"Interesting, this is quite interesting." Louis leisurely outlined the route of the Queen's vessel on the sea map.
Limuru had moved away from the vicinity of the Queen's vessel. Although unable to continuously monitor its activities, detecting movements from afar was still possible.
Olivia watched as Louis snapped his fingers and a model of the Queen's vessel appeared around the sand table. With Louis's fingers opening and closing, the model enlarged like a 3D scene, revealing various details inside the Queen's vessel.
Inside, numerous merfolk and fishmen soldiers could be seen roaming all over the ship.
Louis enlarged the model once more, exposing the command cabin, revealing an unsightly scene inside.
The Mermaid Princess, like a wild dog, was entwined with the Fishman General Tim.
The scene was quite eye-piercing.
Louis even added voice effects!
Seeing this, Swanny scolded and hit Louis: "Why are you showing this thing? Are you trying to blind people's eyes?"
Louis snorted softly, "Just record it properly, and later send the footage to the Mermaid Empress."
These were images previously generated in the mind by Limuru, using omnipotent magic near the Queen's vessel, and transmitted back to Louis through the bond between the follower and the master, then displayed by Louis using illusion magic.
"Why send it to her?" Olivia was somewhat puzzled, "This can't serve as evidence."
Illusion magic is a branch of Phantom magic, which is subject to forgery.
Swanny believed that using illusion magic as evidence to compel the Mermaid Empress to punish the traitors was challenging.
— At least, it wouldn't be fast.
Louis shook his head, saying, "Never intended to use this as evidence from the beginning, just to shake the will of the upper echelons of the Mermaid Empire with this real-time simulated scene.
They're very aware that we haven't confronted the Queen's vessel directly and have no understanding of its details and the members on board."
But after seeing these images, the Queen's vessel will be added to the abandonment list."
Olivia realized, "You hope the Mermaid Empire won't interfere with our actions?"
"Yes, initially, the opposing side is difficult to kill. After all, that General Tim is, a Demigod rising within the Mermaid Empire, and the difficulties are not just with Tim."
Just as Louis spoke, the communication crystal sounded, and the guard nearby said, "Your Highness, it's Tunisia."
"Connect it."
The communication crystal connected, and Louis received good news from Tunisia.
"They're going to test a new weapon, can they help us intercept the Queen's vessel?" Louis was surprised.
Quite interesting.
Tunisia updated their weapons so quickly?
Their most powerful weapon was known as "Ninos's Rage," a meteorological weapon.
If the Mermaid Empire's divine tool "Ocean Roarers" can alter weather at sea, then "Ninos's Rage" is the pure Wind and Thunder God's descent to the world.
Ocean Roarers can influence a radius of merely ten kilometers.
But once "Ninos's Rage" is fully unleashed, it covers nearly half of the Giant Plain.
Theoretically, continuous activation thrice would suffice to turn the Giant Plain into barrenness.
That's a true weapon of national destruction.
Even in a past life, Louis had never seen a weapon with such a large individual coverage, far surpassing the infamous Tsar bomb.
Earlier, Tunisians told Louis they wanted to utilize Ense's coordination to attempt co-developing a new weapon.
Said to be a directional modification weapon based on "Ninos's Rage," partly overseen by the first wife, he hadn't paid much attention, but it seemed Tunisians already had a corresponding product?
"Interesting, let them intercept." Swanny's expression became somewhat subtle, "Not letting them act might cause more speculation."
Louis nodded.
Swanny's right.
Recently, Ense Empire's dominance in the battlefield had been overwhelming, instilling confidence in allies while inevitably causing concern among them.
Though Louis always believed there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests, one must consider allies' sense of security in specific historical contexts, or collaboration would eventually break down.
The destructive power from Dragon I had already alerted Tunisians.
Someone might even suspect Louis intended to demonstrate his military prowess to various countries by hitting the Mermaid Empire?
Louis expressed anger towards this, as they were correct.
Indeed, he somewhat held that thought.
Displaying the empire's military strength to instill confidence among nations, so when the empire calls for an all-out assault on the Gate of the Abyss at the Pirate Islands in Fallen Star Sea's center, nations would respond more actively.
"Synchronize the Queen's vessel's movement in real-time with the opponent, inform them, and request our friends to help intercept a bit."
Holding such powerful cards sometimes isn't easy, like currently needing to care for alliance emotions.
But it's understandable.
Tunisia had deep-seated hostility against the Abyssal Church.
Even without possessing future diary-like insight as we do, their internal advisors must recognize the consequences for Tunisia if the Abyssal Church's schemes succeed.
Saying "nation shattered and family ruined" isn't exaggerating.
Despite not being directly caught, if apprehended, the opponent would play ruthlessly.
So, to Louis's surprise, a thunderstorm appeared on the horizon.
