Yes… Mercury, as Laplace’s messenger, of course has a token on him.

The elderly [Steam Military Police] immediately grasped the essence of the matter and then executed the order accurately.

Seeing Achilles holding the token in his hand, Pace was about to speak when he heard Achilles say:

“Get on the armored train, calibrate your [God-strike Cannon], and aim at the factor energy nozzle below the [Eye in the Sky]. I will shut down their factor shields, and then you can shoot.”

“Kill the Eye in the Sky now?” Pace was a little surprised.

“This is the only chance. Once Laplace changes the token, there will be no time left,” Achilles whispered. “Pes Monarch, you are an excellent monarch. I rarely see monarchs personally go to the front line. I think the monarchs of Thebite and I-Tran are equally excellent in this regard.”

He nodded to Pace, then suddenly jumped up and flew into the clouds, dragging a steam trail.

Without any delay, Pace turned around and quickly instructed Vasily:

“Get the train moving, head towards La Vatino, and calibrate the [God-strike Cannon] at the same time.”

……

In the study, Laplace stared at the monitor hanging from the ceiling, his silver eyes slightly wrinkled.

[Steam Military Police]? Why did it suddenly appear here…

Mercury was killed. Although this was not a great loss, it was related to E.Tran’s position.

As early as when the Second World Army was formed, King William III of I-Tran had secretly signed a contract with the Academi Federation, preparing to encircle and suppress the World Army from the west and the north respectively.

Therefore, Lansta Industries, which had already been under the control of the Federation, even produced an army of biochemical humans to arm Aslanburg, the capital of I-Tran.

And now, E.Tran’s elite unit [Steam Gendarmerie] actually attacked the Federation without any warning?

Whether this was an individual act or a faction act, Laplace needed an explanation.

“…”

Looking at the bronze figure dodging the cannons of the Eye in the Sky on the screen, Laplace dialed the line to William III.

“…communication cannot be connected…call not responded…”

Laplace remained silent as he listened to the call that could not be connected.

Invisibly, he sensed that a chess piece that was out of his control was quickly flying across the chessboard and towards him.

But it doesn’t hurt:

“Providence, call on the ‘Po Jun’, ‘Bei Hai Ba Wang’, and ‘Zan Li’ to attack the Brist Territory from the I-Tran North Sea. Execute immediately.”

Before he finished speaking, a loud shout came from the other end of the line:

“This is the ‘North Sea Overlord’! We were attacked by a fleet led by the ‘Royal Glory’ of I-Tran! Because our energy engine was paralyzed, it is currently difficult to escape from the North Sea battlefield!”

Laplace’s heart skipped a beat. He stood up and slowly walked to the window of the study, looking at the wasteland in front of him:

“The Royal Glory? Wasn’t that one of the flagships that defected from the North Sea Fleet?”

“The other party didn’t respond to our conversation! It’s difficult for us to escape at the moment! But we will try to create a gap so that the ‘Zanli’ can perform a short-distance jump without being disturbed!”

“…”

Laplace put down the communicator and looked towards the north side of the continent, which was the direction of E-Tran.

“William III…” His voice was low and full of curses.

……

Glinista – Alfred Palace – Aslanborg

William III was still sitting in the chair. He had been sitting here for several days, and this time he sat there for an entire night.

He did not do anything but stared at the darkness in the west which was so deep that it seemed to swallow his gaze. He said nothing and silently enjoyed the wine and the rainy night.

Finally, he waited for the rising sun from the east, and the blazing sunlight illuminated the outline of Alfred Palace. The sunrise was behind him, but he did not turn around to look.

“…”

The silent king drank the wine in the glass. When he refilled it, he inadvertently glanced at the phone beside him – the receiver of the phone was still hanging down, swaying in the air.

William III knew that someone would call him and question him, and he was tired of being questioned.

He was fed up with the parliament, the Holy Temple, and those nobles and young people who kept protesting. They would only declare at the conference time and again that the former glory of the Kingdom of E-Tran should be restored, but no one could come up with a decent method.

To be sure, he had never come down from the rain-beaten deck of the Royal Glory.

If everyone wants to see a crazy and violent king, then so be it, he doesn’t even need to pretend, he just needs to be more sincere.

He has always had a crazy idea that would make him a companion to glory, but he doesn’t mind.

Everything was prepared for this moment.

“It’s time.”

William III poured the wine into the glass, stood up, walked slowly to the fence, and looked at the outline of Alfred Palace illuminated by golden light.

City defense cannons slowly rose between the architectural structures of Classical I-Tran. The energy cannons that were once thought to be used to suppress the people were not pointed at the surrounding streets, but at the western sky – if the Federation’s airships were coming, they would come from that direction.

All the people of Aslanburg had long been expelled from Aslanburg by William III by perfecting the “Act of Grace”, and no one would shed blood because of this war.

Oh, except for those nobles who stayed in the capital because of their status and privileges, aren’t they shouting for glory? Then let’s fight for glory together –

“Laplace von Valantia!” William III shouted to the western sky, “Fuck you! Hahahaha…”

The king laughed loudly and threw the wine glass out of Glinista. At this moment, the bell of order struck six o’clock in the morning light, announcing the end of the last era fifteen years after the Kingdom of E-Tran fell into slavery.

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding—”

“Achilles! Bring the federals to the land of E.Tran!” William III opened his arms and roared, “I will personally smash them, just like I smashed the tomatoes planted by the Duke of Bristol’s grandmother!”

