Can't I develop my own character?

When Ryan switched to the character interface of 'Xia Li', he found that the Southern War God was buying something from a gilded merchant.

Silver Front City is a famous big city in the southern border, so there are often people from the Gilded Corps stationed here, unlike in Berman City where they only come once in a long time.

"Demon blood, Corruption Shards, Sage's Dust, Dragon Crystal... Fuck, what's the point of exchanging all these luxury goods? This spendthrift woman!"

Seeing the exchange list of 'Xia Li', Ryan's mouth twitched fiercely. All the soul jades that 'Xia Li' had earned from killing monsters during this period were used up in one go, and she also lost two relics of good quality but useless.

"With these, we can perform the sacrifice... The Holy Blood Legion's combat effectiveness is too weak. I need to carve a blood mark for this name, so that all the soldiers of the Holy Blood Legion can be bathed in the glory of Doclodes."

'Charlie's' inner monologue appeared on the screen.

"Sacrifice?"

Ryan's eyelids twitched.

Through sacrifice, the combat effectiveness of the Holy Blood Legion can be substantially improved. Not only the capabilities of the existing legion soldiers are improved, but also the capabilities of the "Holy Blood Legion" as a whole. In other words, even the soldiers recruited later will be affected by the power.

Can you do it?

This kind of thing sounds a bit outrageous.

Although Ryan can control 'Charlie', he cannot perfectly integrate into 'Charlie's' feelings after all, and is not sure about the specific situation of the Chosen One. But since 'Charlie' has made such preparations, it means that there is at least a possibility of success.

After looking at the list of materials from 'Xia Li', there were still some missing. Ryan rummaged through 'Lin Qi's' backpack and found a lot of devil horns.

This thing was dropped when he changed his job and hunted demon elites. He has kept it in his backpack and doesn't know what's inside. After all, he doesn't have an alchemist here.

However, many of the materials used in sacrifices are actually similar to alchemy. Otherwise, why do some people say that the singer is also half an alchemist?

"...Let me see, besides the devil horn, there's also... Hmm? Star Tear Grass? Lightwing Moth Scale Powder? When did you get these?"

He flipped through a bunch of random things, many of which Ryan didn't even recognize, and had no idea where they came from.

Finally, he threw all the things into Charlie's backpack and let Charlie choose for herself.

Then he looked up and found that 'Lin Qi' was looking at him with his head tilted, with a puzzled look in his eyes, as if asking him a question.

"Oh, Xia Li wants to do some kind of sacrifice and needs some materials. I took them over and helped her choose."

Lin Qi hummed.

Suddenly, a sentence came out of nowhere.

"Be careful not to get caught."

"Uh."

Although the tone seemed fine, Ryan always felt that it was like a "curse". It would be better not to set such a flag.

Looking at 'Xia Li', with the funding from 'Lin Qi', all the materials were gathered.

"Hmm... we're still short of 8888 sacrifices."

"Fuck, I knew it."

Ryan cursed inwardly.

How could the guy who sacrifices to the Blood God only need some materials? What the hell is called a blood sacrifice to the Blood God?

Regarding the sacrifices to the Blood God, it seems that there is no sacrifice that does not require blood sacrifice, so the Blood Cult calls the act of sacrificing to the Blood God "blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull throne."

But the first number was 8888, which made Ryan a little nervous.

Although the number of Red Tiger Guards is sufficient, the prerequisite is that they can kill them all.

Killing one thousand enemies and losing nine hundred and nine of your own, this business really can't be done.

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw 'Xia Li' took a map near Yinfeng City, circled a few points on the map, and finally summoned his men - kill the bandits!

It's no secret that the Silver Front Territory is vast, but its governance is chaotic. This is because there are many merchants, and where there's money comes bandits, and there are a lot of them. And Lanster is the kind of guy who only cares about himself and not the lives of others. Otherwise, why would Casladi have said that the Fourth Prince was ruining his reputation by recruiting Lanster?

The places circled by 'Xia Li' are all places where bandits are rampant. A conservative estimate is that the total number of these bandits could be around one or two thousand.

In addition, there is no peace inside Silver Front City. The aristocratic faction headed by Lanster has exploited the people to the extreme, using gang forces to rob people in various ways, both openly and covertly. The situation is several times worse than that in Berman City.

And these are the thieves from Yinfeng City.

Kill internal traitors and suppress external bandits.

'Xia Li' first prepared all the materials, then chose a place in the castle to draw the sacrificial formation, using her own blood as the driving force, and then activated the sacrificial ceremony with the help of the soul jade and a large amount of precious materials.

