Chapter 178 Liege Fortress, Ocean and Thunder
Bruce and Diana leave Ares's estate.
After hearing the speculation about the seventh person in the dream, Bruce had a headache.
"I agree with your guess."
Bruce said, "But there are too many possible candidates, and we don't have the energy to check them out right now."
More countries were born or became independent because of World War I than you might imagine.
Soviet Union, Poland, Finland, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia...
This is just Europe, if we look at the world, there are many more.
Of course, if one had to say who is most likely to be the one, Bruce would like to believe it is Comrade Vladimir, who founded the Soviet Union.
He has every right to stand with the other leaders.
But Bruce and the others really have no way to confirm it now.
Because the war is about to begin.
……
The outbreak of war was accelerated by the news of France's alliance with Atlantis.
Originally, in history, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would issue an ultimatum to Serbia on July 7.
But the advance promise made by German Emperor Wilhelm II gave Austrian Emperor Franz I sufficient confidence.
Today, July 1914, 7, the Austro-Hungarian Empire spoke.
Nearly a week earlier than historically.
Bruce and Diana sat in a carriage, the wheels rolled over the cobblestone road, and people on the street were living their lives as usual.
The shops are open and people are coming and going.
The young girl was holding flowers and discussing recent interesting news with the man next to her.
The newsboy was running on the street, holding a newspaper and carrying a shoulder bag.
It was as if the conflict of war did not exist.
At this moment, Bruce suddenly remembered a movie he had watched before.
It's called They Shall Not Grow Old.
“That summer, there was a lot of talk about the ongoing conflict in the Balkans.”
“But we are so far away from the Balkans that we are not worried at all.”
“This is Serbia’s own business, isn’t it?”
"The Empire is so powerful that we fear no one."
“There was absolutely no air of despair.”
Bruce lowered the car curtain and let out a breath.
“Despair sets in.”
He said, “The war has begun.”
……
After the Austro-Hungarian Empire issued an ultimatum and put forward numerous harsh conditions.
Serbia’s response was to reject all of them.
Things have come to this point and there is no possibility of turning back.
In that case, let’s fight!
The Austro-Hungarian Empire officially declared war on Serbia!
Hundreds of artillery pieces were lined up in a row, and countless artillery fire poured out, bombarding the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
The empire's mighty army marched straight into Serbia's border, and the Austrian emperor vowed to completely destroy Serbia.
Everything is just as it happened in history.
Russia joins the war, Germany joins the war, France joins the war...
The war quickly spread to everyone.
"All countries are now mobilizing militarily."
In the hotel, Bruce said to Diana, "But the protagonists of this war are no longer the armies of various countries, but those adventers."
Defeat the Adventers, take back the wishes Diana made, and get everything back on track.
The first battlefield was the Liege Fortress in Belgium.
……
The morning mist had not yet dissipated. According to the Schlieffen Plan, the German vanguard First and Second Armies on the Western Front, totaling more than 10 people, carrying 200 cannons, under the command of Commander Eimich, broke into Belgium.
They quickly rushed to the natural barrier of the Meuse River in Belgium and headed straight for Liege, the most important fortress in Belgium.
Whether Germany wants to attack France or France wants to attack Germany, this is a strategic location.
In the original history, the German army won the battle with Belgium at the Liege Fortress, but suffered the loss of more than 25,000 people and gave France time to react, and the Schlieffen Plan came to nothing.
And this time, the original history will not happen.
Because Black Adam is here!
Above the sky, dark clouds rolled in, covering the original morning sunlight and casting a haze on the huge fortress.
The roar of thunder continued, and in the lightning, a figure in a black cloak appeared right above the fortress.
The commander of Liege, General Gerard Le Mans, looks out from his command room.
He saw the figure as if he saw a god.
"mortal!"
Black Adam's voice covered the entire fortress, without a trace of emotion, just giving his orders.
"Drop your weapons now, open the city and surrender, and you will be spared from my wrath!"
Hearing this, General Le Mans was not afraid at all. On the contrary, the confusion in his heart was answered at this moment.
