High above the city of Nilec.
Remenberg's new weapon, "White Dwarf 1," is undergoing its final charging phase.
This is a fully automated, large-scale weapon that requires no human intervention. Only illuminated lights indicate the charging progress and weapon status, along with flashing data that silently issues commands.
Its shape resembles an umbrella, with a huge canopy designed to better absorb spiritual energy, while the handle acts as its "cannon barrel."
Actually, it wasn't a "cannon barrel" but a depressurizer. Because the required concentration of spiritual energy was too high, if the energy wasn't depressurized, it could easily undergo a reaction similar to "nuclear fusion".
This was the final choice Odis made; he had also considered hand-crafting a nuclear bomb, and he had even succeeded.
However, in addition to being more powerful than normal nuclear bombs, "extraordinary nuclear bombs" also cause extraordinary disasters after their explosion.
First, the creatures that survive the nuclear explosion will mutate within a very short time, transforming into highly aggressive beings who have almost lost their reason. Extraordinary beings are not spared either, and their mutation rate is even faster, resulting in monsters with even greater power.
At the same time, because the "extraordinary nuclear explosion" will break down the barrier between the real world and the spirit world, a large number of spirit beings will flood into the real world, causing a second wave of attacks.
Then came the third wave of attacks. The real world and the spirit world merged, causing a huge change in the environment there, similar to a raging sea, making it completely unsuitable for human habitation. Moreover, monsters would constantly emerge from there and harass the surrounding areas.
Odis hesitated for a long time before deciding to change his research direction. Otherwise, even if he used "extraordinary nuclear bombs" to strike the enemy, he would only end up with a territory full of monsters.
Thus, through Odis's dedicated research, "White Dwarf 1" was created.
After charging was completed, the intelligent system sent signals that were confirmed by Marshal Medici and President Odis, and then the first operational launch was carried out.
The massive energy pillar formed by dense spiritual energy reached the ground almost instantly. Rune and the other demigods rushed over to block it, but they found that their extraordinary abilities seemed to be in disarray. It seemed that their usual methods could not drive their extraordinary abilities!
This is because Odis made a discovery long ago and summarized the relationship between spirituality and the extraordinary, and its application in weaponry.
Odis discovered very early on that spirituality is the vehicle through which extraordinary characteristics exert extraordinary abilities, and that extraordinary characteristics can bring out the variability of spirituality, manifesting in a variety of extraordinary attacks.
Currently, it is impossible to create a spiritual "vacuum" area to observe whether extraordinary characteristics can still exert extraordinary abilities after the absence of spirituality.
Theoretically speaking, even if there really is a spiritual "vacuum" area, the spirituality of an extraordinary person is enough to enable them to exert their extraordinary abilities.
Later, Odis discovered in his experiments that dense, abundant spirituality, in addition to having enormous destructive power and causing the surrounding spirituality to become disordered, could also temporarily affect the performance of extraordinary abilities.
Just as immense gravity can alter the curvature of space, it's not that there's something wrong with the extraordinary ability itself, but rather that the "path" to using the ability has suddenly changed. With a little adjustment, the extraordinary ability can be used normally.
However, the attack from "White Dwarf 1" will not give the opponent any time. The dense spiritual energy, several meters thick, falls to the ground. Spiritual energy is originally colorless. The reason why we see it glowing and feel its heat is because of the friction between light particles and air.
The few people who were unfortunately hit by the "beam of light" were immediately crushed into a puddle of liquid.
Immediately afterwards, the energy of the "beam of light" was released instantly, and its enormous destructive power even shattered the surrounding space. Everything around seemed to be melted away and turned into liquid.
This included the few demigods, who, no matter how much they struggled, were pulverized into liquid.
In an instant, the shattered space rapidly expanded, and before Karen and her people on the ground could even understand what was happening,
It also turned into a clump of liquid within it.
In less than a second, everything within a radius of nearly 100 kilometers turned into liquid.
Suddenly, lava erupted from underground. The sudden appearance of a hole in the earth's crust allowed the lava to release its pressure, and the violent outpouring of lava formed billowing smoke, which in turn created deadly dark clouds in the sky. A large volcano rose from the ground.
