The troops of the Imperial mountain people lined up silently in the muddy positions, while on the other side were the ice roads that had remained unresolved in the torrential rain, and the cold December frost wind swept through the camp, and a large number of dejected rebel mountain people were being escorted away and sent to the Autonomous Region of Frodo to guard them.

Then, with a dragon roar, the Cliff Elder fell from the sky, his heart light body was dispersing the clouds and rain in the sky, making the weather better, and there were already rays of sunlight projecting down from the gaps in the clouds, forming a staircase of light like a substance between heaven and earth.

Ian stood in front of the rebel hillmen's tent, with the chiefs and priests of the Imperial hillmen's side standing beside him, and the group of men in front of him were the leaders of the rebel hillmen.

These old acquaintances or old enemies looked at each other and didn't say a word.

Instead of paying attention to the loser's thoughts, the winner looked at the silent Ian with a subtle and nervous expression, and the loser naturally did not pay attention to those who did not matter, but held his breath and waited for the real person in charge to pronounce a verdict on them.

But Ian remained silent, looking at everyone in silence. When those silver-blue eyes looked at anyone present with an indifferent look, the person being watched would subconsciously lower their eyes, not daring to look at the young Holy Land Lord.

--It seems that this group of people is not willing to admit the dragon god messenger, but they do not dare to show it to Ian.

The arrival of the cliff solved this embarrassing situation, and the old man looked at the situation in the camp and knew what was going on.

No matter which leader of the mountain tribe, who wants to have one more person in charge of their head? The empire has given them autonomy, and even the mountain people of the empire are only afraid of the future liquidation of the empire, and it is almost impossible for them to accept from the bottom of their hearts that Ian is the messenger of the dragon god.

The good thing is that most of the time, people accept things, and they don't need to be willing.

Elder Manya stepped forward, looked at Kede's head that was frozen by Ian with icicles, and said with emotion: "Kede is also my old opponent, but I didn't expect that there was no final showdown between the two of us, and he died abruptly."

"After all, Sheo has help." Ian smiled, he sat down on the ice chair for a long time, and said calmly: "I don't take credit for this, I just involved Kod's first few attacks, and took advantage of Kod's fierce battle with Xiou to cut off his head. ”

"It's already incredible." Elder Manya sighed with emotion, "When you first enter the second energy level, you can find an opportunity in the battle of the third energy level...... I'm old, and the world still depends on you young people after all. ”

Theo's real body in the tent beside him couldn't help but raise his head after hearing Ian's exchange with Elder Manya, and his big dragon's eyes were full of doubts - although Ian had already spoken to him on the way to Frodo, he was still a little confused when he saw that Ian could really tell such a lie without changing his face.

-- Why is he more able to lie than to tell the truth?

Of course, there are very few people who can understand the dragon's expression among humans, and Xio's upward movement is obviously an obvious 'platform' on the side of the king of the mountain for the other mountain leaders present,

In the past, as a member of the Dragon Worship Sect and the dispatcher of Dragon Island, the King of the Mountain basically did not interfere with the actions of the mountain people as his true dragon, but only ruled over those powerful demonic beasts in the Baisen Mountain Range, so he called himself the 'King of the Mountain, and did not touch the authority of the porcelain Baisen Dragon God, and the mountain people also reciprocated and were willing to recognize the identity of the King of the Mountain Baisen Demon Beast.

But now, the mountain people are in disarray, and the Avod tribe has the upper hand...... Even if you are the king of the mountain, I'm afraid you have to choose your own spokesperson among the mountain people, right?

One of the chiefs of the defeated hill tribes looked up slightly, noticing the dragon's movements and hearing Ian's conversation with the cliffs, so he instinctively wanted to know what was going on.

Then, he made eye contact with Ian.

The eyes of this self-proclaimed dragon god messenger are light blue, the color of the streams flowing in the mountains of Nanling, like the blue sky in the sky, and a long hair flows with a visible inscription light stream, which originates from the cyan essentia in the dragonization organ spreads from the left hand to the whole body, and finally converges on this long silver-white hair with a steel color, accumulating incredible power.

around his waist

The steel-patterned sword was not sealed in the scabbard, but was covered by a layer of solid ice, and there were maroon blood stains on it, which must have been the blood of Chief Kod, giving people a sense of tranquility.

