"Sigh, I knew it would be like this."
Stella descended from the sky, her expression helpless.
It was rare to encounter a decent opponent, but he foolishly chose to attack Tatsuma. Now look at the result. He could have lived a few minutes longer but no.
With Est's attack, this battle ended ahead of time.
"Tatsuma, are there any more Desperado in the Liberation Army?"
"No, just this one."
"Then there's nothing we can do."
Stella accepted reality. "Next stop, how many Liberation Army strongholds are left?"
"One hundred and forty-four."
"Huh! Why are there still so many!" Stella let out a cry of surprise.
After destroying the Liberation Army headquarters, she followed Tatsuma running around the world.
After fighting for a few hours, she had destroyed a total of twenty-one Liberation Army strongholds, thinking that was a lot. She didn't expect so many to be left.
"Most of the remaining ones are small strongholds. If you're tired, I can help clear them out."
A faint energy fluctuation appeared on Tatsuma's body surface.
The reason he hadn't intervened before was that Stella needed to accumulate combat experience.
Not everyone had cheats like him. Only by fighting their way out of a mountain of corpses can one become a true powerhouse.
In fact, this method was indeed effective. As the one involved, Stella could clearly feel her own changes.
Through fighting enemies again and again, her distribution of stamina, utilization rate of magic power, and grasp of combat timing had all risen sharply.
These changes were not obvious, but they could play a crucial role in battles of the same level.
In order to become stronger and not be left further behind by Tatsuma, Stella reignited her fighting spirit.
"Tatsuma, I can still fight."
...
United States, outskirts of Washington.
A massive military base is located among the mountains, unknown to outsiders.
This is the United States Blazers Headquarters, which normally accepts missions to handle various supernatural events within the country.
Inside the base, the central control room.
Countless ringtones kept sounding, and new messages kept coming in on the huge screen.
Looking at this scene, the obese figure standing in front of the control console frowned slightly.
Just then, the liaison officer standing behind hung up the communication and walked over to report.
"Professor! Latest news, the Third Base on the outskirts of Boston has fallen! The attackers are the Red Dragon Emperor, the Crimson Princess, and a silver-haired little girl!"
"I know."
Carl Islands waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to withdraw, his expression not changing much.
This was not the first time he had heard similar news today.
Since the Red Dragon Emperor suddenly descended upon the Alps and destroyed the Liberation Army headquarters, news of the United States' strongholds located around the world being destroyed had been coming in continuously.
That's right, the Liberation Army strongholds destroyed by Tatsuma and Stella were actually United States strongholds.
As a terrorist organization, the Liberation Army being able to develop to such a scale naturally had support behind it.
What once supported it was the strongest Desperado who triggered a world war, Tyrant Adams Goeria.
However, after Tyrant's death, the United States sent people to infiltrate the Liberation Army, sideline the higher-ups, and bring it under control.
As the chief scientist of the United States and one of the leaders of the United States Blazers, Carl secretly also held the identity of one of the Twelve Apostles of the Liberation Army, the Grand Professor.
"What a hassle, I didn't expect to be targeted by the Red Dragon Emperor specifically at this time."
Carl took out his pipe and put it in his mouth, and a blonde man appeared beside him to light it.
"Professor, at a time like this, how can you still be in the mood to smoke?"
The control room door opened, and a sturdy middle-aged man in a military uniform walked in.
"Heh heh. This is a rare guest."
Carl turned his head to look. "Isn't this Douglas? Why have you come?"
"Why ask? Of course, I'm here to discuss the Red Dragon Emperor matter with you." Douglas's expression was solemn.
As the Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, his information was better than most people's.
Therefore, he had long known about the destruction of the Liberation Army headquarters and Tatsuma taking Stella to clear out the Liberation Army around the world.
In fact, if it had only reached this point, it wouldn't have alarmed Douglas, who was a Desperado.
However, an hour ago, Tatsuma and the other two arrived in the United States.
As before, they attacked the United States military bases under the guise of clearing out the Liberation Army. Naturally, the United States could not tolerate this and immediately sent people to negotiate, but...
"Negotiations failed."
Douglas's expression was solemn. "The Red Dragon Emperor found the communication records between us and the Liberation Army within those military bases and used them as evidence to continue his actions."
"Professor, you should understand what this means, right?"
"I understand."
Carl took off his pipe and exhaled a large puff of smoke, his expression calm.
"At this rate, in at most three hours, the seven military bases related to Blazers will be completely wiped out."
"Exactly. So we must counterattack."
A strong killing intent emerged from Douglas.
"I advise you not to do that. Hiding now might save your life." Carl shook his head slightly, advising.
In order to fulfill his long-held wish of turning all of humanity into Blazers and even Desperado, achieving a feat that surpasses the gods, over the years, Carl had been secretly observing the new generation of powerhouses, searching for targets.
And as the Red Dragon Emperor, Tatsuma was one of his key targets. Precisely because of this, Carl understood his terror better than most people.
"As far as I know, the Red Dragon Emperor's most recent action has already shown power at the God King level."
"Douglas, fighting a monster of that level, our chances of winning are only 3%."
"3% is enough."
"Do the people above know your thoughts?"
"I came upon receiving orders."
"Alright, I understand." Carl showed a look of understanding.
As one of the strongest human nations on the surface, the United States has extremely deep foundations. However, in recent months, the United States has suffered heavy losses due to Tatsuma.
Claw was destroyed, MAR was taken over, and even the Longinus holder Magnus was killed. Under multiple blows, the supernatural combat power within the United States suffered heavy losses.
And at this point in time, Tatsuma annihilated the Liberation Army controlled by the United States and used this as a reason to attack the military bases within the United States. If they could still tolerate this, the high-ranking officials of the United States could switch careers and become turtles.
Carl asked, "Does the high command have any plans?"
"They are currently contacting leaders of various countries, creating public pressure while inviting powerhouses from various forces."
"Inviting external aid?" Carl raised an eyebrow.
This was a good method.
Although very few in number, there indeed existed powerhouses in the human world who could rival gods.
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