What did you do with the dice?

On August 18, Vishas signed her name on behalf of the Kingdom of Elegy. She took the contract back to the sea for circulation among the sea people. Nohat and Amelie also signed the agreement and expressed their willingness to provide support as much as possible and seek help from other sea countries.

In early September, smugglers trading between Esterlun and the Sea People learned the details of the contract, and the Twin Towers Council sent representatives from the Guild and Chamber of Commerce to visit the Pearl Tear Territory to discuss the issue of the contract.

In October, the team arrived at Esdi and brought the news. Grand Saint Theresa showed great interest in this and lent the portal set up in Light City to the envoy team. She also sent the leader of the Golden Blade Knights, Yanar, to sign the agreement on behalf of Esdi, promising that if Snidi was willing to establish a defense line on the border of the Seven Sins Domain, then Esdi would definitely send at least three full-strength Paladins to jointly guard the defense line.

A small episode, in the 548th year of the Kingdom Calendar, half a year after the contract was signed, Sanita angrily rebuked Rushaka for the "cancellation of all taxes" in the contract, which directly caused the portal in the "Demon World" Mage Tower to run at full capacity every day, and had to temporarily close other daily operations of the Mage Tower, such as the Magic World.

Convenient facilities such as ladders are used to provide energy to avoid teleportation risks due to insufficient magic power.

As a result, this group of noble mages now have to walk up and down the stairs repeatedly every day, and some apprentices expressed regret that they did not do enough physical training in the beginning.

Moreover, while it was certainly convenient for envoys and troops negotiating important matters, the free portal also attracted a large number of civilians to Silver City, and these civilians were of all races. They had never used a portal in their lives, and now that it was free, what was wrong with giving it a try?

Even some curious sea creatures came from the sea to see the human world, causing the Mage Tower to be overcrowded, and then the population of Silver City exploded.

As the number of alien races increased, the public security problem in Silver City also became more serious, and the entire Silver City’s permanent army had to allocate a part to help maintain public order.

Furthermore, some sea tribes also wished to trade using shells, forcing Silver City to temporarily establish a currency exchange, spearheaded by several nobles. While this facility was quickly established and everyone cooperated, war was imminent, and in troubled times, harsh punishments were appropriate. Currently, the walls of Silver City were filled with the bodies of prisoners, hanging there like flags of all nations, fluttering in the wind.

Killing a chicken to scare the monkey is still very useful. During this period, no fool would want to waste his life and engage in smuggling or economic operations.

But daily operation and maintenance alone has greatly increased the daily workload of Sani Tower.

Sanitta thinks that good brothers are just bets, and if they don’t know how to sign a contract, then don’t sign it next time. The devil hasn’t come yet, but he is almost exhausted to death.

Rusalka laughed and said that tourism is also part of the planned economy. Keeping everyone physically and mentally happy before the war will also help improve combat efficiency.

The El Empire was the last to hear about it. No one knew how these guys, who had been preparing for war and had no dealings with other countries, heard about it.

However, they simply sent a team of wolf envoys to inform Rusalka that they were ready. After all, they were all followers of the god of war, Krampus. If they felt they were losing the battle and needed support, they could turn to their mercenaries for assistance.

Although they said they would help, they had no intention of signing Rusalka's contract. This was probably because Rusalka was already a follower of the God of War. So the God of War felt that signing or not was not important. Moreover, he saw that other forces were united, at least on the surface, and put on a confident appearance. So naturally, he would not sign this agreement that would bind him.

You see, the "newcomers" like Elune, the goddess of nature, Leviathan (the god of the sea), and Light, the god of change, are still huddling together for warmth and encouraging each other, while the veteran god of war Krampus has already prepared for backstabs.

In fact, the effectiveness of this contract itself is not very significant. The clauses above are also called "a broken sieve in the legal world" by Sanita. It is full of loopholes. There are ten thousand ways to circumvent the rules if you want to breach the contract. It is better to say that the rules above are very open. As long as he wants, he can continue to charge the portal fee and change the name to "magic supplement labor fee", which has nothing to do with "tax" in the public's sense.

However, the reason why he obeyed was because "Shang Yang wanted to make laws, he first erected wooden poles at the city gates." Only by setting an example himself could there be a better basis for cooperation and trust. He could only suffer himself, and Rusalka had to bear the blame.

However, this divine contract, which had little practical significance and was casually drafted by Rusalka, became the only contract in this war that everyone voluntarily abided by and maintained.

The faith and hope it passes on are just like its name, everlasting.

