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But for the duchy, failure means no progress. The artillery on both sides is still bombarding each other, and a second's delay in the siege could mean the loss of an extra steam tank.

Therefore, after De Soron saw through his telescope that the advance had been halted, his face quickly darkened. "It's that witch's apostle who has appeared. Ella Heviel, she really couldn't sit still after all."

After he finished speaking, a series of light footsteps came from the footsteps. It was a messenger who came up the steps, saluted Desoron and reported, "General, I have a secret message. Order all troops in the second wave to prepare for the general offensive."

"So fast?"

Desoron was somewhat surprised. Although the anomalies caused by the witch apostles had affected the advance at the front, was launching a second offensive too hasty?

"Reporting, sir, this is an order from the Legion Commander. In addition, there is a secret report that military movements have been discovered in the northwest of Strømsgodset."

"Strom...?"

DeSorron was taken aback.

Strom, as the main city, is nearly a hundred miles away from here. Although they have concentrated almost all their military forces here, do the cavalry of the Loren Empire have the ability to bypass the front and penetrate hundreds of miles behind enemy lines to launch a counterattack on Strom?

That's a large city after all, with some garrison troops stationed there. If few people go, it won't have much of an impact. But if many people go, the duchy's detection capabilities would make it impossible for them not to be detected.

So what exactly did Loren mean in this secret report?

"Regarding the second message, has the Legion Commander given any specific instructions?"

"not yet."

De Solon frowned slightly, pinched his chin, and his gaze immediately turned serious. "Secretly report to the detachment over Doppler's side, and have them send some men back to check the situation. Also, remind Strømsgod's side."

"As ordered!"

The messenger immediately took his leave.

After giving his instructions, De Solon swallowed hard, turned around, and bowed respectfully to Saint Tanya, who was sitting behind him.

"Holy Maiden, the evil god's power has been revealed, and we may need your assistance."

Saint Tanya had kept her eyes slightly closed, one hand supporting her cheek, until now she let out a soft sigh, put down the teacup in her other hand, and parted her thin lips slightly.

"alright."

Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Second Round of Attack

On the desolate land, thousands of troops clashed fiercely, the battle raging until midnight.

Above the dark and boundless sky, the roar of an engine echoed through the clouds.

Holman and Ye Xiao looked up together, and under the dark clouds in the distance, the huge outlines of monsters gradually became clear.

"War airships, it seems the Duchy is going to increase its stakes."

Ye Xiao immediately recognized the steel behemoth approaching from the sky.

Holman then summoned messengers to "have the wall-mounted troops outside the protected area disperse and withdraw, and the mage regiment prepare to set up the barrier."

As hundreds of airships approached from the sky like floating mountains, the intensity of the war instantly escalated to a new level.

The magic cannons of the three fortresses no longer focused on exchanging fire with the steam tanks on the ground, but instead raised their muzzles and fired magic-powered shells into the sky.

A large number of dazzling sparks shot upwards, like a rainbow bridge to the sky, exploding into fireworks that illuminated the night as if it were daytime.

The steam airships were even more merciless, unleashing a deluge of shells that rained down from the sky like a waterfall of lava, a torrent of death, cascading down onto the sandbar fortress.

The city walls could not defend against artillery fire coming from the sky. As the airship approached the castle under the barrage of magic cannons, the damage caused by the concentrated bombardment far exceeded that of a steam tank's volley.

Loren's three fortresses could only rely on the defensive barriers erected by the mage corps to resist bombardment from the sky, but the magic controlled by ordinary people could not cover the entire castle to withstand the onslaught of millions of tons of cannon fire.

A sudden earthquake shook the earth, houses collapsed, and many towering towers and fortresses crumbled under the ravages of artillery fire. Soldiers inside were buried under rubble and wooden frames, their cries of agony.

The three imperial fortresses, including Sandbar Fortress, were soon engulfed in flames. Soldiers fled among the collapsing buildings, while only some important strongholds and towers managed to hold on against the artillery fire thanks to the protective barriers erected by the mage corps.

On the other side, on the ground battlefield, behind the endless waves of siege rams, a girl riding a white unicorn proudly stepped into the battlefield.

She wore a brightly colored floral wreath on her head, and the ends of her hair were blown by the wind like a flowing golden river. Thin silver threads were woven into a tight-fitting long dress.

