Dantai Qingqing's matter had been nothing more than a minor interlude to Zhang Tie. Once it had passed, it had passed; he did not take it to heart.
The next day, news that Zhang Tie had driven a truckload of Winged Devil heads around Moge City, accompanied by two photographs, once again made the Holy War Dispatch and sent shockwaves through the entire Selnes War Zone.
Everyone knew this was Zhang Tie's response to the assassination attempt two days earlier.
The Eagle of Selnes's reputation rang out even more loudly. He had practically become the emblem of the Human Race's heroes in the war zone.
But Zhang Tie was not accustomed to representing anyone, nor did he like being represented by others. After Reinhardt and Lan Yunxi had both cautioned him, Zhang Tie, who had been standing at the crest of the waves, abruptly kept a low profile. He did nothing else outrageous or eye-catching. Instead, he voluntarily joined Jin-Yun Kingdom's airship forces, setting aside both his airs and the halo above his head. He deployed and fought alongside the airship troops, serving as an aerial cavalryman to protect the entire Jin-Yun Kingdom airship force in the skies. Together with the other glider pilots, he also carried out reconnaissance missions.
Although Zhang Tie's choice made him far less conspicuous than he had been in the previous days, somewhat restricted his individual movements, and greatly reduced his chances to kill Winged Devils, it raised his standing in the hearts of the Crystal Battle Fortress's soldiers and Jin-Yun Kingdom's airship troops to another level.
Throughout the Selnes War Zone, Jin-Yun Kingdom's airship force was the only unit that enjoyed aerial cavalry escorts. Because of Zhang Tie, the casualty rate among the glider pilots of Jin-Yun Kingdom's airship force became the lowest in