Hello, Arknights

"What's wrong? Is there a situation?" Red found that the two people responsible for guarding the left and right wings of the team stopped almost at the same time, but a few seconds after he said this, he also noticed the unusual movement.

"Bounty hunter?" The bounty on those infected attracted a large number of desperate criminals, and Red had had many clashes with these thugs before.

He came to the conclusion that there are good and bad people mixed together. In fact, this is also the characteristic of bounty hunters. The composition of this group of bounty hunters is extremely complex, and it is impossible for infected bounty hunters to participate in Ursus's operation this time.

"It's a bounty hunter... Captain Red, what is your judgment?" Ling Dengxian looked at the Ursus man, who was the leader of this team.

"It's no longer up to me to decide..." As Red said, it was impossible for the bounty hunters to fail to notice their team of thirty people at this distance. The reason why Ling Dengxian asked this was that he was used to acting according to his own pattern. If he was alone, he would have no problem hiding and avoiding the fight, but he couldn't do that for a team.

Texas has already drawn her knife. She has basically no social connection in the Integration Movement. She is not stupid and knows her situation. Since Ling Dengxian has never mentioned that he hopes she can make some progress in interpersonal relationships, then he must have his reasons.

As a non-infected person, she stays inactive and does things quietly to reduce unnecessary trouble.

Unless someone deliberately wants to make a fuss about her.

"Leave the left wing to me." Lupo said, blending himself with the aura emanating from the blade in his hand.

"Team one, come with me to meet the enemy head-on. Mr. Bai Ge, please protect the supply team." Bai Ge is a doctor, so according to Red's arrangement, he naturally doesn't have to meet the enemy head-on, even though he seems to have some skills.

But there must be some differences. Carrying weapons on you doesn't mean anything. Everyone will carry something for self-defense in this place.

"Okay." Ling Dengxian had no objection, but his spirits were already lifted, and Bai Yan was ready to respond at any time.

He has been thinking about whether he needs to adjust his fighting style these days. The special nature of the white flame determines its auxiliary characteristics. The only time it showed the characteristics of burning with overwhelming force was when he faced the destructive strange substance around Xi Ran in Tobrand. Even describing that kind of power as overwhelming is a bit conservative. At that time, he was at the end of his strength. The white flame he released with all his strength seemed to be so powerful that it occupied half of the night sky. In fact, it was far from being comparable to those strange forces in terms of "quantity". It seemed that there was an endless source of power behind Xi Ran to support that overwhelming offensive. Such support would probably continue until Ling Xi Ran's body completely collapsed.

However, the collision of seemingly insignificant forces resulted in the quietly burning white flames engulfing the enemy. If Ling Dengxian's perception could be several levels stronger, he would be able to sense that the end that released the power through Ling Xiran as a node had voluntarily given up the meaningless confrontation.

Apart from this, Bai Yan was used more as a means to restrain the enemy in subsequent combat, similar to ropes and chains. At present, the dual swords were the weapons he was most comfortable using, and he vaguely felt that this was not a so-called talent.

For him, getting the sword for the first time and getting the city-breaking spear for the first time were two completely different feelings.

"Well, let's take this opportunity... to see what I can do as a pure support."

The moment the crossbow arrows tore through the cold air, the white flames at the four corners of the battlefield were hidden in the snow.

Bounty hunters are after money, and they have seen many dangerous scenes for this, but in today's encounter, the hunters who escaped remembered two code names.

"Is there anyone who has fought that man head-on and escaped unscathed?"

"Saluch?"

"He died before he even touched the flaming knife!"

"How did you die..."

"I didn't see it clearly... It seems that it was done by Lupo... There was no sign of the person who agreed to go together from the other side... Yes, there has been no news of requesting to gather up until now."

"Rupert... Red Knife..." All the bounty hunters felt very uncomfortable in this attack. They made too many mistakes, but compared with the previous two dangerous men, they did not care about such abnormalities. It seemed that they were just unlucky.

In this confrontation, the names of "Swift Wolf" and "Red Knife" gradually spread in the bounty hunter's intelligence network.

