Chapter 498 Orbital Vs. Hermes

The massive ship that appeared was a ship of such a size that it could carry nearly thirty thousand residents. But it could easily carry more, and the size of the ship made it known as an Orbital.

It was a ship of such size that when fully launched, it wasn't just a mere small satellite like the space stations, but would be so big that it would be visible from the ground.

The nations all detected the rise of the massive ship. It was larger than the moving fortresses, and only the WGP could create such a massive ship.

But as this large ship rose from the depths, the men that challenged it had no fear. Each of the Winds of Hermes, including Irvana, did not cower at the size and the guns of this ship. Except for Austin.

"B-Boss... I have a strategy to-"

"We face it, head-on, Austin. Haven't you seen the videos? Seeker and his team managed to attack Lanterk. That was quite a battle." Hermes laughed.

"My blood is boiling." Alvin gave an excited cry.

"My sword hungers." Omricon smiled.

Omega was silent, but even he couldn't hide the smile of excitement.

Above them, the skies began to change. The concentration of the Wind was gathering at such a rapid pace that even the clouds in the sky began to change.

"Remember. We don't know what Presiders will appear or if more will come. Our mission is just to make a large gap. And something tells me that the seeds we've planted have started to sprout." Hermes spoke.

"What do you mean, boss?" Alvin asked.

"The powers of Eagle are finally working. The lies that Lowengren had placed in and his stupid ways of using prayer in that last battle had already opened the people of Egypt to it. I can feel the wind blow in our favor. The book of Exodus was about a story of liberation."

"But who will we liberate here?"

"Eight Million Planteds. Some of them are born with accelerated growth. They were born into this world and know nothing but to serve their goddess, Andronze. But now, we come in, introduce prayer, and share those amen quotes, and then Lowengren has secretly allowed people to access these sermons. Harker used his Path to convince many to listen to its truth. And even that annoying guy could pester a man into receiving Jesus. Irvana. Be sensitive to the Wind."

"I understand, father," Irvana answered.

The cannons aimed and began to launch.

Attacks that had the speed of light shot out instantly.

But all the aimed attacks missed as Hermes and his four winds stood without flinching. Except for Austin. He was visibly trembling, and many of those who were controlling the guns were aiming at him.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The attacks curved and bent as if a strange repelling power forced the directions of these laser attacks to suddenly turn!

The Pioneers inside were stunned as they saw it.

"Do not be surprised! We are fighting those with the Phallium Suit! Find out their Phallic techs and the source of their power! And is our prayer team ready?"

"Ye-Yes, Commander!" One of the Pioneers answered.

Andronze had prepared to battle Hermes. And since she had known what their powers were, she had made various counter-strategies. The mysterious power of prayer and sharing amen posts online had become a source of investigation. Little did she know that Lowengren had laughingly joked about this, but Arthur made the rest of the Unlocked team follow this weird strategy.

In every battle and clash since the time of Shackstress's defeat, any clashes of the Unlocked would have two 'prayer teams' fighting against each other in a popularity contest to gain more likes and people typing 'amen.'

Andronze made a careful study and found the shocking data and the correlation between who won in each of these battles and how the winning side had more shares and amen.

And so, she set up a prayer team and a social media manager who would initiate this defensive protocol for the wars to come.

The posts began, and people were frantically sharing them.

Most of Egypt started to do this as well.

Hermes watched on the outside and laughed.

"Fools. They think their lasers can breeze through and attack us. Our winds are the very breath of life! The Wind and our realms can redirect anything! Matter and Non-Matter!" Hermes laughed.

BEEP!

"Hey, Hermes! It looks like Egypt has begun its posting and sharing. Could you, like, get hit for once?" Lowengren asked.

"... You can't be serious?"

"Dead serious. Arthur told me to contact you. He estimates that the resources that Andronze is using for this could easily cost an army of other nations."

"You're lying!" Hermes denied it.

"Whatever. Don't believe a liar like me. But if we can succeed in this deception, imagine how all our enemies will actually fund this part of their defenses? They'll be wasting time, resources, and personnel! But go ahead. Don't believe me." Lowengren ended the call.

