Chapter 793 A Terrible Battle Situation
Nora's trip was much more rushed than she had imagined.
Since losing a large part of her body, Nora has successfully gotten rid of many troubles, such as not having to wear clothes, being able to eat whatever she wants without worrying about overeating, and not needing to go to the toilet, etc.
But she still has her own hobbies.
Nora has always loved growing flowers, a hobby that sounds ordinary but is somewhat of a luxury for her.
Previously, I had been fighting with the resistance army and had no time or ability to support them.
Later, when I had time, I no longer had the body.
She once brought a potted flower from the North to Castells, but its whereabouts are now unknown.
She thought she would be staying in the North for a long time, so she secretly planted a few small flowers on the windowsill. It would be especially difficult to do this if she only had a head, but she didn't want to trouble others.
"I wonder if it will wither away," Nora murmured to herself.
"What did you say?"
"nothing."
"Don't worry, Nora will take care of your flowers." Gwen ruffled Nora's long hair, only to be glared at by her.
After a moment, Nora finally realized: "...You knew?"
"Of course I know. Everyone knows that you always skip and hop to the windowsill to look at the flowers every day."
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Nora felt her face burning. She felt she needed to be stronger. Would gardening make her seem weak?
Especially since everyone actually noticed it.
But those flowers are really beautiful.
Nora hesitated for a moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something and jumped up from Gwen's arms.
She jumped quite high, almost hitting the overhead luggage rack, and Gwen hurriedly grabbed her back: "Oh! Lady Nora, what are you doing?"
Nora looked on in disbelief, then jumped up to take another look, attracting the attention of many people.
Nora: "Where's Nora?"
Gwen: "?"
"I mean, what about that part of Nora?" Nora asked, her eyes wide.
"He didn't come."
"Huh?" Nora lay stunned in Gwen's arms, her face filled with shock. "You only brought me here, and left my body in the North?!"
“Yes, that’s right.” Gwen said matter-of-factly, “I took you there to find you a new body, didn’t I?”
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"New, new body"
That's true, but Nora still felt something was off.
It was as if she had abandoned her original body.
She took on a much stronger body and fought bravely on the battlefield, leaving her old body at home to tend to the flowers.
Why do I feel inexplicably guilty?
And what about the other Nora? Wouldn't she be heartbroken to lose this one?
"Couldn't we have brought her along?"
"Uh, Lady Nora, are you looking for a new body for your current one?"
Faced with Gwen's questioning, Nora was speechless for a moment.
Indeed, it feels a bit strange to give her another body.
When will we arrive in Castel?
Gwen blinked, then suddenly laughed and said, "We're not going to Castells."
"Lady Nora, you may not be aware of the recent battle situation. The Empire has become very arrogant after acquiring new weapons. They are no longer in a state of constant retreat. Now the Papacy has launched a full-scale counterattack."
"Battle fortresses. No, not even those mobile fortresses. Just steam tanks alone are something that Tiss's new army can't handle at all. Once they appear on the battlefield, they are almost invincible. Their attacks cannot be defended, and their defenses cannot be penetrated. You should know what that feels like."
Nora certainly knew; she had fought against mortal armies while wearing heavy armor on the ice plains, and that was exactly what it felt like.
The swords and blades of mortals were nothing more than a tickle to her; the weapons fell on her armor with a clanging sound like a song. She swung her flail, but her opponents could only respond with a chorus of flesh and blood.
In addition, the Burial One has extremely high endurance; she is like a tireless war machine, and eventually, enemies would flee at the sight of her.
She was invincible until the enemy musketeers arrived.
"Lady Isabella has become passive, and has given back almost all the land she had previously occupied, and even ceded a considerable amount of Tiss's territory."
"Oh? That's terrible!" Nora was somewhat surprised. She knew the situation was bad, but she didn't expect it to be this bad.
"Well, it wasn't that bad. Although Her Majesty the Empress lost a lot of land, she successfully got the Papacy's steam tanks stuck in the mud. She cleverly used the muddy roads after the rain to slow down the tanks, and then blew up the upstream dam, which completely stuck the tanks in the mud."
"She certainly lived up to the title of Empress."
Gwen nodded subconsciously. Isabella had faced much controversy after her resurrection, with even more debate surrounding her than that of the Banshee, an alien race.
But she quickly silenced everyone with her iron-fisted methods, and now people call her the Empress. If she can really lead Tiss to defeat the Empire, then nothing can stop her from crowning herself.
In stark contrast is a certain fountain lady; now, no one remembers her if you mention the Pope.
"So now the two sides are at odds again?"
"No."
Gwen shook her head: "The situation is much worse. Isabella did trap a batch of steam tanks, but... damn it, how did the Vatican have so many steam tanks!"
After these steam tanks became stuck, the Papacy did briefly confront the Duchy of Tiss, but soon, several more steam tanks were sent up from the front lines.
Isabella's new army has figured out the capabilities of these steam tanks. Their cannons are not particularly powerful, but they can at least put up a fight here. However, their biggest problem is their heavy armor.
No matter what kind of gun it is, it cannot penetrate the armor of a steam tank. Molotov cocktails might work, but the Holy See's Crusaders are not to be trifled with.
These mortal auxiliary troops fought with fearlessness, and although their firearms were inferior to those of Tiss's new army, they were not completely overwhelmed.
The result is that if there is only one tank on the battlefield, tactics and willpower can compensate; however, if multiple tanks appear on the battlefield simultaneously...
That basically makes it impossible to fight.
"Lady Isabella did not choose to confront them head-on, but instead focused on preserving her strength and maneuvering the enemy from both sides to buy time."
Nora nodded slowly.
She and Gwen, both former commanders of the resistance, made this strategic decision very similar to what they had done back then.
Moreover, while the resistance fighters were stalling for time, they didn't know what the future held, but Isabella was stalling for time with a clear understanding of what was to come.
Everyone firmly believed that if Castells were given time, he could turn the situation around.
(End of this chapter)
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