Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 626 - 334: Decisive Battle at Pirate Islands, Balrog Flame Demon Appears

"Other forces have been cleared out almost completely, and even if there are some leftovers, it doesn't matter much."

Beatrice looked at Louis: "But there are still some people on the list we have whose true identities are unknown."

Louis said indifferently, "That makes sense. If we could investigate the identity of each member clearly, they wouldn't have been able to hide in the shadows for so long. As long as it basically matches our expectations, it's fine."

"Hmm, you're right." As soon as Beatrice finished speaking, she saw a message coming through the communication crystal, "Looks like our allies have arrived quickly."

Louis looked up towards the island vaguely visible outside the cabin.

"Finally, can I come here and see? In the Greedy Diary, I never managed to cross the crisis of the abyss demons descending, and the place where it all originated, I can finally see it now."

This thought brought a slight sense of urgency to Louis.

If possible, he hoped to nip everything in the bud before the Gate of the Abyss opened.

But the Fallen Star Sea was not a place he could go just because he wanted to. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

In terms of past life concepts, the Fallen Star Sea was equivalent to the high seas.

Ships from you and your country could sail freely on the high seas, but if you informed other countries that you were bringing warships to occupy a specific area of the high seas...

Logically speaking, even in past life America, no one openly did this, and in the context of other regional powers on the Star Continent, it's really inappropriate.

It could even be seen by some countries as you actively provoking other nations.

By that time, it could very well turn out that it wasn't a trouble to begin with, but a magic ship went on a tour and brought back a bunch of problems instead.

Just cause is exactly that reason.

And now, he finally found that "reason".

Just as he was thinking this, the flagship from the Lokeshi Empire pulled up alongside.

Louis and Beatrice's group exited the cabin, only to find General Locke and his subordinates standing at the bow of the opposite flagship, awaiting their arrival.

"The sun and the moon of Ense, our personnel have indeed found traces of demon power remaining in this sea area."

General Locke looked somewhat weary, rubbing his forehead as he spoke:

"Did you encounter deep-sea sea monsters? We discovered quite a few deep-sea sea monsters when we were on patrol, and it took quite some effort to eliminate them all before coming here."

Everyone looked surprised upon hearing this.

"Deep-sea sea monsters? Haven't those creatures been gone for many years?"

"Yes, ever since the Mermaid Empire was established, there hasn't been any news of deep-sea sea monster activity for a long time."

"Of course, the biggest enemy of the Mermaid Empire back in the day was the deep-sea sea monsters. It could even be said that the mermaids and mermen united from primitive tribal forms into the Mermaid Empire for the purpose of reducing the harm caused by deep-sea sea monsters."

"But I remember that over six hundred years ago, the Mermaid Empire, at the height of its power, had already eradicated all the deep-sea sea monsters within its domain."

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Seeing the crowd abuzz, General Locke said with frustration:

"We encountered over 12 deep-sea sea monsters, each one far surpassing usual exemplary-grade monsters."

"12! A full 12!"

Louis frowned and said, "Deep-sea sea monsters have bodies far larger than ordinary monsters, and they're very capable of pulling entire ships underwater. We need to contact other allies to see if any of their fleets have inexplicably gone missing."

General Locke said, "We're already contacting them; it's just that you were nearby, so we came over to talk in person."

Louis shook his head and said, "We haven't encountered any attacks by deep-sea sea monsters, I can be sure of that."

General Locke raised an eyebrow: "Deploy the Curse Binding Legion as an intelligence network."

Louis said, "No, there are other means that haven't been disclosed yet. After this battle is over, you'll know what they are.

Still, let's talk about the deep-sea sea monsters. Have you found traces of demon modification on them?"

General Locke said heavily, "Rather than traces of demon modification, it's more like they were deliberately demonized."

Beatrice folded her arms, her gaze becoming sharp.

The bodies of deep-sea sea monsters resemble giant squids.

It's rumored that they are descendants of the Divine Abomination Leviathan, but even their ancestor was almost mindless madness, let alone the descended offspring."

These gigantic deep-sea sea monsters can be over a hundred meters long at their biggest, and at their smallest, they are still over a dozen meters.

With such a massive body size, even their feeding alone can cause local ecological extinction.

To be brutally honest, the reason why mermaids and mermen united to exterminate the deep-sea sea monsters wasn't because they destroyed their homes, but...

These little beast brats truly had an enormous appetite, to the point where they could directly leave mermaids and mermen with nothing for the next meal.

The number of companions killed by deep-sea sea monster attacks was far less than the number of mermaids and mermen from many ocean tribes who starved to death due to the massive predation of fish by deep-sea sea monsters.

The former is estimated to be only 1/20th of the latter.

"Demonized deep-sea sea monsters... Does that mean there might be a Demon Legion Commander in the Fallen Star Sea?"

As soon as Beatrice spoke these words, everyone's expressions became even heavier.

Demons are also categorized.

A small portion of demons are born with the ability to command subordinate demons, including demon-modified creatures.

These demons are called Demon Legion Commanders.

But there is a misconception in this.

It is not because those demons are inherently capable of commanding subordinate demons that they become legion commanders; it is because demons strong enough to become Demon Legion Commanders are so powerful that they naturally have a commanding influence over subordinate demons.