Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 196 Desperate Situation

The hunting group in Reyes's long house is not enough, and the speed is not fast.

It took ten days to arrive at [Dawn City Central Prison].

From a distance, although part of it has collapsed, it can still be discerned that it is a strange building with a five-pointed star. From the appearance, it looks like a huge pentagram array.

"Commander, a cursed space has been found in the ruins over there, the coverage area is very large, the energy fluctuation is S+, and the space is stable."

"Looking at the building, it should be a prison. It is preliminarily judged to be a large complex cursed space, and high-level professionals are requested to cooperate in the investigation."

"It has been proven that the entrance to the space is temporarily inaccessible, and special opening conditions are required."

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Because of the fierce fighting for several days, more than half of the original team of four or five hundred people was lost, and there were still fifty or sixty wounded soldiers left.

The vanguards of the Crusaders were almost wiped out, and the elite brought by Reina also suffered heavy losses. Of the dozen or so Tier 2 professionals in the team, there are still six left.

Even the members of the three supervisory teams who had never participated in the battle, several of them died one after another, and the inner city military sent new ones to supplement them.

No one can evacuate without completing the task.

Looking at the space vortex steaming with black air on the prison ruins in the distance, all the faces were filled with despair.

They have never seen such a large space entrance.

The only good news is that within a certain range of the cursed space, there are usually no aberrations and abyssal monsters.

Soon,

The old man in rune light armor led the exploration team back.

The old man is naturally the only Tier 3 professional in the team, butler Anthony.

There is a shortage of manpower, and the professionals of the second and third tiers have to lead the team to explore dangerous routes in person to reduce casualties.

Anthony negotiated with the team supervisor about the investigation,

Those guys reported the information to their superiors through the military communicator as usual.

The team camped in place.

Because there were not many surviving people, the team members chose a strong building that was easy to defend, and built a circular camp with robotic arm equipment and armor.

Now that they heard the order to set up camp, everyone started to take out the marching tents from their backpacks and started to build them.

Anthony, the old housekeeper, found Reina who was setting up the tent.

Her personal maid was also killed in the battle three days ago, and this eldest lady doesn't need anyone to serve her now, and she does all the things by herself.

Anthony reported in a heavy tone: "Miss, the entrance to the cursed space is temporarily inaccessible. It should be a space that requires special trigger conditions to enter. Marjorie's team is trying to crack the entry method."

"knew."

After hearing this, Reina's expression was very calm, and the work of building the tent in her hand did not stop because of hearing the news.

Anthony looked at the changes in his own lady, and his eyes flashed with relief, but then he also expressed his worries: "Miss, the preliminary judgment is a 'T-level' space. This time, we may not be able to get through it."

"Um."

Hearing this, Reina paused for a moment.

But she seemed to be psychologically prepared. Her tone was firm but calm, and she said, "If it's really T-level, it's meaningless to try it in batches. After I find a way to enter, I will personally participate in this exploration this time."

"this"

Anthony gave her a complicated look, and didn't say much, "Yes, miss."

they all know

No one can defy the order of the Duke's mansion, nor can it escape.

From the beginning of wild hunting, they have only two results.

either complete the task,

Either the group will be destroyed.

If you don't continue to search, even if you escape, you will definitely not survive.

At that time, the entire family in Old Lingdun will definitely be implicated because they cannot complete the task.

From the moment Reina set out, she had been mentally prepared for annihilation.

This moment will come sooner or later.

When Reina heard the news, she still did not forget to comfort the loyal old housekeeper, "Grandpa Anthony, the situation may not be that bad."

"Why"

Anthony sighed slightly, turned and left without saying much.

But at this time, Lena thought of something, and turned her head to look at the lonely Mr. Zorro who was pitching a tent in the corner.

Thinking about it, she walked over and said hello: "Mr. Zorro."

"Zorro" responded, "What's the matter, Miss Reina?"

The full-face gas mask on his face is very rough, and there are complicated mechanical modifications, so he can't see clearly at all. Through the canister, the voice is also very hoarse.

"Thank you for taking care of me all the way."