Remenberg's powerful weapon is called "White Dwarf I" because it uses dense spirituality to generate immense pressure, resembling the surface of a white dwarf.
The pressure was so great that all solids within the attack range turned into a thin layer of liquid, and even the surrounding space was affected, as if it had been suddenly shattered.
The attack was very deep, reaching about 100 kilometers underground, so the city of Nilek was turned into a spewing mass of lava.
Tens of thousands of elite Rune troops vanished without a trace!
Only three demigods survived by sheer luck, but in the next second, the rapidly cooling volcano and the dark clouds of smoke in the sky suddenly transformed into torrents of information.
The three demigods who survived by sheer luck hadn't even had a chance to ask the angels for help before they became part of the information deluge.
The next second, all the information seemed to suddenly "cool down" and turned into a huge city, with plants and streams, but not a single animal, not even an insect or a microorganism.
This is because they were already dead before Odis "digitized" them.
Cities are inanimate objects, easy to build. Plants have no soul, they can continue to grow as long as they are "input" enough instructions. Animals are different. Even if you bring them to "life", they will be like zombies, not lively enough.
Meanwhile, on the city streets, a large number of extraordinary beings suddenly appeared; these were all those who had died just now from "Hundred Dwarf Star 1".
The extraordinary ones under the attack of "Number".
Immediately, these characteristics seemed to be swept up by a tornado and blown into the "wilderness of knowledge".
The massive attack launched by Rune ended in this way.
White Dwarf 1 slowly ascended into the sky, awaiting a new target.
A few minutes later, Rune discovered that the tens of thousands of elite troops he had sent out had vanished without a trace. This shocked Rune's Ministry of Defense so much that they didn't even dare to send a demigod to investigate.
In the end, William I himself went to Nilec and took a trip there, only to be driven away by Odis, who had been waiting there. In the end, only one thing was confirmed: tens of thousands of elite troops were wiped out. They had tried to capture the city many times but never understood how they died.
Rune thought that Odis had interfered with their divination, but in fact it was a chain reaction caused by the dense spirituality at that time that affected the spirit world. Unless they asked an angel-level diviner for help, it would be difficult to divine the process of their destruction.
A fierce naval battle also broke out in the raging sea.
During World War I, the Republic of Intis's navy did not suffer significant losses, and the Ruen navy also suffered relatively few losses thanks to the cooperation of the Church of Storms.
At this moment, the navies of Intis, Rune, and the Church of Storms, three naval forces, were simultaneously heading towards Midway Island, preparing to capture Lenburg, the largest naval base in the Raging Sea.
Intis's side fielded its elite forces, with over two hundred large battleships and various other warships forming a massive fleet.
They sailed in a grand procession along the coastline toward the middle of the raging sea.
Over the past year, although Intis has designed new extraordinary warships, the construction cycle of the ships is very long, and they do not have a shipyard as advanced as Remburg. Therefore, only a few extraordinary warships have been built so far, and they have all been put into this naval battle.
Moreover, the fleet has a large number of extraordinary individuals to compensate for its lack of speed and firepower.
Just as this massive fleet was about to leave the waters of Fenneport, the once clear sky suddenly became overcast.
Just a few minutes later, the navigators on each ship issued warnings, as if a storm was brewing.
The fleet had made some preparations, but the intensity of the storm still exceeded their expectations, and soon there were hill-like waves and torrential rain.
A dozen minutes later, the storm intensified into a tropical storm, and many large battleships were swept into the sky by the hurricane.
Faced with such a natural disaster, did the commanders of the Intis fleet first think that the Church of Storms was launching a sneak attack on them?
Since it is already winter, tropical storms are unlikely to occur. Secondly, the storm has not yet entered the raging sea, and such severe weather rarely occurs in coastal waters.
However, the members of the Church of the Eternal Sun who were on board quickly dismissed this conjecture. They knew very well that the Church of the Storm was just as determined as they were towards Lunburg and would never launch a sneak attack on them at this time.
At this moment, the Intis Navy remembered that there was an elven prince in Lenburg, who was an angel.
