Future Combat Power (5)

"Clear the war zone."

"Evacuate the people."

Alex smiled and said, "Can you read my mind?"

Inger: "This is the only way left. What else can we do?"

They understood from the beginning that their primary mission in the war with the demons was to protect the lives of more people, and only then to annihilate the invading demons.

The only difference is that in Alex's mind, protection is everything.

Inger clearly and sadly understood that throughout history, how could there be no casualties on the battlefield?

But he doesn't dislike this childish way of thinking.

Because Alex is the protagonist, there needs to be a fool like him who stubbornly sticks to the bottom line.

Civilians staying in the war zone will only hinder the fighters and increase casualties. Now that they have time, they can clear the battlefield and prepare for the attack.

Alex said: "But getting the people to evacuate the land they have lived in for many years is more difficult than asking the dukes to send troops."

Inger raised his lip corners. "It's not about forcing them to evacuate, but about making them eager to evacuate on their own initiative... You know what? The power of public opinion is very strong."

In a world where media is not very developed and religion does not interfere in politics, large-scale public opinion campaigns are not deeply rooted in people's minds.

But rumors have been a very effective means for people since ancient times.

Alex seemed to understand: "...Explain it to me a little bit..."

Inger chuckled. "If the royal family orders a forced relocation, the people will revolt and demand a reason. But what if someone spreads rumors that the combined navies of Levi and Zalambra are coming from the east coast?"

Alex's golden eyes gradually brightened: "The nobles began to flee first, and then the people rushed to other towns for refuge at night."

"What if the royal family sends troops to the east at the same time and orders to control the news and suppress rumors so as not to let them out?"

Alex was confused again.

"The people will think that the royal family is trying to cover up their crimes, and they will want to leave. At this time, someone from the Goddess Church comes out and says that God has prophesied that a great disaster will land on the East China Sea. What do you think will happen?"

Alex opened his mouth, but was so confused that he was speechless.

Inger asked himself and answered: "The people will panic and flee to the west. The royal family just needs to let them out if they want to."

There are still some stubborn people who remain and we can send people to escort them out.

Alex thought of the goddess and looked at a wooden statue of the goddess on the wall of the hotel room.

If the goddess really exists, why would she let humans fall into this situation?

If the goddess does not exist, how do we explain the miracle of his returning to the past again?

His faith in the goddess had always been unwavering since childhood, but now there was a crack in his faith.

Inger grew up in an atheist environment, so he said naturally, "Besides, what we said is not a lie. The catastrophe is real. If the Church does not help, there are other means. If humans can be saved by relying on the power of the goddess, there will be no death and destruction."

Alex slowly raised the corners of his lips, "You're right."

They humans have fought once, and no matter how painful or tragic the victory was, it was all achieved through their own strength and had nothing to do with the goddess.

He always believed that human power is great.

Even if this opportunity was given by the goddess, they still needed to find a way out by themselves. He had never thought of relying on illusory miracles.

Inger took out the insulated magic stone gun that he had carefully preserved from his suitcase.

"What is this?" Alex took it and his head buzzed, feeling something strange.

"Fourth-order gradient, a gun made of insulated magic ore."

Alex said in surprise: "With this, we can deal with the demons!"

Every demon is at least at the level of a mid-to-high-level knight, and their physical strength is several times that of humans. Their recovery ability is not strong, but their skin is thick and tough, making them difficult to tear apart.

Because of the way they are created, demons are a chimera of different creatures condensed with magic. They have their own magic armor that cannot be penetrated by ordinary swords, and their fatal points vary according to their structures.

The Insulation Stone Gun is the only way for ordinary people to fight against the demons. The bullets made of insulation ore will ignore magic armor and directly hurt the demons inside.

Inger emptied the magazine and checked the condition of the bullets, "But there's a problem with this thing."

"What's the problem?"

"The Insulation Stone has a force field that blocks magic. It doesn't matter if it comes into direct contact with the gun. Even if the gun itself is not made of Insulation Stone, the bullet inside will block the magic. The range is roughly a sphere with a radius of 0.5 meters centered on the bullet. The larger the volume of the Insulation Stone, the larger the radius of the force field."

"Handing a gun will inevitably result in your hands being unable to use magic. Wizards rely on their hands to cast spells. It's equivalent to becoming powerless."

Alex took the gun from him, "What about the knight?"

Inger said: "Physical enhancement and magic armor will disappear."

Alex looked at the gun deeply: "This is a weapon for ordinary people."

Inger said meaningfully: "Since this thing can deal with demons, it can also target wizards and knights."

There is a saying that knights have an attack range. The range that the weapon can reach plus the knight's own strength and speed, and the radius that can instantly attack the enemy is the knight's attack range.

The attack range of knights from level one to level seven varies according to their own strength, but the attack range can be expanded by one stage every time the level is increased. The higher the level, the wider the expansion range.

The most powerful seventh-level knight's instantaneous attack range can even reach 1,000 meters.

But what if a long-range sniper rifle with a sniping distance of more than one thousand meters appears?

By then, an ordinary person with no magic power or knight qualities might be able to kill a knight with one gun, not to mention a wizard.

"Weapons are double-edged swords in any era."

Alex looked at him and asked, "Who else is making this besides you?"

