Of course he knew that all countries had trump cards in their hands, and if they worked together, they would definitely be able to put the Mermaid Empire under great pressure.

But he knew better how strong the Mermaid Empire's hegemony was in the Falling Star Sea.

There must be at least three countries in the same echelon before we have a chance to fight them at sea. This is the confidence of the people of the Mermaid Empire.

The Mermaid Empire will undoubtedly be defeated in this joint naval battle, but that does not mean that the Marine Magician Corps will be defeated miserably.

In Tim's original conception, the various forces should gradually erode the power of the Mermaid Queen in the friction with the Mermaid Empire.

When the Mermaid Queen falls from grace, it will be his time to support the Mermaid Princess to take power.

When the dog crawling under him climbs onto the throne of the Queen, he will naturally become the ruler of this country.

He had even thought about it, that in the next thousand years, he would develop into the root of all the noble bloodlines of the Mermaid Empire.

Imprison those mermaids with excellent bloodlines and use them as mothers to quickly expand the military force.

After his descendants occupied all the key positions in the Mermaid Empire, he tried to push the mermen and fishmen to worship him as a racial god, embark on the path of deification, and get involved in the realm of gods.

But why? Why did it become like this?

"Eh! Se! People!!!"

Tim let out an angry roar.

The crisscrossing lightning in the sky was like the mighty power of heaven, sinking one mermaid warship after another.

Tim was still thinking about tempting the other party to go deeper and use the backup plan left by the Abyss Church to see if there was a chance to destroy the royal ship of the Enther Empire.

But the other party was like a cautious and experienced hunter.

After inflicting a wound on its prey, it does not rush to pounce on it directly, but instead follows it from behind and keeps getting closer.

Although it was only a relatively small naval corps, it displayed the momentum of the three empires' navies encircling the Mermaid Empire.

What’s worse is that he doesn’t dare to go to the sea now.

He immediately saw the source of the other party's earth-shaking magical power, which was exactly the same as the Ocean Roarer Armor he obtained from the mermaid princess.

Moreover, judging from the area covered by its power and the accumulated energy, it is even superior to the Ocean Roarer.

This made him feel suffocated.

He paid so much price, borrowed the power of so many forces, and made so many promises to the top leaders of the Mermaid Empire before he got the Ocean Roarer Armor.

And now the divine power on the sea is even greater than the divine tool he obtained.

He had a premonition that once he surfaced, he would be struck by lightning.

Don't think that armor with the same attributes can protect him from harm.

Fortunately, the destruction caused by this magical weapon was dispersed across the sea to encircle and suppress the sea beasts, otherwise even the demigod would have died on the spot.

Strange, it's really strange.

Where did the Enther Empire get so many good equipment? Even if they emptied the entire Forge, they couldn't come up with so much equipment?! His movements began to get louder and louder, and he let out roars from his throat.

Suddenly he roared, pushed Alicel to the ground, and pressed his whole body on her.

A dull howl came from the corner of the ocean.

It wasn't long before Tim went into quick-fix mode.

Before he could vent his anger, there was a knock on the door:

"General, the Queen's message..."

Tim howled unwillingly and hit Ellyhild twice. Then he shook his body and threw the mermaid princess into a corner. He said to the guards outside the door, "Bring the communication crystal."

After the communication crystal unfolded, the charming face of the mermaid queen appeared in front of Tim.

"General, we can't keep fighting like this. The combined navy's offensive is much stronger than we thought."

Tim's previous resentful expression had disappeared without a trace. He put on a simple and sincere expression and said with a sad face:

"Your Majesty, there are only a few traitors out there. Do you really want to let them go like this?"

"It is not advisable to continue causing slaughter. Move your troops up."

Tim nodded: "Your will."

After hanging up the phone, he smashed the table hard, leaving a dent: "You old fool, you don't know how to live or die, you have a nice idea."

The Mermaid Queen has her own plans for this battle, and Tim also has his own thoughts.

He was very familiar with using external enemies to eliminate dissidents.

Many of the murloc factions that were mistakenly believed by some high-ranking officials of the Mermaid Empire to be cooperating with the Church of the Abyss were actually forced to rebel.

Tim knew that he must not let this faction rise again, otherwise he would surely die.

During this period, in order to kill the hostile faction, he used his identity as a fishman to do a lot of tricks.

As soon as you surround the powerful fishmen, tell them that he helped you this time because you are a fellow countryman, and don't blame him for being cruel next time you see him.

He then chased after him with a mask on and killed him.

