Die, princess, the devil is mine!

Chapter 94 National Defense Corps
Everyone wanted to praise this new generation of emperor with the mandate of heaven to the utmost.

However, Helena, the person involved, didn't care at all.

She just glanced at the crowd with a cold expression, and then said something that no one expected.

"If a person convicted of capital crime surrenders, his body will be intact."

"If a guilty person voluntarily confesses his guilt, his sentence can be reduced by one year."

"No need to wait any longer, get started!"

As Helena's cold voice fell, teams of soldiers appeared out of thin air outside the open-air viewing platform.

They seemed to have been hiding here for a long time, just waiting for the order from Her Majesty the Queen.

The individual strength of these soldiers does not seem outstanding, and is not even as good as the Royal Guards trained by the previous emperor, but just looking at the bloodiness emanating from them, they are definitely incomparable to the pampered old soldiers in the imperial capital.

"It's the National Defense Corps! Aren't they on the anti-demon front? How come they are here?!"

Someone in the surrounded crowd cried out in surprise. As a general who had once guarded the border, he recognized the identities of these soldiers at a glance.

The National Defense Corps of the Tianman Empire is the only fighting army in the entire Tianman Empire. Because they have been fighting on the front line against the demons for many years, perhaps the level of individual soldiers is not as good as the private armies of the nobles who enjoy more resources, but their team combat ability is far beyond the reach of ordinary strong men.

Because they can gather their strength and form a military formation with a certain number of soldiers, they can exert magical killing power like drawing a magic circle.

If the army has less than a hundred people, then a high-level warrior or a high-level magician can kill them all.

But once the army is organized into teams of 100, they will be able to contend with strong men who are levels higher than their average level. Although it is just a confrontation, the actual chances of winning are not great.

Once they form a group of a thousand or even ten thousand people, killing enemies of higher levels will be no problem.

If one could mobilize a legion of more than 100,000 people at once, even high-level saints would have to avoid them.

Of course, with the current weak national strength of the Tianming Empire, even if it cobbled together resources from here and there, it could only form three regular legions at most.

You must know that before the late emperor ascended the throne, the Tianming Empire was still a superpower with tens of millions of soldiers and billions of people. Even the Guangming Empire at that time had to show courtesy to them.

But now, even if the empire exhausted all its strength, it could only put together 300,000 regular troops at most, of which only the National Defense Corps retained its complete structure.

Lin En himself was well aware of the power of an organized army, although it was far less powerful than his...

But if we exclude near-gods and demigods like him, even a peak-level saint might not be able to escape if he is besieged by the legion.

Even though an ordinary sergeant may only be around level 200, as long as the enemy's defense is not strong enough to be completely immune to the sergeant's ten times output, then even if each sergeant can only cause 1 point of forced blood loss damage to him, the legion's concentrated firepower is enough to instantly kill a high-level saint and directly damage a peak saint.

Of course, the powerful Saint-level masters are not all idiots. How could they stand there and let them concentrate their fire? In addition to deterrence, the most important role of a powerful legion is to assist the real top masters to kill the enemy together.

Just like at this moment, Helena mobilized tens of thousands of national defense troops to surround the viewing platform. If it were just them, with the strength of the powerful people in the Tianming Empire, they would have enough power to force their way out.

But it's different now...

"I... I can't move! Your Majesty, please spare my life. I have made great contributions to the empire and am loyal to you!" "High Saint rank! Your Majesty has truly been promoted to the High Saint rank!"

"Let me go! I have money, I have plenty of money! If you have committed any crime, I will use my family property to pay for it!"

"I... I'll pay double the gold coins for my crime, please let me go..."

"Your Majesty, this is unfair! I have never done anything evil!"

"Hahahaha, it's the imperial might of Heaven's Mandate! We are burdened by the empire and there is no escape!"

In just one minute, the shouts from the crowd did not stop, but Helena, who was sitting high on the altar, ignored them and only used all her strength to mobilize the imperial bloodline and imperial power to completely suppress the subjects of the Tianming Empire.

Combined with her current level of 720, her imperial pressure is extremely terrifying. Anyone who is the lifeline of the Destiny Empire cannot escape her pressure.

Originally, she needed the cooperation of Lord Lin En to suppress the powerful, but now it is no longer necessary. She can reduce everyone's ability to resist to the lowest level by herself.

Even the strongest dukes of the empire, under the suppression of her imperial power, are probably no better than an elite soldier. Even if they are unwilling to surrender, they do not have the strength to resist.

"It seems that Your Majesty does not need me to take action here, hahahaha..."

A loud and vigorous laugh came from the crowd of the National Defense Corps. Those who originally still had a little hope suddenly turned pale and withered when they heard his voice.

"It's Lord Saint Armand of the National Defense War!"

"Why did he come back? Does His Majesty really want to kill us all?"

There was a commotion in the crowd, and after the loud laughter died down, a burly man in heavy armor fell from the sky and smashed several floor tiles in the imperial city.

The man still looked like a middle-aged man, but his hair was already gray. He was over two meters tall, and his whole body was covered in refined heavy steel armor. He held a giant two-handed battle axe in his hand, and looked very lethal.

He was the protector of the Tianming Empire, and had served in three dynasties if Helena was included. However, the previous emperor was afraid of his strength and sent him to the front line to fight against the demons for a long time. Even after the war situation stabilized and turned into a fierce battle and confrontation, he never summoned him back to the country.

Now that he appeared in the Tianming Imperial City, he must have been summoned by the new emperor in advance. As for why he was called back, it now seems very clear.

"Lord Armand, you can't be lazy. Some of these people must have special ways to protect their lives. You may not be able to capture them with just your men."

Helena was gazing at the crowd below from the altar. She could sense that some of them were showing signs of unrest. Although she could suppress them with her imperial power, among the imperial nobles who had been in high positions for so long, there was no guarantee that some of them would not have valuable treasures to protect themselves. If she and the National Defense Corps were even slightly careless, some fish might escape from the net.

Although she still has Lord Lin En as her final guarantee, if he is not needed, it is better to let the people of the Destiny Empire handle the affairs of the Destiny Empire.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I am here to ensure that not even a fly can escape the imperial city!"

As he spoke, Saint Armand, the national defender, stuck the giant axe in the ground and charged into the crowd with the soldiers of the national defender army.

Ordinary nobles and high-ranking officials could be captured by the soldiers, but he would personally capture the important dukes and marquises.

The turbulent crowd soon fell into chaos with the influx of soldiers from the National Defense Corps. Only about 10% of the imperial dignitaries were released by Helena and escorted out by the soldiers. The rest were captured without exception.

(End of this chapter)