Iszur.
"I'm an adventurer," Opal said. "It's from the Great Astronautical Society."
All the mercenaries behind him were in an uproar, sneering and sneering.
"I'm also an adventurer, from the Republic of Greytown," said Rector.
The two handed over the adventurer's manual for the security personnel to check. The mercenary sent by the empire seemed a little surprised and said, "Misunderstanding, it's from King's Wharf? Come here, I'll take you to the hotel, what's the entrustment?"
"No." Opal put away his diary, looked at the mercenary who was obviously an imperial soldier, and said, "I still have some things to do, and there will be a future."
The man smiled and seemed to be laughing at him for not knowing what to do. The local mercenaries scattered, and the rest were chatting. Someone said, "Are those adventurers mentioned by Xun?"
"Maybe it is." One person said: "It is estimated that he is here to help him."
"Follow me, Shanin," Recht said, leaning on the boy's shoulders, placing him under the protection of the two, and leaving the tarmac.
Opal and Raymond contacted, and the three arrived at Sunlight City. Opal first took Shaning into the alley and entered the hotel. The torrential rain and thunder that filled the sky poured down.
The boss was still watching TV behind the counter, and said lazily, "The price has gone up. Eight thousand star coins a night."
Opal: "… "
"I'll come." Rickett swiped the card for the boy and asked Opal, "How long will he stay?"
Opal thought for a while and said, "The union will open in two days, let him book for three days first."
Shanin said, "Thank you, how can I return the money to you in the future?"
"Don't mention the money in advance, you live here." Opal said to Shaning: "Go to the Sunlight City Union on Monday, there is a recruit registration office on the third floor, go there..."
The boss interrupted Opal and said, "The training of recruits has been changed to Spirit of War."
Opal said: "Then go to the City of War Soul, the headquarters of the trade union, and find the Green Mercury people. There are discounts for recruits to join the army..."
The boss glanced at Opal and said, "Now there are no discounts for recruits, there are too many people from the empire."
"Really?" Opal did not expect that Lie Xing had changed so much in four years, and asked, "How much does the training course cost?"
The boss said: "Hundreds of thousands, 300,000, 500,000? Now recruiting class is to find a few low-level mercenaries to teach casually, and you can pass by paying money..."
Opal said: "Then go and learn, come."
Opal transferred 200,000 Star Coins to Shaning, who was a little flattered and said, "Did we... know each other before?"
Opal said: "No, the mercenaries... are a big family."
Shanin couldn't believe it and said, "Thank you, I still don't know your name. I haven't been such a nice person for a long time."
Opal said: "Yes, you can find any mercenary..."
The boss said lazily: "Not anymore, you used to be a strong star?"
Opal was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, I wish you... a long life. Work hard, Shanin."
Shanin and Opal exchanged communication numbers. Opal watched him go upstairs, as if he saw himself a long, long time ago, and then touched his head with a hand.
"Hey!" Opal laughed, he turned around and hugged Raymond, hugging tightly.
Raymond said, "What are you doing here?"
Opal said, "Give a recruit... show the way. Let's go."
Rickett said, "You guys talk, I'll go get a coffee first."
Raymond smiled and said, "Don't do this, teacher, I know you don't mind being a light bulb."
Rector waved his hand with a smile, ran through the alley in the rain, and went to the restaurant opposite to drink coffee.
Opal and Raymond held hands and stood under the eaves. Raymond said, "What's the matter? What do you want to say?"
Opal glanced at him, took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket sideways, and let him hold it. Raymond moved his eyebrows, took a few breaths, and looked at Opal in confusion.
"You're not normal," Raymond muttered vaguely.
Opal put his neck around him and made him bow slightly. Raymond thought that Opal had something to say in his ear, so he bowed his head obediently, but Opal kissed his face and touched his tongue. Raymond's ears.
Raymond's face turned red, as if he had returned to the time when the two first fell in love. He stared at Opal, his eyes reminding Opal of the time when he became a broken replicator on the spaceship.
"It's raining, it's raining," Raymond said. "Otherwise I'll take you around... I mean... but it's pretty much ruined here, um. It's expensive."
Raymond was a bit incoherent, and Opal burst into laughter. Raymond poked Opal's head with his finger and said, "You are very abnormal, Opal, what happened when you and the teacher went to perform the commission?"
"Do you still suspect that I have an affair with the teacher?" Opal could not laugh or cry.
"No no." Raymond was frightened by this rhetorical question. Opal smiled helplessly and led him back to the Cuckoo Bird Restaurant.
Raymond was always a little skeptical, and kept looking at Opal, while Rickett was wearing rainbow films, sitting at the table watching the news.
Opal looked at Raymond quietly, as if only by looking at him like this, could he know that he was real and belonged to him.
"The news has been blocked." Rickett asked a little strangely: "What are you two doing?"
Raymond said, "The opal is acting a little weird. Are you irradiated?"
Opal: "… "
Lecter laughed: "He just missed you. Let's talk about it, Raymond, what you have investigated here."
