"The Reaper" Jill paused slightly upon hearing the warning from the demigod ahead.
Weren't the Remnburgers supposed to go to Talny? How did they end up here?
But Jill reacted quickly and immediately followed orders, running towards the surrounding hills to spread out and defend against the enemy.
Immediately afterwards, he heard a whooshing sound as something cut through the air, a sound like a dragon's roar, incredibly powerful in the darkness.
"It's a rocket!"
Someone shouted, but the next second, orange sparks exploded above everyone's heads, beautiful like fireworks with a terrifying beauty.
The demigods either blocked or detonated Remnantburg's rockets.
Jill only paused to watch for a moment before continuing with her work.
Although the actions of the people around them were somewhat chaotic, they were orderly despite the chaos. After all, those present were some of Intis's more elite extraordinary beings, and most of them had participated in World War I.
After an initial passive defense, the church's demigod finally made his move, raising a small sun in mid-air that illuminated the entire wide valley.
Then the demigods began to organize the extraordinary ones, planning to launch a counterattack from both flanks after they had finished assembling.
At that moment, someone noticed that it seemed as if snowflakes were falling from the sky.
Seeing these snowflakes, everyone's intuition warned them of danger. Danger was certain, after all, it was caused by an attack from enemy rockets.
Everyone has heard of the snow and ice attack capabilities of the Remnantburg rockets, but no one expected that this weapon could actually change the weather in a certain area instantly. In October, which is already quite cold, it should be easy for it to snow. So, after the enemy's attack, it started snowing in the valley.
But just as the snowflakes were about to fall, the demigod of the Church of the Eternal Sun suddenly shouted, "Get out of the valley! There's something wrong with these snowflakes!"
As he spoke, he tried to make the small sun in the sky turn pure white, hoping to purify the snowflakes, but he despairingly discovered that he couldn't do it!
This is the "Fallen Rocket" designed by Odis after Fabuti joined Odis's camp. Even if it is intercepted, the aura of corruption will permeate the surrounding area after the rocket explodes, falling to the ground as black snowflakes, negatively affecting the extraordinary beings in the vicinity, who must constantly fight against the aura of corruption.
Too much of this decadent aura will affect the state of an extraordinary person, and may even cause them to lose control.
It will be much easier to attack this group of extraordinary individuals once the time is right.
But today's "Fallen Rocket" attack is different from Odis's design. When those fallen black snowflakes fall on the extraordinary or near them...
The extraordinary beings immediately fell to the ground, struggling in agony, and soon they were covered by a black, viscous liquid, emitting terrifying roars.
A few seconds later, the black, viscous liquid stood up. As the liquid receded, the extraordinary being transformed into a demon with curved goat horns, a pair of bat wings on its back, and evil symbols on them!
With sinister smiles, they summoned greatswords imbued with the scent of sulfur and hunted down the extraordinary beings around them.
At this point, in addition to using the abilities of the Sequence 6 level "Demon", they can still use their original extraordinary abilities, a type of "Demon" that was rare even in the Fifth Age.
The reason they are so rare is mainly because the "Demon King" disappeared during the Fifth Age, and these demons were essentially transformed by the "Demon King" himself.
At this moment, "Demon King" Fabuti was in the formation of the steel torrent, and under his influence, the "Fallen Rocket" underwent a qualitative change.
More and more extraordinary beings turned into demons, and the situation gradually spiraled out of control until even demigods began to turn into demons, at which point the extraordinary beings of Intis were utterly defeated.
Jill the Reaper possesses a sealed artifact that allows him to maintain a state of spiritual abundance even when he is under the moon.
Although there was only a crescent moon in the sky, his spirituality remained abundant. So he kept merging with the flaming spear and using the power he projected to escape.
The speed was very fast, and the enemy's first targets were obviously the demigods, which allowed him, a Sequence 5, to miraculously escape from the valley.
From a distance, in the wilderness, a "flaming spear" is seen moving swiftly forward.
Jill felt the fear constantly watching him from behind, so he dared not let his guard down and could only run for his life—run for his life...
Just as that terrifying aura swept over, a clear, hazy light appeared before Jill and suddenly descended in front of him.
A tall, handsome young man with long chestnut hair, blue eyes, and a striking appearance emerged from the dim light.
This was Bonova Gustav, an angel of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.