This process was actually completed by the singer, but as the chosen one of God, 'Xia Li' directly skipped the so-called sacrificial chanting of the singer. In the most straightforward terms, it was 'Blood God, it's time to eat'.

Of course, it can't be so straightforward. You still have to say something like "Great Doclodes, I offer a sacrifice here..."

After the ceremony was activated, Ryan discovered that a "blood sacrifice mission" had been added to Charlie's personal list.

[Sacrifice: 0/8888]

This familiar number almost made Ryan collapse.

'Xia Li' was used to it. At her command, in order to maintain the security environment in the Silver Front City territory, this Viscount decided to kill all those thieves!

Then a bloody massacre inside and outside Yinfeng City began!

The scale of Yinfeng City is more than twice that of Berman City, and dark forces are entrenched there. If the pagans are included, two or three thousand people can be easily pulled out.

However, despite their large number of people, their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Dihuo, because Dihuo has been integrated and strengthened, while the gang forces in Yinfeng City are chaotic and mixed, mostly with a number of two to three hundred. The strongest force is a gang called "Skull Gang", with more than seven hundred people.

In one night, 'Xia Li' personally led the Holy Blood Legion to attack, and with the help of the blood mercenaries, they almost wiped out the entire underground forces of Yinfeng City in one night!

When the sun was shining brightly the next day, the entire Yinfeng City was covered with a glaring blood-red color. As the citizens were surprised and at a loss as to what to do, 'Xia Li' started to attack the municipal office of Yinfeng City again.

What the hell is this called a bloody regime?

The evidence is there, but a trial is not necessary.

Isn't it just a coincidence that I'm armed and you're guilty?

When Ryan arrived in Berman City by train, the internal cleaning of 'Xia Li' was almost completed, and the efficiency was shockingly high.

Arresting people, beheading, bloodbathing, and ransacking houses!

All in one go.

As for the vacant positions in the municipal government, 'Weinei' will personally select personnel to fill them to ensure the normal and orderly operation of Yinfeng City.

This bloody action did scare the people of Yinfeng City, but at the same time they were sure that this was not a massacre against ordinary people like themselves, and the order in Yinfeng City did improve.

With this foundation, although public opinion will not immediately turn to Ryan's side, it will definitely get better as time goes by.

"This efficiency is incredible. I used to be trembling with fear just trying to capture a small noble."

Ryan looked at it and shook his head.

Jonathan's five is really useless, old leader.

And this bloodbath by 'Xia Li' not only solved the internal problems of Yinfeng City, but also caused the number of blood sacrifices to soar to more than 2,000. This almost wiped out all the evil forces in Yinfeng City, and probably only some deeply hidden pagan strongholds were left.

However, Ryan estimated that these people would not dare to show up in the short term. After all, the cultists would be so scared when they met "Charlie" that they would shout "cult".

But 'Xia Li' said nothing and just kept collecting heads.

After killing all the dogs in Silver Front City, go and kill the pigs outside the city. Anyway, the action on Maganna's side has not started yet, and even if it has started, you can let "Weine" lead the men first. The Red Tiger Guard is not "Xia Li's" target, and he must pick the soft persimmon. Anyway, the Blood God is not picky, as long as it's a head, it's fine.

If it weren't for the pig heads, 'Xia Li' would have wanted to slaughter thousands of pigs and offer them to the Blood God.

Blood sacrifice to the Blood God! Skull sacrifice to the Skull Throne!

Well, forget it. In order to avoid being beaten to death, Xia Li decided that the human head would be more appropriate.

"If we can clear half of the offerings, the rest will be easy to deal with."

Eight thousand and eighty. If we can achieve half of that by killing bandits and suppressing bandits, then the remaining half can be piled up.

Ryan turned off the game and the first thing he did when he returned to Berman City was to go to the military camp to check the recruitment situation of new soldiers.

Excluding those taken away by 'Charlie', there were still a thousand soldiers left in Berman City. Recruitment work had been ongoing during this period, and another thousand people were recruited.

However, Berman City is a small place after all. Even though there has been a steady influx of people recently, it cannot afford to continue recruiting.

Moreover, the problem caused by continuous recruitment is that the quality of new recruits will become worse and worse. The good ones have been picked up in the front, and the quality of the remaining ones will naturally be poor.

So Ryan stopped the recruitment operation in Berman City and instead ordered soldiers from Kosotoya and Nad City to be brought over.

Kosotoya and Nad City have always been managed by loyal ministers selected by "Weinei". Although the development speed is not fast, the military training has not been slowed down at all.

The two cities each gathered two thousand people, and their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of Berman City.

