"Who doesn't know that the Demon Card Master is the enemy of the gods, you know as well as I do, why are you holding back and avoiding it, are you afraid? A bunch of cowards! ”

Gods are not so easy to be, no matter what their temperament was before becoming a god, after becoming a god, they will move closer to their own godhood, which is like a needle attached to a magnet being magnetized. The name of the god of war and conquest is recognizable as the standard martial arts, and Bane's insulting attitude is perfectly in line with his character, and the other gods will not turn their faces on such a trivial matter even if they are unhappy.

Knowing that there was no reason to talk about it, the other gods did not find fault with Bane's behavior, and an old man's voice said:

"Bane, if you expect a strong man to be your enemy, then he will surely become your enemy. Yes, it was your hatred, fear, and threats of violence that shaped him to be your enemy. ”

Choked on for a long time without speaking, it took a long time for Bane to retort angrily:

"Someday! Someday! You will know that I am right and you are wrong. ”

None of the gods were willing to dwell on such a question with Bane, and they were wise enough to discern between the battle of wills and the margins of normal discussion, and a slightly immature girl's voice said:

"Could that card master really be a threat?"

As the saying goes, the gods are no longer mortals, but they are also extremely realistic, not matters involving vital interests, and they are too lazy to pay attention to them. Just as in the Old World, humans had a strong interest in studying dinosaurs, largely because they were the dominant species that dominated the earth before the human era. Dominance in the biosphere is similar to that of humans in the future, and the topic of how the old overlords fell is very educational for the new hegemons. Hypotheses such as an asteroid hitting the Earth are obsessed with the study of human scientists, with the ultimate goal of hoping that their own race will not repeat the mistakes of the past. Comparing hearts to hearts, the gods of the new world have a strong sense of substitution for the tragic fate of the Aragami series, Aragami is a genuine god, and he was beaten into a dead dog by the mortal group of the magic card master, how can such a terrifying lesson not make the contemporary gods tremble?

"Hmph, don't forget how those magicians disappeared from this world. What a terrifying power the Aragami Curse was, I shuddered every time I thought of that scene, it was a total annihilation, a terrifying curse from the body to the soul, and even the gods could not be exempted. Please don't mention that Will Needham again, it's a sleeping lion, but it's terminally ill, let it sleep peacefully! Don't wake it up, just watch it die slowly, and don't do anything superfluous. ”

This passage is no problem as the final opinion of the gods in discussing the issue of the Magistr, however, the gods are closely integrated with the beliefs of the believers, and in a certain way, they are the slaves of the believers, and the other gods can adopt a negative attitude of waiting and seeing, and Bane will not simply ignore them.

If you don't want to do it with me, then I'll do it myself, and that's what the angry Bane can come up with. Within a few days, he sent down the divine decree again, and gave him divine grace, and vigorously inspired his followers in the main material realm to wage a holy war to destroy the heretic Will Needham. You must know that the target objects selected by Ban N are mainly goblin believers at present, anyway, these guys were originally in a state of sworn enemies with Luo Zhengdao, and there are many excuses and no reason or something, which does not affect everyone's enthusiasm for opening the film with a knife at all, but this time Ban underestimated Luo Zhengdao's reaction speed and counterattack strength

"This time we can no longer be beaten passively, we must burn the flames of war into the enemy's land."

The subordinates with a stern expression heard Luo Zhengdao's sworn declaration, and they were all stunned for a while, and Faul Chopin jumped up like an electric shock and said loudly:

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Please think carefully before making a decision, it's okay to pull the fleet out, what about Wake Reef? Are you going to give up here? ”

Hearing the advice of the old retainer, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help laughing and said:

"Give up Wake Reef? How is that possible! Hasn't the Yaling Empire been negotiating a new aid deal with us lately? I'm going to ask them to help send the fleet to help defend for a while, isn't that too much to ask? ”

“…… Do you really think Yaling will agree? ”

Glancing at this unknown subordinate, Luo Zhengdao replied angrily:

"Ahh This kind of thing is like confessing to a woman, if you don't try it, how will you know the answer? ”

Since the risk of the sortie was not as difficult to deal with as everyone had imagined at the beginning, and the subordinates no longer insisted on opposing it, Luo Zhengdao continued to explain his intentions to the huge nautical chart on the wall of the conference room, and pointed to a certain point above with a whip and said:

"I'm going to attack here!"