The bombing seemed to form a backdrop against the night sky, while the flames reflected on the girl's face appeared as holy light outlining her solemn features.

Behind her were her knights, clad in silver swords and white armor. The group of knights, like stars, traversed the dark and bloody battlefield, appearing especially holy under a sacred glow.

"By the mercy of my Lord, people of Loren. Your hearts have been blinded by the witch Havis. Abandon your futile resistance and refrain from further unnecessary sacrifices..."

Before she could finish speaking, amplified by the magic circle, a giant spear woven from golden threads swept across half the battlefield, hurtling straight toward her face like a shooting star.

"clang"

But the spear failed to hit Tanya; instead, it was blocked by a golden shield phantom in the sky several meters away.

The spear shattered and dissipated into countless fluttering threads.

Tanya subtly shifted her gaze, meeting Freya's eyes on the distant city wall, her lips twitching as she opened them.

“…Very well, it seems that trying to educate you rude barbarians with language is futile. The lessons of blood and fire are more effective in helping you understand reality.”

“Um…actually, you didn’t need to throw this shot. Your divine power has already been used up enough, Freya.”

On the city wall, Ye Xiao strolled closer to Freya.

"I know, I just really hate that guy."

Freya pouted. "It's up to you, Mr. Ye, to deal with this kind of person who talks about doctrine but acts extremely badly."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of that."

Ye Xiao gave Freya a thumbs up, then walked to the top of the wall and shielded her behind him.

His gaze pierced through the night and the gunfire, meeting Tanya's gaze across the distance.

Tanya noticed it too, narrowing her eyes and a hint of disdain flashing across her lips.

“Foolish people are stubborn and do not understand.”

As she spoke, thousands of holy lights pierced through the darkness and descended from the sky.

The knights following behind were bathed in golden light, and in an instant, their sacred and powerful aura soared into the sky and spread throughout the entire battlefield.

"My proud knights, raze this fortress to the ground for me, and let these barbarians vanquish under the protection of the gods!"

"Kill!!!"

At a command, the silver-armored knights behind Tanya transformed into a vast torrent and charged forward.

Amidst the stampede of ten thousand horses, countless fearless Loren soldiers, wielding large shields, rushed forward to try and stop them, but the spears, imbued with holy light, pierced through the sturdy shields with a single thrust, and subsequently pierced through the soldiers behind them.

Even the infantry regiments blessed by Freya could no longer withstand such a powerful military force imbued with divine might. Tanya's knights moved through the enemy lines as if they were nothing, easily breaching a huge gap in the Loren legion's defenses like a dam bursting.

The sky was filled with steel airships and dark clouds, while the ground was filled with an unstoppable army of knights carrying holy light. The defenses that Sandbar Fortress had painstakingly built were now on the verge of collapse.

However, after the knights clad in silver armor broke through the ranks of Loren infantry, a pink-haired girl in a black and white maid's dress came into view beneath the open city gates.

The girl's short stature and soft, innocent face were so different from the bloody and heroic battlefield around her that the knight at the front of the charge thought he was seeing things when he suddenly saw the little girl.

Where did this child come from?

However, Greta ignored what the man in front of her was thinking. With a wave of her hand, a large black dog darted out from under her skirt and barked at the group of tall and mighty knights.

Is this a joke?

The knight in the front row couldn't help but smirk as he looked at the black dog, but his horse didn't stop for a moment, and he aimed his lance at the girl's chest.

In the name of the saintess, on the battlefield of eliminating evil, whatever enemies come to obstruct us, we will kill them all.

But the next second, the knight suddenly felt his horse's gait become unsteady, which immediately made him realize that the ground was trembling.

"boom--"

A colossal wave suddenly burst through the earth's surface, soaring into the sky. This massive ocean current rising from the desert caught everyone off guard, crashing head-on against the legion carrying the holy light and shattering their momentum.

The first hundred knights were swept away by the giant wave, their bodies and horses overturned, their heavy bodies rolling in the current, their shattered armor scattered like petals.

"Where do ocean waves come from in the desert?"

Tanya's face showed a look of astonishment. This strange phenomenon could hardly be explained by anything other than divine magic.

First came the strange golden threads, then the waves erupting from the desert—just how many apostles of the gods has that witch taken in this life?

Chapter Fifty-Eight: Titan Avatar

The howling of the black dogs triggered a wave that shattered the momentum of the duchy's cavalry. The flooded yellow sand caused the enemy troops, who were thrown about, to become deeply entangled and unable to climb out for a while.

