Colonia Storm Tour

The researcher smiled, a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, above the “Tower of Babel” regional memory-directed erasure insertion amplification display device built by the local DEM.

A woman in a black dress wearing a black leaf crown stands atop the Tower of Babel manifestation device, sneering and looking down at the buildings and people below, who appear as insignificant as stones and trash.

The pale short hair was as faded as if it had lost its color, while the mixed energy of the circulating spiritual and magical power gave it a faded dark golden glow. The orange-red light emitted by the blue eyes in the night was like the beating of a human heart, giving ordinary people a great sense of palpitation.

"Do you see that? A half-human convert."

The woman in the black dress looked at the spiritual energy projection of the DEM Comprehensive Research Base, which was woven from spiritual and magical energy, with a mocking smile. The outside of the spiritual energy projection was purple ripples like ocean waves. The scenery outside the projection that she could see was now undulating like a reflection in the water due to the energy fluctuations.

Isaac and Ellen, led by the researchers, went to the research room where the second spirit, Nia Honjou, was imprisoned. This was the scene that could be seen through the spiritual projection.

The person she referred to as a half-human convert was seated in the captain's seat of the Storm flagship above the DEM headquarters in London, England—this was the flagship model of the Storm warship, exclusively for use by the "Kemandia," that is, their commanding officers.

This "half-human convert" had a similar appearance to the woman in the black dress, but the blue in her eyes was much darker than the original.

"Deus·ex·machine Industries and the European Union have woven a vast and fragile web of lies to deceive the world: the European Union and the United States, these two partners of justice, have joined forces to eliminate the Foehn, their biggest competitor in their eyes. The whole world believes that the Foehn has died out, and the raging shark that returned from the Eurasian catastrophe and threatened world peace has returned to dust. The world is at peace again. Is this really the case?"

Only fools and idiots who have been deceived and those without reliable sources of information would believe that the shark, Fury, is dead. Neither the leaders of the European Union, nor that foolish descendant who attempted to control the power of the elves, nor the world's number one magician, nor any other high-ranking executives of DEM Corporation would accept or believe any statement or guarantee they make about this matter.

The real truth is that even though General Lin Haiyuan, the head of Project 9991 "Fenfeng," was forced to leave 4V with his fleet and was willing to go with them, the European Union and the American fleet acted like blind men, turning a blind eye to the Fenfeng fleet slipping past right under their noses. Only when Nililu Island was breached by the Fenfeng fleet and the Second Elf was captured did they manage to catch a glimpse of the Fenfeng fleet's whereabouts by sheer luck.

Then, even with the Hessen warp technology we provided, the two waves of warp reinforcements were still completely annihilated by the giant self-propelled artillery that Foehn had deployed somewhere in the ocean. Finally, when the Ratatosk allied fleet, which had close cooperation with Foehn, came to their aid, they had no choice but to flee in panic with their tails between their legs. Afterwards, the Japanese branch was destroyed by Foehn in a blatant and humiliating manner. Compared with the glorious achievements touted by the European Union and the United States, which was manipulated by memory, how shameful and ironic this was.

Thanks to DEM's folly, we have come to understand the unfathomable nature of our adversary, the Foehn. The artificial spirits that descended from the deserted islands of the South Pacific, their masterpieces, could completely destroy our attacking forces in minutes, along with many new weapons we had never seen before. These folly and failures have given me insights.

Our equipment system, built upon the technology of the manifestation device, is now complete. We no longer need to rely on the UK DEM headquarters. The entire DEM has lost its value to us; it's time to eliminate this stumbling block that has become our escape route… Half-human converts, go and kill Westcott and Messer. Once they are dead, DEM will descend into chaos.”

Upon receiving the orders from the woman in the black dress, the half-human convert silently began commanding the troops located at the DEM Integrated Research Base via the Storm Flagship.

Isaac and Ellen had arrived in front of a tempered glass door, gazing at the Second Spirit, Honjou Nia, whose head was bowed so that her face could not be seen.

"Ellen, this feels like an elf, right?"

Isaac could see Elaine's concerns along the way.

“Yes, Ike…”

She did indeed feel what an elf should feel, from the Second Elf, codenamed "Nun," who was confined in a "throne" experimental chair within tempered glass.

Those were spiritual energy fluctuations that only elite magicians and spiritual wave detection devices could sense. For her, to identify whether someone was an elf, she would look for spiritual energy fluctuations on their body.

