Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

The airship's load capacity was already quite strained. Moreover, the Sarkaz Military Council had rushed the airship's construction in order to take advantage of the window of opportunity created by the Victorian nobles' assassination attempt on the king, resulting in numerous malfunctions and hidden dangers.

"The warships soaring through the sky remind me of—"

"It reminds me of the warships of the Agor Coast Guard."

Laurentina uttered a word that surprised Skadi.

"Shark, do you remember the Coast Guard?"

Skadi's voice was somewhat excited. Under Lotin's care, the shark seemed to recall more of her memories.

"What a majestic warship, defying the shackles of gravity, arrogantly perched atop Nautilus's head."

Laurentina's words were less an expression of praise and more a warning and a threat.

“Those horned land people thought that by escaping into the sky, they could escape Nautilus’s wrath.”

Laurentina made a praying gesture and looked up at the airship in the sky.

"Sky."

Skadi vaguely remembered that Agor's science officers had proposed a plan to break through the Star Pod and explore space, but all of this was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Sea Devastation.

The Agor live in the deep sea, but their understanding of the sky far surpasses that of the land dwellers who live exposed to the air.

The Sarkaz airship, shrouded in red rain, finally broke through the storm gathering near the Shard Tower to confront the gray-white giant tearing the city apart.

Small and medium caliber rapid-fire cannons spewed out enough fury to tear the enemy apart from above. Countless fragments and polluting dust lingered at a height of 30 to 40 meters, and billowing black smoke obscured Lotin's figure.

He held Theresa in his palm and activated his W ability, Titan's Wrath. The engraved brass shield simply rotated, producing a dull thud. The shrapnel from the airship was obscured, and Lotin realized that his cover was designed to help bring Theresa back to the airship.

As long as Lotin keeps Theresa under his control for the time being, the Sarkaz airship will be in a dilemma where it is difficult to continue descending or ascending to leave.

"You must destroy the airship; that is one of Sarkaz's hopes."

In Lotin's palm, Theresa finally showed a hint of fear.

As for whether it was Theresia herself who showed fear, or the Sarkaz spirits who showed fear, Lotin had no idea.

He didn't care to know. He was simply waiting for the airship to descend to a level where the Deep Sea Impact could lock onto it.

This time, the Shard will no longer have a strong enough storm to counteract the pillars of blood rising from the wounds in the earth, and the airships, as the Shard's final guidance system, will be unable to react to the area directly below it.

"The Sarkaz really do like corpses."

"They made good use of the corpses of the previous demon kings and the corpses of giant beasts without wasting a single one."

"Carrion eaters will even devour the corpses of enemy soldiers to nourish themselves."

"The roaming behemoth was killed by the Blood Demon and has now become the keel of this airship."

It is said that the consciousness of this giant beast is still observing this land in some other space.

"If it gets any closer, it will fall..."

"Or perhaps your beloved brother, just like four years ago, will sacrifice you once again for the future of the Sarkaz in his eyes."

Chapter 130: Gu, kill me!

"Before the Tower of Babel collapsed, wasn't it your brother Theresa who made a deal with the Doctor?"

Fragments rubbed and collided with the armor. These medium and light artillery pieces utilized 100% Victoria technology, so they still used Terran-style Originium shells, which were essentially highly polluting grenades.

In addition to conventional weapons, the airship also has a main cannon powered by the power of the dead souls in the furnace, with enough force to destroy Victoria's high-speed warships in one shot.

But Theresa was in Lotin's hands at that moment, and the airship had only made an emergency landing to rescue her, so why would it arbitrarily start the main gun?

Small and medium-caliber defensive guns with insufficient propellant charges were unable to inflict even substantial damage on Lotin.

Lotin's health points are indeed decreasing, but the amount of decrease is negligible compared to his total health points after he has grown to a gigantic size.

"My life is insignificant for the future of the Sarkaz."

A puppet possessed by the souls of the Sarkaz ancestors can certainly act fearlessly, which is completely different from Theresa's unwavering determination to sacrifice herself for her ideals during her lifetime.

"So, your brother's life is insignificant compared to the Sarkaz's righteousness?"

The giant silently endured the attacks. Theresis, observing the Conqueror from the bridge, knew, of course, that the Conqueror possessed an attack method that was almost impossible to dodge.

In Summoner's Rift, the powerful crowd control ability, Deep Sea Impact, ensures Nautilus's minimum skill ceiling.

