With such an eye-catching appearance, it was easy to recognize the person handcuffed to the radiator in front of me. He was none other than the current acting pope of the Heavenly Herb Cross Church, Jian Gong.
In order to protect the weak Heavenly Herb Cross Church, God Fissure Fireweaver, who was originally the female pope, had left and joined the British Puritanism. This man had temporarily become the acting pope of this local church, leading the Heavenly Herb Cross Church's followers in Japan. But why was he here now?
It seemed that he wasn't the only one here.
After Jian Gong jumped onto the deck and made a hand gesture to the people below, even more agile figures jumped onto the deck right after him. Judging from their clothing, they were all youngsters who wore ordinary or even fashionable clothing. They were no different from the trendy students on the streets of the city. Apart from the various weapons in their hands, they were basically a group of ordinary boys and girls. However, I knew quite well that these people were members of the Heaven Herb Cross Sect of Desolation.
Unlike the Roman Orthodox Church or the British Puritanism, the Heavenly Herb Cross Church's Heavenly Herb Cross Church lived in a unique place like Japan. Not only did they have to endure the direct pressure from other Cross churches, they had also been suppressed many times by the local religious forces and the shogunate in Japan's history. In order to survive in such a situation, they were the best at hiding themselves. They completely blended themselves into the lives of ordinary people. They could even hide their daily religious rituals in their daily lives. That was why they were wearing "religious attire" that was no different from ordinary people.
After the Heavenly Herb Cross Demonic Cult members jumped onto the deck, they cautiously looked around. Then, they gestured to each other and quickly dispersed. Soon, there was only one person left in front of us, Jian Gong Zhai.
"What are they doing?"
Confused, I turned to ask Qian Qian, who was busy picking ice flowers from the side of the boat.
Alright, I asked the Prophet through the Interregional Small Speaker.
"They were sent by God Fissure Fireweaver to help."
As expected, Lin Xue saw something.
"Due to their identities, God Fissure Fireweaver, who belongs to the British Puritanism, can't directly help them, just like Laura. However, the Heavenly Herb Cross Church, which is viewed as a heretic by the Roman Orthodox Church, doesn't have too many concerns. Of course, this alone isn't the reason why she chose to help them. More importantly, it seems that God Fissure Fireweaver hopes to use this opportunity to put the Heavenly Herb Cross Church under the protection of the 'Kingdom of Heaven'. That female pope has her own plans. She didn't hesitate to send her most important follower to fight the Roman Orthodox Church directly. She also wants us to protect the Heavenly Herb Cross Church in the future. It seems that the Heavenly Herb Cross Church is in a bad situation."
So be it if it's just a small plan. The reason why God Fissure Fireweaver made such a choice was only for the sake of the people she had always wanted to protect. Indeed, going by common sense, this way, after the Heavenly Herb Cross Church's followers served the 'Angel', they could be considered to be standing in the 'Kingdom of Heaven's' camp. To these religious people, even if there weren't any tangible benefits, such a matter in name was still rather important.
Other than that, the most important factor was God Fissure Fireweaver's personality. She was the type of person who would definitely repay the kindness of others. This kind of stubbornness was to the extent that it gave one a headache. Previously, we 'forgave' her for 'offending' the Angel and I personally gifted her a godly weapon. Based on God Fissure Fireweaver's personality, it would be abnormal if she didn't think of a way to help us this time.
However, should I tell that female Saint that we, the group of saviors, are actually going to leave right after we are done with our duties?
Such an unreliable thought flashed across my mind. However, I was still rather happy for the Heavenly Herb Cross Church's followers who appeared on their own. Initially, after Laura stated that she was unable to provide any help, I thought that we would have to work ourselves to death this time. I didn't expect that in the end, a bunch of coolies would pop out. How am I supposed to endure such a useful person, Little Sister Fissure Fireweaver …
Looking at how they were hiding themselves, these people probably intended to sneak into the ice warship and wait for us to arrive before taking action. Since God Fissure didn't communicate with us beforehand, this choice was the best solution. However, it was obvious that they didn't expect us to have already arrived on the ice warship. In fact, we were just a few meters away from them.
Thinking about this, I suddenly felt a little mischievous interest.
"Youngsters, your appearance has caught me by surprise."
I intentionally pretended to speak in a solemn and authoritative tone. I controlled my voice to reverberate within a 2-meter radius around Jian Gong.
The sudden voice startled this calm man. He immediately took down the 2-meter long 'Flame Sword' from his shoulder and started to look around vigilantly, looking as though he was on full alert. Of course, due to the existence of the camouflage field, he couldn't see anything.
"Relax, Jian Gong. I am the person you are waiting for. However, God Fissure didn't seem to have informed me of your arrival."
Suppressing my laughter, I continued to speak in a low voice.
God Fissure didn't seem to have informed him of the true identity of the person he was supposed to assist. Jian Gong was slightly stunned before he frowned and asked, "Are you the friend that the female Pope mentioned? So you have already snuck into the ice warship, but why didn't you show yourself? "
I was slightly astonished and asked, "Friend, huh … Then what did God Fissure tell you before?"
