While Lilan was still "hiding" in the rear of the deep-sea base and was trumpeting something about the "steel fortress", from the west, all the fleets of the 27 town guards, totaling more than 500 ships, had already launched an attack on the deep sea area where he was under the cover of the Federation's Third Fleet.

On the eighth day after the end of the battle of the Deep Sea Front, at noon

As usual, it was a regular deep-sea ship girl who was patrolling the sea, and suddenly she seemed to notice something, and looked up at the sky above.

The V7 Hammer, which is larger than the V4 Rocket, pulls a straight trajectory above the blue sky, which is gradually replaced by the gray atmosphere of gunsmoke, and plunges into the sea of the same color below.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Turning their eyes away from the waves of the sea in the distance, the girls glanced at each other.

"So—"

"Air defense cruiser Maya! I'm going to daze! ”

"The flagship of the Eighth Fleet, Torikai, pull out the drawing, attack!"

"Rigen, strike!"

"Chikuma, prepare for everything, attack!"

Decapitation battle, on!

―――――― Split ――――――

The roar and explosion from afar made the movements of Lilan's hand stagnate, and just as he was about to release the spiritual power of wide-area search, a childish and slightly cold voice sounded from behind him.

"We'll leave that to us."

Deep purple eyes flashed from the cloudy darkness behind the blue sky.

"I can feel it...... That's her breath......"

Muttering to herself, the deep sea girl walked out of the turbid space step by step, not knowing that because of the cold air or the familiar "enemy" in the distance, the pale skin exposed by the island-dwelling ghost was flushed.

Li Lan was silent when he heard this, frowning as if he was thinking about something, for a long time.

“…… OK. But be careful, I can't help it if your soul is scattered again."

His attention turned back to the "steel fortress" in front of him, and Li Lan no longer paid attention to the deep-sea ghost behind him who had once again "come back from the dead".

Looking at Lilan's back in surprise, the island ghost tilted his head suspiciously: "You...... Are you worried about me? ”

“……”

"Rest assured, I will not sink until I see the peaceful world you described......"

On the stiff face of the island-dwelling ghost. For the first time in his life, he showed an expression that could be called "joy...... It's just that this scene is destined not to be seen by anyone.

After bowing lightly to Rilan, the Deep Sea Maiden turned and left.

"Click"

The magic condensed in his hand dissipated the restraint and slowly dissipated after a breeze in mid-air, while the pair of dark blue eyes that were watching this scene slowly closed.

"It's almost ...... Soon......"

―――――― Split ――――――

"Tianjin Feng-chan, back!"

After barely relying on the navigation component that surpassed the deep sea expulsion level in front of him to avoid the frontal bombardment, there was an anxious exclamation of Mayrain behind him, and Tianjin Feng didn't even have time to turn around to see what Mayrain was talking about, but stood directly in place and aimed the rapid-fire cannon in his hand at his back.

"Boom-"

After the flames and detonations dissipated with the blowing sea breeze. The Tianjin wind finally stood firm under the support of the May rain.

"I'm sorry, Mayrain-chan......"

The girl looked at the battlefield in front of her in despair, as long as she had a little basic common sense, she could easily see that this battle was a complete failure.

Although the deep sea was caught off guard at first by the heavy firepower of the Third Fleet of the Federation, in the past three days, the deep sea people who had become accustomed to welcoming the fire pouring from above their heads quickly gained a firm foothold - and it was not a highly accurate guided missile, as long as a large number of deep sea were not collectively hit in an instant, there was no need to worry about these powerful weapons by relying on the exaggerated number of deep seas.

However, the ships that followed closely behind faced the seemingly "endless" deep sea after losing the support of missiles. However, the speed of the rush was inevitably reduced.

Only now that the fleet has broken through less than half the distance and has already fallen into this quagmire. Not to mention moving forward, it's pretty good to be able to hold on without a rout now.

"I've ......"

"Hmm" shook his head slightly, and Mayrain, whose eyes flashed with a faint blue light, showed a big smile at Tianjin Feng: "Don't worry, we haven't failed yet"

“…… Huh? ”

The Continental Continent of the Federation, the capital of Mokos

Military command center

"Gathering Circle...... What do you want to do? "Relying on the increasing mental power detection, it was not long after Rilan discovered the leader's area. The leader also discovered the location of Rilan, otherwise there would have been no such "decapitation operation" - if the main owner could not be found, any targeted attack would be a joke.

After discovering the area where Rilan was, the leader had the same questions as the deep-sea inhabitants who had been ordered to salvage the warships that had sunk in the previous battle.

――What is the circular "steel fortress" with a height of 300 meters and a diameter of 500 meters?

Merely. To some extent, the leader who can be called "one" with Lilan can see much more than the deep sea inhabitants, and the most obvious point is the "super" engraved on the top of the "steel fortress" with an astonishing intensity, and has even begun to interfere with the concentration of active energy in the entire world. Gathering Circle".

Connected with the outlying island ghost who was discovered not long ago, relying on the "resurrection" of the Gathering Energy Array, the leader couldn't help but have a bad mood in his heart, and this is why there is such a "decapitation operation" that has no possibility of success at all......

Yes, there is simply no possibility of success.

Not to mention the snowballing expansion of the deep sea, the "deep-sea celestial habitat" in the mouth of the ship girls alone, that is, Li Lan himself, is no longer an existence that these ship girls can defeat, all of which is judged by the leader from the deep sea battle eight days ago, Li Lan's ability to perform.

Today, in this world of ship girls with an active energy concentration of 11.73%, both Lilan and the leader have restored their strength to the point where they can ignore all the "conventional attacks" in this world, and it is no exaggeration to say that the only ones who can defeat them in this world are each other.

And this "decapitation operation" is not so much to "sink" the deep-sea celestial habitat, but rather a temptation...... With 27 town guards, 500 ships, and 150,000 human lives.

The eyes narrowed slightly, and dark blue swirls condensed deep in the pupils.

The eastern seas are the forefront of human seas

Flagship of the Third Fleet of Mankind

The fleet commander who was about to give the order was suddenly stunned, and in less than half a second, the pitch-black pupils were replaced by dark blue, along with the 150,000 people on the 170 warships of all kinds......

With a blank face, the commander gave the final order to the fleet: "Assault on the whole army" (to be continued. )