In the vast vacuum of the universe, the huge Arcane Empire expedition fleet is like a piece of Nebula intertwined with steel and magic, hovering quietly on Azure King Star Outside the orbit of. Naga Queen Aquafina stood on the highest terrace of the palace, her deep eyes staring at the sky through the thick deep sea water barrier.
At this moment, a Blink small landing craft with a streamlined blue light broke away from the fleet mothership. Like a falling meteor, it accurately cut into the atmosphere and rushed towards her palace. The landing craft dragged a long white bubble trail in the deep sea, and finally landed smoothly on the square in front of the palace.
As the hatch slowly opened, a group of three people walked out of the landing craft. Walking at the front was a beauty Merpeople with dark skin and dazzling red hair like fire. Behind her were two followers.: One of them is a tall and straight human man, while the other is extremely short, almost the same height as a human child. He is a special race in the Empire called "Free Elves".
Aquafina keenly noticed that despite being in the deep sea with extremely high water pressure, these three people did not wear any physical life-support equipment. The seemingly thin arcane robes on their bodies were exuding an invisible but indestructible law shield, which perfectly isolated all the deadly water pressure and deep sea cold air.
What makes the Naga queen even more frightened is that her senses were bounced away the moment she touched these three people - these three seemingly inconspicuous messengers have all reached the "Sixth Tier position" of the ultimate Arcanist!
"Salute to you, Her Majesty the Queen." The red-haired beauty Merpeople bowed slightly, her tone neither humble nor overbearing, "I am the special envoy of Imperial Expeditionary Force, Ariel Myrtell. These two are my companions, Tong Yu and Kabi."
"No need to be polite." Aquafina smiled self-deprecatingly, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes, "After all, after today, I will no longer be a high-ranking royal family, Naga Tribe will completely become a subject of the Empire."
"But before you go through the final handover process, you still have noble royal blood. Empire has always paid attention to etiquette, and due respect is a must." Ariel responded with a smile.
Although Aquafina knew very well in her heart that this was just the diplomatic rhetoric used by the Empire messenger to appease people, these words did make her feel slightly relieved from the humiliation of being forced to surrender.
"You have come all the way to the palace to have a cup of hot tea, which is a special product of the deep sea. I heard that this is a very popular custom for your Empire to entertain guests." Aquafina turned sideways and made an invitation gesture.
"Under normal circumstances, we would be more than happy to taste your private collection. But the current war situation is urgent and lives are disappearing every second. Let's get to the point." Ariel declined the invitation.
"I completely understand." Aquafina put away his smile and his expression became solemn.
Tong Yu stepped forward, took out a long roll of parchment exuding ancient waves from Void Pocket, and handed it to Ariel. Ariel held it up with both hands and handed it to Aquafina.
"Is this the 'Submission Pact' that has been rumored among the major galaxies?" Aquafina unfolded the long scroll and quickly scanned the strict and flawless magic clauses on it. Then, the magic power of her fingertips surged, and she condensed the pure water element into a crystal clear quill, ready to sign.
"Your Majesty, don't you need to ask the Minister of Justice to carefully consider the terms?" the Home Secretary standing aside reminded anxiously.
"There is no need. Now that we have made the decision to fully merge into the Empire, if there is not even the most basic mutual trust, the road ahead will only be more difficult." Aquafina shook his head and spoke firmly.
She waved Water Feather Pen and signed her True Name at the bottom of the contract. Then, she bit her fingertips, dropped a drop of blood containing the essence of the royal family on the signature, and forcibly cut a trace of her soul mark onto it.
As the last process was completed, the entire sheepskin scroll instantly erupted with a burst of dazzling golden light, which meant that the law contract had officially come into effect.
"Thank you for your trust and decisiveness, Her Majesty the Queen." Ariel smiled. She carefully put away the scroll and solemnly put it into her interdimensional storage ring.
"According to the contract, I heard that Empire has a special method that can completely purify the death energy on planets contaminated by Bleach?" Aquafina asked the question she was most concerned about at the moment.
"Please keep your heart in mind, Your Majesty. All the next mess will be taken over by Imperial Expeditionary Force. Now, please give us a detailed explanation of Bluewater Star System's current overall war situation." Ariel quickly switched to the role of a wartime commander.
