In the Name of Empress-Chapter 541 - 334: Thank You, Christine

The loss of the army can always be compensated, but if something happens to the Empress, it’s truly over.

Angelina’s decisive order to retreat left her two allies a bit bewildered. They each sent envoys to communicate with her, but she couldn’t be bothered to explain, saying only, "I will lead the retreat."

Mounting her warhorse, Angelina instructed her confidants to drag the Empress’ ice sculpture onto a carriage and began the frustrating retreat.

Before the withdrawal, she looked back, still unable to understand which link went wrong. Why did the enemy’s offensive become stronger after Christine’s incident, and even the morale heightened?

Of course, she didn’t realize that Christine only had prestige in the army but no popularity.

Christine didn’t care what her subordinates thought, as long as they followed orders.

Frozen into an ice sculpture, the generals of the Alliance Army felt a bit sad but also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Lord Commander was "dead," her orders had not died.

Upon hearing the news of Christine being frozen to death, the front-line generals made the same decision without conferring with each other.

Advance, advance, continue to advance until all enemies are eliminated!

The White Rose Knight Order led by Jes was the first to charge into the Mad Cavalry’s camp, starting the slaughter.

Although the temporarily enraged Mad Cavalry saw an increase in combat power, their defensive capabilities decreased with the frenzy.

The White Rose Knight Order didn’t nurture ordinary knights; their combat techniques were flexible, and they were without scruples.

When the Mad Cavalry wanted to fight desperately, they threw out a large number of smoke bombs to hinder the gathering and fighting of the enemy cavalry.

After pulling back, the White Rose Knights raised their specially built lances, starting a wild volley from outside the smoke.

Advanced weapons obtained from successive archaeological excavations were first equipped to them, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded other units.

Despite being formidable, the Mad Cavalry were ultimately an old-style army, and their organizational abilities and combat strength were slightly inferior to the White Rose Knight Order.

Having lost the initiative, they could no longer regain control and could only retreat step by step.

When Jes launched a desperate attack, the Iron Wall Corps led by Tom and Jerry also joined the battle.

With the addition of fresh troops, the Alliance Army’s attack became increasingly wild.

Was losing the Commander really a bad thing?

Many soldiers and even officers of the Alliance Army didn’t think so.

They had quite a few complaints about Christine’s command style. Now that Christine was down, they could finally fight according to their own ideas.

They turned "grief" into motivation and began to act in accordance with Christine’s last deployment.

In short, just attack!

As for the Saintess’ ice sculpture, which had fallen from the sky and luckily landed in the water, they didn’t care.

They didn’t care, but the Temple Warriors had to.

The Temple Warriors fished the unlucky Christine out of the Rodinia River. Looking at the Holy Daughter of Light frozen inside, they tried many solutions, but none worked.

Finally, someone had an epiphany, remembering another person who contributed greatly to the Holy Spring Revival.

"Quick, let’s go to White Mountain and ask the Knight of Light to save the Saintess!"

Thus, Christine’s ice sculpture was carried up White Mountain, appearing in front of Roland, along with the latest frontline battle report.

The counterattack went well? The enemy was unable to hold their ground and was retreating?

All good news, but Roland had no time to pay attention to it.

Christine died? He couldn’t quite believe it.

She was chosen and blessed by the Goddess; how could she die so easily?

"She hasn’t died." Just as Roland couldn’t determine Christine’s life and death through the ice sculpture, Sif’s voice sounded from behind him.

"I just used the Insight Skill to observe. Although I couldn’t see completely clearly, I could conduct an observation. Insight Skill only applies to the living, so she’s not dead."

"As long as she’s not dead." Roland breathed a sigh of relief.

However, his sigh was quickly cut short by Alina’s voice, "Roland, the best formation for Soul Blood Link is the Pentagram Array, with you as the core of the array center. We can station around you to multiply our combat power."

Roland’s eyes lit up, but he still shook his head, "No, even if we disregard Christine’s thoughts, the final position is also Water Attribute, and she is the favored one of Light."

The core of the array center of the Mixed Blood Pentagram Array is the Void Attribute, connected with members of Wind, Earth, Water, and Fire elemental attributes.

The closer the members’ attributes, the more powerfully it can be wielded to full effect.

The Spring Wind Elf Sylph, Earth Traveler Alina, and Flaming Phoenix Lisha’s attributes were very clear and could be fully exerted, but Christine was not associated with the Water Attribute at all. Forcing her into a position with the wrong attribute would yield poor results or even backfire.

Before Roland could explain, Alina had already pointed to Christine’s ice sculpture, "Ice is sleeping water, so she is also Water Attribute now."

Alina’s words sounded a bit hellish, indeed they were hellish.

However, ice indeed is water, and Roland couldn’t find any flaw with the argument.

At least it’s worth a try.

He slowly walked up to Christine and softly said, "Christine, the full version of the Soul Blood Link requires a complex and lengthy ritual, and also needs your complete consent, so it can’t be set up. But there is also a simplified version of the Soul Blood Pentagram Array, which can be initiated as long as you don’t oppose it. This formation is one-time use and will automatically disband after defeating Sofia."

Of course, if we fail, we all go down together, and there’s no need to disband it.

Staring at the ice sculpture, Roland raised an eyebrow after a few seconds.

"Since you aren’t speaking, I’ll consider that your agreement. Thank you, Christine."