Dream Travel

Chapter 230 Another Battlefield

White Curtain's words made too much sense, and Beatrice couldn't tell whether White Curtain actually thought the same way.

But now that the target has been eliminated, the rest is much simpler.

Bai Mu walked out carrying the weapon case, while Hei Tong followed behind, staring at Bai Mu's back.

His weapon case was like a tortoise shell, providing him with excellent backdoor defense; at least attacks like backstabs were no longer effective.

Beatrice noticed Black Eyes' unfriendly attitude towards White Curtain and was somewhat curious about their story.

The main reason is that she is dead and can no longer do many things, so it's inevitable that other kinds of curiosity will arise.

"This meat is like it's been injected with water." A dozen sharp mouths on Lucy's arm spat out something all at once.

"Even if it's injected with water, it's still meat. If it can grow this big, wouldn't it be a virtuous cycle if it were used exclusively for food production?"

Bai Mu kicked the massive corpse on the ground and said to Hei Tong behind him, "Go and inform your sister."

Black Eyes left without hesitation. Now that the battle here was over, her sister no longer needed to act as bait to lure the army.

No, that wasn't to lure the army, but to entice Dr. Fashion to boldly pursue them, thus making contact with the Imperial army.

Once the objective is achieved, there's no need to continue with that dangerous activity.

After Black Eyes left, White Curtain put down his weapon case, but failed to retrieve the mental fragments.

“It seems that there isn’t much power in this dream world to sustain the soul, and it’s difficult for fragments of the spirit to be preserved for a long time,” Beatrice said from the side.

Although she had only been studying the realm of the soul for a few years before leaving, she still had some understanding of it.

"Never mind then." Bai Mu glanced at the pair of gloves that Luciela had spat out from her sharp mouth, then picked them up. "It's a good thing you didn't bite them to pieces."

"Hmph!" Lucyella snorted. She wasn't crazy; why would she bite this thing?

Normally, she wouldn't want to give Bai Mu a friendly look, but now she's not Bai Mu's enemy, and in many ways, she's actually a hypocrite...

"What is this?" Beatrice looked at the unusual gloves with interest.

The item was worn by Dr. Fashion before he died, so it must be a good item, right?
"It seems to be an Imperial Arms that can trigger precise finger manipulation, hundreds of times more?"

"Huh?" Beatrice was taken aback. "I want it."

"You're dead, why would you need this?"

"As long as it works, it's fine. This thing is also a great help to alchemy."

Don't assume that alchemy doesn't require precision; on the contrary, some operations demand extremely high precision.

Bai Mu tossed the gloves over, and Beatrice caught them. She tried them on without hesitation, but they didn't fit…

Not only that, this thing also made her feel repulsed.

"What's going on?" she asked, confused, and wanted to take the thing apart.

"That's probably why you died."

Atreus suddenly realized that she had previously analyzed the Imperial Arms for the Night Raid members, and that those weapons had a certain degree of corrosiveness to the user.

But she is no longer alive, so the Imperial Arms, which have the effect of corroding living beings, have no effect on her.

It now seems that the corrosive effect of the Imperial Arms is more like maintaining the connection channel. While she can ignore this side effect, she also loses the possibility of directly using the Imperial Arms.

“It’s nothing special, just average.” Beatrice returned the gloves to White Curtain.

Luciela did not continue to maintain her Awakened state and reverted to human form after the battle.

As for the mountain of meat next to her, she had no interest in it whatsoever; it was just water-injected meat.

Literally, it looks big, but in reality, eating it won't provide her with any substantial nutritional benefits.

Eating this is not as good as eating two wild boars.

Not long after, the raiders retreated to this place, looking somewhat disheveled.

The main reason is that the equipment used by the soldiers in the capital is too good.

Many soldiers are using weakened versions of the weapons Seryu used, and you can try to unleash your full power against these soldiers.

The problem is that these soldiers' weapons also pose a significant threat to them.

No matter how good they are at fighting, they are still made of flesh and blood, and their bodies cannot withstand bullets and explosions.

Unless they all have Brand's armor.

"Here you go." White Curtain tossed Dr. Fashion's somewhat deformed head to Chelsea.

The latter did not reach out to take it, letting it fall to the ground, and looked at the huge corpse on the ground.

