"The enemy has spotted us! Quick, pack up and board the trucks, everyone retreat along the original route!"

Despite not knowing how the First Army knew so much about the demons' movements, Farina immediately rushed onto the truck upon hearing the order.

She skillfully closed the exhaust valve and pushed the two handles controlling the magic cube switch back to the start position. The cylinder at the front of the truck trembled with a series of bangs, and the pressure gauge needle moved to the right at a speed visible to the naked eye, soon reaching the standard point.

This meant that as long as the brakes were released, the truck could move at any time.

She leaned out and looked towards the hillside. The summit, which had been shrouded in mist just now, was now much clearer. The miasma-like red fog was dissipating at a visible rate, and many sesame-sized black dots appeared on the white slope, surging down the slope towards the convoy, like ants emerging from their nest. In the sky, dozens of flying demonic creatures revealed their figures, as if determined not to let them go.

This scene reminded Farina of the walls of the Hermes Plateau.

There, tens of thousands of evil beasts had charged against the defense line formed by the Judgment Army in just this way.

"Move out!" A God's Punishment Witch vigorously patted her truck door, signaling that all team members were ready to evacuate.

Farina took a deep breath and pulled up the brake lever.

The steam truck slowly began to move.

The other truck crews also started their trucks at this time.

From turning around to leaving the firing range, everyone performed impeccably, even more perfectly than during the考核. However, even so, the distance between the enemy and themselves was not widened. By the time the convoy reached its top speed, the pursuers from the air were even closer.

"No... no good, they're too fast. We'll be caught up if this continues!" Qiao shouted anxiously.

Farina gripped the steering wheel without wavering. It was common knowledge that winged creatures were always faster than those on the ground. Since the enemy even had aerial forces, it was only a matter of time before they were overtaken. Considering that the Graycastle people had been fighting demons for a long time, they should know this, so the only hope now was that they had already prepared for this situation.

Whatever the First Army would do next to deal with the situation would be a battle she couldn't interfere with.

Therefore, her most important task at present was to control the truck well and not hold others back.

"Don't worry about the pursuers, help me watch the road ahead, and remind me as soon as possible if there are any potholes!" she said without changing her expression.

Qiao swallowed and then nodded vigorously, "I understand!"

...

For a whole hour, Gu De could only see the tail of the Seagull and the flickering navigation lights.

Being in the clouds for a long time made him lose his sense of direction and altitude. Flying in this state was a huge drain on both physical strength and mental energy. He had to concentrate all his attention to maintain the position of the plane.

Judging from the changes in the compass, the air knight corps had been circling in one airspace except for flying north at the beginning, obviously waiting for the enemy to appear.

As for where his other companions were and what the current situation was, Gu De had no clue.

In addition to this lingering sense of confusion and oppression, the poor environment in the clouds was also a major problem. Damp water vapor condensed into a layer of thin frost on the windshield and the cabin. Although the cold wind was blocked by the rubber lining of the flight suit, the moisture still took away some of his body temperature, making his hands and feet as dull as a piece of wood.

If it weren't for Fen Jin in the back seat who could say a few words, he felt he probably wouldn't be able to hold on until now.

Her Royal Highness Tilly once revealed that His Majesty was researching a communication device that could allow people in two different places to communicate remotely. The biggest thought in his mind at this moment was that he hoped that this thing could become a reality as soon as possible.

"Look, the light has changed!"

Fen Jin suddenly shouted.

Gu De looked towards the Seagull and saw that the yellow light hanging on the tail of the plane had turned into a bright red at some point.

He couldn't help but be greatly encouraged!

Red represents an attack signal. Once the navigation light emits red light, it means that they should immediately fly out of the clouds and launch an attack on the enemy!

As for who the enemy is, who cares.

It's better than continuing to circle in this maze-like cloud!

Gu De pressed down on the joystick without hesitation.

The white clouds suddenly enveloped him.

The moment his vision recovered, Gu De felt a lightness all over his body. The black and white land and the gray sky seemed to be the best scenery. At the same time, a group of crisscrossing dire beasts came into view – the latter completely did not notice the air knight who suddenly emerged from the clouds. They were less than three hundred meters above the ground, and their target was obviously the steam truck team dragging long wheel tracks in the snow.

And their nose happened to be facing the direction the enemy was moving in, which was an excellent engagement angle. As long as the plane's pitch was slightly controlled, the bullets fired by the machine gun could penetrate the enemy's formation longitudinally. Moreover, the air knight had an absolute advantage in altitude. No matter how the dire beasts reacted after a round of扫射, it would be difficult to escape the subsequent pursuit of the biplane.

It was as perfect as in a textbook.

The depressed air that had been hiding in the clouds before was swept away. Gu De controlled the plane to dive down and pressed the firing trigger at the same time.

Fen Jin in the back seat even let out a strange cry.

In an instant, more than a dozen silver streamers appeared in the sky, shooting into the dire beast swarm at different angles and extending from the head to the tail. Faced with this sudden blow, the demons were unable to react at all. Several blood flowers bloomed in the air, and the hit Berserk Demons and dire beasts fell to the ground like stones.

At this moment, they realized that they were not the only hunters on this battlefield.

The beast swarm scattered with a bang, some continued to rush towards the convoy, and some turned around, seemingly planning to fight the air knights to the death.

Twenty-six, Gu De quickly counted the number of opponents.

In a sense, the numbers of the two sides were almost equal. Apart from a few patrolling dire beasts encountered sporadically before, this was their first large-scale air combat.

"Signal to Heinz, let him follow us!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs.

In just twenty seconds, the air knight corps had swept over the heads of the dire beasts, and the first round ended with their complete victory.

With the speed brought by the dive, Gu De drove the Skyfire to complete the return quickly, cutting into the back of a dire beast struggling to climb with a perfect arc. The distance between the two sides was less than two hundred meters, and he could even see the Berserk Demon trying to turn around, trying to find the most suitable throwing angle.

But he obviously wouldn't give the opponent this opportunity.

The gun chamber spat out flames – the brightly shining tracer bullets penetrated the dire beast's spine like meteors. The sudden fall of the mount turned its attempt into a bubble. Even if it wasn't hit by the machine gun on the spot, the result was no different from falling from this height.

Fen Jin couldn't help whistling.

The other teammates also locked on to their targets, and the two sides quickly fought into a ball.

The second round began.