Chapter 217: Chapter 153: Contact and Speculation (Part 2)

Only a real war can bring out all the value of the legion!

Without the threat of the Empire, where would the funding for the legion come from?

So Horn is willing to wait, and he can afford to wait, for he has absolute confidence in his decisions.

Just a little patience, and those country bumpkins will eventually kneel and beg before the Alliance, welcoming it as a brand new source of wealth.

Of course, Horn will not sit idly by while Lord Lin Lan attempts to rally the public, so he decides to give these ignorant bumpkins a little lesson.

"Adjust the cannons for me, target their granary."

A cruel smile appeared on Horn’s face: "The whole town is within our range; I’d like to see just how much these bumpkins have stored up."

"Yes, Commander!"

The sergeant’s tone was excited; he stood tall and saluted with exaggerated flair.

He had to admit, being able to bombard someone else’s doorstep and crush the local ’ants’ was quite pleasurable.

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Slash the sword... slash the sword...

Kael wasn’t clear on how long he had been holding on.

His vision had long been blurred by bloodstains, but Kael knew he couldn’t stop, for every minute and every second, vibrant, thorn-covered branches crawled out from the sea.

"Come on... you beasts..."

Kael swallowed the blood in his throat with difficulty; the Sunlight Flame on his body was already exhausted, but once again he raised the giant sword in his hand. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

The warrior’s side was already piled high with charred, twisted branches.

The flames on the sword’s edge never went out, symbolizing the indomitable will of the Sun Warriors!

At this moment, Kael realized just how precious Commander Ed’s devilish training was; even if his body was at its limit, the will forged under the sun still pulled him up again and again.

In a trance, Kael saw the four battleships in the distance lift their cannons once more.

The warrior gritted his teeth, eyes bloodshot, and as the civilians watched in horror, flames rose from the sea once again!

Magic Bombs pierced the air, like the wail of the Grim Reaper.

But at that moment, a silver-white light flashed from the horizon.

The radar of Shattered Star carefully locked onto the trajectory of the Alliance’s fire, and with the calibration of countless moth drones, the Quantum Light Cannon accurately hit the Magic Bombs over the sea!

Boom, boom, boom!

Dazzling light exploded in the sky, transforming into fiery rain that fell into the sea of flowers, causing the vibrant blooms to emit cries of pain.

Under Horn’s sinister gaze, the Ark’s Steel Fortress hovered above Lulin Port.

The hatch of Shattered Star opened, and dozens of Sun Warriors plummeted down like meteors from over a hundred meters in the air!

Seeing the familiar giant in mid-air, the old Hunter’s eyes stung slightly.

Lord Lin Lan would never abandon the people.

Dust soared along the shore, and the Sunlight Flame burned fiercely.

Dozens of over two-meter tall brawny men appeared before the crowd; they marched forward in unison, crushing the vines trying to retreat into the sea, standing ahead of Kael.

"You really managed to hold out the whole night, Kael."

Someone supported the broken body of a companion and smiled: "We’ve come to take over for you; there are quite a few new recruits in Seagull City waiting for you to return and judge the arena."

"Don’t... let them go..."

Kael weakly closed his eyes: "They killed... so many innocent people..."

The warriors’ smiles gradually turned solemn.

The new Power Furnace embedded in their chests burned increasingly hot.

In the next moment, several warriors faced the sea and charged straight toward those twisted branches.

"Leave it to us, brother."

The warrior supporting Kael said solemnly: "From now on, whether it’s the Celestial Calamity scraps in the sea or the venomous wolves of the Alliance, they will all pay the price one by one!"

Horn stared intensely at the Steel Fortress in the sky.

"The Ark Lord actually dared to send out the only War Chariot and nearly half of his core forces from the Ark Capital City..."

He muttered to himself: "Isn’t he afraid Seagull City will become an empty city?"

Boom!

In the next second, a blinding Light Cannon struck above the main ship of the legion, only to be stopped by an invisible ripple of light.

