When the image of Omegon Galaxy being completely wiped out by the devastating Star Destroyer beam was transmitted back to Pluto Supreme Command Hub, Supreme Commander Olivia's back, which had been as tight as a bowstring, finally relaxed slightly unnoticeably, and she breathed a long sigh of relief.
The fang that could pierce Empire's heart at any time has been removed, which means that the next Milky Way Galaxy battle situation can finally return to the strategic deduction and controllable range of the Empire military department.
She leaned on the large command chair, raised her hand to rub her temples that were throbbing due to long-term and high-intensity brain use, and quietly waited for the detailed post-war report from Dumbledore and Rowena on the front line.
However, the first person to break into her top-secret communication channel was another heavyweight - Bellatrix, who was in charge of the Empire's dark side Authority.
"What happened?" Olivia looked at Bellatrix's slightly messy black hair and bloodshot eyes on the holographic screen, and frowned slightly.
"Olivia, can you ask those bastards on the front line to slow down the capture of the undead a little bit?! My load here is about to explode!" Bellatrix complained loudly without any scruples, and the terrifying sound of countless souls wailing could even be heard in the background.
Since the Bleach Calamity outbreak that swept Milky Way, Arcane Empire has established an extremely special top-secret organization - "Undead Rehabilitation Department".
The core responsibility of this department is to use the highest-level Soul Magic to forcibly awaken the memory and reason of the captured undead, and to gradually peel away the absolute control imprinted in the depths of their souls by Bleach Guznader. Right. After confirming that these dead Psychic Energy can fully accept their new undead bodies and rebuild their sanity, Empire will treat them as legal citizens and re-integrate them into the Empire's social system and army.
And Bellatrix is the top person in charge of this department just like Purgatory. Because looking at the entire Empire, except for the high-ranking consul, In addition, she is the only one who is most proficient in the "Ritual Magic" left by the legendary Herpo the Foul, and has deeply studied the "Death Veil" of Department of Mysteries.
In order to support her work, before Ian left, he even left the ultimate Divine Artifact - Death Staff, which symbolizes Authority of Death, temporarily for her to observe and use.
"I fully understand your current pressure, Bellatrix. But you must understand that these massive undead are not only extremely valuable population resources for the Empire, but also an endless potential source of Arcanist soldiers in the future. None of them can be wasted." Olivia's tone was unquestionable, revealing absolute coldness and rationality, "If you can't handle it now, seal them all and stuff them into the dormant pocket dimension to eat ashes! Recover slowly when you are free in the future. At the same time, immediately expand your recruitment authority within the entire Empire range, and expand your department's manpower at all costs!"
"Okay, you are the commander-in-chief and you have the final say. I will immediately organize the most intense soul learning crash course and squeeze out a group of capable senior workers as quickly as possible to help me share the pressure." Bellatrix scratched his hair irritably and agreed through gritted teeth.
Just as she finished speaking, the other two main screens on the podium lit up instantly. Rowena·Ravenclaw, Albus Dumbledore, and Luna (Luna), who had the eyes of the prophet, appeared in the communication network at the same time.
At this point, except for Ian who is far away, most members of the Arcane Empire's core and supreme governing body - "Illuminati" are all online.
Olivia keenly cast her eyes on Rowena and Dumbledore. When she saw clearly the current state of these two Empire pillars, her heart sank suddenly.
I saw that the faces of these two high-level Arcanist, who were supposed to be eternally young, turned out to be sickly gray and aging at this moment! There were even faint age spots on the originally smooth skin, which represented the exhaustion of vitality.
"You two... how bad has your physical condition deteriorated now?" Olivia asked in a deep voice.
"The situation is very bad, it can even be said that our life is hanging by a thread." Rowena smiled weakly, with deep exhaustion in his voice, "'Kailos's Poison(Kairos Poison)' is corroding far faster than we expected. This extremely vicious law toxin is not only devouring the vitality of our physical body, but has even penetrated deep into the bone marrow and begun to crazily infect and corrode the origin of our souls! Now... even if I try my best, I can only barely exert the bottom line strength of Seventh Tier (Tier 7). If it breaks out forcefully, my soul will instantly disintegrate."
"Me too, my old bones can't hold on anymore." Dumbledore echoed helplessly, his iconic silver-white beard looking dull at the moment.
"We must take targeted measures immediately, otherwise Empire will lose two of its top combatants." There was a rare hint of anxiety in Luna's ethereal voice.
"You all know that 'Kailos's Poison' involves the extremely enigmatic 'Law of Time' in its underlying logic. And looking at the entire Empire, there is enough research in the deep water area of this avenue. There are only a handful of people who are profound." Olivia's brain was running rapidly, "So, for the sake of safety, it is best for us to temporarily seal the toxin and delay it until Ian comes back and then let him solve it himself."
