When the gloomy sunlight shone through the dirty clouds and onto the land of Tirisfal, the huge aerial fleet finally completed the long journey over the Endless Sea and reached the edge of the Eastern Continent. When the shadow of land finally appeared on the distant horizon, all of us let out a sigh of relief.
Of course, this was excluding the warriors of other species who had become overly excited under the "God's Glory." They still felt that we were advancing too quickly, so much so that they hadn't had the chance to properly enjoy the glorious and epic battle. For these unlucky natives who had always been suppressed by the demons and undead armies, it was quite rare for them to be able to fight to their heart's content and trample on the enemy. This was all thanks to the fact that they had found an absolutely strong backer, even if this backer was currently making everyone feel like they were going crazy.
It had been more than three days since the first large-scale ambush.
I admit that the sentence at the beginning of this chapter was used to mislead people. In reality, this wasn't the morning of the second day, but the dawn of three days later. In other words, we had used nearly four days to cross this annoying Endless Sea.
For the warriors of the various races, this was already a miraculous speed. The Endless Sea was wide and the most difficult distance to cross in this world. In the middle of the sea, there was a huge whirlpool that even the sturdiest ships had to go around, which made the distance even more difficult to cross. Under normal circumstances, it would take the natives of Azeroth at least more than a month to cross this vast sea. The goblins' airships might be a little faster, if you could ignore the danger of turning into fireworks on the way.
The goblins' technology would eventually explode.
To the natives of Azeroth, using less than four days to cross the Endless Sea was an unbelievable miracle. They even called this speed a miracle that could only be performed by God's Armament. However, to us, this speed was really too slow, so slow that it made our teeth itch.
Originally, with the speed of the Schilling Airship, even the most ordinary cruising flight, it would only take us a day to cross this sea. If we activated the micro-space warp accelerator, we could even circle the entire Planet Azeroth in a few hours. However, the annoying thing was that the enemy clearly didn't want us to reach the Eastern Continent so quickly. On the way, we encountered more than ten ambushes and interceptions. The scale of the ambushes was very small, but the number was just enough to slow us down to deal with them. Only the heavens knew how the enemy still had such a large number of troops left after that tragic battle that night. Furthermore, that Eternal-class giant airship that was hidden in some unknown encrypted space was also a constant threat to us. Its powerful spatial interference device made it impossible for us to even use short-distance warp to avoid a battle, so we could only obediently use the normal cruising method to fly, while being harassed by countless flies.
No matter what, their goal was achieved. We used four times the time to complete this journey that wasn't considered far in the eyes of the Shiring Apostles.
Although I didn't want to admit it, this time, a certain knight-faced pirate had displayed abilities that made me look at him in a whole new light. Since we didn't encounter a true large-scale ambush, leaders like Sandora and Pandora didn't need to participate in the battle at all. Instead, the overall commander of everything was Sicarro, who was skilled in defense and counterattack. As expected of an excellent expert in defense. As long as there were enough people, he would be able to prevent his troops from suffering any damage in any situation, and at the same time, bring unforgettable damage to the enemy. This excellent talent had long been displayed when he led a small merchant group near the school to successfully subvert the entire K City's Town Security team. This time, he finally found a more suitable stage to perform on. Although the troops sent by the enemy to harass us were far from being comparable to the first large-scale ambush, the dozen or so random attacks were still a force that couldn't be underestimated. However, Sicarro relied on his talent in commanding and unique apostle abilities to allow us to remain unharmed in this series of interception. In fact, we didn't even lose a single soldier and completely annihilated the Ice Dragons' interception team seven times — I had to admit that this was a rather astonishing achievement.
Just like that, even though we were delayed for three days, we succeeded in igniting an unprecedented fighting spirit in the elite warriors of the various races, and deeply imprinting the strength of the Shiring Apostles into every single one of their hearts. Being intercepted more than ten times without a single injury, and even completely annihilating the enemy's invading troops, this kind of strength was enough to raise their morale to an inconceivable level. From this point, Sicarro, who had been acting as the commander of the defense and counterattack team, deserved the most credit. It would have been even better if he could stop trying to sell the so-called "magical disc that gathered the power of light" to the representatives of the various races after the battle.
"They're stalling for time."
Standing on the top platform of the Sky Fortress's command tower, I looked at the edge of the continent that was gradually becoming clearer in front of me. I was quite depressed, and I knew that apart from the warriors of the various races who didn't understand the truth and were already a little overly excited, there were many others who were just as depressed as I was, such as Sandora and the others.