Chapter 476 I am also a fish, give me a chance to be filial

On January 1, 549 of the Royal Calendar, Rusalka took the time to visit the Kingdom of Elegy in the sea.

It's not that there's anything urgent, it's just that the Eternal Plane doesn't celebrate the Spring Festival. For convenience, they treat the first day of spring next year, which is the day when the heavy snow stops every year, as a big New Year's holiday.

On Earth, it is customary to visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year. The reason why we didn’t do this before was because everyone had no family. This is a very sad fact.

You can't ask the DM to bring your parents over. When it comes to fathers and sons fighting in battle, we've only heard of fathers leading their sons, but never heard of sons leading their fathers.

Oh, yes, there are. In fantasy novels about cultivating immortals, you often see people beating the younger ones to get the older ones, and maybe they can even pull out the ancestor.

Shangri-La, who was trying to find a date for Rusalka but was rejected everywhere, shuddered: It's strange, how can a soul like me who doesn't need to eat or sleep have a physiological reaction?

Now, besides the elves, only Weishas has family. This might be his last New Year on the Eternal Plane, so visiting relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year would be a fulfillment of his wish and make his trip worthwhile.

After all, Rusalka had been searching for the spirit revelation for so long without finding Alizee's father. She had made such a solemn promise before, but now she was waiting in silence, which was embarrassing. So, she didn't really want to go to the Elf Forest to see Alila, so she decided to just go swimming in the sea with Vesas.

"mom!"

"Water Fairy - my water fairy - you are back to see me again. I am so happy -" Amelie always hugs Visha enthusiastically when she sees her. She picks Visha up and spins her around in the water for a few circles, then looks at Rusalka: "Lord Pearl Tear, you are here too? Thank you for your care for the Water Fairy during this period of time.

She was fat because of the care she received. "

There is not so much sugar in the sea. In a sense, Weishas, ​​who has been eating sweets on land, does look a little plumper than before, and even the scales and feathers on her hands and feet are more shiny.

But for some reason, the only adjective that came to Rusalka's mind was "plump and delicious". Perhaps mermaids are indeed a kind of seafood.

"Oh, right, the signature that the water fairy asked for before, mom has already got all the signatures from other countries in the sea." Amelie stretched out her hand and pointed, and produced the contract book with the gods. She saw that there were indeed many densely packed signatures added on it, and many of them used pattern symbols, which were very characteristic of the sea people at first glance.

"No, how did you manage to get other countries in the sea to join the war so quickly?"

Could it be that Leviathan personally sent down the oracle? After all, she didn't participate in the First Faith War, the Demon War, or any of the subsequent wars. She recently fought the Esterlun border and still hasn't taken it. If judged by team games, she's a complete AFK bot, 3.0, and should be kicked out by the system.

Thinking about it this way, if she wants to win, she should give her all and make a big move at the end.

That doesn't make sense. Although the creatures on earth are believers of God, they also have their own lives.

Especially the ruling class, it's not like Amelie who became queen inexplicably, so they must have their own unique ideas.

Could it be that the gods appeared in a dream at night and said, "Let's go to the west to fight the demons!" and the next day the mermaid king directly announced to the whole country and ordered them to join the war, and then when the people of the country heard what the gods said, they all supported it?

Wouldn't that be just playing house? It's impossible. Gods are respected in our hearts and are beings we turn to for help when encountering problems. However, there are only a few fanatical believers who dare to risk their lives.

The original attack on Esterlun was purely due to the resentment of various clans against Esterlun, coupled with the deliberate instigation of war by Basu and Nohat. This was only possible because both leaders wanted to fight. Even so, the fight ultimately ended due to supply problems and the general seafolk becoming exhausted and unwilling to fight, so the war was abandoned.

Amelie said proudly, "Hehe, that's what my water nymph wanted my mother to do. I haven't been with her properly for hundreds of years, so how could I let her down? I touched the Sea God inheritance monument again and found Lord Leviasan. I asked her to lend me her power, so I once again gained the power of the Sea God! Then I visited everyone one by one, convincing them to join the war for Leviasan and my water nymph."

It refers to physical persuasion. If you are not convinced, fight until you are convinced. This has always been the case among the sea tribes. Don't look at Amelie as a moderate. Don't forget that she dared to fight with Garces until she was exhausted even though she was in a badly weakened state. For Visas, there is nothing she dare not do.

Rusalka thought to herself, is it so casual? She can still repeat the questions. Could it be that Amelie is a hidden 20-wit? "Then did you pass the test given by Livia again?"

She can't get away with it twice by being kind, right? She's really a good person.

Amelie: "What test?"

Rusalka: "It's okay."