"Since Law of Time is involved, why don't we directly open the highest access rights of 'Time Chamber' to the senior researchers of the Empire?" Luna made an extremely bold suggestion, "As long as we have the incredible time flow speed of Time Chamber, we will definitely be able to spawn a large number of masters in the time field in a short period of time and completely overcome this poison!"
However, faced with this extremely tempting proposal, Olivia shook his head without hesitation and decisively!
"Absolutely not! Don't even consider this proposal!"
Olivia's eyes became more severe than ever. "Have you forgotten what the essence of Time Chamber is? That is the ultimate taboo closely related to 'Primordial Gods'! Now, the entire Milky Way Galaxy is at the focus of the multiverse, and countless 'Tenth Tier bits' True God are hiding in the dark, staring at our every move like hungry wolves!"
"We have revealed too many incredible cards on this battlefield, arousing the suspicion of those old monsters. If at this juncture, we dare to expose that Empire actually holds 'Primordial Divine Flame', a god-defying artifact that can subvert the common sense of the universe... I can guarantee that the threat level of the Empire will soar to the extreme in the eyes of those True God! At that time, what awaits us will be a dimensionality reduction strike jointly carried out by the gods, and the entire Empire will be wiped out overnight!"
These words were like a basin of ice water, instantly extinguishing everyone's luck. Everyone was silent. They knew very well that Olivia's concerns were absolutely correct. The secret of Divine Flame is the strongest foundation for the Arcane Empire to be able to overtake in corners. Before he has the absolute strength to protect himself, he must not be exposed to the spotlight of the universe.
"To tell the truth from the bottom of my heart, I really feel that the current situation is like a wild horse running wild, completely out of control." Bellatrix, who has always been crazy, also stopped his arrogance at this moment, and his tone was extremely solemn, "We actually... should have used inter-dimensional soul communication to call His Majesty Ian back."
As soon as this statement came out, the entire communication channel fell into deathly silence.
No one echoed aloud, but through the screen, Olivia could clearly read the strong approval and expectation in everyone's eyes.
She certainly knows that since the outbreak of this interstellar Cataclysm that seems to have no end in sight, this weak sentiment of "calling Ian back to save the situation as long as it can't hold on any longer" has quietly spread among the top leaders of the Empire like a plague. But as the supreme commander, she has been suppressing this voice with an extremely tough iron-blooded hand and resolutely refused to send a distress signal to Ian.
"You people... have you lived a comfortable life for too long, and have you completely lost your perspective on the grand scheme of the entire multiverse?!"
Olivia slammed the podium, making a deafening bang. Her cold and oppressive gaze swept across everyone on the screen as if they were real.
"Open your eyes and see clearly! What is going on now is just a local interstellar war at the Milky Way Galaxy level that only lasted ten years! A war that only involves Ninth Tier enemies has already left you helpless and crying for help?!"
Olivia's voice became more and more severe, like a heavy hammer hitting the depths of everyone's souls. "If you can't even withstand this level of test, then in the future, when we really have to face the ultimate war that can sweep the entire multiverse, what should you do to deal with it?!"
"Each of you knows very well in your heart that once we break through to the 'Eleventh Tier', what kind of terrifying Abyss will be waiting for us! I don't need to repeat it to you, Ian When has to fight side by side with a mythical being like Merlin (Merlin) in the future to fight against those ultimate horrors that are indescribable and can be easily erased even in concept, how desperate the intensity of the war will be!"
"So, tell me! When that time comes, what are you going to do?! Are you going to continue hiding under his wings like a giant baby that won't grow up, crying and begging for his charity and salvation when you encounter a little setback?!"
Deafening roars echoed in the virtual space. No one dared to refute, and no one could refute. Because every word Olivia said was like a sharp scalpel, mercilessly cutting open the weakness deep in their hearts.
"From now on, I ask you to adjust your cowardly mentality immediately!" Olivia made the final tone, "Put the damn idea of 'depending on Ian' out of your heads! Unless Empire has really reached the last second before his country is destroyed and his species is extinct. Otherwise, no one is allowed to disturb him! If you can't walk independently, then go back to the rear and take care of yourself as soon as possible. Don't be a waste that will only hold you back in the future Ultimate Holy War!"
"Olivia is right, these words really woke me up." Rowena·Ravenclaw took a deep breath, and the absolute reason and pride belonging to a wise man rekindled in his eyes, "We must completely reverse this giant baby mentality, and we must be able to stand alone in this cruel universe. Ian has clearly told us before that this universe is essentially just a 'novice training camp' he selected for us. If we have to rely on his plug-ins to pass the level in this protective training mode, then we are destined to become worthless burdens in the vast sea of stars in the future."