They guessed that the angel might have summoned such a calamity, so they promptly asked the angels of the Church of the Eternal Sun for help.
The "Light Chaser" sent was Viev, an angel who became a Sequence 2 in the Fourth Age and had extensive combat experience.
After gaining a general understanding of the situation, they ventured into the clouds, guided by their spirituality, to find the elven prince.
Thick, dark clouds obscured Viev's vision, but at that moment, spirituality was both sight and touch.
Suddenly, he sensed a vast open area ahead, but he didn't detect any enemies.
However, Wieve is almost certain that the culprit behind this tropical storm is just ahead, but it seems to have used some method to hide its whereabouts.
Hula Viev emerged from the thick dark clouds, and sure enough, a huge hole appeared in front of her.
But to Viev's surprise, instead of the elven prince, there was a weapon made of metal that he had never seen before.
Viev recognized the upper part of the weapon; it was a huge aircraft, which was now hovering there motionless.
Beneath the massive belly of the aircraft is a device that appears to be made of refined iron, from which extend metal rods, some curved and some upright. It is divided into five layers, each rotating at a different speed.
Each layer would occasionally unleash a massive bolt of lightning, a blue hurricane, or blow a cluster of blue ice crystals into the clouds.
Viev stood there, stunned, his intuition realizing that it was this behemoth that had created the tropical storm!
The "Light Chaser" guess was correct. This was indeed Remnburg's new weapon, "Storm 1". Odis originally intended to name it "Leodorus 1", but felt that it was inappropriate to use that name while the "Lord of Storms" was still around, so he chose the name "Storm 1".
The moment Viev had the idea of destroying the weapon, her spirit immediately sensed danger.
Without hesitation, Shi immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew away.
It's reasonable to guess that Odis was on that plane.
According to intelligence obtained by the church and the Intis government, Odis seems to have been promoted to Sequence 1, and even has a Sequence 1 with a Level 0 seal. Viev knows that she is no match for him.
Currently, the other angels in Remnburg seem to be fighting in the north of Remnburg, while only Odis is a mobile force, appearing wherever angelic power is needed.
If Viev hadn't found this place, Odis probably wouldn't have exposed himself and let the tropical storm continue.
Although the fleet was protected by demigods, a natural disaster of this magnitude was enough to inflict heavy losses on it. Of course, if demigods from the Church of Storms were to arrive, the losses could be mitigated.
Viev retreated outside the clouds and immediately informed the Steam Church and the Intis government. They then sent angels, and by the time the three angels entered the clouds together, the large plane had already flown away.
The three angels each used their abilities to quell the tropical storm and take inventory of the Intis navy's ships.
More than ten warships have been destroyed and more than thirty warships have been damaged.
Moreover, both the fleet's crew and the extraordinary individuals had expended a great deal of energy in the process of fighting the tropical storm and urgently needed to find a port to rest and recuperate.
The most speechless were Fennepot. When they learned that the tropical storm might have been caused by Remberg's new weapon (not excluding the possibility that it was created by Odis), they knew that Remberg must have done it on purpose.
This natural disaster occurred in the waters off Fenneport, causing enormous damage to two of the country's ports. This was clearly a warning to Fenneport, as it once again opened its territorial waters to the Intis Navy.
Three hours later, at the Storm Church's fleet headquarters.
This is the only church that possesses its own massive fleet. Their ships are not very large, and there are not many weapons on their decks, because the church's extraordinary beings are the most powerful weapons at sea.
In the distance, they saw a colossal object appear in the sky—the Remnburg aircraft carrier.
In an instant, the entire fleet went on high alert, and several demigods quickly flew into the sky to take the initiative to engage them.
At that moment, their exceptional eyesight allowed them to see that five hexagonal metal pillars suddenly extended from the bottom of the aircraft carrier. These metal pillars were divided into several sections, with the tips becoming thinner.
The angle at which the metal pillars extend is clearly the result of meticulous design; their tips converge precisely, leaving a small hole in the middle, no bigger than a palm.
