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"Cha? He's an official." Old Li narrowed his eyes and said, "He's the bastard second only to the 'war chief' in this small tribe."
"It's enough to leave him alone."
What Old Li didn't expect was that the purple-haired beauty with a teardrop mole under her eyes and a gentle and sad expression, although she spared the lives of other werewolves who were hit by the lightning blades during the attack, now she decided the life and death of those Buli people who were electrocuted without hesitation.
"…What should we do? Deal with the rest?"
Eula had no objection to this.
She saw it clearly. These beasts were actually stabbing those bugs that could turn people into zombies into the backs of the Iron Guards - it was really disgusting.
She would not hesitate for a moment towards this guy who had absolutely no bottom line.
"No, we have to keep some for comparison." Black Tower pointed at a werewolf whose body scars were not serious, and then signaled Shadow to deal with the rest of the guys as he pleased.
"Um, are you really going to do it? Ah——"
The only ones who would have some psychological barriers to immediately killing these defenseless werewolves were the students who had just stepped out of the ivory tower - although only a little.
Before Asuna and Karin showed any hesitation, the Minister of Killing, Ogosho, chopped off the man's head which was a dozen steps away with his naginata. To ensure that the man would not be resurrected by the blessing, he only gave him a handful of ashes after the purple light, which seeped into the snow water.
Although their efficiency was not as high as Ying's, Befa and Noshiro each executed the two guys who had just bullied the Iron Guards the most fiercely. The large-caliber guns of more than 100 mm roared at the opponents' heads, adding new earth pits and blowing half of their bodies off.
Both the rangers and students were stunned by such a decisive action, and their bodies became very messy due to the hot wind from the muzzles of the guns.
Old Li hissed. These women were all as beautiful as snow elves, but their style was more hunting than the most experienced ranger. He didn't dare to ask what the blessing on Dr. Kong was.
"...I'll get used to it slowly."
Looking past Old Li, seeing that Hua Lin and Asuna both seemed to be a little depressed, the shadow who had never killed before put down his naginata, walked over and gently hugged the golden-haired and the black-skinned, which made the two of them calm down quickly.
"If you travel with him for a long time, you will experience this kind of thing sooner or later - but he never kills those who should not be killed, and those who are his enemies are all unjust people. We don't need to have any psychological burden."
Yes, only at this time would the rangers and students remember that neither Shadow nor Black Tower would pay attention to or sympathize with anyone other than Kong, and that they were only able to enjoy his care because of Kong.
Is this what they mean by helping teachers smooth out obstacles behind the scenes?
Sure enough, in comparison, what Hua Lin and I have done is still a little too "student-like".
Asuna and Karin, who had barely adjusted their mindsets, reflected on it a bit... Perhaps one day they would be able to take a life without hesitation like Ying did, and then they could officially enter the adult world, and it would not be as simple as no longer being uncomfortable with death.
Eula also walked over, put her hands on the students' shoulders as if to comfort them, and then moved towards the trench where the Iron Guards fell, as if she wanted to leave the main force.
"Senior Eula, do we need to split up?"
"Hmm? No, I just notified the Seventh Regiment to come and clean up the battlefield."
She took a flare from the Iron Guard who had already stopped breathing and fired it into the sky.
The red ball of light slowly fell down.
"They can't just stay out of this situation... I feel a little sorry for those guys who don't want to fall out with Kburg, but the more people who join us, the better."
With a sigh, the Guerrilla Knight crushed the squirming spine controller that had been separated from the Iron Guard's body, and angrily stepped on it a few times:
"Heita, does the wolf have anything else to say?"
"...This guy confirmed that the People of Plenty knew about Dr. Sora's blessing a long time ago...The Mystery Man helped them hide the traces of their outer space travel. In other words, the Riddler had been targeting him before the train left for Yalilo, and this cooperation began shortly after he arrived...but he must have found Cocolia recently."
Heita curled his lips, picked up the titanium chain handed to him by Lao Li, and dragged the guy who called himself the police towards the direction of the Pera tribe like a tethered dog.
