Chapter 50: 49. Tactical Flaw

49. Tactical Flaw

On the deck of the magic airship, the Earth Snake Anastasia coiled around Li Ang.

Perhaps it was the nourishment of the Star Soul Greenhouse, its combat intelligence had grown to Rank 2 in just one day. According to Zoe, it had no problem understanding Li Ang's words, and it would cooperate with Li Ang with all its might.

Once the Earth Snake appeared, whether it was the other travelers and Sky Knights blocked at the entrance of the shipping lane, or the imperial army on the opposite side, all were attracted. Although the wind was strong at high altitude, the commotion and discussion still allowed Li Ang to hear quite a bit.

Just looking at its appearance, its diamond-like golden scales, emerald crown, and red-and-blue gemstone star eyes all highlighted its extraordinariness.

A high-rank summon might be harder to get than an energy source. The Holy Snake gained Li Ang plenty of envy.

"Wow, kid, you really weren't messing around when you started the regiment. You got such a powerful summon in just a few days."

Lancelot jumped over from the deck of the Order regiment's airship, also shocked by the beauty of the Earth Snake. He looked up and down without stopping, his hand gripping Li Ang's shoulder, his strength increasing.

"Do you have any connections? Look, we can only use this."

The young man patted a metal ball at his waist. It looked a bit like a sachet, but it was actually a "Demon-Sealing Cage" used to carry monsters. Monsters captured below Rank 7 could be sealed inside and summoned at any time; the common term "summon" also came from this.

Inside were the standard summons for elites of the Order of Sky Knights. If they couldn't find good ones themselves, they usually just used this.

But this wasn't bad either. Many people without backgrounds joined the Order of Sky Knights just for the whole set of things distributed by the official organization; otherwise, it would be very difficult to get them on their own.

However, Lancelot pointed at the spliced spirit core ball floating around Li Ang's hand and laughed, his envy of Li Ang temporarily disappearing.

"What the hell is this! It's too creative, right? Hahaha, it's clearly a bunch of low-rank spirit cores, but you made it look like a Great Mage's magic tool. Only a spellcaster like you can play like this, right? But with your armor, aren't you afraid of being blown up by this pile of stuff?"

Li Ang's water array iron armor had parts drop back to Rank 1 after Zoe left.

However, if Lancelot knew that Rank 1 and Rank 2 equipment also had array skills, he would probably be even more surprised.

"The Holy Capital Bank is investigating my personal vault, so I can't take things out."

Lancelot grinned: "You really don't have it easy. I'll help you check who in Rams and the Holy Capital Bank has an improper relationship later."

The airship unceremoniously approached the bow of the imperial ship blocking the shipping lane. Li Ang reduced speed, but the bows of the two ships still collided.

The two performed magic resonance identification as companions and jumped onto the opposite deck.

Ordinary imperial soldiers drew their weapons because of the ship's collision, but they knew Lancelot was a strong person and didn't dare to make any moves. Their main focus was on the leader.

The leading man had his hair slicked back with hair wax, and his high-rank equipment was uniformly dyed cyan to match. The leader-level Griffin beside him had shiny fur; the white neck feathers were like ivory, and the black beast fur surpassed tortoiseshell. Just looking at his appearance, one would feel their momentum diminish in front of his style.

But this didn't affect Li Ang and Lancelot, who were used to all kinds of scenes.

"Lord Finat—" a sergeant in the imperial army called out to the leading Sky Knight.

"All stand down, leave it to me."

Winders Finat knew that the people from the Order of Sky Knights had crashed their ship over and were also flying the captured imperial ship, so they were definitely here to cause trouble.

However, when he saw the appearance of the person who came with the Order regiment, he froze in place.

The expression on his face changed several times, finally concentrating into an undisguised aggressiveness.

"Oh, I thought who it was? A stray dog that got kicked out! I didn't even recognize you wearing a pile of trash. What's the matter..."

In front of him, the Earth Snake gradually raised its head, looking down from above. Whether it was too extraordinary or the momentum was too pressing, Winders' thoughts paused for a moment, and he couldn't even continue his mocking words.

