I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

704. Edward is determined to repay all the humiliation.

Three familiar figures jogged into the dock.

"Milian, are you alright?" Nagasaki Asuna looked at the girl who was pointing a gun at her as if she were facing a formidable enemy, tilting her head in confusion.

“Miss Nagasaki? You’re finally back!” Miriam put down her gun and almost cried.

In the meantime, she imagined countless possibilities, such as a large-scale enemy attack, her desperate resistance using only the ship's weapons, and her near-death experience when her companions returned. Nagasaki Asuna would hold her, covered in blood, in her arms, moved by her brave and tenacious fighting spirit, and glistening tears would fall on her face.

Although it wouldn't really matter if she died as a game character...

However, the pure and kind-hearted Miss Nagasaki would definitely not think that way!

Miriam thought so.

"The intersection above was suddenly blocked by the Empire, and we had to take a long detour to get back." Nagasaki Asuna, Zhou Han, and Ruan Jingyi exchanged glances.

The three left the festival and almost bumped into a checkpoint, but fortunately Nagasaki Asuna realized the enemy's identity in time.

“Miss Nagasaki! Just now…” Miriam quickly told the girl what had happened.

"The walkie-talkie is broken?" Nagasaki Asuna was taken aback. She picked up her own equipment to test it and found that even at close range, the channel was full of static.

The girl stroked her chin and thought for a moment, "Maybe there's some kind of interference. The enemy might have blocked the communication of the light magic equipment, which could have affected the electromagnetic waves or something?"

“That must be it, Miss Nagasaki is so smart!” Miriam’s eyes sparkled.

Nagasaki Asuna thought for a moment, "Uh, let's not worry about it. The most important thing right now is to be prepared in case an enemy really appears. You guys prepare for battle, I'm going offline to find Shen Xi."

After the girl finished speaking, she ran into the cabin.

"Log off...find Shen Xi?" Milian stood there, seemingly confused, unable to understand the meaning of those words.

It must have been a phone call, right? Yes, definitely!

"Ruan Jingyi, let's go get the gun." Zhou Han ignored her and grabbed her best friend's arm.

The four quickly finished their tasks and stood guard in the positions where Miriam had been.

Even Nagasaki Asuna, a full-time nanny, picked up a laser gun and remained on guard with a serious expression.

The dock remained quiet, seemingly unaffected by the sudden changes in the situation outside.

"Where did Vino go?" Nagasaki Asuna suddenly remembered and looked around.

“Miss Vino has returned to the association,” Miriam said immediately.

“I see.” Nagasaki Asuna blinked, seemingly lost in thought.

……

"Grandpa, something terrible has happened!" the baby-faced girl shouted, dashing into the depths of the Light Magic Technology Association and pounding on the old man's room.

After a brief silence, the door opened, and a brown-haired young man with a katana at his waist appeared before her.

"It's you? We meet again." The young man paused for a moment when he saw her, then scratched his head and smiled.

"You...you...you..." The girl's eyes widened in surprise, and she backed away with a look of utter disbelief.

She had seen the young man in front of her when she went to the Corner of Merchants with that group, but she didn't understand why he would appear here in the middle of the night.

Just then, the old man's familiar voice came from inside, "Weinuo, come in."

Heisen opened the door and stepped aside to make way for her, gesturing for her to enter.

The girl calmed down a bit and looked inside, letting out a sigh of relief.

You can see a thin old man with a cane sitting on the sofa for receiving guests, and on the other side is a red-haired half-elf holding a teddy bear. The two seem to be discussing something.

Although she had no idea when the two people had come in.

Vino strode inside and carefully approached the thin old man. "Grandpa."

"What's wrong now? Why are you so easily startled?" The old man looked at his granddaughter helplessly.

Vino glanced at the other two people in the room, then bent down and whispered in the old man's ear, "I accidentally..."

After listening, the old man nodded nonchalantly. "You mean you accidentally killed the people who came to search the lord's manor?"

"Grandpa, the lord's mansion will definitely come looking for trouble. What should we do now?" The baby-faced girl clutched her apron, looking very nervous.