"Report the shield consumption levels."

Horn folded his hands behind his back and spoke to his subordinate without blinking.

"Commander, the shield of the main ship has only depleted by eight percent."

A moment later, an Alliance soldier stepped forward respectfully with a report: "Moreover, our logistics personnel are always ready to replenish the main ship’s Magic Power."

Horn’s mouth curled into a disdainful smile.

As he expected, a single War Chariot cannot shake the Magic Shield of the Alliance Battleship; this is the Alliance’s core war technology and cannot be easily breached.

Gazing at the dozen or so golden tins on the shore, Horn’s eyes flickered rapidly.

Lord Lin Lan had made Ark Kingdom’s stance clear, as even with the impending threat of the Alliance Legion, he would not accept the Commercial Association’s terms.

Horn was not fooled by the Ark’s War Chariot but instead keenly analyzed the current situation.

What is the current combat power of Seagull City?

The Black-winged Calamity Master without a ship? The other half of the Golden Armored Warriors?

If he handed over both the Eastern Border and Northern Border to Commander Ralph and had that guy hold off the Ark War Chariot...

This might just be his chance to seize Seagull City in one fell swoop!

The Silver Wing Commander licked his lips, a greedy light flickering in his long, narrow eyes.

Horn had heard that Lord Lin Lan possessed a towering Treasured High Mountain, even stating that the War Chariots were pulled down from the mountain’s summit.

The Commercial Association demanded the legion protect Seagull City because the merchants speculated that Lord Lin Lan’s Seagull City hid the secret of another route.

Lin Lan couldn’t conjure up those Ancient Century treasures out of thin air, right?

The greed within Horn’s heart grew more and more intense.

Since the Ark King is so arrogantly foolish as to scatter his forces just to save some lowly commoners, Horn definitely won’t miss this opportunity.

As long as he clamps down on the Ark’s food shortage, no matter how strong those fifty exaggerated Golden Armored Warriors are, they will eventually fall into despair from hunger.

Time is the best weapon for the Alliance Legion.

Lord Lin Lan is at most a Gold Level navigator; even with the assistance of the King of Pirates, these two conspirators cannot withstand the legion’s artillery.

The firepower of the four battleships is enough to blow the city sky-high.

Horn had already made up his mind.

More deaths don’t matter; in the face of the enormous benefits from the Sun Mine and Justice Route, someone will naturally clean up after him.

Next, he just needs to arrange a reason for Ralph’s Graythorn Legion to take over the Eastern Border and Northern Border simultaneously...

The Silver Wing Commander waved his arm.

Only to see the anti-aircraft guns of the Alliance Battleship slowly rise.

With a resounding boom, the main ship returned fire at the Ark’s War Chariot with a shell!

The Magic Bomb struck Shattered Star’s Quantum Shield, flames exploded in the sky, and as the smoke dissipated, the crisply cold Steel Fortress remained unscathed.

Both sides ceased fire and faced off.

The previous skirmish seemed to be just a simple probing.

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And beneath the sea waves, the dancing petals formed a massive eyeball several meters long.

Nameless used the petals as cover, carefully observing the scene beyond the sea.

He had long witnessed the light flame of those Sun Warriors, understanding clearly that the Ark relied on a dead sun, but the appearance of the Ark War Chariot completely unsettled him.

Nameless could clearly see that the Steel Fortress indeed had multiple pairs of moth wings...

The colorless gray-white wings vibrated, scattering dim starlight.

That vehicle was a corpse, clearly a husk from the starry sky!

Nameless felt a chill in his heart.

Who exactly was that Apocalypse Monarch, gazing indifferently upon all beings from the rift behind Lord Lin Lan?

He occupied the dead sun, fended off the Angel Remains from the Abyss, and even seized the multicolored wings of the Starry Monarch...

In contrast to the Alliance Commander’s confidence, the inner turmoil of the Celestial Calamity followers grew more pronounced.