High Above

The battle is over.

When it was confirmed that the great demon Death Bell was wiped out and the Dragon Kings indeed left with the Dragon of the Abyss, Ian breathed a sigh of relief.

From the prophecy to the beginning of the war, until now, Ian has continued to prepare and continue to do the work of the entire Nanling, not only to promote people's livelihood, but also to penetrate into the military and political circles. Now that it breaks out, it really makes people Nanling's troops exploded with unimaginable power and were able to withstand the invasion of the Demon King.

This is a very tiring and tiring thing.

Even with the assistance of the Heart of Terra, which manages the military production of the entire South Ridge, Ian still has to make the decision on the specific production plan, and the new weapon design has to be manufactured by Ian himself, not to mention that the Heart of Terra still has There is no way to produce high-precision parts independently, and everything needs to be supervised by Ian or Adlbert.

Basically, this victory was a way of victory that Ian led a group of people from Nanling to forcibly walk out of the 99% possibility of failure.

But even so, Nanling still suffered great losses.

The Nineteenth Legion and the Silver Peak Leader troops faced the demon army at the first and second lines of defense, but still suffered considerable casualties.

It was okay for the Yinfeng leadership troops. After all, they were all elites in the first place, and they did not directly face the first wave of the demon army. The demon army was not at its peak at that time. In the end, it was quickly blasted to pieces by space-based weapons, so it suffered casualties. Probably around nine hundred people.

However, the casualties of the Nineteenth Legion exceeded 5,000 - their level of mechanization was far lower than that of the Silver Peak Leader, and they had to deal with the first wave of beast demons. Several positions were pulled out by the fusion officers, and the losses were quite heavy.

Such casualties have broken up several organizations within the 19th Army. Many veteran brigades have been organically killed on the front line... This is indeed an extremely heartbreaking loss. Every veteran in those veteran brigades can serve as a Officers lead the team, and their rich combat experience is priceless.

But you must know that what they are facing is the first extraordinary legion to officially appear on the continent of Terra!

The demonic army was completely wiped out, and the demonic beasts that looted the formation were even drowned by artillery fire. With the power of one legion, the Nanling Army destroyed the demonic army that the seven legions of the Western Territory Army could not stop - such a record, even if all The survivors were filled with sadness, but a burning sense of pride and a sense of accomplishment in protecting their hometown still made everyone cheer in the battle formation.

"Not to mention..."

Ian turned his head and looked at the silver sun in the virtual world: "From the perspective of the soul, everyone is not dead."

"It is effective to immediately promote artificial souls to the entire population when a crisis is perceived... Hmm, it can be regarded as enriching a wave of soul reserves."

Having said that, in fact, the real soul reserves are actually the demon souls that dispersed after the death of Deathstroke.

These souls were originally supposed to escape into the Void Realm, and were finally captured and deleted by the Void Realm Machine God, or dissolved naturally - but now, the Heart of Terra is quickly taking action under Ian's control to recycle these souls.

The souls of demons are hundreds of times more solid than those of ordinary people, and the souls of thousands of demons are comparable to the souls of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

This is definitely a qualitative improvement for Terra - so far, there are less than 100,000 souls in the Heart of Terra, this time it has directly increased to ten times the previous number!

Apart from that, Ian doesn't want to do anything for the time being.

In fact, there is no need to do anything. After witnessing the vision of sky fire and night turning into day, and the final victory, the entire Nanling has been plunged into a sea of ​​cheers - everyone is cheering for victory, cheering... …

Great victory in the battle to defend Nanling!

…

Flying flames.

"*Fei Yandi swears*, what's going on?!"

On the front line, the demon general An Abyss felt that he was truly a demon as his name suggests, and the whole demon fell into the abyss.

A great victory in Nanling? The Nanling Demon Legion was destroyed? Dragon King takes action? The Dragon of the Abyss was detained? Cursed earth shrinks? The demon army completely retreated?

What the hell, weren't you still busy attacking various cities in the Western Territory yesterday, playing hide-and-seek with the Imperial Legion and fighting guerrillas? How come things suddenly got so bad!

