Ark's Journey to the Demon God

Chapter 68 Don’t test what you believe

"Your Majesty, in accordance with your order, our troops have been assembled."

In the court of St. John's Castle, Werther reported:

"The original planned military expansion target of 40 has been exceeded. Today, the number of available troops in Saint-Jun Castle and its surrounding cities has exceeded one million. Our empire is at its strongest moment in decades!"

Well... I have millions of soldiers now...

Fyodor raised his head and glanced at Werther, then lowered his head silently and said, "So, how many people are there in Chernobog...Agaritu?"

"..." Witte pursed his lips and said: "They...our spies sent us intelligence two days ago, saying that the integration movement was carrying out disarmament work during this period..."

"Disarmament?" Feodor frowned and said, "Are you sure?"

"I'm pretty sure, Your Majesty, Agaritu is indeed disarmament."

The information that Witte received was of course true. Shen Muke was indeed disarmament, but the disarmament of the integration movement was slightly different from the disarmament imagined by the Ursus Empire.

Since the defeat of Black Snake, because the ideology of the integration movement has become more and more influential in Ursus, many armed forces and mercenaries originally stationed in the south of Ursus have defected to the integration movement. However, the representatives of the integration committee are not very Trust this group of people.

"These people cannot be regarded as the regular army of Ursus, they can only be said to be their servants." Tallulah analyzed it this way: "They undoubtedly belong to the same class as us, but ideologically, they may not be ours. Comrade."

Rogue proletarians, this is Shen Muke's definition of them. Of course, it was Mr. Ma and En who first proposed this concept, and Shen Muke was just picking up others' wisdom.

"They are the negative components of the lower class in the old era. They have not been baptized by theoretical foundations and have no awareness of their own position. In other words, the reason why they are not oppressors is only because their origins and bloodlines limit them. If they succeed, their destructive power will probably be more terrifying than other class enemies..."

These people are basically from pickets, spies, mercenaries and even noble servants. Their thoughts...

"These people cannot be allowed to join the army." Bodrokasti said categorically: "They are not even as good as the regular army of the empire. If they join the army, they will only corrupt our soldiers!"

Although many of them have good combat effectiveness, the committee representatives decided to remove them from the army and send them to various production units.

"Having them stay in factories and farms can be considered as a contribution to our cause."

"Even if you enter the factory, it will be useless." Ratatos shook her head and said, "It is difficult to change their thinking."

"It doesn't matter." Andorn smiled and reassured: "After they enter the factory, they will be under the control of me and Red."

Reid, who was silent on the side, raised his hand in cooperation and showed the scarlet long knife——

Therefore, when the hidden spies brought the news of disarmament back to Castle St., the Integration Movement was indeed embarking on disarmament.

However, the disarmament imagined by Fyodor and Witte was reduction, while the disarmament of the integration movement was purification.

However, how could Fyodor, who could become emperor, be such an honest person?

He instinctively realized the problem, but he couldn't say anything. He could only think about it with the attitude of an enemy:

Agaritu, why disarmament at this time?

"There's something wrong with you spy!"

Fyodor suddenly said: "Witt, you reported before that many of our people were sent there and then disappeared into the sea without any news, right?"

"Ah... this..." Witte replied hesitantly: "Yes, there is such a thing. I have to say that Agaritu and the others are really good at this."

In fact, there are not many... Mainly because the original group of spies on the empire's side were almost exhausted at the beginning of the war, and now these spies are all temporary outsourced workers.

Temporary workers are not counted in the regular establishment. This is also a traditional performing arts.

"This

A spy may have been discovered and the news he sent was false. "Fyodor narrowed his eyes and felt that everything suddenly became clear!

"Witt, let me ask you, if you caught a spy, would you immediately take people to arrest him?"

Witte, a veteran politician who has experienced many battles, instinctively grasped the key point and said: "I... can't."

"That's right!" Fyodor said: "That's it! Since we already know that he is an undercover agent of the enemy, why not take advantage of the trick and reveal to him some irrelevant or simply wrong information, and let him pass it back to the other side, What about misleading the enemy?"