Reina bowed to Enzo, she knew very well that Zorro took good care of her along the way.

Otherwise, in the battle with the third-order [Three-headed Giant Python] a few days ago, she would have been seriously injured if she didn't die. At that time, Butler Anthony was held back by the monster, and all his bodyguards were killed in battle. If it wasn't for Mr. Zorro, she would have been hit by the corrosive gas sprayed by the monster long ago.

Sure enough, my aunt said he was very good, so he was really good.

After bowing, Reina continued: "Mr. Zorro, what I want to tell you is that after the cursed space explorer finds out how to enter, I will lead all the staff in. You are not a contracted member of our family, so there is no need to be with us." .”

"No, Miss Reina, you don't have to be so polite."

Zoro shook his head, his tone didn't sound as serious as Reina's, "After all, Miss Qianjo asked me to take good care of you."

"You've done a good job, thank you very much."

Lena thanked her sincerely again, and told the truth again, "That may be a 'T-class' space, there is no need for you to die with me."

Hearing this, Zoro shook his head and seemed to be smiling, "No, what I want to say is that even if I want to, I can't."

After a pause, he said meaningfully: "Besides, I don't intend to leave."

"???"

When Reina heard this, she became suspicious.

She was about to say something, but at this moment, a hasty report came from the communicator.

"Miss, there is a large group of people on the left side of us who are quickly approaching us to look at the flag. They are members of the Clark family!"

"Miss, there is also a group of people on the right side of us, they are from the Oliver family!"

With that said, the whole camp immediately tensed up.

The Ruins of Dawn is already very large, but dozens of teams are also opening up wasteland at the same time. In fact, the distance between each team is not too far.

As for Reina's team, the number 16 was drawn, the number 15 was for the Oliver family, and the number 17 was for the Clark family.

Although it was covered by fog and ruins, no one could be seen, but from the sound of gunfire and the movement of the battle, it could be distinguished that the several teams were not far apart.

Just like a divided cake, the closer to the core city, the closer the distance between the teams will be.

In fact, as early as a few days ago, Lena and the others discovered the movements of the left and right teams.

Those families have recruited enough people, and they can be divided into several waves to open up wasteland, and the progress is very fast.

The hunting team is in front, and the home team of the young masters and ladies is behind.

Much easier than their team.

A few minutes ago, in the team of the Oliver family who was several kilometers away from Lena's team.

Young Master Danze is enjoying afternoon coffee leisurely in the tent.

Compared with the fierce battle on the front line, although they also suffered some small-scale monster attacks here, it was nothing serious.

After all, there is also the vice president of the Hunting Guild, the famous third-tier professional "Wind and Thunder Sword King" Nero Redgrave.

Since being attacked by Su Lun last time, Danzi never dared to stay too far away from this third-tier professional.

He and the bearded swordsman chatted while drinking coffee while playing chess on a black and white checkered board.

Chatting and chatting, and talked about the attack a few days ago.

"Mr. Nero, what do you think of the strength of that SS wanted Su Lun?"

"Hard to say"

"Hard to say?"

"I observed the sneak attack before, and the real strength that Su Lun showed was only at the ordinary second-order level. But his eight-armed spider lance has excellent displacement ability in the ruins, even if I want to catch it, I can't catch it." easy."

"Just being able to run."

"It's not that simple. It is not to be underestimated to confirm that that guy has a relationship with that reactionary organization. Besides, you haven't noticed that that guy hasn't shown his second-level advanced ability yet? I suspect that the information is true to him. There's a big gap in strength."

"There are only a few advanced options for a puppet master. That guy is not very old, but he is so proficient in puppet manipulation skills. The eighth achievement of his professional ability is to choose the direction of 'puppet manipulation skills'. After all, you know that , Puppet manipulation requires a lot of time and energy to practice. It is impossible to awaken other unrelated abilities."

"Well, this analysis makes sense."

