You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 119 The nobles have only lost their lives, but we have gained freedom (6k)

In October of the 134th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the White Eagle Royal Army displayed a power on the battlefield that exceeded the Red Heart Army's expectations.

[The Red Heart Army initially believed that the enemy was no different from the previous White Eagle Empire army; if so, the only differences would be in equipment and the level of the professionals.]

However, when war broke out, the order and faith displayed by the White Eagle royal army on the battlefield completely overwhelmed the other soldiers of the Allied forces.

Under these circumstances, only the elite Third Army of the military superpower, the Kingdom of Farah, could barely compare to the White Eagle Royal Army.

Their unwavering faith, their fearless courage in battle, and their willingness to drag the enemy down with them even in death—all these qualities evoked a sense of familiarity in the Red Heart Army.

[Even in the ensuing clashes, the Crimson Heart Army was surprised to discover that the soldiers of the White Eagle Royal Army also possessed cultivation techniques.]

[It seems the Red Heart Army's formidable fighting prowess on the battlefield has indeed astonished the White Eagle Emperor.]

Therefore, when the White Eagle Emperor was building his own elite force, he referenced the Red Heart Army's training methods and resource allocation.

For aristocratic families, mastering cultivation techniques is essential.

[However, for the royal family, it's simpler to spread the techniques to their elite troops, allowing them to achieve merit on the front lines and then directly promote them to nobility.]

[Anyway, the White Eagle Empire is filled with powerful families, so having a few more wouldn't affect the White Eagle royal family at all.]

[Especially those newly nobles who rose to power through military merit were staunch royalists.]

[After all, they were promoted by the White Eagle Emperor, so they would naturally be extremely loyal to him.]

Under these circumstances, the White Eagle Emperor would certainly not be stingy with his rewards in terms of cultivation techniques.

The only difference between the White Eagle Royal Army and the Red Heart Army now lies in their shared beliefs.

Thus, the Red Heart Army suffered its most devastating losses in recent years.

However, the White Eagle royal army also suffered heavy losses.

The differences between the two armies began to emerge at this point.

The Red Heart Army is defending their homeland and sacrificing themselves for their ideals, while the White Eagle Royal Army is only targeting the Red Heart Society for military merit and to fulfill orders from above.

[This place isn't even part of the White Eagle Empire's territory.]

Furthermore, the officers of the White Eagle royal army were deeply distressed by the losses.

Although the Federation has made some sacrifices, these sacrifices are based on the premise that the Loyal Heart Society will be eliminated.

If the Federation is ultimately destroyed, the White Eagle Empire will have truly suffered a double loss.

Therefore, they will adopt a defensive strategy in the upcoming battles.

Your heart must be bleeding after witnessing this scene.

[And so, in the ensuing battle, he suddenly unleashed his battle aura domain, catching the enemy off guard.]

Although prolonged use of your Battle Aura Domain may shorten your lifespan, in crucial moments of a large-scale war, its quiet release as a trump card can absolutely catch the enemy off guard.

The sudden surge of power from the Red Heart Army has once again driven the Allied forces back to the heart of the Federation's central city.

Even the White Eagle Royal Army, with its strongest combat power, couldn't withstand the Red Heart Army's all-around power surge.

[You considered the Qin family's War Heart artifact, so you didn't force a breakthrough into the weak points of the Federation's central city.]

There are still a large number of troops from other countries here. Once the will to fight is ignited, the Red Heart Army soldiers will inevitably suffer unnecessary losses.

From a broader perspective of global development, the White Eagle Empire's royal army should die on the battlefields of future resistance against the Abyss's invasion, not here.

Even though the portal to the abyss poses no threat now, you know this is only temporary.

[You have a feeling, deep down.]

The abyss is about to erupt!

Based on this shared struggle for human destiny, you are willing to make some concessions in certain non-essential circumstances.

[In December of the 134th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, during the period when the two armies resumed their standoff and the allied forces were holed up in the central city of the Federation, you instructed Lin Xue to arrange the dissemination of the Red Heart Ideal.]

[Through channels and methods in other countries, Chixin has been working quietly and diligently.]

[Thus, at your command, the Red Heart's ideology, like cancer cells, began to spread uncontrollably across the world.]

[Other working-class individuals in various countries also learned about the Red Heart Society's lofty ideals through various channels.]

Let our motherland become great again!

[Let those powerful families who leech off the nation be utterly destroyed!]

Let those royals, who are supported by the state but only know how to enjoy themselves when it matters, eat shit!

[Even while fighting against the Second Allied Forces, the Red Heart Society also established a corresponding global organization: Red Tide.]

Under the leadership of the Red Tide organization, various countries began to establish Red Heart Society branches that reflected their own national customs and traditions.

From powerful empires to weak kingdoms and even duchies, they were all established.

