On June 12, 775 of Terra, the Empire released numerous photographs and news reports of the use of demonic technology in the Pyrlands, officially declaring the use of forbidden technology in the Pyrland to the entire continent of Terra and committing egregious acts against humanity in the western frontier of the Empire.

To this, Flying Flame responded, they did not use a simple demon technology, but a man-made demon technology that harnesses the power of demons with the heart of a human - they have found the basic law of demon generation, and they can completely destroy demons with demons.

As for the acts against humanity, they believe that after ten years of war preparedness in the West, there are no civilians who have nothing to do with the war, and those who should be moved and relocated are gone, and it is absolutely impossible for ordinary civilians to remain in the West, they are all absolute supporters and reserves of the Imperial War, and they are only the reserve forces of the Empire.

Although this shameless statement is very shameless, they did not want to convince others, but only to ensure that the righteousness of their own side is to fight each other.

As for the nobles of Nanling, after encountering the terrifying Flying Flame Land raid, they didn't have the energy to care about those public opinions.

Because, there was an Earl of Silverpeak, who might be even more terrifying than the Flying Flame Land, watching them.

On June 15, two weeks after the Southridge Attack, Southridge declared an all-out war mode, and in order to prevent a second raid that was so tragic and so damaging, the Governor of Southridge Province, the Marquis of Batun, announced that all the nobles of Southridge would be connected to the grid for management.

This is a very reasonable request, after all, if your side is not monolithic, it means that the enemy can infiltrate and mix sand at will, and as soon as the artificial demon technology is revealed, anyone with a brain knows that if there is no corresponding prevention technology, the enemy can go deep into his core management at will.

But even so.

There are still many imperial nobles who are unwilling to manage online.

"Listen, I'm not going to join your bullshit networking system!"

Baron Issa was furious and spoke to the engineering team of the Xiahui Leader, who had come to lay the terminal signal transmitters and cables, and he violently expelled the Xiahui Leader's engineering team, even causing casualties.

Not only that, but he also said that Ian's people dared to come to him, he would never be soft and invade his territory without permission, and he had the right to kill them all.

This kind of person is not uncommon in Nanling.

Even if he is only a baron, he is still the emperor of the soil in his own domain, and the baron is free to do whatever he wants in his own domain, except for the necessary taxes issued by the empire and the noble laws of the empire.

Especially in places like Nanling, the popularization and observance of aristocratic laws cannot be done, and the nobles here have long been free and accustomed to it.

There is one more person to take care of himself for no reason, if the other party is strong, then it is just a matter of swallowing his anger, after all, what the strong is saying is reasonable, no matter how ruthless and ignorant the nobles know, if the powerful person wants to be ruthless, he can be ruthless, and their opposition is meaningless.

However, the most hateful thing is this "networking".

Now, after the Silverpeak Leader massively advertised that his side had not suffered any losses in the Flameland attack, and had captured several crucial spies, all the Southridge nobles knew that Ian relied on that so-called "network" to monitor everyone.

Even the spies in the Flamelands can monitor it, so wouldn't they themselves be even more secretless?

No, if you want to oppose it, you must oppose it!

Otherwise, wouldn't his private smuggling, illegality, sacrifice, evidence of secret collusion with Flying Flame Land, and many more fearible and even more terrifying actions be seen by Ian?

And asking them not to do those things is worse than killing them.

However, those nobles who were relatively close to the Yinfeng Domain, even if they didn't want to connect to the grid, they didn't have the right to refuse - the Yinfeng Domain didn't even need to set up a base station in their territory, and the signal in their own territory alone could cover them all.

But a nobleman like Baron Issa, who is located in a remote area next to the Golden Plains, they "don't have" to give Ian any face, and they don't want to connect to the Internet to directly refuse, and the Marquis of Batun's order can also be delayed in various ways, such as the need to investigate the base

The construction site of the station, or the toxic effect of the base station on local residents, may even be destroyed directly after it is built, whether it is a natural disaster or a flying flame.

"These Silver Peak people are getting more and more excessive."