"After failing to stop him from obtaining 'Immunity to Snow and Wind', I decided to use this simpler and more brutal method to make things difficult for him - damn Riddler. Hey, Bingliangliang, leave a few people behind to explain the situation to the Seventh Regiment. Yingye, don't leave yet, to prevent Bu Liren from getting angry. I'll take this thing back and interrogate him more."
"...Heita, how come you also learned bad things from Fatty Snake?"
"Because your skin is really cool."
"..." Eula tilted her head, but finally didn't let the complaint come out of her mouth.
Discussing sex issues in such a relatively serious occasion didn't seem to ease the atmosphere - it was just the genius's catastrophic sense of humor at work.
……
"Huh? What's that noise?" Xier, who was just enjoying the moment of relaxation, heard something move in her ear, as if she heard the sound of thunder.
"It's Ying and the others."
Kong also sensed the battle that broke out on the other side of the snow fog. It seemed that they acted on their own and clashed with the guys from the city and the eastern defense line.
But there was no sound in the public channel, and Ying did not use his dream, which meant that he had definitely crushed the opponent's resistance.
[A fight broke out at Yongdong Ridge. Were you the ones who started it?] Routine inquiries are still necessary, not just for peace of mind.
[It has been handled. The Ranger just encountered a group of rich people. I went to rescue them and captured a prisoner. You continue to look for the ruins machine. I will notify you if there is an emergency.]
[…Fengfumin? ]
[It's okay, Commander. We'll keep an eye on the eastern defense. The remaining people of Fengzao will definitely not act rashly.] Noshiro quickly interrupted, trying to reassure Sora.
[…Thank you for your hard work. ]
Sora didn't ask why they were there during their rest shift. The information about the people of abundance would probably be packed up and sent to the guest car.
He respected the girls' ability to handle emergencies on their own, just as the girls would not disturb him and Xier's time alone because of trivial matters... Every time Kong initiated a formal invitation to be alone, the girls respected and protected him. It was a tacit understanding and also their joint protection of their own rights and interests as well as "public" rights.
"It seems like nothing serious really happened." Kong turned his puzzled gaze back to Xier.
"Are you so sure they can handle it?" Xier was surprised by Kong's unconditional trust in his female companions.
"They never hide important things from me. If you want to join our... uh, nameless guest family in the future, you have to do the same."
The corner of Kong's mouth twitched. In fact, he wanted to omit the premise of the nameless guest, but when he thought about it carefully, everyone on the train now trusted each other in a similar way, so it was not convenient to list the concubines separately.
"It's too much trouble. I'm just greedy for you, I didn't even think about getting on the train."
"It doesn't mean you have to get on board to enjoy this kind of mutual trust."
"If I stay in the basement of Beloberg for the rest of my life, will you never come back to see me?" Xier actually used a coquettish tone -
Since Kong took the initiative to bring up the relationship with his companions, she took the opportunity to bring up the issue that she and Banya cared about most, which was that if they could not leave Beloberg for the rest of their lives and had to focus on their careers in their hometown, would Kong come back to reminisce about the past?
"How is that possible? As long as I'm alive, I will definitely find time to come back... Ester stays in the office all day arguing with her thesis, and I will occasionally go to the space station to harass her... Oh my, we're talking about other girls again..."
Kong was well aware of Xier's concerns: "There are anchors above and below the ground. You can come back anytime you want, whether you want to get on the bus or not. If you want to see other parts of the galaxy, tell me on the public channel and I'll pick you up."
"...What if you are too busy to pay attention to me?" Xier liked this kind of girlfriend-like questioning.
"Then I will definitely explain it in advance, and... as long as I am still active in this world and nothing unexpected happens to me, it is impossible for me not to make time to spend with the person I love."
"That's what you said."
The two of them kissed each other and put the previous vision behind them, and lined up to pass the upper edge of the ancient factory.
Standing on the dividing line between Eternal Winter Ridge and the Pillars of Creation, the couple in love finally saw the outline hidden between the mountains.
