The Strait of Knives was named for its long and narrow shape. The currents there were rapid and there were countless submerged reefs. Normally, however, there would be an endless stream of ships coming and going. It was quite a prosperous place. After all, this was the only way to the Bardi Empire's outer seas. It was a true golden sea.
Merchants who often traveled by sea said that the Strait of Knives was also known as the Silver Strait. As long as one traveled by sea for three years, one's wealth would double. It was easy to imagine just how profitable this sea route was.
After passing through the strait, one could head west to the Mage Country to purchase all sorts of magical artifacts and materials. One could head east to the various port cities of the New Moon Empire and the Bardi Empire. One could make a huge profit just by using the sea route to transport special products from the various ports.
As the Bardi Empire's situation became tense, the number of merchant ships traveling here greatly decreased. On one hand, the New Moon Empire and the Bardi Empire's various countries were now part of the Bardi Empire, so there wouldn't be much profit from traveling by sea. On the other hand, the Mage Country and the Bardi Empire were currently in a tense relationship with each other. A naval war could erupt at any moment, and it would be too pitiful to become cannon fodder.
But today, the gradually calming strait wasn't as quiet as it used to be. A small but significant naval battle was currently taking place. The two sides fighting had nothing to do with the owner of this sea.
That's right, they weren't from the Bardi Empire, nor were they from the Mage Country. The battle happening here was purely coincidental.
On one side, there were two gigantic Sea Beasts. If Roland was here, he would probably recognize one of them as an old acquaintance. It was a Seven-headed Dragon that emitted a blue radiance from its entire body, while the other one was a ridiculously huge Sea Giant.
Now that I mentioned this, I could probably guess that this was that persistent Lady Storm, the Goddess of Vengeance who was famous for holding grudges and being petty.
Not only did these sea beasts bring about her hostility, they even provided her with a medium for divine power to intervene.
The seven-headed dragon's heads were all roaring at the sky. Lady Storm's phantom appeared and disappeared on the largest dragon's head. She was summoning a tempest to create waves. Meanwhile, the sea giant was treading on the waves. Every time its gigantic war hammer struck the surface of the sea, a ten-meter-tall wave would violently crash towards the sea giant.
Fighting against them were two gigantic warships. One of the warships was mostly constructed out of steel. Mage towers and engineered cannons were constantly firing cannons and magic. The dragon skin around the deck was also glowing in a blue radiance. However, it seemed to be suppressing the wind and the waves. The seven dragons watched this scene with bloodshot eyes. They kept roaring, and the wind and waves were forcibly raised by three feet. Their frenzied appearance made it seem as if they had met the enemy who killed their parents.
Alright, if one were to look into it, the two were actually related. The Nine-headed Dragon was an evolved version of the seven-headed dragon, and just the skin and heart of the Nine-headed Dragon on the Borealis seemed to confirm the grudge between the two.
There weren't many top-level magical beasts of the same species, so they were more or less related. Judging from how agitated the seven-headed dragon was, it was likely that the Nine-headed Dragon had either killed its father or its husband.
And since the Borealis was participating in the battle here, the other battleship was naturally its brother, the keelbones warship Mizar.
"Sigh, it's really not easy to deal with."
On the bridge of the Borealis, Marsolit, who was the ship's control hub, had a calm expression on his face. His calm voice echoed across the bridge as he issued battle commands without a care in the world. As the temporary commander of the fleet, Pierre Papin was nervous and didn't dare to be careless.
The storm had already persisted for more than two hours. From the moment that the enemy seven-headed dragon saw the Borealis, it began summoning storms as if it had gone mad.
Winds, waves, and storms attacked at the same time. Dark clouds covered the sky, causing the entire region of the sea to become pitch-black where one couldn't even see their own fingers. The dark clouds that filled the sky blocked all vision and magical senses. It was obvious that this was an unnatural phenomenon.
"We can't hold on any longer. Reduce the power output of the floating engines by 30%. We're heading into the sea. Close all the hatches and dive down! "
The Borealis chose to enter the sea due to the constant thunder and magical beasts' attacks. The broken deck automatically began to mend itself, and the cannons that had been destroyed by lightning were repaired, ready to fire at any moment. The Nine-headed Dragon's ability to recover underwater helped to balance the scales of the battle.
