Wasteland Echoer

"Thalia? This woman has finally arrived." Marco secretly messaged, patted his chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and revealed an imperceptible, suppressed smile that looked like the aftermath of a disaster.

The brilliance of the "Mechanical Spirit" gradually dissipated slowly along with the shield, turning into scattered light spots falling to the ground and being completely annihilated.

It was only then that Luo Nie finally breathed a sigh of relief when she felt that most of the "sadness" surrounding her had subsided.

However, the attack and defense just now almost exhausted the magic power in his body. After the grass-type magic power and the impulse brought by adrenaline disappeared, he staggered under the influence of extreme fatigue and dizziness. He fell to the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and gasped for air.

"Marco, you old guy is so lucky. You were chased by so many 'careless people' and 'alien monsters' for two days, and you also encountered the dragon-shaped monster here, and you still didn't die." As he said, Thalia Jumping gracefully from a high place to the ground, the light movements reveal a strong sense of skill.

"Of course, Thalia, as long as an old stubborn like me who believes in the 'Lord of Machines' calls out his name and prays sincerely, life-saving good things will happen." Marco stood up and said in a confident tone. :

"In such a large wasteland and ice field, if you don't have faith, people will go crazy. Without firm hope in your heart, you will always be polluted by the evil shadows that sneak up on you, and you will become one of the 'unintentional people', or... Something far more sinister. I feel like, Thalia, you'd better break out of the ranks of the unbelievers and find something to crave for."

"Me?" Thalia smiled heartily and said in a deeper, mature female voice:

"My belief is to fight, hunt the 'unintentional people', attack the lost, rob their bodies and supplies, and even their heads. Wait for the summer solstice and winter solstice, go south along the old road, and go to the area controlled by the Federal Council to replace it with new ones. Rubles and supplies.”

Just as she was talking, Thalia saw beads of sweat dripping from her forehead, and Luo Nie hugged her legs tiredly and took a short rest.

"Who is this young man? Your newly recruited subordinate?"

"Oh, of course not. He is the companion I called for my faith, and the 'Lord of Mechanics' descended for me. Well, to put it more scientifically, he is a traveler who came to explore the superpowers in the ice fields of the Extreme Cold Zone. One day ago, I was attacked by a "Heartless Man" with four arms. It was he who shot the ugly owl-like head and saved me.

"His name is Luo Nie, and he came from the south decades ago." Marco explained.

"Luo Nie?" Thalia looked curiously at the silhouette and body shape of the supernatural being in front of her that matched the characteristics of a young man.

Naturally, Luonie didn't want to offend a woman fighting in the wilderness when she was weak, nor did she want to embarrass Marco. She felt that her physical strength had recovered a little, and after the "stars" and "hazy feeling" caused by fatigue in front of her eyes subsided slightly, she looked at Marco. With the help of Ke, he stood up and introduced himself:

"I...my name is Luo Nie, a member of the Sune Empire. I was in Xinfeng Town in Binglin Province some time ago, in order to find the evil god 'Resounder', investigate the traces of dragons that haunted there, and also search for the 'Universal Energy Evolution Platform' The traces only brought us here. But...thank you for saving us and defeating the dragon bound by the 'weapon limit'."

"Hahaha, you don't need to thank me. If you want to thank, just thank that old guy Marco." Thalia put her hands on her hips and smiled cheerfully:

"Marco and I are the leaders of our 'wilderness tourist group', sent by our 'big brother' to search for treasures in the city's ruins. In fact, we are not far apart these days, but these ruins are too complicated," There are so many unintentional people and monsters. If I hadn't discovered the "pre-installed dispersal field", I wouldn't even consider coming to these once noble places.

"Since you saved Marco, we are friends and comrades. Let's get to know each other. My name is Thalia Ekaterina Mantenova. My ancestor seems to be the sister of a certain empress of the old empire, but these are The old emperor has experienced it. Now I am the captain of Team A of the Wilderness Tourist Group, and I can be regarded as the number two person in the entire team.

"You know, Marco is just a deputy planner and a pure human being. Big Brother trusts me more than him."

Following Thalia's words, Luo Nie slowly raised his head and carefully looked at the mature woman in front of him.

She wore a gray-green, slightly tight cotton coat, tightly wrapped leggings cotton trousers, and a pair of high-top black leather military boots. Judging from the material, she looked like the capable, brave, compact, and capable female soldiers of the old empire. A savage feeling of power.

Luo Nie guessed that women who could survive and fight in the wilderness must have strong strength, or thunderous means and powerful psychological game skills. And judging from the external body shape, this outfit does not destroy her graceful, beautiful, curvaceous figure, and tall figure.

Underneath this layer of cotton-padded clothes must be the "spy girl" in many spy novels about Putoa, wearing a leather tights.

Moreover, Thalia's appearance is very consistent with the style of the Crusaders. She has fair facial skin, short golden curly wavy hair, a high nose bridge, large eye sockets, and a pair of green eyes under the thick eyebrows that are full of "beautiful beauty". strength and confidence."