Jian Gong immediately revealed a vigilant expression. However, it only lasted for a moment before it was replaced with a relieved expression. "She didn't say much, only asking us to help a friend. What we need to do is to sneak into one of the ice warships and wait for your arrival. As for the matters after that … The female Pope told us to listen to your orders."
Just such a vague order? The members of the Heavenly Herb Cross Church were truly loyal to their former female Pope to the point of speechlessness. Even if God Fissure ordered them to die, these people would immediately turn around and find a piece of paper to write their wills. Of course, I didn't believe that God Fissure would dare to let her trusted follower take such a risk. She probably still had many things to tell her. At the very least, Jian Gong and his group must have had some sort of arrangement for daring to sneak into the ice warship. However, it seemed that Jian Gong wouldn't tell me anything more than that.
"How many people did you bring? How did you know that we were on this ship? "
I asked curiously. There were more than a hundred warships in the Empress' fleet. God Fissure didn't even inform us beforehand before sending these strong men, as though she was trying to drag us down with her. For the people of the Heavenly Herb Cross to sneak into these warships and meet up with an unknown person, it was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.
"We have around two hundred people here," Jian Gong replied. "As for meeting you here, that is just a coincidence. The female Pope seems to have a lot of trust in your strength. She told us that as long as we do our best to create a certain amount of chaos on the warship after the battle begins, it would be fine even if we don't meet up with you. Although in terms of battle prowess, we don't have enough power to shake such a large fleet, but if it's just infiltration and destruction, it should be an easy task for us."
So that was the case. In that case, Lin Xue and I had misunderstood God Fissure from the start. The main thing that she was thinking of was to repay us.
"Then, in a while, you should help to save them. The risk of destruction is too great. Furthermore, I already have my own plans."
After thinking for a moment, I arranged the most suitable job for them. Although the people of the Heavenly Herb Cross were powerful, they didn't have enough people. It would be fine if they were to rely on their stealth skills to hide on an ice ship, but they were too weak to fight against the entire Empress' fleet. God Fissure definitely didn't intend to use her people as cannon fodder from the start. Otherwise, Jian Gong would have directly infiltrated the enemy's flagship.
"Save them?" Jian Gong nodded. "We have a convenient way to disembark from the ship. When the time comes, we only need to …"
I interrupted him with a smile. "I'm afraid that won't be enough. I am referring to the entire crew of the Empress' fleet."
"I know that you have a special magic that allows you to rapidly build ships. In a while, the entire Empress' fleet might collapse in an instant. All you have to do is to help save the prisoners of war. Of course, if the other party doesn't cooperate, just let them fend for themselves."
After saying that, I didn't care about the shocked and incredulous expression on Jian Gong's face. I immediately led Shallow Shallow and Pandora out of the frigate.
The Queen of the Adriatic Sea, the flagship of the entire Empress' fleet. Due to its massive size and unconcealable energy waves, it was as eye-catching as a pearl in the night sky. Without any effort, the three of us had already arrived on the largest ice ship. Unlike the frigate that was constantly patrolling, we didn't see a single person when we arrived here.
Pandora activated the life signature detector. After a long while, she said, "All signs of life are on the lower deck. This place should be guarded by those automatic defense mechanisms."
"Magic is really amazing." Shallow Shallow sighed. "A few centuries ago, they were already able to create automatic door guards."
"But a few centuries later, they were still only able to create automatic door guards. Compared to technology, the advancement of magic requires too much time and higher requirements. Other than in high-energy worlds, it would be a tragedy to cultivate magic in a civilization where technology prevails."
Of course, that didn't include the superhumans of the Xiling Empire …
Due to the fact that the entire battleship was constantly being maintained by the "Ice Transformation Magic", the ever-present and overlapping chaotic magic greatly interfered with conventional energy sensing. Our clairvoyance hacks were now filled with snowflakes, and we could only use the most conservative method of probing the battleship. That was why I didn't like dungeons, especially those that didn't have a minimap.
Pandora led the way while Qian Qian and I looked around curiously. The structure of this ice warship seemed rather strange. Its internal structure was filled with useless corridors and rooms, completely unsuitable for a warship. There were often one or two turns that appeared out of nowhere in front of us, but in reality, these turns would change direction again after a few meters. If my subordinate designed this thing, I would have shot that bastard on the spot for being such a pain in the ass doctrine.
Of course, I knew that this thing definitely had some magical significance, such as a large-scale permanent magic circle or three-dimensional rune. But now, it seemed that it was just a way to infuriate a bunch of people who had lost their clairvoyance hacks.
"Big brother, there's a large number of energy traps in front of us."
Pandora's sudden voice interrupted my gloomy exploration of the map. The little rascal had already taken out her signature machine cannon and was currently staring ahead with a solemn expression.
I hammered the little rascal on the head. "We're moving stealthily!"
Pandora replied with an "Oh" and reluctantly swapped the machine cannon for a pair of battleship slicing blades with lightning dancing around them.
