Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

Victoria's fleet was about to be engulfed by the demonic storm, but she was unable to take the first step away from Rhodes Island.

She retreated, retreating into the safe haven that offered her political asylum.

At the very least, we cannot allow Rhodes Island, our last refuge, to be destroyed by the storm.

The unfamiliar Grand Duke, a title that only existed in her childhood memories, was addressed as Her Majesty by others who took it upon themselves to do so.

In his struggle and confusion, the indecisive Aslan activated the "Breath of Kings" through his sword throne, enough to counteract most of the natural disaster energy.

Even so, several advance high-speed cruisers were paralyzed by a thunderstorm mixed with Originium crystal clusters, and the fuel in the power reactors was abnormally activated, causing an internal explosion.

In the aftermath of the neutralization, the advance force of the Victorian alliance suffered heavy losses, but the main fleet was preserved, and Rhodes Island was indeed unharmed.

The crystal monster swiftly pulled Vina onto the aircraft, and Kal'tsit wanted to take the opportunity to bring Vina back to Rhodes Island amidst the aftermath of the cataclysm.

She knew that Vina was not ready yet, and Rhodes Island would never abandon an operator so easily, especially since Vina was also a bargaining chip for Rhodes Island to ensure its own safety.

"Maximum speed, immediately withdraw from the combat zone."

After reaching an agreement with the Doctor, Kal'tsit decisively ordered a retreat, as the Victoria fleet, caught in the chaos, had no time to attend to Rhodes Island.

Lotin could teleport the relevant personnel from Londinium to Rhodes Island, so Kal'tsit's decision to evacuate was absolutely correct, allowing the conquerors to solve the problem with maximum efficiency.

The Carrion King has begun to activate the Sorcerer's Fortress, and the Carrion Court is able to divert some of the Dreadnoughts' firepower.

Theresis promised the war to the Carrion Court, and the Conqueror will generously grant it on his behalf. Even if the Conqueror's other promises are unreliable, his promise of war is certainly trustworthy.

Niezirei fired the sorcery cannon, and the seeds of death and decay for the carrion were sown on the battlefield.

He spread his arms.

A corrupt, black mist rose and swallowed every boulder.

The bright red color faded, disappeared into the sand, and dissipated into the mist.

The warriors did not speak, but ancient magic spread across the battlefield, and a deep, resonant sound came from the depths of the earth.

The carrion-eating sorcery fortress created waves of Originium and ocean obstruction, disrupting the formation of the Victoria fleet.

The crystal cluster burst from the ground with a deafening roar that drowned out the booming of the dreadnought.

The Duke of Wellington's flagship, the Gastrill, was apparently unfortunately trapped inside.

"Capture complete..."

A scavenger warrior named "Spirit Mist" reported the situation of the dreadnought to Lotin.

It is evident from Lotin that he also held considerable reverence for the conquerors.

The blood demon and the carrion eater are starving, one craving blood and the other craving flesh.

Branches spread from the throne of Niezley, embedding distant artillery shells within them.

In the waves of Originium, the Wave Leaper is an exceptionally large armored giant whose specialty is sinking warships.

Countless ships were dragged into the abyss by Nautilus, and this one was no exception.

【Shipbreaker】, a weapon designed to target defensive towers.

Previous battles with warships have proven that they are classified as [defense towers] by the system, and therefore they will be affected by the [ship destroyer]'s passive ability.

Every fifth basic attack against champions and epic monsters deals bonus physical damage, with further increased damage against turrets (300% base attack damage + 10% maximum health in melee combat)

The gigantic Lotin possesses extremely high health, so this 10% increase is not negligible.

Nearby friendly siege minions and super soldiers gain bonus resistances.

It makes the surrounding scavengers exceptionally tough, allowing them to better maintain the Originium walls created by the scavengers.

The giant wields a brass hook axe in one hand and a hammer axe inlaid with bone carvings in the other. The reforged and materialized [Shipbreaker] can weaken armor, allowing friendly forces to easily cripple heavy armor that would be difficult to deal with under normal circumstances.

However, the price was that Lotin could no longer use the materialized [Blood-Drinking Sword] at the same time, which caused Theresa to revert to her spirit form.

"Sink into the abyss!"

The main guns of the dreadnoughts made Lotin somewhat dizzy, but the battle line of dreadnoughts had been temporarily broken by the Niezley, and Lotin could recover from the damage caused by a single dreadnought.

The armor plates shattered like wax sheets under the blows of the [Shipbreaker], and swarms of carrion swarmed into the warship, like army ants dismembering the carcasses of their prey.

