It was pointless to bully a group of imperial civilians who had already chosen to surrender and had no means to resist.

Besides.

Lord Players with an overly strong killing intent were rarely the good sort.

Leaving them in a Lord World that was a “Peace District” was like having a ticking time bomb. You never knew when they might suddenly stir up trouble, forcing all the other Lord Players to pay the price for their recklessness.

Secondly,

in terms of Divine Chosen Spoils,

the empire’s citizens were all defenseless, non-combat units.

Even if one were to slaughter them all, it was unlikely they would drop any decent items.

It would be far better to spend that effort on the red-named Mountain Bandits that the Gulad Empire could never deal with, converting the souls of those bandits into Divine Chosen Spoils bestowed by the Deities.

This would not only yield better rewards but also serve to train their troops. In the process, they could increase their favorability with both the Holy Empire and the Gulad Empire, making these Native Creatures willingly become assets for the Holy Empire’s “King’s War” and boosting the combat power of everyone in the Holy Empire.

Furthermore, if it were for benefits like beautiful women, it was even more meaningless.

This was because a Divine Chosen Player’s Lord’s Hall could summon not only handsome Divine Chosen Villagers but also beautiful handmaiden units.

These handmaidens were all peerless beauties with unique charms, and they would obey any and all of their Divine Chosen Lord’s commands.

So,

whether they were horny male players or horny female players,

everyone could enjoy all sorts of Superior treatment in this Lord World—where they could do as they pleased—that they couldn’t get in the Real World.

They could play whatever kind of adult games they wanted.

If tens of thousands of villagers and handmaidens weren’t enough for you to play with,

and you just had to go and pull that “kidnapping local girls” stunt,

then you were a real piece of work.

Not to mention,

Lord Players could bring the Extraordinary Power they obtained in this world back to reality,

allowing them to become Superiors in the Real World as well.

They could obtain all sorts of pleasures that ordinary people could never enjoy.

Therefore,

when faced with these “reckless players” who were affecting the interests of all Lord Players who had pledged allegiance or were about to pledge allegiance to the Holy Empire Faction,

Reincarnated Players like Oreo, who had been through multiple game cycles, showed no mercy.

After all, as those at the top of the pyramid of Superiors, they had already lost interest in the common, low-level pleasures that were readily available. They were now more concerned with improving their personal strength and the strength of their armies.

Moreover,

Lord Tingfeng had pioneered a “nation-building” playstyle that no one had ever attempted before.

Or rather, it was a “nation-building” playstyle that some Player Alliances might have secretly experimented with, but had never publicly disclosed the details of.

This wonderful sense of novelty was the ultimate pleasure they pursued.

To ensure this pleasure could be doubled,

they were even more dedicated than Qin Feng himself to maintaining the stable order and powerful prosperity of the Holy Empire.

This was what the internet often called “loyalty.”

After all,

only this would allow them, the subject players who had sworn allegiance to the Emperor, to grow stronger in tandem.

And those Divine Being Players who intended to ruin this pleasure

were naturally added to their “must-die” and “kill-on-sight” lists.

As for Qin Feng,

he was happy to see it happen.

Because Qin Feng had been following a “friendly and orderly” process for subjugating the natives from the start.

The fact that these loyal players were willing to actively follow his friendly and respectful attitude toward Native Creatures, and even help him deal with those “Five-Star Good Citizens” who would cause trouble in the future, saved him a lot of effort.

‘However,’

‘there’s another problem.’

‘Lord Players are different from Native Creatures. They can’t be converted into Divine Chosen Soldiers, nor can they be monitored and managed through the ‘Village Management’ Talent.’

‘If some Evil God Players were to secretly infiltrate their ranks, even if I could detect their traces and operational targets from subtle clues, there’s still a certain risk that they could do something to harm me.’

‘As for those ‘Five-Star Good Citizens’ who are temporarily suppressing their bloodlust, although they haven’t laid a hand on the Native Creatures for now, who can guarantee they won’t suddenly go crazy in the future and brutally attack them, affecting the relationship and favorability between the subjugator and the subjugated…?’