After driving out Ian's engineering team, Baron Issa returned to his castle, his face pale, looking at the city where he had been blown out of a large pit, and he had no other thought than gritted his teeth: "These damned Flamelanders didn't destroy the Prophet's territory, they blew up my city!"

Barony Issa's domain mainly produces all kinds of agricultural tools, and it is adjacent to the Golden Plains, with many high-quality ore veins, and the related farm tools workshops and various weapons are considered to be excellent.

However, the small handicraft workshop, in the face of the industrial production of Yinfeng Ling, the new metal refining technology, and the various new concepts of next-generation agricultural tools, there is only one result.

That's to be completely crushed!

Having lost almost all of his market share, the result of asking Yinfeng Ling is also "We can help you build a factory, but you have to join our system" This kind of words are almost no different from swallowing, how can Baron Issa have a good impression of Ian?

As a result, before Baron Issa could figure out any way to regain his wealth, the network of the Silver Peak Leader was about to be laid again.

"Now I've driven away a group of people, but how many more times can I get rid of them? The Flying Flame Land will definitely continue to invade at that time, but it's a big deal that I'll move to Nauman City for refuge, and if you have the ability, you can guard Yinfeng and show me!"

With such thoughts, he fell asleep with resentment and anger.

Then, the next day, those who came to the gate of Isa Ling were no longer the engineering team of Yinfeng Ling.

Instead, Qingchao led the team, and Yinfeng led the exoskeleton unit "Steel Feather".

Ian doesn't believe in humans – he doesn't believe in human perception.

Human sight, smell and hearing are extremely easy to be distorted and tampered with, especially in this world, there are many psionic powers, directly against the spiritual will, not to mention that the demonic technology of the Flying Flame Land is so advanced, it is too simple to invade a person's mind.

So, let's use the machine to assist.

The increase in stamina, strength and defense brought by the exoskeleton armor is secondary, and most importantly, the person inside the armor does not need to be in contact with the outside world, but uses an indirect screen to perceive the world.

Everything is data, a security perception that the Heart of Terra has screened, and Steel Feather has a certain jet-jumping ability that can cross extremely complex battlefields.

In short, this is the elite armed forces under Ian's direct jurisdiction.

So, why did this elite armed force appear in front of itself? Baron Issa was a little deprived of oxygen to his brain, and he was a little confused.

But Qingchao is very clear.

"Kill!"

Without any nonsense, the swordsman drew his sword and slashed at Baron Issa like lightning - the same second energy level, he practiced meditation, and his swordsmanship was sharpened to the limit, and Ian's evaluation to him was that five swords could solve the other party.

But Qingchao felt that his lord was really underestimating himself...... In the case that one side came prepared for the surprise attack and wore exoskeleton armor, and the other side was at a loss and did not know what was really happening.

All it takes is a sword!

Facing the sword of the wind that Baron Issa hastily slashed, the sword light in Qing Chao's hand flashed, and a stream of blue essentia light delicately dismembered Baron Isa's attack, and the air exploded wherever it passed, directly slashing from the baron's left shoulder to his crotch, dividing the person diagonally into two halves.

Of course, Baron Issa wasn't really weak, and even if his sword aura was separated by Qing Chao, the aftermath still slashed Qing Chao's shoulders - but the defensive power of the exoskeleton armor combined with Qing Chao's own body protection essentia allowed him to receive this almost life-changing blow almost unharmed.

He's dead.

"Kill everyone in the castle."

The usually kind and optimistic swordsman in front of everyone showed great indifference after killing Baron Issa, he swung his sword and shook the blood off the sword: "Then blow up the entire castle and attack it disguised as a flying flame."

The steel feather troops faithfully carried out the order.

There was a loud bang

After two weeks, Issa Ling once again ushered in a grand fireworks explosion.

"Will there be any consequences for this?"

In the castle of the lords, Scott, while reporting on today's base station construction work, asked with some concern, "Baron Issa only refused our connection yesterday, and today he is dead - everyone knows that we did it."

"That's what I'm here for."

Yi raised his eyes to look at his supervisor, who patiently explained, "You may be able to understand some political and popular things, but you don't really understand the world of the Ascension."

