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"Huh, you think you can move me with something as sentimental as this? You're so superficial."

She also took out a painting she had copied for comparison, and it was obvious that hers was better and the use of colors was closer to the original.

“I draw better!”

Celia crossed her arms over her chest, looking very happy.

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"Read."

The letter sent back by the magic circle only had two words written on it, but Ivan was not discouraged at all after reading it. He knew very well how awkward Celia's personality was.

If she really didn't care, she would not even bother to reply to the letter. Now that she can reply with two words, it proves that she is in a good mood.

"By the way, Dad, I noticed something amazing on the way here. Many villagers had spots of light coming out of their bodies and were converging towards you. Did you notice anything unusual about them?"

"You're talking about that. I already know that."

Ivan told Zanze the origin and purpose of the power of faith in laughter, which was also a clarification that the Lucky Wolf incident between him and Fulilian was just a misunderstanding.

"I see. It takes many people expressing their emotions at the same time for the power of faith to be generated and absorbed by you, Dad..."

Zanze had a flash of inspiration.

"How about this? We could officially designate a holiday so people can celebrate at the same time. For example, we could take advantage of this tax exemption and name it the Spring Festival... It's a shame the live projection technology is still under development, otherwise we could all come to the Spring Festival Gala."

Holding a Spring Festival Gala in another world... sounds like a great idea!!

In this world where entertainment activities are extremely scarce, projecting live broadcasts to present programs is definitely a dimensionality reduction attack. As long as it does not mix in too many meaningless arrows like some directors do, it can harvest a large wave of laughter and faith.

Of course, this also has a prerequisite, that is, it must be carried out in a relatively peaceful state. If you worry about the war coming upon you every day, how can you have the mind to watch the gala?

Ivan used another magic circle to contact Volame, skipping the cheesy parts and only asking about the current situation in the royal capital and whether any new magic had been developed from the Obedience Scale.

It took a long time for Volame to reply, but her reply contained much more information than Celie's perfunctory two words.

The royal capital had already learned about what Ivan had done in Suiye City. The aristocratic circles were in an uproar, and many people angrily denounced Ivan as a barbarian and said he was unworthy of being a noble.

You should know that there has always been an unspoken rule among humans that fights between nobles should not result in casualties. Even if they are defeated and captured on the battlefield, they are often treated to good food and drinks, and are released intact only after the other family pays the ransom.

What heinous deeds had Ivan done? He bullied orphans and widows and seized the property of the previous lord. He chopped off the heads of nobles and hung them on the city walls, made their bodies into zombies and used them to mine, and confiscated their property until the land was completely destroyed.

bandit!

Worse than a bandit, he's simply a demon! A demon among demons. After all, most demons haven't killed as many nobles as Ivan.

As for the fact that Ivan personally distributed supplies during the cold relief effort, which resulted in fewer people freezing to death or starving to death this winter, they simply ignored it.

They are just a bunch of untouchables anyway.

Moreover, most of the supplies Ivan sent were confiscated from the homes of nobles, which made many nobles in the royal capital even more annoyed. They reported to the king that they wanted Ivan to be thrown into prison and punished.

The king was also very dissatisfied with Ivan's big deeds. His face turned black after hearing the news, but since he had given Ivan the power himself, he had no way to take it back now. He could only shamelessly protect Ivan.

But no matter how much he protected him, he still had to give him some warning, otherwise the old king was really afraid that Iven would do something terrible to him and destroy the country.

It is estimated that the documents reprimanding and warning him are already on the way.

"Tsk."

Ivan immediately felt unhappy. "To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal situation. It seems we need to find an opportunity to put those whining guys to rest."

In fact, even if the king could not bear the pressure and wanted to capture Iven, he would not be afraid at all. You know, one person can defeat ten people with strength, and one person can be killed every ten steps. As long as he kills fast enough, the crime of treason cannot catch up with him.

And if Ivan is not strong enough, he can also ask for external help. Volame may not be able to do it, but Seliya has no scruples.

