As the scale of the riots snowballed, they continued to expand in all directions, conquering villages and towns one after another. The originally honest civilians were no longer satisfied with just filling their stomachs, but set their sights on cities that were richer and could plunder more food, treasures and beautiful women.
After all, man is a creature driven by ambition and desire.
After meeting their most basic survival needs, they begin to desire more.
Especially those leaders who are accustomed to giving orders, gradually no longer look down on the country girls who used to have rough skin and rude behavior like them, and want to taste those aristocratic ladies and ladies with white skin, beauty, education and elegant behavior.
In addition, these people also want to eat delicious food that has been carefully cooked, wear colorful and luxurious clothes, and live in splendid palaces and villas filled with various sculptures, paintings and works of art.
The most important thing is that after tasting the taste of power and violence to others, no one wants to go back to the farming life of the past with their backs to the sky and their faces to the Huang Tu.
To a certain extent, these guys who were originally just eager to get some food to survive have undergone fundamental changes in their hearts.
They are no longer civilians in the ordinary sense, but a group of bloodthirsty monsters who have tasted the sweetness of plunder, Destroyer who have no business at all.
Finally...
More than two months after Allen led the fleet to leave the ruined fortress city, a large city belonging to the country behind the organization was finally captured by a large gang developed by the three groups.
Because the previous attacks were all in rural areas, and communication was extremely inconvenient, the rear did not know what was happening along the border.
When they reacted, the top military commanders and administrative officials of the local garrison were all blocked in a building in the center of the city.
At that time, the local upper class was gathering together to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for a young lady from a well-known family.
As a result, after the rioting crowd rushed in, there was no time to mobilize the soldiers in the military camp and the modified Warrior specially prepared to fight against Dragon's Descendants.
Through coercion and inducement, the leader of this group of mobs quickly got what they wanted, and used it to quickly control the most threatening modified Warrior. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers in the military camp who were still unclear about what was happening to put down their weapons.
At the moment when the threat was lifted, this group of mobs who had been patient for a long time finally revealed their true colors.
Give an order!
All soldiers who laid down their weapons were slaughtered without mercy.
The executors are those who have been brainwashed for a long time and only know how to follow orders to transform Warrior.
At the same time, the two city gates were completely sealed.
An unprecedented massacre, robbery and rape began...
The aristocratic girl who was supposed to have completed her coming-of-age ceremony amidst the blessings of countless people, as well as her close friends, were pinned to the ground by a group of untouchable men who usually looked down upon them at all, and could even be said to despise and despise them. They were violated day and night. They passed out several times and woke up in pain and humiliation.
In the end, these women who claimed to be of noble birth, without exception, suffered a mental breakdown and went crazy.
As for those aristocratic men, some could not bear to see their wives and daughters being humiliated, so they chose to struggle and resist, only to be killed by a mob filled with resentment against the upper ruling class.
Others choose to endure the humiliation and survive, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge in the most cruel way.
This is true for the nobles, let alone the common people.
You must know that when productivity was extremely underdeveloped, cities and villages were completely different worlds.
Therefore, farmers living in rural areas are naturally separated from urban residents.
The latter will even use various contemptuous names to despise the former.
So while the leaders of the mob enjoyed those young, beautiful, and noble-blooded aristocratic women, the ordinary mob began to attack other civilians in the city.
In just three to five days, the entire city turned into a purgatory-like scene.
cry!
Pleading!
cry!
Roar!
And the perpetrator's ferocious laughter!
"It's unbelievably crazy! They can actually do such a thing to their own people. Now I am no longer surprised and angry about what the organization is doing on the island."
Galadria stood on the towering arrow tower of City Wall, looking at what was happening below and couldn't help but sigh.
As one of the people with the strongest perception of Yoki, she has been silently following these largest mob groups, intending to help out when necessary.
Of course, this "little favor" means that if the country behind the organization sends out the modified Warrior to encircle and suppress it, then she will defeat or even kill these modified Warrior to ensure that the mob group can continue to grow and develop.
But now it seems that this is no longer necessary.
"One of our own?" Allen sneered and shook his head. "That's just what you think unilaterally. In fact, countries with large territories and populations often have many internal problems. Take what you see now as an example. Those mobs that are venting have actually been living on the frontline of precarious wars for a long time. They originally belonged to a very small country. Since being annexed, not only have they not enjoyed any benefits On the contrary, the residents of this relatively remote city were rarely affected by the war. Moreover, more than a hundred years ago, the two regions belonged to different countries and often fought over disputes. Tell me, if you were a member of the former, would you consider yourself a member of the same country?
"Hmm - I'm afraid not."
Galadria After thinking for a moment, he quickly shook his head and gave a negative answer.
"Look, this is a typical internal conflict. Before we arrived, the country behind the organization relied on overwhelming violence to make everyone obey its rule and forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction and resentment in the people's hearts. But as the order that was finally established is destroyed, this dissatisfaction and resentment will break out again and spread like a flood."
Allen While he was speaking, the noble girl who had been continuously abused for several days was finally thrown out of the gorgeous mansion in the center of the city like garbage.
At this moment, she no longer had luxurious dresses, beautiful shoes, or exquisite gemstones and jewelry on her body. She only had a naked body covered with bruises and teeth marks, as well as foul-smelling mucus.
Although he was still alive at the moment, his blue pupils had lost all vitality, and he looked as dull as a Accompany zombie.
