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Chapter 462 Let them know how powerful you are (Please subscribe, read, vote and comment)

"Don't worry!"

Martin stopped Diana who was about to rush to the front to kill the enemy and said, "Don't rush to do it. Let's see the situation first."

The images of Martin and Diana stood out among the group of saltwater people. As long as the Atlantis army was not blind, they could guess that they were land people, and maybe some of them even remembered the Amazons.

Although he agreed with Arthur to stop caring about the Atlanteans, it did not mean that Martin would provoke their emotions.

The best outcome would be to let these three countries slowly rot on the seabed; jumping out at this time would instead divert their attention to the land and the Amazon people.

Diana certainly understood this, but she frowned and said, "According to the Saltwater people, the Atlanteans always sent large-scale warships to drive straight in, killing people indiscriminately just to drive them to the vicinity of the underwater volcano and use the harsh natural environment to exterminate a large number of tribes."

"This is an inhumane act of genocide. Even the Paradise Island of the past would only do such a thing when faced with an insurmountable enemy."

"Really? If I remember correctly, Paradise Island is..."

"Shut up, I know exactly what heaven is like, I don't need you to remind me!"

Diana rolled her eyes at Martin and told him to shut up and stop playing such tricks.

Martin laughed twice, but did not mention the evil side of Paradise Island. He continued to criticize Atlantis: "Atlantis is a pure pre-modern country. Orm wants to centralize power and is even playing the same boring tricks as the gods. It is not surprising that the army of such a country would commit massacres."

Although the ancient East emphasized benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and the West emphasized the love of God, such moral laws were only practiced within the nobility.

The so-called benevolence and righteousness are only talked about with nobles of the same class. Because of benevolence, we are in the same group. Because of righteousness, when dividing the spoils, we must be fair.

As for loyalty and forgiveness, they are the rules between superiors and subordinates. If subordinates treat their superiors with loyalty, the superiors will be forgiving towards them.

I will listen to you in everything and give you all my loyalty. So if you are the superior, you can't be too harsh on me, your subordinate. You should turn a blind eye to this.

The common people are just fools and unwise people, tools to be educated. Until they understand the way of the saints and are enlightened by the mercy of God, they cannot be considered human beings.

Therefore, they cannot be counted as human beings in the war, and are not even counted as a number in history books.

No matter whether it was the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang or Emperor Taizu of Song, they were all experts in massacring cities.

This is the social rule of pre-modern times, naked violence against violence, nobles eat commoners, the elderly eat children, men eat women, clans eat extinct families...

Only when humans start to eat each other will they invent a special term - two-legged sheep.

Wild beasts are not as cruel as humans. They will not treat their own kind as objects of pleasure, not only possessing their bodies but also torturing their spirits.

Death is the end of everything, but humans always find ways to make living more terrifying than death.

In this respect, humans have not yet become human.

A lot of associations instantly popped up in Martin's mind, wondering where the Justice League should lead humanity.

"It seems that Arthur is destined to meet his mother on the battlefield!"

Diana didn't think too much about it. She looked at the rapidly gathering Saltwater Army and couldn't help but sigh.

She had a good relationship with Hippolyta, and that was why it was hard to imagine what Arthur was feeling.

"Arthur didn't deserve this!"

"Gone?"

Diana heard Martin say only one sentence, so she turned to look at him, thinking or hoping that he would say more.

"Gone!"

Martin shook his head slightly. "If Atlanna is a good mother, she shouldn't put Arthur in such a dilemma. If she is a good king, she should know what Atlantis is like now. If Atlanna can't play these two roles well, there is no point in what we say."

"As for Arthur, he is a man and a hero. He does not need our comfort, nor will he shirk his responsibilities."

"Alas, it seems that I have become weak!"

Diana sighed, then suddenly changed her expression, punched Martin on the shoulder, and scolded: "It's all your fault for seducing me, otherwise I wouldn't be so sentimental now."

"My, my, it's all my fault!"

Martin certainly knows when to be serious and when to relax.

For Arthur, it was official business, so he had to be meticulous and use reason to analyze what was happening.