The weaker the country, the more it is bullied by larger powers, the more intense the patriotic movements that erupt there will be.

[The Red Heart Society officially begins its global expansion at this moment.]

[Under the focused attention of the Red Heart Society, internal strife began to erupt among all the nations forming the allied forces, including the Winter Empire, the Sunset Empire, the Peacock Empire, and the White Eagle Empire.]

[In a short time, numerous incidents of violent suppression began to occur.]

With the Red Tide as a backdrop, the more the Red Heart Branch is suppressed, the fiercer its counterattack will be.

[Subtly, each nation is giving rise to its own leader amidst its ongoing struggles.]

In February of the 135th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Kingdom of Farah, part of the allied forces, launched a surprise attack, inflicting considerable losses on the Red Heart Army.

Despite having over a billion loyal followers as support and a continuous stream of soldiers converging on the front lines, the Kingdom of Farah has still been highlighted by you.

The other empires were large and powerful, so the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers was only a slight pity.

However, if the Red Heart Society annihilates the entire army of the Kingdom of Farah, and with the Red Heart Society's instigation within the Kingdom of Farah, they will inevitably force the Kingdom of Farah to change its flag!

At that time, the king and nobles of the Kingdom of Farah will all be beheaded!

[First, kill Louis III of the Kingdom of Farah, then wipe out all the high-ranking nobles of the Kingdom of Farah. Let's see what these allied forces plan to do then.]

If they continue to target the Red Heart Society here, then the Red Heart Society will make their own backyard burn!

If they go back to suppress them, they won't be able to control the Red Heart Society.

[When the Crimson Flame of the Kingdom of Farah blazed fiercely, it signified that the Crimson Flame would no longer be fighting alone in the world.]

From this day forward, all those who wholeheartedly uphold our ideals will unite!

Let those princes and nobles tremble under the flames of their loyal hearts!

They lost their lives, but their unwavering loyalty will grant them unprecedented freedom!

In May of the 135th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, with the full support of the Red Heart Society and the transport of large-scale military equipment, the Red Heart Society of the Kingdom of Farah rose up unexpectedly and captured three main cities of the Kingdom of Farah.

[Immediately, the King of Farah urgently recalled his troops to the country in an attempt to suppress the rebellion.]

[But something completely unexpected happened within the Kingdom of Farah.]

The Farah Kingdom's army witnessed the Red Heart Army's power in the Federation's central city, so when they returned and saw their compatriots practicing the Red Heart Society's methods, they were all excited.

[The previous Federation, though vast and rich in resources, was extremely weak due to the corruption of the Federation's headquarters and the oppression of powerful families.]

Under the reforms of the Red Heart Society, the entire Federation was transformed.

So, if their country were to establish a regime similar to the Red Heart Society, could it also become powerful?

[Therefore, they were ordered to besiege the Red Heart Society of the Kingdom of Farah. During the confrontation between the two armies, a surrender signal was given, and the general and deputy general of the regular army of the Kingdom of Farah led the way in raising the flag of the Kingdom of Farah to surrender.]

If the general has surrendered, how can the soldiers possibly continue fighting?

And so, a battlefield destined to be recorded in history unfolded.

When news of the complete surrender of the regular army of the Kingdom of Farah reached the kingdom's ears, the tyrannical king was filled with disbelief.

What's going on here?

Why did my own army surrender?

In July of the 135th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Red Heart Branch of the Kingdom of Farah led its army into the capital and captured the King of Farah alive.

Along the way, all the soldiers of the Kingdom of Farah, except for the royal guards, surrendered, raising the Kingdom of Farah's white flag.

Therefore, the process from capturing the main city to overthrowing the kingdom's rule did not take too long.

Finally, after deliberation by the branch's senior leadership, the King was sentenced to death!

[Execute immediately!]

Thus, in the hundreds of years since the advent of the extraordinary era, the Kingdom of Farah is the only nation in history to have sent its supreme ruler to the gallows.

This incident caused great controversy around the world, especially among the kings of several kingdoms near the Kingdom of Farah, who, in a panic, recalled their armies, fearing that they would be brainwashed by the Red Heart Society if they were too late.

The betrayal of the Farah Kingdom's army proves that the Red Heart Society is truly sinister!

[How can you change the enemy's mindset like this on the battlefield?]

In September of the 137th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Sunset Empire and the Peacock Empire, feeling the growing threat from the Red Heart Society, joined forces with two million troops to attack the Farah Red Heart Society.

This branch of the Red Heart Society is even more despicable than the Red Heart Society itself!

At least the Red Heart Society didn't hang a king!

[This is because the Federation, which was founded by the Red Heart Society, does not have rulers such as kings or emperors.]

