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Chapter 193: Snowy Scenes, Mine Caves

"Has anyone taken action?" Ling Dengxian noticed the movement ahead and looked at Frost Star. Their mission was to exert pressure from the front. The Snow Monster Team's name was as intimidating as Tallulah's. They would suppress the enemy's state and reduce their combat power. Then the Patriot led the guerrillas to capture the stronghold in one fell swoop when the morale of the Ursus soldiers in the mine was at its lowest. The core goal was to prevent the enemy from destroying the supplies in one fell swoop... More importantly, the infected people inside had no power to resist in their hands.

The role of the White Pigeon in this operation is to assist. Generally speaking, this role requires the team to allocate personnel to protect it or it needs a certain level of hiding. However, the White Pigeon... just by looking at its appearance, it is very deceptive.

The Yeti Squad has its own combat habits, and Ling Dengxian cannot cooperate well with them in a short period of time due to his physiological fear of cold. So, being a semi-standing assistant is a very good choice, and can also be used as bait.

"It should be the Red Blade Squad. Their team is relatively forward." Shuangxing coughed lightly and raised his hand to refuse Ling Dengxian's Bai Yan. "You will probably be under pressure later. The other party will definitely pay attention to you. You will have to support them. Save your energy."

"I'm not that fragile yet," White Carters breathed softly and smiled gently.

Ling Dengxian discovered that Frost Star, also known as Yelena, was not a girl who was stingy with her smile. She would sometimes smile unconsciously in front of her own people. She just appeared indifferent in the main storyline because of her illness and her stance.

After all, she should have been just a girl who was loved and grew up healthily.

"Okay... shouldn't they pay more attention to you?" Ling Dengxian asked one more question before taking action. Looking up, he saw the agreed signals sounding sporadically in the snowy forest, indicating that the action was about to begin.

"Heh... because if they could do that, there would be no 'Snow Monster Princess'." The pure white Carters snorted coldly, and Big Bear and others took the lead and went to the pre-planned point with the confiscated ritual node devices. Frost Star also moved and followed closely behind.

The boy's body shuddered violently due to the sudden drop in temperature, and goose bumps appeared on his skin, but his eyes did not flicker, and he dropped his gaze after a moment.

"Enemy attack! Form a formation!" The Ursus soldiers reacted extremely quickly, which prevented them from achieving the expected surprise attack effect.

"Hmph!" The unit responsible for resistance from the Snow Monster Squad rushed forward and smashed the nodes on their backs hard onto the frozen ground. The old ritual generator slowly started up. Members of the Integration Movement from other teams also rushed up from other directions, forcing close combat with crossbows.

Ling Dengxian was a little slow in following the plan and only jumped forward at this moment, his thoughts slowly gathering.

He knew... he had always known... that she and Xi Ran had nothing in common except their appearances, but he always had preconceived ideas and couldn't help thinking:

If Ling Xiran survived, would she be as confident, brave and charming as Yelena?

He did not sigh again. He raised his hand and extended his spirit. The "spark" he had left on the members of the Snow Monster Team burst into flames. The military crossbow arrows were hit by the rotating flames and their direction was unbalanced. He shouted, and the direction of the snow flame changed, increasing the intensity of the charge for the friendly forces that had marked the fire seed. In the end, it condensed into a one-way flame shield above his head to curb the shooting of the defensive crossbow arrows.

This is what he can do with the first move, and this is the extent of what he can do with preparation. If Ling Dengxian wants to be at ease now, he can only control the situation to a small extent like before.

The only one Ling Dengxian could take care of was the Snow Monster Squad, and Ursus's weapons were more sophisticated than he thought. With war cries, crossbows pierced through the bodies of the infected warriors and landed on the snow, blooming white flowers of death.

"Infected pigs! *Ursus swears*! You overestimate your abilities! The bounty the Empire offers you can be exchanged for several bottles of good wine!"

The defenders quickly deployed their battle formation. In the close combat, the effect of the crossbow gradually weakened, but it did not mean that the fighting would become gentler.

"Why are they so well prepared? According to Karion and others, the sergeants guarding the mines are probably all idiots..."

Ling Dengxian felt anxious, he could only take care of five people at most at the same time, and the distance was limited, the wounds from the infected warriors who were killed in one blow suddenly pierced his eyes, and his white flame had no effect on the dead.

Blood greeted the earth, but Ling Dengxian was a little out of form as he was too used to fighting alone.

The Integration Movement withstood the offensive. Their equipment was rudimentary compared to that of the defenders, but they also had their own advantages.

Flames, bright steel fires condensed on the battlefield. A black figure took the lead and led the team to tear open a corner of the Ursus battle formation. The flaming red scarf fluttered, and the Ursus defenders above realized belatedly that this was a leader of the Reunion Movement.

"Red Knife! Eliminate the high-threat Red Knife first!"

"Where's the warlock? Let the warlock cast the spell!"

"You are drunk, aren't you?! The military sorcerers withdrew yesterday! Otherwise, they would have taken action just now!"

"*Ursus swears*! We can't stop it! Team 8 is all dead!"

Ling Dengxian took a deep breath and calmed down a little. The casualties were still increasing, and he couldn't lose his form for too long.

There was a sound, a song coming from the increasingly thick frost in front. The warlocks of Ursus withdrew... but those of the Integration Movement are still there!

"...in a dream? You will see..."

"An adventure that scares you..."

"What kind of growth will you gain, child..."

"Who will protect you?..."

Ling Dengxian had a hard time understanding the Ursus language, and he couldn't understand the melodious lyrics even more, but that didn't stop him from understanding what was happening.

Compared to the Red Blade... Frost Star was more like a terrifying human-shaped natural disaster. Ice crystals fell from the sky across the battlefield, and the defenders, who lacked a heavy firepower interception network, were unable to effectively stop such an offensive, and the defense line was torn apart in large areas.

