Chapter 982: Encounter

Three months passed quickly.

Dorothy had finally realized her long-held dream these past few months: to live a happy, carefree, and peaceful daily life with her good sisters.

Although, ironically, they were living on a warship that served as a top-tier war weapon, and this warship was on its way to the battlefield.

But the reality was that these three months were indeed the most peaceful days Dorothy had lived in a long time. There was only their fleet in the vicinity of this void, and everyone on this fleet was one of their own. The Home Witch was the supreme leader of the fleet, so naturally, no one would be bored enough to come and find trouble for her. In fact, no one disturbed her, and she could spend her time doing whatever she wanted.

Therefore, Dorothy truly had a blast. Every day, she ate, drank, and played with her sisters. When she was tired of playing, she would go to study and research magic to relax. Her occasional work was just checking the fleet's route or inspecting the living conditions of the fleet members. Calling it an inspection was actually just going to guide the magic of the Witches under her command—in layman's terms, it was going out to show off and act cool. When the mood struck her, she would even go to the kitchen to cook personally to reward the three armies.

In short, her life was as comfortable as it could be.

It was just a pity that good times were always short-lived; even if they weren't actually short, they felt fast.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye. On the route map, their fleet was only a few days' voyage away from the destination, the Mechanical Wasteland. In fact, everyone could already visually see a little outline of that incomparably vast world ahead.

The appearance of that world was quite sci-fi; at first glance, it looked like a warship of unimaginable size.

Dorothy was somewhat shocked when she first saw this scene. She didn't expect that there would be a world shaped like a warship; this purely natural warship was truly a masterpiece of nature.

But once she thought about how the Witch World was shaped like a flower, it wasn't strange that the Mechanical Wasteland looked like a warship from the outside.

"Sigh, we're finally almost there. But thinking about it, it seems like New Year's is only a few days away. Sophie Liya, it seems we'll have to spend the New Year in another world this year."

Dorothy looked at the approaching Mechanical Wasteland and said to the housekeeper by her side.

Hmm, after this long three-month voyage, her long sixteenth year had finally come to an end. It was only about ten days until the New Year of the Witch World, but they definitely had no hope of going back to celebrate, so they could only spend it here in the Mechanical Wasteland.

"Hehe, Eldest Miss, you're still so confident. It's more likely that we'll spend the New Year in the void; the world barrier of the Mechanical Wasteland doesn't look easy to break."

The Pure White Witch was tearing down her confidence as usual. She also looked up at the distant warship world, frowning slightly.

Even just looking at it from afar, she had already felt the difficulty of the Nine-Star Golden Contract World.

The periphery of the natural warship-shaped world was surrounded by a structure similar to a protective shield; this was the world barrier of the Mechanical Wasteland, and the strength of this barrier was the strongest Sophie Liya had ever seen in her life.

The Pure White Witch had been taken to the battlefield by her teacher when she was very young. She had seen many world barriers of great worlds in the past, but she had never seen one as sturdy as this.

Under the observation of Sophie Liya's Destiny Magic Eye, the barrier strength of this Mechanical Wasteland had even barely reached the barrier strength of a Calamity World.

Of course, this was just a description. After all, none of the true Four Great Calamity Worlds had barriers. They could have them, but they just didn't open them. The reason was naturally the same as the Witch World: they felt the barrier restricted their growth speed.

Hmm, that is the so-called "attack is the best defense." As long as I am strong enough, strong enough that no one dares to provoke me and everyone needs to flee when they see me, naturally, I don't need defensive means.

"Eldest Miss, do you have any means to break that world barrier? I estimate that even if the main guns of all the warships in our entire fleet fire in unison, it might not be enough to tear through this world barrier in a short time."

Sophie Liya said with some worry.

This difficulty came even earlier than expected. The first difficulty of the Mechanical Wasteland strategy, the difficulty of opening the door, had appeared just like that.

However, compared to the Pure White Witch's worry, the Home Witch was much more relaxed.

"Don't worry, the boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the bridge; someone will naturally help us open the door in a while."