The pernicious influence of the Red Heart Society is even stronger than that of the Red Heart Society itself.

But all countries understand that the Red Heart Society is the real threat!

Only by eradicating the main branch can we prevent its branches in other countries from springing up again.

However, the Red Heart Society was too inflexible, so they were willing but unable to act.

Only when Chixin's national strength is weakened by an unforeseen event can they seize the opportunity to plunder it.

In October of the 137th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crown Prince of the White Eagle Empire died suddenly on the battlefield. Upon hearing this, the White Eagle Emperor was furious.

[Furthermore, he publicly denounced the Red Heart Society's immorality in front of all the world's media, declaring that he would be irreconcilably opposed to the Red Heart Society for the rest of his life!]

[However, you know the White Eagle Emperor very well, so you know he's not truly angry.] [Perhaps a little sad, after all, he's the successor he's nurtured for many years.]

But compared to the long-term interests of the nation's future, none of this matters.

[While you may know this, at the same time the White Eagle Emperor was furiously denouncing the Red Heart Society, you also began to angrily criticize the White Eagle Empire on the world stage.]

[Thus, the leaders of the two superpowers, like two vagrants, constantly attacked each other with various linguistic traps in the international arena.]

In the eyes of all national powers, this was absolutely a case of never speaking to each other again.

In reality, only the top leaders of the two countries truly understand the strategic relationship between them.

When one side lacks the capability to eliminate the other, the two countries become excellent strategic partners.

There's no way any empire would want an organization like the Red Heart Society to grow stronger.

The ultimate ideal of the Red Heart Society is to liberate the entire world, and to destroy all empires, kingdoms, duchies, and other nations where injustices such as royalty and nobility exist.

Therefore, barring any fatal external interference, the two sides are almost certain to go to war in the future.

In November of the 137th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the White Eagle Empire withdrew its troops.

The strategic objective of the second anti-Red Alliance campaign has failed once again.

[In the same month, under your organization, the Red Heart Army exploited the Federation's weak points and stormed the Federation's central city.]

[With your knowledge of the central cities of the Federation, the Red Heart Legion, under your command, stormed into the Qin family compound at top speed.]

Just as the Qin family patriarch entered the crucial password and prepared to use the Heart of War, he saw that he was surrounded by a densely packed group of Crimson Heart Battle Clan members.

He surveyed his surroundings; all the Qin family members had been captured.

At that moment, he was filled with mixed emotions.

The heart of war is in his hands, and he can certainly continue to wield it now.

But what happens next?

[Should we send him alone to take on the entire Red Heart Battle Group?]

If he were a level nine professional, he would naturally use it without hesitation.

But he isn't!

Even a level 8 professional can't really make a difference against a super-band like the Crimson Heart Band.

Therefore, the patriarch of the Qin family, the most prestigious of all the aristocratic families in the Federation, surrendered.

With this, the Federation was completely overthrown.

The Red Heart Society has occupied the Federal economic and cultural center city.

The following day, a trial targeting all the aristocratic families, nobles, and high-ranking officials of the Federation was broadcast live on television to the world.

Following the conclusion of this globally watched trial, the global movement seemed greatly encouraged, and amidst cheers and jubilation, it began to unleash its passion for reform.

In the same month, the Winter Empire sent envoys to negotiate peace with the Red Heart Society.

[You had the Winter Empire's envoy thrown out. When the Winter Empire mobilized its entire nation to attack the Southern Territory, why didn't they foresee this day?]

Now that the Anti-Red Alliance has disbanded, are you scared?

It’s too late!

[Kou Kewang!]

I can go too!

Just as the Winter Empire has repeatedly suppressed the Red Heart Society, now that the Red Heart Society has freed up its resources, it naturally wants to repay its old neighbor.

When it comes to fighting, the Red Heart Society has nothing to fear!

[If it weren't for their formidable military strength, other countries wouldn't have withdrawn from the Red Heart Society so easily.]

[In December of the 137th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, you mobilized a large army to fully support the Winter Defense Line.]

And so, millions of loyal soldiers rushed to the front lines in the dead of winter.

Almost immediately after the Red Heart Army's large-scale mobilization, the Winter Empire began a full-scale withdrawal of its forces, even abandoning more than a dozen cities near the Winter Defense Line and deploying its entire army to the first defensive stronghold: Lonna Fortress.

Meanwhile, high-ranking mages of the Winter Empire began using icy magic, causing fierce winds to sweep across the entire empire and temperatures to plummet.

The people of the Winter Empire have lived in this extremely cold environment since childhood, and have developed a very high resistance to low temperatures and cold.

However, the members of the Red Heart Society live within the Federation's territory, where the seasons vary greatly. Once they venture deeper, the advantages afforded by that environment will make the Winter Empire's fighting strength even stronger.

