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Chapter 571: Blood Sacrifice for the Meito!
Unbeknownst to anyone, the commotion inside the castle had subsided.
Both sides seemed to have restrained their destructive power, allowing the only building on this small island to be preserved, at least as an entity, without harm.
However.
The main hall inside the castle was a mess, with frozen ice pillars, ice spikes, and shattered ice cubes everywhere. Three of the stone pillars were completely broken, replaced by an ice pillar.
"How could you possibly beat me, idiot~"
Esdeath's lips curled up as she looked proudly at the insect queen, Meilard, who was frozen below the neck. Facing a friend she had known since she was a teenager, she inadvertently revealed her girlish side.
"You idiot, there has to be a limit to how fanatical you are about war, right?"
"What's the point of fighting a war that is bound to be lost, and might even result in death?"
"Follow my plan, and you'll have a chance to change your identity and join the World Government, then follow them to participate in the conquest of Other Worlds. Isn't that more appealing to you!"
Meilard calmed down, no longer struggling, and looked at Esdeath's ice crystal-like blue eyes, making her final effort, sentence by sentence.
"A war that is bound to be lost?"
Esdeath's sky-blue eyebrows twitched. She reached for her slender waist with her right hand and smiled, "The way you say that makes me even more interested. I've never tasted the flavor of defeat~"
But when Meilard spoke her last sentence, a radiance suddenly burst forth in Esdeath's eyes.
"The Conquest of Other Worlds..."
Esdeath's eyes immediately filled with longing and greed. To be honest, at this moment, she was truly tempted, even having thoughts of directly defecting to the World Government.
However, she ultimately suppressed it, because it was simply impossible for her to commit an act of desertion on the battlefield.
Of course.
If she used her full ability and still lost in the end, and the other party allowed her to continue living, then she could consider joining them.
Thinking of this, Esdeath waved her right hand, turning the ice on Meilard's body into ice crystals that dissipated. Then, stepping on her white high heels, she twisted her beautiful waist and walked towards the castle main gate.
Just then, Meilard's angry voice came from behind.
"If you die, don't expect me to avenge you. I will absolutely not provoke the World Government for you. On the contrary, I will fiercely mock your overestimation of yourself at your graveside!"
"Heh heh, then you can keep me company and talk more when that time comes~"
Esdeath chuckled softly without turning her head.
Finally, she disappeared from Meilard's resentful line of sight.
Bang.
Meilard slumped tiredly onto the frozen ground, biting her lip, and sighed softly.
"Then there's only one way left. I'll join the World Government first..."
The risk of doing this was great. She was very likely to be subjected to inhuman interrogation and abuse.
But this was also the fastest way to infiltrate the World Government.
"Since the World Government can accept talent from the previous three worlds, there's no reason why Esdeath and I would be rejected!"
Thinking of this, Meilard forced herself to stand up despite her tired body.
She had to ensure that both she and Esdeath survived!
At the same time.
On The Empire's side, a force of fifty thousand troops led by Army Lieutenant General Nahas as the commander, with Izo, also an Army Lieutenant General, as the deputy general.
They had arrived at the Northern Territory edge a few days ago and were stationed Inside the City of the Fortress City not far from Baldass Town.
This fortress was originally built by The Empire a hundred years ago for the conquest of the Randell People in the North. Since then, it had been in a state of being abandoned.
But because the construction materials used were large stones, its overall function was still present as an entity.
Now, it only needed people to clear the weeds and clean it up.
Nahas used this fortress as the Command Center, fully deploying the situation of the fifty thousand large army, confronting the Main Combat Division led by Vice Admiral Onigumo and the ten thousand Auxiliary Legion.
Recently, the two sides had already begun small-scale probing combat.
"Didn't they say that the enemy's soldiers all fight with blades?"
Nahas stood on the city wall, looking at the frontline force in the distance with his ordinary single-barreled telescope, asking in confusion.
At this moment.
Both sides' troops were relying on the trenches they had temporarily dug, shooting at each other with their automatic rifles or machine guns. The air was filled with whistling cannonballs, creating clusters of explosion firelight on both sides' positions.
In addition.
A small number of black heavy tanks also began to enter the field, but they were quickly blocked by a group of giant crab-type danger beasts.
They were a type of first-class danger beast called 'Rossikansa', originating from the East Blue.
Because their carapaces were comparable to steel, their two crab claws could break metal and shatter stone, and they also had the ability to spray strong acid bubbles, they were highly valued by the Imperial Army and often used for assault missions.
Over hundreds of years.
On the Western Battlefield against the Alchemy Kingdom, they had massacred countless enemy Heavy Cavalry Legions and blocked who knows how many Alchemist attacks for their own soldiers.
At this moment.