This is what a mermaid relationship household is like.

Amelie: "So when are you getting married? After the war? Then I can prepare in advance. My water nymph's wedding must be the largest and most luxurious in history. First at sea, and then on your land."

Rusalka was glad she didn't bring Phoenix along. "Ah, well, I think this needs to be considered carefully. Besides, why are you in such a hurry to get me married to the water nymph? As the saying goes, marriage is the grave of love. We're already like that before we even get started. Isn't that inappropriate?"

Considering that Visha's concept of marriage only involves forming a lifelong band, Rusalka felt reluctant - mainly because they already have a cat at home, and "raising fish" would easily kill it.

Amelie replied as a matter of course, "Nohat had promised to return the throne. Isn't it just waiting for the water nymph to find a mate and then inherit the country?"

Rusalka: "You're still alive, but you're so anxious to have Vishas ascend the throne. It wouldn't be good if word got out. People who don't know the truth might think Vishas was too eager to advance and forced you to abdicate."

Amelie's answer was very elegant: "It doesn't matter, I can die, so when are you getting married?"

Rusalka was filled with awe and immediately gave Amelie a thumbs-up: "So you really are this, I now feel that being a son-in-law is not as good as being your son. Do you think I still have a chance to be filial to you, my good mother?"

"You can call me mom if you want, I don't mind."

"Forget it, I don't play tiles."

Although his good brother and Maomao were not around, he still stayed to have the sea tribe's New Year's Eve dinner.

The food of the sea people and the elves are two extremes. The food in the forest is bland and tasteless, while the food in the sea is salty and tasteless.

Alas, fishman rice.

Fortunately, after he returns home, he can still have a New Year's Eve dinner made by Mao Mao himself, which is also a kind of coverage.

But why are there three cats in the room?

That night, Rusalka recalled a scene from a movie, where a muscular man in a black X-suit was tied up with his hands, pressed on a chair and given severe electric shocks. He felt very amused and philosophical when watching it.

Now he understood: studying philosophy was indeed painful.

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With the joint support of multiple parties, a large number of civilians of all ethnic groups have been involved in the construction of the western border.

Year 6 of the Royal Calendar 549

There are only two months left until the predicted demon invasion.

With everyone working together, they built a solid wall at an incredible speed on the border between the western part of Sinidi and the Seven Sins Realm.

Regardless of whether it was voluntary or not, several major chambers of commerce took the lead in raising funds.

People came from the guilds and nobles from all over the place.

Snidi provided a large number of fixed military firepower equipment such as magic cannons, the sea tribe provided all-fire-resistant obsidian walls, Esterlun provided anti-aircraft alchemical floating mines, and Aisdi provided the same sunlight laser guns and energy storage pools as those in Silver City.

Miss Black Dragon Ji is the only remaining representative of the dragon clan. She is penniless but full of treasures. Sani Tieta let her take a bath in the moat dug outside the city wall for a month. The clear water turned into a highly toxic liquid that "melted" as soon as it entered the mouth, which can be regarded as a contribution to the city's defense.

Rusalka disagreed with this adjective. He believed that one should drink both fish soup and dragon soup to be considered healthy.

Even the El Empire showed some consideration by having Shushu dig solid underground tunnels and warehouses behind the defense line to store supplies and ensure the safe transportation of logistical supplies.

In order to commemorate this crystallization of the power of most of the world and to unite the people, it was named "Glory of All Races".

Looking at this indestructible line of defense standing proudly in the afterglow of the setting sun, guarding the national border from the chaotic and dark western Seven Sins Realm, a barren scorched earth full of spatial cracks, everyone's confidence was high.

Just as Rusalka said, this time was indeed different from the first demon war. The demons at that time came prepared, while people could only be defeated in a hasty battle.

Back then, they underestimated the demon's strength, which led to one wrong step after another. When a major rout occurred at the front line, even the most elite troops in the rear were unable to stabilize the defeated troops who were retreating like a tide from the front line, and the situation collapsed in a chain reaction like a snowball.

The earth turned into scorched earth and all living beings were devastated. After experiencing long and painful years of war, the creatures finally regained their footing, licked their wounds, and officially entered the stage of strategic stalemate.

This time, the positions of the creatures and demons of the Eternal Plane are very different from those before.

A legion commander looked at the darkness in the west, which seemed to hide countless evil sights.

He had written a suicide note before leaving home and locked it in an iron box in his room where he kept his spare weapons.

He spat out the cigarette in his mouth, crushed it with his iron boot, took out another one from his pocket and handed it to Rusalka, who was sitting next to him, "Your Highness, Grand Duke of Pearl Tears, we will win, right?"

