The Great Witch sighed, and the magic workshop on her body dissipated like mist, leaving only the Black Swan standing there.

The Black Swan shook his head.

The Great Witch is always so cautious.

But sometimes, many things cannot be handled with caution.

Having absorbed the memories of the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, she has a very clear view of the Church of the Abyss.

This is a black organization with great strength and background, and is hated by everyone in the Star Continent.

But most of the time, countries are just shouting and rarely actually taking action.

Because the Abyss Church poses a great threat and destruction to various countries, it is not impossible for its regime to be overthrown.

But in terms of pure strength alone, even Tunisia, which has been in a period of transition in the past few hundred years, can crush them if it makes a last-ditch effort.

Well, I'm not talking about a certain branch, but the Church of the Abyss itself.

But the problem is, it's not worth it.

Whether for national considerations or for the needs of internal development, any major country standing at the top of the world will not consider this matter.

——Unless everyone can share the risk.

But you have to know that the top forces in the Star Continent are not just those big countries.

Many people overlooked that each of those churches at the forefront actually had the ability to fight against the Church of the Abyss alone.

They also have this desire internally.

Although some people may hold conspiracy theories and think that righteous churches like the Church of the God of Glory and Justice clearly have the ability to destroy the Church of the Abyss, but do not go all out and want to use the Church of the Abyss to highlight their own greatness, Black Swan knows that this is not the case.

The reason is that those crazy people in the Abyss Church are just too crazy.

If there is no way to kill them with a single blow, they will do everything in their power to spread destruction before they die.

Apart from the ordinary believers at the grassroots level who are difficult to control, or the faith pigs raised by the church, the middle and high-level leaders will almost without exception release destructive means after realizing that things are irreversible.

This situation makes all parties feel very difficult.

If no way is found to restrict this, countless people will be killed by the crazy Church of the Abyss.

To be honest, if a continental war broke out on the Star Continent, the casualties caused would probably not be as many as the number of people killed by the crazy Abyss Church.

It is impossible for a normal person to do such a drastic thing.

But I'm sorry, there are few normal people in the Church of the Abyss.

It is precisely their extremely cruel methods that have restrained all parties.

Cruelty is the way of survival of the Church of the Abyss in this continent.

But... in other words, if you are not more brutal than them, it will be difficult to scare these crazy people.

Especially when you are weak and encounter their provocation, if you don't show an attitude of being willing to risk everything you have, they will just continue to offend you.

She could understand the concerns of the Great Witch, but when the Witch Tea Party was almost killed or injured in the future and the Church of the Lord of Khorne was about to kill them, the Great Witch hesitated.

When facing the fanatics of Khorne, the Witches' Tea Party in the previous life was already at a disadvantage, but it had not yet thought of trying its best to show its momentum. The end result was that it was slaughtered like pigs.

As for her, she just didn't agree with the Witch Tea Party.

The reason why she joined this tea party is because the Queen of Shadow Kingdom was once a witch.

But no matter what, the Witch Tea Party provided her with a lot of help during the time when she was most confused.

Just for this reason, she would want to save this organization if she has the chance.

She took out a bottle of healing potion and swallowed it, feeling the damaged magic circuits in her body gradually recovering.

The demigod of Khorne she killed this time was the source of the destruction of the Witch's Tea Party.

He needs the Witch's destruction to gain Khorne's blessing.

Well, now he got his wish to meet Khorne.

Thinking about how she had just used a burst of 8-ring magic nine-color rainbow light to kill a demigod and forced another demigod to flee, a smile appeared on her face.

But seeing the widespread grief in the Tower of Eternal Day, he still felt pity in his heart.

The scene was too cruel to be accepted.

"Although you didn't die because of me, at least I made them pay the price first."

Feeling the demigod aura rising into the sky one after another from the surrounding area, she shook her head.

What I needed to do here has been done.

The Demigod of Khorne who would directly threaten the Witches' Tea Party has been killed. Now it depends on whether the others can achieve results.

Yes.

This joint encirclement and suppression had been decided long ago.

In other words, it is an unspoken alliance of interests.

The latest battle that broke out at sea a few months ago had far-reaching consequences.

She learned the details of some follow-up finishing matters when she was in contact with a strange man.

