Count Thoma's concern was justified. The appearance of mechanical slave labor in Konoha Town means that this place has been included in the sphere of influence of the main legion. The reason why they did so must have been that the H C993 space field had found some kind of extremely important resource. Otherwise, no one would have wasted energy on a small, resource-poor town on the borders of the Empire.

"What else but mechanical slaves?" Duke Marven's expression remained unchanged, as if he was smiling, but no one could understand the true meaning under this appearance.

"Konoha Town has turned into a real fortress of war."

By the time he said this, Count Thoma had already sent over hundreds of photos and videos taken from the outskirts of Konoha Town in the recent past: "The progress of the work there is very impressive, the core defense complex has been built, and the large-caliber key guns and mechanical transmission system have been installed. According to the assessment of professionals, Konoha Town's defense capability has the relevant characteristics of the highest military level. And that's just the towers of the important area, and all the ancillary facilities and buildings should be completed in the near future. Those mechanical slaves are indefatigable lunatics, and this is the first time I've seen such a person who doesn't work to his death. They dug the foundation all the way to the outside of Konoha Town, leading in all directions, like a super large spider web. Airships still land every day. They brought with them "Chimera" tanks, a staggering number of heavy weapons, untold containers. It must have been filled with an extremely large amount of logistical backups. It's just that we can't see it, and we can't guess the specific kind...... By the way, they also have a very large, amazingly large tank. Especially its barrel, that terrible radius size, is simply incredible. ”

"Oversized tanks?"

Duke Marven had a very bad feeling from Count Thoma's exaggerated description: "Is there a picture?" Or, to put it more bluntly. ”

The Count was not a professional soldier after all, and his description was mixed with many exclamatory words with his own subjective component. Since the entire town of Konoha was set up as a military zone, the peeps sent by Thoma could only observe from a distance of several kilometers with electronic telescopes. All the photographs and videos are blurry, and only the general outline of Guò can be used to speculate about the situation in the town. The same goes for the super-large vehicle, which is very blurry in the photo, with only a silhouette in the shadow. Even so, the well-informed Duke Marven deduced from the various information at hand, as well as some secrets he knew: This is the special warfare weapon that the main army is qualified to deploy, the famous "Ghost Blade".

He fell silent.

The Count of Thomas on the screen stopped talking, obviously trying to urge the Duke to give him a reply. But he knew very well that it was definitely not a wise choice to interrupt the Duke's thinking now. The identities of the two people are too different, although they are also participants in the plan on the duke's side, but in the end, they are just a role that runs errands outside and is specifically responsible for the implementation of the plan.

"Huh! Nothing to worry about. ”

After about half a minute, Duke Marven, who was in deep thought, raised his head and said with the same smile as always: "Things are not out of control, the changes in Konoha Town are normal. Well, let's talk about Oviado City! How's it going? How many residents do you have now? ”

The contents of Count Thoma's reports all continued in a positive direction. This is actually very normal, and having money means having enough money to invest in the welfare of the people. Everyone yearns for a good and happy life, especially in the case of obvious contrast, except for those old mercenaries who are loyal to Su Hao, no one wants to continue to stay in the boring and boring Konoha Town, and they will try to leave and become a resident of Oviado City.

In the process of listening to the report, Duke Marvin nodded frequently, and from time to time gave encouraging praise to Count Thoma. Although he knew that these statements were only superficial, that he needed to stay in this place and do it honestly, Count Toma still felt flattered. In any case, Marvin is also a mountain that must be looked up to. The same method has been used countless times by Thoma on his own employees. But now, the Count did not consider it an insult. On the contrary, it was the Duke's absolute appreciation for himself.

Remote communication was quickly shut down, and calm returned to the room. The Duke's gaze never took his eyes off the information transmission apparatus where the light curtain had disappeared, as if it had become permanently solidified.

"It's so strange why did things suddenly turn out like this?"

The Duke muttered to himself, his eyes filled with doubt.

The message that the Clemen family sent out in the last time should be absolutely true. Marven has used various relationships to fully understand this. He had his own sources of intelligence in both the Wehrmacht and the Imperial Police, and although it was impossible to know the situation within the Legion, he could find out some of the details by means of indications and extrapolation.

The information about Su Hao has been sorted out in great detail.

He used to be just a wanderer in Redstone, a dark hunter, and a mercenary for money. It was a very coincidental opportunity that the people of the Qiao family took a fancy to him and came to Konoha Town. His actual ability should be around the third level of evolution, and he has extremely sophisticated medical skills, especially in surgery. Relying on this ability, he quickly opened up the situation in Konoha Town, and many people thanked him, which led to a group of supporters who were firmly gathered around him.

