People are on the Ark, assisting Oma Zi-O

Tallulah found a stone and walked up to stand in a relatively high place, so that she could see everyone and all the integration movements could see her.

"My fellow countrymen, please be quiet and listen to me."

As Talulah spoke, all the infected people quieted down and looked at their leader. After experiencing such a fierce battle, Talulah needed to explain the situation to everyone, who the attackers were, what the outcome of the battle was, and what actions to take next. These were all tasks that she should handle as a leader.

"The monsters that just attacked us are called the 'Emperor's Inner Guard.' I believe you can understand from the name that these enemies are powerful. They are nominally under the direct command of Emperor Ursus. However, compared to the Inner Guard, I believe you are more familiar with the name of the Face-Destroying Monsters of the Tundra. The Inner Guards are the true embodiment of the Face-Destroying Monster legend."

Tallulah expanded on what she had just said to Alina and told these people the identity of the attackers, the outcome of the battle, the situations that might be encountered later, and the upcoming relocation of the camp. Tallulah quickly spoke about many matters in her powerful words.

Looking at Tallulah standing high on the rock, Ark was puzzled as to why the power of the devil did not recognize this Draco.

No matter how you look at that heroic appearance, as long as she abandons the influence of the Black Snake, undergoes a few self-corrections, and corrects the bad habit of idealistic liberalism, Tallulah may not be a heroic ruler, but she will definitely be an excellent leader.

Is it because of the influence of the black snake?

"!!!"

Fang Zhou suddenly became alert, and a feeling of being spied on suddenly came over him.

The electromagnetic scanning capability instantly covered the entire snow forest and completed the scan in an instant, but found nothing.

Frowning deeply, Fang Zhou turned his head and looked back at the snowy forest.

That feeling of being spied on just now came from there, but electromagnetic scans show no life there besides a few small feathered and cloud beasts. Is it shielded? Does Terra have such advanced electromagnetic shielding technology? No, perhaps it's Originium technology?

If electromagnetic scanning doesn't work, what about the demon's tracking spell?

Reciting a spell in his mind, the big devil's mental power rushed towards the snow forest, trying to track the gaze that was spying on him. However, even after sweeping the snow forest over a dozen times, he still only found those small animals running back and forth in the snow.

Could it be to control the peeping of small wild animals?

Fang Zhou, who couldn't find anything wrong after looking around, could only think this way. He set his sights on the two or three small beasts of the big cat. The magic power of Kun and Gen surged, and in an instant, the sharp earth peaks pierced all the feathered beasts and cloud beasts wandering in the woods into candied haws. At the same time, the feeling of being spied on disappeared in this instant.

However, excluding the four internal guards who have been killed, the only ones who can monitor the Tallulah camp at this time should be those in the army. But does the army have the ability to control wild beasts to obtain information?

Fang Zhou was puzzled, but now all the small wild animals in the forest that he thought were suspicious had turned into candied haws skewers, and the feeling of being spied on had indeed disappeared. The suspicion had no source for the time being, so he could only let it go.

It is better to focus on the present. Now that the matter is done, the power of the devil has recognized Amiya and completely merged with Amiya, and the future has been determined. Then Talulah must at least tie it to Amiya's boat, and this depends on her own efforts.

And now the most urgent thing is to confirm where the problem in the history of "The Calendar of Demon Advent" occurred and what kind of changes caused Amiya to become like that.

Just when Talulah had almost finished explaining the situation, Fang Zhou felt a commotion coming from inside his shadow.

"Hmm? Is it finished?"

There was a strange commotion in the shadows. Soon, a hunched arm stretched out from it. On the palm of that arm, a green three-eyed fang mask stared at Fang Zhou quietly.

There were clearly no eyeballs in those empty eye sockets, but one always felt as if something was watching them through them.

"what is that?"

Alina appeared behind Fang Ark at some point, and the deer's gray-white pupils, which were very similar to Fang Ark's, flashed with curiosity as it looked at the mask.

"The Ghost Mask. After I dealt with those inner guards, I used one of them as raw material to make a new toy. With it, I can mobilize part of the power of the Black Shadow Kingdom."

Fang Zhou played with the mask and controlled it to rotate on his index finger. After the mask rotated a few times, he decided on the name of the new mask.

"Well, I'll call you Kama."