"In my opinion, Su Lun, the wanted man of the SS, seems to be fighting with the sickle of the forbidden object in his hand. That guy is indeed lucky, and he has mastered a secret art of living corpse sacrifice that can avoid the backlash of the forbidden object's curse." .However, now that I have completely stabilized the second-order realm and mastered this [Steinitz's chessboard], if Su Lun comes again, I can guarantee that he will come back."

"Although I think Master Danze, you should be more careful. But you have this cursed object, combined with the [Puppet Theater], there is really no reason to lose against any second-tier professional."

Hearing this, Danze had a smug smile on his face.

The two were chatting, and just at this time, the subordinate came to report.

"Master, there is an order from the Black Tower, let us send people to help Reyes' long room team open a large cursed space."

When the two of them heard this, their expressions were different.

Danze turned around and asked, "Mr. Nero, are you interested in going to see it?"

"certainly."

Nero narrowed his eyes slightly, and said again: "Since the elder Reis offended you, you must cut the weeds and root them out. Now that the Black Tower side has acquiesced in your actions, that Miss Lena and old Anthony must not let them Leave the ruins alive. Otherwise, there will be no such good chance next time. Carnegie Reyes has a strong wrist. He survived such a split last time. If he really wants to not be completely destroyed this time No matter how sick the tiger is, it will be a big trouble."

Danze smiled, "I think so too."

Lena has also known for a long time that the progress of the advance team of the Clark family on the left has far exceeded their team's progress in land reclamation, and people have been paying close attention to it.

Now these guys suddenly changed the line, obviously with bad intentions.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a hunting team of hundreds of people to come out of the distant mist.

Looking at the family crest engraved on the equipment, it is clearly the elite team of the Clark family.

The young man at the head of the Clark family wearing a brand-new hunting suit is naturally Eldest Young Master Ellie Clark.

half a month no see,

The young man looked at the dozens of remnants of Leina, and his tone was full of teasing: "Hey, Miss Leina, it seems that your condition is not very good?"

The visitor obviously came with bad intentions, butler Anthony had long been protecting Lena. He looked at the three bodyguards beside Young Master Ellie, his pupils shrank slightly, and he introduced in a soft voice: "Miss, be careful. That's Old Lington The three elders of Ice, Thunder, and Earth from the Occult Society are very powerful elementalists. They also have very difficult cursed objects in their hands. Together, I am not sure that I will take advantage of it in a short time."

There are three people beside Young Master Avery.

An archer with a blue longbow, a woman in a robe with a Thunderlane staff, and a big punk with green hair.

Lena looked up, turned her face and looked coldly at the group of people approaching in front of her, and responded, "What are you doing here?"

Avery led the group of people over swaggeringly, and said lazily: "I just received a notice from the top of the Black Tower that you may not be able to handle this high-level cursed space, so I will bring someone over to help you take a look. "

Originally, he didn't need to come in person, but now it sounds like it's Leina's team, so it's natural that Young Master Ailee will come to make trouble.

Lena frowned slightly when she heard this, and she glanced at the three white-helmet wardens not far away, as if she was asking something.

The leader of the black-faced supervisor responded indifferently: "The order from above is only to supervise you to open up wasteland. We will not intervene or control the affairs between your families."

After finishing speaking, the three supervisors deliberately opened a distance, as if to show their attitude: you fight, don't accidentally hurt us.

Didn't expect these people to mediate, Lena sternly shouted after hearing this: "Everyone obeys orders, anyone who approaches the camp, shoot to kill!"

With an order, both sides raised their guns almost at the same time.

"Click" and "click" sounded the intensive gun loading sound.

For a while, swords are on the verge of breaking out, and there is a tendency to fight if there is a disagreement.

The difference in the number of people is nearly ten times, and the Clark family has an absolute advantage.

Young Master Avery seemed completely unafraid of the guns pointed at him. There were three bodyguards, and the guns couldn't hurt him at all.

He even signaled for his men to put down their guns.

After all, in this situation, even if the opponent shoots first, the Reyes family has no chance of winning.

He looked at Reina, and continued to be provocative: "Hey~Miss Reina, this is unnecessary. I think we can sit down and have a good talk."

