Under the moonlit night, the slaughter continued.
When the moon first rose in the east and ascended to the high sky in the west, Lily had eliminated the fourteenth squad.
When the moon reached the midpoint between the zenith and the west, Lily took down the sixteenth squad.
Until it reached the western edge, Lily had already dealt with the seventeenth squad and turned back towards the final squad.
Moriah stayed behind to deal with Faruga; the rest were naturally no match for Lily. With a surge of Supreme King power, what remained was only slaughter.
As for the last one, it was the squad of the Great Noble Tihana. She wasn't at the end but returned after Lily had resolved all the other squads around.
Lily didn't have detailed intelligence on the other squads, but there was plenty of information about Tihana. It was known she would set off from Michelle, the mountain city on the main island, Gares, and head towards Augustine Castle.
Lily was well aware of her movements.
"The last one!"
Under the moonlight, Lily led her followers out of the mountains, through hills and forests, to a plain. From here, one could even glimpse the gigantic outline of Augustine Castle.
On the plain, in the direction Lily was pursuing, a group of figures was visibly gathered.
Tihana's army!
"About ten thousand people, everyone be aware, be sure to defeat them in one strike!" Lily drew White Thunder and shouted.
Seventeen squads, roughly ninety thousand people in total, the remaining ones were concentrated here with Tihana.
Five thousand against ten thousand, the advantage is mine!
As they got closer, a crimson hue appeared in Lily's eyes, the surrounding air visibly still, interspersed with an unparalleled momentum, rushing toward the crowd.
Supreme King isn't easy to master, but this thing, well, she wasn't the first; there was Sage before her.
Though the time she awakened Supreme King power wasn't long, and she couldn't precisely control or release it in a single direction, it didn't matter...
Just charge forward and unleash it!
Lily's steps moved, her body nearly turning into an afterimage. Amidst the rapid movement, the large and round objects on her chest collided violently, releasing waves like water, followed by a thunderous flash in the moonlight.
Bang bang bang!
But just as she moved, sudden sparks erupted from the crowd ahead, the phenomenon of bullets shooting out from gun barrels...
Firing guns?!
Dense lead bullets lashed out under the night sky, and Lily swiftly swung her sword amid high-speed movement, flashing a few lightning-like gleams to cut down incoming bullets, intending to continue her assault but suddenly narrowing her eyes, instinctively looking up.
Under the moonlight, a silver radiance shone above, aimed directly at the charging Lily.
"Phantom Moon·Oboro."
A firm yet subtly cold voice sounded alongside the chaotic, moonlit brilliance.
Clang clang clang clang!
The crisp sound of metal clashing quickly rang out.
As the moonlight poured down, Lily rapidly swung the sword in her hand, clashing against the radiant beams, sparking flickers within the moonlight.
"Flying Bird!"
Upon striking the last beam of light, Lily thrust her slender sword forward, finding gaps among those radiances, unleashing a Flying Bird Slash, darting into the gaps, heading straight for the figure in the air.
Clang!
The silvery radiance contracted, transforming into a circular moon resembling the silver moon in the sky, blocking the Soaring Slash while revealing the true form of the 'circular moon.'
A whip-shaped soft blade, emitting a chilling gleam on its surface.
Impacted, the figure in the air quickly descended, landing and stabilizing on the ground, revealing its appearance.
A woman with long silver hair, possessing a cold and resolute demeanor. Her knight's armor was similar to Lily's battle armor skirt, cinching her slender waist and supporting robust curves, hidden beneath a black chiffon, faintly revealing deep clefts.
The last noteworthy adversary.
One of the leaders of the Gares Kingdom's civil war, a Great Noble, nicknamed 'Moonlight Swordsman,' Nikiforos Tihana.
"Is it the power of the Supreme King? I see, so that's how you've defeated the armies I assembled?"
Tihana lowered the soft blade guarding her chest into a whip form, saying, "Despicable indeed...befitting your pirate identity."
Upon hearing, Lily's eyes flashed, abruptly saying, "Despicable pirates advancing towards Gares."
Tihana froze for a moment, a bit puzzled; wasn't this the time to retort?
Admitted so straightforwardly?
This individual doesn't seem like a mere pirate, instead bearing an aura akin to hers, not of wild growth, but of enduring education and strict demands... She's a noble too, and clearly quite proud.
Someone like that, dares not even retort?
"Mad marauders landing at the Free City State."
The next moment, Lily continued, "Sea devils slaughtering righteous nobles."
"A greedy catastrophe occupying Desire City."
"Mighty Sage ruling Augustine, and..."
"Noble Norton I, presiding over his loyal Augustine!"
"Before landing at Gares, I asked Sage whether, as pirates, ruling a kingdom would lead to resistance, then Sage gave me this reply."
Lily coldly said, "First, I don't find anything despicable; this is warfare. Second, only the victor has the right to decide everything!"