When the bell rang, the figures of [Steam Gendarmerie] flew out from the outline of Alfred Palace and flew to the Brist territory on the border of E.Tran. At the same time, the entire North Sea Fleet received the order that had been sealed for decades – to support the “Royal Glory” and charge towards the north coast of the Academi Federation and fight to the last moment.

Finally, the starting point of the Second Academy War began – starting with Yi Trann, the king who was despised by everyone, the horn hitting the tower once again resounded across the sky of the Admir continent.

……

15) Eye in the Sky (Part 4) – 5k chapter –

“Bang——————”

The steam armor withstood the strong acceleration, and Achilles suddenly rushed into the clouds, quickly dodging the factor energy cannons flying around.

He used the clouds as cover and read the token with his steam armor, disguising himself as a friendly force of the Federation at the signal level.

At this moment, the Federation’s fire control locking system failed.

It was also with this opportunity that Achilles quickly rushed to the deck of the [Eye in the Sky], passed through the factor shield that identified friend or foe, and headed straight for the bridge.

By the time the pilots on the bridge noticed the rapidly approaching [Steam Military Police], it was already too late—

“boom–“

A red light burst out, shattering the glass of the bridge. A strong wind instantly blew in, and the unprepared bridge crew were immediately swept away. At the same time, a figure wrapped in bronze armor landed in the center of the bridge.

Achilles unleashed his steam-powered cannon without hesitation, firing indiscriminately at the people on the bridge:

“Bang-bang-bang-“

The red light tore through flesh and blood one after another, and in less than half a minute, it killed all the people still on the bridge.

After the cleanup was completed, Achilles looked at the camera on the side of the bridge, raised his arm, and fired –

“Bam—”

……

“…the bridge signal has been lost…”

Watching the bridge surveillance screen in front of him turn black under the attack of the red light, Laplace quickly retrieved the authority and ordered:

“Transfer all control authority of the [Federation’s “God’s Punishment” Admir Sky Eye Mothership] to [Providence].”

“completed.”

The transfer of authority was completed in an instant, and after confirming the authority, the [Steam Military Police] would not be able to operate the [Eye in the Sky] from the bridge.

Laplace made a quick move and controlled the Federation’s largest “Condemnation-class” mothership to retreat towards Aston Plains.

According to his expectations, the [Steam Military Police] would most likely try to shut down the factor shield of the [Eye in the Sky]. If he succeeded, the [Armored Train] of the Allied Forces below would attack the engine of the [Eye in the Sky].

We must evacuate now. Several other airships deployed in Vizel are on their way, so it will take some time.

At the same time, the [Steam Military Police] must be killed…

Thinking of this, Laplace quickly sealed off the study to prevent the [Steam Military Police] from breaking in.

At the same time, he turned on the communication and whispered:

“[Blackwater Scholar], it’s time to get serious.”

……

“Bam—”

“Bam—”

“Bam—”

Achilles fired continuously with his arm cannon, each shot accurately tearing through the body of a Federation soldier.

After confirming that the bridge’s operating authority was blocked, Achilles headed towards the reactor without any delay – he wanted to destroy the factor shield of the Eye of the Sky.

At this time, he had already arrived at the facility under the hull. Achilles downloaded the entire structure diagram of the [Eye in the Sky] before the bridge was blocked. According to the diagram, the location of the reactor was not far ahead.

“…”

At the door of the reactor room, two [Silent Ones] were already armed and ready. The moment they saw Achilles, they raised their rifles and shot without hesitation:

“Da da da da da-“

The azure energy flame was shot out, Achilles turned to dodge, and at the same time threw out a small round ball——

“Gululu…”

The small ball rolled to the feet of the [Silent One], and then, high-temperature steam erupted.

“Pfft-“

At the same time, two factor energy bullets were fired, accurately shattering the factor shields of the [Silent Ones], and the high temperature directly acted on their armor—

“Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!”

The scalding steam immediately made the [Silent Ones] scream. Their armor was closed, which turned the entire closed structure of the armor into an oven under the high temperature.

One of the [Silent Ones] endured the high temperature with great difficulty, but before he could recover, a red light tore through the steam and streaked over –

“Pfft-“

The [Sword of Judgment], which was imbued with strong factor energy, cut off the head of a [Silent One] and then pierced directly into the chest of another [Silent One].

Two [Silent Ones] fell in the boiling steam. Achilles stepped over their bodies, walked to the door of the reactor room, and thrust his hands fiercely into the crack of the door.

“boom!”

“Squeaky——”

Two streams of steam spurted out from the mechanical structure of the steam armor. The sudden burst of powerful force allowed Achilles to pry the door open and then step in.

What appeared before his eyes was a huge bond-shaped circulation device, with blood-red gems inlaid on its outline. Countless red lights flowed rapidly through it, and then were bound inside the outline of the bond by the factor energy field, generating a huge amount of factor energy that was enough to support a spaceship to fly into the sky.

Looking at the sophisticated creation in front of him, Achilles said nothing. He just shook his wrist lightly, and a mechanical spear unfolded in his hand.

Just as he was about to thrust his spear into the reactor, a sudden roar came from behind him.

“Buzzing—”

At this moment, Achilles decisively threw the spear towards the reactor, but the spear was stopped by the black shadow in mid-air.

He turned around and found a figure in a black windbreaker standing behind him.

It was a figure slightly taller than the Silent One. Although he was wearing a huge windbreaker, Achilles could see that his exposed chest was made up of rib-like mechanical structures.

At the center of the structure, Achilles heard the sound of a strong heartbeat.

Then, a black shadow came like a long whip –

“Shhh-“

Achilles took two steps back, and the factor shield on his body exploded, leaving a deep melt mark on the bronze armor.