First, the Pirate Islands have basically disappeared, and an unhealable abyss crack has appeared in the center of the main island of the original Pirate Islands. Although that crack is only a temporary crack and will be repaired by the world's will after a period of time, it is hard to say how many countries will be affected before the repair.

Secondly, the Mermaid Empire, which had previously clamored about its territorial rights over the Falling Star Sea, has changed its external announcement. They will limit their territory to a certain range based on the Continental Convention.

Third, all parties are very angry and do not accept the Mermaid Empire’s explanation, so the coalition forces will still be dispatched.

And the scope of the "new territory" mentioned by the Mermaid Empire...

It does not include the waters where the Pirate Islands were originally located.

In short: To be irresponsible, they even lost face As soon as this operation came out, senior officials from various countries criticized it.

But everyone still remained rational and it was impossible to continue allowing those demons to continue flying out of the cracks.

Some top demigods have already explored the surrounding area. If we don't gather a strong army quickly to go to the Pirate Islands to suppress the demons, the consequences will be disastrous.

Not everyone is like his wild man, who can kill the flying demons with precise and efficient killing speed.

If the issue is delayed for a while longer, I am afraid that many countries will really start a war of annihilation.

If in the past we just ignored it and thought it was none of our business.

Now that their core interests have been damaged, they can no longer tolerate things getting worse.

What to do? Kill!

Even the Church of the Abyss did not expect that when they touched the bottom line for the first time, the backlash from various countries would be so huge.

In fact, they were well aware that the things they were about to discuss in secret might be leaked by some secret agents.

It is even possible that we may be ambushed by neighboring countries.

It was with this in mind that they chose the Tower of Eternal Day, which could harvest lives and heal wounds at any time.

But the problem is...

Who would have thought that the countries had communicated with each other? In other words, the core countries had communicated with each other.

Even if the Church of the Abyss did not have the detailed address of the meeting, and even if it was not in the Tower of Eternal Day, as long as any party began to discover their traces, the demigods would come in waves and encircle and suppress them.

The reason why Enser and neighboring Tunisia are so fast is simply because... they are close enough.

Well, that's all.

More and more demigods flew across the sky at an extremely fast speed, rushing towards the direction of the Abyss Church.

Soon, with no way to retreat, the demigods of the Abyss Church had to change direction and head to the Falling Star Sea.

In comparison, the Falling Star Sea, where the interception level is lower, is the only place they can run to.

After all, their cooperative relationship with the Mermaid Empire still exists! But, is it really that simple?

The black swan looked from afar at the mixed fighting atmosphere in the sky.

"How stupid! You always only think about threatening the enemy with all your strength. Have you never considered the possibility of a rebound?"

Black Swan didn't read on because she knew the outcome of this war, which was determined from the beginning.

There might be only one or two demigods left, struggling to survive and trying to escape the encirclement with their lives.

And this situation is the result of tacit approval by all parties.

Because if no high-level members of the Church of the Abyss survive, the middle-level believers who realize that they are doomed will create destruction without hesitation.

Instead, a demigod should be left behind. That demigod will consider how to develop in the future, and the believers of the Church of the Abyss should not go crazy.

Then, the era began when various countries began to slowly cut off the flesh of the Abyss Church.

All parties are clear about the situation.

Sure enough, not long after Black Swan left the battlefield, he received news from the wild man.

Only one demigod of the Church of Slaanesh was severely injured and escaped from the encirclement.

The moment the news was received, even the Black Swan couldn't help but have a drink.

Happy, very happy!

After this wave, the mainstream echelon of the Abyss Church was almost completely cleansed.

But this doesn't mean it's over.

In the history of the Abyss Church, it has been besieged by various countries and has come to this miserable state.

After all, it is normal for the Orthodox Church to be involved.

Every time something like this happened, the Church of the Abyss would enter an unprecedented period of decline. No longer holding the core power, they became walking heroes.

——This situation will continue until the Four Gods of the Abyss begin to invest a lot of power and strengthen their voices in the Star Continent.

But... the situation has progressed to this point. After basically clearing up the internal troubles, countries will start to look at their accounts.

The first thing is...isn't it time for the Mermaid Empire to give an explanation to everyone?

…

[Location: Enther Empire Border]

Louis quietly watched Olivia put on the mass-produced Jianwan armor he prepared for her, and said softly:

"When you join the expedition this time, don't go deep into the enemy territory alone. If you encounter an enemy that you can't defeat, lead them to Rimuru's side."