"really……"
As France had warned before, the gods were already watching this war.
Extraordinary forces will intervene on the battlefield, and the power of mortals will become insignificant.
For some reason, at this moment, General Le Mans suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
He walked out of the command room, came to the top of the fortress, and looked at Black Adam.
"I am Gerard Le Mans, commander of the Fortress of Liège!"
He introduced himself, "I have been commissioned by His Majesty the King to defend this fortress. I have many missions, but surrender is not one of them!"
General Le Mans gave his answer.
Fortress of Liege, never surrender!
"is it?"
Black Adam shook his head and said, "What a pity..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out a finger and attracted the thunder to gather.
The endless flash of lightning was imprinted on General Le Mans' pupils, making him look even smaller.
“It is indeed the power of God.”
General Le Mans thought helplessly, "From now on, the direction of the war really has nothing to do with me."
Next, it’s the battle between these messengers of God!
Just as Black Adam summoned thunder, the originally calm Meuse and Ourthe rivers suddenly underwent strange changes.
The river water began to surge, and countless figures passed through under the water. Then, a waterspout rolled up on the surface of the river, carrying those figures into the air.
The tornado stirred up the river water, which then landed on the ground, forming heavy rain.
In the flowing water, the figures revealed their true appearance.
They were a group of soldiers holding spears and halberds and riding seahorses. Although the armor they wore looked like ancient armor, the technology inside was far beyond this era!
Atlanteans!
This group of lost civilizations allied with France also arrived at the battlefield of Liege at this time.
They controlled the Meuse and Ourthe rivers, which served as a constant source of their power.
Atlantis's technological gun was aimed at Black Adam in the sky.
When the trigger is pulled, a beam of azure light is emitted, so dense that it seems to pierce the sky.
Black Adam frowned.
As a magician blessed by six Egyptian gods, Thoth's wisdom allowed him to predict the direction of the battlefield, and the appearance of the Atlanteans did not surprise him.
However, he felt a little offended that the Sea Queen, as the leader, did not show up.
"Do you think these small fry can fight against me?" He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed it violently, as if he had grabbed countless thunders, and then suddenly struck down.
Rumbling--
At this moment, countless thunders landed on the battlefield, piercing through the tornado of the river, causing all the Atlantis soldiers hovering in it to fall.
Then, Black Adam turned into lightning and appeared in front of every soldier at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye.
"I have the endurance of Shu!"
Black Adam roared, grabbed the two soldiers by the necks, rushed into the sky, broke through the clouds, and entered space.
He threw the two soldiers into the boundless starry sky, and then returned to Earth.
"I have the speed of Horus and the strength of Amon!"
Black Adam's moving figure has exceeded the speed of sound. The speed is converted into his kinetic energy, directly breaking through the bodies of several soldiers.
Even armor with Atlantis technology cannot stop it.
He grabbed an underwater soldier and tore it in half with a slight pull.
The other soldiers' concentrated beams of light hit him but did not cause any harm.
"I have the power of Aten."
Black Adam's momentum began to subside and he became calm. A bolt of lightning struck next to him and he caught it and used it as a weapon.
The lightning spear swept across, and all the soldiers surrounding Black Adam were cut down.
Then he threw out the lightning spear, which went through the entire battlefield. Every time the lightning hit a soldier, a chain reaction would immediately occur, spreading to other soldiers.
The lightning penetrated into the bodies of these Atlanteans, completely destroying their organs and tissues. In the blink of an eye, countless flesh and blood bodies turned into charcoal.
The battle was over in the blink of an eye.
The Atlantis army that had appeared in such a mighty force turned into countless corpses floating on the river in an instant.
"This is the power of God."
Black Adam said lightly, "You can't stop it."
No one dared to answer this question.
At this moment, both the German troops crossing the river on the other side and the resistance forces in the Liege Fortress were all in dead silence.
This unhuman method directly destroyed these people's worldview.
It was like the power of a god, completely displayed before their eyes!
Black Adam ignored the thoughts of these mortals. He looked into the distance, as if he could see through the extremely long distance and see through the cover of the water.
