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"Ah—"
Tyron's scream cut through the rainy night of the village, sounding extremely shrill.
He had personally witnessed Mr. and Mrs. Mark fall in a pool of blood; he and Melissa had even carried the two corpses to the neighboring farmhouse.
How could these two bodies with severely disfigured faces suddenly appear at the door?
But the "Mark couple" didn't seem to hear Tyron's shout.
They bypassed the bed made of door panels and entered the inner room, sitting opposite each other at the table inside, like two customers arriving at a restaurant, waiting to be served.
Tyron took a deep breath, calming down slightly.
Only then did he realize that Hobert was nowhere to be found, and only Melissa was on the other side.
Tyron quickly went to shake Melissa awake, pointed to the inside, and made a shushing gesture.
Melissa was also startled by the scene inside.
Like Tyron, she quickly went to find Hobert, but when her gaze swept across the wall, she stared blankly at the mirror on the wall.
The next second, Melissa patted Tyron, signaling him to immediately look towards the mirror.
Tyron saw that the mirror didn't reflect himself or Melissa at all.
In the mirror, only Hobert was still lying on the door panel at the entrance.
"Didn't scare you, did I?" Suddenly, Hobert in the mirror also disappeared, appearing beside the two of them.
The fear in Tyron's heart lessened: "Brother, what's going on?"
Hobert sat up and said, "Someone has tampered with you, turning you into people of the 'Mirror World'. If you're not careful, you'll enter the 'Mirror World'."
Tyron immediately asked, "Who?"
Hobert took a deep breath: "I don't know."
Yes, His spirituality still hadn't sensed when Tyron and Melissa had become strange, so if they had left just now, they would have been in even greater danger!
At the same time, He realized that this time he had encountered a very powerful opponent.
But what puzzled Hobert was, why didn't the opponent directly attack him?
Theoretically, if they could affect His spirituality, they should have the strength to fight Him.
Melissa then realized: "Are we now in the 'Mirror World'?"
Hobert nodded: "Yes."
Tyron couldn't help but glance at the mirror on the wall again; the door panel inside was now empty.
He asked: "How do we get out?"
"Even if you get out, you can easily re-enter from another mirror." Hobert said, "Unless you hide in a place without any reflective surfaces."
Tyron asked again: "Then what do we do now?"
Hobert looked at the two corpses in the other room.
Tyron and Melissa followed His gaze, and were startled.
The two corpses, at some point, had turned their heads to look at them, as if secretly listening to their conversation.
Hobert pondered for a moment and said: "Find the guy who is causing the 'Mirror World' around us to become abnormal."
He paused and added: "Don't worry, you are currently safe."
Just now, Hobert had already "distorted" the concept of Tyron and Melissa, causing them to swap with the two corpses.
At this moment, anyone other than Hobert who saw Tyron and Melissa would see Mr. and Mrs. Mark, whose heads had been split open by an axe.
And when seeing the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Mark, they would mistake them for Tyron and Melissa.
This "distortion" came from a King of Angels and was very advanced.
Even the opponent who had influenced Hobert's spirituality would not be able to see through it.
It was just that the connection to the "Mirror World" on Tyron and Melissa's bodies had not been completely "distorted".
Hobert intended to use this connection to find the enemy.
Currently, Tyron and Melissa were safe in the "Mirror World".
Even if they were injured, it would be "automatically" distorted onto the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Mark.
Tyron sighed in relief upon hearing this: "Okay, it seems I'm really not material for being a Beyonder."
"I was also very scared just now." Melissa comforted, "This has nothing to do with whether or not you're material for being a Beyonder."
"No." Tyron smiled wryly: "My handling just now wasn't calm enough.
If we really encountered Beyonder events alone, my scream just now would have put us in a very dangerous situation."
He took a deep breath and added: "The key is that I feel this kind of experience is very bad and I don't want to experience similar events again."
Hobert on the side slowly nodded: "Everyone always has areas they are not good at.
Knowing your shortcomings earlier is also good for your life."
