国产精品精品国内自产拍

After a while, they parted and Jessica smiled softly.

"Come on. Let’s settle our business first." He said as he broke away from her arms and started walking towards the cliff edge. "We have a lot of things to do."

"Fufufu, yes. I’m looking forward to it."

She chuckled happily and followed after him. Her hands didn’t leave his arms.

When they reached the edge, he released the capsule in his hand. It popped open, releasing a cloud of dark matter before materializing into a rifle-like weapon with a long barrel and a glowing blue gemstone embedded in the middle of it. The blue crystal pulsed with electricity every second as it cast its light onto the grass beneath it.

"It’s been a long time since you wielded that weapon, Leader." Jessica commented as she saw Leo playing with the railgun. "I haven’t seen you using it ever since we finished the S-Rank mission from Grand City’s governor."

"Well... I have no reason to use it." He answered with a sigh while stroking the sleek black metal body of his weapon. "Anyway, just as I explained before, this will be a great war. This valley might disappear after the war is finished."

He pointed to the valley below them with his right hand before turning around to face Jessica again. The valley was a vast stretch of flat land surrounded by cliffs on both sides. It was naturally a perfect location for war between two factions as it provided them with a good advantage and disadvantage in terms of terrain and weather conditions.

"The enemy will use ranged weapons and martial arts. Some 6 Stars might join the battle. And at the peak, 7 Stars... Or even 8 Stars martial artists might appear." He sighed as he shook his head. "We only have ourselves to rely on."

"Why didn’t you ask for help?" She asked while tilting her head curiously. "Shui and Jack will be ready anytime for you to call them here."

"They will be needed in Chengdu." Leo answered simply while placing his index finger on the trigger of his plasma railgun. "Knowing that we accepted the job only based on a contract between two sides without any witness and given they secretly approached me as ’business escorting’ that could evolve into ’fight against Green Forest Bandit’, I think they still have a plan behind the scenes."

"Silencing us, yes?" Jessica guessed it correctly, "After all, we are basically mercenaries with no connection to any faction yet involved with this war and have a high possibility to kill many of their enemies, or their allies. Once they realize our strength and know that they can’t control us, they will resort to one thing."

"And I have proven my strength already." Leo said proudly as he recalled how he fought Wandering Sword Saint. And he already ’spilled’ that Shui, who defeated the 8 Stars Martial Artist, was his subordinate and that their base was in Chengdu.

"Which is why I want to confirm something. Their plan is indeed working out fine... But how will they execute it when I am involved? If they indeed targeted what’s mine…"

"Fufufu, they seem to underestimate you, Leader." Jessica giggled lightly and glanced at him affectionately as she said, "But let’s just hope we’re able to achieve what we want without sacrificing anything unnecessary."

"That’s my job as your leader to make sure we do achieve that." Leo snorted coldly as he readied his rifle. His eyes narrowed dangerously while gazing at the valley below them. "But let’s get serious now. The battle will be held here tomorrow. Scan the terrain and determine the best location to put your traps. As long as it doesn’t hurt Tang Yao it’s still within the permissible margin of error.

We have 7 hours left before the sun sets."

"Yes. Please leave it to me." Jessica smiled eerily, "Everything will go according to your plan, Leader."

Nodding, Leo looked at the distance.

A soft breeze was hitting his face.

’It’s nice.’ He thought as he looked at the horizon. ’This will be a nice place to belong.’

***

When the sun rose on the horizon, a huge cloud of dust formed from tens of thousands of horses and carts barreled down the mountain toward the valley below them.

People were walking in front of it and behind it as well, a huge line of warriors heading to battle together with many civilians joining them as well.

The green banner with a dragon symbol fluttered in the wind, and soon, the army was stopped as they reached the foot of the valley.

"Stop."

Tang Jiaofu, the patriarch of Tang Clan shouted in a loud voice, and everyone halted immediately at his command. He looked around with narrowed eyes and nodded once. "We’re going to camp here for now. Warriors, guard the civilians and start setting up camp. I can feel that we’re already close to Nokrim’s territory."

Leo, acting with Jessica and sitting in one of the frontmost carriage, listened to the command and peeked out. He saw Tang Clan’s army from inside their carriage as they entered the valley.

Each warrior was wearing a light green armor and helmet along with an iron spear in their hands. They looked like soldiers who just came back from war despite being martial artists and not real soldiers.

At first, he planned to use his bike to join the army. But Tang Yao requested him to stay in the same carriage to protect them.

’He’s so cautious.’

But it was within his expectations. So Leo chose to stay in the same carriage as them with Jessica staying right beside him, observing the area with a cold smile on her face.

And now that the march stopped, he exited the carriage.

"They are moving pretty slowly." Jessica commented as she followed him out of the carriage. "If they have humvee or some heavy vehicles that are able to carry a few dozens of men on a single transport vehicle, they should be able to arrive at Green Forest Bandit’s territory in less than 2 hours from Qin City."

"Their technology is just that bad. Nothing advanced weapons nor even air support." Leo replied as he shook his head, "It’s really the least expected from an established society that relies on martial arts rather than technology."

"That’s true..." Jessica nodded before giggling suddenly, "Hahaha. I can’t wait for this war to start, Leader."

"Don’t have high expectations… We will only be on the sidelines."

"I know. But this will give us nice data. That’s what you want, right?"

"Yes, you’re right. But we have to wait for now." Leo sighed as he scratched his chin.

At that time, Tang Yao approached them with Tang Soso following after him.

Both of them were wearing Tang Clan’s robe and had swords in their hands. Unlike the others, their swords looked a little different with green hilt and dark red scabbard with a golden dragon engraved on it.

"Oh, Leo! Here you are. We arrived faster than expected." He said with a smile on his face.