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n”Urgh!”

nWith pain coursing through his body, Kirk slowly opened his eyes.

n“Where am I?”

nLooking around, all he saw was a white room filled with various magical apparatus.

nWith his limited knowledge, it should be medical-related technologies.

n“You’re at the Medical Camp,” a woman approached him.

n“And you are?”

n“I’m from the Medical Corps under General Emma, Hailey.” The woman introduced herself emotionlessly.

nKirk didn’t know much about other divisions so he just nodded and didn’t say much.

n“By the way, when can get out of here?” Kirk asked still feeling the pain in his body.

nFortunately, his arms seemed to be reattached, which made him relieved.

n“You can get out of here after a few days of rest.”

n“So soon?”

n“We are short of caliber of your tier, so you don’t have the luxury of fully recovering,” Hailey muttered, jotting down all kinds of notes.

nSuddenly, Kirk remembered the puppet that had come onto his ship before he lost consciousness.

n“What about the others?”

n“Your crew?”

n“They should be safe and sound.”

n“Really?!” Kirk exclaimed in excitement.

nAll those men were brought up by him for a year.

nHe still remembered all their tears and laughter from all the training they did.

nIf they died because of him, Kirk didn’t know how he would face his life next.

n“Hmm, you’re pretty strong for your appearance.”

n“Thanks to you holding on for a few minutes, the rescue came in time,” Hailey said.

nKirk heaved a sigh of relief after learning that his crew was safe.

n“That, can you tell me what happened after I lost consciousness?”

n“That is…” Hailey began, recounting what happened after Kirk lost consciousness.

nIt’s been a few days since that all-out war had started.

nDue to the malfunction of the Amalgamation of Will and lack of firepower.

nThe enemy breached the delegated fire zone and invaded the ships.

nFortunately, General Rose and the thousand-army, Berserker Legion quickly came to the rescue.

nThis thousand army was made by a group of full-fledged tier 8 powerhouse, boosted by the crystal merits to advance.

nThey also possess a complete set of tier-8 equipment that would make others look poor.

nEvery enemy they locked onto would be destroyed like a piece of paper in front of a shredder.

nHowever, with tens of thousands of ships being invaded and millions of puppets that managed to breach the defense.

nDue to these, the first casualties occurred.

nOver a hundred ships and its soldiers were annihilated.

nIt is also thanks to Kirk and other skilled captains that there were few casualties.

nIf Kirk and the others had not been powerful enough to hold off for a few minutes.

nThe Berserker Legion wouldn’t have enough time, causing more casualties.

nAs for the remaining puppet that Sam and Luke controlled?

nThey were in the front line holding off billions of puppets.

nIf it were not for their contribution, the ships wouldn’t even have enough time to fire the arcane cannons.

nAfter all, even though it took just a few seconds to fire one, there were only hundreds of thousands of ships and less than a million arcane cannons.

nAgainst a backdrop of over ten billion Tier 8 puppets.

nSuch a disparity in strength and number couldn’t be even called a fight.

nFortunately, after a few days and thousands of ships being destroyed, they began to fight back.

nFirst, Luke created a puppet repair center that could repair a puppet that had gone 50% Overload mode.

nSince Luke saw the amazing repair ability of the Amalgamation of Will, he began imitating it.

nAfter a few months of hard work, he managed to extend the repair to 50% overall damage.

nHowever, this is enough for Sam to have an edge.

nWithout worrying about the damages.

nSam could use Overload Mode again, killing everything like a god of war.

nAlthough not as strong as 100% overload.

nit still gave the Army a tiny breathing room to take advantage.

nMoreover, the problem of the lack of mental energy because of frequent exhaustion and regeneration of mana was solved.

nNow the Arcane Cannons could fire at its maximum capacity which is 2-3 seconds per shot.

nAs for the solution that solved the mental energy problem.

nIt was but a simple food.

nUnder the leadership of Erica the General of the Culinary Corps.

nThey manage to create a divine elixir soup that could miraculously regenerate will and mental energy.

nAll of this raised the overall strength of the Empire had risen by a notch, that the enemy puppets suffered a disaster.

nFrom over ten billion puppets, it shrank down to about 8 billion in just a few days.

nHearing the good news, Kirk couldn’t help but smile.