We had fallen into the enemy's trap. Perhaps it couldn't be said to be a trap, because it was simply an overt plot. The enemy didn't hide their strategy of stalling for time at all, and they used such a direct method to intercept us. They didn't seek to kill us, only to obstruct us, and they succeeded. We were delayed by the endless troops for three whole days, and it took a total of four days to pass through this damned Boundless Sea.
Pandora was standing right behind me. She was as quiet as usual and didn't say a single word. Her presence was so faint that it was easy for people to unintentionally overlook her. However, I could faintly sense that Pandora had a lot on her mind today.
"It's not your fault." Shallow Shallow, who was more attentive than me, naturally noticed Pandora's worries more acutely. "You didn't do anything."
At this moment, Lin Xue, who was a master of spoilers, once again displayed her unique ability to speak without regard for the occasion. She blurted out without thinking, "However, the enemy did use Pandora to locate us …"
Shallow Shallow and I immediately glared at her viciously.
Under the gaze of what could be said to be the strongest couple in history, Lin Xue quickly gave up. She raised her hands in surrender and said, "Alright, alright. I was wrong, but I was just speaking the truth, right?"
This was the second point that gave me a headache. Although Pandora had shut down the soul uploading port, the enemy obviously still knew our location. The fact that we had been ambushed for the past three days proved that. Even though we had changed our course multiple times and tried all kinds of camouflage forcefields, the undead soldiers would still pop out from the space door or behind the clouds, surprising us and driving me crazy. Sandora had provided a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon.
There was a mysterious bond between Pandora and Visca. It was similar to the mental connection between the Asida and Asidora twins. It had nothing to do with the soul uploading port and should be categorized as a mysterious power. Through this bond, Pandora and Visca could sense each other's presence at any time and our location would be exposed.
That was the truth. With Sandora's help, Pandora intentionally sensed the unexpected younger sister. As expected, she found a faint aura from her. The location was the enemy's main camp, Undercity.
This seemingly equal sharing of information didn't benefit us at all because the enemy was there. From the start, we knew that Undercity was our target. Even the natural duo, Little Bubble and Jingle, knew that our enemy was in Circle Circle City. Knowing that one of the enemy's leaders was stationed in Undercity was meaningless to us. However, to the enemy, being able to accurately grasp our movements in the boundless Endless Ocean was a good thing because they had obtained countless chances to ambush us …
This was also the reason why Pandora felt guilty. In the end, it was because of her that we were exposed to the enemy.
Perhaps Visca wasn't willing to hurt us, but the problem was that a mentally unstable lunatic was easy to make use of. Even with my brain that wasn't good at scheming, I could think of no less than ten ways to sell Visca out in a short period of time and get her to help me count the money. Needless to say, the old foxes of the fallen apostles who had lived for who knew how many years. With just a ridiculous reason, Visca would tell them our whereabouts. She wouldn't even realize that it would bring great trouble to her dear brother.
In the future, this point was proven …
As for Visca's existence, after careful consideration, I still chose to announce it to the public. That was because sooner or later, we would all have to face that crazy little girl. Rather than confuse ourselves due to surprise and confusion, it would be better to give her a heads-up now so that we could prepare for our future operations.
Sandora obviously knew about the "Immortal" plan, but she obviously didn't expect that the main participant in that grand but ultimately aborted plan was actually little Pandora. And this queen, who was used to seeing sorrow and joy, couldn't help but deeply sigh at the birth of Visca.
What comforted me was that everyone had great sympathy for Visca and was supportive of my decision. Of course, this was also due to Lin Xue's prophecy. At the very least, nobody was willing to try and destroy Visca after knowing that she would be of great help to them in the future. This wasn't a game. After the game was over, there wouldn't be a second chance.
"Right now, I really want to know why those fellows are delaying us."
I bent down and stroked Pandora's little head. Then, I shifted my gaze to a group of black dots that had suddenly appeared in the distance.
It was another group of enemies, but this time, they shouldn't be small fries that had come to delay us. Coming to the border of the Eastern Continent, it would be difficult to carry out any delaying tactics at this distance. So, this time, we would be facing a real confrontation. It had nothing to do with strategies or conspiracies, but a real confrontation.
Lin Xue glanced at me and said, "I'll try my best. But at this point, the interference I've received is quite severe. Don't hold too much hope. This situation isn't suitable for a prophet to deal with. I'll leave the matter of risking my life to you, Lord Knight."
After saying that, Lin Xue turned around and walked towards the entrance of the command tower. Meanwhile, I focused my attention on the black figures that were becoming more and more obvious.
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