Bonova's eyes suddenly brightened, flashing with illusory mystical symbols. Looking into Gil's eyes, he knew what had just happened without asking: "Renberg actually sent angels to deal with these extraordinary beings?"
This seems somewhat unbelievable. It's not that angels can't attack demigods, but rather that angels generally don't act rashly in extraordinary battles.
Because they represent the power of a nation or organization, they generally only act when they have important strategic objectives or are engaged in a battle with an enemy.
Moreover, whoever makes the move later is more likely to gain the upper hand.
Normally, in a temporary extraordinary legion like the one Jill just belonged to, the enemy would send out demigods and a corresponding number of extraordinary beings to attack. After the battle started, whichever side couldn't hold out first would ask the angels for help. In World War I, there was never a battle of this kind where the enemy would send out angels right away.
This is actually one of Medici's tactics. While Lenburg is at a disadvantage in terms of the number of extraordinary beings, he is temporarily evenly matched with his enemy in terms of the number of angels.
Another crucial point is that all the angels in Remnburg obeyed the president's orders, unlike the angels in Intis, who obeyed the "Eternal Sun" and the "God of Steam and Machinery," respectively.
Their official extraordinary angels, while nominally obeying the president's orders, are generally beyond the president's control and can only request their assistance.
This is Lenburg's greatest advantage, and Medici will certainly make the most of it, allowing the angels to continuously attack those below the angel level.
Even when the enemy's angels arrived to provide support, the enemy's extraordinary beings had already suffered heavy casualties.
Just like now, the church's angels have come to our aid, but of the hundreds of extraordinary beings from before, only a few have survived.
This is the power of an angel!
Demigods and ordinary extraordinary beings are no match for them.
Upon learning of the situation, Bonova Gustav pointed at Gil, and a hazy light immediately appeared around Gil: "This light can conceal your movements. Run!"
Jill didn't know who the person in front of her was, but her intuition told her that she could sense the pressure emanating from him, so she took a deep breath, nodded, and quickly left.
Not far into the distance, a small sun appeared behind Jill, illuminating an area of hundreds of kilometers around as if it were daytime.
At the same time, there was more than one aura that instilled deep fear in Jill, which was always faintly visible in the sky behind him.
He dared not look back, for his spirit kept warning him. He knew very well that looking back was extremely dangerous. Jill had experienced this feeling during World War I, which meant that an angelic battle was breaking out behind him.
Then, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and various solemn or evil sounds rang out, putting immense pressure on Jill's spiritual senses.
Sometimes these pressures will suddenly disappear, and sometimes they will come back.
This is because the angels have temporarily ceased hostilities, and new angels have joined them.
The surrounding environment kept changing because of their battle. Sometimes it was drizzling, sometimes the sun was shining brightly as if it were summer, sometimes the surroundings became clear and bright, and sometimes those demons started fighting the "heavy armored legion" around them.
Jill became increasingly afraid to stop, running forward and forward for an hour or two before finally breaking free from the nightmarish mental pressure.
He lay on the ground trembling for a long time before recovering slightly. Fortunately, he was in good condition and had Bonova's help. The angels wouldn't have been able to find him unless they searched carefully, which allowed him to escape.
But as he fled for his life, he didn't know how much longer he could hold on; perhaps in a minute or two, he would lose control.
Fortunately, he persevered. After lying on the ground for a long time to recover, Jill got up again and continued running forward until his physical and mental strength were about to be exhausted. Only then did he wrap himself in his coat, shivering, and hide behind a rock to rest for a while.
He hadn't felt cold for a long time, but today, for some reason, he felt cold from the inside out. Only after his mental state improved slightly did the feeling of coldness throughout his body basically disappear.
This is actually because his spirit was damaged under the immense pressure he was under before, and now that he has rested, his spirit has begun to heal itself.
As the sky gradually brightened, Jill, pale-faced and staring blankly ahead, kept replaying the events of the previous night in her mind.
In such a short time, hundreds of extraordinary individuals had turned into mindless demons; he was still finding it hard to accept this fact.
Before joining the war, Jill had handled many extraordinary cases, but those cases were mostly bizarre.
As long as you are careful, there shouldn't be any major danger.
But the situation that happened last night was different from those cases, and different from what she had experienced during World War I. It made Jill feel powerless, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not change the course of the war.
