The story of the black silk female knight

If you can't break through their defenses, then break their legs first and slowly scrape them away... Various control spells easily stranded all three Xuanwu on the shore.

The Celestial Realm generals and Sword Pavilion disciples of the Central Continent Empire tried to cover Xuanwu, but were quickly entangled by the Allied Forces' Radiant Rank experts and Radiant Rank adventurers from the civilian population, and were caught in a fierce battle.

The powerful figures of the Central Continent Empire were certainly not weak, but the nearly 40% numerical disadvantage meant that they could only form a battle formation to barely protect themselves, and were completely unable to support Xuanwu and ordinary soldiers.

The damage to the three Xuanwu was getting worse and worse, and the blood of ordinary soldiers of the Central Continent Empire almost stained the coast of the landing site red, resulting in heavy casualties.

However, just when the allied forces thought they could completely wipe out the Central Continent Empire's army, the Central Continent Empire revealed another trump card.

It is the third weapon of the Central Plains Empire named after a sacred beast, following the amphibious mobile fortress Xuanwu and the inextinguishable flame Zhuque that burns everything.

White Tiger Mask.

Many soldiers of the Central Continent Empire, whose original strength was only at the level of a pearl or a lighthouse, would immediately gain a great increase in strength after putting on a strange mask shaped like a white tiger.

Although they still cannot use special skills and equipment such as Noble Phantasms, Secret Techniques, and Domains, the soldiers of the Central Continent Empire under the White Tiger Mask are definitely at the Star-level in terms of strength and speed. They can easily tear through the defenses of the Allied soldiers and still move swiftly even after being hit dozens of times by steel nails from the Magic Gauss Rifle.

As more and more soldiers from the Central Continent Empire wearing white tiger masks joined the battle, the gap in combat power between the two sides was bridged or even reversed, and the allied forces were forced into a bitter struggle.

Therefore, the allied forces had no choice but to abandon their plan to forcibly destroy the three stranded Xuanwu and withdraw their battle lines from the coast, intending to gather more strength before fighting again.

Unexpectedly, the Central Continent Empire did not take the opportunity to attack, but instead retreated a distance away from the Central Continent Empire soldiers wearing white tiger masks.

The allied forces then discovered that the soldiers of the Central Plains Empire, after donning the White Tiger Mask, could not distinguish friend from foe and would also rapidly burn their lives.

They will indiscriminately kill any living thing around them until their lives are exhausted.

Those soldiers of the Central Continent Empire who wore white tiger masks all fell down on their own in the end, and all of them turned from young men into white-haired old men.

Moreover, the white tiger mask seems more like a self-aware parasite.

As all the soldiers of the Central Continent Empire wearing white tiger masks fell, a small number of elite allied troops seized the opportunity to rush over, hoping to snatch a few white tiger masks to take back to the combat laboratory for research.

Surprisingly, the Central Continent Empire did not object to this at all.

Several of the faster-reacting members of the allied forces immediately realized something was wrong and tried to warn and stop the allied soldiers who were trying to snatch the masks, but it was too late.

The allied soldiers had barely walked up to the white tiger mask, and hadn't even reached out, when the mask flew up on its own, stuck to their heads, and landed on them.

Realizing something was wrong, the Allied soldiers immediately tried to remove their masks, but to no avail.

They were quickly controlled by the mask, their physical abilities were greatly enhanced, but they also entered a berserk state, attacking everything indiscriminately, friend or foe, and their life force was burning at a high speed.

The allied forces certainly couldn't just stand by and watch their soldiers die, so several powerful experts personally intervened to try and rescue them.

A sage used arcane magic to dispel the spell, a witch used dispelling magic, and even a paladin disguised as an ordinary warrior secretly used divine magic to purify, but none of them worked.

The allied soldiers were still firmly controlled by the White Tiger Mask and were in a berserk state. On the contrary, several of the allied elite soldiers who wanted to rescue them were injured.

Seeing this situation, the Allied officer in charge of the on-site command, though filled with grief and indignation, could only order a halt to the rescue efforts and abandon the Allied soldiers wearing white tiger masks.

