A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

The terrifying entity left the underground factory, but the terrifying aura it left behind has not dissipated even a little bit.

“It is truly… truly beyond my expectations, ‘The Everlasting Colonel,’” Michelle maintained her smile.

No matter how Michelle used her magic, she couldn't do anything to Eric.

Even if someone wanted to launch a sneak attack, that damned female captain would stop them.

"As expected, he possesses strength far exceeding his rank, so powerful it's incomprehensible," Michelle said with a smile, narrowing her eyes.

"You flatter me, I'm just a colonel."

"The rank of colonel is already quite high. Please consider my feelings as a captain." Alice gripped her gun tightly, her forehead already covered in sweat.

“Very good. With your hard work, I will definitely get you promoted.” Eric snapped his fingers.

Michelle's sneak attack could come from almost any angle, and Alice has to maintain extremely high concentration, which is why she's a little out of it now.

However, Michelle wasn't much better off.

At this moment, Michelle's entire body was covered with burn scars.

These wounds are painful even when they come into contact with water.

Sand coalesced into a gun, and Michelle attempted to pierce Eric's heart with a single blow.

"The Blessing of the Sea Dragon"

Water surrounded Eric, easily shielding Michel from all the sandstorms.

The water dissipated the instant Michelle's offensive ended.

Immediately afterwards, the water on the ground began to boil, filling the entire hotel with steam and obscuring the surroundings.

“Is it like this again?” Michelle laughed, but her voice was full of helplessness.

“No, it’s a little different,” Eric’s voice rang out through the mist.

“‘Colonel of a Thousand Years,’ it’s unwise to expose your position in battle,” Michel said, as sand guns rose from the ground.

But Michelle paused for a moment, because all her attacks had missed.

It wasn't just blocked, it completely missed its target.

Unbeknownst to them, the water vapor in the air condensed into ice crystals.

The ice crystals landed on Michelle, instantly causing him excruciating pain.

The ice crystals turned into water droplets, and then boiled again.

The boiling steam burned Michelle horribly.

Michelle had absolutely no way to defend against this relentless attack.

No matter how thick one's sand shield is, it is meaningless in the face of such an attack.

The pain made it difficult for Michelle to even smile.

"They're really... not even in the same league in terms of combat strength." Michelle's voice was somewhat weak.

“No, I only used minor spells.” Eric snapped his fingers.

"Although occasionally a big one will happen."

"Poseidon's Hammer"

The sudden torrent struck Michelle like a hammer.

Water is gentle, but it can also be fierce.

This blow made Michelle realize this principle very deeply.

After the sand shields were soaked by the water, they were immediately washed away in chunks by the water flow.

Michelle coughed up blood and crashed through the hotel wall.

"The essence of water is freezing and boiling."

"Although I usually prefer to use ice because it looks cooler."

"But that doesn't mean I can't use spells to boil water."

"Strictly speaking, I can use the three states of water: gas, liquid, and solid."

"They're not very powerful."

Eric stepped on Michelle's fallen body and began to speak.

"Cough cough..." Michelle was speechless. That "Sea God's Hammer" had brought Michelle to the brink of death.

Not very powerful? This is the biggest lie Michelle has ever heard.

Michelle was thinking this when she completely lost consciousness.

"Colonel, you are stepping on our Empire's Major General."

“He’s a former Imperial Major General.” Eric snapped his fingers, and the water stains in the hotel disappeared.

"That guy Bai Wei is probably having a headache."

"I wonder how things are going with the hero."

“Colonel, I bet something really serious has happened over there,” Alice suddenly said.

"Huh?" Eric was completely bewildered, having no idea why Alice would say that.

“Look over there.” Alice sighed and pointed in the direction of the city center of Inle.

Eric looked in the direction Alice was pointing, and then gasped.

"Wow, that's a huge thing! What the hell is it?"

Only then did Eric feel the constant vibrations coming from beneath his feet.

I initially thought it was my imagination, but it seems that the ground tremors were caused by that big thing.

"Colonel, shall we go over there?" Alice asked.

“No, let’s wait and see.” Eric stroked his chin.

Eric always had a bad feeling about this.

That big guy is definitely not someone to be trifled with.

"Contact the Imperial headquarters and have that guy Bai Wei send me some people."