"Now, the Demon Legion of the Flying Flame Land has cut off the road leading to the Imperial Capital from the West Realm and Nanling, and although Nanling is isolated at this time, it is also far away from the Emperor - no one can point out on the spot that we did it, so after two months, no one will care about the death of a baron."

"Even if someone from the imperial capital wants to target me and deliberately talk about this matter, they will not have evidence, and the Marquis of Batun, who may have the evidence, will not speak in this regard...... And if it drags on a little longer, then I might be at the fourth level."

"At that time, it will be Baron Issa who will take his own death, and he will have nothing to do with me."

Scott nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood, and Ian looked at the report in his hand with emotion: "The network connection rate is over 91%, and the morality on Terra's side feels really good for occasional use, and the disobedient kill is, there is not so much intrigue and intrigue at all."

"It's so simple, just look at the world of power...... This chaotic time of all-out war." Ian didn't really want to use this kind of cool and simple method, and with his wisdom, he could naturally come up with a better way to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.

However, Baron Issa actually dared to make a move against his people - this kind of signal is very dangerous, which means that the nobles of Southridge are indeed too brave, they really dare to do it, and they can't imagine that Ian will fight back?

In order to prevent more people from turning against him on Baron Isa's example, Ian decided to send Qingchao to kill him as soon as he learned the news. If it weren't for the Marquis of Batun's subtle admonition, saying that this kind of person would be killed if he killed, but don't be too public, Ian didn't even plan to blow up his castle, but hung the corpse directly on the castle.

The question was made by the Flying Flame Land Demon.

Why, who is not convinced?

Of course, no one dares to disagree.

Soon, the next day, the original tone was very tight, and all the ten percent of the die-hard nobles who refused to give in to the Internet were relieved, and Ian even directly received four extremely sincere letters of apology, the content of which was probably "I admit it, you have a lot of adults, and you let the little ones fart" "From now on, you are the big brother of Nanling, you say that we will never face east when you say to face west"...... Etcetera.

"Look."

Ian directly showed off the apology letter in his hand to Scott: "I said that it is impossible to kill the people of Southridge, and it is not useless to reason with them, but it is still the most effective physics."

At this point, just as the western realm was a pot of porridge and the Flying Flame Land Soldier Peak was getting closer and closer to Nanling, the initial base station network was completed based on the aristocratic territories of the major empires in Nanling.

Not only that, but in the name of "Vaccine for Biological Warfare Against Flying Flame Land", Ian began to popularize "artificial souls" against other imperial nobles.

It's just that the Silver Peak Territory is too slow to do the original soul accumulation for the Heart of Terra, and to be honest, Ian is also a little reluctant to let the people on his side be damaged, in other words, the number of deaths in the Silver Peak Territory will definitely be very small, which is obviously not good for the soul accumulation of the Heart of Terra.

In this case, it is better to directly spread and popularize artificial souls, my own side is not dead, then the war always has to die, when the time comes, it will not only save the souls of the people of Nanling, but also enrich the reserves of the heart of Terra, the best of both worlds, why not?

And that's not all...... At Ian's behest, the Cult's medical units began to provide free medical treatment in the heavily affected areas, treating the wounded and helping refugees.

Once again, the Cult began to form a "Wasteland Reclamation Mission" to collect people and send them to the Desert Swamp in the northwest of the Baissen Mountains to explore.

The living conditions there, not

It will definitely be worse than other territories, not to mention the convenient food supply of Yinfeng Ling, and the applicants are enthusiastic.

The whole of Southridge was devastated, but Ian was well fed—not by accident, but by the benefit of the Circle of Sanctuary Circle's good performance in the face of the attack.

Who wouldn't want to live in a safe city? Who doesn't want their lord to be a prophet who can foresee disaster?

Although the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Holy Land of the Cult has not been successfully completed, its far-reaching impact has been an invisible but expensive propaganda benefit for Ian.