The situation is improving, and the casualties of the infected have decreased significantly, but...

“Why do I feel so uneasy… There’s a piercing sense of threat…” Ling Dengxian couldn’t find the source of the danger, so he had to use White Flame more seriously while increasing his vigilance.

"This spell... it's that monster! The Yeti!"

"Calm down! According to previous intelligence, each battle of this team does not last long, which means that the enemy cannot release such a spell for a long time. Everyone retreat and use defensive bunkers." Lukasech's voice came from the communication channel. It can be heard that he was also commanding the positions in other directions at the same time. There are two entrances and exits in the mine, and Tallulah is leading the team on the other side.

"We can't hold out for long! There's no reinforcement! We don't have any means to effectively deal with those monsters! Damn it, I should have secretly hijacked a car and run away with them!"

"Shut up..." Lukaszech suddenly felt very tired. He had made such a roar countless times since he came here. Looking at these soldiers who were just eating and waiting to die, he stopped scolding them, but the disappointment and anger in his eyes grew deeper and deeper...

Perhaps Ursus really needs a war with unity, to return to the golden age, to sing the glory of the king, to tear apart the enemy's territory, and to expand the giant bear's territory...

By then, these babies who are helpless in the face of a group of thugs will also disappear...

Thinking about this, he stood up and looked at the simple room, which nominally belonged to him.

"Goodbye, old man." He struck a match and lit the dying oil lamp, then poured it on the documents, watched the flames make sure they burned the entire room, and then walked towards where the infected were held.

The panicked infected people huddled in cold corners, but when they saw the fully-armed Lukasech, their eyes lit up with ferocity and they clumsily hid their weapons behind their backs.

"Do you want to live?" Lukaszech didn't like to waste words and stared directly at them in tattered clothes. Frostbite and abrasions cannot be healed by applying medicine in a day or two.

"Master...you suddenly locked us up here...you were the one who arranged the medicine for us before, so you must know how you treat us normally..." The thin infected person looked very familiar to him, and he thought that he was an infected person he had seen many times before.

"Just say what you want to say. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense!"

"Choose one. Either die here, or line up and leave through the gate! Then pray that those who call themselves the Reunion Movement *Ursus swear* will accept you!"

"Will you... kill us?"

"Yes! Stop hiding. I want to kill you, but those few iron bars in your hands can't save your lives. Now! Line up and get out of here!"

Lukaszech is not doing this for a good cause. These large numbers of infected slaves will attract the attention of this organization that claims to be the savior of the infected or something else. Naturally, he can also lead people to try to break out from the other side. The nearest military garrison is indeed far away, but he has just confirmed that if it is just to break into the patrol range of the army group's scouts, it will be enough.

He didn't let them go on purpose, but he did so to give himself a chance to survive.

"...Integration? They are here to save us?" The eyes of some infected slaves lit up, then they broke free from disbelief and fell into ecstasy.

"Don't die... Don't die! These Ursus rubbish are finally meeting their doom! Haha! You *Ursus swear* will get what you deserve!"

Lukasech's eyes turned cold, but the infected who were already in ecstasy did not notice his killing intent, and when he found out, he was not even afraid:

“What are you looking at? You’re about to be a stray dog ​​and you should be together with this *Ursus foul language* country…” Following the man’s lead, the infected people who had gradually ignited hope from the days and nights of torture also slowly became noisy and had more confidence in facing Lukasserchi.

"You he--" Lukasech's words were suddenly choked in his throat, great fear surged in his heart, and darkness poured into the area.

"Puff!" An extremely abrupt sound spread quickly in the noisy air, like a falling guillotine cutting off the head of a noisy bird.

Indeed, a head fell to the ground, as if in a collective disability, everyone had lost their vocal cords, only blood sprayed silently, blood-red petals scattered, and the ground of the mine cave became even darker.

"Monster, monster! Goblin!!" The infected person, who had just woken up from a dream, screamed, and then his head and body were separated.

"Hush-huh-"

"Hush-huh-"

"..." A horrifying voice accompanied by a ghostly figure was killing. But within a minute, only about one third of the original infected slaves were left in the cave.

"Lukasevich Kerinev, your plan is not bad, but you don't need to release so many people."

"You came very close to bringing shame upon the Empire."

"Evacuate to the southwest, do not wander around."

“We haven’t been there.”

A black color deeper than the land that accumulated the blood of the infected day and night slowly spread, and three tall black figures like goblins walked past him silently, just as they came.

Lukasech was almost suffocated by his own fear, but he quickly broke free from it. He disliked the scene of the "surviving" infected people becoming incontinent. He looked back and saw a dark red color outside.

Deserters who disobeyed orders were also dealt with.

Lukaszech was silent for a long time before he spoke vaguely:

"It turns out... it's the same whether you are infected or not."

The Emperor's sharp blade did not alarm the battlefield, and they could not interfere with this part of the plan. Their appearance was just to remind Lukasserchi and to deal with the undercover agents of the Integration Movement in the army.

"Is now the time to meet with Koschei's heir and ask her to fulfill her promise?"

"Captain Patriot isn't far away, but not this time."

"Then maybe next time. We've seen each other anyway."

The three Ursus internal guards looked down from above. In their opinion, this siege battle was really boring, except for the performance of the red dragon... They were quite satisfied.

"She'll be able to rival the Patriots one day."

The blazing flames roared past, as if they were going to melt all the ice and snow along with the suffering.

"The 'Paintbrush' is almost here." One of them suddenly said.

"…That's good. He's stronger than any of us and can control the situation better."

"Well, let's go. The 'bloody case' has not been dealt with yet."