Seeing that Lisana seemed to have finally figured out the weirdness of the matter, Carl didn't say anything, but patted her shoulder with a look of regret on his face.

Although it wasn't too late to react now, Lisanna's insight was still a little weak.

If a person makes adequate preparations before a disaster occurs, he is most likely not far-sighted but well-informed.

Before today, neither Carl nor the Wind Giants and Cloud Giants, who had a deep understanding of the Alien Whirlpool, could see any signs of this thing breaking the seal. But as early as a few days ago, the Emerald Claw tried to have people occupy the floating islands around Eclipse Harbor, planning to set up a positioning array and summon the undead army when something unexpected happened in the Alien Whirlpool.

If there is no trick in this, Carl will be the first to disbelieve it! But none of this is important now. The important thing is to eliminate all the guys with the Emerald Claws first! The truth can be explored later. How to survive the current crisis is the top priority.

Giving Lisanna a little time to get angry, Carl dropped the greatsword, looked at Lisanna and said, "It looks like the Emerald Claws are heading towards Eclipse Harbor. I have to destroy them before they cause more damage. You stay here first. Don't worry, I will help you solve the problem of the land being eroded by negative energy later."

Without giving Lisanna a chance to respond, Carl instantly severed the connection between the two parties, and the robot went back into standby mode.

…

Eclipse Port, on Carl's spaceship.

After waking up from a half-sleep state again, Carl opened his eyes and immediately called up the surveillance of various parts of the spacecraft. He directly read what had happened during this period from V's thinking core.

When Carl noticed that the spaceship's energy was running out, he was stunned for a moment, then sighed helplessly:

"The energy core's reserves are almost exhausted. Damn it, I should have started building the element pool first!"

Seeing that the various guns on the spacecraft were still firing attacks, Carl quickly paused the bombardment and gave orders to V: "Let the Iron Ant Type 2 constructs join the battle. The energy of the spacecraft can't sustain this level of consumption."

"Yes, Master."

As V's voice rang out in the room, the spaceship's guns stopped attacking one after another and retracted into the spaceship.

The Iron Ant Type 2 constructs that were clinging to the spaceship broke away from the spaceship one after another and plunged rapidly toward the streets of Eclipse Port.

Immediately afterwards, Carl turned the direction of the spaceship and flew towards the direction where Lisanna and others were, which was also the direction where the Emerald Claw Knights came from.

"The ship's energy will last for about 29 minutes. Forget it, I'll just do it myself."

Sensing the lack of energy on the spacecraft through his connection with V, Carl thought for a moment and decided to deal with the Emerald Claws himself.

At this time, Hope and others have woken up one after another, but Carl does not want them to follow him. Instead, he wants them to stay in the spaceship and wait.

After putting on his power armor and mecha again, Carl stood in the armory of the spaceship, watching V install various weapons on his mecha and pick up a melta blade.

If he could only defeat an opponent with force when he used this before, now when he wields the ship-cutting sword with the mecha again, he can truly fight against an opponent of the same size.

Looking at the blue sky below, Carl suddenly felt his heart beating violently.

That was the tension and anticipation he felt about facing a powerful enemy alone.

"I'm going to do it!"

Carl said this in a deep voice and jumped straight out of the hatch of the spacecraft.

The huge floating gun behind him immediately sprayed out blue flames, lifting the mecha and flying forward.

The radar soon discovered the target of this trip. The skeleton knights of the Emerald Claw were operating six airships and flying towards this side in a V-formation like geese.

Gripping the ship-slashing sword in his right hand, Carl raised the left arm of the mecha.

The mechanical arm changed and rolled, and the original gun barrel merged with the arm, becoming stronger and more terrifying in caliber.

Blue electric arcs moved inside the barrel. The mecha calculated the enemy's movement speed and wind speed, and then fired directly at Carl's command.

The moment the shell was fired, the white sound barrier cloud temporarily blocked Carl's sensor vision, but the shell flew towards the target accurately and hit the bull's eye a few seconds later.

The air pirates and members of the Emerald Claws on the airship had not yet reacted to what had happened before the huge impact had torn the airship apart. The strong airflow tore apart everything around them, and the mortal professionals were turned into meat paste at the first sight.

"Enemy attack!"

Without having time to mourn for the crashed airship and the companions on board, the remaining members of the Emerald Claw did not delay for a moment and immediately carried out a tactical evasive maneuver.

At the same time, the skeleton knights on one of the airships immediately killed several human sky pirates and filled their flesh and blood into some extraordinary machine.

As the strange machine started to operate, an evil aura spread throughout the airship.

"It seems that you have failed? Or did you encounter a powerful enemy before reaching your destination?"

Along with a hoarse voice, a skeleton warrior wearing terrifying plate armor walked out of the black mist released by the strange weapon.