But if you use this extremely serious rationality when facing your lover, you will only bring yourself trouble.

So he grabbed Diana's hand and was affectionate with her.

At the same time, the army in the saltwater lake was assembled, and the workers who were pounding ash around the underwater volcano suddenly transformed into armed warriors and quickly moved to the battlefield in a fixed formation.

What Martin wanted to see was the performance of the Saltwater Nation’s army, not how the Atlanteans massacred civilians.

Only a psychopathic lunatic would get pleasure from the act of killing.

Martin and Diana did not show up in front of the Saltwater people, but followed the army and observed its habits.

Objectively speaking, the advance speed of the Salt Water Kingdom’s army was not slow, and there was no lagging or chaos along the way.

But their various actions highlight their great strength, which is entirely due to the strong physical fitness of the underwater people and the artificially bred sea beasts.

Secondly, these troops are often based on tribes, and soldiers from the same tribe can cooperate skillfully based on their experience. Beyond this scope, the use of manpower and various sea fish to transmit information brings great difficulties to the coordination of these troops.

They also have standard equipment similar to firearms, but this weapon is heavily dependent on the terrain of submarine volcanoes and needs to extract geothermal energy from the ground to be effective.

"The population of the Saltwater Nation is greater than that of the other three underwater nations combined. However, judging from their situation, they have been suppressed around the underwater volcano for many years and are in a defensive state. Therefore, even the army has not considered ways to attack, so various weapons rely heavily on terrain."

Diana's vision is naturally beyond words. After just a short while, she was able to summarize the situation of this army. "It's difficult! Without the help of outsiders, the Saltwater Kingdom will probably continue to be suppressed by Atlantis."

Martin recalled everything that happened in the original timeline. Even with Arthur's toughness and taking the position of King of Atlantis, there was still no big change.

Now Arthur has completely torn his relationship with Atlantis. If Atlantis does not intensify its attacks on the Saltwater Kingdom, Martin thinks they have something wrong with their brains.

As soon as the Saltwater Nation's army arrived at the battlefield, they naturally dispersed, turning from a soldier into a police force, and began to look for the poor people who had no armed protection and kept them away from the battlefield.

They looked skilled as they must have faced this kind of situation many times. The troops protecting civilians acted quickly and in an organized manner, not running around in a panic.

But in this way, Arthur could mobilize even fewer troops, and the originally mighty phalanx instantly lost its momentum.

If the Atlantis fleet launched a surprise attack at this time, it would be able to easily penetrate the heart of the Saltwater Kingdom and use warships to bombard the assembled Saltwater Kingdom army.

Although the underwater space is not as distinct as that on the ground, and it is difficult to make a difference by virtue of height advantages, the equipment of the Saltwater Kingdom is too poor. If the warships of Atlantis break through the defense line, they can only fill it with human lives.

"The people of Atlantis really think that the Saltwater Kingdom is a nomadic tribe on the grassland. They just come to raid it when they have nothing better to do, right?"

Martin looked into the distance and saw a blue line faintly appearing in the dark sea, and he knew that the Atlantis warship was about to arrive.

That is the iconic blue light emitted by the Atlantis battleship's seawater engine when it is running, which is very eye-catching on the seabed.

The other party displayed it so blatantly without any disguise, obviously relying on the protection of Atlantis' weapons and looking down on the refugees from the Salt Water Kingdom.

"It's our turn to play. We can't let the people of Saltwater Nation fight for victory in this war with the cannons of the Atlantis warships and their corpses."

Martin nodded to Diana, and the two swam to Arthur who was mobilizing his troops.

"The people of Atlantis are sitting close to the sky. If we don't teach them a lesson today, these fish-like underwater people will have no idea how big this world is."

Faced with Martin's strong suggestion, Arthur agreed and said, "That's what I was thinking. If you two are willing to help, that would be great. From what I know about Atlantis, the Saltwater people have never been taken seriously by the mainstream society and are abandoned."

"Even if Atlantis is affected by the change of the throne, the one who really wants to attack the Saltwater Kingdom cannot be a leader of the king's level."

