Glacier Base.
The witches and the Knights of the Dawn jointly resisted the 317th wave of aftershocks.
The polar night enveloped the Glacier Base, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night, only to be judged by the time on the pocket watch.
A month has passed.
During this month, the human army sent three reinforcements, but they could only desperately defend the base, unable to set foot on the real battlefield.
This kind of battlefield, which can be called demigod-level, is just cannon fodder even if a five-star knight goes.
From afar, there are occasional explosions of energy waves, and sometimes dragon roars and wails, making the human army constantly worried.
They only hoped that Grand Duke Moria, Earl Hall, and Li En and others would ultimately win, rather than the giant dragons of the Azure Dragon Court.
Otherwise, what humanity will face is not just the result of a failed expedition, but the entire Southern Continent may be covered by war.
At the Witch High Tower meeting, Li En and Dorothy have been absent for three consecutive times. These three meetings were organized and continued by Fia. All the witches were very worried about the situation of Li En and Dorothy. Sophie even wanted to go to the Glacier Base again to find Li En, but was stopped by Fia.
Fia believes that no news is the best news at the moment. After using wisdom to persuade all the witches to be calm, Fia issued new tasks to everyone, striving to win over Ophelia as an ally and to hold back Pope Randle and Constantine.
Ophelia personally went to the Glacier Base, took back the 10 witches with problems, and sent them to the Red Tower of the Bureau of Guardians, and a new batch of witches was sent to support and guard the glacier.
Randle was invited by the Council of Sages to be a guest, which of course included Fia's guidance, but Randle himself was also very interested in the topics discussed by the sages, whether another world exists, the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Man, the triple world, and the world of consciousness.
As for Constantine, he was trapped by Sophie, Ellie, and Cameron.
Although Constantine is immune to magic, Sophie and Ellie are not only highly skilled in magic, but also very good at fighting and swordsmanship.
Cameron is a very strong support, who can use a substitute doll to switch out his teammates when they are about to die.
With the cooperation of the three, it is not difficult to keep Constantine, but it is impossible to kill him.
But they only need to hold Constantine back as much as possible and wait for Li En to return.
On the eastern border of the Holy Empire, Augulas sent envoys to discuss peace talks, hoping that the Burns Empire could temporarily put aside their private grievances for the sake of the common enemy of the human race, the Azure Dragon Clan, and form an alliance again to jointly fight against foreign enemies, but was rejected by the Burns people.
The old emperor of Burns now just wants to flatten the Holy Empire in one go, believing that the unification of the Southern Continent is more conducive to a united front against foreign enemies. There only needs to be one empire in the Southern Continent, and no need for two voices.
The Burns Empire's tough attitude annoyed Augulas, who issued an order that the Edward family must guard the eastern border.
Although Mary didn't want to guard the country for Augulas, she couldn't stand the arrogant face of the Burns Empire. She went east all the way, and the Rose Army was brave and good at fighting, and conquered everything, directly regaining all the two territories previously lost by the Edward family. The name of the Southern Overlord gradually spread in the Eastern Territory.
Mary's military talent was once again recognized, and she also established a good cooperative relationship with the Edward family. In addition, Mary liked to massacre prisoners, and slaughtered all 10,000 captured Burns Empire prisoners, including the Burns prince, giving the Burns people a painful and profound lesson, and directly angered the old emperor of the Burns Empire to death, and the new Duke McCoy succeeded to the throne.
Duke McCoy vowed to avenge his brother and nephew, and the conflict between the Burns Empire and the Holy Empire intensified, and they were irreconcilable.
However, the Burns Empire's national mourning and the new king's succession all take time, which gives the Holy Empire a respite.
Taking advantage of this time, Mary was urgently recalled to the royal capital, the Frank family.
In the familiar Frank Castle.
Sitting at the long table were three elders, the young Emperor Augulas, and several powerful figures from the Frank family.
Earl Yale has been expelled from the seat and is no longer eligible to attend the meeting.
"Mary, why did you do this? Why did you kill the prince of the Burns Empire?"
The elder sitting at the head asked.
Mary was silent.
"Mary, answer me!"
