Chapter 907 Use the Flame Fist on Him
Earlier, the Sonia Sea.
The "Red-haired Lady", carrying a large amount of local specialties from Tuscat Island, is sailing in the thick fog. This fog, which appeared a few days ago and made people feel as if they were in a sea of fog, made almost everyone unwilling to go out to sea, except for the ships with sirens as scouts.
On the sea surface where visibility was less than 100 meters, sharp roars could be heard from time to time. The sailor at the helm fine-tuned the course according to the direction of the sound to avoid deviating from the direction and hitting the reefs in this sea area with many reefs.
Elaine Soren, who no longer used the "Ring of Madness" to conceal her true appearance after being promoted to "Reaper", stood at the bow of the ship, her bright red medium-length hair fluttering in the wind. The humid sea breeze blew in her face, making her squint her eyes.
After being promoted to Sequence 5, her face took on a more androgynous look. If she tied her hair up and wore loose clothing, she would almost be mistaken for one of those fashion magazines in Trier that changed covers every month—but, of course, a man.
This made her feel heavy in her heart, and she hesitated a little about being promoted to "Iron-Blooded Knight".
"Anyway, this isn't something I need to consider in the short term... First, I need to complete the task assigned by Miss Angelica, build a real fleet, and then digest the potion..."
She muttered, her eyes cast into the thick, creamy fog. While she lamented that the fog today was a little unusual, she was mentally evaluating who else in the team besides William could be the captain.
Suddenly, the intermittent siren calls stopped.
A moment later, a slender figure emerged from the water on the side of the "Red-haired Lady". The mermaid Ariel slapped the side of the boat with her tail, making a thumping sound, and shouted loudly:
"There are big ships ahead, lots of big ships!"
Under William's careful teaching, she has become fluent in Loen, the most popular language on the sea, and has also learned a little Intis.
A large ship... Is it a pirate general's fleet passing by, or is it Feysac's Sonia Sea Fleet out for training?
Elaine had a guess and immediately ordered the ship to turn and head in another direction. Although that would leave the already explored safe channel and even risk getting lost, it was still much safer than a head-on collision with the Feysac Empire's fleet.
Although this ship and I haven't been put on Feysac's blacklist yet, it's only a matter of time before we send contraband and munitions to their rear to help the resistance... She said self-deprecatingly, looking forward, squinting her eyes, using her hunter's vision to penetrate the thick fog, trying to see the "big ship" in front of her clearly.
In the distant fog, a huge sailboat with sails hoisted high and its sides painted dark brown came silently. Its double decks stretched from bow to stern, and its cannons pointed ferociously outward. Countless well-trained sailors walked around inside, occasionally casting indifferent glances in the direction of Elaine.
That's a sailing battleship of the Feysac Empire!
Elaine's heart tightened, and she instinctively took a few steps back, hiding her body behind the side of the ship.
She was not afraid of the battleship. At such a close distance, a "Reaper" could quickly transform into a flaming spear, fly to the other side, and eliminate those ordinary people with extraordinary combat.
But Ariel was talking about "lots of big ships."
Sure enough, a few seconds later, another identical dark brown shadow appeared in the thick fog, followed by the second, the third... The huge fleet in a single column advanced rapidly on the sea in a dense formation, one ship after another passing the side of the "Redhead Girl" and heading southwest.
From beginning to end, those large-caliber artillery were not pointed at Elaine's ship, as if they did not exist.
Watching the sailing warships leaving at a speed far exceeding normal speed as if helped by a strange force, Elaine inexplicably had an urge to drive her boat to catch up, keep pace with these warships, and attack together.
But she immediately came to her senses and realized that this huge fleet was not heading towards the Gargas Islands, where sporadic resistance movements were still occurring, but was heading towards the southeastern coast of the Kingdom of Loen.
The speed was too fast, exceeding 40 knots, almost flying on the sea. Apart from Miss Angelica's ghost ship, I have never seen anything so fast... At this speed, they could reach the coast within two hours and reach Pritz Harbor before noon... But what was the Feysac warship doing in the port of Loen?
A conclusion suddenly emerged in Elaine's mind, drawn by her "conspirator" ability, which even she herself could not believe:
Is war about to break out?
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Over the northern district of Backlund, endless dark brown airships were arriving. They emerged from the thick fog in the north, seemingly appearing suddenly, catching the capital of this kingdom, which boasted the strongest military among the four major nations, completely off guard.
Of course, the church did respond to some extent.
A terrifying storm visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared on the surface of the Holy Wind Cathedral far away in the Joewood District. Blue-black wind blades formed out of thin air and flew towards the north with a whistling sound; the bells of the Saint Samuel Church, which was closer, rang. The dull and sleep-inducing tone kept pressing towards the airship formation, making the high-spirited soldiers drowsy, and their movements of throwing bombs and operating artillery slowed down.
Swish, swish, wind blades flew past Angel and hit the fragile canvas airbag of the airship accurately, but failed to achieve the expected effect. Instead, they were blocked on the outside by an invisible defense.
Amidst the clash of metal, the fragile yet tenacious defense finally triumphed over the attack from afar. In the strong wind, the airships swayed as if they would crash at any moment, but they always floated in the sky of the northern district.