At this moment, the dark abyss feels like it is one big and two big. I can't figure out what happened. How could the originally good situation be ruined to this extent!

Not only he, the general, couldn't understand it, but the soldiers below and the people of Feiyan Land also couldn't understand it.

Fortunately for the demons, they are quite single. They have killed enough anyway. Now they can continue to transform and evolve after returning to the Flying Flame Land, but the people are different.

From the very beginning when Feiyandi took out the demon army, there were many voices of doubt and opposition within Feiyandi - it's not that using demons against the Imperial people is not possible, almost 100% of Feiyandi residents' thoughts were 'for Let's use the Demon Legion against the Empire! ’ With this kind of thinking, they are just worried that the higher-ups of Feiyan Land will use their own locals as raw materials for converting demons.

Yes, the reputation of the kings is not that bad, but in a place like Terra, don't trust the morality of these strong men too much... It may be pointless to be more suspicious, but maybe you can avoid a big crisis?

With victory after victory, the people of Feiyan Land are becoming more and more accepting of the demon army. This is actually equivalent to the revenge war against the enemy country, when our own people take out weapons of large-scale indiscriminate destruction. I'm afraid, but it's really refreshing to see destruction coming to the enemy.

But now, the demon army was suddenly defeated, and the fear came back instantly.

——Demons can lose, so what if the Imperial people also use demons? What if an army more powerful than the devil invades us?

Although it may sound a bit like "I knew this was the case, why did I do it in the first place", but most human beings have this mentality.

Especially since the imperial agents have not carried out sabotage in recent times, but have distributed various news pamphlets about Feiyandi's defeat in Nanling and its retreat in the Western Territory, making it impossible for Feiyandi to cover it up with public opinion. .

For a moment, Feiyan Land felt a bit precarious inside.

But the kings of Feiyan Land were surprisingly calm.

It can even be said that the calmness is a bit too abnormal.

No matter what force it is, even if it is prepared for failure from the beginning, when it suddenly encounters an enemy that theoretically will not take action at all, it will more or less complain, or it will hold on to face and refuse to retreat. Performance.

But in fact, the performance of the kings of Feiyan Land was very simple: all the demons on the Nanling side were annihilated without saying a word, while the remaining demon legions in the west continued to fight, fighting and retreating. Just sticking to the entrances and exits around the misty forest, it is obvious that they have to switch from an invasion war to a protracted war.

However, with the cursed soil shrinking greatly and the Dragon of the Abyss being taken away, whether they can survive the empire's counterattack is a question.

However, having said that, many people in the Feiyan Land King Alliance still set their sights on Nanling.

When they used the demons, they were already prepared to hand over the Dragon of the Abyss and keep the consciousness of the Abyss.

But I never imagined that this day would come so quickly...

Moreover, the demon army was not in the hands of the extraordinary army of the empire, but in the remote countryside of Nanling.

No, it's not a country place anymore.

The powerful men who were looking at Nanling discovered an astonishing fact at this moment.

That is, with the full transformation and development construction of Yinfengling, three large urban agglomerations have been formed with the transportation avenues of Xiahui City, Nauman City and Harrison Port as the core, and they have all used the Various electronic information network technologies, including terminals, and many small inventions and tools that seem to only exist in pre-epochal civilizations are used in people's lives.

A brand-new agricultural system, various industrially produced fertilizers, extremely safe industrially processed food, and a complete set of mechanized warfare systems...

At first glance, Ian's fight against the demon army seems to be just various splicings of alchemy and some simplified armors, but if you look carefully, you will find... Does this kid have a database of pre-era civilizations in his body?

"He might actually have."

One of the kings said this: "The Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, the Alien Research Institute, and possibly, the legacy of that guy Inaga... At that time, there was great opposition from the nobles in the empire, so they did not restore it successfully."

"But in Nanling, a small place where the imperial nobles have their say, no one said no to him when he carried out relevant reforms."

"Earl Yinfeng first renovated his own territory, then took advantage of the war to spread to most of Nanling. Now, Nanling is no longer a remote area, but should be a high-tech development zone with great potential."