Arthur had no feelings for Atlantis, but the same could not be said for Atlanna.

If it was Atlanna leading the army in person, Arthur would inevitably be hesitant, but if it was someone else, he would be able to let go and fight the battle happily.

"Of course your mother won't come, but she will definitely send someone to facilitate peace talks. For Atlanna, this is protecting you as her son."

"Then, to facilitate this peace talk, the most important thing is to appease the soldiers who have already mobilized. The capital of Atlantis definitely can't come up with the money. If they can come up with the money, Om won't have to centralize power. Then, the peace agreement will definitely cost the Saltwater people a lot of money."

"They are dreaming. The people of Saltwater Country have been fucked to the bottom of an underwater volcano. The environment is so harsh that even walking there is a chance of falling into a crack and being burned by the magma. Not even ashes will be left. They still want to take something from us. What for? Do they want us to willingly offer our blood and flesh?"

Arthur was very excited and pointed his finger into the distance. It seemed that he had figured out how to deal with the Atlantis fleet.

Martin waved his hand to calm Arthur down, and then said, "I'm not bringing this up to make you indignant or hot-blooded, but if Atlanna does this, the person she sends must be Vico! In order to avoid this kind of emotional entanglement, if the other party asks for negotiations, you can't go."

"If you are willing to take my place, that would be even better. But Vico knows you, and your human identity is too conspicuous. Showing up like this will bring unnecessary trouble to the alliance."

Arthur knew too well the character of the people in Atlantis. Once Martin showed up, they would definitely bring the war to land.

"Just pretend. I don't really want to negotiate with them. I'm just going through the motions, and Diana will help you adjust the battle formation."

Martin was not planning to let the Saltwater Kingdom's army participate in the battle. He, Diana and Arthur could deal with any fleet of Atlantis.

The so-called adjustment of the battle formation is just to make the Saltwater Kingdom's army feel a sense of participation and thus build up their confidence.

Although Atlantis' policies were brutal, their army had indeed become a modern army.

The army of the Salt Water Kingdom is more like a product of stress caused by the endless raids by Atlantis. It has no clear purpose and does not receive any proper training.

Arthur nodded and took Diana to command the army.

The troops were dispersed according to tribes, trying to expand the battle line as much as possible and reduce the density of people on the battlefield as much as possible.

When the battle line was arranged, the Xiangshui people put out stone props engraved with runes, similar to pile drivers on land, and stabbed them hard into the rock. The ground cracked, and the magma hidden under the rock began to flow, erupting a large amount of heat, and began to heat the surrounding sea water along with the stone tools.

Along with the heat, a large amount of poisonous gas also erupted. Driven by the heat, these poisonous gases mixed with sea water and formed a large number of bubbles, which rushed to the surroundings and formed a natural protective belt that could almost block all means of detection except human power.

The Saltwater Kingdom's army had long been accustomed to this defensive counterattack style of fighting. Although Diana ordered them to forcibly disperse the battle line, Arthur used the power of life to connect the army together and gave them a spiritual and physical connection.

The Atlantis fleet arrived in the blink of an eye, and the engines installed on the warships parted the sea water, like the most agile sea fish, trying to break through the barrier zone formed by geothermal energy.

The Atlanteans were also familiar with the tactics of the Saltwater Lake, so they didn't want to get entangled at all. Instead, they wanted to break through to the rear to attack civilians, thereby dispersing the Saltwater Kingdom's military forces.

"This doesn't look like a posture for peaceful negotiation. Let's just get started!"

Arthur spoke to Martin through his life force, and all his emotions came out in his voice.

"How can they raise the price without bluffing? They want to sweep the place away and then force you to surrender."

The Atlanteans actually despised the Salt Water Kingdom, so it was of course impossible to negotiate with them, so all of this was directed at Arthur from the beginning.

"They want to raise the price, and so do we. Otherwise, the Atlanteans will come here every day with their highly maneuverable warships to take advantage of us. No one can stand it."

"Understood. Today I will let these bastards know how powerful I am."

Arthur rubbed his hands together, and even from a distance, one could hear the excitement in his voice.

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