There was only about an interval of a few months between battles. In that ti, Lind repaired or replaced what he could. The mountain of resources, that many would take millennia to burn through, seed to vanish!
Still, the effect was clear. The Fiends might be killing so of them but they paid in their very existence in droves to do it. The loss to them beca enough that the attacks stopped completely.
It had been a campaign of almost 3 years before Lind ran out of resources. Their frenzied tactics had culled many of the Fiends but the Bastard did not stop. It ant the losses did not affect him or he simply was close enough that the loss was acceptable.
It was also possible the bridge was the ultimate solution that even Lind could not calculate. Either way, they seed to reach the tipping point. The attacks stopped.
Lind had frowned deeply at that. Enough ti had passed that even an amateur could piece together the weakness of his weapons. While they had killed billions of Fiends, they never seed to run out.
Why not exhaust the weapons? He was confused until the horizon revealed a dark smudge. It was the bridge! They had reached it in just 3 years?!
He had thought it would take longer. It was only as they drew close he saw the shocking truth with his aura.
Bodies, a lot of withered bodies littered the top of the bridge. The Fiends had gone collecting from their farms across the realms! They had descended and brought back trillions of lives to speed up the bridge!
It did not make sense at first but Lind realized the issue quickly. Their barrier was slowing down sharply the closer they got! The bridge was the source of everything and the Bastard was making it stronger to drive them back!
Lind could not fight alone! If he focused on the bridge, the Fiends would also attack him and the Bastard would swoop in for an easy kill!
Worse, the war would then beco a slow death for them! All their gains would be undone and if the Bastard had worked out the weakness of his weapons, he could send in a few more attacks to use them up!
"Clever but you should not have used up your ace." Lind smiled. He was not without a recourse, it would just be a question of what gave out first. Him, or his enemy.
"Is it ti?" Qing spoke up from behind him on the top deck. He looked back and saw her blonde hair carried in the wind. Her pristine white robes were now charred and stained with blood.
Cleaning had beco sothing of a luxury these days. If it was not absolutely essential, all energy was conserved.
So of the ships were now cracked open in a few places but still serviceable. Their weapons had cut away swaths of attacks from the Fiends or beca shields to protect if necessary.
A dozen had been lost.
Lind nodded and then sent so final orders to the control room. He moved below and she followed him. They went down the corridors and he noticed many people were poking their heads out and bowing low as he passed.
His efforts had made many realize the power he held now. Master Tiers treated him not only as an equal as a courtesy but as a fact. Other Divine Lords, Master Tier or not, also acknowledge he was above them all.
He disliked it but it allowed things to run smoothly.
Eventually he ca to the core room. The crew there paused before they beca solemn and manipulated so panels. The clink of tal on crystal filled the chamber as the glowing heart of the core was revealed.
At the center of it was a chair but it was not a normal chair. It had clamps and tubes flowing from it into the energy channels.
"Rer, regulate the flow. Intensity is irrelevant, just keep the system balanced. Prepare to evacuate at a mont's notice." He gave final orders as he stripped his robes from his body.
Being stark naked no longer bothered him but Qing looking him up and down made him blush!
He put his robe in his ring and then kissed her on impulse. He would not be the only one blushing! She was indeed rosy cheeked but both beca solemn as he sat in the chair.
The needles and spikes were made from his body. It was the only thing he could reliably use to pierce his skin.
He felt pain as Qing strapped his limbs in at key points. His body tried to regenerate but it recognized its own flesh, even Forged into a new purpose.
Instead, it only grasped onto the intruders even more tightly. Once it was all done, he smiled at them before he closed his eyes. He felt the core behind him. He had built it and modified it for the current event.
His senses flowed into the ship and his body fell away. He was the ship in a real sense. The control room panels went dark briefly before coming back on but now everything glowed erald. The majority of the personnel were allowed to leave before the ship ascended.
The large ship flew up above the clouds where none could reach it. The Bastard appeared on the bridge as if anticipating sothing from him but his frustration was clear as day thanks to the extended apparatus of the vessel.
Lind's true body smiled before a transmission left him.
[Let's see who can hold out.]
Erald light built but it was not a weapon, it was an aura. The field extruded and went beyond the barrier and into the Fiend territory. As it was not a consciousness, the arrays did not react but the Fiends felt disturbed.
None got in the way of the wave, not even the Bastard. It flowed almost like a gentle cloud. There were no beams or flas, it was just an aura.
However, once it touched the bridge, there was a dramatic change!
The once solid dark mass fractured at the edge and ca to a complete stop! Lind felt pain but it was brief. He now felt the souls and life trapped in the bridge. It was being used like glue to bind the bridge and build it.
Now, he was touching on the souls. His harmony flared and shared its purpose.
{Fight! Fight now!} His intent flared and the bridge broke open as energy began to leak out!
[NO!] The Bastard scread and slamd his palm onto the bridge. The resistance increased and the contest began. The bridge was stopped but Lind was not focused on that. He was only focused on the trillions of little lights the Bastard had supplied him.
[You gave
an army, now pay the price!] Lind snarled in his mind but while he and the Bastard were occupied, his army unleashed a massive attack. Erald beams as well as other colors exploded from the remaining vessels.
It was not as effective for his original goals, but it did distract the Bastard who now had to divide his attention between the bridge and the attack!
Any simpleton would know that Lind would resonate with harmonic energy to only increase his skills.
Ti beca aningless but Lind paid attention. The power fluctuated as backlash sotis ca at him. The bridge began to crumble and retract! The once powerful aura and arrays were breaking down!
The front advanced and his army moved with it. Yet, that facet was losing steam. The other ships were not able to maintain that level of attack before things broke down or ran out of energy.
Eventually, the Bastard was able to focus on him but his white eyes went wide to realize he could not save the section of bridge he was on! He quickly disappeared and reappeared on a stable section.
The resistance increased and Lind, covered in sweat with blood, winced. It was far worse than he had imagined but he continued his attack.
He had not found the one life force he was looking for. His and his ship's energy was dwindling and he knew the war of attrition was about to shift.
In a last desperate gamble, he invoked his Divine Authority.
[CO!] He called out to Heaven and Earth. Black clouds gathered and the Bastard snarled viciously before his black sword appeared. It cut through the clouds but they had done what he needed!
He found it!
He connected to the Eastern Continent's life force! It was so pervasive that it was hidden by all the rest! The instant he connected a massive crack ford down the middle of the bridge.
He pushed every last ounce of his aura into the ship and an erald blade shot up out of the black bridge!
It was severely weakened, but not broken!
The important part, however, was all the arrays tied to it! They were completely destroyed!
The army had been waiting and that signal was it. They surged out and not a single attack ca at them. No draining of life or anything. The Bastard roared and swung his blade.
Millions were consud in an instant yet he was still only 1 being.
Further, Lind was still attacking! He slamd the blade into the bridge and Lind scread as the connection broke.
He was frothing blood as the core cracked but held.
[DISCONNECT HIM NOW!] Qing's voice scread in his mind but blackness closed in. He could not afford to pass out! He had to–
Lind fell into darkness and wondered what he would find when he awoke.
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