Chapter 42: 41. Empire

41. Empire

Watching the passenger ship that came to pick him up go away, Li Ang couldn't speak for a while.

He didn't feel shocked, angry, helpless, absurd, or want to laugh in his heart.

It was a complex feeling of having a little bit of everything, plus speechlessness.

Regardless of which force these four ships belong to, what kind of courage do they have to fire on the official cooperative shipping ship of the guild?

The Sky Knight Guild is not just a guild organization. It is the largest political entity in the entire sky with territory and military power.

In the past, the islands were generally in a state of isolation. It was precisely the appearance of the guild that promoted mutual communication and established the current airspace order. The guild also agreed on common airspace order laws with almost all forces that could communicate.

Even if islands and forces have their own rules, even if there are people who do not cooperate with the guild, they cannot blatantly violate guild laws. After all, the law is not oppression, but establishing order and protection.

Blatantly attacking neutral civilian shipping ships has seriously violated the law.

Li Ang wanted to see how they would die.

He asked Eden: "Do you know what organization they are?"

Eden shook her head: "I don't know, but it's definitely not simple."

"Those mortals, their weapons couldn't break my solid ice, but they caused serious damage to me. Their kind of weapon that releases lightning is like it was specifically designed to attack Star Souls."

The strange black lightning finally used by those magic airships was indeed too strange.

"Specifically attacking Star Souls..."

Li Ang asked: "You hide very well. In the past many years, I have never known about Star Souls. I think at least the vast majority of high-ranking sky knights don't know either. But these people, how can they have special attack weapons?"

Eden nodded: "Our names have long since disappeared with the wind of history. I also cannot understand what kind of force they are and why they can master this kind of weapon."

Li Ang pinched his eyebrows.

Since meeting Zoe, he had thought that something big might start to happen.

There are many secrets in this sky. This is the consensus of all adventurers. Sometimes, everyone chats and thinks about exploring some ancient secrets. They may be paths to becoming top powerhouses, inheritance of ancient technology, wealth enough to become the cornerstone of nation-building—stories of legendary adventurers obtaining them have long been circulating in the sky.

Although there are many secrets, only a few have been uncovered in thousands of years. It is very difficult for top powerhouses of generations to grasp their clues.

Until the Sky Knight Guild was established, the number and strength of adventurers gradually increased, and large-scale collaborative combat was formed, and sky knight groups gradually raided various dangerous places.

But everyone knows that there are still huge mysteries ahead.

There have also been major events affecting the entire sky in the airspace, each of which will involve many people and forces. In the ten years Li Ang has been here, there have been two major events: the Lost Ancient Battlefield and the Tower of Demons. He also witnessed the demeanor of other top team members in those fierce battles.

Now, it must be the beginning of another major event.

Li Ang looked at Zoe, who was listening quietly to the conversation.

What is a destiny protagonist? Child of the world? It is precisely that her destiny is closely related to the world. Does the world's upheaval give her such a destiny, or is her destiny to change the world? Or, are the two one and the same?

As the world protagonist advances, some secrets of the world that have been sealed will inevitably open. Nubis will become different. This change will exceed everyone's understanding and imagination.

The fact that he spent some effort to deal with the Earth Snake is the best portrayal. More difficult situations may appear in the future. If you don't want to be swallowed in such a wave, everyone must be prepared, whether they are strong or weak.

This unknown force, the fleet mastering black lightning that specifically attacks Star Souls, is probably the vanguard of the wave.

"The two of you can ride on my back to break through, but before that, I want to ask the God Child to help me recover from my injuries."

Eden said. She was chased by those black lightning bolts like bone-attached maggots, and her injuries were not light, and Zoe's power could quickly heal her.

Li Ang was worried: "Can she bear it?"

Eden smiled: "The God Child's power is not produced by herself, but connected to the source at the other end. Only when she doesn't know how to drive it will it consume life."

The woman reached out to Zoe gently: "I will guide you, don't worry."