He stretched: "Alright, you can rest for a while longer.
The other party doesn't seem to be in a hurry, so let's not be in a hurry either."
In fact, Hobert had already somewhat guessed that the opponent he encountered this time might be from the Demoness Sect.
Hobert was still very clear about the current high-level strength of the Demoness Sect, with only two Sequence 2 Angels, and one of them was in very bad condition.
Hobert's previous spirituality had made a misjudgment; they should have achieved that effect by borrowing the power of the "Primordial Demoness".
However, even two Sequence 2s were no match for Hobert, so they painstakingly tried to get Hobert to enter the "Mirror World" as well.
In the "Mirror World", the Demoness Sect must have some arrangement with the confidence to injure Hobert, or trap Hobert.
But Hobert was very safe in this current "Mirror World", so He simply didn't bother with those traps.
With this kind of approach, the people of the Demoness Sect should be the ones getting anxious.
Tyron and Melissa listened to Hobert in everything, but with two corpses sitting not far away, they couldn't treat them as two normal people.
The three of them chatted idly again.
Tyron said: "Brother, do you usually encounter situations like this often?"
"Not really that often." Hobert smiled: "After all, not every pathway specializes in the corresponding abilities of the 'Mirror World'."
Tyron pointed to the room inside: "No, I mean those guys."
"I do occasionally deal with corpses, but not much." Hobert said: "My abilities are not good at driving Zombies."
At this moment, a delicate voice came from outside the door: "Your abilities are much more powerful than driving Zombies!"
Hobert thought to himself: Sure enough, they came to me on their own.
Tyron and Melissa looked towards the door.
Everything in the yard seemed normal, but that was the biggest abnormality, because no one else had appeared in the yard.
Who had made the voice just now?
Hobert very politely said: "Come in and sit down."
"I won't go in." That very pleasant voice said: "The reason I invited you here this time is to discuss something with you."
"No need to discuss, I won't agree." Hobert refused outright.
"Won't you listen to what it is?" Just hearing the other party's voice made people's minds wander.
Hobert smiled: "Since you're here to ask me for help, why did you kill two of my subjects first, and then threaten me with my brother and sister-in-law?"
When Melissa heard the word "sister-in-law", she suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
The pleasant voice said: "This is also something we can't help.
After all, it's usually difficult for us to get close to you, and we deeply apologize for this."
"Heh," Hobert sneered.
"Our request is very simple, we hope to cooperate with you." The other party very politely said: "You only need to allocate one of the states to us for free preaching, and our entire Demoness Sect will fight for you."
Hobert once again cleanly refused: "I don't need it!"
Upon hearing this, the other party's tone was no longer so polite: "Don't you know your current situation?
The orthodox churches will obviously choose to remain neutral, and your enemies are the countries of the Northern Continent, the Demoness Sect, the Numinous Episcopate, the Rose School, and even the Kings of Angels.
"At this time, you need a helper who understands the specific strength of these enemies, and who will defect at a critical moment to help you achieve victory."
Hobert refused again: "I don't need it.
"In my opinion, the Demoness Sect has already been crippled, the Numinous Episcopate is a mess, and the Rose School is already dead in name only.
"As for Amon, heh, the date of our agreement is not far away.
Do you expect Him to protect you all the time?
Besides, He is not protecting you, but just doesn't want you to die so quickly!
And also…"
Just as he was saying this, Hobert suddenly smiled: "Found you!"
He had been "associating" with the other party all along, and now he finally knew the other party's exact location.
Hobert reached out, and suddenly a very beautiful woman, seemingly conforming to everyone's aesthetics, appeared in a panic and flew towards Hobert.
It was Sherry, the Angel of the Demoness Sect.
Sherry stuck her neck out and flew over, only to have Hobert grab it with one hand.
It looked as if she had sent her own neck into Hobert's hands.
Hobert smiled as he pinched the other party's tender neck: "If you hadn't used this coercive method to talk to me, I might have considered cooperating with you."
