On the other side, at the border of the Crescent Empire, Tadefin stood alone, blocking the self-detonating antman force of the insect race. The armor on his body was already filled with cracks, and he had many injuries.
When the insect general, Lusdi, saw the cracks appearing on the Steel Angel's body, a glimpse of joy flashed in his eyes.
If I successfully kill the Steel Angel here, my contribution will definitely be the greatest. Maybe I can take over as the supreme commander!
With this thought, a smile appeared on Lusdi's lips as he shouted, "Even steel will rot. Bomb him hard!"
Immediately, the self-detonating antmen rushed towards Tadefin, colliding with him recklessly.
"This way, my people will be able to evacuate safely," Tadefin thought to himself.
But in the next moment, he saw the self-detonating antmen turning into fragments and falling to the ground, with dust flying everywhere.
At this moment, Sera's figure appeared before everyone's eyes. He looked at the bloody mess on the ground and a mocking smile appeared on his face. "Ignorant fools!"
As he spoke, a terrifying aura of slaughter emanated from Sera, spreading in all directions. Any insect race near him was completely consumed by this aura, leaving no survivors.
The slaughter aura that had consumed life perfectly transformed into the power of sequences, continuously surging into Sera's body.
Sera began to reveal the stance of a slaughter angel. Three pitch-black wings appeared on his back, entwined with endless evil energy, resembling black serpents dancing in the air.
He had no armor, only a tattered black robe wrapping his body. Even so, he was a noble and elegant angel.
And this elegance was fully displayed in his killings. Sera held a bright silver spear in his hand and moved through the sea of insects like a ghost. Wherever the spear passed, none could escape.
Where his spear went, blood flowed, and countless insect heads rolled on the ground, turning it into a bloodbath.
If one observed carefully, Sera's movements of slaughter were like an elegant dance, with each step creating a rhythmic movement in the air, producing crisp sounds.
Evidently, when the heads of the insect race fell to the ground, they made clear collision sounds.
Elsa and Elia saw their angel brethren appearing on the battlefield and couldn't contain their excitement.
The two of them glanced at each other and immediately revealed their angelic forms. A pair of pristine white wings appeared behind them, flapping slowly like small fans, incredibly beautiful.
Elsa's true identity was the 13th Sequence Mist Angel, with her real name being Mai. Elia's true identity was the 14th Sequence Haze Angel, with her real name being Yani.
Even in their angelic forms, Mai and Yani looked almost identical, with the only difference being that Mai, the older sister, had slightly darker golden hair. In all other aspects, there was almost no difference between them.
Mai and Yani extended their left and right hands respectively, their ten fingers interlocking. Their sequence powers merged with each other, ultimately forming the power of mist and haze.
The mist and haze power condensed into a cloud-like object, suspended between Mai and Yani.
Together, they pushed it down, and the cloud-like mist and haze sphere fell into the camp of the insect race and the Bimong tribe.
Immediately, a swirling fog rose, and countless insect race members and Bimong tribe members screamed in agony under the erosion of the mist and haze.
"My eyes! Ah~" a Bimong warrior screamed in pain as his eyeballs abruptly popped out of their sockets.
His skin quickly withered and shriveled, his eyeballs gradually disappeared, his body dried up, and nothing was left in the end.
Apart from the Haze Angel Sisters, no one knew what the insect race and Bimong race became in the haze. They could only hear the sound of painful howls.
Gradually, the howls grew smaller and eventually disappeared completely, and the haze also gradually dissipated.
There was not a single corpse on the ground, as if these Ruined Land barbarians had never existed.
Tadefin saw the joy in his face when the angel companions killed the insect race and Bimong race, and there was also a touch of admiration in his eyes when he looked at the Haze Angel Sisters.
At this moment, a holy light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a graceful figure appearing in mid-air.
She wore a white robe, her skin was fair, her eyebrows like emerald feathers, her eyes like autumn water, her nose like a cherry, her lips like cherry blossoms, her figure was exquisite and charming.
Angela waved her staff, and a soft chant came from her mouth. During her chant, the light turned into countless tiny specks that fell to the ground.
"Radiant light descends, soothing all things."
Every human being touched by the specks of light, their wounds, even their broken limbs, visibly regenerated. Not only that, they all felt a inexplicable sense of comfort on their bodies, as if their souls had been cleansed.
Tadefin looked at Angela floating in mid-air, a smile appearing on his face. "Long time no see, my fellow comrades!"
Angela nodded slightly, smiling as she looked at Tadefin. "Long time no see."
Behind Tadefin stood rows of human soldiers, bowing to Angela with deep respect, expressing their gratitude.
As long as a person held on to their last breath, Angela, as the healing angel, could resurrect that person. Many of those soldiers were hanging by a thread and even many of them were amputated or seriously injured.
Angela slowly descended and stopped around Tadefin.