In the end, just like the soldiers of the Central Continent Empire before them, the allied soldiers frantically swung their weapons until the very last moment, when their life force was completely exhausted, and the White Tiger Mask finally came off.

This bizarre scene still sent chills down the spines of these allied soldiers, who were all veterans who had fought wild beasts for many years.

It was impossible to retrieve the White Tiger Mask for research, but the allied forces' Radiant-rank experts couldn't just stand by and watch the Central Continent Empire recycle and reuse the White Tiger Mask. They quickly used various ranged attacks to destroy the White Tiger Mask.

The Central Continent Empire's army did not offer any resistance, and the destruction went smoothly... A simple fireball could completely burn the White Tiger Mask, as easily as burning waste paper.

But the more this happened, the more the Allied Forces' Radiant-Rank experts realized that the White Tiger Mask was no ordinary thing. However, they didn't have any good solutions for the time being, so they could only record their experiences in detail and report them to the Allied Forces' headquarters, hoping that the genius commander and the legendary female knight could find a way to resolve the issue.

. . . . .

After most of the day of fighting, the three battlefields entered a stalemate.

Apart from the ship girls continuing to bombard Sword Island with carrier-based aircraft and missiles at extremely long range, the Central Continent Empire and the Allied Forces have not launched any further offensive actions for the time being.

Prime Minister Turtle, residing in the imperial palace of the Central Continent Empire in the Eastern Continent, received a battle report from the front lines and first consulted the Dragon Emperor. Upon receiving permission, he immediately set off, leading a group of civil officials in a menacing manner towards the Divine Favor Continent.

There is no super maze separating the Eastern Tianxuan Continent and the Divine Favor Continent, and the distance between them is much shorter than that between the Tianxuan Continent and the Frenoia Continent.

With Prime Minister Turtle's cultivation level and the technology of the Central Continent Empire, traveling at full speed would only take a little over 3 hours to cross the sea and reach the other side.

Upon arriving at the Divine Continent, Prime Minister Turtle, along with his civil officials, went directly to a church to protest against the clergy and demand to see the ruling saintess.

The vast majority of clergy have a better relationship with the Frenoia continent and dislike the rude, arrogant, and unbelief-in-goddess-in-the-Eastern Tianxuan continent. They would like to leave the Turtle Prime Minister and his party alone.

However, the Eastern Continent also had many large cathedrals of the Sun Church, and the Central Continent Empire was quite familiar with the etiquette and social rules of the Sun Church.

This time, Prime Minister Turtle followed all the rules, initiating a formal diplomatic meeting with the Church of the Sun in the name of the human nation, and even bringing a personal letter from the Dragon Emperor.

This made it difficult for the Church of the Sun to refuse. Even Saintess Zero, who had long wanted to smash the turtle prime minister's shell, had to take the time to meet him with a smile.

Of course, this smile was not the genuine smile he gave when he greeted Valencia, nor was it a well-practiced business smile; rather, it was a forced smile that did not conceal his disdain or contempt.

"...I have already read your Central Continent Empire's diplomatic documents."

As Ling casually tossed the diplomatic documents back to the Turtle Prime Minister, he sat down opposite him with a forceful and arrogant attitude, his legs, encased in white latex clothing, crossed over each other.

"So, you're here to protest and report something?"

"That's right! We want to protest your Church of the Sun's interference in the human civil war, and we also want to report your church's high-ranking clergy for abusing their power!"

Prime Minister Gui ignored Zero's attitude and stated his purpose confidently.

After all, he was the prime minister of the Central Continent Empire. Although the preparation time was quite rushed, he still managed to put together a set of evidence that seemed quite logical.

The evidence mainly consists of the technological development trajectory of the Frenoia continent over the past few centuries and the encounters of the Central Continent Empire's fleet on the front lines.

After presenting the two pieces of evidence to Zero in turn, Prime Minister Turtle loudly questioned again:

"No matter how you analyze it, that barbarian continent could not possibly have such technology! Only your Sun Church has the capability to manufacture such a weapon! Do you have anything else to say?"