Even though online gameplay is relatively straightforward, the ultimate ability unleashed by the Deepsea Titan can still be effective in team fights.

A painful hesitation flickered in Theresis's mind: just how far could the conqueror's blood pillar extend?

Did the range of the spell expand or shrink proportionally between then and now?

The regent was unable to make a reasonable judgment without basic intelligence and information.

"Separate the guidance components of The Shard."

Therese briefly closed his eyes. When executing the airship war plan, the far-sighted regent had already considered the disastrous consequences of this airship becoming a free-falling coffin.

However, using escape-grade ground effect vehicles to carry guidance components for the Shattered Tower would result in the deaths of countless Sarkaz warriors and airships.

Ground effect vehicles had already departed in batches before the airship descended to a dangerous altitude to transfer the guidance components of the Shard, at the cost of the airship becoming an inescapable aerial coffin.

“Your brother doesn’t seem to have given up on you, Princess of Sarkaz.”

At a height of 1200 meters, and then 1000 meters, the airship was close enough. The hook axe, about the size of a building a dozen meters tall, simply swung and dispersed the smoke and Originium dust surrounding the giant.

The ground was brutally torn apart, the earth's arteries were cruelly ripped open by the conquerors, and thick, scarlet energy was squeezed out of the ground, bulging like blood vessels pulsating under the skin.

Finally, the surging energy column rose up like fresh blood pumped out of an artery, thick as blood plasma as it burst forth.

"Open the power transmission pipeline."

The Sarkaz airships are powered by undead spirits and have the skeletons of giant beasts as their framework.

This is a true demon engine.

"Everyone, prepare for the impact and the flash."

Therese himself wasn't entirely sure if the airship's main cannon was sufficient to counteract the "blood pillars" released by the conquerors, but it was the most likely method he could think of.

Because of the passive effect of [Rift Creator], Lothing's spell power is increased to a terrifying number after he becomes gigantic.

The death ray cleaved through the pillar of blood in an instant, seemingly suppressing the Deep Sea Impact completely, but a moment later, the crimson energy pillar completely engulfed the beam.

"They actually used the main cannon. I'm curious, did your brother come to save you, or is he simply here to kill me?"

Loting was still somewhat surprised that the Regent had actually used the main cannon.

However, that would only allow this aerial war behemoth to fall in a relatively dignified manner.

When the blood column touched the armor plate at the bottom of the airship, it instantly transformed into thorns and pyramids. The military armor alloy steel produced using Victoria technology was pierced like the skin of flesh and blood, and the projection of the dead souls on the entire airship was being rapidly eroded.

"Damn it, that monster can actually attack from such a high place."

Amidst the violent tremors, the airship's damage control and maintenance personnel witnessed blood-red pyramids and thorns invading the airship's interior.

"We cannot give up yet; His Highness is still being held hostage by that monster."

Only a very small number of these damage control personnel possess solid professional knowledge; most of them have only a basic level of literacy and are forced to take up their posts immediately after a hasty training.

Even so, these literate Sarkaz people have already surpassed more than 80% of their peers in terms of education.

"Yes, our worthless lives are not worth dying for."

The Sarkaz soldiers who were just carrying out emergency damage control were suddenly entangled in blood-red thorns and exploded into pieces in an instant.

Theresa closed her eyes in anguish. The traces of blood and tears had just dried, and the screams and wails of her compatriots on the airship filled her with immense pain.

"You're just pretending to be heartbroken."

"Some of you didn't hesitate to offer blood taxes to gain the conquerors' help and solidify your position as Demon King..."

Based on the fact that the spiritual connection and memory exchange between Originium and Sarkaz sorcery are theoretically bidirectional, Lotin can directly learn about some of the things the ancestral spirits did in their previous lives from the spirits themselves.

"Although the Blood Demon is stubborn and inflexible, he is at least simple-minded. Look, the Sarkaz princess, the Blood Demon Lord, is enjoying an inexhaustible supply of blood."

“By offering blood tax, you will gain my power.”

The Sarkaz forces coming from the ground to provide support charged recklessly at the Armored Giant due to the effects of Lothin's berserk aura, making Blood Demon's hunt easier than ever before.

Ducarre's retinue of puppets was never short of nameless Sarkaz who he considered offensive. Even those of his own kind who died at his hands, he would only consider as being too weak and deserving of elimination.

