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The bizarre scene sent chills down U-1206's spine. She took pictures of everything she saw and sent them to Hu Teng and the others.

Hutten, who was far away near the Tower of Midgard, had not yet recovered from the near-catastrophic scene he had just witnessed when he received a message from U-1206.

"..."

Seeing this scene before him, even Hu Teng couldn't help but bite his lip.

"We went over there...it seems there's still something going on over there."

...

Shimakaze, hovering in the air, seemed a little disoriented from using Cosmic Nova for the first time.

"Ugh... I feel a little dizzy..."

It seems that even this move had a significant lingering effect on the little rabbit.

However, this thing is only used once, and you have to wait quite a while before you can use it again, so it's not a big problem.

"Huh?!"

However, when Shimakaze came to her senses and looked at the sea, the strange scene that unfolded before her eyes stunned her.

Countless engineering vessels, carrying parts from who-knows-where, began assembling something directly on the sea.

Just like stacking building blocks, they quickly assembled the templates one by one, and then pieced them together.

"This looks like... ship equipment?"

Looking at the huge object that was gradually taking shape in front of him, Shimakaze felt that it looked somewhat familiar.

"Isn't that... the ship equipment of that guy named Lavos from earlier?"

Although it's only the assembled "chassis" part, Shimakaze's memory isn't that bad yet.

She could still remember clearly what she had just seen.

"Phew! Shimakaze, Shimakaze? There's... a... situation..."

U-1206, which had just emerged from underwater, was about to call for help from Shimakaze when she saw everything on the surface of the sea.

Alright, now we don't need to look for where those parts that were removed from the engineering ship went.

...

How's the situation here?

Hu Teng led a group of Ironblood ships, along with two meta ships, to the "scene of the incident".

"It seems that this is the capability of the arbitration body, Lavos."

Scharnhorst Meta stared at the "construction site" on the sea for a while with a somber expression.

"What, tell me?"

Hu Teng, who was standing next to her, turned his head and casually pointed his main gun toward the Sirens on the sea.

Since the enemy is still trying to "revive," the right thing to do is to wipe them out now.

"The arbitration body, Lavos, will be synchronized with the Sirens enforcement system across the entire sea area."

"Once synchronization is complete, she can directly use modular separation and recombination methods to appear in various areas of the sea."

“Every agent in the sea is Lavos.”

"If Lavos suffers damage, these engineering ships will use the wreckage to make repairs."

At this point, Scharnhorst Meta showed a surprised expression.

Because there's been a problem at the Siren construction site.

The construction of "Lavos" suddenly came to a halt.

Immediately afterwards, the engineering ships, resembling a swarm of ants, began to dismantle themselves.

The scene resembled a swarm of ants devouring themselves.

Once the number of engineering ships dropped to a certain level, these remaining engineering ships turned their attention to "Lavos," which they had just built themselves, and dismantled it completely.

After the dismantling was completed, these engineering vessels seemed to come to a standstill for a while.

After a while, they began to rebuild Lavos's ship equipment.

"What exactly is this...?"

The scene before them was unprecedented, even among the Ember Fleet.

The explanation of the Scharnhorst meta simply couldn't continue.

“You’re right, they are indeed rebuilding the ship’s equipment for the arbitration body.”

"but..."

Having likely handled a considerable amount of scientific research and construction work, Hu Teng had discerned some of the intricacies involved.

"They don't have enough wreckage on hand right now."

"If there aren't enough materials to rebuild the ship's equipment, then dismantle the visible wreckage targets."

"Right now, isn't the largest piece of wreckage on the sea that's the unfinished ship equipment?"

A smile appeared on Hu Teng's face, because she realized that this was an excellent opportunity.

The ship's equipment from the arbitration body was right there in front of them; although it was incomplete, it was better than nothing.

"This is illogical. In this situation, there should be a controlling body to terminate the cycle."

Looking at the Lavos's ship equipment, which had been dismantled again on the sea, Scharnhorst Meta's face showed a puzzled expression.

This is just too bizarre.

"That's right. Logically speaking, there should be a controlling body to stop all of this."

"but..."

As he spoke, Hu Teng looked up at Shimakaze in mid-air.

"My ally seems a little too powerful... Heh..."

Following Hutten's gaze, Scharnhorst Meta also looked towards Shimakaze.

