For some reason, starting from Norton 55, the Pale God Norton changed his former vivacious and shameless demeanor, and locked himself away in the cold, deep palace, lamenting and sighing day and night, for reasons unknown.
His mentality seems to be gradually breaking through a critical point, and is gradually developing from the mentality of a normal, petty person in the past towards a perverted or even mentally ill direction.
This shift in mindset was something the Holy Empire Parliament had actually foreseen long ago.
In the past, professional psychological researchers have already written about an important point in the psychological profile of the Pale God: that the Pale God Norton is too immature, does not understand the fundamental purpose of his existence, and has no detailed plan for his life goals. Given his exalted position and boundless power, he has the potential to develop in a perverse direction.
Previously, the Holy Empire Parliament had remained noncommittal, after all, nothing had actually happened, and could this Pale God, no matter how monstrous, be more monstrous than those with real power?
But now, with the news that the Pale God has locked himself in the deep palace, they suddenly realize that their past mindset was correct!
This Pale God Norton is actually starting to show signs of mental illness!
This left the nobles of the Holy Empire both pleased and worried. They were delighted that the Pale God himself was in a daze and had no time to cause trouble, yet they also feared that the Pale God's thoughts would become even more perverse—a truly contradictory situation.
But no matter how contradictory, the course of history continues to move forward.
In Norton's 55th year, the Pale Crusade, under the command of Abraham, expanded wildly, its numbers increasing dramatically and the number of cities it occupied growing at an unimaginable rate.
The winged ' Angel ' species that formed during this period, the Werewolf who could freely transform into Werewolf or humans, the Vampire who reaped the night, and various witches and supernatural beings all demonstrated outstanding combat capabilities on the battlefield.
Even with their advanced weaponry, the soldiers of the Holy Empire often had to sacrifice dozens of men to kill a single enemy.
Given such a terrifying casualty rate, in order to gain a greater advantage on the front lines, the Holy Empire's Royal Academy of Sciences developed weapons at an unimaginable pace.
In the fifty-fifth year of Norton, the first water-cooled machine gun was born at the Holy Empire Royal Research Laboratory. Its appearance was very similar to a water-cooled Mark gun, and it could be mounted on a carriage or on the ground to form a dense fire support point.
The creation of such a weapon finally brought a slight advantage to the Holy Empire's army on the front lines.
At least now, the scene of being routed at the first charge will no longer occur. The Werewolf Legion that charged with its swiftness and the Angel Legion that flew with its wings and dropped bombs from the sky have suffered heavy blows. Under the barrage of water-cooled Mark machine guns that can be loaded with ammunition belts, any charge has become an act of suicide.
The Werewolf ranks were often mowed down into mincemeat by thousands of machine guns, and the so-called Angel could no longer occupy the high altitudes.
Such a powerful machine gun weapon was truly a great contribution to the front-line battlefield!
Seemingly recognizing the potential of machine guns, in the winter of Norton 55, another type of machine gun, known as the Rotary Cannon, with its extended range and immense power, was researched and invented by the Holy Empire Royal Academy of Sciences.
It fires newly developed 20mm large-caliber bullets, with a rate of fire per second sufficient to melt an entire house.
Although a base is needed to absorb the recoil, the combat power boost provided by the specially designed 360-degree rotating base is simply unparalleled. This terrifying steel beast can tear apart any extraordinary power that stands in its way!
The so-called Werewolf charge, the Angel Legion, and even the Vampire who once only feared silver and the sun, are no longer able to stir up any trouble under such a large-scale attack.
The fourth and Fifth-Generation Vampire were shot so hard that half of their bodies would explode. Such a terrifying injury was difficult for even fourth and fifth generation Vampire to heal. Under such powerful caliber, they had no choice but to give up.
This completely changed the battlefield situation. The extraordinary powers of the past could no longer rely on their own strength to display personal heroism or conquer cities and territories. Instead, they could only huddle in the positions and fight bloody trench warfare like ordinary human soldiers.
It is said that even the Blood Progenitor True Ancestor Abraham, who was commanding on the front line, was hit by an anti-aircraft gun and instantly turned into a ferocious monster several meters tall. However, he was still hit so badly that half of his body was turned into blood mist. In the end, he managed to escape in a panic by relying on the power of his wings to fly.
From this perspective, if a super soldier like Cap had actually appeared on the battlefields of World War II, he would most likely have been riddled with machine gun fire on his very first mission.
Sixty years of dedicated research by scientists, Vampire, 24/7 research, have finally brought forth the Holy Empire Royal Academy of Sciences into the light of today!
Since the 55th year of Norton, under the pressure of the front lines, the Holy Empire has been developing all sorts of battlefield weapons at an unprecedented pace.
From small items like machine guns and submachine guns, mortars, and single-person rocket launchers, to large items like anti-aircraft machine guns and even long-range artillery, research on all sorts of things is progressing rapidly.
With the advent of Norton 65, the entire war situation in the Southern Continent was completely reversed after the emergence of hundreds of battlefield weapons called tanks, which were like steel fortresses, capable of moving independently on the battlefield and having four windows that could continuously fire outwards.
Even superhumans relying on their individual strength are utterly helpless against this steel fortress, easily melted away.
Apart from the witch's spray, which could cause devastating damage, other superhumans could hardly even get close to him.
The days of the Pale Crusade ' triumphant victories were over; instead, they began to gradually lose ground and were eventually pushed back.
The Vampire True Ancestor Abraham stared in disbelief, but dared not disturb the Pale God Norton in the rear. He could only grit his teeth and force a large number of soldiers to charge at the steel tanks and anti-aircraft machine guns in a desperate manner, sacrificing their lives for the enemy.
With the advancement of weaponry, endless death began to unfold on the battlefield.
The war has lasted for decades, resulting in tens of millions of deaths, but judging from the trajectory of the conflict, this is only the beginning!
The sunlight in the sky seemed to be getting dimmer, and now even Second-Generation Vampire are able to walk briefly in the sun while wearing hooded clothing.
Death seems to be causing the sun to lose its power, or perhaps, the existence within the sun is gradually reviving.
But none of that matters.
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