Chapter 340: Isn’t he just a bootlicker?
The highest commander at the front line disappeared for nearly half a month without reason. This is very serious if you say it seriously, but since we are not in wartime, no one is harping on this matter. Everyone at the front line has something to do. Except for those who want to find Westhead to have a party, who would go to the highest commander for no reason?
Westhead doesn't care much about things, and even if he is not at the front line, Yulda and others can handle almost all matters properly.

The training of the disciplinary battalion, the dispatch of various materials, the maintenance of ships and war equipment, etc. are all proceeding in an orderly manner.

When Lord Qinghui reached a consensus with the demon and returned from Seralis, he immediately decided to attack the demon kingdom.

"This demon must be exterminated. It won't work unless it is exterminated."

Westhead said at a military meeting:

"Now, most of the land of the King's Court is still in the clutches of the devil. There is no time to delay any longer. I think it is enough time to rest and launch an attack on the enemy."

Amitron said worriedly: "But our preparations..."

Westhead frowned and said, "When you fought the Lord of Blight, you prepared for nearly a year. Do you have to drag your feet every time? To be honest, I went deep into the demon kingdom to investigate. Do you know how fiercely those demons attack each other? Now is the perfect time to attack! If it's too late, are you going to sit back and watch the great demon who controls the entire territory be born?!"

"When I think of the countless people in the royal court suffering under the ravages of the demons, my heart aches! I wish I could rescue them right now!"

At first glance, Qinghui Gong's performance of beating his chest and stamping his feet seemed a bit exaggerated, but except for a few people who knew Westhead well, everyone else was really moved.

Apart from anything else, the character that Westhead has been marketing over the years is not a lie, and anyone who is not familiar with him will be more or less confused.

Not to mention Westhead's special attack on the elves after adding divinity to his charm.

The military officers of the royal court were moved and said, "Lord Qinghui is so righteous!"

Mephis was the first to express his support on behalf of the Yonglan Knights. He punched his chest and said, "My Lord, it should have been done long ago. My sword obeys you!"

Yurda: "The Bright Folk only follow the leader of their clan."

There was no need to worry about his own base. Westhead looked at Amitron and other elven military officers and sorcerers:

"What do you think? Do you want to join us?"

Because of his record against the Lord of Blight, the Grand Tutor has begun to trust Westhead and has handed over command of the front line to him.

Westhead did not need to wait for Ilevitt to speak before advancing. As long as he felt it was possible, he could lead the army to attack. At most, the Royal Court Legion would not have to obey orders, but his own troops and even the Punishment Battalion could be mobilized at will.

As for the subsequent revision of the [Thousand Laws Code], it will have to wait until the master of the Demon Kingdom is captured by Olive before the Tuner dares to appear on the battlefield. Otherwise, he will only be defeated by the shadows of the gods who are proficient in the way of rhythm and sound.

The silver-haired lady with a high ponytail was very tempted and almost agreed, but the sense of responsibility in her heart forced her to suppress the impulse. She exchanged glances with her colleagues around her before saying:

"Lord Qinghui, we need to leave enough troops behind in the city in the lake, so we cannot go all out to fight with you. However, liberating the land of the royal court is also our pursuit, so most of us will stay behind, and we can only select a part of the elite to fight with you."

Westhead: "One part is enough."

Under Westhead's strong push, the front line sent a brief explanation to the Central Royal Court and then crossed the river.

It was not difficult for the Wavebreaker to break through the blockade. To be more precise, it was too easy, because the defense of the Demon Kingdom was a disaster. Although the Lord of Blazing Flame knew that the Central Royal Court was eyeing them covetously and could invade at any time, he still did not set up too many defenses here.

Anyway, the followers under his command will die if they die, the slaves will escape if they escape, and the gains and losses of a city or a place are not important. The devil can only rely on himself, and then he can turn around and wipe out the invading enemies.

Absolute self-conceit and arrogance, and contempt for mundane things, are almost common traits of most demons. Only a very small number of shadows of gods who do not represent negative emotions can break free from this prejudice.

Having said that, even if the demons do not focus on border defense, the city in the lake to be attacked is not an empty city, and there are still a large number of demon believers guarding it.

