Seven huge humanoid monsters, each one hundred meters tall, stood on the dark green water, forming a circle that surrounded Charles and others in mid-air.
The gaze that shone out from their eyeballs, which were as black as the abyss, was as real as substance, making people inexplicably breathless.
One aircraft carrier after another passed under Paide's feet, and the escort fleets shuttling near them filled the entire inky black sea surface. Other reinforcements from the Foundation also arrived.
Charles frowned as he looked at the crow head standing on the shoulder of a Pad, "There is not a single truth in your mouth. Everything you said to me before was a lie! Pad is so powerful, and you can actually clone him!"
The two crow heads sticking out of the windbreakers shook their heads at the same time. "The Foundation has many secrets. If some secrets are known by people with ulterior motives, it will lead to very terrible consequences. It is normal to release some false information to confuse others."
"From the current situation, my concerns are correct. You did not join the Foundation in the end, and you are not worthy of sharing any of the Foundation's secrets."
As soon as he finished speaking, the seven Paides raised their hands at the same time and slapped the sea surface. The entire sea surface gradually surged, and the sea surface turned into a waterfall as high as the rock layer. The waves rolled and the sky and the earth changed color.
The surging waves rolled, pushing the aircraft carriers and warships towards Charles, and the black gun muzzles had already begun to attack.
In such a critical situation, Charles' brain started working rapidly. He had to find a way to escape from this fatal situation.
After a short yet long second, he flapped his wings vigorously and rushed towards the oncoming wall of water, "Towards the injured Pad!!"
Among the seven Paides, only the one with a hole in his chest looks the weakest. His is the only breakthrough point!
Maybe it's not the best option, but it's the fastest option. In the current situation, speed is far more useful than decision-making.
Hearing Charles' choice, everyone quickly flew over there. Shanshan and the Pope flew in front of him to block the rolling shells for Charles.
Just as they were about to arrive in front of the injured Pad, an emergency occurred. The sea water below them split open, and a Pad flew out with the roaring waves.
Anna instantly revealed her true form and jumped off Charles' back. "You go first! I'll be there soon!!"
Charles obviously wouldn't let her do that. He flashed his wings and flew towards the rock formation. He wanted to draw a magic circle on the rock formation using the power of Idic. The power of mortals was really useless in this situation.
"Swish~!" The dazzling laser instantly came in front of Charles. It was shot from an aircraft carrier. He tried to dodge but it was too late!
Seeing that Charles was about to be enveloped by the light, a soft ray of sunlight appeared in front of Charles, blocking the laser that could cut the island.
That was the Pope wrapped in the sun. His skin was cracked at this moment, as if the sun at noon in summer was shining through his cracks.
During this moment of distraction, the Paides' encirclement had already gotten closer. Looking at the chaos around him, the Pope looked at Charles and said, "They have already closed the only loophole. We are about to die."
"Don't give up the resistance!! As long as there is only one glimmer of hope, we must try our best! Think about it, if the Foundation captures Lily, what will they do to her?!!"
Seeing that the Pope's emotions were gradually calming down, Charles was afraid that he would lose his fighting spirit, so he quickly stimulated him with words.
The Pope carefully took Lily out of his arms. He bent his neck and pressed his forehead against Lily's furry head, his eyes full of extreme tenderness.
"God, please answer my call. I know you are here, right? In order to get you out of this predicament, the servant Ledger needs to possess your power for a short period of time."
However, after waiting for five seconds, until the two tall Paides walked in front of them, there was nothing unusual about Lily.
A hint of confusion appeared in Ledger's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it and a smile appeared on his face again.
"It must be because you are too seriously injured, God, that you did not respond to my call. But it doesn't matter. I have my own way. I will return it to you as soon as I am done borrowing it."
After saying that, Ledger opened his mouth wide and bit Lily's back. The golden blood quickly merged into his body. The pain made Lily cry instantly.
This force was so strong that the flesh could not bear it at all. Ledger's body began to collapse, but as his skin fell off, there was no flesh and blood inside, but extremely dazzling sunlight.
At this moment, Paide next to him slapped over with his hand like a mountain falling down on his head.
But as the dazzling sunlight shone on his black palm with three fingers, a bright white flame ignited. When the flame went out, there was nothing inside.
Ledger, whose jaw had fallen off, looked at the mouse in his hand with love in his eyes, "God, I really want to be with you forever. Why is it so difficult to realize such a simple wish? God, I really can't bear to leave you."
Suddenly, Ledger's entire body exploded, the entire dark sea was instantly replaced by dazzling sunlight, and a new sun slowly rose.
"Bang, bang, bang!" A huge steel wall as big as a mountain fell from the top of the rock layer, as if trying to cover the sun.
But this was of no avail. Before the sun even fell, the steel had already melted and the temperature around it rose sharply. In particular, the sea water directly below the sun had begun to boil.
"Whoosh~!" Charles in bat form was completely unable to resist the sunlight. He instantly turned into a fireball and rolled into the sea.
"Sizzle~" The cold sea water quickly cooled Charles' body and also cooled his brain.
When he climbed out of the sea, wounded all over, he saw colorful, physical sunlight covering everything here.
The seven Paides rushed towards the sun on the sea, but before they reached the place, the body filled with black holes instantly caught fire, and white strips like solar flares rose from the surface of the sun and fell towards Paide.
The power of the God of Light is extremely strong, even if it is a weakened version. Paid is not a real god after all, and they are no match at all.
Seeing that Paide and his men were about to fail, the sunlight suddenly dimmed, and a dark wall of blackness floated towards them from the right side of the entire Earthsea. Wherever the black wall went, the light retreated. The Foundation actually controlled the darkness of Earthsea in such a short time!
Not only Charles saw the darkness, but Ledger, who had turned into light, also saw it.
Wrapped in the soft sunlight, Lily, who was trembling with pain from time to time, was brought to Charles. At this time, her hair was no longer golden, but returned to its previous white color.
When Charles reached out to catch Lily, Ledger's calm voice sounded in his ears, "Charles, take my God away. I can barely hold on for a while and take her away. This is really ironic. I actually rescued you."
Looking at the increasingly dazzling sunlight, Charles gritted his teeth and shouted to the sky, "Spark! Take me and my mother away from this place!!"
The tentacles floating in the air fell down and wrapped around Charles' waist, carrying Anna away.
As she gradually moved away from Paide, Shanshan's teleportation power began to return, and her teleportation distance became faster and faster.
"Boom~!!" As the entire sea of fog was illuminated by the sunlight, a powerful shock wave suddenly flew over from behind, with such great force that it even knocked Shan Shan off his feet several times in the air.
Charles stuck his head out from the tentacles and looked behind him. The fog in the Sea of Fog had completely dissipated, and the sunlight illuminated everything here.
The water beneath them receded rapidly like the tide, leaving all kinds of fish and aquatic monsters on the dry seabed.
The sunlight in the distance is so dazzling, so hot, and so short-lived.
(End of this chapter)