n“So it’s only a matter of time until we win then?” Kirk said happily.

n“Don’t dream too much; the enemy is just the puppets.”

n“So?” Kirk asked ignorantly.

nBillions of tier 8 puppets should be the strongest force of the Westle Empire.

nAfter defeating it, then conquering the Westle Empire should just be a matter of time.

n“How did you become a captain with such a stupid mind?” Hailey asked blankly.

n“Hmph! I’m the most skilled swordsman in our camp!” Kirk said confidently.

nRanking up isn’t just about knowledge, it’s also about strength and potential.

n“Also I’m not stupid!” Kirk defended.

n“Oh, then why didn’t you know other believers of gods and the Westle Empire still hadn’t moved?”

n“Billions of puppets was just a mere front exhausting our strength and trump cards before they fully drew their bows.”

nHearing what Hailey said, Kirk’s mood couldn’t help but dampen.

n“Is the enemy that strong?” Kirk said blankly clenching his fist.

nThe enemy had only used the puppets, yet the empire could barely cope.

nKirk’s originally vigorous spirit, the confidence in the Moonlight Empire couldn’t help but waver. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent s ovl_Fir.et

nHailey seemed to notice this and flicked his head.

n“Idiot, do you think we are out of options if the enemy attacks in full force?”

n“Isn’t it?” Kirk said.

nAlthough there was not only the navy as the defense barrier of the empire, it was the strongest.

nWith the highest quality of troops and arcane cannon, he dared to say that the navy was the strongest army of the empire.

nAs for the infantry, who had over a trillion troops?

nThat was just a ragtag group formed by civilians.

nMost of them were tier 3 to 4, which didn’t even reach their weakest members.

nAgainst those tier 8 puppets, just the pressure alone would send them into a comatose state.

n“Hmph, really ignorant!” Hailey muttered.

n“What? I’m a Captain.”

n“I know more about the army than some medics, so what can’t I know?”

n“Are you belittling me?” Hailey said angrily, poking his wounds.

n“Argh!”

n“What are you doing?! It hurts!”

n“So you know it hurts?”

n“Without us, you would be a corpse right now, you know?”

n“Ahem, that- I’m sorry.” Kirk quickly noticed his mistake and apologized.

n“It’s good you know!” Hailey muttered, exiting the room.

nLooking at her back, the worry in his heart didn’t dissipate.

nWithout the legendary Emperor, the light of the Moonlight Empire.

nKirk felt no confidence in winning or whatsoever.

n“Huh!”

nSmack!

nSlapping himself, Kirk felt a little better.

n“It doesn’t matter if we are against the odds!”

n“I will still do my best, until my dying breath…”

n…

nMeanwhile, in the Enemy Camp.

nAntonio was in a hot spot as the puppets in his control kept dying.

nIt seemed that the Moonlight Empire was his nemesis, continually disturbing his plans.

nWhile in deep thought, his subordinate arrived before him.

n“Is it done?” Antonio asked, without any formalities.

nHe was already at his wit’s end; formalities could go to trash for what he cared for.

n“The Emperor still hasn’t responded…” his subordinate shook his head.

n“What?! Still nothing?!”

nThe Emperor of the Westle Empire seemed to have gone rogue.

nBesides disabling the Amalgamation of Will of the Moonlight Empire, he could no longer be contacted.

n“What about the believers of those three gods? Are they still alive?!” Antonio asked angrily.

n“No response…”

n“What?!” Antonio shouted angrily.

nHe could still bear it if the emperor didn’t respond to him because of his strength.

nBut the believers of the God of Shadow, the God of Thieves, and the God of Gambling dared to ignore him?!

nWasn’t this treating them, the believers of the God of Puppets, as cannon fodder?

n“Hmph! If they don’t care, then I won’t!”

n“Let the puppets retreat! We can’t do all the hard work while they sit back and relax,” Antonio instructed.

n“But Commander, that would be-“

n“Enough! Hasn’t the name of our God been sullied enough?!”

n“Treating us as consumables, ignoring us like we are lower than them.”

n“If this continues, where would the divine grace of our God be?!”

nHearing this, the others were enlightened and suddenly became angry.

nThey thought that they were just doing ordinary work.

nNow, hearing that others put the name of their god beneath others made them furious.

nThose who dare to disrespect their god should be killed!

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