Raymond took out the adventurer's diary, Opal asked Xiao Q to come over to watch the news, and after E7 and Xiao Q met again, the two robots became restless again, and Xiao Q moved around like an ADHD child, not even with the news. stop shaking.
"You give me peace of mind." Opal fixed Xiao Q and read the news above.
Not to mention the turmoil of the bloodbathed army, most of the content is the cooperation and welfare of the empire and Lie Xing, regardless of the dead city outside, it seems that Lie Xing is in the most glorious period of prosperity in history.
"The Wrench is checking the whereabouts of the bloody army with the help of the empire's military strength." Raymond said, "Leaded by Xun, several key mercenary members fought a guerrilla war for three months, with the goal of occupying five ground cities and approaching the In the main city of Battle Spirit, killing the mercenaries sent by the empire, in the past few days, everyone has suddenly quieted down."
Opal said: "What should they be waiting for."
Raymond said: "What do you think they are waiting for? Kyle's return?"
Opal shook his head, even he couldn't explain it clearly. After thinking for a long time, he said, "It won't be Kyle, Xun will inherit the position of the mercenary king. After Kyle comes back, how will the two kings be distributed? I guess Xun may be waiting for the mercenary king's letter of appointment. With the letter of appointment, he can take over the whole star..."
Rector: "Someone noticed us, Opal."
Opal glanced sideways, a mercenary in the restaurant by the floor-to-ceiling glass window got up and left, and the other mercenary was still eating lunch.
Opal: "Are you going to deal with him?"
Recht: "No need, go on, I just remind you."
Opal is not afraid of any trouble now, and there is no sense of confidentiality when conspiring. After all, their current strength has reached a certain level. Looking at the entire universe, it is impossible for anyone to move any one of their adventure brigade. Many things can be said openly.
Opal said, "So try protecting the wrench? How about knocking him out, taking him away, and letting Xun take over the throne?"
Raymond said: "Why is your purpose completely opposite to mine? I plan to lock up Xun until the wrench is finished, and the fierce star is back in operation, and then let the wrench arrange the pattern again. How can you knock someone unconscious with one stick? Take it away again? Too violent."
Opal said: "I think this is unrealistic. The conflict between the wrench and Xun belongs to the internal affairs of the fierce star. He has reasons and reasons, follows the constitution, and replaces the wrench with the support of the S-level mercenaries and the A-level leaders. Can you? Forcibly stop the mercenary king from changing?"
Raymond said: "You have to know, Opal, the military fortress of the empire, the Holy Maiden, is in the God of War galaxy. Once the wrench is impeached and resigned, it will be another war. Will these people die? The consequences of the mercenary king, the empire will not let it go, once the civil war is over, the next step is aggression, and I even doubt whether this civil war will end."
Opal said: "But I think even if Xun is caught by you, the other mercenaries will surely come to die one after another. They can't accept the rule of the empire. The spanner will either imprison Xun or exile them. It will still come back, either assassination or sabotage, body bombs, kidnappings… these issues will not be resolved.”
Raymond said: "Seeing the situation clearly, the military power of the Empire can't fight, unless you ask Cororin for help, I'm afraid even Caesar and the other aircraft carriers are not the opponents of the military fortress. The throne is hot, the empire will take action immediately, and only everyone will die together. The bloody army will still not win."
Opal said: "Then there is only war. Whether to die in battle or compromise, let the people of Lie Xing choose for themselves, just like when Lie Xing guards the battle, the mercenaries live and die for the battle. ."
Raymond said: "This time there is no other wrench to cast the virus, Xun is not Azeroth, Rotman is not Cororin, if he withdraws the faction buried by the empire and bombards the star directly, you will What shall we do?"
Opal stopped talking.
Raymond said to Lecter, "Teacher, what do you think?"
"Wife, don't use the teacher as a shield." Opal said: "He has no obligation to take care of Lie Xing. He doesn't even know Wrench and Xun. He is just here to arrest people."
Opal was a little afraid that if the two of them could not solve this problem, it would be too dangerous if Lecter fought for them and took the initiative to drive the dragon ray to contain the military fortress of the empire.
Rickett tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, and after a while said to the distance, "Friend, you've heard enough, what do you want to say now?"
The mercenary with his back turned to them knew that he had been discovered, so he had to come over and whispered: "Three, is it convenient to talk now?"
Opal noticed his regimental emblem and was stunned.
For a while, both Opal and Raymond's eyes stayed on his regimental emblem, and they couldn't look away for a while.
"Do you know our mercenary group?" The mercenary said alertly and saluted, "I wish you a long life, my name is Asa."
Opal asked, "Where's Cullens?"
Asa said: "Do you know the deputy head? He has gone back to the Republic for a while."
Raymond said: "Smoke and Sword Mercenary Group, a very good name."
Opal said: "It's just so-so, compared to the Star Knight Adventure Brigade or something..."
Raymond's forehead burst with blue veins, and Opal laughed, touching his head to comfort him.
Asa sat down and said, "If you two have friendship with the deputy commander, everything will be easy. Opal, Sid heard that you are here today. Let me come and ask for your assistance."