The villain daughter did all kinds of things

Because the vast majority of magical artifacts in the Allen Federation are produced by the Melson Magic Workshop, and Melson certainly doesn't want to be attacked by the weapons he produced one day, every magical artifact has a backdoor that can be remotely locked by Melson at any time... This is an open secret in the Federation.

Although some small magic workshops still make custom magic devices, these devices are much more expensive than mass-produced ones, and very few people can afford them. The magic devices used by the squid demons are still mostly produced by Melson, but now they are all locked up.

In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of squid demons fell to the flames and lightning in the tacit and efficient attack of the Federation's air combat mages.

In those few minutes, the ground troops also advanced into the city and began to clean it up like mops, determined not to let a single living squid demon escape.

Some of the squid spirits, thinking themselves clever, saw that the Federation army's main target was the city, so they secretly left the city from other directions, hoping to escape into the wilderness.

But that's insulting Judy's intelligence as an excellent commander. Other demon-slaying legions have already laid out an ambush in the wilderness. All the squid demons that enter the wilderness will be hunted down like mice that have entered a cat's den, and none of them will escape.

Of course, some of the squid spirits were more courageous and chose to stay in the city and fight street battles with the federal soldiers.

If the magic artifacts are unusable, then use your own magic. As a former member of the Sea Clan, most squid spirits have an affinity for water magic, and they can still cast spells like water cannons and ice arrows.

If you can't even use magic, then just grab whatever you can use to fight and use it as a melee weapon for close combat.

Federal ground forces soon came into contact with the squid demons' resistance and engaged in firefights.

The first attack methods used by the Federation troops were, of course, the magic gun firing and magic blade slashing, which were the most commonly used methods when fighting against the magic tide.

After engaging in combat for a while, it was discovered that this method did not seem to work very well.

Besides the two most disgusting talents, mimicry and bloodline erosion, the squid people also have a combat talent.

During battle, they secrete an oily, slippery liquid through their skin, which they use to coat their bodies, while simultaneously reinforcing the liquid with magic.

After being enhanced by magic, this liquid will have a very magical effect.

When the magic blade strikes, it always slides to the sides, unable to withstand any force, making it difficult to inflict fatal damage on the squid man.

The Federation soldiers who miss their attacks will then be exposed, giving the squid-men an opportunity to counterattack with magic.

Long-range magic gun fire is also ineffective. The steel nails fired from the magic gun will be deflected by the oily and slippery liquid after hitting the squid man, and fly in other directions... If you are unlucky, you may even accidentally injure friendly forces.

The squid man's special ability also exists in the original game, and the effect in the original game is even more disgusting than in reality, since the squid man's lair is considered a late-game dungeon in the original game.

In the original game, any direct damage of 20% would be reflected back by the squid man, causing damage to his own people.

Players basically only have two ways to quickly advance.

First, you can easily overwhelm the opponent with superior skill levels. As long as your healing and lifesteal are strong enough, the reflected damage is negligible. You can continue fighting as usual and just keep crushing your way through.

If your training level isn't high enough, then you can only use a targeted strategy—choosing continuous damage such as poison, burning, and bleeding as your main means of output, since this damage won't be reflected by the squid's talent ability.

But reality isn't a game; where would ordinary armies get so much DOT damage? So the Federation army's advance slowed down noticeably, and they were held back by the Squid People.

Although the aerial mages could still unleash their firepower at will in the air, their numbers were ultimately too few, and the magic power of ordinary mages was also limited. After a few rounds of flanking maneuvers, they had to return to the rear to rest and recover their magic power.

"So, Judy, do you need my help?"

At this moment, Emerald had only just entered the headquarters of the Ise Retsu Foundation and was still fully aware of the battle situation outside. She smiled and asked Judy a question via the communicator.

"No need... If this level of difficulty could stop my army, I would have died many times over in the demon tide extermination."

Judy's answer was quite confident:

"Young Miss, you can explore at your own pace according to your plan. You can leave all the monsters in the city to me without worry!"

"it is good."

Emerald simply smiled and continued walking towards the bottom of the building, saying softly:

"Then I'll leave the battle inside the city to you, Judy... Don't hold back if you really encounter any difficulties, okay?"

Judy didn't say anything more, but chose to take action herself.

Snapped!

She first clapped her hands together, then slammed them together onto the ground.

A dazzling burst of lightning immediately rose around Judy, followed by more than 100 lightning orbs flying out of her storage space. These orbs acted as nodes, combining to control the lightning that filled the sky, causing it to coalesce into a large cat.

Thunder Beast, descend!

What used to be Judy's most desperate move can now be easily released and maintained by her like a minor skill after she successfully advanced to the Fusion stage of magic.

"Meow!"

The Thunder Cat first let out a loud cry as if it had been stressed, and then it darted out. With a sweep of its several-meter-long Thunder Cat claws, it swept away more than a dozen squid demons who were putting up a last-ditch effort. Their bodies sprayed blood like a pillar in mid-air, accompanied by the aroma of flesh being cooked by electricity. It was clear that they were not going to survive.