Aquafina took a deep breath and began to tell the information. The entire Bluewater Star System originally had four lively and habitable planets, which Naga Tribe thrived on Heaven. However, under the ravages of Undead Calamity, except for the current Azure King Star, the other three planets have all fallen and turned into a paradise of death.
"Three Vampire barons? That is to say, there are three Sixth Tier undead commanders?" Ariel touched her chin. Not only did her eyes show no fear, but Blink looked like a hunter looking at the prey with excitement, "Very good, leave these odds and ends to us."
"If it is convenient, can I follow you to the battlefield?" Aquafina suddenly asked, "I am very eager to witness with my own eyes what kind of devastating power Arcane Empire possesses."
"Of course, that's your right."
Ignoring the hard dissuasion of the officials behind him, Aquafina resolutely followed Ariel's envoy team onto the landing craft. The landing craft broke out of the water like an arrow, returned to space, and steadily docked into the largest flagship of the expeditionary force.
Ariel immediately summoned the senior generals on the ship to hold a pre-war meeting, and made an exception to allow the former queen to attend.
However, before the meeting officially started, Ariel did not rush to take a seat. Instead, she turned and walked into a Chamber of Secrets room that was engraved with extremely high-standard defense runes. She laid the signed Submission Pact flat on a special teleportation circle, then activated the communication crystal and recorded an encrypted voice:
"This is Ariel Myrtell, security authorization code: 7r08477382hdge649du. Reporting to the Empire Supreme Command, the recruitment task has been successfully completed, and the original contract is being returned."
A few seconds later, the magic circle flashed, and the sheepskin scroll related to the fate of a race was instantly teleported back to the distant Empire base camp. Seeing this scene, Ariel let out a sigh of relief.
In the previous recruitment missions, there have been bad incidents in which other hostile forces secretly intercepted and plundered Submission Pact, which caused extremely troublesome political disputes. In order to eliminate this hidden danger, the Empire military headquarters issued the latest fatal order: all signed contracts must be transmitted back to the home planet using the highest priority space channel as soon as possible, and must not be carried with them during the long interstellar voyage.
After receiving a "confirm receipt" reply from the base camp, Ariel strode into the conference room.
"What's the current situation?" She pulled out the main chair and asked in a deep voice.
"Reporting to the commander, we have used Spatial Interference Matrix to completely blockade the entire physical space of Bluewater Star System. No reinforcements from the Undead Legion can cross the thunder Chi Banbu - Of course, those high-ranking undead lords will most likely not go to war for just a few Baron Vampire." Tong Yu pointed at the holographic star atlas and reported.
"Our deep space detection radar has locked the energy readings of the target planet. It is confirmed that the enemy commander indeed only has the Sixth Tier position, and has not detected any hidden super-standard energy sources, ruling out the possibility of an ambush."
Ariel nodded slightly, then turned her attention to an extremely special figure in the corner of the conference room. That person's whole body was covered in a magic Cloak that could block all detection, making it impossible to see his face clearly, and even couldn't tell whether he was a boy or a girl.
"According to my deductions of Divination and Law of Causality," the mysterious Prophecy division said in a mechanically processed and male-female voice, "There is nothing unusual about this undead army. They are not bait for the Empire, they are just one of the countless regular harvesting legions in Bleach Calamity that are sent to various galaxies to create chaos and convert the source of troops."
"Got it." Ariel responded calmly.
However, Aquafina, who was sitting aside, could not calm down at all. Her hands on her knees were tightly clenched into fists, and her nails were almost embedded in her flesh. She tried her best to suppress the overwhelming emotions in her heart.
What did she just hear? This terrifying Undead Legion that defeated her proud Naga army and almost drove the entire race into extinction Abyss... In the eyes of the Arcane Empire, it turned out to be just a "regular harvesting army with no abnormalities"?!
This cruel sense of disparity made her feel suffocated, but she also deeply understood that this was the most naked law of survival in the multiverse - the weak eat the strong, and the fittest survive.
"Now that the intelligence is confirmed, my mission ends here." The Prophecy division shrouded in Cloak stood up, "According to the safety protection regulations for the Prophecy division in the Empire<Wartime State of Emergency Act>, I will immediately withdraw from the front line."
Ariel nodded solemnly. In the current Milky Way sweeping Cataclysm, Prophecy divisions who can predict good and bad times have become the most precious strategic resources of each civilization. Because of this, they have also become the primary target of the Undead Legion's crazy assassinations.
