Upon learning that Vicious was fine and that the person in front of her was Vicious's older sister, Illustrious politely said: "Big Sister Vicious, considering that I am the girlfriend of your younger sister Vicious, could you move your foot away?"
Big Sister Vicious increased the force and stomped again, saying: "Hmph! My sister likes you, but that doesn't mean I like you. You are an enemy of our Deep Sea Cult. Today, I will kill you here to eliminate future troubles."
"Pfft!"
Big Sister Vicious's hard stomp caused Illustrious to spit out blood again. Looking at the killing intent fully displayed by Big Sister Vicious, Illustrious was very panicked; Big Sister Vicious was serious.
If her strength were still there as before, Illustrious wouldn't need to fear Big Sister Vicious. But now, all her power and unique abilities were temporarily unusable. She estimated that it would take another three minutes before she could use them again. In order to stall for time, Illustrious started to chat nonsense with Big Sister Vicious.
Illustrious smirked: "Big Sister Vicious, you are holding that pose, and your white panties have been seen by me."
Big Sister Vicious immediately blushed. She covered her skirt with her right hand to prevent Illustrious from seeing her panties. "You pervert! Even at a time like this, you still have the mood to pay attention to that place."
"I've changed my mind. I originally wanted to kill you immediately, but now I want to torture you properly. I'll stomp you to death..." A shy and angry Big Sister Vicious immediately used her high heels to stomp on Illustrious's stomach repeatedly.
Big Sister Vicious's stomping force was not as heavy as the first two times. Although it still hurt a bit, it was within a range that Illustrious could endure. To prevent Vicious from killing her immediately, Illustrious could only use this method to stall for time. After all, anger makes people make mistakes, and Illustrious just wanted to keep Big Sister Vicious from paying attention to the time.
"Big Sister Vicious, you stomp like that, and I saw your panties again." Illustrious smiled miserably.
"You pervert! It seems I must stomp you to death. Die for me..." Big Sister Vicious continued to stomp on Illustrious; in her shy anger, she really forgot about the time for a moment.
Illustrious silently counted down how much time was left amidst her pain. When only half a minute remained until she could recover her strength, an accident occurred.
While continuously stomping on Illustrious with her high heels, Big Sister Vicious began to feel something was wrong. She always felt that Illustrious had a purpose for doing this. What could that purpose be? She thought about it and immediately understood.
Vicious stopped stomping on Illustrious. She removed her foot from Illustrious's stomach and said: "You guy are stalling for time, right! Damn! There is half a minute left, and the paralysis effect will end. Hmph! I almost fell for your trick."
Huh! How was she discovered? Damn it! It was only half a minute away. Illustrious continued to play dumb to stall for time. "Wh-what stalling? I don't know what you are talking about; it's truly inexplicable."
"Stop playing dumb. I'm going to take your life right now!" Vicious's sister reached into the void, and a blood-red ship-slaying great sword appeared in her hand. Countless Ship Qi constantly condensed onto the blood-red ship-slaying great sword, which erupted with a blinding light.
"Die! Be smarter in your next life and don't cross our Deep Sea Cult." Vicious's sister swung the ship-slaying great sword down.
This strike was world-destroying. Illustrious closed her eyes in frustration. "Damn it! I was so close to recovering my power. Is heaven truly determined to destroy me?"
The ship-slaying great sword sliced through the air, carrying a fierce energy that caused even space itself to ripple; the force was so strong that it completely displaced the air.
The intense pressure of the gale caused Illustrious's silver hair to flutter wildly.
Illustrious had resigned herself to death. She had done everything she could; if she were to die like this, she could only accept it calmly.
"Clang!" Just as the ship-slaying great sword was a mere half-inch from cutting Illustrious in two, Atago, wearing a black-silk sailor suit, appeared before her. She used her ship-slaying great sword to block this fatal strike for Illustrious.
Atago asked in confusion, "Vicious! What are you doing? Why are you trying to kill Illustrious?"
Looking at Atago who had suddenly appeared, Vicious frowned. Illustrious would recover her power and unique abilities in just fifteen seconds. Should she continue to kill Illustrious or flee with Eugen?
After a moment's thought, Vicious chose to flee with Eugen. Atago's strength was that of a Four-Star Legendary Ship Girl. Although she could kill this Four-Star Legendary Ship Girl in about ten minutes, she did not have that much time to waste on Atago.
