Steel steam and flame

"We almost don't contact each other at normal times, but when we do, it's at this time." Delya's voice soon came from the microphone. It seemed that there was a strong wind blowing over there, and something was hitting and shaking, and the "whirring" sound kept coming. Ringing next to the communication machine.

"Didn't you go back?" Delya continued to ask, "Did you come here in advance to say Happy New Year?" I already knew in my heart that it would definitely not be a good thing, but I just hoped that it wouldn't be too troublesome.

"No, if you wish, you can say so. In a few days, it will be the New Year." Cassia breathed a sigh of relief, "Where are you now? It seems very noisy over there?"

"Everyone is the same. You seem to be still on the train?" Delya was moving and finally found a relatively quiet place. The noise of the heavy train on Cassia's side could be clearly heard, "Still in the factory?" In the warehouse, there is no New Year in the dark world. The closer to such an important holiday time, the busier it seems. The next batch of goods is being prepared. Because of the factory handed over from the Webley Arms Company, we The quality of the products here is very good, and the output can be maintained at a minimum. Even if there is only a little time, the business on the black market is still very fast."

"It went much smoother than I imagined. The chain of interests in the dark world is also unfolding in an orderly manner. The development of agents and middlemen in other regions is also much simpler than when I was in the Brino region. Generally speaking, Everything is moving in a good direction, but there are also troubles, which is what we thought of in advance, because the business seems to have been targeted by some black marketeers, but it can be handled well so far." Delya At this point the brief explanation was given of developments on the Manoma side. With all the complete production lines transferred from Webley Arms Company, arms trading and buying and selling in the black market are proceeding in an orderly manner because of their quality and stability. And the speed was faster than Delya's expectations. She thought it was necessary to tell Cassia now.

"That's good." Cassia replied, "Then our industrial chain must also transform to areas other than simple firearms and ammunition as soon as possible. There is not much time, and there may be some hidden dangers, but as long as it does not affect the business in the black market That's enough in itself. Especially heavy firearms, artillery, shells and the like, as well as the development of vehicles in the future, we can start from now on. As for airship parts, we can completely stop now. The characteristics of that thing are There, even if we spend money to buy all the production lines and various technologies, it is still a behemoth that we cannot eat in a short period of time. If we abandon it now, we will not be dragged down in the future. Otherwise, if we invest too much, we will feel sad. Reluctant to throw it away.”

"Of course, I am planning to ask you how to deal with it in the end." Delya replied in a tone of approval, "This is roughly the situation here. Due to business reasons, many people were recruited during the period, but most of them were not of good quality. Gao, there is no such thing as loyalty. There are a few people who are okay, I think they can join our knights. When you return to Manoma, you can come and have a look. Although the business here is It's still in the beginning, but it's very short of manpower. If you want to expand in the future, it's extremely important to have the right people. I don't know what you are doing, but it would be better if you have the opportunity to bring some people back. I am too busy here every day Come,,,"

After speaking, he sighed in a tired voice.

"So, what's the matter with contacting me? It shouldn't be a good thing." The topic finally returned to the main point, Delya asked at this time.

"On the one hand, it may be a good thing, but there is also a bad side." Cassia paused here, and then he realized that the bad side seemed to be very bad. As the top officer of the Volcano Base, what he has to do now not only involves interests, but also involves destruction of the long-term relationship network in the dark world. He was not prepared to tell Delya at this time, but now he felt that this matter was not as simple as he thought. It would be better to say it face to face.

But the main reason is that Cassia knows that once the whole thing is explained clearly to Delya in the communication, what will be received will not be approval, but absolute opposition. Even though he is the leader of the Steam Knights, he is also the boss of the entire black market business there. But as the deputy leader of the Knights, Delia also has the right to decide the future of the entire Knights. As the first members of their Steam Knights, Cassia and Delya have their own responsibilities for each other. She also didn't know Cassia's special identity, and Cassia, no matter who it was, had no intention of telling anyone about it now.

"I need you to help me transport some things. It can be regarded as coming to take me back to Manoma." Cassia tried her best to express the feeling that things were very relaxed. "It's just that we need more vehicles to transport things, and there are also more manpower. , it takes a little bit of picking.”

The word "a little" was emphasized a little, and Delya could easily hear it.

"Just moving things? Do you need to bring weapons?" It was obvious that he didn't believe it. Delya didn't think anything good would happen to his captain. "There are still a few people here who are good at using guns. "

"Yes!" Cassia affirmed, "It's just transporting some things, and the location is within a certain approximate range. There may be a lot of things, and they are also very precious, so you need to think more about it in human hands. I will give you the approximate address and the specific number of vehicles that need to be prepared..."

The communication lasted for a long time. Cassia told Delya all the preparations and details that she had thought of in a short period of time, and asked her to wait within that time period a few days later. Cassia knew that there was only one chance. Now that he is on the opposite side from the commander at the volcano base, he will not let him go. Then he believes that his side must at least get something, so that both sides can be balanced and stable.

After hanging up the communication, the time just arrived at zero o'clock. Calculating based on the distance of the route, Cassia estimated that the handover time with Delya would be four days later, which happened to be the day after the New Year.

"Now all that's left is to wait." The strong wind hit the heavy front glass, and Cassia looked at the darkness beyond the light of the searchlight. I can't sleep, even though I haven't had any rest for a day, my body is still active. The effects of the dragon blood he drank are still there, but he doesn't know how long it will last.

At this time, he withdrew his gaze and looked at his bare feet. Only then did I remember that my weight had also changed. I felt that it had more than doubled, and it was almost approaching a tonnage.

"After joining the military school, I may have to draw more than a dozen tubes of blood." He said to himself, with his eyes wide open, and waited until the dawn of the next day under the bright lights. There was no dawn at dawn, and a thin cloud covered the entire sky. Or maybe it has always been the same dark cloud, Cassia thought so, and this dark cloud followed the rearrangement.

The sky has been the same for three days, and it has become peaceful again. The volcano base seemed to be very relieved about that team, and not a single communication came in during the period. Cassia was relieved.

On the morning of the fourth day, there was finally a little sunshine, but it was not far from Demanoma, so the temperature dropped a lot.

After calculating the time node, Cassia activated the retraining braking system before approaching the predetermined area.