Night, Pritzker Harbor, suburban cemetery.
Those who died in the previous naval bombardment have been carried here, and the priests and bishops of the three major churches are busy comforting their souls and preventing any unusual changes.
In just that short day, many wives lost their husbands, many children lost their mothers, and many families were left with only one person left. They wandered in the cemetery, some were silent, some were in tears, and some even fainted from crying several times.
Klein, with an ordinary face, stood among them, watching everything in silence, as if he was recalling a funeral he had attended before.
He had just used the "Staff of Life" to heal the people injured in the attack in several hospitals in Backlund and Pritz Harbor while it was still dark, and he also left behind some weird and terrifying urban legends to further digest the "Strange Mage" potion.
And he knew that once such strange stories spread widely, Zaratul in Backlund would immediately understand what was going on and send out secret dolls to monitor the corresponding places. So, before the news spread, Klein relied on "teleportation" to run to all the hospitals in Backlund and Pritz Harbor, leaving behind all kinds of horror stories while treating critically ill patients.
When these things spread, he believed that he would receive a lot of feedback and take a solid and huge step towards completely digesting the potion.
However, Klein did not stop there. The possible conspiracy of the "Red Angel" evil spirit and the fact that Zaratul was in Backlund were like a sword hanging over his head, urging him to continue looking for opportunities.
So he came here and witnessed the grief of ordinary people.
After a moment of silence, Klein withdrew his gaze and turned to leave the cemetery.
After arriving at a deserted place, the glove on his left hand quickly turned dark blue and grew pieces of slippery fish scales.
The sound of the wind swept over, carrying Klein into the air and flying towards the port.
In the ocean beyond there, the Sonia Sea Fleet of the Feysac Empire was quietly waiting, seemingly preparing for another round of bombardment after daybreak to destroy the remaining shipyards.
Soon, Klein arrived above the port ruins and looked out at the faint glow of fire in the dark night.
At the same time, his two secret dolls used "fire jumping" to rush over from the ground and were in different hidden locations.
What he had just seen and heard made Klein no longer have any doubts or reluctance about what to do next, but he was still very confused.
Revenge on the invaders was a legitimate thing to do, but if it severely damaged Feysac's fleet, the happiest person would probably be King George III of Loen, the real mastermind behind the war and one of the culprits who pushed for it!
There are too many truths in this world, but only after you truly experience them will you discover that sometimes no matter what you do, it is not right, and it will fill your heart with contradictions... Klein exhaled and turned his attention to the information he had obtained from The Hanged Man:
The commander of the Sonia Sea Fleet of the Feysac Empire is Admiral Yegor Einhorn, a demigod born into a royal family, and currently a Sequence 4 "Iron-Blooded Knight" of the "Red Priest" path!
Through this information, Klein combined it with the contents of the "Red Priest" card, and more key points emerged in his mind:
"'Iron Knights' can turn women into men and possess courage comparable to steel. Not only can they manipulate multiple types of flames and are masters of this field, they can also turn themselves into flames or steel..."
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Feysac Empire, Sonia Sea Fleet, on the flagship "Nepos".
Yegor Einhorn, who was over two meters tall and had a thick beard, was sitting behind a desk with a map on it. He was drinking Sonia Blood Wine and thinking about the next arrangements:
"After daybreak, Loen's airship fleet will definitely attack. Their Pritzker ironclad ship and the corresponding fleet will soon be back. If we continue to stay here, we will fall into a very passive situation.
"Although I am the Iron Knight and can concentrate the power of the entire fleet on myself and distribute the damage, the commander of that ironclad fleet is likely to be a demigod of the Arbitrator path, or have a corresponding Level 1 Sealed Artifact, so he is not that easy to deal with... If we are not careful, they will take advantage of our speed and guns...
"Retreat is the best option. Then, while the Loen Navy is suffering from trauma and is temporarily short of numbers, continue to attack coastal ports...
“Haha, such a war is indeed a good opportunity to digest the potion.
"It's a pity that I didn't become a 'War Bishop' before this, otherwise I might have had a chance to be promoted to the rank of angel after the war. Alas, only a 'War Bishop' can truly bring out the advantages of an army, instead of just concentrating the power on myself like I am now..."
While Yegor Einhorn was thinking, he was about to use the hidden connection between the "Iron Knight" and his soldiers to notify his adjutant to come and order them to retreat at night.
Suddenly, he looked up at the door.
Boom!
There was a knock on the door, and the room was instantly filled with silence.