And next, whose head will this sword behead?

--Is it ...... I?!

The light cyan eyes intriguingly looked at the chieftain who was subconsciously starting to tremble, causing the other party to tremble subconsciously.

But at this moment, for some reason, the mountain chief's mind was extremely swift and agile, far more agile than before, and he regarded it as his own outburst in danger, and he quickly figured out one thing.

No matter what the outcome is, Ian will definitely kill a few people, this is the tradition of Southridge, and it is also the tradition of Terra, without the oppression of blood and death, the war is destined to be imperfect, not to mention that the purpose of this young man is to become a 'dragon god messenger,?, and the real problem is that Ian will definitely not kill all of them, because he also needs them as a model to promote his leniency and facilitate his future annexation and integration of other tribes.

So, what do you have to do to survive - to survive at the hands of a lord who is bound to kill and make a decision?

He came up with the answer almost instantaneously.

"Emissary of the dragon god! Please forgive me for being disrespectful and offensive!"

With a pop, the chief fell to the ground in an instant, almost lying on his stomach in the muddy water and swearing allegiance to Ian: "Bua of the Cypress Mountains. Kashiwayama, swear to always follow in the footsteps of the messenger! Your command is the will of the dragon god, and your intention is my direction!"

"Forgive me, messenger, I have gone astray by mistake, and I have turned against you by the demagoguery of the goddess and the coercion of the evil one, but my faith in the dragon god is absolutely firm! I swear that as long as my people know that their enemies are the envoys of the dragon gods, they will weep bitterly and repent of their trespasses, just as I do!"

He even used honorifics for prayer in the temple.

"Hmm."

Ian replied in response to the chief's inspired declaration of allegiance, and then looked around at the other captives present: "Is there anyone else?"

Glancing at the cyan eyes, and behind him were the same gaze as Mancliff and Theo, and many of the captured chieftains immediately followed the example, and without hesitation, they knelt down and took the same oath as the previous chieftain.

Obviously, the 'perception elixir' that boosts mental acuity and imagination also works wonders at critical moments, and it doesn't give people an instinctive sense of rejection like the 'fear potion', and is closer to the real idea, which is the conclusion that Ian came to after using many different potions to observe people's reactions.

As long as you can control the direction of your inspiration, it is easier for people to believe that their decision is 'right' than fear and joy. That's what Ian learned as a potion alchemist.

"Good. It seems that you know very well who won this war. ”

In the midst of what others saw as more disdainful allegiance than surrender, Ian didn't say much.

He just glanced around at the stiff and bewildered leaders of the Imperial Mountain People on either side of him, smiled meaningfully, and then led Elder Manya into the tent.

The leaders of the rebel mountain people who breathed a long sigh of relief, as if they were the remnants of the catastrophe, remained in place, and the leaders of the imperial mountain people, who were theoretically 'victors', looked at each other at a loss.

"Don't scare them, these people are actually very staunch supporters of the Empire, and without their help, the mountain rebellion would have swept across the entire South Ridge."

After entering the tent, Elder Immersion Cliff smiled and shook his head, while Ian sighed exaggeratedly, "How can you do it without being scared?" Look at the way they looked before, as if they had won—in fact, if Theo and I hadn't killed Kod and stopped the Steel Pterodactyl Hunters, they would have died this time.

"Of course, it's just to be scared, I just hope they can figure out who is the one who counts, otherwise in the future, they will make some small moves behind my back, and I will kill people again, I don't want to go out every day and not be able to appreciate the birds and flowers in Nanling, but cut off a head of my own every day."

"Don't worry, I'll help you discipline these guys."

Elder Manya nodded, this was what he wanted to do, to assist Yi Encheng

The messenger of the dragon god in name and reality is the goal he set for himself after rekindling the sacrificial fire in Gonggang Mountain.