He was a veteran who participated in the Battle of Alice City. According to his own words, he had actually died that day. Thanks to the Grand Duke Zhulei, he became a ghost who was lucky enough to go back and visit his family.

This time, he came to guard the Seven Sins Realm despite his family's opposition, just to save his life. The only thing he couldn't let go of was his family in Alice City.

Therefore, the outcome of this war was very important to him. He realized that the Kingdom of God might not exist. At least he hoped that before he died, he could have the peace of mind that the rear would be safe. This was the most perfect ending for a knight's life: dying in battle.

Rusalka pushed away the cigarette, said to be worth a silver coin, and replied matter-of-factly, "Of course. We are the true masters of the Eternal Plane, and those demons from Hell are ignorant visitors. They should be the ones fleeing in disgrace!"

He laughed, thanked Rusalka from the bottom of his heart, and continued to do what he was going to do.

Furthermore, the Sani Tower considered that although the Seven Sin Realms' spatial barriers were weak, making them the best place to open a large portal, during the Demonic War, those monsters, also demons but originating from the void rather than Hell, did not invade from the Seven Sin Realms. Therefore, they placed magic beacons at key points.

This way, if a portal opened, they could immediately deploy interference. While this wouldn't prevent them from opening a small door to launch a sneak attack from the rear, an unstable teleportation would increase the risk of the teleported being swallowed by spatial turbulence, resulting in a large number of non-combat casualties. This was a low-cost, yet effective, preventative measure.

Furthermore, the Pearl Tear Territory's processing plant, which had attracted numerous artisans from the United Kingdom, expanded several times and became the world's largest equipment factory, continuously shipping its weapons and armor to various locations. With the blessing of the "Resurrection of Spiritual Energy," the number of powerful heavy armored troops increased exponentially.

Combined with Esterlen's alchemical enchantment skills and Esdi's holy blessing, he could add runes to his armor to protect against fire, and carry some holy water. When the battle began, he could pour it on his forehead. Then, a frontal battle against a legion of extraordinary demons, each with its own challenge level, would no longer be a fantasy.

Based on the evaluation of several low-risk demon summoning experiments, with sufficient supplies, it is highly possible to have ordinary soldiers equipped with targeted equipment single-handedly challenge a low-level demon.

Rusalka looked at the thriving scene, like a Stellaris player who had already blocked the gates with a fleet before the final crisis, and sighed smugly, "Brother, I don't know how we lost."

Lord of Hell? What a joke!

It itself cannot defeat me, a level 17 player, and the demon army under its command cannot defeat our army, which is well-trained and has the best time, place and people.

How else can it win? Is it because of its deep love for this land?

Although Sanitta often felt shortness of breath, chest tightness, palpitations, and insomnia due to Rusalka's crow's mouth, this time, even he could not imagine how the demon would break through such a defense line that was arguably the strongest in the world.

-

There are still three days until August 1st. The key fragments in Rusalka's hand are only connected by a few threads. The light on them is extremely dim and it looks like they will fall apart at any time.

The timing is right. According to the mage's observation, the spatial rift in the Seven Sins Domain in the west is beginning to expand, indicating that the blood seal on it will soon lose its effect.

-

At 11:59 pm on July 31st, with a cracking sound, the key in Rusalka's hand turned into fragments and turned into ashes in just a few seconds.

This means that the thousands of years of hard work of the Mobius family, along with the last trace left by the Seven Sins Agents in this world, disappeared along with the sealed key.

The gazes of the soldiers standing on the wall drifted along with the dust towards the Seven Sin Domains, which looked somewhat hideous under the night sky. They gripped their weapons tightly, waiting for the roar of the first demon army to sound.

This final war, which has been prepared for a whole year, is finally about to begin.

Volume 5: The Final Battle

Chapter 477: World Destruction Vanguard Battle (1)

The Sani Tower is not on the western border.

With Rusalka present and ready to rush over for support at any moment, he naturally didn't need to personally arrive at the front lines so early. After all, according to the course of the First Demon War, the Hell Lords wouldn't appear right from the start. They had their own, less-than-tactical, fighting style—the same cannon fodder-like tactics used by the El Empire to pave the way.

He felt that relying on the defensive forces over there would easily resolve a vanguard battle of this magnitude. In that case, it would be unreasonable for him to just stand there and do nothing, and he didn't want to waste his mana, so he decided not to go for the time being.

After all, when it comes to boosting morale, adding advantages by simply adding icing on the cake is far less effective than turning the tide of battle by providing timely assistance.