The war between the Integration Movement and the Empire is about to break out. The Empire is trying its best to expand its army to one million people. But in the end, Integration is disarmament?

I don’t believe this statement for a moment!

Fortunately, these words were not heard by Shen Muke who was far away in Chernobog, otherwise he would have felt a strong sense of déjà vu: Feodor’s idea is comparable to the Terran version of Jiang Qian’s stolen book, the difference is , Jiang Qianpian's book is fake, but the news that Ursus, the empire, has returned is true.

But no matter what, Fyodor committed a taboo in intelligence science and argued with his subordinates what he already believed.

When you believe something deeply, the more you think about it.The more right it is.

Fyodor's affirmation made Werther follow suit, and he quickly found a theoretical basis for the emperor——

"This person, he disappeared for a while... He only got in touch with us recently... I heard from him that it was because he was a traitor integrated into the investigation."

"That's it!" Feodor nodded: "Perhaps, at that time, he was discovered by Agaritu's men and became their mouthpiece!"

"Oh my God, is this so? Your Majesty is so wise!" Witte praised him at the right time, which completely ended the career of this imperial spy who had finally passed the information.

"It seems that our intelligence work is really bad. We can't continue like this..." Fyodor narrowed his eyes and said: "The decisive battle is imminent. Any piece of information may turn the situation around. We need some reliable people to come. Help us…”

"Witt, where did our intelligence officers come from in the past?"

"The army, Your Majesty." Witte replied: "In the past, we always looked for professional and reliable people from the army to help me gather information."

"Now we also need people like this." Witte said calmly: "Children of military families and nobles, these people are the most reliable... Erase their identity information and make them the sword of loyalty to the empire!"

"As you command, Your Majesty, I will try my best to find suitable candidates in the army!"

Chapter 69 What is scary?

"Everyone, are you looking for me?"

When he was surrounded in the dormitory by soldiers from the elite army of Hundred Wars, Valery Mikhailovich even thought about how he would confess.

No, I do want to go to the south to see it, but for now I’m just thinking about it. Is the empire’s science and technology already so powerful?Did you even detect my second thoughts?

As a decent soldier, Valery instinctively wanted to open his mouth and be polite to these veterans. However, before the first word was uttered, he was covered with a black hood by the other party. He was deprived of sight and sat on the The land vehicle bound for Holy Castle.

"I said, everyone, why are you arresting me? There must be a reason, right?"

Sitting on the land vehicle, Valery tried to talk to the people next to him to understand the situation, but Bai Zhan Elite's tone was very tight, and he did not get any response.

This is not okay... What are you doing by taking me away in the mist?

After mentally reviewing all his recent actions, Valery decided to establish a relationship first——

"Everyone, if you don't explain to me, I can understand that you want to keep it secret... However, I am also a soldier loyal to the empire, and I also have a mission in the army... Lieutenant Colonel Weiss, you know, I accepted his commission, and I am going to Searching for traitors in the team..."

"You can only say these words this time, and you are not allowed to say them again for a while." The elite soldier on his left suddenly said: "What does it mean to track down traitors?"

"To track down traitors is..."

"Valery, please translate for me, what does it mean to hunt down traitors?!"

"..."

Valery shut up.

He instinctively realized something. He knew that among the other party, "pursuing traitors" seemed to be a forbidden word.

We can't talk about tracking down traitors... Doesn't that mean they think I'm a traitor?

Valery was afraid, and that was all he was afraid of.

As a member of a family of meritorious soldiers, he has long ignored things like life and death. However, we all know that people who see through life and death generally care about some illusory ideals, such as reputation and integrity.

If he is executed by the empire at this time, then... this will be a shame to himself and even the entire family!

It's not scary to be a traitor. What's scary is that you were discovered before you could betray.

This was embarrassing, Valery thought, if he really had to rest here, wouldn't it be too unfair?

Fortunately, Valery himself is not the type of reckless man. He began to review the process of his ideological transformation. After all, he has not really done anything to harm the empire yet. With his family background, he felt that this Everything is still slow.

【How did I get sent?