He saw a new enemy!
boom--
Suddenly, there was a splash and more Atlantis soldiers rushed out of the river.
And in front of them was a woman wearing a golden scale battle suit and holding a golden trident.
The Queen of the Sea is here.
At this moment, her identity is no longer hidden.
She is not some queen of Atlantis, or a human with the ability to walk on water.
The Queen of the Sea is the king of Atlantis. She comes from the dark universe minus eleven, a world where women are superior to men. She is the equivalent of Aquaman Arthur Curry.
She came from a drowned world, leading countless unwilling souls.
She possesses the trident that rules the seven seas, and has been supported by the entire ocean since her arrival!
"Black Adam."
The Queen of the Sea had calm eyes, showing no sadness for her dead people, she just looked at her enemies.
Her long golden hair fluttered in the wind, and the river formed long steps under her feet.
"In my world, you were much cuter than you are now."
The Sea Queen said softly.
She was just stating the facts, that was how it was on Earth-11, all the heroes and villains were women.
Batgirl, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Flash Woman, etc…
Except for Wonder Woman, who reversed her gender and became the only male hero in Earth-11.
In this case, the Black Adam in that universe is naturally also a female.
This is a fact.
But the Sea Queen's words sounded like a mockery to Black Adam.
"I don't care what world you're from."
Black Adam said coldly, "The consequences of going against me are—"
dead!
He launched his attack before he could finish his words.
Black Adam's body turned into thunder, just like the power he showed in the previous massacre. He rushed towards the Queen of the Sea with mighty lightning.
Then--
Faced with this pressure that was like the wrath of heaven, the Queen of the Sea suddenly raised her trident.
All the lightning deviated from its original trajectory and flew towards the trident. Then, the Queen of the Sea suddenly stretched out her hand and pinched in the lightning.
Black Adam's body emerged in the lightning, and his neck was strangled by the Sea Queen.
"If you can do it, I can do it too."
The lightning was drawn and leaped in the trident. The Sea Queen clenched her fist and thrust it into Black Adam's abdomen.
Then, thunder roars!
"what--"
Black Adam screamed in pain. The magic lightning created by him now became the force attacking him.
The Queen of the Sea had already gained the advantage on the battlefield before she even exerted any strength.
But advantage is not victory after all.
Just as Black Adam was howling, black smoke suddenly billowed out from the wound where he was pierced by the trident.
The black smoke seemed to have self-awareness and suddenly crashed into the Queen of the Sea.
Such a sudden change was beyond the Sea Queen's expectations. In order to avoid it, she could only let go of the hand that was pinching Black Adam and jump back to ensure her own safety.
At the same time, Black Adam also quickly retreated, the power of the gods activated, and the wounds on his body began to heal.
But the black smoke did not disappear.
Instead, it circled around Black Adam, gradually splitting into seven parts, condensing into substance, and becoming seven hideous monsters.
"This is--"
The Sea Queen realized what this thing was.
The seven deadly sins that were supposed to be sealed in the Rock of Eternity, the embodiment of sin itself.
"You let them out?" said the Sea Queen in disbelief.
Black Adam did not answer this question. He just twisted his neck and said coldly -
"Let's continue the fight!"
Black Adam has now completely healed his wounds and is back to his best condition.
Since the Sea Queen has the Atlantean army, it's only fair that he has the seven deadly sins.
The second battle for Liege Fortress is about to begin again!
……
At this time, in a hidden place in the distance, Bruce and Diana were closely watching the situation on the battlefield.
Bruce held a small notebook in his hand, which recorded all the abilities used by Black Adam and the Sea Queen.
"Well done!"
Katum held the telescope with one wing and clenched the other wing into a fist, waving it in the air.
"I told you that the Queen of the Sea is very powerful! Now let's see who dares to insult her! France will definitely win this battle!"
There was once such a saying in the world.
France could only win if led by women and foreigners.
Now the Sea Queen is both a woman and a foreigner.
France will definitely win!
(End of this chapter)