During this process, Sherry had continuously used abilities such as "Mirror Substitute" and "Staff Substitute" several times, but Hobert had "distorted" the concept of the main body and the substitute, and in the end, what was in Hobert's hands was still Sherry's main body.
This stunning beauty struggled and said: "Admit it, you need our help!
Otherwise, you have no chance of winning.
The Earth Mother will not descend to help you unify the Southern Continent.
She will only appear when you are in danger.
"But what about your subjects, your subordinates when they are in danger?
Will She keep descending to help them?
If the Atlantis Kingdom is only left with you in the end, you should hide because you no longer have enough anchors."
Hobert smiled: "It seems that the conspiracy you are brewing is not small, huh?"
"But why do you think that I would just obediently wait for your conspiracy to succeed?"
Sherry's eyes narrowed: "Recently, haven't you been... haven't you been...?"
Hobert increased the pressure on his hand: "Do I need to personally make a plan to deal with you trash?"
He forcefully distorted Sherry's neck, threw this "Demoness of Catastrophe" on the ground, and then once again grabbed the "Twilight Scepter," forming an exaggerated twilight-colored giant sword, stabbing Sherry in the chest and abdomen.
Sherry struggled for a while with her neck bent, then lay there motionless.
Immediately following, the other party's resurrection process began. Hobert immediately used the ability of "Disorder" to make the other party's resurrection "passive ability" become "chaotic."
The corpse lying on the ground suddenly began to struggle again, like a drowning person.
Just as Hobert was about to use his Beyonder power to end the other party's resurrection process, a cold force suddenly came from outside, tearing apart the "Disorder" and snatching away Sherry's spirit body.
Hobert did not fight against the other party. He suddenly realized why Sherry was so fearless, because the "Primordial Demoness" was in the nearby "Mirror World."
He finally knew why Sherry insisted on luring him into the "Mirror World," because the "Primordial Demoness" could maintain her state within a certain amount of time inside, and in the real world, her state would deteriorate quickly.
Moreover, in that case, she would definitely be noticed by the True Gods. Before she could even take action, she might be besieged by the True Gods.
At this time, Sherry's voice came from outside again: "It seems that a small punishment is needed to make you recognize the facts."
Tyron glanced at Sherry's corpse still lying on the ground. He didn't understand what was happening, but he felt it was very magical.
In fact, if it weren't for Hobert's protection in terms of spirituality, Tyron and Melissa would have been affected long ago, either the two of them would have gone out to look for Sherry, wanting to be intimate with Sherry, or the two of them would have hugged each other intimately.
As soon as Sherry's voice fell, inside the room, Mark's wife's corpse was lifted up by some force and slammed hard against the wall.
With this collision, the little bit of brain remaining basically splattered out, making it look even more terrifying.
Immediately following, the corpse slammed against the opposite wall again.
Thump thump thump~
The corpse kept hitting the wall, shaking the room violently.
Sherry smiled outside and said: "Hehe, your sister-in-law is dead."
"Can we have a good talk now?"
Melissa seemed to understand something, glanced at Hobert, and then looked at the corpse lying on the ground, smashed beyond recognition.
Hobert frowned and said: "My patience is limited. Tell the 'Primordial Demoness' to come and talk to me in person."
The courtyard outside suddenly became quiet.
Hobert raised his hand, and a completely black barrier appeared around Tyron and Melissa, and the people inside could not see the scene outside.
At this time, the aura outside suddenly changed, and even Tyron and Melissa inside the barrier felt the pressure.
Hobert seemed to be almost unaffected: "See how stupid your subordinates are, right?
"When have I shown a side of bullying the weak and fearing the strong? Why do you have to threaten me if you want to cooperate?
"That's right, as far as I'm concerned, if the Demoness Sect has no danger, then I will despise this organization even more."
A suddenly loud and gentle voice came from outside: "In other words, there is no possibility of cooperation?"
It sounded like two people's voices were mixed together, but there was no sense of disharmony.
Hobert said: "This is a very obvious thing. Our contradiction lies in the fundamental difference, and there will never be a possibility of cooperation."