The elder questioned angrily.
Mary finally raised her head, her eyes indifferent, "If you don't approve of my actions, then just send me back to the South. I lived a very comfortable life in the South, why did you make me fight on the Eastern Front?"
"Mary, is this your attitude towards the family elders? Don't think that just because Randle supports you, you can ignore the family's rules and honor."
The elder rebuked angrily.
Mary snorted coldly, "If you saw the Frank family's daughter stripped naked and hung upside down on the city wall, suffering all kinds of humiliation, what would you do?"
"That was Viva Frank's own fault. We have already ordered her to sacrifice herself for the country. If she is a member of the Frank family, she should have the courage to commit suicide, but she didn't dare to kill herself, and that's why she was humiliated by the enemy, and it turned into this situation."
The elder's tone was indifferent, as if he was talking about a passerby.
Mary was very disheartened by this. She knew that the family had always been like this. Although she didn't like Viva Frank, she couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness for Viva Frank, who was married to Burns in her place.
When Mary saw Viva Frank's tragic situation, she found that she was still alive.
But living such a humiliating life is worse than death.
So Mary used the sword in her hand to personally kill Viva Frank, and vowed to make the Burns Empire pay for it in blood!
Killing a prince of the Burns Empire was completely insignificant to Mary.
She will personally kill her way to the Burns Empire's lair to avenge Viva Frank.
Although she is a sister she doesn't like, Mary just wants to do what she wants to do.
"While enjoying the glory of a princess, you must also be prepared to sacrifice yourself for the empire at any time. This is reality.
The Frank family never supports idlers."
Another elder said.
Mary was a little absent-minded. She had heard enough of these dogmas.
She looked at Augulas, who was also absent-minded.
"Augulas, I heard that your confidant Li En seems to have died in the naval battle. I want to congratulate you. If you hadn't been so obsessed with the Azure Dragon Whip, Grand Duke Moria, Li En, Earl Hall, and Dorothy wouldn't have died. Oh, Dorothy and Earl Hall are dead, which may be a good thing for you, because you always can't hold your head up in front of Dorothy, you are always rejected by her, she is dead, and you have no humiliation."
Mary mocked coldly.
"Shut up, Mary, they are not dead."
Augulas frowned slightly. He really didn't want to see his compatriot sister.
Even though Mary temporarily solved the crisis in the Eastern Territory for him, she created an even bigger crisis.
"Oh, are you praying? Praying that they don't die, otherwise the Azure Dragon army angered by you will have to drive straight into the Holy Empire, and you, as the decision-maker of the empire, have committed such a big crime, shouldn't you move your ass and give up the throne of emperor?"
Mary picked up the tea on the table and slowly took a sip.
"Even if I give up my position, do you think you can become queen? Mary, you have too much blood on your hands. The people of the empire will not accept a hangman with blood on his hands ascending the throne of emperor, and the Frank family is not short of young people."
Augulas retorted sharply, trying to shatter Mary's fantasy of becoming empress.
Mary smiled disapprovingly, "As long as you are willing to give up what doesn't belong to you, you don't need to worry about other things, I will naturally solve it."
"Enough! Mary! Augulas's decision is the decision of the entire Frank family. He represents not only the emperor, but also the will of the Frank family. As Augulas's sister, you should wholeheartedly work for the Frank family, instead of always thinking about his position."
The youngest elder of the family said, he took out a blood core and handed it to Mary,
"The family already knows that your divinity cannot be restored, but it is not impossible to go further. This blood core was sent back by Jessica. Many nobles in the Northern Continent have used it to gain power."
"What do you mean?"
Mary narrowed her eyes and looked at the crystal clear blood core in the elder's hand.
"Transform into a blood clan, you can become a seven-star blood knight, and continue to become stronger by devouring the blood core. Your path of knight will not be interrupted, but the price is that you must obey the family's arrangements.
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"The elder said.
"Haven't I always been obedient to the family's arrangements? The family asked me to go to the South, so I guarded the South, and asked me to go to the East, so I guarded the East. How can I be more obedient for the family to be at ease?"
Mary craves power, but she is hesitant to become a blood clan.
