"We have almost cleared out the other forces, so even if there are some that slipped through the net, it won't be a big deal."

Beatrice looked at Louis and said, "But the real identities of some people on the list we got are still unknown."

Louis said calmly, "That makes sense. If we could investigate the identities of every one of their members, they wouldn't have been lurking in the shadows for so long. It's basically in line with expectations."

"Yes, you are right." Beatrice had just finished speaking when she saw a message coming from the communication crystal, "It seems that our allies are coming soon."

Louis looked up at the island that was vaguely visible outside the cabin.

“Can we finally come here and take a look? In Greedy Diary, I have been unable to overcome the crisis of the abyss demon’s arrival, but I can finally see the place where the original source is.”

Louis felt a sense of urgency.

If possible, he hoped to nip everything in the bud before the gate to the abyss opened.

But the Falling Star Sea is not a place he can go whenever he wants.

In terms of the concepts of the previous life, the Falling Star Sea is equivalent to the high seas.

You and your country's ships can sail freely on the high seas, but if you tell other countries that you are going to take over a certain area of ​​the high seas with your warships...

Logically speaking, even America in the previous life did not do this openly. It is really inappropriate when considering the existence of other regional powers in the Star Continent.

Some countries may even think that you are actively provoking other countries.

By then it is very likely that there was no trouble originally, but the magic ship went out for a trip and brought back a bunch of trouble instead.

This is the reason why a teacher has a legitimate reason.

And now, he finally found the "reason".

Just as he was thinking this, the flagship of the Lockheed Empire approached.

When Louis, Beatrice and their group came out of the cabin, they saw General Locke and his subordinates standing at the bow of the opposite flagship, waiting for their arrival.

"The Sun and Moon of Enther, our personnel have indeed discovered that there is residual demonic power in this sea area."

General Locke looked a little depressed, and he pinched his brows and said, "Did you encounter deep sea monsters? We found that there were quite a few deep sea monsters active during the specific time, and it was really difficult to kill them all before coming back."

Everyone showed surprised expressions when they heard this.

"Deep sea monsters? Haven't those guys disappeared for many years?"

"Yes, since the establishment of the Mermaid Empire, there has been no news of deep-sea monster activities for a long time."

"Of course. The biggest enemy of the Mermaid Empire back then was the deep-sea monsters. It can even be said that the reason why the mermaids and fish people merged from their primitive tribal form into the Mermaid Empire was to reduce the harm caused by the deep-sea monsters."

"But I remember that more than 600 years ago, during its heyday, the Mermaid Empire had already wiped out all the deep-sea monsters it could find within its territory."

…

Seeing the crowds of people rushing around, General Locke said with a headache:

"We encountered more than a dozen deep-sea monsters, each of which was far superior to ordinary model-level monsters."

"Twelve! Twelve in total!"

Louis frowned and said, "The size of the deep-sea monster is far beyond that of ordinary monsters, and it can easily pull the entire ship underwater. We need to contact other allies to see if their fleet has lost contact for no reason."

General Locke said, "We are already contacting them, but you just happen to be close, so just come over and tell them."

Louis shook his head and said, "We were not attacked by a deep-sea monster. I am sure of that."

General Locke raised his eyebrows: "Send out the Cursed Legion to serve as an intelligence network."

Louis said: "No, there isn't, it's some other method that hasn't been made public yet, you will know what it is after this battle is over.

Let's continue talking about the deep sea monster. Have you detected any signs of demonic transformation from the deep sea monster?"

General Locke said solemnly: "Rather than being a trace of demonic transformation, it's better to say that the deep-sea monster has been artificially demonized."

Beatrice folded her arms, her eyes stern.

The deep-sea monster itself looks a bit like a giant squid.

Rumor has it that they are descendants of the evil god Leviathan, but even their ancestor was a lunatic with almost no reason, let alone his descendants.

These huge deep-sea monsters can be over a hundred meters long at the largest and more than ten meters long at the smallest.

With a body size of this size, predation alone can cause local ecological extinction.

To put it cruelly, the reason why the mermaids and murlocs joined forces to strangle the deep-sea monsters was not because they destroyed their homes, but because...

These little bastards are really good at eating. They can make the mermaids and mermen have no food to eat.

