No one expected that the Intis army, which the Allies had high hopes for, would suffer heavy losses in just two months of fighting, turning the advantage in the northern battlefield into a disadvantage.
So far, the Remnantburg army has not suffered any major losses.
The key point is that, so far, none of the extraordinary members of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom have joined the war.
After this phase of the battle concluded, the popes of the Church of Storms and the Church of the Eternal Sun, as well as the pope of the Church of the God of Steam and Machines, held a secret meeting.
The three major churches quietly adjusted their strategy toward Remenberg.
Or rather, the church no longer believes that the governments of Intis and Rune have any chance of defeating Remburg.
Major General Lawrence Zarathustra of the Eighth Infantry Division glanced at his two companions: Finn Houston from the Church of the Eternal Sun and Rory Hunter from the Church of Steam.
They were hiding in a ravine, waiting for nightfall before making their move.
They had a common mission: to explore a forest north of Azshara and see if there were any traces of the Lunburg Beyonders.
This mission is very strange. The three of them have discussed it, and it seems that their superiors want to confirm whether there are any important military facilities or extraordinary facilities in that mountain valley.
Therefore, we must be extra careful on this mission.
In the past few days, these three Sequence 5s have been resting during the day and acting at night.
As night fell, the three made their final preparations, quickly left the ravine, and continued their journey.
But strangely, a warm breeze suddenly came from ahead.
It was already December, and there shouldn't be any warm winds in the Northern Continent!
The three men quietly lay in ambush, and seeing that everything in the surrounding farmland was normal, they continued on their way.
After walking for a while, we were surprised to find a small town ahead. We could vaguely see a train station on the side of the town.
They each thought back, but couldn't recall any town at that location on the map.
However, now was not the time to investigate the town, so the three of them decisively changed direction and decided to bypass the town.
But after they walked for a while, they found that the town had reappeared in front of them.
The three experienced investigators became serious; they knew they had encountered something extraordinary.
And it's a very high-end one at that.
So they decided to turn back and return to the original valley. After walking for a few more minutes, the town appeared in front of them for the third time.
Just as they were discussing countermeasures, a train suddenly came from afar and stopped at the town's train station. From a distance, they could see many passengers getting off the train.
This left the three of them somewhat confused about what kind of town this was.
Based on their experience, if the entire town is involved in a high-level extraordinary event, it should not have any contact with the outside world.
Strangely, however, a train entered the town.
Lawrence and the other two discussed it and decided to use the train to leave.
So they cautiously approached the town, and in the darkness, they could vaguely see the town's name written on the entrance:
Utopia!
A strange name.
However, the three of them didn't have time to explore the town. They quickly walked past the edge of the town and headed to the train station.
Upon arriving at the train station, Finn Houston of the Church of the Eternal Sun whispered, "I know that man smoking on the platform. His name is Reed, and he's a senior deacon of the church."
Why is he here?
Lawrence and Rory Hunter of the Steam Church looked at Finn.
Finn immediately understood what they meant, and walked alone to the platform, calling out from afar, "Reed!"
"Houston!" The high-ranking deacon, who had narrowly escaped Rembrandt's pincer attack, threw away his cigarette and exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
Finn simply stated, "I'm on a mission."
Leon nodded, said "Oh," and pointed to the town, saying, "Shall we go grab a drink together?"
Finn stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "How did you get here?"
"You saw it yourself, of course they came by train," Reed laughed.
When does the train depart?
"It seems there's some kind of malfunction; the maintenance crew at this station is already working on it." Reed's smile faded as he realized something might be amiss.
Finn continued in a low voice, "Where are you going? Who are the people in the car?"
Reed knew that Finn was a captain in the Church Inquisition, so he answered seriously: "The destination of this train is Igick, and our orders are to assemble there."
"As for the people in the car, they were all people who broke out from Suhit Province."
Just as Reed had predicted, the enemy's blockade in the western Leston province was not as tight.
About a week ago, after breaking out of Suhit province, they encountered friendly forces, regrouped, and went in batches to Ijik in the rear to rest and reorganize.
It is clear that Suhit province cannot be taken back.
Finn pondered for a moment before whispering, "I'm on a mission behind enemy lines."
Reed paused for a moment, then looked surprised: "This is Remburg's station? When did they take over Lexton province...?"
But he quickly realized something was wrong: "This isn't Intis territory?"
Finn slowly nodded.
Reed took a deep breath, lit another cigarette, and after calming himself down for a moment, he asked seriously, "What do you need me to do?"
"Go ask the train conductor if the train can depart earlier," Finn said.
Reed glanced at the town not far away: "The train conductor has already entered the town."
