Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

Li Ang stepped forward to negotiate and confirmed that he really needed to go to Spark Harbor.

After engaging the Empire's conventional forces, their defenses retreated beyond several major islands, including the island nation of Makena and its capital, the Cretaceous Fortress.

Some islands that did not surrender to the Empire, or that had been recaptured by the Guild and restored to order, have been reopened. After all, many aspects of the survival of the people on the islands depend on air trade.

After that, traffic in Ignis airspace gradually resumed, but due to the critical situation, ships entering and leaving not only needed a pass, but also had to undergo detailed registration and notification of dangerous areas before being released. They had to sail according to the planned route, and there were guild checkpoints along the way, both to ensure that there were no disguises of imperial forces and to protect civilian business travelers.

"Landing on Spark Island?" Dorothy looked a little unnatural.

Leon saw that she was not afraid of the Finat family or her family, as they were no longer on the island. What she was afraid of were the people she once knew on the island.

Although her public break with her family and the Finat family seemed justified under the current circumstances, many of her former colleagues and acquaintances should still be living on the island, and they might say something, which made her a little nervous.

"Just stay in the cabin," said Li Ang.

"Hmph, I have nothing to be afraid of. I'm the deputy head of the group, so of course I have to show up." Canary put her hands on her hips.

"It's an acting position, temporary!" Zoe tried her best to correct him, but the half-elf pretended not to hear.

As the Yongxia sailed along its route, a familiar figure approached rapidly on a Quetzalcoatl and arrived above the deck.

"Ah, I said you looked familiar from a distance, it turned out to be you, Li Ang!"

"Oh, long time no see, Lancelot."

The Knight of Order who came was none other than Lancelot Dubois, who had once escaped from Spark Island together with Leon. He was still wearing the same standard armor, but many details had changed, indicating that the outfit the guild had equipped him with had been enhanced.

Li Ang waved to him to land on the deck. As soon as the young man landed, he signaled his colleagues not to follow him, and that the Yongxia did not have to land on Spark Island.

"If you want to enter Ignis airspace, you must have a pass." The young man talked about business first and extended his hand to Leon.

Leon handed over the pass given by Melegon, and the young man opened it to read.

"Wow, it's from the Foil Corps, and it even has the captain's seal. Not bad, you have some pretty powerful connections."

The young man handed the pass back and opened the registration book to write.

He didn't ask much about Leon's group. He observed the shape and size of the Everlasting Summer, as well as the number of people aboard, while saying, "You've angered the young lady, and she's deep in Ignis airspace. I told you there's no way you could get a pass from her."

Following the young man's words, various voices appeared behind Li Ang, most of which were teasing, while some were questioning.

It was Meimei who whispered the question, and the one she was talking to was Farina who was beside her.

"What kind of magic does this guy have? Why does he always attract girls everywhere? And who is that young lady?"

Farina covered her mouth and chuckled softly, "This one might not be provoked by him, but he has a very strong background."

"What's the origin?"

"Maybe you know her too."

"I can't possibly know her... Oh, you mean I know someone from Newbiss over there, and she's a high-ranking member of the guild?"

Meimei was stunned for a moment, then began to think: "Let me see, the senior executives I know, Sister Licia... No! Absolutely impossible!"

The white-haired girl was anxious: "She is so handsome and upright, there is no way she could be deceived by this man! Absolutely impossible!"

Farina smiled at her and shook her head.

"Really? That's what I was saying. And judging by Licia's personality, she must be staying in the Demonic Disaster Zone and won't leave the Order Investigation Team. There's no way she knows this guy!"

Actually, I do know her, and she even invited me to the Demonic Disaster Realm. Li Ang sighed inwardly.

"If it's not Licia, then it could be another senior executive. Could it be Ella... No, that's even more impossible! She's completely devoted to her work. How could a true goddess of weapons be so involved with him? She's so aloof, and she takes good care of me. She..."

Meimei said this while paying attention to Farina's expression.

Although the Dragon Witch didn't answer her directly with words, her expression was enough to convey the message. Meimei stared at her carefully, but didn't get any denial from her face.

She opened her eyes wide, trying to remind Farina to confirm again, and her eyes were full of expectation, hoping for a negative answer.

"I don't know what the situation is on your side, but Ellaphia is now the leader of the Order Flame Corps," said Farina.

Meimei's eyes rolled back, her head felt extremely dizzy, and she fell straight back.

Leon, who had anticipated this, reached out his hand to support her and laughed in his heart. It was worth it that he used spiritual manipulation to enhance his hearing, as he finally heard an interesting reaction.

Let Farina support Meimei, and Lancelot in front also finished the registration and closed the notebook.