Others also nodded, and the original flinch and expectation in their eyes were completely erased, replaced by desperate determination. They finally realized that this was a trial about soul transformation and independence.
After unifying the ideological front, the members of Illuminati quickly made several core personnel changes and decisions regarding the following extreme situation.
The most important one: Since the souls of Rowena and Dumbledore are extremely weak, in order to prevent accidents when controlling Floating City, Gellert·Grindelwald And the chief alchemist Nikolai Si·Flamel will take over the supreme control of these two ultimate war Citadel, ready to be deployed in deep space as the last trump card of the Empire.
After the meeting, Olivia cut off communication and once again devoted himself to the heavy responsibilities of the commander without any pause.
Soon, an urgent battle report was sent to her terminal: a group of interstellar pirates led by high-ranking master Gnome took advantage of the war to loot an important resource outpost of the Empire on the border. Moreover, this kind of bad robbery has happened more than once recently.
Olivia looked at the battle report and tapped her fingers on the console a few times. After a brief deduction, she raised a cold arc at the corner of her mouth and immediately issued a tactical order: dispatch a small special fleet composed entirely of "mechanical cyborgs" and "heavy mecha warriors" to completely blast this group of pirates who don't know the heights of the sky into dust in the universe.
In the broad definition of the Arcane Empire, any individual who has mastered extraordinary power is collectively referred to as "Arcanist". Therefore, those mechanical transformations who follow a purely technological route, or mecha pilots who drive Energy Core, are also included in this noble sequence.
However, in this cruel war with the main theme of fighting "Undead Calamity", these non-magic professions have fallen into an extremely embarrassing situation on the bench. The reason is very simple - the energy they use does not have any legal properties that can "purify" the undead!
Those martial arts Arcanist who practice "Battle Aura" are in a slightly better situation, because the Research Department sect of the Empire has explored some rudimentary methods of converting Battle Aura into weak purifying power. Although the effect is not satisfactory, it can still play some role on the battlefield, giving them a glimmer of hope.
However, for those mecha warriors and cyborgs who completely rely on anti-matter reactors and plasma Energy Core to drive, their physical and energy artillery fire that can easily shatter mountains is as meaningless as scratching an itch when hitting those high-level undead who can Infinity Resurrection.
This sense of frustration that cannot be overcome by force has long made this group of technology-based warriors who advocate violence hold back a bellyful of evil fire. Now that a group of ordinary pirates with no eyesight have jumped out to seek death, Olivia can just use this mecha fleet to vent their lust for destruction that has nowhere to go.
After dealing with the pirate episode, Olivia was just about to turn her attention back to the main battlefield when a private emergency communication request from Blink, representing extremely high authority, suddenly popped up on her home screen.
She connected to the screen.
In the holographic projection, a man with long platinum-blonde hair was kneeling unreservedly on the cold metal floor. His forehead was firmly pressed against the ground, and he performed an extremely standard, even humble, Eastern bow.
"Are you...Lucius Malfoy?" Olivia looked at this Pure-blood nobleman who was once arrogant to Old Era, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen." Lucius's voice was trembling slightly, but he still maintained his humble posture with his forehead on the ground, not daring to raise his head and look directly at the face of the Empire supreme commander.
Olivia was keenly aware of one detail: Lucius did not use the military title "Your Majesty the Commander-in-Chief" to address her, but used the Imperial Family title of "Her Majesty the Queen" which is full of feudal allegiance. This shows that what he wants to beg for next is definitely out of extreme selfishness and desperation.
"Let's get down first. Tell me, what happened to make you pay such a grand gift?"
"Your Majesty... please show mercy and save my son!" Lucius suddenly raised his head, and his always arrogant and delicate face was now covered with tears of despair and visible collapse.
"Draco?" Olivia quickly searched for information in his mind, "I remember that he was seriously injured while performing a high-risk mission of Royal Guards. But according to the Medical Department's report, he has been sent to the highest-standard intensive care unit of the Empire, and he should have received the top-level treatment."
"Just a few hours ago, extremely fatal complications occurred during his treatment!" Lucius's voice became hoarse due to extreme fear. "The vicious curse on him actually interacted with the 'Kailos's Poison' lurking in his body in a way that went against common sense. A deep Fusion occurred! The combination of the two mutated into an unknown disaster that even Empire's chief medical officer had never heard of! According to the final diagnosis result...Draco's life is left at most in less than a few hours!"
"Since it involves a curse, didn't Medical Department use 'Moon's Tear' on him?" Olivia frowned.
The Tears of the Moon were a heaven-defying artifact that Lin An brought back from an ancient sacred tree during an extremely dangerous inter-dimensional expedition in his early years. It was regarded as a standard in the medical community of the Arcane Empire and possessed the power of absolute law that could dissolve and cure all known curses in the multiverse.