I had Alaya activate his magic interference to hypnotize the large number of traps in front of us. Then, we carefully stepped into one of them.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly — the spacious and dark frozen corridor was still peaceful. A large number of Jedi Knights didn't suddenly appear after we entered. Circles of white light emanated from beneath my feet, constantly pacifying the restless defensive mechanisms. Alaya's power had an absolute advantage against magical creations. At this moment, I felt as though I had finally become a main character who was stepping on a halo. I couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in my heart.
In the next second, the wall beside us suddenly let out a crisp crack.
"Shallow Shallow, did you hear something just now?"
I thought that I was imagining things, so I turned to ask Shallow Shallow.
The little rascal was leaning against the wall and using an ice cube as a mirror. She was even making funny faces — at least give me a sense of nervousness!
"Crash!"
The sound of crystal shattering behind me immediately broke my concentration. I instinctively dodged to the side, and an armored warrior made entirely out of ice raised its spear and rushed past my hair.
"The defensive mechanisms have been activated!"
I shouted loudly as I casually detonated an ice guard that had just separated from the ice wall and was charging towards me with its weapon raised. At the same time, Pandora brandished the battleship slicing blade in her hand and charged towards the other side, smashing the wall that was continuously producing ice guards into smithereens.
"How annoying …"
Just as I eliminated the first wave of enemies, Shallow Shallow's gloomy voice suddenly sounded behind me. Then, a low pressure suddenly spread out. The Shallow Shallow whose personality had changed slightly lowered her head, and I couldn't see her expression clearly. She only said one sentence in a low voice, "These pieces of trash are only a waste of my time …"
"Die in the endless passage of time!!"
"Boom!!"
The densely packed sound of something collapsing could be heard. The entire corridor was in serious structural chaos as time flew by, and finally, it collapsed into sparkling shards that filled the sky.
But right after that, even more orderly and heavy sounds of armor rubbing against each other and the sound of heavy objects sliding on the ice surface could be heard from all directions.
"Brother Monarch!" Alaya's voice rang out. "The magic here has changed, and all the ice that formed the ice ship has become something that can continuously produce guards. I need some time to recalculate this magic!"
I rushed forward and clamped the violent loli who was happily hacking away at the ice cube under my armpit. Then, I turned around and called out to Shallow Shallow, "Little rascal! Stop wasting time! We've already alerted the guards! Hurry up and find Sylvia! "
Meow, I should have known that I would never be able to successfully carry out the Hidden Dragon Reconnaissance Mission in this lifetime!
Just as Alaya had said, the magic in this battleship was extremely strange. It was actually able to continuously reconstruct itself. Only the heavens knew when I had triggered the mechanism. Now, no matter where we went, the surrounding layer of ice would immediately turn into a field of guards. Pandora, who was clamped under my armpit, wasn't willing to rest for even a moment. She threw plasma grenades all over the place while being clamped under my armpit. Shallow Shallow, on the other hand, activated her Death Force Field to its maximum, causing the time around us to vibrate crazily in millisecond intervals. The guards who were charging around were either blasted into smithereens by the grenades or turned into pure water by time. In the end, I couldn't be bothered with these two crazy brats anymore, and decided to use them as mobile door openers. Wherever the trio of politicians and civilians of the Imperial Army passed by, the place would become a complete mess.
"They're over there!"
A loud shout suddenly came from not too far away. From the corner of my eyes, I saw a small group of black-cloaked men wearing priest robes rush out from a corner. The leader of the group was holding a weapon that looked like a javelin, but the spearhead was so long that it was against the rules. He pointed it in our direction and shouted.
These fellows definitely didn't have the average IQ! Any normal person would have turned around and run when they saw the rapidly collapsing space behind these three invaders!
"You shall rot in your own flesh and blood!"
Shallow Shallow suddenly shouted before I could make my move. Then, the Romans who tried to stop her didn't even have the chance to scream before they suddenly turned into black streaks that filled the sky. This skill, which she called Thousand Years of Death, was even more effective than Pandora's cannons against humans with short lifespans.
"More enemies are approaching."
Pandora suddenly said calmly in my armpit. Then, she casually took out a shiny oval-shaped object and threw it far away.
"Hey! Brat! "
"Boom!!!"
"Don't throw a Quantum Bomb indoors, cough cough …"
I snatched the other Quantum Bomb from Pandora's hands. How could this child not know her limits!?
"Alarm device interference complete."
It was at this moment that Alaya finally spoke up in a leisurely manner.
… At this time, if I said, "Let's continue stealthily, will you kill me?"
However, even though the enemies had been alerted, the Quantum Bomb that Pandora threw still successfully distracted them. Even though it was just a small grenade, its powerful shockwave probably destroyed a third of the entire upper deck area. Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, the three of us from the Empire Demolition Department swiftly moved to the lower deck area. Then, with the help of Pandora's life detector, we evaded the other scouts and gradually approached a place where magic was operating in a way that was obviously different from the others.
"Strange, why aren't there so many guards here?"
From the life detector that Pandora shared with us, there were actually only a few living beings behind this door. This greatly surprised us, who were already preparing for the boss battle.
"Bosses in real life shouldn't be this stupid, right?"
I muttered to myself. Then, a man's voice suddenly echoed in the air around us. "Since you can come here, why don't you have the courage to come in?"
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