The rest of the story gets quite interesting. The dark creatures attacked Konoha Town, and Su Hao also had a large amount of imperial contribution points in his hands. Many nobles, including the Clemen family, took a fancy to this and wanted to buy it at a very cheap price. As a result, the dispute arose, and the 441st Infantry Division of the Imperial Defense Army, which was responsible for the defense of Konoha Town, was also involved, and the relationship between Brigadier General Baddam and Su Hao became bad for a while, and an heir of the Clemen family was also seriously injured by Su Hao. In short, the situation at that time was chaotic and complicated, but Su Hao led those mercenaries to defeat the dark creatures, hugged the town, and became a well-deserved hero.

Looking at these materials that were about to be turned over by himself, Duke Marven sighed lightly and said to himself: "What a colorful life!" I have to admit that this is indeed a lucky guy, and even the siege of dark creatures can be resolved. If it had been someone else, I am afraid that I would have died a long time ago and there would not be even a bone left, let alone live until now. ”

All the information shows that Su Hao is a civilian. He didn't have any background, and he didn't have any big names to rely on in the upper echelons of the empire. The only exception is probably Garros of the Malken family. Maybe it was because of the family's instructions, or Garros's own good impression of Su Hao, that they formed some kind of offensive and defensive alliance with each other, or a community of interests. All in all, Garros is the only nobleman who has sided with Su Hao so far. Moreover, Garros himself is only one of the heirs to the line of the Malken family, not a nobleman who really holds the title.

For a young guy like Garros, Duke Marven has always just smiled, and he can be killed by sticking out a finger casually. Of course, he didn't provoke himself, so there was no need to deal with him.

Why was Su Hao favored by the "Iron Warrior"? This has always been a question that Duke Marvin has been puzzled with.

Although he was a warrior, he never participated in the selection of recruits for the main legion. Judging from the information, those imperial contribution points generated by handing in special dark creature samples should be the opportunity for Su Hao to obtain the rank and become a servant of the "Iron Warrior" legion. As a matter of common sense, this kind of thing usually doesn't happen. Duke Marvin believes that human nature is greedy and everyone has desires. Of course, in high-sounding words, it is to have ideals. Wealth, status, and beauty are probably the basic desires that all human beings and everyone want. The reason why the Imperial Welfare Lottery has sales of hundreds of millions of gold coins in each issue is because ordinary people have dreams of getting rich. Among those guys who get bonuses, there are very few smart people who have a plan for the rest of their lives. They either spend all their time drinking, or they gamble indiscriminately, or they are carrying bank cards, like super-rich people with a huge net worth, with an unstoppable look, in a certain gold cave, all the money is spent in a short period of time. When all the bubbles of dreams are burst, they will regain their sobriety and return to reality.

Just imagine what someone would do if he suddenly got up to five thousand imperial contribution points?

This is a multiple-choice question. Duke Marvin had instructed his agency to conduct a similar poll. All of the subjects tended to turn their contribution points into wealth, which in turn changed their current life situation. Of course, Su Hao's practice of directly converting contribution points into military merits and thus using them as military ranks is also chosen by a very small number of young people. But they quickly crossed out the huàn options they had outlined on the questionnaire and chose the need for wealth instead.

The main legion never recruits new troops in the inner realm of the Empire. The people of China have become accustomed to a life of ease and pleasure, and have an instinctive sense of avoidance of war and danger. Only those poor ghosts who live in poverty, when they are desperate, will run to the recruit station to sign up.

This situation is not a secret within the Empire. This is the biggest difference between the Wehrmacht and the main corps. Legion Calls have always been issued only to the Dark Hunter Guild, or to select new joiners in areas located on the Empire's borders. The F-FDTL had good food and so-so treatment, which was very attractive to poor civilians. Therefore, the number of recruits recruited by the Imperial Army every year is much higher than that of the main army, making it the largest armed group in the Human Empire.

Despite the narrow source of recruits and the fact that their numbers were not very large, the comprehensive combat capability of the main corps far exceeded that of the Wehrmacht. This is largely due to the full support of the Holy See behind the scenes. They perform psychic cleansing rituals on each of their recruits, i.e., intense brainwashing. The mysterious genetic gland transplantation procedure has always been a curiosity for the nobles of the empire, and they also want to know the secret. Unfortunately, however, the main legions and the Holy See are extremely strict in this regard, and they refuse to be snooped on by anyone, no matter what department, under any pretext, they will be turned away. Of course, the existence of mechanical slaves is not a secret, but not everyone knows that there is such a thing as biological slaves in the world. Duke Marven only learned about it by chance. At that time, he was so frightened that he even completely cut off the idea of finding out information from the Holy See and the Legion.

"Creature Slave...... Oh! It was a terrible nightmare! ”

The Duke reclined on the sofa, his right hand slowly stroking his forehead, and let out a sigh of extreme helplessness and fear.