They were once again engaged in a desperate struggle with the 'Steel Monsters' of these Otherworld Invaders on this northern land.
[Roar! Roar! Roar!]
The gun barrels of the tanks continuously spewed out scorching flame and red cannonballs.
Some hit a 'Giant Crab' directly, blowing it into a bloody mess, while others were flexibly dodged by the enemy, who then approached and corroded both the Human and the vehicle with strong acid bubbles.
Or they were directly torn apart and disassembled by 'Crab Claws', and the Auxiliary Soldiers from the Demon Slayer World inside naturally could not escape the result of being slaughtered.
Behind these 'Rossikansa', there were also some 'Flame Rabbits'.
Their hair color varied, white, black, gray, yellowish-brown, a wide variety, but they all had three common features.
Giant Body Size, Agility/Dexterity, and rabbit ears and tails that burned with flame.
They cleverly used the 'Giant Crabs' as 'Shields', occasionally spraying Fireballs with a Diameter of a full meter towards the Heavy Tanks or the Trenches of the Auxiliary Legion further behind.
The Range of these Fireballs was clearly greater than that of the 'Strong Acid Bubbles', but their Effect on Heavy Tanks was not very good, at least not capable of destroying them with a single shot.
However, their Explosion range was larger, and they did burn to death quite a few auxiliary soldiers.
"Vice Admiral, according to the latest intelligence from the Secret Police Force, these troops wearing green military uniforms and carrying firearms recently arrived in our world from that Star Gate. It is speculated that they might be their Second-line Force!"
An Army Colonel behind Nahas quickly replied.
"Second-line Force?"
Nahas turned his head and glanced at him speechlessly.
Their Second-line Force was fighting fiercely with their own Frontline Force. What kind of situation was this!
"Heh heh, the Second-line Force is equipped with a full set of Firearm Equipment, but the Frontline Force only fights with a single blade? Interesting. This is very similar to my hometown. I really want to spar with them soon."
Just then, Vice Admiral Izo, who was standing nearby, sneered, eager to try.
He was a middle-aged swordsman about 1.8 meters tall, dressed completely like a Samurai, with black hair and black eyes, and a malt stalk he found somewhere in his mouth.
The most eye-catching thing about him was the Katana with a white Hilt and white sheath hanging at his waist.
"And use the life of these Otherworlders to perform a Blood Sacrifice for this Meito, 'River Snow'..."
Unbeknownst to anyone, the commotion inside the castle had subsided.
Both sides seemed to have restrained their destructive power, allowing the only building on this small island to be preserved, at least as an entity, without harm.
However.
The main hall inside the castle was a mess, with frozen ice pillars, ice spikes, and shattered ice cubes everywhere. Three of the stone pillars were completely broken, replaced by an ice pillar.
"How could you possibly beat me, idiot~"
Esdeath's lips curled up as she looked proudly at the insect queen, Meilard, who was frozen below the neck. Facing a friend she had known since she was a teenager, she inadvertently revealed her girlish side.
"You idiot, there has to be a limit to how fanatical you are about war, right?"
"What's the point of fighting a war that is bound to be lost, and might even result in death?"
"Follow my plan, and you'll have a chance to change your identity and join the World Government, then follow them to participate in the conquest of Other Worlds. Isn't that more appealing to you!"
Meilard calmed down, no longer struggling, and looked at Esdeath's ice crystal-like blue eyes, making her final effort, sentence by sentence.
"A war that is bound to be lost?"
Esdeath's sky-blue eyebrows twitched. She reached for her slender waist with her right hand and smiled, "The way you say that makes me even more interested. I've never tasted the flavor of defeat~"
But when Meilard spoke her last sentence, a radiance suddenly burst forth in Esdeath's eyes.
"The Conquest of Other Worlds..."
Esdeath's eyes immediately filled with longing and greed. To be honest, at this moment, she was truly tempted, even having thoughts of directly defecting to the World Government.
However, she ultimately suppressed it, because it was simply impossible for her to commit an act of desertion on the battlefield.
Of course.
If she used her full ability and still lost in the end, and the other party allowed her to continue living, then she could consider joining them.
Thinking of this, Esdeath waved her right hand, turning the ice on Meilard's body into ice crystals that dissipated. Then, stepping on her white high heels, she twisted her beautiful waist and walked towards the castle main gate.
Just then, Meilard's angry voice came from behind.
"If you die, don't expect me to avenge you. I will absolutely not provoke the World Government for you. On the contrary, I will fiercely mock your overestimation of yourself at your graveside!"
"Heh heh, then you can keep me company and talk more when that time comes~"
Esdeath chuckled softly without turning her head.
Finally, she disappeared from Meilard's resentful line of sight.
