A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

Wang Chong crossed his arms and watched the three girls playfully leave. He naturally understood the importance of protecting a young girl's shyness, which was why he allowed Talulah to escape. It was also to give Talulah a chance to get used to things.

"Congratulations, host! You're one step closer to achieving your goal. All you need to do now is raise Talulah's favorability from 85 to 100 points," the system's congratulatory voice announced.

“Yes, of course I understand… but the most important thing right now is how to repel those 1 troops. I hope that this time, the system can bring me enough benefits so that I can speed up the process,” Wang Chong said.

"Okay, host. Tongbao will assign you a small side quest based on the crisis situation to reward you with card draw chances and villain points, allowing you to draw cards and obtain more rewards. By the way, host, would you like to use your item jar? Maybe you can get something useful this time," the system reminded you.

"An item jar? Hmm, it feels like it's time to use it. Give me an item that's useful in the current situation, taking advantage of Talulah's unprecedented confession. System, use the item jar immediately," Wang Chong said.

Chapter 106 W's Self-Doubt

"Wang Chong...Wang Chong? Did Talulah upset you? Or is it because we disturbed you?"

Froststar was walking alongside Wang Chong toward the warehouse to prepare ingredients. She glanced at Wang Chong's obviously sullen face and couldn't help but ask.

“No, none of that…it’s none of your business. It’s my own problem. I just remembered something that’s bothering me,” Wang Chong said, shaking his head.

"Hmm... Does Wang Chong also have something to be unhappy about? After all, Wang Chong is always smiling, and he rarely looks like this," Shuangxing asked in confusion.

"Look, now you see it." Wang Chong shook his head. To understand why he was a little unhappy, we have to go back to the time he used the random item jar.

I finally managed to use the jar on the day someone confessed their feelings to, hoping to get something good. But when I looked at the familiar orange packaging in my hand, I was speechless.

"Hmm... then eat well for dinner later. Once you're full, you'll forget all your troubles. By the way... speaking of which, there's something I've been curious about for a long time. What is that bright orange package you're holding?" Frostnova asked.

"This? This is called Jin Ke La. Fertilizer mixed with Jin Ke La won't run off, won't evaporate, zero waste, one bag is equivalent to two bags of other fertilizers!" Wang Chong picked up the bag and recited the advertising slogan with practiced ease. That's right, the prop Wang Chong drew this time was indeed this fertilizer additive marvel: Jin Ke La. No wonder Wang Chong had a long face the whole time.

"Uh... I don't quite understand, what is this gold... what is it for?" Froststar asked in confusion.

"All you need to know is that this is a type of fertilizer that, when spread on the soil, can greatly accelerate the growth of crops," Wang Chong explained.

That's right, I drew this item: Unlimited Golden Fertilizer. It can refresh 100 kilograms of Golden Fertilizer every day. This Golden Fertilizer can be directly sprinkled on plants, which can greatly shorten the growth cycle of those plants. It can even quickly catalyze the plants of the Age of Gods that I planted in my Dimensional Home.

"Really? If we add these fertilizers to our crops, won't we be able to eat them very soon?" Froststar's face lit up with joy upon hearing this, and she asked.

"No way, this stuff makes things grow fast, but it also rots fast... It not only accelerates the growth cycle, but it also speeds up the death cycle. It's totally useless, not to mention who knows what the effects will be on the food that grows so fast after we eat it," Wang Chong complained with a dark face.

"Is that so? I see... Is that why you were in a bad mood just now, Wang Chong?" Shuangxing looked at Wang Chong's change and understood what was going on.

That's right, that's the real reason why Wang Chong's face fell. If this thing could really accelerate the growth cycle of crops, it would be a great tool for farming. Although it wouldn't be of much practical help to them in fighting against a force of 10,000 men, it would at least give them a huge advantage in stockpiling food in the future.

However, this thing has very obvious side effects. It accelerates the entire life cycle from growth to maturity to decay and death all at once! When I temporarily returned to the Dimensional House to test a magic vine seed, I and Aozaki Touko, who was watching the experimental results, hadn't even had time to be happy as the magic vine quickly grew stronger when we saw the magic vine rapidly wither and die, finally collapsing on the experimental field.