It could only be said that,

the fact that Qin Feng couldn’t read the true thoughts of these Lord Players

or restrain their actions

was a constant risk.

‘Forget it.’

‘Thinking about this now is useless.’

‘I’ll just have to take it one step at a time.’

‘In any case, I can’t just abandon these Lord Players who have nowhere else to go, letting them seek refuge with Native Powers like the Kingdom of Ventecenia and actively turning them into my future enemies.’

‘Nor can I be like the Evil God Players and just kill them all, becoming a public enemy to everyone else and getting besieged by this Lord World and the other Lord Worlds that will appear after the third stage…’

With that, Qin Feng stopped thinking and began to focus on leading the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry in pursuit of the Duke of the Northern Territory’s main force.

Meanwhile, the villagers he had brought with him had built a Gate of War next to the Great Wall.

This allowed Qin Feng to travel freely at any time between the Great Wall, the Northern Land of Death, the Shurima Main City, the Wolfman City, Ice Crown Fortress, and other locations.

As for the Duke of the Northern Territory, during the long war of attrition, he discovered that the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry seemed to possess some kind of “Recovery Ability.” They were simply not something his Northern Territory army, which lacked Legendary Shooting Ability and Magic Control Ability, could handle.

He realized

he now had only two paths to take.

Either he continued to advance, confronting the Subhuman Barbarian Army on the Great Wall, and found a way to recapture it. Then he could use the Great Wall’s natural defensibility to avoid these nearly “Invincible” Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry.

Or he could retreat quickly, hiding back in the major cities of the empire’s Northern Territory, and use the defensibility of those city walls to avoid these nearly “Invincible” Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry.

Otherwise, if he kept dragging this out, these unstoppable Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry would show no signs of losses, while his own Northern Territory rebel army, which he had patiently built up for years, would be annihilated by them one by one.

‘Dammit!’

‘I have to risk it!’

‘Otherwise, without the barrier of the Great Wall, the Sub-human Barbarian Race from the north could invade multiple cities at any time. My forces are simply not enough to defend so many targets…’

At this thought, the Duke of the Northern Territory immediately waved his hand, ordering his entire army to attack the northern Great Wall, which was already firmly under the control of Qin Feng’s Divine Chosen Army.

And Qin Feng, who had been hunting the Duke for several days, couldn’t have been happier.

Although the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry were unstoppable, their numbers were too few, resulting in extremely low killing efficiency. It was impossible to break the Northern Territory army’s morale in a short amount of time and turn them into prisoner units under the Riding and Cutting system.

But if he were to directly dispatch the Divine Chosen Army to pursue them, although it would greatly increase the efficiency of resolving the battle, the horrifying casualty rate would be unbearable.

However, by relying on the Invincible defense of the Great Wall to fight a defensive battle, using the attrition-proof Undead Army as a front line, and coordinating with skills like “Land of Corruption” and Extraordinary units like “Arthas” to cut off the rear,

he could not only quickly annihilate this Northern Territory army but also reduce the overall casualty rate of his Divine Chosen Army, perhaps even repeating his previous glorious achievement of zero losses.

However.

Just as Qin Feng was preparing to single-handedly devour this Northern Territory army that was coming to die,

Mumu suddenly sent him a string of messages in the group chat:

“@Tingfeng.”

“Your esteemed Majesty the Emperor.”

“I have trained twenty Extraordinary Soldiers.”

“Requesting permission to participate in the upcoming battle.”

“To earn some event points.”

“Please approve.”

Qin Feng quickly replied, mimicking her style:

“Fine.”

“Pay up.”

“Participation fee per head, battlefield access fee, killing fee, battlefield meal fee, and various other miscellaneous military expenses.”

“You do the math and figure out the most respectable way to pay.”

Su Mumu: “…”

MC, watching the fun from the sidelines, was happy to stir the pot:

“Haha!”

“This is what you call karma!”

“Cousin, what goes around comes around! You’ve made so much dirty money, so now you can just obediently pay to work!”

“HAHAHAHA!”

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