Rimuru: “???”

Thank you! But it did not refute it, it knew very well that this was a special treatment for a small number of people - to receive the protection of the family of the great sinner.

I said this to Olivia, but also to myself.

At the critical moment, whether it wants to or not, it must protect its mistress.

What? Why is it the hostess? If others don't know, then it doesn't know either?

It can clearly see who still has the scent of their master on them.

The scale in my heart is always weighing.

Well, as for worrying about the mistress getting into trouble? It doesn't know whether others are afraid or not, but it is not afraid anyway.

Even if they only possess half of their master's power, and do not include the means extending from those authority-level abilities, it does not mean that the guys in the Mermaid Empire have become stronger.

after all……

That's half of the power of my master?!

Moreover, he clearly heard the master say that the mistress was allowed to directly use the killer weapons that she had hidden in the past.

For example - the Cursed Legion.

Thinking of this, it couldn't help but secretly glance at its owner.

This force is so powerful that it is even enough to reverse the situation on the battlefield.

But this power is still in the hands of one person, and it is entirely up to him to decide when to be called out.

This kind of operation that allows you to fight at any time, run at any time, and not die after fighting...

It really doesn't want to complain when it sees it.

The reason why a surprise force is called a surprise force is that in order to create it, it requires the right time, place, and people, as well as mutual coordination.

But because of the special nature of the Cursed Legion, they don't have to consider these things at all.

Not to mention how many local conflicts this army had experienced in the Giant Plains in a short period of time, how many times it had quelled chaos, and how much experience it had accumulated...

Rimuru knew that there were demigods in the Cursed Legion.

And not just one.

This wave can be said to have fully armed the second princess.

In fact, when the war started, all the forces and even the Mermaid Empire had no intention of provoking the second princess of Enser.

It would be even more terrible if they didn't come.

Because Rimuru was adding more food like crazy.

This time, Rimuru felt very happy.

After all, Lady Olivia lifted the restrictions on its swallowing since they entered the sea a few days ago.

"Go ahead. The Mermaid Empire won't hold out for long. Do your best to get what you lack before they surrender completely."

After everyone entered the sea, Rimuru began to eat a lot.

The water that was sucked into the body and then expelled caused shocks on the sea surface, and finally formed huge waves that continued to spread.

The minerals on the seabed and the scarce elements in the sea water are continuously sent to the soldiers' tombs in this constant surging and swallowing.

The speed was astonishingly fast.

Rimuru originally thought that it would be a huge project for him to evolve all the remaining 9,900 clones into top slimes.

It was even ready, having taken thousands of years to prepare.

After all, nothing like this has ever happened in history.

However, I didn’t expect that not long after entering the Falling Star Sea, I would be able to gather so many resources in such a short time.

Rimuru had never seen such a prosperous battle in his life.

9900 clones need to merge 99,000,000 ordinary slimes and train the ordinary slimes into slimes that specialize in a single element.

To be honest, without considering the huge expense, the number of slimes alone, numbering in the tens of millions, would be enough to crush a person.

Fortunately, Rimuru doesn’t need to worry about these.

There is an area in the soldiers' graves specifically for cultivating slimes.

The slimes all over the mountains were split from Rimuru's body using his own special means so that he could quickly devour and absorb them after the promotion.

Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of slimes would be easy to catch.

Rimuru actually didn’t care.

It just remembered its master's instructions, and when the army marched in, it frequently used the power of control over all things. Wherever it passed, all the rare treasures and even scarce metal elements were sucked away by it.

Those elements, which were large enough in number, gathered together at a high level. After the first day, it was surprised to find that it had cultivated 6 new giant slime clones.

It's simply outrageous.

Is it true that the water in the Falling Star Sea is so sweet?

Thinking of this, Rimuru swallowed even harder.

One day, two days, three days, as time passed slowly, not to mention the Mermaid Empire, even the allies vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Everyone was already shocked when the Kingdom Slime arrived on the scene, but they didn't expect that they could still feel that the Kingdom Slime was getting stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just three days, Rimuru has added 77 giant slime clones by taking advantage of the little-developed marine industry.

To describe it as outrageous is no longer appropriate.

(End of this chapter)