Bleach Guznader even set up a special group of Ghost Squad composed of high-level assassins, whose only mission is to hunt down those top-level civilization Prophecy divisions at all costs. In this tragedy In the fierce assassination battle, the civilization once named Nightskin Tribe and now renamed Star-Skin Tribe suffered the most heavy losses, because the number of Prophecy divisions born in their clan was even more than that of the Arcane Empire.
After experiencing several heart-wrenching assassinations, Empire immediately introduced the most stringent protection bill: all Prophecy divisions accompanying the army must wear special Cloak that can conceal the line of cause and effect at all times, and are absolutely not allowed to stay in any combat zone for more than the prescribed safety time limit.
After the explanation was completed, the Prophecy division walked into a special transfer room specially prepared for him next to the bridge and jumped directly back to the Empire base camp.
"Quiet! Now, the hunting begins!" Ariel pulled out the command sword from her waist, her eyes sharp.
The huge expedition fleet immediately split into three, like three unsheathed sharp knives, and pounced on the three planets occupied by the undead. Ariel personally took Aquafina to the low-Earth orbit of Blue Sea Star.
Viewed from space, Blue Sea Star's atmosphere is wrapped in a black death shield as rich as ink, exuding a disgusting smell of decay.
"Charge the main gun and blast this turtle shell to pieces!" Ariel gave the order coldly.
Along with the deafening roar, dozens of thick blue magic beams spurted out from the battleship's main gun. After just a few rounds of salvos, the Planetary Level shield that seemed indestructible to the Naga army exploded instantly like a balloon punctured by a needle, turning into black light spots and dissipating in the sky.
The moment the shield shattered, an extremely complex teleportation array appeared under Ariel's feet, wrapping her and Aquafina in it. With a flash of light, the two people directly crossed the distance in space and landed on the only remaining piece of land on the planet.
"Damn Arcane Empire! How dare you ruin my good deeds!"
A cold roar filled with endless resentment exploded in the air. Not far in front of the two people, stood a pale-faced man wearing the attire of a medieval nobleman. Four sharp and slender fangs extended from the corners of his mouth. He was obviously a high-level Vampire. At this moment, countless rays of dark soul light were gathering from all sides of the planet and pouring into his body crazily.
"Why, you want to break through by forcibly devouring the souls of these low-level undead? You are too naive." Ariel raised a sarcastic sneer at the corner of her mouth.
Without any nonsense, she slowly raised her right hand. In an instant, a huge magic circle exuding a dual aura of holiness and destruction suddenly unfolded in front of her palm. The edges of the magic circle were also engraved with countless Blink golden Sanskrit, ancient Egypt hieroglyphs and extremely obscure Abyssal.
"Undead Requiem!"
This is not an ordinary spell, but the supreme ruler of the Arcane Empire - Ian·Bones. In the past cross-dimensional voyage, he absorbed the underlying laws of <Black Book of the Dead>, <Amra Golden Book> and the mysterious oracle, personally deduced, Fusion and created the absolute restraint magic skill!
With the completion of Ariel's spell, an invisible sound wave that seemed like a substance instantly swept across the entire planet. The skeleton soldiers and zombies that were still raging wildly on the earth had the death mark in their bodies completely cut off the moment they came into contact with this wave. Countless translucent souls howled and broke free from the decaying body, turning into streams of light and flying into the depths of Underworld, while their physical bodies left in place were completely transformed into a pile of lifeless bones and rotten flesh.
"No! No! I am not willing to die here!" Baron Vampire roared in despair.
When he saw Arcane Empire's battleship arriving, he originally wanted to use secret techniques to forcibly absorb the undead power of the entire planet to raise his rank, but how could such a transformation across ranks be so easy to complete?
"Flesh Tentacles!"
Vampire, who was forced into Extremis, fell into madness. A large amount of stinking blood instantly spurted out from his pores. The blood twisted and condensed in mid-air, turning into thousands of extremely sharp scarlet tentacles, which enveloped Ariel like a dragnet, trying to tie this arrogant woman into skewers!
"Extremely stupid. Has no one ever taught you to never confront a Arcanist of the same level head-on?" Ariel's eyes were full of disdain.
She moved her fingertips slightly, and another fiery red magic circle formed instantly.
"Boom!"
A pillar of dark blue fire with a temperature so high that it could even distort space ejected from the magic circle, like a roaring fire dragon, directly smashing into the blood network all over the sky. The moment those tough flesh and blood tentacles came into contact with the flames, there was no room for struggle, and they were completely burned into fly ash.
