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

"Have the soldiers stay put and not make any rash moves. Maintain their formation and guard against enemy attacks," Georgie gave the order.

"Marshal, what exactly is going on?" a general asked.

“We’ll see for ourselves what’s going on. Let’s go. As long as we stay out of the enemy’s attack range, we don’t need to worry about their special forces suddenly charging in from somewhere,” Georgie said.

Soon, the commanders arrived at the front lines. Georgie used his binoculars to survey the situation. Just as the soldiers had said, the city gates were wide open, and there was hardly anyone to be seen on the city walls.

Moreover, Georgie noticed that there was hardly anyone in a certain area inside the city gates. Not to mention the integrated soldiers, there wasn't even a single civilian in sight.

"Silence...too quiet...the city gates of both cities have remained wide open so far, without any movement," Georgie said slowly, taking down his binoculars.

"General, could it be that the rebel army has abandoned the city and fled?" a general couldn't help but ask.

“It’s not impossible… but I’m more worried that the bandits might have laid an ambush.” Georgie then said, “Send a small team in to find out the situation. We’ll know if it’s a trap or not once we try.”

"Yes!" After receiving the order, a general immediately assembled a scout team of a hundred men and sent them into the city to investigate the situation.

Time passed slowly, and the sun had already risen high in the sky. Everyone waited for the scout team to return. Just when everyone was getting impatient and wondering if the scouts had been ambushed and killed, the scouts finally returned, albeit belatedly.

"Marshal, the situation has been thoroughly investigated. The entire city of Baihua has now become a complete ghost town. There are hardly any soldiers or even civilians to be seen."

After receiving accurate intelligence, the general who had previously received the order immediately returned and informed Georgie.

"The entire rebel army just vanished like that, along with the city's inhabitants?" Even though Georgie was mentally prepared, he was still somewhat dumbfounded by this situation.

Chapter 283: Art is Patrick Star

The soldiers began to slowly enter the city to begin their search, while Georgie, who was sending soldiers into the city, felt more and more uneasy.

When exactly did the enemy begin their escape without a trace? There was no sound at all. You have to know that he sent scouts to investigate the situation on all four sides of the city. Something like a large-scale exodus from the city could not possibly escape the surveillance of his scouts.

Georgie found it hard to believe that the civilians had been arranged to leave in advance. After all, just a few days ago he had seen civilians, not wearing the uniforms of the Reunion, helping the Reunion move supplies, and some even helped throw explosives to stop the Ursus Army's attack.

"Have those people become so subservient to the bandits in just a few days? They're even willing to flee their homes. What if these people were to truly unite and rule the entire Eastern Region..."

Georgie's heart sank, and he didn't dwell on the thought.

"Marshal, these are two completely empty cities. There's not even any food left; they've all been moved away."

At this time, a general who had already compiled a list of findings arrived to report the news.

"It seems that the enemy was short of supplies and could not hold on, which is why they fled... Although I don't know exactly how they escaped, they were certainly decisive."

Georgie slowly said, "The enemy knows very well that they are no match for us in siege warfare, so they decisively abandoned the city and continued to use the previous field tactics to pull our battle line further north. At that time, the contest will be entirely about willpower and manpower."

"You have to understand that the further north you go, the harsher the climate becomes, and many heavy artillery pieces simply cannot be used for long periods of time; they can easily break down if not handled carefully. Moreover, the northern region is already quite close to where the demons reside, and the enemy will not only be the Reunion Movement..."

"Marshal, in that case we must hurry. If we let these bandits escape into the mountains again, I'm afraid no matter how many of us come, we won't be able to eliminate them."

The general offered his advice.

“…Let’s wait a little longer. After we’ve confirmed everything in the city, we can have the army stationed in both cities to prevent the enemy from taking them back.” However, Georgie shook his head and did not agree to advance quickly.

"Marshal!" the general said anxiously.

"Now that we've captured two cities, and in such a suspicious way, do you really dare to lead your army to continue the pursuit?"

Georgiev said solemnly:

"It would be better to cut our losses here. At least on the surface, we have recaptured two cities, which is one of the few major victories we have achieved in all the long fighting against the Reunion Movement! We can give an explanation to both my father and His Majesty."

"This is……"

Even if the general was reluctant to admit it, this was indeed the best conservative option at the current stage. Especially since recapturing two cities would be a real achievement.

Moreover, no matter how the war between them and the Reunion Movement unfolds afterward, the blame will not fall on these generals, since command of the entire army will be transferred to the command of another army group in 10 days.

……

Birch City

"Damn it, there's not a single bird in sight. I've been holding back my anger for the past few days, and I was planning to slaughter a few lowly people to vent my frustration, but they've all vanished without a trace!"

A soldier was cursing and wildly hacking at the surrounding buildings with his knife.

"Hey, hey, hold back a bit," a teammate advised.

"What, did I curse you wrong? Those civilians who helped the rebel army are no longer ordinary civilians, they are a bunch of lowly people who aid and abet evil, and we can kill as many as we want!"