If he just held his wife's soft thighs and begged for a while longer, she would become impatient and would surely make the royal capital a river of blood.

However, the above are only the worst options. If we really do that, it will definitely cause huge chaos in the country, allowing the demons to benefit. We should kill them slowly and not be too hasty.

"Lord Ivan, something bad has happened!"

Wen Li, the former petite village chief and current Ivan's secretary, hurried in to report, "News has come from the front: the demons have captured the lord of Vine City. The military situation is critical, and they're requesting our support!"

Ivan immediately stood up from his chair.

If Vine City is destroyed, then Suiye City will have to face the demon army head-on, which will be extremely unfavorable for development.

And the Vine City Lord was captured...it's a good opportunity!

"Pass my order, all troops assemble——"

Fulilian (Thousand Years of Past): Chapter 39: Strike a Brutal Attack on Allies

"Dad, are you ready to go to war with the demons? Take me with you, I can help you."

Facing Zanze's initiative, Ivan hesitated. "There are many unexpected events on the battlefield. I'm not sure I can protect you."

"It's okay. I'm actually quite strong. At least I can protect myself. That's why Mom let me go out and explore. And if I encounter an enemy I really can't defeat, I can crush the amulet and let Mom come directly to me."

"Can you perform deus ex machina? That's all right, let's go together." Ivan turned his gaze to Fulilian again, "Are you planning on staying here to guard the house or going to the battlefield to kill the demons?"

"I've been curled up on the sofa for so long, it's time to stretch my muscles." Fulilian threw away the blanket on the spot, went back to her room and put on the combat clothes she usually wore when going out. Although there was no change on her face, from some subtle movements, it can be seen that she was full of fighting spirit.

"I can't be absent from something like killing the demon clan."

This time, 300% of the soldiers in Suiye City went to the battle, with a scale of more than people, almost the strength of a regiment. This can be regarded as the increase in numbers brought about by Ivan's explosion of troops. In addition, there are more than zombie special operations forces, composed of a mixture of nobles, bandits, and gang members.

After all, the army is mainly composed of living people, so Ivan asked the zombies to stay away from the main force, and let them take the lead in reconnaissance and guard the rear, which are high-risk types of troops.

In addition, because most of these zombies are headless, ordinary soldiers may be scared when they see them. So Ivan was very considerate and installed a fake head on the headless corpse, and put a little yellow face mask with a funny expression on it.

The style of the painting suddenly became absurd... ahem, as the saying goes, food and supplies must be sent before the troops move.

In war, the importance of military logistics is self-evident. It is an important guarantee system for the army to achieve combat missions and maintain combat effectiveness.

Generally speaking, it takes a long time to prepare all these things before the army goes to war, but Ivan has a space ring, which saves him the trouble of transporting food and he doesn't have to worry about the loss of food during transportation.

The soldiers only needed to go into battle and kill the enemy, so the mobilization speed was naturally very fast. Ivan didn't want to wait for the king's messenger to bring criticism, so he made sure that everything was ready and started marching decisively.

At this point we have to mention the benefits of killing all the opposition forces in advance. Ivan can just leave behind people to maintain law and order, and take the rest of the troops with him without having to worry about rebellion or civil unrest.

On the march, Ivan opened the magic scroll of contract magic that Volame had just sent over and quickly learned it.

This is a magic analyzed from the scales of obedience. It can be used to sign a master-servant contract with animals whose magic power is lower than one's own. The greater the magic power gap and the lower the intelligence of the signing animal, the easier it is to succeed.

Ivan hired a bald eagle as a bird of prey to act as his eyes for long-range reconnaissance. Although the dual vision was a little awkward at first, he was able to use it as easily as his own arms after adapting.

Suddenly, from the perspective of the bald eagle, he saw a large group of human troops being chased and killed by a group of monsters and fleeing in his direction. Soon, the ground also felt a tremor.

It is initially estimated that there are about 700 defeated soldiers.

