On the cliffs.

The Okard musketeers who had been ambushed here had all fallen. There were no obvious injuries on their bodies, and everyone's eyes were wide open, as if they had witnessed something extremely terrifying.

Suddenly—

A burly figure in a black robe slowly approached from a distance.

"Dead." He knew right away that all the musketeers had lost their heartbeats, even the mage who was tasked with protecting them.

The man who started it must be a powerful and ruthless spellcaster. The man killed all the musketeers in a very short time. The poor Okad soldiers were killed before they could even warn their comrades, and the killer fled immediately......

“…… Stupidity. ”

The burly man in black robe approached a "corpse" leaning on a gray stone. It was a female soldier with short wheat hair and a brown leather coat, her musket falling to the side, her expression as terrified as the others.

"Do you think stopping your heartbeat will fool me? It's too simple," the black-robed burly man sneered, "Your technique is too rough, my naïve junior sister." ”

Wow –

With the crisp sound of water, the "corpse" disappeared as if the foam had burst, turning into a withdrawn stream of water, and then turning back into a woman in a black robe. She was beautiful, but her face was a little pale, and the bright moonlight shone on her strange long silver hair.

"Big Brother Cliff." The silver-haired woman bowed slightly.

"Beverle," the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" grimaced, "Your senior brother is the 'End Day' below, not me. ”

A breeze blows. There was a faint shout.

Belvele didn't speak.

I'm really curious as to why you're on the side of Elrios and the Empire - the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" thought to himself.

The second apostle, the "Empress of Change" Verviel. You have a reason why you have to side with Okade......

"Don't look like that, I'm not looking for you," said the Emperor of the Eternal Night, "as long as your answer satisfies me." ”

"What do you want to know?" Belvielle asked softly.

"The Eternal Night" is one of the last opponents she wants to face. While the apostles were still learning under their masters, the other apostles had challenged their elder brother several times - a challenge, but it was just a battle game of "escaping from the pursuit of the elder brother in a one-on-one situation".

Peter at the time? Cliff, has not yet split into "Emperor of the Eternal Night" and "The End of the Day".

There is a forty percent chance that the second senior sister, Bellelle, will be able to escape from Cliff's men. This is already a good result, the highest among the three female apostles. Time has passed, and everyone's strength has long since changed, how will Verviel face Cliff now...... No one can say.

"On the day of the Battle of Pure White, you are in the City of Pure White." "The Emperor of the Eternal Night" said.

"Like you, I watched a good show." Verviel was silent.

"Don't try to lie to me," the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" snorted, "'Heavenly Dome' and 'Bright World' both 'committed suicide', you must know why. Tell me. ”

"The two who fell into the sea of clouds? I don't have any friendship with them. Belveil said, a strange smile on her face.

"I'll just get to the point. I've seen the battle between the 'Sky Dome' and the 'World of Light'. Even in the face of two legendary spellcasters, they will not choose to commit suicide. If my guess is correct, they flew into the sea of clouds to survive. It reminds me of ...... Our teachers. ”

Belle was silent.

"The teacher once fell into the sea of clouds together with the black floating city, but came back unharmed," said the "Emperor of the Eternal Night," "If there is anyone on this continent who has the technology to survive the sea of clouds, it is the teacher." Say, did you save those two people in the pure white city that day? ”

"Why should I save them?" Verviel shook her head slightly.

"Don't go around in circles," the voice of the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" became muffled, "answer my question." ”

It seems that the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" is very sure that he is on the side of the French power, Belviel thought to herself. Was it because some of the apostles on Okadian's side revealed to him the truth about the division of the angels......?

In any case, the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" seems to be convinced that the Maiden and Dimi's rush into the sea of clouds is a ploy of the Black Floating City. Now that he has found himself, if he continues to deny it, he may go to the little junior brother.

"What about keeping them alive?" Verviel said that the words had come to this, and she didn't bother to continue to hide it, "Could it be that you, the 'Emperor of the Eternal Night', would travel thousands of miles to hunt down and kill them in the unknown in order to be loyal to Okade?" I don't think you're so 'selfless'. ”

The "Emperor of the Eternal Night" smiled.

"Yes," he said, "that's enough." ”

Belle jerked her hand. A stone scepter appeared in her hand. Sometimes it's fire, sometimes it's frost, sometimes it's storm, and the head of the condensed staff of elemental energy jumps.

If the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" wants to make a move, he must strike first. Each of the apostles had a staff of lesser artifact bestowed by the Lord of Darkness, but the two Cliffs shared one. The "End Day" is not far away, and the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" should not dare to take the risk of betraying himself with his staff and forcibly summon his "Scepter of the Eternal Night...... In the hand of the "End Day" is the "Sun Scepter".

The "Staff of Sigmund", which is in charge of the change, is completely under his control. If you have a staff and the other party doesn't, even if you still can't defeat the "Emperor of the Eternal Night", it should be more than enough to retreat safely......