Just because [Lord of Blazing Flame] doesn't care much about defense doesn't mean these demon followers don't care. They are actively preparing for war.

Westhead stood on the deck of the command ship. The fleet stopped, not because it was ambushed, but because there was no way forward - the riverbed was dry, the scorched earth was cracked, and true red lines spread across the earth.

The waterway that runs through the entire Land of Thousand Lakes was actually cut off in the demon kingdom of the Lord of Blazing Flame.

Next to Westhead, Yulda took a step forward and looked into the distance. The city in the lake was still surrounded by the clear and pure lake due to its special divine structure, but the fields outside the city were covered with barren scorched earth, swallowing up the green grass and trees. The contrast between the two was extremely torn.

The influence of the demonic kingdom is evident. It is common for the world to be overwritten by mental images and the topography to be changed.

I'm afraid that before long, the land of music will become drastically diversified.

On top of the scorched earth, a number of bunkers and fortresses were built, with countless defensive fortifications, barrier spells and firepower points deployed in them, which looked quite tricky.

So the blonde girl naturally thought of the cannon fodder troops: "Should we let the punishment battalion be the vanguard first?"

The elf military officer of the royal court immediately snorted:

"They should use blood to demonstrate their loyalty and wash away their stains. The enemies are all scum who have succumbed to the devil. It is really the best thing for them to kill each other."

No, you are a little too harsh on your own people.

Westhead was a little nervous when he heard that, it was said that the Qianlu Royal Court was a harmonious place, where people were neither greedy nor murderous, but why were they all so extreme, wishing to kill any heretic.

However, Lord Qinghui felt relieved after thinking about it. He could not blame the elves. The harmony of the royal court in the past was purely because Emperor Qianlu used the grand ensemble to directly influence everyone and suppress their fighting instincts.

When it comes to religious fanaticism, the Kingdom of Order is just as strong as them, but when it comes to hatred and hostility towards traitors, the people of Qianlu must hate them the most.

After the [Devil's Feast], the Grand Ensemble was polluted by the Shadow of the God, and some violent and bloodthirsty subconsciousness began to sprout among the elves. As time goes by, the negative emotions will accumulate more and more. This disaster will destroy the Qianlu Royal Court due to endless wars and vendettas.

"The Punishment Battalion can serve as a vanguard, but they are not sent to die on purpose, Mephis! You can lead a group of knights to march with the Punishment Battalion. This group of troops has been fully trained. All they need is the tempering of blood and fire to become a usable army."

Westhead shook his head, refusing to issue an order that would cause the Punishment Battalion to suffer heavy casualties, and instead asked Knight Yonglan to lead the charge. "Your will!"

Mephis immediately took the order and left. With the participation of legendary strongmen and elite knights, the outcome of the battle could be said to be doomed. Even without the assistance of the Punishment Battalion, the knight girl and the knights she led were enough to shatter the fragile defenses of the devil's followers.

The military officer of the royal court frowned and said, "Are you planning to train the punishment battalion? Although we don't think it's necessary."

"If they are always a mob, then their effectiveness will be limited, right? In the battlefield with the Shadow of the God, mere cannon fodder is useless. If they can really wash away the shame with blood, why not give them a chance?"

".Just you handle it."

Westhead smiled and looked into the distance. With the addition of Knight Yonglan, the originally low morale of the Punishment Camp immediately became encouraged. By showing a little goodwill to these sinners who were abandoned by the royal court, Duke Qinghui could easily gain a large number of elven fans.

In addition to the advancing punitive battalion and knight team, the rest of the legion also gradually disembarked from the ships and set up camp. Due to the nature of the kingdom of the Lord of Blazing Flame, it can be foreseen that this siege battle will mostly be carried out on the plains.

After all the troops were ready and the forward base was basically built, the defense lines outside the City in the Lake were cleared out one by one by the Punishment Battalion and the Eternal Lan Knights, so the attack on the City in the Lake itself naturally began.

And they won as expected.

No matter how excellent the defense system of the City in the Lake was, the defenders were weak and did not even have legendary combat power. Under the fierce attack of multiple legendary combat forces and more than ten times the number of troops in the city, the speed of the city's fall broke the record of the City in the Lake.