Vicious immediately retreated from the clash with Atago. She flashed to Eugen's side and grabbed her. Vicious then retrieved a golden bead from her rigging space. This golden bead was a ship device—a one-time Thousand-Mile Teleportation Bead. Once crushed, it would create a black hole; entering the black hole would allow one to teleport a thousand miles away.
Although the one-time Thousand-Mile Teleportation Bead could only be used once, it was the ultimate tool for escaping.
Seeing the golden bead, Atago knew Vicious was about to flee. Atago leaped lightly, flying into mid-air, and shot toward Vicious with a slash. "Don't think about leaving, Vicious! You haven't answered my question yet!"
Watching Atago slash toward her, Vicious immediately crushed the one-time Thousand-Mile Teleportation Bead.
A black hole appeared beside Vicious. "Hmph! You're lucky this time. Next time, I will definitely kill all of you."
"Especially you, Illustrious. You remember this: you better protect yourself well. Your life can only be taken by me. I won't allow you to die so easily."
Vicious stepped into the black hole, and it closed immediately. Atago, who had slashed out, hit nothing but air.
"Tsk! Did I let them get away?" Atago said with a displeased expression.
Following Vicious's disappearance, a short while later, the paralysis effect caused by Vicious stabbing her with the one-time paralysis dagger wore off. Illustrious's power and unique abilities were restored, and the aura of a Five-Star Legendary Ship Girl erupted from within her body.
Atago came over to Illustrious and asked with concern, "Illustrious, are you okay?"
"I'm fine! It's fortunate that you appeared in time, otherwise I would have been done for." Illustrious held Atago's hands with both of her own, pressed her entire body against Atago, and touched their foreheads together; both could feel the other's breathing and temperature.
Atago's face flushed slightly, and she said embarrassedly, "Don't do that! There are people around. Things like this should be done in a room."
Illustrious smiled and said, "We are lovers, so what's wrong with being a little intimate? I thought I would never have the chance to see you again just now; let me absorb some of Atago's energy now!"
"Alright! There's really no helping you." Atago gently buried Illustrious's head in her chest with both hands.
Enjoying Atago's embrace, Illustrious took a few deep breaths of Atago's scent before leaving her embrace with satisfaction. "Thank you, Atago. You're so kind."
Atago said softly, "You're welcome. You are my lover, after all; doing this much is only natural. If you want to act spoiled with me in the future, you can come to me anytime!"
"You said it yourself, so I won't hold back. You can't go back on your word later." Illustrious said, hugging Atago's waist.
Being hugged by Illustrious, Atago felt no aversion; instead, she felt joy. However, seeing Vicious's behavior earlier was very strange. Atago asked in confusion, "Right, Illustrious! What was going on with Vicious earlier? Why did she raise her sword to kill you, and why did she save that Sixth Saint of the Deep Sea Cult? What exactly happened during the time I was away?"
"You have so many questions! Alright, I'll explain the ins and outs to you in detail!" Illustrious stroked Atago's soft, beautiful hair and said, "It happened like this..."
Illustrious patiently narrated the sequence of events to Atago.
After a while, having heard Illustrious's words, Atago exclaimed with great emotion, "I never expected that Vicious, who has been my subordinate for three years, was actually the Third Saint of the Deep Sea Cult. Sigh! Vicious has hidden herself so deeply these past three years! I wonder what her purpose was in going undercover in the Atlantic Military Police."
"Atago, will you blame Vicious?" Illustrious was a bit worried; she did not want Atago and Vicious to turn against each other!
"How could I? These things were all done by Vicious's sister. Since that's the case, how could I blame Vicious?" Atago chuckled.
Illustrious became happy. "That's good. Don't worry! There are two souls inside Vicious's body. Since I could make Vicious like me, I can just as easily make Vicious's sister like me too. I will not give up on Vicious."
"But Vicious's sister is the Third Saint of the Deep Sea Cult. How will you make her like you?" Atago asked skeptically.
Illustrious shook her head and said, "I don't know. But I think the most important thing right now is to get Vicious to quit the Deep Sea Cult. That kind of evil cult is no place for Vicious to be."
Atago became a bit worried. "Getting Vicious to quit the Deep Sea Cult will likely be very difficult. After several years of development, the Deep Sea Cult has become a behemoth. It is filled with experts, and the Seven Great Saints are particularly terrifying. Each Saint is a Legendary Ship Girl. Moreover, I've heard that the strength of the Deep Sea Cult's Saint Master is even more terrifying; even if the Seven Great Saints joined forces, they would not be a match for the Saint Master."