It seemed that it was agreed upon. The members of the Clark family had just arrived, and Mr. Danze of the Oliver family also walked out with the team.

That young master Danze looked at the two groups of men and horses who were at war, and gloated: "Tsk tsk. It seems that I came here by accident?"

Beside him, there was a girl with heavy makeup who was three points similar to Lena.

It was Betty Reis, the second lady of the Reis family, and the fiancée of Mr. Danze.

This time I wanted to bring down the long room, and this person also contributed a lot.

She looked at Leina and gloated: "Sister Leina, long time no see."

There are nearly a thousand people in the two teams, and they are all enemies.

In the current situation, it seems that Lena and her group may not be able to enter the cursed space, and they will be wiped out outside.

Young Master Ai Li pressed on step by step, and said, "Miss Leina, do we want to talk now?"

Reina looked at the enemy who had approached fifty meters away, without any fear, she pulled the trigger.

"Boom!"

Gunshots rang out.

The bullet hit Avery's feet, and white smoke came out.

Reina raised the gun and said calmly: "Get closer, and the next shot will be your head."

Probably predicting the trajectory of the bullet, Avery's bodyguards didn't raise their eyelids.

Although Avery was shocked, the sneer on his face was even worse.

In a blink of an eye, he looked at the group of guards around Leina, and said something thought-provoking: "You don't want to live, why don't you think about your subordinates?"

As soon as these words came out, it seemed to be some kind of code.

At this moment, the second-tier captain named Prieter Keith suddenly led more than a dozen subordinates to pull some distance away.

Seeing this, the old butler Anthony yelled loudly and asked, "Plitt, what are you doing!"

Naplete looked at Reina and said, "Miss Reina, I'm sorry. I have paid a lot for the Reyce family, but I don't want to die here."

Obviously, these people were bought.

At this point in time, there is no need to continue to hide.

Whether it's the cursed space in front of him or the predicament here, staying in Reis's long room team looks like he will definitely die.

As they spoke, they stood guard with their guns and walked out of the camp that had been built.

Originally, there were not many people in Leina's team, but if there were more than a dozen fewer people, the camp's defense gap immediately appeared.

The most important thing was the blow to morale. Once these people left, their eyes were full of resentment and despair.

The old butler Anthony wanted to kill the traitor, but he was surrounded by coveted enemies, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Reina didn't speak, and didn't change much as the situation got worse.

Her hand holding the gun remained steady and unshakable.

At this time, the sarcasm in the eyes of Eldest Ellie not far away became even more serious, and he asked again: "Now, has Miss Leina changed her mind?"

At this moment, the situation of Reyce's long house has reached a desperate situation.

Lena didn't turn her head to look, she pondered for a moment, then said lightly to the remaining guards around her: "If there are still people who want to leave now, I won't blame you."

She knew very well that the other party was here to destroy Reyce's long house.

surrender?

It serves no purpose other than being humiliated.

After a pause, she said decisively again: "But if you stay, prepare to fight to the death with me!"

Hearing this, the morale, which had been low because of the cadres' rebellion just now, suddenly boiled.

The guards surrounded Reina, looking as if they were about to fight to the death.

"Miss, we won't leave!"

"Swear to live and die with the family!"

"Yes! Swear to live and die with the family! Fight to the end!"

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The crowd was excited, and the aura of dozens of people was like a raging fire, and they competed against the surrounding enemies who were rounded up by nearly a thousand people.

The old butler Anton also seemed to have unlocked some secret technique. Suddenly, horns grew on the top of his head, his bones cracked, and his body size soared into a humanoid goat with gnarled muscles nearly two meters high.

Looking at this group of people, the masters of Oliver and Clark families frowned, even the third-tier professional Nero, the "Wind and Thunder Sword King" looked dignified.

He looked at the old goat that had suddenly exploded in momentum, and he remembered something, and murmured: "Anthony the "Magic Goat", the champion of the Old Lyndon Fighting Competition 20 years ago. Tsk tsk, this state is still good. It's been a long time. "

Tier 3 professionals are desperate, it's not a joke.

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