Finn took out a pure white sphere and handed it to Reed: "The Lord is with you."
Reed took a deep breath and then smiled bitterly. He never expected that after going through so much trouble to break through the blockade of Lenburg, he would encounter such a dangerous situation.
But not going was not an option; if they did not carry out Finn's orders, they would have to face trial at the church's inquisition upon their return.
Reed had no choice but to accept the pure white sphere: "The Lord is with me."
The sphere is a sealed object that can release a "pure white javelin" at the demigod level once.
Reed forced himself to enter the town.
After watching Reed leave, Finn approached Lawrence and Rory, about to briefly recount his conversation with Reed, when his intuition suddenly realized that something was off about Lawrence, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Lawrence Zarathustra suddenly smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Reed entered the town.
I happened to run into a train attendant on the way, and after asking around, I learned that the train conductor was drinking in a bar.
As Reed passed through the square, he carefully observed the pedestrians around him, noting a young man playing the lyre in the square.
There were middle-aged couples taking a walk, and a few pigeons taking off and landing; everything seemed normal.
But since Finn is so eager to leave, there must be some danger here that he hasn't noticed.
With that thought in mind, Reed pushed open the door and entered the bar, where he immediately saw the train conductor.
However, it would be too rash to just go up and ask, so Reed went to the bar, sat down on a stool, and said to the bartender who was facing away from the customers, "A glass of our specialty beer, please."
The bartender, dressed in a waiter's uniform, turned around and smiled, "Okay."
Reed jumped up suddenly, because the bartender was none other than Finn, whom he had just parted ways with at the train station.
The word "Finn" was on Reed's throat, but with his considerable experience in handling cases, he swallowed it back.
His spirituality confirmed that it was Finn, not someone who looked very much like him.
If Finn's name were called out at this moment, it might alert the town's eerie forces.
The bartender asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Reed, pale-faced, quickly calmed down and gave an awkward laugh: "I couldn't find my wallet just now, and I thought it had been stolen, but I found it in another pocket."
People around him chuckled, and some of the drinkers joked, "Brother, are you already drunk before you've even had a drink?"
This remark drew laughter from those around him.
So Reed sat back down on the stool, smiling as he accepted his beer. While Finn was pouring drinks for other customers, he asked another bartender, "What's your name?"
"Laurence Zarathustra," said the bartender, who was also dressed in a waiter's uniform and skillfully wiping glasses. "How may I help you?"
Reed quietly pointed at Finn and asked, "When did he start working as a bartender here?"
"We were here when this bar first opened," the bartender, Lawrence, said with a smile. "Back then, the town had only just been built, and Finn Houston, Rory Hunter, and I came here together."
Reed swallowed hard. "Oh, I see."
He didn't dare drink a drop of beer in front of him, chatted briefly with the other patrons, and then left the bar.
There were still some pedestrians on the street, but Reed thought they were terrifying, like monsters.
He hurried toward the station, and as he walked, he suddenly started running.
Reed arrived at the station quickly and searched the platform several times, but he couldn't find Finn anywhere.
If it weren't for the pure white sphere the other party had given him, Reed would have wondered if he had just hallucinated.
With trembling hands, he picked up a cigarette, took a deep drag, and then, as if remembering something, quickly stubbed it out.
Back in the carriage.
This train doesn't belong to this town, so it must be safe to ride it!
Reed couldn't sleep at all that night, and by the next morning, only five or six people had returned to the previously full carriage.
Reed watched as the crew ignored the almost empty carriages, and the train started moving again.
As the platform slowly receded, Reed finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, he saw that the stationmaster who was "seeing him off" on the platform was actually the officer who had sat next to him the night before.
Yesterday afternoon, the officer also shared with me how, during the breakout, he led his soldiers to rob a wealthy businessman's property, had sex with the businessman's daughter, and finally burned down the businessman's villa.
The train wasn't moving very fast at the moment, and the "stationmaster" noticed Reed looking at him, so he smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Reed felt a chill run down his spine; Finn had asked him the same question last night.
He forced a smile and said, "You look a bit like one of my friends."
The stationmaster laughed and said, "Goodbye, have a safe trip!"
The train sped up and finally left the small town.
After calming down, Reed looked around at the passengers and began to think about what was going on.
After looking around at the passengers, Reed realized that those who had returned to the bus were all those who had participated in the great escape.
Soldiers or officers who have never killed ordinary people.
Because two of them had been encountered on the road, at most they had only stolen some food, and had not done anything to harm civilians.
Those who remained in the small town, on the contrary, were the ones who had committed many bad deeds during the great breakout.