This is a violation of religious rules! You have interfered in a civil war between human regimes! On behalf of the Central Continent Empire, I strongly protest and condemn you! And I demand that you cease your support for the Barbarian Continent!

"Um... are you done talking?"

Zero remained completely nonchalant, even leisurely playing with his nails while the Turtle Prime Minister loudly accused him.

Only after the Turtle Prime Minister's performance was completely over did Zero raise his eyelids and directly deny it:

"Our church did not provide any technical support to the continent of Frenoia. Even if some clergy participated in the war, they did so in their individual capacities and did not borrow any of the church's power. The church did not interfere in the human civil war."

Therefore, on behalf of the Church of the Sun of Eve, I hereby formally respond to your Central Continent Empire... The Church denies all your accusations and will not heed your demands.

If there's nothing else, please leave... This is a place favored by Her Majesty the Goddess, and those who do not believe in Her Majesty the Goddess are not welcome here.

"You...you actually dare to deny it? How could you do this!"

The Turtle Prime Minister looked incredulous, then his beard bristled and his eyes widened:

"As a saint, how can you lie like this in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid of divine punishment? You are the one who is defiling the glory of Her Majesty the Goddess!"

"You green-haired turtle, what do you know about the glory of Your Majesty the Goddess!"

Zero didn't even bother with social niceties, and directly gave the Turtle Prime Minister the middle finger:

"I'll say it again, all your accusations and demands are nonsense! If you continue to cause trouble here, you will be blaspheming the goddess... Would you like to try my divine artifact?"

"you……!"

The Turtle Prime Minister was so angry that his eyes turned red.

But he was, after all, an experienced civil official, and he didn't act impulsively and lose his temper.

He took another deep breath:

"Where's the evidence? You say all of this has nothing to do with your church, but you should at least provide evidence. How can anyone believe you just by talking nonsense?"

"Evidence? Are you sure you can afford to have evidence? Fine!"

Zero's eyes lit up instantly, and he rubbed his hands together, eager to get started.

"Then you wait... Soon, you'll witness the disappearance of the Central Continent Empire."

"you……"

The Turtle Prime Minister was stunned once again:

"what do you mean?"

"It's simple, I'll give you the evidence."

Zero stood up, looking down at the Turtle Prime Minister with a face full of contempt:

"You wanted evidence, didn't you? Well, I can prove it to you right now—what would have happened to your Central Continent Empire if our Church of the Sun had truly supported the Frenoia Continent...? That should be enough proof, right?"

Chapter 71 Burial on the Ice Field

In the end, Prime Minister Turtle didn't dare to ask for any proof from Zero, gave up all his demands, and left the Divine Continent in a sorry state.

He was not a young imperial figure born in recent years, and he had no fear of those ignorant of the Church of the Sun.

As a possessor of the bloodline of a turtle-type demon beast, the Turtle Prime Minister's most remarkable feature is his longevity; he has lived for over a thousand years.

He had experienced those extraterrestrial disasters and knew very well how those world-destroying extraterrestrial disasters were ultimately resolved.

Whether it was the army of hundreds of billions of insectoid beasts or the impact of an extraterrestrial meteorite with a diameter equivalent to one-third of the planet Eve, both were dealt with by the Church of the Sun... and almost silently. Many life forms on Eve had no idea that the world had once been on the verge of destruction.

This strength is undoubtedly far greater than that of the Central Continent Empire, and is even unimaginable.

Even someone as proud and arrogant as the Dragon Emperor wouldn't dare to provoke the Church of the Sun now.

Prime Minister Gui dared not do it, nor did he dare to give a real excuse to 'produce evidence'.

Zero's loathing for the Central Continent Empire was almost undisguised; the only thing that could restrain her was the rules of the Church of the Sun and her lack of legitimate cause.

If Zero were given the chance, even if it was just a fleeting opportunity, Prime Minister Turtle had no doubt that Zero would seize the chance to use methods that are incomprehensible to mortals and wipe out the Central Continent Empire.