Then, Thunder Cat charged again, its body like a small truck rampaging through the streets of Shama City. It quickly caught several more squid demons hiding behind cover, either swatting them to death like rats or turning them into electric squid by spitting out lightning.

With Judy's personal intervention, a major breach was immediately torn in the squid demon's barely established defenses, allowing the Federation troops to advance unimpeded, gradually dismantling the squid demon's resistance and eliminating the monsters hiding in the corners of the city one by one.

Meanwhile, the Federal Army's rear staff quickly devised a simple and efficient method to deal with the special liquid on the squid spirit.

The battle-hardened Demon Tide Extermination Legion is not just a name; they have seen far too many strange monster abilities. The Squid Demon's talent is nothing to brag about; it only caused a little trouble when it was first brought out.

Now that the General Staff has provided a plan, the Union soldiers on the front lines have quickly changed their combat tactics.

They removed the steel nail magazines and firing devices from the magic guns, replacing them with fuel canisters and fire-attribute magic crystals, quickly converting the magic guns into flamethrowers.

Although the range and penetration are much smaller, the flames from the flamethrower are not affected by the refraction of the liquid on the squid demons' bodies, and the continuous burning damage is even more deadly to the squid demons.

Soon, as flames rose continuously within the city and the screams of the squid demons echoed one after another, the battlefield transformed into a giant kitchen. The aroma of roasted squid made Yulia in the air swallow hard, feeling somewhat hungry.

The melee mages also changed their tactics. They put away their magic blades and stopped using bladed weapons for slashing attacks. Instead, they all switched to long sticks with electrified tips, using blunt force and electric shocks as their main means of killing. The effect was equally obvious, leaving the squid demons dead all over the ground.

Even if they were all magic-affinity users and could use spells, how could these people who sit in the office playing finance all day possibly defeat battle-hardened elite soldiers? Less than half an hour after the city's defensive barrier was shattered, the battle turned into a one-sided massacre.

Staying in the city to resist was hopeless, and escaping through the side paths would be like walking into a trap. For a time, all that remained for the squid demons was despair.

In this situation, the despicable nature of some squid demons was fully awakened, and they did many things that minor villains like to do—take hostages.

The Financial Triangle region is indeed the lair of the squid demons, but about 20% of pure-blooded humans still live there. They did not turn into squid heads in the rain of potions, and they all tried to hide after the battle began.

Some lucky humans, whose hiding places had been occupied by federal soldiers, were not harassed and even received a lot of help.

Because rescuing kidnapped civilians from monster lairs can also earn Federation officers and soldiers a lot of merit.

However, some unlucky people found themselves surrounded by squid spirits in their hiding places, and were even discovered by the squid spirits who had nowhere else to go.

So some squid demons took these humans hostage and stood in front of them, demanding that the federal soldiers let them go.

Even the most battle-hardened federal soldiers were not confident that they could kill the squid demon before it harmed the hostages, so the situation once again reached a stalemate.

Even the giant cat Lightning, controlled by Judy, was in a difficult situation and could only stand there with its paw raised, staring blankly.

"...Tsk, there's no other way."

As an excellent commander, Judy has a great advantage in that she knows her own limitations very well. She will never easily give up the credit that she can take herself, and she will immediately ask for help for things that she cannot handle, without wasting any time.

So Judy immediately turned on her communication magic device again, her voice carrying a clear hint of ingratiation:

"Busy, young lady?"

"uh-huh."

Emery's voice sounded like she was in a good mood:

"These squid spirits have scavenged so many good things. I just found the fur of a rare, extinct monster and I plan to make some scarves for myself and my girls... Wow, I think I've found something good again. It's also a material from an extinct monster, and it's been extinct for thousands of years."

"Then I congratulate you, Miss, on your fruitful harvest."

Judy didn't hide the envy in her words, but she didn't show too much greed either, after all, this was something that had been agreed upon beforehand—the squid demon's wealth would go to Emerald, while Judy would only receive the merit of eliminating a million dangerous monsters.

After saying a few kind words to cheer up Emery, Judy chuckled and briefly explained the problem she was currently facing:

"Although it's not impossible to solve this using conventional methods, it's clearly better to finish this quickly in the current situation. I'll trouble you, young lady, to lend a hand a little more."

"He actually kidnapped his human companion who had lived with him for so many years as a hostage? What a despicable and shameless squid demon... Senior Judy, you should remember this well. When the reporters interview you after the war, you can focus on describing it."

Emery was indeed completely unconcerned about the situation, speaking as casually as if she were stepping on an ant on a smooth surface:

"Ignore the hostages. Just have your men kill them all, but only those squid demons will die."

"Understood, that's what I've been waiting for, Miss!"

Having witnessed Emerald resurrect an entire army, Judy naturally had no doubt about Emerald's words and immediately gave the order to ignore the hostages and continue the attack.

Although the officers and soldiers were somewhat puzzled by the order, their duty to obey orders compelled them to continue the attack with their weapons, killing both the squid demon and the humans it had grabbed.