Noticing their gazes, Shimakaze waved to them.

“U-1206, go back and tell them that I need the support of the engineering team.”

Looking at the "wreckage" of Lavos before him, Hutten gave orders to U-1206.

"What, you're interested in this?"

"Aren't you interested?"

"That's true, but we need to clean up these engineering ships first."

"Hmm... wait a minute, let me call Shimakaze down."

Seeing the Scharnhorst meta sharpening its knives, Hutten looked at Shimakaze with a complicated expression once again.

Chapter 338: The Bishop's Confusion

"That concludes the report on this operation."

Two days have passed since the Ironblood operation ended. Hutten has compiled the operation report and is about to hand it over to Frederick the Great in person.

"Hehe~ You did a great job."

Frederick the Great emerged from behind his desk.

The two women, who share some similarities in appearance but are quite different in build, look like sisters or mother and daughter when they stand together.

Faced with Frederick the Great's affectionate gesture, Hutten took a half-step back without making a sound.

"We don't have any firsthand information about that Shimakaze."

"During the final attack, everyone retreated to a considerable distance and could not observe it up close."

Ignoring the slight disappointment on Frederick the Great's face as he continued his work report.

"It's alright, that child. All we need to know is that she has the ability."

Upon realizing that Hutten was still somewhat resistant to him as before, Frederick the Great's expression of dejection flashed across his face.

In the blink of an eye, her usual tolerant smile reappeared on her face.

"That's all I wanted to say. You can read the report yourself. I'm leaving now."

Without waiting for Frederick the Great's response, Hutten left the office on his own, slamming the door shut behind him.

"Really, this child..."

Frederick the Great gave a slightly helpless smile, turned around, picked up the report on the table, and carefully flipped through it.

...

At this moment in Donghuang, Robb was looking at Richelieu, who looked somewhat travel-worn.

This archbishop, except for a brief stay in the port area when Sebastian last appeared, has been almost always out of town.

During this time, Rob also went to ask St. Louis.

Because at this time, Miss Saint Louis, the economic manager here in Robb, has been resting in the port area for quite some time, while Richelieu, who was borrowed to be his deputy, has been busy and nowhere to be seen, which is quite strange.

"Oh, Commander, this isn't the job I assigned to that bishop!"

“Hmm...I remember, she said something like, ‘I’m interested in the people of this land and I’d like to visit.’ Yes, that’s right, that’s what she said.”

Rob was somewhat stunned as he watched St. Louis fiddling with a piece of clothing he had never seen before, but which was obviously extremely valuable.

Why do these two people both seem a bit off?

Back to the present, Rob looked at the cardinal standing in front of him and saw a trace of confusion in the cardinal's eyes.

"Commander... Good day."

Richelieu at this time had lost his former arrogance.

Instead, there was a look of utter confusion.

"Ah~ You look like you have a story to tell... Sit down, would you like to tell me about it?"

"Um... thank you."

Richelieu glanced a few more times at Dido, who had served him red tea, then leaned back on the sofa and pondered for a while.

"Commander, you said that the people here don't believe in God, yet they can still live without feeling lost."

"So..."

Richelieu didn't continue, but Robb roughly understood what she meant.

As the most religiously oriented faction in the world, the people and ships of the Iris Kingdom are born with faith.

Religion can be seen everywhere, even throughout the continent of Europe.

Their faith in the Lord was deeply ingrained in their very being.

When Richelieu arrived in Donghuang, she saw a completely different scene.

The people here never believe in any so-called "god".

They might worship and make offerings to some gods, but Richelieu considered their offerings to be nothing short of blasphemy.

Even so, the people here can still live on with hope for the future.

Rob was also stunned. He really didn't expect that Richelieu wanted to discuss this issue with him.

He had been to the little chapel in the port area that bore the names of Richelieu and Joan of Arc.

Every time I visit Richelieu or Joan of Arc, I have to give him something that resembles a religious ceremony.

Of course, Rob only took these things for granted because they were new to him, and didn't really care.

However, now, the cardinal has actually begun to waver in his faith.

Although Rob is not incapable of understanding.

After all, the Iris Kingdom, which devoutly believes in the Lord and has always followed His will, is currently under the iron heel of the Lord, while the people of Donghuang, who do not believe in the Lord, are living well.

After experiencing so many things, this will indeed have some impact on Richelieu.