The man said angrily.

"Who cares about your lowly status! You're holding my knife! If you dull this thing and I can't beat the enemy, I'll haunt you even in death!" the teammate cursed angrily.

"Take it, take it. It's just a broken knife. Why are you so fond of it?" The man pulled the knife out of the wall with a look of disgust and then threw it to his teammate.

"Ha, you're a well-fed man who doesn't know the hunger of an starving man. You're the vanguard or the heavy guard, so in order to withstand the pressure, of course we're giving you the best equipment. As long as it gets damaged, you can report it and get new equipment. But what about us? We can only use what's left over after you've been replaced."

The teammate cursed, "I had to pay thirty Chervin silver coins to buy this knife through internal channels."

"Alright, alright, it was my fault, okay? I'll buy you a drink tonight." The man shook his head, patted his teammate on the shoulder, and said.

"Hmph, this is almost..."

As they were talking, the teammate narrowed his eyes and began to look at the crack that had just been cut open on the wall.

"Huh? What's wrong? Why did you suddenly rush over to check?" the guard asked, puzzled.

"Look at the crack you just cut. Is there something inside?" the teammate said, pointing to the crack.

"Is there something? Hmm... it seems there really is. It's pitch black but it reflects light. What is that thing inside?" The guard came closer and quickly noticed the pitch black object that was gleaming in the crack.

"I have a feeling something's wrong... This thing looks familiar." After saying that, the teammate continued to dig into the crack with the precious sword he had been longing for, preparing to widen the crack to see what was inside.

"...What...what is this?"

However, when he dug open the crack and saw what was inside clearly in the sunlight, it sent chills down the spines of the two people present.

“Originium…it’s Originium that has already been processed, it has already been inscribed with magic!!” the guard couldn’t help but say.

"Could this entire wall be...? Could this be resources hidden by the Reunion Movement? No, since it's already marked with magical traces..." Lin Yong, are you free? Lin Zai Zai, are you free...?

The two exchanged a glance, simultaneously recognizing the terrifying thoughts that were beginning to spread in each other's minds.

"Run!! We can't stay in this city any longer!!" The two immediately turned around, wanting to escape, but at that moment, the source stones lit up with a dazzling white light.

With a final, deafening sound, the world around them fell completely silent. They even noticed that not only behind them, but also beneath their feet and everything else in front of them was tinged with a dazzling white.

Then, their consciousness faded away forever.

At the same time, Georgie, outside the city, was organizing the remaining half of his men to enter the city and was preparing to recall a group of people who were guarding the west side, leaving only some scouts to patrol the mountain.

But at that moment, a deafening sound rang out from behind him, and then, to his disbelief as he turned around, the once magnificent city of Baihua was engulfed in flames! The earth trembled, and the snow on the mountains collapsed! It was as if some great terror had been unleashed.

"What on earth happened...?"

"Marshal! Get down immediately!!"

Before Georgy could even confirm what had happened, the general beside him suddenly collapsed onto the snow.

Then a huge wave of energy swept over his head, stinging him intensely. Georgie could even feel a warm current flowing from the back of his head.

The wind and snow were like knives, sweeping across everything around, mercilessly breaking and piercing anything too tall.

……

Ten miles north of the city, a large number of Reunion Movement soldiers hid in tactical trenches that had been dug in advance. As if they had expected the explosion, they quietly waited for the aftershocks to dissipate.

"Boom!! Hahaha! I remember Wang Chong saying that art is something again? Oh right! Patrick Star!"

"Destroying two cities at once, that's just... Thai cool!!"

W was quite excited at this moment, because she was the one who detonated the Originium bombs buried in Birch City and Ural City, creating a chain reaction that made history.

"That's crazy. I never expected that W's almost absurd decision would actually be passed, especially since preparations for war had already begun." Ines, standing to the side, also looked incredulous.

After all, detonating such a large quantity of Originium as explosives would present significant challenges in terms of transportation and placement. It would not only be time-consuming, but also easily lead to or worsening of Oripathy if one is not careful.

Ultimately, it was the sheer size of the population and the sufficient number of protective suits that enabled them to complete what they had accomplished yesterday.

As for how they transported Originium during the war, it was naturally through a plan they began to mobilize the entire population of the two cities to dig tunnels during the time they were managing them.

From the moment they captured the two cities, the Reunion Movement began preparing for the next battle. Digging tunnels had become commonplace for them; they had used this tactic countless times to escape from encirclements in the towering mountains.

So the fact that the city's residents were able to evacuate quietly was largely thanks to the underground passage they had dug in advance.

Chapter 284: Another Victory for the North

"Phew, it's finally over." Talulah felt the blast of air and the snowstorm stop blowing on her head. After shaking off the snow, she stood up and began to observe the situation outside the arena.

"The explosive power was truly terrifying. Was it really worth sacrificing two cities for this victory?"