Once there is a fluctuation of spiritual energy, it is 100% certain that the being is a spirit that has manifested in the serene world—this conclusion is based on their existing knowledge.

"Sir Westcott, our experimental equipment is ready and awaits your command to begin the experiment."

The researchers who led them there bowed respectfully to them.

"That's great. What should I do to make her suffer even more? Oh, right, I need to go in and see her face and get her to answer some of my questions."

Isaac was unusually excited at this moment; his desire for the power of the elves was gradually distorting him.

"Ike, be careful. Don't get too close to this elf. She has never submitted to us."

Ellen was uneasy about Isaac approaching an elf who had not yet submitted, even though the elf was currently suppressed by the arbitrary field generated by a special manifestation device.

"Don't worry, trust the display device made by the company's technicians. It is the masterpiece of our DEM's future technological prodigies."

With a smile, Isaac entered the tempered glass passageway with the help of the cooperating researchers, approaching the second spirit, Nia Honjou, who was restrained in the "Throne" experimental chair.

"Let's start with a bit of high voltage to make her look up at me properly. I don't like looking at the back of an elf's head."

Isaac snapped his fingers, while Ellen adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and stood by, ready to serve.

"Yes, I hope you enjoy yourself, Sir Westcott."

The researchers captured that smile, overflowing with murderous intent and malice.

"Come and die with me, you foolish bastard who dared to try and control the Lord's power, Eehahahaha!!!"

Sitting on the experimental chair, "Honjou Nia" suddenly raised her face, which was grinning wildly. The restraints that had been controlling her freedom were immediately released, and the handcuffs and shackles snapped in two.

"Watch out! Ike!"

Eileen's eyes widened instantly. She immediately sensed that the spiritual and magical energy fluctuations of "Honjou Nia" in front of her were suddenly increasing. The other party was turning into a humanoid bomb using magic and spiritual energy as explosives to launch a suicide attack on them.

"what?!"

Isaac showed a rare look of surprise at this unexpected situation; he had never anticipated such a thing.

"Don't even think about harming a hair on Ike's head!"

Eileen immediately used the Emergency Donation Device to instantly don her armor, and her unique (Pendragon) CR-UNIT transformed her into a humanoid Destiny Gundam.

The Caledfwlch in her hand immediately charged, and a golden beam of light erupted from the blade, violently slicing through the non-human beings that had turned into humanoid bombs in front of her like a whirlwind.

With his left hand holding the still bewildered Isaac, he retreated and used Caledfwlch and the Free Domain to smash through the ceiling and escape into the sky.

boom!!!!!!!!

The research lab where she and Isaac were originally located was instantly destroyed in the storm of magic and spiritual energy unleashed by the other party's self-destruction. At the critical moment, Ellen led Isaac out of the dazzling halo and discordant debris and smoke created by the explosion.

"You bastards, do you know what you're doing? This is an unforgivable betrayal!"

Ellen roared into the communications channel, furious at the sudden attack targeting her and Isaac.

Boom! ...

A squad of Immortal Annihilator assault mechs immediately crashed through the wall and rushed onto the rooftop, their even larger twin-barreled beam cannons aimed at Ellen and Isaac, who were still visible in the sky as CR-UNITs.

"DEM has been put to its full potential as I wished... those weapons and units aimed at you are the best proof. Now, DEM should fulfill its final mission in building our world of wraiths, which is destruction!"

The woman in the black dress spoke sarcastically into Eileen's communication channel, answering her question on behalf of the silent Kmentia "half-human convert".

"Huh?! What kind of joke is this? This is DEM, which Ike built from scratch. You're just going to destroy it like this, this woman who came from who-knows-where?"

After Eileen finished speaking, she received no response from the woman in the black dress. The Immortal Annihilator assault mech then opened fire on them fiercely.

Just like the Annihilator of Nerazim in Legacy of the Void, the Immortal Annihilator's two twin-barreled cannons fired energy projectiles made of pure magical force at them in the sky.

"Tsk."

Seeing the barrage of magic projectiles coming at her, Ellen had no choice but to speed up and dodge them, as there was no benefit in using her random domain to block them.

"Eileen, this situation looks extremely dangerous. Is it a rebellion started by Murdoch and his men?"

Isaac, this extraordinary madman, found the situation quite amusing.

"That has nothing to do with Murdoch and his opponents. I just received a message on my communication channel from an unknown woman. Judging from the content and tone, it has absolutely nothing to do with those opponents."

Eileen looked ahead nervously as she answered his question.

