The Bingzhong Army's actions were as fast as thunder.

As time went on, the allies on the Falling Star Sea also noticed the abnormality of these soldiers.

On the Roxy flagship.

General Locke narrowed his eyes, turned his head and looked at his deputy next to him and said, "After seeing the mobility of their team, what do you think?"

The deputy said in a deep voice: "Their ability to collaborate is too strong. They don't look like an army trained by normal means at all. If they are our enemies, we will be hopeless on the battlefield."

In the communication crystal nearby, Lieutenant General Neo looked very unhappy and said in a deep voice: "No matter how dangerous they are, they are our allies now, so everything can be discussed."

"Neo, don't let your anger consume your reason." General Locke sighed, "I know that the last incident was a big blow to you, but we need to be cautious about the impact of Enser's increased strength."

General Locke knew that Neo was saddened to lose a subordinate he valued very much when the 14th Legion's team was attacked by the Great Sin and Envy last time.

In addition, when he was reinforcing Sword Saint Kulin, he was intercepted by believers of the Abyss Church on the way, and there were some casualties. He is now very angry and wants to settle accounts with them.

But it is not Neo's turn to take part in the surprise attack on the Falling Star Sea yet.

"Be patient for now. Now is not the time for you and me to take action. Don't forget that our goal is not to destroy the Abyss Church."

Neo nodded and said, "They summoned demons in the Falling Star Sea. There must be something fishy behind it."

The Falling Star Sea is very large, but there are not many places to stay.

Summoning demons requires a sacrifice to the abyss, and human life is the best sacrifice.

But Neo considered the level of demons he had encountered before, and the number of lives needed might be thousands. Taking the number into account, it was feared that more than ten thousand people had lost their lives.

If it were just fishermen and businessmen making a living at sea, with so many deaths, the news would have spread long ago.

Therefore, the top leaders of the countries participating in the encirclement and suppression this time all knew that their target was definitely not the Falling Star Sea Branch of the Abyss Church, but...

Pirate Islands.

There are only two groups of people who could have disappeared so quietly and without being discovered on the Falling Star Sea.

One is the underwater mermaid empire, but they have communicated with the mermaid empire and confirmed that there are no signs of large-scale blood sacrifices.

This news is basically credible. After all, although mermaids can control a large number of aquatic monsters, their own numbers are very small.

Let alone tens of thousands of people, even if thousands of people died, even the Mermaid Queen couldn't cover it up.

That ruled out the Mermaid Empire option, so the only option left was one they had to accept no matter how much they disbelieved it...

The Pirate Islands, where a large number of pirates gathered, were most likely captured for some reason.

Only the Pirate Islands can explain why the Church of the Abyss can summon the evil god's followers quietly without anyone else noticing.

…

On the flagship of the Dragon Empire.

The Knight Commander gently stroked the dragon beside him and said solemnly, "We will avenge our ancestors soon."

The dragon had bronze scales, and when it narrowed its eyes, it looked majestic without being angry. "We failed to settle the account with the former clan leader, so now we are going through the notebook and calling the roll. This is reasonable."

If Louis were here, he would notice that there is an inseparable mark of contract between the Knight Commander and the dragon, which is the symbol of the Dragon Knight.

He is not a fake dragon knight like Louis, but a legendary dragon knight who is rare in the Dragon Empire.

The combination of a legendary dragon knight and a legendary dragon is definitely not 1+1=2.

Obviously, this is a force with combat power comparable to that of a demigod.

…

On the High Forest flagship.

The Sun Chaser clan leader looked at the Wind Chaser clan deputy leader with red eyes and said, "I will not be satisfied if I cannot avenge my child today. Cade, I need the help of the Hidden Forest."

The main family of the Wind Chasers lives in the Hidden Forest. Compared to the bold and aggressive fighting methods of the Supreme Forest Sect, their methods are more obscure and varied.

Deputy Chief Cade of the Wind Chaser Family said, "Have you confirmed that the child was killed by the people of the Abyss Church, and not by your internal struggle?"

Cade heard that when the Supreme Forest cooperated with the Enther Empire on waste treatment equipment, the Supreme Forest suffered a great loss.

The head of the negotiation team at that time came from the Sun Chaser family.

The patriarch was so angry at the time that he said, "I wish I could assassinate you idiots on your way back."

