I'm a villain, not a devil

Blood dripped from the blade, and the man whose stomach was stabbed had a look of confusion and horror on his face.

The man holding the knife standing in front of him had the same expression on his face.

The reserve forces are the reserve forces after all. There is a world of difference between having weapons or not. What's more, those who left would never have thought that the people chasing them from behind would raise their knives against them.

"Why...why..." The man kneeling on the ground burst into tears and questioned his comrades.

"I...I..." The man holding the knife was trembling, but didn't know how to start.

It's all death... Why would I be willing to raise my weapon and stab my comrades...

He was trembling, and the knife in his hand was shaking, as if it was about to fall.

Then, a hand held his wrist.

He turned his head tremblingly and saw the man named Sean looking at him with an indescribable look.

"S-Sir... I can't do it..." he pleaded.

But Sean just shook his head gently and whispered, "You have proven that you are fearless and brave. Those who stay will become heroes of the entire empire. And you also deeply understand that you are willing to die because of the things you cherish... You understand that only when you die can the things you cherish be truly protected."

"But...but I don't want to kill them...I..."

Sean shook his head again: "The only use of deserters is as stepping stones for your glory. Go ahead and use the ritual I taught you."

"me……"

Suddenly, the man's sob was stuck in his throat, and he saw Sean looking at him with an expectant, greedy, righteous and instigating look.

It seemed as if the ground of the entire empire was shaking, as if a magma road leading to glory appeared in front of him.

The voice came from all directions.

"How can a soldier prove his loyalty to his country without blood on his hands?"

The soldier gasped for breath and raised his weapon.

At the same time, the ritual murmurings were heard, and a huge number of crazy beast corpses appeared everywhere. The surging blood rushed to every person whose stomach was cut open by their comrades, and the blood left on their bodies merged with the blood.

The bright, red knife was raised again, and the lava road leading to glory seemed to appear in front of everyone.

However, no one noticed that under the lava avenue, there was a demon crawling out of the lava holding up the Road of Glory. Only a low whisper reached everyone's ears.

"Now, you can walk the path of glory."

……

The imperial capital, one hundred kilometers away.

If you stand on the city wall, you can see dense green in the distance, like lush green mountains.

However, those green hills were filled with aliens who were eager to kill everyone.

Wu Xiao stood on the city wall, and the generals around him looked unhappy.

"Marshal... His Majesty still hasn't made any response... The Silent Ones are just blocking the city gates and preventing residents from leaving."

Wu Xiao pinched his eyebrows and turned to look inside the city.

The Imperial Mountain of the imperial capital still stood there, and at the top of the mountain there seemed to be a lazy evil ghost watching everything.

Echoing the top of Huangshan Mountain is the statue of the founding fathers built on the original site of the Gate of Dawn.

Today, the statue has basically taken shape - the pioneers who brought glory and territory to the empire stand in their original places, and even Wu Xiao's image is among them. The statues surround a person, the person who watches all this coldly on the Imperial Mountain.

"Your Majesty... No, Bai Wujiu, what exactly do you want to do? Can you really save your aging body?"

Wu Xiao withdrew his gaze and stopped looking. He looked far ahead.

There, most of the Imperial Capital Army had already formed up their battle formations.

"Marshal, they have already set off..." someone came to report.

Wu Xiao nodded, then looked at the recorder beside him and said in a serious voice: "Write this down. All the plans for today's battle were made by the then Imperial Marshal Wu Xiao."

The recorder didn't know why the Marshal suddenly added this sentence, but he nodded again and again.

Wu Xiao emphasized again: "Record it truthfully, without any modification."

"Yes, Marshal."

Wu Xiao turned his head, and then his eyes turned cold: "Pass the order down, fight!"

……

Even though they had several times more troops than the enemy, the treeman army still did not act rashly.

On the crown of a huge tree, several tree people were sitting on the branches, with a golden leaf hanging on their earlobes. Among them was the Seed Lord who "stole" part of Sean's tree heart power.

"The imperial army is retreating one after another. It seems that they are going to fight us to the death here?" The tree man said with a smile.

"It's just their last struggle before death. The fertile land belongs to the real people. These thieves are no match for our army."

The seed master said, "It's not that simple... I got the news that the Imperial Army has gathered all the bombs in the armory."

Someone showed a look of sudden realization: "So that's how it is... The Imperial Army wants to ambush us on the battlefield?"

Suddenly, the other tree people showed a disdainful smile: "Naive."

The Seed Master also shook his head in amusement: "I originally thought that the other party would have some tricks, but it was just a last-ditch effort before death - but thieves will never understand the supreme glory of those favored by God."

As he was speaking, the opposing Imperial Army formation began to move.

Master Seed waved his hand and said, "All troops, move forward. Let the tree stumps extend their roots a little bit. Don't let go of even the dead bodies. Ha, find everything that can threaten us!"

The dense leaves began to shake.

Without much words, after continuous bombardment, the army of tree people rushed over.

The imperial army that had been charging maintained its formation and kept retreating, rushing forward to fight every once in a while, and then retreating again.

Master Seed smiled and said, "There are people in the Imperial Army who have outstanding vision. They figured out our army's action pattern so quickly. This attack and retreat has made their artillery array play a role."

"It's just useless work."

It was indeed a futile effort. Even though there was a breakthrough in tactics, there were simply too many tree people. While fighting and retreating, the Imperial Army still suffered a one-to-one casualty ratio with the tree man army.

However, even so, the army of tree people remained calm. They obeyed the orders of Master Seed and continued to search the underground and corpses with their roots. Sure enough, they found explosives deep underground.

"Oh, as expected, let the vines get in and take away the bomb."

"Yes."

The bombs underground were removed, the bodies of the Imperial Army were searched, and the Imperial Army retreated faster and faster.

"Master Seed, the other party can't hold on any longer."

"Kill it."

The green waves like the sea tide advanced forward, leaving more and more corpses of the imperial army behind.

At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the outskirts of the tree man army.

"It's the crazy beasts. A large number of beasts were attracted here for some reason!"

"Wait, there's an Imperial Army on the other side attacking our flank!"

Seed sneered: "Nothing more than that... Muyuan, you lead 50,000 troops to deal with the crazy beasts, Muliu, you lead 40,000 troops to deal with the imperial army on the flank."

"Yes!"

The army of tree people pressed over the ground and over the corpses. Suddenly, the advancing tree people saw a large pool of blood surging among the corpses of the imperial army that had long been crushed.