"The person who helped me do this is an inventor. He accepted my funding and helped me make things. Of course, regarding the Insulation Gun, I signed a magic contract with him and he was not allowed to reveal it without my permission. But this thing, even if I didn't reveal it, someone would have invented it sooner or later."

It's only a matter of time before there are other weapons made of insulating stones, not just guns.

"But this is the best. Any other weapon has a distance limit." Alex resisted the urge to take the gun apart. "This gun is very different from a □□. Although I have heard that someone has invented a small □□, I have never seen it. This thing is still very small."

Inger pondered for a moment and said, "How about training a sniper group composed of ordinary people?"

Alex nodded. "It's feasible. If we can create a sniper rifle with a longer range and insulated bullets, we can let them be the rear-end long-range snipers."

"No, the snipers must shoot down the demons on the sea surface in the first batch, so that the toxins in the corpses will be mostly diluted in the ocean."

Alex continued, "Then finish a round of sniping. When the remaining enemies are close enough, retreat and let the knights block them. They retreat to the back and continue to assist in sniping."

Inger smiled faintly and said, "Although magic cannot break the magic armor immediately, it can still hurt the demons. However, it depends on how powerful it is. Wizards can also join the long-range team. Wizards will also play a big role in the war."

Alex's eyes were filled with inexplicable emotions, and he asked, "Is this the purpose of your research project with the principal?"

Inger said frankly: "Although I won't go to the battlefield, I can teach them. Those spells you haven't seen before are created for this purpose."

Alex couldn't help laughing. "Aren't you already helping me?"

"These are just small things, and they give me a better chance of survival."

If someone else said that, they would sound like a desperate and despicable person. However, Alex could not see that in Inger at all.

He felt vaguely relieved, as if as long as Inger's goal remained unchanged, he wouldn't have to worry about Inger dying before him.

"Then you will be responsible for training wizards, and I will be responsible for training knights." Alex said, and then he clapped his hands as if he remembered something, and said, "Do you know the three conditions for restraining the demons?"

Inger certainly remembered it. He said, "Insulation Stone, Light Magic, Sword Qi, and Dragon Flame."

Light attributes are extremely rare.

He looked at Alex.

"You are the only light knight I have ever seen."

Alex suddenly had an idea, "Don't you know light magic? How about making a light magic bullet?"

Inger took out another magic gun.

Alex was stunned. "I just mentioned it casually, but you actually did it!"

"It only requires a small amount of magic power to activate it. The rest can be filled with magic power from magic stones and condensed into magic bullets. I have engraved the magic circle inside. Just follow the circuit outline. Even a wizard with mediocre qualifications can use it."

Rather than a magic bullet, it's more like a small electromagnetic cannon.

"It just consumes a lot of magic stones. Fortunately, light attribute magic stones are the most abundant."

"The only thing left is Dragon Flame..." Alex stroked the magic gun and said with nostalgia: "Elena..."

Alex suddenly raised his head and said, "Tell me, is it possible for Elena to..."

He stopped talking abruptly, but Inger understood the second half of his sentence. He pondered for a moment, "...I think it's possible. You are the heroes who survived to the end, and you are also the heroes who sacrificed to God."

Alex was silent for a while and covered his face.

Inger thought, "After all, one of them is the hero and the other is the heroine. God shouldn't favor only one person."

Then the situation that follows is difficult to predict.

Alex suppressed the upward curve of the corners of his mouth.

But he was really happy.

Elena was his comrade who fought with him to the end, and her strength and handsomeness always encouraged him to move forward.

An admirable dragon rider.

There is no more reliable companion than her.

When they talked about fighting power, a blue figure suddenly flashed before Alex's eyes. "By the way, Ying, have you heard of the Strange Ones?"

This was the first time Inger had heard this word.

"……I didn’t."

"There's something you don't know." Alex's genuine surprise made people want to punch him.

[…This word is not written in the comics.]

"There is a kind of people who can't use magic to create spells and cast spells like wizards, nor can they use magic to strengthen their bodies like knights, but they have a special ability that no one else can do."

[This description sounds like a supernatural being from a novel...]

"I have met someone who meets the requirements before, oh that is, before I died for the first time. But I didn't think of this level at that time. Because strange people have only appeared a few times in history."

"He has a human body, but he fights demons in the ocean with mermaids. He swims and breathes in the water like a mermaid, and can easily create waves, making the sea water dance in his hands."

"He was a beautiful man, and he died in the East Coast Defense War."

"I was there, too. He was at the front of the human army and was one of the first to die, but I don't know his name."

The scene in the comic appeared in Inger's eyes. Although it was only a few frames, it captured the hearts of all readers at that time.

Her beauty surpasses that of Alex, the protagonist, and can only be described as a beauty of heaven.

Subsequently, a record was set for the shortest time from a character's first appearance to his death.

This young man emerged from the ocean and was also buried in the ocean. His death was not that tragic, so he did not have a deep impression of it.

Even his death was very sad and beautiful.

What concerned Inger was that Alex could remember so clearly even someone he had only met once, he was indeed worthy of being the protagonist.

In his previous life, all Gu Shu saw were comics, while Alex was an eyewitness to everything.

Gu Shu only witnessed the death of one person, and for the rest of his life he felt as if he had lost his soul.

Gu Shu could not have imagined that he had come this far, bearing the responsibility of so many deaths.