People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

They are certainly not the root cause of Sarkaz's extremism.

The people of the gods and the Sarkaz have been fighting for tens of thousands of years. The number of Sarkaz who have died in this war is countless. This deep-seated hatred is the real reason why the Sarkaz have become increasingly extreme. The common souls account for less than one or two tenths of the total, and their effect is probably not as good as the "minority souls" that the feathered serpent race copied from Horhyah's mind.

But the souls are not entirely useless; at least they are convenient in certain situations.

For example, checking whether someone is dead or not.

The Sarkaz bloodline, in a way, is connected to that of the Deepsea Hunters. The death of a powerful Sarkaz resonates throughout countless Sarkaz, affecting their very being. Legend has it that when Theresa died for the first time, her final sigh echoed throughout the entire Sarkaz race, even reaching the distant Borocaste in the tundra!

Therefore, when Therese faced the assassins of the Tower of Babel atop the steps of the Londinium Palace and announced Theresa's death, none of the assassins believed the Regent was playing a trick, for they had indeed heard that sigh.

Nezirei is likely the elder among all the existing Sarkaz; his death would reverberate through the hearts of every Sarkaz. The fact that the spirits did not lament for Nezirei suggests that everything is still in progress.

Where is Ducarre?

"Therese asked."

Theresa gave her answer:

"Ducarre has been chasing Talulah these past few days."

Theresis, of course, also received information about Talulah.

The Self-Salvation Army, which had been living as rats in the city and only dared to cause minor sabotage in a sneaky manner, suddenly began to carry out planned harassment and disruption, even causing several armories that were working for the Sarkaz to shut down and rescuing many factory workers. All of this was caused by the newly emerged "Self-Salvation Army Leader" - Talulah.

Therese certainly wanted to get rid of this thorn in her side—Talulah wasn't quite a dagger in the Sarkaz Military Council's back, she wasn't qualified—but as Ernst had predicted, the Sarkaz's control over Lentinium was far less secure than imagined.

How many people are there in the Sarkaz?

On the surface, it seems that Theresis has moved the entire mobile city of Kazdel. But in reality, not only have a large number of people who are unwilling to follow Theresis chosen to flee to Kjerag, but even if you brought all the people from that cobbled-together city, it would only have a population of around 100,000.

How big is Lentinium?

According to official data from Victoria, Lentinium has "hundreds of blocks comparable to small to medium-sized mobile cities".

What is this concept?

Ernst didn't even mention the rather abstract concept of "small to medium-sized mobile cities." He simply gave a very simple example: those "micro-mobile cities" in Syracuse that were just a few small blocks pieced together to pretend to be mobile cities, which were ridiculed by everyone. Each of them was more than 10 square kilometers.

Even so, a hundred such small cities combined would still amount to "1000 square kilometers"!

Modern London is only 1572 square kilometers. If we follow Victorian official descriptions, then the entire city of Lontinem would be a London you could run through!

Ernst marveled more than once at Terra's materials science, which was so amazing it was indescribable. Although he was a humanities major, just seeing this data and looking at Londinium in the distance made him think it was outrageous!

Dude, it feels like you're invincible just by driving your Londinium around the world and crashing into everything! Did you gain your dominance by crashing into bumper cars?

The native Terran, Theresis, might not realize this, but he also knew that even if all the Sarkaz lay face down with their limbs outstretched, one after another, they still wouldn't cover the ground of Londinium. They wouldn't even cover the streets of Londinium!

Therefore, it's simply impossible to deal with Talulah, who plays guerrilla warfare in these underground pipes and can escape by teleporting using lich magic artifacts at crucial moments.

"The Blood Demon Lord is getting a little carried away."

After a long silence, he could only cover his face and offer this assessment.

What kind of weirdos are they?

"Tell him to come back immediately; we need to officially begin implementing the plan."

After giving the order, Manfred, who was waiting nearby, immediately nodded and turned to leave.

Only then did Theresa turn to Theresia:

"Lich, banshee, and now Wendigo—more and more people are siding with him. What do you think?"