High-level professionals can ignore changes in their surroundings, but what about ordinary Red Heart Army soldiers?

Can we just ignore it?

[Minus fifty degrees Celsius can be ignored, but what about minus eighty degrees Celsius?]

Even if it means half the population of the Winter Empire freezes to death this year, the Winter Empire will keep the Red Heart Society's invasion at bay.

However, the Red Heart Society's actions surprised the Winter Empire. After leaving the Winter Defense Line, the Red Heart Army merely took over the forests, lakes, ports, and cities abandoned by the Winter Empire.

[After entering the border cities of the Winter Empire, the Red Heart Society distributed cold-weather supplies and various living resources to the lower classes of the cities.]

After all, those who remained here after the motherland's defeat in the war, those who didn't evacuate, were all from the lowest rungs of society!

The true aristocratic families have long since fled.

[Even in an effort to reduce resistance among the lower ranks of the Winter Empire, the Winter Army under the Red Heart Society began to be deployed.]

As they watched their compatriots distributing supplies, these people at the bottom of society in the city felt a surge of emotion.

The most ironic thing also happened in this cold December.

The cities with the fewest deaths from freezing within the entire Winter Empire are surprisingly the dozen or so cities occupied by the Red Heart Society.

This enormous irony enraged the Emperor of the Winter Empire!

What the hell is that damned Red Heart Society up to?

Do they really think they can win over the hearts and minds of people within the empire with these things?

The people of the Empire have absolute loyalty to the Empire!

It is utterly impossible for someone to be grateful for the fervor shown to invade their motherland simply because of some cheap winter gear, low-priced heating equipment, and worthless resources!

[It's laughable that you, the founder of the Red Heart Society, would use such low-level tactics to win people's hearts!]

[In January of the 138th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Society began offering free career awakening services to all Winterborn citizens in these dozen or so cities.]

When the former citizens of the Winter Empire, now members of the Red Heart Society's Winter Clan, learned of this, they were all stunned and stood there, at a loss for what to do.

[Soon, they realized what was happening and began calling out to their friends, roaring excitedly, urging everyone to hurry to the professional awakening location to awaken their extraordinary powers.]

Oh my god!

[The professional awakening qualification, which originally required paying millions of Winter Coins to a noble lord and signing a ten-year loyalty contract, was now being offered free of charge by the Red Heart Society.]

[If at the beginning some people harbored the most malicious thoughts about the Red Heart Society, believing that it wanted them to betray their country, recruit them into the army, and turn against their own compatriots.]

【But now!】

They don't think that way anymore!

Good heavens, this is absolutely the best organization in the world!

[As long as it awakens their professional consciousness and propels them onto the path of the extraordinary, they would dare to attack their own people, let alone the emperor.]

[When they completed their professional awakening, and the Red Heart distributed two basic Divine Gift Crystals to them each month, a large number of Winterborn people immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.]

Two basic Divine Crystals are enough to buy a property in a border city of the Winter Empire!

In other words, the Red Heart Society not only gives them awakened professions for free, but also provides them with divine crystals every month, equivalent to the value of a house.

If the legendary gods truly exist, then Chang Chixin would certainly be like this!

So they began spontaneously heading to the Winter Army's base, inquiring whether they could join the Winter Army.

The soldiers of the Winter Army are also very happy about the changes in their comrades.

However, they still refused their compatriots' request, since the Red Heart Society had very strict requirements for military assessment and vetting; those who did not meet the standards were simply not qualified to become soldiers.

At this moment, the people of Winter's worldview collapsed.

【what? 】

[Don't you need to give something in return?]

Is it really all free?

This is so dreamlike!

Harboring such unrealistic thoughts, they returned home.

[Then, they began to worship you, the founder of the Red Heart Society, in their homes, according to the traditional cultural customs of the Winter Empire.]

They hoped that Chixin would grow stronger and stronger, and that Chixin would conquer the Winter Empire in the shortest possible time.

In this way, their relatives and friends in other cities can also enjoy the benefits.

What are the benefits of becoming a professional?

What I want is for family and friends to be together, to hunt abyssal monsters together in the future, and to live a happy and fulfilling life. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

In February of the 138th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the abyss gate before the Eastern Territory of the Crimson Heart Society began to tremble violently, as if affected by something.

The next moment, from the four directions—the Sunset Empire, the Winter Empire, the United States, and the Peacock Empire—a massive pillar of demonic energy shot through the sky.

[Under the impact of these four pillars of demonic energy, a crisp shattering sound seemed to emanate from the sky.]

Immediately afterwards, eerie, mournful cries began to emanate from within the abyss portal before the eastern defense line.

[Everyone who saw this had a thought that involuntarily arose in their mind.]

[Abyss Invasion!]

【here we go! 】

(End of this chapter)