"It's used! If he hadn't been injected with Moon's Tear as soon as possible, he would have been a corpse by now! But it could only very weakly hold his last breath!"
Luna Hughes has really fallen into complete despair at this moment. Empire's top medical team and the rarest life-saving medicine have all been declared ineffective in the face of this strange mutation curse. His only and last life-saving straw now is to place his hope in the unfathomable Imperial Family. There may be some kind of life-saving means unknown to outsiders and never disclosed to the public.
For the continuation of this family, he, as a father, no longer cares about any dignity.
Looking back on the past, since he surrendered to Ian, he Lucius Malfoy has been serving this Arcane Archon conscientiously and walking on thin ice, even sacrificing his noble soul as a bargaining chip for loyalty.
Although his own magic talent can only be considered mediocre among today's monster-filled Empire, his son Draco and even his grandson are extremely proud of their illustrious military exploits and fought all the way to become Royal Guards and the most mysterious senior captain of "Ghost Squad". And his wife Narcissa is a powerful tower owner who is in charge of a Mage Tower and is absolutely loyal to the Imperial Family.
He was full of hope that, for the sake of Malfoy family's hard work and hard work over the past decades, and the fact that the whole family was a Empire eagle dog, Imperial Family could mercifully give them a helping hand in this Extremis.
Olivia looked at the humble and desperate father on the holographic screen, gently tapping the armrests of the chair with his fingers, and fell into brief contemplation.
"I remember that Ian once personally designed a high-level magic device called 'Time Bubble'. It can completely freeze a person's time from the dimensional level. You can try this method to freeze Draco's time forever at the second before death, until Research Department of the Empire develops the antidote to this mutant curse..."
As soon as he was halfway through speaking, Olivia himself shook his head and rejected the plan. "No, this won't work. Kailos's Poison itself is the concrete product of Law of Time. Time Bubble's homologous means cannot prevent its erosion at all."
Lucius The hope in his eyes was just ignited, but was instantly extinguished by a basin of cold water.
"However, I have another backup plan here - 'Death Stasis'." Olivia changed the topic.
"Death... hover?" Lucius was stunned. He had never heard of this creepy word in any public documents of the Empire.
"You can simply understand it as a kind of 'human cryonics technology' based on extreme physics. However, the medium we use to freeze him is not liquid nitrogen, but pure 'Law of Death power'!" A trace of determination flashed in Olivia's eyes, "I will issue the highest order immediately, let Bellatrix temporarily put aside all the work at hand, and personally take the 'Death Staff' left by Ian to take over your son's case. With the blessing of this Divine Artifact rule, the success rate of this plan will be 100%."
"Thank you Her Majesty the Queen for your grace! Malfoy family is willing to shed the last drop of blood for you and Empire for the rest of our lives!" Lucius was so excited that his whole body trembled, and he knocked his forehead hard on the metal floor again, making a dull thud.
"No need to say thank you. Imperial Family's will will never abandon those heroes who have stood the test of time and have always remained absolutely loyal." Olivia made the promise in a majestic tone.
After cutting off the communication, Olivia immediately contacted Bellatrix and assigned this urgent rescue mission. As a mature politician and commander, Olivia knew very well that an ancient family like Malfoy, which was deeply involved in the imperial military and political circles and had huge influence, was an important cornerstone for the royal family to stabilize its rule and check and balance the forces of all parties.
When these loyal hounds encounter a fatal crisis, Imperial Family not only cannot stand by indifferently, but must show absolute Law of Thunder means and mighty imperial grace. Only in this way can all the courtiers who work for the Empire be completely surrendered.
After dealing with this thorny private matter, Olivia took a deep breath, completely restrained the slight emotional fluctuations just now, and transformed into the emotionless War Machine again, turned his attention back to the cruel interstellar sand table, and continued to direct this cosmic chess game that is related to the survival of civilization.
Time passed quietly under the cold, high-intensity command.
A few hours later.
Olivia, who was concentrating on the star map, suddenly stiffened. She felt that in the deepest part of her soul, where the anchor point of the indelible bond was imprinted, there was suddenly an extremely slight, but extremely familiar throbbing of the law.
It is a kind of soul resonance that spans endless dimensions and seas of stars.
Olivia's beautiful face, which seemed to be forever shrouded in frost, very rarely, like the spring breeze turning into rain, slowly bloomed with a brilliant smile of relief and from the heart.
"This kind of throbbing at the soul level..."
She murmured softly, her eyes seemed to penetrate the thick metal armor of the command room, and saw the faint blue light tearing through the darkness in the depths of the universe.
"That bastard... he's finally back."