However, Aozaki Touko said that this fertilizer still had experimental and research value, so she borrowed about fifty catties to continue using it for experiments. Wang Chong then left the Dimensional House with the remaining fertilizer and happened to run into Frostnova, who had come looking for him to prepare ingredients for dinner.

He thought he'd drawn a farming artifact, but it turned out to be a flawed one. Wang Chong could only attribute this to his incredibly bad luck.

"I thought Talulah would bring some good luck today... Oh, I forgot, she's just as unlucky as I am." Wang Chong shook his head. His deduction was correct. Those groups that left the Reunion Movement, even the bandits like Andrei, had all returned to their original fates. On the contrary, Little Lisa's golden luck with black spots and her mother Honeysuckle's blue good luck instantly turned pitch black after joining the Reunion Movement.

"The overall fortunes of the Reunion Movement haven't changed yet, which means I haven't broken the deadlock. Hmph, just wait and see. I want to see how long you can hide without giving yourself away." Wang Chong suppressed his suspicions and entered the warehouse with Frostnova.

"Don't worry too much about this. It's true that grain production takes this long, which is in line with the laws of nature. Although the thing you got called 'Golden Fertilizer' failed and didn't achieve the expected results, it's not useless. Maybe we'll find it useful in other places in the future."

After learning what had upset Wang Chong, Shuangxing comforted him while selecting some ingredients. As Wang Chong watched Shuangxing holding some ingredients for soup, he suddenly exclaimed softly, pointing to the pointed, cone-shaped object in her hand and asking, "Where did you dig that up?"

"They said they dug them up at the foot of the mountain on the south side of the back, where it's warmer, so these bamboo shoots grew there. They dug up quite a few, which is good for everyone to have a change of pace." Shuangxing held up a bamboo shoot and handed it to Wang Chong to look at.

Wang Chong narrowed his eyes slightly, a thoughtful look on his face, then smiled and said, "Good, it's good to have extra food. Bamboo shoots are also more vigorous than I imagined, perhaps we can plant more of them."

Wang Chong also added the Golden Fertilizer prop to his system space.

……

Dinner time is basically the time for small groups to eat on their own. Sitting together and enjoying a meal often indicates that the small group has a good relationship. This is true for Wang Chong, Frostnova, Talulah, Alina, and Specter who came to freeload, as well as for Mudrock's engineering team and the three leaders of the Sarkaz mercenaries.

"What did you say! What nonsense are you spouting!" However, the three leaders were not as harmonious as usual. W looked both shocked and angry, and she grabbed Ines's collar with both hands.

“W. Put your hands down and let Ines finish. And do you want to attract other people’s attention?” Hedley said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing Hadley's words, W loosened Ines's collar, then crossed her arms and sat back down on her large rock, seemingly angry with someone.

“I know you can’t believe it, this completely contradicts the information you’ve received. You said the Demon King’s successor should be on Rhodes Island, but how do you explain that I saw a black crown on that man’s head with my own eyes?” Ines said in a deep voice.

"Moreover, if the black crown can be faked, can the power of the Demon King be faked as well? I saw with my own eyes how he manipulated the Originium, like a human-shaped natural disaster. He even extracted souls from the Originium and gathered the soul of that woman named Alina back together, thus achieving resurrection. That is a miracle that only the Demon King can create. I can't find any other explanation to prove this phenomenon."

After hearing Ines's words, W's anger turned into deep self-doubt. She murmured, "It shouldn't be like this. How could Her Highness entrust her power to such a man? With Her Highness's abilities, she couldn't possibly be unaware of that man's true nature..."

"A new Demon King? No wonder that man targeted our Sarkaz Mercenary Group in the first place... That makes sense." Hedley, as an observer, came to a similar conclusion to Talulah and the others, believing that Wang Chong joined the Reunion Movement to help the Infected and focus on the Sarkaz Mercenary Group because of his identity as the Demon King.

Even W fell silent after hearing Hadley's conclusion, shaking his head and scratching his face, thinking to himself, "Could I really have been deceived? Was that guy's wickedness just a facade? Why would he do that?"

"Who exactly is he? What is his relationship with His Highness? He seems to know a lot about what happened back then, but I'm certain I never saw this man when I was in the Tower of Babel! Ha... No, I have to find a way to verify this. I must find an opportunity to observe him use that power again," W thought to himself.