In particular, the fact that even the seemingly omnipotent demigods had turned into demons nearly drove Jill to the brink of collapse for several moments.
Waaaaah~
At that moment, a rather oppressive sound came from the bottom of the valley.
Gil paused for a moment, then quietly climbed onto the rock to observe; it was the steel torrent of Remburg.
The battle between the angels last night was exceptionally fierce, with more and more angels joining the fray, lasting for several hours.
This is rare in battles between angels. Usually, the strength of the two is determined in a short time, and even if no one can be determined, they will not continue to be deadlocked.
But last night was different. At first, it was just the angels of the Steam Church and the Eternal Sun Church fighting Fabuti. The angels of the Eternal Sun Church had some restraint over Fabuti, while the angels of the Steam Church used two level 0 sealed artifacts, which made it difficult for Fabuti, who is currently only at the Sequence 1 level.
Next, Constantine, the elven prince from Remnburg, joined the battle, and Intis also had a "weather sorcerer" in the fray.
After that, both sides kept sending out angels. In the end, all seven of Lenburg's angels came out, while Intis's side had eight angels.
The battle grew increasingly fierce, with more angels than ever before gathered together to fight during World War I.
Of course, that was mainly before the start of World War I, when churches generally only had two or three angels. After the war started, each church used its reserves of extraordinary traits and traits from adjacent pathways for the general promotion of official extraordinary beings, with each church promoting one or two ambassadors.
Even governments around the world have seen angels ascend to power.
This led to the fierce battle involving more than a dozen angels.
Finally, the Angel King Odis intervened, and the "God of Steam and Machinery" descended with some of his power to block the attack, thus ending the battle.
However, this battle between angels severely hampered the mobility of the Remnburg mechanized forces, so they did not continue their advance until dawn.
Even with Bonova's help, Gil on the mountain remained undetected by the angels amidst the torrent of steel.
He watched the surging torrent of steel silently, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. Jill suddenly realized that as a Sequence 5, who a year ago was a highly capable and backbone force of various extraordinary organizations, he was now no match for such a torrent of steel, even without the extraordinary beings within it taking action.
Just as a bitter smile appeared on Gil's face, the Remburg tank at the head of the column suddenly opened fire. It turned out that the Intis army had taken advantage of the Remburg's steel torrent losing its mobility the night before, and had mobilized a large number of soldiers to dig out positions using the surrounding terrain to launch a blocking attack.
Jill saw that a single shell from the Lingbo Cannon had completely obliterated an entire position, and the soldiers stationed there were vaporized by the blast.
Fortunately, the demigods quickly helped to stop the Spirit Wave Cannon from firing.
At this moment, the rocket artillery phalanx behind the Remburg armored forces had completed its preparations, and a roar like a "dragon's roar" rang out again, providing fire coverage to the positions in front.
Meanwhile, the Intis army had clearly conducted some tactical simulations in recent days, with "heavy armored regiments," extraordinary tanks, and extraordinary squads launching attacks from the flanks.
Thanks to their efforts, the steel torrent in Remenberg finally came to a halt.
At this moment, many troop carriers with special markings suddenly rose to the surface in the steel torrent, about two meters higher than the other troop carriers, and then a long and thick antenna extended from above them.
A bright light immediately emanated from the top of the antenna, where a large amount of spiritual energy gathered.
At the same time, a large number of troop carriers opened their rear doors, and many "extraordinary puppets" carrying various weapons got off.
These "extraordinary puppets" raced toward the flanks of the steel torrent, many of them weapons that Jill on the mountain had never seen before.
At this moment, Jill was still some distance from the battlefield. Because of his "hunter's" eyes, he was able to see the entire battle situation clearly.
He saw some "extraordinary puppets" in pairs, one holding a cylindrical weapon while the other loaded it with ammunition.
A weapon that Jill had never seen before was launched.
This weapon, called the "Extraordinary Rocket Launcher," fires small rockets that leave a long trail of smoke, which struck an enemy tank.
Boom!
The violent explosion engulfed the tank, turning it into a pile of scrap metal.
This surprised the extraordinary individuals of Intis. Based on the information they had obtained from various countries during World War I, tanks were definitely weapons that could play a huge role in the future.
Therefore, while Intis was researching "extraordinary puppets," another important research project was tanks.
