The Star Knight

They sat down outside the soup shop with few people. The frozen tree was covered with colorful lights. Lie Xing's New Year mascot, the giant Pom was playing on the ice with a group of mercenaries. The hair of the huge and fluffy Boom was attached to it and it led it to slide on the ice, and many mercenaries rode on the head of the big Boom and yelled.

Azeroth's opening remarks this time are: "The winter of Liexing is very good."

Opal nodded, and Raymond asked, "Will you go to other planets to retire after you leave office?"

Azeroth said: "No, I don't think I will leave my home planet until I die."

The boss brought up the soup cups, and each person had a cup of hot beef and fresh shrimp soup, seasoned with Zikou flower, which tasted very good.Azeroth said again: "I read the report of the female star."

Opal said: "Next time you just need to summon us."

Azeroth shook his head and said, "The office is obviously a formal place. Unless there is a decisive consultation, I usually don't want to summon people there. Tell me about your actual situation, including some details."

Raymond took out the mercenary diary and made a brief report to Azeroth again. Most of the content has been reported to the union headquarters. Azeroth must have read it, and only selected some content that was not recorded in the diary to report. .

Azeroth was silent after listening. After a long time, Opal broke the silence and said: "At that time, the Nuluo space station blocked the long-wave communication. We couldn't contact the union for arbitration, and the spaceship was also disabled..."

"The union cannot issue an order to terminate the mandate even if the ensuing consequences are anticipated," Azeroth said.

Lei Meng: "Knowing that after we rescued the congressman, the female star Luo will join the dark alliance, but can't the mission be terminated?"

Azeroth said: "Yes, according to No. 17 of the mercenary code, as long as the entrustment does not violate Lie Xing's safety, it must be completed carefully. This is the embodiment of the spirit of freedom."

Opal said: "But don't you take any action? The dark alliance is our enemy."

Azeroth said: "That's war, kid. I think female Luo Xing would be more willing to rely on Lie Xing than Dark Alliance. There is no doubt about it, but the problem is that Lie Xing doesn't have the corresponding strength to protect them now. There is also a lack of effective sanctions in the alliance, and the only hope is to make the planet under our feet stronger."

Neither Opal nor Raymond spoke, and Azeroth said: "Although Corolin is our enemy, I still admire this opponent to a certain extent. Joining the Dark Alliance may be a good choice for the female star Luo .”

"Diplomacy is always like this. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Airlie's decision makes it difficult for them to become victims of the struggle between the two major factions of the Empire and the Republic. In all fairness, Cororin is still very good to his allies of."

"But the mother of daughters does not welcome him," Opal said.

Azeroth said: "So I believe he will not completely control the female star. The interstellar war launched against the Dark Star Alliance may come sooner than we imagined."

Opal took a sip of the soup, and suddenly understood what Azeroth was thinking. Lie Xing had lost countless comrades in the guard battle, but the job of mercenary, isn't life for fighting?

Blood and hard work, honor and sacrifice, as long as the unarmed civilians are not massacred, there has never been a standpoint between good and evil in interstellar wars.

Azeroth took out a box and said, "Where did you go after the war? It's an honor for me to honor the two of you. Thank you for everything you have done for your home planet in the battle to defend the fierce star."

Inside the box were two medals of honor. Opal and Raymond hurriedly got up and asked Azeroth to pin the medals on the chests of their windbreakers.

After sitting down again, Azeroth said: "Your promotion speed is too fast. This is not a good thing. Maybe you need more accumulation in the future. Don't take the battle lightly."

Opal agreed with Raymond, and Raymond said, "Can I ask a question? How long did it take you to upgrade to S rank?"

"When I was young, I was promoted step by step like you." Azeroth said.

Opal didn't know what Azeroth wanted to say, and replied: "Oh, that's just luck. Now the promotion is close to 2000 million points, and we have to wait for the war again."

Raymond said casually, "I don't want to always fight."

Azeroth sighed, and said: "I have been to many planets, and I have made many irreversible mistakes in my life. Now that I think about it, being an ordinary mercenary may be more suitable for me, because I am not an honest and The responsible man. I am ashamed of being the mercenary king."