Dorothy said, then she glanced at the radar interface of the Nephthys, and soon she saw a red dot on the radar.

Hmm, at first it was just one red dot, but soon countless red dots appeared on the radar interface, and then the piercing warship alarm resounded throughout the fleet.

Thus, the fleet members, who had been quite leisurely, immediately entered a combat-ready state. They put on their battle robes and picked up their magic wands at the fastest speed, then proceeded to their respective posts according to the arrangements they had practiced many times.

The main guns of the major warships began to charge, and layers of magic energy protective shields appeared around the warships, connecting with each other to finally form a super-giant shield that sheltered the entire fleet.

They were ready to engage the enemy.

At this time, in the command room of the Nephthys, Sophie Liya also noticed the red dots on the radar. These red dots meant that unidentified objects had appeared around the fleet.

But they were sailing in the void right now. Although it was said that one could occasionally encounter some terrifying void monsters in the void, those monsters wouldn't appear in such groups.

Suddenly appearing with so many signals, there was only one possibility: they had encountered another fleet.

"Those peers really came after all. Eldest Miss, do you mean to let them help us scout the path?"

Regarding these unidentified signals, Sophie Liya wasn't actually that surprised; after all, she had expected this long ago.

Eldest Miss had already told her before that besides their Witch group, they might encounter other peers in this Mechanical Wasteland. Now that the Mechanical Wasteland was right before their eyes, it was perfectly normal to encounter the teams of peers at this time.

"That's not urgent. Let's go see which side these peers are from first?"

Dorothy also stood up from the high-platform throne at this time.

Her magic power erupted, and the little guys on her shoulders let out a loud tiger roar and dragon chant. Then, Bast transformed into the Cross Corona Staff, and Fafna formed the red and black battle robe.

Guests had arrived; as the protagonist, the Home Witch naturally had to dress up to attend, to show politeness.

"Little Yaojing, are you okay?"

"Sister..."

"Senior Sister..."

The virtual command interface popped up several communication interfaces again; these were videos sent by the sisters who were still presiding over other sub-fleets.

"Don't worry, it's a small problem. You all just stabilize your teams; wait for news from me and Sophie Liya."

After all, this was the sisters' first time on the battlefield, so they were naturally somewhat flustered. Of course, this was also Dorothy's first time on a real battlefield; in fact, she was also quite panicked. But as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, she had to hold the scene at such a time. Even if she was panicked, she absolutely couldn't show it, so the Home Witch just calmly soothed her sisters.

Dorothy was no longer the rookie who was bullied by the Dream Team back then. Now, having read many military books, she knew that the commander was the brain and core of the army. On the battlefield, anyone could be cowardly, but she, the commander-in-chief, could not. Otherwise, no matter how strong the army was, it wouldn't be able to exert much combat power under a cowardly general.

Sure enough, seeing the Home Witch's confident appearance as if everything was under control, the sisters immediately felt much more at ease. They breathed a sigh of relief and then ended the communication one by one, starting their respective work.

And seeing the sisters turn off the communication, Dorothy also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Eldest Miss, I'm still here too. Aren't you afraid of affecting me by sighing like that?"

Sophie Liya was being poisonous as usual.

Although the Pure White Witch said so, she was actually the one who was truly calm.

"You are my source of courage, my Military God Miss. And anyway, my bluffing can't fool you."

Regarding the housekeeper's teasing, Dorothy said it as a matter of course.

This was also the truth. Although she had the false name of Guiguzi Zhuge, that game and reality couldn't be taken seriously. The Home Witch was somewhat nervous at this time. However, although she was a fake military god who talked about soldiers in games, Sophie Liya by her side was a real military god who had practiced in reality. Thinking of this, Dorothy felt full of peace of mind.

And hearing such words, the Pure White Witch's mouth also curved slightly.

"Now you are the commander-in-chief, my Lord. Don't worry, I will always be behind you."

She just said so.

"Hehe, that's really reassuring."

Dorothy also said with a smile.

Subsequently, the two cast their eyes again toward the virtual command platform in the air ahead.