Although there are not many records myself, they were all refreshed recently.

"Since the Fire Demon hasn't shown up yet, let's continue. During this period of time, we can occupy as many lake cities as possible. This will only weaken the enemy's strength."

Although the key to conquering the Demon Kingdom has always been to kill the real boss, after occupying the city in the lake, even if the node cannot be corrected, the node can be temporarily closed to cut off the power supplied to the demon by the Thousand Laws Code.

So the expeditionary army kept on marching. After conquering a city in the lake, without even taking a moment's rest, they rushed to the next destination.

As the frontline legions began to tear through the defenses and attack from all sides, Westhead, surrounded by a group of royal court warlocks, began to add buffs to himself.

[Law Notes] This thing is really useful, especially a few special runes. Without [Fatal Rhythm] and [Unbreakable Perseverance], how can I fight against the demons? Who can make up for this strength for me?

As time went on for several days and nights, good news came in from all over the place. One after another, more cities in the lake were captured. The process was so smooth that it was unbelievable.

Yuerda frowned and said, "Isn't this right? Three cities in the lake have been destroyed, why hasn't the Flame Lord appeared yet?"

"Maybe he's still stuck in another battlefield."

Westhead had already guessed the situation. He was afraid that while he was attacking, Anis had also taken the initiative to attack.

Tsk tsk, this enchantress is really capable. My movements were fast enough, but I didn't expect that she was even faster than me. Westhead had originally planned to fight the [Lord of Blazing Flame] alone, but it was naturally a good thing that Anis could help weaken the fire demon.

Ten days after the Royal Court Army officially invaded the Demon Kingdom, the clear sky was stained with a touch of red.

This should have been a subtle difference that was barely noticeable, but Westhead was fully focused on sensing the environment, so he captured the breath of the Lord of Blazing Flame at the first opportunity.

"coming."

Westhead, who had been gathering his strength, immediately stood up and gave the order:

"Order all troops to stop their offensive and retreat until I take off the head of the Fire Demon."

After he finished speaking, Westhead's knees sank slightly. With a loud bang and a shock wave that shattered the ground, the man's figure disappeared from the spot, soaring into the sky, colliding with the red color that infected the clouds.

"Boom-"

Huge waves appeared in the sky, like sudden thunder. After the first fight, Westhead waved his arm with golden ripples and looked at his opponent.

The image of [Lord of Blazing Flame] is a little different from the last time I saw him, or it could be said that this fire demon itself has no fixed shape. Its essence is surging fire spirit, and its shape depends purely on which set of armor it wants to possess.

It looked like a modified version of Maximilian's plate armor before, but now it was a set of extremely complicated and heavy rune armor, which even had a familiar sense of technology.
Damn, doesn't this look like the Sky Kingdom's Sky Mecha? They're quite good at copying.

Westhead smiled and said, "I thought you would come faster. Are you too slow to react? Or do you simply look down on us?"

He was asking the question even though he knew the answer. After all, he couldn't expose his cooperative relationship with Yanis.

But the Lord of Blazing Flame was a sincere man, and he directly stated the reason for his late arrival:
"Huh, it took some time to get tangled up with a bitch."

As His heavy voice fell, countless sparks flew out from under His helmet. Even though He had no human organs, the voice stirred by magic was still full of emotion:
"That bitch is just like her father, incredibly disgusting and stupid. Humph, but I'm really surprised that she would take the initiative to attack. Hahahaha. It seems that she can't maintain her peaceful integrity. This is different from her father. Good! Very good!"

Westhead raised his eyebrows and asked:

"It seems that you are all very dissatisfied with [Emperor Qianlu], not just because of the imprisonment and betrayal?"

"nonsense!"

The Lord of Blazing Flame clenched his fist and said, "That boring and naive guy thought he could cover up all the contradictions with ridiculous tenderness, but how could he extinguish the raging anger? This land longs to burn! Longs for killing!"

Westhead immediately laughed at him, "After saying so much, you still become a lickspittle for Emperor Qianlu? You kneel down at his feet and contribute to his foolish and naive ideals?"

"Are you sick?! You are looking for death!"

One sentence made the Shadow of God furious.

(End of this chapter)