An Outsider

Dark Blade

　　It's just that he's worried about getting himself involved in partisan battles. This sort of thing was all too common in the military, where young and ambitious officers pulled in like-minded people in order to build a future force of their own, something he had suffered from in the army. Now he didn't know how the left wing of the third squadron related to the right wing, but he and Crawford belonged to two combat units, left and right, after all, and although he wouldn't reject Crawford, he didn't intend to get too close to his, otherwise where would he stand in the unit he belonged to? Lucio's answer thus seemed somewhat ambiguous.

　　Lucio was putting on the power exoskeleton on his own for the first time. He thought he would be hesitant, but it turned out that it didn't seem to be difficult, and the movements and steps seemed to be engraved in his instincts, and he finished putting it on naturally, which made his sigh with relief.

　　But it's a big problem!

　　Lucio's answer was a simple, "Yes!"

　　But this mission, but this "fire gun god" suffered a big loss. Escorting the target item codenamed "Dark Blade" back to Athena's City was not too difficult a task. The road between "Classified Area 1" and the main city was paved and de-barricaded many years ago, so it was only necessary to follow a safe route, which should not be a problem.

　　Lillian Hoover, of American descent, was a second lieutenant like Lucio. The freckled and delicate female officer served as the center commander in the right wing and was Crawford's right-hand man. Only he glanced at Lucio from time to time since he came in, with an interested smile on the corner of his mouth, making Lucio a little uncomfortable.

　　"One last thing, there is a bonfire tonight, remember to come to it, the warriors are eager to meet you. Remember to bring our Sergeant Logue, he is now living in a tent with Lyon, you can ask Lyon to show you the way." Crawford said as he glanced back at Lyon, the black male adjutant behind his was Lyon.

　　"Thanks a lot Lieutenant." Lucio thanked, not bad for a female officer, really attentive. Once upon a time when he was a soldier, although it was a special female unit, the officers were mostly men, and there were especially many rough men. To meet a female officer was quite an intimate feeling. Raised his eyes to look at the female adjutant standing behind Crawford, he was the Lillian that Crawford said.

　　They actually hit a rare swarm, the team was scattered, the entire right flank was stripped away from the main force, Lucio himself as one of the commanders of the left flank, also followed by being scattered, lost into the primitive jungle, almost eaten by the first-class predators. But these things are not his personal experience, he also simply do not remember, all rely on intelligence records speculation out.

　　After conscripts are officially enlisted as professional soldiers, they begin to accumulate seniority and military service and upgrade their rank. Each year, military schools hold regular admission exams, and the upper age limit for registration is 20 years old. In other words, every professional soldier has 2 chances to take the military school. If you can get into the military academy, you will have a bright future as soon as you leave the academy in 5 years with at least the rank of lieutenant. And if you can't get into the military academy, you can only slowly boil seniority, accumulate military service, upgrade very slowly, just like Rodcliffe, as a soldier for life, only a captain rank.

　　"But Lucio, can you divulge to me if Miss Laney is as beautiful and wise as rumored?" He turned to ask again.

　　Why is this person so talkative? What Miss Lanny, I don't know his, Lucio really has a hard time saying. Thinking rapidly in his head, a moment later he returned.

　　Crawford seemed to understand what he was thinking, and with a chuckle, digressed.

　　"I'm grateful to the lieutenant for his kindness." Lucio returned indistinctly. To be honest he was now sweating down his back, Lieutenant Crawford was a person with a very powerful aura and a pair of blue eyes that seemed to have the ability to see through, Lucio felt as if he had been seen through by his.

　　Lucio laughed dryly twice, the back of the clothing was soaked with cold sweat, thinking: that's not what I did girl, you say so I'm under a lot of pressure ah!

　　"Your power exoskeleton and armor I have asked logistics to fix you up, your clothes are torn, I have re-prepared a new set of combat uniform for you, later you follow Lillian to the armament tent to collect it." Crawford glanced at Lucio draped in combat clothing, said with a smile. The sleeve of the upper arm was torn with a hole, which was pierced by a Doran poisonous branch.

　　"Well, it's actually not that far from the picture." Lucio lied casually.

　　"I have made contact with Captain Forsman, he has escorted the 'Darkblade' out of the battle circle with his left flank and has now shaken off the swarm and is moving slowly northwest, waiting to meet up with us. We can not delay too long in Griffin, tomorrow at noon, we will move out. You've lost your mech, so I'll have to ask you to take the armored car."

　　"You should have seen Miss Lanny's picture, so why ask me?" Indeed, the Nine Gods system is so powerful that you can search the personal data of any Federation citizen if you want, only with permission control and privacy control. Even Lucio, who was new to the country, understood that a public figure like 'Miss Lanny', as Lillian called his, should not go unrecognized; he was, after all, a person living in the 21st century under the era of big data and self-publishing.

　　"It's an order from the top, and I'm not really sure." Lucio answered, this kind of official answer will not have any breakage, so he answered without much hesitation.