"You're wrong." That flickering voice said: "This world is based on power, and all cooperation or not depends on the balance of power."
Hobert suddenly laughed: "I knew it, we will never be on the same channel, and I am too lazy to talk to you about these things."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took out a dazzling and colorful wheat from the "Nation of Disorder." This wheat had plump grains, large leaves, and a reassuring beauty.
Seeing it was like seeing the miracle of life and feeling the joy of harvest.
But at this moment, the Primordial Demoness had already taken action. Hobert suddenly turned into a mirror, and the Primordial Demoness sent him into a terrifying and mysterious kingdom in the "Mirror World."
Hobert immediately "distorted" the concept of himself and a door panel. The door panel shattered immediately after entering the mysterious kingdom, while Hobert was still in the "earth house in the village."
He injected spirituality into the colorful wheat. In the next instant, the scene in the courtyard outside was like a broken mirror, first cracks appeared, and then it shattered bit by bit.
Outside was a hazy, earth-gray world, like the cave of some kind of underground creature. Hobert was facing a huge "cave hall," with round cave-shaped corridors leading to other places in the distance.
In the corridors and on the walls around the "cave hall" were mirrors of various sizes, reflecting different scenes from different regions.
There was a beautiful woman as huge as a giant in the center of the "cave hall." Her appearance was so beautiful that no words could describe it, so beautiful that people ignored her thick hair.
Each of her hairs was like a venomous snake, with an eye on the top, either open or closed. Everything they saw would instantly turn into gray-white stone.
At this time, clumps of wheat were growing in the "cave hall," trickling springs were flowing out, and various herbs were growing. There was also a figure as tall as a giant, slowly coming from the void along the wheat field.
The petrifying aura outside was immediately covered by vitality.
Although the "Primordial Demoness's" state was not very good, no matter what, she was also a god. At such a critical moment, Hobert would certainly not risk fighting her.
At the moment of inviting the Earth Mother, Hobert held the "Twilight Scepter" and chased after Sherry, who was fleeing through a passage.
He first "distorted" Sherry's thinking, but Sherry "swished" and turned into a mirror. Hobert's "distortion" was borne by the mirror, and Sherry herself had escaped to a mirror.
Hobert took a step and was already behind Sherry, but Sherry immediately drilled into a mirror on the hazy wall, and Hobert followed closely and chased out.
Outside was the hall of an old house. Because Sherry was in front, the candles on the wall suddenly turned snow-white, making the hall very bright.
Sherry used "Mirror Jump" and entered the "Mirror World" again. Hobert followed closely and re-entered the "Mirror World."
The ordinary people in the old house could not see the chase between these two people. They could only see the flames of the candles suddenly becoming bigger and brighter, and at most they could see a shadow in the mirror.
But after today, there will definitely be a legend about ghosts and monsters here.
When falling into the "Mirror World" again, this was already a completely unfamiliar world. There were many strange-shaped monsters in the space, and some of the monsters were not low-level.
This was a mysterious space that only Sherry knew. These monsters did not know what they were guarding, but as long as any monster came in, they would immediately launch an attack!
But now Hobert was the King of Angels! He instantly released his own majesty, and the monsters knelt down to him in a very orderly manner.
At the same time, Hobert "tampered" with Sherry's concept, making her think that she was a fruit tree.
At that moment, Sherry felt that the most pleasant thing was to work hard to grow and bear fruit.
But soon, Hobert caught up, waved his hand slightly, and "distorted" Sherry's "wisdom" and "health" to the surrounding monsters.
In the next second, Sherry returned to her human form, but her eyes immediately became blank, and her complexion was extremely poor, and she could not even stand still.
Hobert waved his hand again. Sherry did not die, but her Beyonder characteristics had already begun to exude. This was to make Sherry's state "chaotic," so that the real world and the spirit world would think that she was dead.
Soon the Beyonder characteristics exuded. After Hobert took the characteristics, he left this mysterious space.
A second or two later, in Sherry's shrill scream, she completely lost control and turned into a monster in the "Mirror World."