“So be it,” the old man shook his head, softening his tone. “Vino, now that things have come to this, there are some things I should tell you. Robertstein recently wrote me a letter…”

Heisen sat next to his familiar, smiling as he watched the grandfather and grandson talk.

……

Shangcheng District.

As the last fireworks slowly faded in the sky, people participating in the celebration continued to sing and dance in the streets.

Streams of tiny particles quietly appeared in the sky above Riften, attracting people's attention.

"There are fireworks too?"

"Idiot, fireworks don't fly horizontally!"

Soon, people could see in the dim light that the source of the particle stream was a series of enormous warships with gray-white sails hanging high and blue flags with golden lions fluttering in the wind.

"Is this an imperial ship?"

"Where did these imperialists come from?"

People, immersed in the festive atmosphere, were unaware of what was happening.

Only a small number of people mixed in with the crowd saw the flags flying on the warship and their expressions turned grim. They quickly pushed through the crowd and ran towards the lower city.

Part of the Imperial fleet landed at the intersection connecting the upper and lower city districts, while another part went directly to the docks below the mainland.

Slender gangplanks extended from the ship's side, landing on the rooftops of the city and the dock walkways. Soldiers in Imperial uniforms, carrying magic lamps, landed and surged down to the city. Fully armed demon knights descended from the sky one after another, ignoring the terrified civilians around them as they strode forward.

On an open field, the Imperial Army soldiers who had landed stood in neat rows.

Edward, accompanied by Jasmine, strode over to inspect his troops, his expression solemn.

"Sir, the first and second companies have assembled." The adjutant jogged up to him and saluted with his hand on his chest.

"Let's go! The humiliation in Yongquan Town will be avenged today!" Edward raised his sword high.

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone rushed off in one direction under his leadership, their heavy, dense footsteps echoing like the beating of drums.

Soon, Edward arrived at the main gate of the Light and Magic Technology Association and gestured to his subordinates with his eyes.

Without hesitation, the two demon knights rushed forward and smashed open the tightly closed door, followed closely by their companions who filed in.

The soldiers first thoroughly searched the association's buildings.

The adjutant quickly returned to Edward. "Sir, there's no one here."

"To the shipyard!" Edward's eyes flickered, and he immediately gave the order.

So the soldiers surged into the deeper passage.

……

On the other side, the four people remained on alert.

"Miss Nagasaki, how much longer are we going to do this?" Miriam stared ahead, feeling a bit tired from holding the gun up for so long.

"Cheng Fei should be back soon, just wait a little longer," Nagasaki Asuna said softly.

At that moment, heavy, rapid footsteps came from the passage ahead, making the four of them tense.

705. Dock Defense

Asuna Nagasaki narrowed her eyes, staring into the depths of the narrow passage. Just before the door was breached, she seemed to sense something and shouted, "It's the enemy! Open fire!"

Milian, Zhou Han, and Ruan Jingyi, armed with the heavy weapons they had previously purchased in the corridor, pulled the triggers without hesitation.

As Edward's troops ventured deep underground to the entrance of the shipyard belonging to the Light and Magic Technology Association, the moment they broke down the door, before they could even see what was inside, a torrent of firepower erupted from the passage. Even though the demon knight in charge of breaching the door was holding an enchanted shield, he and his familiar were still pierced by an invisible, terrifying force and fell to the ground.

Unlike normal light magic weapons, most of the firepower projected from inside the dock is invisible. All you can hear is a strange sound like popping beans, followed by a continuous, chilling sound of wind breaking through the air.

The person hit is not even aware of what happened at first, until an overwhelming sense of weakness washes over them, and they suddenly collapse into a pool of blood.

"Switch to heavy shields!"

"Fight back freely!"

The captain at the front immediately shouted out the order.

The demon knight, carrying a massive shield as wide as a door, slowly stepped forward. The shield's surface was covered with a blue light film, and the storm of firepower left shocking, fine dents on its surface.

Infantrymen wielding light magic particle rifles followed closely behind, firing indiscriminately into the passage.

