Every time the Royal Navy landed on the island, it would carry out heavy artillery bombardment in accordance with the usual practice, which was not intended to kill or inflict damage, but was intended to deter the enemy's psyche.

This tactic has been tested in war, and this one is no exception.

The Royal Navy fleet formed a five-way staggered horizontal formation around the south side of the island, and the side fire was aimed at the target, and the massive shelling lasted for half an hour, pouring dozens of tons of various ammunition on Alpagis Island, as if to show off the power of the empire.

If the other side still had a shred of sanity, they should have sent a representative to sign the surrender agreement, but they were faced with an enemy who could not be guessed by common sense, and until the sound of the artillery subsided, and no response from the enemy was seen.

Admiral Valero kept an eye on the island with a telescope:

"It's weird...... What are the cultists on the island doing?

No one raised a white flag to surrender, no coastal defense artillery fire, no fortifications or soldiers were observed, so we were left to land and seize the island at will? Something is wrong, there is definitely a conspiracy! ”

One of the staff officers said, "Your concern, my lord, you can't send someone over easily, the enemy may be ambushed in the rainforest of the island." ”

"Where does the rainforest come from, Alpathis is a volcanic island, the island is full of hard rocks and volcanic ash, and the soil is high in sulfur, making it difficult to grow dense vegetation."

"Then I don't understand, we don't have beachhead defense, and there is no jungle on the island to hide troops, maybe we want to summon more monsters to deal with us? It's like the big whale in the sea before, but it's terrible, you have to be careful. ”

"Aren't you tired!" Count Neule looked impatient: "Hey, hey, hey! You're all thinking too complicated!

In my opinion, these bunnies have given up completely and fucking!

This cannonball will be smashed down, and it will be scared out of its fart, and those poor ghosts may not even have the strength to raise the white flag, and we should land on the island quickly to avoid too many dreams at night. ”

"Landing or waiting, my prime minister, what do you think?" The Emperor asked.

Dali Ainfurt stroked his beard and thought: "In order to hide his whereabouts, the Dark Sect did not hesitate to sacrifice his last main force as bait, there is definitely a conspiracy on this island, Your Majesty, there is a big conspiracy."

Be cautious, but don't delay too much, execute Plan B, and land in batches. ”

Alpacis Island is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and only a small beachhead on the south side can be used for dinghies.

The first group of 200 Marines had just landed in a dinghy when they felt the sand tremble slightly beneath their feet.

The captain in the lead said, "What's going on? Do you feel it? ”

"I feel it, sir, it's like an earthquake!"

In an instant, everything around them darkened, cracks appeared in the ground, and dark clouds obscured the sun.

"Crackle!"

Lightning thundered, and one of the lightning bolts struck the coconut trees on the island, cracking the trunks and burning the leaves, startling the Marines next to them.

"What the fuck! What disasters are coming together? ”

The sky was drizzling, the ground trembled more and more, and a large, deep opening opened at the top of the mountain peak on the north side of Alpagis Island, and a thick puff of black smoke shot into the sky, and the air was filled with the smell of fireworks and the choking smell of sulfur.

Dali Einfoot exclaimed: "Not good! There is an active volcano on Alpathis Island! It's already starting to erupt! ”

Two blasts of thunder slashed from the top of the sky, shaking everyone's hearts.

Above the peaks, dark red magma gushed out with choking black smoke, a deafening sound scared away the seabirds that inhabited the island, and the red-burned rocks began to melt, and rivers of fire surged through the cracks.

The ash that had not yet burned left a thousand scratches in the smoke screen, disintegrating into small grains of spark, and the waters through which the magma passed were boiled and steam rose.

As the volcano erupted, the magnitude of the ground tremors began to increase, and the Royal Navy ships jolted violently under the impact of the tsunami.

The Emperor said to himself: "It is like the scene of hell in the mural of the Holy Temple, with thunder in the sky, fire burning on the ground, and huge waves rolling in the sea. ”

Admiral Valero has been crisscrossing the oceans all his life, thinking that he has seen a lot of things and can handle any big scene calmly, but at this time he began to panic in the face of such a strange and spectacular spectacle:

"Your Majesty...... These phenomena ...... Could it be all Soskaya witchcraft? ”

"Don't panic, my admiral, it's witchcraft, it's actually just some knowledge that we haven't yet comprehended, sooner or later, humans will be able to manipulate the weather, look at this formation, the dark sect is finally going to move for real."

"What about our landing force?"

"Let them withdraw first, the current state of affairs is no longer something that can be solved by conventional warfare."

In order to avoid the small tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption, the fleet temporarily withdrew to a safe distance.

In the evening, the strange natural disasters are not over, but are intensifying;

The thunder and lightning roaring around Alpathis Island, the earth shaking, and the waves are all psychedelic and unreal, like illustrations from fairy tale books and post-apocalyptic murals depicting the end of the world in the sanctuary.

In the first half of the night, the cabin was jolting and swaying, and the sailors and generals were not sleepy, and people took turns to come to the deck to watch the unique spectacle in the world during the handover of work.

The Templars are praying that the end of the world will not come true, and everything is so eerie that even the toughest warriors are feeling fear.

In the middle of the night, the activity of the volcano gradually stopped, the earthquake and tsunami disappeared one after another, and the dark clouds and volcanic smoke in the sky were blown away by the strong wind, like clean water washing the canvas.

The air became fresher, and a brilliant picture of the Milky Way was spread out on the curtain of the sky, and the stars were like broken diamonds planted in the hairnet of a noble lady.

Most of them went to rest, and the emperor and prime minister were still standing on the bridge and watching;

Sarantos sighed towards the stars:

"When I was a child, I heard astrologers say that the joys and sorrows of a person's life have a clear echo in the depths of a certain piece of stardust.

Even if the body withers away, the spirit will never be destroyed, and from that time on, I have prayed that I can stay with my family and live a carefree life in the starry sky. ”

"Now, do you still think so?"

"I tried to find a familiar shadow in the stars, but I couldn't find anything, my passion for astrology has long since disappeared, and now it's naïve to think about it, don't laugh at me."

"There's no shame in that, Your Majesty, I was also addicted to astrology and alchemy when I was a child, and children like to study these interesting things, after all, beautiful visions are easy to accept."