"All troops halt. Heavy shieldmen advance, spearmen follow, archers prepare, and form a cone-shaped formation to meet the enemy. Anyone who attacks us, whether human or demon, will be killed without mercy."

Ivan immediately issued combat orders, and with the help of the sound amplification magic, everyone could hear them clearly, saving the time of message transmission, and the entire army moved very quickly.

If the army was broken up by the fleeing soldiers, the number of casualties would likely increase exponentially. Ivan would never allow this to happen. When he saw the fleeing friendly troops coming into view, he used his loudspeaker at maximum power to shout:

"Anyone who comes near will be killed without mercy!! If you want to survive, go around to the back—"

The defeated soldiers had already been frightened by the army of monsters and would not listen to Ivan's advice. They rushed forward in a swarm.

Helpless, they had to take ruthless action, shooting down a group with bows and arrows, and stabbing another group to death with spears. Only then did the remaining people regain some of their senses, turn around and go around the main force.

Originally they wanted to continue running towards Suiye City, but Ivan had already ordered the zombies to stop them, and then sent Douglas with a team to temporarily recruit them.

It was the first time they saw such a weird zombie. The funny face on the fake head contrasted with the bones and rotten flesh, which brought an unprecedented mental shock to all the defeated soldiers. They were so scared that they dared not move, making Douglas's recruitment work extremely smooth.

"Sir, I have already made inquiries. They are the defenders of Vine City. They were defeated on the front battlefield and were routed."

"That shouldn't be the case. Why go out of the city and fight the monster army when we can just defend the city with the defensive barrier?"

"Because their city lord was abducted by the demons, the city lord's son, eager to save his father, fell into the demons' trap and led his troops out of the city to engage in battle. Several magicians were forced out and then killed. Now the defensive barrier is in jeopardy and could be breached at any time."

"...6"

Ivan was not idle during the conversation. With a cast of necromancy magic, the sixty or so friendly soldiers who had just been killed stood up again, transforming into a new fighting force. They had no sense of pain, were fearless of death, and were even more powerful than when they were alive.

If it were in the Type-Moon world, it would at least be an A+ level troop replenishment skill.

The army of Suiye City had long been accustomed to this. Even though they felt physically disgusted, they did not dare to object to Ivan's actions.

"There will only be one kind of people in my army, and that's those who completely obey my orders."

This is what Ivan often said to them, and it was indeed true. Once a living person disobeyed orders, he would soon become a dead person who obeyed orders.

Of course, it would not work to simply use fear and oppression to control the army. Ivan was inspired by his ancestors and promulgated a military merit system with generous rewards.

Of course, because the current strength does not allow it, it is not the complete pre-Qin twenty-level military merit system, but a version with the titles castrated. But even so, it makes the soldiers excited.

You have to know that they originally did not receive any rewards for fighting, let alone wages. It was already very good to be given enough food every day.

Now, if you kill an enemy, you can get a house and a piece of farmland. The higher you go, the higher the reward. There are even noble mansions among them. Those are things that only noble lords can enjoy. Now a peasant like them also has the hope of owning them. How can they not be ecstatic?

As for where these rewards for the soldiers came from... well, we can only thank the nobles for their selfless dedication. Even if the rewards for Suiye City are all gone, there are still other cities.

Fulilian (Thousand Years of Past): Chapter 40: Yuan Shen Activates

After simply dealing with the defeated soldiers, a large army of monsters mixed with various magical beasts appeared in front of the Suiye City army.

Some monsters are shaped like bats, with huge wings and sharp claws. They circle in the air and make shrill screams; some are like giant insects, covered with hard shells and have sharp mouthparts that can easily tear apart the enemy's defenses; there are also plant-type monsters, with countless tentacles twisting in the air, whipping the ground with dull sounds.

Other monsters are more difficult to describe. They may be a fusion of the characteristics of multiple creatures, with twisted limbs, sharp fangs and malicious eyes.

These monsters will never gather together under natural circumstances. Only when the demons start a war will they deliberately gather them together and use the authority and force of the superiors to directly control and drive them.