"Push it up!"

Seeing that the tactics were effective, the captain in command was delighted.

The demon knights, wielding massive shields, advanced along the narrow passage, followed closely by soldiers in a loose, serpentine formation.

The two sides exchanged fire in the passage, creating a terrifyingly dense line of fire.

"Miss Nagasaki, they're coming in!" Miriam shouted in terror, her hand still firmly on the trigger of the bomb gun.

"Zhou Han, hurry up and use that!" Nagasaki Asuna, holding a laser gun, looked to the other side.

Zhou Han quickly dropped his pink assault rifle and picked up the shoulder-fired semi-automatic recoilless rifle that had been placed next to him, aiming it at the passage.

This thing is described as a personal weapon, but due to its enormous weight, it is almost impossible to carry. Moreover, the ammunition is expensive, so it is something that nobody uses in the Corridor.

"I don't want to kill anyone, please, don't come any closer, don't come any closer..." Zhou Han muttered to himself as he half-squatted, his eyes close to the optical sight, aiming the crosshair at the enemy's giant shield at the front.

"Miss Zhou Han, hurry!" Milian had emptied the battery and was too flustered to replace it with a new one, so she simply threw it aside, grabbed a gun, and started firing wildly in front of her, frantically shouting at her.

"You all forced me to do this, it's not my fault, it's not my fault..." Zhou Han's round eyes lost their luster and became empty as her small hand pulled the trigger.

The recoilless gun spewed out scorching flames and thick smoke from its tail nozzle, and the muzzle also lit up with fire.

In an instant, a violent explosion erupted on the surface of the giant shield at the forefront, and a shockwave that could be seen with the naked eye spread outwards.

The once indestructible giant shield was blasted through by a cannonball, leaving a fist-sized, concave hole.

The shield-wielding demon knight and his familiar were half-disappeared, turning into shattered flesh that splattered onto the faces of soldiers behind nearby cover.

With a clang, the automatic feeding mechanism of the recoilless rifle ejected heavy, hot shell casings that fell beside the girl, while new shells were loaded into the barrel from the large magazine.

"You forced me to do this, you forced me to do this...!" Zhou Han kept repeating in a low voice, her small face numb as she shifted her aim to another giant shield and pulled the trigger again.

The recoilless cannon spewed flames from both ends, causing the girl's petite body, wrapped in a tight-fitting combat suit, to tremble.

Amidst the deafening explosion, the second giant shield was pierced through by overwhelming force and collapsed on the spot.

Zhou Han continued to move the sights and pull the trigger repeatedly. The recoilless gun's feeding mechanism emitted a rhythmic clanging sound, like a dynamic melody, as deadly shells bombarded the enemy positions that were trying to advance into the passage one after another.

After she fired all five magazines in one go, the passage was shrouded in acrid gunpowder smoke, several massive shields with holes lay on the ground, and the terrified enemies quickly retreated.

Zhou Han stared at the bloody, mangled remains, shattered beyond recognition by the artillery fire, her face turning deathly pale. Her eyes widened, and she abruptly covered her mouth.

"vomit……!"

Ruan Jingyi quietly leaned closer and gently stroked her back.

On the other side, the adjutant, still suffering from ear pain and chest tightness due to the powerful blast wave, returned to the association on the ground. He approached Edward, swallowed hard, and said with difficulty, "Sir, it's impossible. We can't get in at all."

"How many people are inside?" Edward frowned as he looked at the troops who seemed to have experienced something terrifying and were hastily retreating.

"About four or five, I didn't have time to see them clearly."

"Four or five people drove you away?" Edward asked, bewildered.

"Sir, the enemy's weapons are much more powerful than they were in Yongquan Town. We can't break through them at all." The adjutant looked terrified.

If he hadn't been lucky, he and his men would have been blown to bits.

At this moment, Jasmine, who had been listening with her eyes lowered, spoke softly, "They may have found new weapons from ancient ruins."

"So you're planning to hold out to the death..." Edward's face was ashen as he stared at the topographical map on the table in front of him, stroking his chin in thought.