Five hundred kilometers northeast of the imperial capital.
Taiji Mountains.
The towering eight-hundred-mile-long mountain is filled with tall trees and dense forests, and ferocious beasts are rampant.
Except for the hunters and herb collectors at the foot of the nearby mountains, almost no one dared to set foot on this primitive land.
In recent years, with the intensification of imperial oppression, unbearable people have fled their homes and hid here, gradually forming a small and medium-sized resistance force.
Relying on the maze-like complex terrain of the mountains and the weapons supported by the Dove Army, the empire's local troops repeatedly attacked and returned with great defeats, and the name of the resistance army became more and more famous.
The elegant figure of the snow-capped white dragon flies over the mountains.
The magnificent scene of cliffs, canyons and waterfalls amazed "Taeko", "Cornelia" and "Chikushi" who had never experienced high-altitude flight.
"Taeko" blocked the strong wind caused by the flight with her body, unfolded the map on the dragon's back, and said loudly: "Master Nightmare, judging from the terrain, we have entered the Taiji Mountains. According to the information we have obtained before, the Empire is burning Troops should be performing tasks in this area."
That's right, what Luo Jie wants to harvest this time is the empire's wool.
To be more specific, he is the Teigu user "Porus" who works for the Empire's Incineration Force.
This person is one of the members of the "Hunters" in the original work. He is extremely inferior to his appearance and wears a gas mask that is more weird than scary.
Although he looks like a rough and fierce giant on the surface, "Porus" actually has a gentle and kind heart. However, as a pure soldier, he had to obey the orders of his superiors and burned villages infected with the plague in order to resist. The small town where the army provided supplies, the innocent people who were sentenced for false accusations, etc.
"Porus" knew very well that he had become an accomplice of evil and was living in inner torment all the time. But in order for his gentle wife and lovely daughter to have a better life at home, he could only bear this responsibility alone without conscience. share of sin.
In the original work, he was also the character with the saddest ending.
The worst ending for others was the "lone-tested warrior" "Lubbock" who was killed after losing an egg.
After "Porus" died of a poisonous needle assassination by "Chelsea", his wife and daughter who came to visit the grave were killed by the minister's son "Sheela" and his "Wild Hounds" members, who were killed right next to him. Live and die in front of the grave.
In the end, he failed to protect the most precious thing in his life.
Luo Jie did not want to comment on the good and evil of "Porus". His goal this time was very pure, which was for the imperial weapon in the opponent's hand [Purgatory Invocation·Lubigund].
This is the only fire-attributed Teigu among the 48 Teigu. It looks like a flamethrower with a huge fuel tank, which can spray special flames that cannot be extinguished by water.
"Lord Dire, there is smoke and fire over there."
The giant girl "Tsukushi" with a baby face points in a direction to the southwest.
Through the high-tech sight of the Teigu [Romantic Turret Pumpkin], the user can even see a flying bird at an altitude of 10,000 meters, so she took the role of "Maillard" who did not follow during this operation. The work of an investigator.
"Let's go and have a look."
After confirming that there was no ambush of imperial troops at high altitude, the white dragon flapped its huge dragon wings and slowly lowered its altitude.
Luo Jie, "Taeko", and "Cornelia" jumped off the dragon's back one after another, and "Tsukushi" continued to hover high in the sky with the [Romantic Turret Pumpkin] on guard.
In front of us are the charred ruins of a village. The doorposts and beams that have turned into charcoal can occasionally be seen with some sparks that have not yet been extinguished. The choking smoke that permeates the surroundings is mixed with the unique burnt smell of barbecue.
Among the remaining bricks and tiles where the firelight had not dissipated, charred corpses of human beings could be seen everywhere. Judging from the painful huddled postures, it was obvious that these people were not burned after death, but were burned alive by the fire.
"Taeko" bent down and picked up the charred corpse of a child, and placed it next to the charred corpse of what appeared to be her mother just a few steps away.
Although Oberg's killers never judge the good and evil of their assassination target, they will never accept a mission like this to torture innocent people.
"It was the Empire's effort to burn down the troops. It seems that the Empire is trying to clear the country and completely cut off the supply channels for the rebels in the Taiji Mountains."
"Cornelia" looked sad. When she was in the imperial assassination force, she believed that she was fighting for the happiness of the people. But as she learned more and more about the truth, she began to feel sorry for the people who died in her.
The innocent in the hands are the more guilty.
"Tsukushi once told me that when the Imperial Assassination Force's Elite Team and the Reinforcement Team teamed up to encircle Hakuba Mountain, the Empire's Burning Force first blocked and then burned them, burning to death thousands of people in the small town that provided material assistance to the Hakuba Mountain resistance.
The residents... also include a pair of little brothers and sisters whom "Red Eyes" has always regarded as his apprentices and taught swordsmanship."
Luo Jie patted "Cornelia" on the shoulder comfortingly.
Unlike the members of the killer guild who worshiped him as the god Oberg, "Cornelia" and "Tsukushi", two young girls from the former empire's killer troops, have always treated him with more curiosity than respect.
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Luo Jie also cherished this more relaxed way of getting along with them, and never tried to assimilate them with Oberg's dogma.
"If you want to apologize to "Red Eyes", you will have a chance in the future... Let's go find the Empire's incineration troops first. The sooner we find them, the fewer innocent people will die."
He jumped on the dragon's back and took off again. Within a quarter of an hour, "Tsukushi" who was in charge of the search found traces of the empire's burning troops in the scope.
"Lord Dire, we have found the target. There are about 40 people in the escort team, about 20 people in the incineration team, and a few reserve soldiers in the heavy transport team to take care of livestock."
The incineration troops are rear troops that clean up the battlefield. Their main function is to destroy fixed facilities and farmland, and destroy the enemy's war potential. They usually follow the main force in their operations, and their own combat effectiveness is not strong.
Especially in this wooded mountainous area, "Taeko" and "Cornelia" alone can easily hold back 40 escorts.
The only thing that needs to be considered is the strongest combat power in the Burning Army, the Imperial Equipment user "Porus" of "Purgatory: Lubigund".
To be fair, "Porus" and his Teigu are both very strong. The combination of eternal fire and range spray is almost like a hedgehog that cannot be swallowed.
But for Luo Jie, whose fire resistance was almost maxed out, the best he could do was to get burned and burned, and he wouldn't be burned into ashes for free during the charge.
There was only one thing he was really worried about.
The ultimate skill of [Inferno: Lubigand] is "self-destruction".
Asking for votes... The plot of the Orphan Warrior is only available in the comic version, and cannot be seen in the animated version. Similarly, the experiences of Porus's wife and daughter only appear in the comic version, and the animated version does not have the Wild Hounds organization.
, so this plot is gone. So, if you feel that the animated version is cruel, that’s because you haven’t read the comic version yet.