This is not over yet! Taking advantage of the gap when Vampire was forced back by the flames, Ariel suddenly raised her head and locked her eyes on the vampire bats in the sky who were trying to escape in the chaos.
"Law of Thunder Judgment!"
The sky was instantly covered with dark clouds, and a blue Law of Thunder that was as thick as a water tank and contained destructive power crashed down!
Accompanied by a shrill scream, the arrogant Baron Vampire was hit head-on by Law of Thunder. His charred body hit the ground like a meteorite, with pungent black smoke rising all over his body, and he completely lost his combat effectiveness.
At the moment before he fell into coma, the heart of Baron Vampire was filled with endless resentment towards the perverted magic system of the Arcane Empire.
This group of monsters called "Arcanist" are simply unreasonable existences! Not only do they possess vast and seemingly inexhaustible huge magic reserves, they can pour out high-level spells without any pause; what's even more terrifying is that their physical strength is actually They are even more abnormal than the warriors who specialize in melee combat. They are all fighting masters who are proficient in close combat! What makes him despair the most is that these guys are not restricted by any elemental attributes at all. They are using fire one second, and can seamlessly switch to Law of Thunder to restrain you the next second!
This kind of hexagonal warrior with no blind spots in all directions, even the undead who claim to have tenacious vitality can only look at it with dismay!
Ariel casually hit the Snap, and several arcane chains shot out from Void, tying up the unconscious "roasted bat".
"I envy this kind of power, right?" Ariel turned her head and looked at Aquafina, who was completely stunned, and asked with a smile.
"I can't deny it." Aquafina sighed with a bitter smile, "How can one not be attracted to such a powerful and almighty magic system?"
As a Naga who was born in the ocean, according to the normal laws of the universe, she can only be restricted to the field of water magic in this life - unless she can Luck obtain some kind of mutant bloodline, or use the extremely rare ancient magic Divine Artifact, it is possible to cast spells of other attributes. But in the Arcane Empire, this iron law seems to be completely broken.
"Don't be envious. After you complete the baptism of your soul and officially integrate into the Empire, you can become just like me." Ariel threw out a bait that could make all mages crazy.
"You... you mean, even if I am a foreigner who has just surrendered, I can still learn your core magic system?" Aquafina's voice trembled.
"Please correct your wording. In the Arcane Empire, there has never been the concept of 'foreigners', only 'Empire citizens'." Ariel's tone revealed strong pride, "After completing the final Fusion and identity authentication, you can enter the Higher Magic school of the Empire for free. Learn all our basic and advanced magic systems. Not only will we not hide anything, but we encourage you to use your unique perspective as Naga to innovate and open the door to higher boundaries of magic after mastering this knowledge, so as to feed back Empire's knowledge base. This is the virtuous cycle that allows Empire to remain strong forever."
Aquafina fell into a complete sluggish state. After a long time, she murmured to herself, "This sounds... it does paint a perfect blueprint. But, can Empire really be so selfless? Share this supreme power that is enough to dominate the universe with everyone without reservation..."
She found that her inherent thinking mode could not understand this extremely abnormal generosity. You must know that during the thousands of years of the Naga Tribe's ruling history, the royal family has always used the most destructive forbidden spells and the most top-notch magic tools to death. She holds the land in her hands and will never show it to others easily. Although she loves her people deeply and is willing to sacrifice her life to protect them, as a ruler, she also has a selfish side. She must ensure that the royal family's force is always superior to her subjects to stabilize her rule.
"Does this feel incredible? This is where the personality charm of our great Arcane Emperor lies." Ariel's eyes flashed with a hint of fanatical admiration, "Okay, the chat is over, let's clean up the remaining mess."
Ariel turned her gaze back to the dark ocean that was completely polluted. She took a deep breath and began to mobilize the majestic magic power in her body. The huge spirit Divine Power instantly scanned every corner of the entire planet like a radar.
Immediately afterwards, a super-large compound magic covering the entire planet surface suddenly activated!
In the sky, hundreds of thousands of huge blue magic arrays lit up at the same time. As the seawater boiled violently, countless giant water bubbles wrapped in dark figures rose from the depths of the ocean floor! These water bubbles were densely suspended in the air, so numerous that they once even obscured the brilliance of the sun.
