On this continent, besides the two major countries, An Zhu and Cape, there are many smaller countries with not much territorial scope. Most of these countries do not have any special customs or cultures; if anything can be said, it is that they belong to the same cultural circle as Cape and An Zhu.
Or rather, they are from the same era.
The upper-class nobles of these countries can understand some foreign situations. For example, many nobles use goods from An Zhu or Cape, and castles and palaces are even constructed with cement—though they do not know how cement is made or what materials it consists of. They only know it’s used by the great powers, and what the great powers use must be good, even if the ugly black-gray color of cement can be praised into something beautiful.
Thus, most merchants are very willing to do business with these surrounding small countries. A simple bag of cement can be sold for hundreds of times its price in these small countries.
However, correspondingly, these small countries are also very popular among the Demon Clan, with almost every country having merchants from the Demon Clan active.
The small countries near Cape are relatively better off, as the governor of Cape does not like the Demon Clan, so it is difficult for the Demon Clan to acquire goods from Cape’s Northern Border, and the surrounding small countries mostly have human merchants operating.
The small countries closer to An Zhu have many merchants from the Demon Clan, and they are also engaged in their old business of high-interest loans.
“Sir, this way please.”
A demon is diligently leading a demon army.
At the same time, it is introducing, “Savoy is actually not considered a small country. Although the land area is not large compared to the two major kingdoms, Savoy produces various metal ores, and the forging and handicraft industries are very developed. Its military equipment is not inferior to that of An Zhu in the past, so please be careful, everyone.”
Dimier had already learned about this country before landing. He was not interested in what the demon was saying; regardless of how developed Savoy’s forging industry had been in the past, could it compete with the currently armed demon and Avar mixed battalions? Not to mention Avar, even a pure Demon Clan using Bloodline Magic would be powerful enough to wipe out these small countries.
So Dimier directly asked, “Is there money?”
“Yes, very much! Not only the upper nobles but also some ordinary people have stable incomes by crafting decorative armor and exquisite toys for those nobles. It’s a big fat sheep!”
“Then that’s good.”
Dimier ended up here mainly because he was fortunate to follow some high-ranking demons in their escape.
That group of Lars Knights was indeed terrifying, and Dimier, who had rich escape experience, immediately “victoriously changed directions” at the first sign of movement. The Lars Knights didn’t even see Dimier’s shadow.
Due to the recent purge, many demons couldn’t escape, so the “deserter” Dimier instead received a promotion, taking on the task of helping An Zhu and the Avar people invade the small countries.
As for those human nobles and some demons who escaped, they crossed the Sea of Instability preparing to head to the Solun Continent, while Your Majesty the Demon King stayed behind with the core team at the happy hometown of the Eternal Frozen Land.
“But weren’t you originally from Savoy? Is it really okay to lead this way?”
Dimier curiously asked the guiding demon.
“Oh my lord, what are you saying? I have always been a member of the Demon Clan. This territory will eventually belong to the Demon Clan, right?”
“No.”
Dimier corrected, “It’s the territory of both the Demon Clan and Avar people.”
“Exactly, exactly!”
The guiding demon also laughed, continuing to introduce, “Moreover, my lord, we have already contacted the chancellor of this country, and he will personally pave the way for us.”
While the two major countries on this continent were physically clashing, things were not peaceful among the smaller countries either. However, the most important issue among the small countries is choosing sides. Although Savoy has not directly taken a side, due to its geographical location, it is actually leaning towards An Zhu. However, it seems there are still some people within Savoy who are not satisfied with this stance.
After all, governing a country well is difficult, but being subservient is too easy. If one does not want to kneel completely, there are people behind wanting everyone to kneel wholly.
Unnoticed, a great fire covered this country renowned for its forging and craftsmanship.
However, it was evident that the king of this country was not incompetent; he quickly realized what was happening, organized an army to fight back, but these old-fashioned armies were like paper in front of the combined Avar and demon forces—easily shattered upon contact.
The armor and weaponry that Savoy prided itself on had almost no effect against firearms, and only the professional troops posed some threats. But how many professionals could a small country muster? Even the royal guards protecting this country were struggling, let alone resisting foreign invaders.
Watching the burning capital, Dimier couldn’t help but smile; this was right, this was how the world should be: no terrifying red-robed sisters, no frightening Lars Knights, no moving cannons continuously firing fireballs—this was the original state of the world.
In that instant, even Dimier, who had feared those human knights to the point of developing PTSD, felt cured.
“Sir, the opposing army has surrendered. Should we continue the attack?”
Hearing this title, Dimier felt even happier. Life can always bring about possibilities; he actually had become a leading figure of the Demon Clan.
“No, no need. Kill them all!”
An Zhu’s side naturally wanted the demons and Avar people to stop at a certain point; how could there be any labor force if the population was wiped out?
But for the demons and Avar people, how could they seize the nest without killing?
Moreover, this was not merely a request from the Demon Clan and Avar; the War God Church had also privately contacted Dimier, stating that the more they killed, the better, as it would strengthen the power of the War God.
Dimier did not know what the War God Church meant by this, but as long as they assured him of assistance in covering the demons’ advance, that was enough.
Furthermore, Dimier also sensed something amiss.
Recently, his demon soldiers’ faith in the Demon God was becoming increasingly exaggerated, with some fanatics even seemingly capable of casting spells similar to divine arts.
These divine arts were bizarre and chaotic, but most of them were very similar to the divine arts of the War God Church.
Dimier suppressed these thoughts, merely interpreting them as the Demon Clan awakening new Bloodline Magic, and quietly sent this discovery to the Eternal Frozen Land.
Then, Dimier was carrying out a massacre against most of the people in this country according to the wishes of the Avar; these extermination tasks were second nature for the demons, with most of them having just escaped from the Black Fog, as if they were venting their frustrations on these defenseless individuals.
A passing Avar officer shouted at the sight of the demons’ actions, “What are you doing? Didn’t we say to leave some of the young children?”
Dimier was a bit confused, looking at the officer and saying, “Right? Didn’t you say to kill everyone above wheel-height?”
“I meant for you to stand the wheels up!”