The number of compatriots who died in the attacks of deep-sea monsters was far less than the number of mermaids and mermen who starved to death in many ocean tribes due to the deep-sea monsters' massive predation of fish.

The former is estimated to be only 1/20 of the latter.

"A demonized deep-sea monster... In other words, there is a possibility that a demon army leader will appear in the Falling Star Sea?"

When Beatrice said this, everyone's expressions became even more serious.

Demons are also classified into categories.

A small number of demons are born with the ability to dominate lower-level demons, including demon-transformed creatures.

These demons are called Demon Legion Captains.

But there is a misunderstanding.

It is not because those demons are born with the ability to dominate lower-level demons that they become legion commanders, but because the demons who can become demon legion commanders are strong enough, so strong that they are naturally able to dominate lower-level demons.

But according to Beatrice's estimation, the demons had only been patrolling the Falling Star Sea for a short time. Given their intelligence, it would be difficult for them to think of transforming the deep-sea monsters into their own followers through technological research and demon transformation.

The only one who has the financial resources and technical skills to carry out the transformation is the Star Pot King.

It is absolutely not unfair for them to take the blame in this regard.

Even the Church of the Abyss finds it difficult to control demonic creatures.

If these deep-sea monsters were purely for the purpose of causing trouble to other countries, there would be no need to wait until now to release them.

So the answer is obvious...

The Church of the Abyss has long known that they can summon the leader of the demon army.

"Trouble, is it at least a legendary demon?" She looked at Louis and whispered, "My dear, everything you said has come true. It seems that we were right to make full preparations in advance."

Louis nodded, then looked directly at General Locke and said, "Sir Locke, if your team has been assembled, are you willing to join us in conquering the Pirate Islands?"

General Locke frowned and said, "Why not wait for the other allies to gather before landing on the Pirate Islands."

"Time waits for no one." Louis said calmly, "There should be someone among them who still has the means to understand the situation at sea. Even rabbits will bite when they are cornered, let alone these lunatics who want to drag the whole world into the water. I don't want to give them time."

"Too hasty."

"Fight, and you will win if you fight."

"Where to go? There are many islands ahead."

"We're targeting the entire archipelago!"

"???"

General Locke was confused, not understanding whether Louis was joking or not.

Louis smiled and said, "Even if you don't go with us now, I will take the initiative."

"That's very courageous, but it's still too risky."

"If we rely solely on the Bingzhong Army, we will definitely lack a lot of strength, so I am standing here."

General Locke smiled and said, "I said that it's too risky for only you to go, but I didn't say we won't go."

His eyes became sharp. "The Pirate Islands are too far away. If this place really becomes a den of demons, it will be difficult for us to intervene. We don't have enough ships."

"Yes, after all, quite a few demons are born with the ability to fly."

What’s even more terrifying is that, like dragons, they acquired the ability to fly at an early age.

The demons' flying ability makes it easy for them to attack the countries along the coast of the Falling Star Sea, but it will be difficult for them to organize a large-scale army to fight back against the abyss demons.

If we fight on a ship, there is a high probability that the ship will be damaged, and we will be restricted in the fighting.

If they were to fight across the ocean by ship, with the current manufacturing speed of the shipbuilding industry, by the time each country had built ships that could send most of the elite troops to fight on the other side, it would be too late for the Pirate Islands to gain any advantage.

"beat!"

At this moment, there was an agreement between Enther and Roxy.

The ship was sailing towards the distant pirate islands. As the ship moved forward, the shadows around it squirmed like ink.

As others stared in astonishment, sturdy trolls and well-equipped cavalry appeared and walked out of the shadows.

"First, clear the surrounding twenty-two islands. All members of the Cursed Legion will charge forward in 33s. The Bone Grave Army will also form groups of three, focusing on reconnaissance and supporting logistics."

"Everyone follow me!"

Under Louis' command, as soon as the ship approached the shore, the Cursed Legion and the Tomb Army landed on the island to clean up.

The speed and decisiveness of the action made General Locke look sideways.

"The troops are too dispersed." He frowned and said, "But the average strength is stronger than we thought."

Louis said, "If the troops are not dispersed, they will be nothing but chickens and dogs. I will be at the peak of my power, and they will come out and kill my soldiers."

General Locke couldn't help but cast his eyes on the young man.

Although he was mentally prepared, he was still dumbfounded after hearing Louis' declaration.