Opal: "..."

Raymond: "..."

Opal glanced at Raymond, and Raymond glanced at him, both of them looked very blank, wondering why Azeroth mentioned this.

Azeroth was silent for a moment, and then said: "I want to entrust the two of you with a designated task, I wonder if you are interested."

Opal's eyebrows moved, and Raymond said, "Please tell me."

Azeroth said: "This commission is related to your friends. It happened 43 cosmic days ago. A certain mercenary group went to the dark open star cluster M75 in the Sagittarius Nebula, the center of the gravitational range of two interrotating neutron stars, to investigate a Ancient ruins."

"I remember this." Opal said, "Is it the pendulum star?"

Raymond frowned and said, "What happened? I remember that the mission was canceled later."

"The entrustment was temporarily canceled due to the Star Wars. After the victory of the war, another mercenary group took over it and went on missions." Azeroth said: "I checked the historical records of this entrustment and found that you have also accepted it. However, due to special reasons, it was not possible to make the trip.”

Opal: "At the time I wanted to go, but then there was a war."

Azeroth said: "So I think, you may have some information about it. Two mercenary regiments have disappeared in this area, and the union has sunk it for storage."

Raymond: "Two mercenary groups?!"

Azeroth nodded and said, "The first one is the Swift as Fire Mercenary Group."

Opal: "Sid?!"

Raymond: "No wonder they haven't been found and disappeared?"

Azeroth nodded and said: "The second one is the C-level Sky Eagle mercenary group. They accepted the commission from the trade union and went to find the missing Captain Xun, but they didn't get any return and disappeared together with them. "

"After a few more cosmic days, this planet will once again enter the overlapping gravitational field of the two neutron stars. At that time, no one can enter again, and it will reappear after more than 700 years."

Raymond said: "The entrustment you want to give us is to go..."

Azeroth said: "Yes, I want to entrust you to find their whereabouts, but please don't take risks. You need to collect as much information as possible for us, and use long-wave communication to send it back to the union headquarters in time. I will send you an A-level mercenary group as a new support force, or I will go there myself."

"I don't have much time to collect information. The same is true for the A-level mercenary group. The current rescue commission rating has been adjusted to C+, that is to say. Only mercenary groups below B-level are allowed to join." Azeroth said. explain.

Even without Azeroth's entrustment, Opal couldn't let Xun and Sid go missing. He exchanged glances with Raymond, and Opal said, "Go now?"

Azeroth thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Captain Raymond, can I talk to you alone?"

Raymond nodded, indicating that he would stay and handover work with Azeroth, and said: "You go to overhaul the spaceship, and I will go to you after handing over the commission to Wang."

After Opal left, Azeroth took out his mercenary diary, and Raymond glanced at it. The light screen recorded very detailed union information.

This king's diary seems to be updated synchronously with the entire guild and the whole star commission process.

"It's my portable office terminal." Azeroth said, "About the reward..."

Lei Meng pondered for a while, and then said: "Xi De and Xun are our friends, just pay as you see."

Azeroth nodded and said: "Yes, I have heard about your friendship." He pulled up the snow glasses, put them on his forehead, stared at Raymond, and said, "I'm sorry, this mission originally I should go there myself."

Raymond finally officially saw Azeroth's face face to face. This was the first official meeting between the two. He was much older than he appeared on the hologram.

"It doesn't matter." Lei Meng closed the diary and replied: "We will definitely do our best. You have your own responsibilities. You can't leave Lie Xing casually. I believe everyone can understand."

Azeroth kept looking at him, as if he was thinking about something, but Raymond didn't like to talk face to face with the strong alone. After all, he was a biological robot, and he was always wary of being seen as his identity deep in his heart.

Azeroth said: "It is said that Liestar is prosperous, but I think this is the most dangerous period in history for Liestar."

The two turned their heads to look at the people on the skating rink, lively and full of laughter, Azeroth said slowly: "Sunshine Twins, Haitang, three S-rank mercenaries have left us. The outstanding fighters of this planet have left us on the last day. There were too many sacrifices in this war, good and bad recruits were mixed, the Empire and the Republic were staring at each other, and Cororin might attack again at any time."