Thinking of the Holy Land, the old man asked curiously, "What happened over there in the Steel Dragon's Nest?" Ian, if you do restart the Steel Dragon's Nest...... The situation here in the Frodo Autonomous Region does not matter at all, we will go to the Holy Land first, these chiefs and priests will discipline when they have time later, and they will discipline if they want. ”

"There's no rush. I only activated the outermost energy system, and the inner core inheritance, the test area, and the dormant area did not move. ”

Ian shook his head: "It's just a warm-up, it hasn't been restarted yet." It's just that I didn't expect that the warm-up movement of the steel dragon's nest would be so big...... It seems that the dragon god has really left us a lot of good things, but it's a pity that no one has been able to use it for so many years, otherwise, the empire should not be able to conquer Nanling so easily, at most it will be a vassal. ”

"That's no different from being conquered, in my opinion, it's better to be conquered, at least the empire is indeed not racist, and vassals are really inferior."

Elder Manya sighed, "What should those rebel mountain people do? Although they pay lip service to allegiance, it's hard to say what they think, and even if they are afraid of death, you are too young to be able to calm everyone. ”

"It's simple." Ian said calmly, "I'll do a purge of things."

"A big purge."

“…… What is that? ”

Elder Manya was slightly stunned, in Terra, this word was still a little unfamiliar, but soon, he understood what Ian meant, and his expression couldn't help but be a little solemn: "Wait, you mean ......"

"Yes." Ian said cruelly and unusually in a rather refreshing tone: "These people's tribes will be monitored by me, chasing after the wind, repressive control, or some kind of reign of terror, in short. I will do it. ”

"No matter what they think in their hearts, they absolutely can't oppose me on the surface, the mountain people can only follow the dragon god's messenger, and if they don't want to follow me, I will let them go to see the dragon god."

"Is it necessary...... I mean...... It takes a lot of manpower for such high pressure, right?"

Elder Mancliff frowned slightly, he didn't think Ian was murderous--in fact, for Terra, it was just a big purge, who wouldn't do it? The nobles of the sublimators can directly divert the mountains and rivers for the sake of convenient transportation, and those villages that are unwilling to move are directly pressed under the mountain, so they don't care what these people think, after all, they have been reminded in advance, and they are considered benevolent and righteous.

Ian just doesn't want noise in his sphere of influence, of course it's not difficult, to be honest, killing all the opponents will make it easier for them to develop the mountain people who are united around Ian, after all, it's ...... You always have to divide the meat after the war, right? Where the meat comes from is a question.

His only concern was that Ian would definitely need a lot of manpower to suppress the Great Purge, and when the time comes, causing these rebellious mountain people to rebel will delay their time to recuperate.

"It won't last long, until the vast majority of people are fed and have meat, and even the most stubborn mountain independence will understand that it is a stupid idea to rebel against me. But before that, any dissenting voices must be silenced, and I need to establish absolute authority that brooks no doubt. ”

Ian picked up the map of the tent, and he drew a circle around the area of the Midra Autonomous Region: "The other Autonomous Communities can slow down, and the tribes of the Autonomous Region of Midra must be strictly purified." And you don't necessarily need to kill people, even if you think it's too crowded, but for me, population is always an important asset. ”

"In the future, we need a hard labor camp for intensive infrastructure, and a lot of technology needs experimental materials."

Facing the silent Cliff Elder, showing his true truth, Ian smiled: "Don't worry, I know that this is very evil, and it can even be said to be cruel." But experiments are always done, and it's better to use these people who make mistakes than to use your own people. ”

"You could have left me alone." Elder Manya shook his head: "This will make me feel very uncomfortable."

"I think it's better to make it clear." Ian tilted his head and said, "This kind of thing will only go wrong, I need you to do evil things with me, so that we can be better partners."

"What's more." He turned his head and continued to look at the map: "Experiments are not

I'm going to die, I'll try most of the techniques on myself, and then use other people to test the universality - don't think I'm doing this with good intentions or conscience, but test it on myself The feedback is more direct, why do you think my strength has advanced so quickly? ”

--Because of foresight, of course! Without waiting for Elder Mancliff to answer, Ian complained to himself, in fact, this was really not a good intention, but he had a foresight and didn't need any dangerous test subjects at all.

What Ian really needs is to make sure that the technology he has developed can be popularized - after all, he is really a bit too genius, can ordinary people adapt to these 'easy and simple technologies that he thinks are okay with him?'

In this respect, Ian is quite self-aware.

"Alas......"

