Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 653 - 549 Triumph

Chapter 653: Chapter 549 Triumph

"Continue testing Command Reality; this is an opportunity," said the Black Fire military strategist.

Rolo’s pistol was always pressed against Queen Bee’s ribs, loaded with a potent anaesthetic bullet. The moment Queen Bee uttered any character outside the plan, she would be taken down.

Queen Bee approached the intelligence panel, glancing over it quickly. The reconnaissance drones hidden within the clouds had already marked the positions of three Nestor Spaceships; their outlines and blurry images were visible on the screen.

"Destroy the Yokozuna first; that’s the Nestor Corporation’s flagship," the strategist requested.

Big and sturdy. Queen Bee squinted at the warship. It indeed had to be disassembled first.

With the training of Black Fire Innovation, Queen Bee had become increasingly proficient in manipulating reality. She had become more familiar with her power and had now evolved from a fledgling into a Lower-rank Witch.

"...Now, I authorize you to use Magic Power..." Rolo held the gun with his right hand and pulled out the Restrictor from behind with his left.

More than fifty nearby strategists and officers held their breath, anticipating the moment Queen Bee’s Magic Power would be revealed.

Storm Princess’s body trembled slightly. Just how different would a Reality Manipulator be from a conventional elemental witch like herself?

When the Restrictor was removed from the body and soul, the sluggish Magic Circuit within Queen Bee began to surge once more.

Queen Bee raised her right hand, her gaze falling on the image of the Yokozuna on the screen. It continued to deploy warplanes, trying to send them aloft to counter the Baraya, but the pilots lacked experience. Combined with the turbulent battlefield created by Storm Princess, the strike efficiency was low.

The Yokozuna was tough and heavy, Black Fire Innovation’s most challenging enemy. With just its rushing and ramming tactics, it could repel the Black Fire fleet.

"Let it melt," the Black Fire strategist said. "We’ve tested ’annihilate,’ ’disappear,’ ’sever,’ ’sink,’ and the results were not satisfactory. Now it’s time for ’melt.’ Melt should be an appropriate keyword. Follow the test plan, don’t improvise at all."

Queen Bee curved up the corners of her mouth.

Melt, huh...

When her thought wavered, the majority of those present had to take a few steps back, warding off an inexplicable sense of fear.

When Queen Bee drove her Magic Power, the world bowed down before her.

She marshaled her strength; the most splendid and bright Magic Power gathered there, lighting up a faint glow in Queen Bee’s eyes, an enchanting starlight that could drive a person mad.

Command Reality!

"Yokozuna, melt," Queen Bee said.

As the words fell, Rolo thrust the Restrictor through Queen Bee. That supreme power faded away, and Queen Bee curled up on the ground, letting out a sickened laugh.

Everyone turned their gaze to the monitor showing the Yokozuna, watching as it began to change.

"One sentence can destroy a warship that cost hundreds of billions. Truly worthy of Queen Bee."

"This ship is going to be finished even without entering combat." Their emotions mixed with curiosity, sadism, or schadenfreude, ready to witness the downfall of the Yokozuna.

On the Yokozuna, soldiers and logistics personnel were running around when they suddenly felt something off, as if the cabins had become unusually hot.

An unsettling, eerie warmth.

"It’s so hot..." Despite risking insubordination, they couldn’t help but talk to each other, as the stifling heat had reached an intolerable level.

Their throats dried out; they shifted their footsteps constantly to prevent their feet from burning.

"Is the air conditioning broken?"

"The floors are getting hot—"

"Open the windows..."

"Why is it so hot!"

The complaints kept coming.

Soon enough, amid their sweaty panic and confusion, the voice of Captain Shinjo Mori rang out throughout the ship.

"...Attention all personnel... Our vessel is now under a reality distortion attack and has entered a twisted state. I order all non-combat personnel to abandon ship, logistics personnel to retreat, all witches to take off and leave, and all crew members to transfer unconditionally under the other two ships’ command."

"We’re retreating!"

"Wow..."

"To abandon the Yokozuna..." the ship’s soldiers looked pained, but there was no other option. Facing a reality distortion attack far exceeded their ability to cope.

"...Also," Captain Shinjo Mori continued to order, "the Yokozuna’s fire control units and power units stand firm at their posts; all staff members of the strategy department stand firm at their posts. The captain stands firm at his post. Our ship will completely stop power in 34 minutes, and before then, we’ll drive it into Baraya’s face."

The captain’s order struck everyone with a harsh blow to their hearts.

Immediately after, more detailed orders were issued, ensuring every sailor knew what they had to do.

"Military units, stay behind!"

"Non-combat personnel, get out quickly!"

"Damn... I want to leave too..."

Their hearts were fiercely disturbed; in the panic of the situation, all available cargo planes were hurried to the hangars for the retreat of non-combat personnel.

The temperature inside and outside the Yokozuna rose rapidly, the outer skin sizzled as it melted, rainwater fell onto the scalding armor and evaporated instantly into billowing steam.

It’s going to melt—

In the archive room, members of the personnel department of the ship’s army collected data quickly, grabbed personal belongings, and left the rapidly self-igniting and heating furnace of a ship! The abnormal heat made it hard for them to maintain control.

"We’re not part of the combat sequence... run quickly..."

"I’m boiling! It’s going to catch fire!"

"Let’s go! Sergeant! It’s time to leave! The evacuating fleet is filling up!" the junior staff desperately pulled at the older colleagues seated behind the desks.

"I’m not going!" the sergeant roared in anger and sorrow, "I will stay here and watch us crush the enemy’s ships! The Yokozuna will not lose!"

In the power cabin, workers sat in the reactor control room and made adjustments.

They ramped up the reactor’s power, allowing the Yokozuna’s forward speed to reach its peak while monitoring the conditions of the nuclear reactor.