Or, when eliminating dissidents, you might chop off the head of a legendary warrior who volunteered to die, and then use your inertial thinking to find the victim's entire family in the ruins and kill them directly.

Especially the leader of the Fishman Self-Rescue Association who is now creating chaos within the group. He was the one who forced the rebellion.

At that time, Tim disguised himself as a member of the Queen's Guard and went to control the four sons and one daughter of the family, and gave them a piece of fish and a knife to choose from.

One of the boys chose the knife, which means he has the intention to kill, so this boy must not be allowed to stay.

The second son chose meat, which shows that this son is extremely cunning and must not be kept.

The fact that he chose all three sons shows that he is very greedy, and this son must not be kept.

The fact that the fourth son chose nothing proves that he is a rebellious person. This son must not be kept.

The only remaining daughter wanted to kill him madly, but how could she resist the power of a demigod?

He was directly pressed on the bodies of his brothers and turned into a puddle of mud, keeping the daughter alive until the leader of the self-help association came back and shouted a few sad words before dying.

Then people went crazy.

Alive?

It's impossible to leave anyone alive.

He can feel guilty for his whole life, but he can't live in fear for his whole life, not to mention that he has now joined the Church of the Abyss, so why is he pretending to be a noble fishman? It depends on whether he will cause trouble!

If he doesn't find a way to kill the Mermaid Empire's top leaders, his deeds will be discovered 100%.

If he is discovered, there will be no way to survive.

Thinking of this, Tim showed a cruel smile on his face.

The leader of the Murloc Self-Rescue Society is also a demigod. Although his strength is not as strong as his with demigod armor, he is also extremely deadly.

Tim naturally didn't want to fight him.

But he knew his character.

These old guys who took the initiative to stand up to make the Mermaid Empire reform itself all have a heroic spirit in their hearts. If they are used a little and more publicity is given to how rampant the United Navy is on the land of the Mermaid Empire, they will be angered and take action.

At that time, it would be reasonable to use the means of the powerful men of the United Navy to wipe them out directly.

A cruel expression appeared on his face when he thought of this.

But he didn't notice that among the school of fish swimming in the surrounding sea, there was an ice-blue fish quietly crawling around the magic barrier of the Queen.

That is the clone of the legendary monster named Rimuru.

It did not use the Control of All Things to directly attack the magic ship, but borrowed the Control of All Things' own ability to sense matter, simulated the human form of the fishman commander in the cabin, and forcibly "interpreted" all the arrangements made by Tim in the cabin.

"Huh? Where did the water elemental slime come from?"

A pair of hands grabbed Rimuru’s clone.

Rimuru struggled like an ordinary slime, but was held tightly in the mermaid's arms.

“It’s pretty cool.”

This legendary monster who had followed Louis for a long time instinctively felt that something was wrong.

The person who caught it was the commander-in-chief of the Queen, the mermaid princess Ellihild.

But Rimuru knew very well that its ability to hide its own aura far exceeded that of an ordinary Legendary.

That was one of the tricks Rimuru learned from his evil master. It was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It wanted to pretend to be a pig, but it attacked without hesitation.

Elilild moved extremely quickly, with countless undercurrents, trying to trap Rimuru.

But Rimuru used his control over all things without hesitation, broke free from control, and transformed into a fish. He shuttled back and forth among the fish schools, constantly changing his form, and soon integrated into the marine ecosystem.

After all, Elilihild is not Erlang Shen, and she does not have the divine eye to discern the essence of things, so Rimuru still finds a way to escape.

Ellyhild stepped into the cabin with a frown and said to Tim, "Master Tim, we need to leave first. It seems that our tracks have been discovered by the other side."

Tim's expression finally changed, and he started the Queen without hesitation.

The purpose of the joint navy is very clear, which is to capture a high-ranking official of the Mermaid Empire to force the other party to give an explanation.

Once they are discovered, they will be hunted down like a rainstorm.

In fact, he guessed right.

From the very beginning, Rimuru was not simply plundering the resources on the seabed, but was also using his clones to monitor the surrounding waters.

Although the power carried by each clone is insufficient, they are clones that possess the essence of legendary monsters after all. It is difficult for ordinary strong people to discover them, let alone stop them.

Louis unilaterally shared Rimuru's vision and soon noticed the unusual movements in the Mermaid Empire.

Less than half an hour after the Queen left, King Enther's ship arrived here first.

Inside the cabin of the Royal Ship, Little Swan frowned and said:

"These people from the Abyss Church have been crippled, yet they are still able to cause so much trouble."

