Endless Silver Machine

As soon as he stepped out of the shack, he saw thick smoke rising from all directions. The orderly camp had turned into something different from the last time Aika saw it.

But now they don't have time to stay here and sigh. They didn't say hello to anyone and ran directly to the camp airport where the airship was parked.

The camp airport crosses the avenue that has turned into a melee battlefield, and can only be reached by passing through a tunnel across the mountain.

Aika and Liuyin, who was dragging the ice coffin, appeared in the center of the melee and were undoubtedly the most conspicuous targets. The kingdom's magician troops controlled by the mimicry magic equipment invariably regarded them as targets.

When Aika and the others attracted the firepower of the Kingdom's magician troops, the soldiers regarded their appearance as reinforcements and took advantage of this opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

"Mechanical Alchemy - Skeleton Circuit!"

A silver-white exoskeleton covered Aika's body. He does not need to hide in Tibet, but walks leisurely on the Central Avenue where the gunfire roars. Every bullet fired from the muzzles of the silver and white guns and the magic laser of the floating turret will make the kingdom's magician permanently lose the ability to resist under another attack. .

At first, the magicians of the kingdom regarded Liuyin dragging the huge ice coffin as their primary target, but the "weak attacks" with insufficient density of magic particles were all blocked by Liuyin's ice wall. It wasn't until the controlled magicians of the kingdom realized that Aika was the most threatening person among them that they slowed down their concentrated attack on Liuyin.

In the eyes of Liuyin, who was following Aika quickly, the figure of Aika now walking fearlessly in the hail of bullets looked like a reaper of death. Although Aika's attack intentionally or unintentionally avoided the vital points of the human body, it did not take away their lives. But it still made them so painful that they could no longer stand up.

This back view was very different from the Aika Liuyin knew in the past. Not only did he see with his own eyes that he was now simply able to stand alone, but he felt that something he was pursuing had changed.

Although he couldn't describe the weird feeling, Liuyin felt that this change didn't seem worth gratifying.

In Liuyin's impression, Aika would never say anything depressing about "it can't be done." No matter how difficult it was, he would try his best to get what he wanted to catch. But he has never been so arbitrary. He will at least seek the opinions of those around him before making a decision.

The last time I saw Aika was when I took them to the Holy See after smuggling into the country. Liuyin knew that the only thing they had done after that was Rosenberg's prison robbery. They lost contact with Lan Ming after they left Rosenberg.

After only about a month without seeing her, Liuyin's perception of Aika had to change so much. To be precise, he was forced to change by what he did.

In addition to Luo Luo's departure without saying goodbye and Wei Xi's unfortunate departure, how many other things he didn't know were weighing on him?

Thinking about these things while running, when Liuyin came to his senses, he had already followed Aika and left the central avenue where the melee was the fiercest.

This is a military tunnel leading to the camp airport. The entrance to the dark tunnel is lined with iron fences and other obstacles. It seems that they were hastily arranged when the melee broke out. Aika raised his gun and destroyed these brittle paper-thin obstacles in one fell swoop. .

The guard post at the entrance of the tunnel was empty, which was already expected. It would be abnormal if someone wanted to hide in a traffic artery when the melee broke out.

Aika and Liuyin walked into the dark tunnel. Even the impulsive Aika slowed down because there might be enemies coming from the camp airport on the other side of this tunnel.

Although there are traces of people once staying in the empty tunnel, it seems that they have all dispersed now. The footsteps of the two people echoed in this empty space.

Liuyin, who was walking behind Aika, raised his head and glanced at the figure in front of him. He pursed his lips and seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say anything.

Aika, who was walking in front, seemed to be aware of the resentment Liuyin was holding in his chest. He turned his head and glanced behind him from the corner of his eye. At that time, Liuyin's attention was focused on the surroundings of the tunnel, and he did not notice Aika's gaze looking over.

——Why not use "Yectrasil"?

At this time, Hitomi's voice asked softly in Aika's mind, drawing his attention back.

This should have been the first method Aika considered. As long as you use the ancient aviation magic ship that can reach the border of the Tebiri Kingdom from the territory of the gods in two or three days, it doesn't even take ten minutes to get back to the capital from here.

"Now is not the time to abuse your power," Aika just answered her calmly, "Don't worry, I will use it when it needs to be used."

Hitomi didn't speak again.

Even Aika himself had never thought that he would be so calm now.

Seeing Komachi snatching Luo Luo from his hand again, he did not reach out to snatch her power back...

Seeing Wei Xi fall at Weir's feet until the last moment of her life...

Perhaps because I lost so many things that I should have held tightly in my hands, my final goal became incredibly simple and direct.

That is to directly destroy the Nemesis Society and it will be over completely.

Very simple reason. Now that someone related to them appears in his field of vision, he should defeat her, and then find the roots of the Nemesis Society from her.

Without the premise of failure, he will not allow himself to fail.

Once the roots of the Nemesis Society were found there, they were uprooted.

Aika has not forgotten his agreement with Lan Ming. He will also help Lan Ming regain the Bisi Empire as promised, but now he is no longer ranked first.

They all occupy a pivotal position in Aika's heart. At this moment, Aika felt a sense of relief that she had never felt before.

This is all because Luo Luo and Wei Xi are no longer with him.

What’s with this attitude of viewing them as a burden? What I feel after losing them is deep sadness, rather than this inexplicable sense of relief!

Aika didn't think clearly. This kind of mentality is not actually an illusion caused by relief, but rather giving up thinking in order not to be overwhelmed by the overwhelming sadness, and only spurring the body to move for the sake of pure goals.

For the first time, he knew that when humans give up thinking, action becomes so simple.

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