"These... are all transformed undead?!" Aquafina looked at the monsters in the bubbles with teeth and claws, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"That's right." Ariel nodded.
"Empire What do you plan to do with them?"
"They will be transported to the 'Soul Awakening Center' established by the Empire. There, we will use Soul Magic to forcibly awaken their reason and memory during their lifetime." Ariel explained methodically, "Those who can become Individuals who have successfully recovered Self and are willing to swear allegiance will be reintegrated into society as legal citizens of the Empire. As for those defective products whose souls have been completely distorted and irreparable... they will be intensively destroyed and completely purified."
"Making the undead become legal citizens... will this kind of thing really not cause panic in society?" Aquafina Although Aquafina had heard about it for a long time, it was still hard to accept when he witnessed it with his own eyes.
"I understand the prejudice and hatred in your heart. But please think about it from your perspective. Before these monsters struggling in the water bubbles were forced to transform into this form, weren't they once ordinary civilians who loved life and had families?" Ariel's tone became serious, "Now, there are Many undead compatriots who have successfully regained their sanity are serving as our most solid allies and are active on the front lines of the most brutal war zones in Milky Way Galaxy. The sacrifices and contributions they have made to defend this starry sky are absolutely no less than any living race!"
"More importantly, as long as they are still 'alive', there is still hope - Empire's high-level scientific research team has never stopped looking for the ultimate method to reverse the undead back to flesh and blood."
These words touched Aquafina deeply, and she let out a long sigh and said no more.
"What about Baron Vampire? Will he also be sent to the awakening center?" Aquafina pointed to the prisoner on the ground who was tied into a rice dumpling.
"He? He doesn't have such a good life." Ariel sneered, "According to the Empire and Spoils Act, this high-level undead that I defeated with my own hands is now my personal private property. Whether I dismantle him and use him as experimental material, or drain him of his original magic power, I have the final say."
Hearing this cruel announcement, Aquafina once again felt the iron-blooded tactics hidden under the Empire's warm appearance.
After dealing with the prisoners of war, Ariel contacted the mothership staying in orbit through her personal terminal.
"Immediately send a fishing boat down to pick up these undead. In addition, notify the Druid troops to come in. It's their turn to get to work and clean up this planet completely."
Not long after, several giant transport ships with unique shapes came through the clouds, sucking countless water bubbles in the sky into the extremely wide folding space inside the ship's body in an orderly manner.
At the same time, a group of Arcanist wearing emerald green robes and exuding a strong natural atmosphere also landed on the sea.
These masters of the natural school, known as "Druid", began to fly lightly over the dark sea. While singing ancient hymns of nature, they sprinkled countless strange seeds with shimmering light from their fingertips.
When these seeds fell into the polluted ocean, a miracle happened!
As the spell reverberated, huge, pure white sacred trees took root directly on the sea floor, breaking through the sea surface and growing crazily! These white trees are like natural super purifiers, and their roots are like greedy sponges, frantically absorbing the death energy in the sea water.
Visible to the naked eye, these originally pure white tree trunks and branches began to darken and turn black rapidly, and in exchange, the dead, stinking black ocean was restoring its original crystal clear blue bit by bit at an incredible speed!
A few hours later.
When the blackness of the last sea area was completely drained, the whole Blue Sea Star glowed with vitality again. Aquafina couldn't wait to rush into the sea and picked up a handful of sea water.
She was pleasantly surprised to find that she could no longer sense even a trace of death in the sea water. She no longer even needed to hold up a protective barrier like before to be able to swim safely in the water.
"Surprise... really completely purified!" She murmured excitedly.
"The current level of purification is enough for ordinary organisms to survive. However, if we want to completely restore the planet's original ecological cycle, we still need these 'Soul-Purifying Tree' to work for a few more days." A Druid elder who led the team explained with a smile.
"How can I help?" Aquafina asked gratefully.
"No need to trouble you. In a few days, we will send special personnel to cut down and transport these dead trees full of death energy. They are the best materials for making some special Potions."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, everyone."
After the explanation was completed, Druid quickly boarded the returning spacecraft without stopping for a moment.
For this group of nature-loving Arcanist, they are very happy to stay and listen to the grateful voice of the rescued Planetary Will. But they cannot. In this Milky Way Galaxy that is ravaged by Bleach, there are countless planets like Blue Sea Star that are on the verge of destruction, and they are eagerly looking forward to them to sow the seeds of life.