While the penal colony was having a headache for the new humans, the humans in the main world were already in bad luck.
Ever since Stable World Gates started popping up everywhere three years ago, countries have been going downhill.
"It's better to say it's downhill than to fall off a cliff."
The speaker was General Cosette of the Thunder Kingdom. He was ordered to lead the Thunder Second Army to station near the eastern mountains to resist the spread of demons from neighboring countries.
A task that can be explained in one sentence is full of problems when executed.
About one-third of the territory of the Thunder Kingdom has been reduced to a breeding ground for demons, but the parliament above is still unwilling to delegate power. As a result, the frontline legions often have temporary supply cuts and reinforcements cannot be deployed in time.
All armies are just struggling to hold on. If they retreat, large areas of territory will fall. If they want to advance and gain strategic depth, they will not be able to achieve it without support.
In this military atmosphere, one can imagine how "well" the defensive mission is performed.
The entire new border defense line is full of loopholes, and from time to time there will be news of the activities of small groups of demons within the territory.
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This environment has caused panic among people in the country, and more and more people have returned to the embrace of the church.
Lei Ming Country considers itself an advanced country and has basically gotten rid of the influence of the church on national decision-making. There is no state religion in the country. But now there is no other way but to compromise with the church.
Believers are protected by the church. Regardless of whether the church has invested real high-end combat power, at least at the spiritual level, the people are protected by the church.
As for the Thunder Council, which is a negative example, no matter what reasons they give, they cannot hide that they actually do not take into account the safety of the people. In this case, there is no way to recruit troops and collect taxes from believers.
Part of the territory is missing, and some taxes in the remaining areas are not coming in. If it weren't for the several border legions who didn't have the intention to establish a new mountain, the Lei Ming Kingdom would have collapsed long ago.
That's why General Cosette said he fell off a cliff.
If the status quo is not changed in time, it will basically be hopeless if the family's financial resources are depleted for a while.
The staff officer did not dare to discuss important matters in front of his superiors, so he reported military affairs: "General, the soldiers in the third area are very tired after the previous battle, and the staff thinks it is necessary to replace them."
Cosette waved his hands as if he didn't want to care about it at all: "Just look at the arrangement."
The Thunder Second Army is generally equipped with muskets and a mage regiment, and its combat effectiveness is not bad. However, due to the delay in mobilizing materials from the rear, it has experienced several major losses. The original establishment of 60,000 people now only has 40,000 people. More than 10,000 people, the supply has deteriorated further recently, with an average of one or two hundred people dying every day. If there is a major enemy situation, it may not even be able to survive until next year.
Even at this point, the reserve troops from the rear have been unable to come up, and supplies have been delayed again and again, and the soldiers have had to start eating the flesh of the demons.
Regardless of psychological barriers, the biggest risk of eating demon meat is demonization.
This is a special phenomenon affected by the chaotic flow of magic power. People affected by this phenomenon will initially be unable to sleep and develop violent tendencies. Some people will get better on their own after a period of time, while others will continue to deteriorate and develop physical problems. sexual variation.
Starting from mutation, human organ functions begin to change, and eating habits, work and rest will be affected by this. In the later stage of development, the memories belonging to humans also began to change into pure beasts, and it was difficult to call them human beings.
In terms of classification, non-human beings formed by mutations caused by demon flesh have several names. The church generally calls them degenerates, while non-believers generally call them demons. In fact, they have some delusions of being able to transform back into normal humans.
The soldiers would be cut into strips and roasted until the surface was charred, then placed in a simple wooden incubator wrapped in cloth to cool naturally, and then taken out to stew in soup after a few hours.
But even so, the risk of demonization caused by demon meat cannot be completely eradicated. About 15% of the daily attrition is caused by demonization, which works out to an incidence rate of almost one thousandth per capita per day.
At this time, tactics and tactics were of little use, and it was entirely up to the soldiers' willpower to continue to defend.
General Cosette has tried every method he could think of, but it has no effect on the vampires behind him. The new batch of supplies that arrived yesterday is only enough for the legion for eight days, but the supply cycle is once a month.
Extremely disappointed, he himself was completely lying down, waiting for the mutiny to come.
In this state of mind, a letter came from General Cosette. It was sealed with wax, but the pattern on the wax was an unseen private seal.
It was tested using magic props to be non-toxic and powder-free. When I opened it, my eyes widened immediately.
This is a surrender letter from the demon clan!
Content: General Cosette is asked to focus on all the soldiers of the Second Legion and take the initiative to shrink the defense area. Once the Legion completes the contraction, members of the intermediate level and above will no longer attack you.
Signed: Daphne.
Cosset stood up suddenly and called his bodyguard: "Where did this letter come from?"
"General, I transferred here from Feilei City, and the post staff didn't mention the place where the letter was sent." When sending a letter to the military camp, you have to check it, and the guards naturally didn't forget it.
"Flying Thunder City, hahahahaha, it turns out that what we have been resisting are just miscellaneous soldiers."
Although he had decided to lie down, the letter still brought a shock.
The Kingdom of Thunder is a thunderstorm-prone area. There are many cities named after light and thunder, and Feilei City is no exception. It is neither the defensive movement of the Second Army nor the west and north borders, but a place relatively close to here. Domestic cities.
The demon clan's letter of persuasion to surrender came from within the country, which really makes people think a lot.
Are those vampires in Parliament still human? How many high-level demons are lurking in the territory? Does the persistence of the Second Army still make sense?
The soldier was a little worried about his condition: "General, it's better not to believe the news mentioned in the letter from unknown sources. It might be another conspiracy of the thugs from the Self-Relief Association."
He glanced at the soldier with bloodshot eyes and suddenly asked: "Are you not married yet?"
"Ah? Yes, I joined the army when I was sixteen, so I didn't have time."
"Well, you can go out first, I'm very fine."
The soldier looked back twice before going out, and was a little relieved when he didn't see the general losing his composure again.
General Cosette sat down again, his eyebrows lowered and his fingers tapping on the paper.
After a while, he took out a small, flat porcelain pot from his pocket, pulled out the stopper, and poured a drop of liquid onto the signature of the letter. The texture of the signature was not like ink, but blood.
The transparent and shiny liquid fell on the words, and there was an immediate reaction. The words gradually became blurred, and a purple mist rose above them.
No luck, they are demons.
But the soldiers are right, there may be a conspiracy, and the suspicion of the Self-Rescue Society cannot be completely ruled out. After all, the mixed-bloods in the Self-Rescue Society may have returned to their ancestors and are very close to the pure-blood demons.
However, even if there is a conspiracy, it does not conflict with shrinking the defensive surface.
Because the current personnel loss ratio is dangerous enough, Cosette has the reason to conduct emergency military mobilization to ensure that the army does not mutiny.
Moreover, there are many soldiers who are like private soldiers and have never even touched a woman.