Returning to the "cave hall" just now, the Mother Earth had already driven away the Primordial Demoness.
Hobert bowed slightly to the kind giant figure: "Thank you for your help."
The appearance of that figure could not be seen clearly, but it could be felt that he showed a kind smile, and then this figure became illusory and soon disappeared.
The wheat, herbs, and spring water in the "cave hall" also quickly disappeared, and here returned to the normal "Mirror World."
Returning to the earthen house, Hobert lifted the barrier formed by using the "Nation of Disorder." Tyron and Melissa inside had just sat on the door panel due to the huge pressure.
Seeing Hobert come back, Tyron immediately got up: "How is it?"
"The problem is solved." Hobert said simply and neatly.
From today onwards, the Demoness Sect will exist in name only.
This organization may still have demigods and some "Mid Sequence" Beyonders, but they have no normal angels and can no longer pose any danger to the Atlantis Kingdom.
The three people returned to the real world. The rain was still falling outside, and occasionally there was a spring thunder.
Tyron first went to see the other room of the earthen house. There were no corpses of Mark and his wife, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. The matter was finally over.
Hobert said: "In order to avoid the Demoness Sect's revenge, I will send two saints to protect you secretly for a few days. After the war begins, the Demoness Sect will have no time to find trouble with you."
"Oh… you probably can't sense the existence of the two Saints."
As he spoke, Hobert re-examined Tyron and Melissa; they were now perfectly normal, no longer creatures of the "mirror world."
After they agreed, Hobert waved his hand again, and the villagers who had been moved reappeared in their respective homes and outside their yards.
This, of course, caused great panic, and Melissa hurried out to reassure them.
Inside the house, Hobert smiled at Tyron and said, "She's a good girl, cherish her."
Tyron nodded immediately: "Of course."
"Keep calm, take it one step at a time, and don't be impatient." After saying that, Hobert turned to leave.
Tyron quickly said, "Brother, don't overwork yourself."
Hobert smiled and, as he had done when Tyron was a child, reached out to ruffle Tyron's hair, but then realized that Tyron was taller than him, so he changed it to a pat on the shoulder and then disappeared in front of Tyron.
… …
Utopia.
Today's sunshine was particularly bright, and Sharron, with her delicate features, suddenly had the idea of going on a picnic.
For breakfast, she ate two seafood fried dumplings, which tasted very delicious.
After breakfast, she bought some snacks and drinks, carried a picnic basket, and came to the countryside alone.
There are several villages in the suburbs, with not many farmers, and the crops are growing well.
In a good mood, passing by a piece of farmland, Sharron finally came to the real wilderness, where there were quite a few people picnicking.
Sharron looked around and found a great spot, with shade and grass, but it was already occupied.
It was Klein, with black hair and brown pupils, who was lying in the shade of a tree, staring blankly at the blue sky.
However, when Sharron looked at him, Klein immediately noticed and looked up, saying, "Miss Sharron, are you here for a picnic too?
Please come over here, I'll leave after sitting for a while."
Sharron came to the shade of the tree without saying a word, spread a large tablecloth on the grass, and then imitated Klein, lying on the ground looking at the sky.
The two were very quiet, neither of them spoke.
Klein asked in a casual tone, "How is Medici doing?"
"Fine," Sharron replied simply.
"Where is he now?"
"Serving in the Beyonder Squad."
"That's good." Klein felt like he had finally found a breakthrough: "I heard that only the elite serve in the Beyonder Squad."
"Yeah."
Klein almost covered his face with his hand, feeling that the situation had taken a sharp turn and he couldn't continue the conversation.
Fortunately, Sharron was also actively looking for topics: "Have you served in the Beyonder Squad?"
"Uh… no." Klein paused before raising a hand and trying to explain: "I… I and Hobert don't serve the same god."
"Oh."
The two were silent for a full half minute, and then Klein asked, "How do you feel about the food in Utopia?"
"Very distinctive." A little brilliance appeared in Sharron's eyes: "Fortunately, no matter how much I eat now, I won't get fat."
