Steel steam and flame

When I went back, I still relied on my two tireless legs. Maybe it was because of my mood swings, so it took half an hour longer than Cassia expected.

When they arrived at the deserted grassland, Cassia took out a light and typed out a simple codeword while walking, which represented the regular intermittent flashing of the imperial language "Gulika". A white light also flashed in an inconspicuous corner in front of the house, and Cassia slowly walked over. Surrounding us is a world where weeds grow wildly in early summer. The insects have already hidden under the dark clouds. The air is filled with the fresh smell of grass leaves.

It was Klitchens who stood guard, and he was the only one who maintained his high energy. Does a strong body really have a positive effect on the mind? Cassia thinks so.

He shook the five tickets in his hand. They were paper-like things made of special plastic. They were waterproof and high-temperature resistant, and had been optically encrypted. It was extremely difficult to forge them.

"It's done, are they sleeping in there?" Cassia asked Krichens who was squatting in a dark corner. He took off his shoes and stepped on the wooden floor. The rough feeling suddenly made him feel very comfortable.

"It's time to go to sleep." Kristens was not sure either. He squatted on the side holding a new light machine gun, and the darkness swallowed up his tall body. "When you left, we discussed the plan for tomorrow. , I plan to go there early in the morning to guard. Then I will come out to be the first sentry. It has been almost two hours now, and I am not very clear about what is going on inside. I will know when I go in. "

Cassia nodded after listening to Krichins' words: "Let me do it later. I've had enough rest. You can also relax more after the shift."

"Wait another hour. I'll replace you at twelve o'clock."

Although the lights were on in the room, there was no one around. Kara and the others went back to their rooms to continue resting. A few hours cannot erase all the memories of the black style in the underground mine tunnels. After pouring a glass of juice and taking it to her room, Cassia lay on the bed again while there was still some time.

In two or three days, the merchant ship should leave the Gerun Oasis. At that time, it will be the end of the mission, and it will also be the return journey for several of them, and then they can go back to the military school. It's been a few months since I came to school. Maybe it won't be long after I return from this mission, and it will be time for vacation. Cassia was thinking like this, wondering whether her sister Lilia had grown taller, and whether her mother was still healthy.

The eyes were closed for a short time, and the passage of time was immeasurable. It was not until the knock on the door of Krichens sounded outside that Cassia woke up from her chaotic thoughts, unaware that more than an hour had passed.

The time spent on guard duty was somewhat boring. The insect-attracting light was always on, but there were no familiar moths to attack it. Drinking juice until four in the morning, the person who came to change the whistle was Li. He was dressed in a neat and wrinkle-free loose dress. The color was still white and gray. He held a cane of unknown material in his hand, and in the other hand he held a white wine bottle and a bottle of wine. glass.

"It's a pity that there is no ice here." Cassia said with a regretful smile and stood up, as tall as Li.

"That's it." Li stepped on his white and gray soft leather boots, and the floor creaked. Then he sat on the edge of the corridor, "Mr. Cassia, have you ever thought about what you will do after graduating from the military school?"

Li didn't turn his head to look at Cassia, and asked casually as if he was suddenly interested. Then he added: "I mean when you have the freedom to choose, like those other schools."

When the words came to him, Cassia had almost walked into the room. He turned back and glanced at Li's straight back strangely, but could not understand the meaning of his words.

"I don't know. I used to want to be a skilled worker. Steam machinery is still very attractive to me. Then working as an envoy in the cathedral is also good, stable and quiet." He paused for a while, as if Find the right words. "As for now, I haven't thought about it carefully. But I'm sure there is no such hypothetical option as you mentioned."

Silence fell, and Cassia saw that Li didn't speak, so she walked back to her room again.

Li sat there alone for a long time, drinking several glasses of white wine during this period, and the wind never stopped.

"Skilled workers and holy envoys, it seems to be a good job." I don't know when, Li responded to Cassia's words, without the iconic feminine voice, it became a very ordinary male voice, but unfortunately no one could listen. arrive.

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The departure time was at eight o'clock, and Cassia and the others all woke up around seven o'clock to prepare related things. The most important thing is of course the disguise on the face. Kara worked on Cassia's face for a long time. Because of her experience working with David's wife, this time there was no help and little time.

Still looking like the same housekeeper, Cassia is now a steward of a nobleman. He is going to the merchant ship to investigate the prices of goods for the family owner. He hopes that in the last two or three days, the prices of some valuable goods will drop to some extent. . Expensive things will also make a large number of small nobles bleed.

Kritins was wearing linen clothes, and no one could tell him apart from the coolies without looking carefully. Gustin and Li Ze wanted to find a way to sneak into the merchant ship. Their temperament was suitable for such a thing. If Nolida enters the merchant ship and waits to set off as soon as he comes out, the two of them will be very useful.

Of course, the rest of Carla had to find a suitable place with her sniper rifle and keep watching the people entering and exiting the merchant ship. People from Nolida, Flos, and Sunolte schools have all seen their vague faces in the information collected later. As long as they appear in the sniper scope again, Kara will still have full confidence in recognizing a few of them.

Still less than an hour away, several people separated in the port area and began to discuss the plan.

Kara found a sniping spot. The optical sight of the modified sniper rifle had extremely high magnification, and people's faces were within reach. Klitchens pretended to be working for a living and found the leader of the coolie to move things. Now when he was in a hurry to move all kinds of goods to the merchant ship, who would let a big guy like him show up?

"Work hard and get paid every night. The more you move, the more you get." The little boss was only as high as Kristens's chest, and it was a bit troublesome to even pat him on the shoulder.

Cassia mingled with the crowd and finally got on the pontoon that had been temporarily built in the past few days. With the tens of thousands of holy coins she got last night, she learned a lot of news in less than half a day.

Li and Gustin's plan also went very smoothly. As long as they were members of the Twenty-Third Grand Duke's family, basic etiquette and literacy were compulsory courses for them. After successfully reaching the merchant ship, they disappeared like air, and the search officially began now.

Everything was carried out steadily and calmly. They no longer feel panicked now. The mission lasts for one and a half months, and there is still a lot left. There is no need to worry about the mission target escaping, because the merchant ship is the only way for Nolida and the others to leave. As Cassia said, just find the right location and wait.

This is fishing without bait and sharp hooks. There may not even be a fishing rod or a strong fishing line, just a net that is ultimately used to hold the fish in the water. However, the fish swam in anyway.