Poseidon in Arknights

"That doctor just suddenly disappeared."

"Damn it, could it be a ghost?!" The mercenary leader spat on the ground. "Invisibility Originium Arts? Or illusion magic?"

Suddenly, the mercenary leader's walkie-talkie crackled to life: "Hello, can you hear me?"

Suppressing his anger, Yang Min pulled the walkie-talkie off: "Hello, what's up?"

"Another group of people has come trying to break into the core city. Help us catch them. We've already taken down six. By the way, the leader is our old friend, Garson."

Gavinson raised an eyebrow as he listened to the words coming from the other end of the communicator. Judging from the other person's words, this old friend seemed to be someone of considerable importance.

"Oh, an old friend? Which one?"

"scout".

Upon hearing the name announced on the other end of the communicator, Gavinson's lips curled into a sinister smile: "Leave him to me, I'll be right back."

Gavinson turned off the communicator and hung it back around his neck: "Forget about that doctor, an old friend needs our hospitality more."

Hedley put away the communicator and casually flicked the water off the blade in his hand. "What a pity, sigh."

Ines, standing to the side, glanced at the water-soaked ground, looked up at Hadley, and asked after a moment of silence.

"...Don't you think something's wrong?"

“There’s no other way.” Hedley shook his head, looking at the corpse on the ground. “It has to be done.”

“…I understand.” Ines glanced at the ground, which was nothing but a small puddle.

In her perception, there seemed to be a phantom yet enormous shadow reflected on the water's surface. That shadow was conveying a message to her, or rather, to everyone who had seen through the illusion.

If you dare to expose me, I'll have a heart-to-heart talk with you later.

—————Chernobog Peterheim High School—————

“Hey, how long do you think those kids can hold out?” one of the thugs asked, sitting on a wooden stake and nudging his drowsy companion beside him.

"Hey, shut up, honestly, I finally wanted to get some sleep." The thug slapped his companion's hand away, glanced back at the school, and said, "They probably won't last much longer. Didn't we just set fire to one of their cafeterias last night?"

"If they hold out a little longer, they probably won't be able to hold on." The thug chuckled, looking up at the gloomy sky.

"Not to mention that a natural disaster is coming soon, and it will probably come even faster than we think."

The rioter's words provoked laughter from the other rioters, who mocked the students' misfortune and the impending disaster.

But at that moment, a cold voice came from not far away: "I don't know when the disaster for those children began, but your natural disaster has probably really arrived."

"Who!" One of the thugs looked in the direction of the voice, and tried to pick up his weapon and stand up, but stopped abruptly.

"Hey, what's wrong with you!" Another thug looked at his companion who was frozen in place and found that he was covered in frost. The thug touched him with trembling hands, but his fingers only felt cold.

"Do you know what you're doing?!" Yu Yue stared coldly at the group of thugs in front of her.

"Who are you? A member of the Yeti Squad?" one of the thugs asked, mustering his courage. "Don't bother us, we just follow Mephisto's orders. If you're so capable, let your eldest sister go find Mephisto."

"Mephisto, Mephisto." Yuzuki murmured the name a few times. "Very well, after you've dealt with you, go find him."

"No, she's not!" A thug had just noticed that Yuuki wasn't wearing the clothes with the Yeti Squad's insignia and was about to shout when a stream of water suddenly appeared beneath his feet and enveloped him.

"No no no!"

With a smile on her face and cold eyes, Xi Yue looked at the thugs from before, put a finger to her lips and said, "Shh, keep your voice down. The surgery is about to start. Don't make a scene. That's the rule."

"Brothers, charge! She's not one of us!" The thugs finally realized what was happening and rushed toward Xiyue with their weapons.

"Sigh, they're so disobedient. We can't make a lot of noise during surgery." Yu Yue shook her head as she looked at the thugs rushing towards her. "Speaking of which, what was today's surgery supposed to be again?"

"Hmm, never mind, if I really can't think of anything, I'll just leave you with a number later."

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"Hmm." Xi Yue shook her hand, looking at the thugs lying on the ground in front of her. "Surgery complete."

"But won't that scare those kids?" Xi Yue looked at the ice sculpture in front of her, its face full of pain, and pondered.

"We can't let you scare the child." Xi Yue clapped her hands, and the ice sculpture in front of her turned into ice powder that scattered all over the ground.

"Alright, the annoying cockroaches are gone." Xi Yue smiled and clapped her hands, then looked up at the school with a worried look in her eyes. "I hope those kids won't do anything stupid so soon."

"Send the child to Rhode Island first, then deal with the patient with the bigger problem."

"Unfamiliar gods from another land."

Just as Xiyue lifted her foot to enter the school, a muffled sound rang out, interrupting her.

"Are you courting death?" Xi Yue turned around and looked at the alley filled with white mist. "Inner Guard."

"Strange, alien deity, your wrath should cease." The heavy sound of military boots echoed, breaking through the ice and revealing five figures, no longer resembling humans, emerging from the white mist.

They were dressed in dark black overcoats, with huge gas masks attached to their faces. At their waists were slightly scarlet military knives.

The gray sky sprinkled white snow, but the snow seemed to turn black as it approached them, and the black snowflakes fell to the ground.

"Hiss...hoo..."

The muffled breathing sounded as if it came from some kind of ferocious beast, not from a human, like the scratching of a wild animal's claws.