Storms and giant waves constantly battered the hull of the ship. Even though it was daybreak, not a single ray of sunlight could be seen. The crazy turbulence could cause any lookout on the deck to fall into the sea. Even determining the direction of the ship had to be done through a compass. The most dangerous one was still that crazy and petty Goddess in the clouds.
After finally catching her enemy with great difficulty, Lady Storm discovered that the skin of her beloved pet was actually draped on the enemy's ship. Lady Storm, who was always in a state of hysteria, had completely fallen into madness. She poured out her divine power at all costs, and the sky was filled with thunder and lightning that rained down incessantly.
To an ordinary ship, this was a desperate situation that would cause veteran sailors to despair. Giant waves over ten meters high could overturn a fully loaded ship, but to the Borealis that had already entered the sea, it was just an annoying little wave. When a dragon entered the deep sea, no matter how terrifying the thunder and waves were, it was meaningless.
Most of the body of the ship had already entered the sea, and the cannons had been forced to stop firing. Only the mage towers on the deck were still shooting out icy blue ice crystals. In an underwater environment, only a few types of magic could still display their full power. After all, the Borealis had not been designed with underwater combat in mind, and there was no time to change the cannons to specialized underwater ammunition.
"Reporting, the sixth cabin has entered the water. There should be some damage that needs to be repaired."
"Reporting, the third cannon on the port side has a mechanical failure and has lost control. It is recommended to directly abandon it."
"The second mage tower has been struck by lightning. All spellcasters have been evacuated. There are currently no casualties. But it's too passive to only be able to take a beating. "
"A message from the Mizar: 'Is there an end to that crazy woman in the sky? This is too troublesome. Hurry up and think of a solution. Our first voyage has become our last. That's too unlucky. '"
If it was just two top-level sea monsters, the two warships would not be a problem. But Lady Storm, who had successfully advanced to become a great divine power, had gone crazy again. No matter how strong the two warships were, they were still within the scope of mortals.
Yet, the seven-headed dragon didn't hesitate to sacrifice its own body, turning it into a channel for the Queen of Storms to vent her God Power, allowing her to unleash her full strength. The endless lightning she summoned forced the two battleships to sink.
But passively taking a beating like this was not a solution. That top-level sea monster was not to be trifled with. As time passed, the Mother of Sea Monsters and other subordinates would definitely arrive, and the situation would become very difficult.
Due to the great improvement of Lady Storm after becoming a great god, the two warships of Donglan were showing signs of being unable to withstand the relentless pursuit of this jealous lady.
Bad news came one after another at high speed. Marsolit immediately sent out maintenance personnel, and by adjusting the control of the magic power pipelines, they worked hard to speed up the recovery of the damaged parts.
The surviving ships were doing their best to save themselves, and the temporary captain of the demon muscleman was already sweating profusely. Although he had Marsolit's assistance, it was obviously too much to let an ordinary captain take command of a super warship.
"The port side was hit by something heavy. It's that damned sea giant! He threw out his warhammer. "
On the blueprints of the bridge, the part that represented the damage suddenly turned red. The situation was becoming more and more dangerous. Captain Pierre instinctively looked at the passengers on the bridge for help. Even though he was asking for help with his eyes, it was still an indirect request for help.
"… Let us go out and beat them to a pulp. As long as we get rid of that seven-headed dragon that's acting as a medium, the storm will stop. "
The wavering young Knight Madison requested to go to battle. He was a captain of the Aurora Knight squadron. In order to deal with this situation, the Aurora Borealis had a squadron of fifty Aurora Knights and fifty Gold-ranked aerial Knights. Such a lineup could easily defeat a Dragonslayer.
Even in the face of the Mother of Sea Monsters' wrath and thunder, the young Knight still had the confidence of victory. They believed that the pride of the Mist Kingdom, the Aurora Knight, would be able to create a miraculous victory even in the face of the wrath of a God. Young hearts would never fear a challenge. No, they longed for adventure and challenge.