Under the helmet, one seems to be able to see the vicious light burning in the eye sockets of the knight's skull.

Death knights are undead creatures with a challenge rating of up to 17, usually transformed from fallen paladins who died without attempting to atone for their sins.

Aside from liches, they are the closest thing to legendary undead.

"Sir Soth! We were attacked. The airship was directly torn apart by the attack launched by the enemy. I'm afraid we can't deal with such an enemy."

However, the Death Knight named Soth sneered and said sarcastically, "Every time we carry out a mission, it's either windy or rainy. Aren't the Emerald Claws the most vicious terrorist organization in Khorvaire? Why do you seem to be the ones being persecuted now?"

He raised his hand and a ferocious-looking black horse suddenly appeared out of thin air. Its body was as black as ink, its mane was burning with flames, and even sparks flew out when its hooves stepped on it. It was the mount that many death knights loved very much - Nightmare.

The Death Knight turned over and rode on it. When he looked up, he saw a huge spaceship in the distant sky and a mecha flying towards him.

His heart sank, and the Death Knight suddenly felt that the words he had just used to mock his men seemed a bit harsh.

As a fallen paladin who had been transformed into a death knight before the Final War, although he died in the early stages of the war, he was no stranger to this kind of thing.

"Damn it! These good-for-nothings actually messed up a fully-armed artificer? Even though the artificer himself isn't very strong, his weapons are not to be trifled with! Damn it! They want me to fight that guy?"

Looking at the mecha that was gradually getting bigger in his field of vision, the Death Knight Soth squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and flew straight up.

Nightmare's hooves seemed to be stepping on invisible stairs in the void, carrying the Death Knight to charge.

Looking at this special combination, Carl immediately turned the ship-cutting sword in his hand. Under the rapid penetration of magic power, the black blade was rapidly turning red and gradually turning into orange-gold.

The jet behind him exerted force again, and the speed of the entire mecha suddenly increased.

When the distance between the mecha and the Death Knight was less than ten meters, Carl controlled the mecha to turn its body, and the melta blade in his hand also began to move in a circular motion.

He wanted to recreate the scene of killing the Skeleton Knight with one blow on the floating island.

But obviously, the Death Knight is harder to kill than the Skeleton Knight.

“Buzz!”

As the blade quickly cut through the air, a buzzing sound came from far away and the ship-slashing sword slashed towards the Death Knight's head.

Facing Carl's attack, the Death Knight used his 4th-level spell - Fear Slash.

During the duration of this spell, the next time the caster hits an opponent with a melee weapon attack, his weapon will strike both the enemy's body and mind.

Compared to the Death Knight's 5th-level spell Annihilation Wave, this move has stronger single-target damage and takes into account both the body and the mind.

If Carl was an ordinary machinist, even with the mecha to resist, he might be killed by the Death Knight because of the attack on his mind.

However, Carl was not just a simple machinist, and his ship-cutting sword arrived at the location first.

Amid the whistling wind, the Death Knight's attempt to dodge failed to completely avoid Carl's attack. His plate armor was cut in the middle by Carl, and his tall body was broken into two parts at the waist.

At the same time, his Terror Slash also hit Carl's mecha.

The Death Knight's upper body soared into the sky, staring at Carl's mecha, as if he wanted to judge Carl's condition from the mecha's subsequent reaction.

But just when he was eagerly expecting Carl's mind to be affected by the Fear Slash, the face of the mecha, which had been covered by the mask all along, was suddenly revealed.

"You seem to be looking forward to the effect of that move just now?"

The moment he heard these words, the Death Knight had a bad feeling.

And this is exactly the reality.

The ship-slashing sword that had just cut the Death Knight in half was still swinging to the side due to inertia, and the next second, Carl had already controlled the mecha to twist its body in the direction of inertia, and then connected with a jump slash.

Looking at the orange-gold blade falling from the sky, the Death Knight subconsciously wanted to use his legs to control the nightmare under his crotch to escape, but he forgot that his lower body had been cut off and was now fleeing after the nightmare.

At this moment, the Death Knight's entire life suddenly appeared before his eyes.

He was born into a noble family and married a wife he didn't like according to his parents' arrangement.

He became a holy knight and achieved great feats on the battlefield. He inherited his father's castle and had a fiefdom that matched his military exploits.

Later he found a mistress outside and killed his wife.

Because he betrayed his wife, he became a fallen paladin.

In the end, the mistress eloped with someone else, and later came back saying that she was pregnant with his child and hoped that the child would inherit the title.

He killed his mistress and the child, died in the castle, and was resurrected as a death knight.

"Ah~, is this my life? How sad!"

As the blade fell, the Death Knight's consciousness dissipated.

He would re-condense and revive after an unknown period of time, until he got tired of this kind of eternal life and tried to make up for his mistakes, so that he could finally be free.

(End of this chapter)