As for Reid and his friends, they were more concerned about the impact of Ling Dengxian's participation.

"Doctor White Dove... Is this your Originium skill?"

Ling Dengxian had used white flames to treat the external injuries of seriously injured people. His flames were very distinctive, so Red could sense that he had affected the battlefield.

"Yes... Mr. Reid, I have a headache. Can I take a short break?"

"But... we can't stay here for long. Although it ended quickly, there was still quite a bit of noise. Just in case..." Red could see that he was over-expending his mental energy, and his eyes were full of helplessness.

"Then let's go..." Ling Dengxian was not stubborn and was not yet completely unable to bear it.

"This is all I can do at this stage..." Ling Dengxian feels very tired now. He has never felt such a severe mental burden before. The last time he was close to this mental state was when he stayed up all night catching up on anime during the summer vacation after graduating from junior high school.

But he has not reached his limit yet. After all, he has no one to protect him, and he always needs to retain some mental and physical strength to respond and fight back.

The result of the attempt is also available. When not focusing on close combat, as an auxiliary magician, the control of spells within a radius of about 50 meters can be achieved to restrain and influence the actions of five people with medium force at the same time. At the same time, he can be distracted to add the White Flame Mark to three friendly members. This is the ability to use White Flame that Ling Dengxian developed when he had a cold and had nothing to do. The research on spell circuits is quite mysterious. He has not received any systematic related training, but he feels a bit self-taught. The White Flame Gliding Wings came from this, and the specific effect of this White Flame Mark is that it is automatically triggered when it suffers substantial damage, releasing a white flame vortex. When it blooms, it launches an impact on the surroundings without blind spots, but the degree is limited. The general purpose is to change the attack trajectory of the threat and can also treat minor external injuries.

And it was by relying on this new skill he developed and the binding ability of the white flame transformation that Ling Dengxian brought great surprise to Reid and others.

Because there were zero casualties in this operation.

With Red leading the team, it would not be easy to be defeated without encountering a large group of bounty hunters, but zero casualties is unlikely. There are too many accidents on a battlefield. Even if it is a sure battle, due to the different backgrounds of the infected soldiers of the Integration Movement, their combat qualities are not as good as those of professionally trained soldiers, and sacrifices may still occur in combat.

Everyone saw Ling Dengxian's situation, including some infected soldiers who had been treated by him. No one disturbed him at the moment. He quietly followed the team and continued to move forward.

A pair of amber-like gradient eyes quietly took in all his conditions, while she put away her swords, her eyes slowly changing. She hesitated for a moment, trying to understand her true thoughts.

Rupert finally came up and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. Ling Dengxian looked up and she stretched out her hand to him.

Ling Dengxian paused for a second, then understood what she meant. Without being pretentious, he took off his backpack and shoulder bag and handed them to her.

Texas carried these burdens neatly, but his heart felt heavier and irritated, but he insisted on walking on the outside of him and did not distance himself from him.

Neither of them spoke.

Ling Dengxian really hoped that she would not be so stubborn. That so-called curse was probably not on the same level as her willpower.

At first, she wanted to make it clear to herself that he had no right to refuse her, but after spending these days together, Ling Dengxian was certain of one thing: as long as he stayed far enough away and she forgot about him, then all the influence would not appear and she would still be her true self.

"…You have a lot to say."

Texas spoke, but she didn't look at him. Ling Dengxian was startled. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, Texas continued, "If you want to reduce my current burden, then don't say anything and listen to me."

He paused and nodded silently.

"I have almost figured out some of the patterns. I may have thought about what you are thinking. Maybe if I forget about it, there will be no such anomaly, but that is not the answer I want."

"If you expect me to accept an 'answer' like that, then Texas is dead in the hall of time."

"I'm sorry, White Dove, but you let that Texas live."

"I'll say it one last time. Don't let me go back. I shouldn't waste so much energy on this kind of thing."

The boy was silent for a long time and looked at the Rupert girl. The latter still didn't look at him, but the throbbing veins under her bangs showed that she was not at ease at the moment.

"it is good."

Ling Dengxian always keeps his word.