Chapter 40: The Army's Action and the Devil's Plan
"What the hell is going on? In less than ten days, our patrol troops in the entire German area have been attacked one after another, and we've lost over 500 soldiers so far. I want a reasonable explanation from all of you! Even if they were killed by those parasites, I need to see their bodies! Now I don't even know how to report back home!" At this moment, General Kate, the commander in charge of the US military rescue operation in Germany, was slamming his fist on the desk in front of him, bellowing at a group of officers.
It started ten days ago, and there have been repeated incidents of military patrols being ambushed in various parts of Germany. However, every time the rescue troops rushed to the scene, all that was left were destroyed vehicles and bloodstains, with no sign of the patrol soldiers anywhere. As time went on, more and more patrol soldiers went missing after being ambushed, gradually affecting the morale of the local garrison troops.
Nowadays, most soldiers are unwilling to go out for patrol missions at night, after all, everyone's life is only one, and no one is not afraid of death.
Facing the angry expression of their superior, the officers also looked helpless. The last staff officer reported cautiously: "General, we found signs of intense fighting at the scene, and there are many shell casings on the ground. It seems that the other side also used firearms, so it's not certain whether it was done by the Parasite Beast!"
General Kate's face turned red with rage as she waved her hand and shouted loudly: "Are you telling me that these things were done by the Russians in front of us, or have those monsters also learned to use our invented weapons? These reasons seem too far-fetched, do you still expect those politicians in the White House to believe these unproven and absurd reasons? Those old foxes will only investigate the soldiers' unexplained disappearance and then find trouble with us!"
At this time, another officer spoke up: "General, for now, regardless of what the other side is or who they are, the top priority in front of us is to stabilize the military's morale first. I suggest assembling a team of armored warriors and then devising a plan to lure out the opponent. At that time, we can find out the true situation of the opponent."
"General Kate looked at the lieutenant colonel who made the suggestion with a serious expression and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "You! Quickly formulate a detailed plan, I will immediately apply to the Ministry of National Defense for a team of armored warriors to come forward. If you need any help, just mention it, the command center will assist with all its might. However, this time's plan must be successful and not allowed to fail. If the armored warriors sent this time also go missing, then we'll have to wait for early retirement or a military court! Did you hear that?"
"Yes, sir!" The several officers around him immediately saluted and replied loudly.
The order to go into battle has been issued, and everyone knows that this time it's a case of "the arrow has left the bowstring" - there's no turning back. Either they'll successfully uncover the truth behind this series of attacks, or everyone present, including General Kate, may really end up in a military court.
But what General Kate and his men absolutely did not expect was that this capture operation would soon become the first direct encounter between humans and the demon army.
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In the eastern mountains of Germany, General Kate and those officers were discussing the missing patrol soldiers, who were all piled up in an ancient underground ruin in a strange way as corpses.
Flame Demon Sado stood in the ruins, watching as the corpses were continuously carried into the magic circle by the lizardmen. He turned to a magician beside him, who wore a black magic robe with only his dark blue eyes visible, and asked politely: "Master Vlad, how much longer can these corpses be used? The warriors on this plane are too few, except for the 500+ fire lizard warriors brought by Kamu, there are only the 20+ deep abyss mages who followed you here. Moreover, the construction of the magic gate must be accelerated, otherwise, the arrival of Lord Trem's army will be severely delayed!"
The abyssal mage known as Master Vlad, spoke in a very cold tone from under the magic robe that obscured his face: "This is also something I can't do anything about. Who would have thought that the magical energy of this plane was so scarce? All magic here has declined too much in power. The magic gate will have to wait for a while longer, and these undead warriors will be usable after a few more days."
As for that spatial rift, it is still continuously releasing air containing a large amount of abyssal power into this plane. Before long, the magical energy in that area will be greatly enhanced, and at that time, the construction of the magic gate can be accelerated immediately. Oh, Sado, has that bold guy who stole our energy to expand the spatial rift been found?
When Master Vlad asked, Sado also felt very depressed. The other party seemed to have completely disappeared. This was the first time he had seen such a thing as taking away extremely pure deep abyss magic power. He curiously asked and replied: "No trace of the opponent has been found yet! The method used by this group is very strange, I have followed Lord Trem for so long and have never seen it before. There are people who can steal the magic power used by the Deep Abyss Mages to open the space channel!"
Master Vlad gazed at him with his pale blue eyes, and the tall, deep abyss beside him slowly spoke to Sado: "Sado, you're still too young, you don't know what's normal. These things are not clear even in the Abyss except for a few people outside of the Deep Abyss Mages. The methods used by this group have appeared in ancient times, they are called forbidden thieves, specializing in stealing the magic gathered by other mages for their own use. The strongest among them can even steal the divine power obtained by the gods' prayers, it's a special mage profession in the Abyss.
They once flourished in the depths, but later this group of daring thieves sought to obtain great power by stealing from the Demon King and the Abyssal Emperor. This ultimately led to their downfall as they were hunted down by both Hell and the Abyss. They had been extinct for a long time, yet it was unexpected that remnants of these thieves could still be found in this magic-poor plane. However, judging from their techniques, it's clear that the legacy they inherited is already incomplete.