"Okay, you can do it. But don't tell me that you found all these incredibly beautiful girls on this boat by accident. Now I'm really going to arrest you," the young man said angrily.

"You can't catch me now," said Leon.

Lancelot looked up and down at his equipment, the robes with mysterious patterns and a faint hint of high-level magic, and the staff behind him that must be a treasure if he was not mistaken... He really could not be his opponent.

"Ha, ha ha!" The young man forced a dry laugh.

"I thought you were either going to lament my change to a better ship, or reminisce about Spark Harbor, or talk more about your captain. I didn't expect your first reaction to be to arrest me."

"What else? What else?!" Lancelot was so angry that his teeth itched: "You don't know how furious the young lady was when she returned from the Holy City, and... I've never seen that kind of expression on her face."

Li Ang was silent for a moment, then said, "I want to apologize to her, too."

"You better be."

Lancelot shook his head helplessly: "Then, as for the situation in Spark Harbor, there's nothing much to say..."

At that time, before Leon sailed towards the Sabrum airspace on Dorothy's boat, Droste, the deputy commander of the Order Flame Corps, arrived at Spark Port first.

Due to the noise made by Leon, Lancelot and Dorothy when they escaped, some astute nobles had already left by boat, such as Dorothy's second brother Elton. It was not known whether he left on his own or followed the Apostle of the Divine Eye through the portal.

The Flame of Order arrested most of the Finat family. Even Count Finat did not have time to escape. Some people did not know about the empire and were not punished afterwards, but all the businesses and forces of the Finat family were controlled.

Lancelot glanced at Dorothy and said, "Thanks to Miss Campbell's help in exposing the flow of funds, the Makena Island Nation was exposed early on, and their warships were unable to take off on a large scale."

Then there was the disaster of the Rudder City.

The expressions of everyone around the Knight of Order changed.

"According to the investigation in the island nation of Makaina, many forces that defected to the Empire have been exposed and are difficult to hide. However, some islands have begun to disguise themselves. After all, the Ignis airspace is the largest airspace outside the Demonic Calamity Domain. Investigating and blocking it will take a long time. The eldest lady has enlisted the help of other Knights of Order to see initial results. From now on, it's just a matter of fighting."

Lancelot pointed to some colleagues in the distance, among whom were Order Knights wearing uniforms of the Order Investigation Corps or other airspaces.

"Well, later on, I didn't expect they had hidden teleportation abilities. I heard Dreamze Island was attacked, and there were traces of Imperial activity on other islands, like Rainbow Crystal Island. And of course, there's also Rudder City."

"So you heard about it."

"Of course, this kind of news will definitely be announced here. Well, now I know you're here too. Many of us Knights of Order couldn't believe that a group consisting entirely of beautiful girls, except for the leader, would participate in such a battle. Ah, now I believe it, you bastard."

"My team is called the Star Flower Brigade, just so you know."

"Haha, beautiful for you."

Lancelot was filled with hatred, but out of courtesy he did not dare to look at the girls for too long.

What would Alafia's reaction be? Leon suddenly hesitated to ask.

"You should be thankful that the young lady hasn't been busy with official business these days and hasn't heard any rumors. Otherwise, hehe..."

Leon finally understood why Lancelot didn't mention anything about Ellaphia. It turned out that she hadn't been in the Flame Group recently.

"What did she do?"

"Family affairs seem to be very critical, so critical that they left in a hurry as soon as the battle situation stabilized."

Leon noticed that Lancelot was hesitant to speak, so he asked, "If there was something particularly important, she should have made a plan in advance and delegated the battle situation in Ignis airspace to someone else. At least call in other captains to help."

"Hey, even you can see that. We all think that's not her style anyway."

Lancelot smiled silently. "But after working with her for a long time, it's inevitable to hear some rumors. In short, someone in her family is targeting her, and she is also under pressure."

Li Ang nodded: "I will go look for her later."

"It would be great if you could help her."

Leon told Lancelot some of the imperial intelligence he knew, such as the Eye of God related to demons, etc. He was not sure whether frontline members like Lancelot were already aware of the situation.

Melegon would definitely report this to the guild, but the information might be evaluated and reviewed internally. As a friend, Leon felt it necessary to remind Lancelot to prevent them from getting caught without paying attention.

"Damn?! Demon?! Star Soul?!" Lancelot was indeed surprised.

This meant that he was completely unaware of what happened behind the scenes when he and Alafia went to the Holy City.

"So there's a connection. That difficult Annihilation Knight relied on the power of the so-called Star Soul. Luckily you guys killed it. It would be a great thing if Annihilation Knights couldn't be produced anymore."

"Haven't you noticed these days?"