As the red dots on the radar gradually approached, soon another huge fleet appeared within the visible range of everyone.

Before seeing the ships, what appeared first was the endless light that pierced the void, then the magnificent holy songs that resounded through the universe, and finally the warships with gorgeous giant white wings and beautiful churches built on the decks.

Hmm, this style was very similar to the warships of the Apocalypse Battle Group, but it was more ancient and sacred.

This was normal; after all, the Apocalypse Battle Group—uh, to be precise, it should be the Angel Witches—were the imitators.

The opposite side was the truly pure Heaven style.

This was the fleet of true angels.

"Good heavens, what did I see? Seraph-class warship? Which Angel King has come on a personal expedition?"

After seeing the scale of this Angel fleet clearly, Dorothy couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

After all, in the very center of the Angel fleet, guarded by countless other warships, was an incomparably huge and majestic golden warship. Just looking at it with the naked eye, one could clearly perceive its power and majesty.

Heaven's warships had strict rank divisions, and unlike the simple divisions of the Witches, theirs were much stricter. Warships, like angels, were also strictly divided into nine ranks.

What rank of angel would be allowed to drive what rank of warship? And now a Seraph-level warship had suddenly appeared, which meant that a true Seraph had descended on the battlefield.

And what was the concept of a Seraph? This was the Angel King.

But even if the Mechanical Wasteland was a rare Nine-Star Golden Contract World, it wouldn't be enough for an Angel King to come on a personal expedition, right?

"It might not necessarily be the true Angel King. Eldest Miss, have you forgotten about the young future king?"

Sophie Liya by her side reminded her.

Dorothy realized upon hearing this. She remembered the young Seraph who had asked her to play chess before but was bullied.

"Miss Michael?"

The Home Witch couldn't help but sigh that the Seraph Miss she hadn't seen for a long time was truly majestic.

But Heaven was indeed like this; natural status determined everything. Even if Miss Michael was still young, her carriage, her subjects, her fleet, her palace, and her throne had long been prepared. Everything was just waiting for her to grow up and be crowned.

"Speaking of which, Sophie Liya, if you went back with Aunt Gabriel, the treatment should be better than this, right?"

Dorothy thought of this.

"That's natural. Although Miss Michael is indeed excellent, she is still a little bit worse than me."

Sophie Liya didn't humble herself at all and made a gesture of "a little bit."

However, she did have the capital not to be humble; after all, whether it was background or talent, she was indeed far ahead.

"But Heaven can't give me the sense of security I have now."

The Pure White Witch suddenly looked at the Home Witch and said so.

Dorothy: "."

The Home Witch's face turned rosy.

Damn it, Sophie Liya, this is the battlefield. Put your strategy well on the battlefield, okay? Don't shake the morale here.

She was dizzy from this direct ball and didn't dare to turn her head to look at the housekeeper by her side, so she had to stare at the Angel fleet on the opposite side with wide eyes.

Sophie Liya looked at this shy Eldest Miss and also showed a victorious smile.

And soon, the command platform received a strange communication request. Needless to say, it must have come from the Angel fleet on the opposite side.

"Zero, connect it."

Dorothy ordered the maid.

Thus, soon the picture on the opposite side was displayed in front of the two.

And the result was indeed as they expected; the one who came was Miss Michael, the future Angel King.

At this time, this golden-haired, eight-winged Seraph Miss was sitting on the throne of the temple, holding a majestic scepter and a gorgeous divine sword.

And below the throne, her ministers stood in two rows: on the left were battle angels wearing gorgeous battle armor and holding weapons, and on the right were priest angels wearing gorgeous divine robes and holding scriptures.

And now, everyone's eyes on the opposite side looked through this communication screen at Dorothy and Sophie Liya beside her.

Hmm, well, actually, they were looking at Sophie Liya and her beside the Pure White Witch.

In the eyes of these angels, Sophie Liya was much more important than Dorothy.

It was just that Miss Michael's eyes were always fixed on her.

"Eldest Miss, shall we cooperate?"

Seraph is inviting.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 983 =====