After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

Their lowered guard gave the demon servant an opportunity—he transformed into a common Ysgard alien soldier, wearing the same old, tattered clothes, and holding a gun that was all show and no substance.

The demon servants, disguised as alien soldiers, appeared discreetly in the outer camp of the Isgardians.

He did not enter the location of the human camp with less mutation, partly because even if the humans with less mutation accelerated, they certainly could not achieve a better effect than the alien soldiers.

On the other hand, it is because the relationship between non-human and human races is a natural point of conflict.

If the demon servant can create a large enough rift between the alien and human soldiers to incite a mutiny, perhaps this time, he will have the opportunity to approach the Regent's vicinity and then launch a surprise attack to corrupt him...

However, the demon servant did not rush to make a move.

After all, if you strike when the other party still has room to turn the tables, you'll only end up watching helplessly as they escape their predicament.

And if I could strike the moment they unleash their punches, perhaps...

(Just wait patiently.)

The demon servant pondered in his heart.

They infiltrated the camp of the alien race.

He seemed very patient.

.............

With two or three gunshots and the communication from the flying golems, Yang Hao's rescue team successfully reunited with the Isugardians and received a warm welcome from them.

He had no intention of wasting time. He immediately ordered the on-site commanders to assemble and prepare to leave, as the supreme commander. He then realized that the challenge had only just begun.

Compared to the rescue force, which numbered no more than a hundred people, including a large number of Golems, Ysgard's main force was simply too large.

Ignoring previous losses, they had over 15,000 men. How could they maintain order and move in the same direction through such thick fog?

...This is difficult. If it weren't for the clear vision provided by his Golems, Yang Hao wouldn't have had the confidence to personally lead the team into the Demon Realm. And now you want him to command over ten thousand people to escape?

This is indeed very difficult.

But Yang Hao had a solution.

How did you maintain your direction of travel in the first place?

"We maintain order and the route by keeping the formation tightly packed, but..."

He communicated with the on-site commander and quickly came up with an answer.

The traditional serpentine formation is the best way to ensure the direction and route of advance in this situation, but the problem is that the serpentine formation is easily cut off in the fog. When that happens, the cut-off warriors will be completely lost in the demon realm with no chance of recovery, and the soldiers in front will also suffer a blow to their morale and fall into a slump.

Not to mention, Yang Hao planned to move in two separate nodes. If he lost a large number of people on his first advance towards the village with the lighthouse, he would definitely lose another group of people when he advanced towards the gap at the border of the Demon Realm.

In the end, the result certainly can't be considered a success... but do I have a way to solve the problem?

Yang Hao pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Lalumia. Lalumia simply nodded, squinting her eyes as if to say "I can."

Lalumia's divine power should be able to dispel the surrounding fog in a short time.

Yang Hao didn't need her to waste too much energy; just two minutes would suffice—two minutes of clear vision, and he could directly point out the direction of the village to all the soldiers of Isgard.

There's a lighthouse set up by Lalumia in the village, its silvery-white light standing out starkly against the purple demonic landscape. The soldiers can't possibly misread the markers; even if some are truly foolish, they can generally still head in the right direction by following the crowd.

Once the direction is indicated, he can directly lead the main force to advance towards the village in a square formation—after all, the main force's camp and the lighthouse village are separated by a plain and a national highway, and as long as the direction is correct, everyone can basically move towards a safe place.

Moreover, compared to a serpentine formation, a square formation is relatively more resistant to attacks from the side... at least it won't result in the situation where the snake's waist is broken and its tail is completely in disarray.

In this way, the losses will be reduced to an acceptable level... and the evacuation speed can be increased as much as possible.

It can be said to be the best choice at this stage.

Yang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. After signaling to the on-site commander to assist in maintaining order, he decided to have a proper discussion with Lalumia...

And it was at this moment.

In the dim light, soldiers rushed over in a panic, shouting:

"No, this is terrible! Mutated demons have appeared in the alien camp in the southeast! Their mutation is accelerating!"

"What did you say?!"

The on-site commander was taken aback and instinctively grabbed the messenger by the collar, loudly questioning him.

Yang Hao and Lalumia exchanged glances, then realized the demon servant was there and began to attack as well.

............

A few minutes earlier, after noticing that the Isgardians had begun to organize their troops and prepare to evacuate, abandoning most of their supplies, the demon servants began their wicked plan.

He touched every alien he could reach, providing more vitality to their mutated flesh without the excited alien soldiers noticing.

Without almost anyone noticing, the demon servants influenced all the alien races in the southeast camp.

More than a thousand alien soldiers under his touch underwent accelerated mutation, but the demon servants artificially controlled the mutation process, stopping it at the most critical stage.

(It's like putting all your strength into the foot you're about to kick... As long as I haven't kicked, no one will notice this mutation. But conversely, once I kick, I won't have the ability to accumulate strength again...)

The demon servant narrowed his eyes, deciding to find more victims to accumulate more power.

But it was at this moment—

An officer from another race noticed a soldier who hadn't stayed with his unit when they were forming ranks.

When the fog was thick and the two were far apart, he thought the other person was simply lost.

But now that we're close enough, let's take a closer look...

This soldier has a lot of problems.

"You, stop! What's your unit number? Where is your squad?!"