Lancelot smiled awkwardly: "It's not nice to say this, but we haven't found the true heartland of the empire yet."

Leon was a little surprised that they had not found the core area of the empire after fighting for so long.

"Isn't it the capital's Chalk Fortress?"

"No, it's just a cover. Well, that's not quite accurate. It's a spiritual symbol. There are many Imperial propagandists there, preaching about heritage and glory. This is also their claim to conquest."

381. Star Soul Breeding

A long, long time ago, a powerful empire appeared in the Ignis Skyspace - the Sporil Empire. Many of the relics and culture it left behind are still reflected in the lives of the people in the Ignis Skyspace today.

Many years ago, people in the streets and even in the palaces and mansions were constructing the concept of a "Sporil nation", which was not limited to a certain race, but included all people affected by it.

Whether it is the tracing of aristocratic bloodline or the legitimacy of rule, whether it is the source of suffering of the poor and the object of oppression, it can be explained by this concept.

It is the glory of Spurrier that makes the nobles noble, and it is the loss of Spurrier that makes the people suffer.

Under this propaganda, many people gathered together. They should be the first people to support the "Holy Sporil Empire".

The empire had been secretly plotting for many years. Almost a year ago, people like Dorothy, who worked as a clerk, could hear the name of "Kekrus", the founding emperor of the Holy Sporil Empire, in social occasions.

“That’s not right.”

Dorothy said, "This Holy Sporil was founded eight hundred years ago. Leon and I discovered evidence beneath Spark Island that the Finat family, who followed Kekrus to conquer this place, had once destroyed the Linden family, the previous rulers. And where did this person come from all these years to spread this propaganda?"

She emphasized the words "Leon and I" so that the girl next to her could hear.

"Yes, so the guild speculates that some force has risen in the name of the empire. It is a good excuse to gather troops. Look, aren't these nobles with ulterior motives here?" Lancelot said.

This makes sense, but Li Ang still feels something is strange.

"Have you checked out Olin Island? Also, have you seen the so-called 'Emperor's Parade'?"

"Hey, the Emperor's tour, this thing really pissed off a lot of our colleagues, we never caught them."

"That should be because we used the power of the annihilating star souls that I mentioned to teleport directly between islands, which is why you missed it." Li Ang said.

"Yes, every time we get the news, they disappear. It's just as hard to find their real palace."

"You haven't seen that emperor either?"

"No."

Then there would be no way to find Zoe's father.

"But, you mentioned Olin Island, we did find it."

Lancelot said that the guild's historians would naturally be able to find the place where the empire rose eight hundred years ago, especially after an in-depth investigation into the island nation of Makena. They also knew about the breakup between Emperor Jerus Kekrus and his brother Karios Kekrus, so they also went to Olin Island.

But there are only a few villages left there. The ancient fortresses and palaces have long become ruins buried in weeds, and the people in those villages have been mobilized by the empire, either voluntarily or forcibly joining the army.

"Where's the Mage Tower?"

"I didn't see the Mage Tower."

The Mage Tower should exist, and we will find it soon, but it seems to be in some hidden state.

"If it's so difficult to find, then I guess their real base isn't built in the material dimension."

Leon and Lancelot talked about the battle between the Eyes of God in the rift of the Spirit*Dream dimension. As a Knight of Order, he also knew about the existence of other dimensions in the world, but no one had thought that this suddenly rising force might have such a deep foundation.

"Anyway, without the Annihilation Star Soul, they should be more obedient for the time being."

As for the fire portal that Dorothy's brother used... they had to travel all over the trading capital to find the right flint, which means that this kind of door is not so easy to open.

Li Ang also guessed that they might be using the top-level Fire Phalanx Stone.

After communicating and transmitting information, Leon did not linger with Lancelot for long, as the latter also had official business to attend to. The Star Flower Brigade said goodbye to him and headed towards the depths of Ignis airspace.

The sky in the Fire Sky is completely different from the Flower Sky. The sky in the distance seems to be burning, and the border is endless black fog and flames.

In fact, aside from the clear sky seen from the Flores airspace, the other three airspaces each offer their own distinct landscapes. The Glacis airspace ends at the frosty mountains shattered in the sky, as seen on Frost Sky Island. The Sablum airspace ends at the massive island-continent "Whispering Sand Sea," possibly the homeland of the Ruten Tribe.

Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief, having avoided the hassle of landing at Spark Harbor.

"An, come and take a look at the route." Li Ang called to the helmsman Andasu.

The girl with animal ears gently moved closer to Leon and looked towards the empty picture.

The blank map that Lancelot gave to the Star Flower Brigade marked the current battle line and divided the area into three types by color: green safety zone, yellow danger zone, and red war zone.