The World Serpent

Gloria stood silently while gazing upon a massive screen. She had already sent the connection to the elven fleet behind her. The only thing she needed to do was wait for them to accept. If they don't accept it, she would have to force her way into their communication and practically take over the entire elven fleet. Most wouldn't want such thing to happen.

"What took them so long? I have a lot of things to do and I don't want to spend time standing here without any reason." Gloria sighed as she shook her head. Even though she acted mature, she was still a little girl. A small little girl that most wouldn't expect to be an admiral of the Azathoth Fleet.

After a while, the connection between the Azathoth Fleet and the elven fleet finally got connected. The Admirals of each elven fleets appeared in front of the massive screen. Gloria looked at them with her red crimson and golden amber eyes. They were numerous than what she had expected but as one would say, quantity was something to treasure. 

"It's nice to meet you, Admirals. I am the Admiral of the Fleet of Azathoth." Gloria smiled as the Elven Admirals gazed at her with shock, disbelief, curiosity, and awkwardness. They were looking at a little girl who calls herself the Admiral of the Azathoth Fleet. Most of them wouldn't have believe it if not for the information from their Great Ruler. 

"It's nice to meet you, Admiral Gloria. We are the Elven Navy Fleet 022, 036, 055, 075, 111, 025, and 010. We are here to assist you in this battle. Our Captains and Crews have high morales after their realization of what was important. Some of us were supposed to protect you but due to your actions of bravery. Many Admirals and Captains followed you into your path to glory." 

"We apologize for causing problems to your fleet and dragging you down. Our Great Ruler will come here and assist you in fighting the Great Rulers of the Calidus Desert. So please slow your propulsion and give time for our Great Ruler to arrive and assist you." The Fleet 010 Admiral said with a calm voice. Gloria raised an eyebrow after hearing the words of the Admiral.

Now that she had thought about it. What about the Great Rulers of the Calidus Desert? She was too hung up on thinking of them as something Foreign, but what about the fact that they have Great Rulers of their own? This realization made Gloria identify her poor mishap. 

'The information about the Great Rulers of the Calidus Desert has been official, which means that there are Great Rulers in the other side. Can I handle them alone? Even though I'm strong despite my age, handling hundreds of Great Rulers is above my power. Only the Five Supremes could do such things without any problems.'

Numerous thoughts passed through Gloria's head. It was practically a suicide mission. It would be foolish to continue piercing through the enemy territory. Even then, Gloria didn't want to retreat and go back lowering her head. She also didn't want everything to be a waste and cause problems for her Mother. 

Gloria was getting hit with problems one after another. She would like to solve all of them, but for now, she would have to handle the current situation in front of her. Gloria sighed as she shook her head once again. She turned her gaze towards the Fleet Admirals and replied with a child-like voice. 

"I agree with slowing down, but I believe it is too late now." Her reply was simple and the Fleet Admirals furrowed their eyebrows upon hearing it. What did she mean by too late? Such were the thoughts in their mind. The Fleet Admiral of Fleet 010 then questioned with a calm voice. 

"What do you mean by too late, Admiral Gloria?" 

"What I'm saying is simple. There is no use on slowing ourselves down as they are heading towards us at great speeds. It would only take a minute for them to arrive, so I suggest on the Elven Admirals preparing for a battle. After all, this would be a blood and devastating one." Gloria answered with her serene voice. The Fleet Admirals were frozen as they wanted to confirm the situation. 

Their Elven Radar technology was vast and wide, but due to the constrictions from the Great Calidus Desert. Their Radar is heavily limited. It took them a while to realize the incoming enemies. The Fleet Admiral of the Fleet 010 nodded in understanding and replied. "We will prepare ourselves. Be careful, Admiral Gloria."

The connection between the Elven Fleets and the Fleet of Azathoth got cut off. Silence then enveloped the bridge of Gloria's battleship as she turned her gaze towards the front of her Fleet. They were heading towards her at a fast speed. So that she could cause maximum damage to the Calidus Desert, she would have to fire all of her Arsenal.