Chapter 146: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

"Iron Duke" Wellington was a warlike Grand Duke whose flagship, the "Gastrorill," accompanied him through countless battlefields.

From Sargon to Letania, from the artillery positions of Gaul to the spell-bombing of Letania, this massive dreadnought has withstood some of the most brutal warfare in modern Terra.

"External armor abnormally detached?"

"Gatir's prized armor couldn't even withstand the blows of a mere armored behemoth?"

The Duke of Wellington's Red Iron Guard is fighting against the invading carrion, and in addition to his Red Iron Guard, he has other allies on his warships.

“Those filthy, rotting Sarkaz will be nourished from the corpses.”

"Instead of letting your soldiers become nourishment for the demons, let them rise again."

Drak, whose body was wreathed in blue ghostly flames, was also in the command room of this warship, and the main infantry force of Deeppool was also stationed on this dreadnought.

Her true leader of the Deep Pool, one of the three descendants of Drak, Abnara, the Drak who burns life, a terrifying shadow.

Meanwhile, Draco, radiating orange-red flames, stood silently behind her; she was Raphsini, the shadow dancer of Abnuara.

The Brass Ghost prevented the garrison in Hill County from carrying out an Originium dirty bomb attack, so she did not get the chance to break free from her sister's control. She remains Deeppool's apparent "leader" and Abnara's shadow dancer.

However, after witnessing Shenchi's perverse actions, she harbored suspicions about her sister.

Abdullah told her that it was a dereliction of duty by a few deep pool members, and that she had punished those responsible.

This explanation was enough to keep Rafishini by her side for the time being, but the suspicion and rift between the sisters were far from being healed.

Deeppool and the Crimson Iron Guard are trying to block the breach in the Dreadnought. The soldiers of the Carrion Court don't need Lothing's berserk aura; they are fearless and brave enough on their own.

The scavenger soldiers are known for their magic resistance. The withered warriors wrapped in white cloth have a physical resistance of only "C" in the game, but their magic resistance can reach "B".

The passive ability of the [Shipbreakers], [Boarding Team], grants them additional physical and magical resistance (70-130 for melee and 35-65 for ranged). Their decaying bodies, wrapped in white cloth, become exceptionally resilient, and the cutting weapons they once feared gradually become ineffective.

The deep pool soldiers' rapiers were difficult to use against the seemingly riddled carrion eaters, and the Victorian standard-issue swords and daggers of the Red Iron Guards could only achieve a lower killing efficiency than when facing ordinary enemies.

The withered shield guards, now holding aloft their massive shields, can now withstand direct fire from large, fixed ballistae.

"It is the conqueror's blessing, the conqueror's war's blessing!"

The carrion eater "Ling Zhang," wielding a blood-stained greatsword, discovered that his fragile, dead body had become exceptionally resilient. Not only him, but also his comrades and allies around him had become able to withstand a great deal of damage.

"The conqueror will surely protect the children of war."

"Slaughter in the name of conquerors, pay a blood tax to the conquerors!"

Lotin explained to the carrion eaters the group buffs they had received, which further boosted the morale of these already fearless Sarkaz warriors.

They felt honored to fight alongside the conquerors.

Lotin was relentlessly attacking a turret, the thickest armored part of the entire warship. When the fifth loud clang of metal rang out, explosive energy was injected into the [Shipbreaker].

The turret's armor was pierced, the ammunition was detonated, and Lotin, enduring the pain and dizziness, sprinted toward the next turret.

At this moment, blue-purple flames ignited in the main road leading to the command room. The carrion's corpses were burned, unable to become nourishment for their comrades and companions, while the corpses of the Red Iron Guard rose again and joined the counter-factional operation.

"Filthy demons, I will purify every piece of land you have polluted with the ghostly fire of the Tara people."

The Drak sisters wielded their staffs, unleashing deadly two-tone flames. In confined spaces, this flamethrower-like attack proved particularly effective.

The arrival of two Draks slightly turned the tide of the battle.

“Descendant of Drak, do you remember who I am?”

The shipbreaker was knocked into the main road from the ceiling, but unfortunately, this blow failed to turn the leader of the Deep Pool into mincemeat.

“Bronze Ghost, you are also a filthy demon. Ha, I knew it. Your other face was just a trick to deceive the Victorians.”

Abnera had intended to say "those Victorian fools," but considering she was still relying on the Iron Duke Wellington for assistance, she forced herself to use a more neutral term.