The predicted attack... This thought flashed through Yegor's mind, and his whole spirit suddenly became extremely tense.
In the battle between demigods and half-humans, preset environments, sudden attacks, and surprise attacks are all good ways to take the initiative, and are indispensable components for effectively defeating or even killing enemies of the same level. Otherwise, it will be difficult to succeed. Therefore, this behavior of making a forewarning before the attack is either a warning with no follow-up, or it means that the level, status, and strength of the attacker far exceeds the target.
As a veteran "Iron Knight", Yegor instinctively considered the worst situation and immediately awakened the connection he had established with every sailor and soldier on the "Nepos".
At this moment, the voice sounded again:
"Bang!"
This time the knock on the door sounded like a cannon, making Yegor feel as if a powerful bomb had exploded right next to his ear.
As he was extremely nervous and listened carefully to the noise, it was not much different from the roar of the "High Priest of Disaster"!
For a moment, Yegor felt a buzzing sound in his ears and his head felt dizzy.
He quickly distributed the damage, causing every member of the "Nepos" to have a slight tinnitus.
Then Yegor grabbed the pen on the table and threw it towards the door.
This dark red pen left an afterimage along the way, like a fired cannonball.
For an "Iron Knight", even the most ordinary things can be transformed into terrifying killing weapons under the enhancement of his characteristics!
Bang!
The door that was shot by the pen broke open, revealing the person knocking on the door in the corridor.
He was a man wearing a black windbreaker, his body was as thin as paper, and his face had no facial features.
At this time, the pen itself had exploded, and the tiny fragments were like a storm brought by machine gun fire, sweeping over the person knocking on the door and tearing him into pieces of bloody flesh.
Yegor did not relax, but stood up and looked around vigilantly.
He knew clearly that the real knocker had not yet "appeared"!
At this time, the adjutant who lived across from him opened the door and ran out. Looking at the blood and flesh on the ground, he said in astonishment:
"Admiral, what happened?"
"There's an infiltration..." Yegor's words were not finished yet, and his eyes suddenly fixed on the adjutant.
The adjutant withdrew his gaze from the blood and flesh on the ground and raised his head slowly.
There were no eyebrows, no eyes, no nose, and no mouth on his face. Just like the person who had just knocked on the door, his face was empty and blank.
Yegor's heart trembled, and his whole body instantly burned, turning into flames that shot out in all directions.
After these red and yellow flames dispersed, they suddenly gathered together in front and surrounded the adjutant.
The flames quickly dissipated, revealing the adjutant's body already charred.
The wind brought by the convection of cold and heat blew over, and the adjutant suddenly disintegrated into ashes.
The flames did not stop, they flew out of the room one after another and reorganized into the burly Yegor in mid-air.
At this time, he saw seabirds flying around. Each seabird had a human head, without facial features, and a bald face!
Yegor snorted secretly, and created a circle of blazing flames around him, letting them fly towards those strange seabirds at high speed.
Just then, he heard the sound of metal friction and immediately looked over with the help of the soldiers.
When he saw this, his body suddenly felt cold and he couldn't help feeling terrified and frightened.
On another sailing battleship of the Sonia Sea Fleet, each cannon seemed to come alive and have a life of its own!
They turned on their own accord, aiming into the air.
And one shell after another actively and enthusiastically entered the cannon.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As soon as these shells were fired, they were hit by fireballs in different arcs and exploded prematurely midway.
Seizing this opportunity, Yegor quickly recited the name of the "Supreme Commander" of the Sonia Sea Theater, a "Weather Warlock" from the royal family:
"The ruler of battlefield fog, the symbol of weather change, the totem of storms and lightning, the great Ahomatovar Einhorn..."
This is why it is difficult to kill demigods of the same level by forewarning in advance, they can always find a chance to ask for help.
Of course, the main purpose of the attacker Klein was to create a weird scene to scare a demigod and help himself digest the potion. He had no intention of making the hunt a success.
Seeing this situation, he hid underwater, his goal basically achieved. He immediately asked the two secret dolls, Qiunas and Enuni, to swap positions and "teleport" them away.
But Yegor did not let his guard down, and his mind remained highly tense to guard against possible attacks.
Only when the angel responded did he truly breathe a sigh of relief.
Next, Yegor did not let the fleet stay, abandoned the sailing battleship that had become a strange legend, and left the sea area.
After a while, a seabird flew over to the sailing battleship that had returned to silence and landed on the mast.
This seabird had obvious dark circles under its eyes. It looked around and spoke in human language:
"I smell the breath of the demigod 'Fortune Teller'..."