These people were sent directly to Silver Front City by Ryan. Four thousand additional personnel could join the Holy Blood Legion to increase the number of people first. Since there was not enough training time, they could only improve through actual combat.

If 'Xia Li' didn't have the sacrifice part, Ryan wouldn't be so anxious. He would continue training for two months according to the requirements of the Iron Blood Army.

But now that it can be strengthened through sacrifice, it is better to gather the number of people first and let "Xia Li" lead them to fight. This strengthening effect of extraordinary power may become the mainstream of future wars.

When Ryan returned from the barracks, Casradi also came to the mayor's office.

Lin Qi explained to Casradi why she had invited Ryan for help, but the latter did not doubt it. After all, who would doubt a Saint Janus?

Nuns don't lie!

"Lian, Lin Qi invited us to Sangro City, what do you think?"

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

"I originally planned to go there, but the situation in the southern border is tense now, and it is a critical time... Also, my father issued an emergency decree for me to go back." Casladi frowned.

"Then Your Highness, are you planning to go to Saint Gro City, or return to Baron?"

"I'm not going anywhere." Casradi shook her head. "Lion, you should know that once I go back, it will be difficult for me to leave Barron again. Even with my teacher protecting me, my movements will be restricted. Now that the war in the southern border has begun, why should I be controlled by my father? Recently, many nobles in the imperial capital have secretly contacted me, and they all support my ideas."

"Oh?"

The old guard in the imperial capital was also beginning to waver, but wasn't it a bit too fast? While the Second and Fourth Princes were currently in decline, Princess Casradi might not have truly held the upper hand.

Or...

"What happened in the imperial capital?" Ryan asked.

"Yes." Casradi took a deep breath. "Father's mood has been growing increasingly unstable. Two days ago, he ordered the massacre of a noble's entire family, totaling over a hundred people. Afterward, he ordered the deaths of nearly two thousand people associated with that noble... all because that noble suggested that Father appoint a crown prince as soon as possible."

"Is this really true?"

Ryan was surprised. It seemed that the old emperor's illness could no longer be suppressed. Has he already started the killing mode?

Although Old Deng voluntarily sacrificed his soul to the Blood God and tried to exchange it for endless life through "war", this path is theoretically feasible, but that is only theory...either there are not enough wars now, or the Blood God despises Old Deng.

Ryan felt it might be a bit of both.

The southern border is just a minor skirmish, with much ado about nothing. The casualties so far total only number around ten thousand. How could this possibly satisfy the Blood God?

This killing speed is even slower than that of Xia Li alone!

"That noble... he's from my second brother's faction. I'm afraid my second brother asked him to test our father's attitude. Unfortunately, I didn't expect this result. Even my second brother was punished by our father for this, and some of his rights in the army were taken away."

"Father has changed. In his quest to remain on the throne, he's lost his mind. An emperor should have had the decisiveness and courage to do so. According to my teacher, he must have used some kind of blood sacrifice to buy back his lifespan. If he continues like this, the August Empire will sooner or later be dragged into an endless abyss!"

Casladi clenched his fists, looked at Ryan, and said solemnly, "So I've decided that once the southern border is unified, I'll recruit subordinates in the name of serving the king, gather my forces, and lead my troops to the imperial capital to force my father to abdicate!"

After the Second Prince's incident, Casradi had no intention of going back at all.

What to do when you go back?

The best outcome is loss of freedom, and the worst outcome may be loss of life.

Instead of trying to get Hainuo to take her away, it would be better not to go back.

"What do you think, Ryan?"

"Ah, I think... well, Your Highness, this... is a very good idea. It's very bold and determined."

Ryan smacked his lips. What the hell is going on? The wind has changed again.

The old emperor's affairs can no longer be hidden, which is good, but the princess suddenly became strong again and even wanted to serve the king, and the Frostmourne in her sleeves was half exposed.

"But Your Highness, this is a serious matter. It would be difficult for us to do it alone. The southern border is too underdeveloped, and we don't have enough time."

"Don't worry about that." Casradi's eyes flickered slightly. "I've discussed this with my teacher. If I can expose my father's blood sacrifice, she'll use her connections to mobilize at least 20,000 paladins from the Janus Gate. And Cardinal 'Andni' of the Janus Gate has also clearly stated his public support for me."

"Religion interferes with the imperial regime?" Ryan frowned. "Will this cause problems?"

Since ancient times, imperial power and religion have easily been in conflict. Although Janus was powerful, Augustus was no pushover either.

If the Janus Gate were to interfere, there would be objections within the empire.

"So I can only take advantage of the situation. The Paladins can't just go out at will. What I want is to use this momentum to gather strength and force my father to abdicate."

"That... is feasible."