"Prepare, DS 01. Let us fire everything we have in our arsenal." 

As Gloria gave her orders, the Warships within the Azathoth Fleet began preparing everything in its Arsenal. Gloria looked at the Warships turning into Krieg Mode. Every Main Turrets revealed themselves, all AA Batteries were arming themselves, and all Missile Silos and Torpedo Tubes were opening their hatches. 

"Activate, secondary A.I mode for manual control." Gloria then gave another order as her body started to shine in radiant light. A monotone voice then echoed within the bridge and it wasn't Gloria's voice. It was a computer monotone voice that came from the secondary Artificial Intelligence.

-(Secondary Artificial Intelligence Mode activated...)-

  -(Approximately 2,545 Class 1 Battleships and 420 Class 2 Battleships are arming)-

-(Opening all arsenal, Nuclear, Proton, and Anti.)-

Hearing the echoing monotone voice, Gloria smiled as she gazed through the windows once again. There was no used on closing them, so she opened them before having a small talk with the Elven Admirals. She was about to have a battle against strong opponents. There was no used on holding back while fighting against Great Rulers.

"I should leave the bridge and face them." Gloria stretched her little pale body as she faded from the bridge. She reappeared atop the Class 2 Battleship, overseeing all of the things that happened around her. "Order, Full Speed Ahead, Fire on my Command." 

After saying such words, Gloria was looking upon the dark rocky wasteland. One wouldn't expect such a place to exist within a Region with a title Endless Desert. It appears that they have been hiding very well from the Foreign Regions. It also seems that they have been disguising themselves as inhabitants of the Calidus Desert.

-(Warning...)-

-(Incoming Underground Behemoths.)-

-(Numbers... 1... 10... 100... 1000... 69,420)-

-(Activating Defensive Strategy, Firing Nuclear Arsenal at intended targets.)-

"Those underground worms? One of those things can destroy an entire army alone and there are tens of thousands of them? This is getting serious..." Gloria furrowed her eyebrows as she couldn't believe that tens of thousands of those things were rising and heading towards her location. 

She turned her gaze downwards and looked at the wasteland below her. She could noticed the shaken rocky ground as numerous cracks before forming. With that, Underground Behemoths started emerging from the ground and were rising towards the heavens to attack the Fleet of Azathoth. 

-(Firing 10,000/100,000 of the Nuclear Arsenal in the fleet)-

The Secondary Artificial Intelligence instantly gave its orders. The Missile Silos that were opened began releasing the Nuclear Missiles within it. Thousands of Nuclear Hammers flew into the heavens like starlight and slowly fell down back to the Realm like a fall star. It then passed through the Fleet of Azathoth and began its impact to the rising Underground Behemoths. 

It took time, but as the first Nuclear Missile hit, thousands followed. Ten thousand radiant light shone at the same time. Their light rivals that of ten thousands suns in the heavens. After their light was a strange cloud of dust ashen radiation. Everything that got hit by the Nuclear Hammers got vaporize into nothingness. 

With that, one tenth of Gloria's Nuclear Arsenal got fired. It was a lot effective than expected which was a good thing. The shockwave formed by thousands of Nuclear Hammers enveloped everything. Even the Warships within the Fleet of Azathoth started shaking due to the strong turbulence created by the massive explosions.

-(Report...)-

-(69,420 Underground Behemoths have been successfully eliminated.)-

-(Report...)-

-(Enemy Great Rulers arrival, ETA: 10 seconds)-

Upon hearing the last report, Gloria looked at her pale arms and turned her gaze to the front. -(5... 4... 3... 2... 1... They have arrived)- Gloria was looking at Ten Giant Monsters. Each of them were at least 10 to 20 Kilometers in length. They were quite gargantuan when compared to any giant creatures within the Realm of Piksyon. 

-(Firing all armaments within Arsenal.)-

-(Calling for Project Gate.)