Witch Redemption

"Only a few minutes have passed since the most recent attack, and the next attack will probably be in about half an hour. If we continue to hesitate, it will undoubtedly be a matter of waiting for our country to perish."

"Originally, our country had the opportunity to mobilize all the gods of the present world and unleash the strongest combined domain to jointly limit this disaster. However, unfortunately, the lag in information transmission, coupled with the two subsequent attacks, affected our country's foundation, to the point that this strongest trump card was rendered useless."

This is how wars at the god-level are: once the advantage is gained, the enemy presses relentlessly, and every move is a sure kill, leaving no way out.

"Fortunately, there is still time for our country to make all the necessary adjustments."

But these are not all the empire's trump cards.

Never giving up and sacrificing one's life for one's beliefs is the foundation of an empire!

Saving the Empire and saving the world has always been the common will of every soldier of the Empire and every god of the Empire in the present world!

With this shared will, nothing is to be feared!

"Your Majesty, you may issue the order now."

The present-day god, Field Anderson, gently raised his fingers and tapped them uneasily on the conference table before speaking slowly and deliberately.

"The first order is for all the Empire's forces to retreat along the safe zone to avoid the attack of the death tide, and to mobilize warriors willing to become sacrifices."

"The second order is a mass retreat from the capital. At this stage, only a portion of the top experts need to remain in the capital. The rest will retreat in three directions, ensuring the safety of three absolutely safe points."

"The third command is for the present-day god Hill Geller to gather his brethren who are willing to sacrifice themselves, and bring the No. 001 sealed artifact, the Book of Chaos Glory, to stop the tide of death."

"The fourth order grants the Witch Cult the right to use all sealed artifacts after Number 10, giving all Imperial soldiers a chance for self-redemption."

"..."

The document contains fifteen directives, detailing every aspect of wartime command.

The Emperor showed no objection to this and immediately relayed the message.

Among them, there are actually three most important orders: one is to ensure the survival of the living force, another is to send out some of the gods of the present world who are willing to sacrifice themselves to capture relevant information about the attackers, and the last one is the use of the No. 001 sealed artifact, the Book of Chaos Glory.

This sealing artifact will cost the lives of one hundred living gods and turn a vast area into a netherworld of death, in exchange for creating a celestial realm with extreme pollution. Within this celestial realm, an extremely terrifying number of holy war angels will be born, each of whom will be stronger than the living gods.

According to the original plan, the Empire would not use this sealed artifact easily; it was a hidden trump card.

But we are now at a critical juncture of life and death, and if we don't use it now, the entire empire may be doomed.

It can be said that the ten sealed artifacts numbered 10 and below are all the Empire's most powerful trump cards. Each trump card either requires sacrificing a large number of people and feeding them with blood and flesh, or it will make certain areas a dead zone forever, rendering the sealed artifact completely useless. Therefore, the Empire will not use them lightly unless it is truly forced into a corner.

If even a sealed artifact that requires a huge price to stop these death tides, then we will really have no choice but to deploy the other sealed artifacts and fight a desperate battle!

In the eyes of the present-day god Field Edson, if the attacker was indeed a former rogue witch, she shouldn't have been forced to use all her sealed artifacts.

If all ten of the strongest sealed artifacts were used, the entire empire would be close to its destruction.

Of course, the most important reason for deciding to use only Seal 001 at this time is that this trump card can be recycled and reused.

Thus, in just a few minutes, the entire vast empire had been mobilized, and almost all the personnel in the capital had been evacuated.

The current God of War, Field Anderson, Emperor William 46, and a large number of important leaders were quickly transferred to the safe zone.

In a separate wartime command post far from the capital, the living god Field Anderson began using a divine-level "empathic magic" to connect with a living god willing to sacrifice his left eye, thus beginning to detect all the anomalies occurring near the Fifth Wall.

At the same moment, more than a hundred living gods who had broken through the tide of death also began to sacrifice themselves, thus fulfilling the function of the sealed artifact, the Book of Chaos Glory.

The sealed artifact, the Book of Chaotic Glory, is a peculiar book that resembles the heart of a monster. Clear wing patterns are carved on the book, and numerous vein-like chains cover it, like a cage.

