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The original idea was that after the second phase began, all wolf bone holders would be gathered together for military training, including but not limited to driving tanks and armed helicopters.
When everything is ready, provide them with the most advanced weapons, and fully arm them for a decisive battle against disaster.
Unexpectedly, the second stage of disaster would actively hunt down the holder of the wolf bones.
The president felt extremely annoyed as he listened to their analysis. He waved his hand to interrupt them and said, "Just tell me the answer."
"Maybe...Zero."
"Bang—" The president slapped the table, "Send soldiers to support...
Is sending weapons considered meddling?"
The staff looked at each other for a while, and one of them said, "The standards are vague.
Theoretically speaking, it shouldn't count if we throw the weapon in front of the wolf bone holder's escape direction, but there is a chance that we will be judged as interference, after all, our purpose is to help them.
In short... the right of interpretation lies with No. 17."
The president thought for a moment with a sullen face: "Without weapons they will definitely die. With weapons they will at least have a chance, no matter how small...
It is worth the risk, and the commander on the scene is ordered to send soldiers to place weapons along the path they must pass, picking out those suitable for civilian use. "
The secretary who had just returned to the meeting room walked out again.
A few minutes later, the secretary opened the door again and said, "Mr. President, there is a phone call."
"who?"
"Visiting delegation."
The president was full of impatience: "It's too late to cause trouble. Reply to them and wait..."
"Mr. President," the staff interrupted him, "The ownership of the wolf bones has been confirmed. Their entry into the country will not hinder the selection process. We might as well fulfill our promise."
After a moment of calm consideration, the president nodded: "Yes."
The secretary who received the order walked out of the meeting room again.
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"It's getting lively." Zhang Mu disconnected the spiritual power connected to the wolf bone and opened his eyes. "It will probably take a few days. It's a good time to send the things over."
Two days ago, the director delivered the second batch of arms, and now they are all stored in the inventory. Zhang Mu planned to go to Russia after the results came out, so he summoned the portal and stepped in.
The landing point is outside the city of Kedun.
Zhang Mu flew into the city without stopping, found Domit and handed the arms to him.
Domit ordered his adjutant to lead the people to move back to the barracks, and then said: "Marshal, we have been using drones to monitor the coalition countries in recent days.
Most of them are normal, gathering their armies to guard against our counterattack, except for the country that organized the coalition forces, um, called the Kingdom of Naqi."
Zhang Mu was about to rush to the capital to find Avril, but when he heard this, he stopped and asked, "What's going on?"
"They... are very strange." Domit organized the language in his mind, "You know, the saints of all the coalition countries have left, but they don't intend to give up resistance.
Only Novak, oh, the commander of the coalition forces.
After returning to the country, he actually rebelled, using the military power in his hands to capture the capital in a few days, killing all members of the royal family, and then...
Instead of attacking the cities that opposed him, he built an altar outside the royal capital."
"Altar? What's it for?"
Domit shook his head: “I don’t know.
I asked Mr. Blois to inquire about it, but he came back empty-handed. "
"Oh, this is really strange." Zhang Mu said with interest, "All the saints of the coalition are gone, and Bulova is invincible. Why can't we find out the reason?"
“It may have something to do with my request.
You said that Lake's expansion will not stop, and that requires soldiers, soldiers who are capable of brutal combat.
Such soldiers cannot be cultivated through training, only through war.
The coalition countries are very suitable natural training grounds. Before Mr. Blois set off, I asked him not to reveal his whereabouts so as not to scare away the coalition soldiers, especially the elite soldiers.
In this way, Mr. Blois will inevitably be restricted. "
"Okay, I understand. Leave it to me."
Zhang Mu was very curious about what that guy named Novak was up to, so he flew to the capital to meet Avril, and then immediately rushed to the Kingdom of Nachi.
Chapter 366: Ancient Melee, Faith Artifact
The Kingdom of Nachi.
King's capital.
Novak sat upright in a wooden chair next to the empty throne.
At this moment, he had lost the high spirits he had when he was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. His eyes, which had been full of spirit before, were now empty and his square face was pale.
The adjutant, who had hurried into the hall, saw this and was worried that his chest would stop rising and falling in the next second.
The sound of footsteps woke Novak up. He raised his head and his scattered focus slowly gathered. The three adjutants in his field of vision gradually became one.
"It's you, you came to see me... Oh, the altar is built, right?"
"We are finishing it, Marshal."
Novak suddenly laughed, but his smile was inevitably a little bleak: "I am no longer a marshal."
"You are the marshal of our Naqi Kingdom."
Novak paused for a moment, then shook his head: "Soon it won't be the case. When everything is over, His Majesty the King will definitely..."
