Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

She paused slightly, her gaze falling on Ariel's face, which still retained some youthful features. "As for you, what are your plans next?"

Ariel turned her head, her gaze passing over the city walls and landing on the southern horizon shrouded in twilight. That was the direction of the sea.

She was silent for a moment, then spoke, her voice not loud but clear: "Now that I have become the Sea God, I must shoulder the responsibilities that come with it. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King is now running rampant in the deep sea, wantonly devouring sea spirit beasts. Sea God Island has been flattened by him. The sea needs a new order."

She withdrew her gaze and looked back at Eva: "If there's nothing here that requires my assistance, I'm prepared to return to the sea. To rebuild Poseidon Island, track down the whereabouts of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and restore the sea to its rightful peace."

Eva looked at her, her turquoise eyes reflecting Ariel's resolute face: "I don't need your help here anymore. Go, the sea needs its god."

Ariel nodded slightly, without saying anything more. She only glanced at Eva one last time before turning away, and then her figure shot off like a long, golden streak towards the southern horizon.

The night wind closed up again in the twilight after she left, as if that golden trail had never existed.

Eva stood on the city wall, watching the golden streak of light disappear into the depths of the night, and then slowly withdrew her gaze.

She turned around and looked at a shadowy spot to her side and behind her: "Thank you for your hard work."

The Snow Queen slowly emerged from the shadows, her ice-blue gown gleaming with a cold, moonlit sheen in the twilight.

Her face remained calm and serene, like an ice sculpture sculpted by extreme cold.

"Now that you've finished here, I should head back." The Ice Queen's voice was like the clear sound of ice crystals colliding.

Eva nodded slightly: "Be careful on the road."

The Ice Queen said no more. Her figure flickered slightly in the void, like a wisp of ice mist blown away by the wind, and silently disappeared into the twilight.

On the other side of the city wall, the figure of the nine-colored deer slowly emerged from a nine-colored halo.

The white dress shimmered with a warm, rainbow-like hue in the twilight.

"I should go back to the Star Dou Great Forest too." The Nine-Colored Deer's voice was ethereal and gentle, like a clear mountain spring. "I've been away for quite a while."

Eva's gaze fell on the nine-colored deer, and she remained silent for a moment before saying, "Then let's go back and rest. There are still some things to do."

The nine-colored deer nodded slightly, and its form silently disappeared in the nine-colored halo.

On the vast city wall, only Eva and Godot, who had appeared out of nowhere, remained.

When Ge Duo spoke, her voice carried its usual languidness: "Alright, they're all gone. Now it's time to get down to business?"

"Hmm." Eva's voice regained the calm and certainty characteristic of someone in power. "It's time to close the net."

……

With Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong trapped, the situation on the mainland took an irreversible turn at that moment.

The lights in the government hall of Brightmoon City remained on all night. Orders flowed from Eva's desk like a stream, passing through the hands of the messengers who had been waiting for a long time, and were transmitted to the military camps on the border of the Fairy Tale Empire at a speed that no one could imagine.

"The First Legion on the Northern Front shall immediately advance toward the northern border of the Martial Soul Sect. Objective: Break through Iron Wall Pass within three days."

"The Second and Third Legions on the western front will coordinate to flank the western fortress complex of the Martial Soul Theocracy and cut off its supply line to Martial Soul City."

"The Fourth Army Corps on the Eastern Front shall remain in place and await further instructions."

"Once all legions enter the combat zone, they need not wait for any further orders. They shall advance according to the predetermined plan until they receive a stop signal."

Eva sat in the main seat, her deep purple robe gleaming warmly in the candlelight, her emerald eyes lowered, and a meticulously marked military map of the mainland spread out before her.