As the Federation troops launched their attack, hundreds of golden beams of light shot out from the headquarters of the Ise Group, evenly illuminating every part of the battlefield. They eventually hovered about 100 meters above the ground, spreading divine light across the battlefield.

Chapter 327 Elimination of Presence and Blood Sacrifice

"You...you guys don't come over here!"

In the city of Shama, where the streets have been reduced to ruins, a crazed squid-man holds a human girl in front of him, with an ice spike pressed against her neck, ready to pierce her throat and kill her at any moment.

Less than 10 meters directly in front of it were three federal soldiers, two of whom were behind it with flamethrowers, and one of whom was in front with an electric baton, tensely confronting the squid man.

The three Federation soldiers were about to kill the squid man when, at the crucial moment, a human civilian hiding in the room was discovered by the squid man and taken hostage, making the Federation soldiers hesitant to act rashly.

Just then, a feather shimmering with golden holy light flew over the street, and Judy's orders came through the soldiers' communication magic devices.

Despite their confusion about the order, the soldiers chose to carry it out. Two soldiers wielding flamethrowers fired together, sending two tongues of fire crisscrossing towards the target, instantly engulfing the squid man and the human girl in front of it.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

"Waaaaaah... Hey, it doesn't hurt at all?"

The squid and the human girl screamed together.

But the human girl was soon surprised to find that she could not feel any heat or pain in the flames; her body was just warm, as if she were basking in the winter sun.

The squid-man was essentially being roasted alive on a hot plate. The principle of conservation of energy applies to this world as well; heat is transferred, not lost. The human girl didn't feel any heat, so where did the burning heat go? It's hard to guess.

Soon, the squid man couldn't even scream anymore, and only then did the soldiers stop their flamethrower attacks.

"Whew...that was so exciting~~~~"

After the flames stopped, the human girl was still patting her chest, looking shaken, and ran towards the soldiers for help. She was mostly unharmed, except that she had wet her skirt in the shock.

The squid-man who had previously taken the human girl hostage was almost carbonized. After losing its support, it quickly fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.

Similar incidents have been occurring repeatedly throughout the Financial Triangle region, and even if the Squid People take humans hostage, it's completely useless.

Federation soldiers will use various methods to attack the hostages and squidmen together, but the humans will be protected by Emerald's holy magic and will remain unharmed; only the squidmen will die in the attack.

"Thank you, Holy Maiden!"

"The Holy Maiden is beautiful inside and out; she is the eternal sun of the Federation!"

"I want to be the Holy Maiden's dog!"

The rescued humans weren't stupid; they naturally knew who the owner of that golden holy light was, since there was only one person in the entire human kingdom who could use holy magic.

So after they escaped danger, regardless of whether Emerald could hear them or not, they loudly expressed their gratitude and praise.

"Hmph, these small fry~~~~"

Emerald, who was plundering the treasure vaults of the Ise Group's stronghold, naturally heard their praises, but she merely curled her lip in disapproval:

"How incredibly pragmatic... Before, I was just making some money off you, and you secretly called me a witch behind my back. Now that I've saved your lives, I've become a saint?"

While complaining, Amelie's hands were not idle. With a wave of her sleeves, she collected a large amount of top-grade materials, some of which were even from extinct monsters, into her personal storage space.

Only the most premium materials were qualified to enter her personal storage space. As for the gold and jewels scattered everywhere, Amelie basically just glanced at them and didn't care. She would have her subordinates clean up and count them after the battle.

Even taking hostages was no longer effective. The Squid People in the city were in utter despair and could only launch a final frenzy to fight the Federal Army soldiers to the death.

But the soldiers of the Demon Tide Extermination Legion were not afraid of this. They were best at dealing with mad monsters that had lost their minds, and the squid man's final madness would only hasten their demise.

About an hour later, the sounds of fighting in the Financial Triangle region gradually subsided.

The vast majority of the squidmen were killed on the spot, and only a few who were hiding needed to be searched out and killed by the soldiers one by one.

Those four squid-man powerhouses, who were at the third stage of their strength, also did not escape death.

After fighting them for about half an hour, Yulia had seen all their spells and abilities and was getting a little bored, so she started to get serious.

Therefore, under absolute power and speed, all struggles and skills are just flashy nonsense, and the four squid demons were quickly beaten to a pulp by Yulia.

Yulia is indeed a hero, but she is only a hero of humanity. She rarely kills human enemies. Even the worst villains, she usually just breaks all their bones and throws them in the trash.

But when dealing with non-human monsters, Yulia is like a cruel cat, often toying with her opponents until they are in despair before mercilessly killing them, just like how she treated those four squid demons this time.

While some squid spirits fought desperately, others took advantage of the chaos to escape. A net had already been laid in the wilderness outside the city, so they decided to find another way to escape.

One of the most important reasons why the Financial Triangle region was chosen as the nest by the squid demons is that it is located on the shore of Lake Tania.

Lake Tania is a saltwater lake with a composition highly similar to seawater, making it ideal for marine life like the Squid People to survive in the water.

Why would an inland lake be a saltwater lake?