Fortunately, Tanya's unicorn could spread its wings and carry her into the sky, so she wasn't affected by the huge waves.

She looked down upon the earth, protected by holy light. The cavalrymen who were submerged by the water were only trapped in the quicksand for a period of time, and the actual casualties were not as spectacular as they appeared on screen.

This relieved Tanya slightly. She raised her longsword to the sky, and the golden circle spreading out from her center added a magic that made the knights below light and agile.

Once they climb out of the quicksand, they will surely wipe out all the evil gods under the witch Loren's command!

As Tanya thought this, she saw the pink-haired maid behind the big black dog making a move at the city gate.

She clasped her hands together in front of her chest, making an inverted triangle gesture.

"Demon spell?"

Tanya was startled. The inverted triangle was an upside-down gesture of clasped hands in worship, and only demonic magic would include such a blasphemous hand gesture.

At the same time, Greta muttered to herself, her childish voice sounding like a child trying to appear mature.

But then, with a sudden, earth-shaking tremor, a strange, chilling red and black magic surged forth, coiling around her small body.

The next moment, countless withered and enormous hands emerged from the ground, as if countless huge demons were about to burst out of the earth.

These hands appeared as hideous, red-black phantoms, inscribed with obscure incantations. Their outstretched fingers resembled lotus flowers scattered across the ground, lightly grasping the duchy's army, which was trapped deep in quicksand.

In an instant, the holy light enveloping these cavalrymen was seized by the giant hand and flowed from all directions into Greta's palm along an invisible link, like stars gathering together.

The protection that had enveloped tens of thousands of cavalrymen vanished in large swaths, like light bulbs going out. Tanya had never seen such a strange phenomenon before, and she was stunned for a moment.

"Hmm, quite pure holy light."

Greta condensed the holy light she had seized into a small ball, held it to her fingertip, and examined it closely.

"To be honest, you are much more like the Holy Maiden of Light than that wicked woman, but coincidentally, I hate light the most."

As she spoke, Greta crushed the holy light in her hand, a somewhat eerie smile spreading across her small face.

The flickering firelight cast a dark shadow on her face, obscuring her lovely features and leaving only her golden eyes radiating a mesmerizing gaze.

As Tanya rode her unicorn, she met Greta's chilling golden eyes, and in an instant, an overwhelming sense of fear surged into her heart.

Like a prey suddenly targeted by its natural enemy, Tanya's composed expression betrayed her panic for the first time.

What is that?

Because Ye Xiao always preferred to handle his own affairs, the number of times Greta intervened was very few, even in company records.

Therefore, when Tanya felt that icy fear, she realized that the information was wrong and that the short maid in front of her was far beyond her ability to deal with.

She looked up at the sky again, and there it was—the huge airship was now surrounded by hordes of demons that had burst out of the clouds. Led by a minotaur and a serpent, the airships were being shot down one by one.

Are these demons also subordinates of this demon god?

A bead of sweat rolled down Tanya's forehead. Ella Heviel had not yet appeared, but the strength displayed by the Loren Empire had already exceeded expectations.

Aside from her own divine body, the witch Ella has even managed to subdue so many subordinate gods.

Just as Lord Adam said, the witches of this world will be more difficult to fight than in any previous world.

The principality's army seemed to be showing signs of weakness. Ground troops were being pushed back by the surging waves and the strange arms that seemed to come from hell, while airships were being shot down by an unexpected horde of howling demons.

Greta didn't wait for Tania to think. She manipulated the countless huge arms to move and extend them out of the ground, and went to grab the unicorn flying in the sky.

Tanya quickly pulled on the unicorn's reins and rose into the sky, having made her decision.

Without further hesitation, she took out a talisman from her pocket and crushed it.

There was no time to worry about the consequences. Although Ella Heviel had not yet appeared, the Duchy had to continue its attack with all its might.

The next moment, a streak of light, as swift as lightning, shot from between her fingers into the sky and burst into a brilliant blue firework high above.

This wasn't anything powerful; it was merely sending a simple signal, a message to some higher being who had been observing this battlefield.

Desoron stood behind the Duchy's army and immediately spotted the azure firework.

The color of the firework contrasted sharply with the dark night sky and the flash of the explosion.

"Has it come to this?"