　　"What's surprising, your legend has long spread throughout the army. Four years ago, during the Shennongjia siege, a young female transport sergeant of the Central Army, without any mechs, single-handedly penetrated into the nest of arachnid class 1 predators, and with only two short-bladed sabers, cleanly took out two class 1 arachnids and rescued 36 trapped expedition scientists, including Miss Lanny, the daughter of General Frisman. His amazing cold weapon manipulation skills and lightning-like body techniques were so impressive that he was henceforth named the 'Assassin of the Army'. Isn't that how you got the precious Fernando First Class? My Lord Lucio?" Lillian smiled and spoke eloquently.

　　But after listening to what Lieutenant Crawford just said, Lucio suddenly had an epiphany, Lieutenant Crawford said he wanted to be friends with his, probably out of admiration and good intentions, to be able to promote himself to his command in the future.

　　The first time I saw his, I was so impressed with his.

　　Lyon and Lillian had already taken the lead in opening the door, and Lucio stood up, saluted Lieutenant Crawford, and followed. Out the door and back into the curved corridor, the black male adjutant led the way in stride, while Lillian slowed his pace and stood alongside Lucio, winking and smiling.

　　Fortunately, Leon, the silent black Lucio ahead of them, had already led them out of the south bunker and into the northwest armament tent. Lucio entered the tent, received his new combat uniform under the guidance of a logistician, and then tried out the refurbished power exoskeleton.

　　"Really? I would love to see it with my own eyes." Lillian's eyes lit up.

　　Although Crawford did not speak fast, Lucio still needed time to absorb and digest his message. He was still very unfamiliar with this world, and the names of the people he was involved with were only roughly remembered, so it was a bit of a struggle to get the numbers right. When Crawford said Captain Forsman, it took his a while to remember that he was referring to Chris Forsman, the squadron leader of their third squadron. He skimmed through the list of officers and men of the third squadron, picking up the most important key figures and looking at them in detail. He naturally would not miss out on Chris Forsman as the leading boss of the third squadron.

　　"You're not quite what I expected, the legendary Assassin Lucio."

　　This brings us to the promotion system of the rank and file of the federal army. The Federation has a mandatory military service system, every citizen of the Federation who has reached the age of 16, need to serve two years of mandatory service. 

　　"Assassin?" Lucio was greatly puzzled.

　　Lucio had just learned from Lieutenant Crawford ten seconds ago that he was a new transfer to 3rd Squadron, which really took his by surprise. He had done a lot of homework before coming to the South Bunker, especially using his current authority to look up Crawford's and Rodcliffe's biographies and information. But he still neglected to actually forget to check his own biographical information, which should have been a top priority.

　　By the way, he almost forgot, the soldier who saved his, Rog, where is he now?

　　"Seriously Lucio, why did you get transferred from the Central Army to the Western Army? You saved Miss Lanny, how could Grand Admiral Frisman spare you to put you in a remote local army?"

　　All the soldiers' power exoskeletons are neatly arranged according to the soldiers' number and stored in the armament tent. During the non-combat period, these power exoskeletons need to be charged and tuned, which is the task of the logistics soldiers. The soldiers will go to the tent to put on the power exoskeleton when they are on an emergency mission, and the skilled soldiers can finish putting on the exoskeleton within ten seconds.

　　He is bound not to have been to military school, can rise to the rank of second lieutenant all rely on the establishment of that first-class and second-class merit. The American commander has a wealth of knowledge and strong command ability, the future development is bound to be better than their own. To say this, naturally, is also to express the meaning of promotion. Although Lucio does not yet understand where he is so good to be seen by Crawford, but he is new to the country, it is good to have more contacts, will not be stupid to refuse.

　　"Yes." Lucio and Lyon replied at the same time.

　　"Indeed, but I didn't have that pleasure of seeing it in person." Lillian said without regret.

　　This American female captain has a very high reputation in the third squadron, his mech piloting skills are excellent, and his marksmanship is so good that he is known as the "Fire Gun God", and his personal combat ability is the best among the most front-line military officers. He also has his own style in leading soldiers, and has amazing insight in both training strategies and combat tactics. As a result, he rose to the rank of captain at a young age and became the commander of the main unit, and is expected to be promoted again soon.

　　Lillian nodded thoughtfully and stated, "It's hard to figure out what the people at the top are thinking."

　　In Lucio's time, the power exoskeleton is only a concept product, not widely used, and the energy source is mixed fuel power. Today's power exoskeletons are as common as guns, and the energy source has been replaced by a new energy source Lucio first heard of - engraved crystal. Carved crystal is a new ore produced after the outbreak of nuclear war, the earth's crust has changed greatly, transparent visible lines inside the pattern, like a knife carved out of the general, so called carved crystal. Carved crystal can generate energy as small as a nuclear reaction, and the accompanying heat dissipation is extremely low, not easy to lose, very durable, and therefore is widely used. Nowadays, mechs and power exoskeletons, including vehicles and other vehicles, are using this new energy source.

　　Lucio didn't quite understand why the warriors wanted to meet his. It looks like the first order of business when we get out is to find out who the original owner of this body is.