In their research, tanks can be seen as mobile fortresses, whose steel armor is difficult to penetrate even by extraordinary machine guns.
Therefore, the Intis military placed high hopes on tanks and allocated a great deal of resources to produce these steel behemoths.
Unexpectedly, Remburg had a single-soldier weapon capable of destroying tanks.
The key point is that these individual weapons do not require assembly and can be fired instantly, which is extremely important.
Both the "Portable Spirit Wave Cannon" and the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" require a certain amount of assembly time, which is equivalent to giving the enemy a warning. During the assembly process, they will be the enemy's main target.
Once assembly is complete, the enemy will be on guard and will be targeted.
Things are different now; the "Extraordinary Puppet" can be launched simply by kneeling there.
The key is the use of extraordinary ammunition, which is simple to load and can be fired every few seconds at an "extraordinary speed" as long as ammunition is available.
Because the launch process and angle are so flexible, it is impossible for extraordinary individuals to defend against them.
Soon, several tanks and dozens of "extraordinary puppets" were destroyed.
Unfortunately, the Lenburg army also used this weapon to attack the Extraordinary Ones, causing considerable casualties among them. Then, another "cylindrical" weapon of the Lenburg army's "Extraordinary Puppets" was ready. The Intis recognized this weapon.
That's a mortar, which can be extremely powerful in close-quarters combat.
Intis's army was also equipped with this weapon, but the mortars in Remburg were different; their shells were accompanied by lightning.
The extraordinary effects of freezing and burning are equally difficult to defend against.
These weapons, along with "neutron cannons," "extraordinary machine guns," and "extraordinary machine guns," completely blocked the enemy rushing down the hillside.
In the next instant, a thin spiritual membrane suddenly covered Remburg's steel torrent, and the Intis's "extraordinary machine guns" and other weapons could not attack Remburg's troop carriers, rocket launchers and other equipment.
This spiritual membrane is a protective shield emitted by the troop transport vehicles with antennas, which can effectively block most enemy attacks and provide protection for the equipment that needs protection.
Meanwhile, the offensive of the Remnantburg "Extraordinary Puppets" had already left the protective shield, so they were unaffected.
The battle quickly became intense, but it was clear that Intis was suffering greater losses.
Just then, the spirituality of the extraordinary beings of Intis seemed to realize something and looked up at the sky.
Three enormous ships pierced through the clouds and appeared in the sky, putting immense psychological pressure on the soldiers and extraordinary individuals on Intis's side.
Immediately afterwards, heavy attack aircraft took off from the three aircraft carriers, launching either cluster bombings or precise missile strikes, which shook the formation of the Intis forces. The next second, even the extraordinary ones could not hold on.
This was the first time they had experienced such an "air-ground integrated" attack. They were stunned and disoriented by the bombing, and the survival rate of Extraordinary beings below Sequence 5 was very low.
On the other hand, Remburg's side only deployed a few demigods, and did not send out any extraordinary beings of lower ranks.
Intis's encirclement campaign, which involved a large number of forces, was a complete failure. The commander-in-chief issued a "special order" to two of the divisions, instructing them to block the "extraordinary puppet" in front of Remburg.
The soldiers, who had already wavered, suddenly lost their fear and grabbed their weapons to launch a counterattack.
These more than 10,000 people, with their own flesh and blood, managed to buy more than ten minutes, allowing the extraordinary individuals, the "heavy armored corps," and the tanks that had already penetrated deep into the battlefield to withdraw from the battlefield. After that, the various armies began to withdraw from their positions in an orderly manner.
From the distant mountaintop, Gilles saw that the steel torrent of Remenberg had begun to flow again.
The battle just now also caused some losses to the Remburg army, but the Remburg army completely destroyed the equipment and "extraordinary puppets" with bombs, and then quickly regained its mobility.
Jill looked at the steel torrent that had swept over Intis's position, at the rivers of blood on the battlefield, and at the battlefield where people had no choice but to use their own flesh and blood to preserve their strength. A sense of powerlessness filled Jill's heart once again.
Can this country withstand such a torrent of steel?
Just then, the sun finally rose. Jill felt much better after basking in the sun for a while. He sat on the rocks on the mountain for a long time, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he walked towards the distant city.
However, Gil has no intention of returning to the team; in his view, Intis has lost all hope.