"Do you want to give up?" Theresa countered.

“I don’t want to.” Theresis shook her head.

“How I see it doesn’t matter.” Theresa shrugged. “We’ll just do our best.”

Therese nodded silently.

Yes, in some ways, this isn't a bad thing.

Wendigo probably, or rather, might go to Sherag a long time ago, didn't he?

"Speaking of which, Shapeshifter, did you do this on purpose?"

He stood up and looked into the shadows in the corner.

In fact, Theresis did not know where the Shapeshifter was, but as long as he spoke to the shadows, the Shapeshifter would appear in time.

He seems to have his own "eyes" everywhere.

Sure enough, the shapeshifter quickly revealed its form:

"Is this an accusation against us, Theresis?"

“You can think of it that way,” Therese said. “Ducarre isn’t stupid. If he wants to get rid of Talulah, he will definitely come after you. With your abilities, finding Talulah won’t be difficult.”

The shapeshifter nodded crisply, acknowledging Theresis's words.

"So, you deliberately let Talulah go?"

Therese narrowed her eyes.

The shapeshifter shook his head: "No, we didn't let her go on purpose. We didn't know you wanted to capture Talulah."

"Just as deliberately not telling you is different from not knowing you want to know about this and therefore not telling you, similarly, deliberately not arresting is different from not knowing you are obsessed with capturing Talulah and therefore not intervening in this matter."

Therese paused for two seconds, seemingly processing what he was seeing, before coldly warning: One

"Stop learning those official phrases from Ernst."

The shapeshifter shrugged.

They knew, of course, that Therese was just using this incident to warn them.

If Theresis really cared that much about Talulah's situation, he would have sent himself to handle it long ago after receiving the report that Talulah, Bozocasti, Yelena, and Ducarre had fought.

They were the ones who reported this to Theresis themselves!

Therese didn't mention this at the time, but he brought it up now only to give the shapeshifter a warning, because what he was about to do absolutely could not be revealed to Ernst or the Victoria Alliance by the shapeshifter.

Otherwise, if the shapeshifters leak the information, who will the Blood Demon Lord seduce? Wouldn't the plan fail outright?

The shapeshifter understood this, so he nodded and offered an apology to Theresis, whom he had neglected: Samarium

"We also have some interesting news to tell you."

“Theresis, the person you told us to keep an eye on has appeared.”

Therese's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she abruptly stood up.

The Grand Dukes didn't need his orders; the Shapeshifters would keep an eye on them. Even if Ernst ordered the Shapeshifters to keep an eye on them, it wouldn't matter; they might not tell him everything.

The only person he actually instructed the shapeshifters to keep an eye on and report to him immediately if they appeared in Londinium was Kal'tsit!

Kal'tsit has entered Lontinim!

Taking his sword from the wall, Theresis glanced at Theresia and asked:

"Will you come with me?"

Theresa pursed her lips: "If I go, will you go easy on her?"

Therese did not answer.

They all know the answer.

Theresa sighed softly.

It's about time; they were bound to meet sooner or later.

"Go."

"I haven't seen Kal'tsit in a long time either."

Chapter 836 Theresa: Ha! Did I scare you?

Londinium, Victoria.

Kal'tsit chose another path to enter.

Amiya was also in the squad. Looking at the cleared, unobstructed road into the city, which Ascalon had cleared, she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled:

"Dr. Kal'tsit, are the Theresis and their forces so lax in their defenses of Lontinim?"

Kal'tsit turned her head to the side, her brows furrowing slightly:

"Why do you ask?"

“Because Miss Ascaren said that we have more than ten passageways like this.”

There are many reasons for this.

Kal'tsit shook her head slightly:

"For example, the Sarkaz are too small and Londinium is too big. They are destined not to be able to defend every passage. After all, the people of Londinium themselves may not even know how many passages there are in and out of the city."

"Of course, the main reason is not that."

Kal'tsit paused suddenly, and Amiya pressed for an answer with some curiosity:

"The main reason is?"