“There is only one question now: whose power does he represent? His Highness… or the Regent?” Hedley said in a deep voice. “Judging from his current actions and results, he is inheriting His Highness’s last wish… But since the Demon King’s legacy was not passed on to the next leader during the Tower of Babel era, the only chance to obtain the Demon King’s legacy can be after that… which means it can only be through the Regent.”

“Regardless of which side he is on, do we have any other choice now? We are already his squires, we have accepted his favor… All we can do is pray that he treats us as he promised, and that will be enough,” Ines said in a low voice.

“…You’re right. Just watch…a new struggle is about to begin, and then we’ll know the answer.” Hadley nodded and said.

Chapter 107 A Legion of Ten Thousand

Two days passed slowly. Near the former dense forest, a large force arrived and rebuilt a camp far larger than the original one, on the site of the former thousand-man camp. A group of people began to light fires and cook, taking turns...

A middle-aged man in heavy armor sat silently in his tent, studying the terrain map laid out on the sand table. Other officers were also gathered around the sand table, discussing and deploying resources. Just then, the communications officer in the tent, who was receiving and deciphering the transmitted information, shouted, "Colonel Nikolai! Our scouts have brought back new intelligence!"

"Speak," the heavily armored man said immediately, raising his head.

"According to the scouts' inspection of the woodland, there are signs of logging. The logging marks are very fresh, and the area hasn't been covered in snow yet. Those bandits should be hiding in this area," the communications officer said.

"Colonel, those bandits are indeed in this area. Should we send out an advance force to sweep through the surrounding area?" a senior officer asked.

"No rush. The forest is narrow, and even a 1000-strong vanguard would be severely restricted, with their mobility greatly reduced, and some equipment unable to advance. What we need to do now is have the scouts continue to explore. Search in the southwest, due west, and northwest directions. Prioritize finding out where that bandit group is located. The vanguard and logistics units should coordinate, equip them with logging axes, and clear a wide enough road from the outside so that heavy equipment and materials for setting up Originium arrays can be transported up."

Colonel Nikolai waved his hand, not in a hurry to march. He then ordered the messengers to begin issuing commands, while the other officers continued to conduct a new round of simulations and deployments based on the issued commands.

"Colonel, Colonel Tusis's orders are to wipe out those bandits as quickly as possible. Isn't it too cautious of us to march so slowly?" a senior officer said hesitantly.

"Hmph, that idiot Tusis, no matter whether the bandits succeed this time or not, he won't be able to keep his position. Not only have there been repeated incidents in his jurisdiction, but he also dared to take the initiative to attack before the higher-ups' attitude towards that Patriot was completely clear. If he had succeeded, it would have been fine, but now that he has failed, he has not only angered the faction that is trying to appease and return Patriot, but his superiors are also treating him as a pawn to be discarded."

Colonel Nikolai snorted coldly, then continued, "What's more, I recently intercepted intelligence that that guy is illegally capturing ordinary people on the border to act as spies for enemy countries. Does he really think all those big shots in Saint-Junburg are blind? Do you think he can cover his own head when the international diplomatic problems that arise? If His Majesty the Emperor finds out, I'm afraid he'll immediately order him to be torn apart by chariots."

"So he's doomed. In that case, why should I rush to punish this band of traitors? Who knows if there might be patriots among them? The most crucial thing we need to do on this expedition is not to wipe out those bandits as quickly and efficiently as possible, but to ascertain the situation and avoid making mistakes. Do you understand? Making mistakes means sharing the Emperor's wrath with Tusis."

"Understood, sir," the senior officer said repeatedly, sweating profusely.

……

On the mountain, Wang Chong opened his eyes. He knew that Ursus's 10,000-strong army had arrived 10 kilometers away from them. As soon as Wang Chong stepped out, he saw Talulah walking towards him.

"Ah Chong, they're here..." Since expressing her feelings, Talulah's way of addressing Wang Chong had subtly changed. However, this time Talulah came with a very serious expression, naturally to begin mobilizing Wang Chong.