The next instant, a pure white light emanated from the point where the five metal pillars converged, and this light fell instantly.
It instantly passed through the demigods of the Church of Storms and struck the fleet on the sea.
Immediately afterwards, a huge, arc-shaped pure white light formed on the sea surface. This light rapidly grew larger, covering the surrounding sea surface for hundreds of kilometers.
Then the light seemed less solid, and like a burst balloon, it emitted intense light and high temperatures that could boil large areas of the surrounding seawater.
When all the light disappeared, the Storm Church demigods in mid-air saw a giant crater appear in the sea.
That portion of the seawater seemed to have suddenly disappeared!
Of course, the Storm Church's fleet also disappeared.
This is an offensive weapon carried by an aircraft carrier that artificially created a small-scale "nuclear fusion" reaction.
However, it did not reach the yield of an "extraordinary nuclear bomb." Even so, all matter within the attack range was transformed into heavier matter by the fusion reaction.
Under such an attack, the demigods didn't even have time to pray for the angels' help.
In the end, only two demigods survived the light and fled from there.
Meanwhile, the surrounding seawater continued to flow back into the "big pit" where the seawater had disappeared, forming a spectacular whirlpool.
Before the demigods could react, they were transformed into a stream of information. Their extraordinary characteristics fell out of the stream and, along with a large number of characteristics from the sea, flew into the air and entered the "wilderness of knowledge".
Then the aircraft carrier turned around to support another battlefield.
On another battlefield, Remburg's main fleet took the initiative to engage Rune's fleet, and a fierce naval battle broke out between the two sides. In the end, both sides suffered considerable losses and returned to port to rest and recuperate.
In the following days, the tropical storm continued to lash the ports of Intis and Rune, forcing them to each send two angels to protect their fleets before the storms finally stopped.
But in doing so, it would be tantamount to holding back the four angels.
In the Roside Islands and the North Continent, the churches of the Church of Storms are frequently attacked by the Extraordinary Ones of Lenburg.
They were usually led by two Sequence 5s, with one Sequence 5 using the ability to "travel" to reach the vicinity of the church and then secretly setting up a teleportation array.
Then the rest of the squad quickly appeared around the church via a teleportation array and immediately launched an attack.
Each attack would last no more than 10 minutes, because the demigods of the Church of Storms would be able to arrive to provide support within 10 minutes.
The attack did not cause significant casualties, but it kept the Church of Storms busy dealing with it.
With the orderly withdrawal of Intis's military forces from Lim province, the first phase of World War II temporarily came to an end.
On the northern battlefield, Remburg achieved a great victory, wiping out several enemy divisions and, more importantly, causing heavy casualties among the Church of Intis and the military's extraordinary members.
Moreover, this victory was achieved right under the noses of several enemy angels.
In the central battlefield, tens of thousands of Rune's elite troops were wiped out in one fell swoop.
In naval warfare, the area where the Storm Church excels, Lenburg, despite being at a clear disadvantage, managed to take on three opponents and gain a certain advantage.
Of course, this is inseparable from the protection of Odis and the "Lord of Mysteries". Intis, Rune and the Church of Storms tried to send several angels to besiege Odis on the raging sea, but the "Lord of Mysteries" descended and almost killed their angels instead.
However, this attack was not entirely fruitless; at least they learned that Odis was now the King of Angels.
After both sides had a week to rest and recuperate, Remburg launched a new offensive.
Medici knew very well that most of the central plateau region was now in Remburg's hands. Although they seemed to have the advantage, they were easily attacked from both the east and west by Intis and Rune.
Medici then took advantage of the enemy's slow troop deployment and launched a new offensive.
They did not intend to defend Lim province, but rather to do everything possible to strike at the enemy's manpower.
Reed, the "Priest of Light," is an extraordinary being of the Church of the Eternal Sun.
He didn't know what others thought, but after the battle of Lim province, he had a different perspective on this campaign.
In terms of the number of extraordinary beings, Remburg is not superior, but few are willing to admit that their extraordinary weapons make up for it well.
This was evident in the first round of battle, where the Church's Extraordinary Ones suffered heavy casualties, with half of Reed's dozen or so subordinates killed.