Talulah watched the changes in her surroundings. A dark haze began to rise in the sky. The haze was Originium dust produced after the explosion. Inhaling too much of it could easily trigger Oripathy.

"Everyone, prepare to put on your breathing masks to protect against Originium dust. We are about to venture into an area filled with Originium dust to conduct a final cleanup of the enemy forces! Non-infected individuals, please put on your protective suits before entering the area!"

Talulah put on the breathing mask that was only required for protective suits. Because there wasn't enough time to produce tens of thousands of protective suits in just a few days, Talulah had the craftsmen create breathing masks that could only isolate dust during breathing.

Even if infected individuals are exposed to Originium dust, as long as their respiratory system is protected by a breathing mask, the probability of their condition worsening is reduced by more than half.

On the contrary, it would be too much of a loss for non-infected individuals to be exposed to Originium dust and develop Oripathy. Therefore, Talulah will prioritize supplying protective suits to non-infected warriors.

Fortunately, most of the Reunion Movement's fighters are infected, so there is enough protective clothing to supply them.

Subsequently, both Talulah and Frostnova's team began to advance towards the explosion-stricken area ahead.

……

"Uh...uh ah."

His consciousness was very hazy, and he felt both warm and cold sensations on the back of his head. Georgie felt that his whole body had never been in so much pain before, and he felt that there was something disgusting inside his body.

He pushed away the cold corpse of his subordinate that was pressing down on him, gasping for breath. Something seemed to be stuck in his throat, making it impossible for him to breathe properly.

"What exactly happened..." It took Georgie a long time to finally manage to stand up.

He only remembered a burst of flames appearing from Birch City, and then being tackled to the ground by his subordinates. After that, he couldn't recall anything else.

"What...what happened?!" But when he stood up and looked around, all he could see was devastation.

Countless people lay on the ground groaning in pain, most of them having failed to fall down in time and suffered the impact of the energy. Some were even injured by flying debris from the explosion, resulting in secondary injuries.

A very small number of people were either severed in the waist by the aftershocks of the energy or crushed into bloody foam by the boulders.

"Where is the city! Where is that huge birch city!?"

Georgie stared in disbelief at the scene before him, unable to comprehend what had happened to the city to render it so devastated that its structure was almost unrecognizable.

All that remained was a bottomless and enormous crater, and Originium dust that constantly drifted in the air.

"Cough cough!! Cough cough waa!!" Georgie coughed up a mouthful of black blood. It hurt, it hurt so much. His whole body felt like it was being pricked by needles, and his mouth was filled with a metallic taste that made him feel nauseous.

"Damn it, it's an Originium bomb, but where did they get so much Originium!"

Georgie watched the scene unfold before him with resentment, realizing the truth of everything. The empty city was the biggest trap, concealing Originium bombs capable of destroying the entire city.

It's incomprehensible, utterly incomprehensible. Is this really something a human could do? Such a massive quantity, and buried in such a short time. Even if the entire Ursus Army Group of 200,000 men were to attack together, they probably couldn't accomplish this.

Georgie never imagined that he would be facing not the visible Reunion Movement, but the entire city's residents who had begun to fully support it from behind the scenes.

"It's over, it's all over. The city has been completely destroyed, and more importantly, more than half of our troops have been wiped out in Birch City! We don't even know if Ural City is in the same state."

"Most of the rest have lost their fighting ability. Damn it, what if the enemy launches a surprise attack at this moment—!?"

The more Georgy thought about it, the more likely—no, the more certain—it was that they would attack! So he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "Assemble!! Assemble quickly! The enemy is coming soon! Retreat in an orderly manner now!"

"The enemy...the enemy is here!!"

"Run! Run!! The Reunion Movement is evil!! They are utterly evil!!"

"Damn it!!" Georgie realized that no one was listening to his orders. Even the oversight team members were terrified and only knew how to run away, so they couldn't be stopped at all.

With no other option, Georgie could only start running. However, unlike the other soldiers, he chose a separate direction to flee. He knew the battle was a complete and utter defeat, with no chance of victory whatsoever.

However, he first ran back to the camp, grabbed the available communication equipment and several days' worth of rations, and then immediately fled to a deserted place.

……

"Phew... The effect of this explosion is so good that it even shocked me."

As evening fell, the Reunion Movement successfully caught up with most of the Ursus soldiers. However, upon seeing the Reunion Movement, the Ursus soldiers trembled and knelt down to surrender, muttering strange words such as "demon" and "this land."

Talulah understood the general idea: these people, fearing the all-consuming explosion, had completely surrendered unconditionally.

In this way, the Reunion Movement captured more than 40,000 soldiers of the Ursus Army Group without much pressure.

It's worth mentioning that Georgie ultimately couldn't escape the Reunion Movement's pursuit. It wasn't because the Reunion Movement's search was particularly thorough, but rather because Georgie somehow got lost in the snowfields, wandered around in circles, and somehow ended up coming back, only to be caught red-handed by Ethan's search team.

He's such an unlucky guy.