The "Emperor of the Eternal Night" gave a mocking expression.

"My stupid sister," he said calmly, "if I really want to kill you, do you really think that your staff can save your life?" ”

He slowly reached out.

Maybe your younger brothers and sisters still respect you. But don't you see? The gap between you and me has become wider than it was back then.

Let you pay a little bit for your arrogance.

Suddenly—

“…… You're in luck. ”

The "Emperor of the Eternal Night" frowned.

Below the cliffs, a battle has broken out between the Empire's French Powers and the Okard Army. Shouting to kill the sky, an invisible anti-demon field lay in the middle of the road, enveloping the place where the two of them were standing.

The "Empress of Change" seized this fleeting opportunity.

The scepter vanished from her hand, and her whole being had begun to turn into a clear stream of water again. The transformed body of the "Empress of Change" can freely transform into various elements even in the anti-magic field.

It's just that without arcane support, the speed of change is a little slower......

"The Emperor of the Eternal Night" laughed. He didn't hesitate, and met the water element that his junior sister had changed into.

He raised his right arm high.

The water elemental quickly burrowed down the cliff. And the hand knife of the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" also hit the "back" of the water element impartially.

The Emperor of the Eternal Night, who had also undergone a physical transformation, had taken the route of purely increasing his strength and defense.

Rumble!

With the tremendous power of a high-level secret warrior comparable to the Blue Sea, the hand knife directly split the flowing body of the water element. With a bang, nearly a quarter of the water elemental dissipated directly into an ordinary stream of water, while the rest disappeared into the mountain in a few breaths.

The "Emperor of the Eternal Night" looked surprised.

"Just run away," he scoffed, "wise choice." ”

It's true that your transformation restrained mine, but my strength is still superior, the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" thought coldly.

He opened his left hand, hidden in the sleeve of his robe, revealing the blue-purple powder hidden within.

A rare material with great restraint on elemental creatures. Even the legendary spell used by Nicholas in the pure white battle to annihilate the Lord of the Galaxy was also an inconspicuous powder.

Not bad.

The hand knife is nothing but a false move. If Beviel retreats a little later, or chooses to use the advantage of the Elemental Body to counterattack, the "Emperor of the Eternal Night" will directly hit this precious material into Bevier's body. It's true that this method is not as efficient as using the arcane directly, but Belviar, who has just reached the first level of the blue ocean, is not a powerful master of the galaxy.

A single blow can make her incapacitated...... But forget it.

Soon, she will be with the "End Day" and the "Blade of Judgment...... Taste greater despair.

The anti-magic field will disappear at any time. Within a few minutes, even if you can find the "End Day" for yourself who can't cast arcane arts, as long as the casting ability of both sides is restored, it will still be a stalemate.

Fighting alongside the "Eternal Blood"? The "Empress of Change" still has the power to fight, and with the "Judgment Blade", it is enough to contain him.

"I'll spare your lives first. But...... For the sake of your future usefulness, I'll give you a little gift, eternal blood. ”

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By the time everything had calmed down, the sky was already slightly white.

Passing through the pass where the local emperor was waiting for him, the Errios army breathed a sigh of relief. They finally came to the territory of friendly forces.

Natasha did not rest. She was lucky that she was tired from the long and rapid march, but she was not injured. Several of the sisters who entered the Maiden's Guard with her have been sleeping in the majestic Longmian Mountain Range.

Natasha is anxiously searching for her lover.

……

Finally, she saw the person she had been looking for.

Blanco rested against an earthen wall. He looked covered in bruises, and the place where his left arm should have been empty was empty. The priest had just finished his treatment.

Natasha rushed up and just hugged Blanco with the broken arm.

They survived...... At all costs.

……

According to post-war reports, nearly 4,000 of the Imperial French Powers were killed in this battle, and the remaining successes were withdrawn to the territory of the Empire. The Okard army did not organize a large-scale pursuit. It is reported that the sudden landslide in the rear of the army, in which a large number of soldiers were buried under the rocks, was the main reason for such serious casualties. More than a thousand men of the rear army were blocked by stones and had to surrender to Okaad's follow-up troops.

The interception force, led by Eternal Blood and Lijie, scattered and withdrew from the battlefield after dropping more than 2,000 corpses by virtue of the tenacious sniper coalition of terrain.

Wei reported the battle to Speaker Nicholas as the truth. In Okad's subsequent battle report, the exchange ratio between the two sides in the border battle was more than 1 to 3 - Okad counted the 1,000 people lost in the harassment, a total of 3,000 killed, and the more than 4,000 people left in the border camp by the Imperial French Coalition had become Okad's prisoners, and the sum of killed and captured exceeded the 9,000 mark.

Of course, no one can deny that the "brilliance" of the numbers could not hide the fact that the French power achieved its strategic goal of transferring more than 50,000 fresh troops to the territory of the empire.