"His Majesty the King will understand the Marshal's difficulties, and you are not seeking personal gain. Everything you do is for the Kingdom of Nachi!" The adjutant was a little anxious and even interrupted him regardless of the hierarchy.
“Stupid guy.” Novak seemed to be in a better mood because his subordinates loved him. He cursed with a smile, and then his tone became depressed again, “No matter who I’m doing it for, imprisoning the king is an unforgivable capital crime.
Even if I succeed in defending myself against Lake's attack, His Majesty the King will still sentence me to death by hanging."
The adjutant didn't know how to answer. He was silent for a while, then suddenly looked fierce: "Marshal, since all members of the royal family have been placed under house arrest, why not..."
"Shut up." Novak gently stopped him from saying the second half of the sentence.
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, and the violent aura on his body dissipated: "Then... why don't you discuss it with the king, maybe he will agree."
"It was because the king vetoed it after discussion that I had no choice but to mobilize the army."
Novak frowned: "They said that the gods forbid the use of it, and we must not go against the will of the gods. Once we violate it, it will bring disaster...
Lake raised the banner of resistance against God, and Zhang Mu even openly confronted God, but God didn't do anything to them?
What on earth is His Majesty the King worried about?
The kingdom is about to fall, is there any need to care about the gods?"
Seeing his marshal sighing, the adjutant wanted to comfort him but didn't know where to start, so he had to change the subject: "Marshal, that letter, uh, artifact, can it really work?"
"Who knows? Anyway, it's a dead end, so I might as well give it a try."
"If we really incur punishment from the gods, what should we do..."
"It's totally unnecessary to worry about that." Novak rested his chin on his hand. "The church said that the gods strictly forbid the creatures of Sol Continent to use the artifact of faith again.
If we use it, even if the gods do not punish us, the church will send troops to attack Naqi."
The adjutant lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then his face changed drastically: "So Marshal, you..."
"Ah."
"If I succeed in activating the artifact of faith, I will use it to kill Lake, then tie my hands and walk up to the church cross to be burned by the flames."
The adjutant thought that King Naqi was not worthy of the Marshal's sacrifice, but things had come to this point and no amount of time could be turned back.
"Marshal, what if the activation fails?"
"Then send the king and the royal family out of Nachi secretly." Novak sat up straight, "Put all the precious treasures in the kingdom's treasury into the storage bag. With these, perhaps Nachi can be reborn one day.
Well...like the Ice Empire."
The adjutant was pessimistic about this.
The reason why the Ice and Snow Empire can stand tall again on the Sol Continent is not only because of the empire's strong foundation, but also because of the persistence, perseverance, and madness of successive Lake Kings who changed their names.
Does King Naqi have any of these?
Or rely on those royal family members who are just waiting to die?
Although he was desperate, the adjutant did not say anything when he saw the Marshal who looked much older. He just casually brought up a topic to ease the atmosphere: "Marshal, why was the artifact of faith banned?"
Novak recalled the books he had read and slowly narrated that period of history.
A long time ago, humans were not yet the overlords of the Sol continent, and they did not know magic.
At that time, humans lived under the power of elves and monsters.
The gods have mercy on mankind, so they bestow upon mankind the artifact of faith. As long as humans infuse their faith into the artifact, the artifact will be able to unleash unparalleled power.
Humans used artifacts to eliminate the monsters that were wreaking havoc around their settlements, repel the elves who used humans to practice archery, and defeat the dwarves who were robbing human resources.
Humans, who had gained power and whose desires were rapidly expanding, did not give up and immediately launched a counterattack.
With the help of the artifact of faith, mankind has made unstoppable progress.
Powerful monsters were killed one after another, their hard scales and fur were made into armor, their bones were made into weapons, and their flesh and blood filled the stomachs of human children.
The remaining monsters fled in panic and hid in the dense primeval forest.
The fate of the alien races such as dwarves and subhumans was that all their territories were lost. With no way to escape, they surrendered to humans and became slaves.
The elves did not succumb to the terrifying power of humans, and mobilized the entire tribe to launch a shocking war with humans.
As the overlord of the Thor continent at that time, the elves possessed the most complete and powerful magic books on the continent, as well as abundant military supplies accumulated over the years. They did cause considerable trouble to humans in the early stages of the war.
But that's it.
Humans relied on the artifacts of faith to resist the rapid attack of the elves in the early days, and at the same time looted the libraries where the elves kept magic books to strengthen themselves.
At first, human magicians and knights were very weak. Facing the elves who had studied magic for thousands of years and had profound attainments, they were like children who had just learned to walk and were vulnerable.
The elves laughed proudly at the mere human's delusion of dabbling in magic.