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The Four Winds were silent.

"Austin?" Hermes asked.

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"I... don't know. Y-you take the gamble, boss. My Zone's not good enough to tell if he's lying."

"Damn it! Everyone, allow a few attacks to hit. Guess we're revealing another of our powers..." Hermes cursed.

Several canons began to charge out a blast. Earlier it immediately shot an attack, but this time, each turret was charging for the next attack.

BLAST! BLAST! BLAST!

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"Defend!" Hermes shouted and reluctantly used his powers to defend.

Austin raised his hands and used the power of the Blowing Wind. But his mastery has improved. He took in the power of Omega and could also gather.

Various compression of Wind appeared and became shields that blocked the incoming attack creating huge explosions in the sky. Several massive round balls of pure Wind managed to resist the attacks!

Alvin gathered the Wind and combined the power of his and Omricons.

A massive bird made of wind blades was formed, and it began to freeze. The bird looked like it was made of vibrating ice swords, and it then flew right to the front and blocked more of the incoming attacks.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The attacks were blocked as each lightspeed attack was redirected towards the position where Alvin and Austin created their shields.

Omricon raised his hand as the main cannon's laser beam moved close to him.

He gathered the power of the freezing Wind and the power of Omega and contained the powerful laser right inside the Wind.

A red sword with the Wind on the outside and the laser attack on the inside was formed.

As for the rest of the attacks, they were all redirected towards Omega.

A massive head made of Wind covered Hermes and everyone else. It had the same face as Omega, and it opened its mouth to absorb all the rest of the laser attacks.

The Pioneers watched in disappointment as their attacks missed.

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But suddenly...

BOOM! BOOM!

Several explosions occurred inside the strange head, and it looked like the face was in pain.

"Did we... hit them?" One of the Pioneers asked.

The face that formed had an angered expression and began to charge forward.

The Pioneers inside were rejoicing! Their attacks that once all curved out were now closer, and many had to be blocked, and some even hit!

"It's working! Have everyone post, share, and type amen!" The Commander shouted.

"Commander! A massive tornado is forming right under the head of that man! Our laser attacks are spinning in it! He's sending it back to us!" A Pioneer reported.

The massive head had become a tornado, and the appearance of the five could be seen at the back.

Hermes was holding his hand that was now bleeding!

"There... I did as you asked, Lowengren!" Hermes cursed just as Lowengren picked up the phone.

"Thank you! Lots of love to you!" Lowengren chuckled and ended the call.

Omega controlled the large tornado to charge towards the Orbital. It contained numerous laser beams and began to throw the beams back.

BOOM! BOOM!

Lightspeed attacks struck the Orbital.

"Activate our defensive protocols! Unless that swordsman uses his sword to cut, we are still safe! Focus on defense and send out our army! Have the nearby fortress aid us! We have to bring Sun God the heads of these people!" The Commander ordered.

The Commander quickly sent in his reports to Andronze.

Andronze was reading the numerous reports from all sides of Egypt, who were now fighting.

"...So it works? We don't understand how, but countering their acts with these posts and prayers will weaken them! If Lanterk doesn't tell me how it works, I'll have to figure it out myself! This war should help me gather enough data! Now that I can see Zone, I should be able to figure this out!" Andronze vowed as she gave orders to increase the postings and prayers in Egypt.

"Presider! Our posts have taken traction internationally! People are now sharing it! And some are typing Tier Two Prayer replies!" A Pioneer reported.

"Good! Are people saying 'our thoughts and prayers go to the Egyptians? Then going by the statistics, we should be able to win the war on half of these battlefields!" Andronze sneered.

"Progenitor! Lost Primordial! See how my wisdom has conquered you two!" Andronze laughed.

Lowengren had managed to slip in a bug in the room and heard Andronze's words.

"I almost feel sorry for her." Lowengren sighed and finally arrived at the main entrance to the underground region.

Harker, Gardo, and Vender had just arrived.

"Alright, guys. Let's do this!"

The mission to save Arthur's sister had begun.