Alice nodded, then went through the magic circle to report on the situation on Inlai's side.

"Colonel, the Chief of Staff said it would take two days to move them even from Beishan Fortress," Alice said helplessly.

"Two days it is. Just tell him it's terrible here... yeah, tell him I'm dying too."

"Chief of Staff, the colonel said he's dying and wants to leave you his last words. He said he has a treasured item that he's kept for a long time..." Alice was about to continue when the communication array was cut off.

"The Chief of Staff has placed me under a spell," Alice said expressionlessly.

"That means he agreed." Eric shrugged.

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At the Imperial headquarters, Bai Wei immediately shut down the magic circle when he heard Alice start talking nonsense.

It's obvious even to a fool that anything Captain Alice says is unreliable.

"Chief of Staff!" The junior staff officer stood ramrod straight.

"Have the troops from Beishan Fort march to Inlai as quickly as possible." Bai Wei took out a cigarette and leisurely took a puff.

"clear!!!"

"What exactly happened?" Bai Wei frowned. Something serious must have happened to Eric, otherwise Eric could have handled it all by himself.

That guy has a success rate of over 90% when it comes to completing missions.

The remaining 10% of failures were all due to delays caused by protecting the public. The pollutant's enormous body broke through the ground in Inle and crawled out of the underground factory.

Marble bricks fell from beneath the polluter, shattering on the ground.

The rising dust made it impossible for citizens to open their eyes, causing them to cough incessantly.

"What is it?" This is what countless citizens of Inra are concerned about.

The moment the polluter's legs touched the ground, the sky, which had not long after dawn, seemed to darken once again.

The houses were like decorations, constantly collapsing as polluters moved about.

The damaged buildings crushed countless people, plunging the entire city into chaos.

However, this was only the beginning of the nightmare brought by the polluters.

Where polluters pass through, there is no life that can be called normal.

The tree's surface was covered with fleshy netting, and countless eyes opened on its branches, emitting inexplicable wails.

Tentacles sprouted from the animal's body, and its form seemed to begin to melt, losing its fixed shape.

All life is distorted.

"Distorting life in the world"—that is the concept of the polluter.

The more specific a concept is, the greater the limitations of its capabilities.

Even so, the polluters' concepts continue to bring endless nightmares to the city.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!! What is this?! Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!" A man stared at his forked hand, his face filled with terror.

The forked hands began to intertwine with the cleaver in their hands, embedding themselves into the flesh.

The man felt no pain, and even felt a sense of pleasure.

However, the more this is the case, the more terrified men feel from the bottom of their hearts.

"No!!! What happened!!!" the man shouted, looking in the direction of his wife, then froze.

There was nothing in my field of vision that could be described as humanoid.

His wife had turned into a fleshy tumor, and only from her indistinct screams could the man recognize her as his wife.

"Ah!! Gods!!! Please save us!!" The man began to pray, but his hands could no longer be clasped together.

There was no response; the gods did not answer the man's request.

The twisting began to spread throughout his body, and at the last moment, the man's brain seemed to be twisted and shattered, becoming strange.

One's own will begins to spread.

"Roar—" A roar that no longer sounded human came from the man's throat.

Its body covered in tentacles is enough to make your scalp tingle.

In the city of Inlai, wherever the corrupters tread, the land becomes a hellish landscape.

Katrina sighed upon seeing all this.

In fact, Katarina had previously placed a listening spell on Bray.

She now understood what the enormous suit of armor in front of her was.

The Silver Seed, who calls themselves polluters.

The duty of the "Great Enemy of God" is to defeat all higher species that threaten the entire Black Iron race.

However, there are very few ways to deal with silver-grade silver.

Even the "Great Enemy of Gods" would need to send at least half of the organization's personnel, including most of the high-level combatants, to defeat the Silver race.

"This is really bad," Katrina said with a bitter face.

Although Katrina also wanted to get rid of the polluter, she seemed to be powerless to do anything about it.

"What is that?" Sass stared in disbelief at the hellish scene, a deep fear rising within him.

“Humans… no… the Black Iron race can’t defeat this terrifying being,” Katrina sighed.

“That place! It’s an underground factory!” Sass suddenly realized something.

"Mr. Bray is still there!"

"Ah!! I had forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it!" Katrina clicked her tongue in amazement.