Of course, among the refugees who applied to participate in the Cult Reclamation Mission, there were indeed spies. They were quickly caught, proposed, and then publicly executed under Ian's arrangement—not in the Silver Peak Collar, but in the Quannanling Circuit.

Because there is actually no damage to the Silver Peak Leader, they are protected so well that they have no anger at these spies, and it is a pity to kill them in the Silver Peak Leader, and they will not gain prestige and influence.

Roving public trials, on the contrary, can gain the hearts of the people.

Everything was just as Ian had predicted - the Flamelands sped up to attack him, intending to bulldoze him before his prophet could develop...... But it indirectly led to Ian quickly taking over the power of Nanling, not only relying on the power of the Flying Flame Land to build a complete base station network, but even winning the hearts of the people.

"Wait, that's too similar, isn't it?!"

Thinking of this, Ian suddenly thought of something, and he immediately asked for a relationship and got a news report from the imperial capital from Isengard.

Then, he was shocked to find that the imperial capital had done the same thing as him! Recently, to be precise, it was the time when a full-scale offensive was announced in the Flying Flame Lands, and the northern and eastern provinces were also subjected to "raids" and various "sabotage operations".

The reason why I put quotation marks is because Ian can see at a glance that it was definitely not done by the people of Junling Fort and the Heavenly King's Court, as here in the Flying Flame Land!

Junling Fort doesn't have that strength, and they will fight back and forth with the nobles of the Northland at most, and they have the strength to defend but have no ability to advance.

And the Heavenly Imperial Court is also under the same backs as the empire, and there is no precedent for planning in this regard in ordinary times, how can it be possible to carry out such an attack.

But even so, the empire was able to destroy several towers and alchemy workshops in the main cities, causing quite severe casualties.

The people of the Empire were furious—and not only that, but the Emperor also took advantage of the situation to announce something similar to what Ian had done...... They are also popularizing terminal base stations and starting to make it mandatory for every territory to be networked!

Although their network does not have the heart of Terra, it is just to increase the convenience of communication and build base stations in various places, but this attitude and policy, no matter how you look at it, are deliberate!

It's just that, in the face of Ian Yinfeng, the small nobles of Nanling may still dare to resist one or two, but in the face of the central aristocratic group of the empire headed by the royal family, the local nobles can kneel and lick when they hear the order, and under the oppression of war, they do not have any right to refuse or drag at all.

This is a mandatory reform...... Internal reform with the help of external pressure!

"Axel...... In this respect, he is even better than his father, Inaga II......

Looking at the news, Ian muttered to himself, "If Inaga II dared to blow up the checkpoints of his own country, and then declared that the enemy did it, and then immediately invaded the enemy country, declared himself a victim, and carried out social reforms under the oppression of war...... Maybe it can really be done?"

Actually, it can't be done. Because the aristocratic class of the empire at that time was the old generation of nobles, not the new aristocratic class that had been slaughtered once by Hilliard and Axel, and they united to fight against the power, at least it could be bad for Ina II.

Moreover, even war may not force them to obey the orders of the central government...... They may even surrender!

Still have to be killed.

"It seems that Axel's is indeed prepared......

Coming back to his senses, Ian sighed with emotion: "These two months, now it is a month and a half, which is the time for the empire to carry out accelerated internal reforms - so a month and a half later, the empire will fight back."

"The Defenders of the Soil live up to their name...... He's got a bit of a trick."

But this was also a matter later, and then, Ian instructed Scott to pay attention to the food problem, and contacted the Marquis of Batun and Viscount Grant to ask the South Sea Fleet to protect the trade routes of Canaan Moore.

After all, no matter what the purpose of the Flying Flame Lands is, at least at this time, their invasion will cause the agricultural production of Southridge to be affected - even if the agricultural building has begun to spread in Southridge under Ian's promotion, it has not yet fully met the food needs of Southridge.

In order to avoid a second food disaster, it is necessary to make reserves in this regard as soon as possible.

And just as Ian was talking to Viscount Grant about networking and "vaccine popularization", he suddenly got good news.

Adbert, who turned into a giant of light during the attack half a month ago and stopped the wreckage of the falling airship, finally woke up today.