"All archers, replace your enchanted arrows!"

After that, Ivan whispered to Fulilian, "Go find a place to prepare for the electromagnetic cannon sniper attack. I'll attract its attention first."

Looking at the army that suddenly appeared in front of him and was gradually being attacked by arrows emitting magical aura, one of the demon commanders who controlled the monster army stood up on the head of the giant beetle.

He was holding a chubby, middle-aged, bald man in fine clothes and a bound young knight, and he shouted, "Who are you? Don't you see the Lord of Vine City and his son in my hands? They are so important to you humans. Aren't you afraid that these arrows will accidentally hit them?!"

Because the previous hostage plan was very effective, this demon thought that now that they had two noble hostages, the other party would not dare to act rashly.

Seeing countless sharp arrows pointed at him, the middle-aged nobleman wailed, "Don't shoot, don't shoot! I'm the earl, I'm the city lord! The people below also know how serious the crime of killing a noble is—"

Ivan: "So it's the city lord. My apologies! It's too embarrassing to be held hostage by the demons. Why don't you just commit suicide? I'll take good care of your wife and daughter for you!"

"What are you talking about!" the bound young knight said, "We are allies!"

"Who knows if you've been brainwashed by the demons? To me, you two look like spies who've surrendered to the demons!"

Seeing that the archers below had already replaced their enchanted arrows and Frelian was also ready, Ivan was too lazy to continue talking nonsense. Only the demons and the brainless hostages would use logic rigidly, and they would even naively think that he could use logic as well.

Friendly forces? I'm targeting friendly forces!

He simply raised his hand and swung it down with force.

Along with the sound of the bowstring vibrating, dense arrows cut through the air and shot towards the enemy.

"Shoot, shoot! Keep shooting! A noble family doesn't need teammates!!!"

The demon on the opposite side did not expect Ivan to be so indifferent to the hostages, and hurriedly retreated, but at the moment he panicked, Frillian released the fully charged electromagnetic cannon at him.

"boom--"

Accompanied by a roar of electric current noise, the shells that were constantly heated and turned into molten iron during high-speed movement broke through the sound barrier, streaking with blazing light in the air, and directly hit three targets including the hostages!

One shot, three kills!!

Although the monster army had other demons as commanders, the sudden death of one of them during the charge still caused some chaos in the overall formation.

Ivan seized this opportunity, released the huge corpse of the Dark Dragon from the space ring, and sent the zombie troops forward to resist the heaviest wave of damage, and then the cavalry harassed and encircled the flanks.

In addition to traditional weapons, each of these cavalrymen is also equipped with a low-end bone gun, which can be used by ordinary people without magic power. The bullets used are made from the corpse of the demon general who slaughtered the Fulilian village. Space magic arrays are engraved on them. All the bullets are in Ivan's hands. Even if they are accidentally lost, he can throw an explosive bomb to blow them up.

He estimated the strength of the enemy and his own side, and felt that it would be no problem to defeat this force. However, he had few demon corpses left, so he had to replenish them quickly.

After the stored firepower was almost used up, Ivan stopped the long-range attack and personally rushed into the battlefield to pick up the loopholes. With Gan Jiang in his left hand and Moye in his right hand, he was fast and accurate within ten steps.

After having some basic storage, Ivan used space magic to cross the monster barrier and came to the front of the demon who was commanding the army. Before the other party could use magic, he shot him dead with one shot, and then used the space ring to collect the body, with extremely skillful movements.

My lord, times have changed. Even instantaneous magic cannot compare with the speed of guns.

After completing the predetermined goal, Ivan teleported back to the army and decided to rest for a while before looking for the next demon commander.

"Dad, let me do my part," Zanze said.

Ivan shook his head. "No, it's too dangerous right now. There are some cunning monsters among them. What if we rush in and get ambushed?"

He has the power of faith to strengthen his body, and he doesn't have to worry about running out of magic power, so he dares to roam freely in a battlefield with so many monsters, but Zanze does not have this condition.