Based on Kurohime's account on the way, she had a basic understanding of the situation here.

Dr. Fashion indeed wields considerable power; this massive 'dangerous species' is far more formidable than the giants operating outside the capital. Given enough resources, Dr. Fashion can create one, and easily create a whole horde.

Fortunately, he is already dead, so updates on the other side's technology can only go so far.

“In that case, the capital will be completely isolated,” Chelsea said. “Let’s prepare to leave.”

Dr. Fashion is dead, so the rest is up to the Revolutionary Army; they're off to support another battlefield.

Getting there early allows for better preparation, and once the last and most capable general of the empire is killed, all the conditions for victory will be met.

Those treacherous officials trapped in the capital will be purged afterward!
No one cleaned up the bodies, and later, soldiers from the capital who followed found heads stuck in wooden sticks.

After recognizing the head, their hearts sank: "Let's retreat."

Dr. Fashion has already given it to them, what else can they do?

Although many of the enemy's modifications were inhumane, the soldiers in the capital were indeed strengthened as a result.

It's simply that some people who were missing limbs have had other parts replaced. Some people are angry, some are helpless, and some are happy to accept such modifications.

Even though he lost his arm, he's really strong.

The news of Dr. Fashion's death threw the capital into chaos once again.

The treacherous officials and their faction were all in a state of panic and wanted to flee even more, while the officials of conscience took the opportunity to suppress them severely.

In any case, the capital city did not descend into chaos.

For these conscientious officials, all they can do now is maintain stability in the capital.

A counterattack? We'll have to wait until Esdeath leads her army back to fight.

As for Dr. Fashion, although they disapproved of his actions, his abilities were exactly what the Empire needed.

Regardless of how much cooperation the other side has with treacherous officials and factions, at least they have provided the capital with sufficient military strength.

If she dies... then we can only hope for Esdeath, who is far away on the border.

At the border of the northern alien tribes, Esdeath's army was blocked by the Revolutionary Army.

Although she can use the power of her Imperial Arms to ignore obstacles such as rivers, she cannot ignore a well-equipped army no matter what.

Moreover, this army rarely confronted them head-on, and was always in a state of tug-of-war and restraint.

As long as they don't lose their temper, even if the general leading the army is incompetent, the situation won't easily collapse.

Moreover, the person leading the army now is not an incompetent person, but an old acquaintance of hers, her former colleague in the Empire, Najshida.

Having learned her lesson from Nadeshida, when leading her army, she always focused on maximizing her strengths and minimizing her weaknesses, avoiding direct confrontation as much as possible.

Her objective was clear: either she would abandon the army and march into the empire alone, or she would lead the army to slowly wear them down.

The empire is in a terrible state right now, but she doesn't mind the bad situation; on the contrary, she wants to go back even more.

This kind of place allows her to enjoy more of the battle.

But here on the border with the northern barbarians, it's a complete waste of time!

However, as a commander, her running away was irresponsible to the army, even if her running away was not considered desertion, but rather the army implicated her.

But Najshida's purpose was too obvious; she was forcing Najshida to do this through this kind of tug-of-war.

Once she leaves the army and acts alone, the consequence will be an ambush against her, right?

Thinking about it, she was actually quite looking forward to it.

However, it cannot be ruled out that the other party deliberately revealed this intention.

The revolutionary army's advantage is obvious; they just need to hold her off and advance steadily.

Esdeath believed that the Revolutionary Army had made both preparations.

Whether she single-handedly storms into the empire or continues to lead her army to entangle with the enemy, it's the scenario the revolutionary army wants to see.

"So what do they possess that gives them such confidence?"

Esdeath pondered in her tent. The intelligence they had access to was limited, and much of it was even incorrect.

That was information that the revolutionary army intercepted and altered after obtaining the original intelligence.

If you completely believed her, the army she led would have been wiped out long ago.

Regardless of what the Revolutionary Army had acquired, Esdeath knew she couldn't delay any longer. In that case, let's carry out the decapitation strike.

Although they were delayed here, they had almost finished digesting the resources of the northern tribes.

Being delayed here does not prevent her army from remaining strong and well-equipped. Whatever they lack, they can simply plunder from the northern barbarians they have defeated.

(End of this chapter)