"Yes, the melting of food in the mouth is a wonderful feeling," Klein said sincerely.
With food as the topic, the conversation between the two finally became smoother.
In the intermittent chat, lunchtime was approaching.
Klein was preparing to freeload a lunch when suddenly, the spirituality of the two sensed something, and they looked in the same direction.
A monster with the head of a dog and a body covered in red fur appeared in front of the two, threw a letter at Sharron, and then disappeared immediately.
"This is the Commander's messenger," Sharron said as she opened the letter.
As impolite as Medici.
Sharron read the letter once and then stood up and said, "I have to leave."
Klein was slightly stunned: "Have lunch before you leave."
"I'll leave the lunch for you." A rare complex expression appeared on Sharron's face: "This place is very nice, I'll come back if I have time.
"Well… I mean, if this small city is still here by then."
After saying that, Sharron disappeared in front of Klein.
Klein looked at the place where Sharron left, felt lost for a while, then lay down again, looking at the sky and said, "So, the war has begun!"
… …
June 16th.
The Kingdom of Atlantis simultaneously published a final condemnation of the Balam Empire in its main official publications, calling them "a country that should not exist in this world."
That same morning, King Hobert issued a national mobilization order, requiring all regions to support the war against the Balam Empire as much as possible, and declaring that they would strike down all the kingdom's enemies in one fell swoop!
The Kingdom of Atlantis, which had completely ended its spring plowing, entered a state of war from top to bottom.
In an instant, from the Balam Empire to the Paz Kingdom, and then to the countries of the Northern Continent, all became tense.
That afternoon, 100,000 Atlantean troops, who had long been assembled on the border of the Balam Empire, launched a full-scale attack on the eastern part of the Balam Empire.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Atlantis sent an official letter to the nominally existing Haagenti Kingdom, expressing its hope to borrow a road from the Haagenti Kingdom to attack the western part of the Balam Empire.
The Haagenti Kingdom did not dare to neglect and quickly handed over this official letter to the Governor of Loen in East Balam.
After seeing the content of the official letter, the Governor of East Balam was so angry that he almost fainted. The Atlantean army had already divided the Balam Empire. If they wanted to attack the east, they would attack the east, and if they wanted to attack the west, they would attack the west. Did they need to borrow a road?
The key is that East Balam is in the eastern part of the Balam Empire. If you borrow a road from here, it is equivalent to detouring. You have to detour to the east first and then turn back to reach the western part of the Balam Empire.
Unless the Atlantean army is sick, they would do such a thing that is far away. So the Haagenti Kingdom replied, explaining the fact that borrowing a road is detouring.
Late at night on this day, the Kingdom of Atlantis claimed that the Haagenti Kingdom was extremely disrespectful to their Ministry of Defense, so the Kingdom of Atlantis declared war on the Haagenti Kingdom.
Another 100,000 troops that had long been assembled quickly invaded the Haagenti grassland.
Currently, the positions of the countries on the Southern Continent are: the Paz Kingdom is roughly in the northwest direction of the Kingdom of Atlantis, the Balam Empire is roughly in the due north direction, and the Haagenti Kingdom is in the northeast direction.
Because the Kingdom of Atlantis has been publicly condemning the Paz Kingdom and the Balam Empire in official publications, the support direction of the military forces of various countries is in the Paz Kingdom.
In the northwest, on the border between the Kingdom of Atlantis and the Paz Kingdom, 500,000 troops, mainly composed of Paz troops and Northern Continent mercenaries, have assembled, waiting for the opportunity to fight the Atlantean army here.
Who knew that the main attack direction of the Atlantean army was the central and eastern parts. Of course, Loen had also assembled 50,000 elite troops in Haagenti, but the role of these 50,000 people was to open up a battlefield in the east when the two sides on the western front were fighting inextricably, putting the Kingdom of Atlantis, which was already at a clear disadvantage in terms of troops, into a difficult situation.
But I didn't expect that the Kingdom of Atlantis would attack these 50,000 elite troops as soon as they came up.