This sealing artifact will designate a god-level or higher powerhouse as the sole supreme god. Within ten hours of using the sealing artifact, this supreme god will become a powerful being with the strength of a creator, and will then create a vast divine realm from which countless holy war angels will be born.

In fact, even the Empire itself only knew that this sealed artifact was very powerful and that it was the first time it had been used. Their judgment was not wrong, but no one knew that this power of the creator was actually just the power of an avatar of the creator and could not reach the level of the true ancient creator.

Even so, this sealed artifact is undoubtedly one of the strongest methods in the world, with enough destructive power to annihilate most of the creator's avatars. However, the cost is simply too high, and the empire dares not use it lightly.

Suddenly, after a shrill wailing from a banshee that broke through the sound of rain, a massive amount of crimson began to spread wildly in all directions from the sealed artifact, the Book of Chaos Glory, within the vast territory. Wherever it went, it turned the abyss into a dark red color. The horrifying flesh began to writhe wildly, and then began to take the form of one bizarre humanoid creature after another.

The humanoid creature had a body unique to women, and it looked as if it were twisted from a huge number of tentacles, each of which spread its huge fleshy wings and took off into the air.

The present-day god, who is the main body, also began to mutate into another astonishing appearance: a colossal female giant with an ugly, huge head. First, there was an elegant, blood-red breast, followed by a lower body that resembled an elegant dress and was constantly flowing with dark red blood. Through the "pomegranate skirt," one could also vaguely see countless wriggling, hair-like, blood-red tentacles.

The term "God" is the current name for this giant, who is nearly 100 meters tall.

She was slowly rising into the air. In front of her, the piles of corpses of the living gods had been absorbed by this blood-red domain. Then, this domain began to meet the unsolvable tide of the dead, forcefully blocking this army of the undead.

No, it's not as simple as just blocking it.

It was indiscriminate killing!

A truly indiscriminate massacre!

From this moment forward, the Empire's counterattack officially begins!

This sealed artifact is merely the first step in the Empire's counterattack!

The Empire still holds endless sealed artifacts and countless trump cards, awaiting every challenger!

Today, even if the Creator himself were here, he would die!

This is the confidence and foundation an empire should have. What are mere death tides and mere witches compared to this?!

Chapter 77 The Death of the Witch

"Well then, it's my turn next."

Stepping across this endless black and gray desert, the ever-optimistic Lana spoke somewhat casually.

His words stirred up countless memories of the past for all the witches present. The twenty-nine years of life-and-death friendship still felt like it happened yesterday.

Twenty-nine years have passed, and so much has happened. Although many trivial things have long been forgotten, the sorrow, pain, and life-threatening crises we experienced together remain unforgettable.

Every time I think about it, my dependence on my best friend deepens.

"Why can't it be me? You cunning fellow!"

Lorina was indignant. After bidding farewell to Edith and Rosa, she suddenly began to fear the deaths of her close friends.

That feeling is like the intense pain of "a parent outliving their child," a pain so intense it's suffocating and makes you question the meaning of life.

“Lorina, you still need to maintain the tide of death. If you die, who will help me continue to protect Karen and the only priest?”

Lana offered a few excuses, expressing her helplessness.

"Furthermore, I am a warrior! A warrior, do you understand? As a warrior, it is natural to step forward, stand at the forefront for you, and take all the damage for you."

Lolina finally couldn't help but sigh. She wanted to say something more, but the shocking change brought by the tide of death caused her expression to change.

"what happened?"

Li Lan didn't care who went to their death first; he was the last one anyway. No matter what kind of sorrow it was, he believed he could bear it, which is why he noticed Luo Lina's change in expression so quickly.

"The personnel movements on the Empire's side have begun to change. It's not just a simple reduction in personnel; a strange entity has started to directly attack all the undead creatures and is heading towards us at an incredible speed."

Lorina closed her eyes briefly and began to add, "Moreover, Mira has already begun to confront this strange guy head-on, but she's no match for him! This guy's level seems to surpass the god-level existences of this world; I can't describe the astonishing feeling."

"Then it can be understood as the strength of an ancient creator's avatar. It's normal that Mira is no match for him."

