With the demise of Dragon's Descendants and another country on the continent completely halting all military operations, the situation in this world gradually began to change from chaos to become increasingly clear.
Even those low-level civilians who cannot read a few words can see that the country behind the organization is in twilight, and it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed.
Whenever an important city or military fortress leading to the capital is captured and destroyed, this backward regime whose class is determined by its nobility and bloodline will take a big step towards the abyss of death.
Similarly, because the population near the capital is too dense and has already exceeded the capacity of the surrounding land, the supply of food and various meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits and other things has plummeted.
When several intruders Burning Legion surrounded it from all directions and completely cut off transportation channels with the outside world, the battle to end the past and open up the future finally began.
For the group living near the capital and enjoying the benefits of the entire country's plundered wealth, Allen had no intention of letting any of them survive from the beginning.
Therefore, during the attack, a very thorough isolation policy was implemented. By creating panic, they were driven behind the tall and majestic City Wall in the capital, and these people were used to consume the food supply of the defenders.
But what surprised him was that the middle-aged Emperor was even more ruthless and directly transformed the people of his own country into either Warrior or Awakened Beings, or used them to feed monsters that had awakened and wanted to eat human internal organs.
To put it simply, the refugees who were supposed to consume food ended up becoming part of the food.
According to the news sent back by Galadria, the city has actually been ruled by Awakened Beings, and all humans have become "food reserves for emergency times."
She even suspected that even the senior officials in the palace had been transformed and turned into man-eating monsters one after another.
In short, the final battle will probably be more intense than any previous battle.
"Interesting. Are they planning to use the complex terrain in the city to fight a fierce life-or-death street battle?" Allen read the information on the note and touched his chin with a playful expression.
You must know that even in the 21st century with increasingly advanced technology and military on earth, street fighting is still a method of warfare that frightens and terrifies all soldiers.
Affected by the environment of vision, terrain, and height differences, no army can guarantee that it will not suffer horrific casualties after entering the city.
Of course, there are exceptions to those guys who don't care about military ethics or civilian casualties and just use Cannon or aerial bombs to plow the ground.
It has to be said that for these armies equipped with relatively primitive thermal weapons from the 18th to 19th centuries, once they enter the city, they are equivalent to giving up their greatest advantage.
What's more, the people who ambush this time are not ordinary people, but a group of Awakened Beings with super defense, Regeneration Ability, speed and reaction.
After figuring out the opponent's intentions, Allen immediately handed the information to Laki beside him, and asked with interest, "If you were the supreme Commander, how do you think this battle would be fought?"
"Me?" Laki was obviously stunned for a moment.
Allen nodded without thinking, "Yes! It's you! You must know that you are the supreme ruler who will take over the power from me in the future. Military capabilities and decisiveness at critical moments determine the future of the entire country."
"So... this is an assessment?"
Laki immediately understood the meaning, subconsciously frowned and began to think hard.
Although he read a lot of books on military, war, philosophy, psychology, management, economics, technology, governance, etc. from the Sky City library.
However, due to age restrictions, my understanding is not very deep. I only have a general understanding of the essence behind the appearance.
As for applying what we have learned, we are still far from it.
But compared to those local aborigines who have never had the opportunity to contact the outside world in their entire lives, Laki is dozens of miles ahead of the former in terms of knowledge.
"Yes. This is an assessment. Next, I will hand over the highest command to you, and you will personally wipe out this country and its history. If you do well enough, you will naturally win the respect of the army; if you do not do well enough, you will lose the support of the army. Remember, I will not give you any help this time, let alone get involved."
Allen straightforwardly gave the final test that he had been planning for a long time.
"That's it! Don't worry, I won't let you down." Laki's eyes flashed with strong confidence.
But he is indeed qualified to say so.
After all, not just any teenager can climb from the bottom of society to his current position step by step.
Especially Sword of Desire, which has killed and swallowed too many Awakened Beings, bringing unimaginable strengthening to the holder.
In addition, he also learned to control Life Energy from silver-eyed Claymore.
With Laki's current strength, even if he faces Abyssals, he can win after a battle.
"Very good!" A look of satisfaction appeared on Allen's face. "As the supreme ruler of a country, it is most important to maintain confidence. Because as the final decision-maker, if you become confused, then everyone in the entire country will be confused, and eventually lead to a fork in the road, or fall into an abyss."
"Stay confident? I think I will." Laki replied in the affirmative without thinking.
"Don't worry, take your time, you still have some time. Besides, I think you should have met Clare, right?" Allen suddenly changed the topic.
Hearing the three words Clare, Laki rarely showed a shy expression, and nodded a little shyly. "Yes! I've seen it before. She... she is as beautiful as a princess coming out of a fairy tale. To be honest, I couldn't believe my eyes at the time."
"Because the Clare you see now is her original appearance. The one before was just a ghost that Incarnations became for revenge. In addition, I need to remind you. Clare is Teresa's true love. What you are doing now is equivalent to taking away the most important person in Teresa's life. If you do anything bad to Clare in the future, I can't guarantee that she will suddenly appear and cut off your lower body."
After saying that, Allen's eyes moved down a little, and his tone was full of naked and unabashed warning.
He has always heard about what Laki has been doing at Zhejiang University for the past six months. Even the female Claymore who is accompanying the army knows about his indulgent private life.
If you don't restrain yourself, there is no guarantee that Teresa will not hurt Assassin.
"Please rest assured that I have changed my ways. It's just... just this sword..."
Laki hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead and subconsciously touched the magic weapon that had been with him for a long time on his waist.