Louis casually tossed a knife and said, "After all, it is an organization that has raised the gold content of the entire evil camp by its own strength. It is very unlikely to wipe it out. But now... it is jumping so hard, which means that we really hit their sore spot before."

Olivia glanced at Louis silently, then looked at the commanders around her.

In desperation, she approached Louis and said in telepathy, "Black Swan attacked the Abyss Church before, and many people were injured. I guess they were pissed off and wanted to use their background to retaliate."

Louis put the knife on the table, squinted his eyes and said:

"We found traces of the Queen's movement."

Olivia perked up: "Shall we take care of them now?"

Louis nodded: "Just use the highest level of firepower."

"Ah, won't you leave them with a complete body?"

"What are you thinking? We can severely damage the Queen, but it's impossible to kill them all."

“But…” Olivia was stunned. The deterrent power of the Type I Flood Dragon was so great that even if the professionals equipped with this type of equipment were not legendary or even at the peak model level, when the numbers were stacked, they could still easily unleash the power of a demigod.

The destructive power was enough to kill most demigods on the spot.

But Little Swan quickly understood what he meant and said in surprise: "Do you think that with our current strength, there is no way to destroy it?"

Louis said coldly: "Try to contact the Mermaid Queen and ask them to cooperate."

"How do I tell them?"

"Tell them that there is a rat in their royal family."

"???"

"Just tell them that there are fanatics of the Church of the Abyss in the upper echelons of the Queen... Also, tell them that we are determined to kill those guys. Even the Mermaid Queen can't stop them."

Louis said coldly.

Little Swan still didn't understand what was going on until Louis said:

"Rimuru has been discovered."

At first, he thought that the information transmitted by Rimuru was just a spy inside the Mermaid Empire, and that they were engaging in internal warfare.

But as Rimuru was discovered, he immediately realized something was wrong.

Louis taught Rimuru how to hide himself.

Everything is under control, and with the slime's own ever-changing racial characteristics, it can simulate being a stone or a fish, and its true form cannot be seen just from its breath.

In other words, in the deformed state, the object it transforms into is similar to the material of the original object.

The key to the divine tool forging technology lies here.

Let alone the Mermaid Princess, even if you release the Mermaid Queen, it would be impossible for Rimuru to discover the problem if there is no abnormality in himself.

unless……

“Unless he can detect Rimuru’s other nature, such as…” Olivia murmured, “The follower of the great sin?”

Louis nodded and said, "What happened to the Mermaid Empire? How did they get to the top of the Empire? Excluding the top leaders of the Abyss Church, there are no more than 10 people in the world who can detect the followers of the Great Sin."

If serious crimes were so easy to detect, they would have been caught by all countries long ago.

To find the means to commit the great sin, we still have to look to the Church of the Abyss.

The reason why there are 10 people outside the church... is because the hosts of the seven deadly sins are included.

Before Louis came here, the Emperor told him that the only ones who could recognize the identity of Sin and his followers at a glance were Graf, the current leader of the black magicians, the Grand Speaker of the Elven Council, and Beatrice who possessed the Eye of Truth.

Other than that there are only the seven deadly sins hosts.

As long as he doesn't actively release his aura, the possibility of being discovered by other strong people is almost zero.

The mermaid princess spotted Rimuru at a glance. Since he was not among the above 10 people, it could only mean that the princess of a country was also dragged into the abyss and became a believer.

Olivia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The United Navy and the Mermaid Queen have reached a cooperation agreement. Both sides will help each other to find the traitor together, but I really didn't expect that the enemy is in the royal family."

Yes, the United Navy had actually reached a strategic cooperation with the Mermaid Queen a long time ago.

The Queen's goal is to eliminate the hostile forces that have long been rooted in the Mermaid Empire.

The goal of the United Navy is to make the Mermaid Empire give an explanation, actively join the battle against the Pirate Islands and the Gate of the Abyss, and reap some war dividends.

These are things that countries cannot discuss openly, and even many countries involved in the encirclement and suppression do not know the truth.

Just like when big countries clash, they use cold weapons and even use "selfie sticks", while when small countries clash, a large number of self-developed supersonic missiles suddenly emerge.

Some things cannot be made public, as it will have a bad impact.

What can be said cannot be done, and what can be done cannot be said.

This is also an industry practice.

Even so, the little swan was still shocked.

She had always known about the tricks played by the Abyss Church, but she had never expected them to be so tricky.

She is a princess of a country. What on earth did they do to drag such a high-ranking official into this situation? (End of this chapter)