Reed was able to leave that small town called "Utopia" thanks to his strict self-discipline and the fact that he never did anything excessive.
Thinking of this, Reed smiled bitterly again, pondering how to explain it to the church.
After all, he abandoned a captain of the church inquisition.
Reed suddenly laughed: Screw it, I quit!
Surviving the previous two months of war was already a stroke of luck, and now they have to face the interrogation of those bastards in the trial?
So Reed threw the pure white sphere that might have located him outside the train. After confirming several times that the villages or towns on both sides of the railway were normal and that they had left the Utopia area, he took advantage of everyone's inattention and jumped off the train, completely bidding farewell to his official status as an Extraordinary.
Bonova Gustav, the angel of the Steam Church, and Viev, the angel of the Eternal Sun Church, were the first to arrive at this unassuming mountain north of Azshara.
According to important intelligence obtained before the war, since the beginning of this year, the official extraordinary beings of Lenburg seem to have attached great importance to patrolling this forest, and there are even angels taking turns guarding it!
Not long ago, Intis's intelligence personnel finally confirmed that something extremely terrifying was sealed in this dense forest, and once released, it seemed to bring huge trouble to Lenburg.
After extensive divination, it was roughly confirmed that the uniqueness of a certain path seemed to be sealed there.
Therefore, after adjusting their tactics against Lenburg, the three major churches planned to send angels into the forest to seize the sealed artifact. After all, regardless of the method of uniqueness, it would be an outstanding level 0 sealed artifact.
As for whether it will be difficult to seal, that shouldn't be a problem for the "God of Steam and Machinery".
The new tactic of the three major churches is to have the angels of Intis and Rune work together to engage in more battles at the angel level!
The combined number of angels from the two countries and the three churches gives them a certain advantage.
Therefore, they believed that they could leverage this advantage to try and eliminate three or four of Remberg's angels. At that point, Remberg's victories over the past two months would become less important.
Over the past two weeks, after repeated confirmations by intelligence personnel, the approximate location of the seal's uniqueness has been determined.
They then began their plan to seize the sealed artifact.
Just as Bonova was about to use his abilities to search for clues about whether any angels had been around, a familiar voice rang out: "Bonova, what are you doing here?"
The next second, a phantom figure appeared in front of Bonova and Vieux. Although they couldn't make out the face and clothes, Bonova was certain that it was his sister Bernadette.
Bonova then said, "Bernarde, I told you before that Odis Garr is dangerous. Leave Remburg quickly, or you will be hunted down by the three Churches of the True God."
Bernadette shook her head and said, "Take care of yourself first. Odis won't kill you because of me, but I'm not sure if he'll imprison or seal you away."
Bonova added, "You're unaware of our operation this time."
Viev interrupted her, "Your Highness, hand over that level 0 sealed artifact!"
They believe Bonova's answer might expose their plans.
Bernadette laughed and said, "If you want it, find it yourself."
As she spoke, her illusory figure vanished.
Viev and Bonova immediately signaled to their companions that Bernadette was clearly the angel guarding the seal. Since there was only one angel here, they could gather more people and find the seal first.
The two celestial beings used their abilities to search the surrounding area, but found nothing unusual.
Bonova had no choice but to take out a sealed artifact, a large pair of binoculars. He put them on his eyes and looked around, finally spotting something unusual in a forest in a distant valley.
Pfft~
After taking off the binoculars, Bonova's eyes suddenly burst open!
Moreover, this sealing artifact seems to be contaminated by Outer Gods. Only extraordinary beings of the angel level or above can effectively avoid contamination when using it, and it cannot be used too frequently, otherwise it will also affect the angel's condition.
Another negative effect is that users will lose their vision for up to an hour after use.
Even angels are no exception. Although Bonova's eyes returned to normal immediately, he still can't see anything.
Fortunately, Bonova could perceive his surroundings with his spirituality, so losing his sight wouldn't have a significant impact on him.
After obtaining the exact location, they quickly headed to the valley. At this time, the Allied forces sent three more angels to support them: Sel Griffith, an angel serving the Republic of Intis; Stefano Weiss, an angel of the Church of Storms; and Gendel Weber, another angel of the Church of the Eternal Sun.
Currently, the Republic of Intis has two angels serving it, though they are more likely to be cooperating with Intis.
Intis is the only major country without a royal family. One of the two angels was promoted to angel when the royal family was overthrown, and the other was promoted to angel with the help of Roselle.
They were not nobles, nor did they have any particularly strong political stances.
The Republic of Intis had promised to try its best to meet their various needs, and their families also had many privileges.
Therefore, they reached a cooperative relationship, and the two angels used the resources of the Republic of Intis to expand their own families.