"I understand that everything you do is affected by the magic sword. I will take it back after this war is over."
After saying this, Allen completely turned into a ball of starlight and dissipated in the air.
Since he was about to leave this world, he no longer had time to monitor the progress of the war, and even talked with his clone.
Time flies, and more than a month has passed quickly.
As Burning Legion began to close the encirclement network, the capital of the country behind the organization was finally completely trapped.
After the brief joint operations meeting ended, thousands of Cannons were quickly set up and bombarded the solid towers and City Walls day and night.
Those double-decker and triple-decker warships were also patrolling the port, destroying everything within range, whether it was people or buildings.
The deafening roar frightened the remaining ordinary people in the city into a nervous breakdown.
No normal person can watch the houses around them being blown down, and the relatives, friends and neighbors they know being smashed into pulp by hot iron balls, and still remain calm.
Just the opposite!
Many people think this is a punishment from God!
Punish their insane nobles for their numerous crimes!
Although Royal Court Meeting in the palace ordered some Awakened Beings to attack at night, trying to destroy the Cannon position and creating panic and chaos, they were all killed by Claymore Warrior who had been well prepared.
Many people just jumped off City Wall and turned into mutilated corpses.
Facts have proved that in the face of absolute strength, these conspiracies and tricks have no effect at all.
Since then, the stubborn resistance forces in the city have never chosen to attack. Instead, they have been hiding in every corner of the city, patiently waiting for their opponents to come in.
After all, these primitive artillery and muskets could not plow such a large city from beginning to end.
Not to mention artillery plowing, the range alone is not enough to cover one-tenth of the city.
At best, it can only blast around in a circle to clear a relatively safe area.
After confirming that the enemy had completely given up on City Wall, Laki immediately ordered Claymore and the knights who controlled Life Energy to enter the city and search the places that had been bombed and turned into ruins.
As expected, as soon as these people entered, they were immediately besieged by hundreds of Awakened Beings.
But unfortunately, these Awakened Beings have not even mastered Life Energy, and cannot be compared with the experienced expeditionary force.
In the end, after paying the price of four people being seriously injured and ten people being slightly injured, the door to the capital was finally completely opened.
As for the wounded, they will be treated by Priest and Paladin who are accompanying the army, and they will recover in a short time.
After controlling City Wall, Cannon was quickly carried up and continued to shoot forward with the help of the height of City Wall.
This tactic, which is as confusing as a turtle shell, directly ruined the other party's plan to use the city's periphery to fight street battles.
And Laki knows very well that organized Awakened Beings and unorganized Awakened Beings are completely different things.
Therefore, he aimed his first attack at the gorgeous palace.
As long as the ruling class at the top is eliminated, the remaining Awakened Beings will soon lose their will to resist.
Of course, this is not an easy task.
Because the Royal Castle is located on a cliff halfway up the mountain, its roads are steeper and more complicated than those previously captured fortresses.
The inner walls are not only equipped with a large number of ballistae and catapults, but are also guarded by a large number of modified Warrior.
However, this obviously does not trouble Laki, who is the supreme commander.
By bribery and the promise that they would not be liquidated, he won over some local people who had survived by chance, and used them as guides to successfully figure out which houses had Awakened Beings ambushed and which houses did not.
Coupled with Claymore's keen perception of Yoki, all threats were eliminated in just three days.
As the muzzle of the Black Hole cave was set up again, the middle-aged Emperor, who was hiding behind the castle and fell into madness, finally realized that he had no means of resistance and was completely finished.
When deafening sounds and vibrations came from outside, he stared with two bloodshot eyes and asked, "How many people are available in the palace now?"
"Your Majesty, we only have less than 2,000 ordinary soldiers left, and 1,500 transformed Warrior." The tired general gave the answer with a wry smile.
"How long can these people resist?" Emperor continued to ask.
The general shook his head helplessly. "I don't know! Maybe a few hours, maybe a few days. It depends on the number of Claymore and knights in the enemy's army. With the complex terrain inside the castle, I believe the enemy will not be stupid enough to send ordinary soldiers in. It is no different from letting them commit suicide."
"In other words, they didn't plan to capture me, right?" Emperor subconsciously clenched his fists.
"This is an obvious thing. According to the last intelligence sent back, the enemy killed almost all the nobles, scholars and literate people scattered in the territory, leaving only the oppressed slaves and civilians. Including Prince Floros, Altais family and a series of imperial Nobles of royal blood were executed without exception, even women and newborn babies. From this alone, we can judge that when the man said that he wanted to erase us from the history of this world, he was not threatening or intimidating, nor was he using exaggerated rhetoric. He was actually doing it."
When he said these words, the general's whole body was shaking slightly uncontrollably, part of which was due to anger and hatred, and part of which was due to fear.
He had never seen such crazy people and such crazy troops.
Compared with the ferocity and brutality of the expeditionary force, the sworn enemy who had been competing with him for more than a hundred years for continental hegemony was as harmless as a gentle cat.
The most important thing is that these nobles who stand at the top of the pyramid don't understand at all, what are the benefits of doing this?
After the war is over, what will the other side do to rule such a vast land?
Those poor people and slaves who can't read a word?
If these people can manage the country well, then they are out of trouble!
Of course, given the current situation, the general could do nothing but despise his opponent's short-sightedness and ignorance.
Because as early as after the capital was cut off from the outside world, he had sent representatives to try to negotiate.
But the result was that the delegation responsible for the negotiations had their heads chopped off and thrown back...