“…No way, the head alone looks almost as tall as the City Builder statue!” Xier widened her eyes in astonishment and slipped out of Kong’s arms.
The most conspicuous thing hidden in the outline is the human-shaped head.
In hundreds of years, they were the first group of visitors other than the Great Guardian to arrive at this miraculous place.
288. Do you prefer gentleness or toughness?
Drones cannot take off in such bad weather, but humans who are not afraid of danger can see everything hidden in the Pillar of Creation more clearly than high-tech equipment.
It can be said that the beautiful scenery before our eyes is a reward for courage...of course, it may also be a reward for love.
"Is that its arm? It's thicker than the mine tunnel—"
After seeing the Creation Engine's giant hand that could split mountains, Xier, who had slipped out of Kong's arms, was amazed and subconsciously hugged his arm.
"A beast of this size... is almost as big as EVA... no, it's the same size."
If it were in an ordinary universe with universal physical rules, such a huge robot would not have any practical value. But in this world, we have already seen trains traveling in space, so what else is impossible?
"The snow doesn't completely cover its surface. It looks like it was recently activated, or the heat source around it has been stably activated... But who is maintaining it?"
A restricted area that even the Iron Guards have never set foot in... It can't be that the Star Core is maintaining it, right?
As this thought came to Kong, he felt the snow peeling off faintly on the left knee of the arched Creation Engine halfway up the mountain. He immediately tightened his grip on Xi'er's hand.
"Let's get closer."
"Eh eh eh——"
Before the avalanche of snow fell, Kong pulled Seele and slid down along the knee of the Creation Engine. The armored surface was already very smooth, and the snow reduced the resistance, causing Seele to scream in surprise at first while sliding down at high speed, which was then replaced by a hearty howl.
"Woohoo~"
"Hold on tight, I'm about to jump—"
"Jump?"
Near the base of the engine's legs, Kong pulled Xier up and leaped up suddenly. Before she could adjust her balance, he grabbed her from below with one hand and lifted her up horizontally.
Chasing the two people, the snow layer at the knees of the Creation Engine collapsed and rolled down, as if the two people were surfing on the waves made of snow. It looked extremely thrilling, but also had a different kind of romance.
However, the person being held by Kong didn't seem to be interested in this.
"Hey, put me down? I'm not the kind of girl who would just cry in a man's arms."
Looking back at the snow fog chasing them, Xier was stunned for a few seconds, and soon turned her fist into a knife and tapped Kong's shoulder lightly to show her protest.
“…That’s not what I meant.”
This surprised Kong. He thought Xi'er would like the "surprise" he prepared because she had been so active in physical contact with him, but she didn't appreciate it.
"I really prefer a relationship where both parties are evenly matched! Or maybe it would be better if I could guide you! Hey, Sora, are you listening to me?"
"You actually like to take the initiative?"
"What do you mean?"
Xier's hand knife was more powerful. The moment it slid across Engine's chest, she took the initiative and jumped away from Kong's armpit: "Don't think I didn't see that when I hugged you just now, your mouth was almost broken by grinning! You want me so much - wouldn't it be better if I took the initiative!"
Xier stretched out her arms, and the two of them continued to slide forward, drawing waltz-like arcs on the mirrored metal plate on the belly of the giant robot, which was like an ice rink.
"Ha, it's a pity that with your current size, it would only make you look ugly if I hugged you - otherwise it would have been really fun!"
The small avalanche couldn't catch up with the two of them playing around and was left far behind. It eventually consumed all of its kinetic energy and dissipated at the base of their legs.
Seeing the deflated snowball falling from the giant's waist, Seele and Sora laughed and made meaningless sounds -
Relying on the fact that he could teleport Xier at any time, he actually staged a race with White Fang.
But after the excitement and romance, he did not forget to recall how this sudden avalanche occurred - and why the white color did not spread to the chest and head of the Creation Engine, but turned its knees into unrecognizable ice peaks.