At this time, the Governor of East Balam was also a little confused: You declared war on the Haagenti Kingdom, why didn't you attack the local armed forces formed by the Haagenti nobles? Why did you keep attacking the Loen colonial army?
For a time, countries on the Northern Continent had disputes over whether to take the initiative to declare war on the Kingdom of Atlantis. The Feysac Empire and the Paz Kingdom advocated an immediate war, because the tactics of the Kingdom of Atlantis were already very obvious: to solve the weak Balam Empire at the beginning of the war, as well as the unstable factors inserted in East Balam.
After solving these two hidden dangers, the Kingdom of Atlantis will be able to concentrate all its forces and fight the Paz Kingdom.
Currently, opposite the 500,000 Allied forces, there are only about 100,000 Atlantean troops. If you don't consider the confrontation of Angel-level forces, it is easy to break through the enemy's defense line from here.
But the Intis Republic and the Loen Kingdom believe that it is not appropriate to start a war at this time, because the Kingdom of Atlantis has not declared war on any Northern Continent country so far.
If you take the initiative to attack at this time, it will be a very unreasonable behavior during future negotiations.
It can be said that at the beginning of the war, the differences between the countries were exposed.
The Paz Kingdom and the Feysac Empire both believed that they should do everything possible to defeat the living forces of the Kingdom of Atlantis, so that this rising country would not dare to have the idea of expanding north, thereby ending their development momentum.
The Intis Republic, which had been beaten badly in the previous World War, and the Loen Kingdom, which had just lost its Archangel, were not very willing to fight so quickly.
They were very clear that because of the Church of the Earth Mother's protection of the Kingdom of Atlantis, they could not attack the Kingdom of Atlantis deeply. They hoped to use the last blow of the Balam Empire to put enough pressure on the Kingdom of Atlantis, so as to negotiate with the Kingdom of Atlantis.
If it really doesn't work, try to support the Balam Empire and don't let it be destroyed. After a year and a half of the war, the Kingdom of Atlantis will eventually be willing to negotiate.
These were the differences that existed between the four allied countries from the beginning. They discussed several times before basically reaching a consensus that now is not the best time to send troops.
Because once they invade the territory of the Kingdom of Atlantis, it will trigger a battle at the Angel level, then there will be no room for recovery in the situation in the Southern Continent.
The Allied forces believe that the Atlantean army cannot take the initiative to attack the Paz Empire, because the "King of Angels" Amon, out of his own interests, once threatened Hobert, telling him not to attack the Paz Kingdom.
After Adam became a god, the six orthodox gods obviously relaxed their restrictions on the brothers Adam and Amon. In this war in which the orthodox church is not helping each other, the threat of a King of Angels, especially the "God of Mischief", is very important.
Therefore, the Allied forces believed that choosing to confront the situation at this time and using the pressure from the Kingdom of Atlantis to force the Bylon Empire to use their trump cards was the best tactic.
However, in order to avoid significant losses, it was best for the 50,000 troops of Loen in the Kingdom of Haagenti to withdraw immediately.
This was tantamount to handing over the Kingdom of Haagenti, but Loen had no choice but to do so now, because on the Haagenti Plain, which had no natural defenses, they could not stop Medici's offensive.
However, before they could issue the order to retreat, a telegram for help arrived from Haagenti, stating that the Kingdom of Atlantis had attacked with 100,000 troops and had completely surrounded the 50,000 elite troops.
There were no reinforcements available, so they could only order them to break through to the north at all costs.
However, it was very unusual that the Atlantean army did not put up much resistance in the north and allowed the Loen army to leave.
While the Loen colonial army was rejoicing that they had broken through so easily, their nightmare had only just begun. For some reason, the road to the north had completely turned into a swamp.
Because the road was too muddy, cannons and heavy machine guns were abandoned one after another, and later some unnecessary supplies were also discarded.
Just as the Loen army had struggled for two days and were exhausted, the Atlantean army's attacks began.