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Chapter 28 General Alina

"So, fellow countrymen, I won't hide the fact that you're about to face an even more dangerous situation. We'll likely be pursued by the Ursus regular army. The battles we encounter will be even more intense and dangerous than they are now. Some will be injured, and some will die..."

Tallulah continued speaking, now mentioning the upcoming battle with the Ursus regular army.

With Bodracasti and Froststar standing by her side, she quickly made the decision that best suited her heart, a decision very much like Tallulah's.

That was to give these infected people a chance. A large number of them joined the Reunion Movement to survive in the snowfields. Some didn't share the same lofty ideals as Tallulah and her companions. Perhaps they recognized her ideals and admired her courage to act for them, but it was unlikely they would risk their lives to follow her ideals. Tallulah understood this, so now, facing the Ursus army, a force more terrifying than the snowy wind, when everyone was filled with fear and despair, Tallulah gave everyone the right to choose.

If you think that the Reunion Movement will be completely wiped out by the Ursus Army and do not want your life to be threatened, you can wait for the logistics department to prepare breakfast, eat breakfast together and then leave. However, because the camp is about to migrate, for the sake of everyone in the camp, there is no way to distribute food to them this time. At most, we can only provide them with this breakfast.

However, according to the combat team's exploration, there is a small village about ten kilometers southwest of the camp, and they can get help as long as they go there.

So take your pick.

After Tallulah finished speaking, she descended from the rock.

The rest is up to those people to decide for themselves. Whether to go or stay is their freedom, and Tallulah will not interfere.

Now we can arrange personnel to pack up some facilities in the camp in preparation for the relocation.

"Hmm? What's that in your hand? What an ugly mask."

Froststar followed Talulah, and Bozhukas took the shield guards to sort out some of the heavier supplies in the camp, such as tents, food reserves, and the cotton clothes that Ark brought over yesterday.

After coming over, Talulah saw the Kama mask in Fang Zhou's hand at a glance, and instinctively felt an uncomfortable feeling from the mask.

It felt familiar, as if she had seen it not long ago.

"This is the Ghost Mask. Wearing this mask will allow you to command the shadow soldiers from the Shadow Kingdom."

Shadow soldiers?

Tallulah's mind flashed back to those strange things that emerged from the shadow of the Ark and slowed down the Inner Guards during the confrontation. Were they the shadow soldiers referring to?

"This mask feels strange to me, but it also feels familiar."

The more Tallulah looked at the mask, the weirder it seemed to her. What on earth was this sense of déjà vu?

"It's very similar."

Frost Star stared at the mask in Fang Ark's hand. The power emanating from it reminded her of the strange attack that ignored her elementalization at that time.

“Like what?”

Tallulah seemed to have found some clues, but she wasn't sure, so she looked back at the white rabbit.

"Inner Guard."

Tallulah frowned at the two short words.

"Do you think so too? But why do you have such a strange feeling?"

Fang Zhou shrugged his shoulders, looked around, gestured to follow, and brought Tallulah, Alina and the others to the central tent.

"It's normal for you to feel this way. There were four internal guards in this attack, and three of them were kicked to death by Tallulah."

When Fang Ark said this, Tallulah felt a dissatisfied gaze coming from Frost Star. The white rabbit's resentful eyes seemed to be blaming Tallulah for stealing its prey, leaving the latter with an awkward smile, not knowing what to say.

"But there was another one, the one I was facing at the time."

Clang.

The heavy internal security protective suit fell on the table in the central tent. The suit was intact, and the various life-support devices inside were even still functioning.

"Then...that inner guard...ran away?"

Looking at the protective suit, Tallulah, who knew the name of the Inner Guard but did not understand its nature, made a guess, but it was directly rejected by Ark.

"If the internal guard had taken off his protective suit, it wouldn't be a question of whether he could run away. But saying that is meaningless. The internal guard didn't run away. He should have had some confidence in me."

Fang Ark's tone was half joking, and then he held the mask in his hand, and the shadow under his feet began to wriggle.

A sense of danger emerged from the bottom of Tallulah's heart, and she subconsciously stood in front of Alina. Tallulah looked vigilantly at the wriggling shadow under the Ark's feet.

I saw a pair of scarlet eyes opened in the dark shadow, and then, accompanied by the wriggling of the shadow, a tall figure slowly crawled out of the shadow kingdom and came to the real world.