"Hmm? It has nothing to do with Murdoch and his opposition? Then there's no one else who can mobilize these troops from headquarters but them, and they even obtained spiritual power to disguise themselves as elves to assassinate me. Interesting idea."

If the situation hadn't prevented it, Isaac would have really wanted to ask the unknown woman who instigated the rebellion how she managed to create the elven spiritual power.

“Ike, this is not the time to be amused. Things have gone far beyond our expectations. We have encountered an enemy we have never encountered before.”

Unlike Isaac, Ellen couldn't maintain an interesting and detached perspective to observe all of this.

"You have no place in this world."

The woman in the black dress's mocking laughter came directly into this airspace.

"Is that damn guy nearby?!"

Eileen's heart skipped a beat at the sound of the mocking laughter. She hadn't realized that the person was on the Tower of Babel in Chicago, across the ocean, and her search was obviously in vain.

“Eileen, we have friends here, but those magicians don’t seem to be here to escort us away.”

As soon as Isaac finished speaking, DEM magicians flew in from all directions and immediately surrounded them, launching an attack with beam guns and miniature missile launchers.

"You disloyal and unjust dogs!"

Eileen roared and charged forward at full speed, the mint-green exhaust from the two engine nozzles leaving a tangled, swirling W-shaped green trail in the air.

"Sisters, as long as we kill Ellen Mira Messer and Westcott, we will be able to gloriously ascend to the rank of wraiths! Let's kill them!"

The team of magicians immediately picked up their Kingcall beam swords and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Ellen, who had come to fight them in melee.

"Your numerical advantage is useless against me, you shameful traitors!"

Ellen's strength as the world's number one magician is no joke. Even with Isaac, a burden in the battle, on her left hand, she still managed to annihilate these traitorous DEM magicians in a few dazzling bursts of green light.

After quickly dealing with these treacherous DEM magicians, she immediately took Isaac and flew to the DEM headquarters.

“Ike, now we’re back at headquarters. As long as we gather the magicians from my Second Executive Department, we can suppress this rebellion.”

Eileen has yet to understand the full extent of the "rebellion" the Black Dress has launched against DEM.

"You have nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape."

The woman in the black dress laughed again in the sky, and more DEM magicians descended from above, attacking Ellen Mira Messeres with beam guns and micro-missile launchers.

"If you've got the guts, come out here, you rat hiding in the shadows!"

Ellen was extremely annoyed by this opponent who was lurking in the shadows and mocking her, while simultaneously dodging the dense swarms of miniature missiles and green beams of light with high-angle, high-maneuverability.

The woman in the black dress ignored the insults hurled at her dying opponent and continued to watch the actions of her Clementia "half-human convert".

"Interesting, truly an interesting woman. Not only are her actions interesting, but her voice is also very interesting. I feel like I've heard this woman's voice somewhere before."

Isaac was trying to figure out where he had heard the woman in the black dress's voice before.

"This is Adeptus1. Calling Adeptus4, immediately lead a team to the company headquarters to prepare for the safe evacuation of the executive director!"

Ellen Mira Messeres is currently fleeing with Isaac, but with more and more pursuers closing in, she needs reinforcements to fight the mages who have betrayed DEM. Otherwise, it will be almost impossible to get Isaac out of the insurgent area safely.

“We can’t do it, Adeptus1. We are under heavy attack right now. A large number of magicians from non-Second Executive Division companies have suddenly attacked us. There are too many of them. We were caught off guard and have already lost many magicians. We cannot get to you in a short time!”

Adeptus4's communications were filled with a cacophony of beam fire and missile explosions, which were followed by bursts of beam cannon fire from the Immortal Annihilator before the communications had even faded.

Welcome to the future, heresy (lol)

The second update will be released this afternoon.

Chapter 52 The Conquerors (II)

"Damn it, what's with those Immortal Annihilators? Why are they firing at us? Have they betrayed the company too? Adeptus 10!! Oh, what's that thing, a... Boom!!"

The word "spirit" from Adeptus4 was uttered before it was completely obliterated by a thunderous roar.

Ten half-elf ascendants and wraiths used a deadly chain of lightning as an opening act to show these loyal Second Executive Magicians, who were devoted to Ellen Mira Messer and Isaac, what death truly meant.

The magicians of the Second Executive Division of DEM, who had just been attacked by a suddenly betrayed force, were in a terrible state. Not only were their former magician comrades attacking them with all their might, but now elves who didn't even seem to be human had joined the attack. This was a truly terrible situation for them.