With these two angels, Intis possesses an extraordinary level of strategic power.
At this time, the Allied forces had gathered five angels and headed to the valley where Bonova had discovered the clue.
Soon, their spiritual senses detected that a terrifying power seemed to be hidden deep underground.
This is the place.
Just as they were preparing to use their respective abilities to move the soil and rocks in the valley, Elbera, Trensust, and an angel from the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom arrived.
At the same time, Bernadette no longer hides herself, unleashing "Pale Death" to fight two angels alone.
A battle between angels broke out swiftly!
A dozen seconds later, William I and Fabti arrived almost simultaneously, and the two Sequence 1s immediately went to war.
In the next minute or so, more and more angels from both sides arrived at the scene. First, Duke Nanwell of Rune and an angel from the Church of Storms arrived, while Hermes and another angel from the Church of Knowledge arrived from Runeburg.
Then another angel from the Republic of Intis and an angel from the Steam Church arrived, while Constantine and the third angel from the Church of Knowledge arrived from Remburg.
For a long time, the Church of Knowledge has only presented two angels to the "public," and no one knows when the third angel was ascended.
Not only the Church of Knowledge, but other churches did the same. Subsequently, the Church of Steam, the Church of Eternal Sun, and the Church of Storms all had a third angel appear.
The angels of the Church of Storms engaged in battle with Medici, who arrived last, while Orlando Green of the Church of Eternal Suns and Clement Daniels of the Church of Steam began using their abilities to dig through the soil and rocks in the valley.
At this moment, more than twenty angels had gathered in this secluded forest!
The blazing sun, storms, and meteors created by their battle could be clearly seen from Azshara, more than 100 kilometers away.
However, the ordinary people and extraordinary beings in the surrounding area had all been hypnotized by Hermes in advance, and none of them looked towards the battlefield, as if the scene of lightning and thunder and blazing sun had little to do with them.
Although Odis had not yet appeared, the angels on the allied side did not seem to be in a hurry—generally speaking,
We need to reserve three angels to deal with Odis.
Meanwhile, the angels on the Allied side seemed to have forgotten that there was an Angel King on Lenburg's side. Most of the angels were still fighting Lenburg's angels, while two angels were digging through the soil and rocks in the valley, searching for the level 0 sealed artifact.
After digging down more than 100 meters, they suddenly unearthed a plaza "carved" out of the rock, on which was a magic circle with dense mystical symbols emerging.
In the center of the magic circle, a turbulent mass of thick black liquid was sealed. Directly above the sealed object, there was also a Sequence Level 2 Extraordinary Property that continuously provided power to the magic circle.
Is that the uniqueness that was sealed away?
The two angels of the church were taken aback. Although they could sense the evil aura emanating from the sealed artifact, it didn't seem to have anything special about it.
They then realized that the sealing they had performed might have put this unique item into a dormant state.
Moreover, since this magic circle uses an angel-level property as its power source, there should be no problem with it.
At this moment, two huge meteorites flew towards this side from the sky. When they got closer, two middle-aged men dressed in Fussac-style knight robes emerged from the fireballs.
These are actually two angels from the Fusak Empire!
Immediately afterwards, two figures appeared on the horizon, each step they took covering one or two hundred kilometers.
Those are two angels from the Kingdom of Feneport!
The three major churches' second new strategy was to negotiate with the Church of the Goddess of Night and the Church of the Earth Mother to keep them neutral.
In addition, someone was sent to "remind" Fussac and Fenneport that there were no nobles in Remnburg, and that all the nobles had been thoroughly purged and their property confiscated.
Even more terrifying is that Remenberg became even more powerful as a result!
If they are allowed to continue to grow stronger, there will be no more royal family.
Therefore, both countries dispatched their respective angels to participate in this operation. They planned to use their overwhelming power to seize the Level 0 sealed artifact while severely damaging the angelic power of Lenburg and the Church of Knowledge.
At this moment, the six angels surrounded the square. After exchanging glances, they proceeded with their previously agreed-upon plan.
Clement Daniels, an angel from the Steam Church, and Sovia Castile, an angel from Fenneport, stepped forward to find a way to break the seal.
The other four angels stood guard in mid-air.
At this moment, James Castilla, the "Hand of Order" of Fenneport, and the "Weather Wizard" of the Einhorn family both noticed that the angels of Lenburg did not show any signs of anxiety!
Furthermore, the fact that Odis had not appeared made them feel that something was very wrong!
Suddenly, Orlando Green, the angel of the Church of the Eternal Sun who had been waiting quietly, showed a surprised expression and shouted to the angel who was looking at him, "Come back quickly!"