The Second World War, which had just begun, was far more intense than the First World War, and it was not a pleasant experience. He did not want to go through what happened yesterday again.
On the border between Remburg and Loen, the Loen army launched a general offensive against Remburg while the main force of Remburg was fighting in the province of Lim in Intis.
The Remnburg "extraordinary puppet" on the position calmly operated the extraordinary machine gun and extraordinary machine gun to block the invading enemy.
Since Rune didn't have as many tanks as Intis, he had to send the "Punishment Knight," who had tank-like defense, to the front lines.
After a fierce battle, the Rune army finally reached the front of Lunburg's position.
Just then, the "Extraordinary Puppet" suddenly launched a counter-charge. Karen, the "Punishment Knight" who was at the forefront, crashed directly into one of the "Extraordinary Puppet" and broke it in half.
However, the upper body of the "Extraordinary Puppet" suddenly locked Karen with its arms and activated the self-destruct system with a "beep".
After the deafening explosion, Karen, whose body was covered in a faint black light, was somewhat wolfish but not seriously injured.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and used the "Punishment Knight" ability to defend against the opponent's explosion.
At this moment, he saw an agile "arbitrator" wielding a cold weapon, desperately resisting the attack of three "extraordinary puppets".
Suddenly, one of the "Extraordinary Puppets" grabbed the "Arbitrator's" weapon, while another "Extraordinary Puppets" locked one of the "Arbitrator's" arms, thus restricting his movements.
The third "Extraordinary Puppet" threw a punch with enough force to smash the "Arbitrator's" head.
"Exile!" Karen "exiled" the "Extraordinary Puppet" who had thrown the punch to a distance of more than ten meters.
"Imprison!" After imprisoning another "Extraordinary Puppet," Karen threw a punch: "Death!"
It punched an "extraordinary puppet" so hard that it turned it into scrap metal.
Then Karen grabbed the "extraordinary puppet" that had been "imprisoned," snatched it, and slammed it hard against a huge rock, smashing the rock into several pieces. The "extraordinary puppet" was also shattered.
The "arbitrator" gave Karen a grateful smile, but the next second several spurts of blood gushed from his chest.
He was punched and had several holes as thick as a wrist.
Karen turned her head and saw that it was the "extraordinary puppet" that she had just "exiled" who had accurately fired the "extraordinary machine gun" at the "arbitrator"!
The "arbitrator" didn't even have time to give his last words before collapsing to the ground and convulsing.
Karen gritted her teeth: "Whip!"
Two illusory whips, studded with iron spikes, sent the "extraordinary puppet" flying through the air. Karen rushed forward.
Smash the head of the "Extraordinary Puppet".
Boom!
This "extraordinary puppet" activated its self-destruct system again, leaving Karen somewhat disheveled.
As a Sequence 5, his abilities and strength are enough to easily defeat these "extraordinary puppets".
Furthermore, the ability to "prohibit" can be used to impose scope-based restrictions.
However, the number of Sequence 5 is limited. Ten ordinary soldiers may not be able to defeat one "Extraordinary Puppet", and Extraordinary individuals below Sequence 7 are also difficult to withstand the siege of "Extraordinary Puppet".
Therefore, the Rune army paid a heavy price to finally capture this high ground.
Of course, there were no prisoners, only a pile of spare parts.
Karen looked at the position that had just been captured, and the parts that might still be of research value, and he couldn't help but wonder: was it worth it to exchange so many precious lives for this position and these parts?
But he didn't have time to think about it, because they immediately received orders to assemble.
While Remburg's main force was in the north, Rune's main force was launching a joint attack from several directions on Nyrok, a key military town that Remburg had seized from Feneport years ago.
When Karen and her group arrived, tens of thousands of troops had already been assembled in Nilek City, all of whom were Rune's elite forces.
After making thorough preparations, they began their attack on the city, only to discover that it was an empty city! There was only one person...
There wasn't a single "extraordinary puppet".
At that moment, Karen's spirit seemed to sense something. She suddenly looked up at the sky, where there was a huge, umbrella-like flying object. The "handle" was aimed at Nilek City and emitted a bright spot of light. Everyone had a bad feeling.
At that moment, a beam of light that looked scorching hot shot out from the "umbrella handle," striking the ground like a divine judgment.
Karen saw that several demigods who went to block the light were completely "dissolved" by it.