“I understand. This day has finally come. Let’s go, Talulah. Deploy everything according to the battle plan we’ve discussed these past two days.” Wang Chong nodded and, without further ado, immediately followed Talulah to the operations room.

Upon arriving at the conference room, Wang Chong immediately spotted representatives from various combat teams: Frostnova and her two acquaintances from the Yeti Squad, Big Bear and Young; Patriot and representatives from the guerrilla shield guards; Faust and a representative from the Ghost Squad formed by Wang Chong; the three leaders of the Sarkaz mercenary group; Mudrock and representatives from the engineering team, etc.

“According to the information just obtained and deciphered by the eavesdropping team, the scouts have discovered our tracks and are retreating to our positions in the southwest, west, and northwest directions. The west is a cliff, which they can't climb up, so there's no need to worry. The main concern is that there are roads leading to our mountain base camp in the southwest and northwest directions. The southwest direction only has a winding, one-way mountain path, and at most a hundred people can pass through at once. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack. With our crossbowmen and shield guards, a total of 100 people are enough to hold these passes,” Talulah said slowly, pointing to the bottom view on the sand table.

"The northwest is relatively open and is likely to become the main battlefield for the enemy. Our people will start the defensive counterattack from the lowest position. Currently, our fighting force has temporarily increased from 900 to 1000 in two days. After deducting 100 people to guard the southwest, there are only 900 people facing this force of nearly 900. In other words, if we want to win, we must be prepared to fight ten against one."

Wang Chong slowly said, "Each of these 900 men is extremely valuable; the loss of even one would be a tremendous blow. Therefore, your primary objective in this battle is to annihilate the enemy and preserve yourselves! Don't get carried away and charge head-on into a desperate fight! We can't afford to lose lives. So, fight and retreat, utilizing our terrain advantage and familiarity with the terrain to continuously expand our advantage. Concentrate your firepower to attack the enemy!"

"Understood!" everyone said in unison.

“Now, I will assign tasks: First, Faust and the Ghost Squad, along with 10 guerrilla shield guards and 20 heavily armored soldiers, will be responsible for the enemy in the southwest. Make sure to defend the southwest pass and don't let any enemy in. Now, assemble your teams,” Wang Chong said.

"Understood..." Faust, the Ghost Squad representative, and others stood up and nodded in response. Faust and the Ghost Squad representative left the tent first and began to gather their team members.

"Next, Sarkaz mercenaries, you will be at the forefront, facing the enemy head-on. Remember the tactics I've devised. W, as the leader of the mercenary group, keep your men in check. Don't take advantage of the favor I've bestowed upon you and recklessly charge forward, breaking up the formation. Also, use your explosives and Originium Arts as needed, and annihilate as many enemies as possible. Hedley, Ines, you also fulfill your duties. I hope the Sarkaz mercenaries will become the fiercest teeth of our Reunion Movement! Grip those enemies hard! Now, assemble your forces," Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

"Yes." After the three answered, they immediately left the tent and gathered the Sarkaz together.

"Guerrilla fighters, you are the backbone of the force against nearly ten thousand troops. This time, the enemy plans to deploy an Originium magic array. Those war mages will launch a powerful attack on us, along with anti-aircraft guns and heavy firepower. The task of maintaining the front line and defending against that heavy firepower will be entrusted to you, the shield guards. Crossbowmen and melee soldiers, seize the opportunity to focus your attacks on the enemy's war mages and various ranged units. Mr. Patriot, you will oversee the overall situation in the northwest. Do not act rashly unless it is absolutely necessary." Wang Chong looked at Patriot and said.

"..." Patriot did not respond due to his throat problem, but he had already carried out Wang Chong's battle plan by tapping the guerrilla representative next to him with his halberd, instructing him to start gathering the troops.

"Then, Third Company, Fourth Company, and Yeti Squad, you will move back and forth between the various firing points as I instructed, attacking the weak points of the enemy formation. Ideally, you should be able to tear the enemy forces apart and defeat them one by one. Froststar, you will be in charge of command." Wang Chong looked at Froststar and nodded in acknowledgment.

"Okay, leave it to me." After Froststar finished speaking, she also gestured with her eyes to Big Bear and Yang to gather the people together.