They always came from the left, right, and rear, and once the Loen army organized its forces to counterattack in one direction, the Atlantean army in that direction would immediately retreat, while the attacks from the other two directions were hardly affected.
Moreover, there were artillery observers among the attackers who would call for artillery support while attacking, bombing the Loen army into a desperate rout.
If the Loen army counterattacked from three directions, the Atlantean army would not retreat, but would block them on the spot and immediately call for artillery counterattacks.
In short, the Loen army was always bombed by the enemy's heavy weapons and fled in panic.
By the fourth day of wading through the swamp, the Loen army had basically collapsed.
During this time, Beyonders from the Loen Kingdom came to help them escape, and even an angel came, but they were basically ambushed and killed by Beyonders from the Kingdom of Atlantis, and even the angel fled in panic.
The other countries of the Allied forces had no intention of offering assistance, because the 50,000 elite troops of Loen should have been concentrated in the west of the Kingdom of Paz, but the Loen Kingdom insisted on deploying them in the east.
Everyone was well aware of Loen Kingdom's plan: if the decisive battle was won, these 50,000 troops could seize more spoils of victory for Loen.
If the confrontation continued, these 50,000 troops would definitely exert a greater strategic effect.
If they were defeated, Loen could still retain some strength.
Therefore, everyone was more or less indifferent to the fate of these 50,000 troops.
Finally, the Loen army on the Haagenti Plain emerged from the swamp, but what they faced was a line of defense that the Atlantean army had built for several days.
Without heavy weapons, the Loen army had no way to break through this line of defense.
At this time, the other three directions were also blocked by the Atlantean army, and under the continuous bombardment of the Atlantean army's artillery, large-scale routs and surrenders immediately occurred in the Loen army.
An army of tens of thousands was reduced to a few thousand in about a week.
These few thousand people quickly disintegrated under the Atlantean army's siege, and in the end, only some Beyonders and a small number of soldiers escaped.
Immediately afterward, Medici sent people to escort the prisoners of war back to the country, while marching towards the northwest, leaving only 10,000 people to attack the local armed forces formed by the Haagenti nobles.
Just two weeks after the start of the war, the entire Haagenti Plain was incorporated into the territory of the Kingdom of Atlantis.
Medici then led the main force, attacking from the weakest point of the enemy's forces, and advanced almost unhindered to the Palu Mountains.
This mountain range has a wide canyon, and passing through this canyon is the flat Paz Plain, which is the hinterland of the Kingdom of Paz!
At this time, Medici's strategic intention finally became clear: tens of thousands of troops were stationed on the south side of the Palu Canyon, without actively attacking, but the entire Kingdom of Paz could not sleep!
At this time, the main force of the Allied forces had to be transferred eastward, and they could only obediently follow Medici's "command" and fight the Atlantean army in the unprepared eastern part of the Kingdom of Paz!
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Rockville City, Kingdom of Atlantis.
Hobert, who had changed his appearance, strolled through a market in this city, listening to the hawkers' cries and observing the surrounding goods and transactions.
For Rockville City, which was considered the rear, the residents, in addition to working two hours a day without pay to process military supplies, were hardly affected by the war in other aspects.
Hobert strolled forward slowly, looking around leisurely, as if he were just wandering around the market.
Suddenly, he looked towards the city gate, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I've caught you!"
In an instant, the entire Rockville City was shrouded in the power of "Disorder", and no one could escape from here!
The next second, Hobert had already appeared at the city gate, grabbing a person's shoulder with one hand. This person was wearing Atlantean-style clothing and appeared to have obvious Southern Continent blood, but the crystal monocle he wore on his right eye exposed his identity.
This was an Avatar of Amon!
Immediately, Hobert prematurely ended his "stealing" ability, and the face "stolen" by Amon's avatar disappeared, revealing his original appearance with black curly hair and a broad forehead.
Hobert smiled and said, "If you hadn't run, I might not have caught you so quickly."
"Nonsense, you came to catch me, how could I not run?" Amon's avatar said helplessly.
Hobert "Mm"ed and said, "You do have the awareness of a thief."
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