When Galadria saw this scene, he frowned subconsciously and asked in an uncertain tone, "Are you really not going to stop these people from continuing to commit violence? Some of their behaviors have begun to make me feel disgusted and sick."
"Stop? Why stop? Are you sympathizing with our enemies? Or have you forgotten that the order to establish the organization and conduct cruel experiments on the island was issued by these people?" Allen pursed his lips and asked with a half-smile.
"Of course I won't forget it! This is also the reason why I joined this war of revenge. But massacre is one thing. Such an act purely to vent my animal desires is still a little unacceptable to me." Galadria replied, gently stroking his long hair that was blown by the wind.
"Ah! I understand! This is because you have empathy for the experiences of those young women. This is good! It shows that you still have the most basic conscience and morality in your heart." Allen showed a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
You must know that human nature is selfish.
People like this who can still sympathize with the enemy after enduring unimaginable suffering in their hometown are definitely a minority among the minority.
In particular, Claymore itself is one of the victims of the organization and the country behind it.
Normally, most people will only be left with hatred and a strong desire for revenge after experiencing something like this.
Just look at the hate-filled knights and ordinary soldiers of the expeditionary force to get an idea of this.
But Galadria is able to restrain negative emotions and ensure that he always remains rational.
This alone is enough to surpass most ordinary people.
After all, being dominated by irrational and extreme emotions is always the most terrifying thing.
"You actually agree with my point of view?" Galadria raised his head with a surprised expression.
Allen smiled and spread his hands, "Why not? Looking at the matter, you are right. According to the standard process of normal war, if you want to defeat and occupy a country, the most important thing is to disintegrate its upper-level vested interest groups and win the support of the lower-level people. In other words, we should kill those nobles and then give part of the benefits to the lower-level civilians to make them support us."
"But the problem is, you don't seem to have any intention of doing so..." Galadria frowned slightly.
"Haha, don't forget, what we are currently engaged in is a War of Vengeance, a cruel war that will completely erase this country from history. If you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its culture, history and writing. To put it simply To put it bluntly, we want to dismantle it from a complete hegemonic country with a huge territory into several small countries full of contradictions. This means that we need to reverse the course of history a little bit." Allen explained meaningfully.
"Damn! I think I understand."
Galadria had an expression of sudden realization on his face.
First, by creating internal unrest and hatred, the country behind the organization was divided into the state it was in more than a hundred years ago, and then it was reconquered one by one through its own powerful military power.
Only in this way can an island that integrates the population resources of Western Lands and Southern Lands be able to perform the feat of "a snake swallowing an elephant".
Otherwise, even if you temporarily occupy half of the continent or the entire continent by force, it will eventually collapse due to internal conflicts.
Seeing that Galadria understood his strategic intentions, Allen immediately nodded with satisfaction. "As long as you understand. The next task of observing and tracking the movements of this rabble will be left to you. Remember not to let them be eliminated too early. With your current strength, it should be quite easy to deal with those ordinary transformed Warriors that even Life Energy can't do."
"I know, I will ensure that they will not be completely wiped out before they cause enough damage." Galadria agreed without hesitation.
In fact, with the three expeditions Burning Legion setting fires all along the coastline of the entire continent, the number of low-class people and slaves forced to embark on the road of rebellion has far exceeded hundreds of thousands.
In particular, the largest slave-holding city in the northwest freed more than 150,000 slaves in one go.
After a little organization and training, these people quickly launched a spontaneous revenge against the slave owners.
An entire province was completely destroyed due to slave rebellion.
It can be said that the country behind the organization was already in a state of distress before it could figure out the situation.
A large number of elite troops set out from the capital to quell the rebellion in the most troubled areas ahead.
At the same time, the sworn enemy also noticed this and immediately launched an offensive posture on the front line, expanding his sphere of influence through cannibalism.
Suddenly, the entire continent was at war again.
However, this time it is no longer two heroes competing for hegemony, but the country behind the organization is completely engulfed in internal and external troubles, and it seems that it may experience an unprecedented fiasco at any time.
Located in the huge palace in the capital, dozens of powerful officials and generals gathered in the war conference room, staring at the map hanging on the wall, densely marked with red dots.
The areas with the densest red dots naturally refer to the provinces with the largest number of enemies and the most severe forms.
After a long silence, the middle-aged Emperor with the golden crown finally took a deep breath and asked in a restless tone, "Who can tell me what exactly happened? Why did we suddenly have serious rebellions in so many provinces?"
"Your Majesty! According to rumors, there seems to be a huge fleet attacking our ports and fortresses along the long coastline. Those rebel mobs had to rob other nearby villages and towns to obtain food to survive after all their property and food were taken away." An old man in charge of intelligence collection came forward to report.
"Mysterious fleet? I remember that our old enemy lost the ability to build large sea ships a long time ago."
Another general wearing gorgeous armor questioned.
The old man responded with a wry smile, "I'm very sorry, the specific situation is still under investigation. However, from the information collected so far, it seems that this fleet does not belong to our old rivals. Moreover, this fleet does not use traditional catapults, ballistas and other weapons, but a black metal tube that can make a huge noise and has amazing destructive power."
"Damn it! Is that information that was accidentally obtained many years ago true? Is there another continent besides ours?" Middle-aged Emperor instantly recalled some unpleasant memories.