The officer sternly ordered the soldiers to stop, but the alien soldier only hesitated for a moment before turning around and giving an Isugard salute.

But the officer believed there was something wrong with the soldier.

Although there were epaulets on his shoulders, they did not have the standard Ysgard designation.

Although the clothes on her chest were tattered, upon closer inspection, the tattered parts were too neat, as if they had been cut cleanly with a knife, with sharp cuts everywhere.

Although he did look dirty, a closer look revealed that his eyes were so clear that they didn't seem like those of someone who had spent a long time in the Demon Realm of Ysgard.

More importantly...

"You...put the gun down!"

The officer shouted the order, and the surrounding Isgard alien soldiers hesitated for a moment before raising their guns at their standing comrade.

For officers, the most crucial point is...

The gun in the soldier's hand.

Isn't it too perfect?

It's so perfect it doesn't look like an industrially produced weapon; the structure fits so well that it doesn't resemble a weapon at all, but rather a work of art!

He knows it best!

No factory in China can manufacture the Issugard rifle as perfectly as it can! No matter how you make it, there will always be slight gaps in the structure of other parts besides the barrel and bolt!

This gun looks like a model sculpted from a single piece of wood after being dyed... There's definitely something wrong with it!

You're the devil who infiltrated the camp disguised as someone else, aren't you?!

"Fire! Fire!"

The officer's distrust and orders caused the demon servant, whose identity had been exposed, to sigh heavily.

Perhaps our understanding of the people of Isgard is still too superficial.

The only option is to prematurely reveal the foreshadowing of what's to come.

With the sound of a gunshot, the demon vanished.

That is, at the very moment the demon disappeared.

The mutations in all the alien soldiers in the southeast camp have accelerated.

They almost simultaneously transformed into uncontrollable demons, along with the alien officer, becoming a nightmare that spread fear.

Chapter Nine: Anna's Decision, and the Power of Light - 8K

Just as the main force of Ysgard, deeply mired in the demon realm, was experiencing chaos as over a thousand alien soldiers, carrying equipment, rapidly mutated into demons.

Far away in the United Kingdom, Theresa was also discussing with Finn the important matter of dealing with the Ice Calamity.

"In general, the evacuation of residents has been prepared. In the event of an unstoppable situation, we can have the oak trees take the Hanging Garden Fingel with them and evacuate from their original location in the Elf Forest... But unless it is the most desperate time, we do not want to leave our home."

Finn sighed, and as always, in her operatic, beautiful voice, she recounted the Elven Council's words, pointing out on the map a possible route for the Ice Calamity.

Based on the elves' past observations, although the Ice Calamity is a Titan demon, its actual size is not large; it can only be considered a small one among the Titan demons.

At only fifty meters tall and not particularly large, it has extremely limited access to different paths – it can either use its conceptual abilities to create an ice path on the sea or find several passageways on land to move forward.

The Ice Calamity chose the latter. After all, if it really had to travel by ocean, it would still have to take a long detour and land at the location of Drake Harbor... In the end, it would still waste too much time.

Moreover, judging from the speed of Ice Calamity's movements, it was far too slow—not to mention that, despite its slowness, the demon servant in Roman's Demon Realm seemed to be constantly urging it to hurry up and travel.

In this situation, the Ice Calamity can only advance by land. And by land, one can either choose to travel through the pastures with their rhomboid fortresses between Eden and Bayezid, or through the forest plains of the Monster Forest.

Clearly, the Ice Calamity, terrified by the Bayerzans in the previous era, had no intention of going to its old rival's territory to suffer another defeat. Moreover, it didn't know whether the Bayerzans had recovered their strength or were on their last legs... In any case, it chose to travel through the forest plains of the Monster Forest, and judging from the available routes...

The Calamity of Ice will have a devastating impact on Gaparia's vital industries.

"Theresa, you should be able to see clearly... the path of the Ice Calamity will pass through our agricultural regions, oak mines, more than five oak factories, and several villages and towns, as well as our capital, Fingal..."

"If Yang Hao hadn't asked us to disperse the oak factory locations, according to our original plan, we probably wouldn't have been able to save a single factory! But even so, the losses are still too great..."

According to the topographic map, the Ice Calamity will pass through all the important areas of Gaparia. It itself will not have a significant impact on the buildings and trees along its path, but the permafrost around it will directly destroy the foundation of the Elf Forest, killing the oak trees on which the elves depend for survival and causing permanent damage to the building structures.

According to the old elves' calculations, the Ice Calamity would at least completely destroy the elves' wheat-producing regions, turn the capital Fingal into frozen ground, and utterly destroy three oak mines and more than five oak factories from north to south, while also destroying all the villages and towns along the way.

...

To apply this to the Roman Empire, it would have been a situation where the parishes, the central district, and the eastern mines were all swept away in one fell swoop. In the Roman Empire, without any relocation measures, at least half of the population would have perished. However, for the elves, their small numbers made evacuation easy... in a sense, it was a blessing in disguise.

But for Theresa and Finn, this was by no means a good thing.

"We cannot accept these losses... so we'd better annihilate the Ice Calamity before it enters the Monster Forest."

"It's easier said than done, but the question is, does the Kingdom of Eden have enough time to build the [Colossus Weapon]? The magic network hasn't even been laid to the north of the Monster Forest yet, has it?"