Just a moment ago, the "Eternal Sun," which was watching this place, suddenly warned Orlando: there's something wrong with that guy.
The warning from "Eternal Sun" came too late; Clement and Sovia were already hovering above France.
They were about to attempt to extract the extraordinary angelic qualities that provided power to the two.
Suddenly, some of the mystical symbols that made up the magic circle gathered together and rushed towards Clement and Sovia!
The angel tried to dodge, but was a beat too slow and was struck by the mysterious symbols.
Amidst Odis's loud laughter, the stream of information surged into the air, converging into human wishes—it was Odis himself!
It turns out that Odis had been dissecting himself into a series of mystical symbols and lying in wait here, just waiting for the enemy's angels to come to him.
Moreover, Odis knew very well that the "Eternal Sun," the "Lord of Storms," and the "God of Steam and Armor" would definitely be watching this place, so he simply used the power of the "Wild Knowledge" to hide his aura, and the three gods did not notice him at first!
So Odis succeeded in his attack, striking Clement and Sovia with mystical symbols.
The two angels, looking terrified, quickly flew into the air, struggling against the ever-growing informational components within themselves.
They first used various abilities to dispel adverse states, but when that failed, they changed the state of the mythical creatures, but it still didn't work, and the informational part continued to spread little by little.
Meanwhile, Odis's battle with the four angels began, and James I was the first to raise his hand: "Disposal!"
He originally wanted to "deprive" Odis of her "information" abilities, but thanks to Sovia, he escaped his predicament.
After using his ability, James I realized that he had "stripped" Odis of a few mystical symbols, which did not have much effect on Odis's true form.
At this moment, using an information-based state, it evaded the attacks of the four angels, while simultaneously monitoring everything within a hundred kilometers around it.
They have all become a torrent of knowledge.
The surging torrent of knowledge on the ground formed a huge vortex, and extended tentacles to attack the four enemy angels!
However, this attack was easy to dodge; Odispo was trying to avoid being surrounded by the four angels and didn't have much of aggression.
James raised his hand again: "This is the end—"
Odis, however, arrived first and retrieved the "0-02" brass book of Terensus from the information stream: "Here, Asia ends..."
end"!
James opened his mouth wide, unable to utter a single syllable for a moment.
Then, some of them looked at "0-02" with a kind of fanaticism. The uniqueness of the "Judge" path was the main reason why they were willing to take a gamble and participate in the war again.
The reason why the Einhorn family's angel also joined the alliance was mainly because the three churches promised to work together to find Vermonda Champagne Soren and give the Einhorn family the Sequence 1 attribute on him.
This is exactly what the Einhorn family needs; they have already completed the ritual of advancing to Sequence 1 through the First World War.
However, the Sequence 1 trait in the family was suspected to have been stolen by Amon. This was a rare opportunity for advancement, and they certainly didn't want to miss it!
Therefore, the three major churches being able to offer a Sequence 1 property is enough to impress them.
That was a matter for after the victory, when the spoils were divided. At this point, the score of "0-02" was still in Odis's hands.
It also had a significant suppressive effect on James I.
The "weather sorcerers" of the Einhorn family each summoned their own longswords, stained with blood-red rust, and attacked Odis from different directions.
Odis's "information stream" suddenly split into a small cluster, and from that cluster, a small iron tree suddenly emerged.
This is the "0-73" Desire Iron Tree.
That small "information stream" can control "0-73" to fight against one of the angels of the Einhorn family.
This was an unexpected discovery for Odis while researching his own abilities. After becoming the King of Angels, in his mythical creature state, he could separate his body into three small clusters of "information streams." He could use these "information streams" to ambush targets or manipulate sealed objects to attack enemies.
It's essentially a clone, but this clone shares a consciousness with Odis and is under Odis's command.
Just as the battle between the four angels and Odis was at its most intense, Clement, the steam angel who was fighting against "information" in the air, prayed to the "God of Steam and Gear," asking for divine power to free him from his predicament.
Xiu had already tried various methods and found that this was a problem she couldn't solve at all, so she could only pray for divine help.
Shortly after the other person prayed, faint, dim lights suddenly appeared in the sky, which were not bright, clear, or colorless, and seemed to be composed of a vast amount of illusory things.
These faint rays of light even blocked the sunlight from the sky, making it appear dimmer and creating the illusion that it had suddenly become dawn.
The "God of Steam and Gear" has manifested from the astral plane, preparing to descend and intervene in this battle.
Just then, on the other side of the sky, a field covered with deep sleep flowers and night-blooming jasmine appeared, and that sky also turned dark early.
That is the divine realm of the "Goddess of Night".