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Chapter 645: Chapter 51 “Counselor” Fernando_2 Chapter 645: Chapter 51 “Counselor” Fernando_2 The insignificant little villages were one thing; as long as the killings were thorough, no one would know where they were.

But it was a different story in the Royal Capital on Glass Island.

Even the most ruthless General of Star Antimony wouldn’t dare to strike at civilians lightly—the war reporters from the Iris Flower flocked like flies to feces and had even arrived ahead of Star Antimony’s vanguard forces.

Little Fernando did not even want to think about what kind of outrageous stories they would spin if they captured any photographs.

And to lay hands on the reporters would only make matters worse.

After all, Avalon had no animosity towards Star Antimony, and the domestic support for this war was actually minimal.

It was only because the military guaranteed a swift victory that this somewhat risky plan was put into action—with three objectives: to gain the support of the Founding Families, to secure the friendly trade relations between Avalon’s Unfrozen Harbor and the Holy Nation, and to divert the conflict between Alchemists and Demon Scholars at home.

Now, in light of these developments, all three objectives seemed problematic.

And if civilians were harmed, even putting aside the Holy Nation’s subsequent reckoning…

it was likely even the civilians of one’s own country would oppose it strongly.

Because of this very reason, relying on the restraint of Star Antimony’s army, those Inspectors, Light Cavalry, and Legal Mages who had launched guerrilla battles through residential districts, though all lower-ranked professions, were causing enormous trouble for Star Antimony’s military forces.

The most troublesome place was the Lohar District.

Mixed in with some other Transcendents of different Paths, they were extremely familiar with the complicated terrain of Lohar District—they even had a large amount of alchemical explosives, could set traps, and had rich experience in street and night combat.

When night fell completely, the dark alley entrances were daunting to enter.

The street battle had been at a stalemate since this morning and had persisted until now.

It was already four o’clock in the morning…

daybreak was near.

After a colossus was jointly destroyed by a group of low-level Transcendents, the commander of Star Antimony’s land forces seemed to have finally hardened his resolve.

He ordered permission to use the colossi to suppress actions in the Lohar District.

This was certain to cause collateral harm.

But the effect was remarkable.

The attacks of the colossi left the Transcendents who relied on guerrilla tactics in the alleys nowhere to hide; one strike was enough to thoroughly clear an entire alley.

This was a literal clearing, with the buildings being flattened on the spot.

In Avalon, buildings not reinforced by Preservation Arts would collapse instantly under the searing flames.

A direct hit from the beam was enough to severely injure or even kill a fourth Energy Level Transcendent, and for civilians and low-level Transcendents, just grazing them would be fatal.

—— Since they had already taken action, killing once was killing nonetheless; wiping them all out was still killing.

Little Fernando thought that, once the commander responsible for the suppression in the Lohar District arrived at the Red-White Queen District, then even the Knights here could be subdued.

As for the Griffons at the entrance to the Hall of Silver and Tin, they were originally not intended to be touched…

because, once Avalon was under control, these White-Feathered Griffons would be spoils of war.

How strong would Star Antimony be if they had their own Gryphon Legion!

A Gryphon enhanced by alchemical products…

that would definitely be stronger than the original usage by Avalon!

But who could have predicted that Carenth would be inexplicably assassinated!

He had been away for less than five minutes when he turned around to find his teammates transformed into a Flame Demon without having sent a distress signal.@@novelbin@@

Had he not been with the Queen Consort and the Prince at the time, guarding them…

it was likely that the two of them would have been burnt to death by the out-of-control Flame Demon and turned into puppets.

As a result, those Griffons, which were originally the spoils of war, had now become formidable foes.

The main forces of the resistance were the high-level Transcendents and their students from the schools.

Allied with the Pureblood Gryphons on Gryphon Bridge, they had nearly annihilated the small occupying forces in the Red-White Queen District.

They had even made several assaults on the Hall of Silver and Tin, only to be effortlessly intercepted by the Flame Demon Knights.

Fortunately, though the Flame Demon had gone berserk and the Gryphons were frenzied, relying on the Knights of the Round Table energized by the Flame Demon and the spectral entities he had urgently summoned, they were enough to hold the Hall of Silver and Tin until the arrival of the main forces.

Though it appeared he had done nothing—those tasks were never his to do in the first place.

Little Fernando just needed to feign ignorance.

—— There was no chance of earning any merits now…

it was time to shift the blame.

The slaughter of civilians was on the military commanders, the failure to execute the plan was due to General Karl’s absence without leave, and the vanguard’s inability to defeat the White-Feathered Gryphons and the Transcendent teachers and students was to be expected; the root cause was the lack of preparation for “spare puppets,” considering the possibility of an assassination attempt on the fake Isabel.

As a supervisor and protector, being able to prevent the Flame Demon from going mad and protecting the Prince and the Queen Consort was more than enough.

As for the “Devoted Path demigod of unknown identity,” Little Fernando did not even want to touch that situation.

He did not want to partake in this inexplicable war in the first place…

which Transcendent of the Path of Dusk would take such a big risk, traveling such a distance unless it was to accumulate experience?

…What should he do with himself?

So Little Fernando thought for a bit and then manipulated the earth to rise again, covering up the tunnel and walls that had been breached earlier, restoring the surroundings to look almost the same as before.

Then he used the Preservation Arts once more to completely solidify the buildings and the ground.