When Tallulah and the others saw the tall figure, they all froze in place.

He had a tall and straight figure. Unlike the simple leather coat, he was wearing a long coat with some armor decorations. A long sword was slung across his waist, but it was not the Ursus scimitar they were familiar with. Instead, it was a longer and slimmer long sword with a blade that was more gently curved than the Ursus scimitar.

Bozhukas recognized the knife. He had seen this kind of knife on those Eastern officers during the war in eastern Ukraine.

However, even though these features of the individual in front of him have changed slightly, the iconic life-support mask is still worn on his face. A breathing tube extends from the mouth of the mask and connects to the life-support device on the back. The tubes that were originally connected to the back have now been disconnected from the sanitary device and are floating in the air, swept away by an indescribable force.

"Is this the inner guard?"

Tallulah looked at the dark inner guards in front of her in surprise. Although there were some changes in their clothing and other details, there was no doubt that these were the inner guards of the emperor whom they had just fought against.

"The inner guard who fought against me was finally captured by me and thrown into the Shadow Kingdom. The things in the kingdom automatically process the foreign objects that are discharged. Those who meet the requirements of other shadow soldiers will be automatically transformed into soldiers of the corresponding ghost corps by the ghost soldiers under my control. As for those who do not meet the requirements or have completely different adaptability from before, they will be transformed into twisted monsters, or they will be given new corresponding masks, giving birth to new darkness. The inner guard undoubtedly belongs to the latter. After dragging it into the Shadow Kingdom, I was very happy that it gave me a new mask."

Fang Zhou happily weighed the three-eyed fang mask in his hand twice. When the mask swayed up and down, the barely detectable darkness that leaked out seemed to lower the temperature in the tent by a few degrees.

Ark said it lightly, but Tallulah felt heavy-hearted when she heard it.

In addition to the knight equipment, magical and advanced flying machines, and the black magic of resurrecting the dead, the man named Ark in front of him has one more ability that needs to be remembered seriously, and that is the strange kingdom of black shadows.

Not only can he create shadow soldiers for his command, he can also transform those who are dragged into the Dark Kingdom into a member of the so-called Shadow Corps. The upper limit of his transformation is still unclear, but at least he can still complete the transformation of the inner guards, and it seems that as long as one individual is transformed, he can copy a large number of shadow soldiers of the same level.

It's really a terrifying power.

And the person who possesses such terrifying power is standing on her side. Talulah doesn't know whether she should completely trust the side of him that he has shown to her and that is willing to help her and others, or whether she should trust him while being wary of this man.

"Well, it seems all the stats are pretty good. After all, these shadow soldiers were created based on the Emperor's inner guards. While their physical strength may not be as good as that of the inner guards who are truly protected by demonic power, they should be up to standard in other aspects."

When Fang Zhou said this, several ghostly inner guards who looked exactly like the black shadow inner guard who had just appeared crawled out from the shadows.

In such a scene, Tallulah, Froststar and Alina all fell into a mental state similar to paralysis.

"The differences between the individuals are so slight that they can be ignored. They are relatively balanced. However, after being broken up, they take a little longer to reassemble than the troll group. Is this due to the nature of the demonic fragments within them?"

While Fang Zhou was saying this, he was still trying to defeat these dark shadow inner guards. Those who were defeated turned into a wisp of smoke and dissipated into the air, but after a while, new inner guards would crawl out from the shadows and stand in their original positions.

"Well, we've gathered almost all the information. Compared to the regular Shadow Corps soldiers, the Ghost Guards are considered superior in combat power. Although they take a little longer to reassemble after being destroyed, it doesn't affect their overall combat performance. Very good, we're pretty familiar with it now. So, Alina, take this."

"Ugh?"

Looking at the mask that Fang Zhou suddenly threw at her, Alina was stunned for a moment and did not reach out her hand. Instead, Tallulah in front of her reached out her hand first to catch the Kama mask flying in the air.

"This is a mask that can summon inner guards at any time, and it can be summoned in large quantities. You just gave it to Alina like that?"

Ark looked at Tallulah's confusion and shook his head.

"Tallulah, Tallulah, I know everything you said. However, I didn't hand over the entire Kama Corps to Alina. I only gave her the right to summon and some of the command power of the Kama Corps. As for me, I am the supreme controller of the Kama Corps and have the highest power. Even without the mask, I can still command the Ghost Shadow Inner Guards."