Before seeing it with his own eyes, Marven never imagined that there would be such a subversive creature in the world. They have no independent thinking, the signs of degeneration of their hands and feet are very obvious, the food is monotonous, although it is nutritious, it has no taste and texture, it is purely semi-liquid in a soft tube. That kind of thing doesn't mean to swallow, it's disgusting to smell it. The sole purpose of the biological slaves is to become the initial culture chamber of the genetic glands. Yes, they are alive. Flesh and blood energy can only be drawn from living people, and genetic glands grow like babies in their bodies, then transplanted and sealed into the Legionnaires' bodies for a second genetic cultivation. Combat abilities and various necessary elements are accumulated little by little at that time, and it is not until a few years later that they can be removed from the warrior's body and grow into a complete new organ in a separate training pod, which can be implanted into the new legion recruits who need them.

This is the real reason why those legionnaires, that is, recruits, do not need too much training to master all kinds of combat techniques and operate all kinds of combat equipment. Loyalty to the emperor may not be the innate consciousness in their brains, but it can be implanted by foreign organs, which can fundamentally change from genes, and never become an acquired form of an autonomous subconscious, that is, instinct.

Those legionnaires wearing power armor are indeed eye-catching, and their appearance at any time is accompanied by blood, and they are also feared and feared by all nobles. This is no exception to Duke Marvin.

But in any case, in the eyes of the aristocracy, these legionnaires are still just a bunch of untouchables with muscles in their brains, who don't know how to be flexible, like steel blocks. Although they ensured the survival of the human empire and the continuation of civilization, these people also had a good chance of fighting guò to obtain new titles. But they will not be respected in the end, only fear, and indifference.

Duke Marven had dealt with the main army several times. After that, he never wanted to come into contact with it again. The reason is simple: those guys wrapped in armor don't know how to be flexible, and they don't understand even the most basic human feelings. Their solution to the problem was very brutal, either by detaining those involved, turning them into mechanical slaves or biological slaves, or by killing all those who objected. In the words of one of the main army commanders: "As long as all the opponents are killed, the rest will naturally be supporters." ”

Thinking of that incomparably bloody scene, Duke Marven couldn't help but want to tremble.

However, the Empire needed these legionnaires. Without them, the empire would surely have been completely taken over by the dark world. At that time, all people, nobles and commoners, will become meat in the mouths of dark creatures.

Based on this premise, as well as the actual external threat of the existence of zài, the imperial nobility and the various strata were able to unreservedly support the various legions in terms of material supplies and meet their demands to the greatest extent. Of course, there are also factors such as the Holy See and the Emperor. Everyone does not want to be seen as a heretic, and there is no shortage of charred corpses of witches and blasphemers on the papal burnings every day. Even after the execution is over, the corpses are not removed, but are left to rot and stink, and large screens are set up around the execution site to repeatedly show every step of the execution process.

In addition, there is the emperor.

It was an extremely mysterious being.

He doesn't have a name.

Perhaps he used to have a name, but it was only because of respect and the high command of the main army and the Holy See that the imperial people avoided the name of the emperor that it gradually disappeared and was forgotten over the years. This is indeed a kind of respect, and when he is mentioned, he will be honored as "Emperor", or "His Majesty". Only when ordinary people talk about each other will they be addressed by their first names. The emperor was apparently not among them, and the Holy See even treated the people's outspoken name by name as a sin and punished them with torture.

The origin of the emperor is also extremely mysterious. All relevant records of his name and history were sealed by the Supreme Court. Although Duke Marvin was old, he could only learn some stories about the emperor himself through the accounts of his predecessors. It is nothing more than a heroic killing of an enemy in a certain battle, using the body as a shield for the protection of soldiers and civilians, or being particularly wise and far-sighted in a certain matter.

The biggest difference between the people and the officials is their knowledge of secrets.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the emperor is a god who cannot be surpassed.

In the eyes of a high-ranking nobleman of Duke Marven's level, the emperor was just an ordinary person. At most, it is more than ordinary people to do some things that ordinary people can't do. But in essence, nothing has changed.

Such thinking is patently irreverent. The Duke was unimpressed. At most, Marven expressed his respect for the emperor in public. When a person is alone, there are certainly no words in his mind about praising the emperor. The biggest difference between the people and the officials is their knowledge of secrets.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the emperor is a god who cannot be surpassed.

In the eyes of a high-ranking nobleman of Duke Marven's level, the emperor was just an ordinary person. At most, it is more than ordinary people to do some things that ordinary people can't do. But in essence, nothing has changed.

Such thinking is patently irreverent. The Duke was unimpressed. At most, Marven expressed his respect for the emperor in public. When a person is alone, there are certainly no words in his mind about praising the emperor.