They say that the prince of Ense is very skilled, but his character is quite "military".

It doesn't fit the positioning of a think tank at all.

If Louis knew what General Locke was thinking, he would just find it funny.

When he is unable to suppress the opponent, he is slightly better at thinking.

When he can beat his opponent, he is naturally good at boxing and kicking.

then……

Rimuru Sapphire Purgatory Dragon Form, released!

Sin Dragon Armored Liberated Form, start!

Invisible world, soldiers’ tomb, open!

Wanhua Sword Pill, open!

Buff magic stacking, on!

On the magic ship, a terrifying force permeated around him, and General Locke narrowed his eyes.

He was sure that this power far exceeded the strength of a paragon, and had nothing to do with an ordinary legend.

Without a doubt, the power of a demigod! When this thought came to his mind, he felt incredible and even frightened.

Indeed, as a high-ranking official of the Roxy Empire, he had long known about the previous technical exchanges between Prince Louis and the Sword Master, in which Louis had a slight advantage.

But technical exchange is technical exchange, and the strength demonstrated is another matter.

He had previously believed that the Prince of Enser was able to win because of his superb skills, so superb that he surpassed the limitations of the paragon level and was forcibly elevated to the same level as the Sword Master.

Although his skills may be impressive, in actual combat, his endurance is definitely not as good as the legendary Sword Master's. With the destructive power of full firepower, he never thought that Louis could get close to or even surpass the Sword Master.

But now the calm strength emanating from Louis gave him a feeling as heavy as a mountain.

That power was not a temporary outburst, a water-filled thing like rootless duckweed.

No matter how much he couldn't understand or how unwilling he was to believe it, he had to admit that this was a monster that surpassed the Sword Master in every way.

"It is rumored that the Prince of Enther is a monster cultivated by the Emperor himself. He is so dangerous and terrifying that we even need to use the future Empress as a chain to tie up this unparalleled evil dragon."

This thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

He once thought that these were all exaggerations by some people, but not yesterday, but today...

He finally understood that this was real! Rimuru carried Louis into the air and turned into a flash of lightning flying over the nearest archipelago.

The Pirate Islands were originally just a few large islands.

But many years ago, during the War of the Mad King, the Emperor's hammer fell upon these waters.

In a blink of an eye, those former islands were sunk.

A terrible shock spread here.

There are volcanic islands formed by volcanic eruptions.

There was the seabed that was pushed out of the sea by the heavy blow.

There are ruins reconstructed from the rubble and mud that accumulated after the explosion of a once large island.

…

These traces of past wars have turned the Pirate Islands, which originally only had a few pieces, into more than a hundred pieces.

The overall area is also much smaller.

So when Louis dropped from the sky, the Cursed Legion and the Tomb Army, which were sweeping through the archipelagos at an extremely fast speed, soon crushed some of the hidden followers of the evil god and made them flee everywhere in a flurry of activity.

Those weak followers of the evil god were killed directly.

The more powerful followers of the evil god also worked together to attack the enemy accurately under the psychic command of Beatrice on the distant Unther flagship.

Suddenly, as a mop-up team was clearing the island, an extremely evil force rose into the sky.

That was an abyss demon that had nowhere to hide and had to attack directly.

"Level 20 Balrog?"

Louis lowered his head and looked in the direction where the Balrog was wreaking havoc.

The island, which was originally full of green plants, turned into a fire scene under the full firepower of the Balor Flame Demon.

The team composed of the Cursed Legion and the Tomb Army was confronting it in an orderly manner.

But this team had no strong men, and the Balor was an extremely skilled fighter among the demons of the abyss, so they fell into a disadvantage not long after the confrontation began.

The Balrog roared angrily.

These damn humans actually dared to disturb the territory of the great Balor Flame Demon!

He will burn them all to ashes.

So he was about to swing the flaming whip in his hand, but he found that his vision was suddenly dizzy.

As it spun, he saw the demonic body he was so proud of slowly fall to its knees.

Above the sky, a figure with eyes like the sun burning in them stretched out his hand in the direction where he was from afar.

Ah! He finally saw clearly what had killed him.

It was a very ordinary silver-white knife, but it carried an unparalleled force that blew his body into pieces.

In despair, his consciousness fell into chaos.

Balrog, killed in action.

(End of this chapter)