Half of the sky in front of him was still dark red, but the smell of smoke had already reached here in advance. The occasional wind turned from cool to warm, and it was easy for the man to imagine that the fire would spread from here, and it would be a bright red, and the light of the fire would shine on everyone's faces.

The communicator behind him retreated to the secret camping base where the firebreak was being prepared for the arrival of the wildfire. Most of the men were sent out to cut down the surrounding trees, and it was necessary to create an empty area around the camp before time allowed the flames to pass through.

As the news spread, more than a dozen teams with pneumatic weapons and forged steel swords also set off in time from all directions, wrapping towards the large ring where the flames burned. They played the role of firefighters. Because detailed geographical drawings of the mountains have been measured in the past, as long as there is real-time information on the path of the wildfire, it is only a matter of time before the flames are extinguished on their own, depending on the characteristics of the mountain terrain.

But like the man's concerns, others are not worried about how long the fire will spread or where it will spread. It's about thinking about how much the enemy can do in this time-limited fire.

The fire in front of him was just a starting point, and it wouldn't be long before the bands of mountains under the supervision of other clans would ignite a little flame, and turn into a fire that devoured the trees between the mountains.

"It's true that the consideration is not as detailed as the enemy, and it was a mistake on our side. The man said to the dark red night sky in front of him, sighing and excited. Such an opponent can make him experience challenge and interest. Turning around, the man took a deep breath, and the smoky air seemed to make him feel a different kind of intoxication. Stretching his body, the man looked at his hand, which was trembling with clenching, the palm of which was wrapped in a glove made of soft material, and on the back of his hand, wrist, and knuckles, the soft material glove had alloy sheets of the right size and shape. And the man's body at the moment is roughly wearing the same glove.

Similar to the knights of thousands of years ago in the history books, the whole body is almost covered in just the right amount of alloy armor, and the joints are flexibly connected, which does not affect any movement in battle. As a man's weapon, only a slender sword hanging from his waist could be seen at this time.

The man walked silently, the man returned to the camp without any sound, and the armor on his body did not produce the slightest sound of friction due to the reasonable design. The color of the distant sky was getting brighter, and the spread of the fire made the dark red brighter and brighter.

At roughly the same time, too many people looked in the direction of the first flame. You can't smell the smoke, but it's easy to see a reddish corner of the sky under the cloudless night sky in summer. The speed of information transmission is not to be feared, and according to the topographic map of the mountains, many teams have already begun cutting down trees between the mountains in advance to create passages to block the flames.

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The wee hours of the morning are probably different in every city, and the smaller ones are much quieter.

Most of the light from the windows comes from the street lights, and most of the shops are closed except for two or three main streets. On the top floor of a residential building, he sat by the window of the living room, with a smile on his lips, calmly watching this peaceful picture. From time to time, his gaze skipped over the city, and in an instant he crossed the distance, looking at the faint red light at the end of the skyline, which was almost imperceptible.

When another breath sounded in the room, he got up and closed the thick curtains, blocking out the light that was not dazzling when the light was turned on. Directly below the lamp is a long table of three tables, on which is placed a more detailed map, a map of the banded mountains.

An area has been circled in red, and in the actual location of it, a wildfire has already spread, approaching the firebreak cut by the surgeons.

Lyle stepped unusually lightly as he entered, as if he was afraid to break the silence here. He brought wine and food, as well as a stack of papers in cloth bags—some in dense lead letters, others photographs of unknown origins. Admittedly, these things are all needed by Lyle's intelligence team, some from Jetrin's side, and the other from Ovilla and Violet. The data of the three parties will be summarized here at a fixed time, and as a horror who has played several roles, he does not feel distressed by the amount of information and tedious analysis. There's a pathological obsession with this feeling of control, and I like to guess what the other person will do, how they will go, and then I just sit aside and enjoy it, adding something to it from time to time to increase or reduce the difficulty of the target.

The newly arrived information was opened and skimmed through one by one, and Hack took the wine that Lyle had poured and moistened his throat: "Probably how many teams have been observed." When asked, he picked up the red pen and began to mark them on the map. It's still a circle, but there's a difference in size. These are all wildfires that are starting to spread, and as a plan for Mavis to meet Kasia, accurately grasping Kasia's location, and deducing his next move is the main focus.

"Nearly 100 branches, calculated from the traffic volume on the road that night, is this data. Multiply by a reasonable multiple, and it is about two hundred. The number of people in each team varies, and the average is only thirty-five. Lyle replied seriously, "In addition, the teams they use to fight should be three, each with nearly four hundred people, equipped with not much long-range fire support." But these are not enough in front of the power of those families in the empire, and a single airship can make them die most of them in the blink of an eye. ”

"I remember sending a few airships over, right? Miss Jetlin's team is very strong, especially when it comes to weapons. Most of the airships of other families have been converted from merchant ships, but Miss Yeterin's are all regular military airships, and with the support of Webley Arms Company's technology, their performance is extremely good, and there should be no problem in protecting this group of people. "Calmly, after marking the map, he used a green pen to draw an area, and he has already locked on a general area. Further breakdowns require more information and the corresponding time.

"I'm still on my way, but because of the wildfires that are spreading everywhere, I can be sure that I can catch up with it. ”

"That's good. He put down his pen, unusually satisfied with the result, "Is there any news from Manoma's side?" Although we can't interfere with the actions of the advanced surgeons, it's a pleasure to get a general idea of their plans. ”

Sitting on the chair at the table, he knocked on his temple: "The goal of their plan has never changed, it has always been Miss Ye Jielin. The only way, and the one that must have been able to lock down Mr. Kasia, is that their group will not rush into doing something that they are not sure about. ”

"It's quiet at the moment, probably. Lyle's words were a little uncertain, "After all, as advanced surgeons, all we can observe is whether there is a big movement. ”

"Absolutely, no rush. "We'll set off tomorrow night, and if we're lucky, we'll catch up with Mr. Kasia." ”