——Then the team was attacked by elves on the way back to the city.

The Sun Chaser's child was gone just like that.

At that time, many people within the elves thought that the Sun Chaser leader would use this incident to seek justice from the Unther Empire.

But the patriarch keenly sensed that something was wrong and conducted an in-depth investigation into the attack.

Eventually he uncovered the traitor Tzeentch who was behind the attack and executed him.

This matter is only circulated among the high-level elves, and other countries do not know much about it.

Now he suddenly found himself, obviously realizing that he had discovered the culprit who had killed his child in the Falling Star Sea.

But did he really want to help this guy? The deputy chief of the Wind Chaser thought for a moment and put on a mercenary smile on his face: "It will cost more money."

"OK!"

…

On the Forge flagship.

Muradin Bronzebeard, the second son of the Dwarf King, was hammering his weapons in the cabin.

A dwarf stepped forward and said, "The fleet of the Empire of Amn has been attacked. The enemy is stronger than we've ever encountered before. We..."

Muradin laughed and said, "Turn the ship around and support the Empire of Amn."

"...Lord Muradin, do you really want to support those money-hungry merchants?"

"I support you. Why not? As long as they are fighting against the Abyss Church, we in the Forge must go and lend a hand."

"Do you want to use the mountain cannon?"

Muradin looked at his deputy as if he were a fool. "Why move? This big thing is reserved for the Pirate Islands. We just need to pick up the hammer and attack."

"yes!"

…

His gaze returned to where Louis and his group were.

When Beatrice came out of the psychic command state, she let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong? Aren't we all 0 casualties? That's a great record."

Seeing Beatrice's somewhat sad expression, Louis asked curiously.

“I just wonder if we would have had less losses in the previous battles if we had had this kind of tool earlier,” she said.

Louis said: "Just focus on the present. I see you seem to have some ideas about the remaining troops."

Beatrice nodded and said, "Louis, I want to give some of the quota to my father, is that okay?"

"As long as you are happy, it makes no noticeable difference to me. But do you really not intend to use these places to expand your power?"

The quota for the Soldier's Tomb Contract can directly increase the foundation of any Nine Swords professional.

Although many martial arts positions now only retain the most basic methods of using martial arts, if you want to further your studies, you can apply to the Bingzhong.

With Louis' permission, more advanced knowledge and techniques of a single martial art will also be instilled.

You may not see any difference in a short period of time, but after ten or twenty years, the combat effectiveness of the Nine Sword professionals who have signed a contract with the Soldier's Tomb will be more than one level stronger than that of other professionals.

To put it another way, why among all the professions in the Star Continent, only spellcasters can be called magicians?

That is the result of the magic network strengthening spellcasters generation after generation.

The same is true of Louis's grave.

She had a hunch that perhaps a thousand years, no, a hundred years later, when people mentioned Louis, they would call him “God of War” with admiration.

So what Louis said is correct.

It goes without saying how important a place in the Soldiers' Tomb is to those who truly understand the value of the Nine Swords profession.

Although Beatrice is now the true regent and has begun to take over the affairs of the empire, power is a public tool. For her who has just come to power, it will take time to exert her full strength.

Louis originally wanted to use the military grave quota to help her speed up the progress.

But it's good that Beatrice has her own arrangements.

Besides... he could also guess what the emperor was going to do.

"I hope that after Your Majesty gets the quota, it will be able to lighten some of the burden."

Improving the strength of soldiers through soldier tombs is one thing, but enhancing the ability to cooperate can better cope with the impact of the abyss demons and reduce the pressure on the Emperor. This is the key point.

"I hope so." A trace of worry flashed across Beatrice's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it and said, "We have almost finished the cleanup here. Next, we will go and see the opponents who are really worthy of our attention."

"Yeah." Louis pinched her face gently and said as she smiled, "Let's go to the Pirate Islands."

That was the end of their journey.

…

The outer ring of the Pirate Islands.

Dozens of people in black robes gathered together, and they said solemnly, "We should retreat. If we stay any longer, we will be in danger."

All the people gathered here are high-ranking officials of the Abyss Church branch.

In fact, they had known through spies half a month ago that they might be arrested.

But knowing and avoiding are two different things.

It is not just the coastal countries that have their eyes on the Falling Star Sea.