"After all, you can't expect a group of homeless people who are mostly homeless to have much talent for defending a city."

Amiya: "

Although she could tell that Dr. Kal'tsit was telling the truth, even Amiya found it somewhat amusing and exasperating to hear it said that way.

That seems to make sense, but I'm afraid we can't just let the Sarkaz operators of Rhodes Island hear this.

Amiya glanced worriedly at Logos, who was clearing the way for them not far away. Fortunately, the Banshee Queen did not turn around and seemed not to have heard Kal'tsit's words.

Or perhaps Logos has gotten used to Kal'tsit's often unfriendly words.

After all, this is the kind of person who can very rudely say things like, "You and your race make me laugh," which is a very offensive statement.

As they talked, they had already passed through the secret passage leading into the city, and the classically styled streets of Lentinium suddenly appeared before them.

Ascalon, who was in charge of reconnaissance, leaped down from a nearby rooftop and returned to Kal'tsit and Amiya in a few seconds, giving a brief report:

"The streets nearby were quiet, and there were no military commissioners patrolling."

"Perhaps they've all been transferred to the front lines. Mr. Ernst's side, maybe they've succeeded." Logos returned to the group and glanced at the communicator hanging on Kal'tsit's chest.

That was her communication device with the allied forces on the front lines in Lentinium, or more precisely, with Ernst.

The Victorian Allied Forces kept their promise and launched their first general offensive this morning, aiming to cripple the Carrion Legion's combat capabilities as much as possible, put pressure on the front lines, and force the Sarkaz to focus more of their efforts on the front lines. If possible, they would stop at nothing to kill the Carrion King!

Another hidden objective of this operation was to draw the Sarkaz's attention, making it easier for Kal'tsit's Rhodes Island forces to enter Londinium.

On this land, no one knows the Shard Tower and the Sarkaz better than Kal'tsit, and only she has the potential to paralyze that superweapon while the main Sarkaz forces are tied down at the front lines.

This communicator was given to Kal'tsit by Ernst. The two parties agreed that if the frontline encountered the Lord of the Royal Court under the Military Council—Ducarre, Nezire, the Shapeshifter, or directly witnessed Theresis, Ernst would use this communicator to immediately transmit the message to Kal'tsit. Kal'tsit's Rhodes Island squad would then immediately take action, break into the core area of ​​Londinium, and begin sabotage of the Shard Tower.

Conversely, if Kal'tsit encounters Theresis first, Ernst needs to be notified immediately. The Allied Forces will take advantage of the lull in Theresis's battle with Kal'tsit's squad within the city to intensify their attack, aiming to break through the Carrion Legion's defenses and advance on Londinium! They might even seize the opportunity to breach the city before the Shard Tower is activated!

Of course, this plan carries considerable risk. Although elite operators such as Logos, Ascalon, and Misery all claim to have the ability to delay the Lord of the Royal Court and even Theresis, whether they can hold out for a second or half a day on the actual battlefield remains to be seen.

In other words, Kal'tsit's life is in danger.

But Kal'tsit didn't care: "This is a battlefield. Who among us isn't in danger?"

At that moment, she acted with extraordinary courage.

After waiting for about five minutes, the Rhodes Island squad that had entered Londinium in batches successfully assembled Kal'tsit, Amiya, and Kroos, who would remain inside the entrance passage as communications support. These seven people constituted their entire force for this operation.

With everyone present, Kal'tsit, in front of everyone, took out her communicator and contacted Ernst:

"Ernst, how is the situation at the front?"

There was a brief delay in the microphone, followed by Ernst's slightly serious voice:

"Everything is normal. The King of Carrion was hit hard as soon as he appeared, and his throne fell, but he should only be injured and not dead yet."

"Currently, there is no trace of Theresis and Ducarre - buzz."

A busy signal rang out, but it quickly returned to normal, and Ernst's voice came through again:

"By the way, Kal'tsit, we suggest you retreat immediately."

Retreat? Why?

"us"?