People developed a fear of Remenberg's steel torrent, because those Remenberg soldiers were not afraid of death at all, and they were very difficult to kill.
Reed, who was in the tavern, looked at his men, who were all ashen-faced. Before the war, they had boasted that they would use the war to advance at least two ranks, but now they were either quietly smoking or drinking in silence.
However, most of them had indeed been promoted once. To be precise, as long as they hadn't made any major mistakes in previous battles and met the conditions for promotion, they would be given potions.
The reason is simple: many extraordinary individuals died on the battlefield, and some of their extraordinary traits were taken by the Remnantburg people.
A portion of the waste has also been recovered.
The recovered traits should be used immediately to enhance the strength of our extraordinary members.
So this general increase doesn't seem to have made them happy.
Boom! Boom!
An explosion suddenly came from afar, causing the extraordinary individuals and officers in the tavern to immediately get up and run outside to investigate.
Reed glanced at the doorway: "That's the direction of the Bodell Pass. The Remburgers have launched a new offensive."
The people around him looked desperate. They had withdrawn from Lim province, completed their reorganization, and had just built new positions. They were finally going to rest for a while, but why were the Remburgers attacking again?
They don't seem to need rest, because their main force consists of "extraordinary puppets".
In any case, the Podlar Pass is a vital passage from Lim province to Suhit province, and we should do our best to rush there to provide support to prevent a repeat of the Remburg steel torrent in that economically developed province.
When they rushed back to their position and awaited orders from their superiors to send them to provide support, they learned that Podlar Pass had already fallen.
Then they received another message: Dakri City had also fallen; it was another passage to Suhit Province.
Reed's Extraordinary Squad received orders to retake Darkri City, as their location was relatively close to the city.
When Reed and his men arrived, they found that there were no enemies left, and they quickly retaken the place.
The superiors ordered them to hold the city, because according to intelligence provided by the angels, the Lenburg army had split into two forces and entered Suhit province, and each force was about the same size as the steel torrent that had previously ravaged Lim province.
In other words, Remenberg has deployed twice the number of troops this time!
However, based on the sketches provided by the angel, the Ministry of Defense noticed that there seemed to be an additional type of tank among the two steel torrents in Remberg, but the specific purpose of that tank is still unknown.
Therefore, the Ministry of Defense of Intis adjusted its strategy based on the previous round of battles, adopting a strategy of focused defense to resist the Remnburg army.
To put it bluntly, the strategy was to only defend key cities, leaving the rest to Remnantburg to wreak havoc.
This strategy arose because they noticed that the steel torrents of Remnburg had to return every three days to replenish their spirituality, so these steel behemoths could only operate for three days at a time.
Secondly, the Remnburg army systematically destroyed the military facilities and factories they encountered, but they almost never attacked civilian facilities, let alone killed ordinary civilians.
From the Department of Defense's perspective, this incomplete destruction is not a great loss to Intis, as they can quickly convert those civilian facilities into new military facilities!
Therefore, the Ministry of Defense's new strategy is to let the Remnburg Army wreak havoc in the Suhit province, and then intercept and pursue them when they retreat.
If we can hold back one of the steel torrents and exhaust their spirituality, we will gain a massive amount of spoils!
The ideal was beautiful, but when Reed and his men were building trenches in Dakri, they received news...
Lipsborg has fallen!
That was a key military town in southeastern Suhit province. Its fall cut off the retreat of more than twenty divisions that had been withdrawn from Lim province.
Then Reid and the military commander sent to garrison the area received orders to launch a counterattack on Lipsburg.
This struck them as odd. If the enemy could only hold out for three days, why not follow the original plan and wait until three days later to launch a counterattack?
Unbeknownst to them, in addition to capturing key military towns in Suhit province, the Remburg army also attacked all military supply points in southern Suhit province with missiles and rockets.
In other words, the supplies for the more than 200,000 troops south of Lipsburg were basically only what the company and platoon had.
This outcome is also attributed to the modernization of military reforms in countries like Intis, where most military supplies are no longer in the hands of divisions or regiments, but are instead uniformly managed by the logistics department.