"Finally, it's Talulah's turn. You and I will each lead the first and second companies, hiding in the tunnels we dug in advance halfway up the mountain, waiting for the enemy to catch up. When the battle reaches its climax, we'll enter and strike directly at the enemy's center! Remember, we must make a huge show of force! Create the impression that we have thousands of people charging out, severely damaging the enemy's morale and throwing them into disarray. Let them truly experience the power of your flames," Wang Chong said.

"Hmm." Talulah nodded and instructed the representative to assemble the troops.

"After the combat personnel are assigned, the next tasks are logistics, medical support, and engineering. You all..." Wang Chong assigned tasks to each group, and everyone sprang into action, gathering personnel to prepare for the first battle that would shake the entire Ursus Empire.

Chapter 108 Mobilization and the Prelude to War

On the platform, 1000 people awaited the final mobilization moment. At this moment, Wang Chong, Talulah, and others arrived directly in front of everyone. Wang Chong once again took a step in mid-air, suspending himself one meter above the platform before stopping, ensuring that every Reunion soldier present could see him.

Not only soldiers were present, but also many people from other countries who had recently joined the Reunion Movement and were looking this way along the mountain path. They were all vaguely panicked about the upcoming battle, and wondered what the Reunion Movement had done to be surrounded and attacked by the Ursus army. What kind of army was this?

"Before we begin the formal mobilization, I'd like to ask you all a question: Do you know why we are fighting the Ursus army?" Wang Chong said loudly.

"To fill our stomachs!" "To change the situation of the infected!" "To survive!"... Many answers came from soldiers who had just joined the group. There seemed to be no single, standardized answer. However, after these people answered, the vast majority of the Reunion Movement soldiers shouted in unison: "For the revolution!!"

"That's right, for the revolution. And a revolution is a violent act of one class overthrowing another. Ordinary people are also a class; they are the weakest, the most numerous, and the most oppressed. In the Ursus Empire, the emperor is the highest, followed by the nobles, then the mine owners, and the newly rich. Compared to them, we and most of the people on this land are weak. We are all oppressed by them! We must give them the best of everything we have!" Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

“We are different from those high and mighty people who seize wealth and extort benefits from the people. We are fundamentally different from them. We want to serve the people, speak up for them, help them fight against oppressors and powerful figures, and protect their wealth. Do you understand?”

"Our revolution isn't for me or any specific individual, nor is it for our Unity Movement as a group. It's for the people. We will fight and shed our blood for the people, so that they can be the masters of their own destiny! And this—that's what a movement is! A movement like a raging fire, a movement that can set the entire frozen wasteland ablaze! Because we represent the interests of the largest number of people in the world! Moving for them is also for ourselves, because we are also part of the people of the world!"

"You are the master of this land, as are I, and he is; everyone is the master of this land. But those nobles, those powerful figures, those oppressors, those who deprive us of our value because of Originium! They represent the interests of the sinful system behind them. I call them the Sinful Originium Class! And the Emperor, as the representative supported by the Sinful Originium Class, is the biggest beneficiary of this class, and is also our enemy! Our biggest visible enemy right now is the Emperor! The second enemy is these Sinful Originium Class who support the Emperor."

"Today, we speak out for all the people of this land, and in the future, they will surely remember us. This is true today, and it will be true thousands of years from now!"

After Wang Chong finished speaking, he looked at the recruit who had just said "to survive." He knew who this person was; he was a soldier he had captured and brought back from the Ursus army. These Ursus soldiers had undergone a certain degree of ideological reform, so they were slowly beginning to understand Wang Chong's words, their eyes shining with an unprecedented light.

"Your name is Ivan Mikhail, right?" Wang Chong said slowly.

"Yes! Yes!" The soldier was taken aback; he hadn't expected the other party to remember his name.

"You were once a soldier in the Ursus Empire's army, an enemy of the people. But from this day forward, you will completely change your identity! Because you have stood with the people of this land, and from your very bones and flesh to your very soul, you have become a different person. You will be the guardian of the people! Fighting to protect their interests! You will no longer be part of the oppressor and the oppressed, but will completely rise up and become the master of your own destiny! Tell me, Ivan Mikhail, are you willing?!" Wang Chong's words resounded like a thunderclap in the soldier's mind.