Sado was shocked by Vlad's words and exclaimed, "Vlad Master, they have stolen so much of the Abyss' power at once, yet it is still not a complete inheritance. What does a complete inheritance look like?!"
He really couldn't imagine a group of people who had stolen so much deep abyssal power, and their inheritance was not even complete. To think that those were the most refined magical powers gathered by many deep abyssal mages to open up the dimensional space channel.
Even some advanced demons can't use the energy controlled by the abyssal mages, but that group of people easily took away a part and escaped without a trace.
Just as Sado was about to continue asking Vlad Master about the thieves, Kamu, the leader of the Fire Scorpion warriors, came running over with a Browning M2HB 12.7mm (0.50 inch) heavy machine gun on his back and asked very respectfully: "Greetings, Lord Sado, Master Vlad! The corpses have all been arranged as instructed!"
Measuring the heavy machine gun on Kam's back and the bullets wrapped around his body, Vlad Master's cold laughter came again: "Kam, it seems that you and your own people have found good weapons in this plane!"
The Salamanders are not in a good position in the Abyss, but they have a good intelligence and can quickly adapt to the use of work weapons. Their adaptability to the environment is also very strong and they are quite belligerent. Because of their large numbers in the Abyss, they are one of the main forces of the various deep-sea legions.
This group of guys has an extremely strong talent for using all kinds of weapons used for killing. The weapons of various races, as long as they are given a period of time to learn, can easily master the method of use.
The leader of the Fire Lizard Warriors, Kam, immediately split his large mouth full of sharp teeth and excitedly said: "Master Vlad, unexpectedly, although the combat effectiveness of the human tribe here is low, but these alchemy weapons they manufacture are very useful, our people like them very much!"
These lizard warriors, all of whom are about two meters tall. Muscular and extremely strong endurance, those that require several ordinary people to lift, are usually installed on the vehicle's heavy machine gun, which is not a problem for them at all. These lizard warriors can easily hold a heavy machine gun with one hand, running and attacking at the same time, which is also something that even the strongest human soldiers cannot do.
The large-caliber bullets found in the subsequent patrol attacks were the work of these lizard people, which also caused confusion among US military commanders.
Master Vlad looked at the lizardman leader who was grinning from ear to ear and said, "Then have your people collect as many of these weapons as possible, in preparation for future battles!"
"Immediately, Kamu opened his big mouth again and asked respectfully: 'Yes! Master Vlad, Lord Sado, is there anything else to order?'"
Sado waved his hand at Kam and said, "In a few days we'll go out again to continue attacking the human army. Kam, you can take your men to rest now."
After watching Kam leave quietly, Vlad and Sado continued the topic they had just started.
Master Vlad said in his extremely cold voice, "That group of people is called the thieves of law because they can easily take away a huge amount of magic. At that time, as long as they wanted it, there was almost no magical energy that they couldn't get. Fortunately, this time's thief of law is only an incomplete successor, otherwise those magical powers would have been taken away by them cleanly at that time. Don't even think about opening the space crack."
"After listening to Master Vlad's explanation, Saduo asked again: "Master, what should we do with this group of thieves? If we let them go, I'm afraid they will interfere with our plan again!"
Master Vlad was dismissive of the thieves, but he was now worried about something else. "Those thieves don't need to be concerned too much, their inheritance is not complete. What needs to be worried about now are these humans here. Although they do not use magic or divine power like those people from other planes we encountered before, by examining their souls, it has been discovered that they have created a weapon comparable to forbidden spells through something called science and alchemy, which they call nuclear weapons."
Upon hearing that humans possessed such powerful weapons, Sado was immediately moved to say: "Nuclear bombs! Weapons that can actually counter the forbidden curse. In that case, we must obtain these weapons at all costs. Otherwise, in the future, His Majesty Trem's army may suffer unnecessary losses."
The demonic army, although incredibly resilient, still had little resistance against the powerful forbidden weapons. If those weapons were wielded by their enemies, the other human-made alchemical weapons in this realm were completely insignificant to the demonic army. The abyssal magic that had been tempered through countless years of brutal warfare was not something to be underestimated, and its power was still astonishing even in this magically impoverished realm.
Master Vlad coldly smiled again: "This problem, I have already thought of a solution. After more legions of mages arrive in this plane, we will use mind magic to control some humans and infiltrate the human world. Once we grasp the exact locations of those nuclear weapons, it will be no trouble for you, Sado, to lead the legion warriors to seize them."
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At this time in the world of Fantasia, on the sea surface between the continent of Faruseon and the continent of Eber, a black jet is flying at full speed.
To face the main storyline that will begin in half a year, Mù Chén Xīng and Xià Lín Yuè, along with Athena, set off on a jet plane towards the Yǐ Bó Continent, where they will embark on an adventure for some time.
After all, it was the starting point of the Demon God War a thousand years ago, with many good things to take away. If you're lucky, you might even get the legendary Three Realms Divine Artifact.