Zoe reached out cautiously, her palm tips touching Eden's, and her whole body was instantly shrouded in divine light.

"How is it?" Li Ang asked.

Zoe's expression was peaceful, just staring wide-eyed, opening her mouth, as if she couldn't speak because she had received too much information to digest.

In her pupils, tiny rune light formed a vortex and rotated rapidly.

The divine light passed to Eden, rendering her blue hair cyan, and the light blue at the ends was like bright gold.

About half a minute later, Eden took the initiative to separate her palms.

"I have recovered most of it."

"This is enough?" Li Ang did see that her complexion was much better.

"This is the power of the God Child. All potential only reflects a small part. Let's—"

Eden wanted to propose leaving, however, there was a commotion in the nearby village.

A magic airship hovered at a very close altitude, the flame tail of the magic power furnace illuminated the grassland, and a large number of soldiers lined up and walked down from the ship, breaking directly into the village.

"Let's go."

Li Ang and Eden acted immediately. Zoe looked at everything in her home reluctantly, carefully closed the door, and followed behind them.

Escaping into the woods along the shadows of the houses, the three came outside the village.

The soldiers who came down from the airship were all ordinary soldiers with low strength. Except for the leader who was a Rank 2 warrior, the others were Rank 1, and the equipment was also Rank 1 standard armor. The magic energy guns in their hands were Rank 2, and only this kind of weapon was considered somewhat powerful.

Magic guns are not cheap. If they were all bought from the island nation of Makaina, they had spent a lot of money.

The soldiers kicked open the villagers' doors, broke into their homes, dragged the villagers who were already trembling because of all kinds of things today, and dragged them to the center of the village.

A leading sergeant shouted: "Grab the teenagers! Sigh, forget it, grab them all! Adults don't matter, don't hurt the children, otherwise I'll cut off your heads!"

But the villagers who had lived in remote places for a long time had never seen this kind of battle, some were scared to scream, and some collapsed on the ground.

"What are you doing? Let go of my child!" A mother cried.

The soldier kicked her down, snatched her son who was scared silly, and took him to wait with other children.

"Are they all here?" The sergeant asked.

"Report to the corporal! All found!"

"Good, test."

The sergeant took out something like a meter, but it was wrapped in dark purple substances like the lightning cannon released earlier, wriggling and bulging with yellow pus bubbles.

The front end of the meter was a sharp thorn. He directly stabbed it into the trapezius muscle position of a child in front of him, and the blood entered the instrument along the pipe of the sharp thorn.

The child cried out in pain and was knocked unconscious by the soldier next to him.

"No reaction, next one." The sergeant's voice was emotionless.

Seeing the child hurt and beaten, his parents became excited.

"Why grab my child!"

A strong male villager pushed away the soldier pressing him and rushed towards the soldiers guarding the children.

The sergeant drew the long sword from his waist, easily beheaded the man, and stabbed through the woman who might be his wife running towards him, shook off the blood on the sword, and sheathed it again.

Other children were originally going to cry loudly, but because of the scene of the dead, they were scared into silence, and some even fainted.

The sergeant sneered: "Don't worry, to prevent trouble, you all have to die anyway. You should feel honored to contribute to the resurgence of our Holy Spiriel Empire."

Zoe in the woods covered her mouth tightly. She leaned against Li Ang, trembling uncontrollably.

Although she could fight against monsters, seeing her own kind beheaded had a significant impact on her.

All the children were tested for blood, and the sergeant roared: "Didn't find it! It must be on this island, cut down the woods and find it for me!"

"They, they are here to catch me, right?"

Zoe grabbed Li Ang's hand, her eyes red.

Things are related to the Star Soul, and they are teenagers. It almost clearly said that it was because of her that these people were implicated.

The girl looked at those villagers and choked in a low voice: "Although I don't like them, but—"

Li Ang shook his head: "Zoe, this is the first lesson for you as an adventurer."

"I will endure it."

"No," Li Ang pointed to the soldiers: "I mean kill them." ===== CHAPTER 43 =====