The projection of the dead souls was still maintaining the airship's structural integrity through anti-gravity, but the burning of one dead soul was not enough to contend with the surging power of the conquerors after they had tasted the blood tax.

The projection of the dead soul's spiritual energy field, which withstood the bombardment of the Victorian fleet in the original storyline, finally collapsed completely under the strain.

The airship began to fall with a relatively intact appearance. If it weren't for the projection provided by the burning of the dead soul, this airship would have been torn to pieces like other warships destroyed by Loting.

"Fall, Sarkaz, symbol of recklessness and arrogance."

Lotin finally pulled the hook axe from the ground. The airship had been shot down, and Theresa was still a prisoner in the hands of the conquerors.

"Gu, kill me."

Theresa closed her eyes tightly and bowed her head in agony.

"Kill you?"

“How absurd that a dead man would ask me to die.”

"No, Princess of Sarkaz, Souls of Sarkaz."

"You need to witness this feast of blood and destruction with your own eyes."

“Watch as the people you protect are baptized in rage and slaughter.”

Chapter 131: Dead Without a Body

"The weapons of war that you were so proud of have fallen."

The airship, its armor plating peeling off, lost its ability to defy gravity and helplessly tilted and plummeted from beneath the storm.

"However, the Regent is unlikely to be so naive as to think that he can turn the tide of the war with just one super weapon."

Loting still remembered how the Victorian generals in the original story evaluated this airship.

The "Grey Hats" bluntly stated that whoever entered the city first had the right to this "toy." Although the airship's main guns were powerful enough to melt down a high-speed warship, the Grand Dukes' wealth was far beyond what the Sarkaz Military Council could match.

"Its greatest function is as a beacon of storms, the princess of Sarkaz."

“I saw where that bolt of lightning came from, and it helped your regent escape a near-fatal attack.”

Lotin began to move toward the site of the airship crash. Even though the average physical strength of the Terrans was quite formidable, it was difficult for them to escape unharmed after falling from a height of nearly 1000 meters.

Why did you have to wield the sword against the Sarkaz?

Theresa's voice grew weaker and weaker; if it weren't for the influence of her Originium Arts, Lotin wouldn't have been able to hear what she was saying at all.

“You are wrong, Princess of Sarkaz. My opposition to the Sarkaz Military Council has never stemmed from hatred towards the Sarkaz; I merely intend to crush the Regent’s followers.”

"Just as the Regent and the evil spirits of the Tower of Babel together dismissed your followers and destroyed the Tower of Babel you built."

The Originium Project should be revised in order to fulfill its intended purpose. The original process of Precythia could not fundamentally solve the problem, and the emergence of Oripathy is the biggest proof of this. This is something that Originium was not designed to cause.

Therefore, Lothing cannot allow the plans of Precyth, the Babel Tower Fiends, and the Regent to continue, but this does not mean that Lothing will support Theresa's approach of decompressing the Originium.

This destructive use of Originium would cause the Originium Project to fail completely, and Theresa's method of using Originium can be described as a complete waste.

While the Originium Program, which has gone off track, has its problems, Lotin, being rational, will try to stop it and correct it. However, this does not mean that the Sarkaz, who have survived this opportunity, have the right to use it to blackmail Lotin and the Doctor.

My opposition to Precy's plan does not equate to my support for Theresa's plan; the inequality is solved instantly.

"You should be grateful for the Blood Lord's simplicity and honesty, given the blood tax Ducarre offered me. When Victoria's army attempts to completely destroy the Sarkaz, I will certainly crush them as well."

“I have never deprived the Sarkaz of the opportunity to live; it’s just that those Sarkaz who have violated the boundaries and taboos have lost their right to exist.”

"Your followers are also in this group."

We cannot allow the out-of-control Originium Program to continue, nor can we allow it to be destroyed by Theresa.

The negotiations with Precys resulted in Lotin obtaining a skin fragment of the Crystal Titan. The system was hinting to Lotin that the Crystal Titan Nautilus contained the power to turn the tide of Project Originium.

"Rhodes Island is not the Tower of Babel, and you are not the real Theresa, so stop nagging me."

Lotin arrived at the site of the airship crash, where the crater and burning flames created an extremely gruesome scene.

The armor plates and the metal structures manufactured in the Victoria factory had completely cracked and melted, leaving only the skeleton of the behemoth intact.

“Sister, hunter, please set out and search for the Regent’s whereabouts, if there is any possibility that he may have left behind a complete body.”