Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 159.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝟗.1: 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 (4)

Mu County Expeditionary Force Command.

Oswald, who was in the middle of discussing with his staff in the conference room about how to attack the plague demons in the future, flinched and trembled at the sudden energy he felt from the north.

‘𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯?’

Oswald suddenly rose from his seat with a crumpled expression. The staff looked up at him with faces wondering if they had said something wrong.

‘𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩. . . 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯?’

There was only one reason for an archduke demon to appear in the northern snowfields. Lord of Morgen, the Sorcerer King Morgul.

‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯. . .’

As a long-time 「Final Chapter」 veteran player, Oswald guessed that he must be plotting ascension somewhere. Oswald already remembered Mammon’s goals several times.

Due to the nature of 「Final Chapter」, which has a very high degree of freedom and the story progresses differently depending on the player’s choices, Mammon did not always plot ascension. . . However, in more than 50% of the cases, Mammon ascended as an evil god and proudly gave the player a big middle finger.

‘𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴. . . 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘐𝘋 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥.’

Because it seemed like it would be very painful to be backstabbed later if he just stayed still.

Anyway, keeping in mind what had just happened, Oswald returned to the meeting. As it was, since the opening of the main border, a huge number of refugees had been flocking in, making it difficult to control them.

Fortunately, there had been no major accidents so far because the Xinjiang Province Defense Force was in charge of controlling them. . . but if this continued, an accident would eventually occur. However, if the Imperial Empire army stepped forward to control them. . . public sentiment could be shaken.

‘𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. . . 𝘐𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.’

Then, there was only one way left. It was to increase the number of state defense forces. The plague survivors remained in Xinjiang Province. . . They were in a situation where they barely survived with two meals a day without jobs.

The plan was to accept them as soldiers to increase their numbers and further expand their power to Gansu Province. Only then could they secure farmland in Shaanxi Province through Gansu Province to feed the refugees who would increase in the future.

‘𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.’

Of course, the church also directly distributed relief rice. . . but to receive this relief rice, one had to be baptized by the church.

‘𝘔𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.’

The church was full of thoughts on how to expand its power in the eastern part of this continent. Of course, the only countries that served the Nine Divines were the Imperial Empire, the Kingdom of Britannia, which was influenced by it, and the countries of the New Continent. The rest either believed in a god designated as a heretic with the same hierarchy as Chronos, the head of the Nine Divines, or believed in lower gods derived from the Nine Divines.

And in this eastern land, there was no religion itself. It was a land filled only with the ideology of Confucianism, so it was natural to claim it first if possible.

‘𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺.’

A population of billions still had no proper religion. Of course, with the current plague spreading, that population was expected to be halved, but it was still a large population.

The current population of the Imperial Empire was about 900 million, and the Great Zhou Empire was 1.2 billion, Yuan Kingdom 100 million, Yue Kingdom 400 million, and Huan Kingdom 200 million, making it a populous country with a population of 1.9 billion. Of course, it wasn’t a count of only pure humans. . .

‘𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 900 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦.’

🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸

Shanhai Pass, the starting point of the Great Wall of the Great Zhou Empire.

Kugugugung!

Currently, Shanhai Pass was collapsing, shaking the ground. At the same time, a giant monster appeared from Shanhai Pass. . . It was a very grotesque and giant worm with blisters on its skin that seemed to have been pressed here and there.

The plague chaos demons’ pet, the plague death worm, had appeared. The monster that smashed Shanhai Pass in one bite with its giant body. . . The monster writhed several times, completely destroying Shanhai Pass and the surrounding Great Wall before disappearing.

Soon, plague zombies began to pour out through the collapsed gates and walls.

Sirens began to blare at Yongwon Fortress, the Huan Kingdom border fortress facing Shanhai Pass. In an instant, the Huan Kingdom border guards took their positions in the trenches deployed in front of Yongwon Fortress.

In preparation for a possible situation with the outbreak of the plague this time, the brigade-level troops had been expanded to division-level, so they were able to equip a certain amount of troops.

“Hold your fire! Do not shoot yet!”

At the words of the pointy-eared elf officer, the soldiers waited with their guns aimed at the approaching zombies.

“The weakness of the ghouls is their heads. You must aim for the head and shoot to take down the enemies. Be careful of this!”

At the officer’s shout, the soldiers adjusted their breathing and aimed at the heads of the approaching zombies. Finally, the zombies began to enter the range of the Huan Kingdom army, and the moment they entered the point where a barrage could be formed, the attack order was given.

“Now! Attack!”

Tatatatatatata! Tatatatatatata!

Tudutudutudut!

Rifles and machine guns spewed fire, sweeping away the ghouls that were shuffling towards them. Then, the field guns in the rear spewed fire, instantly wiping out the zombies.

Nevertheless, the endless swarms of ghouls eventually reached the first line of trenches. Fortunately, the barbed wire fences held the ghouls’ bodies for a while, and in the meantime, the Yongwon Fortress border guard commander gave an order.

“Send out the flamethrowers!”

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