"Then I really must see it for myself." Illustrious said, full of fighting spirit and hot-blooded excitement.
Fiona came before Illustrious and Atago and said politely, "Excuse me! Sorry to interrupt, but can either of you take action to break that shield?"
"Oh! I forgot about the main business. I'll do it!" Illustrious let go of Atago and walked toward King Hiddell.
"Just breaking it is enough. Leave the rest to me! I want to kill this scum myself." Fiona shouted from behind Illustrious.
"Understood!" Illustrious said indifferently.
Watching Illustrious continuously approach, Hiddell panicked. He begged repeatedly, "Illustrious, won't you really reconsider? Whatever you want, I can give it to you! If you like being a King, I can even give that to you! I only ask that you kill Fiona!"
"I'm not interested in being a King." Illustrious shook her head.
Seeing that Illustrious was determined to break her shield, Hiddell immediately shifted his gaze to Fiona and begged, "Sister Fiona, I know I was wrong. I really didn't mean to sleep with your girlfriend. Considering we are half-siblings, please let me go!"
"Shut up! I'm going to riddle you with holes later!" Upon hearing Hiddell mention her girlfriend, Lailisi, Fiona immediately erupted like a volcano. She and Lailisi had been deeply in love and had even made a pact to be together forever, but it was because of Hiddell that Lailisi had died a tragic death.
"You actually slept with Fiona's girlfriend? Hmph! No wonder Fiona hates you so much. Someone like you is truly scum!" Illustrious clenched her fist, and countless golden Ship Qi swirled around it.
Illustrious leaped lightly into the air and struck like lightning toward Hiddell's Ship Qi Shield. Upon reaching a short distance from the shield, Illustrious immediately swung her fist down.
Hiddell's Ship Qi Shield was immediately shattered by Illustrious's fist, and the Ship Qi Shield turned into fragments that slowly disappeared into mid-air.
After Illustrious broke the Ship Qi Shield, Fiona pulled a large, black, and spectacular heavy gun from beneath her skirt.
Seeing Fiona holding the large black gun, Hiddell immediately wanted to flee, but he hadn't run for long before he was kicked to the ground by a flying kick from the rushing Fiona. With the large black gun aimed at Hiddell's head, Fiona did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately pulled the trigger of the large black gun.
A bullet immediately fired and pierced through Hiddell's head. Blood sprayed from Hiddell's head instantly, and he finally collapsed to the ground, losing all signs of life.
After firing one bullet, Fiona was still not satisfied. She continued to fire bullets at Hiddell until the large black gun was out of ammo, at which point Fiona stopped.
After avenging Lailisi, Fiona's right hand went limp, and the large black gun in her hand fell to the ground. She looked up at the sky and murmured in a low voice, "Lailisi! Rest in peace! I have avenged you."
Although she had killed Hiddell, Fiona did not feel happy inside; instead, she felt a sense of emptiness. What she truly wanted was for Lailisi to be alive and with her.
"Princess Fiona, it's great that you're okay." The former Knight Commander of the Royal Guard, Grit, arrived before Princess Fiona with a group of soldiers.
Fiona looked at Gritte with great respect. After the former king was killed by Eugen, although Fiona had escaped the palace, she was wanted under the orders of the new king, Hiddell. Her original forces had all been turned to rebellion by the Deep Sea Cult. When she was alone and had nowhere to go, it was thanks to Gritte, the captain of the former King's Knights, that she was taken in.
Gritte had a deep friendship with the former king. The former king had long known that he might die at the hands of the Deep Sea Cult, so he had secretly summoned Gritte to his room.
In order for Princess Fiona to become Empress, the former king handed a secret army and a large amount of gold, silver, and treasures to Gritte. The former king had instructed Gritte that if he were to die unexpectedly and Princess Fiona had not become Empress, then Gritte would step in to help Fiona become Empress.
After taking in Princess Fiona, Gritte returned the secret army and the large amount of gold, silver, and treasures that the former king had entrusted to him to Princess Fiona.
With Gritte, the army, and the wealth, Princess Fiona, after enduring countless hardships, finally defeated the current king, Hiddell.
Fiona adjusted her mood. If she let her soldiers see her looking dejected, it would diminish the dignity of a princess! "Have the king's armies outside been eliminated?"
"Those who resisted have all been eliminated. Now only a portion who surrendered remain," Gritte said solemnly.
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