Elder Manya sighed with a complicated expression: "I only understand at this moment...... Regardless of the name of the Dragon God Emissary, Ian, no matter what path you take, what name and mask you choose, you will have what you are today. ”

"I believe in you. You will not lead the mountain people astray. He said simply, "So what's next?"

"The most important thing these days is actually the Construct Knight."

Ian raised his hand and drew a circle on the northeast side of the Otall colony: "The Flameland's base in the Southridge is located here, at least the Magnetic Storm Armor exploded here, we must immediately send a team to investigate there, if the Flameland is still there, report to Nauman City, let them clear it, if it is gone, try to collect clues." ”

"But at the end of the day, we need to be prepared to face the Constructed Knights' attack."

"Constructed Knight?!" Hearing this, the Steep Cliff Elder was taken aback, the only people who knew the news were actually a few big tribal chiefs led by Ke De, and the Aurey Chief of the Ronggang Department had not yet told anyone except the Marquis of Batun about the news: "There are Constructed Knights in the South Ridge in the Flying Flame Land?!"

Only Ian, through Kode's diary, knew about it - the chief had obviously been under a lot of pressure lately, with too many secrets and responsibilities on his shoulders, and no one to confide in, so he could only comfort himself to vent his stress.

"This isn't a trivial issue to ignore, Ian!"

He stepped forward and stood beside Ian, looking eager, "If the Flying Flame Land does send a team of Constructed Knights, then we have to beware of this group of thugs breaking the net!"

"Except for the Avod Tribe, because of my existence, relying on the Holy Mountain, there is a possibility of blocking the knights, the other tribes will only be completely crushed by them!"

"I know." Ian faced the map, his eyes closed, lost in thought.

When he opened it again, the young man's eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "So, we have to find a way to deal with them - if the Flying Flame Land Special Combat Team wants to break the net, then they will definitely move very quickly."

"It can even be said that now they have begun to plan this final counterattack."

This is indeed a big problem.

Obviously, after the Flying Flame Land Special Operations Team was blasted at the base, and the rebel mountain people were also defeated, they could basically declare all their operations in Nanling completely defeated, and they could only return to the Flying Flame Land in disgrace and accept the accountability of their superiors.

What hell of a madness would they have done before that...... Just look at the history books.

-- What we can't get, we don't have the meaning of being.

The famous words of the first generation of King Nemathasas of the Flying Flame Land can basically represent their thinking.

"Don't worry too much, even if the Constructed Knights want to raid, they will definitely only raid the two holy places of Steel Mountain or Xiahui Lake, and prove their determination by destroying the Holy Land - the Steel Dragon Nest is too big, and it is too close to the King of the Mountain, and the Steel Winged Dragon King may not be able to protect them."

Under the gaze of the Cliff Elder, Ian drew two small circles on the map again: "And the Xia Hui Leader is definitely a secondary choice, because it is too close to Nauman City, and the Cangyun Knights stationed in the surrounding area must have already been dispatched, and they dare not take risks."

"Therefore, I believe that if the Constructed Knights are dispatched, their purpose will definitely be to destroy the Sacred Mountain of Steel."

Ian is very sure of what he said, and he naturally has it

The ability to be convincing.

This is a matter of course, after all, he is a prophet, how can he not even predict where the enemy will attack.

"So what are we going to do?" Elder Mancliff frowned, he had been thinking about this question since he learned about the existence of the Constructed Knights, "If they do start charging, even Theo and I will definitely not be able to stop those terrifying steel giants head-on...... Even if it can be blocked, the holy mountain will definitely be impacted. ”

"Relying on the Holy Mountain itself, of course."

Ian said softly, he raised his hand, and the moisture in the air swirled and condensed in his palm, forming an ice sculpture image of the Sacred Mountain of Steel: "Elder, you don't think that the Holy Mountain can only be used as a healing device, do you?"

In addition, it can be vaguely seen that on the top of this holy mountain, there is a tall tower being built, which gathers the energy provided by the energy supply system of the holy mountain and turns into a ...... A terrifying weapon that can channel all the thunder in heaven and earth.

The young man smiled and held up the model of the sacred mountain and the tower, and showed it to the Cliff Elder who slowly opened his eyes: "It can also be used as a weapon."

"A super-giant magnetic storm coil."