Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 595 - 559: Weapons of the Flying Airship

The suddenly animated statue indeed startled Sanderion, but she wasn't overly surprised by it.

After all, the thing made her feel both dangerous and eerie, clearly not something simple; it moving was perfectly normal.

However, this also posed an obstacle to her plan for a quick resolution; the werewolf armor clearly couldn't destroy it swiftly.

It's not that the werewolf armor couldn't destroy it, but Sanderion wanted a quick end to it before the statue caused more trouble.

Seeing the werewolf armor unable to swiftly break through the statue's defenses, Sanderion immediately adjusted her tactics, sending Aruluru to support the werewolf armor while she took on the task of suppressing the Skull Giant Beast.

This adjustment improved the battlefield situation significantly. With Aruluru's distraction, the werewolf armor quickly broke through the statue's defense and with a powerful slash cut down the divine sword held by the statue.

Seeing the opponent lose its weapon, the werewolf armor immediately retreated, raising the giant sword-shaped cleaver in its hand to unleash its most powerful strike.

This cleaver was modeled after the Victory National Guardian Divine Sword acquired by Perfikot. When installed on the first-generation Godslaying Armor, its power allowed a regular slash to mark a 200-meter-long sword scar, though this cleaver wasn't as potent.

But when outputting at full power, it could reach about seventy to eighty percent of the divine artifact's capacity, more than enough to destroy the statue before her.

A bright slash akin to white light shot out from the werewolf armor's cleaver, and with a single strike, split the skull statue into two, diagonally severed at the waist.

As the statue was sliced, the sense of danger that had been haunting Sanderion vanished instantly. Although she felt a strong wave of dissatisfaction and resentment from the severed statue, reminiscent of when she was cursed, the incomplete statue clearly couldn't threaten her anymore.

Though she distinctly felt a malevolent force trying to entwine her, attempting to curse her as it did years ago, the current Sanderion could now resist this malevolent power with her own divinity.

Moreover, she now understood that this so-called evil power was actually the divinity attached to the statue, belonging to the god worshipped by the Death Sect.

"I've dealt with it. This thing carries strong divinity. I suggest you handle it personally." Sanderion communicated through a device, contacting the mysterious individual outside.

As the statue was dealt with, the Skull Giant Beast didn't hold out much longer and was slain by the first-generation Godslaying Armor, despite not using the high-powered divine artifacts onboard.

Of course, considering the destructive power of those artifacts, using them underground would be unwise.

Unless the plan is to bury everyone beneath the earth, using such weapons underground would indeed be a recipe for disaster.

This also helped Sanderion understand why Perfikot minimized the size of the second-generation Godslaying Armor so much.

"You handle it first. I'll be there shortly, still some trouble to wrap up outside." The mysterious individual responded to Sanderion, while also glancing towards another part of the city.

Without a doubt, the current lower district harbors more than just the Death Sect among the worshippers of the Ancient Gods; other forces have long infiltrated this area, even operating openly.

Now, the mysterious individual's bold attack on the Death Sect undoubtedly stirred the nerves of these sects.

Although they might not get along with the Death Sect and are usually competitors, during times like this, to avoid becoming the next target or out of shared misfortune, they might send reinforcements or choose to exploit the situation.

At this point, if the mysterious individual doesn't wish to fight a second round tonight, she needs to intimidate them to prevent the situation from escalating further.

Thinking this, she ordered the three Flying Airships hovering above the battlefield to form an attack formation and lower their altitude.

"Sir, we have reached combat altitude, please issue the command!" The officer onboard the Flying Airship, eager and ready for action, requested the mysterious individual.

Due to confidentiality, they weren't fully aware of the night's events but knew it was a major operation, even extremely crucial.

At a time like this, if they merely watched from the sky, when everyone gathered post-battle for drinks, others boasting of their accomplishments while he only watched from above would be unbecoming.

Additionally, most Flying Airship officers came from frontline naval units, whose thirst for battle and longing for honor were always intense.

Facing the officer's request, the mysterious individual slightly nodded, then said, "Conduct deterrent shelling, see if these guys dare to attack."

"Yes!" Though the officer didn't hear the order he desired most, he resolutely carried out the mysterious individual's directive.

The cannon bay under the Flying Airship opened, a barrel extended, and fired at a specific location in the lower district.

A streak of light swiftly crossed the night sky, landing on the ground, and the ensuing firelight and sound of explosion shook most of the lower district.

Though the night had been noisy enough, previous battles had not impacted a particularly wide area; the sounds didn't carry far, limited to a few streets around the Death Sect's stronghold.

But when a Flying Airship fired a cannon, the sound could travel far at night.

And that certainly served as a wake-up call for some.

"Dammit, when did Flying Airships get cannons?" A follower of the Evil God Sect trying to fish in troubled waters felt troubled looking at the Flying Airship.

Typically, Flying Airships aren't armed; this notion seemed to become common knowledge somewhere along the way.

It appears to be due to issues with early Flying Airship structures and load capacity, and the inherent design flaws of cannons and other weapons, making them unsuitable for installation on airships.

But for Perfikot and the Empire's Alchemists and Engineers, these weren't problems.

Moreover, after the Military Department repeatedly sought flying warships, when demands weren't met, they pressured Alchemists and Engineers to design some weapons for the airships, which wasn't difficult.

Merely, the military never had the chance to reveal the airship's weapons, leaving people to believe they weren't armed.

Now, undoubtedly, someone has stepped into this 'surprise'.