Jani, Mai, and Sera, the three angel companions, walked to Tadefin's side.
Sera patted Tadefin's shoulder and lightly laughed, "You really are a tough kid, actually using your body to block the attack of the self-destructing ant-man. Doing so would have injured yourself."
"Just a minor injury, nothing to worry about. Angela is here, isn't she? I'm not afraid she won't heal me well," Tadefin said nonchalantly.
Immediately, Tadefin turned to the soldiers behind him. "Comrades, bury our fallen brothers."
Upon hearing this, the soldiers quickly agreed and buried their deceased comrades one by one.
Mai and Jani stood next to Angela and spoke slowly, "We didn't expect you to be real angels. We thought you were ordinary humans."
"It's because you two are too clueless. If Angela and I didn't have the words 'angels' written on our faces, you wouldn't have recognized us," Sera said matter-of-factly.
"There are so many people with the same name," Jani muttered.
"Alright, alright, you two stop bickering," Angela interrupted their argument and then said, "Now that there are seven awakened angels among us, once we find our other companions and His Majesty, the Divine Emperor, we can form a new angel legion."
"Seven? We only have five angels here. Where are the other two?" Mai asked.
"The remaining two are Leng, the second-ranked Wise Angel of the sequence, and Yi, the third-ranked Martial Angel. They captured the Demon Emperor in the Crimson Empire," Sera explained.
"Why didn't you kill the Demon Emperor?" Yani asked.
"Do you think I'm stupid? As long as we can control the Demon Emperor, his demonic subordinates will obediently follow our commands. We need the power of demons to repel the Ruined Land barbarians, as the strength of angels alone is not enough," Sera replied.
"You're the one who's stupid. I already thought of that. I just wanted to test you," Yani retorted, then entered the territory of the Crescent Empire.
The remaining four angels followed suit.
...
Vilya and Dominia continued to teleport through space, heading towards the imperial city.
"Vilya, don't use spatial magic like this. It will permanently damage your Consciousness Space," Dominia worriedly said.
Vilya couldn't help but show a bitter smile. "If we arrive a second earlier, we can escape danger a second sooner. If we don't do this, by the time we arrive in Shazi City, the Ruined Land Alliance army might already be there. We won't even have a chance to react."
Dominia didn't say anything else and continued to fly towards the White Stork Empire.
Four hours later, Vilya and Dominia arrived at Shazi City, the capital of the White Stork Empire.
The city guards immediately intercepted them. "Halt! Flying is prohibited in Shazi City," two soldiers said coldly, blocking their way.
"We were students of the Heavenly Academy. Go inform His Majesty, Agassus, that he is under attack from the Ruined Land Alliance. It won't be long before the alliance's army reaches this place," Dominia immediately asserted their identity, urgently speaking to the guards.
"You go sound the alarm, I'll inform His Majesty," one of the guards said, taken aback, and then ran towards the castle.
Soon, the alarm sounded, and the people of Shazi City became panicked.
"What's happening? Why is there an alarm?" Jin Yichuan heard the alarm and hurriedly rushed out from the palace. He immediately noticed a soldier running towards him, disregarding the protocol.
"Your Majesty, according to the message from two students of the Heavenly Academy, Agassus has fallen completely. The Ruined Land Alliance army is attacking us," the guard knelt in front of Jin Yichuan and respectfully reported.
"What? Are you sure this news is accurate?" Jin Yichuan's face showed a hint of shock.
He had already sent 30% of his soldiers to support the Crescent Empire. The sudden attack of the Ruined Land Alliance caught him off guard.
At this moment, Dominia brought Vilya forward and bowed respectfully to Jin Yichuan. "Your Majesty, the Ruined Land Alliance army is heading this way. I hope Your Majesty makes a decision quickly."
Upon hearing this, Jin Yichuan's heart sank, but he managed to maintain his composure. "Evacuate the people of the White Stork Empire as far as possible. Assemble the Knights Templar and accompany me to face the enemy. Also, inform the captain of the Scout Knights to leave the city and recall the Knights who are supporting the Crescent Empire."
"Understood!" the guard quickly responded.
"There are not many students left in Tiandu Academy. I am also a graduate of Tiandu Academy, so I can be considered your senior. I hope you can take Xiaohan, who is my younger sister, and leave White Stork for another country for refuge," Jin Yichuan said.
At this moment, the figure of Jin Yihan appeared in front of everyone.
"Brother, did the Ruined Land barbarians attack?" Jin Yihan asked.
Jin Yichuan patted Jin Yihan's head and said, "Just some Ruined Land barbarians, what is there to fear? First, you take my junior sister and leave here. I will lead the knights to drive them out of the country and then come back to pick you up, alright?"
After hesitating for a moment, Jin Yihan nodded and said, "Okay! I will listen to my brother's arrangement."
Vilya and Dominia looked at each other and said, "Since that's the case, we won't linger any longer."