"That's no reason for you to give it to Alina."

"Tallulah, do you remember why I came to the Reunion?"

"They were looking for the Demon King, and initially considered me a candidate for the title. But didn't they get the approval of that belt?"

Fang Ark nodded.

"And then? I didn't leave because of this incident, did I? I told you, the Reunion Movement is one of the few large-scale organizations fighting against the infected on this land. You have the potential for me to invest in, and I've already made a bet on you. So, before you truly grow up, before you truly have a say in this land, it's my responsibility as an investor to protect you and help you grow. This is what I should do, not only for you, but for myself as well."

"And within your team, Talulah, you must acknowledge Alina's importance. Although she only officially appeared before your Reunion leadership yesterday and began to show her face, I believe that over the past three years, Alina has spent many nights helping you resolve your inner frustrations and correcting your erroneous thoughts, preventing you from going astray and causing the Black Serpent's curse to erupt prematurely. Am I correct?"

"I have no way to refute it, and I personally think Alina is very important."

“Tallulah…”

Alina seemed to feel a little shy because of being acknowledged in front of others about her position in Tallulah's heart. She gently tugged at the corner of Tallulah's clothes, but the naive dragon girl obviously did not feel the subtle emotions of Alina behind her, and just looked at Alina strangely.

"So Alina's safety itself is extremely important. You don't want what happened yesterday on the snowfield to happen again, right? And Alina's importance isn't just to you. Alina is another form of warrior within the Reunion Movement, a warrior of spirit and knowledge, and that's exactly the type your Reunion Movement lacks today."

Tallulah and Froststar both looked back at Alina, especially Froststar. Although she and Alina had just met yesterday, when she looked at Alina's clear eyes that seemed to be able to illuminate people's souls, she felt as if they had known each other for a long time.

Those were a pair of eyes that looked like the elves in the fairy tales that the old stubborn man told himself, so clear that they could illuminate people's hearts.

"So Alina's safety is extremely important. But compared to you, whether it's Froststar's freezing skills, Tallulah's flames, or Bodrakas's powerful force, Alina has none of these means to protect herself. And the inner guard's arrival today was like a pillow for a sleepy night. I dragged him into the Shadow Kingdom and used him to create this Garo mask."

As she spoke, everyone's attention shifted to the mask in Tallulah's hand.

"Later, I'll teach Alina the magic formula. As long as she absorbs the power of the mask, she can use the shadows to summon ghostly inner guards anytime, anywhere. While their strength won't be as great as a real inner guard, it will retain about 80% of their power. This way, Alina's safety will be guaranteed at the most basic level."

Even 80% of the strength is more than enough. Everyone looked at the mask.

After all, they were the Emperor's Inner Guards. Although the knight system was used at the time, neither Frost Star nor Tallulah could truly feel the terrifying true strength of the Inner Guards. However, they still believed in Ursus's song. Four Inner Guards could sweep through a settlement. What if there were endless Inner Guards?

Even if it only has 80% of its strength, it might be enough to wreak havoc on an entire mobile city.

"In our area, it's said that the Ghost Mask houses the power of the Ghost General. Therefore, anyone who can wield the power of the Ghost Mask can also be called a general. So, General Alina, please accept this power I bestow upon you."

Chapter 29: What does the Ark look like?

"General Alina, what an impressive title."

Tallulah looked at the mask in her hand. She needed to admit that Ark was right.

Not to mention herself, Alina is indeed the kind of talent that the Reunion Movement is currently lacking. If Talulah is the one who actually manages the Reunion Movement and uses rules to restrain such infected behaviors, then Alina is the one who makes the infected people of the Reunion Movement become as strong as a piece of iron from the mind. Ideology and rules and regulations complement each other, and this is the only way to completely transform the Reunion Movement into an organized, disciplined and truly thoughtful team moving towards tomorrow.

Even from what Fang Zhou said, combined with the experiences of the past two days, Tallulah could even imagine that if Alina really left irretrievably one day, based on her current condition, it would not take long for the Integration Movement to develop in the worst direction.

What will unite the infected people at that time may not be the bright future that Talulah is promoting, which is that the infected people will eventually succeed, but hatred, anger, opposition and other malicious thoughts.

And that was the old worm's favorite tactic.