"Yes." Raymond replied.

Azeroth said: "But I believe that one day, this planet will rise again. I am old, and I will need to undergo survival surgery from a genetic company in a while."

Raymond said: "You can't give up, you are the spiritual pillar of Lie Xing."

Azeroth said: "Spiritual pillars will also age one day. Aging does not only refer to the metabolism of the body, but the aging of the soul. This kind of aging is terrible, and it will make people fall into some unnecessary thinking. In the end, the whole country will be destroyed. Brought into death. Originally, I thought that the Sunshine Twins would be the next mercenary kings. They have careful thinking, and their personalities complement each other. They must be able to lead Lie Xing into a new era of the universe. But unfortunately, Jamie failed his final test, Jimison trusted their telepathic abilities too much, and Coroline intercepted their telepathic communication and set a trap, which was a painful lesson."

Azeroth sighed.

Raymond didn't speak, and Azeroth said: "Tell me about you. Are your parents still alive? I remember that your team was just established ten weeks ago. If you don't mind, I would like to take another look at your servants. Soldier Diary."

Raymond said: "They have passed away."

He handed out the mercenary diary and placed it in front of Azeroth.

Azeroth turned on the projection on the diary, and Raymond smiled and said, "Opal thinks A-level is too difficult to upgrade. It takes 800 million points to go from B to B+, and 440 million points to go from B+ to A. It's simply impossible. task."

Azeroth smiled gently: "After all, the A-level has reached the top, and the S-level points are hidden. Without this planetary defense war, Wrench can't be promoted to the S-level. Once promoted, he will become an S-level mercenary." , you are no longer a simple job of accepting commissions and completing commissions. S-level mercenaries often entrust the responsibility and mission of revitalizing the entire planet. What they have to do is no longer the current things... Your martial skills Where did you learn it?"

Raymond said: "I... a friend of mine taught me." He thought for a while and added: "The Lyra spiral galaxy."

Azeroth nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "Which planet?"

"Five Dog Fangs." Raymond's voice was deep and natural.

"I used to go to that place when I was a C-rank mercenary." Azeroth said: "The spiral galaxy. Let me think, it is the territory of King Sagas. Teach your friends to be good at using polearms? "

Raymond nodded and narrowed his eyes. Azeroth didn't look at him, and said casually, "Your weapon is very similar to mine."

Raymond said: "What about your skills? Where did you learn them?"

Azeroth pondered for a moment, and then said: "I didn't use a long-handled ax before, a phantom star sold me a part dug out from the ancient ruins, and I just started to learn to use it, and I still don't know how to use it. If we have time, we can learn from each other. What does your father do?"

Raymond said: "I...both parents died when I was very young. I was brought up by an old man who repaired suspension vehicles. He is now buried in the hometown of Croatia Star."

Azeroth nodded and said, "At what age did you leave Dog Fang Five? Why do you want to be a mercenary?"

Raymond said: "I have no destination. Traveling in the universe on a spaceship to study, I ran out of money, and someone told me that Lie Xing can make money, so I came here."

Azeroth seemed to feel that his question was too formal, and smiled casually. Raymond noticed that Azeroth pulled a small magnetic strip from the back cover of his diary.

"This is your record of meritorious service." Azeroth said: "Frankly speaking, I admire your courage. I can no longer accept commissions to take risks. The only way to gain combat experience is through these chips."

"This chip is different from the records in the mercenary diary. It records the detailed data of each battle through quantum technology. Only the battles involving entrusted content will be recorded, and your privacy will not be involved at all." Azeroth Said: "I hope you don't mind."

"No, of course I don't mind." Raymond said.

After Azeroth copied the information on the magnetic strip, he handed the mercenary diary to Raymond. Raymond knew he had to go, so he stood up and said, "I wish you a long life."

"I also wish you a long life." Azeroth said: "There are countless dark and unknown areas in the universe. As long as you have firm belief and will, nothing is unbreakable."

Raymond and Azeroth bowed to each other, Raymond frowned, left Frost Lake, and took a car to the tarmac.