Bang.
Meilard slumped tiredly onto the frozen ground, biting her lip, and sighed softly.
"Then there's only one way left. I'll join the World Government first..."
The risk of doing this was great. She was very likely to be subjected to inhuman interrogation and abuse.
But this was also the fastest way to infiltrate the World Government.
"Since the World Government can accept talent from the previous three worlds, there's no reason why Esdeath and I would be rejected!"
Thinking of this, Meilard forced herself to stand up despite her tired body.
She had to ensure that both she and Esdeath survived!
At the same time.
On The Empire's side, a force of fifty thousand troops led by Army Lieutenant General Nahas as the commander, with Izo, also an Army Lieutenant General, as the deputy general.
They had arrived at the Northern Territory edge a few days ago and were stationed Inside the City of the Fortress City not far from Baldass Town.
This fortress was originally built by The Empire a hundred years ago for the conquest of the Randell People in the North. Since then, it had been in a state of being abandoned.
But because the construction materials used were large stones, its overall function was still present as an entity.
Now, it only needed people to clear the weeds and clean it up.
Nahas used this fortress as the Command Center, fully deploying the situation of the fifty thousand large army, confronting the Main Combat Division led by Vice Admiral Onigumo and the ten thousand Auxiliary Legion.
Recently, the two sides had already begun small-scale probing combat.
"Didn't they say that the enemy's soldiers all fight with blades?"
Nahas stood on the city wall, looking at the frontline force in the distance with his ordinary single-barreled telescope, asking in confusion.
At this moment.
Both sides' troops were relying on the trenches they had temporarily dug, shooting at each other with their automatic rifles or machine guns. The air was filled with whistling cannonballs, creating clusters of explosion firelight on both sides' positions.
In addition.
A small number of black heavy tanks also began to enter the field, but they were quickly blocked by a group of giant crab-type danger beasts.
They were a type of first-class danger beast called 'Rossikansa', originating from the East Blue.
Because their carapaces were comparable to steel, their two crab claws could break metal and shatter stone, and they also had the ability to spray strong acid bubbles, they were highly valued by the Imperial Army and often used for assault missions.
Over hundreds of years.
On the Western Battlefield against the Alchemy Kingdom, they had massacred countless enemy Heavy Cavalry Legions and blocked who knows how many Alchemist attacks for their own soldiers.
At this moment.
They were once again engaged in a desperate struggle with the 'Steel Monsters' of these Otherworld Invaders on this northern land.
[Roar! Roar! Roar!]
The gun barrels of the tanks continuously spewed out scorching flame and red cannonballs.
Some hit a 'Giant Crab' directly, blowing it into a bloody mess, while others were flexibly dodged by the enemy, who then approached and corroded both the Human and the vehicle with strong acid bubbles.
Or they were directly torn apart and disassembled by 'Crab Claws', and the Auxiliary Soldiers from the Demon Slayer World inside naturally could not escape the result of being slaughtered.
Behind these 'Rossikansa', there were also some 'Flame Rabbits'.
Their hair color varied, white, black, gray, yellowish-brown, a wide variety, but they all had three common features.
Giant Body Size, Agility/Dexterity, and rabbit ears and tails that burned with flame.
They cleverly used the 'Giant Crabs' as 'Shields', occasionally spraying Fireballs with a Diameter of a full meter towards the Heavy Tanks or the Trenches of the Auxiliary Legion further behind.
The Range of these Fireballs was clearly greater than that of the 'Strong Acid Bubbles', but their Effect on Heavy Tanks was not very good, at least not capable of destroying them with a single shot.
However, their Explosion range was larger, and they did burn to death quite a few auxiliary soldiers.
"Vice Admiral, according to the latest intelligence from the Secret Police Force, these troops wearing green military uniforms and carrying firearms recently arrived in our world from that Star Gate. It is speculated that they might be their Second-line Force!"
An Army Colonel behind Nahas quickly replied.
"Second-line Force?"
Nahas turned his head and glanced at him speechlessly.
Their Second-line Force was fighting fiercely with their own Frontline Force. What kind of situation was this!
"Heh heh, the Second-line Force is equipped with a full set of Firearm Equipment, but the Frontline Force only fights with a single blade? Interesting. This is very similar to my hometown. I really want to spar with them soon."
Just then, Vice Admiral Izo, who was standing nearby, sneered, eager to try.
He was a middle-aged swordsman about 1.8 meters tall, dressed completely like a Samurai, with black hair and black eyes, and a malt stalk he found somewhere in his mouth.
The most eye-catching thing about him was the Katana with a white Hilt and white sheath hanging at his waist.
"And use the life of these Otherworlders to perform a Blood Sacrifice for this Meito, 'River Snow'..."