Because the blood clan cannot reproduce offspring, Mary is not sure whether she will need offspring to stabilize her rule in the future. Does she have to give the throne to Augulas's children in the next generation after she seizes it?
"You have a restless heart. Only by placing this heart in the family can everyone be at ease."
The elder looked at Mary, his turbid eyes made it impossible to see his true thoughts.
"What if I refuse?"
"That is your right, you can choose. But you will not have a second chance. There are more than just you who want to become stronger in the Frank family."
"It seems that you don't intend to give me time to consider, and hope that I will offer my heart now."
Mary's beautiful eyebrows frowned almost imperceptibly,
"Yes, this is a good thing for you. The heart is stored in a place that no one knows. As a blood clan, you will become an immortal existence. This is a temptation for anyone. If you are not willing, many people will flock to it. The family can cultivate you, or cultivate someone like you. For the Frank family, family interests are always above personal interests."
The elder said with a smile.
Mary looked at the crystal clear blood core and fell into deep thought.
In a flash, another week passed.
Dorothy finally killed the Life Dragon Meek.
To be precise, she used a special method to permanently imprison it in her fairy tale world, replacing the original sleeping dragon.
Dorothy's fairy tale world has also become stronger as a result, and of course, it is also easier to lose control.
Once the domain is released, the imprisoned Meek will indiscriminately attack and release hatred on the people in the domain.
The evil dragon Achilles could not be killed. After a hard battle, he was finally defeated by Alexander.
Li En took him into the Gift [Canvas] and turned him into a dragon in the [Canvas].
The price is that Li En will not be able to use the [Canvas] for a short time, because it will release Achilles.
Achilles still retains his will. Once released, he will definitely use all means to destroy Li En.
Alexander evolved in this battle, because she ate Achilles's three-headed dragon, the Frost Dragon, the Venom Dragon, and the Lightning Dragon. Alexander gained new abilities of frost, venom, and lightning respectively.
The Steel Dragon fell. Its body was so hard that even Alexander couldn't gnaw it, it was a real iron lump.
Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall successfully advanced from Seven-Star Order Knights to Eight-Star War Knights.
The destructive power of the Dragon War to the world is no less than that of a world war, so both of them were promoted.
Although the human coalition seemed to have won, it also paid a heavy price.
Galvin and a series of knights died in the battle, leaving only Grand Duke Moria, Earl Hall, Li En, Dorothy, Emma, Nina Owen, and Alexander 7 people alive.
Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall only had half their lives left, Dorothy was on the verge of losing control, and Emma and Nina Owen suffered different degrees of mental pollution.
And Li En also lost a life.
Fortunately, Li En returned in time, solved Dorothy's loss of control, healed Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall with healing techniques, cleared the negative entries for Emma and Nina Owen, and stabilized the main team.
But those who have died cannot be resurrected after all, after all, Li En does not have the Hand of God.
Even if he has the Hand of God, there is no extra divinity to squander.
Finally, Li En asked Soraya to cooperate in a play to create a large-scale illusion.
Although the polar night in the Glacier Base has disappeared, the mighty Wyvern army has gathered in the sky, circling around and around, like divine soldiers descending from the sky.
The people in the base were originally moved to tears because the sky finally lit up, thinking that humans had finally won.
But now, Tina and the navies only felt deep despair.
If Earl Hall and the others hadn't arrived in time, Tina would have suspected that all the peak human powerhouses had died at sea.
"Retreat! We can't defeat them."
This was the last order issued by Grand Duke Moria.
All the navies and knights in the naval base evacuated urgently through the teleportation gate.
Dorothy even closed the teleportation gate.
The human army was defeated and returned.
In fact, Li En has allowed Eunice to regain control of the Azure Dragon Court.
It will take a long time to rebuild the Azure Dragon Court in the ruins of the war.
Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall are both aware of this, and they even know that Li En has obtained the [Azure Dragon Whip], but they will never tell others about this, especially Augulas.
Through this war, the Moria family and the Hall family have been connected by fate.
The two old men unanimously demanded that Dolores and Li En get engaged as soon as possible, and it would be even better if they could fast-forward to marriage....