"Now, the only question is, does the empire use Nanling as a test field to observe the consequences of the transformation of related technologies? If so, then our situation may be more severe than imagined."

In the silence that was unspeakable to the outside world, Fei Yandi silently revised his view of Nanling.

What about the Empire?

Some people in the empire are indeed sitting back and watching Ian's reforms and regard Nanling as a testing ground.

For example, the eldest prince and the second prince supported Ian because they believed in his abilities, and Ian showed technical tendencies similar to theirs.

When the eldest prince heard the news about the "Victory of the Nanling Guards", he smiled and clapped his hands in admiration, and as he continued to read the relevant information, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

The unity of the Chongling Sect, the activity of the Giant of Light, and the final blow against the great demon Deathstroke...each one scratched his itch, and each one made him feel that Ian was worthy of the great talent he had invested in. He really accomplished everything he wanted to do.

"I will definitely ask Ian for advice on this giant of light's technology, whether it's psychic energy or source-plasma skills."

Nodding slightly, Carlos praised: "It allows people to exert their third-level strength. If it weren't for Feiyandi's sneak attack before, which exposed Ian's trump card, then whoever thought he could attack the Silver Peak Leader would have Encountering a head-on attack from it - the general third level can't do well at all, but the fourth level... Look at this big devil, I guess the future fourth level will not be willing to go to the bank if they don't have some confident trump cards. The leader of the peak caused damage."

Nonsense, what the Silver Peak Leader showed this time was the four third energy levels of Ian, Xiou, Manya and the Giant of Light. Marquis Barton's choice to abandon his business was indeed the right one. If he had to seize the power to suppress Ian, wouldn't the four third-level rebels just walk away in Nanling?

Even a fourth-level person is unwilling to cause trouble in a place like this. If he is held back a little bit and is caught up by the corresponding fourth-level person from the empire, the probability of his death is too high.

And the other side.

Compared to the eldest prince's surprise, the second prince felt partly frightened.

As the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army, Mikael has been confronting the Nirmasas kings recently. He also has to deal with demon riots in various places. Every day, he can hear that cities and villages are being razed and slaughtered. Hearing that some troops had been wiped out... he really clenched his fists, wishing he could rush directly into Feiyan Land and engage in a massacre to repay tooth for tooth and blood for blood.

But who would have known that one-third of the Demon Legion's troops entered Nanling, and Mikael had already notified the empire to prepare for the Fengxiang Knights to come to the rescue, but it turned out to be completely useless - Nanling fought back by himself!

What the hell is this?

Although there were more than 12,000 casualties before and after Nanling, and even more than 250,000 civilians were killed and injured in Golden Plains, and only about 3,000 evil demons were killed.

The army exchange ratio is more than four times, and it is even more terrifying when including mortals... But one side is just a mortal army armed with mechanization, and the other side is an extraordinary army!

Such battle losses are certainly horrific, but if you have to say it, this is definitely a great victory.

And this result also made Mikael feel excited.

"The technology left behind by my grandfather is indeed correct!"

He looked at the report on Nanling in his hand and made up his mind: "I am worthy of my acquiescence in allowing him to freely use all technologies for development in Nanling. This is what I want - there were a lot of external reasons for the failure of my grandfather's reform back then, and although Nanling was in chaos, , but as long as you have a firm foothold, no one can point your fingers."

"Brand-new technology takes root in a place where there is nothing, even if it is simple, but if it is launched in a place like the Imperial City, it will be very difficult... Yes, this is where my grandfather made the mistake. He always thought of top-down It is wrong to spread the reform from the imperial capital to the whole country. It should start from rural areas like Nanling. When the results are achieved, people in the imperial capital will be envious and jealous, and then choose to follow!"

"This is the right direction!"

At this moment, the depression in his heart due to the serious loss of the Western Army was swept away, and he became energetic. Then he raised his head and looked in the direction of the imperial capital: "Father... you should have seen it too, right?"

"What on earth would you do?"

The imperial capital was silent. The emperor observed everything in the Silver Peak Territory earlier than anyone else. He knows it but doesn't care. He recognizes it but doesn't act.