Division-level combat units only have the right to supply a few items that can be purchased with money, such as food and winter clothing. Military supplies such as firearms and ammunition are allocated by higher authorities.
This is a relatively advanced military reform. Even if there is a mutiny or revolt, the soldiers have limited weapons, so the impact will not be too great.
But now an awkward situation has been created: the supplies for more than 200,000 troops have been destroyed, and the iron torrent of Lenburg has stopped moving and has all gathered in Lippsburg.
The Ministry of Defense of Intis then realized that Lenburg's target was the more than 200,000 troops.
Therefore, they immediately ordered the more than twenty divisions whose retreat had been cut off, as well as the extraordinary ones there, to launch a counterattack on Lipsburg, while simultaneously mobilizing a large amount of military force to attack Lipsburg from another side.
Reid and his men only learned of the destruction of most of their military supplies during the counterattack. They also understood Reinburg's intentions and launched a desperate charge against Lippsburg, otherwise they would have been trapped in the southern part of Sucht province.
After three days and three nights of bloody fighting, Reed's squad suffered heavy losses but finally broke through the enemy's blockade and crossed Lippsburg.
These extraordinary squads are alright; they can recover their spirituality after a rest and continue fighting.
Once the ordinary soldiers ran out of ammunition, they almost completely stopped resisting.
The bloody battles of the past three days have made the members of Reed's squad increasingly silent.
After breaking through the blockade, they glanced back and saw that within a dozen kilometers south of Lipsburg, all they could see were the bodies of Intis soldiers.
The Intis army paid a heavy price, with less than a quarter of its forces breaking through the encirclement.
At this time, the Ministry of Defense of Intis also learned about the role of the new tanks in the Lenburg army; it turned out that they were all transport vehicles!
It was full of ammunition and energy storage crystals, and the combat vehicles were similar to those used in Lim Province.
Clearly, from the very beginning, the Remburg army intended to use this tactic to strike the Intis army.
Reed and his men had no time to rest and continued their retreat south, hoping to encounter friendly forces as soon as possible. After searching for two days, they finally met their allies.
But before they could even rejoice, they heard another piece of bad news: Bonegiro, the capital of Suhit province, had fallen!
In other words, Reed and his men would have to break through another enemy blockade before they could retreat to safety.
With no other option, after a brief rest, they had to continue their raids. After another five or six days of bloody fighting, when even the extraordinary ones were starting to falter, Reed's squad managed to break through the Lenburg army's blockade once again.
However, after they rejoined their allies, they learned that the Remnburg army had already captured Strømsgodburg, a major military town in northern Suhit province.
Another layer of Lenburg's army blockade appeared in front of them.
Looking at the extraordinary individuals gathered around him, Reed knew very well that they no longer had the confidence to break through the enemy's blockade once again.
So Reed decided to try his luck in the western province of Lexington.
The blockade by the Reichsburg army there might not be too tight.
However, during the next two weeks of marching, they received no supplies and had to plunder for food and medicine.
The extraordinary ones like Reed were alright; they all had some money and could buy food.
But the ordinary soldiers were not so polite. They not only stole food, but also killed people and looted property, acting as cruelly as invaders.
Reed, a member of the church, paid no attention to these people, because he knew very well that they had risked their lives to break through one or two layers of enemy blockade, and they had already become indifferent to life and death.
The entire province of Suhit was plunged into chaos—chaos instigated by the Intis soldiers.
The troops withdrawn from Lim province, along with the more than 400,000 troops that later came to their aid, were cut off three times by the Remburg army, completely disrupting their organization and command system.
This leaves them completely disorganized, like headless flies running around aimlessly.
The most important thing was to get the Intis army to "walk" out of their positions and attack the Lenburg army's positions, which caused them heavy losses.
When Odis heard Medici's battle plan, he was quite surprised, because it was a classic pincer attack!
This refers to the main tactics of the famous "blitzkrieg".
This was something that Odis had not given any hints about beforehand; Medici had come up with the tactical concept entirely on his own.
This made Odis realize that Medici was born for war.