What's the current one? 】

[I only mentally agreed with the ideas of the integration movement, but I never mentioned it to anyone, and I never talked about those topics...]

In this way, Valery Mikhailovich started brainstorming on the way to the Holy Castle, trying to find out the basis for being found "disloyal" by the empire.

Finally, Valery thought of two possibilities:

The first is that he was found to have read the book written by Agaritu, but he had obviously burned the book after reading it... that is, his subordinate confessed himself!

The second option is that the soldier named Peter who he let go that night was caught by the empire. He may not be able to withstand the torture of the empire and confess himself!

After thinking about it, Valery still felt that the first one was more likely, because if Peter was discovered, the first person to be liquidated would be the warehouse manager named Wolf, and he was just passing by.And even if Peter is caught, he probably won't bite himself out...

"Everyone, did my subordinate say something to you that shouldn't be said? I swear, I have always been unswervingly loyal to the empire!"

"What are you talking about, Valery Mikhailovich?"

The elite Bai Zhan beside him said impatiently: "Where do you come from with all this nonsense?"

"You are not here to catch me..."

"Arrest you? Who wants to arrest you?" Bai Zhan Elite replied: "What makes you think that we are the military police coming to arrest you?"

"Do you think that if the empire wants to arrest you and send you to a military court, do you still need us to escort you like this?"

"hiss……"

that's true!When the empire discovers a traitor, does it still need to be escorted somewhere?Usually they are killed directly!

Valery was a little confused. He felt that things were getting weirder and weirder today.

"Looking at your appearance, I'll tell you a little bit."

Bai Zhan Elite shook his head helplessly and said, "Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll say something you shouldn't say when you get in front of that person."

"Remember, the place we are going to is Holy Horse Castle. When we get there, we are not allowed to talk nonsense, especially not to talk about things like identifying traitors. There are no traitors in the Ursus Empire, they are all loyal ministers, do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Valery nodded repeatedly.

"Well, that's all I can say. When you arrive at Holy Castle, if you have any questions, just hold them back. If you guessed something, you're not allowed to say anything. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand."

"So much the better."

……

call--

After a bumpy journey, the thick black cloth covering his face was lifted, and Valery finally saw the light again.

Then, he saw sitting in front of him a character who often appeared in the picture frame——

Emperor of Ursus, Fyodor Vladimirovich.

"Valery Mikhailovich comes to my lord!"

Valery subconsciously stood up and greeted the person in front of him, but halfway through his salute, he felt awkward.

Sitting in front of him was an executioner who exploited all suffering people.

After reading Agaritu's book, it was hard for Valery not to feel strange. Is his current salute a soldier's oath to the monarch, or a conscientious man's compromise with his superior?

However, Fyodor did not see these little thoughts of Valery. The emperor only saw Valery's subconscious etiquette and concluded that he was loyal.

"Loyalty is good, the empire needs people like you."

Fyodor motioned for Valery to sit down, and then smiled and took out the fake identity that the empire carefully sketched for Valery——

"Valery, I know your origins. You and your family's contribution to the empire is indelible!"

"For a person like you to only stay in the army as a small logistics captain is simply a loss for the empire... I have an extremely important task here, and only the most loyal warriors of the empire can do it. I think, you It fits this condition very well!”

Um!This is right!

Valery knew that this was a hole dug by the emperor for himself. He knew this even without reading Agaritu's book.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, what kind of mission is this? I can only regret that I am not a great person. I am afraid I will live up to your expectations."

"No, Valery, this task is not difficult." Fyodor smiled and said: "It only requires one condition, and that is loyalty, and you have such a quality!"

Fyodor handed the stack of documents to Valery and motioned for him to look through them at will.

"Right now, the Empire and the rebels in the south are on the verge of war, and the Empire needs intelligence from the enemy."

"So, you hope that I can serve as a spy for the empire and go undercover in the Integration Movement?" Valery looked at Fyodor strangely.

"Difficulties?"

"No, it's not difficult... It's better to say..." Valery finally showed a fanatical expression: "I'm looking forward to this day all the time!"