Lancelot turned to look at Li Ang beside him. Seeing him calm and composed, he turned back.

He understood what kind of acquaintance Li Ang and the other party had.

"Keep your mouth clean," Lancelot said with a serious expression: "Righteous passersby reported to me that you are a member of the current number one Sky Knight regiment, 'Soul Apex'. As a Sky Knight, helping local forces that violate Guild laws, do you have anything to explain?"

Winders laughed disdainfully, ignoring Lancelot, and instead looked at Li Ang: "What do you mean, racking your brains to take revenge on us? Have you thought about the consequences of offending the number one top-tier regiment?"

Winders Finat was indeed a member of Soul Apex.

Even his equipment matching, as well as the ultimate he used by coordinating his own profession with energy sources, summons, and equipment, were mastered under Li Ang's planning.

This Winders was a classic example of someone who joined the regiment with capital. It was unknown exactly how much money he "lent" to the regiment leader Rams, but in any case, the good equipment that Soul Apex obtained during that period was prioritized for him.

However, it was later discovered that those good pieces of equipment conflicted with each other on him. To make him exert normal combat power, Li Ang re-planned for him, but this person didn't appreciate it.

Because of the scarcity of high-rank equipment, except for what one obtained personally, normal top-tier regiments couldn't let individuals hold equipment harvested by the whole regiment forever.

Winders just wanted to continue holding the special equipment that didn't match at all but had cool effects to show off. But after Li Ang planned for him, even though he became stronger, he had plenty of complaints.

He might not know it himself, but although his family background was wealthy, there were people in the regiment who were wealthier. When others offered more "regiment development funds," Rams intended to take away some parts from him.

Li Ang planned for him because he didn't want to see the operation fail.

Even though his entire hardware was the most matched to his combat style, his combat power increase was a mere 7%. Not to mention in a top-tier regiment, even in a mid-tier Sky Knight regiment, it was average. Li Ang didn't have a system panel before; he thought it would be low, but he didn't expect it to be that low.

"I'm so scared, number one regiment," Li Ang said: "It's just that you guys need to be fast. Rams is being supervised by the Guild at all times and only dares to trip me up through the bank. If you aren't fast, you might drop out of the top four before I thaw."

"Heh, anyone can say empty words."

"Let me guess," Li Ang said: "I've been gone for seven days. According to Rams' habits, at least one operation has already been carried out. The result wasn't very good, right?"

Winders' expression stiffened.

Li Ang continued: "Before I left, the target Rams selected was the ancient Tiya civilization ruins northwest of the Magic Disaster Domain. The stone statues at the entrance were inlaid with large energy gemstones, so the vanguard used energy-reflective equipment, right?"

Winders didn't speak, but given his attitude, not retorting meant he was right.

"After carrying the energy attack, those stone statues could transform and charge. Although I wrote down this point of attention and you guys prepared in advance, the formation was still broken. You were all knocked flying one by one and retreated in a sorry state, am I right?"

Winders gritted his teeth: "You, how did you..."

"Soul Apex has enough vanguards, but it has always lacked a purely strength-based vanguard. Without such a person, when facing powerful physical attacks, as long as the defense threshold is broken, the entire defense line collapses. I used to fill this vacancy, so no one took my suggestions seriously."

"Although you have many other loopholes, I think this is definitely the first place where problems arose."

Winders fell silent again.

Li Ang said calmly: "Looks like I guessed right. Don't worry, more problems are yet to come."

"You motherf—!"

Winders gripped the long shaft of the heavy halberd tightly, and the magic around his body caused the blade of the weapon to be wrapped in a whirlwind.

He didn't attack immediately. Li Ang said again: "According to Rams' character, if a battle fails, he will messily look for problems. Either you guys come out to avoid the limelight, or you go to execute tasks he set up to divert attention, such as contacting various local forces to expand the regiment's momentum and status. That's why you're here, right?"

"It's a pity, this is a foolish move. You're about to report to the Order Hall prison."

"You bastard, wait until I nail you to the ground, let's see if that mouth of yours can still speak!"

Winders jumped onto the Griffin saddle, furious. ===== CHAPTER 51 =====