Because he also has his own way.

Different from his father, different from that beautiful and idealized vision...the landkeeper always walks on his own path.

now.

On the Nanling battlefield, after a simple victory celebration, Ian led the team to clean the battlefield.

Compared with strategic advantages and a smooth road in the future, the reality of a piece of chicken feathers... and a land of harvest is more important.

In just one night and one day, the Nanling troops had already gained a lot.

First of all, the Heart of Terra recovered the souls of almost all the fallen - the reason why it is almost but not all is because demons also have the ability to destroy souls. The battle is so fierce that it is impossible for everyone's souls to not be destroyed. It was also quite an annoying point, which made Ian determined to transform the artificial soul, put a shell or something, to ensure that the Heart of Terra could fully recover all souls.

But Ian was the only one dissatisfied with this result. Everyone, including Adlbert, felt incredible about the power of the Chongling Cult: they could actually recover more than 98% of the souls on the battlefield. This is so simple!

Regarding this achievement, Ms. Ying The souls of the deceased have an inexplicable connection with the Holy Mountain, but even if this connection is far away, the protection cannot be maintained.

After all, the Chongling Sect is still a local sect. It is already outrageous to be able to do things of this level. In this case, who would be afraid of death? Who fears war? Nanling's army had already won more than half of the battle before the war began!

In addition, the Heart of Terra also recovered a large number of demon souls.

Because the process of recovering demon souls and dismantling and purifying them takes a while, it is not a real harvest for the time being. However, after the death of lemure demons and other virtual creatures, some spiritual materials will be left behind.

For example, Devil's Horns, Devil's Heart, Devil's Claws, etc... Although these materials cannot be used for bloodline true forms, they are absolutely fine for use in psychic jewelry.

Of course, psychic jewelry made from these materials may make the holder a little irritable and irritable, but it is better than nothing!

Not to mention...Ian could try to purify them!

On the Nanling battlefield today, there are more than 2,000 pieces of demonic materials, as well as a large number of Warcraft materials left over from the Warcraft army - Ian announced that Silver Peak Leader will purchase all the trophies on the battlefield at market prices, hoping that the soldiers will use their Take out the private materials.

He clearly explained the possible dangers caused by demon materials and monster materials, and swore on his own credibility to be absolutely fair and impartial.

If it were other nobles, even if they were afraid, the Nanling soldiers would definitely remain silent and uncooperative - credibility? Where does the credibility come from? Who are you?

But it was Ian who said this!

The prophet lord who had just led them to defeat the demon, bravely fought against the great demon Deathstroke, and never retreated from the beginning to the end!

Could he have any bad intentions for them? Definitely not, it’s definitely for their own good!

Therefore, everyone obediently handed over their loot.

Of course, some soldiers just want to keep some of the enemy's bones as trophies to show off back home, and Ian will very kindly help such soldiers to identify whether the trophies in their hands are harboring evil thoughts and curses. If not, he is also willing to be generous.

Such a move made the troops of the Nineteenth Legion and the Silver Peak Leader cheer for their coach on the spot - if the original officers and commanders of the Nineteenth Legion saw this scene, they would definitely burst into tears and their eyes would go dark, but It's no longer up to them now. Even if they look extremely depressed, they still have to cheer together with everyone.

Because, starting from today, due to the invasion war of Feiyandi, Nanling is no longer a scattered cluster of small and medium-sized nobles!

It is a complete, unified province under the governance of Ian and the Governor's Palace!

Of course, the most important prize is definitely not the little fight between these little devils and evil spirits.

Ian, Adlbert and others came to the virtual realm, where the great demon Deathstroke fell.

Here, there is a dark evil spirit that is re-condensing, trying to turn into a dark gem again.

This gem-like mist agglomerates and disperses indefinitely, like an aggregation of stardust, reflecting the blazing bloody fire in the virtual world... It seems to want to draw something from all directions, but in the end it is never able to do it. Able to give up dejectedly.

"The legacy of the great demon."

Ian whispered to himself: "Although the abyss dissipates or is taken away by the abyss consciousness, the most essential soul core is still there."

This is the real reward.