There is another group that they hate extremely, and that is the believers of the various orthodox churches.

"Damn it, if it weren't for Roxy's side, that damn prophet called on a large number of churches, our actions wouldn't be so restricted."

"I can't hide. I can't hide at all. I sent my trusted followers to try to infiltrate a small country, but they were discovered by the magic of wide-area evil detection as soon as they arrived in the wild."

Compared with ordinary professionals, the evil god believers are more helpless against the priests and paladins of the righteous church.

The power of righteous gods naturally restrains evil. Over the years in the Star Continent, they have developed a systematic means of combating evil.

These methods will not be diverted by their shouting and cursing, but will only become more ruthless when they see the evil god's believers later.

"We can't leave. The gate hasn't been completely opened yet. We can't open the gate to the abyss. Even if we escape their pursuit, we will be destroyed by our superiors."

A senior executive of the branch said solemnly: "We have no choice at all. We can only stay on the island and wait for the gate to the abyss to open."

But some believers of the Abyss still wavered.

He said in horror: "You guys can stay if you want. I won't serve you anymore. If you run now, I will be found and hunted down by the superiors. If I don't run now, I will die here."

After saying that, he took out his magic props and prepared to dive into the sea and leave.

However, before he could enter the water, his body stopped and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Looking at the hand piercing through his chest, he was horrified to find that his body was rapidly getting colder.

Behind him, a senior official said with a crazy expression: "If you want to interrupt my God's plan, why not let me, a loyal lamb, send you to worship my Supreme Lord in advance."

Some senior executives at the scene were trembling slightly.

Someone's eyes flashed with disbelief: "Why you?"

The church leader who murdered someone regained his gentle smile and said, "Why can't it be me?"

Everyone just felt their scalps tingling.

As we all know, there are not many normal people among the top leaders of the Abyss Church.

But not much doesn’t mean there is none.

Many people choose to join the Church of the Abyss purely for the sake of profit. Of course, they are not willing to sacrifice themselves for God's ideals like those fanatics.

This situation is particularly evident among senior management at headquarters.

But the leader of the Falling Star Sea branch had died long before the encirclement and suppression began.

The one who killed him was the Blazing Sun Knight of the Church of the Setting Sun.

The sun shining on the sea burned the fanatic branch chief to ashes.

The rest of them don’t actually have that strong a sense of identification with the Church of the Abyss, and the right thing to do is to prioritize their own lives.

The senior executive who just took action is well-known among them for putting profit above all else.

When the branch director was still alive, he was criticized more than once for his lack of fear of God.

But when some of them wanted to run away, he acted without hesitation.

The madness in his eyes told them that this guy was also a fanatic of the Church of the Abyss.

The senior leader smiled gently at the frightened senior leaders of the branch and said:

"Wait a minute, I am the person in charge of this Eye of the Abyss operation, the real branch chief."

He pulled out a badge from his collar, waved it in front of everyone and said, "Headquarters had long guessed that you would encounter difficulties, so I am here."

If this were a normal force, the people below would jump up excitedly when they heard these words, because it meant they could be saved.

But this is the Church of the Abyss...

This behavior is tantamount to telling everyone that from the very beginning, the headquarters has not had the slightest trust in the believers of their branch.

——It turned out that their inference was correct.

If the branch leaders were to use the power of the Church of the Abyss to bully the pirates, enslave the pirates, and play with prostitutes on the Pirate Islands, then of course they would all be willing to do so.

Even though opening the gate to the abyss would likely lead to attacks by demons, they didn't care.

Because they could just let ordinary believers open the door, while they would sit at the back and watch the fun, since they would not be the ones to die anyway.

But if this group of followers of the evil god were asked to confront the armies of various countries and fight to the death with the priests and paladins of the church of the righteous god, how could they not run away?

——Oh, you really don’t have to run, as long as the headquarters arranges staff in advance.

"Incompetent bastards, I am the ninth finger of the ten fingers of Tzeentch, and I have been ordered to guide you to complete the work."

He smiled gently, but there was no warmth in his eyes.

"You only have two choices. One, let me kill you here. Two, continue to promote the Eye of the Abyss Project."

He opened his arms and said with a smile as if to welcome everyone:

"Everyone, now it's your turn to choose."

(End of this chapter)