"What kind of joke is this? Ambush us in this situation? It would be strange if more than half of us didn't die. Are you trying to force me to my death? "
But how could Pierre dare to reject this young man's request to battle? It wasn't that he didn't believe in the Aurora Knight squadron's strength. If the fifty Aurora Knights split up and charged, their chances of victory wouldn't be low. But he also knew how rare and precious the Aurora Knight squadron was. If a few of them were struck to death by the God's Wrath, Roland would skin them alive. And with such a tactic, there would definitely be many casualties.
From the very start, Pierre's pleading gaze wasn't directed at Madison. Madison was only the aide of this important person who was pretending to be ignorant and watching the commotion. She was the highest leader of the Aurora Knight squadron in name.
Even if that person was still pretending to be ignorant, the desperate Pierre could only summon up his courage and ask for help. "Your Highness, what do you mean?" Only now did the true leader of the squadron wake up from a dream. Her face was filled with astonishment.
"You're asking about Renée? Renée doesn't understand naval battles. Why don't we flee? I'm not sure if those two big guys will let us go. "
Renée spouted nonsense that nobody would believe as she stuck out her tongue and pretended to be cute. Her face, which was so similar to Princess Peach's, had actually learned how to act cute. She was indeed quite dangerous. But right now, Pierre only wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood. It would be best if he spat it on her face.
When Roland discovered what was happening at Victoria Harbor, he gave the order for two airships to take a detour to Victoria Harbor as reinforcements. If they retreated, they could escape on the airships. If they entered, they could bombard Victoria Harbor. There were plenty of options.
As for why they didn't fly over land, it was because the airspace of the Bardi Empire and the Mage Country was a dangerous forbidden zone. Carelessly entering it would easily attract trouble. It was possible to enter the airspace of smaller countries as they pleased, but the Dragon Knight and high-level mages of these two countries obviously wouldn't let go of an unknown object before them.
This was just like in a certain world where there wasn't even an air force in Africa. But if a fighter airship suddenly entered the airspace of a major country … they would probably just be waiting to collect wreckage.
Originally, everything had been going quite smoothly. But the moment they entered this sea region, that Goddess of Hatred and the sea beasts and the Goddess herself came looking for them.
Not only that, a certain princess who insisted that Pierre be the captain of the airship had felt that commanding was boring a few days ago, so she forcefully transferred the captain of the Mizar over to Pierre to be the commander of the airship fleet, leaving her to do all the work. And now, she was saying that Pierre didn't understand naval battles at all and didn't want to take responsibility at all. Pierre was angrily shouting in his heart, "Can you be any more ridiculous? Don't be so unreliable like Lord Roland!" But on the surface, he could only bitterly pretend to be pitiful and hope that Renée would sympathize with him.
And the other person on the bridge was a completely honored guest. After he suddenly came looking for them, Princess Renée's main job for the past few days was to drink tea and chat with him.
Pierre didn't even dare to ask this seemingly young passenger, even though he knew that he had the ability to turn everything around. Seeing that the princess still had a "naive" expression and didn't want to take care of things, Pierre could only brace himself and continue giving orders. However, this honored guest who had come to the airship on his own suddenly spoke up.
"Little Angel, it's really outrageous of her to always argue with juniors. It's no wonder that her reputation is getting worse and worse. All of you can be my witnesses. She was the one who attacked the airship that my incarnation was on. I was only acting in reasonable self-defense. "
Everyone around him hurriedly nodded as they watched this guest attack. After all, his power level was truly a mystery. However, Renée couldn't help but chuckle. She noticed something else.
"Angel? Angel? That's such a huge contrast. No wonder she doesn't even use her own name. Even her God's name is a title. "
Angel. This name meant that she was an angel or an angel-like girl. It was one of the most common names in many human countries. But when used on Lady Storm, who was famous for holding grudges, the incongruity was obvious.
"Little brat, you actually dare to mock a True God's true name? Aren't you afraid of divine punishment?"
The black-robed young man was smiling, but his expression didn't show any signs of reprimand. The girl in front of him had been constantly testing him over the past few days, and he had also been testing the person behind her eyes, the legendary individual who was in no way inferior to Roland.
"Don't be afraid. My Big Brother Roland will protect me."
Even though she was facing a supreme existence in the mortal plane, Renée was as calm as ever. After all, she had experienced so much and was used to dealing with all sorts of existences.