With that, Vilya and Dominia took Jin Yihan and left the White Stork Empire.
The people of the White Stork Empire heard the alarm and began to pack up and prepare to flee.
Jin Yichuan took off his Your Majesty crown, put on armor, picked up a silver knight sword, and walked towards the gate of White Stork.
His next task was to do his best to delay these barbarians and buy time for the people to escape.
Actually, Jin Yichuan could just leave with his sister Jin Yihan and save himself, but that would put the people in danger.
A true qualified ruler is one who, in the face of disaster, would protect the people instead of abandoning them and seeking personal survival.
This was a phrase that every Your Majesty of the White Stork Empire had engraved in their minds since the founding of the nation.
After hearing the alarm, Linda packed up her bags and Singri had a storage ring given to her by Night White, which contained compressed biscuits, water, and a series of long-lasting food.
Since the last crisis in White Stork, they knew that the Allied Forces of the Ruined Land would definitely attack the White Stork Empire again. So Linda and Singri had long been prepared to flee.
Shortly after, Singri and her family left the White Stork Empire with their bags on their backs.
Jin Yichuan stood on the city wall, his gaze on the crowd with their bags, a sense of sadness rising in his heart.
Then, he saw Count Karami's family, and Linda also noticed Jin Yichuan. Although he was wearing armor, her woman's intuition told her that this guy was Jin Yichuan.
Linda wanted to ask Jin Yichuan to leave, but she held back her words. Because she knew very well that Jin Yichuan, as the Your Majesty of White Stork, would never abandon the people here, unless all the people were evacuated from White Stork.
Jin Yichuan and Linda locked eyes for a moment, then they both withdrew their gazes and quietly enjoyed the last moment of peace in the war.
After half an hour, a giant rock flew over and blocked the city gate, smashing a portion of the civilians who were about to leave to death.
"Prepare the crossbows!" Jin Yichuan roared.
Crossbows appeared on the city walls and turned the giant rock into a sieve.
Jin Yichuan shouted two more times and protected the people to leave.
"Leave? How ridiculous!" a mocking voice sounded from a distance.
As soon as the voice fell, a swarm of Ruined Land Alliance troops rushed towards them.
"Everyone, run!" Jin Yichuan shouted at the civilians below the city, then infused magic power into the crossbows and launched an attack.
"Bimong brothers, block the escape route for these humans. Yi Lan, lead one thousand soldiers to chase after those fleeing humans," Yi Yin Chuan said.
Yi Lan nodded and immediately led the soldiers to pursue the fleeing humans.
The Bimong soldiers continuously threw giant rocks to prevent the escape of the humans and also attacked the crossbows to destroy them.
The witch tribe used magic to create a large protective shield to withstand the crossbow attacks.
The winged man soldiers and incubus soldiers kept charging and fighting against the human knight group.
The iron drums on the city wall rumbled one after another.
Jin Yichuan and the others fought on the city wall, constantly killing the enemies with the crossbows.
The unarmed civilians in front of them were like lambs, being slaughtered one by one, and blood flowed on the ground, staining the muddy ground beneath their feet.
This war lasted for twenty-four hours until the fading light of the setting sun hid beneath the clouds, and then victory was declared.
The White Stork Empire's army was completely annihilated, and only Jin Yichuan stood alone on the city tower.
The captain of the reconnaissance team was a mage specializing in wind and space magic. Why hadn't the reinforcements of the knight order arrived? Could it be that the captain of the reconnaissance team had run away out of fear?
At this moment, Yi Yin Chuan came before Jin Yichuan, holding the head of a knight, and said, "Are you Your Majesty, the ruler of the White Stork Empire?"
"Yes." Jin Yichuan nodded slightly, his eyes staring coldly at Yi Yin Chuan. When he saw the head in the opponent's hand, he understood that the captain of the reconnaissance team had not run away but had died at their hands.
"As Your Majesty, would you like to take your own life, or shall I assist you?" Yi Yin Chuan spoke up.
"Hehe..." Jin Yichuan sneered, then pulled out his long sword, activating all the elemental power within his body and charging towards Yi Yin Chuan.
Seeing this, Yi Yin Chuan raised his arm, wielding the blade of his sword and thrust it into Jin Yichuan's chest, then softly said, "Most of the people you fought so hard to protect have already been killed! Everything you've done has been meaningless."
Red blood permeated Yi Yin Chuan's sword and slowly dripped onto the ground.
With his head hanging low, Jin Yichuan showed no signs of life, as if he had already died.
And thus, the White Stork's Your Majesty fell, and the White Stork Empire was destroyed, becoming history.
Yi Yin Chuan withdrew his sword and discarded the body onto the ground. He commanded his subordinates, "Dispose of his corpse."
"Yes, General Commander!" Several soldiers responded, and then they began to busy themselves.