Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 517 - 287: Desecration of Life_2

Seeing the Grand Chief approaching, he said:

"When leading the team later, please pay a little more attention. The Knight Order of Tunisia has never fought on the Giant Plain. If there’s a strategic decision mistake, remind them if you can."

Nuke nodded and turned to look at Tunisia, observing Louis playing around with someone there.

Curiously, he walked over and overheard an odd conversation.

"I told you to stay put in Tunisia. Why did you come over?"

"I just came to see. After all, Sister Wang values this matter greatly over there."

"My dear lady, if anything happens to you, I won’t be able to explain when I return."

Seeing Nuke approach, the man and woman paused their conversation.

Nuke curiously glanced at the girl, feeling a slight sense of threat from her.

Observing more closely, he detected an aura similar to the great sins of their tribe.

Thinking about the related intelligence from Ense, he quickly guessed who this girl was.

He said solemnly, "The Second Princess also came to the scene?"

Hearing Nuke speak, Louis paused and said, "Yes, this is indeed the Empire’s Second Princess."

The Black Swan curtsied gracefully and said warmly:

"I mainly came to understand the situation of the Abyssal Church. You know, the Empire has already decided to settle accounts with the Abyssal Church to the end."

"However, the Abyssal Church is full of killings and more killings. Trying to insert our people within and get clearer intelligence isn’t very realistic."

"So, I’m here."

Nuke frowned but nodded to show understanding.

After Nuke left, Louis urgently communicated using thought-speech:

"Please, you’re really not worried about exposing your existence coming over now?"

"After all, in the Tunis Royal Capital, my household knows the real Second Princess is still there."

"Coming here directly greatly increases the risk of exposure."

Yes, the one present isn’t the Black Swan but the White Swan.

Louis didn’t know what trick the White Swan used to pass undetected, successfully infiltrating the team.

But without a doubt, it was an extremely dangerous move.

This war isn’t safe. Even the Wealth Goddess Church, fearing their own downfall, sent people over, didn’t they?

Despite the Black Swan’s strength, bearing the identity of the Second Princess restricts her from going all out. Thus, her legendary abilities are largely wasted.

He really didn’t want the Black Swan involved in this dangerous operation.

The Black Swan frowned and said:

"Are you mistaking me for Olivia?"

She meant that Louis confused her with the White Swan.

Hearing this, Louis realized and shook his head, saying:

"Sometimes spending so much time with you, it’s really hard to distinguish between you and her."

"And have I ever told you, your character is becoming more like hers?"

The Black Swan was momentarily stunned, her mouth twitching, she said:

"Don’t say such ominous things."

Louis sighed with relief.

The Black Swan is the Black Swan, better than the White Swan here at least.

If it were the White Swan, she’d be harder to take care of, especially considering the desperate circumstances would require the Black Swan to go all out.

As for how to cover up the lie later, that’s a matter for the future.

The Black Swan recalled something and, with a hint of fatigue, said:

"Witnessing the Giant Demon Tribe’s war always reminds me of past lives. Fighting on the front line feels like a sword hanging over my head."

Louis said: "Were you also involved in war in a past life? Wait, are you talking about experiences during your time as a queen?"

The Queen of Shadow Country had indeed experienced internal strife.

Not the incident with Rudelson, but the purges initiated during the coronation of the Queen of Shadow Country to ensure its long-lasting continuity.

With a blast of a marching horn, Louis helped the Black Swan onto a horse:

"Stay close to me, so we can work together."

While placing his hand at her waist, he couldn’t tell if it was an illusion, but he felt the Black Swan’s expression was somewhat strange.

...

The two nations’ allied forces moved at a relatively fast pace.

Soon, they arrived at the first area to be cleared, a large forest area known as the Golden Forest.

The huge and dense golden treetops spread like canopies, obscuring the sky.

Treading through the forest, the heavily sandy soil made the horses somewhat unsteady.

The canopy of the Golden Forest was so thick that even though it was a bright sunny morning, walking inside felt like it was dusk.

In the dark shadows of the trees, faint voices of conversation emerged:

"Damn it, we need to leave this area quick. The Giant Demon Tribe is coming."

"What’s going on? Wasn’t there intel saying their first destination wasn’t the Golden Forest?"

"Why bother with all that? A scout dreamed of their marching movements."

Several metal-clad monkeys whispered amongst themselves.

One of them perked up an ear: "Did you hear some strange sound?"

"What sound? There’s no sound!"

"No, I think I heard the wind."

The next moment, a silver light darted through the forest, severing their bodies at the waist and spinning back to its origin.

A giant troll, standing four meters tall, grasped the weapon.

Compared to a green-skinned giant demon, his skin had a faint red hue.

This was the Giant Demon Tribe, formed to counter Tunisia, assembling the Giant Troll Suicide Squad.

"How many did you find?"

The troll said in a deep voice: "Quite a few, just in the Golden Forest alone, there are over 200. I really don’t know how they were hidden before."

The lead troll said:

"Confirmed to be the Steel Monkeys tribe. The plane they reside in also exists in the Dragon Empire. Swift action, leave none alive."

The Steel Monkeys tribe isn’t the wild beasts others imagine them to be. Inhabiting the mechanical realm, their bodies are partially modified, possessing power far exceeding ordinary people.

They even mastered some advanced manufacturing methods. Given time to evolve basic industry, producing war machines isn’t impossible.

A figure landed beside the troll. Louis glanced at the halved Steel Monkeys, frowned, and after a while said:

"Their technology isn’t from the mechanical realm."

Natives of the mechanical realm aren’t that dangerous, usually tending towards neutrality.

However, seeing the Steel Monkeys’ corpses, he immediately noticed many illegal modifications on them.

Compared to conventional mechanical realm technology styles described in the classics, these are drastically different, almost akin to deep modification vs. cyber prosthetics.

"The metal in them is activated, their bodies are riddled with dense metal networks. I can’t fully determine what these do, but... I suggest you don’t approach their corpses." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The troll looked at Louis and curiously asked:

"Can you sense the metal inside them?"

Louis nodded.

This was an additional effect of Limuru’s [Metal Manipulation], making him sense metal clearly wherever his spiritual power extended.

"The metal inside these Steel Monkeys is alive."

He said heavily: "Even after you’ve cut them in half, I can still feel the metal inside them wriggling slowly."

A Tunisian knight rode by under the trees and, hearing Louis, suggested:

"Let us handle them. We’ll perform a brief sealing, toss them into the Spatial Bag, and burn them together after the cleanup."

Louis nodded.

The Knights of Tunisia are rather peculiar, with a significant portion directly comprised of Combat Mages.

Sealing methods like this are routine for them.

After the jungles were cleared and they gathered once again, everyone looked at the heap of Steel Monkeys’ corpses, a trace of unease flickering across their faces.

"Damn, such a desecration of life, it’s so evil."