"Sir... I'm willing! I must be this guard! Whoever doesn't let me be, I'll fight them to the end! I want to rise up and be the master! No more oppressing others! No more being oppressed by others!" the soldier said emotionally, and his words also inspired the surrendered soldiers who shared his status.

"We want to build a nation, a government, a nation where everyone is equal, where we can sit together, eat, and sing, and where social status no longer distinguishes us from the common people. A person's worth should be measured by their character. We want to build such a nation where every family can live in peace and prosperity. Join me in swearing an oath: from this day forward, we will be loyal to the people..."

Under Wang Chong's words, not only the newly joined recruits, but also most of the Reunion Movement members present, and even the nearly 1000 people who had been watching from the sidelines with trepidation and had just joined the Reunion Movement, understood why the Reunion Movement was fighting and what their goals were.

In an instant, the ordinary people who had just joined this group felt relieved. More importantly, this trend of thought also impacted them all, like the sun breaking through the clouds. After all, even in the Eastern Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom, or other countries surrounding Ursus, such a trend of thought, such progressive ideas, had never appeared before. It was like opening the door to a new world, immersing them all in it.

"Congratulations, host, your current support rate has reached 89%, you are only 1% away from achieving your goal." The system notification sounded at this moment, but Wang Chong was already completely absorbed in his speech, inspiring everyone and making their fighting spirit even higher.

"The people will prevail! We will prevail!" Wang Chong finally uttered the familiar oath as always.

"Victory! Victory! Victory!" the soldiers shouted excitedly, as if possessed.

……

Deep in the forest, a scout group heading southwest was cautiously searching for any trace of the "bandits." However, after a long time, they found no sign of them. If it weren't for the signs of human activity along the way that convinced them that people had been in the area, they would have thought they were going the wrong way.

"Is this direction... towards the mountains? Could they have hidden up in the mountains?" Just then, they finally reached the end of the dense forest, where a mountain path leading upwards met them.

"Report the situation first, then we'll go up. You stay here for now, and come up after we've figured things out," a leading scout said quickly to the people behind him after assessing the situation.

"Okay." The communications officer immediately began relaying the news of the discovery of the mountain path to command. Afterward, the scouts began carefully observing the situation on the mountain while walking along the cliff face.

"Shhhhh-"

Just then, three crossbow bolts suddenly came flying. The three scouts in the lead were instantly pierced by the bolts before they could react, while the scout behind them immediately shouted, "It's those bandits! Get under cover!"

Several scouts immediately searched for objects nearby to cover their bodies. In the process, two more people were shot and killed by crossbow bolts. One of them was shot in the shoulder and let out a shrill scream that sent chills down the spines of those who heard it.

"Quick! Determine the direction of the crossbow bolts! If we don't return fire, we won't be able to escape!"

"Where's the communications officer? Tell him not to come up! Something's happened here, we need to get this to command immediately!"

"No! I looked in that direction just now and there was no one there! Damn it! Where did those crossbow bolts come from? Could it be a trap?"

The remaining three crossbowmen were at a loss for what to do. One of them made a tough decision and said, "I'll draw their fire. You all retreat immediately and make sure you get back to report what's going on here!"

"There's no need for all that trouble." Just then, a boy's voice they had never heard before rang out beside them.

"not good!"

"Shhhhh-"

One of them was struck in the head by an arrow and died instantly. Then, in the center of the three, the light distorted, and Faust emerged from the distorted light.

"There's still a communications soldier. Let's stall him for a while until he realizes something's wrong, then we'll take him out." After thinking for a moment, Faust began to walk down the mountain and once again entered stealth mode.

The war had already begun in the southwest corner, and the same scene was quietly unfolding in the northwest corner. Ursus scouts were everywhere, their bodies severed. The communications officer, with only half a body remaining, still pressed the self-destruct button on his communicator, successfully destroying it and leaving no enemy alive.

“Although we’ve dealt with these guys, the enemy has probably already received the news, and their vanguard will be here soon,” W said, stepping out and looking at Ines, who was wiping the blood off her rapier.

"Well, so how's the setup going, W?" Ines turned and asked.

"Hmm, what do you think? Why don't you try it with your own body? I guarantee you'll stop feeling the pain in no time," W said with a light laugh.