He could only slink away.

. . . . .

Prime Minister Turtle's fruitless return from the Divine Continent brought the war to a stalemate.

In the northeastern corner of the Frenoia continent, the Sage's Tower and part of the Central Continent Empire's fleet were exchanging weapons, and neither could interfere with the outside world for a short time.

The three Xuanwu Fortresses that landed in southern France were trapped on the beach due to their numerical disadvantage, but they managed to hold off the allied forces' offensive and stabilize their position on the beach thanks to their eerie white tiger masks.

Meanwhile, the main force of the Central Continent Empire fleet, personally led by Xiao Hu, occupied Sword Island, the easternmost island of the Four Islands Alliance, but was also trapped on Sword Island.

Unless a way is found to deal with the ship girls 2000 kilometers away, the Central Continent Empire fleet on Sword Island will suffer a fierce nuclear attack as soon as it leaves the island.

The fleet had already suffered heavy losses in the previous nuclear strikes, with only one in ten of the Lanternfish warships remaining, and almost every member of the Celestial Being force was wounded. There was simply no way they could force another charge under the nuclear bombardment.

Meanwhile, the allied forces are currently helpless against the Vermilion Bird Fire and the White Tiger Mask. Any large-scale attack would mean heavy casualties, so the allied forces have not acted rashly.

Neither side engaged in any more large-scale battles, but small-scale skirmishes continued.

On the southern coast of France, skilled individuals led elite squads to infiltrate each other, gathering intelligence and seeking opportunities to carry out sabotage behind enemy lines.

Around Sword Island, one or two Xuanwu would occasionally lead a small number of lanternfish warships to engage in naval battles with the second and third fleets of the allied forces.

In the small-scale naval battle, the two sides were evenly matched, or rather, the Central Continent Empire had a slight advantage.

Over the past four years, Tia has not only replaced the weapons of the coalition soldiers, but has also attached great importance to upgrading and modifying the warships.

Fran and America's original warships were mainly designed to fight against sea monsters. They had sufficient firepower and armor, but their other performance was relatively poor.

In gaming terms, it's a pure PvE warship with extremely poor PvP performance.

To this end, Tia has carried out a comprehensive upgrade and transformation of the existing warships based on the experience and concepts of numerous naval battles in technological civilization.

The core idea is to significantly improve the warships' ability to locate, conceal, and fire, so as to annihilate the enemy as much as possible outside their field of vision and firing range.

This line of thinking isn't wrong.

The Xuanwu and Lanternfish warships of the Central Continent Empire fleet also have long-range attack methods, but they are basically all kinds of magical light cannons.

Flying swords are fine for attacking people, but they're ultimately not powerful enough to destroy warship armor and magical shields.

The spell's light cannon is powerful enough, but it's still light, and light, regardless of its type, travels in a straight line in the air in most cases.

However, the sea surface on Eve is not flat, but spherical... When the distance between the two sides on the sea surface exceeds 80 kilometers, it becomes very difficult to aim and hit with a straight-line attack.

Of course, normal warships also lack the ability to locate and attack enemies 80 kilometers away, and Eve's original naval warfare concepts were quite outdated.

However, Tia was deeply influenced by Valensa's war philosophy of technological civilization, and the new warships she designed herself were able to locate and attack enemies up to 150 kilometers away.

Initially, the allied warships relied on this advantage to gain the upper hand in small-scale naval battles with the Central Continent Empire's fleet, almost unilaterally forcing the Central Continent Empire to defend.

The Central Continent Empire's fleet lacked the ability to locate enemies over long distances. Almost every time, they were first bombarded with magic by the allied warships before they could use their psychic devices to trace the source of the magic and locate the allied warships.

Even with location tracking, it was useless; none of the weapons on the Central Continent Fleet's warships could accurately strike the Allied warships 100 kilometers away.

So after suffering setbacks for several days in a row, Xiao Hu once again used the Vermilion Bird.

Although the Central Continent Empire fleet, which used the Vermilion Bird, still couldn't preemptively locate the enemy, it was now able to launch an effective counterattack.