The next second, the [Shipbreaker] began to slide, tearing a huge crack in the floor of the passageway. To avoid being crushed, the Drak siblings had to leave their original casting position.

"Now, scavenger warriors, break their formation and disrupt their position."

The moment Lotin drew the [Shipbreaker], the withered warriors of the Carrion Court seized the opportunity to launch a charge. The Drak sisters were incredibly talented, but they had never experienced war like the Carrion.

Simply squandering the bloodline gifts of the gods' people is not enough to stop the advance of the carrion's offspring.

The Unyielding Guardians are the elite guards of the Carrion Legion. They have advanced far enough to withstand the scorching heat of the red dragon and charge to a position for close combat.

Although the giant shield could hardly remain solid, the iron wall of war and hatred still stood firm.

"Sister, be careful!"

The [Shipbreaker] broke through the ceiling and pierced into the passage without warning. Raphsini pushed aside Abnara, who was casting a spell to burn the withered guards, and once again narrowly escaped the attack, but it also completely separated the two sisters from Lotin.

Shrapnel from the exploding ammunition cut Rafishni's ankle, but neither of the sisters noticed it in the tense situation.

The ceiling only prevented the Drak sisters from observing Lottin's timing of attack, while Lottin could use the cover provided by the Mountain Barrier to locate them.

However, given the sheer size of the target, such agile small targets were quite difficult for Loting to hit.

They had been forced into a corner of a main road, and the cracks in the ground forced them to take great risks to maneuver.

The narrow foothold would make it impossible for them to dodge a possible attack.

Ahead were the scavenger soldiers in pursuit, and behind were the armored linings of the dreadnoughts, on which armored giants, resembling bronze ghosts, were stabbing and stabbing with cone axes.

"Lavshini, you go first."

Abnara used magic to burn the armor plates on Raphsini's side, trying to melt a gap for escape.

Raphsini shook her head, but still used Originium Arts to burn away the gap together with Abnara.

The red dragon's fire magic is incredibly powerful; melting a small section of armor is not difficult for it.

Fortunately, the armor here isn't very thick.

"Great, sister, quick, let's leave together—"

As soon as Raphsini finished speaking, she felt a sense of weightlessness. The ground she was standing on had been completely detached from the dreadnought due to the cutting action of the [Shipbreaker].

A giant hand caught the falling red dragon.

"The bronze ghost that sheltered the Tara people from the flames of war in Little Hill County saved their king."

Lotin had no other intentions toward Raphsini; he simply planned to take her back to Rhodes Island for treatment in exchange for a more solidified influence among the Tara people.

Lotin saw the Originium crystals growing at a visible rate on Raphsini's ankle, so he made this decision on the spur of the moment.

The excruciating pain of an acute attack of Oripathy prevented Lavshini from standing steadily, and her anxiety and fear were no longer concealed.

"Even so, you still want to use the demon race to slander my protection of the Tara people?"

"Drak, who treats his subjects as firewood, is even less worthy of being king than the hesitant and confused Aslan."

"You pushed your sister into the most dangerous place, while you yourself safely hid in the shadows..."

Chapter 147: The Fall of the Gastrill

"You are not allowed to insult, cough cough, insult my sister."

"Monster, throw me down. I don't need to live like this."

Raphsini gritted her teeth and endured the excruciating pain of an acute attack of Oripathy. Just then, another shell exploded near Lotin, and she slightly closed her fingers to deflect the shrapnel.

"Insult? It's just stating the facts."

"If the Tara people would rather seek the protection of a metal monster like me when they are in trouble, wouldn't that only make Deeppool look even more ridiculous?"

For Lotting, there was little readily available prestige and legend in Victoria that he could leverage; rather, it was through his actions after landing that he earned a deep reputation among the residents of Little Hillshire.

The Tara people are an excellent entry point for exerting influence in Victoria, which is the only reason why Lotin chose to save the person who had contracted Lavshini.

Lotin kept chugging mana potions down his throat. Fortunately, the "honor" production in Kazimierz was currently quite good, allowing Lotin to accumulate a considerable amount of various concoctions.

Therefore, he can safely maintain his gigantic state for a long time.

After personally experiencing the benefits of actively developing water sources, Lotin expressed even greater interest in tithes.

The cries of the residents of Little Hill County, the wanton sacrifice of the Tara civilians by the six officials, Mandela's utter contempt for the Tara civilians...

The atrocities committed by the Tara people against the deep pools of Hillshire flashed before her eyes. Could a mere "fallen men" really cover it all up?