Xi Yue looked at the five guards in front of her with disgust; the polluted aura emanating from them really displeased her.

"So what, Imperial Guards? What business is it of yours whether my anger subsides?"

One of the guards stepped forward and drew his saber: "Strange foreign god, your anger should cease. This is Ursus territory."

Chapter 75: This Body is the Sea

"Your anger should subside, and you should leave our Ursus territory!" The head of the guards stared intently at the calm Xiyue before him.

They had no idea they would encounter a completely unfamiliar god here. They had only come to monitor the serpent to ensure that it would indeed bring Ursus a war that could revitalize the country, as it claimed.

Of course, the snake probably knew they were watching him, after all, they never concealed their whereabouts, and they represented the unyielding glory of Ursus.

"The land of Ursus?" Xi Yue looked at the guards in front of her, her tone seemingly calm. "Then why do you allow those thugs to harm your citizens and the children of your country?"

The Inner Guard General sheathed his sword: "It may indeed be cruel, but for the sake of Ursus's revival, they should be honored to become tools for Ursus's revival."

"..."

Yu Yue calmly looked at the guards in front of her. At this moment, the sky seemed to grow even darker, and the staff in Yu Yue's hand made a clicking sound.

"Hoo..." Xi Yue looked at the guard in front of her with her deep blue eyes, "Ursus, Ursus, is this how you build your land?"

"Um!!!"

Several guards involuntarily took a few steps back. Just a moment ago, it felt as if everything around them was projecting malice upon them, and the whole world seemed to be expressing its anger and fury towards them.

"Gods from another land! This is Ursus territory, do not act recklessly!"

"Heh." Xi Yue looked at the guard who had already drawn his saber. "Ursus territory? You mean your so-called pollution?"

“Alright~” Yuzuki said with a smile, her dragon tail sweeping the ice powder on the ground behind her. “Since you want to say that the place under your feet is the territory of Ursus.”

Xi Yue struck the ground with her staff, and a faint blue light spread outwards from where the staff struck the ground.

"Hmm!" The guard looked around. The dark blue color seemed to cover almost all the buildings, and the sound of the waves seemed to be right next to his ears.

"What are you doing?!"

"Didn't you say this is your Ursus territory?" Xi Yue said with a smile, looking at the guards in front of her. "Then welcome to my land, welcome to the ocean."

"..." The guards silently and unreservedly released the information of the demons within them in an attempt to corrupt the surroundings, but the demons remained stubbornly hidden within them, refusing to leave.

"What do you want?" Yuuki asked, looking at the guards before her. "Do you want to defile my ocean?"

The guard looked up at Xiyue. At that moment, the entire building behind Xiyue had turned blue, and the patterns that rippled like flowing water were visible everywhere.

A huge black shadow swam from behind the glass, its scarlet pupils peering at them through what was now indistinguishable as either a water curtain or glass.

Everything around them was projecting the most obvious malice upon them; everything around them was telling them something.

[Disappearance, burial, sinking, ocean, fury]

The ground slowly churned at that moment. Wait, could it still be called the ground? At some point, the surroundings took on a water-like state, becoming transparent, and everything around seemed to be assimilated by the water.

Was it just now? Or has it always been like this?

"No!" The guards shook their heads. "This is spiritual pollution!"

The other party is modifying their common sense, forcing them to perceive everything around them as normal.

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“What a monster…” ACE shook his aching arm and glanced at the shield that was almost burned through. “The intelligence didn’t mention this.”

"Ugly struggles, resistance will bring new hope to this land." Talulah, dressed in a black dress, calmly looked at Rhodes Island, the ribbons behind her fluttering wildly in the hot wind brought by the rising heat around her.

"But resistance will not change your fate in any way."

"Fire!!!" Scout's voice came from the nearby high-rise building, followed by the sound of his submachine gun firing.

"You're a little late, Scout!" Hearing Scout's voice, Ace's serious face finally broke into a slight smile. "Suppressive fire!!!"

"I'll explain later," Scout replied casually over the walkie-talkie, his tone seemingly tinged with relief.

As the two leaders gave their orders, the panicked operators around them finally calmed down. The heavy-armored operators held their ground, while the ranged operators aimed their weapons at Talulah's body.

“Chernoberg has been liberated.” Talulah’s eyes gleamed with a hint of fire. “Our work is done, and I have developed a little interest in you.”

Countless arrows and bullets pierced through the sweltering air, hurtling straight toward Talulah.

However, the arrows and bullets turned into molten iron or charcoal before they even hit the target, falling helplessly to the ground, achieving nothing.

“But that’s all.” Talulah stood on the ruins, looking down at the Rhodes Island group. “You made the wrong choice.”

“She really is a complete monster.” ACE smirked as he looked at Talulah in front of him.

"Rhodes Island, you should truly stand on the side of righteousness..."

Suddenly, a cool breeze swept in from afar, instantly suppressing the scorching flames on the battlefield, causing all the flames to subside.

"What?" Talulah looked at the dying flame in her hand in disbelief, then turned to look at the tall building made of water that was still conspicuous under the dark sky in the distance.

"That's?!" Talulah stared in disbelief at the tall building in the distance, emitting a faint blue light in the darkness.

'What trouble have they caused me?'

—————Chernobog Peterheim High School————————

"Who are you? What are you?!" Seeing the assimilated high-rise buildings and land around them, the guards finally began to feel a fear they had never experienced before.