"… I'm afraid that it won't be just Big Brother Roland who will protect you. Count yourself lucky. I just happen to be looking for Roland to discuss something. And even my incarnation can't directly descend to that place … "
While talking and laughing, the black-robed young man casually twisted his hand, and a white rose appeared in the void. Then, with a flick of his finger, the flower began to wither, and its petals began to fall one by one, dissipating into the air.
Renée … or should I call her Cavendish, was deep in thought. This small action seemed very simple. It seemed like he didn't do anything, but it seemed like he had done a lot. In that instant, the rules of the world were completely distorted, and something was led into the cycle of reincarnation.
It was as if the impasse just now was just a joke. In an instant, the storm in the sky had already turned into white clouds and blue sky. The next moment, the sun shone down from the clear sky. The only thing that still proved that the insane lady still existed was the pitiful cries and angry roars that everyone could hear.
"Aillé!? Why! Ahhhh, why are you here? This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy against me … Don't, don't, don't! Don't kill me! "
No one knew what Aillé had done, but everyone could hear the shock and disbelief in Lady Storm's pitiful cries. The next moment, the storm subsided, and everything returned to normal.
The two sea monsters that were left on the battlefield were stunned. When Lady Storm and Angel fled at top speed, these two unlucky ones naturally became abandoned pawns.
For a moment, besides the still smiling incarnation of the Grim Reaper, there was only Renée's voice in the bridge.
"Everyone has worked hard today. Work harder, and tonight's dragon meat hot pot will be your meal. Oh right, remember to keep all the parts of the Dragon Plate, they can be used to upgrade and perfect the Borealis. Also, remember to absorb divine substances. Brother Roland will definitely praise me for being diligent and thrifty!"
According to the rules of the Gods, even if it was only an incarnation, the True Gods still couldn't attack at will. The more powerful the God, the more it was like this. Lady Storm attacking the ship that Aillé was on was simply equivalent to directly attacking him. She was really unlucky.
When the True Gods of both sides had retreated from the battle, what was left was a battle that belonged to the mortals.
At this moment, facing the two powerful fleets, the seven-headed dragon that had already lost the divine power did not even have the strength to escape. The madness just now had already overdrawn all of her life force and physical strength. As for the Sea Giant, it had already been dragged into the deep sea by the Mizar, and a cruel battle was underway.
While everyone was busy, Aillé lightly stroked the three scrolls on his waist, and various divine lights of different colors flashed on them. Seeing that everything was normal, he heaved a sigh of relief.
The materials on these scrolls could not be identified, and the magic waves fluctuated continuously. It was obvious that they were not ordinary items.
Lady Storm's conspiracy theory was just overthinking things. If someone wanted to plot against her, they would not have the right to invite Aillé. That Aillé was on this ship was purely a coincidence.
The incarnations of True Gods would not easily appear in front of mortals. This time, he had risked the taboo to appear here. Naturally, he had something important to do, and the isolation of that plane made it impossible for him to directly appear in front of Roland through his contract. He could only think of ways to personally come to Roland.
The fact that Aillé would come to visit him from so far away was enough to prove the importance of this important matter.
Mortals had their own troubles, and True Gods had their own matters to attend to. This time, they intended to play it big. If everything succeeded, the situation of the entire world would probably be completely reversed, and even Aillé would have to come personally.
"Why don't we play together? If our plan succeeds, you guys will also feel terrible. "
One of the Main Gods of the Order Faction actually sent an invitation to the Main God of the Chaos Faction, but Renée (Cavendish) shook her head. At this point, there was no need to test him. The nature of Chaos determined that she could not participate in this plan.
"Not interested, we have our own way of playing. Besides, to me, I only hope that Roland is stronger. "
"You actually have brotherly feelings?"
"No, I only hope that when we completely defeat him, I won't feel bored."
"Aren't you afraid of losing?"
"That's not bad. As long as we have fun, the result is not important from the start."
"That's why I hate you demons. You fight and kill all day, and you're too willful. You don't even have any skills when you rob … This is what Roland said."
"Heh, that's indeed his style. That's why I also hate those hypocrites of the Order Faction. They always pretend to be useful … This is what my brother said."
"That guy really dares to say that."
"Indeed."
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