Fixing his eyes on the intended target, Brando Scarlet's face changed greatly, and he got up and said:

"Your Highness, we have an agreement with the merchant group to join forces and will not attack Xiangjiang again."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao did not show any impatience, he smiled and beckoned Captain Scarlet Yan to sit down, and continued:

"It's a feint, don't you understand? Attacking Xiangjiang is to confuse the goblins, making them think that it is enough for us to fight Xiangjiang, and whether we can fight or not when we get to the place, isn't it up to us to have the final say? Do you need me to teach you the rest? ”

In the face of the brazen Luo Zhengdao, what else could his subordinates say, they shook their heads and sighed without raising their eyelids, and all kinds of expressions could only explain one thing, people were completely speechless for Luo Zhengdao to carry forward the thrifty spirit of waste utilization to such a level. I really don't know if the innocent Xiangjiang merchant group knew that they were being used as a target and bait by Luo Zhengdao again, what would they think, anyway, the participants present had some understanding of His Royal Highness the Regent's belly, and you feel that if you don't kill the opponent, it will not be considered a beating, and it is estimated that the beaten party will never agree with this standard.

The military order is like a mountain, Luo Zhengdao gave an order, everyone can only nod and agree, the big deal is to wait until the time to hit Xiangjiang, and hope that those unlucky oily businessmen will not be scared into heart attack and sudden death.

Encountering the threat of Bane's holy war again, Luo Zhengdao gave up his usual stubborn strategy and chose to take the initiative to attack the main continent to relieve the pressure.

Although many senior combat staff officers and front-line generals were suspicious of the true motives of the human privateer fleet at the goblin military department's combat meeting, the goblins had planned to attack Wake Reef, and Will Nidamken took the initiative to come forward, and the goblin fleet was happy to save the hardships of the labor expedition. Fighting with pirates off the coast of the main continent, no matter whether the outcome of the war is won or lost, it is much better than moving the army to a desert island thousands of miles away for a decisive battle, so the two sides quickly entered a tense state of readiness.

Successfully looting the wealth accumulated by the human dynasties, and boiling the materials accumulated by the people, the Second Goblin Empire has no shortage of gold coins and resources, and can rely on a large number of human slaves in terms of manpower to ensure an abundant supply.

While delicate tasks such as shipbuilding and weapon-making are inconvenient for human slaves, and even though the quality of the products is not good, the goblins feel uncomfortable just by letting them handle these dangerous goods, and it is quite cost-effective to use cheap slave labor for menial tasks such as logging and mining.

Under the construction of a group of traitorous overseers, the goblins adopted a system of quota subcontracting, which can be called extremely vicious, that is, according to the total amount of demand received by the factory, the daily rated output is divided downwards, and then the human slaves are divided into groups of 100 or 1,000 people, and a certain amount of work is approved and distributed, and a group of slaves who do not meet the target have nothing to eat. Driven by hunger, human slaves had to work hard with blood and sweat, and the mines and forest farms were already accident-prone, and hundreds of corpses were carried out of the mines every day.

In order to prevent slaves from taking the opportunity to fake their deaths and escape, the traitors took the opportunity to create a way of celestial burial for their masters, raising scavengers to clean up the corpses, which was both efficient and intimidating, and even saved the effort of digging pits, which was really a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Human slaves are not idiots, watching goblins and human traitors put them to death, all kinds of riots and escape activities are endless, although the bloody suppression of goblins has not stopped for a moment, the law and order situation in the main continent is getting worse and worse, it can be called a pile of dry wood under the scorching sun, and a single match will be burned when it is thrown on it.

Fake drama and real singing is a kung fu! Hanging alone on the edge of the main continent, Xiangjiang is like an orange that has been squeezed out of juice, no matter how hard it is, it can't hold much oil and water, but it will force the merchant group to unite with Luo Zhengdao, which is not in line with his established policy.

Seducing the goblin fleet to take the initiative and inflict heavy damage on the battlefield of their choice is quite simple, but it is much more difficult to implement the plan on paper than to put the finishing touches on it.

The comprehensive combat power of the ironclad ship can be said to be stable and win the old sail battleship below the third level, and the first- and second-class battleships that are regarded as the artifact of the town by the great powers can compete with the ironclad ship in terms of comprehensive performance, especially the Yaling first-class battleship with a large number of magic arrays and alchemy props. It's very simple, low manufacturing cost and cost-effective operation! According to conservative estimates, the basic cost of a first-class battleship of Yaling should be more than 500,000 gold coins, and then counting the personnel and weapons allocation, if a first-class battleship is to operate at full capacity, the price of two million gold coins for the whole life of the battleship cannot be stopped.

The cost of the ironclad ship is not low, and the daily operation and maintenance costs are much less, thanks to the use of new technologies such as hard sails and pulley sets, the number of deck sailors has been reduced to one-third of the same type of soft sail, and this part of the power sacrificed can also be compensated by the temporary acceleration of the rocket engine.

After a lot of twists and turns, the actual combat power of the four ironclad ships of Luo Zhengdao's privateer fleet can be roughly equivalent to two or three Yaling first-class battleships, which is already the top standard that will only appear in the battle of national gambling in naval warfare.