Li Lan was very concerned about Mira's safety, but at this moment, he already knew that Mira was probably in grave danger.

If all these witches choose to provide support, it will not only be too late, but it will also likely backfire.

"It's normal for the Empire to react this way. We don't know how many trump cards the Empire has up its sleeve, let alone how powerful they are."

Li Lan was very rational and not surprised by this.

The reason is simple: the Empire has been developing for tens of thousands of years and has known for a long time what kind of power the ancient creator's clones possessed. Moreover, the Empire has plenty of ways to kill most of the ancient creator's clones.

Even though Li Lan and his group are very strong now, they are still far from reaching the level of the ancient creator's avatar. It would be strange if the empire didn't have a solution for them.

The battlefield is ever-changing. Unlike the Kingdom of Ross before, the soldiers and gods of the British Empire are willing to sacrifice themselves for their beliefs at any time. Li Lan doubts that even the strongest forces that attacked the Kingdom of Ross before might not be able to conquer the British Empire.

According to Lolina's description, the opponent's trump card was similar to her Death Tide. The difference was that the monsters the opponent summoned were obviously more powerful than Lolina's Death Tide, otherwise they wouldn't have forced Lolina's Death Tide to retreat step by step, or even completely crush it.

Besides this tactic, Li Lan suspected that the empire might have even stronger trump cards up its sleeve.

The empire has not yet exerted its full strength!

How can something with tens of thousands of years of history be broken through so easily?

“Karen, I think I need to deal with that guy Lorina mentioned myself. We can’t let him catch up with us.”

Finally, Della, who had been silent for an unknown amount of time, spoke.

Della is usually quiet and sparing with words. She prefers to listen quietly to her comrades' boasting, only occasionally speaking up to agree and getting straight to the point.

She initially wanted to respond to the topic of who would die first, since witnessing Britney's death had completely devastated her. Now, if Karen and Lana were to die tragically before her eyes, she suspected she might go insane.

Unable to accept the death of her best friend, Della was just like everyone else in this respect.

However, the thought that Karen would bear this pain alone until they all reached the end of their lives brought Della a strange pang of heartache.

If she could, she would even want to be the last to die, to take all the blame for Karen, but she knows she can't, which is why she remains in a state of conflicted silence.

She just hadn't expected that Lolina's words would suddenly bring her such an opportunity.

“Indeed,” Li Lan nodded. “This guy is a powerful being capable of crushing the tide of death. If we don’t show him some respect, it might be too late later. Perhaps we should split into three groups.”

If nothing unexpected happens, the Empire will definitely start to disperse its manpower at this stage. Who knows, their target, the Imperial Capital, may become a ghost town, with all the manpower being transferred to the two flanks.

More importantly, if Lolina's trump card is exposed, then they will face the Empire's trap, which is not a good sign.

Although Li Lan and his group came to the Empire to die, their last wish was to make the Empire pay the greatest price. If they were caught like turtles in a jar, the threat to the Empire would be minimized.

"Lana, you continue your advance at top speed, don't give the Empire any more time to react. Della, you go and stop that mysterious guy and support Mira. Lorina, you advance to this flank, kill anyone you see, and make sure you break through the encirclement."

“Lorina, your area is very important. Yu Hui, Slime, and the Star Maids, you all work together with Lorina. This is the final mission.”

Li Lan was very clear-headed. He knew they had no way back, and now all he could think about was how to maximize the benefits of his own death.

"My lord, and you...?"

The slime almost burst into tears, while the blond-haired Yu Hui also had tears in his eyes.

"I will continue towards the capital of the empire. Don't worry, I still have two trump cards to use. Just take care of yourselves. And, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the place I'm heading to will be the safest place, much safer than the situation you're about to face."

Li Lan comforted her and quickly finalized the arrangements.

"How about we leave it at that?"

"I have no objection."

Lana waved her hand. She had originally been thinking of sacrificing herself for her best friends, since she also felt that she could not accept the deaths of Della and Lorina. Now that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had come, she naturally couldn't ask for it.

There's a saying, what's it again?

I do not wish to be born on the same day, month, and year, but only to die on the same day, month, and year.