As the wind blades dissipated, the second round of attacks had not yet arrived. The soldiers inside the Feysac airships seized the moment, gritting their teeth and resisting the urge to fall asleep. They pushed bombs out of the launch port one by one, letting them fall freely downwards. The cannons also aimed at the streets and buildings below, and flames appeared in the air with roars.
Countless ammunition poured towards Backlund, and the technical university directly below and the nearby buildings supporting the school bore the brunt of the attack. During school hours, the population here was even denser than that of the East District factories!
Angel's heart sank suddenly, and the burning blade in his hand once again extended a light composed of thousands of degrees of high temperature. It did not make a large-angle attack in the air, but pointed precisely at the airship that was getting closer for joint defense, and directly penetrated the core of the two war machines.
In an instant, the white mist of high-temperature steam leakage and the flames of explosive explosions flashed before Angel's eyes. The two airships that lost power and exploded from the inside could no longer maintain their altitude. They spun and crashed towards the streets below, but at the moment of landing, they were pulled by some force and crashed into the deserted garden and ornamental pool, triggering a new round of explosions.
At the same time, Angel also quickly judged the nature of this defensive ability in the attack and defense of the wind blade and the invisible defense just now. The mystical plague combined with "precision" and "fire control" replaced the ordinary disease and spread rapidly in the haze in the air, which was not as pungent as last year. This will penetrate the defense of the "War Bishop" hidden in the airship force, resist the barrier he created with high temperature, and kill the people inside the airship!
But, below...
Angel used invisible spider silk to pull himself closer to other airships, while looking at the technical university that was being targeted by countless artillery and hit by a large number of bombs.
She has once again deployed a large-scale mirror defense, trying her best to "confiscate" the bombs and shells directed at the university campus and nearby streets, but the power of one person is extremely limited, and she also has to take into account counterattacks and disrupting the enemy in the air, so it is impossible to do everything.
In her sight, one powerful blockbuster bomb after another either fell directly into the mirror world and disappeared silently, or was pulled by invisible threads to an uninhabited area and exploded on the ground, but those shells that were almost invisible to the naked eye broke through the defense and exploded on the street.
A horse-drawn carriage that was driving across the road in panic was directly hit by a cannonball. The horse pulling the carriage had its legs broken and its stomach ripped open in an instant, and fell to the ground with its body charred. The carriage behind it had completely disappeared.
The Intis Restaurant, with its exquisite stone pillars and relief facade, was shaking under the shock wave of the bomb exploding in the air. The glass was shattered and the stone pillars collapsed. The people hiding below were hit by the falling rocks and ran to other places crying.
Several students at the campus gate anxiously looked for a place to hide, and finally ran to the subway station on the street. Together with other people seeking refuge, they squeezed into the stairs leading to the underground. The next second, a shell accurately hit the crowded entrance and exit. Smoke and rubble gushed out from the stairs, and the inside became completely quiet.
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The scenes that turned into hell on earth despite Angel's best efforts to stop them made her feel hot and angry. This was not only due to the negative effects of holding the "Sharp Blade" for a long time, but also her negative emotions towards this war that was promoted by Adam and planned by George III, but broke out with the active attack of the Feysac Empire.
She knew that if she didn't deal with this invading force, innocent people below would die every second because of her incompetence.
A string of connected iron dolls fell from her body, and quickly expanded in the air into giant armored soldiers two meters high. They then turned into flames and flew towards five different airships in groups of two.
These flames smashed large holes in the sturdy hull of the airship, and a loud roar and thick black smoke immediately came from the interior. The originally neat formation in the air immediately became a little disturbed.
However, they quickly restored order under the command of the "War Bishop". The troops that arrived in the rear bypassed the Church of St. Samuel, which was still ringing its bells, and flew to the southwest. Some airships that had already launched a round of attacks turned to the east, targeting the eastern district with dense factories and a large population.
There were also a small number of airships that did not follow the order and just floated quietly in the air. They did not have any damage on the outside, but all the soldiers inside had bleeding from their mouths and noses, their skin was blue and purple, and they died of an unknown plague with terrified expressions.
But an airship with the same logo as the other teammates slowly approached Angel in the air. A purple flame surged from its interior, passing across the metal box and canvas airbag surface, and finally gathered in front of the airship, forming a burly human figure.
Without even thinking, Angel knew with his hunter instinct that this was the commander of the army that raided Backlund, the "War Bishop."
"I didn't expect to see a witch in Loen, a witch who helped the people resist the empire's iron hoof..." Before the flaming human body took shape, the words with a roar and a breath of fire reached Angel's ears, "Where are those archbishops? What about the Mandated Punishers and the Nighthawks? Could it be..."
Before he could finish his words, Angel's slender figure, which was still a hundred meters away, appeared in front of him at almost flashing speed. His skin was fair, but his fists were clenched tightly, burning with flames and carrying a breath of destruction, and smashed towards his face.
boom--
Above the heads of the fleeing people, purple, blue and black flames mixed together, exploding into a huge fireball that engulfed all the airships nearby that had not yet left.
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