However, the long battle had made her thin lips dry and less bloody, and there were many small scars on the edges of her cheeks that were difficult to cover up with makeup.

"You said Marco is a human...then are you a superpower?" Luo Nie asked curiously.

"Of course." Thalia raised her head half-raised and said confidently:

"I am a superpower who can skillfully master the power of metal-based magic. Just a man who is defeated at my feet and penetrated by my 'red rose' can form a squadron of the old empire. Counting that." The "Heartless Man" and the "Alien Monster" are gone to sea. By the way, do you know about professions? Little brother."

"Little brother, uh." Being called this by a mature woman, Luo Nie felt an indescribable and wonderful feeling that he had never experienced before. After hesitating for a while, he relied on his own knowledge and said:

"It's okay. As far as I know, a profession represents mastery of a certain field in the use of magic source power, thereby obtaining a fixed identity formed by some kind of recognition. The middle-level profession is obtained by the infection of magic source power and one's own understanding, while the upper-level profession requires Ordination cards or divine approval. Unfortunately...I don't have the chance to get any professions yet."

"That's right! Little brother, you know, I am a [Latent Screamer], and I am only one step away from being promoted to [Terrorist]. If [Chaos Inducers] are born assassins, then we are born assassins. +Warrior." Thalia said, her expression became extremely serious, she turned around, raised the two "Red Rose" guns, looked up at the top of the abandoned theater, and said in a low voice with a chuckle:

"No, I feel the trace of an 'old friend', getting closer and closer."

"Who...who?" Luo Nie looked nervously and asked.

"The leader and spy of the 'Chaos Group', a good servant lurking in the 'Order Society', and now 'Yan Xi', a slave of the 'Comprehension Sect'. By the way, he is an upper-level professional, a [thief]."

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Crusted Federation, Binglin Province, Binglin City, the residential area behind the "Scream of the Steel Flame" palace, and the "Joigner" palace.

Following the setting sun that was about to escape with its light and shed its last golden brilliance, Kuka walked quickly along the path behind the "Scream of Steel Flame" palace with a light map and a steel in his hand. A medium-sized "unintentional detector".

The Kuka Road, which shuttles through groves, small gardens and various stone piles with the style of Crusted culture, seems calm, neither anxious nor slow.

The administrative district where the Federal Council is located is located in the east and north area of ​​Binglin City, the capital city. It is a location with few people living in the city and is "quiet" enough.

The terrain here is a bit higher than other administrative areas in the city. It was formerly the palace area of ​​the Rurik family, the royal family of the old empire, and it was also the administrative center of the old empire for more than a thousand years.

However, the early Binglin City was further east than it is now. The palace area at that time belonged to the northwest side of the capital, earlier than Crusted I.

When Binglin City was founded in the early days, due to the abuse of magic power, a god, the Cursed Red Lord No. 25, occupied a small half of the city and turned it into a forbidden area for a thousand years.

Later, even after Enolos returned victorious, he could not completely eliminate or drive away the gods. In desperation, he could only build a new city, seal off the area where the gods were, and build a church to temporarily suppress them.

He believed that the wisdom of future generations could always solve the problem. Simply put, the "curse of the Red Lord" did not cause any turmoil for a thousand years. Until finally, in the late third era, he was defeated by a young man named Wright Hein and returned to the world. into the realm of the Creator.

At that time, Light Heine brought a dragon to join the Crusted Empire, and that dragon was the newly awakened Adaloni.

This is what Kuka wrote in the "Report on the 'Half-Dragon' Adaroni" submitted to the Federal Council a few days ago. During this period, he was taking care of this "half-dragon" under Vasily's instructions. "While chatting with him, I collected as much information as possible about the Dragon Clan, the Old Empire and Light Hein, trying to sort it out and provide information for some possible reasoning in the future.

Continuing to walk forward, Kuka passed through the fountain pool, swept across the St. Ivan's Cathedral at the far end of the field of vision, chose to hold the "unintentional detector" in both hands, and walked into the "Scream of Steel Flame" palace where the electric street lights were turned on. The small "Noigne" palace among the palaces at the rear.

"Novane" means hope in Kruse German, and it was the place where Ivan XXII of the old empire preferred to be alone when he was not working.

Compared with the "Ape Domain Main Hall" which is closer to the "Scream of Steel Flame", this place has neither the seriousness of the administrative area nor the clutter of other residential areas. Instead, it is very quiet and has a harmonious environment, leaving a lot of natural scenery. .

Skipping the security check, Kuka walked straight into the door that was pushed open and carved with a double-headed eagle totem, and walked straight along the wooden stairs to the third floor, where Adaloni rested in the bedroom.

After knocking on the door three times and getting permission, Kuka walked straight into the bedroom, turned on the electric chandelier, and put the map and "unintentional detector" in his hands on the wooden table. He skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point:

"Adaloni, you also have a name called Khitanris, right? If I remember correctly, it should be - Long Yuan. Moreover, you also brought a book to the old imperial court, called. The Book of Dragons, right?”